Runcorn Local - May 2011

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A Great Selection of Local BooksTasty Asparagus Bruschetta Recipe

The Most Profi table Cars EverOur Regular Local Schoolgirl Column

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A very big welcome as usual to your local mag – Runcorn Local, packed full of ads for every service you could need! With lots of useful community information (that’s completely free!) and really interesting and relevant editorial features, we really are the Resident’s Handbook.

Well what a month April was hey? Rammed with Bank Holidays with glorious weather instead of the usual cold and rain. What more could we ask for – well a fantastic Royal Wedding! I must admit I’ve been glued to the TV for this last weekend, I’m completely smitten with our new Royal Couple! I feel very proud to be British, I feel like I’ve rediscovered my national identity in some way, what about you?

I’m really excited about our new Gardening writer – Pippa Greenwood, who’s going to be writing for us on a regular basis. How’s your garden looking? Maybe we should have a best garden competition? Mmm.. something for us to think about, let me know what you think.

I’m also liking the look of the Asparagus Bruschettas in our cooking feature this month. I quite often choose an Asparagus dish if we’re eating out, but have very rarely cooked at home, but think I’ll try and pick some up and give it a go. I’m not the greatest of cooks but even I

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Well done to our monthly competition winner - Evonne Nichol who correctly found the symbol back in March! It’s really easy to enter as all you have to do is email or phone the ad and page number where we’ve hidden the Union Jack (we’re still celebrating the wedding) in the magazine and you could win a £25 Gift Voucher for M&S.

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It’s great to be joining you on a regular basis, especially when the subject is gardening! I’ll be giving you some hints and tips for what to be doing in your own gardens, letting you know what I’m up to in mine, and in the process hopefully inspiring you to get out in to the garden more, enjoy everything it has to off er, and achieve some pretty impressive results yourself.

Welcome to May, one of the fastest moving months in the gardening year. May is the month when plants just keep on and on growing and developing. New transplants, recently allowed to enjoy the ‘great outdoors’ after an early start in a greenhouse, wait a week or two and then POW! they’re off , and showing you their potential. Old established garden friends, their roots well down in the soil, put on new leaves, stem growth, fl ower buds maybe even fl owers and enjoy the fact that whilst the weather has warmed up, they’ve not yet been hit by growth-restricting drier conditions of summer. It’s a month when it is hard not to feel a regular desire to grab a trowel (or perhaps a fork, spade or cultivator) and get out there and enjoy yourself while at the same time giving the

garden and its plants the TLC that’s deserved. What better way to spend an hour or two….or perhaps even a day or two?

With the massive surge in interest in growing your own vegetables, vegetable plants and seeds are available just about everywhere, so there are no excuses for not giving it a go. Even if time is short or space at a premium, it really is worth growing a few crops – the feeling of self-satisfaction when you make that fi rst harvest is just SO good....not to mention the taste of the crops themselves. At this time of year you can sow seeds of many vegetables direct into the soil or large pots of multi-purpose compost. Try your hand at climbing French beans, dwarf French beans, runner beans, carrots, salad leaves, spinach or peas. I also adore home grown sweetcorn; this too can be sown direct now, but make sure you sow the seed in a square e.g. four rows of four seeds, formed in to a square (it is a wind pollinated crop and this is the way to get good, well-fi lled cobs). It is a bit late to raise your own courgettes, squash, tomatoes or peppers from seed, but there should be plenty of young plants available in local nurseries or garden centres – just make sure you buy a variety of tomato or pepper suitable for growing outdoors if you don’t have a greenhouse (the label should make this clear).

It is worth spending a few minutes to check fl ower beds and borders, however small or large, as at this time of year they are a hive of activity. I just have masses of twiggy pea-sticks (well branched prunings will do) and have driven them in around the edges of several herbaceous perennials. So many of these lovely plants are inclined to fl op disastrously later in the year, but supported subtly now, they’ll remain upright. As I do this I always spot a few other things that need seeing to as well. All the lovely lush growth means that (in my garden at least) slugs and snails are having a fantastic time devastating the

tender new leaves. When I put new plants in the ground I scatter oyster shell around the soil beneath the plants. It is readily available from local suppliers of chicken feed, and is by far the best barrier to slugs and snails that I know....and bought in this way, it does not cost a fortune either. Early aphid (greenfl y and blackfl y) infestations are also likely to be building up now, and dealt with promptly they are unlikely to cause too much damage – a gentle but fi rm squash between fi nger and thumb works a treat, or for those less partial to direct action like this, spray with a fatty-acid or soap-based spray late in the day when bees are no longer about.

With most of the gardening year ahead feeding makes sense too. So whether you have a well-stocked compost heap, or prefer to use fertilisers from the garden centre, apply them now so that your fl owers, fruits and veg have a chance to make best use of them.

Pippa’s Golden Rules...Make sure that seedlings and young plants get 1 enough natural light.Gradually harden off young plants before 2 planting them out.In warmer areas, start to plant out more tender 3 crops, but protect with cloches at fi rst.

Tomatoes in 4 containers need regular feeding with a liquid tomato food.Treat yourself to some summer bedding for a 5 really lively terrace-container, but check the forecast carefully before planting them out.

Pippa Greenwood is a gardening writer and journalist and regular panellist on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Gardeners’ Question Time’. Visit www.pippagreenwood.com and sign up as a ‘Friend of Pippa’ to receive a free e-book and regular updates and bulletins. Up until early June you can also order ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ – garden ready veg plants plus weekly advice emails from Pippa.

May In Your Garden!gardeningarticle gardeningarticle


It’s great to be joining you on a regular basis, especially when the subject is gardening! I’ll be giving you some hints and tips for what to be doing in your own gardens, letting you know what I’m up to in mine, and in the process hopefully inspiring you to get out in to the garden more, enjoy everything it has to off er, and achieve some pretty impressive results yourself.

Welcome to May, one of the fastest moving months in the gardening year. May is the month when plants just keep on and on growing and developing. New transplants, recently allowed to enjoy the ‘great outdoors’ after an early start in a greenhouse, wait a week or two and then POW! they’re off , and showing you their potential. Old established garden friends, their roots well down in the soil, put on new leaves, stem growth, fl ower buds maybe even fl owers and enjoy the fact that whilst the weather has warmed up, they’ve not yet been hit by growth-restricting drier conditions of summer. It’s a month when it is hard not to feel a regular desire to grab a trowel (or perhaps a fork, spade or cultivator) and get out there and enjoy yourself while at the same time giving the

garden and its plants the TLC that’s deserved. What better way to spend an hour or two….or perhaps even a day or two?

With the massive surge in interest in growing your own vegetables, vegetable plants and seeds are available just about everywhere, so there are no excuses for not giving it a go. Even if time is short or space at a premium, it really is worth growing a few crops – the feeling of self-satisfaction when you make that fi rst harvest is just SO good....not to mention the taste of the crops themselves. At this time of year you can sow seeds of many vegetables direct into the soil or large pots of multi-purpose compost. Try your hand at climbing French beans, dwarf French beans, runner beans, carrots, salad leaves, spinach or peas. I also adore home grown sweetcorn; this too can be sown direct now, but make sure you sow the seed in a square e.g. four rows of four seeds, formed in to a square (it is a wind pollinated crop and this is the way to get good, well-fi lled cobs). It is a bit late to raise your own courgettes, squash, tomatoes or peppers from seed, but there should be plenty of young plants available in local nurseries or garden centres – just make sure you buy a variety of tomato or pepper suitable for growing outdoors if you don’t have a greenhouse (the label should make this clear).

It is worth spending a few minutes to check fl ower beds and borders, however small or large, as at this time of year they are a hive of activity. I just have masses of twiggy pea-sticks (well branched prunings will do) and have driven them in around the edges of several herbaceous perennials. So many of these lovely plants are inclined to fl op disastrously later in the year, but supported subtly now, they’ll remain upright. As I do this I always spot a few other things that need seeing to as well. All the lovely lush growth means that (in my garden at least) slugs and snails are having a fantastic time devastating the

tender new leaves. When I put new plants in the ground I scatter oyster shell around the soil beneath the plants. It is readily available from local suppliers of chicken feed, and is by far the best barrier to slugs and snails that I know....and bought in this way, it does not cost a fortune either. Early aphid (greenfl y and blackfl y) infestations are also likely to be building up now, and dealt with promptly they are unlikely to cause too much damage – a gentle but fi rm squash between fi nger and thumb works a treat, or for those less partial to direct action like this, spray with a fatty-acid or soap-based spray late in the day when bees are no longer about.

With most of the gardening year ahead feeding makes sense too. So whether you have a well-stocked compost heap, or prefer to use fertilisers from the garden centre, apply them now so that your fl owers, fruits and veg have a chance to make best use of them.

Pippa’s Golden Rules...Make sure that seedlings and young plants get 1 enough natural light.Gradually harden off young plants before 2 planting them out.In warmer areas, start to plant out more tender 3 crops, but protect with cloches at fi rst.

Tomatoes in 4 containers need regular feeding with a liquid tomato food.Treat yourself to some summer bedding for a 5 really lively terrace-container, but check the forecast carefully before planting them out.

Pippa Greenwood is a gardening writer and journalist and regular panellist on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Gardeners’ Question Time’. Visit www.pippagreenwood.com and sign up as a ‘Friend of Pippa’ to receive a free e-book and regular updates and bulletins. Up until early June you can also order ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ – garden ready veg plants plus weekly advice emails from Pippa.

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Life With Liz...Runcorn Local’s student columnistLiz is a Year-9 pupil atThe Heath School, Runcorn.This month she discussesProms, School Holidays and The Fair coming to town...

Well, saying that this month has been hectic would be an understatement! I’ve been to concerts, for meals out and had my hair re-done; it’s been hectic and I’ve only just had time to write this article!

I went and saw The Wanted live at the Apollo on the 29th March with my gorgeous cousin Chloe; as it was the fi rst concert I’ve been to I was a little nervous. They were amazing! And I managed to reach out and touch Siva’s – one of the singers’ – face! It was a great evening, and I enjoyed myself very much.

For mothers’ day, I went out for a meal with my aunt, uncle and two cousins. We went to a Chinese restaurant. The layout was lovely; and I was full before we got to the third course!

And now, I’m no longer blonde! I’ve had my hair dyed dark brown with purple highlights; they were originally meant to be red but went purple. I love it though!

Now, onto the more pressing topics. What did I have planned to write? Oh, I don’t know! See, when I write I tend to blabber on... much like I am now. I did have something to write about... aha, the Year Eleven Prom!

Now, I have quite a few Year Eleven friends and they all seem hyped up for their prom. So far, I’ve heard hummers, pink limos, fi retrucks and many other crazy ways of arriving in style! I love the prom dresses that shops display in their windows, they’re so beautiful and elegant. I know that prom could also be considered to be the last step of childhood before we are thrust into the real world, the adult world. This can often be intimidating; my good friend Ben seems to be somewhat dreading the pressure and the thought of being expected to do so much at such a young age. This realisation may not hit the students for two, maybe three days, but soon enough they would realise that it was time to fi nish maturing and be thrust into adulthood as the last part of growing up. So, while we are

still young, bring on the mascara and eyeshadow, I say!

Another topic I thought would be amusing to discuss was the lack of school days in April. 6 days, roughly, was the amount we were in school. It’s not even a break for some; the Year Elevens are constantly revising and stressing out over exams and mocks that they are studying for. So, it’s not a break - some still have to go in through the holidays! I think that the spring break is a great chance to catch up with my southern friends, even if it’s only over Skype.

The fair is also down! My Facebook news feed is fi lled with statuses every evening about the fair. It seems to be a laugh; not my taste, personally, but as long as my friends are having fun I think that the fair is a good idea!

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Adventurous Pub Walks in Cheshire by David DunfordSpring is in the air, and what better way to brush off the cobwebs than take a walk through the leafy lanes of Cheshire? And after the walk, whether long or short, there is always a need for refreshment. This book, priced at £8.99 is the perfect companion for anyone wanting to get out and about in their local landscape. Off ering twenty circular walks covering areas from the Dee estuary, Helsby and Frodsham Hills right through to Congleton, Mow Cop and Lyme Park, the beauty of the county can be admired in sandstone bridges, cottages and tranquil canals. Which ever pub you choose to relax in, the day is sure to put a spring in your step.

Fancy a Pint?by Ian BaileyFor those preferring a stroll from the comfort of their armchair, two books off er an historic pub crawl that is bound to bring memories fl ooding back. Fancy a Pint? by Ian Bailey, price £8.95, details the pubs of Widnes over the last 250 years. Long gone are the Griffi n Beer House and the Beehive Inn, but one or two, like the Church View Inn have so far weathered the storm....

Liverpool Characters & Streetsby Colin WilkinsonLiverpool Characters and Streets: The Photographs of C.F. Inston, by Colin Wilkinson, price £9.99, reveals the abject poverty of Victorian Liverpool through the people who lived and worked on the city streets. Charles Frederick Inston was born in Birmingham in 1855 but by the age of 24 was living in Liverpool working as a printer. Turning to photography he has left us a treasury of iconic pictures of the way life used to be for millions. From George’s Dock with the newly built Overhead Railway to street ‘arabs’ at Steble Fountain and traders at the back of St John’s Market all life is there and if you could play a penny whistle or try your hand as a pavement artist you could maybe scrape a living. Times wuz ‘ard indeed!

“Last Orders!” Runcorn Pubsby Alex Cowan...Not so the pubs described in Last Orders! Runcorn Pubs Volume 1 by Alex Cowan, price £5.99. Sadly the establishments in this very informative book have all been consigned to history. With the town situated fi rst on the River Mersey and later on the Manchester Ship Canal it is not surprising that many of the names had a nautical fl avour. The Sloop Inn, The Ship, The Mariners Arms, the Navigation and the Lord Nelson sat comfortably alongside the Duke of Wellington and the Cholmondeley Arms. If Granddad was a publican his name is sure to be listed for posterity!

A History of Prescot Union Workhouse by Pauline HurstFor some in Victorian times hardship meant going into the Workhouse, though this was the last place poor people wanted to enter. This book, priced £9.99 gives a valuable insight into the conditions within such establishments. Families were split and the sexes segregated. Parents rarely saw their children, some of whom were encouraged to emigrate. Those able to work were set to cooking, cleaning and laundry work while others were loaned out to local farms. In addition, some were employed mending shoes, making clothes and shown the rudiments of nursing, learning skills as they worked for their keep. Produced by the St Helens Townships Family History Society the book is a welcome addition for those wishing to understand just how our forebears kept the wolf from the door.


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The sentence ‘How Spinal Tap is this?’ would be printed on page one of The International Touring Rock Band Phrasebook, if such a thing were ever written. Finding oneself hopelessly caught up in the midst of a Spinal Tap Moment (let’s coin the abbreviation ‘STM’ for convenience) is pretty much an occupational hazard for our species. Basically, if it causes acute embarrassment, exposes the fundamental absurdity of trying to act like a rockstar - or otherwise just makes you look like a twit - it’s an STM.

One of my favourite Lightyears STMs occurred shortly before a gig we played at Wembley Stadium in Spring 2010. I had been asked by the production team what size stage we required and had responded with a lovingly-constructed diagram featuring meticulous footnotes and little pictures of all the band

members. When we arrived on the pitch for our soundcheck, however, we were directed towards a tiny white podium roughly the size and shape of an upturned bath-tub. Turns out that the headline act, Right Said Fred (I know, you couldn’t make it up), had demanded a stage of those precise dimensions and there was basically nothing we could do about it. Never mind that there’s only two of them (and four of us) and they were using just one guitar (whilst we had a drum-kit and a piano, amongst other things). It is at times like these that the exclamation ‘Don’t you know who I am?!’ rises like a terrible bile in your throat. And when that happens, you know you’re having an STM.

Last year, whilst on tour in South Africa, we turned up in Cape Town and checked into the city’s fi nest hotel, The Table Bay. As we were waiting for our rooms to be prepared it was brought to our attention that, following our debut visit to the city the year before, the Table Bay had erected a ‘Lightyears stayed here’ plaque in our honour and positioned it on the Golden Seal statue in the hotel grounds. My oh my, did we milk that baby dry. We sauntered around the city with massive, smug grins all over our newly-tanned faces, telling anybody who would listen

that our name was emblazoned across Cape Town’s famous Golden Seal just a few small inches away from such luminaries as Michael Jackson, Barack Obama and the England football team. But hubris is a cruel mistress and, of course, we turned up the following year to discover that we now ‘weren’t famous enough’ to stay at the Table Bay and, whilst our name remained on the statue, the hotel manager had been ‘unable to accommodate us at the current time’. What a kick in the teeth! Don’t they know who I am?!

So please, if you ever see a lone musician in your local pub nursing a pint and looking sorry for himself, give him a biscuit and tell him he has nice hair. He’s probably just exhausted from years of trying to maintain the charade that he is a maverick trendsetter who lives every single day on the edge of existence.

And take it from me, that’s extremely hard work indeed.

Chris plays piano in South London power-pop band The Lightyears. The Lightyears, voted the UK’s BEST POP/ROCK ACT at the Indy Awards, have played Wembley Stadium, toured across four continents, worked with Sting’s producer and starred in a T-Mobile advert. Chris is currently working on his � rst novel, “Mockstars”. Read more of Chris’ blogs and tour diaries at: www.TheLightyears.com.

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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]

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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

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0151 510 6000

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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AGP 19Applegate & Co 37NFU Mutual 31Sauren Ghosh 21ComputingEverMedia 29Cooker RepairsQS Cooker Repairs 39Domestic ServicesExecutive Group Holdings 12JB Alterations 13Driving InstructorsSharon SOM 39EducationPriestley College 48ElectricalQuality Services 13SWP Electrics 10Woodhouse Plumbing 21,28FlooringCheshire Flooring 24Clarion Floors & Blinds 35GardensHillside Gardening 15Lawnsavers 3Premier Lawncare 42

Health & BeautyElliot's Barber Shop 11Main Street Dental 32P&A Morgan Opticians 1The Denture Centre 17Windmill Hill Medical Centre 22Home FurnishingsArmchair Reupholstery 12BW Furniture 33Clarion Floors & Blinds 35Panda Blinds 36Home ImprovementsClassic Home Improvements 32John Bunting P&D 29KB Joinery & Locksmith 10Ken Leach Joinery 12Kirbys Roofing 35Lock-It Security 37North West Skips 15Plans Drawn 10SDS Roofing 11Sparta Skip Hire 10Stuart Phelan (Decorator) 17TWS Improve 29Kitchens & BathroomsClassic Home Improvements 31Flag Ship Kitchens 9JDC Ceramics 47

NYK 41LeisureAIM Higher Dance 28Forest Hills Hotel 33Tae Kwon-Do 23Nordic Walking 14Runcorn Angling Centre 39Runcorn Golf Club 27Warrington Car Boot 13PetsBest Friends Dog Grooming 28Bow Wow Dog Grooming 46PlumbingGas Store 18GasMarc 23Heatcare Group 16JS Domestic 10Quality Services 13Ringway Plumbing Supplies 5RS Heating & Plumbing 46Woodhouse Plumbing 21, 37ShopsAaron Jewellers 17Acer Florist Cheshire 2Curiosity Bookshop 34Neil & Barker 6Widnes Model Centre 19

I’ve been advertising in the Widnes magazine for over a year now and have been really

pleased with the business that it’s generated for us... so much so that I now take a full

page ad in both magazines every month. In addition, I get the Widnes mag through my door without fail and use the local businesses

in it whenever I can.

Jeff Chesters - JDC Ceramics

See exactly how your new bathroom will look in 3-D before you make a decision.

Automatic cost breakdown so that you can see exactly where your money is going.

A Widnes-based, family run business, we pride ourselves on our prompt and reliable

service.

We offer a one-stop-shop for your bathroom makeover. We will remove your existing suite, tiles and fl oor covering and make goodany

surfaces before re-tiling.We promise to leave your home clean and tidy

so that you can enjoy your new bathroom!

Comeandseeournewshowroomtoviewawiderangeof

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BathroomProductsandtilesondisplay.

aps,Sinks,WCs,Showers&Enclosures,

DigitalShowers,ShowerPanels,

Baths,Fittedunits,LEDMirrors,Lighting&UnderoorHeating

•Tools•Adhesives&Grouts

•Tiletrims•Accessories

See exactly how your new bathroom will look in 3-D before you make a decision.

Automatic cost breakdown so that you can see exactly where your money is going.

A Widnes-based, family run business, we pride ourselves on our prompt and reliable

service.

We offer a one-stop-shop for your bathroom makeover. We will remove your existing suite, tiles and fl oor covering and make goodany

surfaces before re-tiling.We promise to leave your home clean and tidy

so that you can enjoy your new bathroom!

Comeandseeournewshowroomtoviewawiderangeof

T

BathroomProductsandtilesondisplay.

aps,Sinks,WCs,Showers&Enclosures,

DigitalShowers,ShowerPanels,

Baths,Fittedunits,LEDMirrors,Lighting&UnderoorHeating

•Tools•Adhesives&Grouts

•Tiletrims•Accessories

C4 Moor Lane Business Centre, Widnes • Opposite NHS Resource Drop In Centre

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