I published the first Local List back in February 2005.
Twenty years later we’re still going strong. And what a journey!
Looking back, the world was a very different place.
I had a lot more hair, a bit more energy, a bit less wisdom and a lot less patience.
Tony Blair won a landslide general election to start a third term. Freddie Flintoff helped defeat the Aussies over a magic Ashes summer. At Bloomfield Road Owen replaced Colin Hendry with Simon Grayson as our team struggled in League One front of an average gate of 5,800 .
So... a big thank you to our army of advertisers. All those fanastic local businesses that go the extra mile to give great service and satisfaction.
A big thank you for all the lovely people who have supported us with their recommendations and kind comments.
A big thank you to the army of posties who bring Local List to your letterbox every month in all weathers.
And to the tiny handful that have complained - sod off.
And of course, a big thank you to you, dear reader, who have taken Local List into your hearts since we started. I hope you’ve enjoyed Local List as much as we have.
It has been a privilege to cover activities in the greatest place on earth.
I know I’m extremely lucky to be here on the Fylde Coast and very grateful to be amongst so many wonderful people.
Without your help and generous support we would not have been able to get this far.
David Thorley Publisher, Local List
PS. I look forward to the next twenty years. I sincerely hope we’ll still be together in 2045!
Cleveleys Community Centre. £10 for starter kit, instructions provided PARKRUN - STANLEY PARK
Every Saturday 9am. 5k Start by Cocker Tower. Free. Free parking at Sports Centre, West Park Drive. Coffee afterwards in Art Deco Cafe. parkrun.org.uk PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Neil 734243. Meet Tues St Martin & St Hilda, Carleton- for events, competitions & lectures.
RECORDED MUSIC SOCIETY
Chris 698704. Good music in good company. Thursdays 7.30pm Sept-May ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION
Meet 7.30pm 3rd Thursday every month at Guards Club, Whitegate Drive. New members welcome.
767753. 330 Midgeland Road, FY4 5HZ. 5 hard courts, 2 grass courts and an indoor carpet court. Social club & bar.
SUGARCRAFT & CAKE DECORATING Jackie 07810 888 609. Meet 3rd Thursday each month 7.30pm The Stable, Bispham Parish Church, All Hallows Road.
TRAVEL TALKS CLUB
Joan 01253 700799. Meet 3rd Wed monthly at St Martin & St Hilda’s, Carleton.
TREFOIL GUILD BLACKPOOL SOUTH Info 402929. Meet every 4th Tuesday Molyneux Community Centre, Lennox Gate, FY4 3JJ. 7.30pm New members welcome.
WARDLEYS YACHT CLUB
Kiln Lane, Hambleton, FY6 9DY. Situated behind The Shovels. A hidden gem.
St Valentinius was imprisoned for performing weddings for Roman soldiers and for providing help to persecuted Christians.
On the eve of his execution he wrote the first valentine, a letter to the jailer’s daughter, signed ‘From your Valentine’. He was martyred on 14th February AD 269 and buried beneath the Via Flaminia in Rome.
Geoffrey Chaucer first linked St Valentine’s feast with the idea of romatic love in his book ‘Parliament of Foules’ in the fourteenth century.
During the middle ages it was believed that birds paired in mid-February.
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
Your Week...
MONDAY
YOGA
9.30am Little Thornton Community Hub ART GROUP
9.45-11.45 The Hub 120 Highfield Road. Tel 405490
ART, CRAFT, COLOURING IN 10-noon Layton Community House, Grenfell Ave. 391811. Friendly group LUNCH CLUB
12.30-2.30pm The Hub, 120 Highfield Road, FY4 2JF. 3 course lunch. Tel 405490 SCRABBLE CLUB
1.30pm Thornton Library. KEEP FIT
1.45-2.45pm St Bernadette’s Church Hall, All Hallows Road, Bispham. £2. SEWING, KNITTING & CROCHET
2-4pm Layton Community House, Grenfell Ave. 01253 391811
DANCE FOR CHILDREN 5-11yrs
4.30pm Little Thornton Community Hub ADULT DANCERCISE
6.15pm. St Paul’s Worship Centre, Egerton Road, FY1 2NP. Lucy 0758 595 7567
MALE VOICE CHOIR
7-9pm Poulton Methodist Church Rehearsals weekly. Paul 07702 676 398 GOSPEL CHOIR
7.30pm Freedom Centre, Langdale Rd, Blackpool. Edna 078 711 71462
TUESDAY
PILATES
9.30am Little Thornton Community Hub STANLEY PARK CRAFT CLUB
10am-2.30pm Visitor Centre CRAFT GROUP
10-noon The Hub, 120 Highfield Rd. Knitting, embroaidery, jewellery & more. Tel 405490
BABY, TODDLER RHYME TIME
10.30am Thornton Library for pre-schoolers HARMONY & HEALTH SINGERS
10.30am-noon Thornton Little Theatre. Singing & fun. £3 Shirley 07940 0309 25 MINGLE MOSAICS CRAFTING CLUB
11am-2pm Cleveleys Community Centre. £3.50 & £10 for starter kit, instructions provided. Info 07940 533 413
SASSY SEWERS LADIES SEWING GROUP
1-3pm St Paul’s Church Hall, Egerton Road, Blackpool. Christine 0777 981 7271
2pm Our Lady & St Edward’s Church Hall Marlborough Drive, Fulwood. Stephanie 01254 852258
FYLDE ARTS POETRY GROUP
2pm Lytham Assembly Rooms. A group of friends who love poetry. John 07714 761
273
POTATO SALAD DAYS
7.30pm Christ Church Community Centre, Meadows Ave, Thornton. An illustrated talk by Matthew Smith from Brighter Blooms Nursery. Walton-le-Dale. Judith 01253
826562
DISNEY’S LITTLE MERMAID
7pm Marine Hall Fleetwood. to Sat 22.
QUEEN EXTRAVAGANZA
Blackpool Opera House
JAZZ CLUB
7.30pm Lowther Pavilion THE 39 STEPS
7.30pm CRE8IV Thornton Little Theatre. to Sat 22.
20 THURSDAY
A VISIT TO NORMANDY
9.45-11.30am. Kirkham Community Centre. Steve Williams for Kirkham & Fylde Life Long Learning.
GOLDEN MILE TO STREETS OF GOLD
10.15am via Matcham Court. Sir Andrew Parmley for Friends of Blackpool Grand Theatre. £5 on door
WOOFERS COMEDY CLUB
8pm Lowther Pavilion
21 FRIDAY
RECORDED MUSIC CLUB
2pm St Stephen’s Church, Holmfield Road. Free. Share & discuss your favourite music
MAGIC OF THE BEE GEES
7.30pm Lowther Pavilion
22 SATURDAY
TABLE TOP SALE
10am-1pm St Andrew’s Church Annexe, Cadley Causeway, Fulwood, Preston. PR2 3RX. Tables £10 from Bernadette 07734 972 897. Raising money for Rwanda Group Trust
CHARITY COFFEE MORNING
10am Wesley Hall, Westby St, Lytham. Lytham Probus for Royal Navy & Marines
Charity
BOURNE WARD LABOUR SURGERY
10-noon. Thornton Library. No appointment necessary
SAUSAGE & CIDER FESTIVAL
Blackpool Winter Gardens
MUSICAL AFTERNOON TEA
2-4pm St Annes United Reformed Church,
St George’s Road.
BLACKPOOL FC V CRAWLEY TOWN
3pm Bloomfield Road
ROCK ORCHESTRA BY CANDLELIGHT
Blackpool Opera House
ROCKET MAN
7.30pm Lowther Pavilion. Tribute to Sir Elton John BOOMSHANKA
Station Pub, Lytham. Classic rock
23 SUNDAY
ULVERSTON
Freebooters Rambling Club. Pickup from Squires Gate, Lytham, Warton to Preston. freebootersramblingclub@gmail.com
25 TUESDAY
ST ANNES ROCK CHOIR
11.30am St Margaret’s, Rowsley Rd. Taster session. 714276
REFLECTIONS ON SAVING LIVES AT SEA 8pm Ribble Cruising Club, Lytham. A talk by Dr Stephen Musgrave. Free. Open to the public THE BREATH
7.30pm Lowther Pavilion. This folk rock duo has released 3 albums on Peter Gabriel’s Real World label
26 WEDNESDAY
BROADBAND IN THE COUNTRY
10-11.30am Wesley Hall, Westby St, Lytham. Martin Welch for Lytham Probus.
27 THURSDAY
WYRE SPEAKERS CLUB
7.15pm Methodist Church Hall, Queensway, Poulton. Michael 07944 407 936
2pm St Stephen’s Church Hall, Holmfield Road, North Shore., Music, quiz, tea, coffee, biscuits. Make new friends DEADBEATS
8pm Station Pub, Lytham. £2
February
Forget Me Knot.Preston Playhouse 1Sat
Fleetwood Mac Tribute.Blackpool Opera House 1Sat
Cat Stevens Tribute.Lowther Pavilion 2Sun
Madama Butterfly.Blackpool Grand Theatre 2Sun
Bowling For Soup.Empress Balloroom 5Wed
Motown Magic.Lowther Pavilion 6Thu
Spice Girls Experience.Grand Theatre 7Fri
Adele Tribute.Grand Theatre 8Feb
Giovanni Pernice.Grand Theatre 9Sun
The Invincibles.Preston Playhouse 12Wed
Wizard of Oz.Lowther Pavilion 14Fri
Fairport Convention.Lowther Pavilion 16Sun
Guitar Heroes.Grand Theatre 16Sun
Su Pollard.Grand Theatre 17Mon
Classically Lowther.Lowther Pavilion 17Mon
Queen Extravaganza.Opera House 19Wed
Sir Geoff Hurst.Grand Theatre 19 Wed
Woofers Comedy Club.Lowther Pavilion 20Thu
Vampires Rock.Grand Theatre 20Thu
Bee Gees Tribute.Lowther Pavilion 21Fri
Pretty Vacant.Opera House 21Fri
Rocket Man.Lowther Pavilion 22Sat
Rock Orchestra.Opera House 22Sat
Jon Culshaw.Grand Theatre 23Sun
Milton Jones.Lowther Pavilion 23Sun
MozART Group.Lowther Pavilion 24Mon
An Inspector Calls.Grand Theatre 25Tue
The Breath.Lowther Pavilion 25Tue
All My Sons.Preston Playhouse 26Wed
Chaka Khan Tribute.Lowther Pavilion 28Fri
March
Graham Gouldman.Lowther Pavilion 5Wed
Boys From The Blackstuff.Grand Theatre 5Wed
Disco Inferno.Opera House 6Thu
Carpenters Tribute.Opera House 7Fri
Give Me The Night.Opera House 8Sat
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