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July 2016 Issue 97 Inside this month: Hoole history, Hoole Rangers, gardening, Hoole URC, Community BBQ date, Hoole allotments, and financial column.

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Cloudy2Clear Windows – Service With A Smile! It’s been a crazy few months for Cloudy2Clear Windows. The company which specialises in repairing windows which are steamed up, broken or damaged by replacing the panes – not the frames has grown rapidly as homeowners take advantage of their services. Managing Director Alan Ball feels that it’s all about service. ‘Our product is simple. If your double glazing is misted up we can replace the glass at a fraction of the cost of a new window, in any type of frame, and with a new 5 year guarantee. But

it’s not just about saving people money, although that obviously helps. Many tradespeople have struggled since last year and I honestly feel that during the good times a minority perhaps didn’t focus on customer care as much as they should have done. We make sure we turn up when we say we will, do the job the customer requires and leave their house as clean as a whistle. I often get comments back from customers on how they really didn’t expect that sort of service which, in a way, is very sad for the service industry as a whole.’ Cloudy2Clear service the Hoole and Newton

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What’s growing in Hoole? IF you’ve never visited Hoole Allotments you’re missing out! It’s a vibrant place with dozens of plots producing all manner of fruit and veg. There is an open day on Sunday 10th July so you can see for yourself what’s growing!

In this month’s edition we also have the history of Charles Street part 2, Hoole Rangers, Hoole URC’s new kitchen, financial column, gardening with Janet Heath and Thought for the Month with the Rev Andy Glover.

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Rangers will carry on THE significant number of postponed games this season created a hectic end of season run-in for Hoole Rangers, which meant we needed to play Saturdays and sometimes twice during the week. This schedule was made no easier as seven of the eight games were against top 5 sides. The performance against the eventual league champions MBNA was excellent, with the sides separated by just one goal until the last minute when we conceded the second goal while pushing really hard for the deserved equaliser. A poor performance away to Samba followed, which we lost by 5-0. The two games against 2nd placed Woodchurch were difficult with several players missing and we lost both games 5-3 away, and 5-2 at home. Having lost an away game at Crossway by 3-1, we were unlucky not to get a win in the returning home fixture where we conceded an equaliser in the last minute following a very dubious penalty. An easy 4-1 win against Ellesmere Port III was one of the 2 wins in this period. The other win against 3rd placed Samba at home was one of the best performances of the season, where we showed exactly what a good side we can be, deservedly winning by 3-1. Following the great Samba performance on 14th May, we held our presentation evening at The New Scene centre. The award winners were, Ashley English who won both the Committees Player of the year and the Players Player of the year, and Mark Roberts, 1st team manager who won Clubman of the year.

l In what was the most challenging and disappointing start to the season, with us losing a significant number of players and having to withdraw a team from the CWFL Premier league it is amazing how things have improved. The hard work put in by manager Mark Roberts and assistant Craig Jones has created a squad that can compete with any teams in the division. The mood amongst the players is very upbeat, and everyone is looking forward to further rebuilding during the summer ready for a new challenge next season. We had agreed to make a decision at the end of this season on whether to continue, or fold the club and it is with great relief that we have decided to keep the club going, particularly as we are rapidly approaching our 25 year anniversary. Anyone interested in joining Hoole Rangers as a player, or on the committee can contact me on the phone number / email below

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Hoole Roundabout July 2016

Hoole History Corner

Ralph Earlam, Chairman of Hoole History and Heritage Society, continues his explor THE last house on the south side of Charles Street was No.17; next door was the yard and storeroom for the off licence run for many years by Archibald Manley on the corner with Westminster Road which provided its entrance and address. Opposite No. 19 Charles Street (now a wine shop, formerly a cycle dealer) was the retirement home of Henry Richards the baker. Nos. 21 and 23 (now carpet and trophy shops) appear from 1891 as furniture shops run by Clarissa Goldstraw. In 1897 she became insolvent and clearly took the law into her own hands, being charged with “feloniously stealing” some furniture which she had sold on the easy payment system to a Mrs Saunders of Halkyn Road, turning up with a hand cart and two men claiming that the goods had not been paid for and taking them away. From 1933 J.M.Baldwin, son of the greengrocer at No. 8, ran a painting and decorating business at No. 21, before it became a Laundromat. No. 23 became a confectioners run by H.J. Brewster who was the contact for the Westminster Dance Band. In the 1940’s Charles Ives continued the confectionery business there and his daughter Wendy became Hoole’s Festival of Britain Queen in 1951. This was a national event but in the mid 20th century there was a Carnival every year on the Playing Field off Canadian Avenue, where marquees and flags were erected. There were dancing troupes, sporting events and attractions such as motorcycle races. The Carnival Queen and her retinue attended after processing through the District on floats. (The Society would be 22 Tel 01244 350398 www. Hoole History and Heritage Society always welcomes enquiries and information about our past.

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ploration of Charles Street, from Westminster Road. pleased to know of any photographs or memorabilia that may exist from these Carnivals or any other event held on the Playing Field). On the other side of Charles Street, Robert Daniels was a newsagent on the corner at No. 26 succeeded by James Beck, tailors. That block was occupied for many years by Thomas Norbury, plumber, glazier and gas fitter; his workshop and store were in Westminster road next to the School and his family ran a restaurant in Chester which was alluded to in his advertisements. The row of 3 shops built in the garden of No. 29 Hamilton Street in the 1920’s was occupied by Charles Morris, grocers and greengrocers at Nos. 30 and 32; No. 34 has always seemed to be a sweetshop. In very recent memory it was an acupuncture parlour and now it sells a different kind of bytes! The need to protect consumers’ rights is not new. Even in the 19th Century shoppers were safeguarded. In 1869 William Jones of Charles Street was summoned, his scales being 4 drams against the purchaser, and he was ordered to pay costs of 4s 6d. Records show that in 1891 George Stalker was also summonsed for refusing to sell milk for the purposes of analysis by Mr. Watts, Inspector of Weights & Measures. The bench imposed a fine of forty shillings (over £120 in today’s money!) and costs and ordered Stalker to pay the advocate’s fee. The local delivery of fresh produce was not confined to the bakery at No. 3; Thomas Baldwin delivered fruit & veg, George Stalker and Isaac Simpson brought fresh milk to the doorstep, ladled out from churns; their successor, Deva Dairies continued providing milk in bottles – two choices,

pasteurised with a cardboard top or gold foil top (Jersey milk). The Co-op also had milk rounds (tokens needed, bought at the Walker Street shop). Other horse drawn deliveries were made by various coal-men, and Patsy Dobbins, rag and bone merchants from Canalside were Chester’s Steptoe & Son. In Hoole’s leafy suburbs there was great rivalry to be the first with bucket and shovel to collect what the horses left behind to spread on prize roses or rhubarb!

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THE HERO INSIDE BY THE REV ANDY GLOVER A FEW years ago the American Film Institute (AFI) revealed the top 50 heroes and top 50 villains of all time. Deeply principled and idealistic attorney Atticus Finch (portrayed by Gregory Peck, from to Kill a Mockingbird), was chosen as the greatest hero in 100 years of film history, while the greatest villain was revealed as the brilliant, cunning and psychotic Dr. Hannibal Lecter (portrayed by Anthony Hopkins, from The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal). Others in the top 10 heroes were Indiana Jones, James Bond, Rick Blaine, Will Kane, joining Hannibal in the top 10 villains were Norman Bates, Darth Vader, the Wicked Witch of the West.

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One daydream that almost all of us have had is to be a hero. The heroes of our daydreams vary; often, as we grow, so do our ideas of heroes develop and become more sophisticated. Tellingly, early heroworship is often called ‘looking up to someone,’ and, obviously, as children, we literally look up to those tall people, our parents, who are probably our first heroes. However, once we really begin to consider heroes, one particular difficulty seems to arise again and again. That problem is identifying a hero. So how do we determine who a hero is, or how someone comes to be a hero.

Some people say that heroes are born and not made, that heroism is a matter of fate, but if heroes are made, who - or what - “makes” them? Heroes in the movies can be called upon to illustrate both sides of this question. In one sense, heroes seemed to be determined, that is ‘made,’ by a common understanding. Most people simply agreed that heroes were literally ‘extraordinary,’ and performed astonishing deeds, far beyond the capabilities of the average person. One quality that quickly arises in a discussion of heroes is courage. At the moment this is clearly highlighted in the campaign “Help our Heroes” As their website states; “It’s about the ‘blokes’, our men and women of the Armed Forces. It’s about Derek, a rugby player who has lost both his legs, it’s about Carl whose jaw is wired up so he has been drinking through a straw. It’s about Richard who was handed a mobile phone as he lay on the stretcher so he could say goodbye to his wife. It’s about Ben, it’s about Steven and Andy and Mark, it’s about them all. They are just blokes but they are our blokes; they are our heroes. We want to help our heroes.” In the last 10/15 years we find a maker of heroes that ignores, engulf s or surpasses all previous creators of heroes. That influence is, simply, ‘the media.’ It is true that without the media, which may discover and certainly announce people of valour and honour to us, we might never get to know of the heroes amongst us. More sinisterly though, the media can be superficial and capricious. The past itself changes under our eyes; people who are “nobodies” one moment are apparently “heroes” the next and then these same people are gone again! Are the media identifying something else for us not the hero but the celebrity - someone who has attained the “fifteen minutes of fame” that Andy Warhol claimed we were all due? If heroes are made and not born, who or what makes them? But if they are born and not made, how shall we know them? It was Heather Small who sang, “Search for the Hero inside yourself, until you find the key to your life” Is it possible to find that hero by just looking inside, I wonder if in fact if this is just a part of the truth, for me my hero is someone marked by sacrifice, he once said, “no greater love has this than a person lay down his life for his friend, and then this is what he did”; This is person is Jesus! Although he a someone I look to imitate and follow, he is also someone who now lives in me and enables me to live a life that is marked with character, this I hope enables me to make the right choice, to do the right thing when I am called upon to do it at the right time, then maybe just maybe I can be hero to some else! www.hooleroundabout.com 24 a Tel 01244350398

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There will be lots of other food options too – as well as a BBQ, there will be hot dogs, samosas, barbeque chicken and ice cream. There’s plenty of entertainment on offer too, with Wolf, the fabulous winners of Hoole’s Got Talent 2015, headlining the event, plus lots of other bands and even dance displays from the very talented House of Dance (a children’s modern dance troupe) and Vintage Kicks, a swing Dance troupe. The Summer BBQ is on from 5pm – 10pm. Tickets are £5 each for adults and £2.50 for children, available from Chester Beer & Wine and the Suburbs on Charles Street, Hoole, and from the Hoole Community Centre. Profits from the event go to the Community Centre and the Hoole Christmas Lights Fund.

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Come on down to Hoole Allotmen It’s stopped raining at last. There is some sunshine and the temperature is better. All the keen gardeners will be rushing out to tidy up and prepare for the barbeque season. So many jobs to do, where do you start?, writes David Moulton, from the Hoole Allotment and Garden Association (HAGA). It’s exactly the same for us down on Hoole allotments. We need to catch up a bit to ensure our crops are ready. Plots turned over, potatoes in, lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers transplanted. It’s a busy time of the year! Did I hear you say you didn’t know there are allotments in Hoole? Well there are nearly 200 plots, just off Panton Road, behind the Alexandra playing fields. I know they are pretty well hidden.

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The allotments have been there since the early 1900’s and it is a thriving community. Here is a fact for you. Before the allotments the land was used for the Royal Agricultural Show in 1893, and it was visited by Edward Prince of Wales on Tuesday 20th June. A very popular event at that time, so it is appropriately that the site is used as allotments today. Perhaps your gardening has filled you with a desire to do a little more horticultural activity, maybe you would like to have an allotment but are not quite sure yet. Perhaps a look around would help? Well you can come a look on our open day on 10th July between 9am to 3pm. Come and look, talk to plot holders, walk around and see what you could grow. It a combination of a bit of hard work, patience and enjoyment. You will see that we are actually a happy friendly bunch and would love to see you. You thought they were a

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Completing the extensive community upgrade to Hoole United Reformed Church was the installation in the newly extended and refurbished kitchen of a hob and stand, kindly donated by the Chester Lions Club. This will be a much-used piece of equipment by groups using the premises, including a Luncheon Club for older people. Included in the refurbishment are new disabled toilets, a small tea bar and ramps outside ensuring easy access for the less mobile. Mr David Lewis, Church Treasurer, and Sandra Taylor, Catering Co-ordinator showed the President of the Chester Lions Club, Mr Brian Goodall, around the new facilities. l In June, Hoole URC celebrated the Queen’s 90th birthday, and also the church’s 58th Birthday, with a slap up meal provided by the catering committee headed up by Sandra Taylor, with over 60 people attending.

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