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Hello and welcome to the March edition of LINK-Magazine. I hope you’re well as I know the weather has been cold of late. I’m sure that, like me, your heating bill is through the roof and your garden is in dire need of attention. However we can all look forward to the mild spring weather. Fast approaching is Mother’s Day on the 18th March, followed closely by Easter in early April. Both are causes for celebration I’m sure you will agree. I’d just like to mention the Fylde Scouts’ Buy-a-Brick appeal on page 25, where you can help them rebuild their scout building. Here at LINK-Magazine headquarters we also donated, buying several bricks as part of our on-going support for local causes. Look out for your chance to WIN TWO FREE Tickets to watch McFly and The Wanted at Blackpool’s Festival Headland event. You can find out how to enter inside the magazine. And congratulations to the winners of last month’s competitions. Brenda Shaw won our Where Am I? competition, so well done - £50 is on its way to you! Don’t forget, LINK-Magazine also offers competitive leaflet distribution for up to 96,000 homes and businesses across the Fylde Coast, as well as offering FREE What’s On listings for most local events. LINK-Magazine is your local community & business directory.

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Smiths Dry Cleaning Offers 4 Editors Page 6 Paul Gaunt Furniture Offer 9 Where Am I? WIN £50 10 Grandfather Clock Strikes Gold 11 Daily Food Dose of Energy 14 Lords Kitchens Feature 15 Full of Beans Food Delight 16 YMCA Football News 17 WIN 2 FREE Festival Tickets 20/21 LINK-Cash Ads WIN £50 23 £30 MOT Offer Inside 24 £80 Off Cosmetic Treatments 24 Fylde Scouts Buy-a-Brick Appeal 25 Right Up Your Alley 30/31 Vauxhall Astra GTC 32/33 Sport Relief is Back 38 What’s On in FY8 40 Useful Numbers 43 £50k Campaign 44 Classified Trades & Services 46/47

Copy Deadline 15th March 2012 Publisher: MSG Media Ltd Editor: Martin Gardner Sub Editor: Michael Morrison Sales & Marketing: Edward Ludlam Artwork: In House Photography: In House & Cover: Stuart Cahill EDITORIAL: 01253 777545 ADVERTISING: 01253 777545 EMAIL: info@link-magazine.co.uk WEB: www.link-magazine.co.uk Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that the data in this publication is accurate, neither the publisher nor its editorial contributors can accept, and hereby disclaim, any liability to any party to loss or damage caused by errors or omissions resulting from negligence, accident or any other cause. LINK-Magazine does not official endorse any advertising material included within this publication. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted in any form electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior permission of the publisher.

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Because everyone’s definition of comfort is different, TEMPUR offers three different mattress collections, each with a distinct feel. Try them and let your body choose.

Paul Gaunt Furniture Hello, my name is Paul Gaunt, and I would like to invite you to visit our Furniture Store on Squires Gate Lane (opposite the airport) to take advantage of some great offers!

I have been in the furniture industry since I was just seven years old, when I worked for my parents at Doorway to Value, and the skills I have built up in the years following means that I can offer you an enviable expertise.

I have learnt my trade over the past 3 decades and try daily to offer you the benefit of this experience. I am constantly searching for exciting styles and innovations for your home. As style changes, it is important to keep pace with the things that are important to you and your lifestyle, remembering that fashion changes but style lasts forever.

Each member of my team is carefully trained to provide sound, impartial advice on which items of furniture are suitable for you. Your home is a unique expression of who you are, and they way you furnish it should reflect this.

Wherever possible we encourage buying British by supporting the local economy and independent manufacturers. And with 83 Factories supplying us every month, you can be confident that we have probably the best selection of furniture in the region. We are proud of the values that have created our reputation: service, value, and quality.

Furthermore, choosing your new home furnishings should be a pleasure, and at Paul Gaunt Furniture we pride ourselves on providing a comfortable, friendly shopping experience for all our valued customers. If you haven’t visited us recently, you will be thrilled by our new look showroom - stocked by our colossal Distribution Centre - meaning that many items are available for immediate delivery!

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“GRANDFATHER” MAKES £3000! AT GERRARDS AUCTION

A longcase clock, also tall case, floor clock, or grandfather clock, is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock with the pendulum held inside the tower, or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly 1.8-2.4 metres (6-8feet) tall. The case often features elaborately carved ornamentation on the hood or bonnet, which surrounds and frames the dial, or clock face. The English clockmaker William Cement is credited with the development of this form in 1670. Most longcase clocks are striking clocks, which means they sound the time on each hours or fraction of an hour. The term “grandfather”, “grandmother”, and “granddaughter” have all been applied to longcase clocks. Although there is no specifically defined difference among these terms, the general consensus seems to be that a clock smaller than 1.5m (5ft) is a granddaughter; over 1.5m (5ft) is a grandmother; and over 1.8m (6ft) is a grandfather. SO IF YOU HAVE AND OLD CLOCKS HIDDEN AWAY IN YOUR LOFT OR GARAGE WHY NOT CONTACT THE EXPERTS AT GERRARDS FOR A VALUATION.

George III Mahogany Longcase Clock,circa 1770, in the Chippendale style, the hood fitted with swan neck pediment and finials to top, fitted with glazed door opening to reveal silvered chapter dial with Roman numerals, surrounded by a gilt face, with painted moon face above. The face is fitted with a name plate inscribed ‘Clifton, Liverpool’, probably for John Clifton, who was working during the latter half of the 18th century. The face door fitted with half-round fluted columns to sides and set between fluted column supports, the body decorated with plain dentil moulding to top and blind fretwork below, fitted with door opening to reveal pendulum and double weighted movement, the case having quarter-round fluted columns, body supported on base with architectural key stone effect to sides, raised on plinth base, measuring approximately 8ft high.

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It has been frustrating period for all local football teams since the turn of the year with the YMCA teams being no exception. Fixture lists were seriously decimated by the weather on several weekends with most pitches being either waterlogged or frozen. On the first weekend of February not a single ball was kicked anywhere on the Fylde Coast. Every scheduled junior and open-age game in the area was wiped out after 12 hours of heavy rain on the Saturday left large pools of water on pitches which turned into sheets of ice after a heavy overnight frost.

When pitches were playable though YMCA’s Under 11s, 12s, 13s, 14s and 15s all progressed through to the 2nd rounds of their respective Hogan Cup competitions and the club’s 7-a-side teams, the Under 9s and 10s, both clinched places in the 3rd rounds of the Coulton Cup. The club’s three girls teams, the Under 10s, 12s and 14s were all obviously affected by the weather as well but all produced some very encouraging results when conditions were playable. ‘Lozz’ Rose, Secretary Lytham St Annes YMCA Football Club Tel: (H) 01253 714082 (Mb) 07957 596326

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Green light for Kirkham parks transfer Kirkham will gain the freedom to manage its own parks and open spaces after members of Fylde Council agreed last night to transfer them to Kirkham Town Council. The handover, from 1 April this year, will come with a £110,000 capital grant for Kirkham Town Council to improve its new assets. Residents will, from 1 April, pay an annual precept to Kirkham Town Council – but will not have to pay the annual parks Special Expenses charge to Fylde Council. The Special Expenses payment currently goes to maintain parks and open spaces in Lytham, St Annes and Kirkham, but the cost for the work in Kirkham will now be met by Kirkham Town Council. Councillor David Eaves, Fylde Council leader, said: “This deal will give Kirkham Town Council ownership of parks and open spaces – something that Fylde and Kirkham has wanted for a long time.

“Kirkham now has the freedom to manage the parks as they see best. In the future, they can spend more on them – or less on them. It is entirely a matter for them and Fylde Council is pleased to hand over the £110,000 to help them on their way. “This deal was proposed by a cross-party working group and we know it will be popular with residents. “Parish and town councils across the country manage their own parks and open spaces and Kirkham will be no different. We all know that Fylde Council parks department has done a great job in the borough’s parks and we are confident that Kirkham Town Council will keep that good work going.” Under the deal, Kirkham Town Council will be free to contract with whoever they want on maintenance of their new assets. If they choose to spend less, they could choose to cut their Council Tax precept – and vice-versa. The assets include Kirkham Memorial Gardens, Southlands, The Chimes, St George’s Park, Calder Close

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April start for Warton’s 185-acre enterprise zone

“The timescale is very tight so we will be working with Lancashire County Council planners who already have expertise in this area.

Warton’s new Enterprise Zone will open for business “The aim of the zone is to encourage entrepreneurs and that means tax advantages and a minimum of red tape. in April after councillors ordered work to start on We are determined to back their efforts to create jobs.” preparing a Local Development Order (LDO). The 185-acre zone, on the BAE site and land adjoining the BAE site, will operate alongside a new 180-acre zone at BAE in Samlesbury. It is estimated that about 1,200 high-value jobs will be created on the combined zone, with the expectation that approximately 20 companies will be established in the zone by 2015. Fylde Council’s cabinet heard on Wednesday 18 January that firms will benefit from a Business Rate discount, a simplified planning regime through the LDO, tax incentives and a commitment of Whitehall support to ensure the zone’s long-term viability. Councillor Trevor Fiddler, Fylde Council cabinet member for Planning and Development, said: “The sooner that this comes the better for Fylde. “One of the council’s corporate objectives is to promote a thriving economy. It is vital that we get the initial LDO covering the first phase of development in place for April so that companies won’t be delayed any more than is necessary in getting planning permission.

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Eleven Enterprise Zones are being created nationwide. Work on the Warton/Samlesbury zone is being led by Lancashire Enterprise Partnership of which Fylde Council and Lancashire County Council are constituent parts. One problem of similar zones in the 1980s was that some companies merely shifted existing jobs into the zones to gain the tax benefits – meaning that jobs were gained in the zones at the expense of jobs being lost elsewhere. Companies wanting to trade from the new zones will have to show they are “growing” new jobs, rather than displacing existing jobs, before they are accepted into the new zone. A further advantage of the new scheme is that future increases in Business Rates will be retained and ringfenced to support future economic growth locally. The traditional Business Rate regime has involved handing Business Rate growth to Whitehall which has often redistributed the money to other areas. Councillor Fiddler added: “Consultation will take place in February with local residents and groups affected by the initial LDO to ensure they have their say on the draft proposals. We have to get this right for everyone concerned.”

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Start limbering up! Sport Relief is back and it’s coming to Lytham St Annes The Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile is back – and it’s coming to Lytham St Annes to host its Third Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile on Sunday 25 March, and needs local people to come together and show their support by entering now at www. sportrelief.com. As one of the UK’s biggest fundraising events, Sport Relief brings the entire nation together to get active, raise cash and change lives – so it’s time to dust off those trainers and enter right now. Setting off from Stanner Bank Car Park in Ansdell, the Lytham St Annes Fairhaven Mile will pass through the beautiful gardens of Fairhaven Lake and is once again set to be an incredible event. Entrants don’t have to be sporty to take part, but can choose to complete 1, 3 or 6 miles knowing that all the money raised will help to change the lives of people living unimaginably tough lives right here on our doorstep, across the rest of the UK and in some the world’s poorest countries. Geoff Willetts, Fylde Council’s Senior Coast and Countryside Officer, said: “The Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile Fairhaven Lake, Lytham St Annes is back and it’s your time to shine. From teeny-tots with their mums and dads, to super sprinters up against the clock there’s something for everyone on the big day. Last year, the event had over 200 PARTICPANTS and raised over £700 on day entries alone, plus over £300 from on line donations .This year we want to make the day even bigger and better – but we need your help to do that. So come on Lytham St Annes, pull up your Sport Relief socks, enter the Mile and do something amazing!”

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Sport Relief has a unique history of dedicated people doing extraordinary things to rise to the challenge. Last September, David Walliams started Sport Relief off with an epic splash when he completed The BT Sport Relief Challenge: Walliams vs The Thames. Despite battling a nasty bacterial bug and bitingly cold water, David swam a staggering 140 miles and has so far raised over £1million for Sport Relief. And that’s not all; there will be even more amazing celebrity challenges to get the whole nation geared up for the Sport Relief weekend! The Sport Relief Weekend kicks off on Friday 23rd March when everyone gets active, has fun and raises cash at home, at work or at school; before settling down to watch a night of top Sport Relief TV on BBC One. There will be even more BBC radio, online and TV coverage throughout the weekend to keep you entertained. By the end of the weekend everyone will be raring to go, when the whole nation comes together to take part in the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile on Sunday 25th March.

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FYLDE LIBRARY EVENTS FOR MARCH 2012 Events at Lytham Library - Ongoing events Every Tuesday 10.30-11 Baby Bounce and Rhyme-fun for babies and their parents, grandparents and carers. Every Wednesday 10.30-11 Toddler Time singing and stories for toddlers and their parents, grandparents and carers. 1st and 3rd Tuesday 2.30-4.30 Family History Group. Nattering Knitters 11-12 alternate Mondays Tuesday 1.30-4.30 Business Link business advice Contact details email: Lytham.library@lancashire. gov.uk Tel 01253 736745 ............................................................................... Events at St Annes Library - Ongoing events St Annes Library will be closed from 20th February for approximately three weeks for maintenance work. There will be no events during this time. Monday 10 -10.30 Baby Bounce and Rhyme fun for babies and their parents, grandparents and carers. Monday 11-11.30 Toddler Time singing and stories for toddlers and their parents, grandparents and carers. 3rd Friday every month 10-12 Knit Together– all welcome to knit, chat and enjoy a brew. 3rd Wednesday 2-4 Family History Group. Thursday Storytime 11am. Thursday Online basics session 10am -12 (booking essential). Friday Job Club 10am -12. 3rd Tuesday 10am Together Wii Play. Supported WiiFit Sessions aimed at older people to discover the latest fun way to keep active. Monday 19th March Chatterbooks 3.45-4.45pm for children aged 8-11 Saturday 24th Living Library event 10am – 4pm Contact details stannes.library@lancashire.gov.uk Tel 01243 643900 ............................................................................... Events at Ansdell Library - Ongoing events Every Tuesday 2pm Story times. Every Thursday 10.30am Baby Bounce and Rhyme fun for babies and their parents, grandparents and carers. Every Monday Toddler Rhyme Time10.30-11am singing and stories for toddlers and their parents, grandparents and carers

Reading Groups are held monthly on Monday evening and Friday morning. Please contact the library for details. Email Ansdell.library@ lancashire.gov.uk Tel 01253 738554 Warton Juniors Badminton Club Saturdays 9-10am, 10-11.30am 11.30 -1pm Ages 7 -18 For more details contact Dorothy Barrett: 01253 739801 Mike Cooper: 01772 633402 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. ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS FYLDE: meet at The United Reform Church, Bannister St. Lytham, FY8 5HP. 10am - 12. Second Wednesday in the month. For further information please contact Alison or Sharon at the local Dementia/Alzheimers Office 01253 - 312893 Working From home? Would you like to meet others in the situation? We meet every first & third Thursday at The Hole In One, Forest Drive, Lytham. For further details email f.gray@btconnect.com Lytham St Annes Music Circle Friday 2 March: the Wu String Quartet performs quartets by Mozart, Schubert and Smetana. Friday 30 March: the Orsino Piano Trio plays trios by Beethoven, Schumann and Shostakovich. Enquiries 725155. The South Fylde Branch of RAFA meets every Wednesday evening from 7:30pm with the meetings officially opened at 8:00pm for usually 1 hour. The venue is Richard Peck House at 1 St Thomas Road, St Annes. Meetings provide a warm welcome to its members and any serving or ex service RAF members; enjoying quiz nights, guest speakers and film presentations. Further information Chairman Mr A J Barrett 01253 721879 North Fylde Music Circle Friday 23 March at 7.30pm in the new concert hall of Blackpool Sixth Form College: Dennis Lee, piano, playing Mozart, Liszt, Ravel, Chopin: Nonmembers welcome. Enquiries 01253 349650

Blackpool Victoria Hospital Walking Club Sunday 11th March. Whitbarrow Scar, WithEvery Friday Online basics session 2pm -4 erslack. Pick ups St Annes – Great Eccleston (booking essential). Tuesday 13th and 27th March and points in-between. Children welcome ring Knit and Natter 10.30am. Monday 19th March 346384. Family History Group 2pm booking required. Poetry Writers’ Group Monday 12th March 2pm World Book Day Event “Book and wine tasting” 7pm Thursday 1st March tickets £5 available from Ansdell Library.

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Lytham’s spectacular outdoor summer in 2012 has been enhanced by the announcement of a new partnership. Fylde Borough Council is giving its official backing to the outdoor theatre season at Lytham Hall. The Council which is already closely associated with the Lytham Proms and the World War Two weekend will be helping to promote the four plays in the open air season.

The outdoor season at Lytham Hall begins on Friday 15 June with Jane Austen’s Emma and the programme for the summer has been designed with national events in mind. Julian Wilde feels Illyria’s production of Shakespeare’s Henry V in particular will have a wide appeal in a summer of celebration. “Henry V is the most stirring and patriotic of all Shakespeare’s plays,” he said “and with the Queen coming to Lancashire as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour in May, the Olympic torch visiting Fylde and Blackpool in June and golfer Darren Clarke defending his Open Championship at Royal Lytham in July, I think that patriotism will be in everyone’s mind. “We have done very well in attracting local audiences to the plays in the last two summers and I am confident now that this new partnership with the Borough Council will bring help to bring people from other areas of Lancashire to Lytham Hall and to the Fylde coast.”

The new partnership follows discussions between Councillor Sue Fazackerley, portfolio holder for Leisure and Culture, theatre organiser Julian Wilde and the Borough’s Tourism Officer Viv Wood. “The summer of 2012 is a wonderful opportunity for Lytham,” said Councillor Fazackerley and I am delighted that the Council is to be associated with the open air plays at Lytham Hall which have been increasingly successful over the past two years. We hope particularly to help with the promotion of the theatre season by means of the Fylde Borough Council’s website.”

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£50,000 campaign to beat the freeze Help is at hand for vulnerable people during Fylde’s cold-weather snaps. The £50,000 Keep Warm, Keep Safe campaign is being publicised across the entire Fylde coast area and involves practical advice – plus referrals to a variety of organisations, including Fylde Council, that offer practical help. Ten thousand leaflets will be posted to homes while posters will be displayed from next week in clinics, libraries and CABs. Each will direct people to Help Direct which can arrange assistance to the vulnerable.

“There is no need for things to get to that stage in this day and age. Most people classed as vulnerable have paid taxes all their lives and should not feel awkward in asking for help. “So much help is available under this scheme and I urge people to pick up the phone and see if there is anything we can do for them.” The scheme is funded by a £50,000 grant from the Department of Health and also involves Age UK, housing associations and the YMCA.

............................................................. To find out what help is available, call Help Direct on 0303 333 1111.

Councillor Cheryl Little, Fylde Council cabinet member for Social Wellbeing, said: “Cold homes mean more than discomfort – they can lead to ill-health and even death.

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