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As the season begins to change, and the year’s outer growth cycle comes to an end, the autumn reveals many new possibilities. The festival of Samhain, at the end of October, marks the end of the old year’s cycle and the beginning of the Celtic New Year.

Germaine Rich and Catherine Milne, took ownership of Michline Arcier in 2012. Germaine was trained by Madame Arcier in 1968 and now lives in East Sussex. She has two sons and two grand-children.Catherine has also had a long association with the Micheline Arcier tradition and she lives in Surrey and has a grown-up family of three children.

This #ThrowbackThursday we're looking at finger foods and babyled weaning. Jo Middleton explains why it is the natural follow on from breastfeeding on demand