The Stafford Directory - March 2019

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Contents MARCH 2019

Advertising enquiries

Open Week at Stafford Grammar

Lisa Cuthbert - Sales Manager

Quick Crossword

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St Modwen Homes

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Students Sign for Fundraising

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McCarthy & Stone

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National Trust Staffordshire

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What’s On

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Lichfield Garrick

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Recipe of the Month: Pancakes

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Stafford Camera Club

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Mother’s Day Gift Guide

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Useful Numbers

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Tel: 01785 318704 Email: info@thestafforddirectory.co.uk

Editorial enquiries Carole Chambers - Editor Tel: 01785 318704 Email: info@thestafforddirectory.co.uk

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The April edition of The Stafford Directory will be distributed during the last week of March to 10,000 homes and businesses in Penkridge & surrounding areas.

If you wish to place an advert or editorial feature, please ensure copy is submitted to us no later than 10/03/2019.

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We gratefully acknowledge the support of businesses whose adverts appear in The Stafford Directory magazine, and whilst every care is taken to ensure accuracy, the publishers cannot accept responsibilty for loss, damage or omission caused by error in the printing of an advert. All artwork is accepted on strict condition that permission has been given for use in this publication. Adverts are accepted on the understanding that descriptions of goods and services are fair and accurate. Any reproduction of any material is forbidden without the written consent of the publishers. The publishers cannot accept responsibilty for views expressed by contributors, or the accuracy of claims made by advertisers.

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LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS

Sunday 5th May, 2019

Saturday 29th June, 2019

See our Cherry Tree Walk in full bloom. Enjoy the beauty that Spring brings to Mitton Manor Gardens.

Treat yourself to Afternoon Tea and a glass of beer or champagne to celebrate the Bank Holiday weekend.

We are thrilled to be hosting the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra at Mitton Manor Gardens.

This spectacular classical concert promises to be a night to remember for the whole family.

OTHER DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 2019 SPRING – CHERRY BLOSSOM PAINTING IN ACRYLIC Saturday 11th May, 2019 Following our Cherry Tree Walk, come along to a Painting Workshop in association with local artist, Debbie Chatfield.

PRIDE & PREJUDICE Thursday 4th July, 2019 Garden Theatre production of Pride & Prejudice, in association with Chapterhouse Theatre Company.

NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME OPEN DAY Sunday 7th July, 2019 AUTUMN – FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE PAINTING IN ACRYLIC Saturday 14th September, 2019 our Festive Foodie Licensed is provided you are bringsChatfield. rugs.

AsEnjoy the Autumn foliage starts to Treats turn into&fiery colours,Bar. join Seating us for another Painting but Workshop withwelcome local artistto Debbie

For more information, visit our website, or phone to speak to our friendly team.

AUTUMN TOUR & TALK Sunday 29th September, 2019 Our annual Autumn Tour & Talk with Elizabeth Gooch MBE and guests, with an optional three-course Autumn lunch.

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Open Week at Stafford Grammar S TA F F O R D G R A M M A R S C H O O L A N D S TA F F O R D P R E P S C H O O L

OPEN WEEK Wednesday 20th–Friday 22nd March 2019 9am–11am and 1pm–3pm daily No appointment necessary Stafford Grammar School offers the best start in life for children and young people. We provide the best of both worlds: a school with outstanding academic success that feels like a family. Our Open Week offers you the opportunity to see Stafford Grammar and Stafford Prep. School in action on a real working day. All classes from Reception to Sixth Form will be open and you will be able to talk to the Headmaster, staff and pupils, enjoy a tour of the school and see real lessons.

Whilst we pride ourselves on being the highest performing co-educational school in the area, the real spirit of Stafford Grammar School is to be found in the smiling faces, laughter and sense of fun that pupils and teachers experience every day.

There is something for everyone at Stafford Grammar School. Our students excel in sport, music, drama and a wide range of extra-curricular activities, clubs and societies. Our sports teams have an enviable record of success, winning local, county, regional and national competitions.

For young people who enjoy the performing arts, Stafford Grammar School is the place to be. With the opportunity to join choirs, vocal groups, Concert Band, Big Band, Orchestra and other ensembles, music is flourishing at Stafford Grammar School.

Our Concert Band has received platinum awards in national competitions and has enjoyed successful tours in Spain, France, Italy and Prague.

Drama continues to thrive and our school musicals are performed to sell-out audiences. We are currently producing 9 to 5 and over the last few years, musical theatre productions including Les Miserables, West

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Side Story, Into the Woods, Fame and Sister Act have been produced to an exceptional standard and received acclaim in the local press.

With such a lively variety of activities, it is easy to see why Stafford Grammar School and Stafford Prep. School are such vibrant communities. We aim to give our pupils an exciting and challenging education. Based upon the values of hard work, kindness and respect, we strive to provide an enriching education that will inspire our pupils and enable them to make the most of every opportunity in their lives beyond school.

Our extensive transport network means that we are accessible to families from a wide range of areas.

Financial assistance with school fees is available through scholarships for academic, sporting or musical excellence and bursaries based on an assessment of household financial circumstances.

Places now available in most Year groups.

To find out more about our school, visit www.staffordgrammar.co.uk or call us on 01785 249752. With so much going on, you can follow @StaffordGrammar on Twitter and Facebook to read the latest information.

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Supporting Carers on their Dementia Journey Monthly A lzheimer’s Support Evenings The Monthly Alzheimer’s Support Evenings [MASE] have become a well-established support network for people living with dementia in South Staffordshire.

The MASE helps reduce the stigma surrounding dementia and brings together people who are coping with the condition, in the hope of removing the social isolation all too often faced by Carers.

Friendly Volunteers • Advice & Support Carers Forming Friendships • Information Leaflets Buffet & Refreshments • Entertainment

A warm welcome awaits Carers and their cared for at any of the following MASE Groups Haughton Haughton Village Hall - ST18 9EZ 2nd Thursday of every month 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm

Stafford

Castle Church Hall - ST16 1DP 4th Monday of every month 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm

For more information please contact:

Daphne Sharp: 01785 211140 07939 505455

www.themasegroup.com Registered Charity No: 1137193 The Monthly Alzheimer’s Support Evening Limited (MASE)

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BRAND NEW SHOWHOMES OPENING THIS WEEKEND! Saturday 2nd & 3rd March

Come and take a look at our brand new Alena 2 bedroom & Romana 3 bedroom showhomes at Bagnall Meadows, Stafford.

Reserve your own for just £99 & we’ll pay your mortgage for a year*! Just bring this with you!

Bagnall Meadows Castle Street, Stafford, ST16 2EB T: 0330 058 6280 www.stmodwenhomes.co.uk *Offer available on selected plots only and available on reservations before 31.03.19. £99 reservation and mortgage fee paid for a year offer is subject to lenders terms and conditions. A maximum value applies, please speak to our Sales Consultants for more information. Offer can be withdrawn at any time. Prices and details are correct at time of March print. 2019 Images used are for illustrative purposes only.

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Students Sign for Fundraising

B L E S S E D W I L L I A M H O WA R D C AT H O L I C H I G H S C H O O L

A student from Blessed William Howard Catholic High School has set up a school lunch time sign language class to teach other students, and staff, how to communicate via sign language.

Rebecca Palmer (14) started to learn sign language at age nine, taught by Jayne Fletcher-Brander, a deaf pop star who leads Sign2Sing videos. Sign2Sing is an annual national fund raising event, organised by the Deaf Health Charity, SignHealth, to promote sign language as a communication tool and make music more accessible to those that can’t hear it. The event also raises essential funds for projects to support the deaf community.

Almost twenty students are taking part in the classes, aged from 11 to 17. Once they have all learnt the basic signing skills, Rebecca will be creating a video of them performing Take That’s “Greatest Day “as part of the year’s ‘Sign2Sing’ event.

encourage students to be actively involved in charity work; to combine this with learning a new and useful skill is a great idea.”

SignHealth is a UK registered charity, established in 1986, dedicated to providing and improving healthcare services for people who are Deaf. They provide health and wellbeing services in sign language for Deaf people and are committed to breaking down the barriers that deaf people continue to face, with poorer communication support and poorer access to health services than hearing people.

To support Rebecca’s fund raising for SignHealth please go to: https://www.justgiving.com/signhealth or https://www.signhealth.org.uk/donate/ Above photo shows Rebecca Palmer (far right) with some of her sign language students signing B W H.

Mr Karl Brown, Principal at Blessed William Howard said, “This is a fantastic opportunity for our students to improve their communication skills and for Rebecca to develop her leadership skills. As a Catholic school we

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The Stafford development will consist of 64 one and two bedroom apartments, a stunning homeowners’ lounge, ideal for socialising with friends; beautifully landscaped gardens in which to relax; and a convenient guest suite should homeowners have friends or relatives to stay. The development will also benefit from its very own Estates Management team onsite; while a security entrance system and emergency call points will provide added peace-of-mind for homeowners and their families.

and reservations are expected to be taken from Spring 2019.

More than nine out of ten customers would recommend McCarthy and Stone to a friend, ensuring it has received the full Five Star award for customer satisfaction from the Home Builders Federation for 13 years’ running. McCarthy and Stone is the only UK housebuilder of any size or type to achieve this accolade, which is every year the awards have been run.

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‘The Role of Supporter Groups’ Tuesday 9th April

Interesting and very necessary research is being

This talk will take place after the AGM. Our speaker,

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direct involvement with visitors, supporter groups

effect increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the

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Currently Alison is the volunteering and community

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and most importantly on our health and well-being.

To find out how a small woodland area in Norbury is being exposed to increasingly higher levels of CO2, the technology involved and the information gained so far, come and listen to a member of the research

All talks are held at Walton Village Hall at 2:30pm. Entry is £4.50, all are welcome.

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STAFFORD RECORDED MUSIC SOCIETY

BROCTON TODDLERS

STAFFORD FOLK DANCE CLUB

WEDNESDAYS (USUALLY

EVERY WEDNESDAY

EVERY THURSDAY

FORTNIGHTLY)

10am-11.30am at Brocton Village Hall.

8pm-10.15pm at Walton Village Hall,

We present programmes of music (mainly

A chance for the ‘under fives’ and their

Stafford. We are a friendly club & always

classical) at The Meeting Room, St Anne’s

carers to meet for friendship, toys, snacks

welcome new people. Come along! For

RC Church Hall, Lynton Avenue, Stafford.

and songs. No need to book, just turn up.

further information call 01785 214567.

Our meetings are held fortnightly for

£2.50pp - extra children 50p each. For info

the most part, from September to May

email: broctonplaygroup@tiscali.co.uk

FRENCH CONVERSATION EVERY THURSDAY

and from 7.15 pm to 9.45 pm including a refreshment break. Our new season

PRAISE AND PLAY

10am–11am at Baswich Community Hall,

normally begins on the first Wednesday of

EVERY WEDNESDAY

Stafford. Get more out of your French

September each year. New members are

10:30am-11:30am at St Mary’s Church,

holidays & enjoy learning, with this relaxed,

always welcome. For further information

Stafford. 20 minutes of story, song and

friendly group. New faces always welcome!

contact Geoff Ogram on 01785 663423 or

worship for pre-school children and their

For details, call Jan on 01785 606343.

email geoff.ogram@talktalk.net

grown ups. Followed by tea/coffee/squash,

STAFFORDSHIRE CORPS OF DRUMS

chat and play. Everyone welcome, just

CHASESIDE FLOWER CLUB

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2ND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 7.30pm at The Village Hall, Walton on the

EVERY MONDAY 7pm -9pm at TS Superb - the Sea Cadet HQ,

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River Way, Stafford ST16 3TH.

DEMENTIA

month and arrangements are raffled. Open

Recruiting (15 yrs and upwards) new

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to anyone and a warm welcome awaits.

members (with or without experience) for

11am-1pm at St Bertelins Church Hall,

Further details Di Hinton 01785 620938.

our drum, flute, bugle and fanfare sections.

Stafford. CASS welcomes Carers

Contact 01902 850536.

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MONTHLY FUNFOLK NIGHTS

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LAST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH

HAUGHTON WOMEN’S INSTITUTE

and friendship at our support group. Carers

8pm at County Staff Club (77 Eastgate

FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH

welcome, with or without the cared-for.

Street, Stafford, ST16 2NG).

7:30pm at Haughton Village Hall. We have

Call 01785 222365 for details.

FREE Entry - FREE Refreshments - FREE Entertainment - Late bar. Open to anyone

speakers on a variety of topics, followed by tea/coffees and cakes. Visitors are very

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Set aside to rest for half an hour Lightly oil a medium frying pan and place over a medium heat Once the pan is hot, pour in a ladle-full of batter and cook for 1 minute on each side, or until golden Serve whilst hot, top with all of your favourite pancake fillings and enjoy!

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Popular Children’s Market Returns P E N K R I D G E C H I L D R E N ’ S M A R K E T - S U N DAY 7 T H A P R I L

Due to popular demand, Penkridge Market will be holding another fantastic Children’s Market on Sunday the 7th April. The Market, which will be entirely dedicated to children, will feature stalls selling everything from nearly new children’s clothes to toys and handmade crafts. There will also be plenty of activities to keep the children entertained, with a petting farm, donkey rides, Diddi Dance taster sessions, fairground, free craft area and much much more.

The event will run from 10am to 3pm, and with free admission for children and only £2 for adults, it’s a great affordable day out for all the family.

Over 60 stall holders are anticipated, selling a variety of goods from clothes, toys and books to handmade knitted baby wear and wooden gifts. The majority of stalls will be undercover in the indoor market, making it a fun day out whatever the weather.

Kate Kingsley, who was the brain child behind the event said: “We had a fantastic response to the event last year, with thousands of people attending and commenting on how much they enjoyed the day. I think parents really valued the fact that they could pick up incredible bargains, all in one place and keep the children entertained at the same time. Making it feel more like a fun day out, rather than dragging the kids around the shops. I think anything we can do to make parents lives easier and more affordable is much appreciated.”

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This new event, which was held for the first time in April 2017, has proved so popular with the public, the owners have now decided to hold it twice a year, on the 7th April and 15th September.

Local children’s clubs, groups and organisations will also be attending, so that families can find out more information about the services available in the local area.

If you would like to attend the event, Penkridge Market is situated in the centre of Penkridge, and is signposted off the A449. It is easily accessible from Junction 12 of the M6 and is only 6 miles from Stafford; 7 miles from Cannock and 10 miles from Wolverhampton (postcode ST19 5AS).

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Stafford Camera Club MARCH EVENT

On 19th March the club welcomes, Peter Going LRPS. HIs presentation is called ‘The Magnificent Seven’, and is the story of the first victorian landscaped cemeteries in London.

Based just outside Northampton, Peter is a freestyle photographer, enjoying all aspects of photography and judging.

From Weddings, Portraits and Architecture, Events and Venues, including sports, to landscapes and nature.

He is an accredited LRPS, which means he has achieved a Licentiateship of the Royal Photographic Society. The Society’s distinctions are internationally respected and sought after by professional photographers.

Having won many competitions himself at club level, he is now an “A” List judge for the Photographic Alliance of Gt. Britain, and have been featured in Nikon’s “N Magazine”.

His style is to capture those special moments and freeze them in time, to enjoy like a special memory, preserved for years to come. Whatever the subject, his aim is simple, to capture a story and to create a beautiful image to cherish.

Stafford Camera Club meet at 8 pm on Tuesday evenings at their new venue The Constitutional Club, 5 Lloyd St, Stafford, ST16 3AS. Newcomers and people of all skill levels are welcome to attend. See www.staffordcameraclub.co.uk for details.

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