Hoole Roundabout Dec 2011

December 2011

Issue 43

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Inside this month: Christmas Lights, Hoole CE School, Marathon success, Dad’s tribute to tragic daughter, local news, gardening and what’s on.

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HOOLE looks amazing now it is bedecked in Christmas lights. We’re lucky to have the best suburban shopping in Chester, with its own unique identity supporting lots of small shops. So please make the most of what we have here and shop locally this Christmas! You can see pictures on pages 25-27 of the big switch on. Also in this edition, there’s news of how pupils from Hoole CE School set up their own hippo trail, Jenny Beyer’s New York Marathon exertions and the poignant tale of Dave O’Brien’s bid to raise funds for Claire House Hospice following the tragic death of his daughter Libby. You can also catch up with the latest from Hoole at our website www.hooleroundabout.com
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Street attack plea PoLiCE are appealing for witnesses following an assault near Hoole on Tuesday 8th November. At around 4.30pm on Tuesday 8th November, the victim, who is a 41-year-old local man, was involved in an altercation with three other men when he was assaulted and received three cuts to the face. He received treatment at the Countess of Chester hospital and was discharged later that evening. The incident took place near to Mecca Bingo on the roundabout of St oswalds Way and Hoole Way. Carols record attempt A Christmas Carol Service, Carols in the Park, will take place on Sunday December 18th at 7pm and will be held in the Narrows Community Park behind the Hoole Community Centre. This will be followed by coffee and mince pies in the Hoole Lighthouse Centre. What makes this a special event is that it will be part of a World Record Attempt as churches and individuals up and down the country who will take part in an attempt to smash the current World Record for the largest number of people singing carols together

CESTRIAN BUILDERS BRANCHING OUT
After three years of success, Cestrian Builders is now moving forward faster than ever and in the worst economic climate since the 80’s. Cestrian Builders have consistently enhanced their strong local reputation by continually offering the highest levels of service, honesty and above all quality. Cestrians ethos is simple; honest advice, quality workmanship and continued communication. By abiding by this Cestrian can ensure that each client is always fully satisfied by the service that is offered. This being said, Cestrian have been able to move forward faster than expected, now covering all aspects of the building trade, with specialists in all areas. From Cestrian Builders has come, Cestrian Kitchens, Cestrian Electricals, Cestrian Designs, right through to Cestrian Mortgages and even Chester Building Supplies. Cestrian Mortgages is due to early 2012, with Cestrians very own in house mortgage advisor, with Chester Building Supplies having just gone live at www. chesterbuildingsupplies. co.uk, supplying not only builders with materials at trade price, but also the public as well! As members of some of the leading national governing bodies Cestrian continually demonstrate commitment to their service and build quality, further enhancing the strong local reputation they hold. Clients can also benefit from our complete design and build service; creating, designing, building and completing fantastic new builds and extensions. Now with a new office in the hustle and bustle of Hoole’s, Faulkner St, as well as offices in Broughton, owner Richard Nicholls has said that “the expansion in the company over the last year has effectively provided the company with two key areas of business, North Wales and Chester, therefore we felt it necessary to offer clients a base for both areas”. The new office is due to open mid November. For enquiries or to book an appointment simply call 01244 556 331 or head to www. cestrianbuilders.co.uk. Find us on Facebook and Twitter as well!

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HOOLE’S HIPPO HOORAY!

 

DOzENS of dazzling hippos have sprung up around Hoole – and intrepid pupils from Hoole Church of England Primary School have been asked to track them down! The school’s PTA has once again partnered with local businesses to launch a fun trail, which will see a total of 51 premises in and around Hoole displaying brightly coloured paper hippos designed by pupils. A map of where the numbered hippos can be found was given to the school’s pupils. All they had to do was fill in an entry form by matching the unique number of each Hippo to its business location and then be entered into a prize draw to win the opportunity to help switch on Hoole’s Christmas lights last month. The Trail was open to anyone visiting Hoole businesses and copies of the trail list and map can be found in Mr Fruity and Deli-vert, Faulkner Street. The Hippo Trail was devised by Hoole PTA, which is keen to support local businesses following the school’s hugely successful summer fair, and other events, which have

raised thousands of pounds for school funds. PTA chair Paula Norris said: “once again we were bowled over by the huge generosity of our local community when it came to supporting school events, particularly the summer fair. “As with the Hoolephant trail last year we were keen to get children, parents and carers supporting our brilliant local businesses in return – the trail encourages them to visit diverse premises all over Hoole and get to know them.” Head of Hoole CE Primary, Cheryl Walton, said: “Last year’s Hoolephant Trail was inspirational! The children are delighted with the 2011 Hippos, it is a fantastic way of connecting Hoole CE Primary with our local community.”
Pupils of Hoole Church of England Primary School spot a hippo hiding in Charles Street business Shoobaloo. From left to right: Harriet Letts, 7, Daisy Appleby, 8, Henry Letts, 5, Elise Davis-Tormey, Nathanael Maynard, 7, Jemima Maynard, 4 and Olivia Craig, 7.

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Jenny defies the pain to complete New York City Marathon
HOOLE’S intrepid runner Jenny Beyer has returned from America where she competed in the New York City Marathon. Jenny completed it in 4 hours and 43 minutes and is busy collecting sponsorship for her chosen cause, the RSPCA. “it was a fantastic way to see the fantastic city! We ran through the four boroughs, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx. There were 47,000 runners so the atmosphere was amazing,” said Jenny. “To congratulate myself for completing i went to watch the Lion King on Broadway with my parents as they came with me to New York to cheer me on! Even though they didn’t spot me because of all the people! The crowds were amazing though and cheered us on constantly!” As for the run itself, Jenny admitted that she didn’t really take in all the sights as she was too busy concentrating on the race! “i was really pleased to see Central Park as that was where the race finished! It was a beautiful day for running and i found the route really enjoyable! i remember towards the end of the race it was getting quite tough and i noticed a runners T-shirt said “pain is temporary, proudness is forever”. i thought that was brilliant and it spurred me on to keep running for the whole race!” Jenny is taking Christmas off from her running exertions but is already lining up new challenges next year. Earlier in the year she climbed Mt Kilimanjaro and ran the London Marathon. To give to the RSPCA, please visit her sponsorship page at http://www.justgiving. com/Jenny-Beyer1

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Dave O’Brien is raising funds for Claire House where his late daughter Libby spent her final days. the Wirral hospice in Libby’s memory. He has already raised well over £13,000 but is committed to do more. He started his alcohol ban on the stroke of midnight on January 1st and won’t be touching a drop until next year. New Year’s eve “What you have to know is that this is the year of a trip to Cape Town, my annual Dublin tour, many party invitations, the Royal wedding and not forgetting my 40th birthday celebrations,” said Dave. “i need support to do this and i’d like readers to consider donating regularly to keep me going. Maybe the price of a glass of wine or pint a week, a bottle of wine a month, a bottle of champagne a year? Please consider this brilliant cause when having a drink at home or out and about and maybe miss just one drink and donate the money instead! Ask your friends to get involved too.” His fundraising site is http:// uk.virginmoneygiving.com/daveobrien and you can follow how he’s coping on www. facebook.com (Dave o’Brien) and www. twitter.com (@noboozedaveob). The Faulkner bar and kitchen is supporting Dave in his quest with a New Year’s Eve party celebrating the ‘end of his year on the wagon’. See advert opposite for details.

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….and its Christmas time again! Did you see it coming?
Have you already stocked up with the cupboard basics , chosen your Christmas decorations and bought most of your presents? No, me neither! Its crazy isn’t it? We know that it happens every year and yet for most of us Christmas suddenly seems to be on us and we find that ,once again, there is little time to get everything done that needs to be done, on top of our everyday lives. Then we start to grumble about everything that needs doing and the fact that the shops were already displaying Christmas items in October or how our sister is so annoyingly more organized than we are…etc etc and we lose sight of the fun and joy of Christmas, amidst the piles of garish wrapping paper and plastic shopping bags. This can be how we live our lives. Caught up with the minutia of everyday chores and getting our jobs done, it is easy to become so busy that we miss out on the very celebration of life; of what it means to be alive and how it feels to be brimming with so much joy and happiness that every day feels like the most precious blessing. At one of the busiest times of year I invite you to create space for you and your family. This doesn’t simply mean allocating more time in your diary but it means being fully attentive with the people you love. You may be rushing in from the shops with a load of shopping and your partner needs your attention. Put down the shopping and really be with them. Give them your full attention. If something is urgent, (maybe you want to get the frozen stuff into the

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DeCemBer is a quiet time of year when there is little colour in the garden and the remains of brown foliage is the dominant feature. if possible, try to design your garden so that there is an area of winter colour visible from a frequently used window and also at the entrance to the house. this will give you some cheering colour in the depths of winter. Cyclamen have lovely marbled green leaves which contrast well with the golden and green foliage of evergreen shrubs such as Elaeagnus x ebbingei Limelight or the yellow leaved Choisya ternata Sundance. Plant some around the shrub for winter interest and add some small daffodils and crocuses for colour in February. Enjoy the beauty of frost on the leaves of plants such as the robust purple leaved Heucheras, holly or the indestructible Euphorbia robbiae. If you want scent in winter I recommend the winter box, Sarcococca hookeriana or confusa varieties. These unassuming little shrubs have evergreen foliage and highly scented tiny white flowers in winter so put a couple near your door or in an 64

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enclosed spot and you will be rewarded with scent in January or February. The evergreen shrub Skimmia japonica also has slightly fragrant flowers, flowers over winter and will tolerate almost any position in sun or shade. Jobs to do in December include digging over the vegetable bed and adding a layer of organic matter on the surface of the soil to rot down over winter. I would also recommend that you mulch the flower borders in winter. Use well rotted manure, or rotted green waste which can be bought from garden centres or your local recycling centre. Put a layer about 2ins deep around all your plants. This will act as a blanket keeping the soil further down, unfrozen during freezing weather. Many plants were killed last winter because their roots were frozen for long periods of time and a layer of mulch can help protect the more tender plants. Prune overgrown shrubs whilst the leaves are off the plants and you can see the old and new growth. Plant out bare rooted trees or roses once they arrive, provided the soil is not frozen.

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Many hundreds of people turned out for the Hoole Christmas lights switch on last month. The lights look fantastic, illuminating Faulkner Street and Charles Street. There were lots of stalls and shops open selling festive items and youngsters visited Santa’s grotto - in the beer garden of the Royal Oak! More pictures on the following pages

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Catherine Riley, her son Bailey, David Graham as Santa, Jason Owen and Belinda Ranasingh outside Baked, on Charles Street

Hoole CE School pupil Jordan and his mum Michelle with Father Christmas. Jordan was given the honour of switching on the lights after winning the school’s Hippo Trail competition.

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The Songsmiths, from St Werburgh’s and St Columba’s School, entertained the crowds with their singing.

Right: Jacob in Santa’s grotto

Dimitreus Payne, Carrots the Clown and Iwan Davies.

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reseArCH has revealed that 85% of people agree with the statement that ‘Christmas should be called Christmas because we are still a Christian country’. But it also shows that only 12% of adults know the facts of the Christmas story in any detail. So, if we Christians really want to keep Christmas focused on Christ, we must constantly re-tell the story of his birth in ways which engage positively with the public’s interest. This year I have come across have a very simple but dramatic idea. To re-set the nativity in modern professions and high street fashions. Shepherds become cycle couriers and plasterers. Wise men are successful entrepreneurs and their gifts are iconic ‘treasures’ of modern culture: a Swarovski crystal perfume bottle, a Faberge egg and a replica Damian Hirst skull. All are ‘sharply dressed’. But the traditional nativity arrangement is unchanged, with Jesus as its clear focus. And the message is compelling: ‘However you dress it up.... Christmas Starts with Christ’. It’s the meeting of Christianity and high street consumerism, with Christ in the middle.

Many people today do not have even a basic grasp of the facts of the Christmas Story, whilst conversely for many Christians it has become so familiar that it is hard for us to experience it afresh. This year I want to invite into the dramatic events and stories around the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. With the help of the ‘The Christmas Experience’, the story will be told in real-time, you can follow the dramatic last week of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection with a series of free messages via text, email or twitter. All this will start on 19th December and reach a dramatic climax on Christmas Day a week later, the amazing Christmas story will unfold by telling the story in an ‘as-it-happens’ way from the perspective of the Bible characters, be it Mary & Joseph, the inn keeper or the shepherds sent in 30 messages to your phone, smart-phone or computer. Each message is sent at the time the events would have happened as if from observers witnessing the story 2000 years ago. To get involved throughout the week follow me on twitter _andyglover and/or visit the Hoole Baptist Church facebook page and you’ll find me details of how to follow the story, so come and join me in what is the most amazing week in human history! Here in Hoole i would also like to invite to a very special Christmas Carol service, Carols in the Park. this will take place on sunday December 18th at 7pm and will be held in the narrows Community Park behind the Hoole Community Centre. This will be followed by coffee and mince pies in the Hoole Lighthouse Centre. What makes this a special event is that it will be part of a World Record Attempt, we are churches and individuals up and down the country who will take part in an attempt to smash the current World Record for the largest number of people singing carols together across multiple locations. Altogether we need 15,000 people to join in for 15-mins of carolling, to include Silent Night, O Come All Ye Faithful , O little Town of Bethlehem, Away in a Manger and Hark the Herald Angels Sing. Maybe here in Hoole we could gather 200 of us to be a part of this amazing World Record attempt and get ourselves in the Guinness Book of World Records for 2012!! What don’t you pop along and get involved…. Finally may I wish you all and very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and during this Christmas season, may you be blessed with the spirit of the season, which is peace, the gladness of the season, which is hope, and the heart of the season, which is love.

Andy Glover has lived in Hoole with his wife Sue for 22 years. Andy began at Hoole Baptist Church, on Westminster Road, as Youth Pastor, before becoming the Pastor and now Team Leader.

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Hoole United reformed Church
Hoole Road, Hoole, Chester CH2 3NT Sunday 10.30am Morning Worship (3rd Sunday Holy Communion) Monday 12.15pm: Luncheon Club 5pm: Rainbows 6.15-7.15pm: Cubs 8pm: Keep Fit Tuesday 8pm: Women’s Friendship Group (Fortnightly) Wednesday 5.15-6.15pm & 6.30-7.30pm: Beavers 6.15-7.45: Cubs 7.30-9pm: Scouts (every other week) Thursday 10am: Men’s Fellowship 2.30pm: Ladies Fellowship Friday 7.30pm: Play Reading (as arranged) Saturday Ramblers Trip (1st Saturday of the month) Social Trips (as arranged) For further details contact the Church Secretary: 01244 349130

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All Saints Church and Centre

Hoole Road, Hoole, Chester. CH2 3Hz Sunday 9am: Holy Communion 10.45am Morning Praise (inc 1st All Age Worship; 2nd & 5th Holy Communion) 6.30pm Evening Praise ( 1st & 3rd Holy Communion) 6pm: Franks (14-18 yr olds) Monday 10am: Minis Toddler Group 1pm: Dinkies (for parents & babies under 1) 7pm: Chester Philharmonic orchestra 6pm: Zumba Tuesday 9.30am, 12noon, 6.15pm & 7pm: Slimming World 10am: Café @ All Saints 5pm: Rainbows Wednesday 9.45am: Bible Study Fellowship for the benefit of people in the community. 5pm: Pathfinders Club Night 6.30pm: Arabic Dance Thursday 2.30pm: Senior Residents 7.30pm: B-it Theatre Company 7.15pm: Alpha Course Friday 10am: Minis Toddler Group Saturday 9.30am: B-it Theatre Company For further details contact the church minister: Rev John Kirkland Office: Tel: 01244 322056 Email: [email protected] Website: www.allsaintshoole.org

CHURCHES IN HOOLE
Hoole baptist Church
Hoole Lighthouse Centre, Westminster Road, Hoole, Chester CH2 3AU Sunday 10.30am: Morning Celebration in Hoole Community Centre 10.30am: Pulse - Church with a heart for the family (1st Sunday each month) Monday 5.30pm: SoDA Club - Dads & children (school years 1&2) (1st Monday each month) 7.45pm: CAP Money Management Course – please contact us for exact details of this 3 week course Wednesday 9.30am & 1.30pm: Hoolitots Toddler Group Thursday 5.30pm: Trackers Youth Club (school yrs 3-6) 7.15pm: Alpha Course 7.30pm: D’Biz Youth Club (School years 7-9) 7.30pm: Base Camp Youth Group (School years 10-13) Friday 4pm: D’Biz Coffee Bar 8pm: D’Biz Youth Club (School years 9 & above) Saturday 10am: Who Let the Dads out - Toddler Group (1st Saturday each month) 10am: Crossway Colts Football Coaching (school years 3-6) 11.10am: Crossway Colts Football Coaching (school years 7-11) For further details contact the church minister: Rev Andy Glover Office:Tel: 01244 312037 Email:[email protected] Website www.hbc.org.uk

Hamilton Street Methodist Church

Hamilton Street, Hoole, CH2 3JG www.hoolemethodistchurch.org.uk Sunday 10.30am: Morning Worship 7.45pm: Chester Male Voice Choir Monday Evening Craft Club, contact Alison Nolan on Chester 347305 for details Tuesday Evening Ladies Circle, 7.45-9pm, every 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month. Contact Jill Armitage on 300528 for details Thursday Morning Stay’n’Play, 10,00am til 11.30am, turn up and enjoy Friday Evening

Choir Fellowship, 7.30pm til 9pm, all welcome, turn up to sing, contact John Evans on Chester 674878 Saturday Morning Chester Toy Library, 10am til 11.30am, come to borrow toys and have a cup of tea/coffee with teacakes or toast, contact Sally Banks on Chester 311019 Plus Regular Concerts. Contact John Evans on Chester 674878 For further details contact the church minister: Rev Paul Taylor Office:Tel: 01244 321950 Email: [email protected]

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Hoole Lawn Tennis Club Fairfield Road, Hoole Senior Club Nights: Monday and Thursday evenings starting at 6pm (only invited Juniors are permitted to play at these times.) Ladies Mornings: Wednesday Mornings (10am - 12pm) American Tournaments: 2nd Sunday of the month May to September (2pm) Junior Club Nights (All sessions FREE for members) Friday evenings April to September inclusive School years 3-6: 4.30pm-5.30pm School Years 7-11: 5.30pm-7.30pm www.hooleltc.hitssports.com Art Society H.A.R.A Centre Westminster Road, Hoole Meets each Thursday from 10am to 2pm at the old girls school
NEWTON Slimming World At County Officers, Plas Newton Lane, Tel. 01244 536 754 on Wednesdays at 9.30am, 5.30pm and 7.00pm.

Hoole Library 91 Hoole Road, Chester Tel: 347401 Opening hours: Monday : 2-7pm; Tuesday : 2-5pm Thursday : 9.30am-1pm & 2-7pm Saturday : 9.30am - 1pm Hoole Community Centre Westminster Road Tel 01244 342741 Yoga Dru Yoga Class: Wednesdays 1.302.30pm. ideal for all ages, shapes and sizes. £5 a session. For information contact Mary on 319509 or [email protected] Hoole Allotments Prices: £36 (full plot) £18 (half) Concessions: £18 (full plot) £9 (half) For vacancies contact: [email protected] Tel: 402223

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