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Teamwork adds some colour to Ledsham Road Ledsham Road will have a splash of colour come spring time, after Ledsham and Manor Action Group and Cheshire West and Chester Council teamed up to plant around 5,000 daffodil bulbs. Staff from the Council’s Streetscene and Localities Teams joined local residents in a community bulb-planting day. The bulbs were planted in Ledsham Road, with the help of the PALS Group (Positive Action for Little Sutton) during the event organised by local resident, Graham Penness. Planting was made easier as the volunteers and officers were blessed with glorious winter sunshine. Ward councillor Cllr Peter Rooney, who is also the current Mayor of Ellesmere Port, provided funds to purchase the bulbs and joined in on the day too. Graham Penness, Chairman of Ledsham and Manor Action Group said: “May I add my personal thanks and those of local residents to everyone for a great team effort - it was really appreciated. Here’s to more similar co-operation in future.”

Brightening up Sutton Way Sutton Way flats will be a riot of colour next spring, thanks to a recent bulb planting event. The Council’s Streetscene and Localities Teams, along with local ward councillor Tony Sherlock, were joined by staff from Plus Dane, Cheshire Constabulary and local residents in Singleton Road and The Boulevard. The daffodil bulbs were funded by Councillor Sherlock and have been planted as part of a wider partnership project called Operation Beacon. Recently Cheshire Constabulary and Plus Dane Group visited all properties in Sutton Way flats to gain a better understanding of residents’ issues and concerns. During the visits, residents were offered the latest property marking kits. Staff from the Council’s Streetscene and Localities Teams, Plus Dane, and Cheshire Police, along with Cllr Tony Sherlock, at the bulb planting event at Sutton Way flats 6 Tel 01244 350398 www.talkaboutpublishing.co.uk

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Behind the scenes at the zoo An amazing time was had by year 6 pupils of Little Sutton CE Primary School when they went behind the scenes at Chester Zoo. They enjoyed a unique experience meeting the primate keepers and going into areas of the Zoo not usually open to the public. They were met by keeper Mark, who will be appearing on ‘The Secret Life of Chester Zoo’, and were taken up above the parts of the orang-utan enclosure the public can see. The keepers enticed the apes with spinach and sweet potatoes, and at times the pupils were within a few feet of these magnificent animals.

Making North Road safer North Road in Ellesmere Port is a safer place to travel following a successful 18 month project involving Cheshire West and Chester Council working collaboratively with Jaguar Land Rover, Vauxhall Motors, Cheshire Constabulary, DHL, Less Common Metals and Quality Freight Group. Councillor Nicole Meardon, Cabinet Member for Children and Families, said: “Excellent partnership working has led to the installation of traffic calming and double yellow lines along the length of North Road. “The work was in response to articulated lorries regularly parking along the road, creating a single traffic lane. Large numbers of vehicles also congregated in the area and reports were received of cars racing up and down the road. Several near misses had been reported by staff travelling to and from work at Vauxhall Motors.” Helen Brackenbury, chairwoman of the Community Safety Partnership, said: “Road safety and safer neighbourhoods are a priority for the partnership this year. The reports of racing activity on North Road, coupled with the parked lorries, were a real safety concern. “Cheshire West and Chester Council, Cheshire Constabulary and local businesses worked together closely to find a solution to the problem. Vauxhall Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, DHL and Councillor Diane Roberts, Ward Member for Netherpool, all provided funds to enable the installation works. “Vehicles no longer congregate on the road and general speeding has been reduced. This has been a true partnership success and I would like to thank everyone involved.”

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Talking News needs new faces The Ellesmere Port and Neston Talking News is a weekly digital publication for the blind and visually impaired in the local area. It is produced entirely by volunteers and is currently looking for new recruits to join the existing team. The publication requires people to be involved in three areas: administration, technical and recording of magazine articles. They meet each Thursday evening at Little Sutton Library where they record the news from the Pio-neer and process the memory sticks for dispatch. The recording of articles is done by volunteers at home, so if you are unable to help on a Thursday you can still make a valuable contribution to the production. If you are interested in helping please contact Chris Baines on 0151 327 4524

SCOUTS 1st Great Sutton Scout Group Group HQ, Old Chester Road, Great Sutton CH66 3NZ. Scouting is a fully inclusive organisation and we welcome both boys and girls of all abilities. Beaver Scouts Meet on Monday and Wednesday 5.15 to 6.15 pm (for 6 to 8 years of age) Cub Scouts Meet on Monday and Wednesday 6.30 to 8.00 pm (for 8 to 10.5 years of age) Scouts Meet on Friday evenings 7.30-9pm (for 10-14 years) If you would like your son or daughter to be involved in scouting please contact Dave Burrows - Group Scout Leader on 208 8936 or email burrows.d@sky.com

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Booklet reveals town centre origins ELLESMERE Port Local and Family History Society have launched their latest booklet telling the story of how the Town Centre developed from a single farm known as Stud Farm. The stories of the Cambridge Road School, the York Road football ground, the evermoving market, Lewis’s and Asda, the bus station, Coronation Road and the EPIC each have a chapter devoted to them as do the ideas, proposals and actual development of the civic and commercial areas in the ‘Back to the Future’ chapters. Mayor of Ellesmere Port, Cllr Peter Rooney said: “The Ellesmere Port Local and Family History Society has brought together a wonderful collection of stories that together paint a very interesting picture of the town centre, which was newly built after the war when Ellesmere Port was a boom town. ” This is the fourth in the ‘Memories’ series produced by the Ellesmere Port Local and Family History Society. The 104 page limited edition publication is fully-illustrated including 250 photographs, along with explanatory maps and diagrams, taking the reader through fifteen decades of the Town’s history. It is available for sale at the Central Library in Ellesmere Port and the National Waterways Museum for £10. l The Mayor of Ellesmere Port, Cllr Peter Rooney is joined by the chairwoman of Ellesmere Port Local and Family History Society Celia Webber, CWAC libraries officer Debbie Owen, members of the history society, Port Arcades boss Les Lyon and Jochem Hollestelle, from Cheshire West and Chester Council, Regeneration

Elderly woman robbed in her own home

Police are appealing for information from the public after a vulnerable 85-year-old woman was robbed in her home in Ellesmere Port. The victim answered the door of her home on Heather Close, Ellesmere Port, only to be confronted by three masked men who claimed to police officers. She tried to close the door, but the men pushed the door and forced their way in. According to the police, once inside one on the men put his hand firmly and tightly over her mouth and then bundled her into the living room while the two accomplices went upstairs and searched for valuables. It is believed that they got away with a quantity of cash. Det Sgy Robin Grantham said: “I believe that these three despicable men specifically targeted this woman knowing that she was vulnerable and elderly. “As a result of their inexcusable actions the victim has been left extremely distressed and is now scared to live in her own home, the one place that everyone should be able to feel safe.” Anyone with any information is asked to contact Cheshire Police on 101 quoting incident number 722 of 7th December. Information can also be reported anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. 16 Tel 01244 350398 www.southwirral.com

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Useful numbers and info Clubs and Societies Action Transport Theatre, Whitby Hall, Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port. Tel 357 2120 Cats Protection: South Wirral Branch. Tel 355 9813. www.southwirralcats.org Cheshire Regiment Association. Ellesmere Port Branch. Tel 339 8734 Chester Accordion Club. Meets at Groves Club, Whitby. 2nd Tuesday 1.30pm, last Tuesday 7.30pm. Ellesmere Port 41 Club We meet 3rd Tuesday of each month at Brookmeadow hotel. Any ex Tablers or old friends are welcome. Contact: Chairman on 0151 339 1851 or 07887 593963. Ellesmere Port Flower Club. Meeting at Our Lady’s RC Church, Enfield Road, third Wed of the month, 7.30pm. Call 355 6454. Ellesmere Port Running Club. Meets at Whitby Sports & Social Club every Tuesday and Thursday night at 7pm. www.ellesmereportrunningclub.org Fibromyalgia Support Group. Tel Ruth Spicer on 348 1098 Ellesmere Port Musical Theatre Company Tel 0151 339 4390 Footloose Musicals (Junior section of EP Musical Theatre). Tel 356 2079 Great Sutton Male Voice Choir. Tel 355 5363 Great Sutton Townswomen’s Guild. Tel 355 4263 Guide Association (Ellesmere Port division) Email tinaives@hotmail.com Little Sutton Community Centre. Tel 356 6761 Mersey Morris Men Monday practice, in Thornton Hough Village Hall, 8pm. Tel 347 1685. Multiple Sclerosis Society Branch meets every third Wednesday in the month Contact Pauline on 07804506848 Royal British Legion Women’s Section: Little Sutton and District Branch. Tel 200 2939 Ellesmere Port Sea Cadets We are open to young people aged 10 to 18 and are based at TS Forward, Appleton Drive, Whitby, CH65 7EP. The unit is open every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 1900 to 2130 and Tuesdays 1830 to 2030. Please drop by or ring 0151 355 1779 for further information. Soroptimist International. Tel 339 3352 South Wirral Art Society We meet on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday evening, 7-9pm, at Hooton Golf Club – just off the A41. New members welcome. Call Min Kennedy on 327 2260.. www.swas.btck.co.uk South Wirral Rambling Club Tel 07722 752494

South Wirral Stroke Club: Contact Secretary: Honor Ledder 348 0052 Sutton Wood Singers 0151 334 7013 Trefoil Guild. Tel 355 7669 University of the Third Age (u3a) Meets on the first Thursday of the month at 2pm at Groves Social Club. Tel. Teddy on 0151 339 5595. West Cheshire Athletic Club Meets at Stanney Oaks Athletics Track, Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port, every Tuesday and Thursday (6.30-8pm), and on Saturday (10am-12 noon). www. westcheshireac.co.uk The club caters for anyone aged 8 years old through to pensioners and provides training and competition for track & field, indoor athletics, road and cross country running, as well as opportunities to become a qualified coach or official.

Schools

Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, Capenhurst Lane, Whitby. Tel 355 2373 University CE Academy, 164 Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port. Tel 0151 350 6000 The Whitby High School, Sycamore Drive, Whitby. Tel 355 8445/6 Little Sutton Childer Thornton Primary School, New School Lane, Childer Thornton. Tel 338 2170 Little Sutton CE Primary School, Berwick Road, Little Sutton. Tel 0151 338 2244 Parklands Community Primary School Parklands, Little Sutton Tel 338 2220 Rossmore School, Red Lion Lane, Little Sutton. Tel 338 2425 St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary Rossall Grove, Little Sutton Tel: 338 2430 Sutton Green Primary, Armthorpe Drive, Little Sutton. Tel 338 2121 Great Sutton Capenhurst CE Primary School, Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst. Tel 339 2685 Meadow Primary School, Dolphin Crescent, Great Sutton. Tel 338 2450 St Saviour’s RC Primary School, Seacombe Drive, Great Sutton. Tel 338 2440 Hinderton School, For children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and/or Speech, Language & Communication Difficulties. Capenhurst Lane, Whitby. Tel 338 2200

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Useful numbers and info ALCOHOL PROBLEMS Local Helpline; 01244 364095 Alcoholics Anonymous: 709 2900 AL - Anon Family Group, Helping families of alcoholics. Tel: 0207 403 0888 ANCHOR STAYING PUT 0151 355 1313 AGE CONCERN 336 8388 ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY 01244 851351 BUS SERVICES Bus & Rail Services Travel Line 0871 200 2233 open 8am - 8pm 7 days a week CITIZENS’ ADVICE Cheshire West Citizens Advice, Ellesmere Port Office, 1, Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port, CH65 8AA Opening times Monday-Friday 9am-4pm Tel no: 0344 5766111 DOCTORS Great Sutton Medical Centre, Old Chester Road, Phone:- 0151 339 3126 Hope Farm Medical Centre, Hope Farm Road, Great Sutton. Tel 357 3777 Whitby Group Practice, The Surgery, 114 Chester Road, Whitby. Tel 355 6144 Old Hall Surgery 26 Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port. Tel 355 1191 DRUG ABUSE Parents against Drug Abuse. Helpline 356 1996. All calls in confidence FIRE Emergencies, call 999. Non- essential calls, Ellesmere Port Fire Station, Wellington Road, Ellesmere Port Tel 355 3333 GP OUT OF HOURS CENTRE, Western Cheshire Out of Hours Service...Clinics held at Ellesmere Port Hospital 01244 343300 HOMEWATCH Borough Homewatch Manager Ellesmere Port Police Station tel 355 4066 (Ext: 3063). 0r 01244 613063 HOSPITAL Emergencies call 999 Countess of Chester Hospital. Tel 01244 365000 POLICE Emergencies call 999 Ellesmere Port Police Station, Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port Tel 355 4066 or 101

SAMARITANS LinkLine:- 0345 90 90 90 South Wirral and Chester Area Phone:- 01244 377999 ST JOHN AMBULANCE Tel 339 7203 (answerphone) Leave message and we will return call.

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Cheshire West and Chester Council. Call the switchboard on 0300 123 8 123. Online at www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk COUNCILLORS Ledsham and Manor Gareth Anderson (Con) Phone: 01513394390 Email: gareth.anderson@ cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Peter Rooney (Lab) 181 Princes Road, Ellesmere Port Peter.Rooney@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk St Paul’s Angela Claydon (Lab), 15 Little Green , Great Sutton Phone 339 8389 E: angela.claydon@ cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Robert Bisset (Lab) 12 Laurel Drive, Willaston CH64 1TW Robert.Bisset@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Sutton Nicole Meardon (Lab) 65 Berwick Road, Little Sutton Phone: 0151 512 2274 Mobile: 07970 836290 Email: nicole.meardon@ cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Paul Donovan (Lab) 44 Seacombe Drive, Great Sutton CH66 2BD Phone: 339 4167 Email: paul.donovan@ cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Willaston & Thornton Myles Hogg (Con) Silverdale, Benty Heath Lane, Willaston Phone: 327 4096 Email: myles.hogg@ cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

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