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Youth club

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reat SuttonNEW youth club is being piloted

at Hope Farm community centre.

Feedback from the local

eighbourhood Action Group

to the Councils Our Place team

showed that a youth group

or forum was needed in the

area to help tackle antisocial

behaviour and give young people

somewhere to go.

The Council worked to secure the

premises and will now provide

outh workers for a 12-week

pilot club for 12-16 year-olds on

Tuesdays from 6-8.30pm.

Local member Cllr Paul Donovan,

who supported the project with

llr icole Meardon, said: There

hasnt been youth provision in

this area of Ellesmere Port formany years now and I really

welcome efforts to engage with

our young people.

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a safe and educational place to

work with local young people and

keep them off the streets and I

hope many of them come along

next Tuesday and see whats on

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from next week until Christmas.

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zA Scott Aspect Mountain bike was stolen from the back garden of a house in Parklands,Little Sutton.

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village is a step closer a ter concept design

plans were unveiled.

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Stanney High School site, will include an

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400, 25 metre, eight-lane competition

swimming pool, a learner pool and80-station gym.

Phase two o the plans would also see the

utilisation o the existing athletics track,

with the capacity to add a grand stand and

indoor athletics provision to create a high-

class acility capable o hosting regional

events.

The Council had already committed 12.5

million to the project, and the xecut ve

will be asked to approve a urther 1.5million to secure the plans in October. A bid

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say and help to shape the inal plans butthink the concept designs are extremely

exciting and will offer our residents in

llesmere Port, and indeed visitors from

further aield, high-class facilities.

e will continue to engage with all

throughout the design process, and a

second public consultation will take place

before the planning application next year.

Pool

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hope that it can be demonstrated that there

is suficient support for a larger, 50m pool

that would serve as a regional centre o

excellence.

Cllr Parker added: now have

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and gardens or the annual Schools in

Bloom competition.Organised by Cheshire West and

Chester Council and sponsored by

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schools to plant and nurture a green

space - no matter how large or small.

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participating schools will compete or

prize money to be invested into utureenvironmental projects.

Childer Thornton Primary School was

given a bronze award at the ceremony

held at Ness Gardens last month.

Brookside Primary won a silver award

and llesmere Port Catholic High won

a bronze.

Recognition or

railway volunteersFRIENDS o Ellesmere Port Station are celebrating

a ter their e orts to improve and enhance the

station or local people and visitors alike have been

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he stations gardens have received a highly

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Sally Ralston, Corporate and Social Responsibility

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Local councillor Pat Merrick, who has helped to und gardening activities at the station,

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improving the experience o visiting llesmere Port Station.

were competing against station gardens rom across the country and did really

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Ponds should be netted if they are neartrees to stop leaves falling into the waterand rotting. Remove any dead foliage fromwaterside plants and water lilies.

I cut down any dying foliage that will not lookgood when frosted but I tend to leave plantslike Sedums in place because their owerheads look lovely dusted with frost. Slightlytender plants can have foliage left in place toact as a mulch and protect them from coldtemperatures.

Dig up dahlia tubers, remove the foliageand store in a frost free and mouse free placeover winter to dry out. They can be planted in

spring to grow again next year.

Janet Heath, Garden Mentor Tel 01244 318258 www.gardenmentor.co.uk


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Please ring 0151 355 9813 if you are interested in homing any of these

cats and we will arrange a home check. (It will be an answering machine.

Leave your name and number and we will return your call). Go to www.

southwirral.cats.org.uk to see other cats in need of a home.

There is an adoption fee of 40 per cat. Each cat will be:

Fully examined by a veterinary surgeon, Vaccinated at least once against flu and

enteritis, Treated against fleas, tapeworm and roundworm, Neutered if old enough.

Micro chipped He will also come with four weeks Petplan insurance cover, which you

may choose to continue, Giving invaluable peace of mind and reassurance as you and your cat embark on thislifelong friendship

South Wirral Cats Protection have a number of cats who desperately need a home.

OX & VALDY

Brother and sister, want to

stay together

Sox and Valdy are nine

months old brother and sis-

ter. They came into our care

when their owner moved into

rented accomodation and the

landlord doesnt allow pets

They are friendly and very

close to each other so we

would like to home them as

a pair

Ref: H12-63

NOWY

A gentle girl, Snowy has come intoour care as her owner could no longer

care for her. She recently had a litter

of kittens but has now been neutered

and micro chipped and has started her

course of vaccinations. We think most

homes would suit her but as we do not

know how she is with other animals; a

house with no other pets may be best

Snowy is about 18 months old

Ref: H12-54


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Are you having

difficulty in seeingyour children orgrandchildren due toa family relationshipbreakdown?

AFREE telephone help line is now open to thepublic available during term time.

A letter of advice is given by student lawyersfrom The College of Law, Chester which issupervised by a family lawyer.

Call 01483 216066in confidence

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Entertainment guideEssential whats on info for the next month

WHATSON

WHATS ON INNOVEMBERFriday 2nd NovemberThe Boy With Tape n His Face, at Ellesmere Port Civic Hall, 8pm.

Award-winning Chaplinesque New Zealander who has been compared

to Buster Keaton, Harpo Marx and Mr Bean. To book tickets call: 0151

56 6890 or online: www. brioleisure.org.

Friday 2nd November

ommunity Fireworks Spectacular at Whitby Sports Club, DunkirkLane, Whitby. Gates open 4.30pm, fireworks start at 7.30pm. Presented by Ellesmere

Port Lions, this charity jubilee event brings you a massive display , fun fair, face

ainters, cartoonist, bar, music and stalls. Tickets from Whitby Sports & Social Club,

Barbers Shop, 7 Ledsham Road, Little Sutton, Barbers Shop , Whetstone Hey Shops,

Great Sutton, Tommy Tuckers, Ellesmere Port Market. Family ticket 5 extra adults 2.

Visit www.ellesmereportlions.co.uk. All pro ts go to local charities.

Saturday 3rd November

Double Exposure, - duo playing hit music, at the Whitby lub, hester Road, Whitby.

Friday 9th November

Guinness book of records attempt at New University Church Of England Academy,

Whitby Road, at 1pm. There will be an attempt to orm the worlds largest human ower

to mark the students moving into their new Academy. Open to all the community.

Friday th November

Celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid ul Adha in a family event at Ellesmere Port Civic

Hall, from 2-5pm. Call 356 6650 for details.

Saturday 10th NovemberPopular band Fire Fly return to the Whitby Club, Chester Road, Whitby.

Saturday 10th and Thursday 15th November

llesmere Port Music Society presents an entertaining evening of Baroque choral

usic, 7.30pm. Tel 356 6650 or in o.

Sunday 18th November

Visit the National Waterways Museum or a special ree open day rom 10am-5pm to

see what the museum has got lined up for 2013. www.nwm.org.uk

hursday 22nd November

Popular olk singer Richard Digence appears at the ak Room, Whitby lub, hester

oad, Whitby.


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WHATSON

WHATS ON INNOVEMBER

Regular events

Stage Fright a new drama group in the Port

If you have any skills to contribute or just simply want to make new friends and help out in any

way, then the group needs you. Stage Fright wants to produce material that it can be proud of

and bring entertainment and social inclusion into Ellesmere Port. The group meets at Stanney

Grange Community Centre, Alnwick Drive, Ellesmere Port, and Ellesmere Port Fire Station

Community Room, on Coronation Road. Contact Julie Barlow on 339 4601 or visit www.

stagefrightdramagroup.co.uk

Wednesdays

Coffee Morning, at the HHEET Centre, Church Parade, Westminster, Ellesmere Port. 10.30am-

12noon. Are you thinking of starting a business or have recently starting trading? Come along to

an Open Coffee Session @ The HHEET Centre. Contact Carol Vella on 356 6560.

Thursdays

Tea and coffee afternoon at Hope Farm Library. Come along to the tea and coffee afternoon,

from 2.30pm, every Thursday, term time only. Meet up with friends in a warm and relaxing

atmosphere. Tea and coffee are free but donations welcome. Contact Annette Ritson Telephone

0151 355 8923

Fridays

Ellesmere Port Community Ladies Choir at Ellesmere Port Fire Station, 7-9pm. Tel 07798575353.

All Ages welcome. Cost is free

aturday th November

Adult comedy theatre with The Vagina Monologues at Ellesmere Port

ivic Hall, 7.30pm. Based on author Eve Enslers Vagina Interviews

conducted with women rom all around the world, this hilariously

witty and moving collection of tales give voice to a chorus of lusty,

outrageous, poignant, brave and thoroughly human stories. Call 356

890 or visit www.brio.org or details.

Saturday 24th November

ively rock pop band The Jalapenos are at the Whitby lub, hester

Road, Whitby.

hursday th November

Ellesmere Port Christmas tree light switch on at the Civic Square, Ellesmere Port, at

4pm. Free event.


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Useful numbers and info

ALCOHOL PROBLEMS

Local Helpline; 01244 364095

Alcoholics Anonymous: 709 2900

AL - Anon Family Group, Helping families of

alcoholics. Tel: 0207 40 0888

ANCHOR STAYING PUT

0151 355 1313

AGE CONCERN

336 8388

ALZHEIMERS SOCIETY

1244 851 5

BUS SERVICES

Bus & Rail Services Travel Line 0871 200

2233 open 8am - 8pm 7 days a week

CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Cheshire West CAB, Ellesmere Port office,

t y oa , esmere ort. e nes ay anriday 9.30am-12.30pm. Tel 355 3428

DOCTORS

Great Sutton Medical Centre,

Old Chester Road, Phone:- 0151 339 3126

Hope Farm Medical Centre,

ope Farm Road, Great Sutton. Tel 357 3777

Whitby Group Practice,

The Surgery, 114 Chester Road, Whitby. Tel

355 6144

Old Hall Surgery

26 Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port. Tel 3551191

DRUG ABUSE

Parents against Drug Abuse. Helpline 356

1996. All calls in confidence

FIRE

mergencies, call 999.

on- essential calls, Ellesmere Port Fire

tation, Wellington Road, Ellesmere Port Tel

355 3333

GP OUT OF HOURS CENTRE,

Western Cheshire Out of Hours Service...

Clinics held at Ellesmere Port Hospital 01244

343300

HOMEWATCH

Borough Homewatch Manager

llesmere Port Police Station tel 355 4066

Ext: 3063 . 0r 01244 613063

HOSPITAL

Emergencies call 999

Countess of Chester Hospital. Tel 01244

365000

POLICE

Emergencies call 999llesmere Port Police Station,

Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port

Tel 55 4 or

SAMARITANS

LinkLine:- 0345 90 90 90

outh Wirral and Chester Area

Phone:- 01244 377999

ST JOHN AMBULANCE

Tel 339 7203 answerphone

Leave message and we will return call.

COUNCILCheshire West and Chester Council. All

inquiries regarding education, social services,

planning, transport, tourist information, events

entertainments, allotments, community

centres, football pitches, bowling greens,

tennis courts, ranger service, grounds

maintenance, street cleansing, catering and

cleaning. Call the switchboard on 0300 123 8

123. Online at www.cheshirewestandchester.

gov.uk

Councillors

edsham and Manor

Gareth Anderson Con

29 Dublin Croft, Great Sutton CH66 2TD

Phone: 513 6292 Email: [email protected]

Keith Butcher Lab

Change Hey, Change Lane

Willaston. Phone: 0151 327 5191

[email protected]

Sutton

Nicole Meardon Lab

21 Trumans Lane, Little Sutton CH66 1HL

Phone: 07970 836290

mail: [email protected]

Paul Donovan Lab

44 Seacombe Drive, Great Sutton CH66 2BD

Phone: 339 4167 Email: paul.donovan@

cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Willaston & Thornton

Myles Hogg Con

ilverdale, Benty Heath Lane, Willaston

Phone: 327 4096 Email: myles.hogg@

cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

USEFULNUMBERS


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Clubs and SocietiesAction Transport Theatre, Whitby Hall, StanneyLane, Ellesmere Port. Tel 357 212

Cats Protection: outh Wirral Branch. Tel 355

9813. www.southwirralcats.orgCat Rescue. Tel ina on 4 1.

www.catchat.org

Cheshire Regiment Association. Ellesmere Port

Branch. Tel 7 4

Chester Accordion Club. Meets at Groves

Club, Whitby. 2nd Tuesday 1.30pm, last Tuesday

7.30pm.

Guide Association (Ellesmere Port division)

Email [email protected]

Ellesmere Port Flower Club. Meeting at Our

Ladys RC Church, Enfield Road, third Wed of themonth, 7.30pm. Call 355 6454.

Ellesmere Port Running Club. Meets at Whitby

Sports & Social Club every Tuesday and Friday

night at 7pm. www.ellesmereportrunningclub.org

Fibromyalgia Support Group. Tel Ruth Spicer

on 4

Footloose Musicals. Tel 356 2079

Great Sutton Male Voice Choir. Tel

Great Sutton Townswomens Guild. Tel 55

4263

ittle Sutton Community Centre. Tel 356 6761Mersey Morris Men onday practice, in Thornton

Hough Village Hall, 8pm. Tel 347 1685.

Multiple Sclerosis Society

ranc meets every t r e nes ay n t e

month Contact Peter on 07804506848

Normandy Veterans Association

0151 348 0307

Parents Against Drug Abuse (PADA. Helpline:

457 7. www.pada.org.uk

Royal British Legion Womens Section: Little

Sutton and District Branch. Tel 200 2939Ellesmere Port Sea Cadets

We are open to young people aged 10 to 18 and

are based at TS Forward, Appleton Drive, Whitby,

H65 7EP. The unit is open every Monday,

Wednesday and Thursday from 1900 to 2130 and

Tuesdays 1830 to 2030. Please drop by or ring

151 55 1779 for further information.

Soroptimist International. Tel 339 3352

South Wirral Art Society Meets at the Ellesmere

Port Golf Centre, Little Sutton, twice monthly Tel

0151 339 2620 www.swas.btck.co.ukSouth Wirral Rambling Club

Tel. Joan Day on 355 187

South Wirral Stroke Club: Contact Secretary:

Honor Ledder 348 0052

Sutton Wood Singers 0151 334 7013

refoil Guild. Tel 355 7669

niversity of the Third Age (u3a)

eets on the rst Thursday o the month at 2pm

at Groves Social Club. Tel. Peter 0151 345 1141West Cheshire Athletic Club

eets at Stanney aks Athletics Track, Stanney

ane, Ellesmere Port, every Tuesday and

Thursday (6.30-8pm), and on Saturday (10am-12

noon . www.westcheshireac.co.uk

The club caters for anyone aged 8 years old

through to pensioners and provides training and

competition for track & field, indoor athletics,

road and cross country running, as well as

opportunities to become a qualified coach or

o cial.

Schoolsllesmere Port Catholic High School,

Capenhurst Lane, Whitby. Tel 355 2373

llesmere Port CE Academy North

campus Woodchurch Lane, Ellesmere Port.

Tel 338 2400

he Whitby High School Sycamore Drive,

Whitby. Tel 355 8445/6

ittle Sutton

Childer Thornton Primary School, New

School Lane, Childer Thornton. Tel 338 2170

ittle Sutton CE Primary School, Berwick

oad, Little Sutton. Tel 0151 338 2244

arklands Community Primary School

Parklands, Little Sutton Tel 338 2220

ossmore School, Red Lion Lane, Little

Sutton. Tel 338 2425

St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primaryossall Grove, Little Sutton Tel: 338 2430

Sutton Green Primary, Armthorpe Drive, Little

Sutton. Tel 338 2121

Great Sutton

Capenhurst CE Primary School, Capenhurst

ane, Capenhurst. Tel 339 2685

eadow Primary School, Dolphin Crescent,

Great Sutton. Tel 338 2450

St Saviours RC Primary School Seacombe

Drive, Great Sutton. Tel 338 2440

inderton School For children with Autistic

Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and/or Speech,

anguage & Communication Difficulties.

Capenhurst Lane, Whitby. Tel 338 2200


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