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November 2008
COMMUNITY
Happy birthday to us!
COMMUNITY
5 It’s celebration time for Keep it
Local magazine. We have just
notched up our first year in The Community Magazine
business.
WHAT’S ON
As the only community For advertising or editorial inquiries
please call Lynne on
magazine in the town, our aim
WHAT’S ON
has been to give all the info you
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Community News
In association with Shell UK, Stanlow
grounds that really needed a face-lift and we couldn’t have done it without them.”
SHELL staff council members are pictured working hard at Trafford Hall.
They are, from left, Mike Jarvis; Diauddin Nammari; Cara Tredget; Holger
Paesler; Esther Hulme and Sue Harper.
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Stanlow provides jobs for around 800 Shell people and a large number of contractors
on site on a regular basis. Their salaries provide a boost for the local economies of
the north west and help create further employment.
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Light up a life
to remember
someone special
CHRISTMAS can be a joyous time for
most of us – but if someone special is no
longer with us it can be difficult.
This is one of the reasons why the
Hospice of the Good Shepherd team
are giving people the opportunity to
remember someone special in a positive
way by lighting up a life in their memory. the highly specialised care provided
Light up a Life is your chance to to patients at the Hospice of the Good
dedicate a light on one of the special Shepherd.”
trees as a memorial to a loved one, Among those with a special reason to
friend, neighbour or colleague. light up a life is Angela Upton (pictured),
It is also a way of keeping their memory whose husband Dave lost his battle with
alive, even if they weren’t treated at the cancer last year.
Backford hospice. Dave, who was 56, spent his final
Amanda Le Bretton, fundraising and days at the hospice after his condition
marketing manager, said: “This has deteriorated.
become a very special part of Christmas Angela said: “As soon as Dave arrived
for local people when they have the at Backford he could not believe how
opportunity to remember their loved calming the place was and how the staff
ones with hope whilst helping to support were so friendly and dedicated.
“Dave loved the fact that we were able
to sit in the beautiful courtyard together
with our boys.
“Light up a Life not only gives me the
opportunity to remember Dave in a
positive way, which is what he would
have wanted, but helps me to focus on
the happy times we shared.”
The hospice will be holding a special
remembrance service on Sunday 7th
December, between 4pm and 6pm.
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Have a delicious dinner and pudding ready to heat up, one day
or seven days a week. We are totally flexible to your needs.
Just ring Deb who will be glad to discuss your requirements.
Sample menu
Dinners £3.50 Dinner & Pudding 4.50
(discounts available for weekly bookings)
Monday: Gammon, Mash, veg, apple pie and custard
Tuesday: Sausage mash, peas and gravy, coconut sponge and custard
Wednesday: Cottage Pie, 3 veg, Rice Pudding
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Friday: Mince, Mash, peas, swiss roll & custard
Saturday: Liver & Onion, mash & gravy, bakewell tart and custard
Sunday: Roast dinner and pudding
If none of the above suit your taste
we have 3 alternatives for any day
Salads, jacket potatoes or breakfasts
Delivered between 1pm & 3pm daily to your door
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Cats in care
Maurice and Barnie, not related but playmates much more timid but they rely on each other,
at the rescue, between so need to be rehomed together. Quiet home
6 and 7 months old, without children sought.
neutered, vaccinated and
microchipped, need a Smudge, ten years young, is
quiet home without young looking for a retirement home to
children. live out her twilight years. She
is very affectionate and would
Bramble, timid and traumatised be best suited as an only pet to
after her owner was evicted from a retired person or couple. She
his home, needs a very quiet is neutered, vaccinated and
patient home. She is a tabby girl, microchipped.
2-3 years old, vaccinated, chipped
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and neutered. Pixie is on the waiting list. She lost her left
back leg as a kitten but it does not curb her
Ripley and Jonesey, black and white brother sense of adventure. She
and sister, approximately 18 months old, have is used to older children
been in rescue for over a year. Again, they are and very affectionate.
14 initially timid with strangers, but in particular She is a tabby girl and
Ripley is extremely affectionate. Her brother is has been neutered.
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Entertainment guide
Essential what’s on info for the next month
Amsterdam
hit the road
PORT band Amsterdam and polish up your voices: TV3 in Ireland.
have announced their first this is the big one! This is Laura’s first
headlining tour for over Mindful of present synchronisation deal, and
two years. economic conditions the hopefully will the the
The boys and girls are tickets for this event are first of many!
celebrating their best year being capped at the price
yet, one which has seen of just £10!
them duet for EMI with The gang would really
Elvis Costello, release the love you to vote for
new, brilliantly-received Amsterdam in the
album Arm in arm and play big ‘Best Merseyside
the show of all shows at albums of all time poll’
Glastonbury. currently running on
The tour will be promoted liverpool.com.
by CMP, the people As well as supporting
responsible for the Amsterdam, Laura
Summer pops every Critchley has a busy
year in Liverpool. It autumn lined up.
calls in at Gateshead, A new 10 part series
Wolverhampton, London, being aired by the
Stratford, Glasgow, York Discovery Network
before ending in Liverpool. in the UK, features
the tracks “Sometimes Laura was in Belfast
I” and her new track recently at the Big Buzz
“Butterfingers” as the intro Awards, one of Northern
This final date will be a and outro music for a Ireland’s biggest award
celebratory end-of-year new cooking show called ceremonies, to sing and
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Entertainment guide
Essential what’s on info for the next month
Saturday 1st
Chester Wind Band presents Last Night of the Proms, 7.30pm at Ellesmere Port Civic
Hall. Call 355 7652
Sunday 2nd
Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs ~ Live
on stage, 2.30pm, at Ellesmere Port Civic Hall. A
fantastic new show for children aged 3-7 years, as
seen on TV on Milkshake. Tel 355 7652
Monday 3rd
Ellesmere Port Philatelic Society meet at Whitby
Methodist Church Hall, Hope Farm Road, Great
Sutton, 7.30pm for an auction of stamps. Entry is free. Contact: Norman Hudson on
01244 318156
Saturday 8th
Attic sale, at Ellesmere Port Civic Hall, 9am-1pm. To book a table call 355 7652
Line Dance Charity Evening, 7.30-11.30pm, Ellesmere Port Civic Hall, featuring Paul
Bailey and Rebel Country Disco. Call 07754 833615.
Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th
South Cheshire Ballet & Theatre Group presents Dance of the Decades, 7pm, at
Ellesmere Port Civic Hall. Box Office: 07958
477386.
Thursday 13th HAVE YOU BOOKED
Ellesmere Port Flower Club presents ~ Winter
Wonderland Demonstration, Ellesmere Port
YOUR XMAS PARTY?
Civic Hall, 7.30pm. Visitors welcome. Call 200 Christmas Dinner & Cabaret
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Saturday 15th 3 course Christmas fayre
Wirral Philharmonic Orchestra presents a Cabaret - Disco - Raffle
Choral & Orchestral Concert, 7.30pm, at 7.30pm till late
Ellesmere Port Civic Hall, featuring Faure’s Tickets £22.50 all inclusive
Pavane. Box Office: 0151 327 4062
Saturday 22nd Fri 5th Dec; Sat 6th Dec;
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Sale of books, DVDs, videos and CDs Fri 12th Dec; Sat 13th Dec;
Fri 19th Dec; Sat 20th Dec
at Ellesmere Port Library. Sale runs until
Saturday 29th November. Contact: Anne Book early to avoid
disappointment
Ainsworth on 337 4684/5
Choir. Call 356 4301 Chester Road, Whitby 0151 200 7050
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CHRISTMAS FAIR
In aid of local Cat Rescue
on Saturday 29 November
Castrol Sports & Social Club
Transformers star Shia LaBeouf plays a
young slacker who has been framed as
Chester Road, Whitby
a terrorist. 11.30am – 2.30pm
High School Musical 3:
Senior Year With Guest Appearance by
This massive Disney hit finds Troy and Singing Hands Sign Choir
Gabriella staging a spring musical as Christmas Tombola
they face the prospect of separation as (every ticket wins)
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