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The Champion • Wednesday 28 November 2012
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Continental Market stalls in Moor Street, Ormskirk
Christmas market
shopping boost
Report by David Simister
EXTRA market days are being laid on in
Ormskirk to help any West Lancashire
residents needing a little inspiration with their
Christmas shopping.
The borough council said this week that while
the town’s traditional Thursday and Saturday
market days will continue as usual throughout
the festive period, there will also be three
additional market days in the run up to
Christmas, with more than 100 stalls to offer
shoppers the chance to pick up something a bit
different for a present.
The local authority said it has teamed up with
the Love Ormskirk campaign to bring a bit of
Christmas cheer into the town, with the traders
and residents’ group laying on additional
attractions, including an ice rink and a
continental market.
Councillor Martin Forshaw, portfolio holder
for Planning and Development, said:
“Christmas is a very special time of year and
the extra markets and parking offers are a great
way to attract people into the town to do their
festive shopping.
“We are very happy to be working with the
Love Ormskirk town team on other attractions
to help make Ormskirk an even more thriving
place this Christmas.”
The additional markets will be held on
Tuesday, December 18 and Friday, December
21, while another market will be open until
2pm on Christmas Eve.
Local food and drink establishments will be
selling their wares at the Love Ormskirk Food
Stall. This will be by the Clock Tower between
11am and 5pm Sunday, December 9, and
Sunday, December 16.
It will also be open for business between
11am and 7pm on Monday, December 10 and
Tuesday, December 11, and and the following
Monday and Tuesday.
Shoppers are also being given another early
Christmas present – from Monday, December
10 they can save money when using the
council’s car parks, wth visitors who buy a pay
and display ticket receiving an additional two
hours free parking.
This special offer applies to all pay and display
car parks except Two Saints Retail Park, where
an hour’s free parking applies all year round.
Motorists should note that the two extra free
hours will not be shown on the pay and display
parking ticket purchased from the machine.
So, for example, if you buy a ticket at 10am for
one hour’s parking the ticket will still show an
expiry time of 11am. But, during the special
offer period, you will be able to park until 1pm.
The town’s ice rink will be open on Moor
Street between 11am and 5pm on Sunday 9
December and Sunday 16th, and 11am and
7pm on Monday December 10, Tuesday 11th
and Monday December 17 and Tuesday 18th.
Tickets are being sold at Pandora’s Box,
Premier Sports, O2, Vanilla, The Bicycle
Lounge and the Love Ormskirk gazebo, which
will be situated at the Clock Tower from
December 7.
WEST Lancashire residents can keep up to
date about the winter weather using their
mobile phones, the borough council has
said.
The local authority said it has relaunched
its text alert service to keep people across
the borough in the loop if any adverse or icy
conditions affect council–run services, and
it’s free to sign up to the messages, which are
sent straight to your mobile.
Councillor Ian Grant, leader of West
Lancashire Borough Council, said: “We
were lucky last winter, but in the two years
before that we had some of the worst winter
weather in decades affecting residents,
businesses and council services. ”Council
staff work hard to ensure they are fully
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prepared should bad weather arrive. The
text message alert service means that
subscribers will receive important updates
about affected borough council services
straight to their mobile phones, as soon as
they happen.
“We’ll also be keeping people informed via
the website and twitter. I would encourage
people to go online to find out more about
winter services.”
The service, which will include updates on
any changes to services such as refuse and
recycling collections, is free to use, with
anyone wanting to use it being urged to text
‘winter’ to 88882.
You can also follow @WestlancsBC on
Twitter for updates.
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