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NOVEMBER IN THE GARDEN I know it's tempting, but don't hang up your trowel just yet as there's still a few bits and piec-es left to do around the garden. You may be losing motivation, but whatever you do now to put your plot to bed for the winter will pay dividends next spring when you'll be ahead of the game. It's time to tidy up, cut back any unsightly plant growth for the compost bin, don't be too fastidious though and leave some stems and seed heads for the wildlife. Pull any weeds and if you're feeling particularly energetic and the weather's good, mulch the borders with some well-rotted manure. The winter weather will break it down and you can dig it into the soil next spring, your plants will love you for it. Roses, buddleia, lavatera and cornus can be cut back by half now to prevent wind rock damage. If the weather allows you can still plant new trees, shrubs and roses, as long as you follow the planting and care in-structions they'll be fine. Don't forget to lift any dahlias out of the ground before the frosts kill them, dry them off and store somewhere cool and dry ready for replanting next year. If you haven't planted any tulips yet you'd better get a move on and if you want a bit of winter colour plant up wallflowers, primulas and forget-me-nots before the ground gets too cold and winter really sets in. Mow the lawn if it really needs it, but keep the cut high. It's too late now to use lawn weed killers, but you can still encourage healthy roots with autumn treatments which are rich in potassium and phosphorous. Don't be tempted to use leftover summer feeds which encourage lush growth, it's too cold for that now. When you've finished with your tools, clean and oil them and store them away properly, they'll do a better job and last longer if you look after them.
JOB OF THE MONTH If there's one job to do this month it's got to be collecting leaves to make leaf mould. Any gardener will tell you that leaf mould is worth its weight in gold as a soil improver, what's more it's free and incredibly easy to make. You can add leaves to the compost bin, but being high in carbon they take a lot longer to rot down and will slow the whole bin down. Too many leaves in the compost bin form unhelpful mats that exclude worms and air, so it really is better to make leaf mould separately to compost. Every garden should have an area for things like the compost bin, leaf mould and other bits and pieces, consider it the engine room of the garden. It's often somewhere like the back of the shed, but it doesn't have to be hidden away.
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The hardest bit of making leaf mould is collecting the leaves. You can make life easier by waiting for a calm day after wet and windy weather, the leaves will be blown into piles, gathered in corners and drains and generally less scattered about. Don't put in any evergreen leaves such as holly and laurel which take far too long to decompose. Once you've collected them you'll need to store them in something. The quickest answer is to use good quality black bin liners, just fill them up, add a bucket of water, tie the top and them pierce a few holes in the bottom and sides of the bag. Stash them away somewhere and forget about them. Alternatively you can make a wire mesh bin out of posts and chicken wire. For moisture retention it should be no smaller than 1m (3ft) high and 1m (3ft) wide, it'll also need to be covered on top with a bit of carpet or something simi-lar. The length of time it takes for the leaves to rot down will vary according to the type of leaf and the conditions, but 2 years is a reasonable guess. Huge bags will reduce down to next to nothing. I've used leaf mould that is just over a year old as a rough mulch and it's been fine, but if you want it for planting or potting you'll need to leave it until it no longer resembles leaves at all, it should be a fine, crumbly mixture that's not unpleasant to handle GARDEN NEWS Gardeners are being asked to help with a six-month study investigating the fruits and berries garden birds prefer to eat, the study runs until March 2013. For in-formation, advice and study packs contact the BTO on 08142 750050 From the 1st November RHS members can claim an early bird discount when booking for next year’s flower show at Tat-ton Park. To claim your discount m e m b e r s s h o u l d c a l l 08443387539 before the 1
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December. If you have a bonfire this month save any wood ash for the gar-den, it’s high in potassium and you can very easily add it to the soil by simply sprinkling it on the soil when it’s dry and gently forking it in. Be careful not to overdo it as too much potassium can make the soil over limy. If you have a bonfire this month save any wood ash for the garden, it’s high in potassium and you can very easily add it to the soil by simply sprinkling it on the soil when it’s dry and gently forking it in. Be careful not to overdo it as too much potassium can make the soil over limy.
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Bill Keeth
with a Prix Goncourt winner to be
read at one sitting “A highly original piece of work, at once charming, moving, and gripping,”
says Martin Amis, Manchester University‟s erstwhile literary carpetbagger,
about this most unusual book title. Through gritted teeth, presumably. Be-
cause, though umptthem.een reviews of the book are available to be read on
the internet, not a word by Amis is listed amongst
But certainly Laurent Binet‟s debut novel is truly original in that it is a
particularly distinctive example of meta-fiction. That is to say, the author
relates the true story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Deputy Reich Protector of Bohe-
mia and Moravia, by two Czech nationals who were trained at Manchester Ringway in part before
being parachuted into their native Czechoslovakia at New Year, 1942. Meanwhile, the author
introduces his present-day self into the story so as to give voice to his countless artistic misgivings
with regard to exactly how (that is to say, how truthfully) he might present this most exciting, yet
harrowing of tales. For instance, is the car in which Heydrich is travelling when confronted by his
assassins black or green in colour? And ought the author to state a preference, no evidence being
ready to hand?
Making landfall, our parachutists are looked after by various members of the Czech resistance as
they plan their well nigh impossible mission. Because Reynard Heydrich is Heinrich Himmler‟s
No. 2, of whom it is said (an SS in-joke, apparently) that Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich
(“Himmler‟s brain is called Heidrich”): HHhH, in short – hence the odd title of the book suggest-
ed by Laurent Binet‟s publisher, as opposed to the more mundane Operation
Anthropoid.
Readers should not imagine that the aptly-nicknamed Butcher of Prague,
(“Hitler‟s Hangman”, as Thomas Mann called Heydrich) deserves anything
other than a death sentence. Had he lived, he would certainly not have sur-
vived Nuremburg. Because Heydrich, it was, who orchestrated the Night of
the Long Knives . . . instigated Kristalnacht . . . arranged for executed Ger-
man jailbait dressed in Polish army uniforms to be planted within a radio
station on German soil, thereby starting WW2 . . . and Heydrich, it was, too, who chaired the infa-
mous Wannsee Conference at which the so-called Final Solution was given the go-ahead.
Our two parachutists (serving Warrant Officers with the Czech military contingent in the UK) are,
therefore, the bravest of the brave. Not their mission is effected with anything amounting to
aplomb.
On the day the deed is to be done our heroes are, quite naturally, nervous as hell, awaiting the
moment of confrontation. Meanwhile, a characteristically arrogant Heydrich is travelling to work
in an open-top saloon car, accompanied only by his driver. Whereupon Jozef Gabcik steps smartly
into the road as the car slows to take a sharp right-hand bend, then takes aim with a Sten gun
which jams – and repeatedly fails to fire!
Heydrich leaps to his feet, barking an order for the driver to stop, at which point Jan Kubis lobs a
bomb that falls short of the car but, hitting the right-hand vehicle exterior, blows asunder the pas-
senger door, seat squab and rear bumper, too. Whereupon shrapnel from all three infiltrate Hey-
drich‟s internal organs, his spleen in particular. Notwithstanding which, Heydrich jumps out of the
car and gives chase; so, too, does his driver until Heydrich collapses in the road and has to be
rushed to hospital in a van belonging to the Bata shoe shop.
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The upshot is that despite the ministrations of the best doctors available, Heydrich develops
terminal septicaemia which (quite appropriately – that is to say, Gestapo-like) tortures him cruelly
and relentlessly for every second of every minute of every hour of the concluding seven days of
his evil life.
Hitler immediately demands that 10,000 Czechs be killed by way of recompense. Luckily, Hey-
drich‟s deputy, needing a slave workforce for the morrow, suggests a lesser figure. So the sternest
kind of martial law is imposed instead under which the village of Lidice is razed to the ground, its
menfolk murdered, its women imprisoned, its children sent north to be Germanised.
Jan Kubis, Jozef Gabcik, can do no more than secrete themselves together with five comrades in
arms in the crypt of the Cathedral of SS Cyril and Commodius where (betrayed by a countryman)
they hold 800 Germans at bay before succumbing to superior numbers – but not to capture. Jan
Kubis alone dies from wounds sustained; each one of his companions – heroes all! – makes sure
he saves his last round of ammunition for personal use.
Check out Wikipedia, please do. Try YouTube, too, for an epic feature about Operation Anthro-
poid and an interview with Laurent Binet. Best of all log on to the official Czech document of 95
pages: www.army.cz/images/id_7001_8000/7419/assassination-en.pdf
Alongside documentation such as this, fresh-faced, hirsute, garrulous, leather-
jacketed, laddishly personable Laurent Binet’s whingeing literary concerns don’t
amount to a hill of beans. Nope, Laurent Binet is just the sort of no account 21st Century
kind of guy we need to sell us sun cream, aftershave, beach holidays, Smirnoff and
books.
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Library News
Middleton Library has been closed for over seven months now for renovation works.
There is a temporary mini library at Sadler Street Customer Service office where cus-
tomers are able to pick up reservations, reserve other titles, return books and take books
out, although the selection is limited. Books issued from Sadler Street will have an ex-
tended due date. There is no internet access available. The opening times of Sadler
Street temporary library are:
Monday 9.00-16.45
Tuesday 9.00-15.45
Wednesday 9.00-12.30
Thursday 9.00-16.45
Friday 9.00-16.45
Saturday Closed
Customers can also use any other Rochdale library, but the nearest alternatives are at
Langley, Junction and Alkrington. The microfilm reader and the Middleton Guardian on
microfilm are available to use at Langley library along with some local studies maps.
For book renewals and membership enquiries please phone 0845 121 2976, Monday-
Friday 8.00a.m.-8.00 p.m, Saturday 9.00 a.m-5.00p.
Langley Library Reading group is held on the first Monday of
each month 2-3pm. The next meeting is on 5th November and
we will be discussing „the essential Hemingway’ by Ernest
Hemingway. New members are always welcome- pick up a
copy of the book before the meeting from any Rochdale Bor-
ough Council library or just come along to listen to the discus-
sion. For more information contact Langley library on 0161
6548911. Langley library is situated in Langley Sure Start
Children‟s Centre on Windermere Road.
If you are considering learning a new language but don‟t want to incur the cost of at-
tending a course, we have the perfect solution! All Rochdale Library members can now
freely access a new online language system called BYKI, covering over 80 different
languages, including Arabic, Bengali, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Irish,
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Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Thai and Urdu. The BYKI method
takes learners through a series of simple steps to memorize words and phrases, including
their meanings and proper pronunciation, in the shortest possible time. Library members
can access BYKI from the library, at home on a computer or even on your Smartphone!
To access the resources just go to this address: http://library.transparent.com/
ukrochdale/game/modern/login and register using your existing library card number to
create an ID and password. If you want to set up on your Smartphone, just login and
follow the BYKI Mobile link.
Did you know that being a member of the library gives
you access to Theory Test Pro, a simulation of the UK‟s
driving theory test? It contains the official practice test
question bank, hazard perception video clips and an online
version of the Highway Code. All this material is licensed
from the driving standards agency (DSA), the people who
set the tests. If you are already a library member go to
www.rochdale.gov.uk and follow the link to the libraries webpage, Reference and Infor-
mation Resources and there you will find Theory Test Pro.
Storytime sessions take place at 11.00-11.30am every Thurs-
day morning at Langley library. All young children and their
parents and carers are welcome to come along for stories
rhymes and a simple craft activity. Langley library is situat-
ed in Langley Sure Start Children‟s Centre on Windermere
Road.
Do you have problems getting to your local library? Do you
struggle to carry your books? Rochdale Library Service co-
vers all areas of the borough from Owd Betts to Blackstone Edge, Middleton and Hey-
wood. You tell us your preferences and we choose your items according to your wishes.
Ordinary print books, Large print books. Books on cassette or CD, jigsaws, DVD‟S are
all available at no cost to you. If this sounds like a service that would be of benefit to
you or someone you know. A relative or a neighbour, then please get in touch with Sha-
ron Roddy (Senior Library Assistant, Doorstep Library Service) at Rochdale Central
Library by ringing 01706 924917 or emailing
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November Middleton Cricket Club Christmas Fair Get in the mood for Christmas with a festive fair. Food, refreshments and all of the usual fun you can expect from a Christmas Fair. Entrance £0.30, Starts at 1pm. Middleton Cricket Club, Towncroft Avenue
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December Dick Whittington & His Cat It‟s Behind You Productions is proud to present an all celebrity cast in this classic pantomime. Tickets £12.50 - £18.00 Middleton Arena - 0844 855 4020
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