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YOU might have put the sprouts on in October but if you want the perfect Christmas dinner, read Bruce Edge’s guide to cooking turkey. In this month’s edition we’ve got lots of 29 local news including reading awards from Lache Library, a forthcoming show at Queen’s Park High, Christmas services at St Mary’s Church, the story of how a World War One nurse at Eaton Hall has finally been identified from a picture. There’s also the regular features including health and beauty with Jane Bryant, Bruce Edge and 36 policing with PCSO Chris Fox.

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Circulation 5,500 Young bookworms are record breakers A record number of children took part in the Summer Reading Challenge at Lache Library. The aim is to encourage reluctant readers, with some children taking out up to seven books. The children were presented with a certificate and a medal at a ceremony at the library, with support from local councillors Razia Daniels, Neil Sullivan and Jane Mercer who donated funds from the members’ budget. Cllr Daniels said: “It was just wonderful to see so many children had taken part and said that they really enjoyed the reading challenge.” The Lache Library Treasure Hunt was won by Luwe Hayes-Roberts who was rewarded with an extra gift. His mother, Nichola Hayes-Roberts, said: “Thanks to the Lache Library staff the boys were given extra incentive to read and enjoy many books, they are very proud of their medals and certificates. “Anything that promotes a child friendly, friendly and helpful staff and a comfortable environment for children to enjoy reading is a very positive thing.” Left: Cllr Razia Daniels with treasure hunt winner Luwe Hayes-Roberts

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Friday 25th December: Christmas Day 10.30am Parish Communion In August, two of the Assistant Clergy at St Mary’s, Handbridge, Revd Robin Mosley and Revd Richard Burton have “moved on” to pastures new.

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On October 2nd St Mary’s will celebrate Harvest Festival. This year we will be thinking of the lives and risks of seafarers, a group of people (and their families) upon whom our island nation relies upon but often forgets. During the service we will be thinking about the things we use everyday which rely on ships and seafarers, not least of course much of our food. We will also be remembering some of the dangers seafarers face, storms, piracy, poor maintenance and loneliness. It is possible that the service may be interrupted by unforeseen perils of a nautical nature! Some people may get wet!

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Stage is set for next big show THE school production for 2016 will be Little Shop of Horrors. Over a course of three Wednesdays throughout September, over 100 students attended a series of drama and music workshops linked to the show and then went for formal auditions. After some serious head scratching and deliberation, the cast was formed but as always, anyone who auditioned is automatically in the show in one way or another. The backstage crew have also started to work on preparing for the staging of this epic show, meeting each Thursday after school. There is a full complement of crew members including a stage manager, deputy stage managers, assistant stage managers and other key roles for the behind the scenes work. Tickets for the production will be released in early December.

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28 To advertise call 350398 www.overleighroundabout.co.uk Overleigh Roundabout December 2015 29 QUEEN’S PARK HIGHThe Diamond SCHOOL Jubilee Rowers triumph in Manchester Queen’s Park High School travelled to Manchester to compete at Agecroft Rowing Club Head of the River, rowing over a course of 3250m on the River Irwell with the finish line adjacent to The Lowry Centre. This was the first time that the Rowing Club have attended in a number of years, over twenty QPHS students took part with most competing in two races each. Gwilym Harris from Year 9 achieved Gold, with a time much faster than many of his Year 10 peers. Zara Gautier-Price and Kiera Burke also came first in their Year 9 girl’s double boat. The Year 11 quad of Rona Fishburn, Eve Lawlor, Eve Finlay and Felicity Weir achieved a second placing, competing against six other highly competitive crews. l The school travelled to Ross on Wye for a weekend of camping and to attend the regattas at Gloucester and Ross on Wye. Successes included - Wins for Gwilym Harris competing in the J13 single event at both regattas, Harrison Kendall-Smith - J14 Single at Ross, Emily Cox and Eve Finlay – WJ16 double at Ross, Zara Gautier-Price and Kiera Burke – Wj13 double at Ross. These events also saw the year 8 girls squad compete in single Stage is set for next big show boats for the very first time. THE school production for 2016 will be Little Shop of Horrors. Over a course of Morgan Whitley won all his races to compete in the final against three Wednesdays throughout September, over 100 students attended a series Harrison Kendall-Smith in an all Queen’s Park High School final. of drama and music workshops linked to the show and then went for formal auditions. After some serious head scratching and deliberation, the cast was School teams up with National Theatre What the students saw! formed but as always, anyone who auditioned is automatically in the show in Queen’s Park High has been selected as one of the companies GCSE drama and theatre studies one way or another. The backstage crew have also started to work on preparing to be involved with the National Theatre Connections Project students for the staging of this epic show, meeting each Thursday after school. There is 2015-16. Over 30 students from Years 10 and 12 attended an went to watch a full complement of crew members including a stage manager, deputy stage audition workshop and 14 were selected to be in the chosen ‘What The managers, assistant stage managers and other key roles for the behind the play, ‘Bassett’ which will be performed in March in Handbridge. Butler Saw’ scenes work. Tickets for the production will be released in early December. As part of the project, the National at Theatr Theatre will send one of their directors Clwyd. The to critically appraise the production production was a touring production before it transfers to Manchester’s new and provided students with a theatre, ‘Home’ in April. Mr Yeoman masterclass in how to perform attended a weekend workshop and farcical comedy in a professional worked closely with the playwright to space. Students will be using the look at staging options and explore the performance as the basis of a intentions the playwright had when he theatre review they will be writing as wrote this gripping, contemporary piece part of their course. of drama.

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THE year end is approaching and it is time to enjoy evergreen large spiky leaves and long stems covered the small splashes of colour in the garden. Frost is so with tiny yellow scented flowers. Mahonias are great pretty on the most ordinary of foliage so enjoy the for striking winter colour and if they get too tall, cut frosting on the humble blackberry leaf (see photo) or stems down in early spring and they will re-sprout the large flat dying heads of Sedum or Hydrangea. new shoots for next winter. I know I have mentioned this before but one of my Jobs to do in the garden include pruning grapevines favourite shrubs Viburnum bodnantense Dawn, when the plant is fully dormant in winter. They started flowering in October and is heavy with scent produce sap when stems are cut and can have in milder periods throughout winter. Plant it near a disease introduced to the cut when the plant is regular thoroughfare so you can catch the honeyed growing. Pruning in winter when the sap will not scent daily. bleed prevents this from happening. For colour the evergreens take the stage in Make sure plants in pots are protected from frost winter. Some conifers have architectural shapes by making sure the pots are not waterlogged as they provided they are given space to grow naturally. are more likely to freeze and crack in cold weather. Chamaecyparis pisifera Filifera Aurea is a bit of Take a plastic bag larger than the pot, cut the bottom a mouthful of a name but it will grow as a broad off to allow drainage and then stuff with straw to the pyramid shape with drooping golden foliage all top of the pot. Move lemon or orange trees in pots to year and can be clipped to keep it compact. Partner greenhouse or cool conservatory and do the same it with the rich deep green leaves and red berries for pelargoniums. Last year I kept mine dry in pots in of mounded Skimmia and some glaucous blue the garage by a window and they came through to Euphorbia characias wulfenii. grow on this year. Other plants that may be in flower include Mahonia media, the varieties Charity or Winter Sun are often seen for sale. This is a tall shrub with

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34 To advertise call 350398 www.overleighroundabout.co.uk Overleigh Roundabout December 2015 35 Eaton Hall nurse identified from First World War picture THE identity of a First Caroline Allwood with ‘Self’ World War Chester nurse apart from a picture of a named ‘Self’ in a historic woman in a nurse’s uniform photo album has now been labelled simply ‘Nell’ thought revealed. to be her sister Nellie Archivists were seeking Haworth. the identity of a First World However Liz remembered War nurse who compiled a among some loose pictures, moving pictorial record of one showing a house with a the days when the 2nd Duke woman and child standing of Westminster’s palatial near the railings at the front. mansion served as a hospital The words ‘Churton House for wounded troops. Fred & Self’ were on the The album of 300-plus back of the photograph in photographs depicting her familiar handwriting. nurses and their patients amid the huge Gothic When the photograph was enlarged the splendour of Eaton’s Waterhouse Hall, was figures of Caroline Allwood and her smiling acquired by archivists from a Chester book son Frederick Insull Allwood emerged from the shop in 1979. Several of the pictures in the grainy picture solving a mystery dating back album, dating from 1914-17, show their creator almost 40 years. in her nursing uniform, although they are The full album of pictures is available for captioned simply with the word ‘Self’. public viewing at Cheshire Record Office on An appeal was launched last year but Duke Street in Chester. produced no response until now. Thanks to Above: Caroline Allwood simply captioned as detective work by Professor Alison Fell of the ‘Self’ (1915) University of Leeds and Chester archivist Liz Below: Caroline Allwood and her son Fredrick, Green, the mystery may have been solved. captioned as Fred & Self at Church House. ‘Self’ is now thought to be Mrs Caroline Allwood (nee Haworth), who lived at Gorstella, Dodleston from 1914. After studying the album Professor Fell and Liz Green came to the conclusion that the unknown nurse was local because of the informal nature and content of some of the pictures. Caroline Allwood was a ward sister at Eaton and later Oakfield from November 1914. She had a sister Nellie Haworth who was a nurse in London in 1911, when Caroline herself was living at Church House, Churton with her husband John, a farmer, and their son Frederick aged two. There was nothing in the album to connect

Overleigh Roundabout December 2015 37 Winter Watch Parade THE Chester Winter Watch Parade takes place Cheshire at 7pm on Thursday 10th December, starting TarmaC LTd at the Forum and travelling down Werburgh Residential & CommeRCial Street, Eastgate Street and Bridge Street. There are performances including dance, fire n All aspects of groundwork breathing and sword fights in Eastgate Street and in the Market Square. n All types of Tarmac & colour Dating from the 15th century, local artists and n Driveways community groups join together to celebrate n V-Crossing the time when the city leaders would hand over (council approved) the keys to the city watch. Visit: www.midsummerwatch.co.uk n JCB hire On the following Thursday, 17th December, at / Waste removal 7pm, it is the Saturnalia Parade starting from n Block pavings Eastgate Street. Chester is back under Roman n Concreting control for the night as the Roman legion lights up the streets with a torch-lit parade. This n Fencing traditional Roman event celebrates the feast of Saturn. It was a time of celebration, visits to W www.cheshiretar.co.uk friends, and gift-giving. It was also traditional E [email protected] for masters and slaves to swap places, making Saturnalia very popular. Free event. 01244 379400

Overleigh Roundabout December 2015 37 Victorian Christmas THE Grosvenor Museum is the venue for A Victorian Christmas on Wednesday 9th November, from 7.30-9.15pm. A fun and festive celebration of the Yuletide our ancestors would have known. It veers from high drama to low comedy, from delicate melodies to full-throated harmonies. Join Blast from the Past for some of your favourite carols as well as some more obscure but no less beautiful festive songs from the 19th century. The evening includes a complimentary glass of wine and a mince pie.Visit: www. westcheshiremuseums.co.uk

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Priorities You Said Further Police attendance around Schools To target anti-social behaviour across the and education to motorists when parking at area, especially in the run up to Hallowe’en. drop off and pick up time at schools. There are a number of areas where You Said officers will proactively target to challenge A regular issue raised by the public is that inappropriate behaviour. of speeding vehicles Officers will, over the We did coming weeks, be visible using a variety of From the last week of October until the 8th methods to combat such offences. November there has been a double crewed We did Police patrol checking all the areas where During October PCSO Fox has carried out anti social behaviour issues are likely to occur two sessions on Lache Lane monitoring the in Chester. During the October half term speed of vehicles. Six vehicles were found youth activities have been held to give youths going at inappropriate speeds and Police things to do. Other than a couple of minor Warning letters have been sent out to the Halloween incidents the Halloween bonfire Keepers of these vehicles. We will be looking period has passed off with few issues around at further traffic offences in the near future. Overleigh.

Please call 101 if you have any issues to report. Also my e mail address is [email protected]. Please remember if you have any issues the Police and the local councilors hold the following Surgeries on the first Saturday of every month: Chester Street, Saltney – 9am-10.15am Westminster Park Shops – 10.30am – 11.45am Handbridge – Dee Bridge - Opposite the Ship Inn – 12noon-1pm. If you see one of us out and about stop and have a chat

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Councillor’s Surgeries First Saturday of each month at: Saltney Post Office, 9.00am – 10.15 am 44 To advertise call 350398 www.overleighroundabout.co.ukWestminster Park Shops, 10.30 am - 11.45 am Overleigh Roundabout December 2015 45 Handbridge Old Dee Bridge, 12 pm - 1pm MONTHLY COUNCILLOR / POLICE SURGERIES IF you want to have your say LACHE PARK about crime or council issues, then regular surgeries take place on the first Saturday of every month. Surgeries for Handbridge, Saltney, Lache and Councillor Councillor Councillor PCSO PCSO Westminster Park take Jane Mercer Razia Daniels Neil Sullivan Chris Fox Jo Pendrey Lache Ward Phone: 01244 312392 Phone: 01244 671099 Phone: 01606 366166 Phone: 01606 366166 place with PCSO Smith and 07867 805361 Mobile: 07798 742100 Mobile: 07709 376876 Email: christopher.fox Email: joanne.pendrey Email: razia.daniels@ Email: neil.sullivan@ @cheshire.pnn.police.uk @cheshire.pnn.police.uk

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Croquet John Dawson 675929 St. Mark’s Church Lache and Saltney Healthy Walking Group Mike Lloyd, 680328 Sunday Services Junior Football: Westminster Park FC 9am Holy Communion; 11am Family Service; www.westminsterparkfc.co.uk 6.30pm Contemporary Praise Lache and Westminster Local History Group Messy Church every first Thursday of the Month 3.15 - HOUGH GREEN Linda Shuttleworth, 679791 5.15pm Lache Community Centre Wednesdays: Munchkins, Baby and Toddlers Group 1pm National Women’s Register: Christine Westcott 675431 Hough Green Residents’ Association. Contact - 2.45pm Norman Trott on 683540 Scottish Dancing Anne Croall, 676167 Thursdays: A Different Taste Community Cafe 10.30am Tennis-Glan Aber Tennis Club Sue Britton, 677936 - 1.30pm Evergreens Over 60s Club:Sandra Magilton 677373 Tuesday - Thursday: St. Mark’s Playgroup 9.15am - CURZON PARK 12.15pm Curzon Park Residents’ Association www.cpraonline.org 44 To advertise call 350398 www.overleighroundabout.co.uk Overleigh Roundabout December 2015 45 COMMUNITY LISTINGS LACHE PARK

Community Safety Wardens Wednesday Centre is available for meetings, Drop in surgery at Lache Mixed exercise class 9.15-10.15am functions and parties. Catering Community Centre every Thursday Drop In Tea, Toast and Talk 10- and bar are also available. For 12.30-2pm. 11.30am information please contact Dennis Computer drop in (Learning Centre) Smale (centre manager) on 674 Weekly Community Centre 1-3pm 887. Timetable Cheer Leaders 4.30-7.30pm To book the Community Learning Monday Yoga 6.30-8pm Centre for training please contact Ninjitsu 7-9pm

60+ Monday Club 10-2pm Liz Holding (Lache Park Ltd) at ComputerLACHE Class PARK (Learning Centre) Thursday Hawthorn House on 675 818. Vegout@lache (fruit and veg bags) 1-3pm Also at the Learning Centre are 10-12pm Credit Union 2.30-3.30pm a range of courses provided by Lunches 11.30am-1pm (costs £4 for Healthy Hearts (Exercise Class) West Cheshire College. For details 3 courses) 6.15-7.30pm contact Chris on 07887557864 or Tea Dance 1.30-4pm (fortnightly) Bingo 7.30-9.30pm 373462. Credit Union 7-8pm Tuesday Lache and Handbridge Children’s Pilates 1.30-2.30pm Saturday Junior Club (6-13 year olds) 10- and Young People’s Centre WESTMINSTER PARK Morris Dancing 5.30-7.30pm 12pm Tel: 977791 Room hire at Lache Community

HANDBRIDGE Cheshire West and Chester Councillors Cllr Neil Sullivan (Con, Handbridge Pk) 51 Lache Lane Chester Belgrave Badminton Club St Mary’s Community Nursery Tel 671099 / 07709 376876 The club meets on Monday Old Wrexham Road, Razia Daniels (Con, Handbridge Pk) evenings from 8 - 10 p.m. in the Handbridge.Tel 981222 11 The Shipgate, Chester. Tel 312392 Queens Park High School, from Friends of Edgar’s Field Sept to spring. New members, Cllr Jane Mercer improvers and advanced are very Voluntary group who look Lache Ward welcome to join. Contact Sarah after Edgar’s Field Park, Tel 07867 805361 Edwards 520895. Handbridge. Tel Steve Rogers on 629189 www.badmintoninchester.co.uk DODLESTON SALTNEY Chester Youth Club Website Overleigh Road www.handbridge.weebly.com Junior 5-6.30pm Tue/Thurs Dodleston Parish Council Senior 7-8.30 Tue/Thurs Covering Dodleston & Kinnerton Scouts www.dodlestonparishcouncil.co.uk See Westminster Park listings 679559. Learning to play rock instruments 7-16-year-olds Dodleston Pre-School 01745 815200 Hours Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri 9:15-1pm. 21/2-year- HOUGH GREEN olds to school age. A Handbridge Shotokan Karate E: [email protected] Hough Green Residents’ Association. Contactwww.hskc.org.uk Norman Trott on 683540 Handbridge WI Dodleston Baby and Toddler Group First Tuesday in every month at Friendly group meets Thursdays, 10-11.30am at 7.30pm, at St. Mary’s Church Hall. the Village Hall. Term time only CURZON PARK Tel 671304. Website Curzon Park Residents’ Association Brownies and Guides www.dodleston.com www.cpraonline.org Sue Fryer, 679945 46 To advertise call 350398 www.overleighroundabout.co.uk Overleigh Roundabout December 2015 47 HOME IMPROVEMENTS AND SERVICES

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