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Well, here we are in 2014... and another year ahead of us.

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Comedy Carpet book launches as exhibition heads to “the Chinese” Tate Modern A brand new book is set to tell the vivid story of how Blackpool’s biggest piece of public artwork was created.

It comes as an exhibition about the Comedy Carpet is unveiled at Shanghai’s biggest ever design show, Aesthetics City. The artwork has been included as part of the Design Shanghai 2013 exhibition at Shanghai’s Power Station of Art (China’s equivalent to the Tate Modern) which is showcasing work from artists from all over the world. A large vinyl print of the carpet, along with two videos and some samples of the granite letters, are on display until 30 March 2014 as part of the ‘City of Interface’ section curated by Li Degeng.

Cllr Simon Blackburn, Leader of Blackpool Council, said: ‘It’s a real coup that a piece of artwork in Blackpool is being showcased on the other side of the world at one of China’s most prestigious art centres. Not only does it promote the cultural aspect of the town to thousands of international visitors, but is also a great advertisement for Blackpool in a country which has the potential to attract thousands of tourists here to see the real Comedy Carpet.’

The Comedy Carpet, and the work of its creator, Gordon Young, has already scored international acclaim, scooping the Tokyo Type Directors award in 2012 seeing off competition from more than 350 other international entries. Mr Young said: ‘I’ve been amazed at how our communal memory of comedy has been embraced in far flung places such as Tokyo and Shanghai. And I’m particularly delighted that the Comedy Carpet is being used as a resource for learning and fun in ways that I never anticipated.’

The exhibition coincides with the launch of a new book about the Comedy Carpet on Friday.

The book is on sale for £25 and can be picked up at the Tourist Information Centre and at the Grundy Art Gallery. It will be launched at a special unveiling at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom on Friday by Council Leader Simon Blackburn and artist Gordon Young. The book documents the entire process of creating the 2,200m2 granite artwork, from idea to launch, which contains jokes and catchphrases from over 1,000 comedians.

Beginning at the design and compilation stage, the book tells a story of the creation of the stone slabs and individual letters as well as images from the opening of the carpet by comedian

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Ken Dodd. As well as proving a popular tourist attraction for many, it has also been a source of education for school children throughout Blackpool. Pupils from primary and secondary schools across the town have been improving their literacy skills by completing projects based on the carpet.

As well as creating board games based on the carpet, special classes around the artwork have been used to help children improve their English. On top of this, around 300 pupils learnt a Charleston routine inspired by the black and white silent movies of old. The dance the children learnt will also be performed at the book launch.

Cllr Blackburn added: “The Comedy Carpet has been one of the biggest new attractions that Blackpool has seen in years. Every time I drive or walk past the carpet you can guarantee that people will be stood reading the jokes and enjoying it as a piece of art as well as a tourist attraction. The carpet is well loved by everybody who visits it and also puts Blackpool on the cultural map, with contemporary art experts from all over the country praising the installation.

But we’ve also used the carpet to benefit our community too. Children have been learning about it in schools to improve their language skills, as well as watching old comedy films to get active and create their own dance routines.

The intricacies of installing the carpet began many years ago and stretch from the painstaking design through to the installation and launch.

Every inch of that work has been detailed in this book, which will provide the perfect present for somebody this Christmas.’

The carpet, which was opened in 2011, lies opposite the Blackpool Tower on Blackpool’s Promenade and was commissioned by Blackpool Council using part of a £4m grant from CABE’s Seachange programme.

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Clifton Rangers Junior Football Club News Your Club, Our Community

We are an FA Charter Standard Development football club, founded in 1977. The club was awarded an FA Charter Development award in 2010, and working towards an FA Charter Community Award. Over the past few years the club has been developing a partnership in sports with St Marys Catholic College and St Georges Church of England College.

Our plans continue through 2014 with ongoing development of sports facilities and plans to provide more sporting opportunities in our community.

St Mary’s is nearing the final stages of developing 5 new full sized multi game football pitches and sports ground. We have been using the ground over the past four years, be it during the construction, so use has been limited. However it is clear to see the facility will be of a high standard as the investment continues.

Funds are a huge factor in sustaining community sports clubs and without them we would struggle to provide teams with kit and equipment, or maintain community projects. We would like to thank our sponsors for 2013-2015: Royal Mail, Northerncare, Molloys, Arnold Clark Motors, Cost Cutters (Blackpool), Cambridge Weight Plan (Blackpool), Car

Cosmetics, CSE Flooring and Cleaning, Michael’s Indian Restaurant and South Shore Tennis Club – A huge thank you!!

During the next few years we are planning the growth of our football club and helping our education partners to provide more sports activities for 1000’s of children. Therefore use of funding will be for an even greater cause! In addition we want to continue with our proven coaching development programme and create more coaching, management and team development opportunities from 2014-2015.

This will require like minded people to support our workforce, to develop further partnerships with local sports organisations, businesses, schools, colleges and national funding bodies, plus increase the number of qualified development coaches to create a great coaching environment and experience!

If you are interested in a coaching career or a qualified coach, want to make good use of some spare time, donate or you have a good funding idea, then we want to hear from you! Please call Free Phone 0300 321 3203 or email chairman@ cliftonrangersjfc.net Open days for players and teams will be announced on our website or face book in 2014, come a join us at www.facebook.com/CRJFC, and learn more about a forward thinking club!

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Clifton Rangers JFC Your Club, our community FA Charter Standard Development Club Bringing football and communities together!

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CHARTER STANDARD CLUB

We require enthusiastic people to join our Social Events Group. Helping our future fundraising across the community and making us one of the best clubs in the Fylde!

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MERESIDE LIBRARY OPENING TIMES 4b Crummock Place FY4 4TP Tel: 478155 Monday 9.30am-12.30pm 1.30pm-5.00pm Tuesday - closed Wednesday 9.30am-12.30 1.30pm -5.00pm Thursday - closed Friday 9.30am-12.30pm 1.30pm-5.00pm Saturday 9.30am - 1.00pm Sunday - closed PALATINE LIBRARY OPENING TIMES St Annes Road FY4 2AP Tel: 478050 Monday 9.30am - 7.00pm Tuesday 9.30am - 5.00pm Wednesday 9.30am - 7.00pm Thursday 9.30am - 5.00pm Friday 9.30am - 5.00pm Saturday 9.30am - 5.00pm Sunday - closed

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ROYAL ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION Blackpool & The Fylde meet at Marton Institute every 4th Monday in the month. All welcome.

01253 696313 LUNG CANCER SUPPORT GROUP This meeting is for anyone affected by Lung Cancer.

We meet of the 1st Wednesday of each month at 1pm, Whitegate Resource Centre, 259 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool FY3 9JL. The group has nursing input. Contact Julie Meikle, Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist. 01253 303312

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WHIST DRIVES Every Weds, Fri 7.15pm & Sun 7pm. £1 admission.

Prizes for winners. Held at Community Centre, Molyneux Drive off Lennox Gate, South Shore. All are welcome to come along.

ALZHEIMERS SOCIETY DEMNETIA CAFES We meet at Independent Living Centre, 259 Whitegate Dr, Blackpool FY3 9JL. 10am-12 on the last Thursday of the month. Contact the Blackpool , Fylde & Wyre Alzheimer’s Society Office on 696854 ST BERNADETTE’S PLAYERSAMATUER DRAMATIC GROUP We meet every Thursday evening at 7.30pm at St Bernadette’s Church Hall, All Hallows Road. Contact Bernard Melling on 07846 629766 BLACKPOOL JUBILEE STROKE ASSOCIATION Provides a service for Stroke suffers and their carers.

We meet Friday eve 2nd & 4th Friday of the month at Holycross Church, Central Drive Blackpool. Transport available where needed info 01253 872142 NAPIER HOMECARE SERVICES LTD Every Friday Over 60s. 1.30–3.30pm. at Cherry Tree Community Centre, Cherry Tree Road, Marton. Speakers on a variety of topics, crafts, games, quizzes, bingo.

Free admission. 01253 403047 ruth.jackson@napierhomecare.co.uk FOREST GATE BAPTIST CHURCH Forest Gate, FY3 9AW Sunday service at 10.45am.

Monday Toddler Group 9.30am (term time). Tuesday Youth Group 7.30pm (alternate weeks) www.fgbcblackpool.co.uk FYLDE FILM SOCIETY We meet at Blackpool Odeon every fortnight.

Visit: www.fyldefilmsociety.co.uk PAST ROTARIANS OF THE FYLDE Is a club for older Rotarians who still like to enjoy fellowship and limited service.

For membership please contact John Harrop Secretary 01253 732342 or Tony Scott President 01253 349661

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DIABETES UK BLACKPOOL, WYRE & FYLDE COAST CHILDRENS SUPPORT GROUP Supporting children with Type 1 Diabetes and their families. Our Group provides a friendly, constructive, safe and informative environment to meet and we provide fun and healthy activities to participate in.

Up-to-date activities and Group information is available on www.fylde-coast-childrens. diabetesukgroup.org or diabetesuk.fyldekidssupport@ sky.com FYLDE SPEAKERS CLUB The club is open to everyone at any level of speaking whether you are terrified or love speaking in public come and join us. We meet every second Wednesday at the Assembly Rooms, Dicconson Terrace in Lytham. For more info contact Lynne Martin on 07751 936 555.

THE SOUTH FYLDE BRANCH OF RAFA We meet first Wednesday of every month (unless this is the Wedsnesday following a bank holiday, in which case there will be no meeting) at 7:30pm start time 8pm for about an hour at Richard Peck House 1 St Thomas’s Road, St Anne’s (opp St Thomas’s Anglican Church). Meetings provide a warm welcome to it’s members and any serving or ex-RAF members. We enjoy quiz nights, film shows and guest speakers.

Contact Mr Ray Moore on 739412 m.moore.404@btinternet.com DNA4LIFE CORE FITNESS BOOT CAMPS Full body core fitness and CV workout Wed White Church 6.00-7.00 pm Sat Mornings on St Annes Green opposite The Chadwick Hotel 8.00-.9.00 am and 9.00 – 10.00 am £5. Beginners Welcome.

ST. ANNES K.U.G.B. KARATE CLUB Shotokan Karate 7yrs and above (teenagers and adults welcome) Weds St. Albans Church Hall 7 til 8 beginners and lower grades, 8 - 9 advanced. Also sats at St. Thomas Scout Hut 2.30-3.30, 3.30-4.45 Adv. £4 pay as you go 07989 908135 www.kugb.org WORKING FORM HOME? Would you like to meet others in the situation? We meet every 1st & 3rd Thurs at The Hole In One, Forest Drive, Lytham f.gray@btconnect.com KNIT & NATTER GROUP 10.30am every Thursday. Bring your own project, anything you are working on – not just knitting! Also, Learn to Knit classes available. £30 07939 240068 Angela Buckley

BY JINGO LINGO Fun French for pre-schoolers, including songs, nursery rhymes and activities. Every Thursday at the Parish Rooms, St Annes. Cubs (9 months - 2 yrs) 9.30-10am. Bears (2 yrs- 4 yrs) 10.15am - 10.45am.

Come and join the fun with Billy! For further info and availability. Contact Lisa on 07966366826 lisa@ byjingolingo.com

new techniques and share experiences. Cake, coffee and a good craic all available. Call Amy 07956 605 612.

SANDHILLS SINGALONG GROUP Friendly social group for older people, meets every Thursday from 12.30pm at Sandhills Pub, 18-20 St Annes Road West, Lytham St Annes. Join us for musical entertainment from Miss Patricia, singing all the old songs you love. Age UK Lancashire on 0300 303 1234 fyldeoffice@ageuklancs.org.uk.

RIBBLE CRUISING CLUB Club meetings Friday evenings 9pm Wednesday evenings. More details at ribblecruisingclub.org.uk JUST GOOD FRIENDS We meet at the YMCA on St Albans Rd, St Annes Saturday afternoons 2pm-4pm. Its just £1 for a brew or a coffee and biscuits! There’s a monthly raffle where we each bring something in, raffle it and help raise money.The group is a group set up for each other. It’s here for everybody. Whether you just want to socialise, help, listen, chat, simply feel lonely or just have a laugh.Contact Bev Sykes on 07557734233 after 6pm please.

WARTON JUNIOR BADMINGTON CLUB Sat 9-10am, 10-11.30am, 11.30-1pm ages 7-18.

Dorothy Barrett 739801 / Mike Cooper 633402 THE LYTHAM BELLES WI GROUP We meet on the first Sunday of every month at victory hall next door to St Cuthberts Church Lytham at 7:30 - 9:30. Everyone is welcome for details lythambelles@virginmedia.com or checkout our Facebook page lythambelles 90 MINUTE CHALLENGE Sundays at 10am with Jackie/Emma and Monday night at 5.30 with Jackie Daly St Annes 716010 CRAFT & GIFT FAIR AT SOLARIS 1st Sunday of each month throughout the year starting 2nd February. Indoor venue. Solaris Centre, New South Prom, Blackpool. (opposite the Mirror Disco Ball) Free entrance 10.30 am to 3.00 pm. Stalls £10. Contact Lynn 01772 671156 FYLDE COAST RAMBLERS & FELL WALKERS Weekly walks. Alternative Saturdays half day and Sundays full day. Pick-ups at different points in the Fylde. For Saturdays ring Ron Wright on 01253 401135.

For Sundays ring Lesley Taylor on 07546 529704 BLACKPOOL IL GI TAEKWONDO SELF DEFENSE CLASSES Every Monday and Friday 6:30 to 7:30 at Blackpool Sports Centre Stanley Park. Thursday 7:00 to 8:00 at Palatine Leisure centre, St Annes road Blackpool Tuesday 6:00 to 7:30 at Palatine Community Sports College 07773 882165 or 01253 298168 www.ilgitaekwondo.org for more details

THE HOOK UP Crochet group for all abilities. 11am – 1pm Thursdays at Washington’s Tearooms, Park Rd. St. Anne’s. £3 subs. Come and join in with the crochet-alongs, learn

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SUFFER CHRONIC PAIN? Want to meet up with like-minded people? If so, contact Blackpool Smile on 07505 210402. We meet at every Tuesday at Marton United Reformed Church Hall, Wordsworth Avenue (just off Preston Old Road), Blackpool, FY3 9UZ between 09:30 & 12:30. We do gentle exercise and have a brew/chat with friends.

We always have a laugh too. You can also find us on Facebook. We’re more than happy to meet up with you for a brew/chat before you come so that is less daunting for your first time. We charge £3 p/w.

BLACKPOOL & FYLDE MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE We hold our mettings once a month at the Blackpool Centre Independent Living on Whitegate Drive, 11am-1pm. (BCIL) All welcome, we have a different speaker each month.

CALLING ALL STITCHERS Come and join us at Holy Trinity Church every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month to work on your projects and have a chat. We meet in the Pod at the back of church from 10 – 12 am.

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Get the New Year off to a healthy start and join us for a great day out, it will only cost you £8.00. Contact Derek Helm on 01772 6779153 or 0778385041. Book early to avoid disappointment. Pick ups start at St Annes then various other point throughout the Fylde.

NORTH FYLDE MUSIC CIRCLE 14th February starting 7.30pm. NFMC concert at Blackpool Sixth Form College, two very talented musicians, Laura van der Heijden (cello) - BBC Young Musician of the Year 2012 Winner - and Mana Oguchi (piano) play duos including Mendelssohn and Brahms.01253 349650 www.northfyldemusiccircle.org.uk PRE BOND WALKS This club walks the second sunday of each month.

Sun 9th Feb, Arnside. Coach pick ups from Moor Park Baths , Blackpool, St Annes, Lytham, Wesham.

Come along keep fit & make new friends. Pub meal on way home. For details ring Edith on 711898 FYLDE NATURALIST MEETINGS & WALKS Wed 15th Jan ‘Lake District & Its Bird Life’. by Alan Stamford. Wed 29th Jan ‘Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Park’ by Howard Phillips. Walk on Sat 18th Jan, meet by car at Stannah Country Park at 1 00.

Wed 12th Feb ‘Out & About with my Camera’ by Geoff Manger. Wed 26th Feb agm plus ‘Switzerland the Valais Region’ by Gerry Stephen. Walk on Sat 15th, Lancaster to Heysham. Wednesday meetings are held at Church Alive Halls, Raikes Parade, Blackpool at 715. Pay £1 on the door. Coach outings on Saturdays pick up points Lytham,st annes, Blackpool, Layton, Poulton. All welcome. Come along & make new friends. Carole 01253 316713.

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BLACKPOOL GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION 27th January at 18.30 hours for a 19.00 start at Singleton Lodge:- Annual Dinner and Quiz of the Blackpool Geographical Association. 3rd February at 19.00 hours in the Blackpool Sixth Form College‘Magnetism and Rain:waxing and waning of the East Asian summer monsoon in the last 3 million years’, a lecture by Professor Barbara Maher B.Sc.Ph.D Contact 01253 854 853 for further information.

THE SOUTH - Live & Beautiful Still Featuring ex members of The Beautiful South, playing hits like A Little Time, Rotterdam, Perfect 10. For one night only At Lowther Pavilion, Lytham, Sunday 23rd February at 8pm, Tickets £21 and £20 concessions.www.lowtherpavilion.co.uk 01235 794 221 BLOOD DONATIONS ‘PLEASE CALL 0300 123 23 23 TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT. APPOINTMENTS CAN BE MADE UP TO MIDNIGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE A SESSION’ Thursday 30th January, 1.45pm – 3.45pm & 5.00pm– 7.30pm Blackpool South, St Pauls Church, Main Hall, Honister Avenue, FY3 9PF. GRUNGE REVIVAL NIGHT The news that Grunge is dead is yet to hit the Blue Room in Blackpool as they prepare for another night of hot nineties action, live sets from some of the best grunge cover bands in the UK, Pearl Scam (Pearl Jam) and Angry Hair (Alice In Chains). Get your best lumberjack shirt on and throw that hairbrush away because as far as Blackpool is concerned grunge is not dead. Saturday 18th January, 8pm £2 on the door. www.facebook.com/theblueroombpl LIVE AT THE BLUE ROOM Blue Room, Church St, Blackpool The x-Rays (Punk/Skiffle), Wild Honey (50’s style swing) Savage Jaw (Ambient/Soundscape), John Banks (acoustic) 25th January, 8pm, £1 on the door, www.facebook.com/theblueroombpl BLACKPOOL VEGAN, GREEN, FAIRTRADE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS FAIR Saturday Feb 22 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Upstairs at the Talbot Social Club, 46, Milbourne Street, Blackpool, FY1 3LL. 30 stalls, Free vegan food, 50p entry LANCASTER MINI VEGAN, GREEN, FAIRTRADE, and HUMAN RIGHTS FAIR Saturday March 1, Upstairs in ‘the Sanctuary’, Lancaster Library, Market Square, Lancaster, LA1 1HY. 13 stalls, Free vegan food, Free entry.

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Send listings to info@link-mag.co.uk KEY SERVICES Bispham Police Station, Red Bank Road, Bispham, Blackpool 0845 125 35 45 NON EMERGENCY ONLY

Child Death Help Line 0800 282 986 Child Line 0800 1111 Chris Molyneux Counselling 07745 675946 Connect Young People Centre 01253 751047 Fire Safety Advice & FREE Home Fire Cruse Bereavement Help Line Safety Check 0800 169 1125 0844 477 9400 Gas Leaks (24 hour) 0800 111 999 Drugs Talk to Frank 0800 776600 Fighting For Freedom with Anorexia Emergency Electricity 0800 195 4141 Nervosa 07985 673187 Water Burst/No Water 0845 746 2200 Fylde Coast Counselling 01253 714606 United Utilities 0800 195 4141 Help Direct 0303 3331021 Mental Health Help Line 0500 639 000 Emergency Heating Repairs (24hour) Missing People 0500 700 700 (24hr) 0845 074 4002 National Debt Line - 0808 808 4000 National Domestic Violence HEALTH 0808 2000 247 Blackpool Victoria Hospital N.S.P.C.C Child Protection 01253 300 000 0808 800 5000 Fleetwood Hospital 01253 306 000 Parent Line Plus 0808 800 2222 Rossall Hospital 01253 300 000 Private Counselling 01253 760600 Duty Chemist Sundays Morrisons Smoking Cessation 01253 651570 NHS Direct (24hr Service) 0845 4647 Young Peoples Outreach Nurse (under 19) www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk Fylde Tel: 07917 587133 Dental Enquiries - Fylde & Wyre Wyre Tel: 07795 605336 01253 306378 (24hr 7 days) Walk-in Centre Blackpool 01253 953953 Fylde Coast Womens Aid 01253 596699 Napier Homecare Services 01253 403047 LOCAL SERVICES North Shore Surgery 01253 957666 Blackpool Council 01253 477477 Blackpool Advocacy (health and social www.blackpool.gov.uk care) 01253 405959 Fylde Borough Council 01253 658658 Blackpool Dementia Support www.fylde.gov.uk 01253 405959 Wyre Borough Council 01253 891000 Blackpool Independent Health Out of hours: 01253 895116 Complaints Support 01253 40595 Regenda Housing 0844 736 0066 Environment Agency 0800 80 70 60 (24hr) HELPLINES www.environment-agency.gov.uk Al-Anon Family Groups 020 7403 0888 Neighbourhood Watch www.al-anonuk.org.uk www.neighbourhoodwatch.net Alcoholic Anonymous 0845 769 7555 Alzheimer’s Society National Helpline 0300 222 1122 Beyond Domestic Abuse 01253 405959 Blackpool Carers’ Centre 01253 393748 www.blackpoolcarers.org Blackpool Family Information Service 0800 092 2332 Blackpool Fylde Wyre Samaritans 01253 622218

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