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Our mission to tease your memories with 19 reasons that prove you grew up in Chelmsford in the 1990s prompted an overwhelming response.

Hundreds of you commented and shared via the Essex Chronicle Facebook page.

Thanks to readers own memories and suggestions - which indeedprove they grew up in Chelmsford in the 90s weve collated asecondnostalgic list taking a trip down memory lane.

Were any of yours below?

1.You experienced a Chancellor Hall under-18s club night, or perhaps the Sunday afternoon roller disco if you're old enough. The venue is now Evoke nightclub.(Suggested by Graham Rodwelland others)

2.You know Dunkin Donuts in Moulsham Street used to be Jacksons Warehouse "where your mum took you to get kitted out. (Suggested by Maria Hurrell and others).

3.You popped into InLines, now Monsoon in the High Street, to buy fags or chewing gum, or at least while your friend did. (Suggested by Kate Orchard, Bryony Hussey and others).

4.You remember Zanzibar where Baroosh in Moulsham Street is now. The shop sold Third World merchandise and was looted when it closed in the '00s after a row over the lease. (Suggested by Gemma Fell and others).

5.Athena, now the Perfume Shop in High Chelmer - remember? (Suggested by Sarah Buchanan and others).

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Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) December 08, 2014

Finding the perfect Christmas tree is an annual family tradition. Instead of choosing a tree that will be discarded after the Holidays, Giroud Tree and Lawn suggests bringing home a Christmas tree that can be planted in the yard and add beauty for years to come.

When a family wants to buy a Christmas tree that can be planted, tree selection, care prior to planting and preparation of the hole where the tree will be planted are key, says Lou Giroud, President of Giroud Tree and Lawn and ISA Certified Arborist. Families should take the following steps to ensure the tree stays healthy and is ready for planting.

Tree Selection: A healthy tree is the first step. Choose a tree that is well hydrated, wrapped in burlap and thrives in the Philadelphia area such as: Concolor Fir, White Spruce, Douglas Fir or Colorado Blue Spruce. Branches should bend easily and needles stay attached when tested.

Hole Preparation: Dig the hole now since the ground might be frozen after the Holidays. Be sure you dont make the hole too deep! When planted, the top of the root ball should be one or two inches above ground level. Cover the hole with hay or mulch. Save the loose soil to back fill the hole when the tree is ready for planting.

Storage: Store the tree in a cool, enclosed location. Keep the root ball moist, not wet, and well-mulched to prevent freezing. Spray the tree with an antidessicant or antiwilt product to minimize needle and moisture loss.

Care While Indoors: No earlier than 5-7 days before Christmas, bring in the tree and place it in a large galvanized tub in the coolest part of the roomaway from heating ducts. Stabilize the root ball using rocks or bricks. Fill empty space around and on top of the root ball with mulch to retain as much moisture as possible. Water your tree to keep the roots moist but not soggy. Keep the tree in the house no more than 7-10 days total.

Planting the Christmas Tree: After Christmas, move the tree to a sheltered area for a few days to adjust to colder temperatures. When you are ready to plant, remove plastic string or wrap from the root ball. Place the tree in the hole. Tightly pack the saved soil around the root ball. Spread two inches of mulch around the base of the tree. Stake the tree to prevent wind tipping or damage during the first growing season.

By following these simple steps, families will have a tree that is beautiful for the Holidays and many years to come.

About Giroud Tree and Lawn Giroud Tree and Lawn specializes in tree service, tree removal and lawn care programs that make customers love doing business with the company since 1974. Serving Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties, the company offers professional tree and lawn evaluation, tree pruning, tree removal, insect and disease control, fertilizing, stump removal and traditional and 100% organic lawn programs to keep lawns healthy and green . Giroud Arborists are certified by the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) and have the knowledge and experience required to properly diagnose, treat and maintain trees and lawn health. The company is Accredited by the Better Business Bureau and has been awarded the Angie's List Super Service Award every year since 2005. The Giroud Treework for Charity program donates free tree care services to parks, historical sites and other non-profit organizations located in the Companys service area. For more information, visit the company website at http://www.giroudtree.com or call 215-682-7704.

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IT was the last tile to be placed marking a major milestone in the construction of a Winchester hospice.

Naomi House and Jacksplace children, family members and staff celebrated at their topping out ceremony of their Caterpillar Appeal which sawpatron Alastair Stewart place a single tile on the hospices new roof.

He was joined by Naomi Cornelius-Reid after whom the hospice is named for the ritual that has been observed by the building trade for hundreds of years.

The charitys chief operating officer, Mark Smith, said: Its a real pleasure to see Alistair and Naomi place the highest ridge tile atop the newest part of Naomi House. It is much more than a tile as it represents years of planning, hard work and dedication by the many people involved in bringing this moment to be most importantly the generous individuals, companies, trusts and groups who have come together to support us and the children, young people and families we serve.

Thank you everyone who has helped so far and please help us reach our target to complete the works for the summer of next year.

The 4m project includes the creation of nearly 1,000 square metres of new living areas, play spaces and family accommodation. Plans also include increasing the size of bedrooms by one third, the creation of a new bereavement room and garden of reflection, creation of a sensory therapy room and spaces for messy play and music therapy.

For the first time, Naomi House will be joined to its sister hospice, Jacksplace, by a bridge. This will allow children to make use of the state-of-the-art hydrotherapy pool at the charitys hospice for young adults.

The tile was placed by Alastair and Naomi on the roof of the new hub, a brand new extension to the hospice that will, when complete, accommodate a dining room, living room, spiritual space, roof garden and access to vastly improved family accommodation.

Alastair Stewart OBE said: The real magic of Naomi House is that you can have a space for spiritual reflection alongside a place for messy play. This place exists, ultimately, to help during a moment of sadness.

"The staff here are amongst the most wonderful human beings as you are ever likely to meet and they make that journey more bearable and more tolerable, and this magnificent new facility will help them to do that job even better.

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Walter Torrez and Tomas Villalta share some history. In the early 1980s, they both paid coyotes to hurry them across the desert and into the United States illegally. In the late 1980s, both became legal residents and eventually U.S. citizens after President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, the program often cited as the last mass effort to legalize undocumented aliens.

But the two men went on to vastly different lives in the Washington region, illustrating the mixed results of the 1986 program for 2.7 million participants and the arguments it offers for both sides in the current immigration debate.

President Obamas recent executive action temporarily shielding an estimated 4 million immigrants from deportation is not as dramatic as the permanent legal residency offered by the Reagan-era initiative. And comparisons are further complicated by the lack of research on the beneficiaries of the 1986 amnesty.

Even so, the fates of Torrez and Villalta provide a glimpse at how differently the new protections could play out for those just now able to, in the presidents words, come out of the shadows.

After getting his green card, Torrez, 46, went on to college, started a series of small businesses and now owns La Nueva 87.7 FM, a Spanish-language radio station broadcasting from Silver Spring. The Bolivian native lives a comfortable suburban life in Prince Georges County and is driving his seventh Mercedes-Benz. He credits becoming a legal citizen with setting him on the path to American success.

Without it, maybe I would still be painting houses, said Torrez, taking a break from the morning radio show in which he regularly exhorts his largely immigrant audience to seize the opportunities available in their adopted country. Hes been a vocal advocate for legalizing todays undocumented residents and offers on-air advice to those navigating the immigration system.

By contrast, Villalta remains on the lowest rungs of the regions economic ladder 26 years after getting his first residency card. Even unskilled work dried up after the Georgetown restaurant where hed washed dishes for 16 years closed in August. Villalta, 65, who became a U.S. citizen a year ago, recently found himself in a Home Depot parking lot, hustling for work with undocumented day laborers.

The Salvadoran-born Villalta is proud of his new blue passport. He was thrilled last month to cast his first vote in the D.C. mayoral election (por Muriel!). He knows he is better off in Northwest Washington than in the poor mountain village in El Salvador where he was born. But he has begun to question the value of a legal right to work in a country where no one wants to give him a job.

Now I see all the young guys getting work who dont have papers just because they are young, he said in Spanish. He has never learned more than a few workplace phrases of English.

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Tile has a rich and varied history in decor, from Roman floor mosaics to majolica to Delft ceramics to Mexican terracotta.

These styles and more continue to inspire artistry. Many of the newest collections of ceramic and porcelain tile were on display this fall at the five-day Cersaie international exhibition in Bologna, Italy.

Some of the trends:

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Across the show, faux finishes ruled. What seemed to be barnwood or other timber planking was actually porcelain. Manufacturers can now produce tile that looks and even feels like wood, marble, granite or cement, but is thin and lightweight.

The application advan-tages are obvious: A 20-foot slab of slim porcelain printed to look like stone is a lot easier to make and install than the real thing. It can be wrapped up kitchen islands, walls and even ceilings, and is easily cut to accommodate plugs or faucets.

Advancements in digital printing have taken faux finishes a long way from earlier versions that looked unrealistic and one-dimensional. Now, the detail is more precise, the image is embedded deep in the tile, and the surface texture is transformed.

In the United States, the Reclamation collection from Crossville, based in Crossville, Tenn., is an urban-industrial mix of cement and tiles that look like salvaged wood in colorways with names like Steel City, Cotton Exchange and Tobacco Road. (crossvilleinc.com )

Serenissima Cir, based in Casalgrande, Italy, got hold of a palette of brick from Prohibition-era Chicago and used it to create a tile collection that looks and feels like time-worn brick, right down to the original maker's Chicago stamp. (cir.it )

Metallic glazes are also evolving. You'll see patterns with a subtle brush of coppery glitter, while others have dramatic gold, copper and silver finishes especially striking on 3-D tiles. Antiquing gives mirrored tiles a mercury-glass quality.

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ST. LOUIS (KTVI) St. Louis County Police say 19-month-old Elijah Ebberson was stabbed to death by his own mother. Valisa Ebberson, 24, is charged with murder in the second degree.

Sunday night the grandmother of the murdered child spoke out, saying she believes mental illness contributed to her daughters deadly actions.

She said her baby had demons inside him, said a tearful Valarie Ebberson. She ran out of the bathroom and said, I did it.

Valarie Ebberson said thats when she ran outside the familys Bel-Ridge apartment on Torchlite to contact police. Police say the child was rushed to DePaul Hospital Friday but did not survive.

Certain issues that my daughter was having, we would brush it off, said Valarie Ebberson. She says her daughter had been diagnosed with a mental illness.

Valisa Ebberson is jailed in St. Louis County on a $100,000 bond. Her mother wonders if something could have been done to prevent the death of her grandson.

There is no indication from police mental illness contributed to the childs murder. A statement from police indicates investigators are still looking for a motive.

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