Local Life - Wigan West - Nov/Dec 2013

Wigan West Edition

Nov/Dec 2012

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You’d think that with the clocks going back this weekend that the UK would shut down for the dark winter months, leaving us here at Local Life very little to write about. Well, in fact, the very opposite is true because we’ve had so many emails detailing what you’re all up to in the next couple of months, we’ve struggled to fit everything in!

Anyway, we just about managed it, but with this being the last issue of the year in this area, I felt it was time to pay tribute to all those people who work tirelessly to make a difference to other people’s lives. Not a week goes by without us hearing of the efforts and sacrifices that these talented and caring individuals make on behalf of others. There are more than a few illustrations in this very issue; so to those people - well done, you’re an inspiration to us all!

Don’t forget, if Local Life is delivered to your home, you only receive 6 of the 12 issues we publish for the Wigan area. So if you want a monthly fix of Local Life, you can pick up the other 6 issues in the intervening months at Sainsburys, Tesco’s in Wigan, Windy Arbour Farm Shop or just pop into our offices at the Hewitt Business Park off Winstanley Road in Orrell during office hours.

We’ll be back in January - have a great Christmas won’t you!

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MacMillan Boost

Another year passes and another bumper cheque has been handed over to MacMillan Cancer Support by a trio of local women who host an annual fundraiser for the charity. Edith Berry, from Lodge Road in Orrell, Anne Hurst from Orrell and Kathleen Maguire from Moss Lane in Skelmersdale held their 5th annual fundraiser at St James Social Centre in September and raised a total of £5,330, making the total donated to MacMillan by the trio in the past five years to over £21,000!

Grace Bennett the local Fundraising Manager for MacMillan told Local Life “Kath, Edith and Anne are an inspiration. At Macmillan we are so grateful to them for their fundraising efforts. They spend their free time raising money for Macmillan and gathering support for their event. It is not an easy task, and fundraising can be very hard, but year on year they take it upon themselves to do what they can to support Macmillan and the results are phenomenal.

Since they started in 2008 they have raised a staggering £21,605 for Macmillan Cancer Support. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supports the event and also to thank Kath, Edith and Anne for their tireless and selfless hard work. It is only thanks to people like them that we are able to fund the specialist cancer services that mean so much to people affected by cancer.’

Speaking for the three ladies, Kath added “We’d like to thank all the people who support us year after year with our event, and we’d also like to say thanks to those who provided the entertainment for the evening too, such as the Old Hall Community Brass Band and June from Hartley’s Garden Centre in Aughton. All the money we raise goes to support MacMillan in the local area, so local people do benefit from everyone’s generosity”.

Pictured above are (left to right Anne, Kath Grace and Edith) with this year’s cheque.

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Christmas Market Yes, it’s only eight weeks away and the date is nonnegotiable, so you’d better start looking at drawing up that Christmas present list! And to help you tick those presents off the list, we bring you news of a traditional Christmas Market in Shevington on Saturday 10th November.

The event is being organised on Church Lane in Shevington by both the PTA at St Bernadette’s Primary School and St Anne’s Church. It’s a full day of activity which, as we go to press, is still in the late planning stages but what we can tell you is that there will be an ice rink and lots of other activities for the children, plus a tombola and raffle. There will be plenty of craft and gift stalls to pick up those aforementioned Christmas gifts, and food stalls too. Admission is free!

Those who like a tipple or two will be able to sample some of Prospect’s beers, and mulled wine will also be served.

St Anne’s will be cooking breakfasts and lunches and the fun runs on into the evening at St Bernadette’s. So put that date in your diary and do keep your eyes peeled for further details in the local press or around the village, because it is sure to be a fun day!

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Children and staff at St James’ Catholic Primary School in Orrell recently said farewell to Dawn Gill, their much loved school cook. Dawn, from Larchwood Drive in Whitley, has been working in Wigan’s school kitchens, on and off, for thirty years and is now set to buy a gym membership and also spend more time with her family.

Dawn came to St James just two years ago on a temporary basis, whilst Beech Hill school was being rebuilt and liked it so much she stayed on. She said “I’ve loved every moment of my time at St James’, the children and staff have been fantastic and I’ll miss everyone”.

Headmaster Gary Hayes, along with children Ellie, Emily, Jack and Joseph, presented Dawn with flowers, wine and gift vouchers to mark her time at the school.

Gary told Local Life, “Dawn is a much loved member of the school community and we’re all going to miss her.”

Cracking Challenge If you’re into crafts and looking for a new challenge, then the Orrell Eggcrafters would like to hear from you.

The group, who have now been in existence for over 25 years, are looking for new members and have an open day coming up where potential egg crafters can go along and try their hand at egg crafting, which is the art of decorating eggs.

The Open Day is being held next Saturday (3rd November) from 10am to 3pm at the Church Hall behind Salem United Reformed Church on Church Street in Orrell. Expert tuition is supplied on the day to help everyone; for more details please contact Wendy Dickinson on 01942 216552 for further details.

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The lucky winners of our competition to win family tickets to Martin Mere were as follows; Mrs Rene Pennington from Melford Drive in Billinge (pictured), Mrs Newton from Beaford Close in Pemberton, (pictured with grandson Callum), Karen Wolstenholme from Delphside Road in Orrell, Mrs O’Connor from Naburn Drive in Orrell, W Fielding from Greenford Close in Orrell, Catherine White from Foxdene Grove in Winstanley, Pauline Ackerley

from Ormskirk Road in Up Holland, Angela Clark from Crowther Drive in Winstanley, Julia Hodgkinson from Edward Drive in Ashton In Makerfield and Vicki Loftus from Harswell Close in Orrell.

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Holgate Events There is a Christmas Shopping Night being held at Holgate School in Orrell on Friday 16th November from 7pm - 9pm. Come along for a bit of retail therapy and a drink or two with your friends. Stalls include: Beauty, Hair, Bags, Jewellery, Phoenix Cards, Cakes for Occasions, Pampered Chef, Nails, Candles and many more. A bar and refreshments are available and entrance is £1.To book a stall contact Nichola on 07950 688169 A Christmas Fair is being held at the school on Sunday 9th December from 12pm - 2pm. You can meet Father Christmas and refreshments are available. There will also be a raffle, a tombola and games.

Victorian Fayre St Thomas the Martyr Church in Up Holland will host its annual Victorian Fayre this year on Saturday 1st December from 1pm – 4pm. This event is one of the highlights of the church’s year and is always a big attraction for local residents. The numerous stalls inside the church will sell the likes of cakes, toiletries, sweets, fancy goods, Christmas gifts, books and mystery parcels.

There will be a raffle on the day and refreshments will be served too. Everyone is welcome to join in and celebrate the beginning of the festive season.

Bispham Dates Get ready for Bispham Methodist Church’s pre-Christmas and Christmas activities. Saturday 1st December is the date of the annual Christmas Fayre at the church. This runs from 11am-2pm and there will be many stalls; Father Christmas will be around in his grotto, and light lunches will be served.

On Friday 7th December there will be a carol service in the Church car park at 7.00pm. Everyone is invited and

mince pies will be served afterwards. On Sunday 9th December at 10.30am there will be a Family Toy Service (all toys given go to Skelmersdale Ecumenical Centre).

The Old Hall Community Band make an appearance on Sunday 16th December at the 6.00 pm Carol Service, and on Sunday 25th December everyone is welcome to the 10am Christmas Day Family Service with Rev. Daniel French. Bispham Methodist Church is located on the corner of Crank Road and Upholland Road in Billinge.

Family Funday Up Holland Library at Hall Green are running a Family Funday on Friday 2nd November from 10am until 12 noon. The day will be themed ‘Our Planet’ and there are lots of hands-on activities for the children to such as trying a bike-powered smoothie maker (and sampling the results!), planting seedlings, participating in arts and crafts and saying hello to rescue battery hens.

The Library have also asked along the Billinge and Orrell Transition group to participate on the day, and to display some information about some of the projects that they are getting involved in, such as the Greenslate Farm development in Billinge.

Church Events Orrell Methodist Church are holding a Christmas Fayre on Saturday 17th November. Attractions include stalls, including a home-made stall, a craft stall and a fancy goods stall, and lunches will also be served. The Fayre runs from 10.30am -1.30pm.

The Church will also stage a Brass Band Concert on Tuesday 4th December. Starting at 7.30pm, the tickets for the event are priced at £7 and include a hot pot supper and mince pies. Please call Dorothy Sharrock on 01695 623618 for your tickets.

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Dance for Matthew In the last issue of Local Life we mentioned a Barn Dance being organised by the friends and family of Matthew Valentine in aid of the Niemann Pick Disease Group UK. Three year old Billinger Matthew suffers from the condition, which impairs his motor skills, but is doing well and his friends and family organised the night as a thank you to the group for the help that they have received with Matthew.

Matthew’s aunt, Helen Valentine, told Local Life “We were amazed by the response that we had from Local Life readers and the kindness and generosity of so many people. The event was sold out and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. In total, we raised £1,808 for the charity.”

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Up Holland Library are staging a Help for Heroes Charity Event at Up Holland Library on Saturday 17th November from 9.30am until 12 noon. The family can come along and enjoy arts and crafts, have your face painted, buy home-made cakes, listen to performances of poetry and brass music. You can also take the opportunity to research any military history in your family. All proceeds from the day go to the Help the Heroes charity.

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Open Day The Directions Carers Support Group, a group that provides support for local carers, is holding an Open Day at the Salem Church Hall in Orrell on Saturday 17th November between 11am-2pm.

In addition to finding out more about the group and how it can help you and your family, you will also be able to peruse the stalls – the group will be setting up a bric a brac, cake, bottle and tombola stall – and have a cup of tea or coffee. Performing at the Open Day will be children from the choir at Crawford Village school.

The Salem Church Hall is behind Salem Church, which is opposite the Co-Op on Church Street.

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Taste for Tradition …and Hot Pot Too! Residents of Winstanley and Marus Bridge with a taste for both tradition and hot pot should enjoy the ‘Carols Round the Tree’ event being held at The Grange Community Centre in Marus Bridge on Monday 10th December from 6.30pm. Over 200 residents turned out last year for a great Christmas sing-song round the Grange’s Christmas tree, and this year the crowds are expected to increase.

After the music Ian’s famous hot pot will be served, free of charge, inside the community centre. Everyone is welcome to join in, so don’t miss out on a great community event that will fill you with festive spirit!

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Edwardian Christmas Newfold School, based on St James Road in Orrell, are holding a very special festive celebration this year on Sunday 9th December between 11am-2pm. The school, which celebrates its centenary this year, will host an Edwardian Christmas Fair with many stallholders in costume.

The fair will be visited by Father Christmas and there will be lots of stalls and attractions for all the family to enjoy.

Santa will bring along his own gift shop, where children can buy Mum and Dad a Christmas present….assuming that they have been good enough this year to warrant one!

Other attractions include a tombola, a teddy tombola and a traditional sweet stall. Hot pot will be served and there will be a Christmas raffle with fantastic prizes including an MP3 player, digital camera and chocolate hampers.

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Zumba teacher Nikki Long (pictured), along with another instructor Becky King, recently hosted a ‘Zumbathon Charity Event’ at the Wigan Roller Rink in aid of the Meningitis Trust. Over 100 people attended and up to now the participants have raised just over £2,500, with sponsor money still being collected! The participants partied non-stop for 2¼ hours and held a raffle afterwards with some fantastic prizes.

Nikki told Local Life “The event was amazing, everybody really enjoyed themselves and I have already been asked when the next one will be. I’d like to say a big thank you to the members of my Golborne and Marus Bridge classes for their support.” If you’d like a try out a FREE Zumba class with Nikki, then please clip out the coupon on page 7 of this magazine and take it along to her classes in Marus Bridge.

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Murder Mystery It’s a dark, rainy night near Orrell’s Water Park. The moon is nowhere to be seen and the witching hour is near.

The crowd shuffles up the cobbled pathway by the graveyard and all of a sudden an unearthly, bloodcurdling screech emanates from the nearby church! Yes, it’s a Murder Mystery at St Luke’s Church Hall on Lodge Road in Orrell, and it takes place on Friday 9th November, starting at 7.30pm.

‘The Cat Screamed at Midnight’ is the theme and tickets are available now by calling Margaret Heaton on 01695 622380 and Pam Banks on 01695 632909. The £6.50 ticket includes supper, but you’ll need to bring your own potions to drink!

The same church is holding their annual Christmas Fair in the Church Hall on Saturday 24th November 2012 with the usual stalls + Father Christmas and hamper raffle. Lunches will be served from midday, and everyone is welcome.

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The Fur�� Dog

Whether your dog is big or small, a regular visit to see the Furry Dog Mother is a must.

The Furry Dog Mother is a unique Dog Grooming Salon that is opening early November on Ormskirk Road in Up Holland at the old hardware shop just a few doors along from the Victoria. Owned and managed by Lyn, the Furry Dog Mother provides your dog with a grooming experience with a difference.

Most salons have a resident Dog Groomer who will have a menu of services which will include a wellbeing check, clipping, styling, nail clipping, ear cleaning and a number of other options. The Furry Dog Mother has all this and more as the Salon introduces what is believed to be Wigan’s first self-service, purpose built dog wash stations!

No more ‘Eau de Wet Dog’ as Rover runs around from room to room after a bath shaking his scent throughout your clean home. The two DIY state-of-the-art dog wash stations allow dog owners to call in on spec, maybe after a long, muddy walk over the Beacon, to pop your dog into their own personal cubicle and once you’ve tethered them up, you can let loose with all the hot water, shampoo and conditioner (yes, dogs have conditioners too!) you need to get your dog spotless.

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And that isn’t all! You’ll be provided with high velocity dryers and a supply of clean, fluffy towels to get your dog as dry as possible, and a selection of brushes and combs, and the finishing touch, a spray of doggy cologne, will leave your four-legged friend feeling like he/she belongs in the winners’ enclosure at Crufts! All this for just £9 per session!

Owner Lyn explains exactly why she has opened The Furry Dog Mother, “As the owner of a high maintenance dog, I have had lots of good and bad experiences when trying to find the right dog groomer for me. These experiences have inspired me to become a professional dog groomer myself”.

Lyn invested in excellent training at one of Scotland’s top training academies, ‘Scotgroom’ and was trained by one of the UK’s leading Dog Groomers, a highly regarded dog show judge and grooming competition official and judge. Lyn regularly returns to the academy to brush up on new techniques, learn about new products and keep her training up to date with any changes in legislation and care and welfare for dogs. She is also trained in Canine First Aid. Lyn adds “We provide a professional approach to dog grooming in a warm and friendly environment, and are fully insured and pride ourselves in excellent customer care. We want the best results for both you and your dog, so we will discuss your dog’s style/cut with you at the start of every visit and will groom your dog to your requirements and wishes”.

At last, truly a one-stop shop for dogs of all kinds.

Big, small, short haired, long haired, The Furry Dog Mother will look after them all!

The Furry Dog Mother 22 Ormskirk Road Up Holland WN8 0AG Telephone: 07538 556 843 www.thefurrydogmotheruk.com Opening Times: Monday – Saturday 9:00am – 5:30pm

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Network Joy An Orrell coffee morning group (pictured) raised a hefty £222.77 for Macmillan Cancer Care at their September coffee morning.

The coffee morning, which is run by members of the Orrell and Billinge Network, always takes place on the last Friday of the month (except December) at Orrell Methodist Church on Church Drive between 10am-12 noon. There you can sample some legendary home-made cakes, toast, coffee and tea, and browse the books and bric a brac.

Apart from the September event, the proceeds of which are always donated to Macmillan, proceeds from the other monthly coffee mornings go towards paying for the annual Christmas party for Over-75’s, which is held every year at St Luke’s Church in Orrell.

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The Grange Community Centre in Marus Bridge is again staging a Family Fun Day on Saturday 15th December.

The ice rink will be on site and, for a small charge, you’ll be able to show off your skills to the entire family! The Crafty Grangers will be on hand to help with all kinds of Christmas Crafts, such as making Christmas cards and wreaths. There’s a story time for the younger participants in the Hope Library, and there will also be a special visitor – can you guess who it might be?

Family Fun Day

Yes, it’s Father Christmas! Santa will be stationed in his grotto all day and handing presents out to all the good children.

There is a small charge for visiting Santa, but you must book your child’s attendance in advance, so that Santa can get his elves to make the right number of presents for the children. To book your child’s slot, call 01942 777545 from December 1st.

The day runs from 10am-4pm on Saturday 15th December – don’t miss it!

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Christmas Market Up Holland Methodist Church are holding their annual Christmas Market this year on Saturday 10th November, and everyone is invited!

The event, which runs from 10am-1pm at the Methodist Church on Alma Hill, is a popular event on the village’s calendar, due to the wealth of goods for sale. Stalls will be selling goods including; gift sets, cakes and pies, bric a brac, groceries, toiletries, clothes, jewellery, books, household goods and furniture. There will also be a café selling hot and cold food throughout the event, so pop up for a bacon butty and a browse around!

If you have any donations that you’d like to make to the Market, then please call 01695 632430, 01695 633467 or 01695 622414 before 7th November and your goods will be collected.

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Luncheon Club The clocks are going back this weekend – so if you’re a pensioner who doesn’t normally go out after dark then your opportunities at getting together with friends will soon be curtailed by the lack of daylight hours.

However, you might be interested in joining the St Aidan’s Pensioners Luncheon Club in Winstanley, who meet every Wednesday at St Aidan’s Social Centre in Holmes House Avenue from 10.30am-2.30pm.

New members are always welcome and the group is nondenominational. Hot meals are provided and you can join in the fun with old and new friends. Transport can be provided too.

For more information call 01942 211121 between 10am-2pm on Wednesdays, or just turn up.

Kingdom Kids If you have a child who loves crafts and is aged between 7-10 years old, then why not enrol them at Kingdom Kids, a new children’s fun club for that meets once a fortnight.

Kingdom Kids meet at Goose Green Methodist Church on Sefton Road and they enjoy games, drawing, painting, crafts, baking and lots of other great activities. The next few sessions run on Thursdays - 25th October, 15th and 29th November, and on 13th December. Just turn up on the night, call 07000 473837 or email kingdomkids@ blueyonder.co.uk.

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Christmas Fayre St Teresa’s Christmas Fayre takes place this year on Sunday 25th November this year between 12.30-4pm.

There’s a winter BBQ outside the school, and the other attractions will be Santa’s grotto, a tombola, a raffle with some great prizes, hoopla, archery, a beanbag game, a crack the safe game and a spin the wheel game. Other stalls will be selling goods such as books, bric a brac, cakes and cosmetics.

At the same time in St Teresa’s Club next door to the school on College Road in Up Holland, there is a Craft/ goods fayre, and also a café selling refreshments. If you’d like a stall at the event then do email the school’s PTFA on ptfa@btinternet.com – the cost per stall is £10.

Ladies Lunch Would you like to join an informal ladies friendship group? The waiting list for the Wigan & District Women’s Lecture Luncheon Club is now open to new membership applications. The club has been in existence since 1931 when a small group of women started to meet on a monthly basis in each other’s homes and the group has been growing ever since. In 2011, they celebrated their 80th anniversary with a membership of 160 ladies and held a celebratory lunch attended by the Mayor of Wigan.

They now meet at the DW Stadium on the first Thursday of each month, October to May and at each event, they enjoy a two course sit-down lunch followed by a guest speaker. Past speakers have included Sir Bernard Ingham, Lady Anne Foley, TV’s Green Goddess - Diana Moran, Antiques Roadshow Specialist- David Battie and The Calendar Girls. If you’d like to join the club or you’d like further details, please contact Pauline Dalton (Membership Secretary) on 01942 725395.

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Flower Power If you’ve always fancied having a go at Flower Arranging, but never fancied having to fork out for it, then the place to be next Tuesday (30th October) is the Sunshine House Community Centre in Scholes. The Wigan Flower Club are hosting two workshops at the venue, one at 10am and the other at 1.30pm, and all materials, flowers and containers will be provided free of charge. All you need to bring with you is a pair of scissors. The tutor for the day is Joan Robinson of the National Association of Flower Arrangers. Places are strictly limited, so booking is necessary. To book you place, please call the centre on 01942 748806 or email pt.arttoartwigan@gmail.com. This event is sponsored by Wigan Council.

Flying High The Golden Eagles, an Eagles tribute band are appearing at the Goose Green Sports and Social Club next Saturday (3rd November). You can enjoy hits such as Lyin’ Eyes, Hotel California, Desperado, Take it Easy, One of These Nights, Life in the Fast Lane and Best of my Love on the night, which starts at 7pm. Admission for non-members is £1 – members go free.

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Festive Delights Parbold and District Flower Club are holding a Christmas Gala Evening on Tuesday 20th November at Parbold Village Hall on The Green in Parbold at 7pm with the fantastic Tony Brown titled ‘Festive Delights’. Tickets are just £8 including a glass of wine or a soft drink. Everyone is welcome but tickets usually sell quickly so do bag yours quickly. So if you’d like to book your ticket please call Sheila Mitchell 01257 464783.

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Ready, Steady, Cook You may remember the tragic story of Maisy Rose Bolus from Up Holland who died of a cancerous brain tumour at the age of 18 months.

The charity is holding a Ready, Steady Cook fundraising night (with the emphasis on ‘fun’) in conjunction with The Pampered Chef on Thursday 8th November from 7.30pm at St Teresa’s Social Club in College Road in Up Holland.

Entrance is free and there are loads of raffle prizes to be won! So bring along a friend for a great night out and help the Maisy Rose Project hit the £50,000 mark! For more details visit www.themaisyroseproject.co.uk.

After she was diagnosed, Maisy Rose underwent four months of treatments including three major operations and two cycles of chemotherapy, but died in 2009. Her family and friends have been working hard to raise £50,000 for the Maisy Rose Project charity which supports research into brain tumours in children, and have currently raised a fabulous £48,125 in memory of Maisy Rose.

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Pemberton Celebrates Pemberton Community Association has announced that tickets for the Children’s Christmas Party will go on sale from Sunday 28th October, and will be available from Pemberton Lighting on Ormskirk Road.

Tickets for the Party are priced at £5 (under 2’s go free) and includes entertainment from Dazzle the Clown, party games, a visit and a gift from Santa himself for every child. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

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For Those Who Serve

This weekend sees the launch of the Royal British Legion’s 91st Poppy Appeal and this appeal will continue until Remembrance Sunday on 11th November.

The money that the Poppy Appeal raises goes to the Royal British Legion, who provide welfare, comradeship, representation and Remembrance for the Armed Forces community.

Just four years ago, the Poppy Appeal collection in Wigan was in dire need of improvement – the total amount collected from the Borough for the duration of the Poppy Appeal was approximately £3,000. The Royal British Legion placed an appeal in one of the local papers for potential organisers to step forward and help restore the profile of the Poppy Appeal in Wigan.

Two Winstanley residents – Gill Gibson and Dave Simm – stepped up to the plate, contacted the Legion and pledged their support to help turn things round in Wigan. Their mission; to get Wiganers to wear their poppies with pride.

Dave stepped down through ill health of his own after twelve months, and Gill teamed up with Carol Watson, the MD of the Grange Community Centre. Carol persuaded her fellow trustees at The Grange to agree to become the HQ for Wigan’s Poppy Appeal and the coordination of the entire Wigan appeal is now carried out at The Grange – the only community-based Poppy Appeal in the UK. In 2010 the Wigan Poppy Appeal raised £39,000 and last year, the appeal raised £36,000 - a tremendous increase over just a few short years. The dynamic duo has been supported along the way by numerous organisations in the Wigan area, and recently Local Life were honoured to be present at an award ceremony that marked the efforts of those organisations for the 2011 Poppy Appeal.

Two organisations were singled out for their efforts in 2011; Wigan and Leigh College, who were awarded the Sgt Steven Darbyshire Shield and St Matthew’s Brownies, who were awarded the Bill Wilkes Shield.

Pictured are Ursula Hoyles and Tony Darbyshire from Wigan and Leigh College being presented with the Sgt Steven Darbyshire Shield by Superintendent Julian Snowball, and also pictured are Gill Gibson and Carol Watson receiving certificates from Superintendent Snowball.

The Wigan Poppy Appeal stall on Wigan Market is now open – this stall carries a whole range of Poppy Appeal regalia and will be trading for the two weeks leading up to Remembrance Sunday. You can order customised wreaths carrying regimental badges at the stall, but you must place your order by Saturday 3rd November.

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Club Change Parents of children at Marus Bridge Primary School will be interested to know that the organisers of the Grange Out Of School Club have announced a change in their operating hours. The hours of operation, which have been changed to fit in with working parents, now range from 7.30-9am (includes breakfast and refreshments) and 3.30-5pm (includes fruit snack and refreshments).

The club runs from the Grange Community Complex in Marus Bridge each day and provides an environment where children can complete their homework, read, do craft activities, play board games and socialise with their friends. For more details, please call Paula on 07903 338 524.

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The year was 1840.

Queen Victoria turned 21 and married Prince Albert, Haigh Hall had just been built, Benedictine nuns were resident in Orrell Mount, Winstanley consisted of just a few dozen houses and from his farm in Walthew Green, near Roby Mill, Mr Henry Turner supplied milk, eggs and bacon to the labourers constructing the Wigan to Southport railway line. In 1861, the farmer moved his family to Windy Arbour Farm near Billinge and the Turners have been farming there ever since.

The Turner family are just one of dozens of long established farming families in this part of Lancashire and are an integral part of the area’s history. Shared experiences often means that the relationships between Lancashire’s farming families is a close one; farmers starve together when crops have failed, feast together when times are good, and nowadays they work together to promote each other’s fresh produce to the public via farm shops.

Farm shops, selling fresh food direct to the public, have always been around but it’s only in the last decade or so that farm shops have begun to flourish. Their growth has been fuelled by discerning shoppers who have rediscovered their love for the taste of fresh fruit and vegetables. Many shoppers are turning away from some big supermarkets whose practices such as freeze-drying produce to ensure availability out of season and polishing produce in bleach for cosmetic purposes have, quite literally, leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.

Taste the Chris Kearton (Croston) – Main Crop Potatoes

John Midgely (Tarleton) – Fennel, Specialist Lettuce and Celeriac

The farm shop at Windy Arbour, first established in the early seventies, has experienced enormous growth over the past few years as shoppers from the local areas flock to enjoy fresh produce at prices that often knocks spots off supermarket prices. Early morning trips to Manchester markets to pick up the very best fruit on display is an essential part of the job at the Windy Arbour and fresh vegetables arrive daily from farms all over Lancashire.

There’s much more to Windy Arbour than just fruit and veg though. The shop is proud to stock meats from longestablished family butcher K&J Green of Heskin, who provide a quality of meat and poultry second to none.

Many famous Lancashire food producers are represented at Windy Arbour including Greenfields cheeses, Mrs Dowson’s Ice Cream, Hawkshead Relish, Wm Santus and Fiddlers Lancashire Crisps.

There’s a range of speciality foods from award-winning producer Cottage Delight, including jams, marmalade, biscuits, cakes, olives, drinks and cooking sauces. As you can see from the advertisement on the next page, Windy Arbour are staging one of their regular Butcher’s Block events on Sunday 11th November. You can come along and pick up six sausages free when you buy a cut of meat from the butcher, K&J Green of Heskin! Don’t miss it!

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John Dobson(Tarleton) - Spring Cabbage and Onions

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Jimmy Rimmer Jnr (Tarleton) – Lettuce and Celery The photographs in this feature were taken by www.heathercapture.co.uk

Christmas at the farm shop is especially busy! In addition to an excellent range of Christmas trees (which are in stock from 1st December), Windy Arbour also supply the best turkeys, beef, chickens, lamb, bacon and sausages guaranteed to enrich the finest festive feast. Meat orders are now being taken – download your order form for www. windyarbour.co.uk or pick up a form from the shop.

And any foodie worth their Sea Salt will want to come along to the Cottage Delight Tasting Event being held at Windy Arbour on Saturday December 1st. You’ll be able to taste a range of seasonal produce specially selected to complement Christmas fayre of all kinds.

In the meantime though, Windy Arbour would like to pay tribute and say thank you to their carefully selected suppliers across Lancashire who provide the food that ends up on the plates of many households in Orrell, Billinge, Winstanley and Up Holland. Pictured on these pages are just a small selection of our many suppliers.

If you appreciate good food and you enjoy knowing that the food on your plate is almost as fresh as if you’d picked it from your garden, do come along and taste the difference at Windy Arbour Farm Shop – we’ll guarantee you a warm welcome.

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Spruce up your Sills!

Window Sills can be the bane of your life; all too often they can spoil the appearance of a beautifully kept home – grubby marks, discolouring and mould are all too common a problem. But given the time and attention not only can your window sills increase the kerb appeal of your home, they can also prevent water damage around the windows.

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If you’ve struggled with unsightly window sills you’ll know even the toughest amount of elbow grease won’t bring them back to their original state – harsh chemicals can damage the sill and conventional cleaners just won’t do the job. Don’t despair because we would like to introduce you to a local company that can restore your grubby sills to their former glory.

Homesill UK now has a local franchise in your area and they have combined the very latest design manufacturing and technology to bring you a long lasting protection for your exterior window sills. Not only will your new window sills be stylish they will also make regular maintenance a thing of the past – once in place all that is required to keep your sills in pristine condition is a simple clean with a damp cloth.

Homesill franchisee Jeff Harrison said, “The reason for staining and engrained dirt in your windowsills is because they are made of a softer material than the window. With our Homesill system we can remove lumps of unsightly weathered silicone and top your old sill with a new durable over sill, keeping your existing sill in place.”

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The Homesill products offer an ideal hard-wearing surface for today’s modern home and you can have your choice of styles and colours, which enables you to choose contemporary or traditional sills to complement your exterior décor. Jeff can also help you with ideas and products for your interior sills as well.

Jeff added, “Traditionally homes had sills of different colours that matched doors and garage doors. If you look around you will see that house builders are changing the image of their new builds to more traditional appearances – black and white is such a classic look. Although if you would like to keep your sills matched with your window frames we can achieve this for you too.”

There is a wide range of products to choose from you can have virtually any colour sill with wood grained effects, wood finishes such as oak and for the more adventurous customers you can even plump for carbon fibre and metal checker plate sills with a finish of your choice.

Prices start from as little as £39 per sill - this typically includes one metre sill with two end caps fully installed by experienced fitters. Transform the appearance of your home with the Homesill makeover and make those discoloured sills a thing of the past!

Another Plaice Customers of the Windy Arbour Farm Shop in Billinge will do a double-hake from next week, when Billinge’s ‘Fish Van’ - run by Pat Furnival from Furnival’s Fishmongers in Leigh - who trades twice a week from the Chapel End Labour Club in Billinge, parks up at the popular Billinge farm shop in addition to her usual times at the Labour Club.

Pat will be at Windy Arbour, to begin with at least, from 12.15pm to 1.15pm on Tuesdays and 1.45pm to 2.45pm on Fridays. That is, if she can slip away from the tide of customers she will attract!

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Switch On The grand switch on for the Pemberton Christmas lights switch will take place on Sunday 2nd December. Stalls will be selling goods from 3pm, Santa arrives at 5pm and the lights are switched on at 5.15pm. Wish FM’S presenter Adam Alcock and surprise guests will be helping Santa turn on the lights. For ticket information, please contact Pemberton Lighting on 216033 or the Pemberton Community Association on 07925 867070

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Butchers Block Sundays are run in conjunction with Lancashire Master Butchers; K&J Green of Heskin Windy Arbour Farm Shop Ashton Rd, Billinge, WN5 7XX (top of the 2 mile stretch) Telephone: 01744 892208 www.windy-arbour.co.uk windyarbour

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Your Health Preventing Dementia (& Diabetes too!)

A healthy body weight reduces pressure on our joints and the helps prevent/limit osteoarthritis, and recent research is beginning to show that a good diet plays a massive role in reducing our chances of developing dementia.

As you may know, dementia is an umbrella term for a number of brain degenerative conditions that include Alzheimer’s. These conditions, as anyone with an afflicted relative appreciates, have a number of unpleasant symptoms which progressively affect the ability to think, recall memories, use language and judgement, and do everyday tasks. These conditions are set to increase in our ever-growing ageing population. Indeed, there are now already some 820,000 sufferers in the UK. Recent research has shown that in overweight individuals, not only are they more likely to develop diabetes (which you’ll probably already know), but dementia also. A recent study of 8534 Swedish twins also indicated that if we are moderately overweight in middle age, we are 71% more likely to develop dementia.

If we eat a diet that contains lots of sugars and refined carbohydrates - cakes, biscuits, sweets, chocolate, and especially breads, then we give our body gets much more sugar than it needs. Your body then faithfully converts this excess sugar into love-handles, pot bellies and wide-load bottoms. However, it’s the unseen damage to the interior of your body that leads to diabetes and an increased risk of dementia.

Basically, excess sugar from these foods causes problems with our bodies’ ability to make and use insulin. Insulin’s chief role is to process sugar in the body. Too much sugar means that insulin cannot due its job properly, which in turn leads to diabetes.

Insulin also plays many roles within the brain, and research is now showing that in people who are overweight and/or eating sugary/high carbohydrate diets, the activity of insulin changes within the brain and can cause some of the degenerative changes seen in dementia.

It’s not all bad news, though.

We can each take an active role in reducing our chances of developing diabetes and dementia simply by improving the quality of what we put in our mouths. The human metabolism was never really designed for eating sweets, cakes, breads, biscuits - they simply contain more sugar than the body needs at more or less any given time. By simply swapping these foods for unprocessed vegetables and some fruit is a great way to prevent diabetes (or improve it if you already have it) and ward off the risk of developing dementia.

Thanks for reading, Dr Mike Paull, Chiropractor.

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Christmas Fayre Goose Green Methodist Church in Sefton Road are holding a Christmas Fayre on November 10th from 11am until 2pm. Stalls will be selling a multitude of goods including cakes, gifts and books, and there will also be a tombola and a white elephant stall. Lunches will be served.

For more details contact Evelyn Rylance on 01942 248927 or email j.rylance@sky.com.

Nearly New There’s a Nearly New sale happening at Haigh Hall this Sunday (28th October) between the hours of 10am-2pm.

This is your chance to snap up a bargain or two, and cross a few items off your Christmas present list. The sale takes place in the Haigh Hall ballroom and admission is free!

Chapel Christmas The annual Christmas Fair at Chapel End Labour Club in Billinge takes place on Saturday 24th November between 1pm and 3pm. There will be various stalls on the day selling goods such as including dolls, bric-a-brac and cakes. There will also be a raffle and a tombola. Entry costs 25p for adults and children go free. For more details please contact Irene Bromilow on 01744 886164.

Join the Celtic Crew Billinge Celtic Under 14’s, part of the successful Billinge Juniors set up, are looking for a couple of enthusiastic new players to join their team. Training is on Thursdays from 6-7pm on the astro turf at St Peter’s High School and matches are played on a Sunday morning. Please call Chris Smith on 07825 216667 if you are interested in coming along.

Witches & Wizards Museum of Wigan Life will be hosting a Witches & Wizards craft session at the Museum this Monday (29th October).

Your child can make witchy and wizardly hats, wands and take part in all kinds of other magical crafts! The sessions is suitable from children from 4-11 and runs from 1pm2.30pm. Please book places in advance by calling 01942 828128 – there is a charge of £2.50 per child.

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There – I’ve said it! All those glossy colour Sunday supplements extolling the virtues of having a conservatory; extra family space to relax in the sunshine without actually braving the outside elements are just an overblown sales campaign to sell conservatories.

Whilst they are high on our wish list when it comes to improving our homes; conservatories rarely live up to expectations. A conservatory is supposed to be a calm and tranquil space, one that lets us linger over the Sunday papers without having to put on an extra layer or jumping up to retrieve the lifestyle section from the rose bushes.

In reality you probably have a love hate relationship with what can only be described as your glass box. They overheat in the summer and winter temperatures rival the North Pole during the winter months; all in all you start to feel like you haven’t benefited from the extra room you paid for. In fact, research shows that, in the British climate, a conservatory is unlikely to provide more than two hours of comfortable temperatures per day.

the problems associated with plastic ceilings. Freedom has already helped people save on their energy bills and given them a room that they can use 365 days of the year. The process does not alter the external appearance of your roof or remove any part of your conservatory causing a minimal amount of disruption to your home and because the work is internal there is no need for any planning permission.

Paul says “Following our three-day installation you will no longer need to look at an ugly plastic roof, you will have a plastered and painted ceiling with a bespoke lighting and audio package of your choice. Before we plasterboard we lag the plastic roof with insulation that helps to deflect heat away and keeps heat in and the material we use meets all the current building regulations and fire certificates.”

Paul is dedicated to designing new Conservatory concepts and is constantly looking at other ways of improving your Conservatory living. In a short space of time his team have now created a Plasma TV wall, which will carry your TV and give you extra floor space; cables can be hidden were possible

Well, before you seal those French doors shut for good we’d like to tell you about a local company who might just have the answer to all your conservatory woes. Freedom Conservatory Roof Conversions promise to give you back the extra room you have always dreamt about. With their innovative ceiling modifications they can make your conservatory up to 90% warmer in the winter and up to 75% cooler in the summer!

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and they can fit full surround sound cinema systems using ceiling speakers and mood lighting.

Paul added, “We have also designed a Wood Burner that can be safely vented through either our roof conversion or existing polycarbonate; this will not only heat your conservatory but save you money on energy especially in the winter months. All the burners are DEFRA approved and fitted by approved tradesman.”

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Money & Investments Lloyds Banking Pension and Investment Customers!!

Some of you may recall that I wrote a piece in the February edition of Local Life about the Retail Distribution Review which was initiated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and its likely impact in terms of adviser numbers. Unfortunately the predictions I made in that article are now playing out. The latest bank that has stated their intention to restrict advice is the Lloyds Banking Group.

Their recent announcement that it is to stop offering investment advice in its high street branches to customers who hold less than £100,000 in savings and investments is a very sad development for both the banking industry and local community. Barclays made a similar move last year, announcing it would stop giving financial advice to individual customers in its bank branches.

Having spent nearly ten years working for the TSB (in the late eighties/early nineties) which is now part of the Lloyds Banking Group I know a lot of the branch advisers and customers that have been affected by this decision. Indeed we have already had enquiries from a number of Lloyd’s customers holding Scottish Widows investments and pension products as the Lloyds decision has effectively left a lot of customers without a gateway to advice.

This could not have come at a worse time for customers with the tough economic climate and challenging investment markets. Due to our independence those clients that have recently joined us are now benefiting from the fact that we can advise them not only on their Scottish Widows and Halifax plans but on all investment and pension contracts they hold within the entire market place.

The Retail Distribution Review or ‘RDR’ for short, which comes into effect at the beginning of 2013

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means that the banks’ costs are likely to rise at exactly the same time as they will have to be more explicit about how much their advice is costing customers.

Whilst I have talked about this for some time now it would appear that the media are now waking up to this development. I have read articles in a number of Sunday papers during the last couple of weeks alerting readers to the changes and telling them to speak to their adviser about whether they intend to continue offering advice post 2012.

The RDR is specifically designed to improve people’s understanding of, as well as increase their confidence in, financial advice. It aims to raise the level of professionalism among financial advisers so the minimum qualifications required are being increased and the way in which you pay for that advice is being altered to ensure complete transparency. In my opinion this is long overdue and will be a shot in the arm for the industry.

As a business we changed the way we worked with our clients a number of years ago which now means that we are operating a model which the FSA is now prescribing.

If you are affected by these developments or you are a Lloyds customer holding any of the following products please do not hesitate to get in touch.

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Power Fest

Organisers of Power Fest are stoking up the boilers to ensure a full head of steam at this year’s annual event which takes place this weekend (Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th October) at Trencherfield Mill, near Wigan Pier. Part of the Manchester Science Festival 2012 the two days are dedicated to “power through the ages”.

With the strength of 2,500 horses, Trencherfield Mill’s horizontal, twin tandem, triple expansion, steam condensing engine will once again form the centre piece for the weekend but there’s also a raft of other events taking place. Wigan and Southport model engineering societies will be in attendance showcasing a variety of exhibits manufactured by club members.

Wigan woodcrafts and wood bodgers will be comparing old and new techniques in spindle and bowl turning. Having seen yesteryear’s technology there will also be a chance to glimpse into the future with talks from DOC Solar and Electrical, discussing climate change and renewable technologies.

Canal cruises will be provided throughout the day by pleasure boat the Kittywake.

Organiser Bill Rowley from Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust’s (WLCT) Heritage Service said: “You don’t have to be an engineering fan to attend this day – this is about how we harness and use power in all its many forms. Entertainment will be provided throughout the day by local folk group Chonkinfeckle and street theatre by ALRA students so there’s plenty happening for people of all ages and interests.”

Refreshments will be available from the Red Pepper Bistro located in the Investment Centre, each day starts at 11am until 4pm and there is a small charge for some activities. Free parking facilities are provided at the Wigan Investment Centre, Waterside Drive, Wigan, WN3 5BA.

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CMA Accountancy Guide to Self-Assessment

Returns

CMA is not your typical accountancy firm. We provide the usual services such as annual accounts, payroll services, help with your VAT return and of course the dreaded selfassessment tax returns. We like to get to know our clients and their businesses so that we can offer the best advice available.

It’s at this time of year that attention turns to completing self-assessment returns. The deadline for submitting your 2012 return to HMRC is 31 January 2013. Any tax that is due for payment must also be made by this date.

So who needs to complete a tax return? The following are the main reasons for completing a return: 1 Anyone who is self-employed; that is they are not employed and pay income tax via PAYE. 2 If you are lucky enough to have savings income above £10,000.

3 If you receive rental income from a property.

4 Company directors must complete a return.

5 You have Capital Gains Tax to pay as you have sold an asset.

6 You have received income from overseas such as pensions that are liable to UK tax.

7 If you’re employed and want to claim for expenses or professional subscriptions.

Note - if you want to claim for expenses and subscriptions that are only small (below £2,500), you can write to HMRC and make a claim. You can also go back to the previous 7 years and make a retrospective claim. You must be able to provide full details for these claims.

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Tax Tips of the Month • Working from home – What Expenses Can I Claim - If you spend a significant part of your working week working from home then it is likely you can make a claim for this cost.

• If you run a business then employing a spouse or partner can be tax-efficient If you would like to find out more about any of the issues discussed in this article CMA offers a free initial consultation, either at our office or yours, at a time to suit you. If you would like to see how we can help please get in touch.

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Character and As the Autumn nights draw in and the temperature drops, our thoughts turn to warmer climes as we weigh up the possibilities of some winter sun to sustain us through the dark, cold British winter.

For a popular winter sun destination with character and charm, it’s difficult to see past Malta, along with its sister islands of Gozo and Comino. It is Malta’s mix of climate, history and beaches combined with familiar shops and English spoken everywhere – even the street signs are written in English – that has made the island so popular with British holidaymakers.

The fortress city of Valletta is the heartbeat of Malta, characterised by history, architecture and fine art.

The city is Europe’s smallest capital; there are just 6,500 residents within the city’s gates. With its narrow streets, pavement cafés and delicate Italianate architecture, Valletta feels very much like an Italian city – albeit with branches of M&S and other British high-street stalwarts.

Valletta hasn’t always been the island’s capital. Mdina, known as the Silent City, had that honour up until 1570. The city dates back to Roman times and is

surrounded by a dry moat, which was never filled with water as no one ever worked out a way to get it there.

Mdina’s network of narrow, pedestrianised streets is flanked by sandstone buildings, most of which are private homes owned by Malta’s gentry. Its lofty position on the island gives the air a different quality and, in the past, invalids who couldn’t afford to go to Switzerland would come to take the air in Mdina.

Gozo is Malta’s tiny tranquil sister island. About 8 miles long and four miles wide, Gozo is the place to go if you enjoy unspoiled secluded bays, bracing walks and charming restaurants. Here, terraced fertile valleys give way to surf-bashed rocky headlands and sheltered creeks, and legend has that Gozo was once known as Ogygia, the enchanted isle where the nymph Calypso dazzled and delayed the home-going Odysseus for seven years.. This little island is relaxing and friendly, easy to reach and, out of high season, is not expensive.

Its location in the Mediterranean has meant that Malta has played a key part in European history, and its occupation by Greeks, Sicilians, Romans, Arabs and British, to name but a few, has left many cosmopolitan influences throughout the islands.

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Lying between the coastlines of Malta and Gozo is the tiny island of Comino, where the main attraction is the transparent cyan waters of the Blue Lagoon.

Frequented by large numbers of tourists, and very popular with divers, snorkellers and swimmers, the Blue Lagoon is a picturesque bay with a white sandy base and rich marine life. The island is a popular location for filmmakers and appears in the movies Troy, The Count of Monte Cristo and Swept Away.

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Bonfires to remember!

Saturday 3rd November

Sunday 4th November

Holts Arms, Billinge

Bonfire Supper – Haigh Hall

Bonfire on the meadow behind the pub as well as a fireworks display! On sale are toffee apples, Sparklers, Hotpot, chilli and hotdogs, and there’s an outside bar too.

Admission – Free

Annual Bonfire & Firework Spectacular

Orrell Cricket Club invite you to enjoy their annual bonfire and firework spectacular. Gates open at 5.30, bonfire lit at 7pm, fireworks start at 7.45pm. Full Bar, and also hot and cold refreshments available. Orrell Cricket Club is on Winstanley Road opposite Hewitt’s Business Park (WN5 7XE).

Admission - £3, child £1 (with accompanying adult)

Bonfire Night

Event held at the Don Orione Centre (Cardinal Heenan House) on School Lane in Roby Mill.

Fireworks, face painting, tombola, raffle prizes, hot pot, cakes and other refreshments served. Starts at 6pm.

Admission £1

Haigh Hall hosts one of Wigan’s best annual bonfires and firework events. This year, bring the family into the warmth of the Hall. Enjoy a hot supper before stepping outside and enjoying the evening’s celebrations. Supper served from 4.00pm.

Reservations essential. £10 adults. £6 children. £28 family ticket (2 adults and 2 children).

Fireworks Spectacular Skelmersdale Cricket Club

Gates open at 5pm and the firework display begins at 7:30pm. There’s a bar, food stalls and a fun fair for all the family! Skelmersdale Cricket Club is on Blaguegate Lane, Skelmersdale, WN8 8TY. Admission - £3 on the gate

Monday 5th November

Highfield Bonfire & Fireworks

Event held at Highfield Cricket Club on Billinge Road, Highfield, WN3 6BL. Gates will open at 6pm, the bonfire is lit around 6.30pm and the fireworks display starts around 7pm. Full bar and hot refreshments will also be available.

Admission - £3 for adults, £2 for children.

If organising your own bonfire or firework display do make sure you know the laws about bonfires and fireworks.

Keep Children and pets safe and sound during the celebrations, and wear appropriate clothing.

Learn the Fireworks Code ...all so you can have the best Bonfire Night possible - and the safest!

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Spark in the Park

Event held at Sherdley Park in St Helens. Opens at 5pm, children’s display start at 7pm, main display starts at 8pm – simply the biggest and best firework display in St Helens. Funfair operates from 5pm10pm. Thousands will wrap up warm and tuck into toffee apples to witness one of the biggest events of the 2012 events calendar.

Admission - Free

Halloween Party

Saturday 27th October

The Holts Arms is the only place to celebrate Halloween – complete with our ghost this will be the scariest party around.

Prizes for the best costume

FREE Bonfire

Saturday 3rd November

Join us for black peas, sparklers, toffee apples, outside bottle bar, hot dogs, chilli & hotpot.

Fireworks start at 7pm

007 Casino Night Saturday 10th November

Join us for this James Bond themed casino night – 4 Casino tables with £2,000 of gambling money and DJ. Entry is by ticket only and the cost is £15 per person.

Come in your best 007 fancy dress

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Legh Arms – The Hermit

Newton Park

Park up near the Legh Arms just off Mill Lane in Newton le Willows and turn left down the A49 (South).

Pass under the arches of the railway bridge, and go past the Millstone Pub on your left. Just after you have passed Whitefield Avenue on the left, you’ll come to a crash barrier taking the A49 over the London to Scotland mainline. After walking ten yards past the start of the barrier, look for a weathered stone slab by the bridge wall on your left - this may be partially obscured by the overgrown hedges.

This is the Bloody Stone, formerly known as the Hawkstone.

The Bloody Stone Two different tales abound over the history of the Bloody Stone, but both involve Sir William de Bradshaigh. In the first tale, Sir William returns to Wigan in 1323 after many years at the Crusades to find his wife, Mabel, married and living with a Welsh knight. Not surprisingly he takes grave offence and set off to confront the man and catches up with him in Newton and slays him on the Bloody Stone. Mabel, who is mortified by her betrayal, walks barefoot once a week from her home in Haigh to Mabs Cross in Wigan as a penance for her bigamous actions.

There’s certainly much to see in this 4.8 mile walk in Newton-le-Willows. Newton was mentioned in the Doomsday Book, and remained an agricultural village before the advent of the railways in 1830 (more about the railways later). Located right at the heart of the Lancashire Coalfield, Newton was the home of Parkside Colliery, the last deep shaft mine in Lancashire to close in 1993.

In addition to being the home of Parkside Colliery, the fields between Newton and Winwick were the site of one of the last battles of the Second Civil War (1648-1649), and it’s around this battle site that our walk takes place. Keep your eyes peeled, because in addition to the historic sites, there is also an abundance of wildlife to see on the walk, particularly birds of prey.

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The second tale has it that Sir William de Bradshaigh himself died on the Stone back in August 1333, slayed by another man. The list of suspects was a long one – the courts at the time named 44 men, his wife Mabel named 33 suspects. de Radcliffe was a surname that that was shared by many men on both lists; and the favourite was John de Radcliffe of Ordsall, but it was William Mose of Westleigh who was tried and hanged in June 1334 for Sir William’s murder.

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Nearby Parliamentarian sympathisers assisted Cromwell’s efforts to drive out the Royalists from their strong position, probably using a track through Hermitage Green to outflank them.

Open warfare and running battles ensued, and the Royalists last stand was said to have taken place on a green just north of Winwick Church.

According to Cromwell, 1,000 Royalists were killed in the battle and were buried in a mass grave in the area, and up to 2,000 were captured.

A few days later, the remaining stragglers, along with the Duke of Hamilton, surrounded at Uttoxeter and the war was over.

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According to the English Battlefield Trust, one of the last battles of the second Civil War took place in the vicinity of the border between Newton and Winwick in August 1648. Somewhere in the region of 4,000 of the Duke of Hamilton’s Royalist troops, mainly Highlanders, used the stream in the wooded valley north of Hermitage Green Lane to front their position and form a defensive line to halt the advancing troops of Oliver Cromwell (pictured).

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Once you go over the bridge, you will pass the entrance to the old Parkside Colliery on your left and Red Bank Farm Shop on your right. Opposite the sign that denotes the boundary between St Helens and Warrington there’s a path on the left. Have a wander down there – and look at the river bank - you are on the site of the Battle of Winwick Pass.

Don’t follow the path any further down as you will end up getting lost (like we did!). Instead come back out onto the main road, and carry on down the A49 in the same direction for a further twenty yards and then turn left into Hermitage Green Lane. This quiet country lane takes you away from the hububb of the A49. The first stretch of the lane is dark and overgrown, but the lane soon opens up into some glorious countryside.

After walking for just over ½ a mile, you’ll reach a T junction which is opposite the now-closed Hermit Pub. Folklore suggests that the pub was named after the elfin hermit who guarded St Oswald’s Well, which we are just about to pass. The Green next to The Hermit has the occasional Romany visitor as our picture shows.

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The Hermit – Barrow Lane Turn left at the junction onto Golborne Road and carry on through the S bend. Golborne Road changes into Parkside Road at this point. Get on your tip toes when you reach the gate on the left and you can just about see a random area overlooking the pond which is marked by wooden fence posts. This marks St Oswald’s Well, a holy well that is dedicated to St Oswald and whose walls are lined with medieval stonework. According to some, the well marks the site of the slaying of the first Christian English king in 642, but isn’t the only well in the UK that has this claim.

rickety stile. Stay up high on the left hand perimeter of the field and head towards the bottom left hand corner of the field. Hop across another wooden stile at the corner of the field and you will then head straight across the field in the same direction towards one of several gaps in the hedge.

Once you have reached that gap, head over a second field in the same direction until you reach the wooden fence that borders the motorway. Turn right when you reach the fence and head along the wooden fence perimeter towards the corner of the field. Before you reach the corner of the field you’ll pass two separate sets of stone steps; take the second set to climb up towards the M6 slip road. Cross over the slip road; walk across the M6 motorway bridge, then across the exit slip road, turning 1st left onto the A579 towards Leigh.

Cross over after Kenyons Farm after the footpath on the left ends, and shortly afterwards the footpath on the right ends too, so do take extreme care at this point. You’re heading towards Barrow Lane which is denoted by a public footpath symbol opposite Oven Brick Farm.

The building in the distance just beyond the well is Woodhead Farm, the childhood home of Sarah Eleanor Pennington, who married Edward John Smith in January 1887. Mr Smith subsequently became the captain of the Titanic and went down with the ill-fated liner on its maiden voyage in 1912.

Almost immediately you’ll spot a partially hidden public footpath symbol on the right hand side. Cross the road, clamber up the rise, and hop across the rather

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Barrow Lane – Legh Arms Turn left at the sign and carry on down this concrete track for ½ a mile, taking in the marvellous views of the Horwich Moors, until its conclusion. Turn right along Parkside Road for a further 350 yards and then turn right again at a public footpath sign and head down the dirt track towards Highfield Farm for a further 350 yards.

The path forks at this point; bear left and follow the path that is clearly marked through a field towards the wooden area and the railway line. At the end of this path you can either cross the railway line, turn right to explore Highfield Moss or turn left. For the purposes of this walk we’re going to turn left and head alongside the fence next to the railway line.

For the record though, Highfield Moss is an area of special scientific interest and attracts rare plants and nature. The Moss is bisected by the railway, and the site on this side of the railway is comparatively small. Apparently though, the peat land vegetation is the best remaining example of the raised mires

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which once covered large areas of south Lancashire.

The other thing you should know about Highfield Moss is that it’s a twitcher’s paradise, so if you’re into birdwatching then take those binoculars with you.

Anyhow, we’re not in Highfield Moss, we are heading along the path next to the railway line at this point and we’ve got 500 yards to go before we once again meet up with Parkside Road. Just 50 yards short of this road you’ll pass within yards of the Huskisson Memorial (see below), but the memorial is better viewed from the other side of the railway line.

Once you reach Parkside Road turn right. Walk 350 yards and you’ll arrive at a T-Junction. Turn left onto Southworth Road, walk past Trebaron Garden Centre (or call in if you want to visit the café!), go under the M6 bridge and 750 yards later, you’ll pass Willow Park on the right and once again end up at the Legh Arms.

Please ensure you wear appropriate clothing and footwear whilst walking. Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that the walk is accurate, neither the publisher or its editorial contributors can accept, and

Huskinsson Memorial The Liverpool MP William Huskisson was run over by the Rocket locomotive at the opening of the Liverpool-Manchester railway line on 15th September 1830 and this Neo-Greco structure was erected in his honour in 1831 and renovated in 2001. He had the dubious honour of being the first man killed in a railway accident. The memorial stands close to what was Parkside station; this location was chosen for a station because it was equal distance between Liverpool and Manchester, and it was used for watering facilities for the steam trains of the time.

hereby disclaim, any liability to any party to loss or damage caused by errors or omissions resulting from negligence, accident or other cause.

Local Life would like to thank Peter Astles of The Parchments in Newton-le-Willows for his invaluable help in supplying the concept, and some of the pictures for this Jack’s Tracks. For more information about Newton Park visit the Newton Park Forum on Facebook.

At the opening ceremony of the line, William Huskisson, who was travelling as a guest of the Duke of Wellington in his personal carriage, became involved in a heated political discussion with the Duke and Mr Huskisson decided to leave the carriage. He stepped down from the carriage and was hit by a train hauled by ‘The Rocket’, which was steaming along at 24mph. Mr Huskisson was taken to the parsonage at Eccles aboard another locomotive, driven by George Stephenson himself, but he died from his injuries shortly afterwards.

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Long Live Lanky

Lancastrians up and down the county are preparing to celebrate Lancashire Day on Tuesday November 27th. Every year this celebration unites young and old in an event that sees thousands of people swear their allegiance to The Queen, as the Duke of Lancaster.

This landmark event commemorates the day in 1295 when Lancashire sent its first representatives to Parliament by King Edward I of England to attend what later became known as The Model Parliament.

For many years the Lancashire Day proclamation has been read out by town criers throughout the county and many pubs, clubs, schools and organisations will be holding Lancashire Day events. So have a scout around your neighbourhood and see how you can add to the celebrations.

Lancastrians across the county will be wearing their red roses and donning their flat caps with pride this Lancashire Day, make sure you’re one of them by getting back to your roots. Long live Lanky!

For more details about how you can celebrate Lancashire Day – visit the website at www.forl.co.uk

Here at Local Life we get to know about some of the best places to eat in Lancashire and we thought it was high time we shared them with our readers! And what better way to celebrate Lancashire Day then with some fantastic and not to mention free local food!

We have teamed up with The Dicconson Arms in Appley Bridge to give readers the chance to win a meal for two.

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Christ�as Events Thursday 8th - Sunday 11th November Crafts for Christmas

Thousands of top quality products under one roof at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate. Indulge yourself, your family and your friends with stunning fashions and accessories, leather bags and belts, dazzling jewelry from sparkly fashion to graceful diamonds, lustrous velvets and satins in scarves, and luxurious soaps and skincare. Decorate your home and table with elegant candles, platters and bowls and tasty treats. Visit the Specialist Food area, which is brimming with scrumptious cakes, wines, cheeses and meats.

Time: 9am – 4pm Cost: £6 - £9 Contact: 01428 682292 or visit www.ruralcraftsassociation.co.uk Sat Nav Ref: HG2 8QZ

Saturday 10th - Sunday 11th November Christmas Shopping Fair at Tatton Park

It’s an early chance to look for those special Christmas gifts for all the family and ideas for presents not usually found in High Street shops.

Time: 10.30am to 5pm Cost: Free entry to the Fair. Normal parkland entry charge applies Contact: 01530 834056 or visit www.countrywide-events.co.uk or www.tattonpark.org.uk Sat Nav Ref: WA16 6QN

Monday 12th - Tuesday 13th November Arley Hall Christmas Shopping Spectacular

Browse and shop with some gorgeous individual producers and stall holders from Cheshire and beyond. We have over 50 stalls offering a feast of fabulous things for Christmas set within the beautiful house and grounds of Arley Hall near Northwich. There will be stands selling a handpicked selection of food and gifts providing ideas and inspiration for all your Christmas presents.

Time: Mon - 6pm-9.30pm (Champagne reception), Tues - 10-3pm Cost: £5 - £12 Contact: 0161 928 0925 or visit www.arleyhallshoppingspectacular.co.uk Sat Nav Ref: CW9 6NA

Saturday 17th Nov to Sunday 23rd Dec Manchester Christmas Markets

Don your Santa hat, dust off the mulled wine glass, and get into the festive spirit – it’s time to head down to Manchester’s world famous Christmas Markets. No Mancunian winter is complete without a wander through the chalet-lined streets of the markets. This year the market will be celebrating its 13th year and will take over eight

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different spaces around the city, each with its own distinct character and atmosphere. The array of over 200 stalls is mind-boggling, with mouth-watering delicacies from all over Europe. The choice is getting bigger and bigger and includes gifts, crafts, jewellery, clothes, toys and an array of food and drink. The markets run until Sunday 23rd December.

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Sunday 18th November

A Christmas Vintage and Retro Craft Fair A vintage and retro craft fair will take place at the impressive Haigh Hall in Wigan. There will be live music, a pop up hair and make-up salon and mulled wine, along with a selection of lovely stalls. The venue is perfect to put you in the Christmas mood with open fires and decorations.

Cost: £1 Time: 10am - 4pm Contact: 07787 316234 E-mail victoriaclaire@vibrantvintage.co.uk or visit www.vibrantvintage.co.uk Sat Nav Ref: WN2 1PE

Thursday 22nd Nov- Monday 24th Dec Chester Victorian Christmas Market

Chester’s Victorian Christmas Market offers a wide range of beautiful ceramics, jewellery, hats, gloves and scarves. Bestselling toys will feature and the festive food offer will include Christmas cakes and puddings, mince pies, cheeses, meats, sweets, fine wines as well as the winter warming treats of mulled wine and hot chestnuts. Move inside to Chester Market for the best local Christmas produce and more excellent gift ideas. Stalls and attractions will remain open to 24th December.

Time: 10am – 6pm (Thurs 10am-8pm) Cost: Free Contact: www.christmasmarkets.com

Saturday 24th November The Great Liverpool Xmas Art Fair

The Royal Liver building hosts the Great Liverpool Xmas Art Fair.

Come and view the work of some of the UK’s top contemporary craft and design artists. Some artists will be giving demonstrations and talks throughout the day - programme available on our website address. We will also have a local choir singing carols too.

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Guide Sunday 25th November Samlesbury Hall Christmas Fair

The annual Christmas fair is back again to kick start the festivities, with lots of ideas for Christmas gifts and sumptuous food for the festive season, and of course there will be mulled wine and mince pies!

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Saturday 1st, 8th & 15th December Grassington Dickensian Festival

See the Christmas lights, the village square and the cobbled streets transformed into a traditional Victorian market, as shopkeepers, villagers and even some visitors dress in Victorian costume. Enjoy the musicians, dancers, street entertainers and exhibitions of traditional country crafts. There is no car parking in Grassington, so use the Park and Ride at Swinden Quarry on the B6265 Skipton to Grassington road.

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Saturday 1st - Wednesday 19th December Delamere Forest - Santa’s Grotto

Visit Santa this Christmas in his magical grotto at Delamere Forest!

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Saturday/Sunday 1st/2nd & Saturday/ Sunday 8th/9th December Victorian Christmas Weekends

Come to Speke Hall for a true Victorian Christmas experience. Admire the ground floor of the house decorated for Christmas with greenery and foliage from the Estate. Hear a selection of carols and festive music in the Great Hall, and then treat yourself to some delicious treats from the Restaurant. Event held on Saturday 1st, Sunday 2nd, Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th December.

Saturday/Sunday 8th/9th, 15th/16th and 22nd/23rd December Walton Winter Wonderland

A Victorian-style Christmas celebration set in a traditionally decorated cobbled courtyard at Walton Gardens near Warrington. Step back in time and enjoy Christmas as it used to be. There will be entertainers, live music, Christmas markets, Yule log making, festive fayre, nativity scene and of course, Santa in his enchanting grotto. If that wasn’t enough there’s a new queuing system that should half waiting times!

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Saturday/Sunday 8th/9th & 15th/16th Dec Southport Christmas Markets

Come and spend the day at Southport’s Christmas Markets picking up those last minute Christmas gifts from stalls on Chapel Street selling food, toys, jewellery to name but a few. Enjoy the Traditional Entertainment which will consist of choirs and bands.

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Sunday 9th December Croston Village Christmas Fair

The traditional Lancashire village of Croston will hold their very successful annual Christmas Fair on Sunday 9th December from 1.00pm to 5.15pm. In addition to a Land Train to Santa’s Grotto there will be a street magician and a magic show, brass bands, singers, morris dancing, circus performers, a piper and much more. Children will love the donkeys and dogs while their parents can shop for last minute gifts at the many craft stalls. Food and drink will be provided by stallholders and local hostelries. The event will end with a torchlight procession. Parking available at Bishop Rawstorne School.

Cost: Free access Contact:www.crostonfestivities.co.uk Sat Nav: PR26 9HH

Friday 14th December - Sunday 6th January Liverpool Christmas Family Festival

The Liverpool Christmas Family Festival is a magical Christmas festival taking place in The Waterfront Big Top at the Echo Arena.

Enjoy a spectacular Christmas Pantomime of Sleeping Beauty and the Christmas experience. There will be a Santa’s Grotto, Christmas Market, a junior Fun House, Funfair Rides and much more. Please pre-book your place via the website or call the number below. Under 14’s must be accompanied by an adult over 18. Festival tickets are £5 and there is an additional charge for some attractions in the Family Festival.

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There’s a special John Cooper Works cockpit design, with sports seats, sports steering wheel, interior trim strips in Piano Black, an anthracite-coloured roof liner and dark speedometer and rev counter dials. You also get John Cooper Works door sills and if you want to delve into the options list, there are a whole host of ways to personalise your car. Other standard kit includes air conditioning, electric windows, rear parking sensors, roof rails, Bluetooth compatibility and a DAB digital radio with a USB input. Safety-wise, stability control and the usual braking and traction aids are standard, along with six airbags and a tyre pressure monitoring system.

The 1.6-litre turbo unit fitted to this Countryman gets almost universal praise and it turns in some very decent

It isn’t the obvious choice for the John Cooper Works treatment but the result might just surprise you. Andy Enright takes a look at a rather rapid MINI Countryman.

There is a certain logic in deciding that if you’re going to buy a big MINI, then it ought to have a correspondingly big punching engine. The MINI John Cooper Works Countryman packs a 218bhp haymaker, which skittles it to 60mph in just 6.7 seconds, helped by that all-wheel drive chassis. It’s quite a package. It’s not cheap at almost £30,000 but it is extremely talented all-rounder. If you can get your brain around a big, powerful and rather pricey MINI, there’s a lot to like here.

There’s no getting away from the fact that this car is quick.

It’ll smash through 60mph from a standing start in just 6.7 seconds. In addition to that, traction is also helped by the fitment of Dynamic Stability Control with Dynamic Traction Control and Electronic Differential Lock Control.

In other words, you’ll not want for grip, wet or dry. Power is deployed through a six-speed manual gearbox, top speed is a reassuring 140mph and peak torque is rated at a chunky 280Nm. There’s also an overboost facility, kicking in when the engine is under particularly heavy demand, say when you’re overtaking, to boost this to 300Nm. When it’s parked next to a 1960s MINI, the Countryman appears a behemoth. Get inside and there’s a decent amount of space, the 350-litre boot offering more room than the Clubman estate. It’s still a long chalk short of what you’d get in something like a Volkswagen Golf or a Ford Focus, but that’s the inevitable price of making a style statement.

The JCW version gets an aero body kit, the JCW logo on the radiator grille and tailgate, front foglamps fitted as standard and a contrast paint finish for the roof and exterior mirror caps. Lightweight 18-inch Twin Spoke light-alloy wheels are fitted as standard, with 19-inch rims available as an option. You can also specify the rear seat of the Countryman as either a three person bench or two separate chairs.

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this sort of money are you going to get a 4WD sporting car this fast backed by BMW-style standards of engineering?

I have a sneaking suspicion that this car might suit quite a large number of people very well, assuming that they could be persuaded to consider the thing in the first place.

It’s fast, nicely built, looks good and won’t cost a fortune to run. If those don’t sound like the ingredients for a very promising car, then I’m not sure what does.

fuel economy figures too. For a 218bhp car, the combined fuel consumption of 38.2mpg isn’t at all bad. Go for the optional automatic model and that drops to 35.4mpg, but that’s still hardly catastrophic. Emissions are rated at 167g/km for the manual and 187g/km for the auto. Stick to the basic car and you shouldn’t be stung with heavy depreciation.

I’m still a firm believer that MINIs should be small. That said, it would be churlish not to recognise the John Cooper Works Countryman as one heck of an achievement. Yes, it’s a fairly big car without a lot of room for your bags, but that aside it barely puts a foot wrong. Even those grumbling about the price need to look at it in the context of the amount of capability that buys you. Where else for

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The average cost of running a new car is up to a hefty £6,000 a year, according to the AA. So it’s hardly surprising the cost of motoring is one of the single biggest issues affecting people’s finances today.

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1. Is your photocard valid?

Even though your licence may be valid, you risk a £1,000 fine if the photo is out of date. These need renewing every 10 years and 1.8m are out of date. To find out if yours is one of them, take a look at section 4b on your licence to see the renewal date. If it’s expired renew it ASAP, though it will cost £20 to do.

2. Don’t use a comparison site, use two If you are looking to compare car insurance, make sure you use more than one comparison site. Each comparison site looks at different firms, so visit Gocompare and MoneySupermarket, and then visit Aviva and Direct Line, and Admiral if you’ve more than one car in the home.

3. Avoid hideous young driver insurance costs.

The average price for a 17-22 year old male is £3,200, but you can cut £1,000s with the right approach. Try adding a second named responsible driver to lower the risk average. Then do full comparisons on the comparison sites (see point 2). Then check specialist young driver policies that use black boxes to monitor your driving. You can pay per mile with Coverbox, pay how you drive with Co-op and pay less for driving during the day with iKube.

You can also find the cheapest forecourt with www. petrolprices.com and use the top credit cards offering cashback to get 3% back on all fuel spending. Combine these techniques and many regular drivers could save £500+ a year.

Use www.carrentals.co.uk and www.kayak.co.uk comparisons to find the best deals - £10 a day’s sometimes possible. When you pick-up, hire firms will try to flog “excess insurance”, but it’s possible to do it for less than half the cost via www.moneymaxim.co.uk

6. DON’T assume 3rd party insurance is cheapest Bizarrely, the lowest level of cover isn’t always cheapest.

Sometimes, comprehensive wins, as choosing it means you’re considered a lower risk and the discount for this sometimes outweighs the discount for getting lesser cover. So if you were going for 3rd party, also get a comprehensive quote as well.

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Still time to plant for spring colour I would like to address a misconception in this month’s diary, which is that come November there is nothing more that can be done in the garden until the following March.

The truth is you can construct a beautiful garden during the winter months, get your plants in (just be careful not to plant when the ground is very wet or frosty) and be ready to enjoy your new garden in the spring. Come March, any reputable contractors will already be booked up for months ahead so now is the perfect time to start planning your garden transformation.

And if you just need some new plants to enliven your winter borders, there are some wonderful shrubs that produce scented flowers in the colder months and here are three of my favourites.

Sarcococca confusa (Christmas Box) is a small evergreen shrub, which produces sweetly scented white flowers during the winter months and grows well in shade.

Mahonia x media ‘Charity’ is also evergreen, producing yellow scented flower spikes and can get to around 4 metres so you need room for this one.

Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ has strongly scented pink flowers on leafless twigs all through the winter months. This shrub reaches 2 metres.

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Shrubs like these are invaluable in the garden at this time of year for wildlife too as well as helping to lift the human spirit.

November is also the time for planting Tulips. They come in a stupendous range of colours, sizes and shapes, flowering from spring through to early summer. One of my favourites is ‘Queen of Night’ which is a single late tulip with deep purple petals and looks fabulous teamed with white tulips. Pure sophistication and elegance. (Oh, that’s nice - Hubby says just like me… hmmm he‘s after something).

So as well as starting to think about your Christmas shopping list, please do give some thought to your garden at this time of year - next spring you’ll be so glad you did.

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Method Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the onion then cover and cook, stirring occasionally until the onion is soft. Add the garlic, ginger and spices and cook for a couple of minutes.

Then pop in the remaining ingredients except the yoghurt and coriander and bring to a simmer.

Cook gently uncovered for about an hour, stirring occasionally and adding more water if it starts to look too dry and thick. It’s done when the carrot and potato are tender and the lentils have broken down. Taste and season but remember that there will be a lot of salt from the preserved lemon.

If you prefer a smoother soup you could puree it a little with a stick blender but I think it’s better rustic-style.

Serve hot with a dollop of yoghurt and a few sprigs of coriander.

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A truly warm and tasty soup to serve at your bonfire night celebrations Ingredients • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

3tbsp olive oil 3 onions 5 cloves garlic, 2tbsp grated ginger 1tbsp cumin seeds, ground 1tbsp fennel seeds 3 cloves 1 cinnamon stick 1tsp chilli flakes, or to taste 2 carrots, finely diced 3 sticks celery, finely diced 1 Desiree potato, scrubbed & finely diced 3 x 400g cans tomatoes 750ml water 300g red lentils 4 quarters preserved lemon, rind only, finely chopped

Natural yoghurt, to serve Coriander leaves, to serve

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