Overleigh Roundabout July 2012

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July 2012 - Issue 60

www.overleighroundaout.co.uk

Handbridge, Queens Park, Westminster Park, Curzon Park, Hough Green, Eccleston, Pulford, Dodleston & Saltney

Te 350398 E-mail [email protected] Web www.overleighroundaout.co.uk

Inside this month: Jubilee celebrations, Catholic High, Dodleston nostalgia,

Olympic Torch relay, PCSO Jo Pendrey, local news and much more

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Publisher Talabout Publishing

Contributors Janet Heath and Jane Bryant

Print EWS

Sales Lynne Bradley & Hayley Ryder

Production Jon White

& Distribution

Contact Talkabout Publishing

2nd Floor, Richmond Place125 - 127 Boughton,Chester CH3 5BH

[email protected]

Tel. 01244 350398

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Circulation 5,500

All material is copyright and should not be reproduced without the permission of the Publishers. All details

are correct to the best of our knowledge. The Publishers do not endorse or recommend any of the entries or

advertisements in the magazine unless otherwise stated. We advise that you make your own judgements,

enquiries and comparisons as with any other form of advertising. When contacting any business, we suggest

that you conrm the exact type of goods and services offered, the qualications held and all other relevant

aspects of the service which you are seeking.

The Publishers cannot accept liability for loss, damage or difculties resulting from contacts made through

the directory, from errors, omissions, from claims made by the advertisers or from omissions or inaccuracies

relating to telephone numbers, wording, spacing or positioning of any listing, advertisements or other materialregardless of how caused.

THE rain failed to dampen spiritsas jubilee parties took placeacross the area. Weve got somepictures from the event in Curzon

Park.In this edition there is alsonews from Queens Park Highand Catholic High Schools, theSt Marys Garden Party, LacheCommunity Centre, a crimeupdate from PCSO Jo Pendrey,clubs news, gardening, health andbeauty with Jane Bryant and abusiness directory.

Remember, you can keep up todate with the latest from this areaby going to

www.overleighroundabout.co.ukor nd us on facebookThe Talkabout Team

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CrimEfilECrimes reported in this area over the past month include the following:

Prenton Place - A glass pane was smashed in a rear door and an Ipad, la top and games

console were stolen.

Windsor Road- Bags of paving pebbles were stolen from the driveway and taen away in

a van. Pinfold Court A mountain bie and tools were stolen from a garage.

Echo Close- A childs bie was taen from an unloced shed.

Dolphin Court- A blue Raleigh Mountain bie and draper AC inverter were taen from a

garage.

Five Ashes Road A thief too an Apollo bicycle from an unloced garage.

Police are trying to trace a blue Vauxhall Astra which was seen at Old Lane, Pulford. The

occupants were described as two Asian men who had been spotted attempting to force a

door open on a pared and unattended car.

Torchrelay

arrivesHUNDREDS of

spectators lined

Overleigh Road as

Chesters Olympic

Torch relay enteredthe city. Roman

Legionnaires

saluted the arrival

of the torch over

the Old Dee

Bridge, carried by

Alex Staniforth.


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Curzon Park Residents Association held a JubileeCelebration event on Monday 4th June - fortunately the

sun shone!


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Fun and games at

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Handbridge Flower Club

We meet this month on Thursday 19th

July at 1.45pm in St. Marys Parish Hall.

Our demonstrator is Ann Gater from

Nantwich who has chosen The Language

of Flowers as her theme. Visitors (5) and

new members welcome.

Eaton Hall fre

AN electrical fault on a tumble drier in the

basement caused a small re at Eaton Hall,

the home of the Due of Westminster.

Open air theatre

The Grosvenor Par Open Air Theatre

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This years shows include Shaespeares

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Bandstand concerts

Among the performances at the bandstand

on the Groves this month include Jimmy

Rae & The Firecracers on Sunday 1st July,

Chester Songwriters on Saturday 7th July

and the Dee Sign Choir on Sunday 21st

July, from 2-6pm. Concerts are free.

Sporting exhibition

A Sporting Chester photographic exhibition

will be held at the Heritage Centre, on

Bridge Street, from 2nd July to 28th

September. Entry is free.


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Oliver & Co Solicitors is a trading name of Oliver & Co Solicitors Limi ted, a limited company registered in England and Wales (registe red number 07034465) which is regulated by the Solicitors Regulat ion Authority, ref no. 533647. Copyright 2011 QualitySo licitors Oliver & Co


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If you have any questions or see me on patrol please feel free to stop and chat or

alternatively contact either myself by calling the non-emergency number 101 or

by e-mail [email protected]

on the beatwith Police Community Support Ofcer

Jo Pendrey

Local policing priorities have been set following engagement with the local community and based on

information fed bac at surgeries held with local residents:

The Meadows - In previous years due to the warmer weather we have experienced

issues with under age drinking and bbqs on the meadows in particular on weekday

evenings and weekend days. High Visability footpatrol in the area, between the hours

of 16.00pm and 21.00pm weekdays and 12.00pm 20.00pm on weekends.

Plans to address the issue

Regular high visibility patrols will continue to take place around the Meadows,

stop checks to be made of persons causing any anti social behaviour. Youths to beadvised and moved on from these areas.

Priorities

You said Reports of large groups gathering on The Meadows causing anti social

behaviour and leaving litter behind.

We did PCSO Pendrey and the Community Safety Wardens have provided high

visability patrols on the Meadows and a litter pic too place on Sunday 13th May. These

patrols will continue over the summer period and further litter pics will be provided if

necessary.

IF you want to have your say about crime or council issues, then regular surgeries tae

place on the rst Saturday of every month.

Surgeries for Handbridge, Saltney, Lache and Westminster Park take place with

PCSO Pendrey and Chris Fox and the local Councillors.

Saltney Post Ofce - 9am - 10.15am

Westminster Park Shops - 10.30am - 11.45am

Handbridge Old Dee Bridge - 12pm - 1pm

These surgeries are an opportunity for residents to come and raise any council or police-

related issues.

l PCSO Fox is also holding the Curzon Park Police Beat Meeting on the 30th July at

Chester Golf Club at 7pm and the Westminster Par Police Beat Meeting on the 31st

July at the Scout Hut, Manor Road, Westminster Par. These are opportunities for

residents to come and hear what the Police have been doing in their local area and to

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facet o lache County CenteLOCAL residents, councillors and users of Lache Community Centre have given the thumbs

to completed improvement wors.

The centre has benetted from new double glazing and fascia boards, thanks to a new

woring partnership between Cheshire West and Chester Council and Chester and DistrictHousing Trust (CDHT).

Cllr Alex Tate said: Residents have been asking for these improvements for many years.

Its a good boost for the community and the people who visit the centre. Its also a great

result for the partnership weve forged with CDHT to get things done in Lache.

Lache Community Centre is owned and run by the Council. It is home to the only

community radio station in West Cheshire Lache FM and hosts a range of community

events and activities for people of all ages including lunch clubs, advice drop-in sessions,

training opportunities and various indoor sports. It is also available for private hire.

Castle gates refurbishedGRADE I-listed, wrought-iron gates, on Castle Drive have

been carefully refurbished by Chester Renaissance in

partnership with Cheshire West and Chester Council with

aspirations for public access via the gates.

Dating bac to 1885, the gates stand under the arch which

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University of Chester and Chester Crown Court and where

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Students aton dspayA level Art students at Chester Catholic

High School have excelled themselves

in putting on a superb display at the St

Marys Centre in Chester.

Top left: Stephen McQuilliam wasinspired by insects and his fnal piece

was this dramatic steel beast

Left: Liz Cowleys fantasy book world

Below, left: Poppy Velutos tree

Below: Anna Strain with her fnal piece


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July in BlOOMGardeninG by Janet HeatH

Plants in ower this month includedelphiniums with their tall blue and whitespires of owers. They tend to die off in

severe winters and get eaten by slugs as theyemerge in spring so you may need to buy newplants in some years. Cut back the dead oweringstems and many with give you a second oweringin late autumn.

For those who are lucky to have moist or boggy soil,

there are some lovely plants for these situations. PurpleLoosestrife or Lythrum virgatum Rose Queen or The Rocketprovide tall spikes of pink owers which would look goodrising up above hostas or low growing perennials.

Honeysuckle owers in the hedgerows and it is a lovely plant thatwill often ower into autumn. Try scented varieties of Lonicerapericlymenum (our native honeysuckle) such as Serotina orGraham Thomas. They will ower best in light shade and inconditions where the roots are shaded. Try to replicate theirnatural conditions, growing through hedges with rootshaded, moist soil and owers in sun. Too hot a position

and they get mildew on the leaves and fail to ower.

Some plants such as perennial Geraniums, Catmint andCentaurea Montana will have nished owering. Cutback the owering stems and some of the leaves and youwill nd that the plant will put on new growth and often asecond ush of owers.

Continue sowing seeds of salads such as beetroot and radishesto extend the season lettuce seeds do not like too high atemperature for germination so sowing on a cooler series of days isbest. Also sow seeds of French beans, winter salad leaves, carrots

and turnips. Do make sure that brassica plants are netted. Iknow of one person who recently lost all the newly plantedbrassicas to pigeons.

New potatoes can be harvested especially if the plants arein ower as this usually indicates the potatoes are of a goodsize. Leeks should be planted in holes about 4 to 6 inchesdeep to ensure the stems are blanched white. I use thehandle of a trowel to make a hole, drop the leek into it thenwater in so the water puddles at the base of the hole. Theleek will grow away to ll the hole and give long white leeks in

winter.

Janet Heath, Garden Mentor Tel 01244 318258 www.gardenmentor.co.uk


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Wildlife Art comes alive at Gordale

THREE days of inspiring demonstrations by

award-winning artists will launch this years

National Exhibition of Wildlife Art (NEWA) at

the Gordale garden centre, on the Wirral.

The UKs most published ine artist, PollyAnnaPickering, will be just one of the stars of NEWAs

Wildlife Weekend running from 13th to 15th July.

The event will also provide another chance to see

contrasting woodcarvers Chris Hindley and Philip

Nelson working in tandem, bringing birds to life in

wildly diering ways, before your very eyes!

Cheshire and North Wales will be further

represented by internationally collected artists

Claire Shaughnessy and

linocut specialist ThelmaSykes.

Each day of Wildlife

Weekend, will provide a

chance to see 3 or 4 talented

wildlife artists from all over

the Northwest, and beyond,

showing and sharing their

skills alongside the stunning

exhibition itself.

Each summer, thisdelightfully informal

exhibition, housed in the

natural light of Gordales

ephemeral NEWA gallery,

provides an experience

the whole family can enjoy

for free. With its vibrant

presentation of almost 400

paintings, drawings and

sculptures, the exhibitionhas regularly drawn over

17,000 visitors, making it

Britains largest open, selling

exhibition of wildlife art.

This years show runs from

July 13th to 29th, so why not

come along and see a world

of wildlife brought alive by a

charm of gifted artists.

Follow NEWA on facebookfor further details.


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LOOkING at Dodleston C of E School fromChurch Road, four dates become apparent.

1871, 1902, 1985 and 2001 can be seen

towards the apex of the gables. The Village

School was built in 1870 and took in its rst

batch of pupils in early 1871. The other dates

are when the school was extended to cope

with the growth of intae of pupils.

The Elementary Education Act of 1870 set

the framewor for schooling of all children

between ages 5 and 12 in England and Wales

but sadly, whilst education became mandatory

between these ages, living conditions, family

pressures, diseases and the weather all

dictated how personal education progressed.

Head Teachers of these schools were

required to eep Log Boos which diarised

signicant events and attendance percentages

on a weely basis. Government Grants

were received by schools based on weelyattendance gures and the Log Book was

regularly inspected by the local rector and also

Attendance Ofcers employed by Chester City

Council.

The rst Log Book, which still exists and has

ve hundred pages of perfect handwriting,

states that on May 8th 1871 I, George

Morton, too charge of this school today. My

engagement dates from Easter (April 8th), but

Mr Owen, the last master, has been allowed toremain in charge until now

Attendance

This Log Boo maes compulsive reading but

its content is too much to prcis here.

Each page catalogues village life from 8

May 1871 to 28 April 1911. There are some

fascinating and sad descriptions of events

resonant of Charles Dicens.

Parents were required to pay a fee of aboutone old penny per wee for their childrens

education and there are many entries in the

Log Boo where children were sent home to

collect their fee; some didnt return that wee,

possibly through lac of funds!The attendance gures throughout the forty

years of records show a regular and interesting

trend.

Hay harvesting in the elds around Dodleston

during the last wee of June and into mid July

meant many children were absent from school.

Their help was invaluable to ensure a speedy

harvest.

The weather played a very signicant part

in the attendance at school. Heavy rain and

storms in summer; snow and frosts in winter

all had an affect on numbers. It is well nown

the living conditions amongst low paid worers

were not the best. Children would be sleeping

four or more to a bed. Not all had heavy

clothes or shoes to ward off the inclement

weather during the wal to school, hence the

drop in attendance during storms, snow etc.

Diseases such as Measles, Scarlet Fever,Chicken Pox, Whooping Cough and Croop

affected attendance and many children

were off school for several wees until the

with Bernard Dennis

CH4 History


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The Village School

infections subsided. There was one disease

for which there was little or no cure and thatwas Diphtheria. This occurred three times in

Dodleston. Firstly in September 1884 when a

young boy died, again in February 1907 when

several children succumbed but survived and

then, disastrously just before Christmas 1909

when a total of seven young children died

from the disease.

Expansion

On a brighter note, half day holidays were

regularly given for good attendance guresand events such as a Grosvenor marriage;

the Diamond Jubilee in 1897; the death of

Queen Victoria; the 1902 Coronation and

Peace between the Boers and Britons.

Being a school dependent upon fees and

grants, the recording of attendances on a

weely basis was a priority for the Head

Teacher. The rst recorded attendance was

46.1 for the wee ending 19 May 1871. Given

the size of the village and the smallness ofthe school, this seems to be a substantial

number of attendees. By the end of May 1881

the attendance gure had risen to 66.1 and

in May 1901, the attendance had reachedthe incredible gure of 99 children, hence the

need for expansion of the building!

By mid 1902 the attendance peeed at 105,

mainly due to the opening of the Girls Home

just along the road from the school.

During the period of the rst log book, the

school only had two Head Masters. Firstly Mr

George Morton who died in February 1891;

he was succeeded by Mr Joseph Yarwoodwho commenced his duties on 2 March 1891.

Their dedication to the duty of the school

and responsibilities to the children is

revealing. Mr Morton became very ill just

before 22 January 1891, as from that date

the Log Boo is written in the hand of his

wife, Mrs G. May Morton. She writes just

ve entries but it is poignant that the entry

for 13 February reads School closed on

Wednesday last owing to the death of theMaster. On 23 February she writes School

resumed this wee under my care.

There was one very interesting account

recorded on 27 June 1906. At precisely

9.45 am a rumbling noise was heard, the

blacboards on the easels shoo and eys

rattled as they hung in the cupboard doors.

The shoc was only of a short duration, only

two or three secondsthe children looed up

at their Teachers in amazement.This was the effect of an earthquae,

magnitude 5.2 that occurred off shore from

Swansea and is recorded as being at exactly

the same time, ie, 9.45 am and date, and felt

in Dodleston!!

The school, as we now it today has had

an incredible past and it is quite remarable

that in todays fast pace of life, small primary

schools with similar tales to tell such as this

still exist across the country and provide the

basis of education for future generations to

come.


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Westminster Park Residents Association

Julie Sams

e-mail [email protected]

www.wp-ra.org.uWestminster Park Community Association

Gill Williams, 671243

Westminster Park Community Centre

Five Ashes Road, Westminster Par

671243

Friends of Westminster ParK

Norman Trott, 683540

www.westminsterpar.org.u

Clus & organisations

ased in Westminster Park

Belgrave Badminton Clubkeith, 671077

Belgrave Pre-School

Carol Welch, 671243

Bowls

Bob Cooper, 675204

Bridge Club

Nic Ryan, 675923

Croquet

Janet Davies, 350370

Healthy Waling GroupMie Lloyd, 680328

Junior Football: Westminster Par FC

Tracy Sheedy 680544 www.westminsterparfc.co.u

Lache and Westminster Local History GroupLinda Shuttleworth, 679791

National Womens Register:

Christine Westcott, 675431

Scottish Dancing

Anne Croall, 676167

Tennis-Glan Aber Tennis Club

Sue Britton, 677936

Scouting

Group Scout Leader: Susan Jones 675538Beavers (Wednesday): Jane Shorthall, 682136

Cubs (Monday): George Coward, 679259

Cubs (Thursday): Christine Owens, 676691

Scouts (Friday): Terry Coe, 676754

Explorer Scouts (Tuesday): Simon Ashton,

0151 512 6458

Networ: kath kitchen, 379031

Guiding

Rainbows (Monday): Pat McGettigan, 677134

Brownies (Tuesday): Jan Hooper, 674701Guides: Sue Fryer, 679945

COMMUNITY LISTINGS

WESTMINSTER PARK

AgeUK (Cheshire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01244 401500

Bus & Coach (Cheshire Bus Info).01244 602 666

Chester Fire Station . . . . . . . . . . .01244 342 145

Cheshire West and Chester Council 0300 123 8 123

Cheshire Police (non emergency) . . . . . . . . 101Countess of Chester Hospital . .01244 365 000

Grosvenor Estates . . . . . . . . . . . . 01244 684400

Handbridge Medical Centre . . . . 01244 680169

John Lennon Airport (Liverpool).0870 129 8484

Lache Health Centre . . . . . . . . . . 01244 671991

Manchester Airport . . . . . . . . . . . .0871 2710711

National Rail Enquiries (Info only) .0845 748 4950

NHS Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0845 46 47

NHS Stop Smoking Service . . . 0800 169 0 169

Northgate Arena. . . . . . . . . . . . . .01244 380 444

Samaritans (Chester) . . . . . . . . . .01244 377 999

Schools

Queens Park High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981500

Dodleston Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981080

Eccleston Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981000

Belgrave Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981151Lache Primary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981333

Overleigh St Marys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981700

St Marys Community Nursery. . . . . . . . . . 981222

St Clares Catholic Primary. . . . . . . . . . . 981110

Catholic High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981600

Churches

Handbridge (St Marys) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671202

St Andrews URC Handbridge . . . . . . . . 382876

St Clares Catholic Downseld Road,

Lache, Chester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671015

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Curzon Park Residents Association

www.cpraonline.org

LACHE PARK

COMMUNITY LISTINGS

LACHE PARK

Community Safety Wardens

Drop in surgery at Lache

Community Centre every

Thursday 12.30-2pm.

Weekly Community Centre

Timetale

Monday

60+ Monday Club 10-2pm

Computer Class (Learning

Centre) 1-3pm

Credit Union 2.30-3.30pm

Healthy Hearts (Exercise Class)

6.15-7.30pmBingo 7.30-9.30pm

Tuesday

Pilates 1.30-2.30pm

Morris Dancing 5.30-7.30pm

Wednesday

Mixed exercise class 9.15-

10.15amDrop In Tea, Toast and Tal 10-

11.30am

Computer drop in (Learning

Centre) 1-3pm

Cheer Leaders 4.30-7.30pm

Yoga 6.30-8pm

Ninjitsu 7-9pm

Thursday

Vegout@lache (fruit and veg

bags) 10-12pm

Lunches 11.30am-1pm (costs 4for 3 courses)

Tea Dance 1.30-4pm (fortnightly)

Credit Union 7-8pm

Saturday

Junior Club (6-13 year olds)

10-12pm

Room hire at Lache Community

Centre is available for meetings,

functions and parties. Cateringand bar are also available.

For information please contact

Dennis Smale (centre manager)

on 674 887.

To boo the Community Learning

Centre for training please

contact Liz Holding (Lache Park

Ltd) at Hawthorn House on 675

818. Also at the Learning Centre

are a range of courses provided

by West Cheshire College.For details contact Chris on

07887557864 or 373462.

Lache and Handridge Childrens

and Young Peoples Centre

Tel: 977791

St Marys Community NurseryOld Wrexham Road,

Handbridge.Tel 981222

Friends of Edgars Field

Voluntary group who look

after Edgars Field Par,

Handbridge. Tel Steve Rogers

on 629189

Chester Youth Clu

Overleigh Road

Junior 5-6.30pm Tue/ThursSenior 7-8.30 Tue/Thurs

679559. Learning to play roc

instruments 7-16-year-olds

01745 815200

Handridge Shotokan Karate

www.hsc.org.u

Handridge WI

First Tuesday in every month at

7.30pm, at St. Marys Church

Hall. Tel 671304.

brownies and Guides

Sue Fryer, 679945

DODLESTON

Dodleston Parish Council

Covering Dodleston & kinnerton

www.dodlestonparishcouncil.co.u

Dodleston Pre-School

Hours Mon/Tue 9:15-13.15 Wed/Fri 9:15-

12.45 21/2-year-olds to school age. An

afternoon session for Rising 5s under

consideration for January 2012. Contact

[email protected]

Dodleston Baby and Toddler Group

Friendly group meets Thursdays, 10-

11.30am at the Village Hall. Term time onlyl Website www.dodleston.com

CURZON PARK

Cheshire West and Chester CouncillorsCllr Neil Sullivan (Con, Handbridge Pk)

51 Lache Lane Chester

Tel 671099 / 07709 376876

Razia Daniels (Con, Handbridge Pk)

11 The Shipgate, Chester. Tel 312392

Cllr Alex Tate (Lab, Lache)

16a Lache Lane, Chester

Tel 674093

Hough Green Residents Association.

Contact Norman Trott on 683540

HOUGH GREEN

HANDbRIDGE

18th Chester (St Marys)Scout Group Directory

Group Leader: Susan Jones

Beavers (Wednesday): Jane

Shorthall, 682136

Cubs (Monday): George

Coward, 679259

Cubs (Thursday): Christine

Owens, 676691

Scouts (Friday): Terry Coe,

676754

Explorer Scouts (Tuesday):Simon Ashton, 0151 512 6458

Wesite

www.handbridge.com



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