Over 3 Years Of Successful Advertising! April 2015
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WELCOME TO THE APRIL 2015 EDITION OF FAILSWORTH FOCUS! Hello Dear Reader, Easter is a lovely time of year, as spring flowers show their heads above the earth we are hopeful of some nicer weather to look forward to. As usual we will be visiting Daisy Nook Fair over the break, a tradition that we really look forward to. We hope that whatever you do it is an enjoyable time. Dates to remember: Good Friday 3rd, Easter Sunday 5th, Easter Monday 6th April. Many thanks to all who have contributed to a lovely magazine this month. Until May, keep it local! Matt & Vikki x
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All doors fitted with Yale mechanisms, this includes a ÂŁ1000 insurance from Yale if you are broken in to.
Free upgrade to chrome or gold handles with all window orders!
All windows supplied are fitted with shoot bolts at no extra cost.
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VISIT OUR NEW SHOWROOM—560 OLDHAM RD, FAILSWORTH (opposite Police Station)
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Spring Offers Having your Wedding abroad? Why not celebrate your return with an evening with your family & friends in beautiful surroundings, overlooking the countryside from our Function room.
50% off Function Room hire for Weddings, Birthdays & Christenings until the end of May 2015.
Free Function Room Hire Funerals, Business training sessions & Corporate meetings - Week days
Daily Specials Available Treat yourself to a bite to eat and a drink in our Clubhouse Restaurant. Afternoon Teas available from ÂŁ3.95 per person. Open Tuesday through to Sunday, just call in everyone welcome. Come and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere and stunning views, whilst having a drink and food.
Pro Shop Visit our new PGA Golfing Professional Karen Heywood. Have a look around our newly stocked Pro shop for the latest clothes and equipment. Golf lessons are available.
Enquires and bookings please email brookdalegolf@btconnect.com or telephone 0161 681 4534 follow the phone options for Catering enquiries. Please call Matt on 07738 163 455 for details on how to advertise
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Kids Easter Activities Page
Blowing
An adult should pierce the egg at both ends with a utility knife, widening one hole a bit. Poke a straightened paper clip through wide hole; stir yolk. Place ear syringe in smaller hole; squeeze. Contents will pour out. (Wash hands well.)
Dyeing
It's easy to make the dye: Cover the work area with paper towels. In a jar, mix 1 teaspoon vinegar, 20 drops food colouring, and 1 cup warm water. Submerge the egg (keep it down with a paper cup containing water). Soak for 5 minutes for light colours and 10 minutes for darker shades. Remove the egg with tongs. Place on a wire rack to dry.
Decorating
Dye or paint should be fully dry before beginning. Use crepe paper or felt for features and stick with glue. Use black felt pen for eyes.
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www.makitchensandbedrooms.com
We are a family run business with a wealth of experience that spans over 40 years in the Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom industry. Visit our showroom in Oldham for inspiration and ideas. Look at colours, materials and finishes. Visualise the options, alternatives and combinations.
You can contact the showrooms by telephoning 0161 626 8722 and book for our surveyors to come out and survey for a design and quote.
Windsor Works, Ellen Street, Oldham, OL9 6QR
Tel: 0161 626 8722 makab@btconnect.com
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Uncle Monkeys April Musings Watching an FA Cup quarter final this week, I was amazed to hear people taking about Manchester United’s disappointing season, after loosing 2 out of their last 22 matches! Clearly these days expectations are too high, they should have watched lower division games in the 1960’s and 70’s, that was when staying power was tested, as in a 0-0 draw when Oldham Athletic played on a Tuesday evening in 1970 away to Bradford Park Avenue. A game professionally acclaimed as the worst in the history of football. It was a time when as recently retired sports writer Geoff Powell described “You dream of mid-table mediocrity!” European games were things that were occasionally heard of at Old Trafford, teams such as Partizan Belgrade, Steaua Bucharest, Locomotiv Leipzig, Spartak Moscow and Borussia Moenchen Gladbach (the latter described by the ‘Likely Lads’ as the West Hartlepool of West Germany!). You can say what you like about Communism, it may have suppressed half of Europe, but it did throw up some evocative names. I'm not sure I can stand the thought of another 2 months of build up to the General Election, although as a keen fan of fiction I am looking forward to the various manifestos. A couple of pearls I've heard so far are 20mph limits on arterial roads (I told you express barges were not far away), and regions in charge of their own health budgets. The latter conjures up thoughts of those steely eyed women in white coats who worked at “the clinic” in the 1950’s and who had clearly just been de-mobbed from the Waffen SS. The idea of them with blunt hypodermics and a budget is too much to cope with. I'm of to cheer myself up with the highlights of England's performance in the Cricket World Cup! Andrew Clough Please mention Failsworth Focus when responding to adverts
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BYGONE DAYS
This is Daisy Nook Farm taken in the early 1950’s when it had probably not changed much for the last hundred years. As the path down from Pratty Meadows via the monkey stump emerged at the bottom of the hill you walked through a narrow overgrown path with Red Bills on your right and a large old barn in front of the farm on your left. The building is now owned by and has been tastefully renovated by the Clark family. Photo: Will Clough Andrew Clough Please call Matt on 07738 163 455 for details on how to advertise
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Clayton Bridge Garage Est. over 50 Years
M.O.T Testing Station Servicing & General Repairs Diagnostics Open Mon—Fri 8am—5.30pm Sat 8am—12.30pm
www.claytonbridgegarage.co.uk claytonbridgegarage@live.co.uk
Tel: 0161 681 2769 Millstream Lane, Clayton Bridge, Manchester, M40 1GT
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HIGHTECH ROOFING AS SEEN ON BBC’S
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M & M TUNALEY
Est. 1988 Proud to have served Failsworth for over 26 years!
Jersey Royals now in! ENGLISH Tomatoes Now selling local honey
Bananas Partington Street, Failsworth Tel: 0161 681 5248
Its nice to be nice!
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GIBBS HARDWARE est. 1999 Traditional Hardware & Household Supplies Tools—Decorating & Gardening Goods Key Cutting Available Proprietor Allan Gibbs 65 Ashton Road East, Failsworth
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T.R.H Jewellers Manufacturing handmade jewellery & repairs Jewellery Rhodium Plated from ÂŁ10 Watch Batteries Fitted 104 Ashton Rd East, Failsworth, M35 9DR
Tel: 0161 688 5615
S. WOOD & SON Plumbing, Heating & Gas Services Boiler Service, Central Heating Systems, Gas Fires & Surrounds, Boiler Breakdowns, Gas Safety Checks, Bathrooms fitted, L.P.G - Inc. Caravans Contact: Craig Wood 0161 682 5624 or 07810 390525 Email: swoodandson@hotmail.co.uk
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0161 682 1001
Hardman St, Failsworth, M35 0BB
Access 24/7 Direct access to your individual ground floor unit www.failsworth-selfstorage.co.uk Please call Matt on 07738 163 455 for details on how to advertise
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MISTED MISTED--UP WINDOWS? NO NEED to change the frames...Just the Glass! Covering Oldham, Manchester, Tameside, Stockport & Rochdale
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GARDEN MAINTANENCE FOR APRIL Beware late frosts and keep vulnerable plants and new shoots protected at night if frost is forecast. Don’t be tempted to put out tender bedding until much later on in the month and even then be prepared to cover it if necessary. Deadhead daffodils and narcissi, give them a liquid feed or sprinkling of bonemeal and then let them die down. Don’t cut off the leaves as they are necessary to replenish the bulb for next year. Keep deadheading spring bedding to keep it looking neat and encourage new flowers. Continue with the spring cleaning. Hoe your borders, getting rid of weeds before they take hold - annual weeds such as bitter cress and groundsel are enough of a nightmare without allowing them to go forth and multiply by seeding. If it’s dry, attack ground elder and the like with systemic weed killer painted onto the leaves. Mulch away while you can still see what you are doing and before the herbaceous growth really takes off. Use your own garden compost or leaf mould, well rotted manure, the contents of out-of-date grow bags or ready-made soil conditioner. Now the soil is warming up and things are starting to grow, add general purpose fertiliser before covering with mulch especially in borders, the fruit and vegetable patch and containers. If you have already mulched, draw it back (if possible), tease the soil a little, add fertiliser and replace the mulch. Make new beds and borders - mark the shape with sand trickled from a bottle, remove the top layer of growing vegetation and dig the ground over, incorporating as much organic matter as possible. If you are making a bed in the lawn, remove the turf – if you dig it in the buried grass will regrow and regrow and regrow and... Clean and repair your garden tools, book the lawn mower in for a service and check garden furniture for any rot. When it is warm enough, treat sheds, fences and trellis with wood preservative; brushes and rollers are fine for most things, however a sprayer is well worth buying for tricky projects such as woven panels!
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KITCHEN GARDEN The fruit garden is one area in which there is not a lot to do in April other than admire the blossom and ponder the harvest en route! Plant strawberry plants in planters or hanging baskets for a pretty and delicious crop this summer. Protect fruit trees and gooseberries with netting; birds love developing fruit buds and your entire crop can disappear with astonishing speed unless protected! Check your rhubarb; harvest it if it has grown, or if it is still in its infancy, keep the forcer on. To encourage faster growth, cover the forcer with horse manure; the heat will produce even more dramatic results as it rots down - and don’t forget that slugs enjoy forced rhubarb just as much as we do, so be vigilant!
Vegetables The centres are now full of plantlets of vegetables, salads and herbs. For those that find growing from seed daunting, this is the ideal solution! Remember many need hardening off so be wary about planting them straight outside - ask in the centre for advice if you are unsure. Many vegetable crops can be sown as seed this month - check the instructions on the packet and plant away! Broad beans, carrots, lettuces, spinach, salad leaves, leeks and chard are just a few ideas to get your healthy, cheap and home-grown food underway! Traditionalists plant potatoes on Good Friday - plant first and second earlies first, main crop by the middle of the month. Plant shallots, garlic and onion sets as well as asparagus crowns in friable well-drained soil. If you have a frost-free greenhouse, get ahead with the summer crops - sweet peppers, tomatoes, aubergines and salads can be planted inside. (If it remains cold, check the temperature requirements on the seed packet and wait if necessary.) Read more: http://www.thegardencentregroup.co.uk/gardening-advice/april/kitchengarden/1X#ixzz2wghV282V
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LIST OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR OLDHAM CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE ENA HUGHES CENTRE, FAILSWORTH, OLDHAM
7th March 2015—COFFEE MORNING 10AM—12 NOON The Clock Café, Ena Hughes Centre, Failsworth 11th April 2015—COFFEE MORNING 10AM—12 NOON The Clock Café, Ena Hughes Centre, Failsworth 25th April 2015—SPRING FAYRE—10AM - 12 NOON The Broadbent Club, Lord Lane, Failsworth Many stalls—Cakes, Clothes, Books/CDs, Jewellery, Gifts etc
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J.M.Davies & Co. (Est. 1925)
WE HAVE MOVED TO:UNIT 7 MERSEY ROAD NORTH FAILSWORTH M35 9LU
Tel: 0161 688 5262 www.jmdavies-timberdiy.co.uk Opening Hours:- Monday窶認riday: 8am til 5pm, Saturday: 8am til 2pm
TIMBER SUPPLIES / DIY CENTRE Graded timber * Timber treatments * Softwoods * Mouldings* Decking * Plywood * MDF * Chipboard * Plasterboard * Building Aggregates * Hardware * Door furniture * Electrical items * Door casings * Door frames * Skirting boards * Architrave Fixings * Silicones * Adhesives Please call Matt on 07738 163 455 for details on how to advertise
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Countdown to ww1 My maternal Grandfather Stanley Crofts’ like so many others joined up in 1914 with his life long friend Crompton Travis. Unlike most, they did not end up on the Western front, but were sent to Egypt to guard the Suez Canal. (I used to think that my Grandad built it as a child!). It must have been strange for 2 men who had never left Hollinwood in their lives ending up in Egypt. Heron St to Cairo, not a normal set of destinations. I was too young to know him properly, he died in 1958 but I remember my mum saying she used to get upset as a child over-hearing conversations about his experiences with his friends, some of whom had served in France and Belgium. He went on to become an officer in the Home Guard in the second war, so had the distinction of serving twice. Crompton his friend out lived him by a good number of years, and I remember him as a very genial sort of man, always chuckling quietly to himself, he probably couldn't believe his luck. His son Harry went on to become Deputy Head at Chadderton Grammar School for Boys. Andrew Clough
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