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Welcome

to your Spring Summer issue

Contents

Hello again everyone,

Articles:

Time for another Spring Summer issue, already! There’s a definite stretch in the evenings now, and the clocks will soon be going forward. This year we lose an hour’s sleep at 1am on Sunday 25th March, but it will be worth it for the extra daylight in the evenings.

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Technology Keep Your Stuff Safe

Driving A Plea Pets Guinea Pigs Beauty Sense of Summer Gardening Sunflowers Recipe Spicy Salmon Fillets Children’s Page

Puzzles: 8 10 12 14

Crossword Codeword Wordwheel Sudoku 25 Hidato Solutions 30, 38

Regulars:

33 Useful Numbers 28-37 Community Pages 38 Index

As this magazine is published twice a year now, please keep and use this issue until the Autumn Winter issue arrives in October this year. I hope you find it a useful resource. People have told me they value the community pages as much as the ads. Feel free to let me know what you think. (Ring or email me - my contact details are at the base of the page).

Thanks once again to all of you for using the magazine to support local businesses - I firmly believe we should all ‘shop local’ and support our local communities.

If you contact any of the advertisers from this issue or visit their premises, please remember to tell them where you saw their ad.

Have a great Summer.

Until next time....

Deirdre Local Focus Magazines Local Focus Magazine is published by Local Focus, a totally independent small business. Local Focus cannot be held responsible for any advert content, including errors and omissions. Local Focus does not endorse companies, products or services that appear in this magazine.

Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that all information given within this magazine is accurate, this cannot always be guaranteed.

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It seems like every day there’s a new warning about hackers and dodgy software — and over Christmas we learned that there was a security flaw in almost every modern computer, tablet and phone that could let baddies get our passwords and other private information. So how do we keep our important information safe and secure?

There are three important things to consider. They are: loss, where you lose digital things such as photos, home movies or documents you don’t want to lose; malicious software, which is when a program sneaks onto your computer and causes trouble; and hacking, which is when somebody you don’t know gets into your computer to access your personal information and/or demand money. The good news is that they’re all easy to deal with.

Let’s talk about loss first. The single best way to prevent loss of valuable personal things such as family photos is to have extra copies. They don’t need to be printed copies — if you take as many photos as we do the cost of getting even some of them printed is frightening — and if you keep your copies digital then you don’t need to spend too much money to copy your entire photo or video library, or anything else you want to keep a backup of.

You can store backups on services such as Google Photos, Flickr and Apple’s iCloud, but for proper peace of mind we’d recommend backing up to an external hard disk: that’s much faster, and doesn’t require you to keep up a 1 membership or pay a monthly subscription as some online services do. You can get a really good external hard disk for less than £40, and you don’t need to pay much for faster, even higher capacity ones: at the time of writing

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Seagate’s Expansion drive, which offers 1TB of storage and has a super-fast USB 3.0 connection for modern PCs and Macs, is just £45. If you’re backing up really massive libraries, a whopping 4TB of storage is still under £100 — although most of us won’t need anything close to that.

External hard disks aren’t the only options. You could burn your own DVD data discs, or use USB flash drives such as SanDisk’s Ultra Flair 32GB (£12.95). However, we’re not convinced they’re great options for long-term backups. Drives such as the Patuoxun 2 Portable USB DVD CD RW Writer may be cheap — £17 from Amazon, with discs even cheaper — but DVD and CD discs don’t last forever and many of our ones started to rot after a few years in normal conditions.

And if you’ve used many USB sticks you’ll know of their incredible ability to go missing and never be found again. There’s not much point in having a backup if you can’t find it when you need it.

The cures for malicious software and hacking are the same: security software. There are plenty of free options such as the excellent AVG Free (www.avg.com), but it’s worth considering spending a little money on a paid-for security suite such as BitDefender Total Security (around £49/£69 for an unlimited-device Family Pack). BitDefender doesn’t just cover your PC: it protects Macs, Android and iPhone/iPads too, and it includes tools to stop bad things getting onto your devices as well as antihacking protection for your personal data. It comes highly recommended by the internet’s most trusted review sites.

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contravene the Highway Code.

Rule 172: “You must give way at a Give Way” sign”.

This is a plea to all well-meaning drivers out there, who act with intended courtesy but are rewriting the Highway Code in doing so.

Here are two examples that regularly happen to me: 1. You are turning right off a main road, your exit is clear and you are waiting for the oncoming car to go past on a clear road. But the other driver stops on the carriageway and flashes their lights to let you go.

2. You approach a roundabout and stop to give way to the car on the roundabout, but the driver stops on the roundabout to let you enter it.

These actions may appear to be well meaning as the driver is interrupting their journey to let you continue yours, but these “unselfish” acts

Rule 185: “When reaching a roundabout you must give priority to traffic approaching from the right, unless directed otherwise by signs, road markings or traffic lights” (Note: not a car slowing and flashing its lights).

Apart from the confusion caused, these actions are classic “bash for cash” ploys too: the ‘well-meaning’ driver slows and flashes lights, you go, they floor it, you drive into them. They say it’s your fault. Over to the insurance companies.

The Highway Code may appear to be clunky in places but it’s a set of rules that means we all know what to expect and can act accordingly.

Please, please stick to the Highway Code.

I’ll happily wait for you to pass and we all know where we are. Safe driving!

By Iain Betson

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PETS Guinea pigs are relatively low maintenance pets, and can be a good choice for families with young children. They’re very social animals, and careful handling from an early age not only helps to build their confidence, but also encourages human interaction.

Their needs include a warm, dry and safe space to live, plenty of room to run around, and a nutrient-rich diet – here are a

few tips to help your guinea pig feel loved and at home.

to be ground down on the hay or grass that you provide.

1. Living Guinea pigs can live indoors or outside, but will need protection from direct sunlight and the winter cold if they’re outdoors.

Make sure their hutch is protected from predators in the garden and has a separate sleeping area that’s out of sight.

3. Play According to the RSPCA, guinea pigs are active for up to 20 hours a day, so providing plenty of toys is key to keeping them entertained, especially if you choose one guinea pig rather than a pair.

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WORDWHEEL Using only the letters in the Wordwheel, you have ten minutes to find as many words as possible, none of which may be plurals, foreign words or proper nouns. Each word must be of three letters or more, all must contain the central letter and letters can only be used once in every word. There is at least one word that uses all of the letters in the wheel.

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Sudoku

For solutions, see page 30

How to Play Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through to 9, with no repetition.

That's all there is to it!

You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic - there’s no maths involved and no adding up.

I’ve room for 2 puzzles in this issue.

The easy one is above, and the hard one on the right.

If you get stuck, the solutions are on page 30.

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Say hello to your summer beauty essentials, from the perfect tinted moisturiser to your new favourite lip balm

If you’re looking for a new tinted lip balm, Bobbi Brown’s Extra Lip Tint (www.bobbibrown.co.uk) should be on your wish list. It’s super nourishing and works wonders on dry, chapped lips. There are four shades to choose from, all of which work to accentuate your own natural lip colour. So Bare Pink, for example, gives your lips a flushed glow, while Bare Popsicle adds a hint of deeper red. Think moisturising lip balm combined with a lightweight gloss. At £25.50, this is certainly not a budget buy, but it does feel like a real treat so is well worth splurging on.

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Sunflowers are one of the most stunning and impressive flowers you could have in your garden, and are easy to grow too. Sow them in April to achieve a fantastic flowery display in just a few months’ time. So which ones should you choose and how do you go about getting the best crop of flowers?

There are fast-growing and potentially very tall varieties such as ‘Russian Giant’ and ‘Titan’, with the latter reaching a potential height of up to 360cm or 12ft and having heads of up to 60cm (2ft) in diameter!

There are some delightful miniature or dwarf varieties. The F1 variety ‘Little Dorrit’ grows to about 60cm (2ft) and has rich yellow flowers with very dark centres. Another favourite is ‘Little Leo’ at just 45cm (18in), which makes lots of impact with golden yellow heads on multi-branching stems.

Nowadays there are many colours other than yellow readily available, such as ‘Black Magic’, which has maroon flowers and is multibranching, reaching a height of about 180cm (6ft).

Grow yourself a few for cutting too, and you’ll have a vase or more full of flowers that would cost a fortune in the shops. Many varieties are suitable, including the

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For containers, ‘Pacino Colada’ is a compact variety growing to just 40cm (16in) and has 10cm (4in) wide golden-yellow flowers, making a wonderful plant for a sunny patio, sheltered balcony or in the flower beds.

Children love a competition to grow the tallest plant and varieties like ‘Russian Giant’ and ‘Giant Single’ are perfect for smaller gardeners, and as they reach heights of about 180cm (6ft) will soon dwarf them!

Sunflowers make a cheap and cheerful addition to a garden boundary, adding splashes of colour to a dreary fence line or helping to mask a garage or shed.

You should get a good crop of blooms if you sow sunflowers between March and May, depending on the weather and where you live. You can sow them straight into the soil or into pots of compost. I like to use RootTrainers to encourage really well-developed and deep roots to develop, and make it easy to plant out the sunflowers with minimum root disturbance; see www.pippagreenwood.com/ products/grow-great-crops for more information.

As their name suggests, sunflowers need plenty of sunshine to thrive. However, although many are tall, each plant does not actually take up much space at ground level.

Slugs and snails love sunflowers so I always grow them in small individual pots and plant them out when they’re a few inches tall.

This means they’re bigger and tougher and better able to resist attack. As an added precaution, put a ring of slug-deterring material around the base of each one – crushed shells, crushed eggshells, coco-shell or pine needles for instance.

If you’re growing sunflowers on anything other than a protected site, it may be necessary to give the taller varieties some support in the form of a sturdy bamboo cane or slim stake, just in case the wind blows too strongly!

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• 6 x 150g salmon fillets • 2tsp mild chilli powder • 2tsp ground coriander • 2tsp ground cumin • 1/2tsp freshly ground black pepper • Squeeze of lemon or lime juice • 2tbsp olive oil

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Preheat the oven to 200C, 180C Fan, Gas 6.

Run your fingers along the top of the salmon fillets and remove any fine bones with tweezers.

Mix together the spices and rub over the surface of the salmon fillets. Season with a little salt.

Place the salmon pieces in a foil-lined roasting tin. Whisk together the lime or lemon juice and oil and drizzle over the salmon.

Bake for 20-25 minutes until the salmon is just cooked to the centre. Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely.

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Meals are Baby Room freshly Carryduff prepared on the premises using local produce and all children are given fresh fruit and vegetables daily.

For school-age children we have a Breakfast Club and offer a drop-off and collection service from all local primary schools. An afternoon snack is provided and we also supervise homeworks with parental consent.

Both our nurseries operate an “open door� policy so please feel free to call in at anytime or alternatively, contact us on the numbers below and we will be only too happy to send you a brochure.

Outdoor Play Area - Carryduff

Pre-School Room,

Saintfield

Saintfield

40 Old Belfast Road

Tel: 028 9751 9295

Carryduff

57 Hillsborough Rd

Tel: 028 9081 3023 Opening Hrs::

Mon - Fri 7:15am - 6.15pm Outdoor Play Area Saintfield

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MONEYREA WI Meets at 7:45pm on the first Monday of the month (Sept to June) in Moneyrea Community Centre.

More info from Jennifer Busby on 07912 620177

SAINTFIELD ROAD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Everyone is invited to a Community Fun Day on Saturday 12th May. Put the date in your diaries now and look out for more information on our website closer to the time.

To include your event or community group in the next magazine (the Autumn Winter issue), please contact Deirdre on 02890 817579 or email info@localfocusmags.co.uk by 8th Oct 28

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MILLENNIUM INTEGRATED PRIMARY SCHOOL The boys and girls in Nursery were very excited to have a visit from a very famous owl. This owl has starred in Harry Potter films and on TV ads. They also got to hold a snake and a lizard!

The children really enjoyed the visit from the ‘Owl Man’ from World of Owls and loved being able to get up close and personal with these beautiful creatures.

Tuesday 6th February was Internet Safety Day. Each of the classes at Millennium took part in lessons to increase their awareness of the need to stay safe online. They learned not to give out personal information and importantly not to trust that a character or person they might come across is really who they say they are. Our P4 class used facemasks to show how what you see on screen can often be different in real life.

SAINTFIELD PLAYGROUP Meets at Saintfield Parish Church Hall on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays from 9.15am - 12 noon All enquiries to Hon Secretary 028 9263 9013

Puzzle Solutions

Sudoku

Crossword solution from p8:

Across: 7 Polish, 8 Parity, 9 Hurl, 10 Railways, 11 Knotted, 13 Giddy, 15 Scare, 17 Giggled, 20 Gasoline, 21 Clap, 22 Breeze, 23 Cuddle.

solution from p14 (easy on the right, hard below)

Down: 1 Column, 2 Till, 3 Churned, 4 Spoil, 5 Brawling, 6 Stayed, 12 Turnover, 14 Silence, 16 Chairs, 18 Enable, 19 Fixed, 21 Cede.

Hidato

solution from p25 (right)

Childrens’ Page solution from p26 (below) Kites B & D are the same.

There are 25 flying leaves on the page.

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SAINTFIELD LIBRARY

Opening Hours: 028 9751 0550 Rhythm & Rhyme (0-4yrs) Every Thursday during term at 10:30am.

Mon & Wed Closed Adult Reading Group Afternoon group meets every 2nd Tuesday of Tues 12pm–8pm the month at 2pm. Evening Reading Group meets every last Thurs & Fri 10am – 5pm Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm. New members always welcome.

Sat 10am - 1pm Knit and Natter Group meet every Friday at 11am.

Tea and Newspapers group meet every Friday at 4pm Chatterbooks - Children’s reading group for 7-11 year olds. Meets on the last Thursday of the month at 3.30pm during term time. Places limited so registration is required please.

Introduction to Computers or iPad Courses one-to-one lessons in basic computer or iPad use to include email and the internet. On request. Please enquire for availability. eBooks and eMagazines surgery – Thursday 29th March. 4x 30 minute slots available. Booking Essential please.

Easter Crafts session – Saturday 31st March – 11am -12.30pm. Drop-in session, no need to book.

Big Summer Read – Summer Holiday Reading Scheme for children during July & August to include themed holiday events.

Roald Dahl Day event – Thursday 13th September –For children aged 7-11 Temporary Exhibitions by local artists. The gallery space is available for local artists to use free of charge on request.

For further information please call into the library or phone on 028 9751 0550 or email: saintfield.library@librariesni.org.uk or visit www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/Pages/SaintfieldLibrary.aspx

ROWALLANE COMMUNITY HUB Events at the Hub: Mondays: Squiggles and Giggles - 10.30-11.30 (Music and movement babies and pre-school) The Club at the Hub - Chairobics 12.30 (Sit and get fit) Tuesdays: Yoga - Please ring Fiona for details 02892 638 731 Tai Chi for the over 50s - 10am, starting 20th March (5 week course) Wednesdays: Top Floor Art Workshops for the Suffragette Banner Procession 4-8pm Just call in.

Saturdays: Down Right Incredible Downs Syndrome Children’s Group meeting - 3rd Saturday in the month at 9.30am. Please phone Shirley 07703 063745 Keep checking our noticeboard and Facebook page for further information of other events - tea parties, children's workshops, craft fair and pop up days.

All events take place in Rowallane Community Hub, 35 Main Street, Saintfield, BT24 7AB. Website: www.rowallanehub.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/rowallanecommunityhub Email: info@rowallanehub.co.uk Telephone: 07483 239231 32

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BALLYGOWAN COMMUNITY VOICES Join a friendly and fun community choir.

No auditions or previous experience is needed - we have a very mixed ability choir from those who sing in the shower, to ex choristers.

Some read music, some learn from ear but with rehearsal each Friday evening everyone works well together and we make a fantastic sound.

We sing musical theatre, classical, jazz, gospel, a bit of everything. We hope to see you there!

We meet on Fridays in Ballygowan Village Hall.

Starting time 7.30pm.

You will be made most welcome.

For more information, contact the Secretary on 07964 601555

OVARIAN CANCER ACTION - BOX2BEAT CANCER is a national fundraising campaign in aid of Ovarian Cancer Action. Local Boxercise instructors have organised a threehour sponsored Boxercise class.

A woman in the UK dies every two hours from Ovarian Cancer.

Survival rates for this disease are the lowest in Europe and this needs to change.

So on Sunday 8th April 2018, 11am2pm at Pulse Fitness, Lough Moss, Carryduff, come join our fight and together we can beat Ovarian cancer once and for all.

To join this event please contact beckyjane82@hotmail.com or 07883 800607. This event is £10 per person to register. This includes lunch, and an events t-shirt. Everyone welcome to join the team. This is a family event. A Just giving page and sponsored forms are also available....

Local Useful Numbers : HEALTH AMBULANCE 999 Saintfield Health Centre 97 510575 Lisbane Medical Centre 97 521333 GP Out of Hours 92 602204 Chemist, Saintfield 97 510277 Ballygowan Pharmacy 97 528249 Saintfield Dental Care 97 446060 Downe Hospital 44 613311 Ards Hospital 91 812661 Lagan Valley Hospital 92 665141 Royal Group of Hospitals 90 240503 City Hospital 90 329241 Ulster Hospital 90 484511 EMERGENCY FIRE/POLICE 999 Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 NIE 03457 643 643 Phoenix Gas 0800 002 001 Water Service 03457 440 088 NM&D District Council 03000132233 Ards & N Down Council 03000133333 Police (Non-Emergency) 0845 600 8000 Lifeline 0808 808 8000 Samaritans 028 9066 4422 PIPS (Suicide Prevention) 90 805850 TRANSPORT Translink (Ulsterbus)

90 666630

EDUCATION Academy Primary 97 510407 Alexander Dickson Primary 97 528651 Carrickmannon Primary 97 528651 Millennium Primary 90 813688 St Caolan’s Primary 97 510757 St Mary’s Primary (S’field) 97 510758 LEISURE Ballynahinch Leisure Centre Saintfield Library The Oaks Bar Darragh Cross White Horse Inn

97 561950 97 510550 9751 9167 97 511143

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ROWALLANE GARDEN EVENTS For all events at Rowallane, normal admission charges apply. For more information, ring Rowallane on 028 9751 0131 or email Rrowallane@nationaltrust.org.uk Fun in the Garden Every day from 24th March to 8th April 10am - 4pm Get competitive and challenge your loved ones to an egg and spoon race at the front of the house. Get involved in fun Easter crafting in the Barn. Pick up a nature wristband and head off on an exploration around the garden and spot nature bursting into life.

POLICE NOTICE - PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST FRAUDSTERS Police are urging members of the public to protect themselves against fraudsters who claim to represent HMRC and trick them into making a bogus payment.

Victims are being contacted in a variety of methods and, in some instances reported, the fraudsters ask for payment in iTunes gift card voucher codes because they can be easily redeemed and easily sold on.

The scammers don’t need the physical card to redeem the value and instead get victims to read out the serial code on the back of their card over the phone.

D/Inspector Wallace said: “Police are urging members of the public to always err on the side of caution with any text, call, email or letter asking for payment or personal details in order to release money, refund fees, pay lottery wins or supply a holiday, giveaway or service.

“HMRC will never contact you by telephone and ask for payment of tax arrears by iTunes vouchers or similar payment methods.

“Scammers are inventive and can be very convincing, but each scam is designed to tempt you to drop your guard. If you are at all suspicious about a call that you receive, hang up and phone the organisation that the person is purporting to represent to check their authenticity. Ideally, make the call from another telephone so you can be sure the original caller has not remained on the line.

“If you have received a call of this kind, or are concerned by the intent of unsolicited calls, emails or letters then please report it to Action Fraud via their website www.actionfraud.police.uk or by phoning 0300 123 2040, or call police on the non-emergency number 101.”

Further advice and information can also be obtained by visiting https://www.psni.police.uk/crime/ fraud/ orwww.nidirect.gov.uk/scamwiseni

KARATE-DO AT LOUGH MOSS CARRYDUFF Want to change your life? Want to get fit , improve co-ordination, balance and timing, develop concentration and awareness, and build agility and flexibility?

Try traditional Japanese Wado-Ryu karate. It’s for males and females of all ages – children, teenagers, adults and seniors.

Join us! – Saturdays 10:30 to 11:30 am at Lough Moss Leisure Centre. Free introductory class. Call Paul on 07766 528046.

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RAVARA PRODUCTIONS is holding auditions on 3rd April for ‘Bonnie and Clyde’, a musical that will be performed for the first time ever in Northern Ireland this August.

Could you be the next Bonnie or Clyde? Ravara is searching for talented performers (aged 16-24) to play these iconic roles, as well as strong singers and dancers for what will be a unique and ensemble based interpretation of the show.

A young and vibrant company, Ravara prides itself on the collaborative and creative nature of its highquality productions, which have received six NODA (National Operatic and Dramatic Association) nominations in the past year alone. Recent performances have included ‘Hairspray’, ‘Godspell’ and ‘In the Heights’ (Irish Premiere) at the Belfast Waterfront Hall.

The intensive rehearsal period from 11th to 23rd August will give young performers an opportunity to explore challenging music and choreography as well as constantly developing their acting skills.

Performances will run from the 23rd to 25th August in Stranmillis College Theatre.

For younger performers (aged 5-15), Ravara Productions is excited to present ‘Peter Pan’ as its Junior show, auditions for which will take place on 4th April. Workshop sessions will run in Belfast from 9th to 18th of August, with performances from 19th to 22nd. There are also exciting opportunities for off stage roles with both productions.

For more information and to sign up for auditions, visit the Ravara Productions website www.ravara.co.uk or email hello@ravara.co.uk .

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First Saintfield Presbyterian Church Sunday Services:

Church of Mary, Mother of the Church e: parishbulletin1@btinternet.com

11am & 6:30pm

Vigil Masses: Sat 6:30pm

Minister: Rev Jonathan Currie

Sundays: 11am

21 Main Street, Saintfield Tel: 9751 9883 email: firstsaintfield@presbyterianireland.org

Holy Days: 8:30am & 7:30pm

Ballygowan Presbyterian Church Sunday Services:

Parish Priest: Very Rev Anthony McHugh Tel: 028 9751 0237 or 07737 198 966

11:30am & 6:45pm Minister: Rev Brian Black Tel: 028 9752 1096 email: bblack@presbyterianireland.org Sunday School & Bible Classes 10:15-11:15am (ages 3-18) Youth Fellowship Alternate Sundays 8:15pm - 9:30pm (Sec School years 8-11) Boys Brigade Friday Evenings 6:30-7:45pm and 7:30 to 10:30pm (year 8+) Girls Brigade Weds and Sat, ring for details Youth Club 3rd Sat of month 7:30-9:30pm www.ballygowanpc.co.uk

St Joseph’s Carrickmannon Sunday Mass: 9am Holy Days: 10am Weekday Masses: Tues 10am Parish Priest: Very Rev Anthony McHugh Tel: 028 9751 0237 email: parishbulletin1@btinternet.com

Second Saintfield Presbyterian Church Sunday Services 11am Minister: Rev Dr Graham Connor Tel: 028 9751 0249 email: gconnor12@btinternet.com Ballynahinch Road, Saintfield 36

Weekday Masses: Mon, Wed & Fri 7:30pm

33 Crossgar Road, Saintfield Email: saintfield@downandconnor.org

Saintfield Baptist Church Sundays: Sunday School 10:30am Morning Meeting & Breaking of Bread 11:30am Gospel Service 7pm Wednesdays: Searchers 6:45pm Bible Study & Prayer Meeting 8pm Youth Fellowship 1st & 3rd Sunday each month 8.30pm Friendly Hour 1st Thurs each month 10.45am Tel: 07977 645996 51 Crossgar Road, Saintfield www.saintfieldbaptist.org.uk

Ravara Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church Sunday Services: Last Sunday of each month at 3:30pm Rev. Chris Wilson The Manse Church Rd, Moneyreagh Tel: 07729 178093

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Ballygowan Free Presbyterian Church

Moneyreagh Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church

Sunday School & Bible Classes: Sundays 10am (preschool age upwards)

Rt Rev Chris Wilson MA Moderator 028 90 449713 (Manse) or 07729 178093

Sunday Services: Family Worship 11:30am Prayer Mtgs at 11am & 6:30pm Gospel Service 7pm Sunday School and Bible Classes each Sunday at 10am (Pre School age upwards) Mondays: 10-11:30am Little Sunbeams Mums and Toddlers (Term Time only) 6:45 - 8pm A.W.A.N.A. Club (Year 1 to Year 10) Term Time Tuesdays: 7-7:45pm Children’s meeting Bus Service available. James 07748 246732 8pm Bible Study & Prayer Meeting Fridays: 8pm Youth Fellowship (Yr8 +) Saturdays: 7:30 to 9:15pm Youth Reach from Sat 14th October. 2nd and 4th Saturdays.

Contact Hugh 07816 142944 Minister: Rev Alan Smylie You will be made welcome 'it is time to seek the lord.' (Hosea 10 verse 12) All enquiries: 07789 756054 or email: alsmylie@aol.com or go to Ballygowan Free Presbyterian Church on Facebook

36 Belfast Road, Ballygowan

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Sunday Service: 11.30am Sunday School: 10:15am on 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays (as appropriate).

Mums and Babies: 10am to 12noon, every Tues (Old School, next to the Manse) Moneyreagh NonSubscribing Presbyterian Church is a liberal Christian Church.

All are very welcome. www.moneyreaghnonsubscribers.com email: cjwilson63@aol.com

Saintfield Parish Church Holy Communion every Sunday 8:30am and every Wednesday 10am.

Sunday Services: 10:30am 1st Sunday: Holy Communion 2nd & 4th Sunday: Morning Worship Praise (with music), prayer and teaching for everyone.

3rd Sunday: All Age Worship in Parish Hall Crèche (pre P2), Sunday Club (P3-P7), Jigsaw (Form 1+) runs Sept to June.

Sunday Evening Worship: Every 2nd Sunday: 7pm Sponge (Form 4+) 2nd Sunday of each month: 7.30pm DEEPER A relaxed, informal and a sharing type of worship.

Vicar: Rev Chris Pollock Office Tel: 028 97 519653 www.saintfieldparish.org.uk email:saintfieldparish@btconnect.com 45 Main Street, Saintfield

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Dog Grooming

CBS Allotments

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Attic Ladder Installations Attic Access

Market

Handsome Hounds

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Electrical Appliances Sales and Repairs

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DR Electric

Bathrooms JW McCall

Back

Blinds Classic Blinds smartblinds

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Plumbing

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Saintfield Nursery Centre 19

Gardening

Down Street Building & Joinery

Crossnacreevy Nurseries 9

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Hairdresser

Cafe Maud’s Ballygowan

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Jackie’s Unisex Salon La Mon Hair Studio The Gallery

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Housing

Car Servicing Good Autos

Choice Housing

Childrens’ Nursery Paddington Lodge

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Maud’s Ballygowan

Jim Chimney Sweep Sweeps Away

19 25

Alzheimer’s Society Carryduff Play Care

HR Plumbing & Heating Front

Podiatrist Mark Lowe

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Restaurant Lucky Boat

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Slimming Clubs Slimming World

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Soft Furnishings Eve Interiors

7

Takeaway Lucky Boat Village Fryer

7 24

JW McCall

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Travel Agent Bryan Somers Travel

Down Street Building & Joinery

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Landscaping The Landscape Company 195

Curtains Eve Interiors

23

Joiner

Community Services

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Tiles

Ice Cream

Chimney Sweep

13

Playgroups Carryduff Play Care

Garden Centre

Builder

Beechill Pet Supplies

AWJ Thompson 15 Trimble Electrical Services 25 Tim Martin

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Pet Shop

Electrician

Estate Agent

Boiler Servicing AWJ Thompson

Saintfield Saturday Market 21

Mailing Services

7

DM Services

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