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Evelyn Luck was a farmer’s daughter and has lived in the Kent countryside all her life, much of this in Tenterden, in Kent where she was educated, and in the surrounding villages.
She married a cider maker’s son and joined the family business – Bob Luck Cider Makers – in Biddenden until her father-in-law died in 1978 when the cider factory closed down. Bob and Evelyn then ran their own farm, raising fattening calves, sheep and poultry. This book gives her memories and reminiscences of the old ways of farming in a humorous but knowledgeable way and through her own experiences.
This often heartbreaking account by Carol, whose son, Paul, was born with disabilities including autism, is told with the honesty and sincerity necessary to portray the conflicting emotions faced by any family, and particularly a mother, in such circumstances. The feelings of guilt and failure, envy of other mothers with ‘normal’ children, and feelings of bitterness and inadequacy have to be resolved to enjoy a happy family life.
When multiple handicaps gradually begin to manifest themselves in Paul, Carol learns to deal with each predicament, painful though it may be, discovering that a sense of humour is essential as handicapped children react very differently to others in everyday situations.
Strong emotions are shown within her family. Their love in these circumstances ties the bonds between children, and mother and child, tighter than normal. There is the loyalty, the fierce feelings of protectiveness that a vulnerable person can elicit from those closest to them. There is also the feeling of fear – fear for Paul every time he is ill, fear that he might not survive all his illnesses. And when it becomes impossible to cope with the traumas of the situation there are feelings of defeat, guilt and even more heartbreak.
But right at the end of the tunnel comes the light. The bravery and courage of Paul to fight all illnesses and adversities and go on living in spite of all his handicaps, becoming a happy young man enjoying life at his own pace, make everything else seem to pale into insignificance. If he could speak, he would surely say, “My life is worth living!”
Hardback, 170pp. ISBN: 9781852000516
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About the Author:
Kent born author Carol M. Creasey wrote her first book about her autistic son entitled My Life is Worth Living! With four children to cope with, the book brilliantly reflects her struggles balancing a full family life and still giving her son the extra care he needed.
As well as looking after her family, she has had a career as a manager in various china and glass merchandising establishments and also owned her own shop. Writing has always remained an important part of Carol’s life, with many novels already published, but the story of Laura and her autistic son Matthew in The Power of Love has a particular resonance given Carol’s experiences with her own son.
Other titles by Carol M. Creasey:
The Power of Love
Not Just an Affair
Evil Woman
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Big Pharma have been riding roughshod over common folk for decades.
Making huge profits from their products and doing their damndest to oppose any other approaches to healthcare other than pills, pills and more expensive pills.
But just occasionally their despicable tactics get found out and this week we saw one of their number have had their collars felt.
Britian’s biggest drugmaker has been asked about their conduct and, once more, been found wanting.
Basically, and not to put too fine a point on it, they have been bribing doctors to sell their products.
In the last three years they have faced the same charges from activities in the UK, China, the US and now Poland.
A BBC Panorama report has uncovered the story about 11 doctors and a senior GSK employee being hauled up in front of the courts in Poland with the prospect of many years detention more than likely.
More than that this prosecution of key employees could also see the entire group being challenged under the UK Bribery Act and US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act – and that has got the fat cats all of a fluster.
This isn’t the first time that they have been in this situation.
A series of bribery and corruption allegations have been circulating since early 2010 but it doesn’t seem like the wrist slaps they suffered as a result have made much difference to them.
Maybe a proper financial and legal sanction will stop them in their shoddy tracks.
Here’s how their little scam works.
The prospect of a drugs rep arriving at your local GP’s practice with a brown envelope stuffed with cash is perhaps an idea none of us would be comfortable with.
However, the subtle way the drugs companies work with doctors means the end result is very much the same.
You see, as a reward for pushing out their version of an asthma drug the GSK country managers pay the GP for delivering conference papers on their behalf.
A nice little earner you might say, with the details of how it works coming to light because of a bit of whistle blowing by an ex-employee.
A former sales rep for GSK in the Polish region of Lodz, Jarek Wisniewski, said: “There is a simple equation. We pay doctors, they give us prescriptions. We don’t pay doctors, we don’t see prescriptions for our drugs.”
In the BBC report he is further quoted as saying:
“We cannot go to doctors and say to them, ‘I need 20 more prescriptions’. So we prepare an agreement for them to give a talk to patients, we pay £100, but we expect more than 100 prescriptions for this drug.”
“It’s a bribe”, Mr Wisniewski said, confirming that although on paper the payments were for educational services, the doctors understood very clearly that they must produce a certain number of prescriptions in return.
It was exactly the same tactic used by the company in China in 2013 when a £300m scandal was uncovered involving a network of over 700 middlemen and travel agencies, to bribe doctors and lawyers with cash and even sexual favours.
In 2012, GSK paid $3bn (£1.9bn) in the largest healthcare fraud settlement in US history after pleading guilty to promoting two drugs for unapproved uses and failing to report safety data about a diabetes drug to the Food and Drug Administration.
And if they are doing it in those regions you can be sure it is happening right across their organisation – even here in the UK.
I echo the call from Ben Goldacre in 2013 after the Chinese scandal broke where he said:
“Doctors should be responsible for declaring their own conflicts of interest on a simple register, ideally run by the General Medical Council, in the same way MPs do. If we believe these payments and this free education are ok, then we should tell our patients with a polite notice in the waiting room.”
This would mean we would see who has been putting the money up for our doctors and could then reasonably decide if we were being advised to take drug X rather than drug Y on medical or financial grounds.
Which brings me to my pet hate. Statins.
Earlier I said I supported Ben Goldacre in his stand against drug company bribery in our GP clinics, but not everything he says is good news.
A few weeks ago I told you about the dodgy report he had put his name to supporting the wholesale prescription of cholesterol lowering statin drugs to everyone over the age of 40.
I am absolutely against the indiscriminate medication of the general population in this way, but the drug pushers say that the science shows that anyone with a greater than 10% risk of a cardiovascular incident will benefit from daily statin use.
Of course the first question is ‘how do I know if I have a greater than 10% risk of heart trouble?’
Well if we are to believe the hype, that accounts for all of us over the age of 40, especially if our blood pressure is a bit high, or our cholesterol levels a touch strong or even have blood sugar that occasionally spikes.
Just about everyone then!
Then I listened to a BBC Four programme that put those numbers into context…
…using the simplest of mathematics they showed that even if we did all take statins one person in every 140 would be prevented from having a cardiovascular problem – this is known as the Number Needed To Treat.
Most experts in this area agree that if this number gets above 100 then the justification for a drugs use is questionable – so why are we being urged to take statins then?
Maybe this is further evidence that the companies who stand to gain are working in more devious ways once again.
Ray Collins
The Good Life Letter
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Walking, jogging, cycling, swimming and dance exercise are good ones to try. Aerobic exercise works the large muscles in your body, benefitting your cardiovascular system – and your weight.
Work up to getting 20 or more minutes per session, three or four days a week. Make sure you can pass the ‘talk test’ which means exercising at a pace that lets you carry on a conversation.
Lifting hand weights improves your strength and posture, maintains bone strength, reduces the risk of lower back injury and also helps you tone.
Start with a hand weight that you can comfortably handle for eight repetitions. Gradually add more repetitions until you can complete twelve.
StretchingStretching exercises help maintain flexibility and range of motion in joints. They also reduce the risk of injury and muscle soreness. Yoga and Pilates are good forms of stretching exercise; they build core body strength and increase stability.
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Sixteen Victorian ‘strainer’ arches, thought to be one of only two surviving examples of their type in England, have been saved from demolition in a collaboration between English Heritage and Network Rail. Built in 1843 on the Bolton and Preston Railway the arches braced a railway cutting in Chorley, Lancashire. They were at risk of being lost forever to enable a £400 million project to electrify the line.
To save the arches from demolition English Heritage and Network Rail agreed the stone arches would be carefully recorded in situ, then removed to secure storage and temporarily replaced with steel versions. Now works are nearing completion the original arches have been reinstated in a slightly higher position to allow the installation of electrification equipment through the tunnel.
Picture shows: Grade II listed Chorley Flying Railway Arches being lifted back into place.
Cathy Tuck, English Heritage Heritage at Risk Project Officer for the North West, said: “These arches are an important example of Victorian innovation. They were needed to strengthen the retaining walls of the cutting as it was feared that the clay behind might force the walls inwards causing them to collapse on the trains. It was a rarely used but very elegant solution.”
John Johnson, Project Manager at Network Rail, said: “This project is part of a £1bn+ investment to provide a better railway and boost the economy across the north of England. We are upgrading a Victorian railway, and it is important that we maintain that link to its heritage. We have worked closely with English Heritage to make sure that the Chorley flying arches have been reinstated in their rightful place.”
The original arches are being replaced with the addition of a permanent slender steel brace under each arch to meet modern safety regulations. This marriage between historic aesthetics and 21st century structural safety margins has allowed Network Rail to run the line to modern standards while preserving the appearance and significance of the original arches.
Remains of Republic P47D Thunderbolt 4276278 of 367FS 358FG which is one of the displays at the museum
There can be few more iconic locations for an air warfare museum than Lashenden/Headcorn aerodrome. Although its history goes back to the 1920’s, it will be remembered as a World War Two Advanced Landing Ground. The aerodrome was first used for private general aviation in 1927 and remained so until 1942 when it was requisitioned by the Airfields Board and prepared for military use.
The original intention was to create a light bomber base, including a bomb storage area but this was never to be. Lashenden (as it became known) was subsequently prepared for use as an Advanced Landing Ground, operating fighter aircraft in accordance with the Air Staff’s plans to support the proposed invasion of occupied Europe. Two grass runways of 1,600yds and 1,400yds were made available and covered in a steel mesh known as Sommerfeld Tracking. This enabled aircraft to operate in all but the most atrocious weather conditions. Similar ALG’s were created at Staplehurst, Egerton (although confusingly called Headcorn!), Ashford, Brenzett, High Halden, Kingsnorth, Lydd, Newchurch, New Romney and Woodchurch. Lashenden became known as Station 410.
It was on the 6th August 1943, that 127 Wing Royal Canadian Air Force comprising No’s 403 and 421 Squadrons arrived with their Spitfire IXb’s, but their stay was short and by the end of the month they had moved on. On the 15th April 1944, the airfield became the responsibility of the 100th Fighter Wing, 19th Tactical Air Command, 9th Air Force. The Americans had arrived ! On the 17th April, the 354th Fighter Group flew in comprising the 353rd, 355th and 356th Fighter Squadrons with their North American P51B Mustangs. The 354th flew bomber escort missions, some as far as the Polish border and later, fighter bomber operations against targets in Northern France designed to disrupt German communications. During the D-Day landings in Normandy on the 6th June 1944, the 354th escorted troop carrying C47’s to the battle area. On the 18th June 1944, the 354th left Lashenden for Criqueville on the French coast, with the airfield subsequently being handed back to civilian ownership. With the resurgence of interest in civil aviation in the 1950’s, the airfield was opened as a base for private and commercial flying and has been thriving ever since.
The Lashenden Air Warfare Museum has been a permanent resident on the aerodrome since 1970 and has expanded at a steady pace with the collections of a number of preservation and recovery groups being acquired on the demise of these groups.
Newly restored rare Fieseler Fi130R-4 ‘Reichenberg’. which resembles a V1, ‘Doodlebug’,
In 2007, the Museum embarked on a major project aimed at the complete restoration of its rare Fieseler Fi130R-4 “Reichenberg”. Resembling a V1, “Doodlebug”, these missiles were fitted with a small cockpit and intended for precision attacks on targets of importance although never actually used operationally. Restoration of the “Reichenberg” was completed in 2013, when the missile was returned to the Museum.
£40,000 is needed – Can you help?
In order to display the “Reichenberg” together with other related exhibits, the Museum is currently in the process of funding and constructing a new display hall. The sum of £40,000 is still needed to complete this exciting development and donations from the public will be very much appreciated and greatly assist the project.
The Museum is situated in the south east corner of the airfield and is open both Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday during the summer months. Limited opening times apply during other periods and visitors should check the Museum website, www.lashendenairwarfaremuseum.co.uk for details. There is no admission charge to view one of the UK’s leading aviation archaeology collections.
By Graham Holmes
Lashenden Air Warfare Museum
Headcorn, Kent
Memorial Plaque at the Museum
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