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4 www.frodshamlife.co.uk May 2013
Barbara’s
last
curtain
call
AFTER 50 years of appearing in or directing musicals,
Barbara Worrall has taken her last curtain call.
Barbara, who graduated as a mature student
from Manchester University in 1993 having studied
Drama and Arts and Entertainment, was in the
director’s chair for the Frodsham-based Zodiac
Amateur Operative Society for her final production
- Me and My Girl, at the Brindley Theatre, Runcorn.
Barbara’s relationship with The Zodiac started
many years ago.
In 2007 the society asked her to direct Oklahoma!
— their first production at the Brindley Theatre.
The following year she suggested that they perform
Hot Mikado - Gilbert and Sullivan with a twist.
This proved to be an exciting production for the
Zodiacs, especially when they received a NODA
nomination for “Best Musical” in 2008.
The award-winning Me and My Girl was a
challenging show to finish her theatre career - but it
proved to be another show stopper.
Barbara is also president of the North West Keep
Fit Association and recently choreographed their
display team for the National Festival at the Milton
Keynes Theatre.
Left: Barbara in directing mode and (above) Zodiac members
in a scene from Me and My Girl.
Station to get
easy access
“hump”
NETWORK Rail is seeking planning
consent for a “Harrington Hump” at
Helsby Station - to make it easier for
passengers with mobility problems to
board or alight from trains.
The Hump would be installed
on Platform 1 which is constructed
at a low level and where many
passengers encounter difficulties.
Frank Thomas, of the North
Cheshire Rail Users Group said:
“The Hump consists of a raised, easy
access platform which is installed at
the edge of the existing platform.
“It is long enough to service two
carriages.
“Platform 1 at Helsby is too low for
many people to step up to the train so
this facility will be extremely useful.”
Network Rail has also applied
for planning consent to install ticket
machines at Frodsham and Helsby
stations.
At present, passengers have to pay
the conductor after boarding a train,
but the machines will enable them to
purchase tickets from the machines,
using a credit or debit card.”
Den dismantled
POLICE have dismantled a den
discovered in Frodsham’s Hob Hey
Wood.
PCSO Neil Flanagan told a
meeting of the Town Council he had
arranged for the den to be removed
after finding evidence of drug taking.