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GARDENING BY JANET HEATH

Spring is here

After a long cold winter we can welcome a variety of trees, shrubs and perennials that flower in May.

Laburnum x watereri is a smallish tree (4 to 8 metres tall) with long racemes of bright yellow flowers in late spring. Note that all parts of the tree are poisonous including the seeds so not one to plant where small children or animals are around. However the flowers are stunning and if you had time to train over an arch you could have a mini Laburnum tunnel similar to the famous one at Bodnant gardens. Clematis Montana is a climber, very vigorous and can drape itself over 4 fence panels! It is covered in pink or white flowers which are slightly scented and will flower in sun or shade. Best in a moisture retentive soil and if it gets too large, take the shears to it immediately after flowering. Shrubs flowering in May include Spirea Goldflame or Golden Princess. These low growing mounded shrubs are good in sun or partial shade and any soil. The new foliage has orange or yellow leaves in early spring and bright pink flowers in summer. Perennials include the large flowered Paeonies in flower in May. They take time to clump up but look stunning. Will grow in sun or part shade and best in moisture retentive soils. Put plant supports around the foliage to keep it from falling over. On a smaller scale, the Silene vulgaris or Bladder Campion is perfect for the edge of a rockery or raised bed in sun. You can see it flowering on cliff paths in this country but it can do well in gardens too. Jobs to be doing in the garden in May include doing the Chelsea Chop! Perennials that flower later in the season such as Heleniums or Astrantias can be cut back to delay flowering. If you have 2 plants cut one back and leave the other to extend the season. Put straw around Strawberries to protect the fruit. Keep your potatoes earthed up to improve yields and continue to plant succession of salad seeds like lettuce and radishes for a continuous supply. If you would like to visit gardens look out for gardens open under the National Gardens Scheme where all proceeds go to charities including Marie Cure Cancer Care and Macmillan Cancer Support. Framley in Neston is open on 7th May with lovely mature woodland underplanted for spring, paths around the 5 acre garden will take you to a sunken garden and an intriguing pond in the woodland. Tirley Garth near Tarporley is open on the afternoon of 13th and 20th May. This Arts and Crafts garden has 20 acres to explore, including thousands of Rhododendrons and Azaleas out in May.

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Useful numbers and info Clubs and Societies Action Transport Theatre, Whitby Hall, Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port. Tel 357 2120 Cats Protection: South Wirral Branch. Tel 355 9813. www.southwirralcats.org Cheshire Regiment Association. Ellesmere Port Branch. Tel 339 8734 Chester Accordion Club. Meets at Groves Club, Whitby. 2nd Tuesday 1.30pm, last Tuesday 7.30pm. Ellesmere Port 41 Club We meet 3rd Tuesday of each month at Brookmeadow hotel. Any ex Tablers or old friends are welcome. Contact: Chairman on 0151 339 1851 or 07887 593963. Ellesmere Port Flower Club. Meeting at Our Lady’s RC Church, Enfield Road, third Wed of the month, 7.30pm. Call 355 6454. Ellesmere Port Running Club. Meets at Whitby Sports & Social Club every Tuesday and Thursday night at 7pm. www.ellesmereportrunningclub.org Fibromyalgia Support Group. Tel Ruth Spicer on 348 1098 Ellesmere Port Musical Theatre Company Tel 0151 339 4390 Footloose Musicals (Junior section of EP Musical Theatre). Tel 356 2079 Great Sutton Male Voice Choir. Tel 355 5363 Guide Association (Ellesmere Port division) Email tinaives@hotmail.com Little Sutton Community Centre. Tel 356 6761 Mersey Morris Men Monday practice, in Thornton Hough Village Hall, 8pm. Tel 347 1685. Multiple Sclerosis Society Branch meets every third Wednesday in the month Contact Pauline on 07804506848 Royal British Legion Women’s Section: Little Sutton and District Branch. Tel 200 2939 Ellesmere Port Sea Cadets We are open to young people aged 10 to 18 and are based at TS Forward, Appleton Drive, Whitby, CH65 7EP. The unit is open every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 1900 to 2130 and Tuesdays 1830 to 2030. Please drop by or ring 0151 355 1779 for further information. Soroptimist International. Tel 339 3352 South Wirral Rambling Club Tel 07722 752494 South Wirral Stroke Club: Contact Secretary: Honor Ledder 348 0052

Sutton Wood Singers 0151 334 7013 Trefoil Guild. Tel 355 7669 University of the Third Age (u3a) Meets on the first Thursday of the month at 2pm at Groves Social Club. Tel. Teddy on 0151 339 5595. West Cheshire Athletic Club Meets at Stanney Oaks Athletics Track, Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port, every Tuesday and Thursday (6.30-8pm), and on Saturday (10am-12 noon). www. westcheshireac.co.uk The club caters for anyone aged 8 years old through to pensioners and provides training and competition for track & field, indoor athletics, road and cross country running, as well as opportunities to become a qualified coach or official.

Schools

Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, Capenhurst Lane, Whitby. Tel 355 2373 University CE Academy, 164 Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port. Tel 0151 350 6000 The Whitby High School, Sycamore Drive, Whitby. Tel 355 8445/6 Little Sutton Childer Thornton Primary School, New School Lane, Childer Thornton. Tel 338 2170 Little Sutton CE Primary School, Berwick Road, Little Sutton. Tel 0151 338 2244 Parklands Community Primary School Parklands, Little Sutton Tel 338 2220 Rossmore School, Red Lion Lane, Little Sutton. Tel 338 2425 St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary Rossall Grove, Little Sutton Tel: 338 2430 Sutton Green Primary, Armthorpe Drive, Little Sutton. Tel 338 2121 Great Sutton Capenhurst CE Primary School, Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst. Tel 339 2685 Meadow Primary School, Dolphin Crescent, Great Sutton. Tel 338 2450 St Saviour’s RC Primary School, Seacombe Drive, Great Sutton. Tel 338 2440 Hinderton School, For children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and/or Speech, Language & Communication Difficulties. Capenhurst Lane, Whitby. Tel 338 2200

Useful numbers and info ALCOHOL PROBLEMS Local Helpline; 01244 364095 Alcoholics Anonymous: 709 2900 AL - Anon Family Group, Helping families of alcoholics. Tel: 0207 403 0888 ANCHOR STAYING PUT 0151 355 1313 AGE CONCERN 336 8388 ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY 01244 851351 BUS SERVICES Bus & Rail Services Travel Line 0871 200 2233 open 8am - 8pm 7 days a week CITIZENS’ ADVICE Cheshire West Citizens Advice, Ellesmere Port Office, 1, Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port, CH65 8AA Opening times Monday-Friday 9am-4pm Tel no: 0344 5766111 DOCTORS Great Sutton Medical Centre, Old Chester Road, Phone:- 0151 339 3126 Hope Farm Medical Centre, Hope Farm Road, Great Sutton. Tel 357 3777 Whitby Group Practice, The Surgery, 114 Chester Road, Whitby. Tel 355 6144 Old Hall Surgery 26 Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port. Tel 355 1191 DRUG ABUSE Parents against Drug Abuse. Helpline 356 1996. All calls in confidence FIRE Emergencies, call 999. Non- essential calls, Ellesmere Port Fire Station, Wellington Road, Ellesmere Port Tel 355 3333 GP OUT OF HOURS CENTRE, Western Cheshire Out of Hours Service...Clinics held at Ellesmere Port Hospital 01244 343300 HOMEWATCH Borough Homewatch Manager Ellesmere Port Police Station tel 355 4066 (Ext: 3063). 0r 01244 613063 HOSPITAL Emergencies call 999 Countess of Chester Hospital. Tel 01244 365000 POLICE Emergencies call 999 Ellesmere Port Police Station, Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port Tel 355 4066 or 101

SAMARITANS LinkLine:- 0345 90 90 90 South Wirral and Chester Area Phone:- 01244 377999 ST JOHN AMBULANCE Tel 339 7203 (answerphone) Leave message and we will return call.

COUNCIL

Cheshire West and Chester Council. Call the switchboard on 0300 123 8 123. Online at www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk COUNCILLORS Ledsham and Manor Gareth Anderson (Con) Phone: 01513394390 Email: gareth.anderson@ cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Peter Rooney (Lab) 181 Princes Road, Ellesmere Port Peter.Rooney@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk St Paul’s Angela Claydon (Lab), 15 Little Green , Great Sutton Phone 339 8389 E: angela.claydon@ cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Robert Bisset (Lab) 12 Laurel Drive, Willaston CH64 1TW Robert.Bisset@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Sutton Nicole Meardon (Lab) 65 Berwick Road, Little Sutton Phone: 0151 512 2274 Mobile: 07970 836290 Email: nicole.meardon@ cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Paul Donovan (Lab) 44 Seacombe Drive, Great Sutton CH66 2BD Phone: 339 4167 Email: paul.donovan@ cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Willaston & Thornton Myles Hogg (Con) Silverdale, Benty Heath Lane, Willaston Phone: 327 4096 Email: myles.hogg@ cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

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MP praises DIY broadband group MP Justin Madders has praised constituents for taking matters into their own hands to deliver superfast broadband to their homes. Frustrated over a lack of access to fibre optic internet connections, a small group of volunteers in West Cheshire have set about developing their own network to meet their needs. They enlisted the help of experienced rural broadband provider Broadband for the Rural North Ltd (B4RN) and within weeks had a whole army of local residents willing to offer their support. The project, B4RN Cheshire, which extends to a geographical area of some 12 square miles and incorporates the villages of Puddington, Burton, Capenhurst, Shotwick, Ness, Two Mills, Wood Bank and Ledsham, will see individual householders hooked up to the world’s fastest rural broadband network. Mr Madders said: “This really is a wonderful example of a community coming together; much of the trench-digging and the laying of cables will be delivered by local landowners and farmers, assisted by volunteers, making it a fun, community-spirited project.” Choir concert St Paul’s Church, Hooton, is the venue for a concert by the Hadlow Green Singers entitled For the Beauty of the Earth, at 7.30pm. Tickets £6 (including refreshments) available from choir members, McColls (Willaston) and at the door Jobs fair in town The Live Local Work Local jobs fair takes place on Tuesday 15th May at Ellesmere Port Civic Hall, 10am - 2pm. The day is aimed at people looking for a job or apprenticeship, needing advice about training, starting a business or wanting tips on wellbeing and money. The Ellesmere Port Work Zone will also be open throughout the event offering advice and help. Contact: Clare or James on 356 6767 or 0151 356 6352. Free event.

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