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eventually sold! Bear in mind that average residential care fees start in the region of £500 per week, so it is clear how UNSURPRISINGLY, few of us have considered what quickly assets can be eroded. the effect might be on our savings and investments, The DSS has often become the sole, outright owner or even our home, if (as is most probable) we ever of the family home after the death of an elderly needed residential care later in life. parent, who had been living in a nursing home. Most people assume that we shall pass on our assets However, there is a solution - in the form of to our children or other relatives in due course; Property Trust wills yet, this may not always be the case, unless careful arrangements have been made to protect our assets from being taken to pay care home fees. In recent years, it has become increasingly apparent that the State will only provide for those with little or no savings or assets; everyone else is expected to pay at least part (if not all) of his or her own costs. Currently, anyone with assets in excess of £22,250 (this figure includes the family home) is not eligible for any state help with his or her residential care fees; if you have more than £12,000, but less than £22,500, you are only entitled to partial assistance. The net result is that anyone, who owns his or her own home, is unlikely to receive assistance, even if A 'Property Trust' is based around three, basic elements: the basis on which you own your they do not possess large amounts of cash-assets. Even if you DON'T have the cash readily available, property, the Trust terms and your Wills, which the Department of Social Security can still place a contain the Trust investment. The Property Trust can only be created, while charge against the family home, which enables it to recover the monies owing, when the property is both partners remain alive and the property
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must be owned as Tenants in Common (the Trust instrument is, then, included in both Wills, but does not come into force until the death of the first). Upon the first death, their share of the property (typically 50%) is placed into the Trust to be adminstered by the Trustees nominated in the Will, and this, usually, includes the surviving spouse. The Will also specifies who is to be the ultimate beneficiary of this share in the property, and the Trustee's duty is to protect the property for the beneficiaries' benefit. The surviving spouse, under the Trust's terms, has the right to remain living in the property for the rest of his or her life; on the death of the second spouse, the Trust comes to an end, and the property passes absolutely to the beneficiaries. For further details, contact Anthony Heath, Associate of Countrywide Tax and Trust Corporation & Golden Charter Funeral Plans, on (01782) 361971/07780-009245 or anthony@ willsforu.co.uk
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CONTENTS APRIL 2015 6 The adored and critically-acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning rock spectacular, 'Return to the Forbidden Planet', will be wowing the audiences at Blackpool's Grand Theatre from Monday, April 27th, to Saturday, May 2nd, as part of its much-anticipated 25th anniversary tour. Inspired by Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' and packed with rock 'n' roll classics, such as 'Heard It Through The Grapevine', 'Young Girl', 'Great Balls of Fire' and 'GLORIA', the show features stunning special-effects and a brilliant cast of actormusicians. Enthused The Daily Express: "The best rock 'n' roll show in town!" 9 Friday, April 10th, sees popular chanteuse, Nicola Marie, presenting her Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse Tribute at Baddeley Green WMC. Nicola's Lady Gaga has been officially recognised as the best in Europe, and she also duplicates Amy Winehouse's soulful voice beautifully. In 2012, she made it all the way to 'Judges' House' on 'The X-Factor'. The Tribute Night is a Pink Ribbon event, and admission costs £5. 19 Pascal Roge is one of the great interpreters of French music, and, for several years, has enjoyed playing recitals for four hands with his partner, Ami. The organisers of the 2014/15 Harding Trust Piano Recitals are delighted that they will be performing together at the season's finale in the Forum Theatre at the City Museum & Art Gallery, Hanley, on Thursday, April 23rd, at 8pm. The programme will comprise Faure's 'Dolly Suite', Debussy's Six Preludes (solo), Schubert's 'Albumblatt', the Fantasie in F minor Op. 103 by Bruckner, Mozart's Sonata in C major and the Four Slavonic Dances of Dvorak. 20 From Wednesday, April 1st, to Monday, May 4th, you are invited to be part of National Pet Month 2015. During this period, thousands of people up and down the country will be celebrating life with their pets, spreading the word on responsible pet-ownership or raising money for their favourite charity in fun-filled events (with details available on the website: www. nationalpetmonth.org.uk)! NPM is not just about fund-raising, however; it is also about raising awareness of how pets make people's lives happier and healthier, and how we can repay these creatures by looking after them responsibly. Each year, the NPM's message is conveyed by running its events under a central theme: in 2015, it is 'Pets and the elderly: enjoying later years together'.
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Are you a Wise Owl or a Head-Burying Ostrich when it comes to that d-word? THIS month, we discuss the many complexities which can arise from NOT making a Will.
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WHAT MOST PEOPLE THINK OR HOPE!
SINGLE: If a single person dies without a Will, the line of Inheritance can be complicated and can often involve relatives you have never even met!
SO, if you are Cohabitee, the information on single people is more appropriate to you.
IF you die without a Will, all your money and possessions (your Estate) will be distributed, according to strict legal rules and regulations. These rules are called the Laws of Intestacy. In many cases, the Intestacy Laws distribute an Estate in a way the deceased would not have wanted, sometimes with disastrous results. YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES will fall into one of the following categories: Married, Cohabiting or Single. MARRIED: In the event of the death of a married person, the Intestacy rules divide the Estate into shares, with a share going to the surviving husband or wife (the spouse). The amount a spouse can inherit is restricted to an amount set by the Government. THE POPULAR BELIEF that a spouse automatically inherits everything is simply not true. This is because your nearest blood-relations (children, parents, brothers, sisters etc.) are also entitled to take a share under the Intestacy Rules inherit, with the rising values of Estates, the SPOUSE'S SHARE could be the smallest one. FACT: If you have not made a Will, even your life insurance policies will not be paid until probate has been granted, unless they are written into trust! (Probate will take many months, sometimes years, to be granted!). FACT: If your Children are orphaned and you have not appointed a guardian in a Will, then Social Services will decide who looks after them, including allocating them to Foster Parents). FACT: If there are no surviving members of your family, the whole Estate would go to the Crown (Government). COHABITING: Thousands of people live together without getting married. Unfortunately, most think that, after a few years together or if they have become a Common Law husband or wife and have same rights as a married person. Let there be no doubt about this. If you live with another person unmarried (including single-sex couples), with respect to finance and inheritance you are known as a Cohabitee and do not have the same rights as a married person. The general term, Common Law, means law-based
HERE WE GO... first, you children will inherit your whole Estate - if there are no surviving children, next in line are your grandchildren - if you have no grandchildren, then both your parents - if both have died before you, then your brothers and/or nieces - if none, then your cousins (however far removed) and, if no cousins, everything goes to the Government... phew! IF you are single and without a Will, I can hear you are thinking: 'Well, that's OK, it will go to my children, anyway'). That may be partly true, but what is also true is that it will take months and, possibly, years to sort out your affairs (obtain Probate), and the Solicitors who sort this out will charge THOUSANDS OF POUNDS for their work. This is money that, for the sake of making your Will (£69), you could have left your Children! Even if you have no Children or close family, many people would want their Estate to go to CLOSE FRIENDS or a CHARITY, rather than the GOVERNMENT OR UNKNOWN RELATIONS.
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POTTERIES AUCTIONS Brand-new, Silverdale showroom continues Potteries Auctions' expansion THIS month of April is proving an especially exciting time for this acclaimed, well-established, local company! For, Potteries Auctions - one of the leading, provincial auction houses in the North-West, and possessing a nonpareil knowledge of 20th century British ceramics has reinforced its expansion by moving from Cobridge, in Stoke-on-Trent, to much larger, brand-new premises in Silverdale, in neighbouring Newcastle-under-Lyme. To mark this momentous relocation, it is holding a celebratory event, featuring an official opening by a VIP guest, on the evening of Friday, April 24th, followed by the auctioning of several collectors' items, antiques and pottery, including a rare Royal Doulton 'Moorish Minstrel' figure and an (even rarer) exceptional Moorcroft exhibition vase (boasting a £10,000-£20,000 estimate), on Saturday, April 25th, at its new 'home' - Unit 4A, Aspect Court, Silverdale Enterprise Park.
Collectibles Sales, Potteries Auctions was founded by Bill Buckley in 1991, since when it has established an enviable reputation for selling pottery at worldrecord prices. The company's first Fine Art and Antiques Sale in its new showroom at Silverdale on Saturday, April 25th, promises, therefore, to be an exciting auction, with rare pottery items and extensive collections being sold. "We have one of the finest collections of Crown Derby, along with a rare Moorcroft exhibition vase, a rare Royal Doulton figure and a number of Colin Melbourne paintings to be auctioned," explained Kathy Plaskitt. Prior to the auction on Saturday, viewing will take place on Thursday, April 23rd, and Friday 24th, from 10am to 5pm. "It's a great time to sell, so now is the time to head up the loft and find those 'hidden treasures'; Potteries Auctions is always happy to valuate readers' items for you, and sell them at our regular auctions," added Kathy, who can be contacted at the new, Silverdale showroom on (01782) 638100 or at enquiries@ potteriesauctions.com
"We are excited about the move, and we are looking forward continuing to build on our strong reputation and the services we provide," said Kathy Plaskitt, who has been appointed Potteries Auctions' Manager to take the company forward. "The fantastic, new and larger premises will allow us to expand the company and continue to offer our customers, whether buying or selling, a great service. "Potteries Auctions has dealt with the beautiful, the wacky and the rare, so why not drop in and see us - the kettle is always on!" Famous for its monthly Fine Art, Antique and
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"Exquisite" Moorcroft vase is April auction's 'star lot' THE 'jewel in the crown' amongst the myriad 'gems' to be found at Potteries Auctions' event on Saturday, April 25th, is this rare William Moorcroft Flambé Eventide Exhibition Vase. Signed by the great William Moorcroft (founder of the worldfamous company) himself, this outstanding piece stands at an enormous 59cms (that's almost two feet 'in old money!) high, and has its original, silver-plated stand and cover. Dated 1928 (with an impressed 'Made in England Moorcroft' stamp), the vase is decorated with a beautiful Flambé Eventide design, featuring trees all-round and boasting an even colour. Also, the flambé around the rim is exquisite, with a high-fired, lustre effect. (Both the founder, William Moorcroft, and his elder son, Walter, experimented with high-temperature flambé techniques, producing high glaze with colour). The impressive mounts are silver-plated, and were made in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, by the Duchess of Sutherland Silversmiths (known colloquially as the 'Cripples Guild'), under the guidance of Francis Arthur Edwards. The mounts are of extremely-high quality, with impressive, floral decoration, and would have been made around 1920. (A similar vase was photographed at the forefront of the 1926 White City exhibition in London, and can be seen in Paul Atterbury's 1987 Moorcroft book). "As far as we are aware, a vase with these mounts has never been sold before has never been sold before, which makes this a rare and incredible opportunity," Manager, Kathy Plaskitt, told us. "Nearly 90 years after its manufacture, Potteries Auctions is proud to be offering this exceptional piece. "This vase was purchased privately several years ago in Canada, where it was believed to have been in the same family for over 60 years, and has been in a UK collection ever since." sales: 01782 461711
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THE vast majority of us do not like to think about the possibility of losing our mental capacity, and consider how we would cope with our financial affairs in that eventuality.
It cannot be used BEFORE it has been registered with the Office of the Public Guardian ([OPG], part of the Ministry of Justice), but it CAN be used immediately after said registration, unless the person making the LPA has included a restriction that means it cannot be utilised until he or she has lost capacity.
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But, consider the statistics: there are, in the UK, around 850,000 people with dementia (of whom 40,000 are under 65), with this number forecast to exceed one million by 2025 (according to the Alzheimer's Society). (There are, of course, other reasons why you may not be able to make some decisions for yourself; these include learning disabilities, mental health problems and stroke or head injuries - and all are protected by the Mental Capacity Act [2005] and its Code of Practice). It is, therefore, eminently prudent to look to the future and plan ahead, in order to ease the potential burden on your relative, should this occur - by creating a lasting power of attorney (LPA). A LASTING POWER OF ATTORNEY CAN ERASE THE STRESS OF COPING WITH BILLS AND ACCOUNTS! What IS a lasting power of attorney? An LPA is is a legal document that allows you to choose other people whom you wish to make decisions on your behalf, including a time when they you lack the requisite, mental capacity to do so. sales: 01782 461711
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* how you want the people to make these decisions. Having an LPA is a safe way of maintaining control over decisions made for you because:* It has to be registered with the OPG before it can be used (if someone else tries to register if you and your attorney[s] will be able to make an objection). * You choose someone to provide a 'certificate' confirming that you understand the significance and purpose of it. * You can choose 'people to be told' about your LPA when it is registered (so that they have an opportunity to raise concerns).
chosen to make decisions on your behalf are your 'attorneys'. There are TWO types of LPA:* Property and financial affairs (allowing an attorney to make decisions about paying bills, dealing with the bank, collecting benefits, selling your house etc.). * Health and welfare (allowing decisions on treatment, care, medication, where you live etc.). The benefits of making an LPA An LPA allows you to plan in advance:-
* Your signature, and the signatures of your chosen attorneys must be witnessed. * From a legal perspective, your attorney(s) must follow the code of Practice of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 - if they don't always act in your best interests, the OPG can step in, and your attorneys(s) may be held accountable. * The OPG provides helpful support and advice. For further details, contact Anthony Heath on (01782) 361971 or 07780-009245. email: anthony@willsforu.co.uk APRIL 2015 | 05
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'HOME-FROM-HOME' NURSERIES EXCEL THE opening of Moorcroft Grange in September, 2014, was the latest stage in the admirable development of The Old Rectory Kindergarten, at Cobridge, in Stoke-on-Trent. The Old Rectory was, initially, launched in 2003, as a 'home-fromhome' nursery, and Moorcroft Grange continues this founding premise, further extending its working-links with the people of Cobridge.
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Housed in a superb, Victorian building (dating back to 1850), The Old Rectory offers myriad, exceptional facilities, including a fantastic, extensive external play-area (which is, naturally, totally secure); sensory garden; a new play-area; grassed area (ideal for picnic-teas); and a 'Pets' Corner', which, needless to say, is a big favourite with the children. Staff-members pride themselves on promoting healthy foods and lifestyle, and all meals, freshly prepared each day by the nursery's excellent ch`ef, using home-grown fruit and vegetables. The Old Rectory was lauded as 'Outstanding' in all areas by Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills). At Knutton, Manor House is bright and airy, and designed to be an extremely child-friendly environment, with agededicated rooms, which flow naturally from one to another, helping children during transition. (Each room has access to the outside area, allowing daily free-flow play). Manor House earned praise as "a welcoming, happy and safe environment" from Ofsted, following its inspection in 2013.
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CAN STANLEY SURVIVE HIS HELLISH 'BEANO'?! HAROLD Pinter's second, fulllength drama is Congleton Players' next production at Daneside Theatre in 2015.
ADAPTED EALING CLASSIC IS "COMIC BLISS"!! A NEW adaptation of the Ealing classic, 'The Ladykillers', which had critics and audiences in raptures during a smash-hit, West End, is coming to Newcastle's New Vic Theatre in April. When criminal mastermind, Professor Marcus, and a motley crew of misfits pose as amateur musicians to rent rooms from the sweetly eccentric Miss Wilberforce, the police have no idea that they're planning a daring robbery. However, Miss Wilberforce is not so easily deceived. With his brilliant plot rumbled, the Professor decides that there's only one way to keep the old lady quiet, Miss Wilberforce must face the music - and he doesn't mean a string quartet! Directed by Mark Babych, 'The Ladykillers' has been
adapted from the motion picture sacreenplay of William Rose by BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning comedy writer, Graham Linehan ('Father Ted', 'Black Books', 'The IT Crowd'), and is being performed at the New Vic by special arrangement with StudioCanal and by special arrangement with Fiery Angel Ltd., London. "Comic bliss" enthused The Independent of this show, which received five moninations for the 2012 Laurence Oliver Awards. A New Vic and Hull Truck Theatre Production, 'The Ladykillers' runs from Friday, April 10th, to Saturday, May 2nd, at 7.30pm, with a 2.15pm matinee performance on Saturday, April 25th. Tickets (priced at £13-£22, with group-discounts of £2 for parties of ten or more, £2 off for concessionaries and Under-26s Go Free) can be purchased from the New Vic Box Office on (01782) 717962, or online at www. newvictheatre.org.uk
abound as a fundamentally simple plot reveals itself to be full of smoke and mirrors," say director, Glyn Matthews. "Herein lies the joy of the play, and, for me, as director, the urge to connect with it time and time again."
'The Birthday Party' is a 'comedy of menace', and its action takes place in the living-room of a seedy boarding house in an anonymous, seaside town. Meg Bowles runs the house, while her husband, Petey, works as a deckchair attendant on the beach. Stanley Webber is their only 'guest' - a cuckoo in the nest, in an open-ended, parasitic relationship with the Bowles, as he hides from his guilty past and uncertain future in their home.
PLAYWRIGHT, Harold Pinter (1930-2008). The cast comprises David Burt (as Petey), Dee Melia (Meg), John Beech (Stanley), Beckie Morley (Lulu), Ian Pickford (Goldberg) and Andrew Jones (McCann).
Stanley's bolt-hole is invaded by two, other 'guests', Goldberg and McCann, whose mission (to break him and 'The Birthday Party' can be return him to 'Monty') soon enjoyed from Tuesday, April becomes apparent. 21st, to Saturday, April 25th, starting at 7.30pm. A party is arranged by Goldberg, upon hearing Tickets, priced at £6 Meg's suggestion that it is (Tuesday), £8 (WednesdayStanley's birthday, and the Saturday) and £7 occasion is used as a vehicle (concessionary), are available for Webber's psychological from Congleton Tourist breakdown and removal. Information Centre, Tel: (01260) 271095. "Ambiguity and contradiction UNDER pressure! A scene from the notorious, London premiere (directed by Peter Wood) at The Lyric, Hammersmith, in May, 1958; (l-r), John Stratton (McCann), John Slater (Goldberg) and Richard Pearson (Stanley).
THE eyes have it! A scene from the 1955, blackly-comic film, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, at Ealing Studios. Seen (l-r) are Alec Guinness ('Professor Marcus'), Katie Johnson ('Miss Wilberforce'), Peter Sellers ('Harry [Mr. Robinson]') and Danny Green ('One-Round [Mr. Lawson]'). 08 | APRIL 2015
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Anyone wishing to audition for us we are holding the next one at. You can be an established act or just getting started. We'd love to meet you.
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Friday 25th January - 8pm
Friday 25th January - 8pm
THIS AUDITION IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THIS AUDITION IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
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Sat 4th - Easter Party Weekend Sun 5th - Easter Party Weekend Sat 11th - Steph Edwards Sun 12th - Amanda Sat 18th - Olivia McIntyre Sun 19th - Stuart Clements Sat 25th - Lee Wainwright Sun 26th - Lauren Knight
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MONDAY: Line dancing • THURSDAY: Night bingo INDOOR GAMES SNOOKER, SKITTLES, POOL, CRIBBAGE, DOMINOES ETC SUNDAY LUNCH, available in the lounge resteraunt DISC DRAW every Thursday, Friday & Sataurday Every alternative Thurs afternoon FRIENDSHIP CLUB Bingo Fri/Sat Nights
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Find out why they're the best! NO introduction is needed for the best Thin Lizzy tribute band on the planet - and you can find out why at Baddeley Green WMC on Friday, May 1st! Yes, Limehouse Lizzy is making a welcome return to the Leek New Road venue; it's always a guaranteed sell-out; so get your tickets now - to avoid disappointment!
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Tickets are priced at £10, and these are on sale behind the bar at the Leek New Road venue (which is not open during the daytime, MondayThursday), with further information available on (01782) 541246.
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Sat 4th - Theresa Knowles (FEMALE VOCAL) Sat 5th - Michael Lewis (FEMALE VOCAL)
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HEALTH & WELL - BEING IN 2015 Reversing the 'age-clock' REGULAR, brisk walks can delay the shrinking of the brain and the faltering, mental skills which old age often brings, say scientific researchers. Studies on men, aged 60 to 80, revealed that taking a short walk three times a week increased the size of brain regions linked to planning and memory during the course of a year.
The prefrontal cortex and hippocampus increased in size by only 2% or 3%, but that way was enough to offset the steady shrinkage that doctors expected to see over the same period. "It may sound like a modest amount, but that's actually like reversing the age clock by about one to two years," said Professor Kirk Erickson, a neuroscientist at the University of Pittsburgh. "While the brain is shrinking, we actually saw not a levelling out but an increase in the size of these regions. It was better than before we started the study." People, who took part in the study, scored higher on spatial memorytests and some reported feeling more mentally alert, according to Professor Erickson, who added: "They feel better, they feel as if the fog has lifted. Anecdotally, it seems to benefit these cognitive functions."
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Erickson recruited Founded 1979 (www.northstaffsheart.org.uk/charity) Reg.Charity 508743 more than 100 adults THE LEADING LOCAL HEART CHARITY who confessed to Caring for We have Cardiac Patients raised over doing little, if any, LOCALLY £5 MILLION exercise in their Supports Research, Donations and Diagnosis, Bequests daily lives. Half were Treatment welcomed and Welfare & acknowleged randomly assigned to walk for 30 to 45 Chairman: A. J. G. (Tony) Berry MBE Close, Seabridge, Newcastle, Staffs., ST5 3LL minutes, three days a Sneyd Cottage, 5 HermTel/Fax (01782) 622463 week. The rest spent The North Staffs Heart Committee is an independent charity serving the interests of cardiac patients residing or receiving treatment in North Staffordshire. a similar amount of IT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OTHER NATIONAL OR LOCAL CHARITY OF SIMILAR NAME time doing stretching exercises. Medical scans showed minor increases in the two brain-regions to both groups. But the effect was greater in the walkers, averred Professor Erickson at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. "With modest amounts of exercise, we were able to increase the size of of these structures that typically deteriorate and precede the sales: 01782 461711
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cognitive complaints that often come in late adulthood," he stated.
"People are misled into believing they need years of vigorous physical exercise. But it only needs to be moderate and not even that long. "The results suggest that brain and cognitive function of the older adults remain plastic and highly malleable. There is not this inevitable decline that we used to think it was." Scientists are unsure what changes in the brain underpin the increase in size of the two regions, or how long the improvements last. Exercise is unlikely to stave off the brain's decline for long, but it could delay it and slow the onset of dementia. There is a desperate need for any approach that could help in
the fight against dementia. An estimated 44.4 million people have dementia worldwide and that number is expected to reach 75.6 million in 2030, according to figures from Alzheimer's Disease International. "The prefrontal cortex is involved in a lot of higher-level cognitive functions and the hippocampus is involved in memory-formation. And when it shrinks, it leads to Alzheimer's disease and dementia," explained Erickson. "If we measured these people for a long period of time, we'd probably be slowing the decline, rather than completely mitigating it. But it might slow down for long period of time. We cannot say it's the magic-bullet cure for Alzheimer's. There isn't one."
OUT & ABOUT in 2015 'The Magic of Mendelssohn' THE City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is presented an allMendelssohn programme in the Stokeon-Trent Festival 2014/5 at Hanley's Victoria Hall on Friday, April 17th. English National Opera's M D, Ed Gardner, appears at the City Centre venue for the first time, conducting the German composer's Overture: 'The Fair Melusina'; his Serenade and Allegro Giojoso; the Piano Concerto No. 1 (with C'edric Tiberghien the soloist), and his Incidental Music to Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Tickets for the concert (which starts at 8pm) are priced at ÂŁ15-ÂŁ31, and can be purchased from Music Mania Box Office, 4-6, Piccadilly Arcade, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent , Tel: (01782) 206000, and are also available online at www.musicmania.com
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Back where they belong....!! "THE pub's flying - the customers are coming back in droves!" Thus, Jeff Matthews about The Clough Hall.
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The popular couple left the Clough Hall Road pub for Lambley, near Mansfield, on Monday, October 6th, 2014 , but made a welcome return to it on Monday, February 2nd, determined to restore it to the high standards which it enjoyed during their first season as 'mine hosts'.
Live entertainment by soloists and duos can be enjoyed on alternate Friday evenings, and a fabulous afternoon of perennially-popular karaoke is lined up for Easter Sunday (April 5th), from 4 to 7pm. Prior to that, the pub's beer garden (complete with children's play-area) opens on Wednesday, April 1st (no fooling!).
A warm welcome from Shane and Rachel at
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And people have, accordingly, 'voted with their feet' - and the Kidsgrove venue is, once again, thriving!
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For, The Clough Hall provides its many customers (regulars and visitors alike) with a superb, friendly, relaxing, all-round experience, offering good food at ultrareasonable prices and an excellent choice of drinks.
FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH NORTHERN SOUL NIGHT SECOND FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH ALTERNATIVE NIGHT WITH STAN MUGGINS SOUND OF STONE ROSES, ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN, SKA ETC EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT GOLDEN TORCH SCOOTER CLUB DJS WELCOME BRING YOUR OWN SOUNDS
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Readers will discover a great selection of good, traditional pub food (snacks, starters, sharing dishes, baguettes, jacket potatoes, melts, 'burgers, salads, grills, steaks, puddings etc., plus 'Specials Board'), which is available at lunchtime (12 noon-3pm) and early evening (58pm), Monday-Saturday, while lovers of the classic Sunday 'roast' (served 'with all the trimmings') can tuck into a nonpareil repast between 12 noon and 4pm. And there's more, since discerning diners can also enjoy Dee and Jeff 's 'Curry Night' (just £4.95, plus free pint) each Wednesday and their 'Steak Night' (also with free pint) every Thursday. These offers are available from 12 noon to 8pm; all you have to do is book on (01782) 773921. Needless to say, there's a refreshing choice of drinks (including a bottle of house wine [red, white or rosé] for only £7.25, and you can 'double' up any spirit for just £1.25!), and 'real ale' aficionados can quaff pints of the pub's beautifullykept regular cask ales, Marston's Pedigree (4.5% ABV) and Wychwood Brewery's Hobgoblin (5.2%), plus a 'guest ale'.
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The Sunday Quiz Night (for individuals or teams of up to a maximum of six) starts at 8pm, and offers cash-prizes, plus a £20 drinks-voucher as first prize. The pub features a huge, open-plan Games Area, which is ideal for darts, crib, dominoes and pool enthusiasts, plus TV for sports matches. We're always looking for players for our indoor games teams," said Jeff, who previously ran pubs at Coventry, Ashbourne and Cheadle. The Clough Hall is also a first-class venue for a wide range of functions (weddings, funerals, christenings etc.), with catering available, if required.
THE CLOUGH HALL
Jeff and Dee are back and welcome customers Old and New
TRADITIONAL ALES, DARTS, CRIB AND POOL TABLE
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The Railway now offers traditional pub fare! "AMAZING atmosphere already. Come on down!" Just one of the myriad, fulsome endorsements of this rejuvenated public house in Alsager on its popular Facebook pages, where new 'mine hosts', Chris and Zoey, have made such a refreshing impact, since taking over on Friday, September 19th. The great news is that The Railway Inn, at Alsager, has now added traditional pub fare (available from 12 noon to 8pm, SundayThursday) to its many attractions,which include a mega-selection of handpulled 'real ales' and live entertainment. Not only that, but sports-oriented customers can enjoy all the latest action on big-screen TV Readers will discover that EVERYONE (and that includes children [until 9pm]) is welcome at the Audley Road hostelry, and there's something to attract all customers from 'real ale' aficionados to music-lovers.
weekends, and the line-up for April includes Jamie Ashton (3rd), perennially-popular Karaoke (4th), Vanessa Bebbington (10th), Vavoom (11th) and Kings and Aces (24th). Meanwhile, you can enjoying alternating 'Open Mic' and 'Acoustic' Nights on Wednesday; indeed, the pub interior displays a 'WANTED' poster, encouraging singer/songwriters and acoustic musicians for the Wednesday evening 'Acoustic Showcases', when they are invited to perform solo or play along with the rest of the enthusiasts! The popular couple have also run The Old Queen's Head, at Swan Bank, in nearby Talke, for the past, three years, and this venue, In Newcastleunder-Lyme Borough, offers an Acoustic Night on the last Wednesday of each month and live entertainment by artists every Saturday, with April featuring Amanda on the 4th, Gemma (11th), Eddie Lee (18th) and the 'Wedding Singer', Fielding Talks (25th). In addition, Crewe Helicopter Club meets at the Talke pub on the first Wednesday of each month.
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Readers requiring repairs and restoration should contact the Hartshill-based company straightaway to Traditional pub games are strong As a free house, The Railway Inn offers attractions at both pubs, with Monday Darts discuss your individual needs. lovers of 'real' beer a choice of no less Night, and Tuesday Cribbage sessions at It offers you a multi-faceted service, comprising than NINE, traditional, cask-conditioned The Old Queen's Head,. while free-entry piano-restoration; piano-tuning and repairs; pianobrews as regulars and 'guests' (including Quiz Nights (with Bingo) are also offered sales and hire; second-hand grand and upright acclaimed Abbot Ale, Old Speckled Hen (on Tuesday at The Railway, and Thursday pianos; and new upright pianos. and St. Edmund's) - all lovingly kept by and Sunday at the Talke hostelry). landlord, Chris. N.J. Tostevin and Son currently supplies its products Open from 12 noon to 12 midnight, Mondayand services to musicians, music-starters, musicLive entertainment (by soloists and Sunday, The Railway Inn boasts its own lovers and piano-collectors. pop/rock bands) can be enjoyed most traditional 'real fire', beer garden and The Old Queens Head smoking-area. A member of the 491 Hartshill Road Piano Tuners' Chris and staff Welcome all Now part of (NEWLY REFURBISHED) Association, Hartshill the portfolio of A Traditional Local with this highlyStoke-on-Trent Traditional Ales, Cask Marque Stafford-based experienced Reclamation & Guinness Accreditation ST4 6AA Inns Limited, the family firm Award Under New Management historic pub was has worked Open Mon - Thur 3pm -11pm originally built Chris and Zoey Offer a warm welcome with myriad, Fri 3pm - 12am | Sat 1pm - 12 am by industrialists Tuesday to noteworthy Families Welcome Sun 11am - 11pm Friday 10-2 in 1835, and pre- clients, and (Children welcome till 9pm) Saturday 10–4 Monday Darts Night dates Alsager its aim is to Closed Monday Sunday and Thursday station, which provide readers Traditional Ales 9 Cask Ales Quiz and Bingo was constructed with whatever Mon Darts | Tues Quiz & Bingo Live Entertainment every 13 years later, to service you Saturday serve the area's Wed Open Mic require. Functions Catered For parties thriving industry Fri Live Entertainment by linking the Accordingly, and All Occasions Food NOW Being Served neighbouring its friendly Crewe Helicopter Club on Potteries to the team is always 1st Wednesday each month rail network at Audley Road, Alsager on-hand to offer Swan Bank Talke 07833 653474 Crewe. guidance and 07833 653474 Check us out on assistance.
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ENJOY a great Easter weekend in Leek with Easter Egg Hunts, street entertainment, fantastic markets and much more!
But there's plenty happening in the 'Queen of the Moorlands' all-year-round. Whether it's practising your quick-step, sipping Bellinis or learning circus-skills, the 2015 Events Programme at Leek's Nicholson Museum and Arts Gallery offers something for everyone. Highlights include the bi-monthly Vintage Tea Dances in the gallery, dancing in live music and with home-made cakes, on Wednesdays, April 8th, June 10th, August 12th, October 14th and December 16th.
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In spite of the garage's central location, parking is not a problem, and readers can pay Lee a visit at your leisure, have a chat and discuss their requirements. Field Street Auto Services offers generously-long opening-hours to suit motorists' varying work-schedules and availability: 8.30am-6.30pm (MondayFriday) and 9am-3pm (Saturday). You can contact Lee there on (01538) 387629 or via email: fieldstreetautoservices@live.com; additionally, you can visit his business on Facebook.
Indeed, Lee's aim is to keep his customers fully informed about their motors, in order to avoid any unexpected bills! "I want to work with motorists, so that the garage provides the most sensible and cost-effective way of keeping you on the road," explained 35-years-old Lee, who enjoys a working-lifetime's experience of the garage industry, having started Saturday work at a garage in Buxton at the age of 15.
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From a fascination with natural and organic forms, the artist recognised a relationship by using shapes and textures with the use of mixed media.
enter their work by handing it into the Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday, April 11th.
The Open is an enormously popular, annual event, organised as part of Leek Arts Festival; entry-forms are available from Leek Tourist Information Centre (open, Monday-Saturday [10am-4pm]), Tel: (01538) 483741, or email: tourism@ staffsmoorlands.gov.uk
Textiles, string and threads, stitches, beads and bits of driftwood and, finally, the use of ceramics helped create a new way of interpreting what she saw. 'A Creative Journey' runs until Saturday, April 11th; for further details, contact the artist on annpedley@ hotmail.com Running from Saturdays, April 18th, to May 23rd, the Staffordshire Moorlands Open Art Exhibition is a showcase for the often-otherwiseunseen talents of local artists.
The closing ceremony takes place on Saturday, May 23rd, and further information is available from Clare Mellor on 07814-773340.
THE finale of the Harding Trust Piano Recitals will be performed together by Pascal and Ami Rogé in Hanley's Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Pascal Rogé is one of the great interpreters of French music; for several years, he has enjoyed playing recitals for four hands with his partner, Ami.
They will be playing the Dolly Suite by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), Six Préludes (solo) of Claude Debussy (1862-1918), 'Albumblatt' by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Fantasie in F The Museum and Art minor (op.103) by Anton Bruckner Gallery is located (1824-96), Sonata in C major by on Stockwell Street Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756within the Nicholson 91) and Four Slavonic Dances by Institute (a Grade II Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)in the listed building which Forum Theatre on Thursday, April has been fully restored 23rd, starting at 8pm. as a public centre Tickets (priced at £23, which of excellence and includes a complimentary learning). programme and interval wine or
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Entertaining - and educative!! EXCITING, intriguing Easter activities abound during the beginning of April, 2015! For example, Gladstone Potteries Museum, at Longton, in Stoke-on-Trent, is staging Easter Pottery Painting on Easter Monday, April 6th, and Tuesdays-Saturdays, April 7th-18th, when you can paint some Easter-themed ceramics to take home with you (from £1, plus admission). On Tuesdays, April 7th and 14th, join the venue's storyteller for some circus-themed 'Animal Stories' (11am-1pm and 1.30-3pm, free with admission). On Wednesday, April 8th, 'Easter Animals' affords you the opportunity to meet the mini-farm at the museum! There will be pygmy goats, pigs, Easter bunnies, spring lambs and chickens, and visitors can feed, touch, smell and hold the animals (11am-3pm, free with admission). With Easter Craft Activity, 'Animal Art' (on Fridays, April 10th and 17th), create your own animal printing-block and use it to make fantastic farm pictures; drop in from 11am to 1pm and/
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saving money on big-name brands, you can also keep up with the very latest trends at up to half the price you'd find elsewhere on the high street. Brand Interiors is packed with new designer discoveries. Browse at your leisure and enjoy the diverse selection of bedroom, living room and dining room furniture. Plus there's a whole spectrum of finishing touches to complete the look of your home too - including great gifts, kitchen gadgets and accessories for your living spaces.
floor lamps. Plus there are plenty of stylish yet functional coffee tables, media units and bookcases too. Dining rooms will benefit from a fresh new look courtesy of designer dining tables, chairs and sideboards, while cooking up a storm in the kitchen is easy with an in-house Italian kitchen design service.
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Keen cooks will be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of quality gadgets, cookware and tableware on display. Pop into the Bolton store to pick up matching toasters and kettles, brand new cookery sets and the latest must-have kitchen tech.
In store, you'll find a full range of bedroom furniture including everything from beds and mattresses to the finest solid-wood bedside tables and wardrobes.
Brand Interiors' Stoke store is situated at 12/22 Newstead Industrial Estate, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 8XB. Call 01782 646911 for more details.
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Excellence is Martyn's trademark
naturally, fencing).
"I treat my customers as if they were members of my own family, and I don't stand for the 'It'll Do' attitude that is prevalent in so many trades," he told us.
"If you treat customers well, you have them for life; they start out as a customer and end up as a friend," commented sole proprietor, Martyn, who is very flexible in his approach to clients.
Unsurprisingly, MS Services enjoys an abundance of customers' MARTYN Stanyer strongly believes recommendations! in offering customers a service so excellent that it would even satisfy Of course, caring genuinely about himself! your clients has its positive aspects.
FRIENDLY RELIABLE SERVICE EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR YOUR HOME.
Moreover, his business, MS Services, offers such a wideranging remit in terms of home improvement (both internal and external) that it encompasses everything from changing a washer to building a house! M.S. Services encompasses bathrooms, bedrooms, windows, doors and loft-conversions, with exemplary kitchen and bathroom work being Martyn's particular fort'e, as he utilises his wealth of experience and expertise. However, 2013 saw his business enhanced by moving into the gardening sphere (including,
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"I don't give the usual, massive quotes (which are often unfairly inflated to the tune of about 20%), with the result that most established customers never ask for a price. Also, they can buy their own materials, using my own trade-discounts." MS Services operates over a wide radius, taking in Staffordshire (including the whole of Stoke-onTrent) and parts of neighbouring Cheshire. IN ADDITION, MARTYN'S WEBSITE WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE! APRIL 2015 | 25
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Joe & Julie pride themselves on a friendly, efficient service in furnishing your home
showroom, you will discover thousands of carpets, available at ultra-competitive prices to suit every budget; in addition, there's FREE delivery on all items and no charge for fitting on most.
POSSESSING numerous, fulsome testimonials from ultra-satisfied customers, this Stoke-onTrent based business can bring a touch luxury and quality to every home.
(Most orders can be fitted within three working-days of purchase, and, as a registered member of the Carpet Foundation, it guarantees ALL work carried out).
Yes, if it's soft furnishings you are after, then Victoria Carpets and Curtains have got it covered beautifully! Proprietors, Joe and Julie Harrington-Thorley, are confident that their business's friendly, efficient service can furnish readers' every requirement. Located on Weston Road, Meir, Victoria Carpets and Curtains prides itself on good, old-fashioned service, and readers enjoy the assurance that its expert staff will help to re-style your home - and at surprisinglyaffordable prices! Whatever your intention (to 'make over' a single room or effect a complete transformation of your entire domicile), the business will bring an extensive selection, enabling you to see how the floor-covering or curtains will look in your home. To complement this, staff will measure up and provide you with an estimate of the final cost. At the Meir
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A family-run business since 1979 and based at its current premises since 1995, Victoria Carpets and Curtains also supplies and fits premier-brand cushionflooring (including Nairn and Rhinofloor), with many available in two-, three- and four-metrewide strips, to reduce wastage, and next-day fitting offered on rolls from stock. Additionally, Joe
and Julie sell and fit laminates, which continue to be popular (owing to its modern, clean appearance). Their firm's curtains and blinds department also provides the perfect finish to your windows. And there's more, since an impressive selection of fabrics (from, for example, Hardy and Belfield), which are ideal for creating your desired 'look'. As well as a terrific choice of curtains (taking in dramatic pelmets and valances), you can choose from an extensive variety of blinds, including Roman, roller, vertical, metal and wood Venetian - all made-tomeasure. Why not call into Joe and Julie's showroom today? Alternatively, visit the business's website: www. victoriacarpets.co.uk
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workmanship and great value for both installation of, and repairs to, garage doors, meeting and FOR the retail of, or expert repairs exceeding all your expectations. to, garage doors in Stoke-onTrent, nobody does it better than The well-established company boasts an extensive range of this family-run business! garage doors ready for supply and fitting, and can also help with the L T Garage Doors is a highly installation of fire doors for any reputable garage door supplier property. and fitter, providing complete and comprehensive coverage Priding itself on delivering the throughout the whole of best products for the best value, Staffordshire. L T Garage Doors features its own showroom (located at 1887, Leek This business really does Road, Milton), which enables offer outstanding quality readers to look and try, before purchasing. If you are looking for garage doors or garage door spares and parts, it welcomes all enquiries, striving for complete customer satisfaction with every project undertaken. "We have no sales, just low prices all year round," says Lee Taylor. For further information about what the company has to offer, get in touch on 0800 756 3284 or (01782) 533552 or by emailing: info@ ltgaragedoors. co.uk
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MOTORCADE CAR SALES & ALEX BAILEY CARS
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Possessing an encyclopaedic understanding of the new and used vehicle market, David Bloor has been the proprietor of Motorcade Car Sales for no less than thirty years, WHEN motorists pay a visit to this while Alex Bailey has traded under hugely-popular, City site, you benefit the apposite from the knowledge and experience name of Alex (accrued over a period of almost forty Bailey Cars for years) of not one, but TWO, experts the past, eight in the new and used car market! years, moving to Motorcade For, the showrooms at Motorcade Garage, Garage - located on busy Newcastle Burslem, Steet, Burslem - feature Motorcade eighteen Car Sales and Alex Bailey Cars, both months ago. of which display myriad vehicles (comprising a full range of makes and "We are a models, and all offering terrific valuesmall familyfor-money, to suit ALL pockets). run business, and tend to Here, readers will discover stock between everything from highly-affordable, twenty-five and family hatchbacks to luxury thirty-five used vehicles at any one convertibles. time," explains Alex. Moreover, the choice of vehicles "If we don't have exactly what you at Motorcade Car Sales and Alex want, let us know, and we can use Bailey Cars includes high-economy, one of our many channels to source low-road tax motors; diesel estates, your perfect vehicle; we buy cars for and MPVs (multi-purpose vehicles), cash all-year-round." wonderfully complemented by prestigious models - and many more!
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Motorists benefit from a genuinely-comprehensive at the businesses, as they possess the facility both to arrange finance (subject to mandatory creditchecks and approvals, naturally) and to settle it, where required. (All major debit and credit cards are accepted by David Bloor and Alex Bailey). Extended warranties
are available; part-exchanges are welcomed, and test-drives are recommended. As an additional bonus, a deliveryservice is also provided (if required).
Open seven days a week (9am-6pm, Monday-Friday; 9am-4pm, Saturday; and 12 noon-3pm, Sunday), the businesses can be contacted by telephoning (01782) 823888, or emailing: abaileycars@hotmail.co.uk; readers can also visit the website: www.alexbaileycars.co.uk
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THE beginning of 2015 saw high demand for second-hand, four-wheeldrive vehicles. The most popular model on the used car market was the VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG, according to second-hand pricing expert, Glass's. The company monitored 300 models over four weeks in January, identifying not only the ones which sold the quickest, but also those which 'hung around' on the market. Awarded third place, the CHEVROLET ORLANDO people-carrier has never sold in high numbers in the UK (when compared to rivals, such as Ford C-Max). However, relatively-low numbers as the second-hand market, combined with excellent practicality and low prices, means that they don't 'hang around' for long! (The Orlando comes with a fiveyear warranty, when new; so, a new, used one will still be covered). In second place, the VAUXHALL MOKKA might not be the strongest SUV in its class, but it does offer good value. The VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG beat rivals, such as the Audi Q7 and Range Rover, to the title of number one, fastest-selling used car in January, 2015. Said Rupert Poutin, head of valuation at Glass's: "The Volkswagen Touareg is often underrated, but offers fantastic buildquality, superb engines, great handling and subtle looks: this is the thinking man's Porsche Cayenne."
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TRAINED diagnostic technician, Richard Morrey (above), at work, and (below) a typically-busy scene at the garage.
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Awe-Inspiring Young Musicians
'The Warriors', a rarely-heard work by the Australian composer, Percy Grainger (1882-1961).
AT long last, the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain is making a muchdemanded return to Stoke-on-Trent Festival 2014/5 at Hanley's Victoria Hall (as part of the Stoke-on-Trent Festival 2014/15) on Friday, April 10th.
Written during 1913-16, 'The Warriors' is, perhaps, Grainger's most ambitious work, an 18-minute, 'imaginary ballet' of frenzied, 'danceable music', involving a large, 'tuneful percussion'.
Conducted by young, Israeli musician, Ilan Volkov, the concert commences with
This will be followed by a new commission from Unsuk Chin (b. 1961), the multi-award-winning, Staff Required South Korean composer, who is now based in BERLIN-based Korean composer, Berlin, Germany, and a masterwork Unsuk Chin (above), and members by Hungarian, Béla Bartók (18811945), his Concerto for Orchestra. of the National Youth Orchestra.
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Tickets for the concert (which starts at 8pm) are priced at £15-£31, and can be purchased from Music Mania Box Office, 4-6, Piccadilly Arcade, Hanley, Stokeon-Trent , Tel: (01782) 206000, and are also available online at www. musicmania.com
FUNERAL SERVICES Optimum advice at a time of personal grief IT is an indubitable truth that the healing process is something which each and every person in the country must experience at least once in his or her life. For, bereavement is, quite simply, one of the great immutables in quotidian life.
It is, of course, essential that we are able to cope with the practical and emotional demands encountered at this potentially harrowing time. The subject of death was a constant theme in conversation and thought in Victorian and Edwardian society, prior to World War I.
It is, however, equally true that, when it impinges on our consciousness, the overwhelming majority of us are completely unprepared for the demands which it makes upon us.
and understanding combine to lift the inexorable burden imposed upon the bereavedas is humanly possible, providing help, comfort and support, when it is most required.
In truth, grieving is a healing process, and, whilst our sense of loss will never disappear entirely, it will diminish, as a return to normalcy (in terms of working But, now, in the early-21st and social life) reasserts itself. century, it is something that is (to put it mildly) assiduously avoided.
Accordingly, when we losed a loved one (be it a partner, relative or a very close friend), it is imperative that we acquire the support, help and care of a reputable, well-established firm C. EDWARDS & SON of funeral directors. FUNERAL DIRECTORS
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This company should possess the requisite experience of dealing with all the arrangements and, at the same time, providing optimum advice at your time of personal grief.
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SPRING HAS ARRIVED!! THE terrific news is that Spring lines by Pomodoro, Alice Collins and JayLey Collections are now in store here. The new, Spring collections at The Little White Cottage feature stunning prints and patterns in dresses, tunics and tops suitable for ANY occasion! In addition to a new, Italianinspired range of handbags from Superbia (offering a lovely mix of colours and styles), this family-run business now stocks Suki Silver Tag Collectible teddy bears. "They are adorable and have their own carrying-boxes, with airholes for the journey to their new home," says delighted owner, Della Rowley.
You are always assured of a warm welcome and service with a smile at The Little White Cottage, which is located in Slater's Village, Baldwins Gate. The business understands the troubles that many women face in finding clothes that are fashionable, reasonably-priced and add 'something different' to an outfit.
jewellery by Eliza Gracious and exclusive giftware from Ashleigh & Burwood. It is open from 10am to 5pm, seven days a week, including Bank Holidays. For further information, check the website: www.littlewhitecottage.org, or its facebook page at www.facebook. com/thelittlewhitecottage
It aims to fill this niche by carefully sourcing ranges, with the focus on affordability, good quality and striking colours and prints. As a result, The Little White Cottage offers readers stunning ranges by Pomodoro, Alice Collins and JayLey Collections, and a large selection of Italian-style clothing, wonderfully complemented by scarves, handbags,
THE business now stocks "adorable" Suki Silver Tag collectible teddy bears, such as 'Jacob'.
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Spring Collections by Alice Collins, Pomodoro, JayLey Collection & more now in! Handbags & Jewellery by Eliza Gracious Exclusive Giftware by Ashleigh & Burwood
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