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A very Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to all my family, friends and neighbours from

Mrs. Jessie Kennedy P3333h

ELSIE WILSHAWWishesfamily,friendsand neighbours a Happy Christmas and

Healthy, Prosperous New Year.

P3414h

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year friends and family

From Bill and John Foy P3415h

Philippa Cook Christmas Greetings and a Happy New

Year to all my family, friends and neighbours.

Special thanks to all who have helped and supported me throughout the year, it has really been appreciated. P3330h

Jack and Stella BOON Moss Cottage, Hurst Road, Biddulph Would like to wish a Very Merry Christmas to all their friends and family and a special thank you to all the staff at

Premier Hairdressers, Biddulph.

P3314h

YOUNG Dave, Jo, Emily and Dan Wish all friends and relatives a Merry

Christmas and a Happy New Year. Instead of posting cards we will be supporting the Macular Disease

Society this year. P3321h

SEASON’S GREETINGS

To family, friends and neighbours from Brenda Woodward and Family

P3325h

Rebecca, Frank and Linda

DAVIS of High Street, Biddulph Wish all relatives, friends and customers a Merry Christmas

P3377h

KELLY Christmas and New Year wishes to my family and friends.

Nessie

P3396h

SHIRLEY THORLEY Would like to wish all family and riends a Merry Christmas and a

Happy New Year.

P3404h

David and Janet HartshornWouldliketowishallfriendsandrelativesaveryMerryChristmas and a healthy New Year. P3385h

GEORGE BOSTOCK Wishes all relatives and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year. P3387h

HILDA CLOWES Would like to wish relations and friends a very Happy

Christmas and the very best for 2011

P3397h

Cheers! Your very good health this Christmas!

Fence Lane, Newbold Astbury, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 3NL.

Telephone: 01260 272205 Charles, Mary & Staff wish all Customers old and new and Friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and many thanks for all the support during the years. h

Foxhound

Restaurant Pub Hot Lane, Biddulph Moor. Tel. 01782 513047

Dorothy Kovács and family

Would like to thank all staff,

and customers for their support. May you all have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy and

Prosperous New Year.

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THROSTLES’

NEST Carole and John wish all our friends a Great Christmas and Happy New Year

THE COACH & HORSES

(Fair House) Timbersbrook. Tel: 01260 273019 Our Log Fire guarantees you a warm welcome when you pay us a visit for either a social drink or to taste our traditional lunch time food.

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to friends and customers old and new from Jon and Margaret

Waggon & Horses

West Heath, Congleton.

Sheila, Chris and Staff wish all our friends and customers a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year

The Church House Inn

Buxton Road, Buglawton

Graham, Barbara and all the Staff wish our customers and friends - both old and new,

a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year h

The Crown MOUNT PLEASANT,

MOW COP Season’s Greetings and a Happy New Year to all our customers from Andy and all the Staff. Thank you all for your valued custom.

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JOYCE HALL Oxhey Crescent WISHES ALL FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND

A VERY HAPPY

NEW YEAR P3312h

MANDY HAMILTONWouldliketowishallher clients a very MERRY CHRISTMAS

and a HAPPY NEW

YEAR P3311h

MARGARET McGREEVY WISHES ALL HER FRIENDS IN THE CONGLETON AREA

CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS

AND A PEACEFUL

NEW YEAR. P3353h

Wishing all my friends in Congleton and Scholar Green a

Happy Christmas.

MRS. MAUD

TRINER

P3320h

Mrs. A. Sherratt Wishes all her family and friends a Very Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2011

P3323h

RON and RUBY RODGERS Would like to make a special wish for all our friends, old and new, neighbours a Very Happy Christmas and a contented and peaceful New Year. God bless everyone. P3331h

ALBERT and ANN

HORTONWishfamily,friendsand neighbours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

P3319h

Mr. and Mrs. K. JACKSON

Wish our relations and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

P3359h

MRS. JOAN PARKINSON Wishing all relatives and friends

Merry Christmas and a

Happy New Year. God bless you all - Joan

P3412h

Mr. Graham Lucas

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my family,

friends and neighbours.

P3391h

Mrs. Emily

Sims Wishes all her family and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. P3339h

DOROTHY HARTSHORNWishesallrelatives,friendsand neighbours, Buglawton Friendship

Club, a Merry Christmas and a

Happy New Year.

P3316h

MR. ERIC CHADDOCKof48HallsRoad,Biddulph Would like to wish all family and friends a very Happy Christmas and all the best for the New Year.

P3317h

Myrtle and Norman

EDWARDSWouldliketosendbestwishesto all relatives, friends and neighbours for Christmas and New Year

P3318h

George and Jessie

CLIFFE Would like to wish family and friends a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

P3315h

EDNA BAILEY Wishes all her friends and neighbours, new and old, a Happy and Prosperous

Christmas and New Year

P3374h

Mary and Len

BAMBRIDGE

Wish all friends Merry Christmas Happy New Year.

P3313h

JOAN CARLISLEWouldliketowishallfriendsand family a Very Happy Christmas

P3371h

FLO AND NORMAN BALLARDWouldliketowishfamilyand friends a Happy Christmas and a Healthy New Year.

P3357h

HERB BENNETTWishesfamilyandfriendsaMerry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.

Not forgetting Peg and Jane, xx.

P3366h

ADA BOOTH Wishes all her family and friends a Merry Chrsitmas and a Happy

New Year P3334h You’ve been framed! Staff surprise long serving cameraman

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“Chronicle” chief photographer Glyn Boon recently notched up a significant birthday and was surprised when his colleagues arranged an impromptu celebration.

Mr Boon, the face of the “Chronicle” for 50 years, is famously selfeffacing and staff had to resort to subterfuge to make sure they could get him involved in any kind of presentation.

In order to lure him to the White Lion, we had to invent a fake advertising feature that needed photos of renovations to the rear of the High Street pub.

Landlord Joe Manning, who was in on the plan, kept Mr Boon occupied out the back while “Chronicle” staff ran across to the pub and surprised him with a cheer and a rousing chorus of “Happy birthday”.

Second right, Mr Condliffe, presents the gift certificate to Mr Boon watched by “Chroniclers” (from left) Harry Leach, Peter Wetton, Dennis Proudlove, Mark Chaddock, Alan Bloor, Tom Byrne, Harri Wharfe, Steph Barnett, Chris Young and Lyndsey Telford. (“Chronicle” photo. 4844/10).

Mr Boon has only worked for two editors during his years at the “Chronicle”, the late John Condliffe and then his son Jeremy, and it was the latter who presented Mr

Boon with a birthday gift — a gift certificate for a weekend for Mr Boon and his wife Gail at a country hotel in the Yorkshire Dales, together with a walking map of Wensleydale.

He told his colleagues he was a “very lucky man” to have been able to do a job he loved for 50 years.

Mr Boon has seen many changes at the “Chronicle” over the years, starting when photos were still taken on glass plates and the print was made using hot metal. In those days the “Chronicle” still had its own press and was run by the sons of its founder, Lionel and Basil Head.

Government Minister admits high school head makes ‘a very good case’ over sports partnership cash

Fiona Bruce MP met secretary of state for education Michael Gove

P in Parliament this week to press for a review by the Government of ts plans to withdraw funding for school sports partnerships.

Mrs Bruce said: “I sought the eeting to draw the Minister’s attenion to the wide range of excellent ork being done by the Sandbach School Sport Partnership.

future funding of the partnership.

“I can confirm that Mr Gove listened intently to my representations on behalf of pupils and teachers in the Congleton constituency, and more than that, said that Mr Leigh’s point was ‘well made — he makes a very good case’.

“The minister continued that he is ‘aware of the importance of providing clarity at an early date, and will be doing so’.”

Mr Bruce said she had obtained an assurance that the Government was now looking again at this issue to ensure that there will be continuing funding to support sports in schools.

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“I pointed out how the partership encourages and supports oung people to enjoy a wide ange of sporting activities right across my constituency including n Congleton, Middlewich, Alsager and Sandbach.

“School sports co-ordinators from he partnership lead PE classes (where a school has no specialist PE eacher), run after-school clubs and competitive sports events.

“I drew the minister’s attention o the partnership’s very serious concerns that the proposed funding changes would have a detrimental effect on a huge number of pupils currently participating in school sports.

“The secretary of state told me hat the Government is ‘aware of he very good work being done by any SSPs and wants to retain what s good.”

She added: “I also pointed out hat Sandbach High School is a specialist sports college and drew he minister’s attention to the state-

ent by John Leigh, headmaster of Sandbach High School, that at resent ‘the school could not plan ahead when we want to arrange a vibrant programme of sporting activities due to uncertainty about

Warning that VAT increase will worsen Christmas debt

Almost a fifth of the population in the Midlands and North West did not know what VAT stood for, let alone understand how to budget for the VAT rise next month, according to a survey conducted by Citizens Advice.

Advice bureaux in Biddulph and Congleton want to ensure that people are prepared for the changes.

VAT is to increase from 17.5% to 20% on New Year’s Day but one in eight people (13%) were not aware that the rate of VAT would rise, which could increase the pain of any debt hangover after Christmas; 11% surveyed from the Midlands could not identify the current rate of VAT.

Liz Shaw, manager of Cheshire East Citizens Advice Bureau said: “Christmas is a time of giving and it’s all too easy to overspend.

“There are enticing offers and pressures to buy and it can be tempting to ignore how much you are spending, but this may lead to problems in the new year.

Planning, budgeting and organisation are key to avoid getting into debt at Christmas and beyond. This is why we are issuing a Top Tips For Christmas leaflet in association with Barclaycard.”

Maggie Snook, manager at Biddulph, added: “January is always a busy month for the bureaux with a large number of people needing help to sort out their debts.

“This January could be worse than most for those who are not planning ahead as the 20% VAT increase will put more pressure on budgets. At this time of year we urge people to consider their spending carefully. If you do get into difficulties, get advice as soon as you can from your local citizens advice bureau or visit adviceguide.org.uk”

Most people in the Midlands (57%) and the North West (53%) said they budgeted for Christmas and the most careful were, surprisingly, those aged 24-35.

Women worried about spending more than their male counterparts, 44% of whom claimed they would not be cutting back at all this Christmas.

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