Hadley Wood News July 2012

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The Wilbrahams Almshouses. 400 yearsanniversary.Stroke. Don’t have one! Dr O’DonaghueConsultant Neurologist advises.The Proms. Whats on this year?Tina Wenham reportsRNLI Gold badge award for Ann Phillips.Hadley’s runners race for life.WI. Anniversary.Hadley Wood Golf Club’s Junior section.Yagni to the fore.Playground raffle results.

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The Wilbraham’salmshouses.Simon Smith is the Clerk to the Visitors(Trustees) of the Jesus Hospital charitybased in Union St. Alms, Simon tells me,comes from a Greek word eleemosynemeaning compassion. The word itself isderived from eleos. Pity in English.Simon recounted the story of the

charity’s longstanding and proudtradition. It was founded by JamesRavenscroft in 1679 who built the originalsix almshouses in Wood St for ‘six poorand ancient women who shall be widowsor maids’.Simon explained that there are over

1800 separate almshouse charitiesthroughout the UK. In Chipping Barnetalone there are the Thomas WatsonCottage homes, the Eleanor Palmer Trustand the Leathersellers. The JesusHospital Charity itself has fifty fouralmshouses in the area. Manyalmshouses were built just to help needypeople, others, such as theLeathersellers and Thomas Watsonalmshouses, were for the retiredemployees of these industries. EleanorPalmer is typical of many such generousbenefactors. She was a wealthy ladywhose father was Keeper of Henry V11’streasure. Surviving the plague, twomarriages and the birth of eight childrenEleanor gifted land both in Barnet andKentish Town for buildings to house thepoor and needy.The Wilbrahams almshouses will be

familiar to many of you. These are thelovely old buildings you pass on yourright on Hadley Green Road when

approaching St Mary’s Church atMonken Hadley on your way from Barnet.Now celebrating their 400th yearanniversary they were built by Sir RogerWilbraham. Sir Roger, born in 1553 inCheshire was appointed Solicitor Generalin Ireland by Queen Elizabeth 1st, laterbeing knighted by her successor KingJames 1st. He was buried at MonkenHadley Church and his monument, withhis wife Mary and their daughters, can beseen inside the church to the left of theSouth entrance. Many of the very old andsmall charities later developed financialproblems but happily were absorbed bytheir larger compatriots. Wilbrahams

properties are now cared for by the JesusHospital Charity Before you rush up toUnion St to demand a place let me tellyou that these particular almshouses areonly for ladies aged 50 and over. Theoriginal criteria for entry excludes menand any women ‘suspected of Sorcery orWitchcraft or charming. Or if CommonDrunkard, Common Scold or Backbiter.Nor idiot or lunatic or infected with anyfoul or loathsome disease’.Happily the criteria for women have

become less strict. Though the JesusHospital almshouses are still only forwomen this is not discriminatory but is inaccordance with the original wishes aslaid down by the benefactors in their wills.Simon showed me round an unoccupiedalmshouse in Wood St. Clean, modernand compact it is a tribute to the effortsof the charity and its staff as well as thosetrustees who give their expertise and freetime to continue the great legacy left bythose the ‘kindly English gentlemen’ MrJames Ravenscroft and Sir RogerWilbraham.If you would like to know more please

visit their website atjesushospitalcharity.orgRod Armstrong

Stroke: an updateStroke is a justifiably feared disorder. A 45year old man has a 25% chance of astroke before he reaches 85. A quarter ofpeople die within a month of a stroke anda half of survivors will be left dependentfor some daily activities of living. Whatprogress has been made in strokemedicine to offer us some hope? This

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brief survey will focus on the 90% ofstrokes that are ischaemic strokes (bloodclots) rather than brain haemorrhages.Better outcomes in the last decade are

due to improved prevention and fasterand more specialist management ofacute strokes. The important preventativestrategies are straightforward. Smokingdoubles your risk, but within a year ofstopping you have eliminated half theexcess risk. So stop smoking! Controllinghigh blood pressure (BP) is vital. If yourBP is over 140/90 (even lower if you arediabetic) you reduce your risk of strokeby 30% if you taketreatment. Controlling highlevels of blood cholesterolsimilarly reduces the risk.Exercise, weight reductionand moderating excessalcohol have all beenshown to benefit. If youhave experienced anycirculatory disorder suchas angina, vasculardisease of the leg arteriesor a transient ischaemicbrain event (TIA) you should be on bloodpressure, cholesterol and anti-platelettreatment promptly. Another importantmodifiable risk factor is the commonirregular heart rhythm known as atrialfibrillation (AF). Warfarin reduces the riskof stroke with AF by two thirds and isusually started after a simple riskassessment by your GP (known as aCHADS2 score). Low risk patients will useaspirin. NICE has recently approvedDabigatran as a potential replacement forWarfarin in stroke prevention in AF (aslong heart valve problems do not exist).Potential advantages include superiorstroke prevention and no need for regularblood tests. It precise role is still underevaluation.Recognising the onset of a stroke is

vital. If you can receive thrombolysis withalteplase (a clot-busting therapy) within 3hours of stroke onset there is a much

better chance of goodrecovery. Evidence alsoexists that there is benefitup to 4.5 hours.The FAST test helps.

Has the FACE fallen onone side?; Can theperson lift both ARMS oris one side weak?; Is theSPEECH slurred.? ; TIMEto act. Any one of theseshould lead you to call999 in the hope of

reaching a hyper-acute stroke centre intime. With luck the event will haveresolved and it will be called a TIA. If ithas not you will have an emergency CTscan to determine if your stroke issuitable for thrombolysis. You will also bescreened for medical factors that mightprevent a second stroke. This will includetaking anti-platelet agents (aspirin anddipyridamole or clopidogrel) for life aswell as the drugs mentioned previously. Ifyou have had aFace fallen?Arm Weak?Speech Slurred?Time to act. 999

TIA (or a mild stroke) your carotid arterywill be scanned to see if it harbours asignificant narrowing, as surgicallyrelieving the narrowing will reduce yourchance a more severe stroke

subsequently. Therapies under evaluationinclude cooling the body after acutestroke to reduce brain damage andcatheter techniques of retrieving clots ifthrombolysis is ineffective. On the distanthorizon are treatments such as stem cellinfusions to improve recovery ofdamaged brain. Progress is thereforebeing made in this common disablingdisease. A good place to start looking forfurther information is the StrokeAssociation website.(www.stroke.org.uk).Dr Michael O’DonoghueConsultant NeurologistNottingham University Hospital

The Hadley RNLIbranch.As ever, the Hadley branch of the RNLIpulled together when their June GardenParty was washed out by the rain. Thewhole event, tables chairs food anddrinks and guests were moved inside theChurch House at short notice where avery nice indoor party was enjoyed by allpresent. The event raised £1150 for theLifeboats. In May at the Barbican AnnPhillips, the Chairman of the Hadleygroup, received a gold badge from theDuke of Gloucester on behalf of hercommittee and their supporters. Next isthe Gold bar! Ann thanks all hercommittee and the many helpers for theirgreat and constant support. The nextmeeting will be the coffee morning onOctober 24th at the Hadley Memorial hall.

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Hadley Wood WIHadley Wood Members celebrated itsbirthday with a lovely jubilee cake bakedby Vice President Ann Evans and cut byimmediate Past President Frainy Ardeshir.The Speaker was Mark Lester who gavea very informative talk on "Victoria toEdward VIII". The room looked mostfestive with patriotic decorations andeveryone enjoyed the sandwiches andwine!The President Diana Bird closed themeeting with a hearty rendition of "GodSave the Queen".Hadley Wood W.I. meet the second

Tuesday of the month in St Paul’s churchhall at Crescent East. New members andvisitors are always most welcome.Frainy Ardeshir

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Four English conductors will take turnson the podium to conduct works by Elgar,Delius, Tippett and the world premiere ofMark Anthony Turnage’s ‘Canon Fever.’London will be featured as a themethroughout the Proms incorporatingHandel’s music for the Royal Fireworks(July 18th) Loewe’s My Fair Lady (July

Hadley’s runners.RACE FOR LIFE 2012 When I launchedthe club in November 2011, my aim wasto bring our community together in a waythat was totally informal and share mypassion of running. Never in my wildestdreams did I think it would be soinfectious. Our first week saw 7 womensign up for a 12 week course. Since then,the club has grown from strength tostrength with over 50 members attendingon a regular basis. The greatest rewardfor me has been to watch people lackingin running fitness, setting their sights onnew challenges. Empowered by theendorphins and the social environment,these people who once could not runmore than 10 minutes non stop are keento enter events as a club, whether it be5k, 10k, Half Marathon or a full Marathon.Race For Life was a wonderful event to

14th) and Sullivan’s The Yeoman of theGuard (19th August).The remarkable East- Western Divan

Orchestra under the baton of theirvisionary conductor Daniel Barenboimwill be performing all of Beethoven’s ninesymphonies, the last being performed onthe opening night of the Olympics. As Iunderstand, all of these concerts are soldout, but it is often possible to get returnson the day.Youth orchestras from each nation of

the UK as well as a brass band, jazzorchestra and wind band, all made up oftalented young musicians, not to mentiona host of youth choirs including the debutof the BBC Proms Youth Choir will beperforming throughout the season.This year there are two concerts by the

Berlin Philharmoniker under Sir SimonRattle (30th and 31st August) and ViennaPhilharmonic, under Bernard Haitink (6thand 7th September).Debussy will also be celebrated

springboard their talents. Walkers,runners, children teamed together,furiously fundraising, exceeding the initialgoal of £3000, aiming on raising£5000 for 5k ! We are £500 away from

The Proms 2012This being the year of the Queen’sDiamond Jubilee and the OlympicGames, what could be a more fitting startto the first night of the 2012 proms thanan all English programme featuring thefirst ever opening night baton relay! (July13th).

our target. £1 and a good luckmessage, goes a long way:www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/hwrcSensev El Ahmadi.HADLEY WOOD RUNNING CLUB

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We would like to thank everyone who has contributed towards the communityplayground renovation. As you may know from the last newsletter update, work willcommence on 23rd July on the phase 1 extension and this will include 4 new piecesof equipment for the older children.

The community raffle we held over May and June has been a great successand we are pleased to announce the winning tickets of the draw:

10 tickets to see Saracens at Wembley Mary Malde 02819Signed Arsenal Football Shirt Emma Morley 00024Lunch or dinner for 2 at Nolita’s Gemma Paramoor 03046Case of Prosecco Nicky Seldrup 02019Tea for Two at the West Lodge Nevin Eyi 03021Aqua Valet £50 Voucher Claremont Road 00225Thai Eighteen £30 Voucher Jobi McAnuff 02571Italy Restaurant £50 Voucher Emma - Parkgate 01754Bouquet of flowers worth £35 Cindy Blaney 01026Crème £30 Voucher Helen – Crescent West 00215Full Body Massage from Beauty by Paris Lucy Cecil 03059HWRC personal training voucher Parkgate 02038Deserie Restaurant £30 voucher Lindi Jaffe 03678Tocca Candela from So Chic Jo Forsythe 02001Blowdry from Alan Lawrence Parkgate 02074Manicure from HeavenScent Beauty Nina Buttle 03051Chocolates from the Chocolate Shop Helen Michael 02530Dinner for 2 at Hunters Tara Boggett 00006Signed football by England goalkeeper Joe Hart Robert -Kingwell Road 03378

All the winners have been contacted.

We are now in the process of completing phase two of the project, a refurbishmentof the existing equipment and flooring, so keep an eye out for updates. If you visitWaitrose in Barnet this month please remember to put a token in the Hadley WoodPlayground Community matters box.

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this year marking the 150th Anniversaryof his birth with several works including aperformance of his only opera Pelleas etMelisande (15th July). I must just mentiontwo other Proms. The Wallace and GromitProm, Musical Marvels (29th July at 3.30)for families. The BBC came up with theidea of inviting the animated duo toentertain the audience, with the help ofthe Aurora Orchestra.Nick Park and Aardman Animations

have been filming specially devisedsequences that will catapult man anddog backstage during the concert.Without giving the game away, Wallace ispreparing for the premiere of his brandnew ‘My concerto in Ee Lad’ and hasdevised some novel contraptions with thehelp of the ever faithful Gromit to makethe afternoon extra special.The other Prom is the Desert island

Discs 70th Anniversary prom (3rdSeptember) with its presenter KirstyYoung interviewing guests from the seriesand introducing some of the mostpopular music choices includingHandel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s EmperorConcerto, Elgar’s Cello concerto,Puccini’s Madam Butterfly, Coates’ theDam Busters march plus arrangementsof favourite Beetles’ songs.This year’s programme features a

wealth of wonderful concerts and eventsI haven’t even mentioned that will appealto every eclectic taste, so hurry up andget booking.

Box Office: 0845 401 5040 or on lineat: www.royalalberthall.comFor those who are robust enough, upto 1,400 standing places areavailable for each Prom and thetraditionally low prices allow one toenjoy world class performances forjust £5.00.

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Hadley Wood Golf Club.Junior section.HWGC runs a very good junior sectionunder the supervision and leadership ofParvesh Patel, Lian Davies and IngeSudbury. Weekly group coaching withAlastair Archibald takes place onSundays from 12.30-1.30pm. The JuniorCommittee is keen to develop the sectionfurther and the current Club Captain, AlunJohns has made clear his commitment tothese youngsters. On Sunday 30thSeptember there is the Junior Prizegivingduring the afternoon. Sponsorship has

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