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February 2020 www.culchethlife.com 1 2 www.culchethlife.com February 2020 Editor Gary Skentelbery Production Editor’s Comment Paul Walker TO be or not to be - that is the question? Of course I am talking Advertising about the proposals for HS2 - and most importantly the impact was the busiest time for local police James Balme on Culcheth and surrounding areas. in more than a year with incidents 01925 631592 opt 1 In this month’s issue HS2 is getting off the ground I doubt it will of anti-social behaviour involving certainly a hot topic, especially with impact on my business life but we mainly younger people, especially Editorial the Wildlife Trust’s impact report have to think of the future. around the times of Halloween and 01925 631592 opt 2 highlighting the devastating impact it Our planet is already suffering bonfire night, including increased would have on our countryside. and the more we destroy the green incidents of “egging.” Email From day one, like many others I belt and countryside the more I think it is time again to appeal [email protected] have questioned the need for HS2, damage we will do. to all parents and guardians to keep especially in the modern world Pollution, in particular from small a check on the whereabouts of your Websites where many of us can complete our particulates is getting worse and children and make sure they are not www.culchethlife.com daily work tasks almost anywhere in literally killing people. misbehaving. www.frodshamlife.co.uk the world on our computers, laptops The way HS2 is stacking up it www.lymmlife.co.uk or mobile phones. is becoming too costly and too For example I managed to damaging to our environment. Deadline for the www.warrington- report on the Challenge Cup final So let’s all keep our fingers worldwide.co.uk at Wembley last summer from my crossed and keep on lobbying those March issue www.warrington.tv family holiday in Menorca. in power to put the brakes on and I even managed to enjoy the protect our green fields for future of Culcheth Life is Address homecoming thanks a colleague generations to enjoy. New Media Centre streaming it live on social media. Meanwhile it was disappointing to February 18 Old Road Warrington Yes face to face meetings are still hear that the period before Christmas WA4 1AT important but we can already get to London in under two hours from Warrington, so why the need for Culcheth Life is published even faster trains? monthly by Orbit News Ltd. The current journey time is an The contents of this magazine ideal amount to catch up on emails are fully protected by copyright and social media. and nothing may be reprinted A lot of work needs to be done or reproduced without prior permission of the publishers. to bring our existing rail networks up to speed, let alone a brand new The publishers are not liable for one which will rip up our precious any statement made or opinion countryside and smash through expressed by third parties in this publication. homes and businesses. Warrington and in particular Printed by TwentyFourSeven Culcheth, would suffer all the pain with little gain. The project is still so far away from Making it easier for your business to be successful We care about you You’re a hard working entrepreneur and you need an accountant who does more than just tick the boxes. You need a professional Every one of our highly competent, skilful and professional people is here to help you. 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His mother owes • Professional, approachable, affordable rent money to the evil squire, so Jack is sent off to market to sell their last cow for a good price so his mother can pay her debts. • Accounts preparation & tax returns for individuals & On the way he is tricked into selling the cow for a bag of worthless beans. companies His mother is deeply disappointed and throws the beans into the garden. The next day the beans have grown into a huge beanstalk. Jack climbs the beanstalk • Bookkeeping, payroll & vat where his adventures begin. • Capital Gains, Estate Planning & Probate Work Can Jack manage to escape the clutches of the giant at the top of the beanstalk and return home safely with riches for his family. • Business start up advice The pantomime will be staged at Culcheth Sports Club (The Daten) on Friday • First meeting free of charge and Saturday, February 7-8 at 7.30pm and on Sunday February 9 at 2pm. The cast will be joined by dancers from the Rosemary Powell School of Dance. Call Nigel Healey now on 01925 767222 Tickets are £7 for adults and £5 for children under 16. They can be purchased from the venue or reserved by telephoning 07943 517710. They can also be Abacus House, 450 Warrington Road, Culcheth WA3 5QX purchased on line at www.culchethplayers.co.uk or you can pay cash on the www.hunterhealey.co.uk door at the performance. 4 www.culchethlife.com February 2020 Culcheth Hall Drive – before and after the axe fell IT was a sad day for many residents when, in October last year, the rhododendron shrubs along both sides of the bottom part of Culcheth Hall Drive were severely cut back. They had been there for decades in such a radical manner. and had lined the avenue leading It will take a long time before up to the old Culcheth Hall – they recover and flower again as providing ground cover and they did each spring. habitats for wildlife, including But residents are hopeful that hedgehogs and many species of they will grow back more strongly bird. – as the borough council say they In Spring they were a sight to will. behold when in bloom. Meanwhile they are left looking It had long been realised that at some sorry looking stumps and some pruning was needed – but not quite a few gaps. February 2020 www.culchethlife.com 5 Ultrafast broadband arriving in Culcheth and Croft OPENREACH has outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future proof broadband available at 19 sites in market towns and villages across Cheshire, which include locations at Culcheth and Croft. It’s part of a bigger announcement a full fibre network that is not only involving 227 “harder to reach” faster, but also more reliable and areas across the UK, with building future-proof for generations to to start in the next 14 months and come.” a target of reaching four million There are clear economic homes and business with full-fibre benefits to building full fibre in technology by the end of March rural areas. In a report by the next year. Centre for Economics & Business The work builds on successful Research (Cebr) – “Full fibre cost busting village trials broadband: A platform for growth” launched at the tail end of last - commissioned by Openreach last year - including Tarporley and year, revealed that connecting Mickle Trafford - which have seen everyone in the North West to ‘full Selley, said: “Our full fibre build Openreach recently reached engineers developing a range of fibre’ broadband by 2025 would programme is going great guns over two million homes and new tools, skills and techniques to create a £5.5 billion boost to the - having passed over two million businesses with full fibre technology help Openreach build full fibre in region’s economy. premises already on the way to our and a quarter of its existing areas previously considered too The report also revealed that 4m target by March 2021. We’re footprint already falls within complex or expensive to upgrade. 54,000 people in the region could now building at around 26,000 rural areas. More than 120,000 Robert Thorburn, Openreach’s be brought back into the workforce premises a week in over 100 homes and businesses – including Partnership Director in the North of through enhanced connectivity. locations – reaching a new home around 7,000 in North West - have England, said: “This is great news This could include roles within or business every 23 seconds. for people living and working here small businesses and entrepreneurs also signed up to Openreach’s That’s up from 13,000 premises a Community Fibre Partnership (CFP) and builds on Openreach’s strong – as well as allowing thousands week this time last year. track record of working in rural more people to work remotely., scheme. The CFP programme “Openreach has always been enables the company to work areas, for years playing a key role by unlocking smarter ways of committed to doing our bit in with a local community to build a alongside local councils to upgrade working, better public services rural Britain - delivering network more than 97 per cent of the North and greater opportunities for the upgrades in communities that are customised co-funded solution and West to superfast broadband. next-generation of home-grown harder to reach and less densely bring fibre broadband to areas not Today’s announcement is about businesses.