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The Kensington & Fairfield Voice CIC Issue No. 11

December 2010

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Inside This Issue;

Margi Ellison Sings a

Christmas carol

Old Dick‟s How Hitler

got his moustache...the truth!!

Kenny Pick It! Bag It!

Bin It! Keep on Kicking The Krap Out Of Kenny

What‟s the last thing you‟d expect to see in a shop window in Holt Road? Organic and Macrobiotic food shop, Avant Garde Art Gallery or perhaps even a Community Radio Station? Well from early January 2011 the latter is exactly what you‟ll be able to see, as Liverpool‟s very own Community Radio Station KVFM Online will be moving to new premises in that shopping area. The move to Holt Road is all part of KensingtonVision‟s planned expansion of its‟ unique community radio services and training to the wider Liverpool public. The new premises at 53 Holt Road will not only house a full professional radio studio (located in the window for all to see and also hear), office space for KensingtonVision CIC, but also a training and meeting space. “Its our next step up the ladder to getting a full time community radio station for Liverpool, Greater Manchester has over 14!, Liverpool currently only has KVFM Online” said Steve Faragher Director of

KensingtonVision, “Moving the operations to a shop means we are at the heart of the local and city community, passers-by will be able to see LIVE radio programmes being produced right in front of them. Ofcom who legislate radio in the UK were issuing five year FM licences to communities but it looks like they won‟t be giving Liverpool a licence in the future, so we have had to make KVFM exclusively an Online station.” KensingtonVision was set up in 2007 and in a very short time ran

three successful temporary broadcasts on 87.7 fm, from a temporary studio in McDonalds and one in Alt Valley. KensingtoVision have worked from offices in The Academy of St Francis of Assisi since 2009, establishing an online radio station has been at the forefront of their work. Since 2007 KVFM has trained over 300 people in radio production and featured over 500 organisations as programme guests, producing thousands of hours of community radio. Building on the success of the daily live two hour programme “THE BIG LUNCH”, KVFM Online‟s move will allow them to continue with plans to develop more live daily programmes and organise further community radio training. Currently KVFM Online produces amongst other material a regular Jazz Programme, a Book Club “The Reading Room” and “Make Do and Mend”. Anyone interested in learning how to produce a community radio programme (the next radio training begins in January 2011), or volunteering, or if you wish to promote your activities or business on

KVFM Online then contact them on

info@kvfm.co.uk or call 07792854307

or call in at 53 Holt Road.

Listen to KVFM Online by going to

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53 Holt Road New Home For Liverpool‟s Only Community Radio Station

WHATS ON

In Kensington and Fairfield

December

L‟Arche Lockerby Road:

All welcome Community Space to hire. They also have a great craft shop The Bridge next the Post Office on Prescot Road Offering volunteer placements for anyone wishing to learn new skills or add to a cv and appealing for translators from BME community to assist with translation of information into as many languages as possible Contact Stella for details on 0151 260 0422 Tuesday 6-8pm -PHAB @ L‟Arche A youth group for the disabled and non-disabled Saturday 5-6.15pm Winners Chapel—Satellite Fellowship @ L‟Arche PLEASE NOTE:

St John's and St Philip's congregations now meet together at 10.30am on

Sundays in St Philip's Church, Sheil Road. All Welcome

Kensington /Fairfield Councillors Surgeries

Every Friday night from 5.30pm - 6.30pm at the Fairfield Centre,

Sheil Road,

*1st and 3rd Saturday of the month from 11am - 12pm at the

Labour Party offices, 108 Prescot Road

*1st and 3rd Thursday of the month from 10am - 11am at

Kensington Library (children's section)

*2nd Thursday of the month from 5.30pm - 7.00pm at Central

Youth Club, Walker Street. Councillors contact details

louise.baldock@liverpool.gov.uk wendy.simon@liverpool.gov.uk liam.robinson@liverpool.gov.uk Central Ward (Kensington Fields)christine.banks2@liverpool.gov.uk, 225 2366 nick.small@liverpool.gov.uk, 707 0243 sharon.sullivan@liverpool.gov.uk, 225 2366

Labour Group Office: 225 2366 Picton Ward (Edge Hill/Wavertree Road)ian.Jobling@liverpool.gov.uk 707 2977 andrew.makinson@liverpool.gov.uk, 733 0839

tim.beaumont@liverpool.gov.uk 07954 098890 Liberal Democrat Office: 225 2354

Adult Learning Services

Newsham ALC offers a wide range of courses, including ESOL, counselling etc Contact 0151 263 5153 Healing Space Offering a range of complimentary therapies. 111 Prescot Road , L7 Contact 0151 264 8500

Kensington Community LearningCentre Offers wide range IT and other courses including PC maintenance/security, digital photgraphy/video editing, desk top publishing, e-mail internet and communications plus skills for life courses. Contact centre for more info. 291-299 Kensington L7 Contact 0151 260 1006

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the local Liverpool City Council Enforcement team, so give yourself a “pat on the back” for trying to

keep Kensington and Fairfield Krap Free!, carry on Picking IT Bagging IT and Binning IT (don‟t

forget to wash your hands afterwards), and if you see anyone else letting their dogs do it, ask them

politely to get down to Hall and Stevens Community Pharmacy for fresh Supplies of Pooh Bags.

A brand new service has opened its doors in Old Swan. The Liverpool Foot Clinic, opposite St Anne‟s School offers a full range of foot health treatments. This excellent and professional service is offered by Jayne Jackson who is a fully qualified MCFHP (Member of Council of Foot Health Professionals), MAFHP (Member of The Association of Foot Health Professionals) and an Associate Member of The Institute of Chiropodists and Podia-trists. Jayne offers treatments for corns, nail infec-tions, verrucas, in-growing toenails, ath-lete‟s foot and much more. Domiciliary care is available to the elderly and housebound with home visits available from 9am-9pm seven days a week. Reflexology, a complementary treatment which involves working on the feet and hands, is also offered. Reflexology treats the whole person not just the symptoms of the disease enabling the body to heal itself and has proved to be effective for many conditions. The Liverpool Foot Clinic also offers a new first time treatment on Merseyside, Aqua Massage. This treatment, originating in Floridas, gives full body massage without the necessity of removing clothes, while being treated with powerful jets of warm water. For more information or to book a treatment

phone Jayne on 07511408706

As 2010 fades seamlessly into 2011, its the time of year to look back over what‟s been happening in the area , the City and the Country. The change of government in May has allowed people to be very critical of the coalition on strictly party lines, ie Tories=BAD, Labour= GOOD, forgetting really the mess the last administration was in before the wheels finally came off Gordon‟s wagon. Remember how important ID cards were going to be and how it was going to be £4.5 billion well spent and who can forget the School‟s for the Future scheme which was going to cost an average of £77million per school, it‟s a good idea to have good school buildings but it seemed to me at that price each school should have had a gold plated exterior and a monorail, maybe there were just too many snouts in the trough in my view on that to kick up too much of a fuss when it was cancelled. More closer to home the Government have just turned the tap off the remaining Merseyside HMRI money (Housing Market Renewal Initiative, John Prescotts‟ BIG IDEA roughly £220million) needed to “finish off” improvements to the city‟s housing (Edge Lane

and Anfield for example). Announced with great optimism by Labour as a way of saving “collapsed “ housing markets, and with seemingly the best intentions, over £200

million of the 15 year scheme has already been spent on the wholesale destruction of

communities such as Edge Hill and the Wavertree Road areas. Old people were offered a pittance for their homes, people with long finished mortgages had to start all over again, and the area was being “Socially Cleansed” as the ex MP for the area so deftly put it as long ago as 2005. What the scheme didn‟t recognise or realise that housing markets would recover of their own volition, but wheels had already been set in motion, Housing Associations identified and Builders contracted, they were all done deals, the bulldozers were already revving up. Prior to losing control even Ex City Leader Warren Bradley admitted they‟d got it wrong with Pathfinders, but by then it was too late, sorry seems to be the easiest word. So now there‟s not even enough money to buy

out the home owners who are left languishing in

streets of boarded up Social Housing, till god

knows when.

If this was “A Christmas Carol” I‟d probably be

standing next to the Ghost of Christmasses to

come and he would be pointing his long boney

finger at a sign....emblazzened with the words

”Edge Lane Twinned with Hiroshima”

When the New Deal For Communities Regeneration Programme began In Ken-sington one of the prime objectives demanded by the community was a secondary school in the area. The residents saw the school as being central to the long term regeneration process and envis-aged it being an active part of their community. The Academy of Saint Francis of Assisi has more than fulfilled that role, becoming a central hub offering activities and events for all and supporting not only their own pupils but their parents and the wider community too. In 2005 the government launched a prospectus 'Extended Schools: Access to Opportunities and Services For All‟ with the key targets being that by 2010 all secondary schools will be open from 8.00am until 6pm all year round. SFA are proud to have delivered above and beyond these tar-gets with the school open from 7.40am for break-fast club, until 9pm from Monday to Friday. The VOiCE spoke to Lisa Heron, Community and Extended Schools Area Leader, who be-lieves the school is truly at the heart of the com-munity. “We are committed to working in part-nership with the community, we aim to be open and accessible and provide a wide range of activities and opportunities for all. We attend all the meetings with local commu-nity groups and service providers and play an active role in the area.”

Lisa explained in more detail what is available at

the school beginning with the well attended free breakfast club for pu-pils, which aims to offer a healthy breakfast to ensure they start the day at their best, while also encouraging punctuality. The Sports Hall is in great demand and is let to local community football teams from 5-9pm every day with a considerable waiting list already in place. Merseyside Netball Team also practises here and cricket practise is set to begin in the near future, and The Adult Learning Service runs a variety of courses here two nights a week open to anyone in the wider community to attend. The variety of opportunities here create a buzzing hive of activity which Lisa believes helps to raise aspirations and increase a wider enrichment of area. Even during holidays the school doors are open with a summer scheme focused on sports and arts that welcomes pupils from the local primary schools to help familiarise them with „big school‟ and ease their transition to secondary education. Lewis Hughes a year 9 student enjoys the sum-mer scheme “it gives you something to do when schools not on and it lets you try differ-ent things that you don‟t get to do in school.” The Academy has also staged numerous suc-cessful events over the last few years including the popular Newsham Park and 12 Days of Christmas Festivals. Lisa explained how they aim to expand these events to include an October Fest and Spring Fling for 2011. “We aim to create an annual calendar of events that will link with the academic year and also promote our schools environmental specialism. To ensure the community voice is continually being heard we are forming a new group called the Friends of the Academy to work in partner-ship with the school and continue providing for local residents and the local area. Anyone is welcome to join the group and we particularly encourage local businesses to get involved.” One local organisation that has been actively involved with the Academy is Healing Space who offer complementary healthcare in the com-munity. Eve Lynch from Healing Space told the VOiCE “I love working with the school and the young people getting them interested in all the holistic activities we offer that hopefully will help them throughout their lives. Part of

our whole philosophy is to raise awareness out in the community of what we do, so we attend all the events the school hosts and offer taster sessions to the community. We are also currently running a project in the school called Go Girls developing self esteem in young women.” With Christmas fast approaching Lisa has been busy setting plans in place for the 12 Days Festi-val, the ice rink will be back and this year the festivities have been extended to include a com-munity carol service, pantomime and a Christmas meal open to all, although places are limited for the latter and will be booked on a first come first

served basis. So get down to the Academy from the 4th to 15th

December for the 3rd annual 12 Days of Christ-

mas Festival and make the most of the excep-

tional opportunities our local secondary school

provides for one and all.

For further details of the festival see the schedule

of events opposite or contact Lisa Heron on

0151 260 7600 0r e-mail

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“And the Grinch, with his Grinch feet, ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons, it came without tags, it came without packages, boxes or bags. He puzzled and puzzled „till his puzzler was sore, then the Grinch thought of something he hadn‟t before. What if Christmas doesn‟t come from a store? What if Christmas means a little bit more?”

Dr. Seuss

“I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on them saying, „toys not included!” Bernard Manning

„Twas On A Cold Winters Night...... Determined to start as I meant to go on, I had put an evening aside to get everything I needed for Christmas written down. A brilliant idea I thought, it would certainly save me hunting high and low for presents at the last minute, as I seem to do every other year. I just fancied sitting down by the fire with a steaming cup of tea and a round of hot buttered toast. I wanted to relax quietly and ponder over my Christmas gift list. The Argos, a pen, paper and me, free from hassle and stress. „Organisation is the key‟ I remember muttering to myself. I searched all the usual paper hideouts and eventually came across two sheets of clean parchment in an otherwise coffee stained, well used writing pad with pen attached, both probably dating back to at least 1985.Things are coming together nicely I thought, turning the golden side over to be as skilfully toasted as its predecessor. I jumped as the shill sound of the phone shattered my peaceful illusion.

Good Tidings I hurried to answer an automated voice telling me I could get free evening and weekend calls if I was a BT customer.

I‟M NOT!! YOU CALLED ME

Shouldn‟t they realise this?

I jumped once again as the shrill sound of the smoke alarm vibrated through the house.

ME TOAST!!

After frantically waving a tea towel in the alarms direction, I calmed myself and started again, this time almost accomplishing what I had set out to do......until the door bell! I began thinking this was some kind of test to see how far my stress levels could be pushed before I cracked, or combusted, or even both. Test conclusion: NOT FAR!!

Argos It! I finally sat down by the fire with my cold tea and toast, the Argos, a pen and some paper. I consoled myself with the concept of having at least achieved four out of my six goals but the amount of stress I was under was enormous, And this was only the LIST! Then it hit me....properly hit me I mean. Year in, year out it‟s the same, is the stress of Christmas worthwhile? Has the government‟s demand for us to spend spiralled out of control? Is the demand from our children too much or are we at fault for providing. Isn‟t Christmas supposedly a peaceful time, a time to reflect on yourself and your fellow man, a time for forgiveness and love? The next paragraph I write may make you feel sad, that‟s not my intention at all, the intention I have in mind is

simply to make you think. If Christmas is peace, forgiveness and love shouldn‟t it last at least more than a week, the stress it carries with it certainly does. To me and countless others, it represents worry, commitment to debt for the next three to five years, sorrow for the people who are alone every week but considered for just one, and last but by no means least, the defeat I feel when I can‟t afford to buy the expensive gift I wanted for my daughter. That‟s my Christmas! It depends it seems, through no fault of your own, on age, wealth and the amount of people you need to buy for.

By Margi Ellison

“If TV has taught me anything, it‟s that miracles always happen to poor kids at Christmas. It happened to Tiny Tim, it happened to Charlie Brown , it happened to the Smurfs and it‟s going to happen to us!”

Bart Simpson

Commercial Only in the adult mind lies the true value, worth and reason behind Christmas consumerism! It doesn‟t take a degree in psychology to recog-nise manipulation and yet, for reasons still unknown to us, we seem to as-sume the TV has our best interests at heart. What chance on God‟s earth do our kids have?

I completely understand that the trader has goods to sell and the best way to do that is to advertise them. I also understand how this can motivate the economy out of recession. The only real hang up I have, is the ease with which the advertiser pre-cedes a mammoth retail price with the words ONLY or JUST! I JUST want to be able to feed my kids, or, I ONLY need it for nappies! Now, to me these words are being used in their proper context.

Vicky‟s Empire Many of the traditions we have today started in Victorian England, such as the Christmas tree, Christmas crack-ers, sending cards and singing carols. In fact its the one and only Charles Dickens we have to thank for bringing Christmas back from the brink. The tale of Tiny Tim and „A Christmas Carol‟ published in 1843 completely sold out. Even the word Christmas derives from old English, „Cristes maesse‟ meaning „Christ‟s Mass‟, the day Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus.

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen To this very day, the image we hold of Christmas is mostly Victorian. Charity goodwill to all, respect and a tradi-tional value were at the epicentre of their belief.

The Nostalgia Effect We all hanker after Christmas‟s past, the stocking hanging above a crack-ling fire, the smell of tangerines and the excitement of being told it‟s time to go to bed or „Father Christmas‟ won‟t come. Remembering these images creates the same feeling we had then.

It‟s the feeling that is Christmas. Pick one! Go on! Pick a Christmas that you can actually remember what you received. Hard isn‟t it? Hard or virtually impossi-ble! I think the feeling means more to us than remembering the gift itself. We choose what we want to remem-ber. We choose to recreate the same feeling that might have happened twenty years before. It delivers the feel good factor. Now who in their right mind doesn‟t want a bit of that for Christmas? One problem.......where do you buy it?

What‟s It All About Anyway? „Ages ago, this kid got born right, but his Ma „n‟ Da were dead poor and he had to get born in a stable with a don-key and some straw or something. I‟d have walked man. You can‟t let your Ma „n‟ Da get away with that. That‟d be the sin mate, I‟m telling you!‟ How long will it take us to reach this fictional scenario? Ten years? Twenty years? NEXT YEAR? Before arriving at any decision, let‟s take a quick look at some facts.

O‟ Come All Ye Faithful The image of family gathered together around the table is one we still hold dear, the silence of a crisp winter‟s night and the soft white snow gently floating to its resting place. The com-plete ease of life as it once was, at its finest, in all of it‟s glory and simplicity.

Their belief in God and baby Jesus, their trust in the good of all mankind and their inventive „Charity Begins at Home‟ slogan all point to a warmer world.

Now is the Winter of Our Dis-content But if it is at all possible that a good thing can come out of a recession, this one should leave us with the wisdom to once again, value Christmas for what it‟s really meant to mean. The next time „Good King Wenceslas „ takes a gander out, Stephen‟s feast will have morphed into Cameron‟s famine!

Merry Christmas To All Our Readers

Share your Christmas traditions or memo-ries with your K&F VOiCE Contact Us; at

075 320 310 46 KFVOICE@YAHOO.CO.UK

You cant turn on the telly or listen to the radio without hearing “D-Day this”, “Battle of Britain that” “Blitz the other”, and I was only talking to my Polish Carer Marek Chlost about how the war is talked about in his homeland of Poland, he mumbled something under his breath about Hitler and I think he swore in his native tongue and then stormed off to his Chess Club. This got me thinking about the strange tale I heard a couple of years back told to me at one of my sessions in Wetherspoons around the crackling log fire. A man who wishes to remain nameless but I will call him Arthur, came to me with a battered old diary to inspect, diary was writttne in a fine copperplate handwriting. Arthur had been clearing out his great granddads effects and had found a diary charting his arrival from Ireland in 1912. I shall let this amazing story tell itself. “21st October 1912 Fresh off the boat from Dublin‟s fair city, I wandered up to 102 Upper Stanhope Street, and took lodgings at “Paddy Hitler‟s” guest house. Alois Hitler, his wife Bridget and their baby William are a lovely family. They run a clean god fearing boarding house, with good meals at no great expense, and clean sheets changed on a weekly rotation. I will start to seek my fortune on the morrow”. The Diary starts to reveal its dark secrets in a later entry. “10th November 1912 Paddy Hitler‟s half brother Adolphus arrived has last week. This youth is

hiding out here to avoid being conscripted to the Austrian Army, although this is barely spoke about . A sallow and moody youth who keeps himself to himself . He spends long hours in his room, he claims to be an artist but I have yet to see him paint a stroke”. “15th November 1912 Meal times are fast becoming very difficult, young Adolphus insists on coming down late for meals, dressed in Lederhosen, expecting everyone to stand when he enters the room and if some unfortunate lodger is sitting in his place and they refuse to budge then he

glowers at them throughout the meal. The worse aspects are how he insists on only eating only vegetables, espousing something called Vegetarianism, often bellowing “Ich liebe Tiere - also esse ich sie nicht” . Sitting next to him can also prove to be very tedious and annoying, as he insists in having plenty of space either side of him, something he keeps calling “Ellenbogen Raum ellenbogen raum!! ”. I ask when he will be leaving but no-one seems to be know, Alois seems to be reaching the end of his patience with his half sibling” “1st December 1912 Great News!!! Adolphus has gained employment at a new local departmental emporium called T.J.Hughes in London Road. He is to be employed as a junior in the Gents Outfitters department, on the strength of his artistic talents, it was presumed that he would be an asset and could apply his design skills to his new vocation.” “10th December 1912 Despite being in gainful employment he seems to be up all night (his room is directly over mine so I hear his every action. Of late the noises were getting louder and louder, shouting, ranting, banging. I caught a glance into his room and perceived his walls to be covered with hand drawn floorplans of the T.J.Hughes store, and his drawings of all his co-workers, who seemed to be divided into two groupings”

“24th December 1912, Adolphus arrived at Upper Stanhope Street worse the wear for drink, after the Christma staff party at T.J.Hughes. Strangely the young Adolphus has undergone an almost miraculous change in character, he is chatty (although most of what he is saying is in German), gregarious and friendly, slapping everyone on the back, forcing large slices Stollen and glasses of Gluewien onto all the other lodgers, with the exception of Mr.Litwack, who he seems to have taken a particular and long standing dislike to.” “2nd January 1913, I had a inkling that things would not last, Adolphus has been dismissed by his employers for apparently trying to dispose of his manager and personally takeover the Bespoke Tailoring department, he even organised a meeting of his fellow employees where atop a table he apparently gave a rabble rousing speech ending with “Today T.J. Hughes!!!......Tomorrow Owen Owen‟s”. The management had no choice but to summons the local constabulary and to forcibly remove him. Adolphus has since retired to his room.” “9th January 1913 It is now a week since Adolphus‟ self exile to his room, his meals are left outside, and apart from one or two occasions he is rarely seen and is acting very furtively indeed. A s a New Year‟s treat Bridget and Alois are organising grand outing, to wit a night out for all the lodgers to the Star Theatre in the town centre. We are off to see “Fred Karnos Circus”, a touring comic variety troupe, making their last appearance before setting sail for the United States . “10th January 1913 Last evening‟s performance was hilarious, we all laughed at two of the Fred Karnos troupe in particular, Stanley Jefferson and a little chap called Charles Chaplin, a little chap with a toothbrush moustache, Adolphus seemed to be mesmerised by Chaplin and watched him with an intensity I had only ever seen him apply to the “work” in his room. “15th January 1913 Without any announcement Adolphus has appeared at the evening meal looking very wide eyed and enthusiastic about his future, the most remarkable thing being his change of appearance, as he had spent the last week cultivating a “toothbrush moustache”, in much the same vein as that of Mr Chaplin, from the previous week‟s theatrical excursion. “16th January 1913, While standing on the corner

waiting for the Omnibus on my way to my place of work, I spied Adolphus rushing out of the door with his suitcase in tow, he flew past me pall mall down the street in the direction of Lime Street. I assumed it would be the last we would be seeing of young Adolph (as he was now calling himself, although changing his surname to Chaplin I felt was a step too far). My opinions of Adolph‟s fate was confirmed when I spoke later to a relieved Alois , who told me that he (Adolph) had decided to return to Austria and serve his time in the Imperial Austrian Army after all. I‟m sure Private Adolph Chaplin will prove to be a useful if anonymous servant to his Emperor Franz Josef” After this date Arthur‟s ancestors diary becomes far more mundane talking about how he became an inventor and developed the first working television but had his idea cruelly stolen by John Logie Bird after a long drinking session with the nefarious Scotsman in the Adelphi Hotel, but that dear Reader is another Old Dick‟s Tales.

Remember you can‟t beat a bit of Old Dick. If you have any tales of juvenile dictators, world domination or stolen inventions then contact me at

olddick@kfm.co.uk.

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This month despite it being the season to be

jolly we sent the Mystery Scoffer off to

sheltered accommodation in search of some

tea and sympathy (and maybe a bed bath?)

I originally intended to put together a home-made

Christmas Dinner, made up from the contents of the

frozen chests of our new Iceland, but as my old mother

used to say “If you can‟t say something nice then don‟t

say anything at all”. ) I decided to go elsewhere in search

of “Scran” (as the local yoofs call it).

But where to go?...well the last place you‟d expect to find

an eatery is within the walls of sheltered accommodation

intended for the older members of the Kensington and

Fairfield community, to wit one Latham Court.

If you don‟t know where Latham Court is, it‟s set back on

Laurel road, just past the site of the former Aldi

supermarket. Apart from the sagging banner on the

fence, you wouldn‟t know it was there, but pray continue

through the gate and down the side you‟ll find the

entrance to this unassuming cafe.

Although the decor doesn‟t

differentiate itself from the rest

of the accommodation it is run by

independent people and

frequented by the odd resident,

workmen and a plethora of

community wardens.

The menu is fairly straight forward and predictable,

sandwiches, chips, pies, jacket potatoes etc nothing

unusual and inviting there , fortunately because of the

scale of the endeavour most food is prepared to order and

to your requirements. I gave the menu a quick scan for

something which would test their culinary skills. Having

ordered my Omelette (minus onions), chips, salad, and

cup of tea I waited for the food to come. It arrived quite

quickly (an omelette should be fairly swiftly produced after

all), and the fare was really very good, and was value for

money. The chips were crisp and dry (although frozen,

why?) and the salad was also fresh.

The cafe is a hidden little gem in our community so if your

passing and feel like a predictable but great value for

money. If you want a nice lunch or a big breakfast then

give the Latham Court Cafe a try.

The Mystery Scoffer gives the Latham Court Cafe

4 zimmer frames out of 5

Latham Court Cafe Laurel Road, L7 0LS

There are many things you can keep down your trackie bottoms ,Max obviously likes to store his Free Pooh Bags (courtesy of the VOICE

and the City Council) down there, but the Kensington and Fairfield VOICE does not endorse or encourage the storage of Ostrich eggs,

Mobile Phones or anything else down there. Whatever you think only EMPTY POOH BAGS should be stored down there, remember to

PICK IT! BAG IT! AND THEN BIN IT! (don‟t put it down your trackies or in your pocket) THEN WASH YOUR HANDS!

The views expressed in the Kensington and Fairfield VOiCE and the information contained therein are not necessarily those of The Kensington and Fairfield Voice CIC or our funders and we do not vouch for or necessarily endorse the views or guarantee accuracy, so if you feel like suing us don't bother as we‟re skint and if something in this issue has so indisposed or irritated

you then you need to grow up , get a life or even write us a letter/ or an article! If you would like to write to us, write for us, tell us about an event which is going to happen in the area, or become part to the

K&F VOiCE production team then contact us in one or all of the following ways

Contact details: Email KFVOICE@YAHOO.CO.UK Tel: 07532 031 046 Blog/online version: WWW.KFVOICE.WORDPRESS.COM

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Prescot Rd Car Sales

157 Prescot Rd

220 8810

Cars from £500 to £5000 all with full MOTs

Quality cars at affordable prices

Utilities

Scottish Power Manweb 0845 272 2424 Gas Transco 0800 111 999 United Utilities Leaks 0800 330 033 Water 0845 746 2200 British Telecom Customer Service 0800 800 150

BME Refugee Action 0151 702 6300 Asylum Link Merseyside 0151 709 1713 Merseyside Refugee Support 0151 702 6972 Liverpool Volunteer Centre 0151 707 1113 Polonia Merseyside www.merseysidepolonia.com

Advice and Guidance CAB Wavertree 0151 522 1400 Tax Credit Helpline 0845 300 3900 Age Concern Information line 0800 00 9966 Environmental Health/Trading Standards 0151 233 3000 Liverpool Community College 0151 252 1515

Crime & Emergency Services Kensington Police team 0151 777 4300 Merseyside Police HQ 0151 709 6010 Merseyside Fire & Rescue HQ 0151 296 4000 Liverpool ASB Unit & Neighbourhood Services0151 233 3018

Medical Central Primary Care Trust

0151 285 2800

Walk In Centre Old Swan 0151

285 3565

Alder Hey Childrens Hospital

0151 228 4811

Royal Liverpool Hospital 0151

706 2000

NHS Direct—0845 4647

Schools Kensington County Primary Infant School Brae Street Liverpool L7 2QG Tel 0151 263 6429 Kensington Juniors Brae Street Liverpool L7 2QG tel 0151 263 1911 Email kensingtonj-ao@kensington-jun.liverpool Phoenix Primary School Birchfield Road Fairfield Liverpool Tel 0151 228 3831 Email phoenixp-ao@phoenix-pri.liverpool.sch.uk Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Hall Lane Liverpool L7 8QT Tel 0151 709 1782 Email sacred-ao@sacredheart.liverpool.sch.uk St Sebastian‟s Primary School

Holly Road Fairifield Liverpool

L7 0LH Tel 0151 260 9697

Email sebastians-ao@st-

sebastians.liverpool.sch.uk New Park Primary School Butler Street Liverpool l6 9EU 0151 263 4447 Email newpark-ht@newpark.liverpool.sch.uk St Michaels Catholic Primary School Guion St Liverpool L6 9DP 0151 263 8460 Saint Francis of Assisi Academy Gardners Drive Liverpool L6 7UR 0151 260 7600 Email sp@st-francisofassisi-liverpool.org

The VOiCE DIRECTORY

Community

L‟Arche 0151 260 0422 liverpool@larche.org.uk Central Youth Club 0151 263 3856 Edge Hill Youth Club 0151 263 2921 Junior YIP 0151 260 3768 Kensington Fields Community Association 0151 708 9107 kfca@talk21.com Edge Hill & District Credit Union 0151 263 9353 HEAT 0151 263 2620 heat@onetel.net

ADVERTISE IN THE VOiCE

Hall and Stevens Pharmacy

Free Prescription Collection and Delivery Service (We visit all Local Surgeries)

For free advice and a professional, friendly service please call in and talk to Steven and his Staff

Free counter medication for minor ailments on Care at the Chemist**

70 PRESCOT RD L7 0JA Tel 0151 263 3864

**free for those receiving free prescriptions - call in for list of remedies.

If you would like to advertise your company or organisation in the VOiCE then we offer a very cost effective way of getting your message across. The VOiCE is distributed to 5000 homes in the K&F area and a further 500 are available from public places, shops etc. Advertising rates start at only £25 for the smallest ad (this includes the artwork too!) . To discuss your requirements call Sheila on

075 320 310 46

or email

KFVOICE@YAHOO.CO.UK

New Pharmacist Starting 1st September Hall and Stevens would like to thank all their customers

for their continued support