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• Mike Sanderson SALE Now On• Strawberry Steak Meal Deal • AstroLawn Artificial Grass• Diva Valentines Offers• Slimming World Needs You• Mount Racing Club News• Where Am I? WIN £50• Visit Fleetwood Postcard• Valentines Offer Lime Lounge• Make a Dream Charity • Whats On Extra • Fleetwood Churches • Crossword and Puzzle Page • Kids Corner • Whats On in FY7 • LINK-Cash Ads • FY7 Young Peoples Clubs • Helicopter Crash Memorial • FY7 Jokes Sent In• FY7 Community Beat • Useful Numbers • Classified Adverts

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Editors Letter

Welcome to our JAN/FEB edition of LINK-Magazine.

Happy New Year from all of us at LINK-Magazine but by the time you’re reading this, many of you may have already broken their New Year resolutions but not here at LINK. We have changed our distribution so we now come out last week in the month so we can cover all the following months’ events. We have also started working on our new website which will be coming live in February with many new features and advertising options.

As a great start to 2012 we have also sponsored a local charity called Make a Dream who have raised using Facebook over £7000 for local clubs and projects more details inside.

Lets look who are winners are for our competitions, first up Pat Armstrong won our Where Am I? So well done £50 is on its way to you, also to Mrs Borthwick who won the James Jackson WIN your MOT draw.

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Local slimming expert shares secrets of success! To celebrate the start of 2012 a weight loss expert from Fleetwood is sharing the secrets of successful slimming to help people turn their New Year’s resolutions to lose weight into a healthy reality.

This January Slimming World has trawled its research to identify the recipe for successful – and sustainable – weight loss. The UK’s favourite slimming club surveyed the lifestyle habits of its most successful slimmers, the target members who have lost weight and kept it off for at least 12 months. It found most people had seven habits in common and dubbed them ‘the seven secrets of successful slimmers’.

Janet who runs Slimming World groups in Fleetwood, Thornton and Blackpool says: “By learning from other slimmers’ success, and perhaps where they’ve gone wrong with past New Year’s resolutions, people in the Fylde who want to slim down this January can give themselves the best possible chance of achieving their goal.

“Successful weight loss isn’t just about losing weight, it’s about keeping it off too.The key is to make healthy, realistic changes to your lifestyle that you can keep up for the rest of your life.”

“In our groups we give you all the tools and support to lose weight from day 1 just walk in the door”.

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The Mount Racing Clubs flagship horse Lord Lansing made the long trek down to Lingfield again on Wednesday 23rd November and came within a whisker of landing the spoils. Despite being raised a hefty 6 pounds in weight and having to overcome the widest of draws in stall 13 the horse turned in a personal best to finish 2nd beaten only by a short head in a photo finish. Joint owner Andy Eaton who made the trip down to the Surrey venue said that ‘Lord Lansing has run a cracker, hes done everything right, tracked the pace and when asked pulled a couple of lengths clear of the third horse its just a shame something has come up and mugged him on the line’.After this run the handicapper reassessed him and put him up another 3 pounds but this didn’t stop him from finishing in the money again at Kempton Park on Thursday 8th December, where under a patient ride from Martin Harley he finished a very respectable 3rd. Considering this was another big step up in class Lord Lansing proved himself to be a tough and consistent horse and one that

pleased all connections involved. His next target will be on Saturday 7th January where he will line up in a race at Deauville in France.Like his fellow owner Geoff Holden, Andy Eaton believes that the decision to switch trainers to Karl Burkes has had a positive effect on the Mount Racing Club and he says that the horses are working and running a lot better and the planning and placing of them is a lot more ambitious. We expect to see the arrival of a new Yearling in the next couple of weeks and things are definitely looking up.

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Fleetwood is a hive of activity, as we move into 2012. Works are almost complete at the Marine Hall Gardens, and scheduled to start at the Coastwatch tower at Rossall Point in early January. The plans to rebuild a modern observation tower are exciting and will create a multi-purpose building that’s also a feature on the coastline.

The new clinic on Dock Street is moving on apace, and will be completed in Spring, plus the completion of the new fire station, and a number of other big projects like the new council depot and the completion of the Nautical College due to come on stream which will both create jobs and add to the regeneration of the area.

Don’t forget it’s also the Queens Jubilee Year, and the Olympic Torch is coming to Fleetwood too, so 2012 will be an exciting year for everyone in the town.

We want to hear your thoughts and views and gossip – so why don’t you sign up for the Visit Fleetwood Facebook page and contribute your own opinion!

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His mum and sister decided to sell all his toys to raise money for a memorial garden with a water feature in his memory. The page raised the money within 3 days and it was decided to keep it going.

Debbie Bagnall part of the Admin team at ‘Make a dream’ told us “Since October we have raised over £7678.31 (16/01/2012) for mostly local kids groups. It has astounded us all the generosity of people, as we rely on donated items to auction off. We are grateful for anything we can auction for the local kids.”

With the success of ‘Make a dream’ and having raised over the allowed limit for fund-raising already, they were looking for a local sponsor to cover the cost of becoming a registered charity. LINK-Magazine a Fleetwood based business, stepped in to donate the cost of setting up as the charity to help ‘Make a dream’ continue the fantastic work of raising much needed funds for local kids groups and other community projects.

If anyone wants to join the page on Facebook it is called ‘Make a dream page’ so you can bid on items for sale that end at 7pm every evening, with over 1500 members. You can donate by sending an email through inbox to any of the team; Jane Harwood, Jane Trott and Debbie Bagnall. The team due to the success have now taken on two more admins who have just joined them Melanie Woolford and Marc Green to deal with demand and are also looking at offering a local delivery service.

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Fleetwood Cancer Support Group This meeting is for anyone affected by any type of cancer. The group meets on the first Wednesday of each month at the Euston Hotel Fleetwood FY7 6BN, between 6:30pm until 8:00pm. All welcome. For further details contact Rita Hewitt on Mobile: 07749 631661.

Zumba with Beth The Mount Methodist Church, Mount Road, Fleetwood. Tuesdays & Fridays 10.30am. Tel: 07594 658966

Live Wyre Gang Show 12th – 14th April 2012 Sign on is open to Beavers and Rainbows aged 6 years and over all Cubs, Scouts, Explorer’s and Adult Leaders Brownies, Guides, Senior Section, Young Leaders, and Adult Leaders. You don’t need to be on stage to join in there are lots of other things to do.Sign on date is 20th November 2011at Carleton Scout HQ. See website for more information: www.livewyregangshow.org.uk

Fleetwood Camera Club We warmly welcome anyone interested in traditional photography and digital imaging. We give advice on all aspects of photography. We hold internal competitions and take part in external ones too.

Photographic Group - alternate Wednesdays. Travel Group - alternate Mondays. Both groups meet at 7.30pm for a 7.45 start at the Trinity Methodist Church, Fleetwood Road. The cost for guests is £2 per session. Photographic Group - through slides and digital images we learn about photography. We would be really pleased if you would come and share your photography experiences with us. 8th February- 2nd Half Yearly Competition Results. 22nd February - “Chairman’s Night” An evenings entertainment with Peter Kuxhaus

Travel Group - through slides and digital photography we learn about and “visit” places all over the world. 6th February - “Home and Away” - Peter Hornblower 20th February - “Aspects of Equador” - June and Ken Hall Contact: Ritchie McCulloch 820249

PARKINSON”S UK The monthly meeting of the Blackpool branch will take place at 7.30pm on Monday Feb 6th at Cleveleys Park Methodist Church Hall, West Drive Cleveleys FY5 2BL. Entertainment This Month =Barry Shaw Talk/Slide Show entitled Memories Of Old Blackpool. Please note a later finishing time of 9-15pm. Support, advice and information is provided for people with Parkinson”s along with their partners, family members and friends. All new members made most welcome. Further Info from Marjorie Fleming 01253 868086. Email: [email protected]. Chris Whyham 01253 893571 Email: [email protected]

Fleetwood & Cleveleys Lions Club Swimarathon. Our annual Swimarathon will be held at Fleetwood Swimming Baths on Saturday 17th March 2012. The Principal Charity is for Victoria Hospital Cardiac Unit. Money raised will be to purchase much needed equipment. Anyone or organisation wishing to take part, please contact me for an application form. Swimming times are 10, 11 and 12 with seven teams per hour. Lion Stuart Gratrix, Event Organiser, Tel 01253 875548 Fax 01253 870358 Fleetwood Spiritualist Church, 5, Oak St. Sundays 6.30 pm: Divine Service Mondays 7.30 pm: Spiritual Healing Tuesdays 7.30 pm: Open Circle

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A very Happy New Year to everyone, from all of the Churches Together in Fleetwood.

Now all the festivities are over and 2012 has begun, we would like to keep you in the picture about any events and activities which are to take place in our Churches each month, and proffer an invitation to you all to come and join with us at any time. You will all be most welcome.

EVENTS & ACTIVITIES IN FEBRUARYFriday 3 February – St. Paul’s Church Hall, Warren Avenue South – COFFEE MORNING & BOOK SALE – 10.00am to 12.00noon. Admission is free, so do come and browse through the books and enjoy a coffee too. You can arrive earlier for Bible reading and prayers led by Reverend Tountas, which starts at 9.45am.

Friday 3 February – Trinity Methodist Church, Fleetwood Road – COFFEE MORNING – 10.30am to 12.00noon. Everyone is very welcome. The Church will be open if you wish a period of quiet reflection.

Wednesday 15 February – United Reformed Church Hall, Dronsfield Road – COFFEE MORNING – 10.30am to 12.00noon. Entrance is 50p including refreshments. There will be a bookstall, a “bring & buy” stall, a raffle, and the New to You shop will be open, selling clothes, collectables and craft work. It really is an “Aladdin’s Cave. Do come and see for yourself.

Thursday 16 February – St. Nicholas Rooms, Broadway – COFFEE MORNING – 10.00am to 11.15am. Come and join in the good fellowship whilst enjoying a good brew.

Sunday 26 February – Trinity Methodist Church, Fleetwood Road – BREAKFAST AT TRINITY – 9.30am to 10.30am. An hour when 5 to 12 year olds can join in some tremendous activities, and have their breakfast too.

Sunday 26 February – St. David’s Hall, Larkholme Lane/Fleetwood Road – CAUSEWAY WORSHIP – from 3.00pm. A fabulous afternoon for people with difficulties to share in a period of fun & Christian Worship, specially designed for their needs, and in a safe environment. Extra helpers are urgently needed. If you would like to become involved please pop along and have a word with those in charge. It would be a tremendously rewarding experience.

DON’T FORGET - Every Tuesday and Friday – St. Peter’s Church, Lord Street – COFFEE MORNING – 9.30am to about 3.00pm. There’s always a fantastic atmosphere, and lots of chatter, and the toasted teacakes are scrumptious. Do come and see for yourself, when you’re down town at the market.

Every Tuesday – St. David’s Hall, Larkholme Lane/Fleetwood Road – BREAKING BREAD – 12.00noon. A fabulous meal in wonderful company, waited on by some of the young children from Flakefleet School, all for the very cheap price of £3.00. Not to be missed.

Every Wednesday – St. Wulstan’s Green Hut, Poulton Road – WEDNESDAY CLUB – 2.00pm to 4.00pm. Come and enjoy a good “cuppa” and pleasant company, and even play a game of bingo.

RENT A HALL FOR A “DO”Fleetwood Churches Together have 4 halls available for hire at very reasonable rates, in various parts of the town. If you are planning a “do” and need a hall, please ring any of the numbers below for more detail and information.

Mount Methodist Church Hall, Mount Road – contact 01253 771062United Reformed Church Hall, Dronsfield Road – contact 01253 777451 or http://fleetwood.urc.org.ukSt. Paul’s Church Hall, Warren Avenue South – con-tact 01253 873118St. David’s Hall, Larkholme Lane/Fleetwood Road – contact 01253 872363 or www.achurchnearyou.com/st.davidsfwd

This year Easter falls early in April, so the period of Lent begins in February. As usual, the Churches To-gether in Fleetwood will be hosting Lent Lunches on every Friday during Lent. This consists of a very sim-ple meal of soup and a roll with a piece of cheese, together with a brew. Donations received will this year be sent to The Mercy Ship Project, which sends volunteer Doctors, Nurses and other professionals, around the world, to provide valuable, much needed, medical treatment to those in desperate need. These medical professionals give up their holidays in order to offer their services, so I think we should give gen-erously to support the work they do abroad, and to provide equipment for them to continue to do so.

Here are the dates and venues for this year’s lunches. I will repeat the information in the next issue, and will give details of Easter Services too.

Friday 24 February – St. Nicholas Rooms, Broadway – 11.45am to 1.15pm.

Friday 2 March – St. Peter’s Church, Lord Street – 11.45am to 1.15pm.

Friday 9 March – Emmanuel Church, Elm Street – 11.45am to 1.15pm.

Friday 16 March – St. David’s Hall, Larkholme Lane/Fleetwood Road – 11.45am to 1.15pm.

Friday 23 March – Trinity Baptist Church, Poulton Road – 11.45am to 1.15pm.

Friday 30 March – St. Paul’s Church Hall, Warren Avenue South – 11.45am to 1.15pm.

We look forward to seeing you at any or all of these lunches, and other events.

God Bless


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FLEETWOOD TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS LAST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH, NORTH EUSTON HOTEL 7pm The next 2 meetings, 31st January, 28th February and Annual Town Meeting on 13th March. Members of the public are welcome at all meetings. Enquiries - 01253 773435

Visit Fleetwood, on the Esplanade, is open 7 days a week from 10.30am to 4.30pm

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Events at Chatsworth Library in FebruaryTuesday 7th Feb NCompass carers point. A worker from NCompass will be available to discuss local services available to carers. Thursday 16th Feb 2-3.30pm. Chatsworth Reading Group will be discussing The Secret River by Kate Grenville.

Ongoing EventsEvery Monday GO ON from 1.30-3.00 an internet based computer course for beginners. The course is tutor supported with topics from using a mouse to searching for jobs online. To book a place contact the library. Knit, Natter and Sew from 2-3pm. Bring any crafts and join in the gossip! Refreshments will be provided. Every Tuesday in term time Job Club 1.30-4.30 Need help creating a CV or improving your interview techniques? A Tutor with the Adult College will be on hand to help.Every Thursday Morning10.00-11.00 A representative from Help Direct will be here to offer help and support. Unsure which department to contact for help? Ask Help Direct.10:30-11:00 Toddler Rhyme Time. Songs, rhymes and stories for the under 5s and their carers.Every Friday GO ON from 10.00-11.30 an internet based computer course for beginners. The course is tutor supported with topics from using a mouse to searching for jobs online. To book a place contact the library Under Fives Storytime, 2.15-2.45pm. Half an hour of stories and an occasional rhyme. Details for all events are available from:-Chatsworth Library, Chatsworth Ave, Fleetwood01253 771601 [email protected]

FLEETWOOD LIBRARY FEBRUARY Regular Events: Mondays: Go On beginners IT classes (by appointment only) 10am-12pm. Please contact the Library for more details and to book an appointment.Tuesdays: Work Club (drop in session) 10am-12pm with advice on CV writing and job applications.Wednesdays: Toddler Rhyme Time. 10.30am-11.00am. Join in with fun, action rhymes and enjoy a short story. Thursdays: Story Time. 2.15pm-2.45pm. Stortimes for toddlers and pre-school children. Enjoy stories and lots of fun activities. Fridays: Baby Bounce and Rhyme.11.30am – 12.00pm. Songs, actions, rhymes and a lot of knee-bouncing! Saturdays: Board Games Club. 11-12pm. Come and play all your favourite games with the whole family.

Special Events: February 7th: 2pm-3pm Reading Club for readers of all abilities. February 13th: 3.45pm-4.45pm. 12 Up Reading Club. February 14th: 2.15pm-3.15pm The Adult Reading Group. Discussing ‘The Other Half Lives’ by Sophie Hannah. All welcome Join us for an informal chat over coffee to discuss this month’s book. February 20th: 3.45pm-4.45pm Chatterbooks reading group for 8 to 11 year olds, discussing ‘One Dog and His Boy’’ by

Eva Ibbotson. February 21st: 2pm-3pm Reading Club for readers of all abilities. For further information about any of these events please contact Fleetwood Library on 01253 775800. www.lancashire.gov.uk email: [email protected]

Dance SkullAdult Beginners tap dancing, Mondays at 19:30. Exercise and fun in one class! Group drama classes for children, Mondays at 18:00 for 5 - 10yrs, and 18:45 for 11 - 16yrs. Make friends and build confidence. At St. Davids Church, Fleetwood Road, Fleetwood. For further details contact [email protected] or tel. 07901 788883.

Activities Fylde Coast YMCA The Lofthouse Building, London Street, Fleetwood FY7 6JL. Monday: Pilates: 6.00-7.00pm. Tuesday: Belly Dancing: 6.30-7.30pm. Wednesday: Yoga: 10.00-11.30am. Thursday: After School Drama Club: 4.00-4.45pm – 4-7 years. 4.45-5.30pm – 8-11 years. For more information contact Hannah – Lofthouse Manager on 01253 872 320

Prince Arthur February Gigs Dave Arcari Friday 3rd February 2012Ben Metcalfe and Joe McCorriston Friday 10th FebruaryDerren Nauendorf Friday 17th February 2012Tony Auton Band Friday 24th February 2012

Indoor Car Boot (monthly) on Sunday 29th January from 8 til noon at Fleetwood Sea Cadet base.

Wyre Seagulls first home game of the season Friday 17th February at SubZero, Cleveleys 9.45pm. Tickets £2 Adult, £1 Kids. Happy New Year to all our followers and sponsors for your continued support of your local hockey team.

ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT GROUP WYRE: meet at Cleveleys Park Methodist Church, West Dr, Cleveleys, FY5 2BQ. 10am - 12.00 first Thurs of the month. Next meetings Feb 2nd, Mar 1st. For further info contact Alison or Sharon at the local Dementia/Alzheimers Office 01253 - 312893 Larkholme Community Centre, Cartmell Ave Larkholme. Function room for hire £10 per hour. Good parking space and tea making facilities. For details ring 686814 or 870268 The Lancashire Festival of Darts returns to Marine Hall, Fleetwood for the third consecutive year on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 January. The event is open to all darts players and consists of events for men, ladies and youth darts players, with a massive £8,000 plus prize fund.

Players from the World Championships currently featuring on BBC and ESPN will be at the event providing a great opportunity to see these players pit their skills against local pub players, along with County and Super League players.

Doors open at 9am and entry is free so come along and watch the action.

Next month Marine Hall will also play host to the International Six Nations Championship Darts event on Friday 24 – Sunday 26 February where top players from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Holland will compete.

Details of team line ups are soon to be released – check www.marinehall.co.uk for updates and to book your place. Tickets are £5 per day or £10 for the three day weekend.


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1301 (Fleetwood) Squadron, Air Training Corps Grange Road, Fleetwood FY7 8BH. Tel: 01253 870493 (Tues & Thurs only) Time: 7 - 9.15pm Tues & Thurs. Age: 13-20. A variety of opportunities are on offer to the cadets including flying, gliding, Adventurous Training, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, sports, overseas camps plus many more.The organisation is staffed by Adult Volunteers and we are always looking for interested adults from the local community to join us. Contact: Flt Lt Kath Lane E-mail: [email protected] www.aircadets.org

Army Cadets Preston Street, Fleetwood. Tel: 01772 717078 www.lancashirearmycadets.com Time: Mon & Weds 7-9pm (turn up on Night) Age: (Year 8) 12-18 yrs 9 months Cost: Free 4-6 trial period followed by £10 enrolment fee (to cover insurance) and you will receive a free uniform. Group run by Adult Volunteers

Bulldogs Display Team - We undertake Display’s for Local Charity’s, Summer Fair’s, Hambleton Steam Fair, Tram Sunday, Chipping Steam Fair and many other local events where we can help by organising a display to help raise monies. We are seeking members from the age of 6-18 years of age who would like to be involved with our group with training in the winter months to undertake displays in the summer months. Tel: 01253 341956 Email: [email protected] Web: www.bulldogsdisplayteam.co.uk

Cafe 3one6 (Youth Cafe Night) 208 Lord Street, Fleetwood. Tel: 873098 Time: 7 - 9pm Every other Friday Next one: 2nd, 16th Dec. Hot free drinks

Emmanual Church Youth Club Coming soon...call in Cafe 3one6 for details

Mount Methodist & Trinity Methodist Time: Twice each month, Sunday Evening. Please ring 01253 874404 for more information

Milton Youth & Community Centre (Fleetwood Youth Club) Milton Youth & Community Centre, Blakiston Street, Fleetwood FY7 6QW. Time: Tues, Thurs 7 - 9.30pm Fri 6 - 8.30pm. Age: 13 yr -19yrs Fleetwood Youth Club has all the usual youth club activities like pool, table tennis, cooking, gaming and games including X Box. Bike clubs and much more. We also offer youth advice. Contact: Brian Wood Email: [email protected] Phone: 01253 775100 Activity Costs: Per session fee Cost for young people: £0.20

The Mount Taekwondo Club Thursdays 17:25 to 19:00 St Nicholas’ Church, Community Hall, Broadway, Fleetwood. Try Taekwondo, Challenge Yourself!! Keep Fit, Have Fun and Learn Self Defence. Mixed Class open to all ages from 6/7 upwards, Subs £10 per month, family discounts available. Just turn up on the night.

Sea Cadets Princes Way, Fleetwood, Lancs, FY7 8PG Tel: 01253 771866 Email [email protected] www.units.ms-sc.org/fleetwood Time: 7 - 9.15pm Tues & Fri Age: 10-18 yrs. Fleetwood Sea Cadets are part of a nationwide voluntary uniformed youth organisation, open to all young people aged 12 to 18. The Marine Cadets is for young people aged 13 to 18 and has a Junior Sections open to those of 10 to 12 years of age. It is Britain’s most successful nautical organisation for the development of young people with Units run by enthusiastic adult volunteers.

St. Peters & St. Davids Youth Club St. Davids Hall, Fleetwood.Time: Every Thursday 7-9pm Age: 8 -13 yrs. Cost: £1 per child which includes a drink and packet of crisps. Pick up service available from Chaucer school at 6.50pm (must ring Father John to arrange pick up 876176). Activities include snooker, singing, table tennis, football, games, arts and crafts and trips out.

Tommy’s YMCA Lofthouse Building Lofthouse Building, London Street, Fleetwood www.fleetwoodcyp.org.uk. Opening Hours: One year membership £2.00 then 50 pence per night. Monday & Wednesday: Seniors Year 7 and above 6:45pm - 9:30pm. Tuesday & Thursday: Juniors Year 5 and above 5:45pm -7:45pm. Boxing sessions: Monday to Thursday Juniors 5:30pm - 6:30pm Seniors 6:30pm - 7:30pm (Requires additional Membership). Please visit our website for full details of the many facilities we have on offer

Trinity Baptist Church 206 Poulton Road, Fleetwood, Lancashire FY7 7LB Time: Every Thursday evening school term time only, 5 - 6.30pm. Age: 5-14 or early teens. We have lots of activities on the Thursday, including football, crafts & cookery. In school holidays, trips out are arranged, and a holiday club is set-up during the last week. For further information please contact Audrey Doyle on 01253 875618.

Youth Bus Martindale Park near to Chatsworth Avenue. Time: Every Friday evening between 6pm and 8pm. It has a wide range of activities for them to become involved with, DJ’ing equipment, large screen computer games etc.


Sports Award for Local Club Here’s another competition winner for Fleetwood, this time at the Lancashire Sports Awards.

The Outdoor Adventure Group in Fleetwood claimed Community Club of the Year, beating rivals from local authorities across the county.

Outdoor Adventure Group, which is run entirely voluntarily, has been enabling people of all ages and abilities to participate in canoeing and kayaking for over 21 years.

They were commended for their commitment to community sports provision.

In the photo, Paul Collins, Chairperson of the Outdoor Adventure Group, with the group’s award

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Helicopter Crash Memorial On 1 February a new memorial will be unveiled on Fleetwood seafront, to remember the men who were killed in the Morecambe Bay helicopter crash.

On 27 December 2006, a helicopter was pick-ing up workers from the rig in Morecambe Bay when it crashed into the sea killing everyone on board. RNLI life boatmen from Fleetwood brought the bodies back to shore at Fleetwood, which is why Sandra Potton, wife of the pilot Steve Potton, chose the spot for the memorial.

Twelve months ago, Sandra approached Cllr Andrea Kay with the idea for the memorial that she had been thinking about for a while. Andrea has helped Sandra through a series of meetings which have been held with Wyre and Lancashire County Councils to sort out the details of where the monument should go and the details of its siting. Now, Sandra’s plans are about to come to fruition with the unveil-ing of the monument in this special service on Wednesday 1 February.

Sandra is meeting the not inconsiderable cost of the memorial herself. It’s a lectern style, dark grey granite plinth, etched with illustrations of a helicopter, gas rig and an RNLI boat, and poignantly, a forget-me-not flower. The names of the brave men who lost their lives in this disaster will be commemorated as a permanent reminder for generations to come.

(source www.visitcleveleys.co.uk)

Pictured Cllr Andrea Kay & Sanra Potton The service will take place at 3pm, and Sandra will perform the unveiling of the memorial. The Mayor of Wyre will be in attendance, along with the Head Boys and Girls from Fleetwood High, Cardinal Allen and Rossall Schools, and a short dedication service will be performed by Rev Michael Payne.

The service is being held after the anniversary of the tragedy so that Steve’s son can be there after making the journey from Canada, along with the wives and families of the other lost men – which would have been difficult to arrange on the exact anniversary of the crash, which is so near to Christmas.

The memorial, sited just at the left of the RNLI station on Fleetwood sea front, will join a number of other tributes on the Wyre coastline which mark the tragic loss of life through the generations to the power of the Irish Sea off our shore.


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Kepplegate Care Services are locally based in the village of Preesall, Over Wyre. The service provides permanent, respite and day care in its 16-bed care home on Sandy Lane and provides care to people in their own home throughout the Over Wyre area.

The staff employed receive on-going training to ensure that the residents in the Home and the clients in the community receive care that upholds their dignity, freedom, choice and control.

The care provided to people in their own home could be from helping with showering and dressing to light housework and accompanied visits.

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The lawyer signs to Enzo, “He’ll kill you if you don’t tell him.”

Enzo signs back, “OK. You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed in my cousin Bruno’s backyard in Woodbridge !”

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At a wine merchants, the regular taster died and the director advertised for a new one to hire.

A drunkard with a ragged dirty look came to apply for the position. The director of the warehouse wondered how to send him away. They gave him a glass to drink.

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The director was astonished. He winked at his secretary to suggest something. She left the room, and came back in with a glass of urine. The alcoholic tried it.

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Happy New Year to you all. 2012 is marching on and I am already looking at our Policing plans for the events that lie ahead in Spring and Summer!! 2011 saw some challenging times in relation to policing as im no doubt you will have seen on the national media. Lancashire Constabulary has carried out an unprecedented number of organisational reviews in order to lower the costs of policing whilst carefully balancing this against any effect this would have on frontline policing and reducing or removing that threat altogether.

As I write in numerous articles every month, you can help us by helping yourselves not become a victim of crime by taking basic steps to securing your property, reporting anything suspicious to us immediately, looking out for your neighbours and so on. Beyond crime prevention there are other aspects that you can also help with, again these are as simple

as knowing what your children are up to, where and with whom. Your neighbourhood team are committed to keeping the streets safe for everyone’s use, no-one should suffer any form of anti-social behaviour (asb), and if they do – we need to know about it. ASB makes people’s lives a misery, we won’t tolerate it and neither should you – report it. We will take a firm stance in order to prosecute and educate anyone found committing anti-social behaviour. ASB occurs in many forms and we will deal with the problem speedily and proportionately, utilising our colleagues from other agencies to prevent the same issues re-occuring.

PC Ian Lester organised a drawing competition within the Fleetwood primary schools in December – many entries were submitted. The theme was aimed at ‘securing your pedal cycles’ and ‘be safe – be seen’ during the dark winter nights. The winners are soon to be announced and will receive their brand new bikes and safety gear - winners in next issue!

Finally, if you have any information or concerns, you can contact us at your PACT meetings, by phone on 01253 876611, via our Lancashire Constabulary website or if you prefer to remain anonymous, you can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

All ward areas now have a single PACT meeting, just prior to the Fleetwood Town Council meeting at The North Euston Hotel, on the last Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm until 6:45pm. This is a ‘drop in’ event and your local Neighbourhood team will be available to discuss with you personally any issues you may have. Feel free to call in and see us.

Thankyou PS Dan Whitaker


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