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February 2019
A New Face at Reception
Hi there Im Caroline and its just brilliant to be sitting here in the hot seat Youllmeet me at Reception on Tuesdays and Thursdays My husband and I were
already patients at the practice and guess what Fate intervened Gill mentionedto my husband Steven that this position had come up at the Whitehouse and
wellhere I am I feel very fortunate to now have my lovely part-time receptionrole With my children now all grown up and living in London I found myself
feeling at a loose end after years at home dedicating my time to them I trainedin hotel reception in another life but soon moved out of hotel work and became a
PA secretary in property development in Londonbut that was many moons ago I am so thrilled to be here working with this terrific team Im so glad that Gilland Steven had that conversation that lead to me being here I love meetingpeople so Im really looking forward to seeing you all very soon in our lovely
Reception
Caroline x
Saturday 16th Feburary Come along for some fizzand nibbles and discover whats possible
Ever thought about straightening out wonky or uneven front teeth
Put off by how long itll take
Worried by how braces would look
Join us as we put the latest Invisalign Digital Scanningtechnology through its paces
Caroline finds out from Derek how it all works The good the bad andwellthe good
On Saturday 16th February were offering free adult Invisalign consultationsincluding a digital scan enabling us to give you an almost instant visual projection
of how your teeth could look if they were straightened using the Invisalignsystem
Both Duncan Hassan and Derek will be taking appointments throughout the dayon a first come first served basis Rory one of Invisaligns leading UK specialistadvisors will be joining us to be on hand to answer any questions you may have
and to demonstrate his own Invisalign treatment which has completelytransformed his Smile
Having secured a special limited time deal with Invisalign were able
to pass this on as a discount of pound50000 for any Invisaligntreatments booked on the day which alongside the free whitening
treatment represents a total saving of over pound80000
FREE TEETH WHITENING
Request an Appointment
Love to know more about Opera
then why not go along to The Greatest Love - a Classical Music Event to get youin the mood for Valentines Day
Meet Elaine McKrill - another of our lovely patients amp opera singer extraordinaireElaine amp David are putting on this event in a couple of weeks time amp thought it
may be of interest to some of you You wont need need any prior knowledge ofOpera as the session explains everything you need to know
Its not just a concert - half will be Davids insight into the opera world (and theopera Tristan and Isolde by Wagner in particular) and the other half is excerptssung by Elaine and Brian Smith Walters (tenor) accompanied by Richard Black
(piano)
Tristan amp Isolde tells the story of a Cornish knight bringing home a captured Irishprincess to his king Sir Tristan and Princess Isolde have fallen in love ndash an urgethey resist until they both accidentally drink a magic potion binding the two to
each other by an imperishable love
Love potions illicit lovethis has it all amp a great opportunity to hear Elaine singtoo All for pound1000 what better way to spend a cold wintry Sunday afternoon
To reserve your tickets please email - elainemckrillhotmailcom
Blue Lipstick for Whiter Teeth
Did you know that diferent colours oflipstick can have an effect on howwhite your teeth look I find that palerpinks can make mine look a bit offcolour - while reddy browns makethem appear much more pearly white
Whilst researching this rather trivial matter we came across a lipstick thatpurports to make your teeth look whiterHello Sailor from Lipstick Queen available in SpaceNK amp demonstrated here by me amp Carolyn appears as a
rather alarming navy blue - but turns into a plummy type shade when applied- teeth are meant to appear whiter due to the blue tones in the lipstickThe
sheer blue pigment is suspended in a protective Vitamin E treatment making itsuper moisturising - perfect for this time of year
in Downing Street
Another new (ish) hairdresser in townMany of you will know that I reallydont like having my hair done cut colouredwhatever Ive recently dropped
the colour bit amp am gradually going grey - this may or not happen - Imconstantly on the brink of giving up amp going back to my highlights but ambeing strong amp persevering with it for now but the lovely people at Millie
Jones who made me feel so welcome amp relaxed at my recent appointment withMelissa will be my first port of call if my resolve weakensand certainly when
I next need a cut (any day now)
We donrsquot just want to make our clients feel fantastic about their hair we alsowant you to enjoy the whole experience and make you feel that extra bit
special
It certainly worked for me amp I wouldnt hesitate to recommend them if yourelooking for a new hairdresser
Reduce your Plastic Waste Keep
Wed heard about a new shop in Downing Street where you can take your owncontainers and refill them with all sorts of stuffshampoos amp detergents nutsamp cereals and all manner of other things Lots of people had heard of it but no-one really knew where it waswell we do now Its called Keep and is upstairsat Okomoko the vegan cafe Their zero-waste products are also eco-friendly
and vegan Liquids like shampoo detergent etc are priced per 100ml and theycan be decanted into either your own container or one of their recycled ones
Its also the drop-off point for a new initiative from Colgate who have partnered
with TerraCyclereg to create a free recycling programme for all your finishedwith oral care products
Unusually this month our book amp film are one and the same
Duncans recommendation thismonth is often cited as one of thegreat novels of twentieth-centuryAmerican fiction Carson McCullersfirst novel was published to instantacclaim when she was just twenty-three Set in a small town in Americasdeep South its the story of JohnSinger a lonely deaf-mute whobecomes a confessor for adisparate assortment of charactersLost human beings who are drawntowards his kind sympatheticnature The owner of the cafe where
The film version of The Heart is aLonely Hunter takes the relationshipbetween John Singer beautifullyportrayed by Alan Arkin the deaf-mute who unites the five separatesubplots of the novel and the younggirl named Mick and makes it thecentral theme of the movie The othercharacters taking something of aback-seat However its Singers close relationshipwith Antonapoulos his unwaveringloyalty to his best friend through thickamp thin which I found the most movingpart of the film Expressing his sorrow
Singer eats every day a young girldesperate to grow up an angrysocialist drunkard a frustrated blackdoctor each pours their heart out toSinger their silent confidant and hein turn changes their disenchantedlives in ways they could neverimaginesadly they are all toowrapped up in their own troubles torealise that he too has troubles of hisown secretly suffering the loss of hisbest friend Antonapoulos also a deafmute
through sign language whenAntonapoulos is being taken awayafter being committed to a mentalinstitution is truly heartbreakingas isthe tragic denouement but that wouldbe telling Its a bit tricky to find this film but Ifinally found it shown in four parts onYouTube
A New Place to Eat in Castle Street
Were all looking forward to this new
pub opening in February in CastleStreet in the former premises of
Brasserie Blanc The Castle Inn is partof the Red Mist Group which until
recently included the Wheatsheaf onWest Street (which we think has gonea bit downhill since it was taken overlast year) Hopefully well be able topost a review next month if we can
get a table when it opens
castleinnfarnhamcouk
The Last Word
A beating to remember
Good morning or if yoursquove been keen enough to open Gillrsquos newsletter soonerrather than later well helliphelliphellipGood evening This week Irsquove decided to become aNigerian Having been born in Port Harcourt in the Niger delta in the very early1960rsquos my parents moved the family back to Hampshire in the spring of 1967 Itwould be over 40 years later that I would return to the place of my birth Having lived the lsquocolonialrsquo life in West Africa my father never hankered afterreturning to a land he knew he would barely recognize as the country he came to
fall in love with and meet the woman he did fall in love with Yesterday it wasexactly 21 years since my father died As anyone who has lost a parentunderstands yes time is the great healer yet in some fleeting moment thatreality can be forgotten An article in the paper your son gets that new job or youdaughter graduates helliphellipmust tell dad helliphellip just a brief moment of sadness I guess Growing up in Nigeria myself and my two older brothers spent most of ourwaking hours exploring in the bush behind my parentsrsquo compound in IbadanOutside term time wersquod wake early plan our adventure and set off before my folkshad even risen I struggle now to recall exactly what we actually got up to on ourjaunts but the day usually had itrsquos battle scars of grazed knees bruises and tornshorts Hunger would usually draw the three of us back home by mid afternoonThis day was different Edward my eldest brother had decreed that as today wasthe last day of freedom before the new school term we owed it to ourselves tomake our foray into the bush an epic adventure We were to return home manyhours later minutes before sundown having not even told my parents we wereheading off Marching up towards the house past the lsquoboys quartersrsquo there was ndash Istill recall a tension in the air Outside the back door my mother appeared Oddlyshe seemed distressed This emotion rapidly morphed from worry to angerpossibly by-passing relief along the way Verbal beating over we were sent backoutside to each cut a length of thin branch from a small tree which grew over theside of the veranda Selecting the weapon of your own punishment was ndash even atthat age- a considered matter Too thin a length of branch would undoubtedly berather whippy Anyway we dutifully handed over our switches stood in line andtook our punishment on the backs of our legs Edward got three (well he was theringleader) Martin got two and for my part just a single lash Later after ourevening meal as we lay in bed the three of us laughed endlessly at how the daysevents had transpired and the usual brotherly teasing was reversed as we declaredthat Edward had been made a sergeant Martin a corporal and myself a lowly lancecorporal We knew we deserved it and as is the way with these things itstrengthened a bond which still glues the three of us so very tightly together eventoday Despite failing health my mother is keen to return to Nigeria again for anextended visit The last time she returned My eldest brother accompanied her andI flew out a few months later to bring her back Clutching my British passport Iwalked off the plane into 40 degrees Celsius and 95 humidity and so began a 3day odyssey of extortion corruption and general b-mindedness Having alreadyspent about a month and pound400 negotiating a Nigerian visa I swore never againWell again seems to be round the corner but this time Irsquom ready for Nigeria Ishall be getting a Nigerian passport brown ldquoStaypressrdquo trousers a selection ofNelson Mandela shirts gold rimmed sunglasses and a fat gold watch I do believe Ican pull it off
Copyright copy 2019 Whitehouse Dental Clinic All rights reserved
Want to change how you receive these emails You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list
PA secretary in property development in Londonbut that was many moons ago I am so thrilled to be here working with this terrific team Im so glad that Gilland Steven had that conversation that lead to me being here I love meetingpeople so Im really looking forward to seeing you all very soon in our lovely
Reception
Caroline x
Saturday 16th Feburary Come along for some fizzand nibbles and discover whats possible
Ever thought about straightening out wonky or uneven front teeth
Put off by how long itll take
Worried by how braces would look
Join us as we put the latest Invisalign Digital Scanningtechnology through its paces
Caroline finds out from Derek how it all works The good the bad andwellthe good
On Saturday 16th February were offering free adult Invisalign consultationsincluding a digital scan enabling us to give you an almost instant visual projection
of how your teeth could look if they were straightened using the Invisalignsystem
Both Duncan Hassan and Derek will be taking appointments throughout the dayon a first come first served basis Rory one of Invisaligns leading UK specialistadvisors will be joining us to be on hand to answer any questions you may have
and to demonstrate his own Invisalign treatment which has completelytransformed his Smile
Having secured a special limited time deal with Invisalign were able
to pass this on as a discount of pound50000 for any Invisaligntreatments booked on the day which alongside the free whitening
treatment represents a total saving of over pound80000
FREE TEETH WHITENING
Request an Appointment
Love to know more about Opera
then why not go along to The Greatest Love - a Classical Music Event to get youin the mood for Valentines Day
Meet Elaine McKrill - another of our lovely patients amp opera singer extraordinaireElaine amp David are putting on this event in a couple of weeks time amp thought it
may be of interest to some of you You wont need need any prior knowledge ofOpera as the session explains everything you need to know
Its not just a concert - half will be Davids insight into the opera world (and theopera Tristan and Isolde by Wagner in particular) and the other half is excerptssung by Elaine and Brian Smith Walters (tenor) accompanied by Richard Black
(piano)
Tristan amp Isolde tells the story of a Cornish knight bringing home a captured Irishprincess to his king Sir Tristan and Princess Isolde have fallen in love ndash an urgethey resist until they both accidentally drink a magic potion binding the two to
each other by an imperishable love
Love potions illicit lovethis has it all amp a great opportunity to hear Elaine singtoo All for pound1000 what better way to spend a cold wintry Sunday afternoon
To reserve your tickets please email - elainemckrillhotmailcom
Blue Lipstick for Whiter Teeth
Did you know that diferent colours oflipstick can have an effect on howwhite your teeth look I find that palerpinks can make mine look a bit offcolour - while reddy browns makethem appear much more pearly white
Whilst researching this rather trivial matter we came across a lipstick thatpurports to make your teeth look whiterHello Sailor from Lipstick Queen available in SpaceNK amp demonstrated here by me amp Carolyn appears as a
rather alarming navy blue - but turns into a plummy type shade when applied- teeth are meant to appear whiter due to the blue tones in the lipstickThe
sheer blue pigment is suspended in a protective Vitamin E treatment making itsuper moisturising - perfect for this time of year
in Downing Street
Another new (ish) hairdresser in townMany of you will know that I reallydont like having my hair done cut colouredwhatever Ive recently dropped
the colour bit amp am gradually going grey - this may or not happen - Imconstantly on the brink of giving up amp going back to my highlights but ambeing strong amp persevering with it for now but the lovely people at Millie
Jones who made me feel so welcome amp relaxed at my recent appointment withMelissa will be my first port of call if my resolve weakensand certainly when
I next need a cut (any day now)
We donrsquot just want to make our clients feel fantastic about their hair we alsowant you to enjoy the whole experience and make you feel that extra bit
special
It certainly worked for me amp I wouldnt hesitate to recommend them if yourelooking for a new hairdresser
Reduce your Plastic Waste Keep
Wed heard about a new shop in Downing Street where you can take your owncontainers and refill them with all sorts of stuffshampoos amp detergents nutsamp cereals and all manner of other things Lots of people had heard of it but no-one really knew where it waswell we do now Its called Keep and is upstairsat Okomoko the vegan cafe Their zero-waste products are also eco-friendly
and vegan Liquids like shampoo detergent etc are priced per 100ml and theycan be decanted into either your own container or one of their recycled ones
Its also the drop-off point for a new initiative from Colgate who have partnered
with TerraCyclereg to create a free recycling programme for all your finishedwith oral care products
Unusually this month our book amp film are one and the same
Duncans recommendation thismonth is often cited as one of thegreat novels of twentieth-centuryAmerican fiction Carson McCullersfirst novel was published to instantacclaim when she was just twenty-three Set in a small town in Americasdeep South its the story of JohnSinger a lonely deaf-mute whobecomes a confessor for adisparate assortment of charactersLost human beings who are drawntowards his kind sympatheticnature The owner of the cafe where
The film version of The Heart is aLonely Hunter takes the relationshipbetween John Singer beautifullyportrayed by Alan Arkin the deaf-mute who unites the five separatesubplots of the novel and the younggirl named Mick and makes it thecentral theme of the movie The othercharacters taking something of aback-seat However its Singers close relationshipwith Antonapoulos his unwaveringloyalty to his best friend through thickamp thin which I found the most movingpart of the film Expressing his sorrow
Singer eats every day a young girldesperate to grow up an angrysocialist drunkard a frustrated blackdoctor each pours their heart out toSinger their silent confidant and hein turn changes their disenchantedlives in ways they could neverimaginesadly they are all toowrapped up in their own troubles torealise that he too has troubles of hisown secretly suffering the loss of hisbest friend Antonapoulos also a deafmute
through sign language whenAntonapoulos is being taken awayafter being committed to a mentalinstitution is truly heartbreakingas isthe tragic denouement but that wouldbe telling Its a bit tricky to find this film but Ifinally found it shown in four parts onYouTube
A New Place to Eat in Castle Street
Were all looking forward to this new
pub opening in February in CastleStreet in the former premises of
Brasserie Blanc The Castle Inn is partof the Red Mist Group which until
recently included the Wheatsheaf onWest Street (which we think has gonea bit downhill since it was taken overlast year) Hopefully well be able topost a review next month if we can
get a table when it opens
castleinnfarnhamcouk
The Last Word
A beating to remember
Good morning or if yoursquove been keen enough to open Gillrsquos newsletter soonerrather than later well helliphelliphellipGood evening This week Irsquove decided to become aNigerian Having been born in Port Harcourt in the Niger delta in the very early1960rsquos my parents moved the family back to Hampshire in the spring of 1967 Itwould be over 40 years later that I would return to the place of my birth Having lived the lsquocolonialrsquo life in West Africa my father never hankered afterreturning to a land he knew he would barely recognize as the country he came to
fall in love with and meet the woman he did fall in love with Yesterday it wasexactly 21 years since my father died As anyone who has lost a parentunderstands yes time is the great healer yet in some fleeting moment thatreality can be forgotten An article in the paper your son gets that new job or youdaughter graduates helliphellipmust tell dad helliphellip just a brief moment of sadness I guess Growing up in Nigeria myself and my two older brothers spent most of ourwaking hours exploring in the bush behind my parentsrsquo compound in IbadanOutside term time wersquod wake early plan our adventure and set off before my folkshad even risen I struggle now to recall exactly what we actually got up to on ourjaunts but the day usually had itrsquos battle scars of grazed knees bruises and tornshorts Hunger would usually draw the three of us back home by mid afternoonThis day was different Edward my eldest brother had decreed that as today wasthe last day of freedom before the new school term we owed it to ourselves tomake our foray into the bush an epic adventure We were to return home manyhours later minutes before sundown having not even told my parents we wereheading off Marching up towards the house past the lsquoboys quartersrsquo there was ndash Istill recall a tension in the air Outside the back door my mother appeared Oddlyshe seemed distressed This emotion rapidly morphed from worry to angerpossibly by-passing relief along the way Verbal beating over we were sent backoutside to each cut a length of thin branch from a small tree which grew over theside of the veranda Selecting the weapon of your own punishment was ndash even atthat age- a considered matter Too thin a length of branch would undoubtedly berather whippy Anyway we dutifully handed over our switches stood in line andtook our punishment on the backs of our legs Edward got three (well he was theringleader) Martin got two and for my part just a single lash Later after ourevening meal as we lay in bed the three of us laughed endlessly at how the daysevents had transpired and the usual brotherly teasing was reversed as we declaredthat Edward had been made a sergeant Martin a corporal and myself a lowly lancecorporal We knew we deserved it and as is the way with these things itstrengthened a bond which still glues the three of us so very tightly together eventoday Despite failing health my mother is keen to return to Nigeria again for anextended visit The last time she returned My eldest brother accompanied her andI flew out a few months later to bring her back Clutching my British passport Iwalked off the plane into 40 degrees Celsius and 95 humidity and so began a 3day odyssey of extortion corruption and general b-mindedness Having alreadyspent about a month and pound400 negotiating a Nigerian visa I swore never againWell again seems to be round the corner but this time Irsquom ready for Nigeria Ishall be getting a Nigerian passport brown ldquoStaypressrdquo trousers a selection ofNelson Mandela shirts gold rimmed sunglasses and a fat gold watch I do believe Ican pull it off
Copyright copy 2019 Whitehouse Dental Clinic All rights reserved
Want to change how you receive these emails You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list
On Saturday 16th February were offering free adult Invisalign consultationsincluding a digital scan enabling us to give you an almost instant visual projection
of how your teeth could look if they were straightened using the Invisalignsystem
Both Duncan Hassan and Derek will be taking appointments throughout the dayon a first come first served basis Rory one of Invisaligns leading UK specialistadvisors will be joining us to be on hand to answer any questions you may have
and to demonstrate his own Invisalign treatment which has completelytransformed his Smile
Having secured a special limited time deal with Invisalign were able
to pass this on as a discount of pound50000 for any Invisaligntreatments booked on the day which alongside the free whitening
treatment represents a total saving of over pound80000
FREE TEETH WHITENING
Request an Appointment
Love to know more about Opera
then why not go along to The Greatest Love - a Classical Music Event to get youin the mood for Valentines Day
Meet Elaine McKrill - another of our lovely patients amp opera singer extraordinaireElaine amp David are putting on this event in a couple of weeks time amp thought it
may be of interest to some of you You wont need need any prior knowledge ofOpera as the session explains everything you need to know
Its not just a concert - half will be Davids insight into the opera world (and theopera Tristan and Isolde by Wagner in particular) and the other half is excerptssung by Elaine and Brian Smith Walters (tenor) accompanied by Richard Black
(piano)
Tristan amp Isolde tells the story of a Cornish knight bringing home a captured Irishprincess to his king Sir Tristan and Princess Isolde have fallen in love ndash an urgethey resist until they both accidentally drink a magic potion binding the two to
each other by an imperishable love
Love potions illicit lovethis has it all amp a great opportunity to hear Elaine singtoo All for pound1000 what better way to spend a cold wintry Sunday afternoon
To reserve your tickets please email - elainemckrillhotmailcom
Blue Lipstick for Whiter Teeth
Did you know that diferent colours oflipstick can have an effect on howwhite your teeth look I find that palerpinks can make mine look a bit offcolour - while reddy browns makethem appear much more pearly white
Whilst researching this rather trivial matter we came across a lipstick thatpurports to make your teeth look whiterHello Sailor from Lipstick Queen available in SpaceNK amp demonstrated here by me amp Carolyn appears as a
rather alarming navy blue - but turns into a plummy type shade when applied- teeth are meant to appear whiter due to the blue tones in the lipstickThe
sheer blue pigment is suspended in a protective Vitamin E treatment making itsuper moisturising - perfect for this time of year
in Downing Street
Another new (ish) hairdresser in townMany of you will know that I reallydont like having my hair done cut colouredwhatever Ive recently dropped
the colour bit amp am gradually going grey - this may or not happen - Imconstantly on the brink of giving up amp going back to my highlights but ambeing strong amp persevering with it for now but the lovely people at Millie
Jones who made me feel so welcome amp relaxed at my recent appointment withMelissa will be my first port of call if my resolve weakensand certainly when
I next need a cut (any day now)
We donrsquot just want to make our clients feel fantastic about their hair we alsowant you to enjoy the whole experience and make you feel that extra bit
special
It certainly worked for me amp I wouldnt hesitate to recommend them if yourelooking for a new hairdresser
Reduce your Plastic Waste Keep
Wed heard about a new shop in Downing Street where you can take your owncontainers and refill them with all sorts of stuffshampoos amp detergents nutsamp cereals and all manner of other things Lots of people had heard of it but no-one really knew where it waswell we do now Its called Keep and is upstairsat Okomoko the vegan cafe Their zero-waste products are also eco-friendly
and vegan Liquids like shampoo detergent etc are priced per 100ml and theycan be decanted into either your own container or one of their recycled ones
Its also the drop-off point for a new initiative from Colgate who have partnered
with TerraCyclereg to create a free recycling programme for all your finishedwith oral care products
Unusually this month our book amp film are one and the same
Duncans recommendation thismonth is often cited as one of thegreat novels of twentieth-centuryAmerican fiction Carson McCullersfirst novel was published to instantacclaim when she was just twenty-three Set in a small town in Americasdeep South its the story of JohnSinger a lonely deaf-mute whobecomes a confessor for adisparate assortment of charactersLost human beings who are drawntowards his kind sympatheticnature The owner of the cafe where
The film version of The Heart is aLonely Hunter takes the relationshipbetween John Singer beautifullyportrayed by Alan Arkin the deaf-mute who unites the five separatesubplots of the novel and the younggirl named Mick and makes it thecentral theme of the movie The othercharacters taking something of aback-seat However its Singers close relationshipwith Antonapoulos his unwaveringloyalty to his best friend through thickamp thin which I found the most movingpart of the film Expressing his sorrow
Singer eats every day a young girldesperate to grow up an angrysocialist drunkard a frustrated blackdoctor each pours their heart out toSinger their silent confidant and hein turn changes their disenchantedlives in ways they could neverimaginesadly they are all toowrapped up in their own troubles torealise that he too has troubles of hisown secretly suffering the loss of hisbest friend Antonapoulos also a deafmute
through sign language whenAntonapoulos is being taken awayafter being committed to a mentalinstitution is truly heartbreakingas isthe tragic denouement but that wouldbe telling Its a bit tricky to find this film but Ifinally found it shown in four parts onYouTube
A New Place to Eat in Castle Street
Were all looking forward to this new
pub opening in February in CastleStreet in the former premises of
Brasserie Blanc The Castle Inn is partof the Red Mist Group which until
recently included the Wheatsheaf onWest Street (which we think has gonea bit downhill since it was taken overlast year) Hopefully well be able topost a review next month if we can
get a table when it opens
castleinnfarnhamcouk
The Last Word
A beating to remember
Good morning or if yoursquove been keen enough to open Gillrsquos newsletter soonerrather than later well helliphelliphellipGood evening This week Irsquove decided to become aNigerian Having been born in Port Harcourt in the Niger delta in the very early1960rsquos my parents moved the family back to Hampshire in the spring of 1967 Itwould be over 40 years later that I would return to the place of my birth Having lived the lsquocolonialrsquo life in West Africa my father never hankered afterreturning to a land he knew he would barely recognize as the country he came to
fall in love with and meet the woman he did fall in love with Yesterday it wasexactly 21 years since my father died As anyone who has lost a parentunderstands yes time is the great healer yet in some fleeting moment thatreality can be forgotten An article in the paper your son gets that new job or youdaughter graduates helliphellipmust tell dad helliphellip just a brief moment of sadness I guess Growing up in Nigeria myself and my two older brothers spent most of ourwaking hours exploring in the bush behind my parentsrsquo compound in IbadanOutside term time wersquod wake early plan our adventure and set off before my folkshad even risen I struggle now to recall exactly what we actually got up to on ourjaunts but the day usually had itrsquos battle scars of grazed knees bruises and tornshorts Hunger would usually draw the three of us back home by mid afternoonThis day was different Edward my eldest brother had decreed that as today wasthe last day of freedom before the new school term we owed it to ourselves tomake our foray into the bush an epic adventure We were to return home manyhours later minutes before sundown having not even told my parents we wereheading off Marching up towards the house past the lsquoboys quartersrsquo there was ndash Istill recall a tension in the air Outside the back door my mother appeared Oddlyshe seemed distressed This emotion rapidly morphed from worry to angerpossibly by-passing relief along the way Verbal beating over we were sent backoutside to each cut a length of thin branch from a small tree which grew over theside of the veranda Selecting the weapon of your own punishment was ndash even atthat age- a considered matter Too thin a length of branch would undoubtedly berather whippy Anyway we dutifully handed over our switches stood in line andtook our punishment on the backs of our legs Edward got three (well he was theringleader) Martin got two and for my part just a single lash Later after ourevening meal as we lay in bed the three of us laughed endlessly at how the daysevents had transpired and the usual brotherly teasing was reversed as we declaredthat Edward had been made a sergeant Martin a corporal and myself a lowly lancecorporal We knew we deserved it and as is the way with these things itstrengthened a bond which still glues the three of us so very tightly together eventoday Despite failing health my mother is keen to return to Nigeria again for anextended visit The last time she returned My eldest brother accompanied her andI flew out a few months later to bring her back Clutching my British passport Iwalked off the plane into 40 degrees Celsius and 95 humidity and so began a 3day odyssey of extortion corruption and general b-mindedness Having alreadyspent about a month and pound400 negotiating a Nigerian visa I swore never againWell again seems to be round the corner but this time Irsquom ready for Nigeria Ishall be getting a Nigerian passport brown ldquoStaypressrdquo trousers a selection ofNelson Mandela shirts gold rimmed sunglasses and a fat gold watch I do believe Ican pull it off
Copyright copy 2019 Whitehouse Dental Clinic All rights reserved
Want to change how you receive these emails You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list
Love to know more about Opera
then why not go along to The Greatest Love - a Classical Music Event to get youin the mood for Valentines Day
Meet Elaine McKrill - another of our lovely patients amp opera singer extraordinaireElaine amp David are putting on this event in a couple of weeks time amp thought it
may be of interest to some of you You wont need need any prior knowledge ofOpera as the session explains everything you need to know
Its not just a concert - half will be Davids insight into the opera world (and theopera Tristan and Isolde by Wagner in particular) and the other half is excerptssung by Elaine and Brian Smith Walters (tenor) accompanied by Richard Black
(piano)
Tristan amp Isolde tells the story of a Cornish knight bringing home a captured Irishprincess to his king Sir Tristan and Princess Isolde have fallen in love ndash an urgethey resist until they both accidentally drink a magic potion binding the two to
each other by an imperishable love
Love potions illicit lovethis has it all amp a great opportunity to hear Elaine singtoo All for pound1000 what better way to spend a cold wintry Sunday afternoon
To reserve your tickets please email - elainemckrillhotmailcom
Blue Lipstick for Whiter Teeth
Did you know that diferent colours oflipstick can have an effect on howwhite your teeth look I find that palerpinks can make mine look a bit offcolour - while reddy browns makethem appear much more pearly white
Whilst researching this rather trivial matter we came across a lipstick thatpurports to make your teeth look whiterHello Sailor from Lipstick Queen available in SpaceNK amp demonstrated here by me amp Carolyn appears as a
rather alarming navy blue - but turns into a plummy type shade when applied- teeth are meant to appear whiter due to the blue tones in the lipstickThe
sheer blue pigment is suspended in a protective Vitamin E treatment making itsuper moisturising - perfect for this time of year
in Downing Street
Another new (ish) hairdresser in townMany of you will know that I reallydont like having my hair done cut colouredwhatever Ive recently dropped
the colour bit amp am gradually going grey - this may or not happen - Imconstantly on the brink of giving up amp going back to my highlights but ambeing strong amp persevering with it for now but the lovely people at Millie
Jones who made me feel so welcome amp relaxed at my recent appointment withMelissa will be my first port of call if my resolve weakensand certainly when
I next need a cut (any day now)
We donrsquot just want to make our clients feel fantastic about their hair we alsowant you to enjoy the whole experience and make you feel that extra bit
special
It certainly worked for me amp I wouldnt hesitate to recommend them if yourelooking for a new hairdresser
Reduce your Plastic Waste Keep
Wed heard about a new shop in Downing Street where you can take your owncontainers and refill them with all sorts of stuffshampoos amp detergents nutsamp cereals and all manner of other things Lots of people had heard of it but no-one really knew where it waswell we do now Its called Keep and is upstairsat Okomoko the vegan cafe Their zero-waste products are also eco-friendly
and vegan Liquids like shampoo detergent etc are priced per 100ml and theycan be decanted into either your own container or one of their recycled ones
Its also the drop-off point for a new initiative from Colgate who have partnered
with TerraCyclereg to create a free recycling programme for all your finishedwith oral care products
Unusually this month our book amp film are one and the same
Duncans recommendation thismonth is often cited as one of thegreat novels of twentieth-centuryAmerican fiction Carson McCullersfirst novel was published to instantacclaim when she was just twenty-three Set in a small town in Americasdeep South its the story of JohnSinger a lonely deaf-mute whobecomes a confessor for adisparate assortment of charactersLost human beings who are drawntowards his kind sympatheticnature The owner of the cafe where
The film version of The Heart is aLonely Hunter takes the relationshipbetween John Singer beautifullyportrayed by Alan Arkin the deaf-mute who unites the five separatesubplots of the novel and the younggirl named Mick and makes it thecentral theme of the movie The othercharacters taking something of aback-seat However its Singers close relationshipwith Antonapoulos his unwaveringloyalty to his best friend through thickamp thin which I found the most movingpart of the film Expressing his sorrow
Singer eats every day a young girldesperate to grow up an angrysocialist drunkard a frustrated blackdoctor each pours their heart out toSinger their silent confidant and hein turn changes their disenchantedlives in ways they could neverimaginesadly they are all toowrapped up in their own troubles torealise that he too has troubles of hisown secretly suffering the loss of hisbest friend Antonapoulos also a deafmute
through sign language whenAntonapoulos is being taken awayafter being committed to a mentalinstitution is truly heartbreakingas isthe tragic denouement but that wouldbe telling Its a bit tricky to find this film but Ifinally found it shown in four parts onYouTube
A New Place to Eat in Castle Street
Were all looking forward to this new
pub opening in February in CastleStreet in the former premises of
Brasserie Blanc The Castle Inn is partof the Red Mist Group which until
recently included the Wheatsheaf onWest Street (which we think has gonea bit downhill since it was taken overlast year) Hopefully well be able topost a review next month if we can
get a table when it opens
castleinnfarnhamcouk
The Last Word
A beating to remember
Good morning or if yoursquove been keen enough to open Gillrsquos newsletter soonerrather than later well helliphelliphellipGood evening This week Irsquove decided to become aNigerian Having been born in Port Harcourt in the Niger delta in the very early1960rsquos my parents moved the family back to Hampshire in the spring of 1967 Itwould be over 40 years later that I would return to the place of my birth Having lived the lsquocolonialrsquo life in West Africa my father never hankered afterreturning to a land he knew he would barely recognize as the country he came to
fall in love with and meet the woman he did fall in love with Yesterday it wasexactly 21 years since my father died As anyone who has lost a parentunderstands yes time is the great healer yet in some fleeting moment thatreality can be forgotten An article in the paper your son gets that new job or youdaughter graduates helliphellipmust tell dad helliphellip just a brief moment of sadness I guess Growing up in Nigeria myself and my two older brothers spent most of ourwaking hours exploring in the bush behind my parentsrsquo compound in IbadanOutside term time wersquod wake early plan our adventure and set off before my folkshad even risen I struggle now to recall exactly what we actually got up to on ourjaunts but the day usually had itrsquos battle scars of grazed knees bruises and tornshorts Hunger would usually draw the three of us back home by mid afternoonThis day was different Edward my eldest brother had decreed that as today wasthe last day of freedom before the new school term we owed it to ourselves tomake our foray into the bush an epic adventure We were to return home manyhours later minutes before sundown having not even told my parents we wereheading off Marching up towards the house past the lsquoboys quartersrsquo there was ndash Istill recall a tension in the air Outside the back door my mother appeared Oddlyshe seemed distressed This emotion rapidly morphed from worry to angerpossibly by-passing relief along the way Verbal beating over we were sent backoutside to each cut a length of thin branch from a small tree which grew over theside of the veranda Selecting the weapon of your own punishment was ndash even atthat age- a considered matter Too thin a length of branch would undoubtedly berather whippy Anyway we dutifully handed over our switches stood in line andtook our punishment on the backs of our legs Edward got three (well he was theringleader) Martin got two and for my part just a single lash Later after ourevening meal as we lay in bed the three of us laughed endlessly at how the daysevents had transpired and the usual brotherly teasing was reversed as we declaredthat Edward had been made a sergeant Martin a corporal and myself a lowly lancecorporal We knew we deserved it and as is the way with these things itstrengthened a bond which still glues the three of us so very tightly together eventoday Despite failing health my mother is keen to return to Nigeria again for anextended visit The last time she returned My eldest brother accompanied her andI flew out a few months later to bring her back Clutching my British passport Iwalked off the plane into 40 degrees Celsius and 95 humidity and so began a 3day odyssey of extortion corruption and general b-mindedness Having alreadyspent about a month and pound400 negotiating a Nigerian visa I swore never againWell again seems to be round the corner but this time Irsquom ready for Nigeria Ishall be getting a Nigerian passport brown ldquoStaypressrdquo trousers a selection ofNelson Mandela shirts gold rimmed sunglasses and a fat gold watch I do believe Ican pull it off
Copyright copy 2019 Whitehouse Dental Clinic All rights reserved
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Blue Lipstick for Whiter Teeth
Did you know that diferent colours oflipstick can have an effect on howwhite your teeth look I find that palerpinks can make mine look a bit offcolour - while reddy browns makethem appear much more pearly white
Whilst researching this rather trivial matter we came across a lipstick thatpurports to make your teeth look whiterHello Sailor from Lipstick Queen available in SpaceNK amp demonstrated here by me amp Carolyn appears as a
rather alarming navy blue - but turns into a plummy type shade when applied- teeth are meant to appear whiter due to the blue tones in the lipstickThe
sheer blue pigment is suspended in a protective Vitamin E treatment making itsuper moisturising - perfect for this time of year
in Downing Street
Another new (ish) hairdresser in townMany of you will know that I reallydont like having my hair done cut colouredwhatever Ive recently dropped
the colour bit amp am gradually going grey - this may or not happen - Imconstantly on the brink of giving up amp going back to my highlights but ambeing strong amp persevering with it for now but the lovely people at Millie
Jones who made me feel so welcome amp relaxed at my recent appointment withMelissa will be my first port of call if my resolve weakensand certainly when
I next need a cut (any day now)
We donrsquot just want to make our clients feel fantastic about their hair we alsowant you to enjoy the whole experience and make you feel that extra bit
special
It certainly worked for me amp I wouldnt hesitate to recommend them if yourelooking for a new hairdresser
Reduce your Plastic Waste Keep
Wed heard about a new shop in Downing Street where you can take your owncontainers and refill them with all sorts of stuffshampoos amp detergents nutsamp cereals and all manner of other things Lots of people had heard of it but no-one really knew where it waswell we do now Its called Keep and is upstairsat Okomoko the vegan cafe Their zero-waste products are also eco-friendly
and vegan Liquids like shampoo detergent etc are priced per 100ml and theycan be decanted into either your own container or one of their recycled ones
Its also the drop-off point for a new initiative from Colgate who have partnered
with TerraCyclereg to create a free recycling programme for all your finishedwith oral care products
Unusually this month our book amp film are one and the same
Duncans recommendation thismonth is often cited as one of thegreat novels of twentieth-centuryAmerican fiction Carson McCullersfirst novel was published to instantacclaim when she was just twenty-three Set in a small town in Americasdeep South its the story of JohnSinger a lonely deaf-mute whobecomes a confessor for adisparate assortment of charactersLost human beings who are drawntowards his kind sympatheticnature The owner of the cafe where
The film version of The Heart is aLonely Hunter takes the relationshipbetween John Singer beautifullyportrayed by Alan Arkin the deaf-mute who unites the five separatesubplots of the novel and the younggirl named Mick and makes it thecentral theme of the movie The othercharacters taking something of aback-seat However its Singers close relationshipwith Antonapoulos his unwaveringloyalty to his best friend through thickamp thin which I found the most movingpart of the film Expressing his sorrow
Singer eats every day a young girldesperate to grow up an angrysocialist drunkard a frustrated blackdoctor each pours their heart out toSinger their silent confidant and hein turn changes their disenchantedlives in ways they could neverimaginesadly they are all toowrapped up in their own troubles torealise that he too has troubles of hisown secretly suffering the loss of hisbest friend Antonapoulos also a deafmute
through sign language whenAntonapoulos is being taken awayafter being committed to a mentalinstitution is truly heartbreakingas isthe tragic denouement but that wouldbe telling Its a bit tricky to find this film but Ifinally found it shown in four parts onYouTube
A New Place to Eat in Castle Street
Were all looking forward to this new
pub opening in February in CastleStreet in the former premises of
Brasserie Blanc The Castle Inn is partof the Red Mist Group which until
recently included the Wheatsheaf onWest Street (which we think has gonea bit downhill since it was taken overlast year) Hopefully well be able topost a review next month if we can
get a table when it opens
castleinnfarnhamcouk
The Last Word
A beating to remember
Good morning or if yoursquove been keen enough to open Gillrsquos newsletter soonerrather than later well helliphelliphellipGood evening This week Irsquove decided to become aNigerian Having been born in Port Harcourt in the Niger delta in the very early1960rsquos my parents moved the family back to Hampshire in the spring of 1967 Itwould be over 40 years later that I would return to the place of my birth Having lived the lsquocolonialrsquo life in West Africa my father never hankered afterreturning to a land he knew he would barely recognize as the country he came to
fall in love with and meet the woman he did fall in love with Yesterday it wasexactly 21 years since my father died As anyone who has lost a parentunderstands yes time is the great healer yet in some fleeting moment thatreality can be forgotten An article in the paper your son gets that new job or youdaughter graduates helliphellipmust tell dad helliphellip just a brief moment of sadness I guess Growing up in Nigeria myself and my two older brothers spent most of ourwaking hours exploring in the bush behind my parentsrsquo compound in IbadanOutside term time wersquod wake early plan our adventure and set off before my folkshad even risen I struggle now to recall exactly what we actually got up to on ourjaunts but the day usually had itrsquos battle scars of grazed knees bruises and tornshorts Hunger would usually draw the three of us back home by mid afternoonThis day was different Edward my eldest brother had decreed that as today wasthe last day of freedom before the new school term we owed it to ourselves tomake our foray into the bush an epic adventure We were to return home manyhours later minutes before sundown having not even told my parents we wereheading off Marching up towards the house past the lsquoboys quartersrsquo there was ndash Istill recall a tension in the air Outside the back door my mother appeared Oddlyshe seemed distressed This emotion rapidly morphed from worry to angerpossibly by-passing relief along the way Verbal beating over we were sent backoutside to each cut a length of thin branch from a small tree which grew over theside of the veranda Selecting the weapon of your own punishment was ndash even atthat age- a considered matter Too thin a length of branch would undoubtedly berather whippy Anyway we dutifully handed over our switches stood in line andtook our punishment on the backs of our legs Edward got three (well he was theringleader) Martin got two and for my part just a single lash Later after ourevening meal as we lay in bed the three of us laughed endlessly at how the daysevents had transpired and the usual brotherly teasing was reversed as we declaredthat Edward had been made a sergeant Martin a corporal and myself a lowly lancecorporal We knew we deserved it and as is the way with these things itstrengthened a bond which still glues the three of us so very tightly together eventoday Despite failing health my mother is keen to return to Nigeria again for anextended visit The last time she returned My eldest brother accompanied her andI flew out a few months later to bring her back Clutching my British passport Iwalked off the plane into 40 degrees Celsius and 95 humidity and so began a 3day odyssey of extortion corruption and general b-mindedness Having alreadyspent about a month and pound400 negotiating a Nigerian visa I swore never againWell again seems to be round the corner but this time Irsquom ready for Nigeria Ishall be getting a Nigerian passport brown ldquoStaypressrdquo trousers a selection ofNelson Mandela shirts gold rimmed sunglasses and a fat gold watch I do believe Ican pull it off
Copyright copy 2019 Whitehouse Dental Clinic All rights reserved
Want to change how you receive these emails You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list
Another new (ish) hairdresser in townMany of you will know that I reallydont like having my hair done cut colouredwhatever Ive recently dropped
the colour bit amp am gradually going grey - this may or not happen - Imconstantly on the brink of giving up amp going back to my highlights but ambeing strong amp persevering with it for now but the lovely people at Millie
Jones who made me feel so welcome amp relaxed at my recent appointment withMelissa will be my first port of call if my resolve weakensand certainly when
I next need a cut (any day now)
We donrsquot just want to make our clients feel fantastic about their hair we alsowant you to enjoy the whole experience and make you feel that extra bit
special
It certainly worked for me amp I wouldnt hesitate to recommend them if yourelooking for a new hairdresser
Reduce your Plastic Waste Keep
Wed heard about a new shop in Downing Street where you can take your owncontainers and refill them with all sorts of stuffshampoos amp detergents nutsamp cereals and all manner of other things Lots of people had heard of it but no-one really knew where it waswell we do now Its called Keep and is upstairsat Okomoko the vegan cafe Their zero-waste products are also eco-friendly
and vegan Liquids like shampoo detergent etc are priced per 100ml and theycan be decanted into either your own container or one of their recycled ones
Its also the drop-off point for a new initiative from Colgate who have partnered
with TerraCyclereg to create a free recycling programme for all your finishedwith oral care products
Unusually this month our book amp film are one and the same
Duncans recommendation thismonth is often cited as one of thegreat novels of twentieth-centuryAmerican fiction Carson McCullersfirst novel was published to instantacclaim when she was just twenty-three Set in a small town in Americasdeep South its the story of JohnSinger a lonely deaf-mute whobecomes a confessor for adisparate assortment of charactersLost human beings who are drawntowards his kind sympatheticnature The owner of the cafe where
The film version of The Heart is aLonely Hunter takes the relationshipbetween John Singer beautifullyportrayed by Alan Arkin the deaf-mute who unites the five separatesubplots of the novel and the younggirl named Mick and makes it thecentral theme of the movie The othercharacters taking something of aback-seat However its Singers close relationshipwith Antonapoulos his unwaveringloyalty to his best friend through thickamp thin which I found the most movingpart of the film Expressing his sorrow
Singer eats every day a young girldesperate to grow up an angrysocialist drunkard a frustrated blackdoctor each pours their heart out toSinger their silent confidant and hein turn changes their disenchantedlives in ways they could neverimaginesadly they are all toowrapped up in their own troubles torealise that he too has troubles of hisown secretly suffering the loss of hisbest friend Antonapoulos also a deafmute
through sign language whenAntonapoulos is being taken awayafter being committed to a mentalinstitution is truly heartbreakingas isthe tragic denouement but that wouldbe telling Its a bit tricky to find this film but Ifinally found it shown in four parts onYouTube
A New Place to Eat in Castle Street
Were all looking forward to this new
pub opening in February in CastleStreet in the former premises of
Brasserie Blanc The Castle Inn is partof the Red Mist Group which until
recently included the Wheatsheaf onWest Street (which we think has gonea bit downhill since it was taken overlast year) Hopefully well be able topost a review next month if we can
get a table when it opens
castleinnfarnhamcouk
The Last Word
A beating to remember
Good morning or if yoursquove been keen enough to open Gillrsquos newsletter soonerrather than later well helliphelliphellipGood evening This week Irsquove decided to become aNigerian Having been born in Port Harcourt in the Niger delta in the very early1960rsquos my parents moved the family back to Hampshire in the spring of 1967 Itwould be over 40 years later that I would return to the place of my birth Having lived the lsquocolonialrsquo life in West Africa my father never hankered afterreturning to a land he knew he would barely recognize as the country he came to
fall in love with and meet the woman he did fall in love with Yesterday it wasexactly 21 years since my father died As anyone who has lost a parentunderstands yes time is the great healer yet in some fleeting moment thatreality can be forgotten An article in the paper your son gets that new job or youdaughter graduates helliphellipmust tell dad helliphellip just a brief moment of sadness I guess Growing up in Nigeria myself and my two older brothers spent most of ourwaking hours exploring in the bush behind my parentsrsquo compound in IbadanOutside term time wersquod wake early plan our adventure and set off before my folkshad even risen I struggle now to recall exactly what we actually got up to on ourjaunts but the day usually had itrsquos battle scars of grazed knees bruises and tornshorts Hunger would usually draw the three of us back home by mid afternoonThis day was different Edward my eldest brother had decreed that as today wasthe last day of freedom before the new school term we owed it to ourselves tomake our foray into the bush an epic adventure We were to return home manyhours later minutes before sundown having not even told my parents we wereheading off Marching up towards the house past the lsquoboys quartersrsquo there was ndash Istill recall a tension in the air Outside the back door my mother appeared Oddlyshe seemed distressed This emotion rapidly morphed from worry to angerpossibly by-passing relief along the way Verbal beating over we were sent backoutside to each cut a length of thin branch from a small tree which grew over theside of the veranda Selecting the weapon of your own punishment was ndash even atthat age- a considered matter Too thin a length of branch would undoubtedly berather whippy Anyway we dutifully handed over our switches stood in line andtook our punishment on the backs of our legs Edward got three (well he was theringleader) Martin got two and for my part just a single lash Later after ourevening meal as we lay in bed the three of us laughed endlessly at how the daysevents had transpired and the usual brotherly teasing was reversed as we declaredthat Edward had been made a sergeant Martin a corporal and myself a lowly lancecorporal We knew we deserved it and as is the way with these things itstrengthened a bond which still glues the three of us so very tightly together eventoday Despite failing health my mother is keen to return to Nigeria again for anextended visit The last time she returned My eldest brother accompanied her andI flew out a few months later to bring her back Clutching my British passport Iwalked off the plane into 40 degrees Celsius and 95 humidity and so began a 3day odyssey of extortion corruption and general b-mindedness Having alreadyspent about a month and pound400 negotiating a Nigerian visa I swore never againWell again seems to be round the corner but this time Irsquom ready for Nigeria Ishall be getting a Nigerian passport brown ldquoStaypressrdquo trousers a selection ofNelson Mandela shirts gold rimmed sunglasses and a fat gold watch I do believe Ican pull it off
Copyright copy 2019 Whitehouse Dental Clinic All rights reserved
Want to change how you receive these emails You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list
and vegan Liquids like shampoo detergent etc are priced per 100ml and theycan be decanted into either your own container or one of their recycled ones
Its also the drop-off point for a new initiative from Colgate who have partnered
with TerraCyclereg to create a free recycling programme for all your finishedwith oral care products
Unusually this month our book amp film are one and the same
Duncans recommendation thismonth is often cited as one of thegreat novels of twentieth-centuryAmerican fiction Carson McCullersfirst novel was published to instantacclaim when she was just twenty-three Set in a small town in Americasdeep South its the story of JohnSinger a lonely deaf-mute whobecomes a confessor for adisparate assortment of charactersLost human beings who are drawntowards his kind sympatheticnature The owner of the cafe where
The film version of The Heart is aLonely Hunter takes the relationshipbetween John Singer beautifullyportrayed by Alan Arkin the deaf-mute who unites the five separatesubplots of the novel and the younggirl named Mick and makes it thecentral theme of the movie The othercharacters taking something of aback-seat However its Singers close relationshipwith Antonapoulos his unwaveringloyalty to his best friend through thickamp thin which I found the most movingpart of the film Expressing his sorrow
Singer eats every day a young girldesperate to grow up an angrysocialist drunkard a frustrated blackdoctor each pours their heart out toSinger their silent confidant and hein turn changes their disenchantedlives in ways they could neverimaginesadly they are all toowrapped up in their own troubles torealise that he too has troubles of hisown secretly suffering the loss of hisbest friend Antonapoulos also a deafmute
through sign language whenAntonapoulos is being taken awayafter being committed to a mentalinstitution is truly heartbreakingas isthe tragic denouement but that wouldbe telling Its a bit tricky to find this film but Ifinally found it shown in four parts onYouTube
A New Place to Eat in Castle Street
Were all looking forward to this new
pub opening in February in CastleStreet in the former premises of
Brasserie Blanc The Castle Inn is partof the Red Mist Group which until
recently included the Wheatsheaf onWest Street (which we think has gonea bit downhill since it was taken overlast year) Hopefully well be able topost a review next month if we can
get a table when it opens
castleinnfarnhamcouk
The Last Word
A beating to remember
Good morning or if yoursquove been keen enough to open Gillrsquos newsletter soonerrather than later well helliphelliphellipGood evening This week Irsquove decided to become aNigerian Having been born in Port Harcourt in the Niger delta in the very early1960rsquos my parents moved the family back to Hampshire in the spring of 1967 Itwould be over 40 years later that I would return to the place of my birth Having lived the lsquocolonialrsquo life in West Africa my father never hankered afterreturning to a land he knew he would barely recognize as the country he came to
fall in love with and meet the woman he did fall in love with Yesterday it wasexactly 21 years since my father died As anyone who has lost a parentunderstands yes time is the great healer yet in some fleeting moment thatreality can be forgotten An article in the paper your son gets that new job or youdaughter graduates helliphellipmust tell dad helliphellip just a brief moment of sadness I guess Growing up in Nigeria myself and my two older brothers spent most of ourwaking hours exploring in the bush behind my parentsrsquo compound in IbadanOutside term time wersquod wake early plan our adventure and set off before my folkshad even risen I struggle now to recall exactly what we actually got up to on ourjaunts but the day usually had itrsquos battle scars of grazed knees bruises and tornshorts Hunger would usually draw the three of us back home by mid afternoonThis day was different Edward my eldest brother had decreed that as today wasthe last day of freedom before the new school term we owed it to ourselves tomake our foray into the bush an epic adventure We were to return home manyhours later minutes before sundown having not even told my parents we wereheading off Marching up towards the house past the lsquoboys quartersrsquo there was ndash Istill recall a tension in the air Outside the back door my mother appeared Oddlyshe seemed distressed This emotion rapidly morphed from worry to angerpossibly by-passing relief along the way Verbal beating over we were sent backoutside to each cut a length of thin branch from a small tree which grew over theside of the veranda Selecting the weapon of your own punishment was ndash even atthat age- a considered matter Too thin a length of branch would undoubtedly berather whippy Anyway we dutifully handed over our switches stood in line andtook our punishment on the backs of our legs Edward got three (well he was theringleader) Martin got two and for my part just a single lash Later after ourevening meal as we lay in bed the three of us laughed endlessly at how the daysevents had transpired and the usual brotherly teasing was reversed as we declaredthat Edward had been made a sergeant Martin a corporal and myself a lowly lancecorporal We knew we deserved it and as is the way with these things itstrengthened a bond which still glues the three of us so very tightly together eventoday Despite failing health my mother is keen to return to Nigeria again for anextended visit The last time she returned My eldest brother accompanied her andI flew out a few months later to bring her back Clutching my British passport Iwalked off the plane into 40 degrees Celsius and 95 humidity and so began a 3day odyssey of extortion corruption and general b-mindedness Having alreadyspent about a month and pound400 negotiating a Nigerian visa I swore never againWell again seems to be round the corner but this time Irsquom ready for Nigeria Ishall be getting a Nigerian passport brown ldquoStaypressrdquo trousers a selection ofNelson Mandela shirts gold rimmed sunglasses and a fat gold watch I do believe Ican pull it off
Copyright copy 2019 Whitehouse Dental Clinic All rights reserved
Want to change how you receive these emails You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list
Singer eats every day a young girldesperate to grow up an angrysocialist drunkard a frustrated blackdoctor each pours their heart out toSinger their silent confidant and hein turn changes their disenchantedlives in ways they could neverimaginesadly they are all toowrapped up in their own troubles torealise that he too has troubles of hisown secretly suffering the loss of hisbest friend Antonapoulos also a deafmute
through sign language whenAntonapoulos is being taken awayafter being committed to a mentalinstitution is truly heartbreakingas isthe tragic denouement but that wouldbe telling Its a bit tricky to find this film but Ifinally found it shown in four parts onYouTube
A New Place to Eat in Castle Street
Were all looking forward to this new
pub opening in February in CastleStreet in the former premises of
Brasserie Blanc The Castle Inn is partof the Red Mist Group which until
recently included the Wheatsheaf onWest Street (which we think has gonea bit downhill since it was taken overlast year) Hopefully well be able topost a review next month if we can
get a table when it opens
castleinnfarnhamcouk
The Last Word
A beating to remember
Good morning or if yoursquove been keen enough to open Gillrsquos newsletter soonerrather than later well helliphelliphellipGood evening This week Irsquove decided to become aNigerian Having been born in Port Harcourt in the Niger delta in the very early1960rsquos my parents moved the family back to Hampshire in the spring of 1967 Itwould be over 40 years later that I would return to the place of my birth Having lived the lsquocolonialrsquo life in West Africa my father never hankered afterreturning to a land he knew he would barely recognize as the country he came to
fall in love with and meet the woman he did fall in love with Yesterday it wasexactly 21 years since my father died As anyone who has lost a parentunderstands yes time is the great healer yet in some fleeting moment thatreality can be forgotten An article in the paper your son gets that new job or youdaughter graduates helliphellipmust tell dad helliphellip just a brief moment of sadness I guess Growing up in Nigeria myself and my two older brothers spent most of ourwaking hours exploring in the bush behind my parentsrsquo compound in IbadanOutside term time wersquod wake early plan our adventure and set off before my folkshad even risen I struggle now to recall exactly what we actually got up to on ourjaunts but the day usually had itrsquos battle scars of grazed knees bruises and tornshorts Hunger would usually draw the three of us back home by mid afternoonThis day was different Edward my eldest brother had decreed that as today wasthe last day of freedom before the new school term we owed it to ourselves tomake our foray into the bush an epic adventure We were to return home manyhours later minutes before sundown having not even told my parents we wereheading off Marching up towards the house past the lsquoboys quartersrsquo there was ndash Istill recall a tension in the air Outside the back door my mother appeared Oddlyshe seemed distressed This emotion rapidly morphed from worry to angerpossibly by-passing relief along the way Verbal beating over we were sent backoutside to each cut a length of thin branch from a small tree which grew over theside of the veranda Selecting the weapon of your own punishment was ndash even atthat age- a considered matter Too thin a length of branch would undoubtedly berather whippy Anyway we dutifully handed over our switches stood in line andtook our punishment on the backs of our legs Edward got three (well he was theringleader) Martin got two and for my part just a single lash Later after ourevening meal as we lay in bed the three of us laughed endlessly at how the daysevents had transpired and the usual brotherly teasing was reversed as we declaredthat Edward had been made a sergeant Martin a corporal and myself a lowly lancecorporal We knew we deserved it and as is the way with these things itstrengthened a bond which still glues the three of us so very tightly together eventoday Despite failing health my mother is keen to return to Nigeria again for anextended visit The last time she returned My eldest brother accompanied her andI flew out a few months later to bring her back Clutching my British passport Iwalked off the plane into 40 degrees Celsius and 95 humidity and so began a 3day odyssey of extortion corruption and general b-mindedness Having alreadyspent about a month and pound400 negotiating a Nigerian visa I swore never againWell again seems to be round the corner but this time Irsquom ready for Nigeria Ishall be getting a Nigerian passport brown ldquoStaypressrdquo trousers a selection ofNelson Mandela shirts gold rimmed sunglasses and a fat gold watch I do believe Ican pull it off
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fall in love with and meet the woman he did fall in love with Yesterday it wasexactly 21 years since my father died As anyone who has lost a parentunderstands yes time is the great healer yet in some fleeting moment thatreality can be forgotten An article in the paper your son gets that new job or youdaughter graduates helliphellipmust tell dad helliphellip just a brief moment of sadness I guess Growing up in Nigeria myself and my two older brothers spent most of ourwaking hours exploring in the bush behind my parentsrsquo compound in IbadanOutside term time wersquod wake early plan our adventure and set off before my folkshad even risen I struggle now to recall exactly what we actually got up to on ourjaunts but the day usually had itrsquos battle scars of grazed knees bruises and tornshorts Hunger would usually draw the three of us back home by mid afternoonThis day was different Edward my eldest brother had decreed that as today wasthe last day of freedom before the new school term we owed it to ourselves tomake our foray into the bush an epic adventure We were to return home manyhours later minutes before sundown having not even told my parents we wereheading off Marching up towards the house past the lsquoboys quartersrsquo there was ndash Istill recall a tension in the air Outside the back door my mother appeared Oddlyshe seemed distressed This emotion rapidly morphed from worry to angerpossibly by-passing relief along the way Verbal beating over we were sent backoutside to each cut a length of thin branch from a small tree which grew over theside of the veranda Selecting the weapon of your own punishment was ndash even atthat age- a considered matter Too thin a length of branch would undoubtedly berather whippy Anyway we dutifully handed over our switches stood in line andtook our punishment on the backs of our legs Edward got three (well he was theringleader) Martin got two and for my part just a single lash Later after ourevening meal as we lay in bed the three of us laughed endlessly at how the daysevents had transpired and the usual brotherly teasing was reversed as we declaredthat Edward had been made a sergeant Martin a corporal and myself a lowly lancecorporal We knew we deserved it and as is the way with these things itstrengthened a bond which still glues the three of us so very tightly together eventoday Despite failing health my mother is keen to return to Nigeria again for anextended visit The last time she returned My eldest brother accompanied her andI flew out a few months later to bring her back Clutching my British passport Iwalked off the plane into 40 degrees Celsius and 95 humidity and so began a 3day odyssey of extortion corruption and general b-mindedness Having alreadyspent about a month and pound400 negotiating a Nigerian visa I swore never againWell again seems to be round the corner but this time Irsquom ready for Nigeria Ishall be getting a Nigerian passport brown ldquoStaypressrdquo trousers a selection ofNelson Mandela shirts gold rimmed sunglasses and a fat gold watch I do believe Ican pull it off
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