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Jul 2010 - Issue 36

Handbridge, Queens Park, Westminster Park, Curzon Park, Hough Green, Eccleston, Pulford, Dodleston & Saltney

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Inside this month: Chester Lawn Tennis Club, Westminster Park news, Queens Park

High School, gardening, health and beauty, recipe and much more

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Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.


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IN this months edition wevegot a topical feature on ChesterLawn Tennis Club, to coincidewith Wimbledon fortnight.

If tennis isnt your thing, thenwhy not consider a round of golfat Westminster Park. They havesome great summer offers onthe 9 hole course!

Weve also got lots more localnews, an update from QueensPark High, beauty advice from

Jane Bryant at Hough GreenClinic, gardening, a recipe and anancial column.The Talkabout Team


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Note: The page footers this month

are all quotes from US comedian

Steven Wright

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TIME FOR TENNIS

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Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.


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Street, last month. The open drains were subsequently covered by trafc cones from the

local concil. Anyone who has any information abot the incident shold contact CheshireConstablary on 0845 458 6375 or CrimeStoppers anonymosly on 0800 555 111.

Handbridge Flower Club

THE clb meets on Thrsday, 15th Jly at 2pm in St. Marys Parish Hall, Handbridge.

Mrs. Joan Robinson will give a demonstration entitled Into this World of Creativity. This

months members competition titles are: Novice class --- A Smmer Arrangement, and

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l POLICE are investigating the theft of heating oil from an address in Marston cm Lache.

They warn that thefts of this type are on the increase de to the rising cost of fel.

l THE Rotary Clb of Chester will be holding its River Dee Annal Fn Raft Race on

Snday 4th Jly in aid of the Help for Heroes charity.

l PLANS have been sbmitted to the concil to convert the former Crmbs sandwich

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QUEENS PARK HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

in the stdents own time. They are sbstantial

in size and appearance bt still light and

manageable.

Year 7 stdents have been taking part in a

Giant Msem project as part of their Learning

for Life corse. Stdents have designed their

own msem, made giant artefacts in their Art

lessons and considered how to market their

msem.

I bought some powdered water one time but I didnt know what to add to it.

STUDENTS have been working on several Giant projects to coincidewith the citys Midsummer Carnival.

Sixth Form stdents at

Qeens Park High School

created a nmber of Giants

which will take part in the

Giant Festival Parades. The

Giants have been

made from willow and

papier mache dring off

timetable CrriclmEnrichment days and

Giants-mania comes to QPHS

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QUEENS PARK HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

Ninety per cent of anything is c**p Theodore Sturgeon

Clean sweep for rowers

QuEENS Park High School had a near

clean sweep of victories at the Chester

Regatta.

The J14 qad of Joel Langmead, YosefKhalifa, Stran Fishbrn,James McDermott

and cox Rachel Tompkins won their nal

against Rncorn by an impressive distance

of for lengths to claim the Ble Peter

Plate.

In the womens J14 singles event Daniella

Hyatt won by a length and a half in the

Boodle and Dnthorne Cp.

The crew of Joel Langmead and Yosef

Khalifa beat Northwich in their event, theJ18s doble crew of Chris Thomas won

the Deva Challenge Bowl. Joy Roberts and

Lcy Adams won the WJ18s event.

The afternoon belonged to the J13s. The

qad of Leon Langmead, Craig Roberts,

Alex Thomas, Chris McCartney and cox

Daniel Wallace beat local rivals from the

Royals by two lengths. In the dobles

QPHS crews won gold (Leon Langmead

and Chris McCartney) and silver (CraigRoberts and Alex Thomas).

Course exhibition

goes on display

YEAR 7 stdents prodced

an exhibition to showcase the

schools exciting Learning for

Life corse. Learning for Life

has been specically developedby the school to help stdents

improve their personal, learning

and thinking skills.

The stdents have made a

visal display that charts the

development of the corse

over the past three years. Theexhibition was opened at an

event attended by stdents,

parents, teachers and governors of the school. It will remain on display for the rest of this term.


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I invented the cordless extension cord.


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I like to reminisce with people I dont know.

Parking problem

WESTMINSTER Park Residents Association (WPRA) chairman Allan Stobie has rged

motorists on the estate not to park on the pavement.

He told the WPRA annal meeting: I have noticed that a lot of cars are being parked

partially on the pavement. This is not a recommended practice because, rstly, theconstruction of footpaths is to a much lower specication than roadways and eventually

the surface will break up or subside. Secondly, it often makes it difcult for mums with

pshchairs or disabled people to get past the obstrction withot diverting into the road,

which is obviosly very dangeros. Please think before parking.

Play date

PLAY Day 2010 is to be held in Westminster Park on Tesday 10th Agst. Organised

by CWAC Concil, there will be a climbing wall, water chte and many other pieces of

eqipment. Watch ot for posters in yor school.

Glan Aber Tennis Club

The Clb was fonded in 1908 and is now located in Westminster Park. There are for

all-weather corts, which have been refrbished in the last two years and one mini tennis

cort. There is a private clbhose with changing facilities.

There are adlt clb nights on Tesday from 6.30 pm and less experienced adlts meet

on Thrsday. Tesday mornings are also proving poplar. There are tornaments for

jniors and occasional adlt social events sch as Tennis and a Takeaway. The Clb

rns mens, ladies and mixed teams.

For frther information, please contact Se Britton on 01244 677936.

Westminster Park Gardening Club

THE rst two meetings have been well attended and two more events are planned this

year. The next is an evening gided tor of Ness Gardens on Thrsday 15th Jly, 6.30pm,

with Andy Lambie who lectres in Horticltre at Ness.

For info email the chairman Mike Pollard at [email protected] or ring 675222.

On 29th September there will be a meeting in the commnity centre at 7.45pm for an 8pm

start with a frit and vegetable swap planned.

Dropping off is disaster waiting to happen

THE subject of parents dropping off children outside Belgrave School wasdiscussed at the recent Westminster Park Residents Association meeting.

The WPRA has written to the headmistress about the problem of parents letting

children out onto the road instead of the pavement.

Chairman Alllan Stobie said: It is considered that with so many cars dropping off

that this is a disaster waiting to happen. It is in the interest of the childrens health

that they should walk, if at all possible, or if not please think before opening the car

door.


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SUMMER is the time or bringing out

our eet which have been cocooned in

thick socks and tights, sheepskin boots

and winter shoes during a particularl

cold, long winter. As ou slip into those

sandals or fip fops, that eeling o

summer is here! Its reedom or oureet.

Beore slipping into that summer mode

did you happen to glance down at those

eet? Bearing in mind our eet are the

urthest extremity rom our eyes, when

did you honestly last closely inspect their

condition?

Having your eet in tip top condition isnot just so that they look attractive, but

healthy eet reect your general health

and your deportment.

Taking a shower is more popular than

bathing, but paying attention to washing

your eet with soap or shower gel in the

shower is so much more dicult than

washing your eet in the bath. However,

just by letting the water run over your eetand then not drying properly between

your toes is a breeding ground or ungal

inections such as athletes oot.

Wearing ill-ftting shoes and slopping

around in loose ftting winter boots can

cause a build up o hard skin, calluses

and even corns and in growing toenails.

Leaving these conditions untreated can

cause us to change the way we walk,which in time lead to back problems, poor

deportment and oot pain. For chronic

oot pain we do recommend that you do

visit your local podiatrist.

Having a regular pedicure helps keep

your eet in tip top condition. At The

Hough Green Clinic ater inspecting your

eet we remove hard skin with an electric

skin smoother that melts away the hardskin. We then exoliate the eet and apply

a mask that literally ingests dry skin. Ater

a warm, bubbling, vibrating, aromatic ootsoak we pay attention to cuticles, nails and

any remaining hard skin. A massage o the

toes, eet, ankles and lower legs ollows. To

fnish nail colour is applied i required. The

pedicure takes between one and one and

a hal hours.

An additional treatment we recommend

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Telephone: 01244 680414


I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.


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BRITAINS love affair with tennisoften lasts for the Wimbledon

fortnight when marvel at the skills

of Federer, Nadal and - sometimes -

Murray.

If this years championships have sparked

an interest in the game, why not pay a visit

to yor local tennis clb.

Chester Lawn Tennis Clb was established

in the 1890s and now boasts eight astrotrf

and two hard courts, ve of which have

been resrfaced this year. The clb is setin pleasant woodland srrondings on

Wrexham Road, next to the private hospital

and gym.

Crrently, the clb has abot 150 adlt and

25 jnior members, and rn nine adlt and

jnior teams in the local leage.

It is a sociable clb with plenty of

opportnity to play even if yo are new to

the area. Social tennis sessions are held on

Satrday and Snday afternoons throghotthe year and Wednesday evenings dring

the smmer, and are all very

well attended.

The clb rns a nmber of

coaching grops which cater

for everyone. If interested

please contact the coach,

Charles Applewhaite, on

07768125685

There is an active socialcommittee which organizes

a variety of events inclding

walks, pb sppers, theatre

visits and an annal BBQ.

For frther details please

contact Joan on 01928

735440, visit the website

at www.chesterltc.org.k or

jst come along to the clb

on one of the social tennissessions.


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Anyone or tennis?


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I saw a bank that said 24 Hour Banking, but I dont have that much time.

WHEN regular columnist PeterColhoun invited me for a foot as-sessment I was certainly not going

to refuse.Normally, Im a little nervous about seeking medical

treament but this time I was grateul.As a regular runner, I am used to the aches and pains

that inevitably ollow training runs.But this year it was dierent. I was unable to shake

o a persistent ankle injury which got progressivelyworse over the months.It became so bad that thetraining stopped altogether and I abandoned myplans or the Chester Hal Marathon.So I dropped in at the clinic, at 137 Hough

Green, last month to see i Peter couldnd the solution to my problem.Peter was very welcoming and

seemed remarkably unperturbed atthe prospect o looking at my eet!Ater removing my trainers andsocks, I sat on the treatment tablewhere Peter poked and prodded vari-ous parts o my eet and ankles.He then produced a protractor to

work out how fexible - or otherwise -my joints were.Later, I was asked to walk up and

down the room at least a dozen timesso that Peter could take a closer lookat my gait.

He was able to diagnose that my pain was emanatingrom my fat eet which was pulling on the achillestendon and the tibia (shin bone).My next job was to stand in two boxes which took a

mould o my eet. Te moulds have now been sent oto America which will be used as the basis or special

inserts to go into my shoes and trainers rom now on.Peter qualied as a podiatrist 12 years ago, and sincethen has developed a special interest in biomechanicsand walking/gait assessments.He says its amazing that most o us check the

balancing and tracking on our cars regularly butwe never have our own postural and walking habitsassessed! Tis should be important to us, as conserva-tive estimates indicate that we each walk an averageo 5,000 steps each day or enough to take us ve

times around the globe in a lietime!Peter enjoys the practical application o biomechani-cal treatment, by using specialist shoe insoles (pre-scription orthoses) where indicated to help balanceyour skeleton and body when standing, walking or

running.He points out that so many o our oot

and leg problems originate rom theway we walk and stand.I will have the insoles tted later

this month and will report back ontheir success in the August edition.So, i you have any aches and pains

in your eet and legs then its denitelyworth paying a visit to Peter. He may

well have the answer.Contact Peter today or a ree chat, orto arrange an appointment on 620 249or visit his website at www.petercol-houn.com

Next time: Did the footinsoles work?

Flat feet

at the root

of myleg pain

Peter Colhoun

Jon White, from the Overleigh Roundabout,

went for a foot assessment with podiatristPeter Colhoun, in Hough Green.


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I stayed in a really old hotel last night. They sent me a wake-up letter.

Since ts stablshmt 1994, th na-

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ad a amazgly vard dsplay of artwork.

This is an annual open exhibition, promoting

and displaying works by the best amateur and

professional artists. It attracts visitors who

share a love of art and a passion for wildlife.

NEWA makes a donation from sales every

year to conservation charities.This year on the opening on Friday 16th July

there will be a special Wildlife Awareness Day

when experts from Born Free, R.S.P.B., The

Wildlife Trust, Martin Mere Wetland Centre,

Raptor Rescue, The Woodland Trust and

Badger Rescue will be at the exhibition to

demonstrate and answer questions. Artists will

also be there to demonstrate and there will be

live birds on display. This is a day not to be

missed with may famous artists and celebritiesin attendance.

The Exhibition is at Gordale Garden

Centre, Chester High Road, Wirral CH64

8TF and runs from Friday 16th July to

Sunday 1st August.

There are excellent restaurant facilities, wheel

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If you would like any further informationplease contact NEWA 07748533448 or visit

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I think its wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.

Angela Bartlett is a beauty and

holistic expert with 25 years of

experience in her eld. She is the

Chair for the British Association of

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thousands of therapists throughout

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Her expertise is called on to examine

students for an internationalexamination board in many areas

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Angela is a successful column

writer for the trade journals Vitality

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holistic and skin care clinic.

Q. Help! I have very puffy skin below my eyes. What can I do to

reduce the pufness?

A. This qestion is asked so freqently that I have decided to give an

extended answer to yor qestion.

The soltion to pffy eyes will depend very mch on the case of the

pufness. If you have always had puffy eyes, this may indicate that you

are genetically predisposed to having fatty deposits in this area; or, the

pufness could be a result of ageing when the fat pads beneath the skin

start to shift altering the eye contor. In both of these instances there is

really is no cre other than with srgery.

However, if your eyes arent usually puffy and you awake to nd your

under eye area is swollen, this type of pufness is relatedto inammation. Firstly, you need to apply something to

redce the swelling. Cold compresses are a good, qick and

inexpensive soltion becase cold cases swollen skin to

contract. Soak cotton wool pads or a piece of clean cloth

in cold (not icy cold) water, or apply a gel-lled eye mask

from the refrigerator.

Cold ccmber slices are also helpfl, bt they work

becase they are cool, not becase they have any magical

ingredient. Yo can also apply sed, cooled tea bags,

however they need to be the caffeinated type as the

caffeine together with the tannins helps to contract thedistended skin. Whatever yo decide to se, lightly press

the cold compress on the pffy areas for several mintes to

help the swelling sbside.

Continual pufng up and then deating of the delicate

skin arond the eyes will eventally lead to eye bags and

wrinkling so its important to nd the cause of the pufness.

If yo wear eye makep ensre that yo are removing all

traces every night. Avoid sing an oily eye makep remover

as this can often cause pufness.

Whilst on the sbject of skin care prodcts make sre thatyou use a product specically designed for the delicate

eye area and se the prodct very sparingly. A bead of

eye cream abot the size of a grain of rice is ample for the

eye area. Dring the daytime it is also important that yor

eye cream contains a snscreen to prevent the thin, fragile

skin arond the eyes from prematre wrinkling. Check the

ingredient list of yor skin care prodcts to ensre that

they do not contain fragrance. Throw ot any prodcts that

contain fragrance.

Rubbing the eyes can also lead to pufness and check out

any allergies that yo may have from pollens or food withyor GP.

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RECIPERHUBARB AND APPLE CHARLOTTE

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas Mark

7 and have ready six 7-8 x 5cm individal metal

pdding molds or a 12.5 x 6-7cm cake tin.

2. Cut six bread discs to t the bases of the

moulds and six to t the tops. Cut away the

crsts of the remaining slices and slice into

approx. 3cm ngers.

3. Btter all of the bread on one side only.

Then place a disc, btter side down, in the

base of each mould. The ngers can now be

laid, btter-side against the mold, slightly

overlapping all the way rond.

To make the fruit lling:

4. Peel the rhbarb, if stringy, and ct into 1cm

chnks.

5. Melt half of the btter in a large sacepan

and, once bbbling, add the rhbarb.

6. Trn the frit pieces in the pan for 1 mintebefore adding 50g of caster sgar. Contine to

cook for a frther minte.

7. The rhbarb can now be strained in a

colander, allowing the sweet jices to collect in

a bowl.

8. While draining the rhbarb, the apples can

also be prepared. Peel, core and ct each into

eight wedges. The wedges can now be ct in

half, leaving chnky pieces.

9. Melt the remaining btter in a sacepan,

adding the apples once bbbling.

10. Cook for 2 mintes before adding the

remaining sgar. Contine to cook for 1-2

mintes then leave to cool.

11. The rhbarb will now have drained. Take

a qarter of the frit pieces and mix with the

jices collected, bring to a simmer and cook

ntil tender.

12. Once tender, liqidize and psh throgh

a sieve. Yo now have fresh rhbarb syrp to

serve with the charlottes.

13. Once both frits have cooled, gently mix

together. It is best now to taste for sweetness.

If the avour is too tart, add a sprinkling of

caster or icing sgar.

14. Divide the mix between the charlottes and

top with the lids. Any excess bread at the sides

shold be folded over to keep the lids in place.15. For individal charlottes bake in the pre

heated oven for 20 mintes, a large charlotte

will take 40 45 mintes.

16. Once cooked, trn ot the charlottes onto

plates and reveal the crispy golden nish, then

spoon the rhbarb syrp arond and serve.

Serves 6

Ingredients:

450g stale bread (approx. 12-18

slices)

Softened butter, for spreading

450g fresh rhubarb

50g butter

75g caster sugar

Three green desert apples

Recipe by Leigh Myers, Exective Chef at Nelson (Northwest) Hotels [email protected]

Tip: Fresh cream, custard or ice

cream will all eat well with this dish.

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JULy HIGH SUMMERGARDENING By JANET HEATH

IN July, many of the owering shrubs

are over and colour comes from the

perennials in your garden.

Cool bles can be fond in lavenders

which enjoy hot dry sitations and will seed

themselves into gravel if yo have a gravel

path or drive. Lavender Hidcote with dark ble

owers is a smaller shrub than the originalEnglish Lavender which has longer stems of

pale blue owers. Both look good bordering

a path or near a seating area where yo can

brsh against the foliage to release the scent.

They can die off in hard winters and tend to

become sparse with age so expect to replacethem after a few years. Once owering is over,

clip the shrb back bt do not ct back into

wood withot green growth. Lavenders do not

sprout new shoots from leaess wood.

Try planting lavender with deep prple sage

plants for contrast in foliage color and textre.

There are some good robst perennials that

ower in July that will come up year after year

and reqire little attention. If yo want vibrantmagenta color, try the perennial geranim

Ann Folkard. The plant is not very tall and

produces stems of owers with black andmagenta pink owers from summer to autumn.

Cut off the stems after owering and moreshold be prodced in atmn.

Plant the geranim with a yellow Hemerocallis

or day lily for a bright and cheerfl display of

contrasting shapes and colors. Hemerocallis

come in a range of large and small varieties

with grassy or strap like leaves and tall heads

of lily owers in July.

In the vegetable garden, plant ot winter leeks

and brassicas sch as broccoli and sprots.

Sow lettce when the weather is cooler,germination of lettce seeds is poor in high

temperatres so wait for a cooler period before

sowing seed. Net frit sch as strawberries

and bleberries so the birds do not eat the frit

rst. Raspberries seem to be largely immune

probably as the frit is not so easy for birds to

reach.

Janet Heath, Garden Mentor

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Westminster Park Residents Association

Allan Stobie 683461

e-mail [email protected]

Westminster Park Communit Association

Gill Williams, 671243

Westminster Park Communit Centre

19 Five Ashes Road, Westminster Park

671243

Friends o Westminster ParK

Norman Trott, 683540

Clubs & organisations

based in Westminster Park

Belgrave Badminton Clb

Keith, 671077

Belgrave Pre-School

Carol Welch, 671243

Bowls

Bob Cooper, 675204

Bridge Clb

John Arrowsmith, 682588

Croqet

Janet Davies, 350370

Healthy Walking Grop

Mike Lloyd, 680328

Jnior Football: Westminster Park FC

Tracy Sheedy 680544 www.westminsterparkfc.co.k

Lache and Westminster Local History Grop

Linda Shttleworth, 679791

National Womens Register:

Christine Westcott, 675431

Scottish Dancing

Anne Croall, 676167

Tennis-Glan Aber Tennis Clb

Se Britton, 677936

Scouting

Grop Scot Leader: Se Jones, 675538

Beavers (Wednesday): Christina Dean, 680163

Cbs (Monday): Francis Hardy, 674571

Cbs (Thrsday): Christine Owens, 676691

Scots (Friday): David Aird, 675063

Explorer Scots (Tesday): Simon Ashton,

0151 512 6458

Network: Kath Kitchen, 379031

Guiding

Rainbows (Monday): Pat McGettigan, 677134

Brownies (Tesday): Jan Hooper, 674701Gides: District Commissioner:Se Fryer, 679945

COMMUNITy LISTINGS

WESTMINSTER PARK

Age Concern (Cheshire) . . . . . . . .01606 881 668

Bus & Coach (Cheshire Bs Info) .01244 602 666

Chester Fire Station. . . . . . . . . . .01244 342 145

Cheshire West and Chester Council 0300 123 8 123Cheshire Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . .01244 350 000

Countess of Chester Hospital . .01244 365 000

Grosvenor Estates . . . . . . . . . . . . 01244 684400

Handbridge Medical Centre . . . . 01244 680169

John Lennon Airport (Liverpool) .0870 129 8484

Lache Health Centre . . . . . . . . . . 01244 671991

Manchester Airport . . . . . . . . . . . .0871 2710711

National Rail Enquiries (Info only) .0845 748 4950

NHS Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0845 46 47

NHS Stop Smoking Service . . . 0800 169 0 169

Northgate Arena . . . . . . . . . . . . . .01244 380 444

Samaritans (Chester) . . . . . . . . . .01244 377 999

Schools

Queens Park High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .981500

Dodleston Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .981080

Eccleston Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981151Belgrave Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .981000

Lache Primary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981333

Overleigh St Marys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981700

St Marys Community Nursery. . . . . . . . . . 981222

St Clares Catholic Primary. . . . . . . . . . . 981110

Catholic High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981600

Churches

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St Andrews URC Handbridge . . . . . . . .344642

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LACHE PARK

COMMUNITy LISTINGS

LACHE PARK

Communit Saet Wardens

Drop in srgery at Lache

Commnity Centre every

Thrsday 12.30-2pm.

Weekl Communit Centre

Timetable

Monday

60+ Monday Clb 10-2pm

Compter Class (Learning

Centre) 1-3pm

Credit union 2.30-3.30pm

Healthy Hearts (Exercise Class)

6.15-7.30pmBingo 7.30-9.30pm

Tuesday

Pilates 1.30-2.30pm

Morris Dancing 5.30-7.30pm

Wednesday

Mixed exercise class 9.15-

10.15amDrop In Tea, Toast and Talk 10-

11.30am

Compter drop in (Learning

Centre) 1-3pm

Cheer Leaders 4.30-7.30pm

Yoga 6.30-8pm

Ninjits 7-9pm

Thursday

Vegot@lache (frit and veg

bags) 10-12pm

Lnches 11.30am-1pm (costs 4for 3 corses)

Tea Dance 1.30-4pm (fortnightly)

Credit union 7-8pm

Saturday

Jnior Clb (6-13 year olds)

10-12pm

Room hire at Lache Commnity

Centre is available for meetings,

fnctions and parties. Cateringand bar are also available.

For information please contact

Dennis Smale (centre manager)

on 674 887.

To book the Commnity Learning

Centre for training please

contact Liz Holding (Lache Park

Ltd) at Hawthorn Hose on 675

818. Also at the Learning Centre

are a range of corses provided

by West Cheshire College.For details contact Chris on

07887557864 or 373462.

Lache and Handbridge Childrens

and young Peoples Centre

Tel: 977791

St Mars Communit Nurser

Old Wrexham Road,

Handbridge.Tel 981222

Friends o Edgars Field

Voluntary group who look

after Edgars Field Park,

Handbridge. Tel Steve

Rogers on 629189

Parent & Toddler Groups

Yoth & Commnity CentreMonday morning (9-11.30am)

St Marys Chrch Hall

Thrsdays 10-11.30am

Handbridge URC

Tes 10am - 11.30am

Chester youth Club

Overleigh Road

Junior 5-6.30pm Tue/Thurs

Senior 7-8.30 Tue/Thurs

679559. Learning to play rock

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Dodleston Parish Council

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Dodleston Pre-School

Hours Mon/Fri 9:15-11:45 Tue 9-3

Wed 9:15-12:45. 3 hor sessions

from September. Frther sessions

nder consideration for 2011. Contact

[email protected]

Dodleston Baby and Toddler Group

Friendly group meets Thursdays, 10-

10.30am at the Village Hall. Term time only

l Website www.dodleston.com

CURZON PARK

Crzon Park Residents Association

www.cpraonline.org

Cheshire West and Chester Councillors

Arthr Harada (Con):

57 Lache Park Avene. Tel 678679Richard Short (Con)

9 Ldwell Close, Westminster Park

Tel 678559

Razia Daniels (Con)

11 The Shipgate, Chester. Tel 312392

Hogh Green Residents Association.

Contact Norman Trott on 683540

HOUGH GREEN

HANDBRIDGE

18th Chester (St Mars)Scout Group Director

Grop Scot Leader Se Jones

675538

Beavers (WED) Jane Shortall

682136

Cbs (MON) George Coward

679259

Cbs (THuR) Chris Owens

676691

Scots (FRI) Terry Coe

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