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HOLFORD FARMTRADITIONAL ENGLISH BEEF

21-day matured on the bone Locally produced and naturally reared from our herd of

Pedigree Sussex Cattle

The Royal Oak

RUSHTON SPENCER Now under new management

LUNCHTIME SPECIALS Tuesday - Friday winter warmers £5.50

Available on Saturday, 21st November

9.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. PLACE YOUR ORDERS NOW FOR CHRISTMAS Wallhill Lane, Brownlow, Congleton, CW12 4TD

Tel: 01477 500729/07799 685 229 Email: holfordfarm@btinternet.com

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EVENING SPECIALS Tuesday - Thursday – 2 courses £7.50

FRIDAY NIGHT IS CURRY NIGHT

Five home made curries to choose from: Only £6.50

THURSDAY, 26th NOVEMBER

QUIZ NIGHT - Starts 8.30 p.m. To include Hot Pot supper (phone for details)

ribbon innovation since 1936

FACTORY SHOP

Last sale before Christmas THURSDAY 26th NOVEMBER

12 noon - 4pmBeautiful ribbons for gift wrapping, table decorations etc...Fantastic ribbons for every occasion. Quality ribbons at bargain prices.

Metallics, satins, sheers and so much more!

Selectus Ltd, The Uplands, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent ST8 7RH

www.selectus.co.uk

Telephone: (01782) 375283

(Entrance and parking off Pennine way)

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Panda Ribbons

CONGLETON PANTOMIME

INVITE APPLICATIONS FOR THEIR

JANUARY 2011 PRODUCTION If you are creative and have a good sense of fun then please

drop us a line with a short C.V. of past experience to

The Congleton Pantomime Secretary, 22, Chaffi nch Close, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 3FE.

Applications by the 7th December, 2009.

DON’T FORGET: Dick Whittington

January, 2010

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Tickets now on sale at Congleton Tourist Information - 01260 271095

SATURDAY, 28th NOVEMBER

LIVE MUSIC with local star

JULIE MARTIN

Starts 9.30 p.m. Hot Pot supper will be available Tel. Alice or Paul, 01260 226219 (Closed Mondays) C2668m

Curtains by Design16, Biddulph Road, Mossley, Congleton (by the Station)

Daytime 01260 277566, evening 01260 275149

asking for Derek or Janet

Backed by over 25 years’ experience in making curtains

NOW AVAILABLE 10 Day made-to-measure Express Curtain Service including Eyelet, Goblet, Triple Pleat, Tab Top Curtains • NEW FABRIC NOW IN - Many Samples available to view • End of Rolls at Discounted Prices • We Specialize in Roman Blinds • Your own fabric made up

Choose everything from the comfort of your own home,

match fabrics with your own interiors Evenings and Saturday appointments available Free measuring quotation and advice, no obligation

FRIENDLY AND PERSONAL SERVICE

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Congleton Youth Orchestra MUSIC TOGETHERCALLING ALL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

If you are aged 7-11 years Join the orchestra and learn to play an

instrument for FREE! Two terms free tuition and loan of an instrument For further details contact Diane (01260 272383)

or Helen (01260 278843) Hurry and book a place, numbers limited

Closing date: 1st December, 2009

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The Houghton Weavers

CONGLETON HIGH SCHOOL SATURDAY, 28th NOVEMBER

8.00 p.m. Pie and Pea Supper. Licensed Bar

TICKETS £12.50 Tourist Information Centre 01260 271095 Congleton High School 01260 387000 A&A Music 01260 280778

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An Evening of Mediumship

with Ron Duffy Thursday, 26th November, 2009, at 7.30 p.m.

CONGLETON SPIRITUALIST CHURCH

(Park Road, opp. the paddling pool) £5.00 donation on the door

This demonstration is a form of experiment: no claims are made and results

cannot be guaranteed. You are not guaranteed a personal message.

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WAGGON & HORSES

WEST ROAD, CONGLETON

Presents

Bak-a-GenTwo hours of rock and blues mayhem

FRIDAY, 20th NOVEMBER

from 9.00 p.m. Telephone: 01260 271680

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St. James Church

CHRISTMAS FAIR

CONGLETON TOWN HALL

21st NOVEMBER, 2009

10.00 - 12 p.m.

Entrance 50p

Raffl e, Tombola, Cakes, Refreshments,

Bric-a-brac, Plants, Pound Stall,

Fancy Goods and more

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Brindley Ford Methodist Church

CHRISTMAS

FAYRESATURDAY, 21st DECEMBER To be opened at 4.00 p.m.

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www.danesidetheatre.co.uk

The Scouts and Guides of Congleton

Present

2009

From

Saturday, 28th November to Saturday, 5th December Nightly at 7.15 p.m. - Matinee on last Saturday at 2.15 p.m.

DANESIDE THEATRE, PARK ROAD, CONGLETON Telephone the Ticket Secretary on 07896 835725

or (01260) 299264 Cinema at Daneside SUNDAY, 29th NOVEMBER at 7.00 p.m.

The Time Traveller’s Wife (12a)

Tickets Congleton T.I.C. - 01260 271095

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CONGLETON CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA

(For Christmas Lights switch-on and procession)

FRIDAY, 27th NOVEMBER 4.30 - 7.30 p.m. (Lights on 5.45p.m.) Lantern Procession, Craft Fayre, Street Entertainment, Silk FM, Small Fair Rides, Music, Charity Stalls, Fireworks,

Brass Bands, Santa and much more.

HIGH STREET CLOSED 3.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

From B & M Bargains to Town Hall No access from Moody Street. No left turn from Canal Street.

Access only to Morrison’s, Fairground Car Park

and Taxi/Bus Station from Mountbatten Way.

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More information - Congleton Town Council

01260 270350 www.congleton-tc.gov.uk

REAL ALES

CLUB

THE

Silver Membership from £1.00

2 Chapel Street. 01260 272501

This Fri. 20/11 BYTE - Covers AC/DC and more Sat. 21/11 COLDSHOT - Blues and Rock Sun.22/11 KARAOKE Fri. 27/11 STATED QUO Sat. 28/11 BEAVER

Meals from £5.50 (inc. a pint)

Members Club

THIRSTY THURSDAYS All cask ales £2.00 pint

BEST LAGERS

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HOLLINSHEAD COACHES

Tunstall Road, Knypersley Tel. S.O.T. 512209 or 512235

DAY TRIPS

Sat. 21st Nov.

Bury Market ...................................................... £9.50

Thurs. 26th Nov. Evening Trafford Centre.................................... £6.50 Sun. 29th Nov. Manchester Christmas Market.......................... £7.50 Fri. 4th Dec. Bents Garden Centre........................................ £7.00 Sun. 13th Dec. Christmas Lunch at Kensington Hotel, ........... £25.50

Llandudno

HOLIDAYS

24th - 27th Dec.

Christmas Blackpool ..................................... £306.00

27th - 30th Dec.

Twixmas Llandudno ...................................... £148.00

30th Dec. - 2nd Jan. New Year Isle of Wight ................................. £310.00

Please telephone Stoke-on-Trent (01782) 512209 or after hours

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MORE PUBLIC NOTICES, ETC.

— PAGE 6 Youngsters can have the good sensor to drive well

The tiny sensor in position on right of on dashbord ledge. Young motorists in Congleton could be rewarded for good driving as part of a traffi c light coaching programme to improve road safety.

The Cheshire East Council scheme, for 17 to 21-year-olds, involves the fi tting of a sensor to the dashboard for 12 months.

It alerts motorists to hazardous manoeuvres and hard

raking with the fl ash of a red LED. The green light signals a good performance.

Cheshire East portfolio holder for environmental services Coun David Brickhill said: “By regularly reviewing and assessing driving patterns and behaviours with their families and road safety trainers, young drivers can learn how to develop their driving skills and confi dence, and reduce dangerous and inappropriate road behaviour.”

Coun Brian Silvester, council deputy leader and portfolio holder for safer and stronger communities said: “Unfortunately, younger drivers are more prone to having road collisions so it is right to target that section of our community for the coaching programme.”

For every green light that appears in the data, which is transmitted back to a secure website in a report, there are rewards to be won by drivers, such as reduced insurance premiums and shopping vouchers.

Figures show that almost 40% of those killed on Cheshire’s roads are aged between 17 and 25, while one in fi ve motorists crash within a year of passing their test.

To take part in the scheme, contact the council’s road safety team on 01270 866 336 or email roadsafety@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Close up of the tell-tale lights.

Transport police on the track of rail metal theft

After a fall in the price of scrap metal last year, prices have rallied along with the amount of theft.

In response, there was a co-ordinated operation on Wednesday in the North West that resulted in fi ve men being arrested in connection with the theft of rail track and associated metal.

Bogus contractors have stolen track in the region believed to be worth more than £50,000.

The arrests were made in the Broughton area of Manchester and offi cers also discovered a small cannabis factory in one of the targeted houses.

In Crewe, scrap yard checks

were also carried out and offi cers issued warnings at two that were found to not be complying with paperwork regulations.

As a result of other investigations carried out by offi cers in the North West and colleagues in London, two men were charged in connection with the theft of three drums of railway cable from a depot in the Tommy’s Lane area of Crewe.

Cheshire transport police joined local police and Scottish Power to carry out an automatic number plate recognition operation between Penketh and Widnes in a bid to track down suspected metal thieves on the road.

Graduates appeal by uni’s Project Green

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Project Green, Keele University’s sustainable business programme that offers unemployed graduates, or those at risk of unemployment, the chance to nurture the green shoots of a new career, is now recruiting for its December intake.

Graduates have the chance to gain new skills in environmental management and get paid at the same time. The programme includes study towards a post graduate certifi cate in environmental management and a paid work placement with a business to tackle an environmental project lasting at least four weeks and up to a possible 12 weeks.

Applicants need not have an environmental background and the scheme is open to both newly qualifi ed graduates who are struggling to fi nd employment and those who may have graduated a while ago and now face unemployment or are looking to reskill.

Active partners with Keele

Football club signs Congleton web fi rm

Openhouse Europe, the Congleton based web, design and marketing agency, has been appointed as marketing consultant to Oldham Athletic FC.

Tim Gardiner, director of OHEU.net, has sports industry experience as sales and marketing director at West Bromwich Albion and group marketing director of JD Sports, the current Oldham sponsor.

His knowledge and experience convinced The Latics that Openhouse Europe could help take the club forward and advise it on its future marketing, including a re-branding exercise.

Mr Gardiner said: “We’re delighted to be appointed by Oldham Athletic, in what is an exciting period for the club and we believe we can add signifi cant value to how the club promotes itself to its fans and local businesses.”

Openhouse Europe has recently been assigned to work on projects for Michelin and Congleton High School.

‘Winter colours in the garden’ show

“Winter colours in the garden” is the title of a slideshow talk by Ann Harrison at the next open evening of the Congleton and District Horticultural Society.

Mrs Harrison, a popular speaker at the society’ s meetings, will prove that out there in the gardens are examples of all different colours, in fl owers, stems, leaves and even the bark of trees. In addition to photographs to prove the point, she will take along live examples to show just how colourful the winter garden could be.

This fi nal open evening for 2009 takes place in Congleton Library on Wednesday at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.

in the initiative include Wardell Armstrong, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, North Staffordshire Regeneration Partnership, North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce, Groundwork Trust, Graduate Advantage, Staffordshire Business Environment Network and the British Ceramic Confederation.

Peter Hooper, the university’s head of research and enterprise, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity to enter a company at graduate level, gain new skills in environmental management and gain credits towards a post graduate certifi cate — and get paid for it.”

Work placements will be for a minimum of four weeks, although the employer has the option to extend the project by a further eight weeks. The university, via Graduate Advantage, will help fi rms pay for extended placements by providing a 50% wage subsidy.

The next round of placements, open to graduates throughout the region, will begin in December, with further rounds planned for April 2010 and June 2010. Each will have an intake of around 35 graduates.

Applicants can register their interest by email to ecif@uso.keele.ac.uk They will then receive an application form and full course details.

Interested companies can call 01782 733587 or email the above address.

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Saunas

We are a local, dedicated family

business who have gained a reputation for our quality of work

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You’ll always be welcome at our extensive showroom, just outside Congleton Town Centre, that is open

9am - 5pm Monday - Saturday.

Night thieves

Burglars made off with items from a Woolston Avenue home in Congleton on Thursday between 10.45pm and 5.45am.

Computer lesson

Age Concern is holding computer taster sessions at Congleton Library tomorrow (Friday) from 10am-11pm and 11am until noon. There is a free taster session. Sign up at the information point.

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