Perton & Pattingham Pages January 2016 by Kay Garrison

JANUARY 2016

Perton & Pattingham Pages MONTHLY GUIDE: BUSINESSES ▪ EVENTS ▪ GROUPS ▪ CLASSES ▪ NEWS ››› Find & Search Local Businesses

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LOCAL CLASSES & GROUPS: PERTON & PATTINGHAM CHOIR SINGING: If you are interested in joining the popular choir, singing light and popular music with the occasional challenging piece, why not come along to one of their weekly rehearsals held in Pattingham Village Hall on Wednesdays at 7.30pm, or for more information, contact Gena Richards on 01902 700188 or Alan Hickman on 01902 744653. SLIMMING: Slimming World on a Thursday at Perton Civic Centre 5pm and 7pm and run by Sheena who can be contacted on 07962075980 WILDLIFE WALKING GROUP: Monthly wildlife walks, leave Perton Library at 2pm every first Saturday of every month. For further information contact Keith Elder on 01902 754245 or keith.elder@hotmail.co.uk. FITNESS CLASS: Mondays at 6pm at Perton First School fitness class suitable for all the family. Booking is advisable text Liz on 07913168343 FIT 2 Box: These classes are held at The Pavilion on Perton just off Gainsborough Drive. Simon holds his classes on a Tuesday. 6.30 - 7.30 is for beginners to moderate and 7.30 - 8.30 is for advanced and people who exercise regularly. Call Simon on 07470221041 ADVICE: South Staffs Work Club, Perton Library 2.15pm - 4pm every 1 st and 3rd Thursday of the Month. The Work Club offers advice and support to local people in preparation for the introduction of Universal Credit. The services are completely free and offer advice on Benefits, Debt, Career Coaching, CV development, Volunteering and much more. CYCLING GROUP: The SSCS promotes cycling as a fun and safe way to stay active and healthy by providing guided inclusive community based cycle rides ( from Perton ) in order to increase physical participation and improve well being across a range of age groups and ability levels. For contact and ride details please see www.connectpages.co.uk KNITTING CLASS (KNIT & PURL): The classes are open to anyone who is interested in knitting. Experienced knitters are quite happy to teach anyone who does not know how to knit, adults or children, children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Meet in the New Room, Civic Centre, Perton on the second Thursday of the month from 7pm to 9pm. The classes are informal, lots of chat and refreshments. Everyone knits their own thing; some knit for charity, some for family and friends. Contact details are 07946 861057 or pedged@supanet.com ( ÂŁ2 a class ) PRE SCHOOL DANCE CLASSES: Every ThursdayPerton Diddi Dance hold a Funky Pre School Dance Class for boys and girls. Classes are held at The Church at Perton from 2.00pm - 2.45pm. Call Svenja on 07846 337910 for more details. DANCING: Classes for all ages in Ballet, Tap, Acrobatics, Disco and Musical Comedy held at Holy Cross Church Hall, Bilbrook. Annual Shows at the Grand Theatre Wolverhampton and exams with MASD. Contact Carol on 01902 398710 or email carol@suttieschoolofdance.co.uk. DANCING: Classes for all ages in Ballet,Tap, Acrobatics, Disco and Contemporary held at the United Reformed Church hall, Tettenhall Wood and at the Bradmore CentreBirches Barn Rd. W-ton. Shows and Examinations. Contact the Fusco Academy of Dance established 1972. On 07713126218 or e mail annafusco22@aol.com or hazel.fusco@yahoo.co.uk Next show 6/3/16.

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Visiting Foot Care Service NOW available in this area Nails Trimmed Corns Removed Painful Toenails Verruca Treatment Fungal Conditions Cracked Heels Hard Skin/Callus Reduction

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VILLAGE BLINDS

NEW SHOWROOM AT 1 FINCHFIELD ROAD WEST 3 vertical blinds supplied for £75 up to 5' width.

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A Word From Gavin Williamson............... I would like to wish all of you in Perton a very happy new year. As we enter 2016, we inevitably think about the events of the year that has just passed us by. South Staffordshire has not been short of interesting things to report back on. We’ve had an election, huge successes in many campaigns and played host to many fantastic events. I have been busy campaigning both in the General Election and in many of our local campaigns, whether it be fairer funding for our schools or calling for more apprenticeship opportunities for young people across South Staffordshire. Just before Christmas I was invited to the Perton Christmas Fair and turn on their Christmas lights. Visitors were treated to variety of activities on offer ranging from fairground rides to face painting. I was so glad to see the guest of honour, Father Christmas, who stopped by his grotto in Perton Library after having to miss the event a few years ago. Despite the pouring rain, man happy volunteers served refreshments in the Church to those who were getting into the festive spirit. There is always a great community spirit at Christmas in Perton and I had a wonderful time at the Christmas Fair. I would like to pass my own congratulations to all those who had a hand in organising this fantastic event. Without the hard working and committed volunteers who fundraise throughout the year, to put money into the community Christmas lights, this event would not go ahead. Perton Christmas lights have previously been cancelled due to funds, so I am delighted that due to the effort of all those involved Perton will be lit up for the festive season. The past year has been one of many challenges, but also several triumphs. As we enter into the New Year, I feel that we have so much to celebrate and I hope that 2016 will prove to be an even better year than the last. I am looking forward to spending every minute I can, continuing to speak to and spending more time with local residents across Perton and I wish you the best of luck with your endeavours over the year ahead.

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Words of Wisdom from Rev Julia Cody.... I’m writing with about an hour until the print deadline, having totally forgotten to submit my piece! A symptom of the mad pace of life? Or an indication of my disorganisation?! But writing now, for mid January, has stopped me in my tracks and frantic activity. The days before Christmas are so full - full of lovely celebrations, but also full of all that needs doing, of pressure. And yet, just a few days’ later, it’s all over - again, and we wake up to another January, another New Year, another wondering where the last year went. In January I celebrate my 4th anniversary as Vicar of Perton, and I sense the same refrain in me - where’s the time gone? These 4 years have flown, a whirlwind of activity, which I’ve loved. However, I’m aware of the very real risk of missing the richness of right now; of being too caught up in the pressures and pace of life, always looking forward. It’s good to stop… take a deep breath… look up… appreciate right now. Jesus encouraged having ‘faith like a child’. This phrase is one I keep returning to, pondering what it means. I think one facet is living in the moment - generally children aren’t concerned about the future, they simply enjoy living in the present. As we begin this new year, which will undoubtably fly along, I encourage us all, regularly, to stop… take a deep breath… look up… appreciate right now, thank God for this moment. Happy New Year!

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Wild About Perton in January..... The landscape in which we live has changed and has been much altered over many generations. Much of our natural landscape had already changed by the time of the Doomsday survey of 1086 which described Perton as 8 acres of meadow and woodland ½ league long and as wide, all valued at 40 shillings. The original course of the River Penk, rising from a spring in Tettenhall, is also much changed. The airfield first built for World War I and then expanded for World War II, demanded well drained runways. Similarly, when new housing was built in the 1970s, the Upper and Lower Lakes were created to manage water, so that a river which mostly flows gently now rushes headlong out of Perton along concrete culverts when the rain falls. But remnants of that long lost natural landscape are still retained in places or can be recreated. Some parts of the River Penk still meander gently through a woodland landscape, looked over by rare black poplar trees, and the hunting ground of flashing yellow, bobbing, grey wagtails, searching out insects amongst the stones and gravel of the river bed. In our woodland, ancient woodland indicator plants such as the wood anemone, a white flowered wonder, and the tiny ‘find me if you can’ town hall clock still survive and thrive. Over time, creative management is recreating more diverse meadows. So alongside the regularly cut amenity grassland required for sports and games, and walking the dog, we have irregularly cut meadows, alive in damp places with summer flowering sweet scented meadowsweet. Elsewhere colonies of the purplish pink flowered red bartsia and the semi-parasitic yellow rattle are thriving. Last year, two pioneering marsh orchids added to increasing diverse meadows with their columns of bright pink flowers sticking up amongst the long grass.

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Useful Numbers Lakeside Surgery: 01902 755329 Tamar Surgery: 01902 755053 Pattingham Surgery: 01902 700462 Perton Dental Practice (Anders Square): 01902 758120 Dental Surgery, Tamar Medical Centre: 01902 756114 Perton Funeral Directors: 01902 756830 Perton Clinic : 01902 758150 Perton Civic Centre: 01902 745971 Perton Library: 01902 755794 Church at Perton: 01902 750232 Lakeside Community Church: 01902 753595 St Chad's Church Pattingham: 01902 700257 Neighbourhood Police: 0300 1234455 Staffordshire Police: 08453 303132 MP: Gavin Williamson: 01902 846616 Souths Staffs District Council: 01902 696000 Staffordshire County Council: 01785 223121 Perton Parish Council Office: 01902 745971 Pattingham & Patshull Parish Council: 01902 746898

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