Local Life - St Helens - September 2019
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<strong>Local</strong><strong>Life</strong><br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Helens</strong> Edition <strong>September</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
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Handy Contacts<br />
Hope you’ve all had a lovely summer so far? As<br />
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Highlights<br />
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Regulars<br />
48 Puzzle page<br />
59 Jack’s Tracks<br />
Sections<br />
6 <strong>Local</strong> News<br />
44 Travel<br />
63 Motoring<br />
54 Events2Go<br />
66 Gardening<br />
70 Home Services<br />
Heritage Open<br />
Days<br />
21<br />
Wedding Bells<br />
26<br />
Public Art Trail<br />
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Post Box Appeal<br />
Friends of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> Cemetery are fundraising<br />
for hand-carved post boxes of friendly animals,<br />
including an owl, to be placed in the grounds.<br />
The post boxes will allow anyone going through<br />
bereavement to post letters to the people they’ve<br />
lost, helping them to come to terms with their grief.<br />
To donate to the campaign, visit www.<br />
friendsofsthelenscemetery.co.uk<br />
Clay Pigeon Shoot<br />
Rainford Clay Target Club is hosting a have-a-go<br />
taster session in <strong>September</strong>. If you’ve ever fancied<br />
trying the sport, this is your chance!<br />
You’ll receive expert tuition and tasty barbecue<br />
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Salary and terms and conditions in accordance with Sixth<br />
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further details please telephone the HR Department on<br />
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Winstanley College is committed to safeguarding and<br />
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food on the day for £15 per person. Tickets must be<br />
purchased no later than Saturday, August 31 from<br />
Rainford X Sports and Social Club on Bushey Lane or<br />
on 07939 042229.<br />
The taster session takes place on Sunday, <strong>September</strong><br />
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Musical Memories<br />
A <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> group invites anyone living with<br />
dementia and their carers to come along to sing<br />
songs and chat.<br />
Sessions begin with a cuppa and a chat, followed<br />
by group singing of familiar tunes under the<br />
instruction of Vernon Fuller. Sessions are free to<br />
attend for the foreseeable future.<br />
<strong>September</strong>’s dates are Friday 6th and 20th,<br />
and take place at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> United Reformed<br />
Church on King <strong>St</strong>reet from 2pm-4pm. For more<br />
information, call Anne on 07856 798348 or email<br />
musicalmemoriessthelens@hotmail.co.uk<br />
Tickets<br />
£15<br />
Orchestral<br />
Concert<br />
(£1 for<br />
accompanied<br />
under-16s)<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Helens</strong> Sinfonietta play:<br />
Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture<br />
Beethoven’s 7th Symphony<br />
Mozart’s Overture to Don Giovanni<br />
Dewi Tudor Jones stars in Bach’s A minor<br />
Violin Concerto.<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Helens</strong> Town Hall<br />
Saturday 28th <strong>September</strong>, 7.30pm<br />
Call 01744 600846 or 07914 114635
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An appeal has been launched to find the family<br />
of Ince MP <strong>St</strong>ephen Walsh, after his grave was<br />
discovered at a Garswood churchyard to be in need<br />
of restoration and upkeep.<br />
Walsh was born in Kirkdale in 1859, and had moved<br />
to Ashton-in-Makerfield by 1872 with his brother<br />
after being orphaned. In Ashton, Walsh became<br />
a miner and married Anne, the daughter of John<br />
Adamson, who was working as a pit brow lass.<br />
The couple had ten children – four sons and six<br />
daughters.<br />
Walsh’s foray into politics began when he became<br />
an active trade unionist, and was elected district<br />
officer and secretary of the local union in 1890.<br />
Walsh was an educated man among many<br />
illiterate workers, and commanded the respect and<br />
confidence of those working under him. A member<br />
of the Labour Party, he was later sponsored by the<br />
Miners’ Federation in the 1906 general election, and<br />
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Walsh was a supporter of recruitment campaigns<br />
during the First World War, and advocated for<br />
conscription, though in a cruel twist of fate his<br />
eldest son Arthur was killed in action in 1918 in<br />
Loos, France, and buried overseas aged just 26.<br />
Among Walsh’s list of varied titles was Vice-<br />
President of the National Union of Mineworkers,<br />
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of National<br />
Service and eventually Secretary of <strong>St</strong>ate for War.<br />
Later footage exists from 1924 of 5ft tall <strong>St</strong>ephen<br />
Walsh in his role of War Minister inspecting the<br />
troops: a rather unlikely sight for an orphan from<br />
Liverpool!<br />
<strong>St</strong>ephen Walsh passed away at 8 Swinley Road,<br />
Wigan in March 1929, aged 69, and was buried at<br />
Holy Trinity Church in Garswood. Now the grave he<br />
shares with his wife Anne and seven children has<br />
fallen over and is in dire need of restoration efforts,<br />
and the community has pulled together to help<br />
trace anyone who might be related to Walsh.<br />
Seneley Green parish councillors Jim <strong>St</strong>evenson and<br />
<strong>St</strong>uart Barton have been enlisting the help of local<br />
MPs Conor McGinn and Yvonne Fovargue, who are<br />
exploring the possibilities of Parliamentary funding<br />
towards the renovation of Walsh’s grave.<br />
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would like to get involved in restoration efforts, get<br />
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New Hall for Haresfinch<br />
Plans have been drawn up to provide a new church<br />
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with community facilities, which would be open to<br />
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The Ashton-in-Makerfield Festival is back in full<br />
force for <strong>2019</strong>, with an exciting programme of<br />
events ranging from <strong>September</strong> 14th-28th.<br />
Arts in Ashton<br />
Established in 1993, Ashton’s annual festival<br />
celebrates the best in local arts and culture, and<br />
commemorated its 25th anniversary last year. The<br />
original festival brochure hoped it would be ‘the<br />
forerunner of a much larger, community led event<br />
in future years’ - a dream that definitely came true.<br />
From historical talks at Ashton Library on coal<br />
mining heritage in the district to entertainment<br />
nights hosted by local schools, the calendar is<br />
packed with opportunities to get out and about<br />
in the local community to enjoy a whole host of<br />
cultural events at a range of venues.<br />
Involved this year are Cansfield High School, <strong>St</strong>.<br />
Edmund Arrowsmith High School and Bryn <strong>St</strong>.<br />
Peter’s C.E. Primary, along with the Wigan Ukulele<br />
Club, the Old Hall Brass Band, Wigan Seagulls and<br />
the Warrington Male Voice Choir.<br />
For more information about the festival and full<br />
events list, head to Ashton-in-Makerfield Festival on<br />
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In Mining Memoriam<br />
Golborne Ex-Miners have published a booklet<br />
to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the<br />
Golborne Colliery Disaster, which killed 10 miners<br />
in March 1979.<br />
Treasurer of Golborne Ex-Miners Eric Foster<br />
commented: ‘The commemoration clearly<br />
demonstrates how our community keeps the<br />
memory in their hearts. Our children, grandchildren<br />
and those who follow us will be able to have some<br />
understanding of what their ancestors felt and<br />
remembered.’<br />
The booklet is available for £4 to cover the cost of<br />
production from any of the Ex-Miners, from Wigan<br />
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Look For a Book<br />
A book hunt has been taking place around Rainford<br />
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<strong>Local</strong> joinery company Abbott-<br />
Wade, which was established in<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> in 1996, was crowned<br />
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The company scooped the highest<br />
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National Champs<br />
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Visit www.abbottwade.co.uk for more information.<br />
Write On<br />
The Friends of Victoria Park have launched their<br />
Young Writer of the Year Competition for <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Young people aged 5-11 who live or attend school<br />
in the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> borough are invited to submit up<br />
to 1000 words for a short story or up to 40 lines for<br />
a poem on the topic of ‘How Green is My Town’. The<br />
winner of each section (fiction and poetry) will be<br />
awarded a £25 book token and a book of poetry<br />
by Sue Gerrard, along with having their work<br />
published on the FOVP website. Runner-ups will<br />
receive a £15 book token.<br />
A presentation ceremony will take place at the<br />
Orangery in Victoria Park on Friday, December 13.<br />
Entries must be submitted by Friday, October 18 –<br />
to obtain an entry form, email fovpinfo@yahoo.com<br />
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Classical<br />
Highlights<br />
22 years have gone by since Alan Free thought it<br />
might make sense to start a small orchestra in <strong>St</strong>.<br />
<strong>Helens</strong> – a town where Sir Thomas Beecham began<br />
his conducting career. The great cultural heritage of<br />
orchestral music seemed to have since passed the<br />
town by, so it was only logical that Alan canvass<br />
his musical friends back in 1997 to raise enough<br />
money for the inaugural concert of the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong><br />
Sinfonietta.<br />
The first concert took place in October that year<br />
at <strong>St</strong>. Thomas Church on Peter <strong>St</strong>reet, before the<br />
orchestra moved to its current home at the United<br />
Reformed Church. Twenty-two years later, many<br />
of the faces have changed – both among the<br />
volunteers who keep the Sinfonietta running and<br />
the skilled players who produce the music – but the<br />
orchestra has endured and grown. It produces two<br />
main concerts per year, often at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> Town<br />
Hall, and a series of hour-long mini concerts offering<br />
a gourmet taster session of flute, cello, accordion,<br />
classical guitar and a harp and saxophone duo.<br />
Alan’s sudden tragic death in April this year raised<br />
huge questions about the Sinfonietta’s future, but<br />
the team were determined to go ahead with the<br />
pre-planned programme in his memory. Despite a<br />
minor panic or two, the planning for 2020 is already<br />
underway, and will hopefully see the Sinfonietta go<br />
from strength to strength.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> Sinfonietta’s next concert will take<br />
place on Saturday, <strong>September</strong><br />
28, bringing a tremendous<br />
selection of classical gems from<br />
Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and<br />
Mendelssohn. Bill Connor – who<br />
was responsible for the schools<br />
performance in the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong><br />
150 celebration last year – will<br />
be conducting, and tickets can<br />
be purchased for £15 on 01744<br />
600846 or 07914 114635.<br />
For more information about<br />
the orchestra and updates<br />
on upcoming events, visit<br />
sthelenssinfonietta.co.uk
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OUTSTANDING<br />
RESULTS FOR THE CLASS OF <strong>2019</strong><br />
98.42%<br />
LEVEL 3 PASS RATE<br />
55.75%<br />
TOP GRADES (A*-B / Dist*-Dist)<br />
“THE QUALITY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IS OUTSTANDING.” Ofsted June <strong>2019</strong><br />
79.29%<br />
HIGH GRADES<br />
(A*-C / Dist* -Merit)<br />
OPEN EVENTS<br />
O20P<br />
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WED 16TH OCT <strong>2019</strong><br />
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THURS 7TH NOV <strong>2019</strong><br />
5:30-8:00pm<br />
SAT 16TH NOV <strong>2019</strong><br />
11:00am-1:30pm<br />
TUES 4TH FEB 2020<br />
5:30-8:00pm<br />
ENT<br />
*The Times % A*/A*-B Grades 16/08/19<br />
Prescot Road, <strong>St</strong> <strong>Helens</strong>, Merseyside WA10 3AG<br />
Tel: 01744 452200 (Reception) 01744 452214 (Admissions)<br />
Email: info@carmel.ac.uk<br />
FEB<br />
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WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN AN<br />
APPRENTICESHIP PROVIDER<br />
If you’re thinking about starting an Apprenticeship, there are a few things you should consider. One<br />
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Customer satisfaction rates<br />
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Visit www.gov.uk/government/collections/<br />
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Employers the provider works with<br />
You want the best possible chance of getting<br />
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career goals.<br />
How many Apprentices achieve their<br />
full Apprenticeship<br />
You should look for training providers who have<br />
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This means that Apprentices have completed<br />
all the training and qualifications they need to<br />
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Apprenticeships through their training.<br />
Visit www.gov.uk/government/collections/sfanational-success-rates-tables<br />
Specialism in your sector<br />
Does the Apprenticeship provider specialise<br />
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Visit findapprenticeshiptraining.<br />
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<strong>St</strong> <strong>Helens</strong> Chamber APPRENTICESHIPS<br />
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If you would like to know more about<br />
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ST HELENS CHAMBER<br />
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Heritage<br />
Open Days<br />
Rufford Old Hall<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 14, 11am-5pm (last entry<br />
4:30pm)<br />
Liverpool Road, Rufford, L40 1SG<br />
Explore Rufford Old Hall for free – you’ll be stepping<br />
into more than 500 years of history at this Tudor<br />
building. Unwind in the Victorian gardens and get<br />
closer to nature with bug hunting kits for children.<br />
Heritage Open Days is a nationwide scheme<br />
offering free tours and days out to help you<br />
learn more about local places and their<br />
history, taking place each <strong>September</strong>.<br />
Blackpool Tower<br />
Sunday, <strong>September</strong> 15 & Sunday, <strong>September</strong> 22,<br />
11:30am<br />
Bank Hey <strong>St</strong>reet, Blackpool, FY1 4BJ<br />
This iconic Victorian pleasure complex opened its<br />
doors in 1894, and now invites guests to enjoy a free<br />
guided tour during its 125th anniversary year. Prebooking<br />
required on 01253 478090 or heritage@<br />
blackpool.gov.uk<br />
Infantry Museum<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 14, 10am-4pm<br />
Watling <strong>St</strong>reet Road, Preston, PR2 8AA<br />
Embark on a guided tour of the usually inaccessible<br />
Fulwood Barracks, which were constructed in<br />
response to the Plug Riots of 1842. The 47th<br />
Regiment of Foot Reenactment Society will also<br />
be recreating a slice of the American War of<br />
Independence (1775-1783), with WWI kits and<br />
weapons on display.<br />
Mersey Tunnel Tours<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 14 & Sunday, <strong>September</strong> 15,<br />
10am-4pm<br />
George’s Dock Building, Liverpool, L3 1DD<br />
Get a glimpse behind the Art Deco exterior of the<br />
George’s Dock Building and experience tours to<br />
the original Control Room and through the Fan<br />
Chamber to the Queensway Tunnel.<br />
https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/
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Lancaster Castle<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 21 & Sunday, <strong>September</strong> 22,<br />
10am-4pm<br />
Castle Parade, Lancaster, LA1 1YJ<br />
Embark on a guided tour of the castle where 200<br />
prisoners were hanged. Explore the Chapel Yard,<br />
the Drop Room, Hadrian’s Tower and the Old Cells.<br />
Speke Hall<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 21, 10:30am-4:30pm<br />
The Walk, Speke, L24 1XD<br />
This National Trust property opens its doors for free<br />
– explore the huge Tudor house or set the kids free<br />
in the maze and play areas. Guided tours available.<br />
Anderton Boat Lift<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 21 & Sunday, <strong>September</strong> 22,<br />
9:30am-5pm<br />
Lift Lane, Anderton, CW9 6FW<br />
Head off on a free Top of the World Tour at the<br />
Anderton Boat Lift – a Victorian feat of engineering<br />
offering spectacular panoramic views from the top.<br />
Pre-booking required on 01606 786777.<br />
Museum of Transport<br />
<strong>September</strong> 14, 15, 21 & 22, 10am-4:30pm<br />
Boyle <strong>St</strong>reet, Manchester, M8 8UW<br />
The museum opens its doors for free to offer a ride<br />
back in time – expert volunteers are on hand to<br />
explain the stories behind the many treasures in the<br />
museum.<br />
Bank Hall<br />
Sunday, <strong>September</strong> 15, 12pm-4pm<br />
Bank Hall Drive, Liverpool Rd., Bretherton,<br />
PR26 9AT<br />
Enjoy a guided tour around the house exterior and<br />
find out about its history, with craft stalls to browse<br />
and refreshments available.<br />
Terraced Gardens<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 7, 10am onwards<br />
Rivington Terraced Gardens, Rivington, BL6 7SA<br />
Explore Rivington Terraced Gardens like never<br />
before, with experience historians on hand to<br />
answer your questions. The Pigeon Tower will be<br />
open to the public on the day.
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Wedding Bells<br />
August was a monumental month for<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Andrew’s Mission Hall in Garswood<br />
as it hosted its first ever wedding.<br />
Daniel and Danielle Collins had their<br />
eye set on the hall since they started<br />
planning their big day. <strong>St</strong>. Andrew’s<br />
Mission had just the right vintage feel<br />
they were looking for in their quest<br />
for a 1960s-style wedding, and being<br />
members of the church for two years<br />
prior, the couple already felt part of<br />
the family. In a card addressed to the<br />
Hall, they wrote: ‘We can’t wait to<br />
make history by getting married here!’<br />
And make history they did, in a building already<br />
steeped in it. <strong>St</strong>. Andrew’s Mission Hall was<br />
originally constructed as a temporary building<br />
in 1932 and a result of community fundraising. It<br />
officially opened on November 26th that year, with<br />
a new Management Committee set up to help with<br />
the running of the hall and to draw up a set of rules<br />
and regulations for it to adhere to.<br />
During WWII, the hall was a temporary home for<br />
Liverpool evacuees, and prisoners from the nearby<br />
Garswood Park prisoner of war camp were allowed<br />
to come to the hall and join in activities – one of<br />
these prisoners chose to remain in Garswood after<br />
the war ended and married a local woman. With<br />
all this under its belt, Daniel and Danielle knew <strong>St</strong>.<br />
Andrew’s would be the perfect location for their<br />
vintage wedding. There was only one snag – the<br />
hall wasn’t officially licensed for marriages. Daniel<br />
and Danielle were interviewed by local mission<br />
leader Rosalyn about their reasons for choosing the<br />
venue, and filled in an application form to send out<br />
to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was the one<br />
to grant the couple official permission.<br />
On the day, a vintage double-decker bus arrived<br />
to transport the couple to <strong>St</strong>. Andrew’s, and the<br />
hall was beautifully decorated with bunting and<br />
confetti. After the ceremony, Daniel and Danielle<br />
headed off to the Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls factory in<br />
Wigan for a very vintage photoshoot.<br />
Daniel Hough Photography<br />
Although the marriage license the hall received<br />
only covered one wedding, members hope more<br />
couples will be encouraged to apply to tie the knot<br />
at the beautiful Garswood venue in future.<br />
For more information about <strong>St</strong>. Andrew’s Mission<br />
Hall, visit them on Facebook @standrewsgarswood
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Carmel College’s class of <strong>2019</strong><br />
achieved outstanding results in<br />
their A-Levels.<br />
This year students achieved a<br />
very impressive Level 3 pass rate<br />
of 98.42% with 55.75% top grades<br />
(A*-B / Dist*-Dist) and 79.29%<br />
high grades (A*-C / Dist*-Merit).<br />
This confirms Carmel College<br />
as one of the top 10 sixth forms<br />
in the country, the top A-Level<br />
provider in <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> and the best<br />
performing college in Merseyside.<br />
Results Success<br />
Principal Mike Hill said: ‘We are<br />
really pleased with this year’s<br />
excellent results which follows our Outstanding<br />
Ofsted grade awarded in the summer. It’s so good<br />
to see so many of our students gaining the grades<br />
they were targeted which will allow them to go on<br />
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Viking Weekend<br />
The Smithy Heritage Centre are hosting a Viking<br />
Market to celebrate Heritage Open Days.<br />
The Eccleston-based heritage centre invites you to<br />
experience Viking life with a whole host of themed<br />
family activities and market stalls. Try a traditional<br />
game of Hnefatafl, meet some Vikings and see how<br />
they lived, and try some heritage crafts.<br />
Up’, along with their first single ‘Where Have All<br />
The Flowers Gone/Here’s To The Heroes’ as a fitting<br />
tribute to those who served in WWI.<br />
For your chance to win, simply head over to our<br />
Facebook page @locallifemagazine247 and see<br />
the pinned post for details on how to enter. Entries<br />
must be received by Wednesday, <strong>September</strong> 11<br />
and the concert takes place the following week in<br />
Blackpool on Wednesday, <strong>September</strong> 18.<br />
Pop down to the Smithy on the weekend of<br />
<strong>September</strong> 14th and 15th between 11am and 5pm<br />
to get involved.<br />
Classical Competition<br />
<strong>Local</strong> <strong>Life</strong> are giving you the opportunity to win a<br />
pair of tickets to see Aled Jones and Russell Watson<br />
live in concert at the Opera House, Blackpool!<br />
Since releasing their debut album ‘In Harmony’<br />
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Competition Winners<br />
Congratulations to the winners of our August<br />
competition to win a pair of tickets to Southport<br />
Flower Show!<br />
The competition winners were Glenda Wakefield<br />
from Garswood (pictured), Eileen Woods from<br />
Rainford and Joseph Giblin from Rainford.<br />
Don’t forget to see pages 56-57 for your chance to<br />
win a family ticket to Martin Mere Wetland Centre<br />
this month.<br />
Did you know we also run social media competitions<br />
exclusively for fans of our Facebook page, <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Life</strong><br />
Magazines? Make sure to give it a like to stay up to<br />
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Public Art Trail<br />
Grab your walking boots and head off on <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Life</strong>’s <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> public art trail to discover<br />
some of the wonderful sculptures and statues hidden around the borough.<br />
The Landings<br />
A typical mining family rests on the<br />
roundabout by <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> YMCA,<br />
just off the A571. The Landings was<br />
conceived by Thompson Dagnall,<br />
depicting a collier picking coal, a<br />
young boy breaking the coal and a pit<br />
brow lass, who worked on the surface<br />
picking stones, all sitting around a<br />
central column of coal. The statues<br />
were erected to highlight the integrity<br />
of the industry to <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>, and the<br />
devastation of townsfolk when it shut<br />
down. The area’s last pit closed in 1993,<br />
signalling the end of a<br />
dangerous industry.<br />
Queen Victoria<br />
Atop her throne in Victoria Square, the statue of Queen Victoria<br />
was unveiled in 1905, and originally sat in the centre of the square<br />
- it was only moved to the west side in 2000. The Grade-II* listed<br />
statue, to celebrate the benefits <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> received under Queen<br />
Victoria’s rule, was donated to the town by Colonel William<br />
Windle Pilkington, member of the glass-making family<br />
and mayor at the time.
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Photo by Matt Harrop<br />
The Needle<br />
The Millennium Needle<br />
at the back of the<br />
Hardshaw Centre is a<br />
functional installation<br />
unveiled in 2006 – a<br />
spiral metal staircase<br />
winds around the 20<br />
metre sculpture, leading<br />
up to the car park. Small<br />
holes in the top of the<br />
Needle allow light to<br />
shine through, with<br />
floor lights originally<br />
illuminating the giant<br />
stainless steel piece. But<br />
what does it mean?<br />
Well, the Needle was<br />
created to reflect <strong>St</strong>.<br />
<strong>Helens</strong>’ ambitions and confidence at the turn of the<br />
new millennium; reaching, as it does, for the stars.<br />
Glacial Erratic<br />
You might have spotted the three large boulders<br />
lurking around <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> – one located in Friends’<br />
Garden, one in Dale Crescent in Sutton Leach going<br />
toward Mill Lane, and the other in Sutton Park – but<br />
have you ever stopped<br />
to wonder where they<br />
originated from? The<br />
glacial boulders are<br />
theorised to have been<br />
left behind by the last Ice<br />
Age in the Lake District.<br />
The boulder at the<br />
Marina Avenue entrance<br />
to Sutton Park is thought<br />
to be over 12,000 years<br />
old, and was brought<br />
down from up north by<br />
ice glaciers.<br />
Photo by Sue Adair<br />
The Workers<br />
Unveiled in April this year at Vera Page Park - close<br />
to the <strong>St</strong>eve Prescott Bridge – this bronze statue<br />
commemorates all those who lost their lives in<br />
their workplaces. The statue was dreamed up by<br />
the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> Workers Memorial charity and stands<br />
proudly on the former Lyons Yard which was home<br />
to a combination of major industries in <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>. It<br />
depicts an industrial worker lifting a child, and was<br />
constructed from old tools and machinery parts – a<br />
tribute to what the children of so many industrial<br />
workers lost.<br />
The Miner<br />
This statue, which sits on a roundabout along <strong>St</strong>.<br />
<strong>Helens</strong> Linkway close to Ravenhead Retail Park,<br />
was awarded Grade-II listed status back in 2016.<br />
Designed by Arthur Fleischmann, the artwork dates<br />
back to 1964 and depicts a miner atop a cutting<br />
drum to mark the invention of the Anderton<br />
Shearer cutter, which was first used at Ravenhead<br />
Colliery. The statue actually used to stand across<br />
from Anderton House in Lowton before it was<br />
relocated to <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>.
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Saints <strong>St</strong>ar<br />
Former Saints star Keiron Cunningham<br />
is widely considered one of the greatest<br />
rugby league players of all time. Born in<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>, he made his debut for Saints<br />
in 1994, winning five Super League<br />
Championships, seven Challenge Cup<br />
Winners medals and two World Club<br />
Challenge Winner medals in his long<br />
career. Cunningham was also ranked<br />
by Rugby League World as the greatest<br />
player of his era in 2007. His statue was unveiled<br />
in 2010 and remains at the Totally Wicked <strong>St</strong>adium<br />
today.<br />
Portrait Bench<br />
Tucked away in Sherdley Park is a metal bench with<br />
some famous faces standing just behind it. The<br />
Sustrans Portrait Bench depicts comedian Johnny<br />
Vegas, Saints star <strong>St</strong>eve Prescott MBE and an<br />
anonymous glass blower who would have worked<br />
in the town.<br />
Dream<br />
Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, Sutton<br />
Manor’s Dream was a result of a Channel 4<br />
programme – The Big Art Project. The 66 foot high<br />
sculpture originally placed seventh on the show,<br />
missing the shortlisted spots, but was commissioned<br />
when several other projects fell through.<br />
Constructed from white marble and developed<br />
in association with local ex-miners, the sculpture<br />
depicts a nine-year-old girl looking to <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>’<br />
future on the site of the former Sutton Manor<br />
Colliery. It was pegged to be Merseyside’s version of<br />
the Angel of the North, visible from the M62.<br />
On the way up, don’t miss the metal canary bench<br />
as a nod to the birds who would died of carbon<br />
monoxide poisoning ahead of the miners, warning<br />
them of impending disaster. Another bench depicts<br />
a coal cart with the words ‘Beneath this ground<br />
toiled human worms, gave all they had to give’<br />
Photo by Raymond Knapman<br />
inscribed above, while six flame-like monoliths<br />
inscribed with poems by artist Bernadette Hughes<br />
and local schoolchildren makes up ‘From Earth,<br />
Light’, leading the way to Dream.<br />
The Green Man<br />
In The Duckeries in Parr lie a series of ‘Poetrees’, and<br />
at the helm, the Green Man. The carved wooden<br />
sculpture was created on the site of a disused<br />
colliery spoil heap, crafted to look over the newly<br />
planted trees as nature takes over once more.<br />
Bold Sculptures<br />
Colliers Moss in Bold is home to a number of<br />
examples of rural art. The former colliery was<br />
landscaped into a nature reserve after the pit closed<br />
in 1985, resulting in the loss of over 800 jobs. Now<br />
former machinery makes up a strange sculpture<br />
garden – a huge pit head wheel still stands on the<br />
site, while a winding wheel has been transformed<br />
Photo by Cara Donovan
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Welcome to <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong><br />
The iconic Welcome to <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> sign can be found<br />
on the Micklehead Green roundabout on <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong><br />
Linkway, and welcomes people travelling from<br />
the M62 or from Widnes way into the borough.<br />
Embossed with staples of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> including<br />
the Rainhill Rocket, the World of Glass’s huge kiln,<br />
a Mersey flat boat from the Sankey Canal, the<br />
Sherdley Bridge and a rugby ball, the sign is a show<br />
of what the borough is represents to the rest of<br />
England – and indeed the world.<br />
into a small footbridge for walkers at the entrance<br />
to Colliers Moss Common. Nearby, find the towering<br />
Millennium Bridge as it runs over the railway line,<br />
and discover a huge bronze nut cracked from its<br />
stone shell. The installations perfectly capture<br />
how a site of former industry has gone on to be<br />
reclaimed by nature.<br />
Water Wheel<br />
Sankey Valley Country Park near Carr Mill Dam<br />
is the site of the former <strong>St</strong>anley Iron Slitting Mill;<br />
built in 1773, the mill was powered by the water<br />
in the reservoir, and continued to operate until<br />
1830, when it was replaced by a corn mill. The mill<br />
heated and rolled iron ingots forged at Carr Mill<br />
and slit them into bars for use in nail-making. Now<br />
the site has been rejuvenated into a country park,<br />
and houses several sculptures harking back to its<br />
heritage including a water wheel and metal carts.<br />
Haydock’s Miner<br />
In Haydock Library you’ll find a bust of a miner<br />
still wearing his helmet, donated on behalf of the<br />
National Union of Mineworkers North Western Area.<br />
Designed by Elizabeth Frink, the sculpture points to<br />
Haydock’s mining heritage and offers a reminder<br />
of the explosion at Haydock Colliery in June 1878<br />
which took the lives of 204 men and boys. Also on<br />
display is a time capsule which was buried in the<br />
foundations of Haydock Cottage Hospital back in<br />
1886. The capsule was discovered and dug up in<br />
2017, containing a copy of the Earlestown Guardian<br />
and annual hospital reports.<br />
Photo by David Dixon<br />
Notable Mentions<br />
- Norman Harvey, Mesnes Park, Newton-le-Willows<br />
- Memorial Cenotaph, Victoria Square<br />
- Giant Giraffe, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> Linkway<br />
- Griffin Wood Carvings, off Hall Lane
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50 Health & Fitness<br />
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Diabetes UK Meeting<br />
The <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> & District Diabetes UK group will<br />
meet on Wednesday, <strong>September</strong> 4 at 7:30pm at the<br />
United Reformed Church on King <strong>St</strong>reet.<br />
Guest speaker Jessica Graham, Volunteer<br />
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Dyslexia Talk<br />
Garswood Ladies are hosting a session on dyslexia<br />
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on Wednesday, <strong>September</strong> 4 from 1pm-3pm.<br />
For more info, call Elizabeth on 07864 820161.
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A Real HIIT<br />
When we think of the gym we usually picture<br />
ourselves jogging on a treadmill, or pounding a<br />
cross-trainer, non-stop for 45 minutes. Some people<br />
love it, and get a real buzz from a session, but if<br />
you’re like me you’ll count every single second as<br />
you wait for the torture to stop. What if you could<br />
get more health benefits by doing just half the<br />
exercise? When I heard this was a possibility at the<br />
gym I attend I couldn’t sign-up fast enough.<br />
Enter HIIT, High Intensity Interval Training<br />
(pronounced ‘hit’).<br />
HIIT involves short periods, 30 seconds or so, of<br />
high intensity exercise followed by equally short<br />
rest periods which you repeat for around 20 to 30<br />
minutes. The idea is to work as hard as you possibly<br />
can during each work session, then catch your<br />
breath, then repeat. At the end of the whole work<br />
out you should be totally exhausted.<br />
At this point you might be thinking that the<br />
45-minute gentle jog isn’t sounding so bad after all,<br />
but HIIT has a number of real advantages.<br />
High intensity exercise<br />
burns more calories and<br />
more fat. Because you are<br />
working flat out your body<br />
needs to expend a lot more<br />
energy. It can’t keep pace<br />
with your needs by simply<br />
burning easily accessible<br />
temporary carbohydrate<br />
stores, so it has to start<br />
burning fat. It also needs a<br />
lot more oxygen which is<br />
why you get out of breath.<br />
But this raises your body’s<br />
metabolism to a much<br />
higher level than simply<br />
jogging. So, when you finish exercise your body<br />
stays in this high-energy state for much longer<br />
burning even more calories.<br />
Your whole body has to work a lot harder to keep up<br />
with the exercise, especially your heart. In fact HIIT<br />
strengthens your whole cardiovascular system. It’s<br />
also very good at reducing insulin resistance (one<br />
of the precursors to type ll diabetes) which makes<br />
it much easier for your body to regulate your blood<br />
sugar, as well as helping to high blood pressure, the<br />
risk of heart disease, cancer, obesity and more.<br />
HIIT is easily tailored to any fitness level. If you<br />
pop to your local gym, you’ll usually find beginner,<br />
intermediate and advanced level sessions. But if the<br />
gym really isn’t your thing, it’s easy to do a HIIT work<br />
out at home. There are lots of apps and videos to<br />
help you out.<br />
Spending just 20 minutes, three times a week on<br />
HIIT will kick your health drive into top gear, so why<br />
not give High Intensity Interval Training a try?<br />
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Craft & Food Fair<br />
Sunday, <strong>September</strong> 1, 11am-3pm<br />
Browse over 25 different stalls and enjoy tasty treats<br />
– free entry.<br />
Rainford Village Hall, Church Road, Rainford,<br />
WA11 8HB<br />
Beetle Drive<br />
Tuesday, <strong>September</strong> 3, 7pm<br />
Get in the party spirit with a game of Beetle Drive<br />
and enjoy tea, biscuits and a prize draw. Entry £4.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Andrew’s Mission Hall, Garswood Road,<br />
Garswood, WN4 0TU<br />
Afternoon Sing-a-long<br />
Friday, <strong>September</strong> 6, 1pm-4pm<br />
Entertainment from the Phoenix Society – have a<br />
sing and a cake! There’ll also be bingo games in the<br />
afternoon. Tickets £5 on 01744 451919, proceeds to<br />
the HoneyRose Foundation.<br />
Wishes Function Room, Cotham <strong>St</strong>reet, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>,<br />
WA10 1SP<br />
Classic Car Show<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 7, 10am-4pm<br />
A fantastic range of classic and vintage cars on<br />
display in the square.<br />
Church Square, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>, WA10 1AF<br />
Wellbeing Fair<br />
Sunday, <strong>September</strong> 8, 5pm-9pm<br />
Experience a variety of holistic treatments in<br />
taster sessions, browse product stalls and enjoy<br />
refreshments. Entry £2, kids go free.<br />
Rainford Village Hall, Church Road, Rainford,<br />
WA11 8HB<br />
Surviving PTSD Talk<br />
Tuesday, <strong>September</strong> 10, 6pm<br />
A guest speaker heads to Momo’s for World Suicide<br />
Prevention Day with a talk about surviving PTSD.<br />
Free entry.<br />
Momo’s Café CIC, Westfield <strong>St</strong>reet, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>,<br />
WA10 1QJ<br />
Afternoon Tea Party<br />
Wednesday, <strong>September</strong> 11, 1pm-3pm<br />
Enjoy a delicious range of sandwiches, scones and<br />
cakes and have a good chinwag, all while raising<br />
money for Willowbrook Hospice. Tickets £7.50 on<br />
01744 453798.<br />
The Living Well, Borough Rd, WA10 3RN<br />
Charity Golf Day<br />
Thursday, <strong>September</strong> 12, 11:15am-9:30pm<br />
Raise money for Willowbrook Hospice at the 13th<br />
annual golf day – a great day of golf followed by<br />
drinks and a 3-course meal. £70 per player or £250<br />
for a team of four – call 01744 453798 to book.<br />
Blundells Hill Golf Club, Blundells Ln, Rainhill, L35<br />
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Moss Bank Music Festival<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 14, 12pm-8pm<br />
Music from Salty, Alex Hilditch, That Old Chestnut<br />
and more in aid of Willowbrook Hospice. Tickets<br />
from venue £10 for adults or £5 for under-18s.<br />
Moss Bank Hotel, Moss Bank Road, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>,<br />
WA11 7BT<br />
Old Hall Brass Band<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 14, 7:30pm<br />
The Old Hall Brass Band present a night of music.<br />
Tickets £4.50 from Ashton Library or the market, £5<br />
on the door.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Thomas’s Church, Warrington Road, Ashton-in-<br />
Makerfield, WN4 9PL<br />
Viking Market<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 14 & Sunday, <strong>September</strong> 15,<br />
11am-5pm<br />
Shop like a Viking at this themed market filled with<br />
goods and crafts. Play a game of Hnefatafl and meet<br />
the Vikings to discover how they lived and fought,<br />
plus lots of refreshments and craft activities. Free<br />
admission.<br />
Smithy Heritage Centre, Kiln Lane, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>,<br />
WA10 4RA<br />
Colour Run<br />
Sunday, <strong>September</strong> 15, 9am<br />
Walk, jog, run or Zumba your way through<br />
colour stations in aid of the Saints Community<br />
Development Foundation on a route from the<br />
stadium to Church Square. Entry £15 per adult or<br />
£7.50 per junior – more info at www.saintsrlfc.com<br />
Totally Wicked <strong>St</strong>adium, McManus Drive, <strong>St</strong>.<br />
<strong>Helens</strong>, WA9 3AL<br />
Heritage Walking Tour<br />
Sunday, <strong>September</strong> 15, 11am<br />
Join a guided walk around the cemetery and learn<br />
about the graves of the rich and famous, sporting<br />
stars and military heroes. £2 per walker, booking<br />
essential at friendsofsthelenscemetery@gmail.com<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> Cemetery, Rainford Road, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>,<br />
WA10 6DF<br />
Paws in the Park<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 15, 11am-5pm<br />
Help raise money for Dogs for Good with a funfair,<br />
various stalls and the famous dog show! For info,<br />
email info@frasersevents.onmicrosoft.com<br />
Sherdley Park, Marshall Cross Rd, WA9 5DE<br />
Ashton Coal Mining Talk<br />
Tuesday, <strong>September</strong> 17, 7pm<br />
This historical talk discusses Ashton-in-Makerfield’s<br />
coal mining heritage from 1500-1900, particularly<br />
the large collieries at Garswood Hall, Bryn Hall and<br />
Park Colliery. Entry £3.<br />
Ashton Library, Wigan Road, Ashton-in-<br />
Makerfield, WN4 9BH<br />
Wigan Ukulele Club<br />
Thursday, <strong>September</strong> 19, 7:30pm<br />
A night of ukulele music from the Wigan Ukulele<br />
Club. Tickets £4.50 from Ashton Library or the<br />
market, £5 on the door.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Oswald’s Social Club, Wigan Road, Ashton-in-<br />
Makerfield, WN4 9LH<br />
From Ireland to Greenbank<br />
Tuesday, <strong>September</strong> 24, 5:30pm-9pm<br />
Discover how the Irish ended up in <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>: from<br />
the potato famine to their arrival in this local history<br />
talk. Voluntary contribution of £2 per person.<br />
Momo’s, Westfield <strong>St</strong>reet, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>, WA10 1QJ
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With leaves crunching beneath your feet, striking<br />
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During the weekend we’ve also got a whole range of<br />
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Mary O Shaughnessy Talk<br />
Tuesday, <strong>September</strong> 24, 7pm<br />
Babs Hennessy presents a talk on the nanny born<br />
in Ashton-in-Makerfield in 1898 who went on to aid<br />
local resistance in WWII. Entry £3.<br />
Ashton Library, Wigan Road, Ashton-in-<br />
Makerfield, WN4 9BH<br />
U3A Drop-In<br />
Wednesday, <strong>September</strong> 25, 10:30am-2pm<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> U3A host a drop-in event – come and see<br />
what the U3A has to offer and discover how you<br />
could learn some new skills!<br />
World Of Glass, Chalon Way East, WA10 1BX<br />
Gin Night<br />
Friday, <strong>September</strong> 27, 7:30pm-11:30pm<br />
Enjoy a scrumptious selection of gins and tapas –<br />
tickets £10 including a commemorative glass and<br />
your first gin.<br />
Houghwood Golf, Crank Road, Billinge, WA11 8RL<br />
Sinfonietta: Classical Gems<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 28, 7:30pm-9:30pm<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> Sinfonietta presents a concert of<br />
classical gems. Tickets £15 per adult and £1 per<br />
accompanied under-16, available on 01744 600846<br />
or 07914 114635.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> Town Hall, Victoria Square, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>,<br />
WA10 1HP<br />
60th Anniversary Concert<br />
Sunday, <strong>September</strong> 29, 2pm<br />
The Trinity Girls Brass Band present their 60th<br />
anniversary reunion concert. Players from the past<br />
are welcome to come and join in! Tickets £6.<br />
Comedy Night<br />
Friday, October 4, doors at 7:15pm<br />
A night of comedy from Tanyalee Davis, Nige and<br />
MC <strong>St</strong>e Porter. Tickets £10 from the venue.<br />
SIDAC Club, Wheatsheaf Avenue, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong>, WA9<br />
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Oliver!<br />
Thursday, October 10 – Saturday, October 12,<br />
7:30pm (2pm matinee on Sat)<br />
Pilkington Musical Theatre Company present Oliver<br />
the musical, featuring classic songs like ‘Food,<br />
Glorious Food’ and ‘You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket<br />
Or Two’. Tickets £17.50 per adult or £15 per child,<br />
available on 01744 756000.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> Theatre Royal, Corporation <strong>St</strong>reet, <strong>St</strong>.<br />
<strong>Helens</strong>, WA10 1LQ<br />
<strong>St</strong>epping Out<br />
Thursday, October 17 – Saturday, October 19,<br />
7:30pm<br />
Follow Mavis on a hilarious adventure as she tries<br />
to teach tap dancing to a motley crew of amateurs,<br />
performed by Rainhill Garrick Society. Tickets £7 or<br />
£6 concessions, available on 01744 813429 or from<br />
Rainhill Post Office.<br />
Rainhill Village Hall, Dane Court, Rainhill, L35 4LU<br />
Blind Wine Tasting<br />
Friday, October 18, 7:30pm<br />
Test your knowledge of wines from around the<br />
world, plus plenty of music and a quiz. Tickets £20<br />
from David on 07801 719691.<br />
Rainford Village Hall, Church Road, Rainford,<br />
WA11 8HB<br />
Haydock Conservative Club, Bellerophon Way,<br />
Haydock, WA11 0GT
Parbold Eight<br />
by Chris Pearce<br />
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Distance: 7 miles Difficulty: Medium<br />
This month we make an overdue but welcome return<br />
to the walking capital of West Lancashire to tackle<br />
the Parbold Eight, a reference not to the mileage but<br />
to the shape of this seven mile walk. As you can see<br />
from the pictures, we picked a gorgeous day to tackle<br />
an outstanding walk rich in high quality picturesque<br />
views of the Douglas Valley, the peaks of the western<br />
Pennine hills and also of the Lancashire coastline.<br />
Park up in the small car park at Hunters Hill (L40 3SR)<br />
in rural Bispham, a former quarry site that’s been<br />
transformed into a woodlands retreat by the local<br />
council, and is well worth a visit for the panoramic<br />
views alone.<br />
Go through the bars and take one of the paths<br />
immediately to the left which merge into one path<br />
just before emerging onto Whittle Lane. Follow the<br />
road uphill in the same direction, taking great care<br />
on this country lane with no pavements. Once you<br />
reach the Rigbye Arms follow the road through a 90<br />
degree left turn onto High Moor Lane and then take<br />
a right turn on Broad Hey Lane.<br />
Once you reach the bend on Broad Hey Lane, take<br />
the track branching off to the left. Follow the path<br />
on a gentle descent and once you’ve passed two<br />
ponds on the left, you’ll come to a fork; take the left<br />
path towards the woods.
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right hand side of the brook, keep to the lower left<br />
hand path and you’ll finally come to steps leading<br />
to a stile.<br />
Cross the stile and head straight across two open<br />
fields. Carry on in the same direction gently<br />
downhill, and you’ll end up on a narrow path<br />
towards Gillibrand House. Fifty yards after the<br />
house, take a left turn downhill, crossing the railway<br />
bridge and ending up at the Leeds and Liverpool<br />
Canal.<br />
Cross bridge 40 and turn right down the canal<br />
towpath until you reach bridge 39. Cross the bridge<br />
and then carefully navigate the railway crossing<br />
shortly afterwards. Now the uphill trek begins in<br />
earnest as you climb Chapel Lane to the T-junction<br />
with Wood Lane. Turn right, then immediate left<br />
up the path towards the spire of Parbold’s Christ<br />
Church.<br />
Turn left and follow the jagged path around the<br />
perimeter of the woods. Just as the path turns into<br />
the woods, you take a 90 degree left turn towards an<br />
open field. Cross the stile and make your way round<br />
the left hand perimeter to the far corner of the field,<br />
cross the stile and you’re now by the A5209.<br />
Climb the path up to the main A5209, turn left and<br />
when you see a bus stop on the right, cross over<br />
and take the path next to the bus stop, heading<br />
down into a wooden area. Cross Alder Lane Brook<br />
and then head uphill on a path running parallel to<br />
the brook and its woodland surrounds, crossing a<br />
Turn right, cross over, then take the first left into<br />
Fairy Glen, taking the footpath on the immediate<br />
left leading down into this ancient woodland. For<br />
all its waterfalls and sandstone cliffs, Fairy Glen is a<br />
beautiful oasis of calm and tranquillity, much loved<br />
by everyone who visits. You’ll criss-cross Sprodley<br />
Brook but keep heading gently downhill through<br />
Fairy Glen until you reach a raised wooden bridge<br />
by some concrete steps. Cross the bridge to the
River Douglas<br />
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Bannister Lane<br />
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High Moor Lane<br />
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to any party to loss or damage caused by errors or omissions resulting from negligence, accident or other cause.
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couple of stiles on the way, until you come to a track<br />
running diagonally right across open fields.<br />
Follow the track uphill and eventually you’ll end<br />
up back on Broad Hey Lane. Follow this back to<br />
its junction with High Moor Lane and turn right.<br />
Immediately after the High Moor restaurant take<br />
a left turn up the majestic driveway to the Harrock<br />
Estate. Follow the driveway (ignore first footpath<br />
sign) and once the driveway bends to the left, take<br />
the footpath which branches off to the right and<br />
follow this path uphill to the highest point of the<br />
walk, near to Harrock Hill Reservoir.<br />
The path bends to the left at this point; follow the<br />
path out of the woods, round the left hand side<br />
of a copse and follow the right hand perimeter of<br />
the field, heading towards another wooded area.<br />
Climb over the stile and turn left following the path<br />
downhill. When you reach a 90 degree right turn,<br />
carry on a few yards and negotiate your way over a<br />
drystone wall using wooden steps.<br />
Follow the path downhill squeezing through gorse,<br />
over the stile and via a steep descent through a<br />
field until you reach a farmyard. Walk through the<br />
farmyard in the same direction until you reach<br />
Jackson’s Lane. Turn left and follow this quiet<br />
country lane until you reach Bannister Lane where<br />
you turn left again, ready for your final challenge; a<br />
550 yard uphill climb to the car park atop Hunters<br />
Hill, where a couple of benches await you for a welldeserved<br />
rest and those panoramic views.<br />
Where’s Jack?<br />
Now and again, we get an enquiry from readers<br />
asking about Jack from Jack’s Tracks, our series of<br />
local walks. Namely, who is Jack and why doesn’t he<br />
write for the magazine anymore?<br />
Just for the record, Jack’s Tracks was named after<br />
Jack, a border collier who lives with the Publisher’s<br />
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Jacksmere Lane in Scarisbrick, Jack’s picture was<br />
often included in our early walks.<br />
As the picture illustrates, Jack’s alive and well and<br />
recently completed a coastal walk of Anglesey. He’s<br />
often seen in Orrell Water Park, pulling his owners in<br />
the direction of Madisons cafe.<br />
There are now over 60 Jack’s Tracks walks from the local area, all free and ready to download at<br />
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Buying a Used<br />
Car?<br />
Buying a car is a costly business, which is why it makes<br />
sense to check out the used car market where you<br />
can save thousands of pounds. Unfortunately it can<br />
also be fraught with problems if you don’t get it right.<br />
Here’s how to minimise the risks and give yourself the<br />
best chance of finding a bargain.<br />
Research<br />
Once you’ve decided on the type of car you need<br />
(based on your particular priorities with regards to<br />
comfort, economy and space), research the costs<br />
to purchase, tax, insure, service and fuel it. Bear in<br />
mind that although older models are often cheaper<br />
to buy, they can be more costly to run and may<br />
work out more expensive in the long term.<br />
Fact Find<br />
Have a list of questions to ask the seller before<br />
viewing the vehicle. Find out about previous<br />
owners; the mileage; the condition; how long the<br />
MOT and tax have to run; whether it has ever been<br />
written off, in an accident or stolen; if it has any
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finance outstanding; whether there is a log book,<br />
full service history, MOTs and receipts; and whether<br />
any maintenance needs doing.<br />
Inspection<br />
Always view the vehicle at the seller’s address in<br />
daylight and in dry weather. Check the sills, wheel<br />
arches and door bottoms for rust. Make sure all<br />
lights and seat belts work. Check the condition<br />
of the tyres and mirrors. Look for mismatched or<br />
bubbling paint and uneven gaps between body<br />
panels. Check that the mileage is about correct<br />
for the car’s age (average is 10,000 per year). If the<br />
odometer numbers are out of line the mileage may<br />
have been tampered with. Check that the car’s VIN<br />
(Vehicle Identification Number), found under the<br />
bonnet and on the windows, matches the number<br />
on the V5 certificate (log book).<br />
Test Drive<br />
Drive the car for at least 15 minutes on different<br />
kinds of roads. Listen for unusual noises and look<br />
for excessive smoke from the exhaust. Make sure<br />
you’re happy with the brakes, gears, steering and<br />
suspension. If anything shakes, rattles or grates, the<br />
car may have problems that need sorting out.<br />
Paperwork<br />
Once you have agreed a price, make sure that<br />
all paperwork looks and feels genuine (no<br />
photocopies). Check that the VIN and recorded<br />
keeper details tally with the seller, and examine<br />
the service history and MOT certificates to verify<br />
the mileage. Get a receipt for your payment from<br />
the seller, and finally – make sure the new keeper<br />
sections of the log book are completed.<br />
Taking a knowledgeable friend along is always a<br />
good idea. Failing that, the AA and RAC both offer<br />
inspection services. You have to pay but for peaceof-mind<br />
it may be worth it.<br />
Good luck - and happy<br />
motoring!<br />
By Debbie Singh-Bhatti<br />
Myths Busted<br />
Paying cash is better.<br />
Dealerships are often offered incentives to<br />
finance vehicles, so it’s unlikely they’ll give you<br />
a discount for stumping up the cash. Check up<br />
on interest rates and finance deals to see which<br />
is the better option.<br />
It’s better to buy a used car online.<br />
There are many great bargains on used cars<br />
online, and it might seem more convenient at<br />
first. But private sellers aren’t always reliable,<br />
and you could be spending money on a faulty<br />
product. Always make sure to test the car out<br />
before you buy.<br />
A vehicle history report means the car is in<br />
good condition.<br />
Though these can be a vital source of<br />
information about a car, it lacks the detail of<br />
repair work carried out in the past.<br />
It won’t be as reliable as a new car.<br />
Cars are built these days to last a long time.<br />
Bear in mind your car won’t be losing as much<br />
of its value once you drive it away as a new<br />
car would, and that most dealerships offer<br />
additional warranty options to protect your<br />
vehicle.<br />
You won’t be able to sell it on.<br />
There are many factors which go into selling<br />
a used car - space, aesthetic, fuel economy,<br />
reliability and safety features. When properly<br />
maintained, used cars can fetch a tidy price<br />
once you decide to sell them.<br />
They guzzle petrol.<br />
This all depends on how well a car is maintained<br />
- something you’ll be able to judge during a<br />
test drive.
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Are you sitting<br />
comfortably?<br />
by Angie Barker<br />
If you are looking to make a statement<br />
in your garden then you can’t go<br />
wrong with placing a Lutyens bench<br />
as a focal point. Sir Edward Lutyens<br />
was an acclaimed architect in the<br />
arts and crafts movement in the late<br />
1800s, early 1900s and he designed<br />
many English country houses, war<br />
memorials and public buildings. He<br />
also designed his classic and unique<br />
Lutyens bench.<br />
You should always try and include<br />
more than one seating area in a<br />
garden because having more than one seating<br />
area gives you a different view of the garden and<br />
also means you can make the most of sitting in the<br />
sun as it moves around your plot. It will encourage<br />
you to venture out into the garden and beyond<br />
the patio near the back door. You will be amazed<br />
at how different your garden looks from a different<br />
angle and it can become a retreat, a little hideaway.<br />
Placing a Lutyens bench at the end of a path, in the<br />
curve of a lawn or under a pergola, creates a focal<br />
point which will draw the eye and add style to your<br />
garden. And if you have a shady corner, paint the<br />
bench white which will make it shine out.<br />
A Lutyens bench will suit any style of garden. It can<br />
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Whenever possible I would include some planting<br />
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