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St
Luke’s Church, Formby Harvest Festival
ON the weekend of 26/27 September
2008, St Luke’s Church celebrated the age-old custom of Harvest
Festival. On the Saturday evening, there was a ‘bring
and share’ supper with a Scottish flavoured Barn Dance.
There was a good-sized attendance in the old Church Hall on Kirklake
Road, where the delicious buffet supper was set out on tables for
the guests. The dancing was most professionally led by the
vicar, Rev. Harvie T Nicol, who had even supplied the music.
Everyone agreed, on the following day, that it was a great success.
On the Sunday there was a change of
emphasis. There was a Harvest Holy Communion Service with
healing, which was followed by a 10.30 Harvest Parade Service.
At the Parade Service Cubs, Beavers, Girl Guides, Brownies and
Rainbows paraded their flags and filled some of the pews in a full
church. At the close of the service, the Beavers were
presented with their new flag. The sermon/talk was given by
Jill Ball, their SAS link Missionary in Ecuador. Jill was
presented with a cheque, for £5,500.86p, which had been raised by
the church in its Lent project. In the afternoon, the
decorated Church was open for visitors to see the harvest gifts, the
flower decorations and scarecrows while the Meeting Room had posters
displaying the work of this lively Parish Church. Refreshments
were also available. The event closed at 5 o’clock with
another Harvest Holy Communion Service with a choir who sang the
anthem ‘Look at the World’ by John Rutter.
 
  
Funny News for this
week, part 2... "Exploding custard leaves road deserted!"
ON 28 September 2008 an HGV had
erupted as it carried 60,000 tins of custard and rice pudding to a
local supermarket, along the A382 in Chagford, Devon, according to
local and national press. The driver was saved, thanks to passing
motorists, who stopped the truck after they spotted the fire. Quickly the fire consumed the HGV and then the 26 tonnes of Ambrosia
custard and rice pudding cans began exploding. However, a spokesman
from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service told the media that
there were no casualties and the incident itself was accidental in
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UNDER NEW
MANAGEMENT - 'The Venue'
SOUTHPORT'S night club, The
Venue, opened its doors under new management again on Friday, 26
September 2008. The Venue is located next to the Southport Arts
Centre and has dropped off the nightly trail for the night life
community, but the new managers hope to put it back on the map. They
have added new lights and are planning lots of interesting things in
the very near future. So keep an eye on here for lots more
information!
Recycling Centres
Switch To Shorter Winter Hours
- MERSEYSIDE'S
Recycling Centres are switching to their shorter winter
opening hours.
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- From Wednesday, 1 October
2008 the Centres will be open from 8.00am until 5.00pm* the
centers will be
changing from the summer hours of 8.00am until 8.00pm.
There are 14 Household Waste Recycling Centres in the
region. They are operated by Mersey Waste Holdings Limited
on behalf of Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority (MWDA).
Merseyside householders can use the Centres to recycle
almost everything, from cans, car batteries and cardboard
to garden waste and electrical items, glass, paper, scrap
metal, textiles and timber, and more.
MWDA also encourages people to re-use items before throwing
them away, when ever possible.
Under strict government targets Merseyside could be paying
up to an additional £30m every year, if it does not reduce
the amount waste it sends to landfill over the coming years.
From 1 October 2008 until 31 March 2009 Merseyside’s
Household Waste Recycling Centres will be open from 8.00am
until 5.00pm. The Centres can be located at:-
Bidston – Wallasey Bridge Road, Birkenhead – CH41 1EB
Clatterbridge – Mount Road, Clatterbridge – CH63 6JE
Formby – Altcar Road, Formby – L37 8EG
Huyton – Ellis Ashton Street, Huyton Industrial Estate – L36
6BJ
Kirkby – Depot Road, Knowsley Industrial Park – L33 3AR
Newton-le-Willows – Junction Lane – WA12 8DN
Otterspool – Jericho Lane, Aigburth – L17 5AR
Rainford – Southerns Lane* - WA11 8EY
Rainhill – Tasker Terrace, Rainhill* - L35 4NX
Ravenhead – Burtonhead Road, St. Helens – WA9 5EA
Sefton Meadows – Sefton Lane, Maghull – L31 8BX
Southport – Foul Lane, Scarisbrick New Road – PR9 7RG
South Sefton – Irlam Road, Bootle – L20 4AE
West Kirby – Greenbank Road – CH48 5HR
* NB. Rainhill:- Open 9.00am to 5.00pm on Saturdays; 9.00am to
3.00pm on Sundays
The
Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority is a local government
body consisting of nine elected Members, representing the
five constituent district councils in the Merseyside area.
It is responsible for organising and managing all the disposal
of waste collected by the five District Councils of
Merseyside.
For more information about
Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority please go to their
website.
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