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IN THE NEWS
SALTNEY featured on national television
last month in a report on places with a claim
to fame.
The feature on The One Show, on BBC 1
explained how half the area is in England
and the other half in Wales. This led
to confusion about council tax and bin
collection, among other matters.
Uni to buy County Hall
PEOPLE in Handbridge fear that the area
will lose its identity if more students move
in as a result of the University of Chester
taking over County Hall.
Cheshire West and Chester Council is to
sell County Hall to the university and move
across Nicholas Street, into the recently
completed iconic HQ building.
Twenty objections have been received
by the council, mainly from Handbridge
residents. Their main worry is that
Handbridge will become more like Garden
Lane, with family homes turned into student
digs.
One objector even said that Handbridge
could become a ‘student ghetto’.
However, council leader Cllr Mike Jones
said: “Whichever way you look at this
decision, it is a good one for city and
university, simply because each benefits
from the other.”
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AMPHITHEATRE OF DREAMS
CHESHIRE West and Chester
Golden age of Broadway Council are about to write a new
CHESTER’s own musical theatre group will be chapter in the long history of the
performing their version of 42nd Street this month. city’s Roman Amphitheatre.
With the continued absence of a theatre in the Over £300,000 has been set aside
city, Chester Musicals are staging the show at by the council to fund a programme
The Brindley, Runcorn, Cheshire, from 15th - 19th of improvements designed to
September. increase the drawing power of the
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www.thebrindley.org.uk the appeal of Britain’s largest
Joel Merry and Laura Roberts - heading for The amphitheatre as an open-air
Brindley performance venue.
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QUEEN’S PARK HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
Showtime
QUEEN’S Park High
School’s Specialist Arts
College held an exhibition
entitled “Twitter” recently..
It showcased students’
work from GCSE and A
level courses plus art work
from staff and the local and
wider community. It included
textiles, painting, drawing,
digital imaging, sculpture,
glass and photography.
The official opening was by To coincide with the exhibition, there was a special
Cheshire senior art advisor, performance from Year 7 students who have been
Pauline Renshaw. working on their own production of ‘Billy Elliott’
How many divorced men does it take to change a lightbulb? Who knows, they never get the house
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What did the plumber say to his wife when he left? “It’s over Flo”
Forum makes a big impact
OVERLEIGH Roundabout readers may know Jim Moffat, who was a ‘Respect - Taking a Stand’
award winner in recognition for his work tackling anti-social behaviour in Westminster Park.
He was recently invited to attend a national workshop on the subject and as part of this
initiative there was an opportunity to apply for a ‘Small Grant Programme’ of up to £1000 to
benefit a project within the community.
The Westminster Park Forum was successful in their bid for a grant and received £621 to
support their initiative of an open surgery, held in July, where amongst other things:
► residents aired their views on matters of local interest
► issues were discussed with Chris Fox, representative from the local police force
► a Treasure Hunt with prizes was held for children/families
► shed/personal alarms and CCTV were made available for sale and use
► the WPF highlighted its current and past programme and received ideas for new activities
► initiatives were discussed with members of the ‘Low Carbon Group’
► information on the new DeeBee bus service was distributed
Part of the grant money will go towards the replacement of the cycle racks outside the shops
on Five Ashes Road.
The Westminster Park Forum was delighted with the turnout on the day - many residents
stopped to talk and air their views and a useful ‘To do’ list has been compiled for the Forum
Committee to work on over the coming months.
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Most of us suffer - at some point at least - from corns and callouses on our feet . We
may soak them in the bath, apply cream to our feet or file them away as best we can.
We probably don’t realise though that we are getting these thickened skin areas for a
reason!
As a Podiatrist, I find corn and callous locations of great interest. With the exception of
a very tight and uncomfortable pair of shoes you may have worn as a one-off, long term
corns and callouses tell me exactly where excess pressure is loading on your feet . This
in turn tells me what may be functioning improperly in the way you walk, stand or run .
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If you have ‘low arches’ or flat feet, you may have some hard skin (callous) formation on
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If you have an arthritic or ‘stiff’ big toe joint, you may have a corn underneath your big toe
If you have hard skin or callouses in a wide or ‘diffused’ pattern around the middle area of the
balls of your feet, you may have a forefoot twist or ‘supinatus’ caused by feet that have rolled-
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If you have corns on the 1st and 5th Metatarsal Heads on the bottom of your foot, you
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The good news is, that we can help in two ways with your corn and hard skin formation.
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Secondly, as a Podiatrist, we can assess your biomechanics and corn/callous locations and
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Serves 4
Ingredients:
4 pheasant breasts
30g butter unsalted
200g diced smoked bacon
10 shallots peeled and left whole
2 cloves garlic peeled and sliced
20 button mushrooms washed and cut in half
4 carrots peeled and roughly chopped
1 sprig of thyme
1 sprig of rosemary
2 bay leaves
2 tablespoons of flour
200mls dry cider
400mls chicken stock fresh (now available at supermarkets)
Method:
1. Melt the butter in a saucepan and brown the pheasant breasts, remove from the pan.
2. Add the bacon and lightly colour.
3. Then add the rest of the vegetables and herbs and cook for a further 2 minutes.
4. Stir in the flour and cook for 2 minutes.
5. Add the cider and the chicken stock and bring up to the boil.
6. Then add the pheasant breasts cover with a lid, turn the heat down and simmer for 30-40 minutes.
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Serve with mash potato and some roast root vegetables.
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LATE SUMMER IN YOUR GARDEN
Gardening by Janet Heath
SEPTEMBER often provides a blaze of colour before autumn takes hold so if you like bright, bold
colours there is a wide range of flowers to choose from.
Shrubs such as Hibiscus syriacus also known as the tree hollyhock because of the shape of their
flowers, are hardy shrubs with flowers in white, pink and blue. They flower for weeks in autumn.
Perovskia Blue Spire is a small shrub with branches of tiny electric blue flowers. It likes a well-
drained soil in sun and provides colour well into autumn.
Bright, bold colours for a damp soil why not try Rudbekia fulgida Goldsturm in yellow and
pair it with Lobelia cardinalis with its purple leaved foliage and red flowers. Heleniums come in
a range of red, yellow, orange and russet colours, are good for the back of a border and give
colour for a few weeks especially if dead-headed. Japanese anemones are great ground cover
with tall or shorter flowering stems in white or pink. They also flower for weeks, well into autumn.
Some delphiniums will flower again in September if their first flush of flowers were removed after
flowering.
You can dig up and split perennials in autumn and as the soil is still warm they should settle in
well before winter. Try to remember to plant daffodils in September (tulips can wait until October)
for flowering next year.
Lawn repairs can be carried out in September. If you have bare patches in the lawn or want to
sow a new lawn, September is a good time for sowing grass seed or laying turf. Scarify to remove
moss and apply a weed killer to control those tough perennial weeds.
Hedges can have their final trim of the year to leave them neat and tidy over winter.
Autumn ripening raspberries such as Autumn Bliss and blackberries will now be in season and
taste wonderful. Some early season apples will be ripening so if you want to grow your own
dessert apples, consider Egremont Russet, Fiesta, Katy or Greensleeves. They will be ready to
eat in September but will not keep for very long, so just pick them from the tree!
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Hoole Baptist Church, All Saints Church, Northgate Church and Queens Street Christian
Centre jointly run three courses every year in Hoole. Over the past 4 years, we have had
over 250 guests on the course.
The next course starts with a city-wide Celebration meal which will introduce Alpha.
This will take place on Thursday 24th September 2009 at the Queen Hotel on City Road.
Doors open at 7pm and the meal at 7.30pm.
The course lasts for 10 weeks and is run by Hoole Baptist Church and All Saints Church.
Please ring 312037 or email office@hbc.org.uk for more information.
COMMUNITY LISTINGS
WESTMINSTER PARK
Westminster Park Forum Committee Junior Football: Westminster Park FC
Julie Sams Tracy Sheedy 680544 www.westminsterparkfc.co.uk
e-mail chair@wpforum.org.uk Lache and Westminster Local History Group
www.wpforum.org.uk Linda Shuttleworth, 679791
National Women’s Register:
Westminster Park
Christine Westcott, 675431
Community Centre
19 Five Ashes Road, Westminster Park Scottish Dancing
671243 Anne Croall, 676167
Tennis-Glan Aber Tennis Club
Clubs & organisations Sue Britton, 677936
based in Westminster Park
Westminster Park Community Association
Belgrave Badminton Club Gill Williams, 671243
Keith, 671077
Scouting
Belgrave Pre-School
Group Scout Leader: Sue Jones, 675538
Carol Welch, 671243
Beavers (Wednesday): Christina Dean, 680163
Bowls Cubs (Monday): Francis Hardy, 674571
Bob Cooper, 675204 Cubs (Thursday): Christine Owens, 676691
Bridge Club Scouts (Friday): David Aird, 675063
John Arrowsmith, 682588 Explorer Scouts (Tuesday): Simon Ashton,
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Janet Davies, 350370
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Brownies (Tuesday): Jan Hooper, 674701
Healthy Walking Group
Guides: District Commissioner:Sue Fryer, 679945
Mike Lloyd, 680328
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Age Concern (Cheshire). . . . . . . . 01606 881 668 Northgate Arena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01244 380 444
Bus & Coach (Cheshire Bus Info). 01244 602 666 Refuse Collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . 01244 402 477
Chester City Football Club. . . . . 01244 371 376 Samaritans (Chester). . . . . . . . . . 01244 377 999
Chester Fire Station. . . . . . . . . . . 01244 342 145 Cineworld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0871 2002000
Chester Zoo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01244 380 280 Vision Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01244 381515
Cheshire West and Chester Council 0300 123 8 123
Schools
Cheshire Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01244 350 000
Queen’s Park High. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981500
Countess of Chester Hospital . . 01244 365 000
Eccleston Primary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981151
Grosvenor Estates. . . . . . . . . . . . . 01244 684400
Belgrave Primary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981000
Handbridge Medical Centre. . . . . 01244 680169
Overleigh St Mary’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981700
John Lennon Airport (Liverpool). 0870 129 8484
St Clare’s Catholic Primary. . . . . . . . . . . 981110
Lache Health Centre . . . . . . . . . . 01244 671991
Catholic High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981600
Manchester Airport. . . . . . . . . . . . 0871 2710711
National Rail Enquiries (Info only).0845 748 4950 Churches
NHS Direct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0845 46 47 Handbridge (St Mary’s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671202
NHS Stop Smoking Service. . . . 0800 169 0 169
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Community Safety Wardens • Rosemary Conley - 5.30-7pm • Lunches. 12-1
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Community Centre every • Cyber Centre ECDL CLAIT • Baby Matters. 1-2.30
Monday from 2-4pm lessons. 7-9pm • Credit union. 7-8pm
• Ninjitsu - 7-9pm Friday:
Weekly Community Centre Tuesday: • Exercise 9.15-10.15
Timetable • Fruit and Veg Bags 9am-1pm • Crafts 10.30-12.30
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Tuesday : 7-9pm • Cyber 7-9pm
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