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Affiliated to The British Heart Foundation“ALFIE”January 2010Issue No: 42

COMING EVENTSJanuary 2010 - Onwards

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FebruarySoup Kitchen

Holyrood Hall, NewportDate to be confirmed

MarchCheese & Wine Evening

Date and venue to be confirmed

Sunday 25th AprilKew Gardens in Spring

MayMonkey World

Date to be confirmed

JuneStrawberry Tea


JuneCoastal Walk from St Lawrence to Ventnor

Date and time to be arrangedSee item in this copy of TT

JulyAn evening visit to Ventnor Botanical Gardens


AugustBBQ & Grand Summer Draw

Date to be confirmed

September2 day botanical trip to Cornwall


OctoberRace Night

Wootton Community Centre

NovemberSoup Kitchen

Holyrood Hall, NewportDate to be confirmed

DecemberChristmas Lunch


Walks‘Walk Your Way to Health’ organised by Louise Gray, offers regular walks for heart patients. These are NHS organised events. See posters in Gym

venues.

All events will be advertised by posters in classes or visit our website:

www.islandheartcareclub.org.uk

THE VIEW FROM THE CHAIRHow do you relax? - at the end of an exercise class we all spend a few minutes relaxing getting our pulses down, emptying our minds - not a care in the world. Then Lyn wakes you up brings you around and asks you if your pulse has come down, and then you start to worry in case it’s gone up and all the worries you didn’t have while you were relaxing flood back.

Music - Mozart Effect - Relaxation listening to Classical Music makes you more intelligent!!! Have you heard that Mozart’s Music is relaxing and will make babies clever?

I don’t know about that but I find Classical Music very easy to listen to (except some Opera). To me some music gives me the feel good factor, but don’t take my word for it. I first listened to Classical Music at School in assembly having to endure it as a 5 year old - Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Bach et al. But that gave me the desire in later years to really start to enjoy this wonderful music.

Have you a favourite piece of Music? One of mine is Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major this was used in the Film ‘Out of Africa’; another is ‘Che soave zeffiretto’ from Mozart’s Opera ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ which was used in the Shawshank Redemption.

I don’t know how many musicians we have in the club or how many of you sing in choirs or would like to. Watching the BBC television series “The Choir” recently made me realise just how important music is in our lives and how it can change people and bring them together.

I have asked the Social Committee if they would like to arrange a music evening of singing and piano playing. My Piano Teacher, Anthony Steel, has his own Choir from Godshill and has offered us a musical evening that I’m sure we will all remember for a very long time. This will include members of his Choir singing a variety of songs, accompanied on the Piano by Anthony as well as solo piano pieces played by members of his family. We hope to put on this concert some time this year, please try to attend as I’m sure you will enjoy the event very much.

Q. What do you call someone that hangs around with musicians?A. A drummer.

Q. What does it mean when a guitar player drools out of both sides of his mouth?A. The stage is level.

Another year is with us and with that brings a new Social Programme for the Heart Care Club. Look out for some new events that they are planning including a Trip to Monkey World. The Bar-B-Que is back this Year also.

We hope to train two new instructors this year to help Lyn with classes. This will enable the Club to expand and hopefully start a class in Ryde. The PCT has

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EDITORIALI am finding it particularly difficult to get motivated to get everything sorted for this issue of TT. Although I may tend to moan a bit, in the end I get a feeling of achievement when it’s all ready for the print room...but this issue? It’s not the copy, in fact I think it’s really good and there is quite a lot of it. I can only put it down to the weather - I’m fed up with the wind and rain. I know I shouldn’t moan - at least we aren’t flooded like Cumbria, but it still gets me down. I’ve a new 12’x10’ shed I put up at the beginning of November, and here it is nearly the end of November and I’m still trying to felt the roof. Will the wind and rain never stop!!

Its now a week later and we have just returned from a week in Shrewsbury. Believe it or not we didn’t have rain; very cold winds and some frosty mornings but no rain. Mind you the river Severn was very very high. By the way I still haven’t got the felt on the shed yet.

OK moan over, down to business. We have quite a bit for this issue as I previously said. Dr Mackett’s article on the Island railways has now finished, but he has also researched the Solent crossings, the first of which will be in the April issue. He really is a man of many hobbies and interests. As well as local railways and ferry interests, he is a Philatelist as well, so in this issue we have stamps from the world that are con-nected with Heart Incidents.

Peter Ward continues with his article North to South and I believe, in this issue, he may be finally settled on and pos-sibly above the Island.

Now many of you that attend the Fitness Factory know Steve Milton, and there are probably lots more who have heard of him. But how many actually know him? Well now you will as we have a potted biography of Steve in this issue.

We have a new resident gardener - David Trevan, although ‘gardener’ is not perhaps the right description. When you read the article you will understand why. Dave is also organising a 2 day trip to Cornwall, plus a couple of events on the Island.

identified the need for a class there, which if all goes well; this will start towards the end of 2010.

You will notice that Lyn has started some extra classes at the Fitness Factory this year, as numbers have increased. These extra classes will enable members to move to a different time and ease numbers at full up classes.

I would like to wish you all a Very Happy and Healthy New Year and look forward to seeing you this year at the Social events.

Gary Smith, Chairman

The Social Committee, as you will see from Forthcoming Events, have really got some super plans in the pipeline. I was at their last meeting when they went through it and although there are still dates to be fixed, keep your eye open for posters in classes and information in Ticker Tape. Also, if you want further information on any of the events, you can telephone Kim Christianson on 404082 or mobile 07907948082.

I have kept it short this time as there is a lot to fit in, so it just leaves me to say, on behalf of all the committee, we hope you have a healthy and prosperous 2010.

Ed

IsLE OF WIgHTHEART CARE CLub

CLAssEsVENUES

Fitness Factory, Portland Street, NewportThe Heights Leisure Centre, Broadway, SandownWest Wight Sports Centre, Brookside, Freshwater

Riverside Centre, Town Quay, Newport

TIMES

Monday

Fitness Factory 09.10 - 10.10 10.30 - 11.30 11.45 - 12.45

Tuesday

The Heights 13.30 - 14.30 14.30 - 15.30

Wednesday

West Wight Sports Centre 09.00 - 10.00 10.00 - 11.00Fitness Factory 13.30 - 14.30

Thursday

Fitness Factory 09.10 - 10.10 10.30 - 11.30 12.45 - 13.45Riverside Centre 15.00 - 16.00

Friday

Fitness Factory 19.00 - 20.00

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CARDIAC REHAbILITATIOn upDATE FROM THE HOspITAL

New Look CCU. The Coronary Care unit has been rearranged since this summer allowing the nurses to have a better view of their patients. Some of you may remember that the nursing sta-tion sat at the top end of the unit, being some distance from the patients in the beds down at the windows end and completely cut off from view if the beds curtains were pulled, clinical equipment and the drugs being housed in

a separate room behind.

Although patients are closely observed on the monitors, the nurses felt it was more desirable to be able to see their pa-tients at closer quarters, in order to follow the basic nursing skills as well as electronic ones! Privacy and dignity has been enhanced and we now have the addition of a private room for screening or poorly patients.

So now we have an enlarged nursing station in the middle of the unit including all the resources within reach that are necessary to undertake emergency care, with lots of space for when the doctors-round arrives, and leaving the old nurs-ing station for paperwork activities. We are very pleased with the new design.

Valve replacement/repair patients have not been forgotten! At the hospital we do not cover this group of patients for cardiac rehab’ in Phases 2or3. This is because valve problems are not usually associated with CHD. However a standard letter is going out to these patients when the referrals come through and they are being directed straight to Phase 4 so they don’t miss out! Lyn is already hearing from these people.

DVLA- the guidelines for driving post heart attack have changed! Now if you have had a heart attack, have stenting done, and have good LV function (good pumping action of the heart) then you can resume driving after 1 week! If you don’t have these it is from 4 weeks.

Recently when I was unable to attend the Riverside Centre another senior nurse from CCU took my place. She suddenly recognised patients whom she had nursed on the wards CCU and Step Down. I think her reaction was one of sheer joy from remembering patients who had presented as acutely ill and dependent, to now completely transformed in various ways, some slimmer, looking healthy, being active, no signs of pain, a different person before her!

We do decorate the Coronary Care unit at Christmas. The atmosphere is lovely with Christmas music playing; we have an abundance of nibbles, treats and wine and on Christmas Day a wrapped present for each of the patients. The nurses usually wear silly hats and flashing earrings!

So on that note, I hope you all had a very happy time through-

out the festive season and you have a fulfilling and healthy New Year!

Penny Mason Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse

For those of you that haven’t met Penny I have attached a photo. Ed

sOup KITCHEnSaturday 14th November

This month’s soup kitchen was a fairly good success, considering the appalling weather, and as this was the first event under the new Social Committee, we think it went off very well.

There was a slow trickle of people but a steady one after a while. The total takings after all deductions were £179.00.

The various soups were donated for which a hearty thank-you must go out. Also the great selection of cakes, all of which were home-made.

Our next venture is the Christmas Lunch where we hope to see you all. For those who will not be joining, us may we take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a healthy and hearty New Year.

Pat Hough [Fitness Factory & New Social Committee Member]

Just a couple of pictures of some of the hard working social committee and helpers

sTEVE MILTOn - A pROFILESteve was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire in 1960, the youngest of four children [three older sisters!] After enjoying a family holiday on the Island, his parents decided to move to Shanklin in 1968 where they ran a successful hotel business until their retirement.

From the mid-1970s, Steve worked in his parents’ business for several years, while at the same time running a mobile disco and occasionally playing drums in a local group.

Steve began training with weights on a regular basis to build up his skinny teenage frame after leaving school in 1976 and becoming a qualified weightlifting instructor in 1983. He was given the opportunity to use his new qualification when



CORnIsH gARDEn WEEKEnDAs an exiled Cornishman living on the Isle of Wight I have suggested to the social committee that we could organise a long weekend visiting Cornish Gardens. We are thinking about September and the two places we could visit would be The Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project. There are obviously many other gardens we could visit but these two happen to be close together and could comfortably be visited in one weekend.

LOST GARDENS OF HELIGAN

The brainchild of Tim Smit, Heligan is said to be ‘the greatest garden restoration project this century’.

The seat of the Tremayne family for more than 400 years, the garden fell into neglect after the Great War, to become a bramble and ivy covered veil that was almost finished off by the hurricanes of the 1990’s. 200 acres of garden have now been fully restored and the gardens now include the Northern gardens which feature kitchen gardens where 200 types of vegetable, fruit and salad crops are cultivated as they would have been in Victorian times. The pleasure grounds include magnificent collections of trees and shrubs, the Italian garden, New Zealand Garden and herbaceous borders.

The Jungle features a steep side valley where exotic plants from all over the world can be seen including many collected by Victorian Plant Collectors. All in all there is much to see.

THE EDEN PROJECT

Also the brainchild of Tim Smit, the Eden Project is known as ‘the living theatre of plants and people’. Said to be the most talked about garden in the world, it features two huge biomes, the tropical biome and the Mediterranean biome, both designed by the famous architect Nicholas Grimshaw.

Outdoor gardens and an educational centre also feature in a visit to the Eden Project.

The objects of the Eden Project include educating people about our dependence on plants, about how everything is interconnected. It is a place of beauty and wonder and amazing architecture.

HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?

Approximately £120 per person half board. This would include admission to both gardens. In the quote we have had so far, we would be staying at a hotel in Newquay.

Departure would be Friday. One garden would be visited each day, returning late on Sunday.

We would need 49 people to make this trip viable. If you are interested, please let me know either through Lyn Smith at classes or you can e-mail me on [email protected] or talk to anyone on the social committee so we can get some idea of the interest.

Dave Trevan

The Fitness Factory opened in April 1984. Steve rented an area within the building to set up his own weight training gym. The Fitness Factory plugged a gap in the fitness boom market of the 1980s, being the first centre on the Island to offer daily exercise classes as well as gym facilities.

After two years, The Fitness Factory came up for sale and Steve decided to sell his house to raise capital to purchase it himself. He bought the business in March 1987, keeping most of the original staff, including keep-fit/aerobics instructor Lyn Smith.

Steve’s interest in strength training led him to enter body-building competitions in 1984/5 and then power-lifting competitions from 1987 to 1990. He also became a weight-lifting referee, refereeing at the British Championships in 1991.

After retiring from competition he decided to put much of his strength training to one side and focus more on general health/fitness and nutrition, and took further qualifications in this field in 1992. At the same time, the gym layout was changed to better accommodate different gym users, bringing in more cardiovascular equipment and moving the heavy weights to a separate room to make it less intimidating for beginners and the gym more user-friendly for ladies and elderly clients. By 1993 Steve had acquired a pair of ‘niggling knees’ and a ‘dodgy back’ from years of heavy lifting, which led to his interest in musculo-skeletal injuries, their treatment and rehabilitation. He enrolled on a 51/2 year part-time course to train as an osteopath, completing a sports injury massage course along the way. Steve gained his Diploma of Osteopathy [D.O.] in 1999 and to this day, runs a practice part-time from his clinic at the Fitness Factory. Steve also gives all gym inductions and instruction personally which brings consistency and helps to develop a friendly atmosphere with males and females of all ages using the facilities.

In 1993, Lyn Smith introduced a follow-on exercise group for heart patients to the Fitness Factory. This first group were patients who had completed their initial programme at the Riverside Centre and over the years this has increased to six classes per week. In 2002, Lyn became the first instructor on the Island to gain the new Phase IV Heart Rehabilitation Instructor Qualification and in 2003, Steve became the second. With this qualification he teaches the Wednesday lunchtime group on alternate weeks and covers all other Heart Care classes at the Fitness Factory for Lyn when she is away. Steve is also available to give one-to-one exercise instruction for heart patients that would prefer not to come to classes.

2009 sees The Fitness Factory celebrating 25 years of operation. Although competition on the Island has increased over the years, The Fitness Factory is still popular and continues to attract a regular customer base, despite the current economic downturn.



pLAnTs FOR WInTER EFFECTHello!

Let me introduce myself. I’m Dave Trevan and for the last 33 years have been a lecturer at the Isle of Wight College where I taught Horticulture and latterly Countryside Management.

Let me make it clear that I am not a grower of vegetables, nor a cultivator of fruit, though I dabble in both. My passion is plants, both ornamental and wild. I trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew alongside another more famous gardener you may have heard of. (Appears on TV a lot!)

My interests then are trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs, alpines and our native British flora.

Lyn has also persuaded me to join the IWHHC Social Committee, and in that context I am hoping to organise some visits to mainland and island gardens next year. (2010) ed.

Here on the Isle of Wight we are fortunate in living in one of the mildest and sunniest locations in the British Isles. I am also privileged to live on the Undercliff that has a unique microclimate and is generally warmer than the rest of the island. The range of plants we can grow here is amazing.

The following quote from the famous plantswoman and writer Vita Sackville–West encapsulates my interest and enthusiasm for the winter garden:

“Gardener if you listen, listen well:

Plant for winter pleasure, when the months

Dishearten; plant to find a fragile note

Touched by the brittle violin of frost.”

V. Sackville-West from The garden

I would like to share with you some of my favourite plants for winter effect. I have always been particularly fond of winter flowers, indeed the first plant I ever learnt was a winter flowering shrub, the “Winter Sweet”.

It is generally reckoned that winter begins in late November when most trees have shed their leaves and ends with the bursting of hawthorn leaves in March.

A great many plants flower or have attractive features during the winter months, indeed whole books have been written about the subject, but winter plants generally have a number of things in common:

• They do not have the flamboyant colours of many spring and summer flowering plants.

• Instead many have a delicious fragrance or elegant form such as catkins or tassels. Some have colourful foliage, stems or berries.

• Most winter flowering plants have not been hybridised or improved by plant breeders. They remain the same species that you would see if you encountered them in the wild.

• Unlike bedding plants which need to be removed at the

end of the season, with all the hard work that entails, most winter effect plants are permanent residents of the garden and can be planted alongside other plants in beds and borders.

Here then are some of my favourites:

Chimonanthus praecox “Winter Sweet”

This easily grown medium sized deciduous shrub produces very sweetly scented, pale yellow waxy flowers throughout the winter. A real gem! One flower placed in a saucer of water will perfume a room. Needs careful siting as like many winter plants has no particular merits the rest of the year,

but if you can, place it near to your house where you can benefit from the fragrance on mild winter days. Is difficult to propagate from cuttings but can be raised from seed or by layering.

Viburnum x bodnantense

There are many Viburnums that provide delicious colour and fragrance in the winter and spring, but Viburnum x bodnantense ranks among the best. A hybrid plant, this medium sized shrub is easy to grow and produces clusters of sweetly scented rose tinted flowers from October onwards. Its flowers last quite well in water and are remarkably

frost resistant. Allow plenty of space for this plant as it tends to flower on the older wood and any pruning or shaping will remove the flower buds.

Garrya elliptica “Silk Tassel Bush”

Unlike the previous two species, this Californian shrub has no fragrance but rewards you with long catkins in a suede-like elegant grey, that are produced in midwinter and continue until spring. Male plants produce the longest catkins!

There are also some garden cultivars with extra long dangly catkins. G.

elliptica ‘James Roof’ has the coveted Award of Garden Merit.

Coronilla valentina subsp glauca

I want to introduce you to this amazing plant because it is not normally listed in plants for winter effect - I have no idea why! You can find the plant growing all over the island but particularly in Ventnor. It is better known by its older name of Coronilla glauca. This plant produces bright yellow pea like flowers throughout the winter that are deliciously

Flowers of Chimonanthus praecovThe “Winter Sweet”

The flowers of Viburnum x bodnantense

The “Silk Tassel Bush”Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’

Pea like flowers of Coronilla valentina



fragrant. Mine has been flowering since late summer and as I write in mid-November it is smothered in flowers. I prefer the pale yellow form C. valentina subsp. glauca ‘Citrina’ but that is a matter of personal taste. Coronilla is quite a small shrub and delights in an open sunny situation.

Daphne odora ‘Aureo-marginata’ “Daphne”

This small evergreen shrub from China and Japan has leaves with a yellow margin and produces exquisite reddish purple flowers with a knock out perfume. Like all Daphnes it can be very fickle and suddenly die on you, but otherwise an absolute must for the winter garden.

Hamamelis mollis “Witch Hazel”

There are many different species, hybrids and cultivars of “Witch Hazel”. They are among the aristocrats of the winter garden and produce clusters of spidery, sweetly fragrant broad-petalled flowers from December to March. With Hamamelis you get a double whammy because in autumn they have amazing autumn colours. Be aware though that

they get quite large and need lime free soils.

Jasminum nudiflorum “Winter Jasmine”

This plant is so common that it probably needs no introduction from me, but no list of winter flowering shrubs would be complete without its inclusion. Like many of our best shrubs it comes from China, and produces bright yellow flowers on naked green stems from November to March. It can also be

trained against a wall. Old flowering shoots should be cut back after flowering.

My wife Hazel (also a gardener) has insisted that at this point that I include some perennials for winter effect, so here goes with 3 of our favourites:

Cyclamen hederifolium “Sowbread”

This plant, a native of Europe, has been naturalised in many parts of the Island where it has escaped from gardens, and is quite common in woods and hedgerows on the Undercliff. Like the Hamamelis mentioned before, you get a double whammy with Cyclamen. The ballerina-like, pinkish flowers appear in late summer and continue flowering for

several months. Once the flowers go over you are rewarded with delightful marbled leaves which in themselves are very attractive. The great plantsman E.A. Bowles, wrote of this species ‘it pays its rent for eleven months out of twelve’.

Cyclamen grow from tubers, sometimes incorrectly called corms, and these can reach the size of large dinner plates. In the wild they are often rooted out by wild pigs, hence the common name of “Sowbread”.

Iris foetidisssima “Roast Beef Plant”, “Gladwyn”, “Stinking Iris”

Many of you will be familiar with this plant. It is native to the island and frequently seen in a variety of habitats. As a garden plant it is the bright orange seed heads which are most decorative in winter. They really do brighten up a dull corner of the garden on a winter’s day. The fruits can also be used in

winter flower arrangements. The flowers which appear in summer are of little consequence. The foliage which is evergreen is quite decorative. And will build up into large clumps that require little attention. I. foetidissima will also thrive in dry shade. You need to be aware that the fruits are poisonous.

Helleborus niger “The Christmas Rose”

Hellebores are the largest and most handsome group of winter flowering herbaceous plants. Both leaves and flowers have sculptured quality. They will thrive in semi-shaded positions. H. niger, the “Christmas Rose”, produces pure white flowers with yellow stamens, but there are many other species and

garden cultivars to choose from.

As you can appreciate I have barely scratched the surface of this enormous subject and I would recommend you visit some of the many gardens in the UK to really see the diverse range of winter effect plants that are available.

Our own Ventnor Botanic Garden is a delight to visit at any time of year but in winter, on a mild, sunny day there is always plenty to see, indeed Christmas day is one of my favourite times for a brisk walk there.

On the mainland I would strongly recommend the Hillier Arboretum near Winchester. They planted a purposely designed winter garden a few years ago and it features a wide variety of plants, including grasses which can be very attractive with a dressing of frost on their seed heads.

Finally, a visit to the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew or the RHS Gardens at Wisley is to be highly recommended on a winter’s day. Apart from anything else you can admire the winter tracery of all the mature deciduous trees.

Useful websites:

Hillier Gardens http://www.hilliergardens.org.uk/

Royal Horticultural Society http://www.rhs.org.uk

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew http://www.kew.org/

Ventnor Botanic Garden http://www.botanic.co.uk/

Flowers of Daphne odora ‘Aureo-MarginataNote the marginal variegation

The spidery flowers of Hamamelis mollis

The fragrant yellow flowers of

Jasminum nudiflorum

The flowers of Cyclamen hederifolium

The bright orange seed heads of

Iris foetidissima

Helleborus niger“The Christmas Rose”



HEART DIsEAsE On sTAMpsOne of my hobbies is philately and, in particular, collecting stamps on medical and health topics. There are a large number of countries worldwide who have issued stamps concerned with heart disease and its treatment and prevention. I have over 80 stamps in that category and this is only a small proportion of the total number issued. My modest collection covers a whole range of topics from preventive care to diagnosis, treatment, cardiac surgery, hypertension, cardiology institutes and international conferences.

The most frequent subject for stamps is that of World Heart Days, Heart Weeks and Heart Months. They are promoted by the World Heart Foundation, a non-governmental organisation committed to help in the control of heart disease and

stroke. Over 100 countries are involved and it has ties with the World Health Organisation. Its aid is mainly focussed on low and middle income countries. The first picture (above) shows a few of these stamps.

The second picture shows electrical monitoring of the heart. Some of the tracings seem somewhat unusual!

Organ donation and cardiac surgery feature in the next three illustrations. The theme of the first picture is cardiac surgery while, the other two show heart transplantation. One of the most dramatic events in the history of cardiac surgery was the news that, on December 3rd 1967, Prof. Christiaan Barnard, assisted by his younger brother Marius, had performed the first cardiac transplant. The operation took place at the Groote Schuur Hospital, Capetown, South Africa. The donor was Denise Darvall, killed in a road accident the previous day, and the recipient was Louis Washkansky. The second photograph shows stamps from the Yemen with Prof. Barnard (with his name misspelt as “Bernard”) and

Louis Washkansky while the third shows Prof. Barnard and the Groote Schuur Hospital. Unfortunately, Mr. Washkansky succumbed after 18 days due to pneumonia induced by immunosuppressive drugs. The Barnards carried on with their work and later achieved some impressive

survival rates.

Stamps featuring hypertension are less common but 4 examples are shown in the 6th illustration.

The 7th picture shows two Greek stamps above, the left one celebrates a Cardiology Conference and the other a Cardiography Conference. Below is an Indian stamp advocating exercise for preventing heart disease while the one from Austria features a World Symposium on Pacemakers. This is the only stamp I have ever found mentioning pacemakers.

Another elusive category of stamps is that of Cardiac Clinics. I have only come across one or two and the stamp on the next picture commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Montreal Cardiac Institute, Canada.

Stamps are not the only method of promoting health care on our letters. The last picture is of a postmark on a postcard from the United States with the slogan “New Hope for Hearts – Support the Heart Fund”. The US has a long record of incorporating health care slogans on its postmarks.

One other subject related to cardiac health is that of the effect of smoking on heart disease. There are many stamps warning of the danger of smoking and of campaigns

to stop smoking. The heart is often pictured on these stamps. They are beyond the scope of this short article but there are plenty out there for anybody who is interested. So, if there are any other philatelists amongst the TickerTape readership, why not consider starting a Cardiac Collection!

JM



sWEDEn In DECEMbER[Part 2]

We had a day trip to Stockholm, we went by car and considering it’s the capital of Sweden it was a piece of cake (I wasn’t driving). No problems driving in the city or parking. I wanted to go to the Vasa museum so we parked there.

The Vasa was a Swedish warship that sank in the Stockholm archipelago at the start of her maiden voyage in 1628. She was raised much like the Mary Rose, which sank off Portsmouth in 1545, but unlike the Mary Rose it is almost complete and the

Mary Rose was raised after the Vasa.

The expression ‘gobsmacked’ is not one I use, but I was. We paid our money at the museum entrance then went through double doors. On opening the door there was a vast expanse with subdued lighting and right in the middle of this vast expense was the Vasa. If you can visualise the Black Pearl Galleon from Pirates of the Caribbean emerging from the sea, that goes some way towards describing it. As you can see from the photos, the ship has been preserved and water sprays are no longer needed. If you ever go to Stockholm it most certainly should be on your list of places to go.

After the museum, we went to Stockholm city centre. Stockholm was built on the archipelago on several islands. It is a beautiful, open city with wide roads, and big square buildings. Being near the sea there was a bit of a breeze getting up. The temperature was still just

below freezing so too much sightseeing in the open was not on the agenda. We decided on a spot of late lunch, a walk through the Christmas market then back to the car via the shops with a festive atmosphere – a walk of about 1½ miles! On the way back, there was an outdoor

ice-skating rink, absolutely packed with people!

Norrköping is the largest local Town to Keith. In it’s heyday it was full of paper mills driven by water power. Most of the mills have now been converted to university buildings. The shopping area has changed quite a bit since our first trip in 1992. It now seems far brighter and more inviting. The photos are from our visit in 2007 & 2008.

I mentioned earlier about the Swedish laws and drink. In Sweden the sale of alcohol is State controlled, i.e. no off-licence premises, although you can purchase a drink with a meal in a restaurant. In Swedish supermarkets you can only buy low alcohol booze 2% type stuff. If you

want to buy alcohol to take home, you go to the System Bolaget. When we went in 1992, the opening hours were 5 days a week 9am to 5 pm, it was not self-service, and all the drink was behind glass. On entering you would take a ticket, join a queue and wait your turn to be served. It was similar to a doctors’ waiting room. No-one spoke, but everyone watched what everyone else bought. Things have changed now, at least its self service and the staff are cheerful. The shops are more inviting and the opening hours are longer - 6 days a week. The local System Bolaget in Norrköping is a supermarket-style shop with a vast selection of bottles and cans and boxes! But drink on the whole is about 50% dearer than UK.

Despite my criticisms of its quirks, I do like Sweden very much. I like the people who are always so friendly and helpful and nearly all speak English! I sat outside a shop waiting for the wife like you do, and there was a Swedish gentleman in his seventies who conversed with me in

English. Good job, as Swedish is too hard for me to learn!

The countryside is nice, there is a lot of water, there are a lot of trees, but there is a vast amount of open space. Sweden does not suffer from urban sprawl. That said, I do not want to move there.

We have not yet been in the spring months, and they say



it is something to behold. So I am working on the wife to go there in May and to go via France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Denmark, over the two new bridges – should be quite a spectacle. For this journey the only water I would need to cross in a boat would be the Solent!

Watch this space…

THE CHRIsTMAs LIsTI have a list of folks I knowAll written in a bookAnd every year at Christmas timeI go and take a lookAnd that is when I realiseThat these names are a partNot of the book they’re written inBut of my very heartFor each name stands for someoneWhose path touched mine and thenLeft such a print of friendshipThat I want to touch againAnd while it sounds fantastic,For me to make this claimI really feel I am composedOf each remembered nameAnd while you may not be awareOf any special linkJust meeting you shaped my lifeMore than you may thinkFor once you’ve met somebodyThe years cannot eraseThe memory of a pleasant workOr of a friendly faceSo never think my Christmas cardsAre just a mere routineOf names upon a Christmas listForgotten in betweenFor when I send a Christmas cardThat is addressed to youIt’s because you’re on that ListOf folks I’m indebted toFor one is but a total, Of the many folks they’ve metAnd you happen to be one of thoseI prefer NOT to forgetAnd whether I have known youFor many years or fewIn some way you have had a partIn shaping things I doAnd every year when Christmas comesI realise anewThe biggest gift life can giveIs meeting folks like you.

Author unknown

ErnEsto“Ah yes, Ernesto. What can I do for you? Is there a problem?”

“Um, I am just calling to advise you, Senor Rod, that your parrot, he is dead”

“My parrot? Dead? The one that won the International competition?”

“Si, Senor, that’s the one.”

“Damn! That’s a pity! I spent a small fortune on that bird. What did he die from?”

“From eating the rotten meat, Senor Rod.”

“Rotten meat? Who the hell fed him rotten meat?”

“Nobody, Senor. He ate the meat of the dead horse.”

“Dead horse? What dead horse?”

“The thoroughbred, Senor Rod.”

“My prize thoroughbred is dead?”

“Yes Senor Rod, he died from all that work pulling the water cart.”

“Are you insane?? What water cart?”

“The one we used to put out the fire, Senor.”

“Good Lord!! What fire are you talking about, man??”

“The one at your house, Senor! A candle fell and the curtains caught on fire.”

“What the hell?? Are you saying that my mansion is destroyed because of a candle??!!”

“Yes, Senor Rod.”

“But there’s electricity at the house!! What was the candle for?”

“For the funeral, Senor Rod.”

“WHAT BLOODY FUNERAL??!!”

“Your wife’s, Senor Rod”, she showed up very late one night and I thought she was a thief, so I hit her with your new Tailor Made Super Quad 460 golf club.”

SILENCE . . . . . . . . .. . . LONG SILENCE . . .. . . . . . .

“Ernesto, if you broke that driver, you’re in deep s……t!!”



sIngIng yOuR HEART OuTSome of you will be aware that I am a member of the Newchurch Male Voice Choir, who were invited to perform at this year’s Bestival on Saturday 12th September.

All the arrangements for our appearance were undertaken by our Heart Care Club President, Richard Knowles, who himself is a member of the choir and serves on the Committee.

The choir duly assembled outside the Pointer Inn at 8.30am on the morning and were transported to Robin Hill Country Park by coach. On arrival all choir members were issued with two coloured wrist bands which enabled us to enter the secure performers’ enclosure where we were provided with light refreshments. We were due to perform at 11.15am on the main stage as the opening ‘act’ of the day. We had ample time to wander out into the spectators’ area and gaze up at the main stage which was about twenty feet above the existing ground level. Whilst we were out there, the Technicians decided to check the amplification equipment. The volume was unbelievable! You were unable to speak to the person beside you, the ground trembled beneath our feet and our bodies shook. One fellow member of the choir, who has a heart condition, thought he was going to have a heart attack and I personally had to turn off my hearing aids!!

The time arrived and we were directed on to the stage, and after a short delay whilst the keyboard was plugged in and the microphones positioned, we were ready to sing. A small crowd had assembled to listen to our performance, which duly increased as we sang our various numbers.

It was an awesome experience for all of us, singing on the main stage, and a day we will remember for a long time.

The choir were well received and calls from the audience for an encore had to be denied because we were only allocated a certain amount of time.

After our performance, one of the choir members fully attired in his uniform, spent the rest of the day enjoying all the other facilities available on site and was approached by quite a number of ‘young’ people who asked if he was a member of the male voice choir who had been singing earlier in the day and how they had enjoyed our performance and hoped we would be back next year.

Here’s hoping!

Colin Pidgeon

RACE nIgHT sATuRDAy10th OCTOBER 2009

What a great “turn out” at Camp Hill Social Club! Sixty six members and friends enjoyed a flutter or two [or maybe three!] on the ‘horses’ and a chance of winning a prize from the raffle. This was as well as tucking into the longer than usual buffet [American Style] washed down, no doubt, with some sort of beverage from the bar! Thanks to all those who supplied the food.

At this point, Gary and his team must be congratulated on the “tote” takings which totalled £200 profit. Jack raised £71 on the raffle and along with Dot and Ray who sold the Race Cards, and all those who ‘bought’ a horse or two and the sponsors of the races, the grand total from the evening came to £450.90.

I am sure that all those whose ‘horse’ passed the winning post first were delighted with their bottle of wine, be it red or white. I might add that I wasn’t one of them!!

Of course, without Keith Lane there wouldn’t have been any races to bet on so Thank-you Keith. Finally, thank you Lyn for once again making sure that all your class members were made aware of the event. Well done!

I would like to take this opportunity of wishing you all a ‘healthier’ and maybe ‘wealthier’ 2010 and hope to see you all at least at some of the forthcoming events.

Pat Hough, Race Track Reporter

EnID’s WELsH CAKEs8 oz. Self-Raising flour4 oz. butter or margarine (butter is best!!)3 oz. sugar2 oz. currants or sultanas (or a mixture of both)1 eggpinch of saltmilk to mix to stiff rolling out mixture (if necessary)

Rub in the butter, sugar and flour and salt to a breadcrumb mixture.

Add the dried fruit and egg.

Mix to a stiff rolling mixture, adding some milk if necessary.

Roll out to a thickness of approx. ¼” and cut into rounds with a 2½” cutter.

Cook on a greased/oiled griddle pan or large frying pan on a low heat, turning over to cook both sides. It only takes a few minutes each side, take care that they do not burn.



FROM nORTH TO sOuTH[Continued]

Now, you may ask, “What about the weights side of things?” Desmond, Dennis Berryman and John Brenchley most certainly did, but help was at hand. When I was at BAC1 I worked with David Hill and we kept in touch by letter. I ventured to mention to David that we were looking for another Weights Engineer and was there anyone at BAC who might be interested? There most certainly was, and in 1969 David and Myra left Bristol and came over to the Island, together with their son and daughter where they still remain.

David took over a lot of the weights work, whilst I accumulated more and more flying hours.

Gradually I was involved more and more with the Production Flight Testing as Andy Coombe was heavily involved working on the aerodynamics for a new design – possibly the Trislander?

Hugh Kendall, well known to John and Desmond as a CAA Test Pilot, started to put in more time with B-N and eventually joined us as deputy to Jim Birnie. It was with Hugh, in September 1969, that IO had my first flight in the Islander as an FTE, and it was to be the first of many. Not only was the experience a real eye-opener, but it was the commencement of a period of my flying when I learned more than I had ever taken in, or understood previously. Every time Hugh and I flew together I finished up doing some handling or a portion of the approach procedures and later on the landings. I learned a tremendous amount by flying with Hugh and at times I thought he was a hard taskmaster, but it was just that he never, ever, accepted second best, and if you got something wrong you were most certainly made aware or it.

Having mentioned Jim Birnie and Hugh Kendall, and despite my previous comments about lists, I feel that I should, at this point, name all the other pilots that I was privileged to meet and fly with during my time with B-N.

Jim Birnie was our CTP, and incidentally, Jim Birnie junior still flies regularly out of Bembridge with sight-seeing passengers. Jim senior left us around 1971/72, and with his wife Wendy, took over the Elms Hotel in Bembridge, and in my opinion made a great success of that enterprise. I am reminded daily of Jim when I look out at the blackberry bush covering the entire length of our garage wall and providing ourselves, and neighbours, with an abundance of fruit. This magnificent specimen originated from a small cutting given to me by Jim – so thank you Jim, the blackberry and apple pies are superb, if a little fattening!!!!

At this time we also had two other pilots on the strength, Peter Hicks and Colin Newnes. They didn’t stay long with us, and my log book records show that I flew with both of them for the last time on 28th March 1969. I flew over to Portsmouth with Peter in a Cessna 150, G-AVNC. Colin picked us up in ‘BV for the return trip and after take-off offered the controls to me. The landing at Bembridge was not one of the best as I recall, and Colin took some time to explain to

me how I could have done better!! I met Colin again at the 40th Anniversary, and I have to say that, in my opinion, he has mellowed somewhat; but then, my landings have also improved since 1969. The one item, relative to Colin, which has remained in my memory for ever - well at least so far – was his landing on HMS Hermes flying G-AVUB, and the skin wrinkling effect as he applied maximum braking to stop within the somewhat limiting deck length available!

Before Jim Birnie left, we were joined by John Neilan. John joined us from the British European Airways [BEA] Flight Test Department, and on Jim’s departure, became the Company CTP; he was a superb guy to work with. Apart from his love of flying, John was also a keen sailor and kept his catamaran moored in Bembridge harbour. Prior to joining BEA, during the war, John had flown for Blackburn Aircraft and was involved in an incident while test flying a general Aviation Hotspur glider. Both John and his FTE parachuted to safety and received the Golden Caterpillar and Commendation awards.

About this time we also had some colour added to the scene with the arrival of two young men, namely Browne and Green. I flew a lot with Peter Browne as he was engaged in the Flight Testing of production aircraft. Green moved on fairly soon and was immediately compensated for by the arrival of Peter Phillips. My first flight with Peter was from Le Bourget back to base after the 1971 Paris Air Show. The next time was a year later, when Peter, as a CAA authorised Flying Instructor, flew with me from Hurn to conduct my twin rating tests and ground ‘B’ tests; everything went well.

After this I was involved more and more with the flying side of things despite the arrival of two more pilots, namely Dick Steele and Geoff Boston. Geoff became the regular pilot to and from Gosselies in Belgium after the Fairey Aviation takeover. And it was this combination which led to my one and only TV appearance – on the six-o-clock news!!!!!!

To be continued…

Peter Ward

Dave Trevan has offered to do a couple of guided walks and visits, complete with information on the plants, wild flowers and notable landmarks. These will only take place if sufficient interest is shown. Dates and times will be set later. Look out for more information in the April issue of Ticker Tape.

JUNE: A COASTAL WALK FROM ST.LAWRENCE TO VENTNOR looking at wild flowers and notable landmarks. Numbers limited to 15.

JULY: AN EVENING VISIT TO VENTNOR BOTANIC GARDENS a guided tour around the botanic gardens looking at plants of current interest with Dave and Hazel Trevan. Numbers limited to 30.

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YOUR OFFICERS& COMMITTEEEffective October 2009

PresidentRichard Knowles

Hon. Vice PresidentBen Bentley 753534

Past PresidentDr Matthew De Belder

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

ChairmanGary Smith 296091

TreasurerColin Tinson [email protected]

Honorary SecretarySandra Attree [email protected]

MembersRobin Brown 882919Alan Davison 522397Lyn Smith 296091Adrian Nicholas 559296Laurie Stanbridge 874737Jack Hammerton 826187

Guest MemberSarah Stringer,Health Promotion Specialist CHDPenny Mason, CCU Liaison

Co-opted Members

The next issue of Tickertape is due out on 1st April 2010. The latest date for copy to be included in April 2010 issue is 28th February 2010. Copy can be hand written, typed, preferably on disk, or emailed in Microsoft Word/Works to Colin Tinson:Email: [email protected]: 01983 611673Address: 1 Nunwell Cottages, East Ashey Lane, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 4AS or given to Lyn Smith.

Health QuestionsAnswered by NHS Direct or your Coronary Care Unit

If you are at all worried by an ache or pain which you do not understand - professional help is at hand, just telephone:

Coronary Care UnitAt St Mary’s Hospital

524081 (ask for CCU)

OR

‘They will take the worry away’

FITnEss FACTORy OFFERsThe Fitness Factory offers Heart Care Club members that wish to use the gym facilities on an individual basis – 50% off initial induction/first workout – by appointment £10

Then £1 off each subsequent workout as non-members of the Fitness Factory £5 per session

Or

Become a member of the Fitness Factory for one year at £50 (which is £10 off) then only £3 per session.

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