Runcorn Love Local - Nov & Dec 2015

Runcorn November & December 2015

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2015 has been a funny old year here at Hawk HQ. Like most of us, life brings lots of ups and downs, but overall the ups have definitely outweighed the downs, so I guess that’s a win. We do hope you have had a good year overall, that you have a super Christmas, and we wish you love, health and happiness for 2016!

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I wrote a few years ago about procrastination… I think I wondered at the time that if I confessed to being a victim (or is it a supporter? see there I go off on a tangent again…) that it would somehow purge me of it and I would suddenly be a ‘doer’. Didn’t work at all, although it does still intrigue me. On a similar note, I saw someone put a photo on the internet, probably Facebook, that said ‘but first coffee’ and it completely resonated with me, particularly first thing in the morning, more like ‘but first two coffees…’, what’s your ‘but first’ thing?

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5th December Classic Northern Soul, So Soulful 70’s, Modern, Tamla Motown, Rod Looker, Runcorn Soul Club.

Beechwood Community Centre, pay on the door, £3.50.

Movies in Moore

4th December – 7.30pm Screened at the Mi lner Institute ‘Far fro m the Madding Crowd ’. The cost is £3.50 which includes tea & biscuits.

Christmas Craft & G ift Fayr e

5th December Held at Widnes an d Runcorn Cancer Support Centre, Th e Studio in Lacey Street. For more inf ormation or to bo ok a stall call; 0151 423 5730.

Halton Haven Hospice Santa Dash

13th December – 9.00am Start Visit; www.haltonhavenhospice.co.uk/ events/ for more information or to book your space.

North Cheshire Speakers Club

2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month from September till May – 7.30pm to 9.45pm Meetings are held at Castle Park, Frodsham.

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et Churchill Hall- Cooper Stre – Available to hire as a hall, stage, kitchen and quiet room. Call Reg on 01928 573 656 for more information or to book a date.

Earl of Stamford Morris Dancers

Tuesday evenings 8.00pm to 10.00pm New members welcome, dancers and musicians.

We dance out at local events, fetes etc, and also attend days of dance around the country. We meet in the Milner Institute, Runcorn Road, Moore, and dance out in the Sumer months. Contact Carol on 01925 740150 for more information.

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Book Reviews

Curiosity Bookshop in Runcorn review a handful of reads, all of which are available to buy at their lovely shop…

Did any of your family work at ICI in the 1950’s?

If so you or yours may feature on the cover of this year’s Runcorn Memories Calendar. (£3.99) Or did you ever go for a trip to Liverpool on one of the ferry boats from Runcorn docks? If so, you may be featured on the picture for January. Or was Granny one of the first residents in the picture of Queen’s Close in 1959? Also featured is the sandstone fountain of Fountain Brow’s fame, and the original sandstone Parish Church. Other calendars in stock include “Liverpool Legends” “Everton Toffees” (£4.99) and the Cheshire calendar (£5.99)

Christmas isn’t Christmas without a bit of gingerbread and this little book

by Mimi Sinclair (£8.99 – our price £7.20) contains 30 magical houses, biscuits and bakes, including a country cottage, a biscuit Christmas tree, wildlife wonderland and gingerbread cup cakes. Who could resist it?

New for Harry Potter fans is this exquisitely illustrated “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” making it the perfect gift for that special little person at Christmas. Jim Kay, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, brings to life the mystical world invented

by J K Rowling with his intricate and atmospheric pictures. (RRP £30.00, our price £24.00

Shipyards of the Upper Mersey by Robert Ratcliffe does a sterling job in telling the stories of yards in Runcorn, Frodsham, Widnes (and Fiddlers Ferry), Ellesmere Port and Warrington. Local maritime families can’t fail to be impressed by the amount of detail included, beginning with the largest ship ever built in Runcorn, the “Dennis Brundrit”. Two large appendices list the builders and related traders, recording all vessels known to have been built in the Upper Mersey. (Paperback. £16.99)

Our free Christmas catalogue containing over 250 ideas for Christmas and a free draw to win up to £250 of book tokens is available from the bookshop – while stocks last.

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Growing Fruit Trees

By Pippa Greenwood

For the ultimate in gorgeous apples, pears, plums or more, the fruit needs to be freshly picked and sun-warmed - so grow your own and make some good looking additions to your garden, even when space is limited. There’s no need to have a massive plot or an orchard to grow fruit trees…

You can grow fruit trees in surprisingly small spaces, especially if you don’t grow them in a classic tree shape, but train them. Training them into espaliers (several sets of horizontal ‘arms’), cordons (single main stems grown at an angle) or fans (with branches trained into a fan shape) means that you can grow many varieties of apples and pears up against a suitable vertical surface such as a wall, fence or set of sturdy wires.

You could also train fruits like apples to make a neat edging for a bed or border about 45cm above ground level (called ‘step-overs’). A step-over apple grows to a height of about 30cm and is trained to forms two horizontal ‘arms’, which will bear a smallish crop of fruit. Try step-overs around the edge of your vegetable plot or flower bed.

To make a real feature of fruit, use a tree to create a decorative and productive arch. Buy an inexpensive bare root cordon (straight stem) or a ‘whip’ fruit tree of your favourite variety, pair it with another variety that is a suitable pollinator (check with the nursery) and plant one on each side of the arch, training them in as they grow. It will look pretty when in blossom in spring and will bear tasty fruit too.

Provided you get the right rootstock (see below), you can grow fruit trees in large containers. The

container needs to be big - a half-barrel at least - and have drainage holes kept clear using a few inches of broken china or ‘crocks’ at its bottom.

Good quality loam-based compost such as John Innes No.3 will work well, but help to keep it well aerated and free-draining by adding 25-50% multipurpose loam-free compost.

It is essential to choose fruit trees on the right ‘rootstock’, as this determines the ultimate size and vigour of the tree. Apples are complicated, but as a rule, for step-overs, cordons, dwarf bushes and trees in containers try the extremely dwarfing M27 - though weak varieties may fail in poor soil or if not well pampered. For bush, cordon, espaliers and half-standard try the dwarfing rootstock M26, while for a cordon, an espalier on poor soil, arches and bush trees try the semi-dwarfing MM106.

You can buy one year old ‘maidens’ or ‘whips’ which are small, fairly straight stems and train them yourself or you can buy trained or part-trained trees.

Make sure you choose varieties that flower at the same time so that they pollinate each other and thus provide fruit. Ask your supplier which ‘pollination group’ each variety is in.

At this time of year you can buy inexpensive fruit trees sold ‘bare-root’, which means lifted from a field and not container grown; they also establish well. Bare-root fruit trees are generally available from about November until early March - so don’t delay, get ordering or planting today!

Perfect as a Christmas gift, make vegetable growing fun with Pippa’s unique ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ system. Select the vegetables you’d like to grow at www.pippagreenwood.com and your garden-ready plants will be delivered in May, accompanied by weekly emails packed full of advice and tips.

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Make room for guests at Christmas The tree is decorated and the turkey in the freezer, but are you ready to welcome friends and family this Christmas? Katherine Sorrell outlines some quick and easy ways to create extra space for holiday visitors.

Lounging around

If you’re going to need somewhere for everyone to relax in the living room, bring in beanbags for the kids and pop cushions on top of coffee tables and benches to create a few extra TV-viewing spaces.

A bed for the night

No guest room? No problem. A sofa bed, day bed or futon – or simply a longish sofa – will do the trick. A good quality airbed is a great thing to have, too. If your living room is acting as a temporary bedroom, clear space for your guests’ luggage and place a small lamp near the head of their ‘bed’ and a spare throw or blanket nearby. Use a box, bag or basket to stow bedding during the day.

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Dinner is served

An extendable dining table is perfect for accommodating additional guests; alternatively enlarge your table temporarily by topping it with an overhanging sheet of plywood (you might want to protect the table with a pad or cloth first), covered with a pretty tablecloth. Or, create a separate dining table – maybe just for kids – using anything with a flat surface, from a trestle table to a coffee table, surrounded by cushions on the floor.

Any old china

If you haven’t got enough crockery for all your guests, plan ahead and pick up extras at car boot sales, charity shops or vintage shops; the same goes for glasses and cutlery. If all else fails, have a stack of paper plates to hand – no one will mind once the turkey is dished out, and at least you’ll save on washing up!

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If you have a shortage of dining chairs, consider investing in a few inexpensive folding chairs that you could hide out of the way when not in use.

If you’re not keen on how they look, try covering them with pillowcases and adding a pretty cushion.

Alternatively, a flat-topped stool can double as a seat and as a side table – handy next to that seldom-used guest bed, too – and will slide out of the way under the table when not in use.

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Hallway solutions

Extra guests means a proliferation of coats, shoes,

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Eat, drink and be merry

Aim to create enough room in your kitchen to store all your festive goodies by clearing out your cupboards and fridge in good time. Add internal racks, shelves, boxes and baskets so you can stack everything neatly (clear plastic makes it easy to see everything at once).

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Clear plenty of space for your guests to store their toiletries before they arrive and look for bath and shower caddies that attach by hook or suction, allowing you to stock all sorts of products out of the way. Provide clean towels on a separate hook or rail from your own – a clothes airer that hooks over a radiator is ideal – and some luxury soaps.

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Have a Healthier, Happier Christmas Christmas is often laden with expectations, anxieties, overindulgence and family tensions. It’s no coincidence that divorce lawyers are busiest in January.

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Take the Pressure Off • Buy presents throughout the year, even on holiday; gift shops may stock something unique.

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November in the garden is traditionally the time for having bonfires, pruning the deadwood and generally readying things for the onset of winter. Worthy and necessary work though this is, I am of the school of thought that whilst acknowledging we have my least favourite season to endure, now is a good time to focus on the coming year.

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I freely admit to. It definitely gets me through some of the dark and depressing nights. I’ve indulged in fantasies of redesigning planting areas and decks, and have imagined pergolas that transform the ordinary to the extraordinary. Thoughts of these projects can act as a glimmer of hope or a beacon at the end of the wintery tunnel of gloom.

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zone (approx 5m x 3m x 2.2m high). The startling effects produced by sunlight glowing through the horizontal slats, creates a magical ambience. Imagine illuminating the curves at night with LED strips to create a dinner party to remember. The possibilities of how to use this unique outdoor space are endless, and it has the added benefit of having a clear polycarbonate sheet attached to the panels making it shower-proof.

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A Merry Christmas to our Special ‘Kids of Today’!

By Jackie Worrall aka The Unwidow

Many Christmases ago, I was, as a professional entertainer, regularly ‘booked’ to ‘contain and control’ a few dozen ‘sugar charged’ children from the ages of three to twelve, after their ’Christmas tea party’. Whilst their ‘keepers’ hit the gin and tonic and recovered from the Mayhem these little angels could create, the children and I entertained each other with guitar and song.

Because I happen to like children and knew, all the ‘Christmas’ stuff they loved, like ‘Away in a Manger’, ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’, ‘Morningtown Ride’,’ Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer’ and ‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm, etc., we got along just fine.

However, that was fifty Christmases ago.

Today, at seven years old, these little masterminds can create their own ‘digital music’. At ten, they are likely to question whether ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ refers to the imbibing of illegal substances, and some have even built a guitar or computer already.

Moreover, Farmer (not Old!) MacDonald is now a Senior Citizen and referral to Rudolph’s unfortunate nose, is not P.C.!

At this point, please resist the temptation to say ‘Ah they grow up too quickly!’, because, surely it is wonderful!

These young folks can teach us some of what they know! The ‘birds and bees’, is a list of ‘endangered species’ and when the instructions to assemble an Ikea bookcase or regaining Internet Connection defeats us, the aid of a ten year old will ensure success in less time than it takes to tell them that ‘Children should be seen and not heard!’

How did this happen? How did they get to be so bright? It was surely nothing that we did! We drummed into them for the first two years of their little lives, how to talk and walk, and the next fifteen years telling them to be quiet and sit down.

Moreover, at the times when it suited us, we commanded them to go to bed and go to sleep, but when they oblige us, by spending Saturday in bed, sleeping until lunchtime, we yell at them to get up and not sleep!In fact, just when they think they have cottoned on to the massive approval that comes their way when they master the tasks we set, we baffle them by moving the goal posts. Yet, in spite of us, they continue to develop, grow and achieve great things.

My grandmother had many wise words to offer.

She called them ‘Sayings’ which formed the basis of my education in the ‘way to go’. To my shame, the most frequent of my own ‘sayings’ to my son were probably ‘Tidy your room’ and ‘Eat your greens’.

Did my lack of ‘parenting skills’ cause him to look elsewhere to find his wisdom and achievement?

I think not! Somehow, children are learning by default. New generations are learning how to think, and not what to think.

This Christmas, when we are spreading our ‘goodwill to all men’ shall we extend that thought to the ‘Kids of Today’? Rejoice in them, try to keep up, and learn to: 1. Observe them disappearing like magic when our ‘Christmas Visitors’ arrive. Master that trick and perform it when their friends visit them 2. Recognise and heed their look of horror when you threaten to get up and jive. We were aghast when they dyed their hair purple. Purple hair is OK Parents Jiving is not!

3. Forget how to knit. They hated our Christmas jumpers from the age of four. They will never learn to love them because how to love them is not on U Tube.

4. Understand, but not try to speak their language.

We will make idiots of ourselves by getting it wrong 5. Tell no jokes! Tell Lies! Tell them their purple hair looks great. We lied with impunity about Santa.

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10th December 2015 – 10th January 2016 - The Brindley, Runcorn Starring Dean Gaffney, star of Eastenders & I’m A Celebrity, a great cast, spectacular scenery, plenty of audience participation, modern songs to sing along to and amazing special effects, it promises to be another magical production!

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12th – 31st December (except the 25th) - Liverpool Empire Theatre A purr-fect family panto. Starring Sally Lindsay, Radio City’s Leanne Campbell, Eric Potts, City Talk’s Pete Price and Kurtis Stacey in the title role of Dick Whittington.

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2nd – 10th January - Pyramid and Par Hall, Warrington Sure to delight kids and adults alike. The pantomime tells the story of a poor boy from Gloucester, aided by friend Tommy the Cat, as they embark on a series of adventures on a journey to become Mayor of London.

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Boost Your Income in Time for Christmas With Christmas fast approaching it’s worthwhile trying to boost your income to cover some of the cost rather than over-using your credit card. So to avoid a huge bill in January and get the New Year off to a good start, try one or two of these ideas and generate some extra cash.

Use cashback sites when buying your presents. If you like to shop online at Christmas, you might be surprised by just how much cash you can get back when using sites such as Quidco and TopCashBack.

There’s no charge to sign up, and depending on the item purchased you can get between 3% and 10% of your money back. Generate extra cash on eBay and Amazon. Not only will you declutter and make space for the next influx of presents, selling items online can generate some much-needed extra money at this time of year. There are hundreds of eBay categories, and once you get into a routine of photographing and describing your items, it’s possible to significantly boost your Christmas budget.

Amazon is great for selling books, CDs and DVDs that you no longer want, but they also offer hundreds of different item categories within their marketplace. If you have a lot of books to sell it can be quicker to list them on Amazon rather than eBay, as all you need to do is input the ISBN or title. The site then searches for the book and automatically adds postage, so all you need to do is write a short description.

Use the popularity of local Facebook pages Many people use Facebook to sell goods locally.

It works like a classified ad – you list your item and local people come round to view it before purchasing with cash. The local online groups are run by volunteers, and the listing is free-of-charge which saves you money in comparison with eBay and Amazon.

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Become a mystery shopper

If you’ve got time to spare, this can be a lucrative sideline and offers a great deal of variety.

Depending on the mystery shopping company, you could be carrying out a covert visit to a store, ordering a sandwich in Subway or checking out the service in your local bank.

You’ll need to fill in a report online following each visit, and photograph or scan your receipts as proof that you’ve carried it out. Make sure that you read the instructions thoroughly before you set out, however, as you won’t get paid if you don’t follow them to the letter.

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The UK arts and crafts scene has risen massively in popularity, and there is a range of websites where you can sell your items. Folksy is one of the biggest of these in the UK, and offers lots of help to set up your account.

If you prefer to sell in person, however, try a Christmas craft fair in your local area – there should be lots of trade and it helps that people can see the quality of items first-hand.

You’ll probably find that your local school or garden centre hold a craft event leading up to Christmas.

Alternatively, bigger venues such as National Trust properties or stately homes in your area are also popular locations for craft fairs all year round.

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1. Heat the oil in a large deep pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and fry for 6-7 minutes until softened. Stir in the curry paste and cook for 1 minute then add the diced vegetables and cover and cook gently for 5 minutes.

2. Pour in 900ml of the chicken stock and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender.

Cool for 10 minutes.

3. Puree the soup in a blender or food processor (in batches if necessary) and return to the pan. Stir in another 300ml of the remaining stock and heat through gently. If you prefer a soup with a thinner consistency add the rest of the stock.

4. Adjust the seasoning to taste and serve in warmed bowls garnished with a spoonful of crème fraîche or natural yoghurt, parsnip crisps and crushed coriander seeds.

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TIP To make the parsnip crisps, use a potato peeler to shave long thin strips from one large peeled parsnip.

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There is one petrol engine and three diesel options.

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