tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743 2009-07-02T12:43:27Z Movable Type Enterprise 4.21-en tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.153623 2009-07-02T12:32:50Z 2009-07-02T12:43:27Z

Cheshire and North Wales IVC is a friendly social club for professionals and graduates in the age range 21 to 40. It is informal and low cost and is simply a group of like minded people who want to have...

Trinity Mirror Cheshire Cheshire and North Wales IVC is a friendly social club for professionals and graduates in the age range 21 to 40. It is informal and low cost and is simply a group of like minded people who want to have the opportunity of meeting others and partaking in similar activities. All our events are organised by our members who contribute to a monthly programme which is sent out to everyone. We organise a wide variety of both social and sporting activities in and around Chester. These range from theatre trips to dining out and from easy Sunday afternoon walks to weekends away e.g. Youth Hostelling. We regularly meet on Wednesday evenings, often at the Custom House pub in Watergate Street, Chester from around 9pm. Our web site gives an idea of who we are and what we do and gives details of typical events. If you would like to contact us for more information, visit it to find our contact details. Contact: Membership Secretary Tel: 07843 766434 WEBSITE: www.cnw-ivc.org.uk tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.145685 2009-06-09T08:34:07Z 2009-06-09T08:36:08Z

Combat Stress would like to thank everyone who attended their first ever meeting at the Brighton Belle Pub on 3rd June. Plans for the for the family fun day and official launch are now in full swing. We are now...

Trinity Mirror Cheshire Combat Stress would like to thank everyone who attended their first ever meeting at the Brighton Belle Pub on 3rd June. Plans for the for the family fun day and official launch are now in full swing. We are now looking for live bands who would like to perform at this event and to showcase their work to the general public as well as supporting a much deserving Charity. Any bands wishing to take part should contact Debbie clewes on 07902778530, or e-mail CombatStressCheshire@live.co.uk tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.143530 2009-06-02T08:00:03Z 2009-06-02T08:09:42Z

Combat Stress Cheshire, based in Winsford, is the regional branch to the National UK charity Combat Stress. It is the only UK charity that deals specifically with mental illnesses that are a direct result of active service of ex service...

Trinity Mirror Cheshire Combat Stress Cheshire, based in Winsford, is the regional branch to the National UK charity Combat Stress. It is the only UK charity that deals specifically with mental illnesses that are a direct result of active service of ex service personnel. To date, since its establishment in 1919, the Charity has assisted some 100,000 veterans. This year the charity celebrates its 90th birthday. Contact: Debbie Clewes (Ambassador) Address: 302 Station Road, Winsford Cheshire CW7 3DG Tel: 01606 591016/07902778530 Email: cs_cheshire@btinternet.com Website: www.combatstress.org.uk tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.135138 2009-05-08T11:01:33Z 2009-05-08T11:30:38Z

Mid Cheshire Scouts have 13 groups in the area for boys and girls aged 6 upwards. Get in touch now as places available in all sections. Contact: Alan Buckley, 30 Beeston Drive, Winsford, Cheshire CW7 1ER Tel: 01606 551700 Email:...

Trinity Mirror Cheshire Mid Cheshire Scouts have 13 groups in the area for boys and girls aged 6 upwards. Get in touch now as places available in all sections. Contact: Alan Buckley, 30 Beeston Drive, Winsford, Cheshire CW7 1ER Tel: 01606 551700 Email: alanmidcheshirescouts@hotmail.com tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.134117 2009-05-01T07:36:29Z 2009-05-01T07:44:23Z

Rockhopper Productions is looking for a bright talented young actress to take the part of Dinah in "HIGH SOCIETY" to be staged at the Crewe Lyceum Theatre from the 20th October to the 24th October 2009. Dinah is 13 years...

Trinity Mirror Cheshire Rockhopper Productions is looking for a bright talented young actress to take the part of Dinah in "HIGH SOCIETY" to be staged at the Crewe Lyceum Theatre from the 20th October to the 24th October 2009. Dinah is 13 years of age but older auditionees are encouraged to attend. The successful candidate must be a strong actress/singer with a little dancing ability. This is a main role in a production involving a professional creative team and a highly experienced cast. We are also looking for male and female performers to be part of the company. www.rockhopperproductions.co.uk or call 07956 538306 for an application form. ]]> tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.134043 2009-04-30T11:14:30Z 2009-04-30T11:18:20Z

In the seventies I worked at a well-known men's wear shop in the Old Town. A friend I worked with was always playing jokes on customers when the boss wasn't around. We once got caught playing an improvised game...

Kingsley Road Kid In the seventies I worked at a well-known men's wear shop in the Old Town. A friend I worked with was always playing jokes on customers when the boss wasn't around. We once got caught playing an improvised game of cricket with a ball of paper covered in cello tape. The game ended abruptly with me scoring a six, by the hitting the paper ball passed the boss's right ear as he arrived back from lunch. One of the favorite tricks was to take the wig off one of the window dummies and wear it, sometimes standing in the window like part of the display, we'd stand still for ages, until someone came to look in the window, then we would suddenly move and frighten the life out of the passer-by. During windy conditions one-day the top of a Bellsh'a beacon fell off its post on the zebra crossing it rolled into our shop doorway. We phoned the local council who came out to put a new one on but they didn't bother to take the old beacon away, we ended up with it in the shop. So we carried it upstairs into the top room, three floors up a narrow staircase with very creaky boards. A few days later a huge crowd was gathered outside the shop all craning their necks upwards to the top window, I wondered what was going on, I looked up and in the window was the old Bellsh'a beacon top staring out of window with a big red face in red marker pen drawn on it, smiling away happily. The crowd was in uproar at my friend's latest joke and they fell about laughing at our schoolboy prank. The boss told us off when he found out later and we had to take it down. tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.133657 2009-04-28T08:25:58Z 2009-04-28T08:30:04Z

Adrenaline is being performed by Jill Clewes Performing Arts School at the Regent Theatre (Wednesday 29 April - Saturday 2 May) She is bringing some of theatre's finest performers to work with some of the most talented young performers in...

Trinity Mirror Cheshire Adrenaline is being performed by Jill Clewes Performing Arts School at the Regent Theatre (Wednesday 29 April - Saturday 2 May) She is bringing some of theatre's finest performers to work with some of the most talented young performers in the area. This is an all round musical theatre experience - you are guaranteed to find something to give you the 'rush' you are looking for! Fast paced - high action. Michaleen Hilton - who is working on the show says 'It is a great opportunity for local youngsters to work with some of Broadway and West end's finest performers. They have assisted with over 400 young people appearing on stage at The Regent next week. Also some will also be performing alongside the kids which will be great. Having seen most of the rehearsals, its amazing to see how young people progress and I would recommend any parent who's son or daughter want to perform to come along and see what this school has to offer a child of any age, who really wants to go into theatre. I would call it a 'one stop shop' for performing arts. ' There is a mix of song and dance and Adrenaline features show stopping numbers from numerous West End shows. Also Jill Clewes has formed an Academy for Theatre Arts (patron is Sherrie Hewson from Loose Women - who is an active tutor at the School) and tutoring is given by a number of West End / Broadway performers including Jill Clewes and her daughter Janine Clewes and Ryan Waters. Tickets available from Tel. 01782 631895. Sherrie Hewson Course Patron/Acting and Course Content - very pro active patron and she personally takes acting classes and voice for the students. Show business runs in Sherrie's blood. Her Father sings with big bands. Sherrie is a regular presenter on 'Loose Women' and gives the school advice on all aspects of the entertainment industry. Don Gallagher (Acting and Voice) - excellent teacher who has the utmost respect for his students. He has a wealth of theatrical experience his recent film credits include 'The Bank Job' while in theatre he has appeared in London in 'The Producers', 'Piaf', 'Henry the IV part one and two', 'Martin Guerre' and in Les Miserables where he played the part of Javert. Don is often seen on TV Inspector Linley and A and E - Where the Heart is - Bad Girls and Casualty. Arthur Bostrum (Acting and Voice) - British actor and writer and is best known for his role as Crabtree, the vowel mangling gendarme in the hit BBC series Allo Allo. Aside from his TV and theatrical work, he has also been Director of a Theatre Production Company touring the UK. He has an interest in performing arts and is a member of the teaching team. Heather Douglas (Musical Theatre Jazz and Tap) - A native of Los Angeles, Heather's credits include The Producers at Theatre Royal Drury Lane and starred in the original West End production of Chicago and Cats. She has also starred on Broadways playing leading roles in Will Rogers Follies and Crazy for You... and has too many credits to list. Steve Pritchett (Singing and Musical Theatre) - Worked extensively in musical theatre as vocal coach, musical director, vocal arranger and musical theatre historian to many of the finest theatrical institutions. He also plays regularly for John Barrowman. Bryn Walters (Musical Theatre and Dance) - He has several west end credits including Cats, Fame, Copacabana, Hey Mr Producer and Lloyd Webber 50th Birthday Gala. He has appeared and assisted on many TV productions. More recently Bryn has been involved in stadium theatre and had the privilege of working on the Olympic Games in Athens and the Winter Olympics and was associate choreographer for the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the Commonwealth Games in Manchester. He was the Director of the Athletes Parade for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006. Steve Nawoor (Pilates, Anatomy and Physiotherapist) currently working on the Great Britain Medical Team preparing athletes for London Olympics in 2012. He also has a wealth of experience in Strength and Conditioning from his 5 years in Armed Forces and 10 years as a Remedial Thearapist and PE Instructor for HM Prison Service. David Watkin Holmes (Course Director and Voice) - Classical tenor vocalist and lecturer in Performer Arts and Vocal Consultant. Former member of the National Youth Choir of Great Britian and previous winner of the Mario Lanza Award. Performs throughout the UK and over seas. Steven C Harper (Singing) - taught for over 23 years and worked for various educational establishments and has given a great deal of solo performances and opera galas. tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.133539 2009-04-27T11:04:10Z 2009-04-27T11:11:53Z

When my little brother was about four and a half years old. He was so amusing to me, his older brother. The way he held on to his tea bottle and guarded it like his most precious possession, having...

Kingsley Road Kid When my little brother was about four and a half years old. He was so amusing to me, his older brother. The way he held on to his tea bottle and guarded it like his most precious possession, having only recently lost his dummy eighteen months before. We were very poor and Ray's bottle had to be improvised, the teat was made from a finger from a rubber glove, and the bottle was an old medicine bottle washed out, he carried it everywhere with him. Although we tried to hide it from him to wean him off it, he always had the knack of finding it again. He would hide it himself if any of our neighbours came to visit. Ray didn't watch much television, but when the new commercial channel came out and began showing adverts, Ray would be attracted by the music from the adverts, so would come out from hiding for the adverts break, then go back behind the chair, that's after kicking me in the shins for laughing at him. As he grew older, he began to collect car numbers, but soon got bored standing there for hours, because cars were few then. His next project was to write down the adverts that came on the television but you had to be quick because they were only short. Soon this got a bit repetitive for my brother, as the same adverts came on over and over, in the early days adverts were rare and only a few companies could afford to put them on the television. The time came for the school photo; my brother wore one of my dad's shirts to school, along with a red bow tie on elastic, which I delighted in twanging at every opportunity. In later years my little brother did get his revenge however by drawing a mustache complete with beard and glasses on my prize possession a Kate Bush poster, little did he know I had already drawn a ginger beard on his Abba poster the blond girl in the band seem to suit it somehow. tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.129875 2009-04-15T07:58:01Z 2009-04-15T08:02:38Z

We are a voluntary organisation who, as a committee, are custodians of a playing field that was left to the people of Ettiley Heath some years ago in trust. We are endeavouring to build on the success of several previous...

Trinity Mirror Cheshire We are a voluntary organisation who, as a committee, are custodians of a playing field that was left to the people of Ettiley Heath some years ago in trust. We are endeavouring to build on the success of several previous committees to ensure that the field is a safe environment that is utilised for recreation, leisure and sport. During the past year the committee, in liaison with Cheshire Highways and through the generosity of local residents have accomplished quite a lot. The lane that runs parallel to the field, Sandy lane, is now a safe traffic free walk/cycle way and we have created a new entrance and a turning area for vehicles. We are now turning our attention to the facilities that will be available on the field which range from sporting activities to creating new footpaths and a safe secure play area for little people and their mums and dads. We are in the process of applyng for grants and hope that these will be looked upon favourably but we also hope to attract the support of local residents and businesses towards achieving our goals of ensuring that the residents of Ettiley Heath have a safe and functioning play area for many generations to come. Any thoughts and contributions would be greatfully received. thank you. Contact: John Davies, 108, Elton Road, Ettiley Heath, Sandbach, Cheshire CW11 3NF Tel: 01270529062 tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.129501 2009-04-10T11:11:47Z 2009-04-10T11:18:16Z

'Gone But Not forgotten, Memories of Canal Street' By Chris Darlington The book tells the history of Runcorn F.C. and Canal Street from 1918 to 2001. There are many rare photographs in the book and some humorous stories looking through...

Kingsley Road Kid 'Gone But Not forgotten, Memories of Canal Street' By Chris Darlington The book tells the history of Runcorn F.C. and Canal Street from 1918 to 2001. There are many rare photographs in the book and some humorous stories looking through eyes and the memories of fans, ex players and managers. The author has tried to bring to life the wonderful atmosphere and character of Canal Street. This is the first book written about Runcorn F.C. and Canal Street. This life long Runcornian covers lots of stories that have now become folklore. This book has been a real labour of love and is a very enjoyable read. The book can be sourced from the Curiosity Book Shop, High Street, Runcorn. Or from the Runcorn Linnets Fc Website tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.128416 2009-04-02T07:20:28Z 2009-04-02T07:48:53Z

We are an Entertainment Agency based in Crewe who cover the UK in all aspects of providing any form of entertainment for all manner of events. We are looking at running entertainment nights in the local area to help promote...

Trinity Mirror Cheshire We are an Entertainment Agency based in Crewe who cover the UK in all aspects of providing any form of entertainment for all manner of events. We are looking at running entertainment nights in the local area to help promote new bands from both outside the local area and within it. We are also looking at developing schemes for young local bands to take their first steps into entering the entertainment industry and perhaps being able to make a living from it. Contact: Matt Warren Address: 9 Queens Park Drive, Crewe, Cheshire CW2 7SA Tel: 0845 643 9384 Fax: 01270 569 906 Website: http://www.warble-entertainment.com tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.126911 2009-03-23T08:59:02Z 2009-03-23T09:02:17Z

Westminster Park Junior FC is a local junior football club for children aged 6 to 14 years. Contact: Tracy Sheedy Tel: 01244 680544 Website: www.westminsterparkfc.co.uk...

Trinity Mirror Cheshire Westminster Park Junior FC is a local junior football club for children aged 6 to 14 years. Contact: Tracy Sheedy Tel: 01244 680544 Website: www.westminsterparkfc.co.uk tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.126306 2009-03-17T13:34:38Z 2009-03-17T13:39:33Z

UP AND COMING young tennis stars from Ellesmere Port are celebrating after clinching the winners' cup at the Cheshire Lawn Tennis Association Red League's Under-8s competition. For the second year running Ellesmere Port City Tennis Club's under 8s team made...

Trinity Mirror Cheshire For the second year running Ellesmere Port City Tennis Club's under 8s team made it through to the county's Red League finals, where this year they beat Stockton Heath, Hoylake, Brabyns and Nantwich to bring home the cup. Carol Clarke, of Ellesmere Port Tennis Club, which is based at West Cheshire College, said: "There is some great young talent in the Club at the moment and we are delighted to see them doing so well." ]]> Ellesmere Port City Tennis Club is rapidly turning into a force to be reckoned with in the region with the Under 10s A team winning Wirral Summer League. The Under 10s B team, Under 12s A team, Under 14 team and Under 18 team have all been promoted to their respective Division 1s for the 2009 season. tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.125485 2009-03-13T08:07:15Z 2009-03-16T10:24:15Z

Sandbach Sharks ASC have appointed Carolyn Cowburn as their new head coach. Carolyn joins the Sharks from Winsford ASC and brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm "My appointment takes us forward into a bright future" said Carolyn after being...

Trinity Mirror Cheshire "My appointment takes us forward into a bright future" said Carolyn after being presented with the recently acquired swim 21 accreditation. "The club has an enthusiastic committee- a pool full of excited youngsters, and team of teachers and coaches already to move forward. I have already been approached by Parents offering support and Help. With all this in mind I am really looking forward to working with the Sharks and making the club the best that we can be." The Swim21 certificate was presented by Nik Turnbull, the regional Development Officer of Swim Northwest, who highly praised the Shark's achievement, which was due mainly to the efforts of Chairman Mark Davies, and former Chairman Ian Hesketh. Sharks have worked steadily towards the attainment of a series of goals all of which are seen as essential if the right level of support is to be provided at each stage of an athlete's development: Teaching Skill Development Competitive Development Performance ]]> Swim 21 is the ASA's club development model - a planning tool, enabling clubs to help swimmers, coaches and administrators achieve their full potential. It is focused around the needs of the swimmers - striving to provide them with the best possible environment. It is regarded as the back bone of the ASA's development programme and the more a club puts into the process, the more it will get out of it. The aim of Swim 21 is: "to provide appropriate opportunities for swimmers at each stage of their development, in order that they will achieve their full potential." A Sharks spokesman said "This is a great achievement by the club, the chairman and committee. The appointment of Carolyn is essential to enable us to continue the hard work and to ensure that sharks are re-accredited every year!" For more information, contact: info@sandbachsharks.co.uk or visit our website: www.sandbachsharks.co.uk tag:www.cheshirecommunities.co.uk,2009://743.124525 2009-03-06T08:06:04Z 2009-03-06T08:09:47Z

For the first time in over a decade, members celebrated St David's Day outside the town. This year at the Masonic Hall, Middlewich, even though many members were in France for the rugby international game, there was a good attendance...

Trinity Mirror Cheshire For the first time in over a decade, members celebrated St David's Day outside the town. This year at the Masonic Hall, Middlewich, even though many members were in France for the rugby international game, there was a good attendance for the traditional leek soup and lamb lunch. Before the meal, members stood for two minutes silence to remember the late Eileen Owen, Rudheath who did so much for the Society during the lean years in the 80s. Bilingual grace was said by Joan Lewis of Castle. Chairman Anthony Masson, Knutsford gave the toast to St David and referred to his many achievements. Of Great Britain's national patron saints, David is the only indigenous one. The toast to the Society was given by vice chairman Gwili Lewis who touched on past highlights, and his vision of major future activities. . County roll call according to place of birth was made by treasurer Wynne Jones of Cuddington. The celebration ended with the singing of the Welsh national anthem. The next meeting will be on April 20th at the Castle Methoditst/URC Chapel schoolroom when the evening will be entirely in Welsh