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OCTOBER 2011 Editors Letter Welcome to our OCTOBER edition of LINK-Magazine.
Really like this time of year as we start looking forward to Halloween and Bonfire Night in November, it’s still a magical time for communities to get out and explore traditions and enjoy great local events. Don’t forget have a happy Halloween and attend an organised event for Bonfire Night - Be Safe. LINK-Magazine is the only FREE magazine that delivers to all of FY23 and will always be free. As LINK Magazine is supported by 100’s of local businesses, as LINK provides cost effective advertising and mass coverage with our 6 magazines. LINK relies on local contact and communities to provide local information of interest, events and useful local stories we are happy to print most of this for free, so if you have something of interest that would be useful to FY23 readers then get in touch or email on the details below. We are working on our November and December editions now so don’t forget to send us your details for Christmas and New Year events, to let people know what going on in advance. LINK will get the message out where other media can’t. Congratulations LINK-Spotter Susan Atkinson of Blackpool who won our ‘Where am I?’ Competition. £50 is on its way to you.
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BNI members pay an annual fee in exchange for a structured and supportive business environment in which they learn new marketing techniques and generate business for each other. The Blackpool chapter of BNI (Tower Chapter) meet every Thurs morning at 6.45am at The Cliffs Hotel, for further information contact info@irregularbelldesign.co.uk” We would also like to include some testimonials from members; “...since joining BNI I moved my business further in a month than I had in a year, I wouldn’t be where I am if I hadn’t gone along to that first meeting!” Katrina Bell, Creative Director, The Irregular Bell Design Co. “...As part of our involvement with BNI, Secure Assure IT Services have benefited greatly from the exposure to other small businesses who are like minded in their aims to expand their businesses, and also the processes provided by BNI to help us achieve our goals in a consistent and measurable fashion.
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Blackpool Junior Rugby Club We are situated on Fleetwood Road, just after Mossom Lane. We welcome boys and girls at the club and are always looking for new players.
Sunday 4th September and a good day was had by all those who attended, the morning started with training and a welcome to all new and existing players. We will be training every Sunday 10-30 till 12, and training on a Thursday will start soon to prepare all players for the matches that are ahead of us this season.
Children can start playing rugby from the age of 6 and continue to play right up to becoming an adult where they can join the adult game at 18. The rules The games for October for the Tags, Under 10’s, Under 12’s are; change as the children grow up until they play on 2nd Oct. Rossendale Away kick off 11am a full pitch and with full rules. 16th Oct. Colne and Nelson Home kick off 11am 30th Oct. Aspull Home kick off 11am 6 to 8 years play tag rugby. Tag rugby is a non contact game where the We are continually looking for new players and children have a belt on with a Velcro tag at either side. For a tackle to be made a tag must be pulled hope to see more children coming and joining us, off and held in the air for the referee to see. There if you are not sure if you will like rugby we offer all new players the chance to come down and train is no contact and no scrums at this age. with us before deciding if they want to register. The 20th October sees us welcome one of our Contact Rugby is played from 8 years and up. local cub packs to the club for a training session, if this is something other local youth groups As this is being written we are preparing for the new season and are looking for players for all age would like to access. groups. Our registration and fun day took place on
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since 1879 when they were described as ‘Artificial Sunshine’. The annual Festival of Light compliments the traditional Illuminations with a contemporary look at the concept of light and art working together to create entertainment.
Lung Cancer Support Group - This meeting is for anyone affected by Lung Cancer. They meet of the 1st Wednesday of each month at 1pm, Whitegate Resource Centre, 259 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool FY3 9JL. This group has nursing input. For further details contact Donna Sheridan on Telephone: 01772 647040 0r Mobile: 07508 375679 or e mail donna.sheridan@lsccn.nhs.uk
INTERNATION TRAVEL AND HOLIDAYS ASSOCIATION We meet at 7.30 pm in the Concert Hall at Blackpool’s Sixth Form College, FY3 7LR. Membership is £15 for the season and visitors’ fees are £4 per meeting Details from Joan Gaffiney 01253 700799. Website : www.fyldetravellers.org.uk. Wednesday 28th September 2011 - We begin the new season with Chris and Keith Buxton who travel to Sarawak in Borneo, in a talk called “Sarawak, Land of the Headhunters.” This includes visiting the orangutangs. Wednesday12th October 2011 - We welcome back Peter Logan who visits ground familiar to many with his story of “Provence and the French Riviera” Roman & Medieval history, Impressionist artists and the glamour & sophistication of the Riviera. Wednesday 26th October 2011 - Tony Redford “Returns to Hong Kong”. He was inspired to return by the diversity and photographic potential of and this truly exciting city.
BLACKPOOL TRINITY HOSPICE FRIENDS EVENTS 1st October - Band Night with ‘The Versions’ at the Red Lion Pub Bispham from 7.30 £5 per ticket - including Supper! Contact Sheila on 867276. Also Halloween Theme Quiz Night at the Red Lion 24th October from Forest Gate Baptist Church (near Stanley Park) Services 7.30pm fancy dress optional! Admission by ticket £3 every Sunday at 10.45am and 6.30pm. For full details of each to include supper contact Sheila on 867276 other activities, please see our website Blackpool Victoria Hospital Walking Club www.fgbcblackpool.co.uk’ Sunday 9th October. Jumbles. Pick ups St Annes – Blue Summer Special Concerts, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays in Anchor and points in-between. Children welcome ring the months June to October 7th Sept Pilling Band, 21st Bob on 346384. Future walks: 13th November: Hurst Sept Melody Makers, 5th Oct Guardian Concert Band, Green, 11th December: A chance to Shop at and tour the 19th Oct Frank Flynn BandAll at North Shore Methodist Walls of Chester from only £8.00. Church - Dickson Road Blackpool 7.30pm each Harvest Festival at the New Central Methodist Church evening £4.00 including refreshments Adelaide Street, Blackpool 9th October 2011 at 10.30am. Hospice Fundraising Group- We meet in the SHIPPON The theme is for the charity Water Aid. During the service room at All Hallows Church Halls in Bispham the first the children will be giving their baskets of fruit and Thursday of every month at 7.30pm. We are a lively vegetables, all are welcome. bunch! Only a small team but we raise a lot! Last month St Bernadette’s Players amateur dramatic group meets we raised £2,500 for Trinity & Brian House. We organise fairs, bag packs, store collections, car boots, quiz nights, every Thursday evening at 7.30pm at St Bernadette’s Church Hall, All Hallows Road, FY2 0AS. Our next murder mysteries. We make crafts, bake cakes, face paint, do tombolas, raffles, dress up, do fetes...you name production is a thriller just in time for Halloween, “Proscenophobia” by Bettine Manktelow, which takes it! Call Sheila on 867276 for more information place on the evenings of the 27th, 28th and 29th of PARKINSON”S UK The monthly meeting of the October, 7.30pm.Tickets are £5 (£3.50 for conscessions) Blackpool branch will take place at 7-30pm on and include a hot drink and a biscuit. For any further info Monday November 7th at our new meeting venue, email stbplayers@hotmail.com, or visit us on Facebook Cleveleys Park Methodist Church Hall, West Drive at stbplayers or our website www.blackpool4me.com/ Cleveleys FY5 2BL. Entertainment This Month = stbernadettesplayers, or just pop down and meet the Trebleclef {Vocal Trio} Please note a later finishing group any Thursday (a warm welcome is guaranteed!) time of 9-15pm. Support, advice and information is North Fylde Music Circle - Friday 14th October 7.30pm provided for people with Parkinson”s along with Blackpool Sixth Form College’s Theatre/Concert their partners, family members and friends, and all Hall, Blackpool Old Road, Highfurlong. Piano duet new members will be made most welcome. Further John Gough and Tom Kimmance - Mozart, Schubert, Information from Marjorie Fleming 01253 868086 Rachmaninov & others. Non-members welcome; Email: marjoriefleming@talktalk.net Enquiries 459365. Chris Whyham 01253 893571 e:whyham@talktalk.net
UNISON retired members meet at Blackpool Town Hall the first Saturday of each month at 11 a.m. Next meeting 1st of October. All welcome. Contact details Nita Autumn Fair Round Church St Anne Greenlands Salmesbury Ave, Bispham. 15th October 2011 11am 2pm - tombola, cakes, bric a brac, games, raffle, lunch from 12 noon. All welcome. Entry by donation. Blackpool Illuminations - September 2nd - November 6th Have you seen them? The sort of spectacle that everyone should see at least once, Blackpool Illuminations enthral millions of visitors every year. The greatest free light show on earth has been a major part of Blackpool’s attraction
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ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS BLACKPOOL: meet at Independent Living Centre, 259 Whitegate Dr, Blackpool, FY3 9JL. 1pm - 3pm on the 3rd Monday of the month. Next meetings Oct 17th, Nov 21st, Dec 19th FYLDE: meet at The United Reform Church, Bannister St. Lytham, FY8 5HP. 10am - 12. Second Wednesday in the month.Next meetings Oct 12th, Nov 9th, Dec 14th. For further information please contact Alison or Sharon at the local Dementia/Alzheimers Office 01253 - 312893
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So why not come along to our free Tea Party on Monday 17th October 10am – 12.45pm when you will find out more about this exciting course.
From October, Disability First will be the new name for three existing services within one organisation which includes:
See the advert below with your voucher for a free complimentary tea or coffee. If you can’t attend, but wish for more information, contact Alan on 01253 472201.
•Lancashire Disability Information Federation •Access Lancashire •Disability Information & Support Denise Baker, Chief Executive says “with one new name and one vision, we are hopeful that people will have better clarification and understanding of the wide range of services that we offer”.
Disability First offers •Blackpool’s disabled residents free specialist advice and information, welfare benefit support and a disability hate crime and incidences reporting service
Lancashire wide, including Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen, we offer o access audits o provide training to voluntary organisations, private and statutory services o offer infrastructure support and guidance to disability groups, o facilitate several disability partnerships o a comprehensive range of volunteering opportunities across all services
To access any of these outstanding service please contact us on 01253 476450 For people living in Blackpool, Wyre or Fylde our latest project, Computers Made Easy, is a FREE and EASY friendly computer course for beginners. Find out why you should be on the internet and how it can open up a whole new world for you. Small classes of six people or less are held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10.30am – 12.30pm or 1.30pm – 3.30pm.
Computers Made Easy Got a Computer or Laptop and don’t know how to use it? Want to learn how to Google, Email and Go Online safety? We can provide you with information on our free and basic computer course To find out more you are cordially invited to our free Tea Party taking place on Monday 17th October anytime between 10am – 12.45pm Blackpool Centre for Independent Living, Whitegate Drive, Blackpool (nr B & M’s) For more details or further information even if you can’t attend ring Alan on 01253 472201
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One hanging in the north of England that didn’t get the same prominence was that of Louisa Merrifield for the murder of Mrs Sarah Ricketts. The last woman to be executed at Strangeways Prison was 46 year old Louisa May Merrifield who had been convicted of poisoning Mrs Sarah Ricketts.
What does the town of Blackpool mean to most of our reader’s? Kiss me quick hats, donkeys on the beach, the tower, the pleasure beach, happy days as a small child building sandcastles on the promenade to think of a few. But what of its murky paranormal past and stories of murder and mayhem? Here are just a few tales of the town’s strange history...
Mrs Ricketts was a 79 year old, bedridden widow who lived in Blackpool, North shore and had hired Merrifield and her husband Alfred to look after her in March 1953. Shortly thereafter, she made a new will leaving her bungalow to Merrifield. Merrifield added the rat poison, Rodine, to the jam which Mrs Rickets subsequently ate. Her death was considered suspicious and an autopsy was performed which revealed the presence of poison. A record of the sale of the Rodine to Merrifield was discovered at a local chemist and the police arrested her and her husband, Alfred.
An ex-World War I soldier put his crime down to post-traumatic stress disorder, but he still ended up on the gallows. Lieutenant Frederick Rothwell Holt had murdered his girlfriend, and then tried to plead insanity. But there was a huge question of a £5,000 life insurance policy hanging over the case
Unfortunately for her, Merrifield had openly boasted of inheriting the bungalow which threw suspicion on her.
Near Blackpool Airport there are a stretch of sand dunes than run along the coast for a fair few miles. As a young child I actually used to go and play on them! On Christmas eve 1919 the body of Kathleen Breaks ( known as Kitty ) was found, she had been shot three times by a revolver. In the sand dunes the police found a Wesley revolver, stained gloves and the footprints of her ex-lover Frederick Rothwell Holts. At the trial Frederick pleaded insanity which was rejected by the home office psychiatrists, he was hanged by John Ellis on the 13th April 1920 at Strangeways prison in Manchester. Holt, on the other hand, accused the police of setting mad dogs on him and trying to kill him with germ-ridden flies and poison him with gas. In other words, he was claiming post-traumatic stress and depression. However his plea of insanity fell on deaf ears and the jury found in favour of the prosecution. He then appealed asserting that he’d caught syphilis while serving in Malaya and this had tipped him over the edge. But the Home Office refused to entertain the idea after he was checked over by psychiatrists.
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On 9 April 1953 Louisa asked a Doctor to certify that Mrs. Ricketts was fit and sane enough to make a new will. On 14 April 1953, Mrs. Ricketts died. Her post-mortem revealed that she had died from phosphorous poisoning. The police searched the bungalow and its garden, with the Merrifields still in residence, although they found no poison. Louisa and Alfred Merrifield were both tried together with murder at Manchester in July 1953. The prosecution’s case was that the Merrifields had murdered Mrs. Ricketts with phosphorous in the form of a rat poison, and that they would benefit financially from Mrs. Ricketts’ death. Witnesses also testified to the earlier remarks made by Lousia Merrifield about her wealthy old women who had not died yet. Louisa Merrifield was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. The jury failed to reach a verdict on Alfred Merrifield. He was released and inherited a half-share in the late Mrs. Ricketts’ bungalow. He died, aged 80, in 1962. Louisa Merrifield was hanged at Manchester’s Strangeways Prison on 18 September 1953. It’s interesting to note that the house is now up for sale …..But would you really want to live there?
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BJFF – The Season Has Started… The season for ALL Age Groups started in early September, with our 2 x Under 7’s and 2 x Under 8’s squads taking part in the Non-Competitive Poulton & District Primary League friendly fixture programme. The nature of this football prevents us from publishing the scores, as football at this age range is more about player development and fair game time. In the Under 9’s, our 3 squads have all got off to excellent starts in their first BJFF – Annual 3-Day Tournament – an OUTSTANDING season of Competitive football, with our Blades winning SUCCESS... 4 out of 4 games, keeping 3 clean sheets in the process, We held our Annual 3-Day Football Tournament over the our Predators picking up 3 wins out of 4, and our Vipers 2 August bank holiday weekend, with just under 300 teams wins and a draw in 4 games. In the Under 10’s, our Blades visiting us from all over the country, to participate in a have a win and draw in 4 games, and our Predators 2 wins festival of football with a combination of 6-A-Side, 7-A-Side, out of 4. 9-A-Side and 11-A-Side football across the age ranges In the Blackpool & District Youth League, some of (Under 7’s – Under 15’s). our teams have enjoyed a hectic start, with midweek A huge thank-you goes out to all of our Sponsors and and weekend games at the start of the season. Our most importantly all of our Helpers / Volunteers, most of newest team, our Under 11’s Predators, have started who worked tirelessly, in a voluntary capacity, to ensure encouragingly, with some fine performances in closethat we could put on what is now widely regarded as the fought games. Our Under 11’s Blades have adapted BIGGEST and BEST organised tournament in the Country. well to 11-A-Side football, and have picked up 2 wins A celebration event will be held in due course… out of 3 league games. In the Under 12’s, we have two representatives again, showing the staggering strength in BJFF – Car Parking Problems... Due to the ever-increasing size of our Club, and the poor depth of our Club. Our Blades have not hit their straps yet, being on the reverse of two close-fought games, but our provision of car parking spaces provided, we are finding that there is increasing congestion around our Club House Predators hit the mark with a win in their second game. and the streets surrounding the Gala Field. Whilst there is Our Under 13’s have 2 wins and 2 defeats from their absolutely nothing we, as a Club, can do to provide further opening 4 league games, most of which have been highcar parking facilities, there is something YOU, the readers, scoring, but our Under 14’s have been the team on fire in and our neighbours, can do to lobby your Councillors to the early stages, surging to the top of the table courtesy ask for additional safe off-road car parking to be provided, of 3 straight wins (combined goals for 23, against 4), and particularly on the corner of Carr Road and All Hallows then in the Lancashire FA Youth Cup a stunning success Road, where there is some disused land which could be against Lancaster City by 6 goals to 3 sees them through used to help alleviate the growing problem. to the next round. Congratulations to our Management BJFF - Football for ALL Initiative - Continues to Grow... Team of Phil and Tracie Wing, who celebrated the team’s Our Football for ALL initiative welcomes children who are stunning start to the season by getting married. new to football, or who would just like some extra training, Our Under 15’s Whites have also started strongly, just with the emphasis on a fun and friendly environment. being edged out 1-2 in a thrilling opening-day fixture with Headed up by Level 2 coaches, Joe Rooney and Adam the Lancashire County Champions, YMCA, but hitting back Monk, we have two age-group sessions on a Sunday strongly with 9-1 and 10-1 league victories. Our Under morning. We welcome Boys and Girls aged between 4 15’s Blues have been getting closer to picking up their and 8, each and every Sunday, from 10:00am - 11:15am, first points, whilst in the Under 16’s, 2 wins, a draw and a and then from 11:15am until 12:30pm we welcome Boys defeat represents a solid start. and Girls aged between 9 and 13. Trainers, Football Boots, In Girls action, our Girls Under 14’s narrowly missed out at Shin Pads and a Drink recommended. The BJFF Club home to Fleetwood Town (1-2), and have not travelled well House is on the corner of Kelvin Road and Carr Road. so far, losing 2 away league games, whilst our oldest team Training will be mainly indoors during the winter months, (our Youth team) have progressed in the Lancashire FA but when the weather permits we will take the boys and Youth Cup with a well-deserved win away to Euxton Villa, girls outside. Newcomers will be given a warm welcome and started their league campaign with a tough 0-0 draw and ALL SQUAD children are encouraged to attend. If you against Burscough. are interested in coming along, with your son or daughter, Summary... you can simply turn up at the Club House on Sunday morning, or pre-book with our Chairman, Andy Griffiths on Our website is regularly updated with up-to-date 07884 476954 (or e-mail - andygriff71@yahoo.co.uk). The information and contact details - see >> http://www. clubwebsite.co.uk/bjff. If you would like to bring your child first session is FREE, and then £3 thereafter. down to BJFF, or would like to get involved in coaching BJFF - Just Dance Classes - Comes to the Club House / fundraising / voluntary work of any kind, or you are every Thursday... a business who could support us with our numerous BJFF are delighted to announce that we now host a regular sponsorship and advertising opportunities, or you could Dance Class at the Club House on Thursday nights from donate a raffle prize / auction item, please do not hesitate 18:30 - 19:30. Beginners welcome, FUN uncomplicated to contact our Chairman, Andy Griffiths on 07884 476954 class, dance to all types of popular music, learn new (e-mail - andygriff71@yahoo.co.uk). routines every few weeks. ISTD and ETM qualified instructor, fully insured. For more information call Clare on 07762 504561. BJFF - Fund-Raising and Social Events... 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