The Oak Newsletter #5

THn E OAK EDITION 5 1ST/ AUGUST / 2023 SUMMER An Afternoon At The Movies A Selection Of Famous & Renowned Film Soundtracks. Hand-Picked & Introduced By James Cruickshank. On 7th At 2:00pm In The Barn. DOUBLE TROUBLE! Our Teddy Bears Are Having Well Deserved Rest! We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who attended DOUBLE the Teddy bear's picnic. All of our teddy bears have gone back CONNERY! home for a good, old rest. James Bond double feature on 11th &14th. We Are We at \"The Oak\" would like to say Badge Making On 3rd At 2:00pm In The Barn. congratulations to Dr Jill, Val, Linda, Malcolm & Shirley for seeing all five films in our Spielberg Film Festival. broadoakmanor.co.uk



News IN REGARDS TO MUSIC AFTERNOON'S: We are reworking music afternoons to be more in the same vein as Dee's. \"An Afternoon At The Movies\" is a showcase of some of the most famous film soundtracks. Each theme with be introduced by James Cruickshank From 28th of August to 31st of August, James and Sophie are on holiday. The Barn is open to residents and the Return of Sharon's choice. Also shopping trips, Hair salon, and Coffee Morning are unaffected and will be taking place as normal. OUR NEWLY DESIGNED CALENDAR: As you can see we have redesigned our calendar to make it more easy to read and streamline. We have also added icons make it more easy for you to plan your week.

ALotctraal E&ctvieonntss Knebworth house Open Air theatre: Romeo & Juliet Wednesday 6th August Classic Motor show Sunday 27th - Monday 28th August Hatfield house Gin Foraging experience for two Wednesday 2nd August Immersion theatre (Twelfth night) Thursday 3rd August 6:30pm - 8pm Working horses experience Sunday 13th august 10am - 3pm Places to Visit The Gorhambury Estate, St Albans Ashridge Estate, Berkhamsted Benington Lordship, Stevenage Brocket Hall, Welwyn Bhaktivedanta Manor, Aldenham



& A JAMES BOND DOUBLE FEATURE on 11th & 14th at 2pm in the barn.

Chair Exercise Class Join Us Tuesday's At 2pm In The Barn. Please Refer To Your Calendar

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Ingredients Fresh Mint Tea Handful of fresh mint Step 1 - Take a few leaves of the mint in one hand (around ½ a pack) and sharply clap your other hand on top, then drop the leaves into a teapot or cafetiere. Repeat with the Honey rest of the mint, saving a few small sprigs for each glass as a garnish. Tea of your choice Step 2 - Fill up the pot with boiling water and let it infuse for 2-3 mins or until the liquid starts to take on a slight pale yellow/green hue. Strain the tea into cups or heatproof glasses and sweeten with honey to taste. Drop the reserved mint into the cups to decorate if you like. Ginger Beer Ingredients Step 1 - Put the ginger in a saucepan set over a low heat with the lemon peel, sugars and 500ml water 200g ginger, thickly and stir until the sugars have dissolved. Increase the sliced heat to medium, then simmer for 15-20 mins, or until reduced and syrupy. Remove from the heat and 2 large lemons, peeled leave to cool completely. and juiced 75g golden caster Step 2 - Strain the syrup into a jug through a sieve sugar lined with muslin. At this stage, you can transfer the syrup to a small sterilised bottle or jar and keep in 100g light brown the fridge for up to two weeks. muscovado sugar ice 1 litre soda or sparkling Step 3 - Pour the ginger syrup into a large serving water mint sprigs, to jug. Tip in the lemon juice, fill with ice and top up serve with the soda water. Serve garnished with a few mint sprigs.

Supermarket shopping trip Please arrive at the Barn for 9:15am, so the bus can leave at 9:30am Every Every Monday Thursday Morning at Morning at 9:30am Sainsbury's 9:30am Hertford Morrison's Welwyn

Ingredients Easy piccalilli Ingredients 500g Step 1 - Tip the potatoes into a large pan of cold cauliflower, cut into salted water. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 small florets mins until tender to the tip of a knife. 200g courgette, cut Step 2 - While the potatoes are cooking, whisk the into small chunks mustard, vinegar, olive oil and chopped shallot 100g green beans or together with a good pinch of salt and a grind of French beans, pepper. trimmed and cut into small pieces When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel if you prefer, then halve, quarter or cut them 200g shallots, peeled into bite-sized chunks if large, then toss in the and cut into small mustard dressing until completely coated. Leave chunks or pearl to cool completely. onions, peeled and left whole or halved Step 3- Meanwhile, mix the mayonnaise, soured cream, lemon juice and horseradish together. 600ml malt vinegar When the potatoes are cool, toss them through the mayonnaise mixture along with the spring 3 tbsp English onions. mustard powder Tip into a dish and scatter with the crispy onions 1 tbsp coriander just before serving, or serve the crispy onions on seeds the side for sprinkling over at the table. 2 tbsp black or yellow mustard seeds 2 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp turmeric 4 tbsp plain flour 200g caster sugar 2 bay leaves

I Beg Your Garden? Leave out dishes of water and meat-based dog or cat food (ideally chicken flavour) for hedgehogs. The young hoglets need help fattening up before they go into hibernation in late autumn, when they might appreciate one of our favourite hedgehog houses. Blackbirds and thrushes often continue nesting surprisingly late, well into August, so check your hedges for nests before cutting and wait until this season’s broods have definitely flown before you trim. Once you're confident that all nests are empty, it's time to give them a cut - find out which hedge trimmers came out on top when we put them through their paces. What To Plant Forget-me-nots Forget-me-nots(Myosotis sylvatica) can be sown throughout the summer months and into September. A useful ground cover plant for shade, they make a fine companion plant with tulips, and will readily self-seed once established. Sow in seed trays for planting out in spring or direct when you want them to grow. Calendula Colourful and easy to grow, Calendula can be sown in August and September, for flowers in the following spring. They're hardy, so simply direct sow them where they are to flower, either in shallow drills on the ground or in pots. Cornflowers As with pot marigold, you can sow cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) in August for May flowers. Cultivars to sow and grow include 'Black Ball', which has deep chocolate-coloured blooms, and 'Blue Ball'. Sow direct in shallow drills in the soil or on the surface of moist, peat-free compost in pots.

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Why when library comes to me! Hertfordshire Libraries will deliver books and recordings to your home free of charge. We offer popular fiction book, including new titles, classics or biographies. A wide range of other information books, a selection of formats such as large print. We also offer Audio books on CD and information about other library services and events. We can also signpost you to other organisations. For more information contact Emma Parlow at Hertford Library on 01992 531991 or email: [email protected] We will contact you to discuss the kind of books that you like to read or listen to. We will then arrange for a library volunteer to deliver these to you on a regular basis, generally every 3 weeks on a Thursday afternoon.

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Cheese & Wine Thursday 17th At 4:00pm In The Barn

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DIY Scarecrow 1.Place the coffee can on its side and use the glue to form the mouth. Cut twine to fit on the glue smile and press in place. 2.Cut remaining twine into one-inch pieces. Use the glue to attach to the smile in a stitch type fashion. 3.Cut a triangle from orange felt and use the glue to attach to the face above the smile. 4.Use glue to attach two buttons for eyes. 5.Stand coffee can up and pipe a generous amount of glue onto the coffee can lid. Cut raffia into 18” lengths and place on top of lid, covering the lid (be sure the raffia lines up properly with the facial features!). Let dry. 6.Glue the hat onto the raffia hair. 7.Glue 2 silk flowers to the hat. 8.That’s it, you’re finished! You can display your new scarecrow in your garden, as a centrepiece for your table, on a shelf, side table, orfireplace mantel.

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August Fun Facts Back in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, the month was called Weod Monath. Its translation of “weed month” is quite literal – in this month weeds and other plants grow the fastest in the northern hemisphere. On August 1st, Lammas day is celebrated as the first day of harvest in the UK. Traditionally it was the day in which harvested wheat would be baked into bread On August 6, 1762, the first-ever sandwich was created. It was named after the Earl of Sandwich when he requested a dish involving meat between two pieces of bread as he middle of a gambling game and didn't want to dirty his hands. August was a fateful month for the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. On August 24, 79AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted near the city. The mountain spewed out great clouds of ash, smoke, pumice and Molten lava

August was originally named Sextilis, which means the sixth month. It was renamed to August in 8 BCE to honor the first Roman Emperor, Augustus Caesar. In the northern hemisphere, August is considered to be the last month of summer. In the southern hemisphere, it’s the opposite of course, so it’s the last of the winter months! Many famous people where born in august such as: Sean Connery, Michael Jackson, Lucille Ball, Andy Wrong, Napoleon, Coco Chanel, Alfred Hitchcock, Mary Shelley and Richard Attenborough August is apparently a relatively common name for boys in Sweden. In 2014 it was reported to be the 55th most common name for newborn baby boys. Rock music lost a living legend on August 16, 1977, when Elvis Presley left the world behind.

Must Reads of August Here In the Barn, we have a wide selection of books for everyone to enjoy. We know how hard it is to pick one, so here are some recommendations to help you choose!

For years Jess believed that Joe - the father of her child and the only man she ever loved - had abandoned her during her greatest time of need. That belief nearly destroyed her. Seventeen years later, when cleaning out her mother’s house, Jess unpacks a box of cards and letters hidden in the attic and makes a discovery that changes everything about life as she knows it. Shaken but empowered, Jess - and her two stalwart best friends - set out on a remarkable journey to follow a set of faded postmarks around the world. Is Joe still alive? Does he know that Jess never forgot him? Maybe their love story isn’t over. Maybe one day they’ll find each other again… A hilarious collection of the many articles written by Stephen Fry for magazines, newspapers and radio. It includes selected wireless essays of Donald Trefusis, the ageing professor of philology brought to life in Fry's novel The Liar, and the best of Fry's weekly column for the Daily Telegraph. At the centre of this novel is the passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - recounted with such emotional intensity that a plain tale of the Yorkshire moors acquires the depth and simplicity of ancient tragedy. At 2AM on the morning of the 3rd of June 1940, General Harold Alexander searched along the quayside, holding onto his megaphone and called “Is anyone there? Is anyone there?” before turning his boat back towards England. Tradition tells us that the dramatic events of the evacuation of Dunkirk, in which 300,000 BEF servicemen escaped the Nazis, was a victory gained from the jaws of defeat. For the first time, rather than telling the tale of the 300,000 who escaped, Sean Longden reveals the story of the 40,000 men sacrificed in the rearguard battles.

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Bringing The Magic Of Cinema To Your Doorstep Only at & FILM WEDNESDAY

1.)Ferris Bueller's Day Off 2.) Blade Runner 3.) Top Gun 4.) Cinema Paradiso 5.) The Goonies 6.) The Blues Brothers GUESS THE FILM!

FILM WEDNESDAYTitlesSubjecttoChange THE REMAINS OF THE DAY I 1993 I U I 21H 14M I SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS I SHOWING ON 02/08/23 AT 2PM During the 1930s, James Stevens (Anthony Hopkins) serves as a proper English butler to the doltish Lord Darlington (James Fox). Stevens is so dedicated that he forgoes visiting his father on his deathbed in order to serve, and overlooks Darlington's Nazi sympathies and growing anti- Semitism. Twenty years after his employer's death, Stevens tries to reconnect with Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson), Darlington's head housekeeper, and begins to regret his loyalty to his former master. Subtitles Available CLASH OF THE TITANS I 1981 I 12 I 1H 58M I LAURENCE OLIVIER I SHOWING ON 09/08/23 AT 2PM Perseus (Harry Hamlin), son of the Greek god Zeus (Laurence Olivier), grows up on a deserted island. His destiny is to marry Princess Andromeda (Judi Bowker), who will someday rule the city of Joppa. But as long as the satyr Calibos (Neil McCarthy) who uses a giant vulture to kidnap Andromeda's soul every night is alive, no one can marry her. Perseus travels to Joppa, where he must defeat Calibos and other mythological monsters to rescue Andromeda. Subtitles Available BUGSY MALONE I 1976 I U I 1H 33M I JODIE FOSTER I SHOWING ON 16/08/23 AT 2 PM A gangster movie in which all the gangsters are played by children. Instead of real guns and ammo, they use \"splurge guns\" that cover the victim in whipped cream. The story tells of the rise of Bugsy Malone and the battle for power between Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Subtitles Available THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN I 1976 I PG I 1H 34M I PETER SELLERS I SHOWING ON 23/08/23 AT 2PM Just released from a mental hospital, Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) intends to off Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers), a former underling whose blundering drove the lawman around the bend. Dreyfus captures a scientist, ordering him to create a weapon that will destroy the planet, and threatens world leaders with annihilation unless they hand over his nemesis. Meanwhile, Clouseau goes to England to look for the vanished scientist, and his obliviousness turns out to be an asset. FILM OF THE MONTH Subtitles Available WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY I 1971 I U I 1H 38M I GENE WILDER I SHOWING ON 30/08/23 AT 2PM The world is astounded when Willy Wonka, for years a recluse in his factory, announces that five lucky people will be given a tour of the factory, shown all the secrets of his amazing candy, and one will win a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate. Nobody wants the prize more than young Charlie, but as his family is so poor that buying even one bar of chocolate is a treat, buying enough bars to find one of the five golden tickets is unlikely in the extreme. But in movieland, magic can happen. Charlie, along with four somewhat odious other children, get the chance of a lifetime and a tour of the factor. Subtitles Available

For Cast Away, Tom Hanks The bridge blown up by Eli For Dr. wantrd To look like an average Wallach and Clint Eastwood in Strangelove, Peter out of shape middle aged man. Sellers was paid $1 He didn't exercise and put on 50 The Good, The Bad and The million. That was pounds. Then halfway thought Ugly was prematurely 55 percent of the Production was then halted for detonated by a Spanish Army film's budget. a year so he could lose 50 Captain. Upon learning of his pounds and grow out his hair. mistake the Captain ordered so it really looked like he had be losted on the deserted island. his troops to rebuild the bridge, only for it to suffer another explosion once complete. Billy Wilder, who wrote In Pretty Woman , Richard For 12 Years A Slave and directed Sunset Gere snapping the necklace Michael Fassbender, In Boulevard, originally case down on Vivian's Julia order to better portray an wanted Mae West to play the role of Norma Roberts fingers, was alcoholic. Had his improvised by Gere, and makeup artist paint his Desmond Roberts's reaction was mustache with alcohol so that the other actors totally natural. The would react naturally to filmmakers liked it so much, they decided to leave it in the smell, the final film.

Titles Subject to Change THUNDERBALL I 1965 I PG I 21H 12M I SEAN CONNERY I SHOWING ON 11/08/23 AT 2PM Led by one-eyed evil mastermind Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi), the terrorist group SPECTRE hijacks two warheads from a NATO plane and threatens widespread nuclear destruction to extort 100 million pounds. The dashing Agent 007, James Bond (Sean Connery), is sent to recover the warheads from the heart of Largo's lair in the Bahamas, facing underwater attacks from sharks and men alike. He must also convince the enchanting Domino (Claudine Auger), Largo's mistress, to become a key ally. Subtitles Available YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE I 1967 I 12 I 1H 57M I SEAN CONNERY I SHOWING ON 14/08/23 AT 2PM During the Cold War, American and Russian spacecrafts go missing, leaving each superpower believing the other is to blame. As the world teeters on the brink of nuclear war, British intelligence learns that one of the crafts has landed in the Sea of Japan. After faking his own death, secret agent James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to investigate. In Japan, he's aided by Tiger Tanaka (Tetsuro Tamba) and the beautiful Aki (Akiko Wakabayashi), who help him uncover a sinister global conspiracy. Subtitles Available ROMANCING THE STONE I 1984 I 12 I 1H 38M I MICHAEL DOUGLAS I SHOWING ON 21/08/23 AT 2PM A dowdy romantic-adventure writer is hurled into a real-life adventure in the Colombian jungle in order to save her sister, who will be killed if a treasure map is not delivered to her captors. She is helped out by a brash mercenary, and together they search for the priceless gem located in the map Subtitles Available FILM OF THE MONTH COCOON I 1986 I PG I 1H 57M I WILFORD BRIMLEY I SHOWING ON 28/08/23 AT 2 PM Oscar-winning fantasy in which the residents of a Florida rest home get a new lease of life when they stumble across an alien \"fountain of youth\" in a disused holiday home. Unbeknown to them, aliens have been using the swimming pool in the house to store their cocooned brethren, giving the waters a powerful, rejuvenating quality. Subtitles Available Don't forget to check the age rating!

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Happy Birthday To You! We at \"The Oak\" would like to wish a very Happy Birthday to: Sylvia on 3rd Noreen on 7th Gillian on 12th Shirley on 15th Lynn on 23rd

Signs of The Month Leo Virgo H o r o s c o p e s Leo Although the dissonances that emanate from Taurus put you in the driver's seat, the Sun in Leo pushes you to aim high and far. You do not let them down! You continue to undertake with that logic and intelligence that characterize you. Without doing it on purpose, you know how to put yourself forward when the opportunity arises. You manage to reassure the most conservative minds. Although it's more complicated than usual, you take on challenges with panache! At the end of the month, the transfer of Mars in Libra gives you a little help that will be welcome. The only shadow on the board is Venus in Leo. A retrograde is not a curse, but as you are particularly concerned, do not force things. Wait until things regain their senses. Virgo For some time, Saturn has been telling you that your relationships won't bring you much. Your exchanges are less interesting. A distance settles with people you have known for years. Bonds fray because of time. In return, Uranus and Jupiter send you opportunities to meet new people. They propose that you evolve in a different universe of relationships, certainly, but which corresponds to you from now on. This month, if you agree, your life can come out of this boredom that tires you. To accomplish this little prodigy, Mars, by his presence in your sign, gives you courage and daring to accept what is offered to you. As for Mercury, which is also in Virgo, it strengthens your alertness that creates social, friendly or other bonds.