Wombourne Pages February 2016

FEBRUARY 2016

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Wombourne Business Index Home& Garden Alarms/CCTV/Home Security 4 Bathroom 6,12 Cleaning Services 5,9 Electricians 4,11 Flooring 7 Garden Centre 3,7 Gardening & Landscaping 10 Gutter Cleaning 1 Lighting 4 Oven Cleaning 11 Painter & Decorator 8,12 Plasterer 1,5 Property Maintenance 8 Roofing 7,8,10 Tiling 6 Windows, Doors, Conservatory 3,5,7 Window Cleaning 12

Eating & Drinking Restaurants & Pubs Classes, Groups & Events Dance Classes Events Slimming Theatre & Performing Arts Lifestyle, Leisure & Retail Animal Grooming Chiropodist Community Care Driving School Funeral Directors Hair & Beauty Jewellery Tuition

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LOCAL CLASSES & GROUPS: WOMBOURNE SLIMMING WORLD: On Tuesday's at The Venerable Bede on Giggetty Lane Slimming World ( Wombourne ) is held at either 5pm or 7pm. Call Claire on 07942989989 for more info SLIMMING WORLD: On Wednesday's at St Bernadette's RC church, Rennison Drive, Wombourne is held at either 9.30am or 11.30am. Call Claire on 07942989989 for more info 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 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.wombournepages.co.uk WALKS & TALKS: Throughout the year Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and the RSPB have a series of walks and talks at various locations. Everybody is welcome all events. See www.connectpages.co.uk for the timetable.

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Tips From Your Local PGA Pro at Perton Park.....

Hi Golfers, Here's “February's Quick Tip.� On the range I notice some times that Golfers take the club back too quickly in a rush to hit the ball. But more often I see more golfers have a back swing that is too slow.

When you take the club back too slowly, the tendency is to start the down swing too quickly from the top, which causes you to slow down at impact when you should be accelerating. Don't get me wrong: I'm not advocating a fast back swing. Rather, take the club back at a nice, comfortable pace. It should be gradually accelerating as you make the transition from back swing to down swing.

I want you to concentrate on making the back swing with a smooth turn of your upper body away from the target (head still)--the club head is slightly outside your hands. Then hinge your wrists and work the club head toward the sky.

The movement is steady and unhurried. If I started "low and slow," as you often hear, I'd be tempted to jerk the club down from the top, destroying my rhythm. Give it a try and good luck. Why not come down and practise on the driving range at Perton. It's undercover so you will stay dry!

Get Kids into Golf at Perton Park.

Kids Golf Academy starts in March on Wednesdays & Saturdays get your Kids/Grandkids to join in the Fun! From age 7. Contact jeremy@pertongolfclub.co.uk to register.

Jeremy Harrold, Tel: 01902 380073 or email: jeremy@pertongolfclub.co.uk 8

Useful Numbers Gravel Hill Surgery: 01902 893375 Dale Medical Practice: 01902 892209 Willows Dental Practice: 01902 324230 Wombourne Clinic : 01902 892495 Wombourne Civic Centre: 01902 896300 Wombourne Library: 01902 892032 St Benedict Biscop CE Church: 01902 897700 St Bernadette's RC Church: 01902 893434 United Reformed Church: 01902 896116 The King's Way Church: 01902 898100 Wombourne Methodist Church: 01902 358420 Neighbourhood Police: 0300 1234455 Staffordshire Police: 08453 303132 MP: Gavin Williamson: 01902 846616 Souths Staffs District Council: 01902 696000 Staffordshire County Council: 01785 223121 Parish Council Office: 01902 896300 Wombourne Volunteer Bureau: 01902 892492 If there are any other telephone numbers you think would be useful to the people of Wombourne then please contact us at wombournepages@gmail.com

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A Word From Gavin Williamson...............

It is always with great pleasure that I dust off my tour guiding credentials and welcome students from schools from all across South Staffordshire and take them around Palace of Westminster. Part of the joy of coming to work each morning is walking through the incredible building, through Central Lobby to get to my office. It is times like these when I feel extremely humbled to be working in Parliament and I am incredibly aware of some of the huge boots that I have to fill.

I usually give the traditional tour of the House of Commons, with a quick detour to The Chapel of St Mary Undercroft. I always find this obscure little area of Parliament totally awe inspiring, with its gold leaf, vaulted bays, clustered columns of polished Purbeck marble and ornate carvings of foliage, dragons and musical angels. This stunning chapel, set in the bowels of Westminster Hall, did not always exist in its current glorified state. Legend has it that by the time of the great fire of 1834, it had been used as both a wine cellar and also as a stable for Oliver Cromwell’s horses. One of the more well-known stories relating to the chapel was during the 1914 census, when suffragette Emily Wilding hid in a broom closet within the chapel. In doing this, she was able to record her address on the night of the census as the ‘House of Commons,’ advancing her claim that women should be accorded the same political rights as men. As I can easily attest, having peered into the space a time or two, it is a very small closet.

St. Mary Undercroft is still used today for various prestigious occasions. The children of peers, who possess the title of ‘The Honourable’, are able to use the chapel as a wedding venue. Members of parliament and peers also have the right to use the chapel for christenings.

The body of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was famously kept in St Mary Undercroft on the night before her funeral, in April 2013, as was the body of Tony Benn, the long serving Labour politician, ahead of his funeral in March 2014.

When I was young, I visited Parliament and realised that I wanted to become an MP. Although I realise that my tour will not change pupil’s lives, I do hope that being able to relate to Parliament will encourage young people to become engaged in the democratic process and potentially become involved in politics themselves in the future.

To contact Gavin Williamson call 01902 846616 or 0207 219 7150

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