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January 2008 Archives

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Halton Credit Union

Posted by Trinity Mirror Cheshire on January 30, 2008 1:35 PM

Halton Credit Union Ltd is a saving and loan co-operative offering affordable credit for everyone regardless of financial background or income levels. The Credit Union is a profit sharing, democratically run financial co-operative, that offers convenient savings and low interest loans to people living or working in Halton.
Contact: Tracey Done, Halton Credit Union Forum, The Old Police Station, Mersey Road, Runcorn, Cheshire WA7 1DF
Tel: 01928 588520
Fax: 01928 588501

Advocacy Training Events

Posted by Independent Advocacy on January 30, 2008 11:32 AM

Advocacy Training Events

Calling all new and established advocates…

For more information contact the IA office on 01606 42688 by Mon 18th Feb.

Come along to the IA office and learn more about advocacy!


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What's In A Name?

Posted by Kingsley Road Kid on January 29, 2008 1:03 PM


Gone are the good old days when our babies were called after grandparents and names were passed down the family line.
Today they are more likely to be called after famous footballers or pop and soap stars.
I wonder how many boys called Beckham and Elvis are running round Runcorn?
Lately the fad has been leaning towards naming our babies after where they were conceived. This may be why lots of children are called London or Paris.
If we all named our children after where they were conceived imagine what names we would shout getting them in for their tea, “Magaluf, Ibiza your teas ready”

The best example of this was a family we met on holiday a few years ago who’s first baby was called Paris, the second one was called Chelsea and the third one was called Chester.
You could tell how the family fortunes may have changed over the years.
I wonder what the next baby will be called if they have another one?

More recently people seem to have been naming new babies after their favourite drink or car they would most like to drive.
This may be why girls are being called Tequila or Mercedes .
So the next time you hear someone shout Lamborghini or Jaguar don’t worry it could be just someone calling their child in.
By the way I was called after a children’s song ‘There changing the guard at Buckingham palace, Christopher Robin when down with Alice for years I thought Alice was a disease!


How green are our windmill forests?

Posted by Trinity Mirror Cheshire on January 29, 2008 10:46 AM

A new generation of nuclear power stations to satisfy a great chunk of our energy needs for decades to come are to built and funded by the private sector. Meanwhile, the Government is putting up some windmills.

Seems harmless enough, pitiful almost. It has all renewed the wind v nuclear debate.
Good in theory, windmills, though they offend the obsessive compulsive in everyone.
When you see the little plastic jobs on a stick attached to a child’s buggy whizzing round you do see what the greens see: free, clean energy. Lots of it about and always more on the way. Our wind farmers must be working very hard.

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Waving goodbye

Posted by The Drama Queens on January 28, 2008 10:54 AM

Well, Sam and I have read though the whole script adding scene numbers as and when they are required but it still seems a little light on stage directions. Nevertheless we’ve decided it’s time to let someone else see it. We toyed with the idea of getting together with friends, allocating them a part each and reading it over a bottle of wine – or two – but have decided instead to concentrate specifically on Sam’s two friends, the ones who still work in the TV industry that is.
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Change your Bathroom Habits

Posted by on January 25, 2008 4:44 PM

In the UK we use about a third of our household water simply to flush the toilet. With another third used to wash ourselves, whether in baths, showers or sinks, it’s easy to see why we use more water in the bathroom than anywhere else in the house.

So there’s plenty of opportunities to use water more efficiently, whether running the shower a little less, turning off the tap while brushing teeth or even reusing bath water on the garden in the summer.

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Have a Say on Your Health & Social Care!

Posted by Cheshire Community Voice on January 24, 2008 11:00 AM

Cheshire Community Voice are a local Northwich-based charity. We were set up in 2006 to ensure the people of Cheshire had the opportunity to get involved in improving the health and social care services that they receive.

We regularly hold focus groups, workshops, meeting and questionnaires about your local health and social care services. We have direct links to the service providers to ensure your message gets across.

We are always looking for new members. In order for us to best represent the people of Cheshire, it is essential that our membership is as large and diverse as possible.

As a member of CCV you will be kept up to date of the latest consultations and how to get involved. We may invite you to meetings or ask for your views via post, email and our new online forum. You only need contribute when it suits you.

Membership is free and we can tailor the information you receive to your particular areas of interest.

You can now register with us via:

website: www.cheshirecommunityvoice.co.uk

email: register@cheshirecommunityvoice.co.uk

phone: 01606 786374

post: Cheshire Community Voice, Waterside House, Navigation Road, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 1BE

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Chester and North Wales Cactus Society

Posted by Chester and North Wales Cactus Society on January 23, 2008 8:50 PM

The Chester Branch of the British Cactus and Succulent Society. An enthusiastic group interested in cacti and other succulents. Monthly meeting on the first Friday of the month at Ness Botanic Gardens at 7.30pm. Talks/slide shows, refreshments, plant sales. All visitors welcome.

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Contact: Derek Pover
Tel: 0151 336 8426
Email: derek@pover.fslife.co.uk

Chester Cactus Society - 2008 Special Events

Posted by Chester and North Wales Cactus Society on January 23, 2008 4:23 PM

Special Events in 2008

April 5 - North West Cactus Mart at Woolston Leisure Centre Warrington

June 15 - Symposium at Ness Gardens (for details contact D Pover, derek@pover.fslife.co.uk)

July 12-13 - Chester Branch Annual Show at Gordale Nursery

July 23-27 - Society Stand at the RHS Show at Tatton Park

August 16 - National Cactus Society Show at Godmanchester, Huntingdon

Chester Cactus Society - 2008 Monthly Meeting Programme

Posted by Chester and North Wales Cactus Society on January 23, 2008 3:36 PM

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Date Title Speaker

Jan 4 South Africa - A Young

Feb 1 Baja California - H Mays

Mar 7 A-Z of Succulents - P Bint

Apr 4 Travels in Peru (part 1) - M Lowry

May 2 Plant Auction

Jun 6 Succulent Masterclass - G Evison

Jul 4 Cold Tolerant Plants - D Quail

Aug 1 Rushforth's Ramblings 2 - D Rushforth

Sep 5 Texas/New Mexico - M Ashworth

Oct 3 Neoporterias - A Glen

Nov 7 AGM and Plant Auction

Dec 5 Pelargoniums - B Morris

Cheshire Community Voice

Posted by Trinity Mirror Cheshire on January 23, 2008 8:55 AM

Our aim is to encourage the public serivce users and carers to participate in consultations and public engagement exercises on a variety of issues surrounding our Health and Social Care in Cheshire. We wholly believe that the people of Cheshire are the key to deciding what health and social care services are needed and how these should best be delivered. It is therefore essential that the public are given a say, and most importantly, heard, at every stage of the design, commissioning and delivery process. This allows the public bodies delivering our Health and Social Care services to make better-informed decisions and therefore improve the quality and delivery of these services.

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Money going down black hole

Posted by Trinity Mirror Cheshire on January 22, 2008 10:49 AM

When your Government can launch a £25 billion rescue plan for a bank and then nationalise or ‘subsidise’ it for £50 billion give or take and no one seems to bat an eyelid, you know there’s too much money in the country.

The 2012 Olympic Games is going to cost £10 billion, three times more than they reckoned. Yeah, but who cares? A black hole of £1 billion has already opened up, apparently. A billion? Sorry I even mentioned it.

Billions go on Government computer systems that don’t work but, hey, who’s counting? Like a drunken tinker we just roll off a few more tens. Yet at the same time we are cutting back on scientific research. A measly £80 million, but the effects are profound.

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Calling Old Runcornians

Posted by Kingsley Road Kid on January 21, 2008 2:41 PM

Calling all Old Runcornians

I am helping to write and research a book on Education in Runcorn.
So, I am looking for your school memories before the 1960’s, especially those of Holy Trinity School and Shaw Street School.
If you have any stories that you think will be of interest, please contact me via my blog or by telephone on 01928 716361.

Is it all pie in the sky?

Posted by The Drama Queens on January 20, 2008 9:29 PM

Sam and I are worried we’re neglecting the day jobs. She runs her own business and will soon be more involved in her husband’s business too, if he has his way; I’m a freelance journalist and I don’t mind admitting that there hasn’t been as much freelancing recently as there should have been. Sam and I have become a little obsessed with our comedy drama and the idea that is going to be one of six hour long episodes on a prime time TV slot on BBC2 or Channel 4.
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Performers Theatre School

Posted by Trinity Mirror Cheshire on January 16, 2008 9:52 AM

We offer classes in drama, dance, singing and musical theatre for children and young people aged 3-18. We also run holiday schools. There are opportunities to take pare in shows, festivals and examinations. We have pupils from across Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire.
Contact: Mrs Sue Breeze, 24 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BX
Tel: 0151 708 4000

Health check's dark side

Posted by Trinity Mirror Cheshire on January 15, 2008 9:45 AM

FROM a stationary position, I moved smoothly from the surgery waiting room, negotiated the obstacle of his door without losing momentum as if I had got anti-lock brakes and halted before his desk.

“I have come for my MOT health check,” I announced. “Parp, parp.”

He said I had been the fifth person to say that to him today and he asked me if I smoked. I said no thanks, but he could go ahead and he said he’d not heard that one before and rolled his eyes.

For £2,000 a week, you should get a better class for sarcasm from doctors.
But Gordon Brown’s free MOT health check sounded just the ticket so I persevered.
“Any complaints?” he asked.
“Big end,” I answered, keeping the gag running.
“The check-up is for serious illnesses, not piles.”
“Actually, it’s not piles, it’s the itches. You know the type you get in Woolworths or church or somewhere and it’s excruciating, but you…”
“I don’t want to know. This is all about heart disease, strokes, diabetes and kidney disease. We are trying to cut the hospital admissions and save the NHS millions.”
“So you want me to pull up my trousers?”

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History Repeats Itself?

Posted by Kingsley Road Kid on January 14, 2008 1:04 PM


While trying to buy a hot water bottle for a very cold new bedroom, I suddenly realised that Great Britain was starting to look like an old episode of the Glums on black and white T. V.

Walking past row after row of silver whistling kettles, fire lighters and red carbolic soap I came a cross a stack of clothes horses something I hadn’t seen since the sixties.
These are fast replacing expensive to run tumble dryers.


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CREWE & DISTRICT PROBUS AGM

Posted by Crewe & District Probus on January 12, 2008 4:35 PM

Crewe & District PROBUS held their 36th AGM at the Oakley Centre, Crewe on Tuesday 9th January 2008.

Dr Bryan Roe was elected President for 2008 & 2009, he was handed his chain of Office by retiring President Bob Brien.
Vice President for 2008 & 2009 will be Peter Norbury.

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