test magazine for fleetwood area

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Many thanks for all your comments and

suggestions after reading the first edition. The plan

for the next few weeks is to have, wait for dramatic

announcement, no paid advertising.

So when you see what looks like an advert, it is a

promotional piece of artwork or design for a local

event, or good cause organisation. It is included asuseful community info and we have received no

money.

However if you are a local Fleetwood market stall

holder or small shopkeeper, and want to offer our

readers a very special offer. Then we will include

details next week, we will ask them to tell you they

claim the deal after reading about it in FY7 Weekly. There will be no fee, we just want you

to trust us, we know you are very sceptical of slick high commission advertising salespeople. We do not and will not employ any of them.

Ex prisoners Fleetwood residents deserve the facts

and their permission.

t is good that ex-prisoners are getting help to return to the real world. Langley House Trust

seem to be one of the best organisations available to help ex-prisoners.

However Fleetwood residents deserve answers to these important questions. Why do Wyre

Borough Councillors, Lancashire County Councillors, and Fleetwood Town Councillors all

have no influence over permissions to place twenty ex prisoners in four domestic houses in

Fleetwood?

Do you home ex-prisoners in Thornton Cleveleys, Poulton Norbreck or Garstang? If not

why not?

How many of your current "clients" have strong

inks in the past to Fleetwood or Blackpool?

Fleetwood Town Council Chairman Cllr Terry

Rogers has invited The Langley House Trust to

address their next meeting. It is in the North Euston

Hotel on Tuesday 26th April at 7pm.

At the time of writing this they have not responded

to the invitation.

There are at present no rules or permissions

required to house ex offenders. However there is a

new potential option to prevent what is called a


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"saturation" of these types of properties in an area.

Parts of Blackpool do have a major issue with the conversion of former guest houses and

small hotels. Some had a few years as care homes then

many became bail hostels, children's homes for difficult

children, half-way houses, rehab centres, and some low

quality accommodation for people with a range of problems

often linked to drugs or alcohol.

Councillors in Bispham are starting, what has been described

as a three year process. It will lead to a "community

referendum" that can change planning policy to stop further

change of use, when a certain number had already been

reached. Perhaps Fleetwood Councillors could investigate

this option?

Join in with the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations

On Thursday 21 April 2016 Wyre will celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday with

the lighting of beacon at the Mount in Fleetwood.

This is just one of hundreds of

beacons to be lit all over the

Uni ted K ingdom, Channelslands, Isle of Man and UK

overseas territories. The Queen

herself will light the principal

beacon at Windsor Castle, with

over 200 communities following

country wide. The event will start

at 6pm at the Mount Pavilion in

Fleetwood.

Councillor Lynne Bowen, Cabinet

Member for events at Wyre

Council said: “There has been a

tradition of marking Royal

ubilees, weddings, coronations

and special birthdays for hundreds of years in this way and I’m delighted that we’re able to

celebrate this momentous milestone of Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday with the

ighting of the beacon.

“There’s something very special about being part of this national celebration and it would

be great to have as many people along as possible to join in this wonderful occasion”.


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Throughout the event school children will be

performing songs followed by a speech from

The Mayor of Wyre, Councillor Tom I Balmain

at 7:20pm and the lighting of the beacon at

7:30pm. The event will come to a close at 8pm.

The celebration, organised by Wyre Council, is

an open free event and residents areencouraged to come along and join in the

celebration. The Mount is located on the

esplanade in Fleetwood. Parking will be

available at Marine Hall and along the

esplanade.

The last major beacon celebration was Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee on 4

June 2012 and there is an expectation of the same excitement and community spirit for this

special celebration.

Here is something to put in your diary. Pop in to the

fantastic cafe at Fleetwood Museum about 1pm on

Thursday April 28th. Your purchase of a snack and

drink will help to keep the important Museum

viable.

You will need the refreshment, because at 1.30pm

you will set off for a 2 mile Heritage Walk. Forabout 90 mins Fleetwood's leading historian Dick

Gillingham, will walk and talk on Fleetwood,s early

history. Dick will explain why Sir Peter Hesketh

developed Fleetwood. Why he paid for the railway

ine to be built from Preston to Fleetwood.

There is no official fee for joining the Heritage Walk, but a donation to the Fleetwood

Museum Trust will be warmly welcomed.

£100 an hour to splash!Are Fleetwood residents allowed to question why it will cost £28,500 to run Marine Splash?

Are public liability insurance boss's in control of how many staff must be present?

s it true that when Fleetwood campaigners objected to the filling in of the much loved

paddling pool, they were told it cost £12,000 a year to clean out and keep safe? Did WyreCouncil say a splash pad would be a lower cost alternative?

Did Wyre Council do any research on the costs and health implications of the water, that

would be used? Did Wyre Council know it would cost twice as much to provide the service?


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How many family adults are allowed in the area, for

each of the 100 children allowed in each session?

What will Wyre Council do if the £100 an hour

ncome exceeds the £28,500 season running costs?

We like to see what can be done withthis new media of a digital magazine.

Without getting too technical let us

know if this link works on your device.

It is an artistic video featuring

Fleetwood photographer Alan Duggan.

http://www.alanduggan-photography.co.uk/#features__interviews

Do you like dressing up? Or should that be

dressing back in time? As part of the many

events in celebration of the Queens 90th

Birthday. You can join a Fancy Dress Tram

Ride.

t is on a heritage tram 5.45pm Friday 27th

May. You may need to raid the costumes of a

ocal am dram group as you should wear

1925 style dress. The cost is £10 per persondetails from Fleetwood Museum.

The tram starts from Fleetwood Ferry tram

terminus. It goes to Blackpool central with a

one hour stop with a chance to enjoy

Wethersoons. "The Velvet Coaster".


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New sea defences at Rossall pass halfway mark

Construction of new sea defences at Rossall has reached a major milestone as installation

of the stepped revetment begins and the project passes the halfway mark.

Two kilometres of defences from Rossall Hospital to Rossall Point are being replaced in a

£63m coastal defence scheme that will protect 7,500 properties from the risk of flooding.

325,000 tonnes of rock armour are being used to create the base of the defences, to

weather the harsh conditions on this exposed part of the coastline and allow the beach to

build up in the area.

Between the rock revetment and the

promenade, specially manufactured

precast concrete is being used to form

a stepped revetment to break thewaves. Each unit, of which there are

over 1000 in total, is the weight of

around two double decker buses and is

placed in position by a vacuum lifter

from a crane.

Councillor Roger Berry, Cabinet

member with responsibility for sea

defences at Wyre Council, said: "Thenstallation of the first precast concrete stepped revetment units marks significant progress

n the construction of the defences.

"Much of the work for the first two years has been focussed on the importation and

placement of rock armour to the lower revetment but now we can see the rest of the

defences starting to take shape.

"This work is absolutely vital to reduce the risk of coastal flooding to homes in this

community. Local residents have been very supportive of the building work and logisticsnvolved and the necessary closure of the promenade.

"The good news is that the project is progressing extremely well and on track to be finished

by the end of next year."

Of the 2km being replaced, 850m of lower rock revetment and 1185 metres of steel piles

are in place, five of eighteen groynes are complete with seven more partly constructed and

over 210,000 tonnes of rock have been imported. The promenade will look similar in design

to Cleveleys.

Simon Barker, Project Director at Balfour Beatty, main contractor for the sea defences,

said: "The rock armour in the lower defences is progressing well and importation of rock is


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ahead of schedule. This now enables us to commence the upper revetment structure with

nstallation of the precast concrete units.

"It's great to see the hard work of Wyre Council, the Environment Agency and Balfour

Beatty coming together resulting in a world class coastal defence scheme."

To find out more call into the

nformation cabin at West Way carpark which is open Monday to

Friday, 7.30am to 5.30pm, or visit

fyldecoastalprogramme.co.uk

The Fylde Peninsula Coastal

Programme (FPCP) is a partnership

between Wyre Council, Blackpool

Council, Fylde Council and the

Env i ronment Agency . FPCPsuccessfully secured £86m from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to

fund improvements to sea defences at Rossall and Anchorsholme. The sea defences at

Rossall protect 7500 very low lying properties and have been recognised nationally as one

of the highest risk and most important areas for improvement in England. The area is

subjected to some of the highest waves and currents on the Fylde Coast.

THE MOUNT PAVILION

The iconic Mount Pavilion has played

host to an amazing array of artistresidencies and family workshops over

the last twelve months. Now a new

‘Shape the Space’ group has been

created with local residents and

agencies to help decide what takes

place at The Mount.

SHAPE THE SPACE

You can be part of deciding what takes

place at The Mount Pavilion by joining

the Shape the Space group. The group

meets on a monthly basis and works

closely with LeftCoast to decide what

kind of activities take place. We’re

always on the hunt for more people to

get involved so drop us a line.

USE THE SPACE

f you are interested in using the Mount Pavilion for an activity contact Lyndsey Guest by

email to [email protected]


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Family Announcements published for FREE

As a community service to our readers FY7 Weekly will publish the Following Family

Announcements at no cost. Deaths, Acknowledgements, Birthday Memories, Golden

Wedding Anniversary, Silver Wedding Anniversary. Photographs in the form of compressed

peg files, no more than 100kbs please may be published. Exact text and photo should be

sent by email to the editor [email protected]

We are willing to publish the edited words spoken by the vicar/priest at funerals, should

next of kin find this of comfort.

Marine Hall chalet investment?We can all decide if we like the look of the ten new beach chalets in the next few weeks.

The colonnade next to the Marine Hall has not exactly been over used in recent years.

So it may be that having ten extra families, using the chalets as often as possible, may give

a boost to the area. All money spent by Councils comes from us in one form or another in

tax.

Wyre Council has spent

£150,000 of that tax

construct ing the ten

chalets. They say all ten

are now let to Fleetwood

families. Each paying

£1,500 a year rent. If there

s no vandalism and no

maintenance costs, they

will get the investment

back in ten years.

n the real world, it may be better to estimate it will take 15 years. What is your opinion of

this?

Lancashire schools are top of the class

According to recent government figures, 90% of schools in Lancashire are rated as good or

outstanding. Based on Ofsted ratings, Lancashire – which has more schools than any other

ocal authority – is in the top quarter in the country.

Figures to February 2016 showed that 24% of Lancashire schools were outstanding, and

66% were good, compared to 20% and 65% respectively for England as a whole.

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Lancashire's figure for 'requires

mprovement' is 4% lower than the rest

of the country at 9%, and 1% are judged

inadequate', which matches England

figures.

Lancashire County Council's head of

School Improvement, Jonathan Hewitt,said: "It's very satisfying indeed to see

that the latest statistics from the DfE

back up what we already know – that

the quality of schools in Lancashire

compares very well with the rest of the country.

"To have 4% more 'outstanding' schools than the

England average is not easy, as outstanding ratings

are very difficult to achieve. I'm genuinely proud ofour schools here in Lancashire. These figures clearly

demonstrate the high quality of headteachers, their

staff and governors and the commitment of pupils

and families.

"Together, we are working hard to fulfil our ambition

that all our pupils attend a school which is rated as

good or better, and we have an excellent track

record in helping schools achieve this.

"The vast majority of schools choose to receive their

support and advisory services from the county council

and I think this continued success is a tribute to the

strong partnership we have with Lancashire schools.

We are also pleased to see that many schools from

outside Lancashire are also choosing to buy in our

school improvement services."

Marton Mere a trip out idea

As tourists begin to flock to our area for their summer holidays, hundreds of regular visitors

are set to benefit from a newly revamped hotel built just for them. These particular tourists,

who are set to fly in from West Africa this month, are not your regular seaside visitors

however but a group of sand martin birds.

So far fifty sand martins have been spotted at the reserve this week with officers and nature

watchers hoping for more to arrive and start nesting throughout the season. The birds

return to Marton Mere Nature Reserve every spring to feed but a brand new nesting bank

has been created over the winter to encourage them to breed there as well.


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The bank, which has been created as part of the £737,000 project to upgrade the nature

reserve, has over 100 holes stuffed with sand to create the ideal love nest for the birds.

Artificial nesting banks such as this new one are proving successful across the UK in

ncreasing the birds’ population, as their natural banks are prone to erosion and collapsing.

Work to build the banks was made possible thanks to The Veolia Environmental Trust,

which awarded a grant of £38,800 through the Landfill Communities Fund, and also

ncluded a brand new bird hide which gives nature lovers a panoramic view across themere.

The hide is perfectly

positioned to watch the

sand martins feeding

a b o v e t h e w a te r ’ s

surface and the wealth

of wildlife which makes

ts home at MartonMere. Cllr Graham Cain

said: “The renovations at

the Mere are not only

good for visitors but also

for the wildlife too.

“It’s always great to see

our sand martins have returned for the spring.

We are hoping that they stay and use the nesting bank to start a new breeding colony here.“We have looked at other successful artificial nesting banks across the country and have

hopefully created a perfect new habitat for them to stay in. “Spending an afternoon at the

mere is the perfect retreat and we have lots of events taking place throughout the spring for

all members of the family.”

The reserve is open all year round to the public with dogs also welcome when on a lead.

The new visitor centre, which is located near the Marton Mere caravan site is open Monday

to Friday between 12pm and 3pm.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Ljd6c2RXM

f this link works on your device let us know a great Fleetwood video

SUPERCHARGER WYREThink Forward and LeftCoast have teamed up to offer young people aged between 16 and25 living in Wyre the opportunity to complete the Gold Arts Award and take the next step on

their arts leadership journeys.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Ljd6c2RXM


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The scheme gives fifteen talented individuals the opportunity to complete the Gold Arts

Award which is a nationally recognised level three qualification and carries with it 35 UCAS

points, so it is the perfect way

to gain some extra credit for

aspiring arts leaders.

Over the next twelve months

Think Forward will workntensively giving personalised

support from experienced Arts

Award Advisers to the young

people. As part of the

programme the young people

will develop their arts practice

through personal development

opportunities and enhance

their leadership skills bydelivering their own arts projects.

For more information about Supercharger cal l 07736 429935 or email

[email protected]

Will they DNA test all dogs in Wyre?

t is not something many people do, but if you were to ask a local Councillor what they getmost complaints about, they would often reply "dog poo on the pavements".

Your editor recently counted 25 deposits on a short walk to the newsagents. Thousands of

people do not bother to complain formally to Wyre Council, as they know nothing will be

done about it.

Last year there were 432 official

complaint about dog fouling. But only

nine fines were handed out, for failingto pick up. However Wyre Council are

seriously investigating DNA testing.

They are talking about £75 fines,

which is OK by me and al l

responsible dog owners. I should

perhaps let you know that I have

been taking our dog Amber to theLarkholme Dog Training Club for over

seven years.

Why is she not trained by now you are asking.Truth is my wife Linda helps train the puppies

at the 6.30pm class. Then I take Amber for the final 9pm class, I go for the cake really as


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the senior doggy members often bring

some.

Their dogs birthday they bring a cake.

Their birthday they bring a cake. Their

dog pass,s the Silver obedience test,

they bring a cake. Beryl does not need

any publicity as the puppy class is oftenfull. However for the record the

Larkholme Dog Training Club meet at the

St Davids church hall on Larkholme Road

Fleetwood most Wed evenings.

Back to the point, what will it cost to DNA

test all the dogs in Wyre? Who will pay? Will it be compulsory? Responsible dog owners

would probably be willing to do it. But the irresponsible ones would go to great lengths to

not let anyone, be able totrace their dog poo back to

their address.

Then there is the small

mater of Blackpool dogs

being walked on Fleetwood

prom, and there are lots.

Another reason to merge Wyre, Blackpool and Fylde councils. Or for them to work very

closely together. It would be totally impossible for Wyre Council to go it alone with DNAtesting of dogs.

t would have to be done to all puppies at the time of micro chipping and those essential

treatments that vets do in the first few months. Would the government give authority for the

councils to organise and fund such a massive project?

Wave Bar Nightclub to become Sports Direct

They are controversial because most of their

staff are on part time zero hours contracts.

They are the largest sporting retailer in the

UK with 670 stores. They have 19,000

people working for them.

Sports Direct are expected to get Wyre

Council planning approval to take over the

empty Marina Building at Freeport. The

ground floor was a shoe store for a few years and upstairs was the Wave Bar Nightclub.

The public can object to the change of use planning application, but this is not expected.

The twenty jobs that will be created, even if the hours offered are uncertain, seem like a

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Fish Park latest and waste to power updateYour editor first became interested in trying to use the political system to get positive things

done in Fleetwood in 1981. I remember showing former education minister Shirley Williams

around Fleetwood just before she made a speech in the Marine Hall.

She asked what ideas I had to replace some of the business activity lost with the decline of

the fishing industry. I suggested something being promoted by the former Foreign

Secretary David Owen. It was a combined heat and power station, to the replace the old ICIpower station which was then becoming out of date.

Dozens of these were being built in Denmark and Sweden, they have been a great

success. Well all these years later one is ready for final approval on land near to the

Harbour Village in Fleetwood.

Security plans will have to be

tightened up, because of the

recent vandal caused fire. But that

should not put us off the £20

million proposal. In the same week

Reform Energy announce the next

stage of their plans, one of their

buildings gets destroyed in a fire.

t seems a local 16 year old boy

started the fire, which has costReform Energy about £300,000.

Waste that would go to landfill, will be

converted to heat and electricity. The

company Reform Energy have made

small changes and improvements to the

plans. The fish park is an important part

of the plan. It is also the part that may

create the most jobs.

Here are some questions and answers

that may explain the facility.

What is clean energy recovery?

t is the process for generating electricity

and usable heat from waste materials

that would normally go to landfill.

How much energy will be generated by

the Fleetwood plant?

The electrical power generated will be

10 MWe, along with up to 25MW of


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heat.

How is the waste converted to energy?

Each plant will incorporate high efficiency boiler combustion technology with a steam

generator and turbine.

How do we know it works?

Combined heat and power (CHP) technology of this type is used extensively to recover the

energy from waste with more than 170 operational reference sites worldwide.

Will there be emissions or nasty smells?

The plant’s high temperature combustion and the use of advanced filter systems virtually

eliminates emissions. The waste transfer station is enclosed with a conveyor feed to the

energy generation plant, eliminating nuisance smells in the area of the plant?

What kind of waste is processed?

The primary waste source is commercial waste residue that remains after separation of

recyclable elements – most of the material that would otherwise go to landfill.

Will it increase traffic bringing waste into the area of the plant?

No. The plant is designed to utilise the existing local waste stream and is located as an

ntegrated facility with the waste transfer station. The plant will reduce vehicle traffic

because material being sent to landfill will be substantially reduced.

s the plant an incinerator?

Yes the plant incinerates the processed waste to recover the energy using combustion

technology, but comparing the clean energy recovery plant to a conventional wastencinerator is like comparing a modern multi-fuel boiler with a garden bonfire.

Local Lifeboat crews to be on BBC TV

Support for Fleetwood Lifeboat volunteers has always been

high. There are 230 lifeboat stations across the UK, with 4,700

RNLI volunteers. Last year they rescued almost 8,000 people,

and saved 348 lives. Over 20,000 people volunteered their timeto raise funds for the RNLI. Blackpool volunteers are to be

featured on a BBC TV series called Saving Lives at Sea.

The Fleetwood Sea Cadet Old Boys Band is having a 30th year

Celebration Night. It is on Sat 23rd April at Fleetwood Cons.

Tickets are £10 for which you get a hot and cold buffet, a

comedian, a singer and Dave Scrivs DISCO.

£30 Garden Waste fee starts in May

Fleetwood residents with a garden, that want hedge and grass cuttings to be collected,

must pay a £30 fee in May. The reason is cuts to services passed down to residents.


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Take a deep breath, here is our understanding of how this came about. The Blair

government wanted the UK to catch up with countries like Denmark and Sweden, that have

always done more recycling of waste.

Also the tips are full, do you remember when Fleetwood tip was a below hight tide level

hole? It is now a hill, and keeps getting higher. Waste paper, cardboard and especially

metal had quite a value ift could be sorted out.

Even plastic was thought

to have some value, but

was very difficult to sort all

the different types.

The part that created the

most jobs, the part that

Lancashire has spentmany £millions on, has

been a complete failure.

That is collecting, sorting

and composting food waste and garden waste.

A couple of years ago scrap metal was so valuable, that thieves were stealing manhole

covers from roads, to sell to dodgy dealers, and the metal was sent all the way to China.

Total insanity you say and I would agree.

Anyway the government has cut funding to Lancs County, and £Millions have to be saved.

So they cut £980,000 from what Wyre Council gets, and it is Wyre that actually collects the

waste.

What would you advise gardeners to do? Pay the £30 fee or perhaps do what your grandad

would. That is build your own compost heap, and turn it in to useful compost.

Jackie the musical at the GrandDo you remember when there were no mobile phones, no apps, no texting, no e-mails and

no twitter? When your only contact with other angst ridden teenage girls was through the

pages of Jackie magazine, which every Thursday morning you read with bated breath

(unless your big sister

had grabbed it first!)

n Jackie The Musical

we revisit those heady

days of forty years ago,

and tell the story of a

recent divorcée, who

seeks advice once


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more from the pages of her old Jackie annuals on ‘how to get a boyfriend’.

The quizzes, the fashion tips, the ‘do’s and don’ts on a first date’ and above all the ‘Cathy

n’ Claire’ problem pages are all devoured eagerly by our fifty-something heroine as she re-

engages with the dizzy world of romance!

And to recapture the spirit of those early years, her journey is accompanied by a pulsating

sound track of hits from the seventies – played live on stage – guaranteed to unleash a

tidal wave of nostalgia over the entire proceedings.

Thrill once more to the unmistakable sounds of Donny Osmond, David Cassidy and Marc

Bolan and many others as we take a whirlwind tour of Planet Seventies in Jackie The

Musical. It is on at the Grand Theatre Blackpool until Sat.

Tourists to pay more for a tram ride to Fleetwood.

The headlines say a 20% increase to use the bus and trams controlled by BlackpoolCouncil in May. Which seems ridicules when inflation generally is almost nothing. When

petrol and diesel cost are lower in recent

years..

When you read the small print we discover

regular local users that buy saver tickets, will

pay no increase at all. Also there has been no

ncrease in standard single fares for six years.

So this increase works out at 3.5% a year.

Also Lancashire County Council has reduced

their funding contribution by £500,000. Then

there is the "unconnected" fact that Blackpool Transport has just ordered ten new buses at

a total cost of £2Million.

Safe Havens at risk

For 25 years Fylde Victims Support provided safe haven refuge accommodation, for

women getting away from domestic abuse. About ten years ago the Blair government,

switched funding to Lancs County Council.

Fleetwood County Councillor Lorraine Beavers has asked us to

point out the initial funding was £40 million. The coalition

government reduced this to £20million. The new Conservative

government has now reduced this to £3 million.

For obvious reasons it is not public where these homes are. It

is expected that two or three are in Fleetwood. Fylde Coast

Womens Aid runs the four units in Wyre. How much of the

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will be discussed at length over the next

few months. Please let us know your

views.

And finally.....

C h e e k y s w e e t s u p s e tFleetwood mother

It seems they have been available in sweet shops for

years. But no parents have noticed or complained. In

recent days social media have featured a local mother

shocked that they were being sold to young children.

What do you think?

There have been so many quite big Fleetwood stories this week, that there was not enough

time to research all the local live music details. I will work harder for next week.

Editor Steven Bate

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