Overleigh Roundabout March 2015 by Talkabout Publishing

March 2015 - Issue 92 www.overleighroundabout.co.uk

Inside this month: New church centre planned, PCSO Jenna Smith, Butcher’s Blog, University to move into Capital Bank building - College to leave Handbridge

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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 Handbridge, Curzon Park, Westminster Park &

Hough Green areas and Alan is finding that his approach is a major factor in his success. ‘The truth is that it’s not just the personal satisfaction that I get from doing a good job but also it makes good business sense. I get a huge amount of business from friends

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THERE is a sad look to the former Capital Bank / Lloyds Bank building in Queen’s Park. The site has been left vacant following the financial crash and weeds grow behind the locked gates. Now, the University of Chester has been given permission to move in, which will at least bring the building back to life, albeit there are concerns about parking in the area. While the university moves in, West Cheshire College has announced that it is moving out. You can read more in this edition. There is also news from Queen’s Park High School, a new church centre in Handbridge, improvements to the courts at Westminster Park as well as the usual features, including the Butcher’s Blog, crime update with PCSO Jenna Smith, health and beauty and gardening.

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Councillors serve up food qualifications Councillors Razia Daniels and Neil Sullivan have funded Basic Food Hygiene qualifications for volunteers, so that they can continue to provide a weekly lunch for older residents from Handbridge, Westminster Park and the Curzon Park areas. The gathering takes place at the Church Hall of St Mary’s, Handbridge, and Cllrs Daniels and Sullivan funded the qualifications and additional table ware from their Member Budgets. Cllr Daniels said: “Cllr Sullivan and I appreciate how important these local lunches are in providing an opportunity for

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Nursery school says Kung Hey Fat Choy! (That’s Happy New Year in Chinese) The children and staff at St. Mary’s Community Nursery School celebrated Chinese New Year. As part of their celebrations the children learnt about the meanings of the pictures depicted on willow pattern plates and then enjoyed the story being acted out by Steven Sharples’ Treasure Trove Puppet Company. Afterwards, Steven showed the children how the puppets were made and how they worked. To say thank you, the children wished Steven a happy new year in Chinese, Kung Hey Fat Choy!

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Art class set their own homework Year 7 art and design students took a new direction and began to take ownership of their learning. The entire class have been involved in the planning and delivering of a colour project. Students decided to work in groups and set their own homework researching artists that have used colour in the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. From their findings they have decided upon producing their own responses that include designing a poster to work with collage and mixed media for the following lesson. Similar approaches to this kind of learning are also happening with ther year 10 art and design classes.

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THERE was an inferno at Queen’s Park High School! Thankfully no student was harmed in the making of the production Disco Inferno which took to the stage in February. Director of learning for the visual and performing arts, Matt Yeoman said: “To build on the incredible sell-out success of our 2014 production, Les Misérables was going to be a real challenge as it was our most successful production ever, providing an exceptional arts experience for so many of our students. However, we are more than confident that our 2015 production of Disco Inferno did just this and amazed the audiences as it showcased not only the singing and acting talents of our students, but also their dance skills too!” The musical is described as a funk-tastic adventure, which charts its way through a plethora of 70s hits such as Boogie Nights, I Will Survive, Hot Stuff and, of course, The Trammps’ Disco Inferno. A young, wannabe pop star called Jack (played by Alex Aram) is desperate to become a rich and famous celebrity – at any cost. In a Faustian twist he finds himself being managed by the devil’s right-hand woman, Lady Marmalade (Anna Brodie) who promises him everything he wants in return for his soul, much to the annoyance of the local idol, Heathcliffe (Liam Thompson). Remembering the Great War Queen’s Park High School is taking part in the centenary commemoration of World War I by taking two students on a four day tour of the French & Belgian battlefield sites. Students will be able to undertake research on people local to their school who fought in the First World War. Providing an enduring legacy, the high quality educational project will strengthen participants’ knowledge of the First World War, and give opportunities to develop related projects in their local communities.

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University to move into Queen’s Park – while college quits Handbridge THE University of Chester will be spreading its wings even further by moving into the former Capital Bank site in Queen’s Park.

“If this is going to be purely for education and not student accommodation then I’m minded to move approval.” l Meanwhile, West Cheshire College’s At the same time, West Cheshire College announcement about its impending move has announced that it will be moving out of has placed a big its current home on question mark Eaton Road in favour over the future of of a base in the city the Eaton Road centre. campus. Councillors granted The college had permission to the spent £65 million university at a on the Handbridge meeting in February site, bringing it up to use the vacant to date but it has site for educational been forced to act The abandoned former Capital purposes. following a struggle Bank site in Queen’s Park Ward councillor to deal with its longRazia Daniels was term borrowing. opposed to the plans, College chief executive Nigel Davies said: saying that the it will change the character of “Ultimately, I have been tasked with ensuring the area. our financial sustainability for the future and that Cllr Neil Sullivan was worried that the campus our curriculum effectively responds to all our would cause Handbridge and Queen’s Park to stakeholders’ needs and requirements. be clogged up. “I can give you assurance that these plans He added: “Parking is very difficult already and new learning and teaching resources will for local residents because workers park there significantly further enhance local employment during the day.” and skills needs. The two councillors sought assurances that “In fact I strongly the site would not believe we will be West Cheshire College, be used for student in a significantly on Eaton Road accommodation. better position Cllr Eleanor Johnson to support and told the committee: enhance our “I visited the site communities and yesterday and I have economy. to say the site looks “I would like sad. Something must to also give happen to that site assurance that and I think personally the interest of this is the best use our students and we can get for this employers remain at the heart of our decision site. making process and the college remains “I don’t think knocking down the building and committed to delivering courses to our students putting residents’ housing there will help with as we do now, at the most appropriate location.” parking issues. 24 To advertise call 350398

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Church centre appeal launched St Mary’s Church leaders are hoping that a £1.5million church centre will come to fruition next year. A development committee, set up by St Mary’s Church Council in 2013, has been working on the concept of a new centre to meet the needs of the church and the local community with the aim of building in 2016. The new centre will consist of a large hall, two community rooms, a medical consultation room for the adjacent surgery and a cafe social area. The proposed plans have been on display in the Church since November. The feedback from this has provided many useful suggestions and these have been much appreciated by the committee. Chester West and Chester Council are very supportive of the development. The latest cost estimate is £1.5 million. Raising this amount will be an enormous challenge, but a funding plan is already in place to raise the money required. During the first quarter of 2015, several major donors and public bodies will be approached. A ‘Pledge Campaign’ has been launched and details of this can be obtained from the contact below. Any money donated can also be Gift Aided. For further details contact Ted Graham 01244 679636 or email tedgraham@talktalk.net

Wrexham Road green belt to be dug up Hundreds of new homes are likely to be built near Wrexham Road after local councillors approved a controversial local plan. Cheshire West and Chester Council has agreed the plan which will allow for development on the green belt despite opposition from local residents. The ‘sensitive and selective’ release of Green Belt land at Wrexham Road will lead to many new family and affordable homes. Cllr Lynda Jones said: “The Local Plan Inspector agrees with the Council’s approach and this limited change can take place without undermining the purposes of the Green Belt. Importantly, the Local Plan confirms the retention of the Green Belt boundary around the rest of the City.”

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We all conducted our care within the provisions of the Mental Health Acts of 1959 and 1983, but the older nurses and doctors had been trained postwar. Doctors generally expected, and got, deference from patients. They got it from nurses too, though nurses could be a two-faced lot.

Maybe it was the older nurses’ enduring influence that made psychiatric nurses enforce compliance from their patients. But from the 1960s, protest against the big forbidding madhouses became more frequent and vociferous. By the 1980s, there was a storm of coruscating reports and bitterly convincing accounts of mistreatment. So a new NHS mental health care policy was developed: Care in the Community.

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A BUTCHER’S BLOG with Bruce Edge, from Ernest W.Edge & Son Butchers, Handbridge

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Rule No.1 you cannot make a great sausage without putting great ingredients into it. In years gone by the sausage was a way of using up leftovers to avoid waste. This still continues today to some degree depending on where you buy your sausages from! Personally, I think that you can tell the quality of your butcher by the sausages he makes. We take great pride in our sausages, putting only the best quality shoulder and bellies of pork into them. We remove all rind, bone and any excess fat, which is why there is no fat left at the bottom of the grill tray. A sausage needs to be juicy and succulent but not fatty.

Today the “Umble Sausage” is a gourmet product and should contain only quality meat that any consumer would recognise as meat. There are endless lists of ingredients that can be used and there is plenty of scope to be innovative. We enjoy blending complimentary ingredients together when searching for new sausage recipes.

I think the perfect percentage of meat in a sausage is 75-80%, the legal minimum requirement being 65%. If you see someone advertising 90% I would suggest that it is seasoned meat in a skin rather than a sausage. To be juicy and succulent the sausage must contain the right amounts of lean meat and fat, rusk (breadcrumb) and seasoning. If the sausage contains for example, sage, red onion and garlic like one of our sausages then these added ingredients will affect the percentage of meat in the sausage. No doubt everyone will have a style of sausage that they favour.

Last but not least is the sausage skin that the meat is filled into. Today, more and more butchers and all processors are using collagen skins for their sausages. These are in essence edible plastic. They are very convenient in that you can put a 100 yards spool on a sausage filler and fill it out in seconds with no knots or breaks in the skin. This is fine, but the result is that these skins are very chewy. We use only natural sheep or hog skins. The sheep skins are smaller in diameter and are suitable for thin sausages. The hog skins are suitable for thick, chunky sausages. These skins are only approximately 30 yards long and far more time consuming to separate, use and fill out but are a totally superior product. They also add approximately 50pence to a pound of sausages. This is a lot of money but I strongly feel that if you are going to make a gourmet product you cannot skimp on any of the ingredients.

I occasionally get asked whether we make our own sausages in the shop. For the record we always have made our own sausages and we always will. If you buy in a product like this you have no control over how it was prepared, the ingredients used and even the hygiene standards of the person making it. Enough said!

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This month’s recipe is a very straightforward and tasty sausage casserole. Sausage Casserole - Serves 4 Ingredients 4 large potatoes 4 carrots 8 good-quality sausages 2 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, crushed 1 tsp paprika 400g can chopped tomatoes 400ml vegetable stock 1-2 bay leaves Method 1. Turn the oven to 180°C/fan160°C/ gas 4. Peel the potatoes and carefully cut them in half, then into quarters. Peel the carrots and cut each carrot into about 4 or 5 even pieces. 2. Prick the sausages all over with a fork – this helps the fat to run out of the sausages, so that they don’t split open as they cook. Heat the olive oil in a heavybased casserole and fry the sausages, turning often, until lightly golden all over – this should take about 10 minutes. Remove the sausages from the pan and put them on a plate. 3. Add the chopped onion to the casserole (there will still be some oil in the pan from the sausages) and continue to cook over a low heat for 5-10 minutes, until the onion is slightly soft. Add the garlic and paprika and cook for another minute. 4. Add the chopped potatoes and carrots and stir everything around in the casserole so that the vegetables are coated with the oil. 5. Add the tomatoes and stock (to measure the stock, you can use the empty tomato can – filled up, it will hold 400ml of stock) and the bay leaves. Bring to a simmer (so it’s just bubbling gently). Return the sausages to the casserole. 6. Using your oven gloves, carefully put the casserole into the oven. Cook for 45 minutes, until the potatoes are cooked through, and serve.

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Worrying facts about paying for elderly care I mportant changes are planned for april 2016 to meet the growing demand for support.

It is planned that the cap of care costs will increase from £23,800 to £72,000. However this is not straight forward. The cap will not include the “hotel costs” in a care home i.e. the normal cost of daily living such as food, energy bills and the accommodation. Under these reforms, these so-called “hotel costs” will be set at £12,000 a year. For a typical place in a care home, that accounts for about 1/3 of the fees.

This means that an individual could find themselves paying over £100,000 over three years (£72,000 in care fees and £36,000 in hotel costs) before the cap kicks in. Once it does they will still be liable for the £12,000-a-year hotel costs until their wealth is whittled away.

There are other worries; once the cap kicks in you may not be able to stay in the care home of your choice or even the area.

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COMMUNITY LISTINGS LACHE PARK Community Safety Wardens Drop in surgery at Lache Community Centre every Thursday 12.30-2pm. Weekly Community Centre Timetable Monday 60+ Monday Club 10-2pm LACHEClass PARK Computer (Learning Centre) 1-3pm Credit Union 2.30-3.30pm Healthy Hearts (Exercise Class) 6.15-7.30pm Bingo 7.30-9.30pm Tuesday Pilates 1.30-2.30pm Morris Dancing 5.30-7.30pm

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