Westbourne Magazine - April 2010

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Edition 4 April 2010

Conor Burns

Alasdair Murray

Sharon Carr-Brown

What’s inside?

• Local News • Competition • Events & Groups • Book Reviews • Meet the locals and more...

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30th April 2010.

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Welcome

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Election Fever!

It’s April already and it seems you can’t turn on the TV without the General Election popping up. With John Butterfill stepping down as our local MP in less than glorious circumstances, we have spoken to the three main candidates for his job, see page 8.

We also have details of loads going on in Westbourne and a great new competition.

Editor Tom Faull Contributors Lawrence Roots Kirsty Robinson Chris Brockway Christian Schneider

CONTENTS Westbourne News & Events Meal for 4 Competition Website Election Special & Interviews www.westbourne.info Telephone Social Groups & Things To Do 0845 224 3894 Email Kirsty’s Book Review editor@westbourne.info Westbourne Map Copyright © 2010 West Cliff Baptist Church Westbourne.info Brains Teasers & Word Search Published by pureglow Find out about Proto-col pure Bourne Hall Subscriptions Westbourne BH2 6BW Useful Contact Numbers Meet The Locals: Christian Schneider We can accept no m e d i a

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Get Involved We’d love to hear from you with your comments, articles and ideas.

Please email editor@westbourne.info with your thoughts for the next edition.

Westbourne News local news from in and around Westbourne

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M&S Change Stance on Parking Charges M&S in Westbourne has reduced the amount you need to spend to get a refund on your parking. They recently caused outrage among local shoppers and traders by introducing a £3 parking ticket and requiring a spend of £15 to get this back. You now only need to spend a more reasonable £5 in the M&S store to get your £3 parking ticket refunded. This change was welcomed by some, but traders are still reporting a delcine in customers visiting the area.

Local councillors and the Westbourne Traders Association are meeting with M&S to discuss future options, keep an eye on our website for the very latest.

Local Traders Support Charity Fashion Show The second annual Fashion Show is being supported by a large number of Westbourne based businesses. The show is in aid of Bournemouth’s Citizen Advice Bureau.

Tickets are £10 (this includes a goodie bag!) and the show is on 29th April at 7.30pm, the venue is the Riviera Hotel.

Call Pippa or Jane on 01202 392810 or 07900 583063 to book your place.

5 April Events in Westbourne • Dino Easter Stomp! Wednesday 7th April 10am prompt start until 11am For 4-10yr olds. Dino craft, games & fun.

All free, but booking is essential and space is limited, please contact Westbourne Library on 761845.

• Cops on the Corner Wednesday 7th April Come and meet your local Westbourne & West Cliff Safer Neighbourhood Police team. Milburn Road car park between 6pm and 6.30pm. Tel: 07717 201135.

• Local Talk Coffee Morning Monday 12th April 10am until 10.30 with coffee & biscuits.

A talk about the local area of Westbourne with slides.

This is a free event for all, just come along, no booking needed. Please contact staff at Westbourne Library for more details on 761845.

Westbourne Traders News With a new specialist tea shop opening on Poole Road, the fanastic new Broadview Blinds showroom and a new coffee shop opening on Seamoor Road, Westbourne continues to thrive as Bournemouth’s most fashionable district.

March 2010 Over 12% of shops in the UK’s town centres are standing empty.

We will be regularly monitoring and publishing the number of empty shops in our area.

An empty shop is classified as a retail premises with a public frontage that is not open for trading.

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April Competition

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win a three course meal for 4

Win a full three course lunch for 4 at Pâtisserie Angéliqe in our April competition. Simply answer the question below to be in with a chance of winning.

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One winner will be picked at random and informed by email. One entry per person. The judges decision is final. There is no cash alternative.

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Election Special

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meet your candidates

We are just weeks away from the General Election. To help you choose our new MP, we have interviewed the prospective parliamentary candidates for Bournemouth West from the main three parties.

Over the next few pages we have the some of the key points from the interviews. To read the complete transcripts visit our website (www.westbourne.info) and see their answers on topics including local policing, transport, the possibility of a hung parliament and find out who’s favourite TV show is ‘Come Dine With Me’!

Other Candidates for Bournemouth West • Phillip Glover is standing for UKIP, see http://www.westbournemouthukip.com for more.

• Harvey Taylor is standing as an independent, see http://harveytaylor.wordpress.com for further details.

2005 Results

Party Conservative Liberal Democrat Labour UKIP

Candidate John Butterfill Richard Renaut Dafydd Williams Michael Maclaire-Hillier

Votes 14,057 10,026 7,824 2,017

% 41.4% 29.6% 23.1% 5.9%

Conor Burns

www.localconservatives.com

What is your background?

I was involved in starting up an information services company some years ago, I've run the southern region of the Zurich Advice Network where I looked after 150 financial advisers covering areas including Bournemouth. I am currently the chairman of a civil engineering company in Southampton and I am also the associate director of a PR government relations company in London.

What is your connection to the local area?

I grew up in Belfast and in Hertfordshire, I moved to Southampton in 1991 to go to university and I've stayed on the south coast ever since.

I'm not from Bournemouth, but I am more than a conference tourist to Bournemouth.

Why might Westbourne be weathering the economic downturn better than other areas?

In an area like Westbourne we are not so susceptible to the economic downturn because a sizeable proportion of the local population are retired, so their circumstances haven't massively changed.

Westbourne is also a very attractive place to come and shop. I think there is generally an element of rebellion against the uniformity of many town centres across the country.

What's your opinion on the 40mph limit on the Wessex Way? I've joined the Facebook group in opposition. I am addressing this as a local resident, I do not see the problem they are trying to solve. I want to make sure the data that is coming forward in terms of accidents is comparing apples with apples, not apples with pears, saying it's reduced accidents when we haven't hit the tourist season yet for example.

Any final message for our readers?

As a member of the Westbourne community, I think we are incredibly lucky to live in what is one of the most special parts of Bournemouth, that has a diversity of fantastic local amenities and if I am lucky enough to become Bournemouth West's next MP, as a local resident I would be working to improve and enhance Westbourne and make it better than the wonderful place it already is.

Alasdair Murray www.alasdairmurray.net

What is your background?

I am currently the director of a charity which is a policy charity covering relevant British politics.

Before that I was a journalist for a number of years, mainly for The Times and briefly on the Mail on Sunday.

What is your connection to the local area?

I grew up along coast in Southampton so I have been coming to Bournemouth all of my life. I've had family in the area for two decades and I have family based in Southbourne. It's central to my life.

Westbourne has many small businesses and independent retailers, what policies do the Lib Dems have that look after their interests?

We have quite an array of policies, the Lib Dems are concerned about excessive regulation, and we are concerned about taxation. We trying to make a fairer taxation system which should benefit most small traders, who may not be making vast sums of money, any taxation changes that enable them to keep more would be beneficial. We are also concerned about competition rules, current rules tend to look at things at the national level rather than the local context.

What's your opinion on the 40mph limit on the Wessex Way? I drove down it this morning and it was empty, you can't help but think "I would love to drive 10 miles per hour faster" but I've also driven it in rush hour where there's no chance of 50. They're trialling it, lets see what the results of the trial are. If there is evidence that it makes a substantial difference to safety then they'll be a case for it, if there isn't, let's get rid of it as soon as the trial finishes.

Bournemouth West has been Conservative since it's creation 60 years ago, how confident are you that you can break this pattern?

I think we have a real chance of breaking the pattern. It has always been Conservative but their majority has been steadily falling. The boundaries have changed and that's broadly favourable to the Lib Dems. I think the old political affiliations have been breaking down and people are ready to consider an array of options before voting.

Any final message for our readers?

There is a genuine choice in this election, all I can ask is that people read our literature and check out our website before they cast their vote.

Sharon Carr-Brown www.bournemouthlabour.org

What is your background?

I did a degree in Chinese and French then joined the BBC World Service in the Chinese section.

From there I moved to Radio 4 working on the World at One programme. I left there when I had my second child and we moved to Bournemouth. I spent some time being a mum we had 3 children in 3 years. Now my husband and I have a company together, he's a professional writer and I'm a proof reader. My voluntary work is perhaps even more important to me. I became a governor of Bournemouth Hospital when it became a Foundation Trust five years ago and I am also a governor of one my son's school and a trustee of a local charity.

What is your connection to the local area?

I call it my home town. I moved here from Ringwood when I was 9 and my parents had lived here previously. I went to school here, I got my first job here, it's my town and that's why I am standing.

Westbourne has a high percentage of small businesses, what policies do Labour have that look after their interests?

The main thing Labour is doing at the moment is supporting the economy and trying to keep the flow of money going. My parents were small business owners and I know the effects that the general economic situation can have on small businesses.

What's your opinion on the 40mph limit on the Wessex Way? I would love to see the evidence that doing 40mph on this stretch of road makes it safer. If that evidence is incontrovertible then I would obey 20mph, but that road was designed as a 70mph road initially.

The real problem is the short slip-roads. Nobody can negotiate it properly unless you're local and know what's coming. The answer is do something with the slip-roads, sign post it differently or look at other options.

Any final message for our readers?

I don't want people to discount me because I've got the Labour rose next to my name. Labour is where my principals lie. After the expenses debacle, it should be about how you select the individual that represents you in parliament not necessarily selecting the party.

Social Groups & Things to Do 12 join a social group in the Westbourne area

Coffee Morning 1st Monday of the month 10.30 - 11.30am Everyone is welcome but aimed at the elderly or vulnerable to raise issues they have with the local Council or Police.

Piggies Café, 117 Poole Road.

Pink Sundays @ 2pm - 5pm Regular social event for the local lesbian and gay community.

Pâtisserie Angélique. 79 Poole Rd Tel: 01202 765271 Reading Group (Booktalk)

1st, 2nd and 4th Monday 5 - 6pm 3rd Monday 6 - 7pm A group of people that get together to talk about books, share their thoughts and have fun, held at Westbourne Library.

Please contact the Library on 01202 761845 to check availability before attending.

Westbourne Rotary Club Thursdays at 7.30am at The Savoy Hotel Email for more info: info@westbournerotary.org.uk

Children's Storytime (pre-school ages) Thursdays 2.15 - 2.45pm Westbourne Library.

Baby Wriggle & Rhyme Tuesdays & Fridays 10.30 - 11am Booking required, call 01202 761845.

Westbourne Library.

Just For Dad’s 10am-11.45am, on 3rd Saturday of month Action packed session for children dad’s and granddads including free play, crafts, singing, bacon rolls and fresh coffee.

West Cliff Baptist Church.

Posture Awareness Class Thursdays 10.30 - 11.30am Learn to manage your posture.

Healthy activity for your body and mind.

West Cliff Baptist Church.

What’s On Calendar See a full list of Westbourne based groups and events on our website, visit www.westbourne.info

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owner of the Westbourne Bookshop It’s April already, with Easter opening the month and school holidays to consider, so if you’re looking for an Easter gift that will last longer than a chocolate egg then why not consider our two children’s book promotions.

The first is a Disney 5 for £5 offer that features 25 titles to choose from, including Cinderella, Cars, and Peter Pan Mini Storybooks and 101 Dalmatians and Lion King board books. All for £1 each if you buy 5.

The second is proving irresistible so catch one quick before they all hop off! Buy any two Beatrix Potter books from stock and get a FREE Peter Rabbit hand puppet. The offer includes Peter puppet Rabbit Buggy Book, Peter Rabbit Little Library and Mrs Tittlemouse Tiny Tab book.

We also have a selection of Easter Cards and Easter music from NAXOS featuring James MacMillan’s Seven Last Words From the Cross and Mozart’s Requiem. We are open between 10am and 3pm on Good Friday and Easter Monday as well as our normal opening hours. For those of you lucky enough to have the long Easter weekend off we’ve also got loads of great new fiction in hardback and paperback. We’ve featured some of the biggest titles opposite.

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Jack Reacher, what a character! Fights, car crashes, gunshots, if there’s anything he can’t survive Lee Child hasn’t thought of it, and yet so totally plausible once you’re involved in the plot. Total action-packed, page-turning entertainment as usual and with a great twist at the end.

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Mma Ramotswe returns in the eleventh instalment of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency and it is business as usual with errant husbands, underhand business deals and cases of mistaken identity keeping her busy.

Anyone unfamiliar with the books should begin at the beginning and allow the place and characters of Botswana to entrance them throughout the ten previous novels, all available in paperback at £7.99

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Ian McEwan Solar RRP £18.99 Westbourne Bookshop Price £14.99

In Ian McEwan’s new darkly comic tale of science, academia and human nature, physicist Michael Beard is forced to face the mess of his current marriage, reinvigorate his flagging career and save the world from environmental disaster. The story is told with all of McEwan’s usual satirical flourishes and political observations and always with a hint of menace.

Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall Westbourne Bookshop Price £8.99 Wolf Hall is Hilary Mantel’s 2009 Man Booker Prize winning novel and is now available in paperback.

Set in the period following the Wars of the Roses, Mantel brings the opulent, brutal world of the Tudors to bloody, glittering life, creating the backdrop to the rise of Thomas Cromwell - charmer, bully, master of intrigue and the most powerful of Henry VIII’s courtiers.

Westbourne Map

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Car Park Refund As a shopper in Westbourne you can get a £1 refund on your car parking (excluding M&S car park).

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Chris Brockway, Minister for Community Outreach, on the recently re-launched West Cliff Baptist Church website.

“We are constantly looking for new and improved ways of communicating with our local community and church community - that’s why we’ve just redesigned and launched our new and improved website. The website features an excellent overview of church life including all of our activities, a photoblog and links to our Facebook pages. There is also a forum, ‘West Cliff Idea Storm’ , where we invite our local community to suggest how we can even more effectively be ‘the church in the community, in the community’. Have a look around and tell us what you think!”

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Brain Teasers some quizzes to keep the grey matter alive

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A couple of easy brain teasers for April.

If you have a good puzzle for next month, email editor@westbourne.info

Hidden Animals Can you find all 13 animals hidden in this word?

pheasantoadderaturtleechareelionewtiger Hidden Phrase Can you decipher the common phrase represented here?

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Letter Equations are well known phrases or facts where the key words have been replaced with the first letter of that word. They are in the form of an equation, which contain a number, the = sign and the rest of the obscured phrase or fact.

2=NOPITTT March Answers (see more online: www.westbourne.info) Brain Teasers: The 7 letters are “NOTABLE�. The notable surgeon was not able to operate because he had no table.

Lucy travels to work by bicycle, the third letter of each persons name is the same as the third letter of their mode of tranport.

Letter Equation: 4 = Points On A Compass

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Election Special Word Search Keep your eyes peeled and find the hidden words

See how you get on with our election themed word search. Find the 15 related words plus the secret word.

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numbers for local services

Medical Westbourne Medical Centre Poole Hospital Bournemouth Hospital NHS Direct Swine Flu Info Line

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Dentists Westbourne Dental Practice Only Orthodontics Nigel Sutton Dentists

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Emergency Services Westbourne Safer Neighbourhour Team Bournemouth Police Crimestoppers Dorset Fire & Rescue Floodline (info and advice) British Gas (report leaks) Environment Agency tes Mobile ra y. r a v l wil Services ith w k Chec Southern Electric ider. v o r p r you Bournemouth Water Wessex Water Nuisance Call Report Line

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really useful numbers to keep handy Local Resources Bournemouth Council Poole Council Westbourne Library Westbourne Post Office Westbourne Traders Association Streamline Warrens Taxis Dorset Gay Helpline Locksmith (Southern Securities) Broken Boiler (British Gas) 24 hour glazier 24 hour plumber

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Christian Schneider living and working in Westbourne

We talk to local resident Christian Schneider. He is on his third year at Bournemouth University and working at Solomons Solicitors and also K.K. Bullion in Westbourne.

Christian is undertaking a project called ‘Bike4Buckers’ that will see him cycle over 3000 miles across America. It is in memory of Tom Buckley, a friend Christian met at school who sadly died of cancer in 2009.

Despite the name, Bike4Buckers has also involved Christian climbing and running in the lead-up to the main journey, which will start in New York and end in San Francisco.

Christian is due to start the mammoth cycle journey with a friend in July 2010.

“I’ve raised over £2000 already”, says Christian. The money raised is for The Christie, one of Europe’s leading cancer centres. The Christie cared for Tom on many occassions. You can find www.bike4buckers.com out more about Bike4Buckers and donate online at www.bike4buckers.com On living in Westbourne, Christian says, “I love Westbourne.

I’ve been here for two years, it’s got so many nice shops, not just mega-supermarkets. It’s got the great atmosphere of a small town. I love working in Westbourne, I meet so many different types of people”.

Have you got an interesting story to tell?

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Open House Event at Sunrise Senior Living of Westbourne

Saturday 24th April from 10:00am to 4:00pm Spring is here. So maybe it’s time to think about a positive, fresh start.

Interest in senior living and care is always high at this time of year, so we have organised an Open House Event for seniors and their families. You are invited to experience the comfort, convenience, security and reassurance that being a resident at Sunrise can give you.

With our expertise in senior care & luxurious surroundings, Sunrise of Westbourne is setting a new standard.

Our large lounge areas are perfect to allow residents to socialise in comfort.

The varied programme of entertainment and activities means that there are always lots of things to keep residents active in mind and body.

You can view a choice of beautifully appointed private suites that really feel homelike. Our beautiful landscaped gardens are beginning to have colour again, too.

At our Spring Open House Event, there will be tours, refreshments and key staff on hand to answer any questions you may have.

All you have to do is call us to let us know you are coming.

We’ll do the rest.

16-18 Poole Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth BH4 9DR

� 01202 760966 www.sunrise-care.co.uk

of Westbourne The high quality senior care alternative

Company Number 3537836 Charity Reg No. 1074727

2nd Annual

FASHION SHOW in aid of

Bournemouth

Pretty Woman of Lymington Fantastic Goodie Bags s & Raffle Prize worth £100’s

10 Tickets £

7.30pm 9 2 th Aprill

Riviera Hotee Alum CHin BH4 8JF

Contact Pippa 07900 583063 Jane 01202 392810 Email pippamwalker@yahoo.co.uk admin@bournemouthcab.co.uk