July 2014 Issue 73 Inside this month: Quartet’s big bike ride, Thought for the Month, Backyard column, Footbridge closure, Parking problems, financial column and what’s on.
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TRAFFIC and parking problems in Hoole have come to the fore over the last month with the council looking at ways of easing congestion on Faulkner Street. What do you think? Does it need changing? And would putting in restrictions damage the shopping area? You can read more in this edtion. We’ve also got news of a Hoole quartet who have just returned from an epic cycle ride, the closure of a railway footbridge, Jonathan Seddon’s financial column, Thought for the Month with Andy Glover, community info and much more. We hope you enjoy the magazine and don’t forget to say you saw the advert in Hoole Roundabout.
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area. Cllr Black said: “Hoole residents on the whole think that this is a great place to live, but the responses we’ve received so far are all concerned with the increasing volume of traffic and parking issues. “These are initial proposals and we would like to hear the views of residents and businesses before taking them further. Both Councillor Thompson and myself would really like to see as many local people coming along to this meeting to allow us to explore these ideas in more detail.” UNTENABLE Cllr Bob Thompson said: “We would encourage all local residents who would like their voices heard to come along and take part in trying to alleviate the traffic concerns that I know many of us feel are untenable. “We are keen to involve residents in working with us to identify local solutions to local problems - we won’t be able to reduce the volume of traffic coming into Hoole but we can look at ways of managing it more effectively.”
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Safety concerns cause footbridge closure The railway footbridge at the end of Westminster Road and Lightfoot Street has been closed for safety reasons The 200ft long footbridge built in 1961 is owned by Cheshire West and Chester Council and has recently undergone a detailed inspection and structural check by engineers. They found that the bridge is substandard and needs to be closed as a safety precaution. In the shorter term the road bridge which runs alongside will be closed to traffic to Non-Surgical Cosmetic Treatments allow pedestrians and cyclists to use it safely. A diversion route will be in place for vehicles. Engineers from Cheshire West and Chester Council will be working closely with Network Rail to find a longer term solution. The duration of the closure is not yet known.
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Adrenaline Trio head nort A group of friends from Hoole called the ‘Adrenaline Trio’ took on their third cycling challenge – cycling from Edinburgh to Newcastle in aid of Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity. The friends Ken Davies, Nellie Maan, Aleks Okuniewska and Mand Lancaster started cycling back in 2011 when they decided to try out the many cycling routes in and around Chester and Cheshire. In 2012, they cycled the famous coast to coast in aid of CRY – a charity that works to raise awareness of conditions that can lead to young sudden cardiac death
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Boughton by-election A by-election will take place in Chester’s Boughton Ward on 10th July. Electors will go to the polls as a result of the recent death of long-serving Labour Councillor David Robinson. A former City, County and CWAC Councillor, Councillor Robinson contested two parliamentary elections and was his Party’s spokesman for the Environment. The current political composition of Cheshire West and Chester Council is Con 42, Lab 30, Lib Dem 1. Get back on the bike If you fancy getting your bike, try one of the organised Sky Rides. The next one in this area is the Chester Sculpture Sky Ride, which leaves at 10am on Sunday 6th July from New Scene Youth Centre. It is a group ride around Chester. Visit www.goskyride. com
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The charm of Nottin T here is a tiny cotton bag hung from one of the handles on the chest of drawers alongside my bed. Inside are my ‘trouble people’, or what some call ‘worry dolls (muñecas quitapenas)’.
They are tiny, colourful totems from Guatemala, each no bigger than the nail on my little finger. I’m not entirely sure how I came about them, or how they came to find me but I have had them for over 15 years. The theory behind these impeccably detailed miniatures suggests that if a person cannot sleep at night due to worry, they should confide their troubles to a doll picked at random from the bag and then placed under their pillow before going to sleep. The doll is thought to carry away the worry and thereby permitting the person to sleep peacefully. The last time I actually tried this I was 23 and the doll did indeed take away my worry but vanished in the process. I searched everywhere but the poor little bloke just upped and left. I keep the remaining dolls in the bag untouched and unopened and always close to my bed, too scared to tell them anything more. They’ve been through enough already. PLACEBO
I’m not overly superstitious but these little guys seem to ground me. Troubles seem so much greater at night but a quick glance reminds me that if these little guys can handle the anxieties of a 6’6” balding bearded bloke, then I need to man up, take stock and get some sleep. Nothing is ever as bad as it seems the following day.
We sat in the Artichoke by the canal and I told my friends of the AWOL doll and amid the ‘...you played with dolls?’ and the ‘...I can smell a placebo’
we did agree that there are forces at play that we would never fully understand. While I like to think that we do create our own destiny, there is sense of the supernatural that pricks the hairs on the back of my neck when my friends begin to talk about fate, coincidence and the unexplained.
While we sat back and enjoyed our Sunday roast, I couldn’t help but find the humour in the self proclaimed atheist with the booming voice sat on the next table interrupting his take on the world religions to answer his phone and introduce himself as ‘Christian.’ The Lord does indeed work in mysterious ways. I’m not one to purposely sit and listen in to
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not Frankenstein!’ The father simply looked bemused while I stifled my amusement, waiting patiently to enter the Post Office. Einstein turned in his grave.
My other favourite was from a group of lads having a quick pint: ‘doing sports is 90 per cent confidence and 20 per cent talent’ - which reminded me of the advert the Co-Op ran on the last bank holiday ‘May Bank Holiday deals: Because this weekend’s a third longer.’ Good with food. Rubbish with Maths.
other peoples conversations but sometimes people forget their surroundings and their voices carry and it would be such a wasted opportunity if I didn’t grab my notebook and scribble down some of the transcripts. Frankenstein
Two favourites this week were the young couple struggling to get their daughter out of the doorway of the Post Office in Faulkner Street. The child, barely toddling, had stopped to adjust the buckle on her shoe as her father was holding the door open for her. ‘Come on.’ He urged, only for the mother to snap back in defence of her daughter ‘Wait. It’s a buckle. It’s difficult for a two year old. She’s
We have a wealth of inspiration here within are terraced streets. Characters from all walks of life add to the charm of (Notting) Hoole. I kick myself for the way I complained that the pace of life was alien to me when I first moved here. I was hell bent on rushing about and didn’t realise I was missing these gems. The mix of ages enjoying a break in the weather on a Saturday afternoon, popping into the cafe for a late breakfast, flip flop wearers strolling out of erj and juggling their car keys, the young couples dreaming about their first home as they finger the window of O’Brien Wheeler, the donators dropping bags of clothing into the Hospice Shop and the lunchers sat laughing at the tables in the Faulkner. I missed a lot of this the first year I was here but now I’ve settled into my surroundings and enjoy the fact that the community feel stretches to our visitors - even those from Essex.
We truly are a diverse and accepting neighbourhood. Your accent, your job, the car you drive and the colour of your is never important. We are all equal - unless you are orange from that self tanning cream - then we don’t speak to you.
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FOOTBALL v religion BY THE REV ANDY GLOVER It has been said that Football is the new religion. The ‘beautiful game’ certainly does generate a lot of passion and love it or loathe it you certainly can’t get way from it. How many pages of newspaper and magazine print have been taken up with the media interest in the lives of some of the modern day football superstars? The Sunday papers devote dozens of pages covering the events from the previous day plus every day of the week on Sky or now BT Sport you can watch a live match. Here in Chester we have read with interest the fall and rise of Chester City FC and their recent reprieve to stay in the Conference! Certainly football as a sport has developed over the last 10 years with attendances increasing across the Premier and Championship Leagues by 31% with television audiences growing to just under 25 million viewers per season!
Andy Glover has lived in Hoole with his wife Sue for 22 years. Andy began at Hoole Baptist Church, on Westminster Road, as Youth Pastor, before becoming the Pastor and now Team Leader.
As I write this it seems as though we have wall to wall coverage of football as the world Cup takes place in Brazil, the question will England do well in 2014 preoccupies many, although by the time you read this the answer will be academic as either England will be out or they’ve progressed as far as the semi finals!! Certainly the pubs in and around Hoole are all geared up and focused on the World Cup with many of them showing all the games live! So how do football and Christianity compare? An interesting statistic I read recently was that there are still more people in church on a Sunday then in all the football stadiums across England, when you reflect on football matches certainly there are some similarities to Christian worship: • Where do large crowds gather to sing and chant? Churches and football grounds. • Where do large crowds raise their hands in the air in exultation? Churches and football grounds. • Where do people gather to express their collective aspirations, their feelings, their emotions? Churches and football grounds. Now of course the resemblance is only superficial. Bread and wine is not the same as pies and Bovril. The adulation of our football heroes falls short of worship but only just. All our footballers can do is play football to the limit of their ability. They give us delight when they show their skills, and satisfaction when they win on our behalf. So does this make football a new religion – it’s certainly true there are some familiar characteristics with going to a football match and attending church. Where else would you find groups of adults singing and gathering together to worship? Where can you belong to a crowd of people who are all following the same thing? We are making the players into idols, and the ‘professional game’ some would say is in crisis. The amount of money invested in the top clubs is immoral and can sometimes make the players and managers seem “god like” in their adoration and following. So I would suggest for some it is! Don’t get me wrong I love football but it is not the No 1 thing in my life; there is only person who is really worth following and worshipping, he is Jesus Christ.
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