Westminster Park Residents Association

The Belgrave Primary School Christmas Fair will be on Friday 7th of December 5-8 pm.

Santas Grotto, Craft Stalls, Tombola, Games Raffle.

ALL WELCOME.

Thursday 6th December at 4:30pm by Lord Mayor of Chester and Stephen Mosley M.P.

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2012 is the 40^th anniversary of the opening of our school here in Lache, Chester.  Originally St. Francis’ School in Cuppin Street, our School Log Book from the time records that the new school opened in April 1972 as ‘ St. Clare’s Roman Catholic Aided Combined and Middle School’.

The Log Book makes very interesting reading, and records many significant events, not just for the school, but for the local and wider community.

We also have a ‘Punishment Book’ for St. Francis’ School dating from 1928!

To celebrate the occasion we are working with all our children to research the history of the last 40 years, and this will culminate in a special Open Afternoon, to be held on Thursday 6^th December starting at 1 p.m.

Any past pupils, parents and staff of St Clare’s or St. Francis’ are warmly invited to join us for this occasion.

A 70’s Day and Disco will be held for current pupils and staff on Friday 7^th December.

Please phone the school on 01244 981110 for further details.

T. Daltrey       Headteacher

Click to view St Clare’s Website

the 3^rd of June, over 100 Lache Lane Residents stood for several hours, shoulder to shoulder in the wind and rain in solidarity with the Queen and Prince Philip.  Luckily, we weren’t stuck on a boat, and so there was plenty of food, drink and competitions to keep everyone occupied whilst they met and chatted to neighbours who in many cases they had never met before.

Great fun was had by all, as the following photographs show.  Not just at the party, but during the “team building” activities of tent erection, sandwich making, and table decoration.

More bunting, drinks, cakes, scones etc. were donated than you can possibly imagine.  There was even  a “History of Lache Lane” display prepared by a local historian.

We just need to find an excuse to do it again!

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The Friends of Westminster Park will be having their AGM at the community centre on Wednesday the 21st of November at 8pm.

Please come along and support the Park!

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Geoff Nelder has lived in Lache Hall Crescent for 34 years and for most of that was a teacher at Queen’s Park High. Now he’s an editor and author of several books. His latest is a mix between a medical survival and a science fiction mystery – ARIA: LEFT LUGGAGE. Suppose amnesia was infectious? Thank goodness it isn’t but imagine the ramifications if it was. Geoff did and the personal story of people, the breakdown of society and yet hope for some who coped is in ARIA. Click on this link to Geoff’s blog, which has details including Amazon e-book and paperback.http://bit.ly/OvYGQv

ARIA is also on sale in Chester’s Bluecoat Books 1, City Wall, and Waterstones will order it if it has gone from their shelves.

Also out in 2012 is the ebook HOW TO WIN SHORT STORY COMPETITIONS. Co-authored by Geoff (he was the fiction judge for the Whittaker Prize) in a dialogue form with judge Dave Haslett at

http://www.ideas4writers.co.uk/books/storycomps.php

For something completely different try HOT AIR, an award-winning thriller based in England and the Mediterranean. A feisty woman witnesses a heinous crime from a hot air balloon. She’s abducted and kept in a watchtower on Mallorca until she escapes. A page turner on your Kindle at

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hot-Air-ebook/dp/B0084OZL9E/ for less than a toasted teacake!