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SEPTEMBER 2011 Editors Letter Welcome to our SEPTEMBER edition of LINK-Magazine.

Well its been a mixed Summer as weather is concerned but that’s not stopped all us local folk enjoying what the area has to offer, as we have seen you all out and about. Rain what’s that we live by the sea? We like water.

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AUTUMN TOUR 2011 ARRIVES IN BLACKPOOL Circus Starr, ‘The Circus With A Purpose’ is proud to announce their ‘Autumn Tour 2011’ which will arrive in Blackpool on Thursday 22nd September 2011, in support of Blue Skies Hospital Fund – Blackpool Victoria Hospital – Children’s Ward.

Circus Starr’s unique ethos is to raise thousands of pounds for local charities from the advance sales of tickets to local businesses. These tickets can then be donated to local community groups who otherwise would not get the chance to enjoy the magic of circus.

Encounter the unbelievable somersaults performed on Chinese poles and watch artists dice with death on the cloud swing trapeze, all whilst the spectacular Big Top is echoing with laughter from the antics of our crazy clowns Duo Delbosq from France and Romania.

With this kind support from local businesses, in 2010 Circus Starr donated £1,216,159 worth of tickets to UK communities.

Circus Starr, ‘Autumn Tour 2011’ will be entertaining Blackpool for one day only –Thursday 22nd September 2011 at The Solaris Centre, Harrowside, New South Promenade with two shows at 4.45pm & 7pm.

Circus Starr, is also pleased to announce it has launched as a Community Interest Company or CIC for short. They are proud to join over 3,100 CIC’s ranging from tiny community based organisations to multimillion pound enterprises. CIC’s were introduced by the United Kingdom government in 2005 and designed for Social Enterprises, which Circus Starr became in June 2010.

Circus Starr · Starr in Community CIC launched in February 2011 but will remain under the trading name of Circus Starr. For information on how to help support Circus Starr call 01260 288 690 or email info@circus-starr.co.uk or go to our website www. circus-starr.co.uk

Circus Starr Director Neville Wilson said “We are delighted with our programme for 2011 and launching as a Community Interest Company; this highlights our dedication to the UK’s communities and encompasses all the work we do with local essential charities and community groups. We are convinced this year will be a resounding success.”

Community Interest Companies · Community Interest companies (CIC) are a new type of limited company designed specifically for those wishing to operate for the benefit of the community rather than the benefit of the owners.

Audiences will be taken on a journey from the strolling minstrels and jesters of Medieval Times through the circus of our Victorian ancestors to the contemporary circus of the 21st Century.

The magic of the circus ring is timeless, within this enchanted circle, time stands still or can go backwards or forwards in the blink of an eye. With music and costumes galore, Circus Starr will dramatically illustrate the ever changing mercurial evolution of one of the world’s most thrilling art forms.

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· This means a CIC cannot be formed or used solely for the personal gain of a particular person, or group of people. · Circus Starr is limited by guarantee and has a statutory ‘Assets Lock’ to prevent the assets and profits being distributed, making it a true not for profit organisation. All profits that we make will go directly to the charities we work with.

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Blackpool Junior Rugby Club

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take place on Sunday 4th September starting at 10-30am. We will be training every Sunday 10-30 till 12, and training on a Thursday will start on the We are situated on Fleetwood Road, just after 15th September at 6-30 till 8pm.

Mossom Lane.

Sunday 2nd October see’s the tag team, U9’s and We welcome boys and girls at the club and are U12’s playing away at Rossendale, this will be the first opportunity for all players to practice the skills always looking for new players. they have learnt against another team.

Children can start playing rugby from the age of We are recruiting for new players and even if you 6 and continue to play right up to becoming an can’t make it for the 4th September players can adult where they can join the adult game at 18. still come down and register on the next training The rules change as the children grow up until session. they play on a full pitch and with full rules.

6 to 8 years play tag rugby.

Tag rugby is a non contact game where the children have a belt on with a Velcro tag at either side. For a tackle to be made a tag must be pulled off and held in the air for the referee to see.

There is no contact and no scrums at this age.

Contact Rugby is played from 8 years and up.

If you would like to come and play come down on a Sunday and meet the coaches and players or give Simon a ring on 07980 320061 or visit our website; www.pitchero.com/clubs/blackpool for more information.

As a club we welcome any firms getting involved with sponsor ship for kit, equipment, helping with the maintenance of the club.

As this is being written we are preparing for the new season and are looking for players for all age groups. Our registration and fun day is set to

For the first time ever c.j. TAZZ will be doing a tour of Blackpool and the Fylde.

We intend to join together the community by hosting these very special and fun, family evenings. The nights will be packed with fun, games and loads of entertainment from dance, drama, gymnastics, karate plus much more.

On all of the evenings the main focus will be to raise as much money as possible for a charity very close to our hearts, TRINITY HOSPICE. We will be bringing together all the local people from each area to help raise money as well as supporting the village halls and theatres in the area and all the local people.

We are asking all schools, groups, churches, nurseries and anybody in the area to support us at these events by coming along with your Mum, Dad, Nan, Grandad, next door neighbour or anyone who just simply wants a great night of entertainment whilst helping a well worthy cause.

Tickets are just £7.50 for adults, £5 for children and you can buy a family ticket (2 adults 2 children) for just £20 this includes hot pot and brilliant live entertainment We want everyone talking about ‘The Tour with c.j. TAZZ’ before, during and after!!!

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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 Sept 19th, Oct 17th, Nov 21st, Sep 19thFYLDE: meet at The United Reform Church, Bannister St. Lytham, FY8 5HP. 10am 12. Second Wednesday in the month.Next meetings Sept 14th, Oct 12th, Nov 9th, Dec 14thFor further information please contact Alison or Sharon at the local Dementia/ Alzheimers Office 01253 - 312893

to pay out the more we make for the charity. Thank You. Gill & Alan Payne xxxContact Gill at Trident Printers on 01253 792110 or mobile; 078111 574 58.

Stitch & Chat Club - Every Monday. Classes for over 60’s with tuition in card making, general crafts, crochet, knitting & cross stitch. Further info contact Brenda Kovacs 01253 405138. Venue: Dunsop Court, off waterloo Road, South Shore.

PARKINSON”S UK The monthly meeting of the Blackpool branch will take place at 7-30pm on Monday October 3rd at our new meeting venue, Cleveleys Park Methodist Church Hall, West Drive Cleveleys FY5 2BL.Further Information From Marjorie Fleming01253 868086 Email: marjoriefleming@talktalk.net Chris Whyham 01253 Forest Gate Baptist Church (near Stanley Park) Services 893571 Email: whyham@talktalk.net every Sunday at 10.45am and 6.30pm. For full details of other activities, please see our website Blackpool and the Fylde French Circle; Monday 26th www.fgbcblackpool.co.uk’ September - 8pm St Margaret’s Church Hall, Rowsley Road, St Annes; Presentation with slides on Egypt; NonSummer Special Concerts, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays in members welcome; Enquiries 723265 or 724472. the months June to October 7th Sept Pilling Band, 21st Sept Melody Makers, 5th Oct Guardian Concert Band, Lung Cancer Support Group 19th Oct Frank Flynn BandAll at North Shore Methodist This meeting is for anyone affected by Lung Cancer.

Church - Dickson Road Blackpool 7.30pm each They meet of the 1st Wednesday of each month at evening £4.00 including refreshments 1pm, Whitegate Resource Centre, 259 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool FY3 9JL. This group has nursing input. For Blackpool Victoria Hospital Walking Club further details contact Donna Sheridan on Telephone: Sunday 11th September. Horton in Ribblesdale. Pick 01772 647040 0r Mobile: 07508 375679 or e mail donna. ups St Annes – Blue Anchor and points in-between. sheridan@lsccn.nhs.uk Children welcome ring 346384.

Hospice Fundraising Group We meet in the SHIPPON room at All Hallows Church Halls in Bispham the first Thursday of every month at 7.30pm. We are a lively bunch! Only a small team but we raise a lot! Last month we raised £2,500 for Trinity & Brian House. We organise fairs, bag packs, store collections, car boots, quiz nights, murder mysteries. We make crafts, bake cakes, face paint, do tombolas, raffles, dress up, do fetes...you name it! Call Sheila on 867276 for more information ANNIVERSARY CHARITY BALL 24 September at 7:30 pm, Hilton Hotel Blackpool North Promenade, Blackpool, United Kingdom Gill and Alan Payne are hosting a Charity Ball to celebrate their Silver (25th) Wedding Anniversary.

4 course meal / Drinks Reception / Entertainment / Diamond Raffle / Prize Draw / Dancing, it will be a great night out.

Tickets: £26.00 per person / £47.00 per couple (saving £5.00) / Table of 10 only £225.00 (saving £35.00). Where else could you get all the above for that price!

ALL PROFIT from the night will be going to our local Kidney patients charity - The Lancashire & South Cumbria Kidney Patients Association, run by kidney patients for kidney patients. We support this because Gill’s father suffered from kidney disease and the husband of a very good friend died from it.

If anyone thinks they can’t attend but feels they could donate their services in any way or maybe a Prize for the Grand Draw we would be very grateful. The less we have

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This year’s MEMORY WALK to raise vital funds for the fight against DEMENTIA will take place on Sunday 18th Sept at the Model Village in Stanley Park 10.30 for 11am start. Details from the Alzheimers Local Office (see below)

Blackpool’s Fireworks Championships where the skies above Blackpool will once again light up this September as fabulous fireworks return to the resort.The event will gather together the crème de la crème of the world’s firework elite and promises a mouth-watering series of shows with jaw-dropping entertainment for all the family - and a great opportunity for visitors to take an extended weekend break.

Build up will commence around 7.30pm Fireworks from approximately 8.30pm. All displays subject to suitable weather conditions.

Friday 9th September GFA Pyro, Canada Friday 16th September Rohr, Germany Friday 23rd September Foti International, Australia Friday 30th September non competing closing ceremony exhibition display by Kimbolton Fireworks 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 since 1879 when they were described as ‘Artificial Sunshine’.

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A Horrible Day in the Dungeon!

leeches as they wiggled under our seats and his screams were I’ve had a horrible day, shut in a dark room with curdling strangers, shouted at, had blood and guts sprayed on - so were me and finally been beheaded. That all went to plan then ours when for the preview at Blackpools newest Dungeon attraction! we were sprayed By 1 September, all eight of Merlins attractions will be with his blood and guts! open in Blackpool, including of course, the new Blackpool Dungeon which has been previewing this The Witches of Pendle Hill is a piece of Lancashire afternoon. history and this afternoon we met one of them - swinging The guests were met for their afternoon of terror at the brand new entrance at the back corner of the building.

It’s a living a breathing attraction and the starring ghouls, torturers and spirits marched along the precinct banging their drums and chanting their spells to the delight of the hoards who instantly gathered to watch. Chief Judge read out the edict proclaiming the attraction open, and asked the witches to lead the way!

Having your head chopped off by a stranger is an entertaining start to an afternoon, and it only got better, as a small group were led into the depths of the building, and into the darkness - to be greeted by the first in a line of weirdos with bad teeth! The black jester asked ‘Why does history keep repeating itself’ (answer, because no one listened the first time!) and he’s also got a natty line in songs and rhymes!

Bundled into a cage we began the descent to hell, and through a series of rooms, corridors and doors, being jumped at by dead bodies, narrowly missing the emptying of the jerry through a window, and various other cold draughts and insults. The route is through history and the plague, the marauding Vikings and Saxons, the Civil War and nearby Skippool Creek with a bit of local historical fact thrown in for good measure.

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Apparently we’d all been condemned and went to the next room to meet our own fate.

Strapped to a bench we came face to face with the jury, were tried and condemned and the lever was pulled..... at which point we plunged to our end with much screaming!

The attraction is an hour and ten minutes or so, plus the time it takes you to navigate the horrors for sale in the Dungeon shop, is very well done and very high quality all round. I remember the Chamber of Horrors in the old Madame Tussauds in the 70’s and it’s very much not like that at all. The costumes and make-up are excellent and how do they make their teeth look so foul? Even on the first previews it was a slick production, where the only hiccups were a slightly stuck door and the Judges hat falling off in the middle of the trial! You’d really have thought that the actors had been doing it all their life instead of this being one of their first performances to strangers. A slight smell of fillers was the only thing that reminded you that this was all brand spanking new, and I quite like the smell of fillers anyway!

The Merlin way is to offer combination ticketing, with the slogan ‘The more you see, the more you save’. So if you want to come on holiday and go to several attractions over the course of a few days you will save more by buying the combination that suits you. An adult ticket to the Dungeon is £14.40 when bought alone, and you can save more with a ‘First to Scream’ offer if you buy tickets online before the 1 September, from www.thedungeons. com. The Dungeon is open from this Saturday (27 August).And get this, the manager is really called Gary Blackadder. How could you find a better job with a name like that!

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Blackpool Ice Twirlers Gala Performances The Arena at Pleasure Beach Blackpool has long been famous for hosting amazing ice shows including the much loved Hot Ice Show. Joining the line up of spectacular ice performances are The Blackpool Ice Twirlers who return for their biggest show yet this September!

Proceeds from the performances are donated to charities, with this year’s production supporting Woodlands School, a local charity helping children with learning difficulties. Last year’s The Blackpool Ice Twirlers are a team of young skaters who, over the past 13 years, have Gala was held in support of the “Help for performed at ice rinks nationally and in Europe Heroes” charity and raised over £3,700. With an giving spectacular ice performances showcasing extra two shows added to this year’s run it is their ability to not only perform intricate routines but hoped that the shows will raise a record breaking to also twirl batons, ribbons and poi at the same amount of money for the charity. time as skating. They have skated before Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean and even featured in a TV advert with Peter Kay!

Funds raised will help Woodlands School provide specialist equipment – the Acheeva Learning Station – which will greatly enhance The Gala Performances this year will feature skaters the learning experiences of a number of pupils in ranging from the age of 10 years upwards.

Professional skaters such as Dancing on Ice skating school. For some, the only time they can stretch and move is when they are out of their star Katie Stainsby who partnered with Vanilla Ice wheelchair. The Acheeva Learning Station will also be joining the line up for a spectacle of enables a child to have this important freedom of glitz, glamour, fun and entertainment. movement not otherwise possible, whilst safely accessing the curriculum alongside their peers.

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BJFF - Fund-Raising and Social Events...

Our Fund-Raising and Social Team are always on the lookout for donations of Raffle Prizes, Auction items, and items which are suitable for a Tombola.......... no matter how large or small..........if you would like to contribute to our fund-raising efforts by way of donating a raffle prize or an item we could auction at one of our events, please contact Kelly on 07780 856252 to arrange for collection.

The first session is FREE, and then £3 thereafter.

BJFF - Just Dance Classes - Comes to the Club House every Thursday...

BJFF are delighted to announce that we now host a regular Dance Class at the Club House on Thursday nights from 18:30 - 19:30. Beginners welcome, FUN uncomplicated class, dance to all types of popular music, learn new routines every few weeks. ISTD and ETM Our Fund-Raising and Social Development Team qualified instructor, fully insured. For more information call organised a Family Fun Day at the Gala Field on Saturday Clare on 07762 504561.

30th July, with over 500 people attending during the day.

The day was a fantastic success with kids and adults BJFF – Pre-Season Trials – GIRLS – School Years 8 and alike enjoying the attractions, including gladiator style 9 (Next School Year)... jousting, a mock-up fun boxing ring, sumo wrestling, Our Under 14’s Girls team (*next School Year 8 and bungee running (all inflatable based), plus slides, speed 9) are on the lookout for new players, with 2 or 3 new gun challenge, crafts, stalls and much more much. With players required to complete the squad. Our Girls will be each of our age group squads entering a team into training throughout the summer, and entering a number our Inter-Squad 7-A-Side football challenge, our kids of tournaments, prior to the commencement of the next enjoyed watching their coaches and parents play, and in league season (September 2011). a competition which had it all, it was our Under 13’s team who took the trophy for 2011, deservedly winning in the *** If you are a GIRL in School Years 7 or 8, come and Final. Huge thanks must go to everyone who helped make join our Girls for Training (Thursday nights / Saturday the day such a success, and to our community partners at mornings) – please contact our Manager, Spencer Walters The Red Lion for putting on some food and drinks in the on (07811) 912534. evening.

BJFF – Pre-Season Trials – BOYS – School Year 6 (Next Our Fund-Raising and Social Development Team are School Year)... currently preparing for our biggest challenge of the year We have set-up a NEW Under 11’s team for NEXT season with our Annual 3-Day Football tournament, which is the – if you are currently in School Year 5, moving into School LARGEST FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT in the UK, with Year 6 from September, please get in touch with our Age 300 teams visiting us from all over the country across the Group Manager, John Fidler on (07870) 178938.

August bank holiday weekend.

At this age group, as the Under 10’s move into Under 11’s, BJFF – Car Parking Problems... we find that a lot of Clubs lose players, as they reduce Due to the ever-increasing size of our Club, and the poor their squad down from 18-20 in number, to 15-16, as provision of car parking spaces provided, we are finding the move from 2 x 7-A-Side teams to 1 x 11-A-Side team that there is increasing congestion around our Club House necessitates a smaller squad. If you are looking to join a and the streets surrounding the Gala Field. Whilst there is NEW team, for the start of the season, and increase the absolutely nothing we, as a Club, can do to provide further amount of game time that you / your son plays, please car parking facilities, there is something YOU, the readers, get in touch ASAP. We only have until the middle of July to and our neighbours, can do to lobby your Councillors to complete the trials / selection process. ask for additional safe off-road car parking to be provided, particularly on the corner of Carr Road and All Hallows BJFF – Start of the New Football Season...

Road, where there is some disused land which could be We are now looking forward to ALL Age Groups from used to help alleviate the growing problem.

Under 7’s to Youth Team starting the new football season.

Our Under 10’s and below start their fixture programme on BJFF - Football for ALL Initiative - Continues to Grow... Saturday 10th September, whilst the Under 11’s and above Our Football for ALL initiative welcomes children who are start a week earlier, on Sunday 3rd September. GOOD new to football, or who would just like some extra training, LUCK to all Managers, Coaches and Players. with the emphasis on a fun and friendly environment.

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