Garstang Focus Magazine - August 2021 by Focus Magazines

FOCUS MAGAZINE 'The Green Book'

Bourne Arms at Knott End by David J Ansell

GARSTANG - Scorton - Cabus - Garstang - Catterall - Bonds - Bowgreave - St Michaels - Churchtown

Issue 250 August 2021

Welcome to Focus Magazine... 3Ls..............................................................................4 Garstang Volunteer Force.............................4 Coffee Stop............................................................4 Scorton Charity Teas........................................5 Calder Vale Country Club..............................5 Charity Fun Dog Show.....................................5 Glasson Dock Book Fair..................................6 Cherestanc WI.....................................................6 Garstang Walking Festival............................6 Heritage Open Day...........................................7 St Thomas’s Church..........................................7 Garstang Free Methodist Church..............7 Calder Vale Methodist Church...................7 Garstang Quakers..............................................8 St Luke’s Church, Winmarleigh..................8 Garstang Wine Circle.......................................8 Garstang AFVBC.................................................9 Royal British Legion..........................................12 Garstang & District Heritage Society......12 Garstang in Bloom............................................15 The Inner Wheel Club.....................................17 Harmony & Health.............................................17 Fairtrade..................................................................18

Garstang Library.................................................18 Garstang Medical Centre...............................20 Garstang Arts Centre.......................................24 Garstang Camera Club...................................25 Rotary Club............................................................26 Soroptimists..........................................................29 UN Association Youth Platform..................31 Garstang & District Lions...............................33 Cardiac Risk in the Young..............................34 Garstang Town Council...................................36 Ben Wallace MP.................................................37 Cat Smith MP........................................................39 Grey Matter Test.................................................39 Wyre Council Holiday Clubs........................43 Parkinsons UK......................................................44 RSPCA .....................................................................45 Centenary Anniversary....................................46 Garstang Phoenix WI.......................................47 Help Beat Cancer...............................................47 Lyrics & Lunch.....................................................47 Preventing Brain Degeneration.................48 Crossword..............................................................49 Puzzle Answers...................................................51

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3LS It has been a long time since we have been able to meet as a group, but there is now light at the end of the tunnel. If all goes to plan we hope to be able to meet in September. There will be some members who will be looking forward to meeting with friends again and other who are not sure if this is right for them at this time. In the September edition of Focus Magazine we hope to be able to give more details of the meeting, when we look forward to a relaxed afternoon of fellowship.

everyone. New members will be made very welcome, so come along, no obligations and see if what we offer appeals. Ruth Rendle 01926 602006.

GARSTANG VOLUNTEER FORCE The Garstang Volunteer Force has been very busy this year. Over 70 of our volunteers have been helping Garstang Medical Practice with their Covid vaccination clinics.

As many members as possible will be contacted with the date as soon as one has been arranged. There is no pressure for any member to feel they have to come and Jack (01926 238075) is happy to chat to anyone who feels unable to join us in September.

We have helped with over 60 clinics and our volunteers have been there through all weather since early 2021.

For any reader who is wondering what 3Ls stands for, it’s ‘life long learning’. Our monthly meeting provides a variety of speakers on a wide range of topics; in fact something for

As Covid restrictions come to an end we will be closing down our service, but rest assured if we are needed in the future we will be there. Stay safe everyone.

We are so proud of all those who volunteered, they have really helped to make a difference to the local community.

Mary Randles

COFFEE STOP Restarting our Community Cafe Our community cafe in both Catterall and Inglewhite is very important to us. We can’t wait to welcome you back for a cuppa. We have decided to have our usual August break and trust that we can be up and running again by September. Thank you for your patience. Look out for dates in the next edition of Focus Magazine or check the church website. Details of online services and activities for all ages are available there too. We look forward to opening our doors and sharing a warm welcome with you all. Enjoy the summer days ahead. Lesley Hardman www.inglewhitechurch.org.uk

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SCORTON CHARITY TEAS

CHARITY FUN DOG SHOW

During August, Scorton Village Hall will be open and serving teas every Sunday from 10:30am - 3:00pm.

Sun 5th Sept Kirkland Village Hall

Our Charity Teas project aims to open the Village Hall to more visitors and more importantly, help support local charitable groups organisations. •

Sun 1st Aug: 5th Lancaster Guides

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Sun 8th Aug: Garstang Scouts

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Sun 15th Aug: Garstang Parkinsons Group

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Sun 22nd Aug: United Nations Association Youth Platform

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Sun 29th Aug: S.E.E.D (Support and Education for Eating Disorders)

Please do come along to Scorton for tea, cake and sandwiches and support these organisations. We have enjoyed a busy July and hope to continue Scorton Charity Teas every summer so let’s make it a success.

Fitdog Hydrotherapy and Garstang Dog Training are (hopefully) holding a fun dog show with all proceeds to Marie Curie nurses. There will be pedigree classes and lots of fun classes, plus a temptation alley and various stalls raffle, tombola etc. There will also be a bacon and burger stall in attendance. Registration is 11:00am and judging starts 12 noon. Rosettes for all class winners. There will be stalls for nearly new and hardly used dog beds, collars, leads, toys etc. If you have any unwanted dog items, you can either bring them on the day or give us a ring and we will collect them. Please come along to have fun with your dog and support the charity. Leonie Bull 01995 601266 Elaine Cook 01995 605684

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CALDER VALE COUNTRY CLUB What’s On • • • •

Fri 6th & 20th Aug - Meat Bingo with Honeywell meats. Eyes down 7:30pm. Every Saturday - Live cabaret, bingo, bonus ball, play your cards right. Every Sunday - social bingo. Eyes down 8:00pm. Thurs 26th Aug - REPLUGGED is back! 8:00pm. Singers night.

Ask us about our concert room which is available to hire for functions. Reasonable rates and well stocked bar. Ros Ashworth 01995 603776

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BOOK FAIR

GARSTANG WALKING FESTIVAL

Sat 18th Sept 10:00am - 4:00pm Glasson Dock Village Hall, LA2 0DF

Sat 28th Aug to Wed 1st Sept

Antiquarian and second hand books for everyone in aid of Christ Church Glasson Dock. Homemade refreshments available. Michael Waites

CHERESTANC WI Wed 25th Aug, 7:30pm St Thomas’s Parish and Community Hall The speaker at our August meeting will be Jim Dickinson who will undertake a mock trial with us. We welcome visitors and new members. If you would like to join us please come along. Also, if you would like someone to meet you at the door please get in touch. Jean West 01995 606608

There will be lots to enjoy and something for all abilities. Councillor Lynne Bowen, Portfolio Holder for Leisure, Health and Community Engagement at Wyre Council comments, “Despite having to delay the festival this year due to the current pandemic restrictions we look forward to welcoming visitors back with a festival worth waiting for. After such a long time in lockdown, it will be the perfect way to rediscover Wyre including the beautiful scenery and heritage. We’re grateful to the Friends group for all their hard work, and these taster walks will give people a lovely opportunity to explore different parts of Wyre. There are some nice easy rambles and some more challenging walks, so something for everyone to enjoy. www.wyre.gov.uk

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HERITAGE OPEN DAY

CALDER VALE METHODIST CHURCH

Bleasdale Heritage Room Sun 1st Aug, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Freedom day has come and gone. We hope you proceeded with caution and are keeping safe and well. We are trying to hold some of our usual activities but these are being held outside at the moment.

We are open again at last and we welcome back old friends and new who wish to research family history, enjoy browsing the census returns or finding out about the past in Bleasdale. Come and have a look if you have not been! Also lovely homemade cakes and a cup of tea will be waiting cost just £2.50 Jean 01995 606511

ST THOMAS’S CHURCH GARSTANG Sat 21st Aug, 11:00am - 3:00pm St Thomas’s Church Hall, Church Street Summer fayre with lots of outdoor stalls and games. Activities for children, crafts and refreshments. Bacon barms, hot dogs, tea and cake will be served throughout the day. Covid safety measures will be in place. Kathryn Sperring 01995 602162

Family Time - International Day of Friendship Sun 1st Aug, 2:00pm The Village Green Our first family time for a long time. We will celebrate the International Day of Friendship on the village green with games, crafts and food (please bring you own picnic) All ages welcome. If children are coming they must be accompanied by an adult. We will have another family time during the school holidays but the date has not been arranged yet. Outdoor CAMEO Fri 6th Aug, 2:00pm More cakes, cuppas and lots of chat on the village green. Everyone welcome to join us.

GARSTANG FREE METHODISTS We are so grateful that we no longer need to book in for our Sunday services and that we can now sing as a congregation (although we are still being cautious and encouraging safe practices – including hand sanitiser, face masks, well-ventilated spaces). During August we will have activities for children during the morning service (start time 10:45am) with full sunday school restarting in September. Please keep an eye on our website as we look to start our full programme of events in September with special services planned for Sun 5th Sept as we celebrate 50 years of the Free Methodist Church here in Garstang. t: 01995 602852 e: info@garstangfmc.org.uk www.garstangfmc.org.uk Katie Devany

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CALDER VALE METHODISTS (cont) Cake Stall Fri 20th Aug, 12 noon - 1:30pm Cakes galore on sale with all the proceeds going to help Tony, from the Lunch Box, with his fundraising for Cancer Research UK. If you can help with baking or any garden produce to sell please come along and, of course, we need lots of buyers. Friday Lunches Each Friday, Tony from the Lunch Box brings us a two-course lunch at 1:00pm. These need to be pre-ordered but all are welcome to come along. Sunday Services Indoors, our Sunday services are nearly back to normal. Each Sunday at 10:45am our services are led by our minister or local preachers. Various restrictions will continue until we feel it is safe to relax them. There is lots of room for you. Our service on Sun 1st Aug will be led Mr. Paul Bowden and it will be a family service. Zoom details are available as are printed material for each week. If you need more information on our activities please do give me a call. Edith Gorst 01995 602078

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We meet on Sunday mornings from 10:30am at the Friends Meeting House, Calder House Lane, Garstang PR3 1ZE. Everyone is welcome. We’ve been careful to put all the precautions in place to keep you safe. We worship online too, using Zoom. Woodbrooke also holds several online meetings for worship throughout the week. You can find details at www.woodbrooke. org.uk/about/online-mfw

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GARSTANG QUAKERS (cont) Please feel free to get in touch. We look forward to seeing you soon. Julie Valentine t: 01995 601863 e: garstangquakers@gmail.com

ST LUKE’S CHURCH, WINMARLEIGH Table Top Sale Sun 1st Aug from 9:00am - 2:00pm Cabus Village Hall There will be refreshments available throughout the day. There are still a few tables free at a cost of £8 per table. If you would like to book a spot, please get in touch on the numbers below. Advanced Notice: Harvest Weekend Sat 11th & Sun 12th Sept The themes will be ‘Celebration’ and ‘Winmarleigh in the Past’. There will be refreshments and all the usual stalls. Ruby Briggs t: 01995 601069 / 07751 895 472

GARSTANG WINE CIRCLE The Wine Circle held its final Zoom meeting of the season in June. A quiz was accompanied by members’ choices of wine. There was an opportunity for members to talk about the wines they were drinking and the reasons for their choice. The quiz was set by Alan and Glynnis Jefferson and was a series of wine-related questions based on the year’s presentations. Congratulations to the winners of the quiz, Jim McVey and Anne Whitehead. Thanks to Alan and Glynnis for setting the quiz We have arranged a summer picnic that will be held on Sun 15th Aug on the school field at St Mary and Michael Primary School at 3:00pm. This will give the first opportunity for members to meet up since the start of lockdown. It will be good to be able to meet

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GARSTANG WINE CIRCLE (cont) in person instead of on-screen, and we hope for a decent day weather-wise. Details will be circulated by Alan closer to the event. There is a tentative programme drawn up to start in September, when we hope to be back at Garstang Arts Centre which had its re-opening on the 29th July. We hope to have provision to stream meetings so we can include those members who do not feel comfortable in attending in person. Mervyn Stokes

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for a breakfast and an opportunity to meet with friends old and new. The Covid restrictions meant that it was a different style to previous breakfast clubs in that you had to sign in, wear a mask when moving about, sit at the table you were designated and everything was waiter service. These new rules did not spoil what was a very enjoyable event and it was pleasing to see some new faces, all of whom said they were looking forward to the next one in August. The staff and management at the Th’Owd Tithe Barn provided excellent service, along with free tea and coffee. Next Breakfast Club Meeting

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Our Breakfast Clubs are on the first Saturday of each month. Next will be Sat 7th Aug, 9:30am at Th’Owd Tithe Barn, Church Street, Garstang, PR3 1PA. We will enjoy an English breakfast, sausage or bacon butty with free tea and coffee. But most of all, there will be the opportunity to catch up with your fellow veterans and their families, and once again, enjoy some good-natured banter. We realise this coincides with the unmissable Garstang Show, but our members prefer to maintain a level of continuity regarding dates and times. We normally finish around 11:30am, so people should be able to combine both events if they so wish. GAFVBC Walk We are holding another of our popular, socially distanced and leisurely walks that varying in length from two to six miles. We usually finish for free tea, coffee, and toast, kindly donated to us by the King’s Arms on the High Street. These walks are viewed as an opportunity for members to socialise, check on the health and wellbeing of each other and provide help and assistance if needed. A poll of our members at the last breakfast club indicated that people wanted to continue with the

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GARSTANG AFVBC (cont) walks, and so these will now take place on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Do come and join us. The next walk is on Sat 21st Aug at 9:30am. The meeting place is by the river, at the High Street council car park. All local veterans are welcome to take part, including family members. Roger Dunn f: Garstang Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Club www.afvbc.net/clubs/garstang

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Celebrating 100 Years Advanced notice: 100 years celebration. Fri 15th Oct, 7:00pm at Garstang Golf Club. Three course meal with live entertainment from Thieving Magpies. Tickets just £25 each. Discount available for full tables. For more information, contact David or call in to Sweets, Garstang Market house, Garstang. David Brewin t: 07984405739 e: RBL@sweetsmad.co.uk

HERITAGE SOCIETY Garstang & District Garstang and District Heritage society is working to promote, share and preserve the local history and heritage of the Garstang district. Our area of interest covers the former Garstang Rural District, including the parishes of Barnacre, Bilsborrow, Bleasdale, Calder Vale, Catterall, Claughton, Forton and Shireshead, Inskip, Great Eccleston, Garstang, Kirkland, Hambleton, Nateby,

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HERITAGE SOCIETY (cont) Nether Wyresdale and Scorton, Out Rawcliffe, St Michael’s on Wyre, Stalmine with Staynall and Winmarleigh. Heritage Society Website We use our website to share aspects of Garstang heritage which otherwise would be lost or not be accessible to the public. We actively record current aspects of Garstang and the former rural district which will be of interest in the future. We will continue to build and add to the website, and we hope to feature a wide range of exclusive articles, historical information, and photographs. We also have a Facebook page which we hope will be an ideal forum for sharing old photographs, memories, family tree quests and other local information. Heraldic Banners Project Around the Millennium in 2000 the High Street in Garstang was a blaze of colour

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with heraldic banners hung along the street, depicting the coats of arms of various local families, Greenhalgh Castle, and the market cross. We have begun a project to research and reproduce these banners and rehang them on the high street. Poppy Trail In 2018 we devised a Poppy Trail throughout the rural district, placing a poppy plaque at significant locations. These included war memorials, churches, memorial halls and other places connected to WW1. This was launched in time for the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1 in November 2018. Each plaque contains a unique QR code which can be scanned with a smartphone for information about the particular location. We have since expanded the trail to include sites related to WW2 and beyond, including the newly erected War Memorial at Cabus. Research is ongoing. We welcome information about locations that could be included on the trail. Do you know anywhere? Garstang Show We will be at Garstang Show in the Horticultural Marquee on Sat 7th Aug (Covid restrictions permitting). Please come and visit us and see what we are all about. Look at what we are currently working on and our latest projects, or just come in for a chat Get Involved If you would like support or get involved in your local heritage, then get in touch. e: garstangheritagecentre@gmail.com fb: ‘The Garstang & District Heritage Society’ www.garstangheritagesociety.org

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GARSTANG IN BLOOM I’m writing this before our judging date for the North West in Bloom competition so I can’t comment on how it all went. However I can issue a large thank you to everyone who helped to get Garstang looking at its best for the big day. This didn’t just include preparing the plants and floral displays, of course, but more mundane tasks such as getting the ‘furniture’ clean and the streets free of weeds and litter.

on Park Hill Road and the placement of a memorial stone to Norah Hoyles. Both tasks were delayed because of restrictions during the Covid pandemic.

Thanks also go to the local tradesmen who volunteered to paint the planters in Cherestanc Square for us and to the shops, pubs, cafes and restaurants who have created some lovely floral displays.

The Norah Hoyles Garden now contains her memorial stone and plaque to finish off this special place for her family and the Bloomers.

The old wooden surrounds of the raised beds were beginning to rot and crumble, not surprising as they were getting on for twenty years old. We’ve replaced them with robust railway sleepers which give a neat and more modern look.

The Bloomers relaxed after judging with drinks at the Royal Oak then enjoyed a lunch together the following week at the Apple Store Cafe.

If you would like to join in with our gardening activities, please come along to the car park on the High St at 9:30am on Wednesdays. You don’t have to know anything about gardening and you’ll be given a good welcome.

Other jobs that have been completed this summer are the renovation of the raised beds

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THE INNER WHEEL CLUB Garstang & Over Wyre At last we have been able to have a face-toface. committee meeting. In full compliance with Covid restrictions, we took advantage of good weather to meet in the garden of incoming president, Mary Bolland. Mary thanked outgoing president, Maureen Garstang for her outstanding dedication to the club over two years. Maureen has managed to keep us all both enthusiastic and connected with each other as we tackled the vagaries of all things ‘Zoom’. Mary presented Maureen with a small token of appreciation on behalf of the club.

programme for the coming year and will present it in more detail when the whole club meets soon. A jacob’s join afternoon tea was enjoyed with lots of talk of freedom day. Here’s to the new Inner Wheel year! Mary Mason t: 01995 603447 e: marytmason@icloud.com

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FAIRTRADE Fairtrade Town Renewal Attaining Fairtrade status is an amazing achievement. However, it is just a milestone on the journey as a Fairtrade community as Fairtrade status should be renewed every two years. Incredible achievements have been realised nationally and internationally, thanks to the support and action of Fairtrade communities. The growth in Fairtrade product sales and awareness, catalysed by Fairtrade groups taking action locally, has influenced shopping habits and policies at local and national levels. However, there is still a lot to be done before all trade is fair. Our local campaign, along with hundreds of others, plays a key role behind this national effort. It’s important to maintain and grow

this activity so that new supporters and organisations join the movement, greater awareness is raised and more producers can benefit from Fairtrade. Our completed renewal form has been sent off to the Fairtrade Foundation. Future Meetings It is hoped we can once again start our meetings open to everyone. We are just looking for a suitable location. Keep an eye on our Focus articles and our Facebook page for details. AGM We have provisionally agreed to hold our AGM followed by an ordinary meeting on the Wed 25th Sept at 10:00am – venue to be confirmed. Activities There is a fundraising event at Scorton

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FAIRTRADE (cont) Village Hall on Sun 8th of Aug from 10:00am finishing around 3:00pm selling refreshments to help send local Explorer Scouts to Malawi where they will be helping to build a children’s centre. We are supporting the event by providing Fairtrade tea and coffee. Please come along, help a good cause and sample some Fairtrade refreshments. Great Big Green Week starts on Sat 18th Sept. Local schools have been contacted and we have already received requests to conduct assemblies. We are looking to put on a display during the week to illustrate the adverse effects of climate change and how Fairtrade is addressing the issues. The group is looking to create one of our ever-popular quizzes to run alongside the display. At the Royal Lancashire Show, from Fri 30th July - Sun 1st Aug, we will be celebrating, encouraging and promoting Fairtrade

throughout Lancashire. Visit our stand in the mall to learn more. Browse and buy a selection of Fairtrade goods. Take part in our raffle. Play the chocolate game. Sample some products. Come and find out how together we can change the world. If you are visiting the show, we hope you also take time to visit the Fairtrade tent where our Chair Ruth is volunteering to help out. Peter Ryder e: garstangfairtrade@gmail.com www.fairtrade.org.uk

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continue to wear a face covering, unless exempt use hand sanitiser respect other people’s personal space and keep to a safe distance avoid visiting the library while selfisolating or whilst showing any Covid symptoms participate in the NHS Test and Trace scheme

You can visit the library without an appointment. We will be limiting the number of people in the library to maintain Covid safety and social distancing from people you don’t know.

If you still want to use our Six of the Best collection service you can complete the online request form or email your library with details of the type of book you like to read and the number you would like to collect or phone 0300 123 6703 Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm. Forty-five minute sessions on public computers are available on the hour on a ﬁrst come ﬁrst served basis. In some of our libraries we have been able to make a space available for you to sit and study or use our free Wi-Fi. We aren’t delivering any of our usual activities in our libraries at the moment but following the move to step four of the government roadmap we will start to re-introduce some of our activities (such as Baby Bounce and Rhyme and Learn My Way) in some of our libraries, making sure we can do this in a safe way.

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GARSTANG LIBRARY (cont) Introducing SCART Club 2021 Do you want to earn prizes, complete activities in five different zones, get free admission to a museum and receive a certificate? Then the SCART Club is for you! SCART Club is Lancashire Library Service’s programme for school-age children which runs throughout the summer holidays. It stands for Science, Culture, Active, Reading, and Technology. Children are invited to come to the library to pick up a free SCART activity card to take away. Get a lanyard and collect all of the pop badges for the different zones as you progress through the scheme! When you sign up to the SCART Club, you’ll also receive a special purple ticket. The Purple ticket grants free admission to Lancashire County Council museums. Please note that visits to museums are currently bookable. Garstang Library will present a certificate to

the local school with the highest proportion of pupils completing the scheme. Can you help your school to win? For inspiration and a head start on the challenge, why not request a SCART themed Six of the Best bag, filled with exciting books for each of the zones? Unable to Visit a Library? If you are unable to get into one of our libraries, this year we are offering a digital version of SCART Club, where you can take part in activities online, share your reading recommendations, and then collect your prizes from the library at a later date. Join for free today by visiting your local library or at: www.lancashire.gov.uk/librariesand-archives/libraries/reading-journey Mobile Library For further information of times and stops near you please call Glenys on 07717 543 763 or email garstang.mobile.ml3@ lancashire.gov.uk t: 0300 123 6703 t: 0300 123 6704 (renewals) www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-andarchives e: garstang.library@lancashire.gov.uk fb: @LancsLibraries Twitter: @LancsLibraries

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GARSTANG MEDICAL (cont) back log of work presenting to general practice. Demand on our appointments is consequently at an unprecedented level. In addition, we are seeing a significant increase in the number of patients with Covid related symptoms seeking our help, including those with ‘Long Covid’ symptoms. We are also seeing a large increase in the number of patients, particularly children, with respiratory type illness. We are also regularly facing work force shortages with staff having to self-isolate which puts additional pressure on our already stretched services. Our clinical staff must make the safety and welfare of our patients our overriding priority. To ensure this we must make sure we are able to provide safe and effective clinical care. We are at a stage now where we feel our workload is such that we are likely to be working beyond a safe level given the realistic constraints of our practice.

As such we are going to return to the ‘same day’ access appointment system. This will provide a safe, efficient, and equitable service to our patients. It means that when you need an appointment with a GP or nurse practitioner, you will need to ring on the day; you will not be able to book ahead for a routine appointment. Fylde and Wyre Clinical Commissioning Group commission and organise walk-in centre services for all our patients. You can access these services at two local centres; Royal Preston Hospital Walk in Centre and Whitegate Drive Walk in Centre, Blackpool. The walk-in centres can deal with many common problems. When all our same day appointments are fully booked you will be advised to ring back on another day, or to go to a local walk-in centre. We hope signposting patients to walk-in centres proves a positive and efficient way

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GARSTANG MEDICAL (cont) for you to access good quality healthcare in a local setting. By doing so, you are helping us to provide robust GP service for groups of patients whose healthcare needs make them more vulnerable. We are confident you will be supportive of our practice as we do our utmost to serve our patients in these challenging times. However, we must unfortunately point out that this support is not universal in our patients. Our staff are doing their very best in very difficult circumstances and verbal abuse, rudeness or an aggressive or demanding manner will not be tolerated to any member of our team. Unfortunately, such behaviour is now being experienced by our staff on a daily basis. It is simply not acceptable. Please show staff the respect they deserve – any problems you may encounter are not their fault. As a reminder, all our telephone calls to reception are recorded.

It is important to note that this current situation is not due to a shortage of doctors or nurses. We have more now than we had prior to the pandemic. It is simply down to increased demand at all levels of the NHS. We would also like to remind patients of simple selfcare measures which should be tried prior to accessing our services. Our website has information regarding all of these or you can visit the NHS website www.nhs.uk We hope the above measures are a temporary stage. We are sorry that we are not currently able to offer the routine, prebookable appointments with our doctors and nurse practitioners which our patients have enjoyed for many years. As soon as we feel we are able to reinstate these systems we will do so. Face Mask Policy Although face masks are no longer a legal requirement, as a clinical healthcare setting, Garstang Medical Practice has decided that all staff and patients must continue to wear masks within the surgery until further notice. Infection rates of Covid are on the increase, especially in our locality, and we feel it is imperative that we protect our most vulnerable patients and our workforce. This is essential if we are to continue to provide patients with a local primary care service. The Delta variant is highly contagious and has the potential to spread quickly in confined areas. We simply cannot risk acting as a focus for infection. We thank patients for their understanding and co-operation. In the, hopefully unlikely, event that a patient refuses to respect this request, or if a patient is unable to wear a mask on medical grounds, they will need to be seen either in our car port or in a specific room within the Calder Suite. Covid Testing As a practice we are experiencing and

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GARSTANG MEDICAL (cont) expecting to see a further increase in respiratory illness including coughs, fevers, colds and sore throats as well as Covid cases. If you experience symptoms of Covid such as fever/temperature, new cough, loss of taste or smell, it is still really important to isolate and book a PCR test for Covid online or by ringing 119. This is the case even if you have been vaccinated. Please do not ignore possible symptoms. Covid Vaccination We have now completed our Covid vaccination clinics. Thank you to everyone who has supported the programme. We really could not have done it without the amazing volunteers and the whole community. With the increase of the Delta variant in our area it is very important that patients receive both doses of the vaccine as soon as possible once eligible. Please encourage all your family and friends who are eligible, but have not yet had their vaccinations, to please get booked in as soon as possible. Appointments are available throughout the area at the NHS vaccination centres for first doses (anyone aged 18+) and second doses. Please book your appointment at www.nhs. uk or ring 119. There are also a number of walk-in clinics across the area.

domestic abuse, you could help a friend, colleague or family member. Trust your instincts - if something you’ve seen or heard doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t. If you’re worried about someone, you can also find details of the help and support agencies at www.noexcuseforabuse.co.uk Ask for Angela Participating premises will display posters in areas such as toilets or internal doors. If you are becoming concerned about someone you are with, you can approach a member of staff and ask for Angela. The staff are trained to respond to this question and provide you with the help and support you require. The Garstang Medical Practice Team t: 01995 607399 fb: @garstangmedicalpractice www.garstangmedicalpractice.nhs.uk LOCAL INDEPENDENT BUSINESS SINCE 2008

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GARSTANG ARTS CENTRE August Exhibition Graham Lowe makes a welcome return to the Arts Centre during August/September. Graham works with a wide range of painting media including soft pastel, oils, acrylic, gouache and watercolour. He lives and works in Lancaster and as well as an exhibiting artist he is also an art tutor, working with groups of all abilities.

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For this exhibition he has created a new body of work based on his numerous allotment sketches and photographs. All the paintings are in oil paint on canvas and document the changing seasons. He has also painted some of the interesting sheds and greenhouses in their various states of dilapidation.

Advance notice for a meeting to be held on Tues 21st Sept. This will be an important meeting to discuss the future of the group. All members and friends are asked to attend. The meeting will be held in the Music Room at the Arts Centre commencing at 2:00pm. More details of the guest speaker will be in next month’s Focus Magazine but please put the date in your diary for now. Mary 01995 605210 or June 01995 602505 Book Club It’s really good that everything is opening up again and we’re getting back to normal. As we had only just got started as a club, it’s an ideal time for anyone who would like to come to join us. We’re planning to have our first meeting on the second Tuesday in September. The theme will be - ‘A Good Lockdown Read’. Hopefully we’ll all have lots of ideas to share. We’ll be emailing the group nearer the time. In the meantime enjoy your reading.

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GARSTANG ARTS CENTRE (cont) Linda 07795 064 266 or Sandra 01995 603436. Garstang Arts Centre For up-to-date information about the Arts Centre, please use the below details. Judy Osborne 01995 600996 fb: artcentre.garstang twitter: ArtsGarstang www.garstangartssociety.org.uk

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Here we are already in August. Sunny days, warm, balmy evenings - just the ticket for camera users, or is it? Too much sun during the day can cause problems. Better the early bird or the late owl for better images.

We still have three events cup visits remaining on our calendar:

As I write this, the club is preparing to join the Garstang Show by having a stall to show ourselves to the general public and maybe

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We begin our new year back at the Arts Centre on Wed 1st Sept at 7:30 pm. All are welcome, but there is a charge of £5 for nonmembers, which if membership is taken up, is deducted from the membership fee. Finally, and without mentioning the dreaded c---d word, we will have ‘opened up’ from Mon 19th July but I for one will remain vigilant in every respect. It will be a long time before

we can use the phrase coined by the Stones, ‘It’s all over now’. As I draw this to a close, I wish everyone a good summer but ask you all still to take care. Maurice Baker

ROTARY CLUB Garstang & Over Wyre After many months of hard work which started well before the Covid crisis, the Rotary Club of Garstang and Over Wyre was able to make significant donations to charities at home and overseas in June 2021. Calvert Trust Our Club was able to make a contribution of £1193.75 to support the Lake District Calvert Trust. This followed sponsored climbs by our members of Skiddaw and Blencathra. These funds were passed to the Rotary Club of Keswick who were coordinating a collection for the Calvert Trust from clubs in North Lancashire and Cumbria. Their target was £25,000 in support of a One Million pound deficit. The total raised by all Clubs was £32,000. Nepal

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A similar project was organised by Garstang Rotary Club. A total of £4,725 was raised by Rotary Clubs in our district in support of the emergency Covid appeal by the Rotary Club of Gorkha. We have been working with the Rotary Club of Gorkha (a major centre for many Gurkha soldiers) for many years on water supply projects. The Delta Variant of Covid has spread rapidly in rural Nepal triggered by the enforced return of poor migrant workers from India. Our funds are now with Rotary Club of Gorkha and are being used to provide medical

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ROTARY CLUB (cont) equipment and personal supplies for people in an isolation unit which they have set up to try and control the spread of the virus. These people have no access to vaccinations or oxygen. Some of the money will fund the purchase of oxygen concentrators. Kenya Since 2008 the Garstang Rotary Club has been promoting the building of sand dams (a man-made aquifer) in seasonably dry river beds. They provide clean water and improve the local water table during the dry season. Rotary Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland have funded the construction of 60 sand dams to date, along with major improvements in land utilisation and farming. In June, on behalf of clubs in Cumbria and Lancashire we donated £10,000 to a new sand dam project. For all our projects we deal directly with the local Rotary Club and a charity organisation, ASDL (Africa Sand Dams Ltd). We have agreed to support the Nzeluni Earth Dam SHG (self help group). There are three villages involved: 1,272 people locally, 1,522 in the sub-location and 6,280 in the location. Thirty three per cent earn less than £21 per month and a further 33% less than £35 per month - so below the current UN defined poverty line of £40. They already have an earth dam but it does not take them out of poverty. The creation of an aquifer by the sand dam and improved farming methods will help to ensure the reversal of desertification. The total budget for the project is £39,589. Rotary has agreed to fund half - £19,794. To achieve this it will be combining funds from four Rotary UK districts. The balance will come from non-Rotary benefactors. Our Six Monthly Fund Raiser The Garstang Rotary 200+ Club draw took place in June via Zoom and witnessed by

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ROTARY CLUB (cont) around 20 members of the Rotary and Inner Wheel Clubs. A total of 232 tickets had been sold and the prizes drawn were: 11 at £10, eight at £25 and one @ £500. The winning £500 ticket was 035. Further details are available from members of the Rotary Club. The draw raised £696 for our charity account and will be used for community, youth and international projects over the coming year. We wish to thank all of our customers for their continued support for our work. New President We are pleased to announce that we have installed a new president, Alan Jefferson for the year 2021/2022. All our members express every good wish for what could be a challenging year. Join Your Local Rotary Club We welcome men and women as members. Please contact any member or email the address below for more details. Don Goodier donald.goodier@btinternet.com

SOROPTIMISTS Women Inspiring Action, Transforming Lives A month based around blossoming – we are gradually emerging back into the real world and everything seems to have a floral connection. Club Outing Our first trip out since lockdown and what a memorable occasion, not least because of the venue, Gresgarth Hall, Caton and all it had to offer. The sun shone (sort of), the laughter flowed and the gardens were stunning. The group photo doesn’t really do justice to the enjoyment of the trip. We were

all glad to be back to (socially distanced) face-to-face escapades – and for a chance to meet our two newest members in real life! This was an excellent venue for our first trip out as Gresgarth has a very big Sequoia tree (alongside a relatively small Soroptimist). In 1921, the first Soroptimist club, Alameda County was formed in California with over 80 business and professional women from in and around the city of Oakland. Their first project was to ‘Save the Redwoods’ – the great ancient trees which were being felled and the club lobbied the legislature, taking on powerful lumber companies and winning public support which resulted in a major portion of the forest being set aside as protected land that still exists today. Small steps, big difference. 100 Afternoon Delights Then to keep the floral theme, by the time

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SOROPTIMISTS (cont) you read this, there will hopefully have been a wonderful gathering of the club members, family and friends in President Kathy’s garden for an afternoon tea (a word about my scone, by the way; yes, the jam goes on first). We really hope to have had a chance to sit out, soak up the sunshine, inspect Kathy’s stunning garden, chat and of course, partake in a scrumptious afternoon tea.

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Rosebowl Competition And finally, the annual Rosebowl competition. Another one held under restrictions – so no gathering of the clubs from the region. “Becky Beetle has been touring the Region …. Where has she been?“ We had a series of photographs of Becky on her travels around the region – we just had to identify where! Individually, we all could get a few answers but together as a team and with copious amounts of tea and cake – we are hoping to have managed to place all 21 pictures.

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SOROPTIMISTS (cont) Now whether we’re right or not is another thing, but we had fun doing it! We’ll let you know how it all went next month. Keep your fingers crossed for us. About Your Local Soroptimists Don’t forget to keep checking our website and Facebook page for fuller, regular reports on what we’re up to. Why not look into joining us to help make a difference? Just drop us a line or give our membership co-ordinator Muriel Burnham-Airey a ring. We’ll be happy to talk to you and answer your questions. Until next month, take care and enjoy friendship. t: 01995 606604 (Muriel Burnham-Airey) w: www.sigarstang.org.uk facebook: SoroptimistsGarstang twitter: GarstangSoropt

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each month, ranging from guest speaker interviews to skills workshops, and galas. Our crowning achievement is our annual youth summit which brings ambassadors, diplomats, youth delegates and activists from across the globe together for a day to interact with our members. This year has seen us host speakers ranging from James Watt, ambassador to Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon during the Arab Spring, to Richard Mills, deputy US ambassador to the UN. If you are a young person (15-24), there is no better way to explore and fast-track a future in international affairs or politics. Dearest to my heart, however, are our flagship projects: The United Nations and UNESCO Youth Delegate Programmes. Through this national campaign, we seek to achieve a historic mission: persuading local politicians

Call for Wyre Volunteers As we enter the midsummer and cautiously start to return to a time that seemed so much more vibrant, it is easy to forget the troubles of our world, both at home and abroad, when we have all had to deal with a thousand tragedies, shared or personal, that disease and isolation have inflicted.

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Last October I was elected as generalsecretary for the United Nations Association UK - Youth Platform (UNA-YP). As the youth-wing of UNA-UK, the independent authority on the UN in our country, we have one goal: to empower, educate, and ensure representation for the young people of Britain at the international level. There are many ways that we do this. We coordinate the efforts of every University UN association in the UK and provide a forum upon which updates, issues and solutions can be raised, debated and voted into enaction. Secondly, we host a wide variety of events

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UN YOUTH PLATFORM (cont) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to approve the support and reinstatement of a youth delegation to the UN and UNESCO headquarters in New York and Paris. If we are successful, a handful of youths shall be afforded the opportunity to participate actively in high-level international meetings on behalf of the group of people perhaps left behind the most over these past two years: young people like themselves. These delegates would spend several weeks each year attending UN conferences and reporting their findings and inspirational stories back to schools across the UK. So where does Wyre fit into this? I have just graduated from university and have been lucky enough to discover the wonderful community of Garstang and the surrounding area. My parents moved here from the Fylde whilst I was gone! Here, more than anywhere else, clearly shines the spirit of

humanitarianism – Garstang declared itself as the UK’s first Fairtrade town back in 2000. Whether it be through bonds of charity, of faith or caretaking for our natural landscape, there is a spirit across the Wyre that radiates the hopes of the UN Charter: a people committed to making their world a safer, cleaner, and more prosperous place for their children to live in. Wyre can be the springboard for a great reawakening of these ideals. But as we try to accomplish this, we need your grassroots support. As UNA-YP moves to form a local movement, we are looking for volunteers both young and established to aid us in our local campaigning activities. We are planning to hold a fundraiser for our delegate programme at Scorton Charity Teas on Sun 22nd Aug. How wonderful it would be to see you there and have help from members of our own community. Joining UNA-YP as a member on our website

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is free, and becoming one of our volunteer staff, attending our events, or participating in our campaigns are all fantastic ways to enter the world of international affairs. It shows potential universities or employers that you are committed to its cause (especially with one of our coveted LinkedIn certificates), that you are willing to get learning, get working, and inspire other people like yourself. If this interests you at all, just send a quick email declaring your interest to me. In the words of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan: ‘No-one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts itself off from its youth, severs its lifeline…’ Ethan R. A. Lees - General-Secretary e: general-secretary@unayp.uk www.unayp.uk

Events Following the lifting of restrictions, our group met on Tues 20th July to discuss the arrangements for providing much-needed car parking support for both Garstang Show (Sat 7th Aug) and the Scorton Game and Country Show (Sat 11th and Sun 12th Sept). This was our first face-to-face meeting held for some considerable time but it was clearly evident that the commitment and enthusiasm of all club members remains at a high level. It is hoped that we can provide much fuller updates of activities organised and projects supported in subsequent editions of Focus Magazine. Meanwhile, more information about the range of activities and projects that we have been involved in on our website.

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CARDIAC RISK IN THE YOUNG Matthew Hesmondhalgh Memorial Fund June was a hive of activity for us here at Matt’s Fund but we were absolutely delighted to take time out to receive a cheque for an astounding £1,000 from Marion and Mark at Best Wishes in Garstang. This was raised from the sales of Garstang Lights scenic Christmas cards (both at Best wishes and at Houghton’s Garage), which featured fabulous photos of Garstang in winter, generously provided by Mike Coleran. The proceeds from sales of protective face coverings also went towards the total. Thank you to all who have helped achieve this amazing amount which will enable 20 young people to be tested and especially to Mark and Marion for everything they do for the charity and community.

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The month ended in a very poignant manner as fellow CRY fundraiser, Heather Reid paid tribute to our much missed son on her yearlong challenge in memory of her daughter, Alex, and many others who have also lost their lives so tragically young.

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Heather has been running 624 miles as this is the approximate number of young people who fall victim to Young Sudden Cardiac Death each year, and, whilst running along the beautiful Chesterfield canal, she paused from covering a mile in Matt’s memory. Heather stopped at lock number 22, Matt’s age when he died. In her own words ‘It was tranquil and the perfect spot to take a few moments to think

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CRY (cont) about your precious son’. We feel very honoured by this lovely gesture from Heather and wish her well with her fundraising endeavours.

year old Dexter Dunford celebrated his birthday by completing a sky dive together with Mark Jones at the Black Knights, Cockerham.

July too has seen a very thoughtful act of kindness with the Catterall Bloomers’ Crazy Daisy team creating beautiful artwork in the Pickering’s bus shelter in memory of Matthew, recalling his love of daisies and forget-menots. This was his very last stop in Catterall from where he travelled to ‘Owd Nells on that fateful night so it makes their efforts all the more moving and humbling.

The intrepid pair raised a magnanimous £280 for CRY at the same time! Well done guys and thank you, it was a fabulous spectacle, but we’ll definitely be well and truly keeping our feet on the ground.

If you’re walking around the village do have a look at all the bus stops if you can, they are vibrant and delightful. Thank you very much for doing this and to all the team for all you do to brighten up our lovely village.

Our next outing is on Sun 1st Aug, when we’ll be joining the team of St Luke’s Church, Winmarleigh at their table top sale at Cabus Village Hall from 9:00am – 2:00pm

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For one Saturday in August, and another in September, town councillors will be manning a stand in the town, allowing anyone to pop by to discuss any issues they have or simply to find out more about what the town council do. We will also invite our Ward and county councillors so whatever the issue, the right person for the job is likely to be there. The dates are to be confirmed and the stand is expected to be pitched on Cherastanc Square, subject to agreement. We will share all the details ASAP. It has been a real frustration to be unable to meet in public so we are pleased to have this opportunity to get out and about and talk all things Garstang. We hope to see you there! Great news - the organisers of the Garstang Scarecrow Festival have requested the use of Moss Lane Park from the 1st to 3rd July 2022. The town council was unanimous in its agreement for the use of the park. We can all look forward to a fun time around Garstang and on Moss Lane Park next summer. All things being equal. Neighbourhood Plan

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GARSTANG TOWN COUNCIL (cont) support from the council to assist with communications and any funding applications to prepare a draft plan. Next Meeting Our next meeting will be held on 16th August 2021, starting at 7.30pm, at Garstang Free Methodist Church, Windsor Road . Get in Touch As always, we are keen to hear your thoughts on how the town council is doing, and about any issues or concerns that you would like us to look into. Much of our information is available on our website or you can call or email our town clerk, Edwina Parry. Edwina Parry - Town Clerk t: 07592 792 801 e: clerk@garstangtowncouncil.gov.uk www.garstangtowncouncil.org

BEN WALLACE MP As I sit to write this article England has moved to step four of the roadmap. While this is good news, we all still need to be cautious and use common sense moving forward. Locally, we have been very careful and listened to the advice from government and the NHS. We know how to minimise the risk and that is exactly what we must now do as part of everyday life. Whether that means wearing a mask at times, keeping a safe distance from others or getting used to washing your hands more often. Keeping ourselves and others safe must be our priority. To keep up to date with the latest advice please visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ covid-19-coronavirus-restrictions-whatyou-can-and-cannot-do

Hot Weather I am pleased to say that we are experiencing some nice summer weather at the moment but, with the heat does come additional risk. Dr Owen Landeg from Public Health England advises, ‘Everybody can be affected by high temperatures and most people are aware of good health advice for coping with hot weather. However, it’s important to keep checking on those who are most vulnerable such as older people and those with heart and lung conditions.’ We all want to enjoy the nice weather but

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BEN WALLACE MP (cont) please do it safely. For more news and advice on the current hot weather go to: www. england.nhs.uk/category/heat-alert Britain in Bloom With more of us looking to stay at home this year for our summer breaks, I am delighted to see many towns and villages preparing for Britain in Bloom. I know things are different this year, but, it is inspiring to see residents taking pride in their local area in this way. I wish all towns and villages the best of luck and thank all those volunteers who dedicate so much time to the local community in this way. Highway Matters I am concerned about the amount of correspondence I am getting on highway matters. This varies from speeding traffic to the condition of roads. I am aware of

constituents’ concerns and will be highlighting them to the highway authority and the police. There is a great deal of traffic on our roads and this is particularly evident at the moment because most people are increasing the amount of road journeys they are making. Please remember if you do see a highway fault, from a blocked gully to potholes, please report them to Lancashire County Council using ‘Report It’, by going to: www. lancashire.gov.uk/roads-parking-andtravel/report-it Get in Touch As always, my mailbag has been full of letters covering many issues and as I have said highways matters have been prominent. I say it often but, please do keep the letters and emails coming. Although I do pride myself on travelling around the constituency listening to residents,

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BEN WALLACE MP (cont) I can’t speak to everyone and it is vital for me to know the issues that concern people on a daily basis in order for me to carry out my role as your member of parliament. As we continue to come out the other side of the pandemic, I know business will take time to recover and I also know some businesses may have questions about our new trade agreement with the EU, please remember I’m here to help. The most effective way to contact me is by email with a brief description of the issues you wish to raise, along with your contact details (including home address). You can also ring my office at the House of Commons or write to me at the House of Commons. Ben Wallace MP t: 0207 219 5804 e: wallaceb@parliament.uk a: House of Commons SW1A 0AA

CAT SMITH MP Hello everyone. I hope you’re all enjoying a lovely summer. It’s been a very busy time in Parliament, leading up to the summer recess. Benefits Reform for the Terminally Ill I’m delighted that after three years of hard campaigning, the government has finally agreed to reform the benefits system for terminally ill people. I lost a close friend to motor neurone disease and was determined others shouldn’t have to face financial worries while living with a terminal illness. I’ve therefore been heavily involved with the ‘Scrap 6 Months’ campaign and finally, in response, the government has pledged to make it easier for people with a terminal illness to get fast-track access to

GREY MATTER TEST (ans page 51) 1. What does the name of the city Philadelphia mean? 2. Which motor racing team is named after the sacred flower in India? 3. The Sierra Madre mountains are in which American state?

11. By what name was Evita usually known? 12. In ‘The Merchant of Venice’ what did Shylock require in lieu of payment? 13. What is an aspen? 14. What was a Mae West to an airman?

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17. Monument Valley is in which America state? 18. Which super volcano erupted in 1883? 19. Which city was formerly known as Constantinople? 20. Who were the victims of the Salisbury poisonings?

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CAT SMITH MP (cont) financial support. This will include making it easier for clinicians to confirm eligibility. Crucially, the government has said it will reform the rule which stipulated that people must prove they have six months or less to live before receiving fast-track access to the benefits many desperately need.

12 district councils, two unitary authorities, Lancashire County Council, Lancashire Enterprise Partnership and a whole host of other influential, entrepreneurial and creative Lancastrians have worked collaboratively to put together a bid for the 2025 City of Culture competition.

This will make a huge difference to people with life-limiting conditions, easing financial worries in the last months of their lives and crucially allowing people to enjoy the time they have left with the people who matter to them. However, our fight isn’t over – we now need to push the government to implement this change as soon as possible.

Lancashire 2025 would have brought millions of inward investment, created thousands of new jobs, reduced the cultural and economic inequalities in our county and been an inspiring and exciting event for thousands of children.

Lancashire 2025 City of Culture Bid Less happy news is the Conservative’s decision to abandon the Lancashire 2025 City of Culture Bid. For the last two years across the county,

But the new conservative administration at Lancashire County Council has dropped the proposal which is devastating for all those people who knew how transformative it would have been. Arts Council funding is significantly lower in Lancashire than in comparable counties and cities and there is an inequality in quantity

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CAT SMITH MP (cont) and scale of major arts organisations. Please, if you think this decision is wrong, write to Phillippa Williamson, the leader of Lancashire County Council and ask her to reverse the decision. Fleetwood Regeneration I’m very pleased to have been involved in putting together a bid for ‘levelling up’ funding from the government to begin the regeneration of Fleetwood. As has so often been proved, when one area like Fleetwood begins to regenerate it has a knock-on effect on neighbouring areas like Over Wyre. This summer, myself, along with Wyre Council and a whole host of talented partners, have submitted a request for £8.56m in the hopes the government will finally recognise that Fleetwood is in desperate need of support and funding. Last year the government announced it would invest up to £830 million to help areas recover from the pandemic and to help transform underused town centres into vibrant places to live, work and shop. Wyre Council submitted a bid for £22 million but on Boxing Day the government confirmed the council had been unsuccessful in attracting funding. This was utterly astonishing. There are wards in Fleetwood that are some of the most deprived in the country. At least 20 per cent of children live in poverty. More than a third of working age people have no qualifications and the town has the lowest life expectancy of 65 to 77 as shown on the index of multiple deprivation 2019. High rates of smoking cause high rates of lung disease and cancer, drug deaths, alcohol-related harm, significant levels of mental health issues and a high suicide rate all contribute towards people in Fleetwood living shorter lives.

up and I’m desperately hoping that this time around we’ll be more successful. The purpose of the Levelling Up Fund (LUF), announced at the 2020 Spending Review, is to invest in local infrastructure that has a ‘visible impact on people and their communities’. I hope the decision makers in London understand that this bid is absolutely critical if Fleetwood and neighbouring areas are to enjoy the same job opportunities, educational opportunities, access to services and transport links that other towns boast. Our proposal includes three projects focussing

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Given all these factors, I just couldn’t understand why Fleetwood wasn’t chosen. But the important thing is – we haven’t given

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CAT SMITH MP (cont) on Fleetwood Market, Fleetwood Museum and the Fleetwood Port Redevelopment site. The Fleetwood Market project would revive the derelict land just next to the market creating a new workspace for commercial creative business. The plans utilise repurposed sustainable shipping containers to create an interesting contrast to the adjacent Victorian Market Hall providing flexible start-up spaces for local businesses, classroom sites, meeting rooms and collaborative working spaces. The plans for Fleetwood Museum include a new visitor centre on the existing site allowing us to attract more visitors to the town. A new entrance will link Queens Terrace and Custom House Lane with the creation of a new ‘pocket park’. Fleetwood Port will see the redevelopment of derelict waterfront land with new flood defences to improve the seafront of the town by creating a coastal park for residents and

visitors. The vision is to revive this gateway into Fleetwood and provide waterside views across the estuary with new pedestrian and cycle routes along the coast and into the town centre – and the new flood defences mean new houses can be built – including affordable and specialist housing. I hope this will be the start of a new era for Fleetwood. For the last decade our coastal towns have been ignored and forgotten about. Whilst the Covid pandemic has been exceptionally challenging for everyone, there have been a few positives such as the potential for British holidaymakers to enjoy more staycations, meaning resorts like Fleetwood can once again aspire to becoming a popular destination. Let’s hope the decision makers in London agree. We’ll find out in the autumn if we’ve got through to the second round. Keep your fingers crossed! Cat Smith MP

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WYRE COUNCIL New Summer Holiday Clubs Wyre Council is launching a programme of free activities this summer for children on benefits-related free school meals. The local summer holiday clubs are part of the Government’s Holiday Activities and Food programme (HAF). Backed by a nationwide investment of up to £220 million, the programme will enable children and young people to enjoy fun activities with friends and learn and develop new skills.

and enthusiasm for the programme. This significant expansion across the country and to every local authority will support even more children over the holidays with healthy meals, fun activities, and learning opportunities.’ Andrew Forsey, chair of the HAF Alliance said: ‘The importance of an enriching holiday experience for all children cannot be underestimated.

‘There is evidence that the best HAF programmes benefit children, parents and A range of clubs across Wyre will run until communities by enabling children to learn Fri 20th Aug and will be free for primary and new skills, socialise with friends, and enjoy secondary aged school children who are nutritious food in a safe environment, eligible for benefits-related free school meals. while supporting their return to school and The sessions include a variety of fun activities alleviating parental stress. alongside a nutritious meal each day. They ‘The HAF Alliance is sharing its expertise and are a great opportunity for young people to best practice with local authorities to help get out and about, get active and meet new them to develop and deliver excellent holiday friends. There is plenty to enjoy including programmes for their local communities.’ arts and crafts, cooking, bowling, kayaking, football and much more, as well as activities FOCUS for children with special educational needs or MAGAZINE disabilities. Councillor Lynne Bowen, Portfolio Holder for Leisure, Health and Community Engagement at Wyre Council comments, ‘We are pleased to be able to offer this summer holiday programme to eligible families this year.

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‘After what has been an incredibly difficult 18 months for many of us, children especially have been impacted by the pandemic and this programme allows them to enjoy their summer by taking part in activities with friends safely.’

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Children and Families Minister Vicky Ford said: ‘Our pioneering Holiday Activities and Food programme has been expanded nationwide this year for the first time, so it will benefit many more children than ever before. This year, especially, I want children to make the most of their school holidays, so I’m thrilled that there is so much support

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WYRE COUNCIL (cont) Details of all the sessions can be found at www.wyre.gov.uk/holidayclub Places need to be reserved and full details of how to book are also on the website. Paid for places are available for children who are not eligible for benefits-related free school meals, please contact the activity providers directly for more information. www.wyre.gov.uk

PARKINSONS UK Preston Branch We will be holding an awareness and fundraising event at Scorton Village Hall, PR3 1AS on Sun 15th Aug.

selling tea, coffee or juice with a biscuit or home made cake. Also between 11:30am and 1:30pm there will be a light lunch menu. There will also be books for sale and a small bric a brac stall. You can even try your luck on the tombola. See you there. Our monthly branch meetings will begin again at 7:30pm on Wed 11th Aug at St Anthony’s, Cadley Causeway, PR2 3SQ. The social centre is not yet fully open so our meetings will be held in the Padua room until the club is available, this is the new room that has been built on the car park end of the church.

This will be our first event after covid and it will be nice to make new acquaintances as well as seeing some old friends again.

Our weekly exercise classes are also back now. For more details about these activities or any other enquiries call any committee member.

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RSPCA Summer Open Day Sun 8th Aug, 11:00am 3:00pm We were hoping to hold a summer open day at the animal centre in July; however, this has had to be rescheduled. Our open day will now take place on Sun 8th Aug. We will have a small selection of stalls including pet products, a tombola, raffle and crafts. Sandwiches, cakes and hot drinks will also be available on the day. Dogs welcome but they must be on lead at all times. Bike for Sale We have a new and unused Edinburgh Quella Track Bike for sale. Premium paint finish and geo comfort saddle. Cro-mo 4130 track frame and forks. Kenda West 25C tyres, stem 90mm reach and height 30’’(54cm). £300 ono (RRP £479.00). For more information, please call the animal centre.

in the home. As he has lived with children before and has a relaxed demeanour, we think he could live with children of any age. Kobi needs a home which can provide him with safe outdoor access and a garden to explore. Gilbert Gentle Gilbert came to the centre via a local vets after being taken in by a concerned member of public. We believe he has spent the last few years living outside and has been going house to house for food. When he arrived in our care, he was heavily matted and covered in flea dirt.

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RSPCA (cont) He also had severe damage to one of his ear tips which we believe has happened due to being exposed to the sun. He has since had surgery to remove the diseased part of his ear flap and is doing much better. Adopters will need to be mindful of his ears being white and apply sunscreen in the summer months to prevent further damage. This can be discussed further with staff when meeting Gilbert. He is such a sweet and friendly chap who is no trouble at all and just wants a peaceful home where he has a warm bed, good food and plenty of love. He is also looking for a home where he can be given safe outdoor access and a garden to explore. Mice We have a number of mice of various ages and sexes on the lookout for new homes. They are all friendly mice who will need a

large cage/ tank with plenty of enrichment. The adoption fee per mouse is £8. Pictured are juvenile boys, Gordon, Hendrick and Bombay. For more information on how to adopt, please contact the animal centre. Hannah Kirrane - Animal Centre Manager t: 01253 703000 e: enquiries@rspcablackpool.org.uk fb: @RSPCAlongview www.rspcablackpool.org.uk

CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY Unveiling of the War Memorial The Union flag will be hoisted at the Barton, Bilsborrow and Myerscough War Memorial in Bilsborrow village on Wed 18th Aug. The event marks the centenary anniversary of the unveiling of the memorial on Thurs 18th Aug 1921 by General Sir Archibald Hunter GCB GCVO DSO TD MP, Colonel of The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment and member of parliament for Lancaster. In 1921, the national anthem was sung followed by the hymn ‘O God, our Help in Ages Past’. General Sir Archibald then addressed the assembled congregation and unveiled the memorial. On it were listed the names of fourteen men from the three parishes who died in the Great War and those of eighty-seven who also served and lived to return home. The venerable Phipps John Hornby, Archdeacon of Lancaster, gave the dedication followed by prayers and the communal singing of the hymn ‘Lead, Kindly Light’. Finally a detachment of soldiers from

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The King’s Own Regiment fired a salute of three volleys and buglers sounded ‘Last Post’ and ‘Reveille’.

Sept 10th & 24th, 11:00am St Oswald’s Church Hall

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GARSTANG PHOENIX WI The ladies of Garstang Phoenix WI have been invited to an afternoon get together at the home of one of our committee members. This has been arranged for Wed 11th Aug at 2:00pm (weather permitting). To give some idea of the members wishing to attend, please contact me on the number below. We look forward to seeing everybody on what we hope will be a perfect summers day. Lesley Wilson 01995 605274

Lyrics and Lunch is an hour sing-along with music followed by a beautifully prepared homemade lunch with tea and coffee, all for £3 each. This is a very friendly, understanding and inclusive group which gives support and friendship to all who come. Although restrictions have been lifted we are mindful that some people remain vulnerable. You are welcome to wear a face mask and to social distance if you feel more comfortable. There will also be hand sanitisers available. We meet at St Oswald’s Church Hall on 2nd and 4th Fridays, beginning September 10th at 11:00am. We will do our best to make your time with us enjoyable and relaxing. Rev’d Judith 07913 876 327

HELP BEAT CANCER On Sun 1st Aug Mrs Linda Kidd, a member of the National Garden Scheme, is having an open garden from 10:00am - 5:00pm at Kington Cottage, Treales, PR4 3SD. Admission is £3.50 with refreshments from £2.50. There will be a raffle and tombola. Please come along to see this fantastic garden. Proceeds will go to Cancer Research UK. Donations of cakes greatly appreciated. Many thanks to Hambleton Hardware Store and The Main Grill in Inskip for the amount raised in their collecting tins. Also Fylde Flowers for their donation. Their continued support is very much appreciated. Special thanks to everyone for your support. Even during this awful pandemic we have raised £16,400 this past financial year Val Southward & Jean Horner t: 01253 700555 fb: Help Beat Cancer – Wyre

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BRAIN DEGENERATION Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia appear to be rampant in the western world. Many people, quite understandably, live in fear of such a dreaded diagnosis and of course, for those who stand by watching helplessly the stress and strain can be extraordinary. But did you know there are a whole host of things you can do to load the dice in your favour. Like all things to do with our bodily and mental health, the key to our future is in the palm of our own hands. The pharma companies have been chasing a magic drug that can remove what are called the amyloid plaques that have been observed as a feature of Alzheimer’s disease. There have been over 300 studies that have all failed. Whilst they have found a drug (aducanumab) that does reduce the plaques in the brain, unfortunately it fails to

deliver any improvement in cognition! However, there is now enormous evidence showing that a simple combination of B vitamins and Omega 3 causes significantly less brain shrinkage. Not only that but the study that found this, led by Professor David Smith at Oxford University, also found that memory loss ceased and 70% of the subjects were classed as zero on the clinical dementia rating. This simply means that much dementia is preventable with lifestyle changes and nutritional improvements. One important area is to avoid drugs that have a negative effect on your ability to absorb the right nutrients. The group I see massively over-prescribed and then allowed to be taken ad infinitum are the drugs used to tackle heartburn and hiatus hernias – omeprazole, lansoprazole, gaviscon et al.

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BRAIN DEGENERATION (cont) These drugs are not safe for long term use. Please, if you struggle with acid reflux or heartburn consult an expert who can advise you how to change your diet because such acidic issues are often your body telling you to stop putting in something that does not agree with it. Commonly these are the pastries, cereals, breads and alcohol. Aside from the potentially serious illnesses caused by too much acid, suppressing your body’s stomach acids is the first step towards increasing your chance of dementia. You may take B vitamins and a myriad of other good things but the suppressive antacids will mean you simply do not absorb the right nutrients. Prevention is far better than cure and I would advise everyone to take a high quality B vitamin supplement – make sure it has B12 in it. Viridian do several excellent B supplements and you get money back on the bottle when

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Parkinsons UK

RSPCA

Centenary Anniversary

Ben Wallace MP

Cardiac Risk in the Young

Soroptimists

Garstang Arts Centre

Garstang & District Lions

Garstang Medical Centre

UN Association Youth Platform

Garstang AFVBC

Garstang in Bloom

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