First may I wish you all a prosperous New Year.

There will be changes to some of the products this year.  First is the range of muesli, there will no longer be an apricot but there are three new blends: Fruit and Nut, Exotic Fruit and Mixed Berries.  They are now called Geo Muesli.

To the instant coffee is a Traidcraft Organic freeze dried.  This previously could only be obtained in 500g tubs but now it is in 100g jars.

Divine Butterscotch Milk Chocolate is new to the 30g bars.

In time for Christmas came the Rosemary and Lavender  Gardeners Handsalve and a Trio of flavoured lip balms.

Then there is a Recycled Tyre Notepad with the slogan Tyred of Poverty on the front.

Tea was one of Traidcraft's earliest products, now with over £500,000 worth being sold each year.  Fairtrade tea accounts for a small percentage of the 165 million cups consumed in this country daily.  Just five tea brands account for 72% of the UK market and affects the lives of a huge number of people.  If they switched to Fairtrade it could make a real difference to many lives.  All workers/producers should receive a living wage and good working conditions.  If Nestlé can make Kit Kat a Fairtrade product, surely Tea companies can make their tea Fairtrade too.

The next coffee morning at the URC will be on Saturday January 9^th.  See you there.

Milford and District U3A in addition to the range of courses have a talk on the second Friday of the month. The talk subject for the January meeting is "The Hindhead Tunnel. The talk is being given by Ian Whyte - Community Relations Officer for Balfour Beatty.

This talk is being given in Milford Village Hall at  2.00 pm on Friday 8^th January and is open to the public, the admission fee is £1.00. The talk is preceded  by a members only lunch at 12.30 pm.

The unique hardback illustrated book of the history of our village by Gillian Drew  is still available.  It is an updated version of "Yesterday in Elstead", produced some 17 years ago.

There are still some books available now at a reduced rate of £5.00

Notelets also available at £3.00 per pack of six depicting The Woolpack and Elstead Mill

Please contact Carol May on 01252 782 070 and she will personally deliver this book to you within the Elstead area - or e-mail  carolmay@onetel.net