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Novel approach
THE latest work from the pen of St Helens-born writer, Carole Matthews has now been published in paperback. With Or Without You, Carole's eighth novel, first appeared in hardback in April last year. It tells the story of Lyssa whose world falls apart
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NEXT meeting of the St Helens Camera Club will be on Monday, February 7 when John Allanson will judg
Meetings are held at St Helens Royal Naval Association Club, Volunteer Street on Mondays, starting at 8pm. Visitors are welcome but are requested to make a small donation towards costs.
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A MUSIC workshop will give local youngsters to try their hand at playing African drums and the ukule
The special event will be held at Chester Lane Centre and Library from 4pm-6pm on Tuesday February 22 and would suit children aged 9 to 14-years-old. Tickets are available from the centre, or by calling 01744 677 083.
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NEWTON Community Centre is now offering an Indian head massage course.
For more information call into the centre at Park Road South, telephone 01925 224731 or visit the website www.newtoncommunitycentre.co.uk
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ARTISTS from Garswood Art Club will be showing off their brush strokes with the group's third exhibi
The event will be held at the Independent Methodist Church Hall on Victoria Road, Garswood. The Garswood Art Club meet on Monday mornings from 9.30am until 12pm. There are also plans to start an evening art club for those who work during the day. For
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DOUGLAS Music presents a big event when Haydock Male Voice Choir perform at Our Lady's and All Saint
The eighty members of Haydock Male Voice Choir will perform songs from the musicals such as 'West Side Story', spirituals and hymns such as 'Swing low sweet chariot', 'Morte Christi' and opera choruses. The concert starts at 8pm and tickets are available
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MERSEYROCK presents live music from The Spoils at The Griffin Hotel, Earle Street, Newton le Willows
Admission is free.
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BIRCHLEY St Mary's Club present a 'Ladies Charity Night' in aid of the Tsunami Appeal Fund on Friday
Held at the club on Avon Road, Billinge, the event will feature DJ Barrie Smith. Tickets priced £5 are available from the club on 01744 892836 and Rainford Road Post Office on 01744 892201.
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Store's old cash whizzer!
OUR recent memory-jerking picture, featuring an impressive looking Co-op store at Fingerpost (before the area was re-shaped into its present shopping centre) drew instant response, from as far afield as Kansas! The e-mail from America was forwarded by
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My thanks
ON behalf of everyone at Willowbrook Hospice I would like to record our sincere thanks, for the very special supplement of names the St Helens Star published recently listing those people who dedicated lights for someone special, to be lit on the Hospice
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Got any haunting memories?
I WENT to school in Sutton Junction, many years ago. I recall a tale of Sutton Primary School being haunted. Does any Star reader know anything about this? I seem to recall it being a teacher, and something to do with a school fire. SHELLY Knowles (via
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Youth held after booze raid
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy has been charged with robbing a Rainhill off-licence. The boy has been remanded in custody by police and is due to appear before South Sefton Magistrates this week. Two males are alleged to have stolen cash and cigarettes after threatening
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MP 'bets' there's little evidence casino would lead to more gambling addiction
TOWNSFOLK should study the government's gambling proposals before forming an opinion on whether they want a casino to come to St Helens. That's the view of the MP for St Helens North Dave Watts, who adds there is little scientific evidence to support
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Woman in sex ordeal on waste ground
A 21-YEAR-OLD woman was sexually attacked by a man who dragged her onto wasteland late at night. The victim had been walking along Queensland Avenue in Thatto Heath between 3 and 4am on Saturday, January 22, when a man grabbed her from behind. She was
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Club in full swing
KINGS of swing, the St Helens based 'Easy Street Big Band' will perform an evening of Big Band swing and standards at Blackbrook Rugby Club on Saturday 12 February. The repertoire, performed by five saxes, four trumpets, three trombones plus rhythm and
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Rolling on
RAWHIDE Comedy Club celebrate their tenth anniversary with a special show featuring ten headline acts on Monday 7 February. The confirmed line-up at Central Hall, Renshaw Street, Liverpool will be Phil Nichol, Reginald D Hunter, Junior Simpson, R David
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World of wonder- Win tickets!
HERE'S a chance for two lucky readers to win a family ticket (2 adults and 2 children) into Blackpool Tower and Circus and Louis Tussaud's Waxworks in Blackpool. The award-winning Circus, voted best UK Circus for four successive years, starts on 12 February
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Schoolboy league-toppers
HERE'S a photographic flashback reaching back to when Haydock High (then a secondary modern school) had one of the finest soccer teams in the land. As well as dominating the local scene, they performed heroically in national cup competitions and could
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Time to add numerals!
SEVERAL years ago work commenced on the construction of a large sundial, located on the old B.I.C.C. works site in Prescot, which is now the Cables Retail Park. I am assuming that this monument, which must have surely cost many thousands of pounds to
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Standing up for our basic human rights
MR Watts's defence of the Mental Capacity Bill is nave in the extreme (Dave defends new bill, Star, January 20). He says that if treatment has no curative or beneficial effect on the patient then treatment can legally be withdrawn. However, very few people
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Pull the plug please
I read at Christmas about some of the miseries objecting to exterior decoration. I thought many of these decorations were lovely and wonderful of Mums and Dads to take the trouble. However I do think that the trouble to take them down instead of neighbours
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Are you serious about Liverpool's 'progress' under the Lib Dems?
IS 'Queens Park customer' serious when he/she states that St Helens should 'progress' the way Liverpool has since they elected a Lib Dem Council (Losing out on leisure? Dear Star, January 20). St Helens was recently awarded excellent status for the second
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Scots lass seeks roots
SUPPLYING a surname as uncommon as Gaunt, and knowing of the incredible strike rate of customers of this old column when it comes to tracing family roots, a Scottish lass now hopes she can be helped in the quest to unearth her St Helens roots. Lyn McNorton
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Childhood times at Pudding Bag
HAPPY memories of his early pub upbringing came rushing back for Jack Ashby when he spotted our recent piece about the quaint, old-time Pudding Bag area of Sutton. Jack, from Beech Gardens, Rainford, was born in the Golden Cross Hotel, Woodcock Street
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Schoolboy league-toppers
HERE'S a photographic flashback reaching back to when Haydock High (then a secondary modern school) had one of the finest soccer teams in the land. As well as dominating the local scene, they performed heroically in national cup competitions and could
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Trio gearing up for Glasto...?
TINY Tin Lady are gearing up for a busy summer of live gigs, with performances at some of the UK's biggest festivals and a rumour that Glastonbury may be on the cards. Word about town is that the popular St Helens based folk band have been booked to play
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Top of the class
'Learning is fun with the Loungs' EP reviewed by William Barnes HOW do you review a record that's practically become a part of you? If I were to try to review, say, Pet Sounds, Odyssey and Oracle, or Abbey Road, I frankly couldn't, because it would read
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X marks the spot
GAMING honchos, Xbox have teamed up with Carling Academy Liverpool to present Snow Patrol DJs Gary Lightbody and Tom Simpson on the decks at Evol on Friday 11 February. Riding high on their success of their multi-platinum 'Final Straw' album and worldwide
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All credit to our police!
I AM writing to tell your readers about an experience I had which restored my faith in the our police force here in St Helens. Too often I read letters of complaint, but credit needs to be given when it's due. I took some time in the morning to go to
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Song squad seeks new face to pick up the baton
THE search is on for a new conductor for Haydock Male Voice Choir. Gary Hill, who has been a member of the choir for 20 years and conductor for 12, reckons it's time to hand over the baton because of increasing work commitments. Under Gary's control the
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Thief shoves angler into lake
A SNEAKY crook pushed an angler into a dam and then waltzed off with his fishing rods and tackle. The 53-year-old victim was fishing at Carr Mill Dam when the robber began chatting to him. Moments later the man pushed the angler into the water and stole
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SCHOOL STABBING INQUIRY
AN ANGRY mother has spoken to the Star of her shock and horror after an alleged stabbing at a St Helens school in which her son and two school friends were said to have been wounded with a craft knife. The woman who wishes to remain nameless claims that
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Reeling them in
FILM fans are invited to zoom in to the first meeting of the Camcorder Users Collective at The Citadel on Thursday 17 February, from 7pm-9pm. The new group focuses on meeting fellow camcorder users, swapping ideas, information and tastes, and viewing
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In the mood for Miller
THE sounds and memories of a golden era return to the stage of the Theatre Royal on Saturday 5 February, with 'Sounds of the Glenn Miller era'. With a classic line-up of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, a rhythm section and singers, the Nick Ross Orchestra
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Stepping up to the challenge
DEBONAIRES Dance Club will be celebrating their next step to the much-loved cabaret ballroom 'The Regency Room', with a grand opening on 1 April. Keith and Claire Morris, who run Debonaires, currently hold ballroom and Latin dance classes at St Mary's
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Better by the dozen- Win tickets!
BACK in slick style, 'Ocean's Twelve' reintroduces George Clooney and his perfectly trained team of con men, who are determined to take on Europe. Director Steven Soderbergh teams up with his high profile friends for another glamorous romp through the
