Runcorn Local - April 2011

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The History of Runcorn Town HallColumn by our Student Columnist Liz

A Selection of Truly Local BooksThe Five Coolest French Cars

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Hello and welcome to the latest edition of YOUR resident’s handbook – Runcorn Local!

How fantastic is it that we’ve not only had some amazing weather for the time of the year but the clocks have now gone forward so we can enjoy the lighter nights. I am probably like most of the population and can’t wait for this time of year. There…. that’s the weather bit done for this month!

The winner of our £25 M&S voucher is Mrs Clare Houghton – well done Clare! Don’t forget to look out for the little Easter Egg in this month’s edition and enter for a chance to win. It’s drawn completely at random so you’ve got as much chance as anyone to win! Look below for more details.

Royal Wedding Fever will be on us this month! Are you having a street party to celebrate? Let us have a photo or two and we could maybe feature some on our community pages in the next issue. Talking of photographs…are there any budding amateur photographers out there who’d like to submit a local photo to feature on a forthcoming front cover? It would be really nice to showcase some local talent, so if you know someone who’s a bit shy, give them a nudge and ask them to contact us.

This month our book review has been written by the Curiosity Book Shop in Runcorn and it features a small selection of books about the local area, including one written by the shop’s proprietor Liz Howard! They hold a really good selection and they make a fascinating read. If you’ve not been to the shop before pop in and have a look, I think you’ll be impressed at

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Life With Liz...Runcorn Local’s student columnistLiz is a Year-9 pupil atThe Heath School, Runcorn.This month she discussesFacebook, The Royal Weddingand Easter...

So, for this month, I thought I would write about something that almost everyone my age has: Facebook. Sure, it has it’s positives and negatives, but I think it’s a great way to keep in touch with everyone. Mark Zuckerberg, the creator, was the youngest ever billionaire; Facebook has over 600 million members, and as you can get it on every phone, you can update your status and keep in touch with everyone no matter where you are. But Facebook also poses dangers; adding strangers could prove more hassle than it’s worth. I have 9+ family members on my account, so s’all good!

My life changes every month; something that I thought was excellent may be pants, someone I was close with may just become another distant friend, and I fi nd that something I loved I may lose interest in. But one thing that keeps my heart burning strong: drawing. I never tire of it, and it allows me to do something constructive in the evenings!

Also this month: the Royal

wedding! Who’d have thought it? I honestly didn’t think that they’d be getting hitched this early! Or maybe time has just gone very fast over the past few months... who knows? I lose track of the days frequently!

Well, Easter is also approaching. Not long now until the easter bunny comes hop-hop-hopping along, and all that jazz! At the moment that I am writing this, it is lent, and I have given up chocolate. Being one of the things I eat the most (one of my more sweet sins) it’s been a little tough, but that’s the aim of lent: giving up something you enjoy or love to symbolise Jesus’ 40 days in the desert. For those who don’t believe in God, well, I guess it’s a time to count up to Easter? I wouldn’t know :)

As I’m sat here now, I have many, many things zooming around my head: drawings, homework, coursework, friends, family. It’s truly amazing how your brain remembers it all; it’s rather ironic really - I think I would forget my

head if it wasn’t screwed on to my neck!

All I can think about at the moment is the current day. I tend to forget about the past few days and just focus on today; worrying about the future never did anyone any good. As a very wise turtle said in a movie: ‘the past is history, the future is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.’ (brownie points go to those who know which movie it’s from!)

So, even though this months’ article was a little ‘scatter-brained’, I think I got all the points across I wanted to talk about. Thanks guys, for reading this again! I have had a few people come up to me in school and talk about my article! Thanks guys! Much love to you all,

Bye for now!

Liz

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Citroen has a habit of producing wacky cars, so when it teamed up with Maserati to build the SM in 1970, the result was always going to be bonkers. The SM didn’t only look amazing but was packed with tech, including speed-sensitive steering and directional headlights. Maserati took care of the engine, slotting a V6 unit under the bonnet, and the French fi rm sorted the styling – the collaboration resulted in the creation of a classic.

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This month’s selction of local books...

We are all curious about the history of where we live and Curiosity Bookshop in

Runcorn has a huge and fantastic selection of books about the local area. Here is just a

small selection of the best...

The Lost Tribe of Everton & Scottie Roadby Ken RogersWhat no-one could foresee was a street revolution unfolding that would end with some of Liverpool’s most famous communities being wiped off the map. Up to 120,000 people were bulldozed out of spiritual heartland areas like Everton, Scottie Road, and Kirkdale, in the name of slum clearance. But these places were the stuff of legend and while houses and streets could be destroyed, memories couldn’t. Ken Rogers is the author of several high profi le titles. This one is written from the heart as he uses all his local knowledge to bring alive the golden memories of his childhood home.

Educating Runcornby VariousEducating Runcorn, 1600-1960, Schools and Schooldays is compilation of memories from fi ve generations of local people assembled by the writing group Scribes & Scribblers. First published three years ago, it quickly sold out and has now been re-issued in a limited edition due to popular demand. Schools long gone, like the Mill Brow Ragged School, Balfour Rd Secondary School and Granville St Primary School stir the memories of older folk to give a taste of what school was like in the past while schools such as the Grange Junior School and Victoria Road Primary School are still with us making memories for the youngsters of today.

Runcorn in the Pastby Liz HowardRuncorn in the Past by Liz Howard was fi rst published in the Netherlands sixteen years ago and has now been produced as a paperback for the fi rst time. It shows a town much changed, when Sandy Lane actually was a sandy lane and the Isolation Hospital was defi nitely isolated from the town. The great run of locks alongside Percival Lane was still working when the photograph was taken and the Bridgewater Canal was congested with cargo-carrying narrow boats. The Glass Barrel and the Ship Inn, both pictured, are now consigned to history but the Barley Mow in Church Street is still providing refreshment for the local population today.

Cheshire: A Portrait in Colourby Bill MeadowsCheshire, A Portrait in Colour by Bill Meadows shows the county at its very best, capturing historic towns, peaceful villages and sweeping landscapes in glorious colour. Restored canals, mills and railways punctuate verdant hills and broad green plains. Fine details include the Alice in Wonderland stained glass window at Daresbury, Warrington’s Golden Gates and a sunlit Silver Jubilee Bridge at Runcorn, which, as the write-up tells us was the longest steel arch bridge in Europe and the third longest in the world at the time of its opening.

The Big Ditch by Cyril J. WoodThis is a history of the Manchester Ship Canal fully illustrated with maps and photographs along its full length. Runcorn Docks, Bridgewater House and shipping passing under the Silver Jubilee Bridge show how local waterways impacted on life along its banks, the pictures having been taken 100 years after construction of the Big Ditch. The canal was once an important route from the industrial heart of Manchester to the world, carrying everything from raw materials to fi nished goods and animals to pleasure seeking day-trippers, an activity that has recently been revived. Construction was begun in the 1880s, a massive engineering project that brought work to thousands and changed the landscape around the Mersey for ever and, thanks to modern technology this book shows a glimpse of the future in the form of computer-generated images of the proposed Mersey gateway.


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Tools of the tradeBefore you tackle your garden, have a quick sort through your tools. Give them a clean, decide what needs to be replaced and scrub off any rust, before rubbing on a little vegetable oil to keep them in tip-top

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1 tbsp olive oilSmall knob of butter2 large fi rm pears, halved, cored and thickly sliced55g (2oz) walnut halves, roughly chopped1 large bag mixed rocket salad115g (4oz) blue cheese, diced or crumbledFor the dressing...2 tbsp balsamic vinegar1 tsp Dijon mustard1 tsp caster sugar5 tbsp olive oilSalt and freshly ground black pepper

Heat the oil and butter in a large non-stick frying pan. Add the 1. pear slices and fry gently for 2-3 minutes on each side until tender and light golden. Add the walnuts to pan for the last 2 minutes of cooking time.

Divide the salad leaves between four serving plates. Top with the 2. warm pear slices and walnuts and scatter over the blue cheese.

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RUNCORN TOWN HALLLinda Finnigan tells usabout the history behindone of Runcorn’sgreat buildings...

Runcorn Town Halland Mr & Mrs Boston

The BOSTON Family lived at Halton Grange (now the Town Hall) Francis and his wife had three daughters Sybil, Peggy and Elizabeth. Francis owned Boston Tannery which was later renamed Puritan Tannery.

The “Grange” was a grand house; the ground fl oor accommodation included the hall, drawing room, library, morning room, a large dining room, smoke room, toilet, cloakroom, billiard room, butler’s pantry, servant’s hall, larder, kitchen, scullery, central heating and a hand-lift to the fi rst fl oor.

There were 6 bedrooms on the fi rst fl oor, with a dressing room, linen cupboard, bathroom, separate wc and housemaids’ pantry.

The second fl oor contained a store room, two bedrooms, billiard room, and two rooms beyond the billiard room, with a room in the tower. A staircase on the third fl oor led to the tower.

The cellar included a boiler for central heating, a wine cellar, store, dairy and a still room.

Francis Boston died on November 2nd 1929 and the property was put up for auction on 25th June 1930. On 2nd April 1931 the Executors sold to Frederick Clare and Latham Ryder an area of 46 acres for £1,975 with a condition that they should not build on certain parts close to the house and gardens for at least 10 years. Part of the land was next sold in September 1935 by Clare and Ryder to Frederick Crowther of Pool Farm.

In June 1937, the Runcorn Urban Council paid £2,500 to Frederick Crowther for the land sold to him.

Today the Grange (Town Hall) is owned by Halton Borough Council and part of the Civic Building is the Register Offi ce which is the idyllic place for Wedding ceremonies, with its beautiful maintained gardens to capture those unique photos.

Are you descendants of any of these names? BOSTON, NORMAN, HAZELHURST, ASTON, BROOKE. These are just a few names that once infl uenced our Town why not come along to our Runcorn Family History Group 3rd Tuesday in the

month, 7.30pm – 9.30pm, and let us help you trace back and see if you have any connections. We meet at the Grangeway Community Centre, Grangeway, WA7 5HA. Non members are welcome, members £1.50 visitors £2 plus Tea/Coff ee and biscuits

We also have a help desk on the night plus you can view our ever increasing parish, burial, and cremation records, All Saints Parish Grave Photos too, once our guest Speaker has fi nished their talk.

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Colour Confidence

This season’s most fashionable colours for interiors are strong and bold: daring blacks

and metallics, vivid citruses and a range of sorbet-like Fifties shades. Yet colour

can be complicated: stray away from safe neutrals and who hasn’t ended up in a fog

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shades that work best for you.

Colour is a hugely dynamic tool, aff ecting the way we feel in a powerful, albeit often subconscious, way. And we each have our own feelings about colour, so that one person’s warm and intimate room is another’s nightmare of brash, clashing shades. All of which makes using colour a rather daunting undertaking. But never fear: there are some simple guidelines to follow.

Painting a room a new colour is a quick, easy and inexpensive way to introduce a fresh look. If you’re not sure where to start, there’s a wealth of inspiration to be found in books or magazines, and the paint manufacturers themselves can be a great help, whether in the form of brochures showing their colours in action, a website with the facility to paint a virtual room or colour cards that demonstrate which colours work best together. If you’re wary of using too many diff erent colours, but would nevertheless like to introduce some contrasts, a good rule of thumb is that darker and lighter shades of the same colour are

when you stand in them you may be able to see a number of diff erent rooms, so you should consider how their colours will work together. As a general guideline, restful colours, such as pale blues, lilacs and pinks, often work well in bedrooms, and bolder shades in dining rooms: red is a classic choice, in particular. In a hallway you could make a strong statement with a vibrant colour that introduces the house to visitors, or opt for something paler that will maximise the sense of space. Conventional colours for bathrooms are watery blues and greens, but there’s no reason why you shouldn’t opt for something completely diff erent. Colours for living rooms should generally be chosen to work around the existing furnishings – you might pick a colour from a favourite cushion, vase or painting, for example; and the same goes for kitchens, where you’ll already have cabinets and worktops that will dominate

always good together (simply look vertically up and down the paint charts).

So far so good. Then, to narrow your choices down, you’ll want to consider the colours of your existing furnishings, the practicalities of how you live (darkish colours are useful in a busy hallway which might suff er from knocks and mud splatters, for example) and the architecture of your property. The latter informs not just the suitability of certain colours – perhaps historic colours for older properties, for example – but also their shades, as you may be able to get away with bolder and/or darker colours in large and light rooms.

Another consideration is where to put which paint colours. Bear in mind that hallways, stairways and landings are linking areas;

a scheme. Finally, in children’s bedrooms and playrooms you’ll probably want to use a mix of fun, bright colours that are lively and stimulating.

Experimenting with paint colour is essential, as it can be diffi cult to get it right fi rst time. Always paint sheets of white card with your chosen samples and tape them up around a room, to observe in diff erent lights (what looks like a lovely purple in daylight, for example, can become black after sunset). In a living room you’ll want the colours to work in both daylight and artifi cial light, whereas in bedrooms and dining rooms it is more important that they look attractive at night-time. Take care with colours that are on the edge between two diff erent shades, as these change more than any others in diff erent light conditions, and while this can be dramatic, it may not be quite what you expect. And be careful to buy the right undercoat – it really does aff ect the end result.

If the thought of colour everywhere just sounds a bit too much, there are several ways in which it can be introduced in more subtle ways. You could paint just one wall a strong shade, for example, with the others in co-ordinating neutrals. Or how about some beautiful wallpaper, an oversized stencilled motif or easy-to-apply wall stickers? Alternatively, keep walls white or very pale and add colour elsewhere. Changing a duvet cover or a tablecloth, for example, will instantly transform an otherwise neutral bedroom or dining room, while new cushions, vases and pictures will do the same for a living room. Get handy and paint a chest of drawers or a side table, or make a loose cover for a sofa or chair: think laterally and this is where, for not too much eff ort and expense, it’s possible to ring the changes and make colour work creatively for you. It’s as simple as black and white.

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Colour Confidence

This season’s most fashionable colours for interiors are strong and bold: daring blacks

and metallics, vivid citruses and a range of sorbet-like Fifties shades. Yet colour

can be complicated: stray away from safe neutrals and who hasn’t ended up in a fog

of indecision? Our guide to using colour will help you avoid clashes and select the

shades that work best for you.

Colour is a hugely dynamic tool, aff ecting the way we feel in a powerful, albeit often subconscious, way. And we each have our own feelings about colour, so that one person’s warm and intimate room is another’s nightmare of brash, clashing shades. All of which makes using colour a rather daunting undertaking. But never fear: there are some simple guidelines to follow.

Painting a room a new colour is a quick, easy and inexpensive way to introduce a fresh look. If you’re not sure where to start, there’s a wealth of inspiration to be found in books or magazines, and the paint manufacturers themselves can be a great help, whether in the form of brochures showing their colours in action, a website with the facility to paint a virtual room or colour cards that demonstrate which colours work best together. If you’re wary of using too many diff erent colours, but would nevertheless like to introduce some contrasts, a good rule of thumb is that darker and lighter shades of the same colour are

when you stand in them you may be able to see a number of diff erent rooms, so you should consider how their colours will work together. As a general guideline, restful colours, such as pale blues, lilacs and pinks, often work well in bedrooms, and bolder shades in dining rooms: red is a classic choice, in particular. In a hallway you could make a strong statement with a vibrant colour that introduces the house to visitors, or opt for something paler that will maximise the sense of space. Conventional colours for bathrooms are watery blues and greens, but there’s no reason why you shouldn’t opt for something completely diff erent. Colours for living rooms should generally be chosen to work around the existing furnishings – you might pick a colour from a favourite cushion, vase or painting, for example; and the same goes for kitchens, where you’ll already have cabinets and worktops that will dominate

always good together (simply look vertically up and down the paint charts).

So far so good. Then, to narrow your choices down, you’ll want to consider the colours of your existing furnishings, the practicalities of how you live (darkish colours are useful in a busy hallway which might suff er from knocks and mud splatters, for example) and the architecture of your property. The latter informs not just the suitability of certain colours – perhaps historic colours for older properties, for example – but also their shades, as you may be able to get away with bolder and/or darker colours in large and light rooms.

Another consideration is where to put which paint colours. Bear in mind that hallways, stairways and landings are linking areas;

a scheme. Finally, in children’s bedrooms and playrooms you’ll probably want to use a mix of fun, bright colours that are lively and stimulating.

Experimenting with paint colour is essential, as it can be diffi cult to get it right fi rst time. Always paint sheets of white card with your chosen samples and tape them up around a room, to observe in diff erent lights (what looks like a lovely purple in daylight, for example, can become black after sunset). In a living room you’ll want the colours to work in both daylight and artifi cial light, whereas in bedrooms and dining rooms it is more important that they look attractive at night-time. Take care with colours that are on the edge between two diff erent shades, as these change more than any others in diff erent light conditions, and while this can be dramatic, it may not be quite what you expect. And be careful to buy the right undercoat – it really does aff ect the end result.

If the thought of colour everywhere just sounds a bit too much, there are several ways in which it can be introduced in more subtle ways. You could paint just one wall a strong shade, for example, with the others in co-ordinating neutrals. Or how about some beautiful wallpaper, an oversized stencilled motif or easy-to-apply wall stickers? Alternatively, keep walls white or very pale and add colour elsewhere. Changing a duvet cover or a tablecloth, for example, will instantly transform an otherwise neutral bedroom or dining room, while new cushions, vases and pictures will do the same for a living room. Get handy and paint a chest of drawers or a side table, or make a loose cover for a sofa or chair: think laterally and this is where, for not too much eff ort and expense, it’s possible to ring the changes and make colour work creatively for you. It’s as simple as black and white.

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Paints from Kevin McCloud’s Elements of Colour range for Fired Earth (0845 366 0400; www.firedearth.com)

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You have to earn your fi rst view of the mighty Everest range. From the Lukla airstrip, a short fl ight from Kathmandu, it takes a day and a half, trekking through pine forests, past lodges framed in dahlias and rhododendrons, across dizzying bridges and up the long steep spur of the Namche Hill. Now and then, you fl atten yourself against the cliff face to let pack animals and porters scrape past. Far below, the foaming waters of the Bhote Kosi roar through an invisible gorge.

At last, the pretty Sherpa town of Namche Bazaar appears, clinging to the very edge of the precipice, all pastel roofs and frilly awnings, prayer fl ags wavering like giant plumes and stepped alleyways where men carve Buddhist scriptures on the boulders and trekkers bargain for turquoise and Tibetan rugs. At 3340 metres, in the Everest National Park, Namche is the place to acclimatise for a day or two and enjoy glorious mountain views, here the holy summit of Khumbila, there the fl uted walls of Thamserku or the snowfi elds of Kongde and on the horizon, the dark windswept cone of Everest. Spring is the best time for

rhododendrons, autumn for clear views.

From Namche, Bazaar, it is a fairly easy stretch to Tengboche, the most sacred monastery in the Khumbu region, perched all alone on a wooded ridge. Boy monks scrub their laundry at the gate, chanting drifts from the temple, punctuated by cymbals and drums, and the twin peaks of Ama Dablam rise hauntingly, so close you could almost touch them. Beyond, the land is bleak and you pass only a few hamlets with tiny potato fi elds and yak dung drying for fuel on stone walls. Sometimes, wild Himalayan goats bound on the slopes and pheasants in iridescent rainbow colours peck on the edge of the trail.

Onto the forlorn village of Dingboche then Lobuche, past myriad stone chortens lined up on the pass, each one a shrine to someone who died in these parts. Now it is high time to eat garlic soup to thin the blood and fi ll up on energy food, pancakes, potato bread, vegetable rolls the size of a family pie. After a week of toiling up and down slopes and one last scramble over a moraine, anyone reasonably fi t can reach

Gorak Shep, the original base camp at over 5000 metres, now with a few lodges, tucked in a moonscape of tortured land and ice with gaping crevasses and the great cascade of the Khumbu Icefall. Lhotse, Nuptse, Pumori, Choyu, mountains rise in a magnifi cent amphitheatre across the Tibetan border, but Everest remains stubbornly out of sight, hidden by a lower but closer ridge.

So, to set eyes on the panorama of a lifetime, you have to climb even higher and tackle the seemingly easy but breath-taking, knee-jerking Kalapatar, the Black Rock above Gorak Shep, towering at 5623 metres. Slowly, Everest appears above Nuptse, rising higher and higher, and when the sun dips in the west, the whole mountain rumbles and groans as huge blocks of ice crash down the slopes. All around the peaks come to life, shimmering pink and gold in the dying light. Suddenly, sharp as a knife, darkness falls right across the land but for a long time, on the roof of the world, Everest continues to glow, a lonely beacon in a starlit sky.

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Hilltops Restaurantat Forest Hills Hotel

Forest Hills Hotel, Overton Hill, Frodsham, Cheshire, WA6 6HHTel: 01928 735255 | Email: [email protected]

Website: www.foresthillshotel.com

Sunday 24 AprilEaster Sunday Lunch

3 Course Sunday Lunch in Hilltops Restaurant, enjoy a relaxing lunch over your long Easter

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Bookstart RhymetimesActivities designed to encourage parents & carers to share rhymes & songs with babies.

Every Wednesday 10am-11.00am or Sat

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Halton Bereavement Drop InIf you are feeling low and would like someone to talk to then drop in for a coff ee and a chat.

Every Tuesday4.30pm-7pm

at Widnes Fire Safety Centre, Lacey Street

Line DancingGrangeway Community Centre, Runcorn, WA7 5HA Tel: 01928 569474

Every Thursday8:30pm-10.30pm

Every Friday1.30pm-3.30pm

AquaciseBeechwood Community Centre01928 565014

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Line DancingBeechwood Community Centre01928 565014

Every Monday8:00pm-10:00pm

Every Thursday7:30pm-10:30pm

CraftsBeechwood Community Centre01928 565014

Every Tuesday10am-12pm

PilatesBeechwood Community Centre01928 565014

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Rhythm Time MusicBeechwood Community Centre01928 565014

Every Weds10:00-11:00hrs

Children’s Dance ClassesBeechwood Community Centre01928 565014

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Movers & ShakersBeechwood Community Centre01928 565014

Every Friday10am-11am

Line DancingRAOB (Buff s) Club, High Street, RuncornTel: 01928 572652

Every Tuesday8:00pm-10:00pm

Exhibitions FrodshamGallery 1 & 2 – Cheshire Artist Network all media display of 2D/3Dartwork, in fi ne art, print making, sculpture, ceramic, textile & jewelleryGallery 3 – Joel Prince & Rick Haywood ‘Colour Splash’Photography & Digital Fine ArtCastle Park Arts Centre Frodsham 01928 735832.

April 5th – 15th May

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Vision Support is a local charity providing a wide range of services to those with sight loss. Services include, low vision aids and advice, benefi ts advice, befriending services, technology training, counselling and social/recreational clubs.01928 582 946

Halton Voluntary Group is a group whose aim is to help the people who have diabetes. We hold our meetings on the 3rd Weds of each month, when we have speakers who give a talk on the care of diabetes. At St. Paul’s Church Hall, Vicarage Road, Widnes and the Old Police Station, Mersey Road, Runcorn starting at 7.30 pm0151 424 9432

HALDS (Halton Adults with Learning Diffi culties Support)Support group for parents/carers of adults with learning dif-fi culties.Contact: Pam RobertsTel: 07583 694671Email: [email protected]

Widnes & Runcorn Cancer Support Centre21-23 Alforde Street, Widnes, WA8 7TRTel: 0151 423 5730 Email: [email protected]

HAFS (Halton Autistic Family Support Group)Trinity House, 78-80 Victoria Road, Widnes, WA8 7RATel: 0151 495 3540 Email [email protected]

Halton Haven HospiceBarnfi eld Avenue, Runcorn, WA7 6EPTel: 01928 712728

Halton Parkinson’s Support GroupHelps improve quality of live for people with Parkinson’s disease, we meet once a month.Contact: Margaret SmithTel: 0151 257 7954

ChAPS – Cheshire Aspergers Parents SupportAims to support parents and carers of dependants with Asperg-ers Syndrome or Autistic Spectrum Disorder whether diagnosed or not, living in Cheshire.Contact: Jo GarnerTel: 01928 722384

Mind in HaltonHalton Association for Mental HealthSep up with the aim of providing day care and residential services to those people living in Halton who had or were experiencing some form of mental distress.Widnes Tel: 0151 495 3991Runcorn Tel: 01928 563612

Halton & St Helens Voluntary and Community ActionHelp grow and strengthen the voluntary, community and faith sector in both Halton and St HelensHalton Voluntary Action - Sefton House, Public Hall Street, Runcorn, Cheshire WA7 1NG. Tel: 01928 592405

Halton Nightstop For Young People Aged 16 – 25 yearsNightstop believes that all young people have the right to access safe and secure accommodation that is appropriate for their needs. The service is committed to making this happen wherever possible through Volunteer Hosting and Family Mediation.Ship Canal House, Percival Lane, RuncornContact: TerriTel: 01928 238420

Know of any other regular events or groups that you’d like to see on this page? Let us know on 01928 724101

Regular Local Events Local Groups

Doctor NumbersNHS Direct (24hr Helpline) 0845 46 47

Murdishaw Health CentreGorsewood Road, MurdishawRuncorn, WA7 6ES

01928 712061

Brookvale PracticeHallwood Health Centre, Hospital WayRuncorn, WA7 2UT

01928 718182

Weaver Vale PracticeHallwood Health Centre, Hospital WayRuncorn, WA7 2UT

01928 711911

Windmill Hill Medical CentreNorton Hill, Windmill Hill, WA7 6QE

01928 842626

Castlefi elds Health CentreChester Close, Castlefi elds, WA7 2HY

01928 566671

Heath Road Medical CentreHeath Road, Runcorn, WA7 5TJ

01928 565881

Grove House PracticeSt Pauls Health Centre, High Street,Runcorn, WA7 1AB

01928 566561

Tower House PracticeSt Pauls Health Centre, High Street,Runcorn, WA7 1AB

01928 567404

The Rock Surgery50 High Street, Frodsham, WA6 7HG

01928 732110

The Knoll SurgeryHigh Street, Frodsham, WA6 7HF

0844 4773936

Halton MPDerek Twigg MP is Member of Parliament for Halton He can be contacted as follows:Derek Twigg MPHouse of CommonsLondon, SW1A OAA

Tel: 0151 424 7030Email: [email protected]

Weaver Vale MPGraham Evans MP is Member of Parliament for Weaver Vale. He can be contacted as follows:Graham Evans MPHouse of CommonsLondon, SW1A OAA

Tel: 01606 350 323Email: [email protected]

Library Opening TimesRuncorn LibraryEgerton Street, Runcorn, WA7 1JL

01928 574495

Opening HoursMon&Tues: 09:30 - 17:00 (Closed between 13:00-14:00)Weds: ClosedThursday: 09:30 - 19:00 (Closed between 13:00-14:00)Friday: 09:30 - 17:00 (Closed between 13:00-14:00)Saturday: 09:30 - 16:00, Sunday: Closed

Library Opening Times

Local EntertainmentThe Brindley TheatreHigh Street, Runcorn, WA7 1BG

0151 907 8360

Catalyst MuseumMersey Road, Widnes, WA8 0DF

0151 420 1121

Norton PiororyTudor Road Manor Park,Runcorn, WA7 1SX

01928 569 895

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School & College NumbersAstmoor Primary School 01928 565053Beechwood Primary School 01928 560479Brookvale Primary School 01928 711401Castle View Primary School 01928 563970Gorsewood Primary School 01928 712100Hallwood Park Primary & Nursery 01928 716336Halton Lodge Primary School 01928 564053Hillview Primary School 01928 714666Our Lady Mother of the Saviour 01928 711921Palace Fields Primary School 01928 716521Pewithall Primary School 01928 576139Runcorn All Saints CofE Primary 01928 572091St Augustine’s Catholic Primary 01928 568936St Berteline’s CofE Primary School 01928 719847St Clement’s Catholic Primary 01928 572129St Edward’s Catholic Primary 01928 572317St Mary’s Halton CofE Primary 01928 565995The Grange Infants School 01928 573132The Grange Junior School 01928 572600The Park Primary School 01928 563838Victoria Road Primary School 01928 574644Westfi eld Primary School 01928 572343Weston Point Primary School 01928 574593Weston Primary School 01928 574544Windmill Hill Primary School 01928 712337Woodside Primary School 01928 564031Halton High School 01928 711643St Chad’s Catholic High School 01928 564106The Grange Comprehensive School 01928 578115The Heath School 01928 576664

School Term TimesSpring Term 2011Monday 21st February - Friday 1st AprilEaster Term 2011Monday 18th April - Friday 27th MaySummer Term 2011Monday 6th June - Wednesday 22nd JulyAll term times taken from www.halton.gov.uk/education

Council Numbers24 Hour - Halton Direct Link 0303 333 4300Halton Housing Trust (Not council) 0151 510 5000Planning Services 0151 907 8300 Police Station (Non Emergency) 0845 458 0000Social Care (Adult) 0151 907 8306Social Care (Children) 0151 907 8300Transport & Highways 0151 471 7600Waste Management Division 0151 907 8300

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TaeKwonDo as a hobby is suitable for all the family. It brings the shyest of people out of their shells by helping develop and enhancing their confi dence & fi tness

Pick up the phone and book onto the course, come and join in.

Big Diff erence - Get fi t, lose weight, tone up, learn self–defence, enjoy.

Be of a certain age?Be Confi dent?Be fl exible and able to kick high?Be able to fi ght?

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TaeKwonDo.

“THE HARDEST STEP IS THE FIRST”New Class For March 2011 Beginners Only starts 18th March 2011 (5 week course) £20New Class For April Tiger TaeKwonDo (suitable for 4-6yrs of age) starts 22nd April 2011 (6 week course) £25.50

Both New classes are at St Chad’s Catholic High School, Grangeway Runcorn.To book on these courses, please call Jason on 0800 612 7393 / Txt 07795273362 or visit www.taekwondo.gb.net

Classes Now Available for Beginners

New Class For May Tiger TaeKwonDo (suitable for 4-6yrs of age)Starts Friday 6th May (6 week course) £25.50

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