Local Life - Wigan North - Oct/Nov 2012 by Local Life 247 Ltd

Wigan North Edition

Oct/Nov 2012

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History of

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There are people who will tell you I’m tight as a duck’s posterior. Not true, although I do plead guilty to picking up stray pennies from the floor, seeking out the cut-price almost out-of-date stuﬀ in supermarkets and extracting every last bit of toothpaste from the tube. But nothing (well, almost nothing!) gives me greater pleasure than saving money on my household bills. Which is why I’m delighted to welcome award-winning journalist Martin Lewis as a regular contributor to Local Life! Martin is the brains behind the UK’s biggest money site, www.moneysavingexpert. com which is visited by 13 million users a month. The site focuses on cutting bills without cutting back and has saved me hundreds, if not thousands of pounds over the last decade! This month Martin takes a look on how to save money on your mobile phone – see page 45 and start saving money! With the money you save on your mobile costs, why not try out the food at the Silver Tally in Shevington Moor? The Silver Tally, which is owned by Prospect Brewery, is a proper traditional pub serving excellent, locally-sourced food. See our food review on pages 46-47 for more details. Finally, let me extend a warm welcome to residents of Standish Lower Ground and Crooke Village, who are receiving Local Life for the first time. Thank you to those residents who have constantly asked about delivery in this area, and sorry it’s been so long in coming! Hope you enjoy the read and please, if you’re involved with a community group, school or charity and you want free publicity for your event, please email the details to editorial@locallife247.co.uk. See you next time,

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Hilldale Celebrates Treasure Hunts Galore! History of Wrightington Hall Puzzle Corner Saving Money with Martin Lewis Taste Test at the Tally What’s On in the North West Jack’s Tracks Visits Halsall Win a Spa Day for Two! Love your Pets Angie’s Garden Diary Garden Services Making the Connexion – The C1 Home Services Puzzle Corner Answers Green and Clean’s Useful Numbers

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If you’re partial to a bit of live music at the weekend you’ll be pleased to read that the Douglas Music Society in Parbold will be treating audiences to a Brass Ensemble on Saturday 6th October. The 10-piece brass formation, Intrada will be performing music from Gershwin, Handel, medieval dance music and more from the world of musical entertainment. The evening will take place at the Parbold Village Hall from 7.45pm; admission is £12 per person and £5 concessions for more information or to book you tickets please contact the Society on 01257 498452 or on-line at www.parbolddouglasmusic.org

Phoenix Nights If you’re feeling a bit lonely and you want to make new friends or even a suitor, then the Wigan Phoenix Club can help you. The club isn’t a dating agency, but a social organisation for the over 45’s who are single, divorced or widowed, providing a safe friendly environment to and make friends with people in a similar position. On Saturday nights, the club meets at St Wilfrid’s Parish Hall in Church Street, Standish for a Sequence & Ballroom Dance with a little bit of Line Dance too. There is no bar at St Wilfrid’s so please bring your own drink and have a great night out. The dance starts at 8pm and there is no admission after 9.15pm. Admission costs £3.00 for members and £4.00 for visitors.

Walk Appeal If you’ve been sitting round the telly all summer watching the Olympics and you fancy being a bit more active in the Autumn, then join up with the Wigan Rambling and Climbing Club. The club’s next coach ramble to Sedbergh in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales is this Sunday (30th September) and the next coach outing after that is on Sunday 28th October when you can enjoy the autumn colours in beautiful Wharfedale. The club leaves Wigan at 8.00 a.m. and pick up at Boars Head, Standish and Shevington Moor en route. There is a wide choice of walks and social activities to suit all tastes at the club so if you are interested, please contact the club’s secretary, Jill Shilladay on 01257 421926 or email Jill on Jill.shilladay@btinternet.com. Alternately, visit www. wiganwalkers.com or visit Wigan Rambling and Climbing Club on Facebook to find out more about the club.

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Wall Art Winners Congratulations to the winners of the Glass Wall Art Competition which ran in the August edition of Local Life. The winners of the limited edition Scenes of Standishgate glass wall art worth £450 each were Lynn Lowe (pictured with designer Stephanie Bowen of Morpheus Glass) from Churton Grove in Standish and David Bashforth from Wigan Road in Euxton. Many thanks to all those readers who entered this competition. You can win a Spa Day for two at Vitality Spa at Wrightington Country Club in this month’s competition, which is on pages 54-55.

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Hilldale Celebrates The village of Hilldale near Parbold was celebrating earlier this month when the Mayor and Mayoress of West Lancashire arrived to officially hand over ownership of the village’s playing fields to Hilldale Parish Council. The Parish Council successfully applied to be one of the 2,012 playing fields preserved into perpetuity by the Queen Elizabeth 2 Fields Challenge, a project run by the Fields in Trust charity. The project was launched by Price William in 2010, when he said: “Playing fields are not a luxury. They are a vital component of any healthy and happy community.

The sad truth is that over the years thousands of playing fields have been lost to development, and many more are under threat today”. The village celebrated with a free BBQ and refreshments, organised by the Parish Council, with some help from Asda, and the Mayor unveiled the plaque from Buckingham Palace, which has been set in an impressive stone from Hilldale Quarry at the entrance to the playing fields, which have been renamed Queen Elizabeth 2 Playing Fields. The cost of the stone and stone mason was met by a very generous donation from Hilldale resident Ian Hill (pictured on left with his family), who is the Managing Director of Hills Motors in Skelmersdale. An unexpected visitor on the evening was local resident Roberto Martinez, manager of Wigan Athletic, who called in on the way home from work to organise a kick around on the newly christened fields! Well done to all those on Hilldale Parish Council for their hard work in preserving the playing fields, and also to Ian Hill for marking this occasion in such style.

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Wanted - One Body Wanted – One Body is the title of the Douglas Drama Group’s next production, which is to be staged on three consecutive nights on 29, 30 November and 1st December at Parbold WI. Written by Charles Dyer, Wanted – One Body is a classic old dark house mystery of disappearing bodies, sliding panels and howls in the night. It is a who-dunnit and a thriller, but with the accent on laughter. Tickets are priced at £6 and are available now from the DIY Centre and from Parbold Fruit & Veg, both on The Common in Parbold village Centre. Doors open on the evenings at 7p.m. and curtain up is at 7.30 p.m. New members are always welcome at Douglas Drama Group; if you are interested, search Douglas Drama Group for their Facebook page.

Feel the Beat Tickets are now on sale for the 3rd Beat Extravaganza, which is being held at St James Club in Orrell on Friday 19th October, starting at 7.30pm. The previous two Beat Extravaganza events, which are run by Pauline Lloyd, have raised thousands of pounds for Dr Naqvi and MacMillan Nurses. Once again, the Redundant

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Me and My Girl Don’t miss the latest Wigan Music Theatre Group production which is taking place from Wednesday 3rd Oct to Saturday 6th Oct at St Michael’s Parish Hall in Shaw Street in Swinley. This Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose musical is set in 1930’s London and the musical highlight of the show is the famous ‘Lambeth Walk’. The shows start at 7.30pm and tickets are priced at £6 and £7: for further details please call the box office on 01942 706106.

Art Show Members of the Wrightington Art Group are gearing up for their annual Art Exhibition which is being held at St James Church Hall in Wrightington. The exhibition will take place at the hall over the weekend of Saturday and Sunday 10/11th November, between 10am-4pm. Admission to the event is free and refreshments will be on sale.

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TREASURE HUNT! Say the word ‘walk’ in our house and you’ll face a barrage of moans, groans and downright hostility from kids seemingly surgically attached to X-Boxes or computers. Forget the fact that we’ve got some glorious countryside on our doorstep. To the young, walking is a complete no-no and is not to be attempted under any circumstances, bar emergencies such as when the Mum and Dad taxi service isn’t running. Mention a thrilling high-tech treasure hunt though, and you might just tempt them off the couch and into the countryside! Born in America in 2000, geocaching is a free outdoor treasure hunt - pinpointing the location of hidden items by using GPS technology. These caches are hidden at millions of locations worldwide and the coordinates for every location are logged on the website www.geocaching. com by the person who hides the cache.

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Festival Frolics Whilst these October nights are quickly drawing in, the music is about to start in Standish with the Standish St Wilfrid’s Arts and Music Festival, which runs this year for eight days from next Saturday (6th October) through to Sunday 14th October. All the events take place at the Church with the exception of the Standish Chorale concert on 6th October which takes place at the Parish Hall next door. Highlights of the week obviously depends on your tastes, but the Recital on the 6th, Wayne Gorner on the 9th, Michael Lunts on the 12th and the Brass Bands concert on the 13th are fee-paying concerts with the admission fee capped at £5 for adults and £1 for students and children. The rest of the events are free, with a collection at the end of the event. In addition to the events there will be exhibitions in Church throughout the festival by Standish Art Group and Wigan Photographic Society.

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Blokes Books Football, gadgets and women are the three traditional staples of bloke conversation, usually shared over a beer or two in the local pub, but if Standish Library have their way, then the men in the village will instead be sharing literary views over a cup of tea. The library wants to start what they believe to be the first ‘Men Only’ book club in the borough – all books and refreshments will be provided. If you’re interested in joining the group please contact the library on 01257 400496 or email standish. library@wlct.org.

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Wrightington Hall has stood proudly for several centuries, many of us pass by the magnificent hall but do we know much about its history? Many historic buildings are from another time long forgotten, but they have many stories entwined in their history and Wrightington Hall has its own tale to tell. Wrightington Hall is a magnificent grade II listed building set back off Hall Lane in Wrightington. Now a central part of the hospital complex, the hall has a rich history or memories wrapped up in Kings, noble families and rebellion. The original hall was built in 1282 and was home to the Wrightington family until 1658 when Sir Edward Wrightington died. When Sir Edward Wrightington died in 1658, his successor, Hugh Dicconson, erected a tomb for Sir Edward in St Wilfrid’s Church, Standish, which can still be seen today. Two of Hugh Dicconson’s sons, William and Roger, became Roman Catholics and were implicated in a plot to overthrow the government so the hall has seen some excitement of its own! The hall was described as a typical Tudor manor house but fortune hasn’t always favoured the estate when the original hall was partially destroyed by fire in the early part of the 18th century. Records show that it was William who built the present hall and work was finished in 1742, with the addition of the bridge carrying the main road across the fish ponds in 1778. The Hall then passed to the Eccleston family in 1784; the family also owned the Scarisbrick estate near Southport and the Eccleston Hall estate in St Helens. Wrightington Hall continued to pass down through the family and in 1860 a Mrs Clifton of Lytham spent £17,000 altering and restoring the hall. At that time the Wrightington Estate

was thought to be made up of 5050 acres mostly in Wrightington, Parbold, Shevington, Eccleston, Heskin, Burscough and Penwortham. The Hall was eventually bought by Lancashire County Council in 1918 for the grand sum of £16,473, with the purpose of turning it into a Tuberculosis hospital. The 226-bed Hospital was built during 1929-1931 at a cost of £129,520; the ﬁrst patient was a 9-year-old boy from Ashton who was suffering with Tuberculosis of the spine, he was admitted in 1931. However the formal opening of the hospital only took place on the 16th June 1933. Local Life would like to thank Wrightington Hospital for the information taken from Donald Anderson’s Wrightington Hall and the People who lived there and Dave Reddington for supplying the photographs.

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Have your Say Wigan Council is asking residents to have their say about its plans for a new Local Council Tax Support Scheme. From April 2013 the Government is abolishing the national Council Tax Benefit scheme and giving the council 10-15% less money to spend on helping low income households to pay their Council Tax. Leader of Wigan Council, Lord Smith, said: “The shortfall in funding that the government provides to the council will be between £2.8 million and £5.6 million. To avoid cutting services we need to make some tough decisions on who will get Council Tax support next year. Inevitably this means many households will get less support and be expected to contribute more towards their Council Tax. For some households this will mean paying some Council Tax when under the current scheme they didn’t have to pay any”. A six week public consultation exercise has started – the survey closes on 31st October 2012 - and residents are

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Bottoms Up! Real ale aficionados should clear their diaries on the weekend of 25-27th October, because that’s when the 13th Sandgrounder Beer Festival takes place! There are more than 50 beers, plus various ciders, perries and fruit wines, to sample at the Festival, which will take place for the first time at St Johns Hall on Wright Street in Southport. Organised by the Southport & West Lancs CAMRA and sponsored by the Burscough Brewing Company, the festival’s sessions run on Thursday 25th (6pm-11pm), Friday 26th (12pm–11pm) and Saturday 27th (12pm11pm). Admission to each session is £3, but card-carrying CAMRA members enter free. For more details about the festival, check out the website www.tinyurl.com/beerex12

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10th Anniversary for Chris! Chris Whistlecroft, the local Rosemary Conley Diet & Fitness Instructor for the Wigan area, is this month celebrating her 10th anniversary of being a Rosemary Conley franchisee. Chris says, “I am so lucky to have a job that I love. I try to help people to achieve their goals, and hopefully change their lives for the better too. All my members encourage each other’s progress and we are there for each other when support is needed. The classes are designed for people of all levels of fitness so everyone who comes to class is able to take part”. “My Rosemary Conley classes offer a unique combination of dietary advice and exercise, and this is central to the life changing successes that members have seen. Everyone is always made to feel welcome and the atmosphere in class is friendly, fun and above all, the expert diet advice, coupled with a safe exercise session, really works. I am fully qualified to teach exercise to music and the sessions have been adapted to suit any ability”. Earlier this year saw the launch of the clubs new style Kardy-O-Fun classes and is a new collaboration between Rosemary Conley Diet & Fitness Clubs and internationally-renowned fitness presenter, Kardy Laguda. Kardy-O-Fun is an exciting twist on aerobics and fatburning, dance based moves. Chris is particularly excited about this new concept and is finding it is becoming increasingly popular in her classes. She has already secured one of only 4 dates that the master presenter

himself is available to come along and host a special Kardy Party. Chris adds “Having seen Kardy present at our own Road Shows, I can truly say that our Kardy Party will be a fantastic experience. There are lots of my members buying tickets and many other people from outside Wigan are coming along too! The Kardy Party will take place on Friday 2nd November at the Robin Park Sports Centre, Loire Drive, Newtown from 1-4pm. The event is open to non-members also, so if you’ve been thinking of how this revolutionary concept can make your diet and fitness exercise regime more fun come along and try it!” Tickets for the Kardy Party are £10 and can be purchased by contacting Chris on 01942 824557, mobile 07968 608861, email christine.whistlecroft@ rosemaryconley.com. Join one of Chris’ classes (see details opposite) with the free membership offer and purchase a ticket for the Kardy Party for half-price (£5!).

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You may have noticed this blue and yellow logo popping up on community notice boards recently, but what is the U3A and is it something that would interest you? U3A stands for University of the Third Age and despite the high falutin title, it’s not an academic group; it’s a voluntary group that runs lots of activity courses for those over 50’s no longer in full time employment. It’s a global organisation with local branches in your area; the aim of the U3A is to provide opportunities for their members to share learning experiences in a wide range of interest groups and to pursue learning not for qualiﬁcations, but for fun! The Wigan U3A and Parbold, Newburgh & District U3A groups have developed into dynamic, lively and fastgrowing organisations. The Wigan Group meets every Tuesday during term time between 2-4pm at Standish Community Centre on Moody Street. The Parbold & Newburgh group holds a fortnightly meeting on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month between 1-3pm at Parbold Village Hall on the Green. Even though there are a lot of activities and meetings, there’s no need to join in everything that goes on; in

fact you’d be pretty exhausted if you did! Members can choose which activity to join; some just choose a single activity, others are busy with U3A activities every day of the week. It’s completely up to you how much time or how little time you spend with the U3A gang. We have compiled a list of a small selection of the groups and events that are available to you, just to give you a taste of what is on offer. The list of activities is growing all the time, as membership increases.

Group List: Aerobics, Art Appreciation, Badminton, Ballroom Dancing, Bird Watching, Digital Photography, Family History, Luncheon Group, Reading Group, Singing for Fun, Tai Chi, Theatre Trips, Walking and Yoga. If you would like more information about the groups in your area or would like to enquire about membership then please telephone the Wigan group on 01942 489489 or the Parbold group on 01257 400254 or browse the website at www.u3a.org.uk

Floral Art If you’re keen to develop your arty side and astonish your family and friends with some handmade seasonal floral arrangements, then you’ll be interested to hear that the Wigan Floral Art Club have been in touch with us to offer an open invitation to readers to attend their monthly get-togethers. The club meets on the third Wednesday of every month at St Michael’s Hall in Shaw Street in Swinley from 7.15pm to 9.30 pm, and have a NAFAS guest demonstrator making flower arrangements at each meeting. At the end of the evening the flower arrangements are raffled off and some lucky people in the audience go home very happy! The next meeting is on Wednesday 17th October: for further details please ring Mrs Halliwell on 07709 082646.

Ladies Lunch Would you like to join an informal ladies friendship group? The waiting list for the Wigan & District Women’s Lecture Luncheon Club is now open to new membership applications. The club has been in existence since 1931 when a small group of women started to meet on a monthly basis in each other’s homes and the group has been growing ever since. In 2011, they celebrated their 80th anniversary with a membership of 160 ladies and held a celebratory lunch attended by the Mayor of Wigan. They now meet at the DW Stadium on the first Thursday of each month, October to May and at each event, they enjoy a two course sit-down lunch followed by a guest speaker. Past speakers have included Sir Bernard Ingham, Lady Anne Foley, TV’s Green Goddess - Diana Moran, Antiques Roadshow Specialist- David Battie and The Calendar Girls. If you’d like to join the club or you’d like further details, please contact Pauline Dalton (Membership Secretary) on 01942 725395.

Festive Delights Parbold and District Flower Club are holding a Christmas Gala Evening on Tuesday 20th November at Parbold Village Hall on The Green in Parbold at 7pm with the fantastic Tony Brown titled ‘Festive Delights’. Tickets are just £8 including a glass of wine or a soft drink. Everyone is welcome but tickets usually sell quickly so do bag yours quickly. So if you’d like to book your ticket please either come along to one demonstration on 10th October (1.30pm-4pm at the Village Hall) or call Sheila Mitchell 01257 464783.

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Cracking Challenge If you’re into crafts and looking for a new challenge, then the Orrell Eggcrafters would like to hear from you. The group, who have now been in existence for over 25 years, are looking for new members and have a couple of open days coming up where potential egg crafters can go along and try their hand at egg crafting, which is the art of decorating eggs. The open days are being held on Saturday 6th October and Saturday 3rd November from 10am to 3pm at the Church Hall behind Salem United Reformed Church on Church Street in Orrell. Full tuition and resources are supplied on the days; for more details please contact Wendy Dickinson on 01942 216552 for further details.

Society Affair Wigan Little Theatre’s newest production is Oscar Wilde’s costume drama, Lady Windermere’s Fan. Young, rich, beautiful and newly married, Lady Windermere seems to have it all. That is until she is visited by one of London society’s most notorious gossips, who suggests that not only is her husband having an affair with the mysterious Mrs Erlynne, but that this woman is about to turn up to Lady Windermere’s 21st birthday ball. This classic comedy is full of intrigue, scandal and brilliant one-liners and runs from 17th to 27th October at the Crompton Street based theatre. For tickets, please call the box office on 01942 242561 or visit the website at www.wiganlittletheatre.co.uk. Publicise your community group’s next event free in Local Life by e-mailing details along with a contact name and number to editorial@ locallife247.co.uk

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A carer is anybody who looks after a relative, partner, neighbour or friend. Whether the person cared for needs help due to ill health, old age, mental illness or substance abuse, the Carers Centre do not discriminate, and provides the same wide range of services for all. To be classed as a carer you don’t necessarily have to live with the person you care for, or be the only one offering care. If this describes you or somebody you know, then Carers Centre is here for you. All services are free to carers so whether you require benefit advice, help into education or employment, or a little pampering with an aromatherapy session, don’t wait until your caring responsibilities get you down, give the Centre a call or drop in and see what they have to offer. Importantly, lots of carers do not see themselves as carers, with many struggling to find the help they need. The Carers Centre aims to make sure that this crucial support is available and ensure that carers are given as much assistance as possible with their own particular needs or situation. The Wigan and Leigh Carers Centre are there to help, support and serve all carers from each of Wigan Borough’s 10 Townships. Even if you live some distance from the centre, the centre is there for you so just pick up the phone. Outreach information services are provided

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There – I’ve said it! All those glossy colour Sunday supplements extolling the virtues of having a conservatory; extra family space to relax in the sunshine without actually braving the outside elements are just an overblown sales campaign to sell conservatories. Whilst they are high on our wish list when it comes to improving our homes; conservatories rarely live up to expectations. A conservatory is supposed to be a calm and tranquil space, one that lets us linger over the Sunday papers without having to put on an extra layer or jumping up to retrieve the lifestyle section from the rose bushes. In reality you probably have a love hate relationship with what can only be described as your glass box. They overheat in the summer and winter temperatures rival the North Pole during the winter months; all in all you start to feel like you haven’t beneﬁted from the extra room you paid for. In fact, research shows that, in the British climate, a conservatory is unlikely to provide more than two hours of comfortable temperatures per day.

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the volume of paperwork they were receiving from their investment providers and that they had lost track of where they were up to with regards to their portfolios. They had lost touch with their previous advisers and when I asked them about the risk profile and the performance of their underlying investments, without exception the response was very much a scratch of the head or “I don’t really know”.

they should be doing with their investments. If this sound like you and you need help to make managing your money a little easier please do not hesitate to give us a call. If you invest in the stock market the value of your investments can go down as well as up and you may not get back the full amount invested.

This is really quite scary. Your money is important, it needs to be looked after and managed sensibly. I am pleased to say that all of these clients now know exactly what their investment risk levels are, where their money is invested, and more importantly how it is performing. In addition, for the majority, they can now obtain valuation details of all of their investments by either making one phone call or better still (for the techies amongst you) pressing a button on their home computer. Because of the fragile recovery in the economy the bad news for savers is that interest rates are likely to remain low for some time to come and consequently bank accounts remain very poor value for the majority of investors. In today’s fast changing economic / investment environment it is vital that investors keep abreast of the latest developments and that they have access to unbiased investment expertise at a competitive price. As market opportunities come and go it is imperative that portfolios are correctly positioned to either seize the opportunities or to mitigate the potential threats. Too many investors adopt a passive stance and consequently remain in funds or sectors that have long since fallen out of favour. In my experience time and access to the right information can be a constant headache for the majority of investors. Most people would prefer to spend time on hobbies, holidays and with family rather than pouring over financial information and worrying about what

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Curious Objects

Cross Street in Standish has been overrun by curious objects, all in the name of an art exhibition hosted by artists Paula Fenwick and Jane Fairhurst. Paula and Jane’s Emporium of Curious Objects opens next Friday (1st October) and runs through to 1st December.

The exhibition, which is being held in the Standish Centre, celebrates the seemingly arbitrary nature of the collections of objects found in the cabinets of curiosities of the eras of the Renaissance and Enlightenment. Paula and Jane, who are both avid collectors of stuff, want to share something of their collections and their artwork, alongside invited artists’ work, to all who’d like to come and see it. Like a museum of curiosities or an old fashioned shop, their Emporium of Curious Objects will be a source of wonderment for all ages; a mix of the fascinating and the curious, the strange and the uncanny, the real and the imagined, the freaky and the downright funny. The emporium will be open to the public from 12 to 4pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, or by appointment, from 5th October to 1st December 2012. A preview evening will be held on 4th October from 7 to 9pm, all will be welcome. School visits will be welcome and available by appointment. For children it will be a great introduction to the world of collecting and museums; a chance to explore familiar and unfamiliar artefacts and objects, and inspire their imagination through an encounter with real and fictional worlds.

CMA Accountancy Guide to Credit Control CMA is a firm of Chartered Management Accountants based in Appley Bridge. We provide the usual services such as annual accounts and tax returns etc but we also work with our clients on a deeper level and look behind the numbers to help them grow their businesses to give them the competitive edge to stay ahead of their competitors. This month we are looking at ways to manage your customers so that they pay you on time. Cashflow is the lifeblood of any business. All profitable businesses will struggle without positive cashflow. Where margins are tight it is vital that you collect your payments when they are due. Many businesses go bust every year simply because they are owed money. Systematic, well planned credit control practices must be put in place before your start giving credit terms to customers. The following tips can help your stay in the black: 1 Set out your terms and conditions – This is your opportunity to clearly state when payment is due and what will happen if payment is not received 2 Get to know your customer – It’s vital you know the background of the person you’re working with. This information can help you decide what credit limit to set, or whether to stay away from certain businesses altogether. Providers such as Creditsafe or Experian can help you get this information. 3 Check references – There is no better way to get a sense of character than by word of mouth. Business associates will be pleased to sing the praises of good contacts. 4 Invoice on a timely basis – Credit control starts with the invoice. Send it out promptly, accurately and to the right person! 5 Payment chasing should be a tight operation – Use a good system such as Sage or Xero to send reminders when payment is due. Be sure to make a telephone call or send a letter as soon as an invoice becomes due.

7 Flexible payment methods – Modern businesses should offer a range of payment types. Options include credit / debit card payments, paypal, and other website payment methods. There may be a small charge to pay but the payment could be received earlier. These are just a few tips that we give to clients to help them stay on top of their cashﬂow. Every business is different and some methods work better than others depending on your circumstances. Please contact us to discuss any speciﬁc issues you may have with collecting money.

Tax Tips of the Month • File your self-assessment return on time - HMRC have introduced a new penalty structure this year, which will mean that a tax return that is over six months late will incur a minimum penalty of £1,300! • Consider incorporating your business - If you are currently running a small unincorporated business there may be a substantial tax saving available on converting to a Limited Company.

If you would like to ﬁnd out more about any of the issues discussed in this article CMA offers a free initial consultation, either at our ofﬁce or yours, at a time to suit you. If you would like to see how we can help please get in touch. Contact Details Chris Alcock ACMA CMA Accountancy 39 Skull House Lane, Appley Bridge, Wigan, WN6 9DR Tel: 01257 255521 Email info@handsonaccounting.co.uk www.handsonaccounting.co.uk

6 Employ an experienced credit controller – If you have the resources, employ a credit controller, or outsource to a company with expertise. Don’t leave it to the sales team.

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Saving Money with Martin Lewis

Take a look at your mobile. Some view it as a shiny little pocket rocket of technology that acts as a mini-computer, others think it’s just a phone. The problem is that too few people see it as a household bill that costs £100s a year, which can often be done for a fraction of the cost.

4. Don’t flog mobiles to any old site

So let’s see if we can ring down the changes…

5. Free wi-fi with your coffee, burger or beer

1. Find the right tariff Don’t focus on the handset, the key is the tariff – the amount you pay for minutes, texts and data. If you regularly go above your free minutes allowance, you’re overpaying each month for the extra you use. Try www.billmonitor.com to find the right tariff for you, and to include handset choice look at www. mobilephonechecker.co.uk or www.moneysupermarket. com. If you’re after an iPhone, use the www.mse.me/ iphone tool to find the right tariff.

2. “Threatened to leave, got 500 minutes, unlimited texts & data for £5 per month.” As this quote shows, anyone near the end of their contract is holstering a great weapon in the form of consumer loyalty. Ask for a major reduction and if you don’t get it, say you’re considering leaving. You’ll be put through to ‘disconnections’, which has much more discretion to keep you. Full tips on how to play this at www.mse.me/mobilehaggle. Of the site users who’ve tried to haggle, 76% succeeded with Vodafone, 68% with T-Mobile, 70% with Orange and 71% with O2.

No one can have failed to see the adverts from the companies buying old mobiles. There can be huge variations in the amount these sites pay for each handset. The www.mobilevaluer.com tool compares 18 different sites and the differences can be startling! For example, the price for a Blackberry 9700 Bold ranges from £40 to £87. Of course, while using these sites is the simple option, you can often get a better return on eBay.

If you’re out and about, don’t use up your mobile’s inclusive data unnecessarily – it may later push you over your data limit. Big chains like McDonald’s, Starbucks and Wetherspoons all offer free wi-fi, as do many smaller shops.

6. Call freephone numbers for free from your mobile Dial a freephone number and it can bizarrely cost up to 33p/minute from your mobile – yet there is a trick to beat this so you can call for free. The www.0800buster. com website will give you a special number to dial before calling the freephone number, which then effectively lets you call it as a normal geographic phone number. So if you’ve got free minutes, it’ll actually be free.

7. Are you paying 35p per minute to pick up your voicemail? There’s a nasty catch to voicemail. Some tariffs charge a ghastly 35p/minute for calling it if you’ve gone beyond your tariff, and it can lead to mammoth bills. If you often go over, it’s worth checking your voicemail costs – and even switching it off for that period if you have to.

3. Smartphone insurance doesn’t have to be costly

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Mobiles no longer just make calls. They’re our diaries, contact books, games machines and more. Insurers play on this fear with hefty prices and unnecessary cover, but you can get cheap mobile, smartphone and iPhone insurance for £5 per month. Before you do it though, check if your home insurance or bank account covers your mobile. If not, try the Gadget Insurance section at www.insureandgo.com – prices are around £6 a month and cover limits are high enough for smartphones (£500).

Each month, Martin will be writing a feature for Local Life - advising our readers how to save thousands of pounds every year! Don’t miss it!

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Martin Lewis, Money Saving Expert, is an awardwinning campaigning TV & radio presenter, newspaper columnist and a best-selling author. An ultra-specialised journalist, focusing on cutting bills without cutting back, he runs and founded the UK’s biggest money site, www. moneysavingexpert.com with 13 million monthly users.

Warm-Hearted When an average of 52 pubs a week are closing across the UK, it takes someone extremely brave (or someone extremely stupid!) to plough hundreds of thousands of pounds into a pub venture. Step forward big-pocketed Blackburn brewing giant Thwaites, assisted by Standish microbrewery Prospect, who recently opened The Silver Tally (formerly the Foresters Arms) in Shevington Moor.

on Bradley Hall last year and on the way has picked up numerous awards for the quality of its ales. But how good is the food?

We stepped into The Silver Tally to a warm welcome on a rainy September night with a distinct Autumnal chill. Even without the five cask ales on the bar, there’s a real beer theme going on, with hops decorating the archways, a beer barrel table and numerous Prospect Brewery awards adorning the walls. The stone floor and cubicles give the Silver Tally a quaint and cosy feel, and the pictures of old Wigan on the walls add to the welcoming feel of the place. The menu was somewhat limited – this isn’t a restaurant with hundreds of dishes to choose from - but there’s something for everyone here. We picked out our starters; Leek and Potato Soup and Creamy Mushrooms. Within a few minutes, plates arrived with big chunks of bread and butter, followed shortly afterwards by our starters. The soup was thick, creamy and heart-warming; a wellseasoned dish which was a perfect choice! A generous portion of this delicious soup went down fairly quickly and the bread accompanying it was very tasty too. Generous portions are obviously the norm at the Silver Tally; the creamy mushrooms were as plentiful as they were enjoyable. Presented in a ramekin dish and accompanied by a crisp salad, every last drop of this dish was eaten and then the remains were scraped away with some more of that chunky bread! We sat back and drank in the atmosphere (and the ale!) whilst we waited for our main course to arrive. Make no mistake; this is a proper pub. No juke box, no infernal games machines and no satellite sports coverage either - just fine ales, a friendly atmosphere and, if our starters are anything to go by, great food too!

The Silver Tally (also the name of the best-selling Prospect ale) is what miners were given when they had worked an overtime shift to exchange for a meal at the end of their labours. And, whilst a hard day at the Local Life ofﬁce is no match for even an easy day on the coalface, we felt we deserved a trip up to Silver Tally to try out the food that the locals have been raving about.

My dining partner veered off from her usual favourites when she chose a Lancashire Cheese and Onion Pie for a main course, served with homemade chips and mushy peas. The strongly ﬂavoured cheese was supplied by Dewlar’s of Garstang, contrasted superbly with the little chunks of freshly cooked onions, and was topped with a deliciously light short crust pastry. The home-made chips were absolutely delectable, and the tasty mushy peas were perfect – not too wet, not too dry – just perfect!

To exist and thrive in today’s economic climate; a pub has to serve good ale and good food at the right prices. Prospect’s pedigree on the good ale front is well documented; the brewery was founded in a garage at Patsy Slevin’s house on Wigan Road in Standish in 2007, moved into the old Heinz pudding shop building

My main course was a real local dish – a homemade Steak and Nutty Slack Pie with mashed potato and mushy peas. The steak - that oh so tender steak - was from Greaves Butchers in Up Holland and it was gently braised in Prospect’s own Nutty Slack. The shortcrust pastry the combination was wrapped in must be amongst the ﬁnest

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I’ve tasted, and the thick beefy gravy was deﬁnitely the lick-the-plate-clean variety! The mashed potatoes were divine too, and a big dollop of mushy peas rounded off the dish very nicely indeed. I was told afterwards that this is the pub’s most popular dish – this surprised me about as much as discovering that Jordan sleeps on her back! And then to pudding? Actually, no, we just couldn’t manage it! The portions at the Silver Tally were generous, without being silly, and it had been a long tiring day so we passed on the puddings and vowed to call another day to sample a selection of puddings that included some real old fashioned favourites! The Silver Tally will tick an awful lot of boxes for you – excellent food, great value, locally-sourced, a fantastic selection of real ale and a big warm-hearted welcome. Food is served at the Silver Tally from 12-2pm & 5-8pm Monday-Thursday, and from 12pm-8pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Silver Tally Shevington Moor, Standish, WN6 0SQ 01257 421337

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First Drinks free!

Offer restricted to glass of wine or ½ pint Prospect ale per person when a minimum of two people dine at the Silver Tally from Monday to Wednesday Expiry date 30th October 2012

What’s on in the North West... On Now

Thursday 18th October

Make sure you don’t miss out on Blackpool’s award winning illuminations. The Illuminations offer you a host of different experiences and ways to view Blackpool’s glittering spectacle; hop aboard an open top tram for the clearest view of the lights, or perhaps a ride in a horse drawn carriage could be a special romantic treat. If the weather is ﬁne, why not walk the 10km along the front, accompanied by a bag of chips and some candy ﬂoss! The illuminations run until the 4th November.

Traditional quality Antiques Fair on 3 ﬂoors of Chester Racecourse’s County Grandstand. 50 specialists assemble every February and October (since 1989) to offer visitors a wide selection of antiquities from medieval furniture to Deco jewellery and contemporary art. Runs until Sunday 21st October.

Blackpool Illuminations

Chester Antiques Show

Contact: www.blackpool-illuminations.net

Time: Thur to Sat 10.30am - 6pm - Sunday 11am - 5pm Cost: £3 (Complimentary E-Tickets available via website) Contact: 01825 744074 or visit www.penman-fairs.co.uk Sat Nav Ref: CH1 2LY

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Friday 19th October

Farmaggedon is a “Scream Park”, an interactive horror experience. The whole park is themed with roaming zombies and creatures of the night. The park contains three interactive horror houses; Terror On The Farm, Insanity and Psychosis. Under 16’s need to be accompanied by an adult. Fancy Dress is allowed but masks must not be worn inside the houses. This is a timed event and booking is essential. Farmageddon runs until Saturday 3rd November.

With over 120 delicious food and drink stalls selling the best produce available from across the region, this year’s festival at Tatton Park will bring a feast of fun to all the family. As well as the opportunity to taste, sample and buy all the delicious foods and drink, there will be the ever popular celebrity chef demonstrations and kids’ cooking. A taste sensation that is not to be missed! Runs until Sunday 21st October.

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The North West Food Lovers Festival

Cost: Normal Park Entry Charge applies Contact: 01244 405615 or visit www. nwfoodloversfestival.com Sat Nav Ref: WA16 6QN

Time: 7pm until 8.45pm Cost: £15, £16.50 & £17.50 Contact: 0844 736 0152 or visit www.farmaggedon.co.uk Sat Nav Ref: L39 7HW

Wednesday 17th October

Disney on Ice - Passport to Adventure Disney on Ice returns to the Manchester Arena this autumn! Passport to Adventure takes audiences on a fun-ﬁlled tour to four exciting destinations, ﬁlled with favorite Disney friends. Join Mickey and Minnie, the Lion King, Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, Lilo & Stitch and Ariel and Sebastian. You’ll be captivated by the music, beauty and laughter in a journey so magical you’ll never want to go home. Runs until Sunday 21st October. Time: vary between 11am, 2.45pm, 6.30pm & 7pm Cost: £13 - £36 Contact: 0844 8478000 or visit www.men-arena.com Sat Nav Ref: M3 1AR

Sunday 21st October Craft and Gift Fair

A well established and very popular event held in the massive exhibition hall at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton by the Creative Crafts Association. Time: 10am - 5pm Contact: www.creativecrafts-online.co.uk Sat Nav Ref: BL6 6JW

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Tuesday 23rd October Halloween Hauntings

Visit the Horrendously Haunted Old Hall at Tatton Park. Meet our spirits and spectres. What is real and what is not? Will you get the feeling of being watched? Are the ghosts ﬁendishly friendly or terrifyingly terrible? Are they especially spiteful or simply simpering soft? Some people may ﬁnd the haunted hall ever so frightening, but that’s half the fun. Solve the Horrible History Mystery, there will also be storytelling and face and mask painting (small charge). Runs until Wednesday 31st October. Cost: Adult £5.50, Child £3.50. Family £14.50 (Closed Monday Oct 29th) Car entry charge applies Time: 12pm to 5pm (last entry 4pm) Contact: 01623 374400 or visit www.tattonpark.org.uk Sat Nav Ref: WA16 6QN

Sunday 28th October Halloween at Speke Hall

There’s a pandemic you can’t escape; we have spiralled into panic and descended into chaos as a slow infestation of the un-dead spreads menacingly across the globe, consuming every human being in its path. As a survivor you will need nerves of steel, speed and brainpower if you are to ﬁght your way through the zombie horde to the relative safety of the Speke Hall mansion house? Once inside, DON’T look back, DON’T stop, and whatever you do, DON’T open the doors! Time: 6.30pm-10pm Cost: Adults £12, Children (10-16yrs) £10 (Entry to Haunted House by timed ticket only) Contact: 0151 427 7231 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/spekehall Sat Nav Ref: L24 1XD

Wednesday 31st October Halloween Raceday

Haydock Park is the perfect day out for all the family with lots of spooky Halloween entertainment. The ﬁrst day of the jumps season includes an action-packed afternoon of topquality jump racing plus plenty of FREE Halloween entertainment for children. Remember, children aged 17 and under gain access to the course for FREE when accompanied by a paying adult. Cost: tickets from £13.00 Time: gates open at 11.10am Contact: 0844 579 3006, 01942 725963 or visit www. haydock-park.co.uk Sat Nav Ref: WA12 0HQ

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Saturday 3rd November

Mawdesley Millennium Green Bonfire and Firework Spectacular Bonfire and Firework Spectacular on Mawdesley Millennium Green, tickets can be purchased from Mawdesley Post Office or the Londis Store up to 7pm on 4th November. Refreshments will be available, the gates are open at 5.30pm, the bonfire will be lit at 6.30pm and the fireworks will commence at 7.00pm (times are approximate). Cost: £6 Adults/£4 Children (available on the door) Sat Nav Ref: L40 2QT

Wednesday 7th November The Sound of Music

This multi-award winning and timeless family musical returns to the Empire in Liverpool in November. Featuring such memorable songs as My Favourite Things, Do-Re-Mi, and, of course, The Sound of Music, this is one show not to be missed! Runs until Saturday 10th November. Cost: £11.90 – £26.90 Contact: 0844 871 7660 or visit www.atgtickets.com Sat Nav Ref: L1 1JE

Saturday 17th November to Sunday 23rd December Manchester Christmas Markets

Don your Santa hat, dust off the mulled wine glass, and get into the festive spirit - it’s time to head down to Manchester’s world famous Christmas Markets. No Mancunian winter is complete without a wander through the chalet-lined streets of the markets. This year the market will be celebrating its 13th year and will take over eight different spaces around the city, each with its own distinct character and atmosphere. The array of over 200 stalls is mind-boggling, with mouth-watering delicacies from all over Europe. The choice is getting bigger and bigger and includes gifts, crafts, jewellery, clothes, toys and an array of food and drink. The markets run until Sunday 23rd December. Contact: www.manchestermarkets.com

Halsall & Clieves Hills

Thousands of cars a week whizz through Aughton on the A59 and Halsall on the A5147, and yet, in the area between these two busy roads, lies the very essence of England; Wonderful views, slow single track lanes, a leisurely canal, working farms, beautiful houses and a couple of country pubs. Try this five mile walk on a Sunday and you’ll be disturbed only by the occasional tractor or a bunch of lycra-clad Wiggins-wannabes whizzing by! Ship Inn – Saracen’s Head Park near the Ship Inn, which is on Rosemary Lane, just off the main road from Crosby to Southport near Haskayne. Take a short cut through the beer garden and then turn left down the canal, immediately passing under the Ship bridge. If you’ve brought your camera along, you’ll instantly be presented with a few photoopportunities as there are lots of birds and colourful barges at this point. You’ll follow the canal towpath for 1¼ miles. Clieves Hills will soon appear in the distance to your right, whilst the spire of St Cuthbert’s Church in Halsall

dominates the views on the left. There is a tall wall running along the left hand side of the canal which gives you quite a bit of shade on a hot day and along this wall are plentiful blackberries growing, so do take along a pot if you fancy a blackberry pie for tea! Pass under bridges 23 (Flax Lane) and 24 (Hill Bridge) heading north-east. You’ll reach the Saracen’s Head at the next bridge, a place that is highly praised for the quality of its food and its real ales. Sadly, I had just had a full bowl of porridge and a banana for breakfast, so I resisted the temptation to stay awhile. At this point, you leave the canal, cross the bridge in the direction of the Saracen’s Head and continue walking down Summerwood Lane. But before you set off in this direction, do stop awhile at the Halsall Navvy statue, which is diagonally opposite the Saracen’s Head.

Saracen’s Head – Clieves Hill You’ll walk 500 yards away from Halsall down Summerwood Lane, and you’ll then need to take a right turn down Narrow Lane. You’ll follow this country lane through a hamlet called Bangor’s Green. Just after Tristram’s Farm the road forks to the right and becomes Halsall Lane; carry on up the left fork in the same direction as previously (signposted Narrow Lane Clieves Hills). Going up a slight incline, you’ll pass Aughton Cliffs Farm and Acorn Cattery, both on the left.

Once you pass Narrow Lane farm on the left, turn directly left on the ‘s’ bend down Cut Lane and follow a sharp right hand bend within 30 yards of the junction. Follow the telegraph poles up this road for 300 yards. One you reach a sharp left hand bend you’ll see a public footpath symbol on one of the poles. Come off the road at that point and head uphill on the right hand perimeter of a field in the general direction of a wind turbine. Just at the top of the hill the tracks fork, head straight on up towards the distinctive tower of Clieves Hills House and follow the tracks to the right of the house and round the top of the field, exiting the field at the top right hand corner.

Clieves Hill – Ship Inn Once you exit the field, turn left for about 50 yards and then turn right down Shepherds Lane for 800 yards. You’ll pass some pretty nice Mediterranean style houses at this point, before you come to a fine view over the Lancashire coast. Carry on walking down the hill; do help yourself to some blackberries on the way, I did leave a few for you! You’ll pass Segars Farm, Shepherds Farm and when you reach Clieves Farm, Shepherds Lane then becomes Halsall Lane, so turn left down Dicconsons Lane. Go past Dicconsons Farm on the right and 180 yards later on a gentle left hand bend you’ll come across a public footpath sign taking you across the field. Unfortunately, our plans were thwarted at this point

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The Halsall Navvy Back in the eighteenth century, the appalling state of transportation in this country was seen as a key constraint on Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic development. Roads were poor, and sometimes impassable in winter, while navigable rivers were few. John Hustler and other Bradford businessmen wanted a cheaper way to transport coal and limestone, and the outcome of their efforts was the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Act of 1770, which resulted in the construction of the first major canal in Great Britain. Work on the canal began in Halsall, and the very first sod was turned by Colonel Mordaunt in November 1770. At one point 518 navigators (later called navvies) were employed on the project at any one time. Many of these navvies were Scottish and had assisted the main engineer Robert Whitworth on the much smaller Forth and Clyde Canal. Navvies were often exploited by innkeepers and detested by locals, but overcame a tough physical daily existence to perform an engineering feat that helped bring the industrial revolution to the North West. The stone sculpture of the Halsall Navvy, created by Thompson Dagnall, was unveiled on the canal bank in Halsall in 2006.

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away with the bubbles of the Jacuzzi and unwind in the steam room and sauna. After enjoying a two course lunch, including a glass of wine, you’ll be able to truly chill out when the treatments begin, and you and your friend will be pampered with a choice of two of the following treatments - Decleor Mini Facial, Back Massage, Tranquillity Scalp Massage, Manicure or Mini Pedicure scheduled throughout the afternoon. At the end of your day at Vitality Spa, you’ll be walking away feeling happy, refreshed, full of vitality and with a pocketful of memories of your wonderful spa day. For more details about treatments at Vitality Spa, visit www.vitalityspa.co.uk.

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your pets Why bother vaccinating your pet? It is through rigorous immunisation programmes that the world has been able to get rid of diseases such as smallpox and polio. But, this status only works if children continue to be immunised against these infections. Recent emergence of measles and mumps in children whose parents who have held back from getting them immunised, is a resounding reminder of the importance of immunisation in humans. Though we are fortunate to have vastly controlled many infectious diseases in dogs and cats through vaccinations, we are unlikely to ever be able to eradicate them. Therefore, lowering guard on vaccinations in our pet dogs and cats can lead to more serious consequences of widespread disease outbreaks. Some pet owners claim that their pets have stayed healthy without vaccination, but their pets are merely beneﬁting from the vast majority of pet owners who responsibly vaccinate their pets on a regular basis, thereby minimising the prevalence of infection in the environment. Contradictory information on the internet causes a lot of confusion. Some owners believe that repeated vaccination in dogs and cats can cause illness, but this information is not validated by scientiﬁc data and should be ignored.

Looking back at tens of thousands of vaccinations, I have carried out over the years, other than a few odd incidents of reversible instant reactions; I have never come across any adverse effects of vaccinations in dogs and cats. The biological clock of our pets is known to tick roughly seven times faster compared to humans. By the time a dog or a cat turns up for the annual booster vaccination, it is not one but seven years gone by. With time the immunity against infections wanes at variable rates. The outcome of exposure to infection may then well depend on the dose of infection. There is a potential for pets to pick up overwhelming doses of infection from the environment. As animals age, like humans, their immune system becomes weaker, so older animals, just like elderly people, need more protections to stay healthy. The modern vaccinations can protect dogs against as many as 8-10 infectious agents, most of them almost untreatable viral infections. Similarly cats can be protected against at least ﬁve untreatable infections and rabbits against two deadly diseases. Leaving aside the science behind vaccinations, it makes sense to vaccinate and protect pets rather than to leave them exposed to infections that may prove expensive to treat or may be untreatable. For more information about animal vaccines, please call me on 01257 463142.

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Spruce up your Sills! Window Sills can be the bane of your life; all too often they can spoil the appearance of a beautifully kept home – grubby marks, discolouring and mould are all too common a problem. But given the time and attention not only can your window sills increase the kerb appeal of your home, they can also prevent water damage around the windows.

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If you’ve struggled with unsightly window sills you’ll know even the toughest amount of elbow grease won’t bring them back to their original state – harsh chemicals can damage the sill and conventional cleaners just won’t do the job. Don’t despair because we would like to introduce you to a local company that can restore your grubby sills to their former glory. Homesill UK now has a local franchise in your area and they have combined the very latest design manufacturing and technology to bring you a long lasting protection for your exterior window sills. Not only will your new window sills be stylish they will also make regular maintenance a thing of the past – once in place all that is required to keep your sills in pristine condition is a simple clean with a damp cloth. Homesill franchisee Jeff Harrison said, “The reason for staining and engrained dirt in your windowsills is because they are made of a softer material than the window. With our Homesill system we can remove lumps of unsightly weathered silicone and top your old sill with a new durable over sill, keeping your existing sill in place.”

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The Homesill products offer an ideal hard-wearing surface for today’s modern home and you can have your choice of styles and colours, which enables you to choose contemporary or traditional sills to complement your exterior décor. Jeff can also help you with ideas and products for your interior sills as well. Jeff added, “Traditionally homes had sills of different colours that matched doors and garage doors. If you look around you will see that house builders are changing the image of their new builds to more traditional appearances – black and white is such a classic look. Although if you would like to keep your sills matched with your window frames we can achieve this for you too.” There is a wide range of products to choose from you can have virtually any colour sill with wood grained effects, wood finishes such as oak and for the more adventurous customers you can even plump for carbon fibre and metal checker plate sills with a finish of your choice. Prices start from as little as £39 per sill - this typically includes one metre sill with two end caps fully installed by experienced fitters. Transform the appearance of your home with the Homesill makeover and make those discoloured sills a thing of the past!

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The best laid plans… This month I thought I would report back on our trip to Southport Flower Show back in August - incidentally the oldest independent ﬂower show in the country. We decided to go on the Friday and I had a plan (as Hubby would tell you I always have a plan!) We would get there early and make for the show gardens before it got busy, then visit the plant stalls to shop for my list of plants, then eating and drinking followed by a leisurely mooch around the rest of the show. Unfortunately my plans went awry when we took a wrong turn after the show gardens and ended up in the new Food Hall. What a treat it was. We emerged some time later laden with four large bottles of Yorkshire Punch (a non-alcoholic herbal drink which is supposed to aid a good nights sleep), several cheeses (the Snowdonia Cheese Company’s ‘Pickle Power’ and ‘Green Thunder’ are lovely though not for the faint hearted containing garlic and chilli) and all manner of other assorted goodies. Then it started to rain heavily. I suddenly realised that with umbrella in hand and laden down with several shopping bags we were not going to be able to carry any plants. I sulked all the way home on the train. I woke up a day later to Hubby saying “do you fancy a trip to Southport?” Yes, I actually paid another £21 to get into the show

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Agastache - ‘Golden Jubilee’

and buy the plants on my shopping list. They included two delightful grasses - Agrostis or Cloud Grass and Panicum ‘Heavy Metal’. A lovely Agastache - ‘Golden Jubilee’, Gaura ‘Gambit Rose’, and a couple of Thalictrums - to mention a few. These are all beautiful late summer bloomers and if you want to check them out for yourself type the Latin name into Google and you will see pictures of them. Thanks Hubby - you do have a lot to put up with - I promise only one trip to Southport Flower Show next year. By the way, with regard to the Yorkshire Punch - it really does work. Author: Angie Barker Dip GD (Inst GD) BA (Hons) Garden Design For All Seasons Tel: 01942 522 405 Mob: 07857 008 383

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MAKING THE CONNEXION Citroen’s improved C1 citycar offers plenty of value. Jonathan Crouch reports The first production car on UK roads resulting from an app created in collaboration with Facebook is Citroen’s C1 Connexion special edition. More than 24,000 Facebook users were invited to visit a virtual ‘factory floor’ to choose what the model should look like and what features it should have - and the Connexion is the result. But is it any good? Small where it matters and big where it counts, this is a runabout perfectly adapted to life on the urban street. Tight spaces? No problem. Tricky manoeuvres? Easy. Low rate finance? Of course. With around 70 mpg to the gallon, the enviro-conscious 103g/km CO2 return means not only that Friends of the Earth will thank you, but that you’ll get free road tax for the first year of ownership and pay just £20 per year thereafter. All in all, there’s not much not to like.

Like all C1 buyers, purchasers of this Connexion model get only one engine choice, a frugal 68bhp 1.0i petrol unit. There’s also a refreshing lack of gimmicks and nonsense that can plague some small cars. With this Citroen, you just get a citycar that’s small, manoeuvrable, easy to see out of and very simple to operate. On the road, the petrol unit feels willing and revvy and well suited to the C1’s up and at ‘em personality. The steering takes some getting used to but it doesn’t require much effort to twirl the car into a parking space. It’s almost comical how little car there is behind the rear seats and when reversing into a parking bay, it’s worth remembering that you can afford to leave yourself some breathing room at the back. Citroen have been regaining their reputation for bold and exciting interiors of late and the C1 continues that trend. Headroom inside the car isn’t at all bad and the big glass area up front gives an airy feel to the cabin. The rear of the three-door car is notably more claustrophobic and is really only suitable for kids and short journeys. Rear knee-room in the ﬁve door car is little better but the boot space is the same, whether you choose the three or the ﬁve-door.

This special edition package costs from around £9,500, with a £350 premium if you want ﬁve rather than three doors. This includes ABS and EBD braking, variable power assisted steering, driver’s, front passenger’s & front lateral airbags, daytimerunning LEDs, air conditioning and front electric windows. To this tally, the Connexion package adds 14” ‘Rift’ alloy wheels, Caldera Black metallic paint, dark tinted rear windows and a ‘Connexion Exterior Look Pack’ including Scarlet Red paint for the door mirrors, door handles & rear number plate surround. Buyers also get the same Scarlet Red colour on the rev counter, the speedometer, the air vents, the gear lever, the centre console, the interior door & electric window button surrounds, the sill protectors and the carpet mats. Some buyers may have reservations about the safety of such a minute car. Nudge up against a behemoth 4x4 in a car of the C1’s size and it’s easy to feel rather threatened, but the C1 is likely to have better safety systems than some sizeable SUVs. As well as a specially developed body structure that incorporates crumple zones and impact absorbers at the front and rear, the C1 also boasts ISOFIX child seat anchor points, reinforced doors and up to four airbags.

If that happens, then you can bet this won’t be the last such collaboration we’ll see of this kind. Facebook is here to stay - and so is this C1. To test drive the C1 Connexion, please call the following Citroen dealers; Wigan

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This C1 is the first petrol-powered Citroen to slot beneath the all-important 100g/km of CO2 figure. All variants get free road tax for the first year and as for fuel consumption, well, the combined fuel consumption figure has edged up from 61.4mpg to 65.7mpg. Insurance is rated at group 3 on the 1-50 groupings scale, which is a little dearer than the newest crop of rivals but again, not by enough to be significant. It still means that the C1 makes a great choice for newly qualified or younger drivers looking for their first car. The body panels are designed to pop straight off, which makes accident damage cheap and easy to fix. You can’t accuse Citroen of not listening to its customers and this Connexion special edition is a good example of the French brand doing just that. More than 24,000 Facebook folk have managed to specify a very attractive citycar package that’ll look good on the showroom floor. Expect a significant number of citycar buyers to make the Connexion.

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