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Caddington, Slip End,
Aley Green, Pepperstock
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December Issue 2014
The History of
Caddington
and Slip End
Remembrance
Sunday at
Caddington
and Slip End
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1 Remembrance Day parades and services
in Caddington and Slip End. There is also a
historical journey by Gill Battram who talks
about the early days of the villages which will
be continued next month. There are also some
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difference puzzle for you to try.
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Contents
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Greenfields
Boarding Cattery
8 What’s On
10 The Spotted Dog in Flamstead
12 The History of Caddington
16 The History of Slip End
20 Remembrance Sunday in Caddington and
Slip End
24 Slip End Streets Wordsearch
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28 Spot the Difference
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• Exciting new range of gifts and cards
• Beautiful centre pieces
• Seasonal decorations
We’re also open on Sunday 30th November as part of
the Redbourn Christmas Market:
• Wreath making stall (outside the shop)
• Mystery discount on the day
• Mince pies and a glass of Christmas cheer
Don’t forget our workshop on the 7th December!
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On
What’sWhat’s
On
REGULAR
/ MEETINGS
for endEVENTS
October and
beyond
28th November onwards - The Holiday Inn
Festive activities. See page 34 for more details
Every Monday 10am-12noon - Caddington
Care Chat & Coffee Morning at Heathfield
Centre. Drop in for coffee, stay for a chat, meet
or bring a friend or just rest your feet. All ages
welcome.
28th-29th November and 5th-6th December Harpers Christmas Food and Wine Fair
It includes wine and food tastings.
www.harpersfood.co.uk
First Monday of the month 2pm-3,30pm Bingo at Heathfield (old Lower School site) in aid
of Heathfield Friends. £5 for a strip of 6, £2.50 for
a strip of 3. Money Prizes. Refreshments.
Every fortnight on a Tuesday,
12:30pm - Luncheon Club at the Baptist Church
Hall.
Third Tuesday of the month,
7:30pm - WI Meeting at the Baptist Church Hall.
Every Wednesday in school terms,
9:30am – 11:30am - Caddington Baby &
Toddler Group in The Main Hall of the Heathfield
Centre, Hyde Road. First session free.
Second Wednesday of the month (not
August), 3:45pm – 5pm - Wacky Wednesday at
The Collings Wells Hall.
29th November - Flamstead Christmas Fayre
Village Hall, 11am-2pm
29th November - Marc Robinson
Recreating the music of Buddy Holly and more at
Harpenden Halls. www. harpendenpublichall.co.uk
30th November - Arrangements Wreath Making
Redbourn. Tel: 01582 792367
30th November - Redbourn Christmas Market
11am - 4pm. 01582 792367. Includes Santa’s grotto,
fairground rides, face painting, celebrity Christmas
light switch on, hog roast, Christmas trees, up to 50
stalls selling festive gifts and much more.
Visit the Facebook page
www.redbournchristmasmarket.com
Second Wednesday of the month
7:30pm - Caddington Gardening Club at Manor
Court. Contact 418015
5th December - Festive Wreath Evening
Markyate Village Hall. 7.30pm. Tickets £15 each
in aid of Save the Children. Call 01582 841613 or
01582 840483
Every fortnight on a Thursday,
11am to 1pm - Books, videos, jigsaws
exchange at the Leisure Gardens Hut, Folly Lane.
7th December - Workshop at Arrangements
Redbourn. Visit www.arrangements-redbourn.co.uk
Slip End
Check out the Slip End Parish Community Page on
Facebook for instant updates on goings on within
the parish including police news, events, meetings
and group info
Visit this website for local what’s on
www.slipend.co.uk
LOCAL EVENTS OF INTEREST
28th November - Franz Black
The Swan, Markyate. Tel: 01582 842600
28th November - Books in the Belfry with
Barry Norman
St Leonard’s Church, Flamstead. 7pm.
www.flamsteadbookfestival.com
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7th December - Stockwood Christmas Fair
Stockwood Discovery Centre, London Road, Luton.
7th December - Jingle Bell Jog and Reindeer Run
St Albans.
12th-22nd December - Snow White
Harpenden Halls. www. harpendenpublichall.co.uk
17th December - Quiz Night
The Swan, Markyate. Maximum 4 per team.
Tel: 01582 842660
19th December - Kerry George
The Swan, Markyate. Professional solo artist
performing a mixture of songs. Tel: 01582 842660
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19th December - Kerry George
The Swan, Markyate. Professional solo artist
performing a mixture of songs. Tel: 01582 842660
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31st December - Nickita Starck
The Swan, Markyate. Professional solo artist.
Tel: 01582 842660
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A new era for the Spotted Dog
New leaseholders for the Spotted Dog in Flamstead, Tom and Claire Bedwell have
had their eye on this public house for fourteen years and although they are new
to the business. Claire’s family had been publicans in the past.
about their
new challenge
and already
the locals
are keen to
support them
since the pub
re-opened
in the third
week of
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barman. Three rea
Patrick Burke is the
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an
Tring brewery plus
point that
many have got out their
paintbrushes to help with
The couple live in Flamstead
the renovations. Tom has
with their two daughters and
supplied his coffee franchise
by profession Tom is a project
to the pub, ‘Coffee Dog’, for
manager and Claire is an art
three years so the regulars are
teacher. They are enthusiastic
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familiar with the delights of
the café side of the pub already.
Since the Bedwells took over,
the pub has had a re-vamp
with the building work being
carried out by local firm, HBS
(Herts Building Solutions).
Tom said, “Our philosophy is
‘localism’. We want to support
the local community as much
as possible so we buy our
homemade cakes and pastries
from a local lady in the village;
we do our banking at the local
shop’s Post Office; we buy our
meat from Hedges of St Albans
who rear their own livestock
and poultry; the fish comes
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The busy restaurant and cafe
The Spotted Dog is child, dog and welly friendly
from Sticklebacks of Hatfield
and the vegetables from
Sparshots and our wines and
spirits come from Edwards of
Leighton Buzzard.”
Tom is also keen to put a
green,’ environmentally
friendly’ stamp on
everything. “I did a Masters in
Environmental Management
and I am eager to conserve
energy. We used LED lights
and the cellar was insulated in
the refurbishment project.”
“
We want to
support the local
community as
much as possible
Claire extends this way
of thinking by buying or
acquiring re-cycled furniture
and decorations for the pub.
“I have bought lots of the
furniture on e-bay and at carboot sales and I got the 60s
style bar stools from Belgium;
I had the tables sand-blasted
and I decorated them myself.
I like to mix genres, periods
and themes,” she said.
Claire’s mixing of styles works
very well and I guess it is the
artistic eye of an art teacher
that makes it succeed. The
Spotted Dog has always been
quirky but Claire’s touch
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gives a Retro style to the pub,
making it unique but very
comfortable.
The restaurant, under the
management of London
trained chef, Adam Hart offers
a gastro-pub type menu but
the prices are reasonable. “I
want people to be able to eat
here as a regular occasion
rather than a special occasion,”
said Tom.
“Our house wines start from
£14.50 per bottle and you can
have a sirloin steak for £16.95.
We also have 3-4 ‘specials’ each
day. There is a Sunday menu
too for those who like to eat
out on Sunday lunchtimes and
a Christmas menu.”
New landlord and landlady, Tom and
Claire Bedwell
The team are also planning
some special evenings to
include – wine and food
tastings; theme dining such
as an Italian night, a Cockney
night; every other Monday
there will be a quiz night and
the first 20 get bangers and
mash for free! They plan to
have a string quartet and a
and a brass, bangers, beer
and carols evening just before
Christmas. Claire is planning a
Christmas decoration making
afternoon where children will
be welcome.
I want people
to be able to eat
here as a regular
occasion rather
than a special
occasion
“
There is a quiet room in the
pub called the ‘snug’ which is
ideal for playing board games
such as chess and cards; it is
also suitable for small business
meetings.
“There will be a TV in here for
some special sports’ matches
but we will not be running this
pub as a sports pub,” said Tom.
I visited on Friday late
morning and the pub was
very busy with happy locals
enjoying the café. By the smiles
and joviality, it seems people
are delighted that the Spotted
Dog is back with a busy
itinerary and a warm welcome
from the new hosts.
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The families of Caddington Hall
By Gill Battram
The parish of Caddington was formerly partly in
Hertfordshire and partly in Bedfordshire, but under
the provisions of the Local Government Act of 1888,
confirmed in 1897, it was transferred wholly to
Bedfordshire. Caddington includes the hamlets of Chaul
End, Aley Green, Slip End, and Woodside all of which have
their own stories to tell.
C
addington was once
the centre of a thriving
brick industry built
around the rich source of clay.
The entire population was
employed in agriculture and
working on two large brickfields with the women doing
a little straw-hat making.
Historically, Luton and the
surrounding area was the
centre of the straw hat trade
in England, producing a large
share of all the women's hats
manufactured and worn in the
country. More about that next
month!
The Manors
In the Domesday Book,
Caddington was said to be
a ten-hide manor belonging
to Saint Paul's. “Out of this
estate the chapter (A cathedral
chapter constitutes a moral
body or corporation) carved
three manors; two of them
known as Caddington Major
and Caddington Minor, both
of them in Bedfordshire, were
assigned to two prebendaries
(a member of the clergy
of a cathedral or collegiate
church). The third, known
as Caddington Manor, was
in Hertfordshire, but is now
in Bedfordshire; it was one
of the manors reserved for
the support of the cathedral
establishment".
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There was also Zouches Manor
purchased by the Marshe
family of Caddington who held
it until 1605 when John Clerke
of London bought it. One of
the Marshe family members,
Francis Marshe, married
Dorothy Wolsley, cousin of
The parish of
Caddington was
formerly partly
in Hertfordshire
and partly in
Bedfordshire
“
the 17th century traveller
and writer, Celia Fiennes. By
the 1880s, Zouches Farm was
owned by Arthur MacNamara
who had also bought a part
of Bury Farm in Caddington
Manor. The MacNamara family
were wealthy and owned many
buildings, including a castle
at Llangoed, Wales, which
was said to have been won
in a card game by one of the
MacNamara family. They also
owned Caddington Hall in
Hertfordshire, and an estate at
Eaton Bray.
Looking back again in history,
perhaps the most interesting
character that bought Zouches
Manor at the end of the
18th century, after it had
passed through a number
of families, was William
Beckford of Fonthill, Wiltshire.
William was a novelist, travel
writer, politician, art critic
who travelled extensively.
He wrote the Gothic novel
Vathek in 1786 for which he
remains acclaimed as well as
other books influenced by his
travels. He is best known for
Fonthill Abbey, designed by
the architect James Wyatt.
William’s father had twice been
Lord Mayor of London and
the family’s vast wealth was
the product of slave labour on
the plantations in Jamaica.
William who was bisexual,
inherited these plantations, £1
million in cash and the lands
and estate at Fonthill on the
death of his father in 1770.
At the age of 19 he fell in love
with a ten year old boy the
Hon William Courtenay, which
caused quite a stir. He did
however go on to marry Lady
Margaret Gordon, the Early
of Aboyne’s daughter. When
English society accused him
of seducing the boy, he went
into seclusion accompanied by
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able to exchange the farm
for the estate of Caddington
Hall. After his death in
1835, the estate passed to
the MaCnamara Family, also
spelt Macnamaras. In time,
the grounds surrounding
the house were landscaped
and some small woods were
planted nearby. In 1839,
Arthur Macnamara was the
his devoted wife who died in
childbirth aged just 24. Sadly
William lost his Jamaica sugar
plantations to a legal action in
1822, sold Fonthill and moved
to Bath and lived there until
his death in 1844.
Political ties
Previously, in 1805 he had
already sold his estates in
Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire
and Buckinghamshire to
John Pedley, one of which
was Caddington Manor. The
pair knew each other having
had strong political ties and
business in Jamaica. John
was Sheriff of Bedfordshire
in 1818-19. There was, at
the time, an existing small
house on the estate which
the Pedleys pulled down and
built a new house of light and
dark chequer brickwork with
seven bays completed circa
1830, namely Caddington Hall.
The Pedleys owned Zouches
Farm in the west of the parish
until 1804 when by a special
act of Parliament they were
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He [Arthur
Macnamara] also
built a manor house
in Billington which
had the Latin mottos
engraved over each
gable of the entrance
front translated as:
‘I hate common people’
“
resident at Caddington Hall.
The Macnamaras were to
become major land-holders in
the parish; many of the lime
trees on Caddington Green
were planted by one of the
family. In 1876, Caddington
Hall passed to Arthur and
Anne MacNamara’s son, also
called Arthur who became
squire of Billington. He
was born in London and
by all accounts, was quite a
character and seemingly not
liked as he had a reputation
for severity, and was regarded
as someone who was cruel to
the common people of the
village. He became chairman
of the magistrates at Leighton
Buzzard where his sentencing
knew no bounds! After his
marriage in 1854 to Lady
Sophia Eliza Hare, daughter
of the local MP for St Albans,
the 2nd Earl of Listowel, the
couple lived at Caddington
Hall. His business ventures
included restoration of the
castle at Eaton Bray which
he later abandoned due to
lack of funds. He [Arthur
Macnamara] also built a manor
house in Billington which had
the Latin mottos engraved
over each gable of the entrance
front translated as: ‘I hate
common people’. The marriage
it would seem, was not a happy
one as Sophia’s father, a Lordin-Waiting to Queen Victoria
was able to secure his daughter
a position as a Lady-in-Waiting
to the Queen's daughter
Princess Louise, Duchess of
Argyll, which gave Lady Sophia
the opportunity to spend
long periods at Court, away
from her husband. We have
to remember that in this era,
divorce was not an option.
MacNamara sold Caddington
Hall around 1902 to Mr Arthur
Collings Wells who had rented
it for some five years prior to
ownership. John MacNamara,
half-brother of Arthur, who
died issueless also, owned
a considerable amount of
property in Caddington. On
11 February 1906, Arthur
MacNamara died in his house
at Billington, alone except for
his housekeeper. The cause of
his death was cirrhosis of the
liver. After his death, he was
found bankrupt. Lady Sophia
sold the estate in her old age.
She then lived at Heath and
Reach, Leighton Buzzard,
where members of the royal
family would come to visit her.
Part II next month looks
at the Influential families
of Caddington
Photo of Caddington Hall
sourced from
www.lh.matthewbeckett.
com/graphics/houses/lh_
bedfordshire
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W
hen you walk through
Caddington and
surrounding villages,
imagine all those people in
history that influenced changes
either through politics,
religion, farming and buildings.
It is fascinating to think that
a particular church in Slip End
would not exist today had it
not been for the Crawley family
of Stockwood Park, Luton.
They had been established in
Bedfordshire since the 15th
century.
The Crawley family were
leasing and purchasing farms
and land in and around the
village of Caddington, amongst
which were Prebendal Farm.
The farm was part of the
ancient parish of Caddington.
Today the farm stands in
the civil parish of Slip End,
following its creation in 2000.
There was also Provender Farm
(now Manor Farm), Inions
Farm and one of the Chaul End
Farms but increase of property
did not end there.
Richard Crawley’s (1666)
grandfather had been a justice
of common pleas and his
father served as Baron of the
Exchequer. Richard entered
the legal profession as a public
notary, probably following in
the footsteps of his brother-inlaw, Thomas Bedford, who was
deputy registrar to the court of
the Admiralty from Charles II’s
Stockwood House - photo sourced from www.lutonculture.com/userfiles/images/
stockwoodhouse1900s(1)
The Crawley Family
of Stockwood
reign to his death in 1698.
As it was in those days,
favourable marriages allowed
for further accumulation
of land and wealth. Richard
was no exception. In 1699 he
married Sarah, daughter of
Sir Samuel Dashwood who
was invested as a Knight in
1684. He was a member of
parliament and held the office
of Lord Mayor of London from
1702 to 1703. Through this
marriage, Crawley acquired
property in Wendover, and also
around that time, he inherited
a half-share in his mother’s
estate. In November 1701 he
was elected for the borough
Stockwood Park ornamental walled period gardens with knot and
cottage garden areas
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and classed as a Tory by Robert
Harley.
Circa 1708, he bought the
Estate at Stockwood from
the Rotherham family who
also owned land in Luton.
According to the Bedfordshire
government website history
section, in 1640 Thomas
Rotherham sold a detached
part of the manor described
as a capital or mansion house
known as Stockwood alias
Whipperley, along with New
Close, Woodfield Close, Ponds
Close, Stockwood Close,
Woodyard Close, Slipp Close
and Highwood Close, to
Richard Norton. Whipperley
Manor is not mentioned
in surviving records after
this date. Luke Norton held
Stockwood until at least 1658
but by 1707 it had passed to
Richard Crawley.
Quite a few of the Crawley
family were in politics,
including John Crawley
(1703-67). It was his son also
called John that in 1740 built
the impressive Stockwood
House. The house was built
in red brick to designs by
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an unknown architect at a
cost of £60,000! John was
Sheriff of Bedfordshire
for two years; he was also
a tenant at Rothamsted
Manor, Harpenden, whilst
Stockwood was being built.
Rothamsted Manor is another
impressive mansion and one
wonders whether John got his
inspiration to build Stockwood
from there.
A good description of
Stockwood House can be found
in "History of a Bedfordshire
family; being a history of the
Crawleys of Nether Crawley,
Stockwood, Thurleigh and
Yelden in the county of
Bedford" 1911.
‘There are an outer and an
inner hall, the latter lighted
by a lantern in the roof. The
staircase is of massive oak,
on the east side of the inner
hall. Facing you as you ascend
the staircase, is a wind-dial
connected with a weathercock on the roof. The walls
are decorated after the style
of James in the reign of
Queen Anne.' (refers to James
Thornhill). 'The reception
rooms are on the west and
south-west sides of the
building, and open the one
into the other. The floors of the
halls and the reception rooms
are of oak parquet. The kitchen
and other offices are on the
east side of the building, and
open into the stable-yard.
The gardens are extensive
and beautifully timbered,
but the chief delight of the
grounds, are the walled-in,
old-fashioned rose-gardens.
Stockwood is famous for its
roses.’
Those beautiful gardens were
in 1815 enjoyed by Samuel
Crawley and his family who
inherited the estate from
his Uncle John. Samuel was
also an MP and High Sheriff
of Bedfordshire, and the
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vanguard of agricultural
improvement and freely
endowed churches in and
around Luton. With his first
wife Theodosia Mary, daughter
of Robert Vyner, he had one
daughter and with his second
wife, Maria Musgrave daughter
of Christopher Musgrave,
of Kempton Park in the
County of Middlesex, he had
five sons and one daughter.
One of those sons, John
Sambrook Crawley, continued
with his father’s interests in
agricultural and churches.
He funded and built amongst
others ,St. Andrews Church
Slip end, which began as Slip
End Mission Church in 1878.
It lay in Slip End on the other
side of the road to the Royal
Exchange public house (now
the Frog & Rhubarb) and the
Primitive Methodist Chapel.
St. Andrews became the
chosen place of worship for the
Crawley Family but why?
Firstly, let’s look back as to
how this began. In 1852 John
married Sarah Bridget Wells,
third daughter of Frederick
Octavius Wells, of the Bengal
civil service, sometime chief
justice of Agra and his wife,
Maria Alicia, daughter of
Lieutenant Colonel Richard
Scott, sometime commanding
officer of the 26th Battalion of
the Bengal Sepoys. The Wells
family descends from a family
that was resident at Deptford
in the County of Kent and had
been shipbuilders for many
generations having their yards
at Deptford. Frederick’s third
daughter, Mary Julia married
Sir Lionel Halsey, who became
first baronet of Gaddesden,
Hertfordshire. To celebrate
their wedding, Sarah and
John had a pair of hunt and
Roskell silver meat plates,
either given as wedding gifts
or commissioned by the couple
soon after their marriage. The
The Frog & Rhubard
armorial
bearings on public house, Slip End
these two
plates are
those of
the family
of Crawley
impaling
Wells and
the crest
depicts
a crane
proper
holding in
the talon
a fleurde-lys (for
Crawley).
The arms
denote the
marshalling
of a marital
coat
showing the
arms of the husband on the
dexter and the arms of the wife
on the sinister.
There first son, Francis, was
born a year later on the 12th
October 1853 and their first
daughter Alice in 1856. Alice
married Sir Richard Marcus
Brook. At St Mary’s Church
Halton Village, there is a tablet
dedicated to him which reads:
'To the dear memory of Sir
Richard Marcus Brooke, 8th
Baronet, born 26th Oct 1850,
died 30 Sept 1920'. In total,
the couple had 9 children,
three of which Ethel, Helen
and Florence never married.
It would seem that it was
these three Victorian ladies
that took a keen interest in
establishing a Sunday school
at Slip End and along with
their father, they over saw
the building of St. Andrews
Church Slip End. All of the
children of the servants
that lived in the cottages at
Stockwood estate would have
been in attendance. One can
only imagine what it would
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Drink Driving
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What does it mean to you?
By Melanie Wooding Jones, Redbourn Auto Solutions – Caring for you, and your car
December sees the greatest number of drink
drive-related incidents on the county’s
roads. So, what are the legal limits and how
can we drink safely?
There is various legislation covering drink
driving, and the law is constantly evolving as
the government continues to clamp down on
offenders.
The first drink driving legislation was back in
1872 with The Licensing Act making it an offence
to be drunk while in charge of carriages, horses,
cattle and steam engines! The penalty was 40
shillings or imprisonment with, or without, hard
labour for a term not exceeding one month.
Things moved on in 1968 when the UK saw the
introduction of the breathalyser. This decreased
the percentage of road traffic accidents where
alcohol had been a factor from 25% to 15% in
the first year. There were 1,152 fewer recorded
deaths, 11,177 fewer serious injuries and 28,130
fewer slight injuries caused by road traffic
accidents. The enforcement of this continues to
reduce injury caused by drink driving, so you can
understand why the penalties are so high.
If you are convicted for drink driving, some
of the penalties are; a minimum 12 month
driving ban, a criminal record, a fine of up to
£5,000, and an endorsement on your license
for 11 years. Even being in charge of a vehicle
with excess alcohol in the body could result in a
prison sentence of up to three months, a driving
ban and a fine of up to £2,500. The everyday
consequences stretch beyond this to: an increase
in car insurance, job loss, trouble getting into
countries like the USA, shame of having a
criminal record, loss of independence, etc.
So, what are the parameters?
The current legal limitations are:
 35mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath
 80mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood
 107mg of alcohol per 100ml of urine
The above legal limitations are difficult
to determine, so the quantities that
were used back when the breathalyser
was introduced are sometimes still
quoted today:
Men can consume 4 units and women 3
units with a unit being equal to:
 Small glass of wine (125ml)
 Half pint of beer (3.5% vol) or
 25ml spirit
The Police, NHS and Think! advise that it is not
possible to judge how much alcohol you can drink
and stay below the limit. The above is unreliable
and you are also affected by:
 your weight, age, sex and metabolism
(the rate your body uses energy)
 the type and amount of alcohol you’re drinking
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 what you’ve eaten recently
 your stress levels at the time
Since 1968, many pubs have also increased the
size of a small wine glass to 175ml or 250ml,
spirit glass have increased to 35ml, and beers
have increased in their alcohol content with some
bottled beers being 5.5%.
How does alcohol affect how we react?
Our brains rely on a delicate balance of chemicals
and processes which help to transmit signals
from one nerve to another. Alcohol is a
depressant which can disrupt that balance and
affect our thoughts, feelings and actions.
With the first drink, the chemical changes take
effect and start to depress the part of the brain
we associate with inhibition. We start to feel
relaxed, more confident and less anxious.
But as more alcohol is consumed, the more
depressed the neurotransmitters become
resulting in a possible negative emotional
response such as becoming angry, aggressive,
anxious, paranoid or depressed. Far from the
pleasurable effects increasing: far from which
may have been the initial intent.
The other affect is on our memory and processing
skills. The more we consume, the more these are
impaired. After large quantities of alcohol, the
brain can stop recording into the ‘memory store’,
resulting in waking up with a complete ‘blank’ as
to what you said and even where you were.
The slow processing and depressed
neurotransmitters narrow our perception
and therefore it takes us longer to respond to
situations and hazards. We also become braver
with our actions.
Drinking alcohol (even just one drink) affects a
person's judgement and reduces their ability to
see and hear things clearly. These effects make it
much more likely that the driver will be involved
in an accident. It is estimated that just one
alcoholic drink can increase a driver's thinking
distance by up to 20%
How long do the effects last?
Alcohol takes time to leave the body. An average
adult takes an hour to process 10ml of pure
alcohol (1 unit) so that there is none left in the
bloodstream. Eg, if you drink at lunchtime, you
may be unfit to drive in the evening. If you drink
in the evening, you may be unfit to drive the next
morning. There is no quick way to sober up! A
stodgy breakfast may make you feel better as will
drinking coffee, but it will do little to help the
alcohol out of your system!
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Police patrols are increased throughout
December, operating around the clock, meaning
motorists who use their vehicle the morning
after a big night out can still be caught for drink
driving. Police advice is clear. If you have to
drink, take precautions to ensure you are not
tempted to drive:
 If you have to take the car, make sure you stick
to non-alcoholic drinks – you can’t calculate
your limit so don’t try to.
 Take it in turns for one of your party to be the
designated driver on nights out.
 Leave the car at home and use public
transport or take a registered taxi - why not
pre-book one with a reputable company
before you go out.
 Stick to soft drinks – it tends to be a
cheaper alternative as well as helping you
avoid that ‘morning after the night before’
feeling.
Alcohol in Festive Food!
It’s easy to forget whilst we are drinking, that
some of the food we enjoy over Christmas is
also laced with alcohol. See the table below
for some examples of how the number of
units quickly increases, without us realising!
No. of
Units
Treat
Alcohol Content
Christmas
Pudding
125ml (1/4 pint) port and 6
tbs brandy per pudding
2.7*
Sherry Trifle
125ml medium dry sherry
and 50ml brandy per trifle
2.7*
Irish Coffee
4cl Irish whiskey (2 parts)
per coffee
1.4
Christmas
Cake
20ml of sherry or brandy
per cake
0.4
Brandy Butter
15ml brandy per serving
0.3
Liqueur
chololates
40 chocoltes will contain
an average of 2tbsp
liqueur
0.3
Rum sauce
½ teaspoon rum flavouring
per serving
0.1
Be ‘drink aware’ this Christmas
Even small amounts of alcohol can affect your
ability to drive, so the only safe advice is to
avoid drinking any. Wishing you a very Happy
Christmas and New Year from your team at
Redbourn Auto Solutions.
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continued from page 17 . . .
War. Luton Council acquired
Stockwood Park in 1945, and
the house was used for several
years as a hospital, before
being demolished in 1964. As a
hospital, it catered for children
suffering with hip diseases.
The patients were transferred
by converted single deck
buses from the Bartholomews
Hospital at Swanley in Kent.
It was considered to be too
dangerous in that area because
it was on the edge of the
balloon barrage. However,
have been like but it was the
beginning of bigger things and
no doubt helped to educate
the less fortunate. In 1892, it
became the parish church for
the newly created ecclesiastical
parish of Woodside. For the
time being, the vicarage house
was situated in Summer Street.
For a detailed history of St.
Andrews Church go to
www.slipend.co.uk/standrews/node/15
The Crawley
family certainly
left their mark
in Bedfordshire;
John Sambrooke
Crawley is
remembered at
Woodside Church
in 1896 when
the east windows
of the chancel
were filled
Entrance to St David’s Church, Slip End
with stained
glass by Lavers and Westlake
Luton saw enemy activity due
in memory of him. He is
to the nearby motor works.
described as the church’s great
Initially there was not any
benefactor. In 1914 a stained
X-ray facility there, but one
glass window was installed in
was added later and housed
memory of Francis Crawley.
in the stable block. Before
There was a report of this in
that installation, patients
the Luton WW1 diary October
were taken by private car to
29th 1914. “The window was
nearby Luton and Dunstable
subscribed for the initiation
hospital. The house was then
of the Vicar (the Rev. Phillip
named Alexandra Hospital for
Hyne) by Mr. Crawley’s fellow
Children with hip disease.
worshipers and the Stockwood Today, Stockwood Discovery
tenentry.”
Centre is housed in the 18th
Sarah Bridget Crawley was
century stables of the former
commemorated in the stained
house. The park has formal
glass window in 1925 on the
gardens, leading crafts,
south side of the nave.
museums, Stockwood Park
A further stained glass window Rugby Club and extensive
was installed in 1949. It was in golfing facilities. So when you
memory of Edith Rosa Crawley are hitting your next birdie on
and was designed by H. Warren the golf course, think of the
Wilson.
Crawley families who lived in
Stockwood House remained
all their glory at Stockwood
in the Crawley family for 200
House and gave this impressive
years. It was given to the
building to the people of Luton
people of Luton by Miss Joan
and built St. Andrews Church
Crawley after the First World
Slip End.
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Did you know?
‘Crawley’ is made up of
two ancient words Craw,
meaning hill and lea
meaning clearing.
Crawley Road in Slip
End was named after the
Crawley Family
The name Slip End probably
comes from the Old
English slyppe, meaning
slimy or muddy. Thus Slip
End was the muddy end
of Caddington. Given the
clay soil, this would make a
certain amount of sense.
Slip End school was
originally located towards
the Pepperstock end of
Front Street and Summer
Street, which is now the site
of a small development of
flats and houses called Old
School Walk
REFERENCES
www.historyofparliamentonline.
org/volume/1690-1715/
member/crawleyrichard-1666-1713
From: 'Parishes: Luton', A
History of the County of
Bedford: Volume 2 (1908),
pp. 348-375. URL: www.
british-history.ac.uk/report.
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ANSWERS: 1. Bin missing on the green. 2. Affinity Water signwriting missing from side of van. 3. Arrow missing off one
way sign near van. 4. Window missing off the side of the tall building. 5. Post missing from left hand side low fence rail. 6.
Number plate missing from the Police car. 7. Post Office logo is missing from the sign at the front of the shop. 8. Flag missing from the bunting across the road. 9. Aerial missing from the second house after the shops. 10. Chimney pots missing
from house to the right of the taller building.
Now see if you can find the 10 differences . . .
Caddington village green and shops
There are 10 to find. Answers at bottom of page. Good luck!
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WORD SEARCH
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