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We take great pride in our personal approach to all services that we offer.

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Hello Lovely Readers and Happy New Year Don’t save it for best….

I mentioned last time it was my birthday at Christmas and as ever my small but perfectly formed family do really make a big effort and I was a very lucky girl! They even wrapped my birthday presents in birthday paper (a pet hate as a child, if I did get a separate birthday present rather than ‘we’ve bought you a bigger one’ it was invariably wrapped in Christmas paper). And do you know what… I am absolutely making sure I am using every thing I got NOW! That posh candle is burning every night, that new perfume opened and sprayed liberally every morning, the spa treatment booked and the gift vouchers spent! So many times I’ve heard of people saving things for best… and then sadly not getting to use them. So I reckon right now is our best day, so my advice to you would be - dig out your best china, your unused designer body lotion, your best shoes and get some pleasure out of them, here and now!

Good luck with any resolutions you’ve made for 2019! Looking back at last years editors letter I see I had two: firstly to declutter my paperwork and that gets a big tick and the second was to get a bit fitter… one out of two isn’t bad, is it?? Better luck this year hey?

And to finish a message from The Poppy Organiser:

Thank you to the people of Waverton, Christleton and Great Boughton for your generous donations to the recent Poppy Appeal, and the Churches of St James and St Peters - you all donated over £5000, a truly wonderful achievement. ‘til next time

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THE PLOUGH Built in the 1700s and steeped in history, The Plough Inn offers you a traditional English country pub experience, boasting a wide selection of traditional real cask ales and fine wines. With its richly-furnished, comfortable bars and cosy nooks, it is the perfect place to enjoy a relaxing meal or drink with friends and family.

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Enjoy the challenge...

Register now for the Entrance Assessments and Entrance Examination at The Queen’s School in January.

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Sandy Bears Nursery & Pre-School is a home-from-home Nursery. We offer any support and guidance to parents we possibly can offer.

We are proud to be a healthy and magical place for children to learn and grow. The natural settings of our two nurseries provide a world of possibilities which enables us to turn every day into a new and exciting opportunity for exploration, discovery and adventure.

TATTENHALL The Old School House 1 High Street Tattenhall CH3 9PX

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Family History Help Desk Every Tuesday & Friday 10.30am to 12.30pm & 1.30pm to 4.00pm Held at Grosvenor Museum Messy Church 4th Sunday of Each Month - 3.00pm to 5.00pm A fun packed afternoon, of crafts, singing, games, and a party tea. Held at the Aldford Village Hall and St John the Baptist Church.

This is a free event for children of primary school age. For more details contact Karl & Su Jones on 07837 944656.

Film Club Friday 4th – 2.00pm Held at the United Reformed Church, Hoole. £3.00 towards refreshments. Any enquiries please call Chris or Sophia; 01244 336559.

Ramblers Club Saturday 5th - 9.30am Held at the United Reformed Church, Hoole.

Vacancies for a few more members, please contact Henry Parry on henryparry@talktalk.net.

National Trust - Chester Centre Thursday 10th – 2.30pm A talk on The Work of a Police Wildlife Officer

by Gerard Ged, held in the Burley Memorial Hall, Waverton. Cost £3.00.

Hoole Community Model Railway Group Saturday 12th - 12.00pm to 2.00pm Bring your own trains, set them out and share knowledge with others. There will be tracks set up and it is open to all ages but a responsible adult must accompany children. Light refreshments available.

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RSPB Chester Group - Field Trip Saturday 12th Two stop Field Trip - Mere Sands Wood & RSPB Marshside. Meet a.m. at Sainsbury’s end of Caldy Valley church car park, CH3 5PR. Booking essential, call trip leader Nick 01928 574502.

Tattenhall Music Societ - Roberto Carillo-Garcia and Friends’ Sunday 13th - Doors at 5.45pm, concert starts at 6.30pm Held at the Parish Church of St. Alban.Ttickets are £12 (18 years and under are free) from Tattenhall News and Tattenhall Post Office. For more information contact Anne McGrath Tel: 01829 770932 .

National Trust - Chester Centre Tuesday 15th A car outing to the Ring O Bells, Frodsham for a luncheon. Cost £20.00. New members are always welcome, for details of membership please ring Vanessa Stevens on 0151 336 2156 or Carole Walker on 01928 723389.

Mid Day Community Coffee Morning Thursday 17th - 10.00am Held at Hoole United Reformed Church.

RSPB Chester Group - Talk Wednesday 16th – 7.30pm A talk on Bird Watching Narbonnaise by Philippa Benson. Held at Christleton Parish Hall, Village Road, CH3 7AS. £2 members, £4 visitors, inc. refreshments.

West Cheshire Rural U3A Thursday 17th Sue Taylor will talk about “Browns of Chester”.

Held at Barbour Institute in Tattenhall.

For further information on membership/ forthcoming events please contact Hilary Scarratt 01829 770516.

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Christleton Monthly Luncheon Club Monday 21st - 12.30pm A tasty hot meal will be served in Christleton Parish Hall, but this time with a Scottish / Haggis flavour. All welcome, but places limited, so please book a place by calling: Liz (409414), Janet (325529), or Christine (335562).

Waverton Community Cinema Saturday 26th - Doors open 7.00pm, Film starts 7.30pm Screening Swimming For Men at Waverton Village Hall. Entrance £5 or £4 concessions with refreshments available or you can bring your own.

Chester Family History Group Thursday 31st – 7.30pm A talk entitled “Using Google for Family History” by speaker David Guyton. Members and non members very welcome, there will be a small charge at the door . Held at the Church Hall, All Saints Church, 2 Vicarage Road, Hoole, CH2 3HZ.

UPCOMING EVENTS …

Pre-owned Book & DVD Sale Sunday 10th February 10.00am to 2.00pm Held at Mickle Trafford Community Centre (next to village school) Bargains to be had for all the ages, with proceeds going to Mickle Trafford Preschool.

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Weekend Workshops January - 4week course Yoga/Meditation/Detox Saturday 5th -26th January 10.00 - 12.00 (option of a gong or crystal bowl bath after two of the sessions, extra £10) For more information contact Lynn Owen: 07870 373 545

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The Equivalent of a Family Car Lost in 2018!

Local Slimming World members have lost over 4000 lbs this year – the equivalent of a family car! Members of Waverton and Saighton Slimming World groups have done fantastically, with over 70 people reaching their dream “target” weights too!

Target member Hannah Isling lost a fabulous 3st 8lbs to reach her dream weight. “When I joined Slimming World in January 2018, I never expected to get so far, but with the support of my lovely group it was so much easier than I ever thought it would be. By February I was feeling the benefits and by September I was at my target weight. Since then,

I’ve carried on going for free, so I never gain the weight back on.”

“I’m feeling so much more comfortable in my own skin. Shopping for Christmas party outfits was a delight, not a drag like previous years. And I really feel like the changes I’ve made to the way I cook and eat will stay with me for life. The biggest change I’ve made is letting go of the guilt. I try to stay on plan as much as I can, but when life gets in the way I don’t feel bad, just take it on the chin and get right back on plan as soon as I can!”

“I’m going in to 2019 a totally different, happier version of myself. I’m just so glad I made the decision to go to Slimming World a year ago.”

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LUXURY RETIREMENT APARTMENTS AVAILABLE Boughton Hall is a luxury Retirement Village with beautiful apartments spread out over four and a half acres of landscaped gardens.

At the heart of the village is the beautifully restored Grade II Listed Old Hall which houses the Restaurant, Bar, Lounge, Library, Hobbies Room, Hair Salon.

Available Properties : One Bedroom Top Floor Apartment - £295,000 Bright and spacious, totally re-decorated throughout.

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A New Year’s resolution that will change your life…

NEWFOCAS Therapeutic Fostering Agency ask you to consider Fostering as a new career path and life style change. We are a small independent fostering agency based in Flintshire and we are looking for people that live around the North Wales, Wirral and Chester areas that have a spare bedroom, a car and driving licence and basic computer skills.

This new life style choice, could give you the chance to change a child’s life.

Foster carers look after children that are no longer able to live with their own families, so this is a very worthwhile and meaningful role. As part of this role you will be sharing your home and family with a child that otherwise may have to spend time in residential care, with no family support around them as they grow up.

If you feel that this is something that you want to do as a family or single person, please take the time to consider this as a career path. NEWFOCAS consider foster carers to be the cornerstone of the team, therefore, foster carers are paid well to undertake the duties that are required of them. NEWFOCAS pay up to £495 per week, depending on the age of the child, for each foster child living with you.

Our highly trained Social Work team will give you full training, so that you can learn all about NEWFOCAS and how we work to help children in the care system.

Plus, ongoing training to help you look after your foster child and develop your practical skills whilst dealing with, on occasions, challenging behaviour.

If you would like to find out more about NEWFOCAS or how you go about becoming a Foster Carer please ring us for a chat on 01244 550300 or visit our website www.newfocas.co.uk.

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thomas talk THOMAS PROPERTY GROUP’S PAST & FUTURE NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS Last January I wrote how we would improve our services throughout 2018 and so this year I thought we would take the opportunity to see how well we succeeded.

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WE PROMISED A NEW WEBSITE FOR YOU TO LAUNCH a brand new custom designed professional and mobile friendly website.

Featuring new and improved search facilities, sharper imagery and specialist sections which will identify great Investment OpportunitiesMeet the Family Directors-TestimonialsMortgages and much much more!

THE OUTCOME - We successfully launched our NEW & MUCH IMPROVED WEBSITE offering all of the features above. We have received very good feedback from our clients and customers regarding the new design, user-friendly interface and easy navigation. It has also been mentioned that some have found the TESTIMONIALS PAGE to be very helpful amongst other new features we have added throughout the launch.

2019 NEW YEARS RESOLUTION We will be enhancing our THOMAS PROPERTY WEBSITE further and welcome any further feedback so please contact us with your thoughts or suggestions.

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WE RESOLVED TO MAINTAIN THE BEST SERVICE FOR THE BEST VALUE SELL MORE properties to meet the incredibly high demand from our active buyers. We will be offering our usual pro-active friendly service and maintain our competitive fees for you in the New Year.

THE OUTCOME - We offered the most competitive fees with the highest level of service and we sold the majority of properties in your area.

2019 NEW YEARS RESOLUTION We will continue to sell more properties to meet the high demand of buyers we have waiting. Here at Thomas’s we will continue working hard to achieve the BEST POSSIBLE PRICE for YOUR home.

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Realistic Resolutions for a Happier, Healthier New Year New Year resolutions sound like a great idea: a fresh year and a fresh start. So why do they often fail?

Setting Yourself Up for Failure At New Year, festive goodwill and New Year enthusiasm can entice us into making a multitude of overly ambitious resolutions, setting ourselves up to fail and often, give up completely on our goals. So let’s turn three popular, doomed-to-failure aspirations into realistic resolutions.

More Exercise Your Resolution: I’ll go to Pilates, do my dance DVD and walk two miles every week!

You didn’t manage any of these things every week last year - ask yourself why. Identify activities you enjoy and can most easily fit in.

A Better Resolution: I’ll do at least an hour’s exercise every week.

Weather too bad for walking?

Missed Pilates? Resolve to do your exercise DVD instead.

Anything else is a bonus. Better to do some exercise consistently than none.

Less Alcohol Your Resolution: “I won’t drink on weekdays/at home/EVER AGAIN!”

Recent research shows that even alcohol intake under the recommended limits of 2-3 units daily and 14 units per week increases your risk of many serious conditions, including dementia and some cancers, so reducing your intake is great – but tough if you’re

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A Better Resolution: Think about when and where you drink alcohol, and reduce your intake gradually. Try:

• Matching every alcoholic drink with a soft drink, or buying a large soft drink later in the evening to last until home time.

• Finding other ways to relax if you always have a drink on returning from work (or make it a Friday-only treat). Feeling you ‘need’ a drink is a warning sign; consider if you need to make changes in your work life.

• On alternate nights, swap that wine with dinner or beer with friends for low-alcohol or nonalcoholic versions.

No Smoking Your Resolution: “I smoke 30 a day, but I’m quitting for good at New Year!”

It’s probably quicker to list conditions not aggravated or caused by smoking than to list those that are, and accepting you’re addicted to nicotine can be hard. But that twitchiness you feel – the need for a cigarette to ‘calm your nerves’ - is nicotine withdrawal, which can occur very quickly.

This can make smoking hard to kick, particularly for moderate or heavy smokers. While a few successfully go ‘cold turkey’,

gradually reducing your nicotine intake is the most reliable and angst-free method.

A Better Resolution: Try the options below and keep going until you find a strategy that works.

• Visit your GP. They can prescribe some nicotine replacement products and refer you to counselling. You can also buy nicotine replacement products; experiment and see what works best for you.

• If you don’t already, make yourself smoke outside; it takes more effort. Toxins from your cigarette linger in the air (second-hand smoke) and settle on surfaces, where they’re re-released (third-hand smoke), so you’ll be improving the health of housemates and visitors too.

• Smoke to a timed schedule and gradually increase the time between cigarettes. Even if you smoke 25 a day and only drop one daily cigarette per fortnight, you’ll still be a nonsmoker in under a year.

• Keep nicotine but eliminate cigarette toxins like cyanide and arsenic by swapping to e-cigarettes or vaporisers.

‘Resolution’ has an array of scientific and historical meanings, including ‘reduction to a simpler form’. So keep your resolutions simple – and realistic!

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Heralding

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January is a difficult month to find colour in the garden so take time to appreciate the shape of plants and the colour from evergreens and tree bark.

One January flowering plant, is Hellebore orientalis which is a winter flowering perennial with pink, plum, white and speckled flowers about 5cm in size.

In time, a single plant can grow to produce dozens of flowers over winter. They prefer a loamy or clay soil and thrive in shady places. Hellebores do well under deciduous shrubs and will give you a carpet of colour in winter. Interplant with spring bulbs.

Do remember to cut off most of their leaves in early winter so you can see the flowers. Always wear gloves when handling as the sap can cause vomiting if ingested in even small amounts.

An odd sight to see in winter is the Iris unguicularis

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There are three Prunus serrula trees planted so that the sunshine touches the glossy copper bark (so smooth to the touch!). Behind is planted a stand of Cornus or Dogwood with bright red stems. I like the variety Cornus alba Variegata or Elegantissima.

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interplanted with lavender or linking a low box hedge always looks attractive.

and creamy leaves in summer. Cut the stems down in February every other year to get a lot of stems or let it grow into a large shrub. They prefer moisture retentive soils in sun.

Finally, may I suggest the evergreen columnar yew, Taxus baccata Standishii with neat upright growth and golden needles in summer, fading to light green in winter. A line of these golden evergreen columns

Work to do in your garden is limited but you can start pruning apples and pears and wisteria. Prune redcurrants and gooseberries by shortening longer branches by a third at most, cut out overlapping stems and any growing near the soil. Plant out any bare rooted plants you have ordered as soon as they arrive.

Do not walk on frozen soil or grass - go indoors and admire your hellebores from a warm room!

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ACCOUNTANTS The Accounts Centre 31 ALLOTMENT Boughton Heath Allotment Colony 7 APPLIANCE REPAIR E.D.A.S 68 ARCHITECTURE SERVICES Architecture Works 43 MB-AT 68 SBS Design 51 Scott Architecture 46 BATHROOMS GasMarc 69 Kev Burns 41 BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION Caldy Valley Renovations 56 EcoVert 64 PDS Cheshire Renovations 42 SM Edwards Builders & Contractors 49 CAR REPAIRS KMA Motors 34 CARE HOME Prospect House 24 CARPENTRY & JOINERY Abbott-Wade Joinery 49 Elton Joinery & Carpentry 40 Rob Parkinson 63 CATERING SERVICES Jennie's Catering 41 CHIMNEY SWEEP Clean Sweep 68 CLEANING SERVICES Clean Living 65 Zero Dry Time 52 COMPUTER MAINTENANCE Cheshire Computer Repairs 33 Computer Buddies 69 Webcharm 31 CURTAINS & BLINDS C2U Interiors 17 Fabric Magic 69 DECORATORS AJG Decorators 68 Darren Hayes 67 David Smith Painting & Decorating 57 Perfect Finish 49 DENTURE CARE Smiles & More 8 DOUBLE GLAZING REPAIRS Cloudy 2 Clear 47 DRIVEWAYS Tarporley Driveways 56

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NURSERY SCHOOL Sandy Bears Nursery 10 PAVING Build Pave & Scape 59 PEST CONTROL Rat-a-Tat-Tat Pest Control 59 PHYSIO Relive Physiotherapy 19 PIANO TUNING AP Dean 67 PLASTERER Frodsham Plastering Services 69 Geoff Parry Plastering Contractor 69 PLUMBING & HEATING Chester Plumber 45 GasMarc 69 Illustrious Plumbing and Heating 52 MRG Plumbing Services 58 PK Pluming Services 68 Precision Plumbing & Heating 69 PRINTERS Deva Print 30 PUB & RESTAURANT The Plough 5 RETIREMENT PROPERTY Boughton Hall Retirement Village 20 ROOFING Cheshire Roof Care 40 SWF Roofing & Building 65 Total Roofline 8 Town Roofing 62 SHELTERED ACCOMMODATION Abbeyfield Chester 19 SLIMMING GROUP Slimming World 18 SOLICITOR Collaborative Lawyers 32 Deborah Wilkinson & Co 35 Swayne Johnson 28 SPA Rowton Hall Hotel & Spa 11 TAXI SERVICES Abbey Taxi 10 TRAVEL AGENT Lemon Tree Travel 17 TREE SURGEONS A Roberts 67 Chester Landscape Company 63 Dee Tree Surgery 43 Reaseheath Tree Care 42 WASTE MANAGEMENT Excel Services 67 WILL WRITING SERVICE Watkins Smith 2 WINDOWS & CONSERVATORIES Osprey Windows 41 Sovereign Windows 34

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