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Editor’s Comment<br />
Editor<br />
Gary Skentelbery<br />
Production<br />
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IF there is one thing that has been tendency to say: “OK - but not near<br />
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shown by the ongoing <strong>co</strong>nsultation my house.”<br />
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on <strong>Frodsham</strong> Town Council’s People living near Churchfields,<br />
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strategy for the improvement of for instance, have made it clear youths who find them useful places<br />
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to say that “NIMBYISM” is rife skate park or “wheeled play area” so nearby residents have to endure<br />
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Free film show<br />
FRODSHAM Transition Initiative<br />
is putting on a free film show on<br />
Sunday, May 12 to show how a<br />
<strong>co</strong>mmunity can be<strong>co</strong>me stronger<br />
and happier through self reliance.<br />
“The Power of Community” is a<br />
film showing how, in the 1990s,<br />
Cuba rebuilt its quality of life<br />
following the <strong>co</strong>llapse of cheap<br />
oil, supplied by the former Soviet<br />
Union.<br />
It is a fascinating and<br />
empowering film which shows<br />
how <strong>co</strong>mmunities pulled together,<br />
created solutions, and ultimately<br />
thrived in spite of their decreased<br />
dependence on imported energy.<br />
The film will be screened at<br />
6.30pm in the Guide Hall, on Ship<br />
Street. Also on the night, FTI will<br />
be launching their new <strong>co</strong>mmunity<br />
choir.
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Helter skelter will give Bee Festival an extra buzz<br />
IT stood on Overton Hill for almost<br />
70 years and despite being<br />
demolished 35 years ago lives on<br />
in the memories of many <strong>Frodsham</strong><br />
people.<br />
The old <strong>Frodsham</strong> Helter Skelter<br />
was a prominent landmark for<br />
miles around.<br />
Now the town is, briefly, to have<br />
a new helter skelter - as part of the<br />
up<strong>co</strong>ming Bee Festival.<br />
<strong>Frodsham</strong> Town Council and<br />
Cheshire West and Chester<br />
<strong>co</strong>uncillors Andrew Dawson and<br />
Lynn Riley have agreed to share<br />
the <strong>co</strong>st of bringing the 50ft high<br />
ride to Castle Park for the festival<br />
on May 10, 11 and 12.<br />
The helter skelter is one of<br />
only two of its type in the <strong>co</strong>untry<br />
and is a regular attraction at the<br />
Glastonbury music festival.<br />
<strong>Frodsham</strong> Foundation executive<br />
director Kate Dodgson, who is <strong>co</strong>ordinating<br />
the Bee Festival said it<br />
was expected the helter skelter<br />
would widen the appeal of the<br />
festival and attract hundreds of<br />
youngsters.<br />
Kate has also realised it is the<br />
50th anniversary of one of The<br />
Beatles’ first ever <strong>co</strong>ncerts - at<br />
<strong>Frodsham</strong> - and is hoping to tie this<br />
in with the festival as well.<br />
The festival will celebrate the<br />
200 anniversary of the birth of the<br />
Trainee solicitor will be next Mayor<br />
NEXT Mayor of <strong>Frodsham</strong> will be trainee solicitor Sara Wakefield.<br />
She will be invested with the chain of office at the Town Council’s annual<br />
meeting on May 27, taking over from Cllr Lynn Riley.<br />
Cllr Wakefield (pictured on the front page with Cllr Riley) was elected<br />
a member of the <strong>co</strong>uncil in 2011 and also served between 2003-2005.<br />
She said: “It is an honour and great privilege to be Mayor of <strong>Frodsham</strong>. I<br />
promise to do my best in representing the <strong>co</strong>mmunity to the best of my ability<br />
and I look forward to the challenges and opportunities it will bring.”<br />
Educated at Helsby High School, she took a law degree at Manchester<br />
Metropolitan University and <strong>co</strong>mpleted her legal education at BPP Law<br />
School. She has lived in <strong>Frodsham</strong> with her fiancé, Greig, for 12 years.<br />
She said: “We have grown to love <strong>Frodsham</strong> as a place to live and work<br />
and shop.”<br />
Cllr Wakefield has worked at Rowlinson’ solicitors since 2009 and is a<br />
governor at <strong>Frodsham</strong> Manor House Primary School.<br />
“The things that interest me are the things that affect everyone’s life, such<br />
as planning issues, large and small, and road safety.<br />
“That is why I am on the planning <strong>co</strong>mmittee as vice chair.”<br />
In her spare time she enjoys growing her own vegetables, cycling and<br />
French cuisine.<br />
Rev William Charles Cotton, former<br />
vicar of <strong>Frodsham</strong> and international<br />
expert on bees.<br />
Friday, May 10 will see a<br />
<strong>co</strong>nference on the current, worrying<br />
decline in the number of bees.<br />
On the Saturday and Sunday<br />
there will be a food festival in<br />
Castle Park with celebrity chefs and<br />
local market featuring bee-friendly<br />
plants, etc.<br />
There will also be sports and<br />
health events, including a “bee<br />
dash” involving people dressed as<br />
bees, a football tournament and an<br />
“It’s a Knock-Out” event.
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Barbara’s<br />
last<br />
curtain<br />
call<br />
AFTER 50 years of appearing in or directing musicals,<br />
Barbara Worrall has taken her last curtain call.<br />
Barbara, who graduated as a mature student<br />
from Manchester University in 1993 having studied<br />
Drama and Arts and Entertainment, was in the<br />
director’s chair for the <strong>Frodsham</strong>-based Zodiac<br />
Amateur Operative Society for her final production<br />
- Me and My Girl, at the Brindley Theatre, Run<strong>co</strong>rn.<br />
Barbara’s relationship with The Zodiac started<br />
many years ago.<br />
In 2007 the society asked her to direct Oklahoma!<br />
— their first production at the Brindley Theatre.<br />
The following year she suggested that they perform<br />
Hot Mikado - Gilbert and Sullivan with a twist.<br />
This proved to be an exciting production for the<br />
Zodiacs, especially when they received a NODA<br />
nomination for “Best Musical” in 2008.<br />
The award-winning Me and My Girl was a<br />
challenging show to finish her theatre career - but it<br />
proved to be another show stopper.<br />
Barbara is also president of the North West Keep<br />
Fit Association and recently choreographed their<br />
display team for the National Festival at the Milton<br />
Keynes Theatre.<br />
Left: Barbara in directing mode and (above) Zodiac members<br />
in a scene from Me and My Girl.<br />
Station to get<br />
easy access<br />
“hump”<br />
NETWORK Rail is seeking planning<br />
<strong>co</strong>nsent for a “Harrington Hump” at<br />
Helsby Station - to make it easier for<br />
passengers with mobility problems to<br />
board or alight from trains.<br />
The Hump would be installed<br />
on Platform 1 which is <strong>co</strong>nstructed<br />
at a low level and where many<br />
passengers en<strong>co</strong>unter difficulties.<br />
Frank Thomas, of the North<br />
Cheshire Rail Users Group said:<br />
“The Hump <strong>co</strong>nsists of a raised, easy<br />
access platform which is installed at<br />
the edge of the existing platform.<br />
“It is long enough to service two<br />
carriages.<br />
“Platform 1 at Helsby is too low for<br />
many people to step up to the train so<br />
this facility will be extremely useful.”<br />
Network Rail has also applied<br />
for planning <strong>co</strong>nsent to install ticket<br />
machines at <strong>Frodsham</strong> and Helsby<br />
stations.<br />
At present, passengers have to pay<br />
the <strong>co</strong>nductor after boarding a train,<br />
but the machines will enable them to<br />
purchase tickets from the machines,<br />
using a credit or debit card.”<br />
Den dismantled<br />
POLICE have dismantled a den<br />
dis<strong>co</strong>vered in <strong>Frodsham</strong>’s Hob Hey<br />
Wood.<br />
PCSO Neil Flanagan told a<br />
meeting of the Town Council he had<br />
arranged for the den to be removed<br />
after finding evidence of drug taking.
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Help to<br />
find our<br />
ancient<br />
trees<br />
THE Woodland Trust is calling on<br />
people across Cheshire to go out<br />
and re<strong>co</strong>rd old trees and add them<br />
to its Ancient Tree Hunt database -<br />
a living database of ancient trees<br />
started nearly 10 years ago.<br />
More than 100,000 trees<br />
have been re<strong>co</strong>rded, mostly by<br />
volunteers - including 314 in<br />
Cheshire, of which 16 classed as<br />
being “ancient.”<br />
Others are classed as “veteran”<br />
or “notable” trees.<br />
As trees age at different rates,<br />
they are said to be ancient at<br />
different ages.<br />
Yews, for instance, have to<br />
be at least 800 years old to<br />
be <strong>co</strong>nsidered ancient and it is<br />
generally believed the oldest<br />
specimens may be older still.<br />
“Veteran” trees are 500-1200<br />
years old and “notable” specimens<br />
are 300-700 years old.<br />
Interesting trees re<strong>co</strong>rded in<br />
Cheshire include the Ancient<br />
Marton Oak (above, inset), which<br />
<strong>co</strong>uld be more than 1200 years<br />
old and is the largest oak tree and<br />
one of the oldest trees in England<br />
and the yew tree in St Boniface<br />
churchyard (main picture), Bunbury.<br />
Still growing, the yew has a girth of<br />
around 19ft 6 inches, including a<br />
“new” stem.<br />
There are no ancient trees<br />
re<strong>co</strong>rded in the <strong>Frodsham</strong> area<br />
although there is a “veteran”<br />
Silver Birch and a “veteran” beech<br />
between Helsby and Kingsley.<br />
Information on the Ancient<br />
Tree database can be used<br />
locally or nationally to highlight<br />
the importance of trees, promote<br />
their value and en<strong>co</strong>urage their<br />
<strong>co</strong>nservation.<br />
Most of the old trees on the<br />
Woodland Trust database have<br />
been re<strong>co</strong>rded by volunteers - and<br />
the information on the database can<br />
be used to oppose developments<br />
which threaten ancient trees - many<br />
of which provide unique habitats<br />
for wildlife.<br />
The locations of ancient, veteran<br />
and notable trees can be found<br />
on the website www.ancient-treehunt.org.<strong>uk</strong><br />
- and the Woodland<br />
Trust wel<strong>co</strong>mes information about<br />
old trees which have not yet been<br />
re<strong>co</strong>rded so they can be added to<br />
the database.<br />
The website offers a facility to<br />
re<strong>co</strong>rd trees - and photographs are<br />
wel<strong>co</strong>me.
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Dynamic place to learn<br />
A clean break<br />
A fresh start<br />
THE King’s School is a dynamic, exciting place to learn and offers your child<br />
the best opportunity to succeed in later life.<br />
The school curriculum is designed to offer stimulating <strong>co</strong>urses which<br />
stretch young minds from the minute they start at the age of 11, and offer<br />
really new and innovative subjects to ensure that they are not limited by<br />
the narrow <strong>co</strong>nfines of public exams. At King’s students now study for the<br />
highly regarded IGCSE in half of their subjects. These are <strong>co</strong>nsidered these<br />
more rigorous than the standard GCSE <strong>co</strong>urses and pupils are relishing the<br />
challenge.<br />
An ambitious afternoon of ‘Enrichment’ offers pupils over 40 <strong>co</strong>urses<br />
such as Italian, Arabic, Anthropology, Electronics and Art History - all<br />
intended to widen their intellectual horizons, increase <strong>co</strong>nfidence and<br />
develop independent study - all qualities which are highly valued by the<br />
top universities.<br />
King’s is well known for its Music School, with 25 music groups and over<br />
50% of pupils involved in music in some way. Sport is a real strength of the<br />
School with pupils <strong>co</strong>mpeting at a national level for rowing and cricket,<br />
regional level for hockey and district level for a good few of the many sports<br />
on offer. There are 130 clubs and activities offering an interest for everyone<br />
from poetry to Russian.<br />
With the opening of a new 300 seat fully equipped theatre, from<br />
September 2013 Drama and Theatre Studies are being added to the<br />
curriculum to further grow the school’s reputation for excellence in drama.<br />
King’s is a busy school, bursting with opportunities for your child. To find<br />
out more or to organise a visit or register a child for the fun Dis<strong>co</strong>very Day,<br />
please <strong>co</strong>ntact the admissions office or visit: www.kingschester.<strong>co</strong>.<strong>uk</strong><br />
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WIN a £100 Food Hamper and FREE tickets to the Great British Food Festival<br />
The Great British Food<br />
Festival is back!<br />
AFTER the success of last<br />
year’s festival, where<br />
10,000 people enjoyed this<br />
celebration of Modern British<br />
food and drink, it’s back,<br />
bigger and better at Walton<br />
Hall and Gardens on Bank<br />
Holiday weekend, Sunday<br />
May 26 and Monday May<br />
27.<br />
Along with wonderful food and<br />
drink there will be vintage and craft<br />
stalls, games and activities for the<br />
kids, a balloon race, bake-offs and<br />
excellent live music<br />
The Great British Food Festival<br />
will feature over 100 producers<br />
showcasing the best in local,<br />
seasonal and speciality food and<br />
drink. It will feature traditional<br />
British staples such as pulled pork,<br />
brisket and local sausages as well<br />
as some exotic specialities like Thai<br />
pies and Kangaroo burgers!<br />
On top of the local and<br />
independent food stalls, selling<br />
everything from hand baked<br />
biscuits to fine wines, there will be<br />
lots of activities including artisan<br />
cheese talks, wine tasting and<br />
<strong>co</strong>oking demonstrations from some<br />
of the <strong>co</strong>untry’s top chefs.<br />
Bring a picnic blanket and sit<br />
out for the day enjoying great food<br />
and drink, live music and beautiful<br />
surroundings. The perfect recipe for<br />
a fun, foodie day out for the whole<br />
family.<br />
For more information visit www.<br />
greatbritishfoodfestival.<strong>co</strong>m<br />
The Great British & Cheshire<br />
Food Festival is sponsored by<br />
Onionring.<strong>co</strong>.<strong>uk</strong><br />
Competition<br />
Win a £100 Food hamper<br />
and free tickets to the<br />
Great British Food Festival<br />
For your chance to win<br />
a £100 Food hamper +<br />
five runner up prizes of<br />
5 pairs of free weekend<br />
passes, simply answer the<br />
following question:<br />
When does the Great British<br />
Food Festival take place?<br />
Send your answer<br />
to Great British Food<br />
Festival <strong>co</strong>mpetition info@<br />
frodshamlife.<strong>co</strong>.<strong>uk</strong><br />
Closing date 18/5/2013.<br />
Winners will be notified<br />
on 20/5/2013
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The<br />
<strong>Frodsham</strong> Bee<br />
<strong>Frodsham</strong>’s future – It’s<br />
your Town – Have your say!<br />
Parks and Public Spaces • Recreation • Law, Order<br />
and Community Safety • Street Scene<br />
<strong>Frodsham</strong> Town Council is hosting an event at Main Street<br />
Community Church, to provide an opportunity for discussion<br />
between residents and Council Committees and other public<br />
bodies such as CWaC and the police/Homewatch, on the key<br />
issues affecting your town. Please <strong>co</strong>me along and tell us what<br />
you think – we are looking forward to seeing you.<br />
Most of the afternoon will be in the format of a “fair”, with<br />
Town Council Committees and other <strong>co</strong>mmunity organisations<br />
present to speak to residents individually or in small groups, at<br />
“stalls” between 12PM and 5PM.<br />
This is something new we are trying for <strong>Frodsham</strong>, please do<br />
your best to <strong>co</strong>me along. We will be providing refreshments<br />
throughout the afternoon.<br />
Town Meeting<br />
Town Wi-fi • Town Square • Library • Play Areas<br />
Pedestrian Crossings • Swing Bridge<br />
This will be part of the event, and will take place at 1PM. All<br />
are invited.<br />
Community Grants Event<br />
The Town Council regularly makes small grants to Community<br />
organisations. This year we are trying to do this a little differently.<br />
We are inviting Community organisations to make applications<br />
for grants by 13 May (see our website or <strong>co</strong>ntact the Town<br />
Council for details of how to apply). Again this is something<br />
new for <strong>Frodsham</strong> – please get your applications in early!<br />
Sale of Land at Park Lane<br />
The Council has decided to sell the Play Area on Park Lane,<br />
and has invited bids. Residents have been written to, press<br />
advertisement is underway and a sign is up on the site. See our<br />
website for more details.<br />
FRODSHAM TOWN<br />
COUNCIL<br />
Mayor of <strong>Frodsham</strong>: Cllr L Riley<br />
Deputy Mayor of <strong>Frodsham</strong>: Cllr G Bondi<br />
Chairman: Cllr Mark Warren<br />
NORTH WARD<br />
Frank R Pennington 07752 297 188<br />
Rita Shearn 01928 732906<br />
rita.shearn@talktalk.net<br />
Pammi Taylor 01928 731932<br />
pammi.taylor@btinternet.<strong>co</strong>m<br />
Allen Wales 01928 732115<br />
allen@walesd.freeserve.<strong>co</strong>.<strong>uk</strong><br />
SOUTH WARD<br />
Carol Davis 07944 170 257<br />
caroldavis.kb@gmail.<strong>co</strong>m<br />
Lynn Riley 07800 869 350<br />
lynn.riley@cheshirewestandchester.gov.<strong>uk</strong><br />
Fran Sutton 07842 296 114<br />
franroger@bt<strong>co</strong>nnect.<strong>co</strong>m<br />
Sara Wakefield 07737 684 436<br />
sara@weavervale<strong>co</strong>nservatives.<strong>co</strong>.<strong>uk</strong><br />
EAST WARD<br />
Graham Bondi 01928 735503<br />
<strong>co</strong>uncil@frodsham.gov.<strong>uk</strong><br />
Linda Brown 07984 043 058<br />
lindacbrown@talktalk.net<br />
Andrew Dawson 07970 635 629<br />
andrew.dawson@cheshirewestandchester.gov.<strong>uk</strong><br />
Ruth Redhead 01928 735800<br />
rgfhalle@hotmail.<strong>co</strong>.<strong>uk</strong><br />
Mark Warren 07979 513 205<br />
mark-warren@talktalk.net<br />
WEST WARD<br />
Darren Kelly 07961 910 369<br />
cllr.dkelly@gmail.<strong>co</strong>m<br />
Kyle McGregor 07711 062 861<br />
kylerushtonmcgregor@gmail.<strong>co</strong>m<br />
John Nield 01928 731386<br />
TOWN CLERK<br />
Jon Wild 01928 735150<br />
To <strong>co</strong>ntact your Town <strong>co</strong>uncillor<br />
by e-mail please use <strong>co</strong>uncil@<br />
frodsham.gov.<strong>uk</strong> and we will forward<br />
your message.
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Carp removed from<br />
beauty spot lake<br />
THOUSANDS of carp have been removed from <strong>Frodsham</strong><br />
beauty spot Crowmere Lake.<br />
The work was carried out by a specialist, licensed<br />
<strong>co</strong>ntractor engaged by the Town Council, following<br />
a study of the lake and acting on the advice of the<br />
Environment Agency.<br />
This study showed that the lake was too small and<br />
too shallow to support the carp population and that if<br />
action wasn’t taken there was a risk of many of the carp<br />
dying, either through oxygen starvation or through the<br />
carp themselves turning cannibal because of their being<br />
insufficient food available for them.<br />
The carp have been removed to a more suitable<br />
location and the <strong>co</strong>ntractor will now be restocking the<br />
lake with native freshwater fish.<br />
Removal of the carp should also end years of problems<br />
at Crowmere due to anti-social behaviour by anglers<br />
fishing for the carp - often late at night.<br />
Photo <strong>co</strong>ntest will put young people to the test<br />
MORE details have been released about the “<strong>Life</strong> through the Lens”<br />
<strong>co</strong>mpetition for young people in the <strong>Frodsham</strong> area - a <strong>co</strong>ntest designed to<br />
get youngsters to take a good look at the world around them.<br />
A website is now up and running providing more informaton - www.<br />
frodsham.yearofhealthandwellbeing.org.<strong>uk</strong><br />
The <strong>co</strong>mpetition is open to children and young people in the two anda-half<br />
to 18 age range and is being organised by local social enterprise<br />
Good Squared CIC, supported by Cheshire West and Chester Council and<br />
<strong>Frodsham</strong> Town Council.<br />
It is open to young people from Alvanley, Crowton, <strong>Frodsham</strong>, Helsby,<br />
Kingsley, Manley, Mouldsworth, Norley or Sutton Weaver or who attend a<br />
school, pre school or youth group in those areas.<br />
Contestants are asked to capture images which depict any one of the<br />
Five Ways to Wellbeing - <strong>co</strong>nnect, be active, take notice, keep learning<br />
and give.<br />
Entry is via the website, which also provides details about the rules and<br />
how to upload photographs.<br />
The photographs must be taken between May 1 and September 1 and<br />
must be uploaded onto the website no later than September 1 to enable<br />
judging to take place.<br />
All entries will be on display at the Castle Park Arts Centre, <strong>Frodsham</strong>,<br />
from September 20 to November 1.<br />
Winners of each category, including a People’s Choice Award, will be<br />
announced at a presentation evening on October 18. Winning entries and<br />
many runners up will also be included in a 2014 Calendar.
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High school pupils<br />
visit Cape Town<br />
A PARTY of pupils from Helsby High School visited Cape Town as part of the<br />
school’s AfriTwin programme - and enjoyed what all described as one of the<br />
best experiences of their lives.<br />
They visited Enkelulekweni Primary School, their partner school, Hector<br />
Peterson High School and Settlers High School - the school their hosts attend.<br />
Their stay in South Africa was packed with activity and included visits to<br />
Table Mountain, Seal Island and Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela<br />
was imprisoned.<br />
They were taken on a tour of the prison by a former inmate who had<br />
experienced the prison first hand!<br />
Also during their stay, the Helsby pupils gave English lessons to primary<br />
school children, joined in singing and dancing.<br />
There were trips round a township and also to a shopping centre and<br />
lessons in Xhosa - the local language.<br />
The youngsters were left impressed at how proud the South African pupils<br />
were of what they had - despite the fact it was so little <strong>co</strong>mpared with what<br />
Helsby High has to offer.<br />
One pupil said: “It made you think about how privileged we are.”<br />
The Helsby youngsters now say they just can’t wait to play host to their<br />
partner children when they visit the UK.<br />
New options for Churchfields<br />
play plan<br />
TWO new alternative schemes are to be produced for the development of<br />
improved play facilities at Churchfields, <strong>Frodsham</strong>.<br />
The Town Council has asked <strong>co</strong>nsultants Groundwork Cheshire to work<br />
up two new options, following expressions of <strong>co</strong>ncern from local residents.<br />
Groundwork has now been asked to look at the s<strong>co</strong>pe for moving a<br />
proposed wheeled play area out of Churchfields and locating it in Castle<br />
Park or moving it to the back of the site, close to Pinmill Cottage.<br />
In both cases, the intention is to increase the distance between the new<br />
play facilities and houses on Froda Avenue.<br />
Councillors have stressed that the wheeled play area is intended to<br />
address a lack of such a facility and to cater for small children only.<br />
Residents who attended a meeting of the Town Council’s Play Areas and<br />
Play Committee stressed that they were not opposed to improving play<br />
facilities on Churchfields but wanted it to retain its character as a field.<br />
But they were opposed to a skate park and the wheeled play area<br />
because of potential noise and visual impacts and its nearness to houses.<br />
They <strong>co</strong>mplained of anti-social behaviour, often late at night and feared<br />
the proposed developments <strong>co</strong>uld increase problems.<br />
Town Council chairman Mark Warren said residents would be kept<br />
informed of future public <strong>co</strong>nsultation meetings.<br />
A key opportunity for residents to have their say would be at the Annual<br />
Town Meeting, which is to take place on Saturday, May 18 at 12 noon at<br />
Main Street Community Church.<br />
Young writers <strong>co</strong>mpetition<br />
MORE than 50 Year 11 and 12<br />
pupils from Helsby High School<br />
took part in the RIBI Young Writer<br />
<strong>co</strong>mpetition when the theme was<br />
“Peace”.<br />
Entries had to be in the form of<br />
a letter written to anyone living,<br />
dead or yet to be born.<br />
The Rotary Club of <strong>Frodsham</strong><br />
and Helsby supported the<br />
<strong>co</strong>mpetition in the school by Connor Ross Jenkins with Mr Williams.<br />
donating a prize fund - and club<br />
president Gareth Williams helped judge the finals and presented the prizes.<br />
Winner was Conor Ross Jenkins, runner-up was Mackenzie Weir while<br />
third placed was Keith Blackhall.
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Left to right: Patrick Phelan, Jack Bamber, James Crosby and Sean Martin<br />
End of an era for<br />
school basketball<br />
IT was the end of an era for Helsby High School basketball when<br />
four Year 13 students ended highly successful playing careers with<br />
the school.<br />
Ironically, the U19 team final game, against Oldham Sixth Form<br />
College - when Sean Martin, James Crosby, Jack Bamber and<br />
Patrick Phelan each played their last game - ended in defeat.<br />
But at their own age level, it was just their seventh defeat in five<br />
years of <strong>co</strong>mpetitive basketball and the first time they had lost outside<br />
of a National Finals <strong>co</strong>mpetition.<br />
The boys’ <strong>co</strong>ntinuing <strong>co</strong>mmitment to school basketball was<br />
particularly noteworthy because in 2011, <strong>co</strong>-captains Kyle Square<br />
and George Waring were no longer around for the 2012 season<br />
and this season, starters James Faint and Cameron Mackay, together<br />
with sixth man Zac Baird were no longer part of the team.<br />
As the senior players this year, the boys showed maturity and took<br />
on greater responsibility in helping to develop the younger Year 10<br />
and Year 11 players who stepped up to make up the rest of their<br />
squad.<br />
A fifth <strong>co</strong>nsecutive finals appearance was perhaps unrealistic,<br />
<strong>co</strong>nsidering the age of the team and the loss of five of the first six<br />
players, but the boys’ effort was never in doubt.<br />
Paul Park, head of PE and basketball <strong>co</strong>ach, said: “The boys<br />
have been a credit to themselves, their families and the school,<br />
always representing Helsby High to the highest possible standards.<br />
Hopefully they will be able to use the lessons learned both on and off<br />
the <strong>co</strong>urt to help them be successful in the rest of their lives.”<br />
Extra chance to see “Calendar Girls”<br />
KINGSLEY Players’ production of Calendar Girls has proved so<br />
popular at the box office, the group has decided to add an extra<br />
performance into the schedule.<br />
Tuesday May 14, at 7.30pm, will now see the players on<br />
stage performing the internationally-renowned play by <strong>Frodsham</strong><br />
playwright Tim Firth, in addition to the planned four night run,<br />
Wednesday 15 – Saturday 18 May. The popular show and supper<br />
nights on Friday and Saturday sold out almost immediately and there<br />
are now only a few tickets left for Wednesday.<br />
Calendar Girls director Mal<strong>co</strong>lm Barker said: “The response has<br />
been absolutely amazing. The show has only been released for<br />
18 months to amateur dramatic societies in a bid to create a new<br />
performance world re<strong>co</strong>rd, and several local groups have already<br />
performed the play.<br />
“We wondered whether there would still be people out there<br />
wanting to see the show – but thankfully we needn’t have worried.<br />
We have a strong, talented cast and rehearsals are going really<br />
well. It promises to be a cracking show.<br />
“Hopefully by staging an extra night’s performance, it will give<br />
people who haven’t booked yet a chance to see the play.”<br />
To book seats for Calendar Girls log onto the Kingsley Players<br />
website www.kingsleyplayers.<strong>co</strong>.<strong>uk</strong> or ring the box office on 07925<br />
516760.
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MP’s marathon<br />
effort for charity<br />
WEAVER Vale MP<br />
Graham Evans <strong>co</strong>mpleted<br />
the London Marathon in<br />
four hours 49 minutes -<br />
raising more than £900<br />
for Halton Haven Hospice<br />
and the Royal British<br />
Legion.<br />
It took him two minutes<br />
and 45 se<strong>co</strong>nds longer<br />
than last year, but the MP<br />
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year’s time but I am a year<br />
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minutes and 45 se<strong>co</strong>nds<br />
longer isn’t too bad!”<br />
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the many <strong>co</strong>nstituents who<br />
generously sponsored me<br />
and sent me messages of<br />
support.”<br />
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This is the latest news about what is happening in our busy<br />
<strong>co</strong>mmunity. From your local Cheshire West and Chester<br />
Councillors, Andrew Dawson and Lynn Riley.<br />
Commencement of Works on Swing Bridge move<br />
a step closer<br />
Following the announcement that a two way temporary bridge will be <strong>co</strong>nstructed to remove potential <strong>co</strong>ngestion<br />
whilst work is undertaken on Sutton Weaver Swing Bridge work is <strong>co</strong>ntinuing to finalise the programme.<br />
Work has been progressing on the procurement of the <strong>co</strong>ntracts for the works, securing the necessary permissions for<br />
the <strong>co</strong>nstruction of the temporary bridge and undertaking essential strengthening works. The decision to install the<br />
temporary bridge was made following <strong>co</strong>ncerns raised by the local <strong>co</strong>mmunity and businesses on the perceived impact<br />
of lane restrictions and traffic management on the existing bridge whilst works were undertaken.<br />
The <strong>co</strong>nstruction of the temporary bridge is due to start towards the end of June 2013 with the structure being<br />
<strong>co</strong>mpleted by the end of Summer 2013 when traffic will be switched from the existing swing bridge onto the temporary<br />
bridge. Sutton Weaver Swing Bridge will then be encapsulated for the painting and strengthening works to begin.<br />
It is anticipated that the work on the swing bridge will be <strong>co</strong>mpleted and traffic diverted back onto the bridge in<br />
summer 2014 and work undertaken to remove the temporary bridge <strong>co</strong>mpleted in Autumn 2014.<br />
<strong>Frodsham</strong> Library Consultation<br />
Moving <strong>Frodsham</strong> library to the same site as the Health centre and Leisure centre is planned to take place around midsummer,<br />
as a result, you will have a bigger, more accessible library and you will be able to do more there than ever<br />
before.<br />
Cheshire West and Chester Council want to know what facilities you would like in the new library!<br />
An online survey has now been launched and can be found at: www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.<strong>uk</strong>/<strong>co</strong>nsultation<br />
Or if you would prefer to <strong>co</strong>mplete a paper questionnaire, these can be <strong>co</strong>llected and returned to one of the following<br />
sites:<br />
• <strong>Frodsham</strong> Library, Rock Chapel, High Street, WA6 7AN<br />
• <strong>Frodsham</strong> Leisure Centre, Prince Way, WA6 6RP<br />
• Weavervale Children's Centre, Ship Street, WA6 7PZ<br />
• Castle Park House, Castle Park, <strong>Frodsham</strong>, WA6 6SE<br />
For every <strong>co</strong>mpleted questionnaire Brio Leisure are donating a free seven day pass.<br />
Hurry the closing date for the survey is May 15th 2013.<br />
Community Update Event<br />
Future of <strong>Frodsham</strong> Event<br />
Cheshire West and Chester Council is joining<br />
<strong>Frodsham</strong> Town Council to hold a Future of<br />
<strong>Frodsham</strong> event, This will take place at the<br />
Mainstreet Church from 12pm to 4pm on<br />
Saturday 18th May.<br />
This is a fabulous opportunity to have your<br />
say and your questions answered on many<br />
different topics all wrapped up in one event!<br />
These include:<br />
• <strong>Frodsham</strong> Library Move - Have your say<br />
on what should be in the new library<br />
• Swing Bridge update – Get the latest<br />
information on this.<br />
• Play Strategy – FTC and CWaC would like<br />
your views on play facilities are needed in<br />
<strong>Frodsham</strong> and where!<br />
• Altogether Better <strong>Frodsham</strong> Test Bed –<br />
Where do you see <strong>Frodsham</strong> in ten years,<br />
have a say in what you want the future of<br />
<strong>Frodsham</strong> to look like.<br />
If you would like to discuss something not<br />
on this list or to register an interest then<br />
please <strong>co</strong>ntact the Rural Communities<br />
Locality team at<br />
rural<strong>co</strong>mmunities@cheshirewestand<br />
chester.gov.<strong>uk</strong><br />
Bee Festival –<br />
Helter Skelter<br />
returns to <strong>Frodsham</strong><br />
We are delighted that this beautiful 50ft<br />
Helter Skelter will be at the Bee Festival on<br />
11 and 12 May thanks to the support of<br />
<strong>Frodsham</strong> Town Council and budget support<br />
from Andrew and Lynn.<br />
To find out more <strong>co</strong>ntact:<br />
Cllr Andrew Dawson<br />
Email: Andrew.Dawson@<br />
cheshirewestandchester.gov.<strong>uk</strong><br />
Tel: 07789 616438<br />
Follow me on:<br />
Twitter@ClrAndrewDawson<br />
Blogsite:<br />
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Cllr Lynn Riley<br />
Email: Lynn.Riley@cheshire<br />
westandchester.gov.<strong>uk</strong><br />
Tel: 07800 869350<br />
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