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September 2021 www.lymmlife.co.uk 1
2 www.lymmlife.co.uk September 2021
Editor
Gary Skentelbery
Production
James Bryan
Advertising
James Balme
Editor’s Comment
AFTER a very testing 18 months for many during the pandemic,
it is fantastic to see some kind of return to normality, although Having worked with many
Telephone we are still not out of the woods with winter approaching and businesses in the Lymm area over
01925 631592 our NHS under severe pressures. the past 22 years, it always gives
At time of writing COVID-19 our message to shop local whenever me great pleasure to see them
Editorial grow from small acorns into fine
01925 623633 rates remain relatively high in the possible, ever since we launched
Warrington area, although hospital Lymm Life way back in April 1999, Oak trees – like Adam Halford from
Email rates remain low in comparison, before the devastating impact of Beechwood Industries and Primrose
info@lymmlife.co.uk which means the vaccine is clearly online shopping on the high street. Hill Nurseries.
having a positive impact. While online became hugely I first met Adam when he was a
Websites teenage landscape gardener starting
www.lymmlife.co.uk Already we have witnessed the important during the pandemic, we
his new business adventure with a
www.culchethlife.com return of Lymm Rushbearing, while mustn’t ignore our local high street. small classified advert in the back of
www.frodshamlife.co.uk Lymm May Queen is set to return Not many village centres can boast Lymm Life.
www.warrington- on Saturday, September 25, as gift shops, a butchers, a bakery, a It has been amazing to see his
worldwide.co.uk community events start to reappear. jewellers, clothing shops, opticians, passion and enthusiasm develop into
www.warrington.tv Several new businesses have also soft furnishings to name but a few, a local business now employing more
Address opened up in the village which is also alongside a fine selection of bars than 50 people, including taking
New Media Centre an encouraging sign and good luck and restaurants, all complimented by on four new apprentices who are
Old Road Warrington to them all. a wide range of other businesses in now setting off on their new career
WA4 1AT Research has shown that more the wider community. pathways.
people than ever now realise the Is it any wonder that Lymm is one An amazing success story
importance of supporting local of the most desirable places to live in involving a local business that invests
businesses and it has always been the country? in the local community.
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Town Crier launches Bird & Bay
TOWN Crier Peter Powell was on hand to officially launch the coupled with local
opening of a new home and garden décor shop in Lymm village. support from everyone
The Bird & Bay shop opening The pressure of lockdown in the community.
event, at the former Welsh’s Florists, gave Anji that final push to do It is everybody’s
was attended by local residents and something different; “I’d never felt responsibility to invest
business people as the ribbon was more determined to do something in the village, to
cut to reveal ‘something exciting’ different; something new that I’m proactively shop local
and new to the village, in the form passionate about and something
of a quirky and stylish decorative and enthusiastically
that could work for the village.”
living store. The result is Bird & Bay, with support local business.
Owner, Anji Owens, is proud its secret garden at the rear It will take everybody’s
to offer something different to help of the shop which many have collective effort to
the footfall in the village. Bird & already compared to the former ensure the vibrancy
Bay is a new venture in response ‘Willowpool’, fondly remembered and the buzz that the
to the pandemic, which radically locally as a quirky, vintage garden village deserves.
changed many people’s outlook retail destination. Bird and Bay is
and direction in life. Anji had a Anji is passionate about putting
successful career of 25 years but the open 7 days a week
Lymm high street on the map,
impact of lockdown meant ramped through collaborating with other
up working hours of homeworking, businesses, local artists and the
coupled with home-schooling three wider community.
children, which ultimately led Anji “We are incredibly lucky to
to reconsider her lifelong career. live in such a beautiful village,
She says the pandemic has but it can only thrive with enough
driven the need for local businesses relevant and exciting businesses,
to get more creative in how they
engage with customers and Anji,
a Lymm resident, was conscious
of the number of empty shops Sophies
emerging in the last 12 months
and worried for the impact on the Soft Furnishings
local community and footfall in the
village. Curtains • Roman Blinds
“Lockdown brought more and Cushions • Tiebacks • Poles
more people to visit the beauty Tracks • Valances • Pelmets
of the area, but also decimated We design, make and fit to meet your
local business. Empty shops were exact requirements.
popping up everywhere in the
village and local restauranteurs For free home visit or advice ring
were just about holding on tight,” Anne on 01925 754446
said Anji, a former senior leader in www.sophiessoftfurnishings.co.uk
social care.
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What’s On Heritage Open Days Lymm
Hall tours fully booked!
in conjunction with Lymm Parish Council
PLEASE CHECK ANY EVENTS LYMM WINE AND BEER CIRCLE
BEFORE ATTENDING DUE TO 3rd Wednesday of the month, 8pm
The Spread Eagle Hotel
COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS. Details: 01925 756444
LYMM PARISH COUNCIL LYMM CONCERT BAND
Tuesday September 14th, 7:30pm Rehearsals every Thursday evening
Lymm Parish Hall United Reformed Church, 8pm.
Check www.lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk for Details: 01925 752934
details.
7.30pm Lymm Village Hall LYMM WI
Every second Wednesday, 2-4pm at Lymm
Youth and Community Centre. Visitors
LYMM THURSDAY EVENING welcome.
BRIDGE CLUB
Lymm Village Hall every Thursday 7pm LYMM BOOK CLUB
MAPLE LODGE ART GROUP Second Thursday of the month 7.30pm,
Meet each Wednesday 9.00am - 11.30pm Spread Eagle, Eagle Brow. Details 01925
752371
Oughtrington Community Centre, Lymm
Details: 01925 755126 4LYMM VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION
ROTARY CLUB OF LYMM Meet every 2nd Monday at 7.30pm in the
Meets at Statham Lodge on the 2nd and 4th Bridgewater Club, Whitbarrow Road.
All welcome. Tel 01925 756378 for details. Picture: Carol Sparkes
Wednesday each month for a Fellowship and
a Business meeting respectively.
LYMM AND DISTRICT MIXED VOICE CHOIR A rare chance to see inside the Grade II Listed historic Lymm
Contact the Secretary 01925 758398 Every Wednesday 7.30 Lymm Methodist Hall as part of this year’s Heritage Open Days Festival event is
LOVING HEARTS & HANDS Church. Contact 01925 601664. now fully booked!
Knitting for charity at Lymm Methodist Church, cath@cstones.co.uk
2nd and 4th Thursday each month. Within a matter of hours of being those in conservation areas have a
1.30pm - 3pm. Details: 01925 753298 PROBUS CLUB OF LYMM promoted via Lymm Life’s online significantly lower uptake of energy
A small, friendly social club for retired people.
Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays at publication Warrington Worldwide efficiency measures.
MARKET LUNCHES
Eagle Brow Methodist Church
2:15pm. the event was fully booked! This project will bring together
Details: www.LymmProbus.club The new owners Lymm Hall experts in heritage and the
3rd Thursday in the month
Light lunches 12 noon till 2pm. All proceeds to LYMM DINGLE PROBUS CLUB teamed up with Lymm Heritage centre built environment to ensure this
Youth For Christ and YMCA Room at The Inn A friendly busy social club for retired men. offering free tours of the ancestral Elizabethan-era manor house, and
Meets on alternate Thursday afternoons at home of Lymm’s founding family on other historic buildings, will play an
GARDENING CLUB Lymm Baptist Church.
Meet Third Wednesday of the month Details: www.lymmdingleprobus.club September 17. important role in meeting the UK’s
Lymm Baptist Church, Higher Lane. 7.30pm Club secretary 01925 759995 Every September thousands of targets for a sustainable and zero-
Visitors welcome. £2 includes tea and cake volunteers across England organise carbon future.
LYMM FLORAL ART GROUP LYMM events to celebrate a festival of this
country’s history and culture. It’s
Those lucky enought to have got
on the tour will meet at the Heritage
PARISH
Lymm Village Hall
Third Monday of the month (except August a rare opportunity to see hidden Centre where there will be a short
and December) at 7.30pm). Visitors most
welcome. Contact: 07876 176501
lymmfloralart.org.uk
COUNCIL places and try out new experiences
– all of which are FREE to explore.
presentation on the history of Lymm’s
most important surviving building.
It’s called Heritage Open Days and The group will then be led through
LYMM PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Tuesday September 14th, 7:30pm this year Lymm Heritage Centre have the village with the chance to learn
Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday See parish council website partnered with the new owners of a little more about Lymm‘s fascinating
(ex July & Aug), 7.30pm
Spread Eagle pub, Eagle Brow.
for details. Lymm Hall to bring the festival to the history before being handed over at
Details: www.lymmphotosoc.org.uk village. the hall to Ecospheric’s director and
Lymm Hall, once the home of the principal sustainability consultant
village’s founding family, is now the for a tour of the building and an
offices of Ecospheric – one of the UK’s explanation of the low-carbon
leading sustainability consultancies. transformation project that is
This Grade II* listed building, underway there.
which houses a number of ancient The event is free as are all activities
scheduled monuments, is being nationally for Heritage Open Days
carefully retrofitted with the aim of but pre-booking is essential.
achieving a zero energy renovation. Visit www.lymmhic.co.uk for more
Research shows listed buildings and details on Lymm Heritage Centre.
Parking ban near Lymm Dam
A parking ban is set to be introduced and vehicles park either wholly within
on Crouchley Lane near Lymm Dam the road or half on the footway/half
due to highway safety concerns. within the carriageway. This presents
Warrington Borough Council is to a hazard for pedestrians trying to
implement a prohibition of waiting pass and potentially walking within
order between the car park on the carriageway or results in vehicles
Crouchley Lane and Manor Road. meeting head-on and subsequently
Particularly during the lockdown reversing to find a gap.
period as a result of the Covid-19
pandemic and during the summer There is also a tight bend
months motorists commonly park on heading towards the Rugby Club
Crouchley Lane and walk to Lymm which significantly reduces forward
Dam. visibility.
The existing car park is relatively Farm and agricultural vehicles are
small and overflow parking is also common. It is therefore deemed
common on Crouchley Lane. necessary to prohibit waiting
The carriageway and footway between the car park access and
(west side only) is already narrow Manor Road.
Probus Club to meet again
LYMM Dingle Probus Club is looking forward to renewing its usual activities,
now that lockdown is gradually easing, and after an enforced 18 months when
meetings could only be held monthly by Zoom.
Probus is an organisation for retired or semi-retired men, generally with a
professional or business background, set up to promote fellowship and mutual
support through regular meetings and social events, which include lunches,
walks, bowls, occasional golf, days out, theatre trips, concerts and sometimes
holidays.
The club meets on alternate Thursday afternoons at Lymm Baptist Church, and
the first “normal” meeting with a speaker will be on September 2 at 2.15pm.
Anyone interested in finding out more about the club may visit the website:
lymmdingleprobus.club, or contact the secretary 01925 759995, or president
01925 755286.
September 2021 www.lymmlife.co.uk 5 Artwork reflects impact of COVID-19 on local community A large piece of artwork has gone on display at Lymm Heritage Centre to reflect the experiences of local residents, business owners, workers, and children of all ages during the Covid-19 pandemic. Organised by the Kids Planet said: “It was lovely to visit the centre nursery in Lymm, a variety of images with our children who enjoyed have been used as a record for future spotting some of their friends and generations in Lymm to understand family in the final display”. how and why lives changed in 2020- Heritage Centre Treasurer Patrick 21. Knowles explained:” The Heritage From images that symbolised how Centre has been created entirely by people felt, to those highlighting volunteers from our local community how the community pulled together for the benefit of all and it’s great to as well as the challenges and joys be able to work with local groups of homeschooling, the final piece of and businesses to help encourage artwork is currently on display at the more people, young and old in to Lymm Heritage Centre. see us”. On visiting the artwork with a The COVID-19 artwork is currently group of pre-schoolers from the on display at the Lymm Heritage nursery on Eagle Brow, Lymm, Centre on Legh St and is open Nursery Manager Laura Kyriacou Thursday- Sundays 1-5pm.
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Residents urged to use walk-in
centres to ease pressures on A&E
WARRINGTON & Halton Hospitals is appealing to residents “Our closest Urgent Care Centre is
to use local walk-in centres to ease pressures on the A&E based at Halton Hospital in Entrance
department at Warrington Hospital which continues to be 2, Halton General Hospital, Hospital
under “extreme pressures.” Way, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7
With many people choosing of patients that are coming to the 2DA.”
to visit A&E with minor ailments department could be better treated or Meanwhile, Dr Colin Wong says
the extreme pressures are causing advised elsewhere. one of the signficant Challenges is the
lengthy waiting times. “If you need urgent medical advice number of children attending A&E/
Urgent treatment centres are a and are not sure where to go then ED in Warrington hospital for minor
facility you can go to if you need please ring NHS 111 and the trained ailments, and taking up precious time
urgent medical attention, but it’s not advisors will direct you to the right needed to care for poorly patients
a life-threatening situation. They’re service. who need to be seen by a doctor or
equipped to diagnose and treat “Your GP should be your first point nurse, in an Emergency. 9pm or if you live in Widnes – there
many of the most common ailments of call, if it is NOT a life-threatening He says that with the easing of is also the Widnes Urgent Treatment
people go to A&E for. emergency or accident. Your GP lockdown more children have been Centre.
You may be referred to an urgent is open and your practice can be mixing and coming into contact with “Also, local Walk-in Centres, GP
treatment centre by a GP or NHS contacted online, through an app or viruses usually seen in the winter practices or your local Pharmacist
111 who can book time slots to by phone so you can be assessed. months. are fully trained to give expert advice
attend at the centre. You can also just “If you need a face-to-face These include a range of on how to treat minor ailments.”
turn up and walk-in. appointment you will be given one. respiratory infections, bronchiolitis, Conditions that can be treated at
para flu and rhinovirus, all of which an urgent treatment centre include:
There is also an online facility Measures have been put in place produce symptoms of cough, runny • sprains and strains
whereby people can check the to protect patients and staff from nose and fever. These can often be • suspected broken limbs
waiting times before turning up. COVID-19, so it is safe to attend. treated at home. • minor head injuries
https://dashboard.whh.nhs.uk/ed/ “High street Pharmacists are also He said:If your child has a • cuts and grazes
Dr Alex Crowe, Executive Medical qualified to give advice and dispense temperature then giving them • bites and stings
Director, WHH said:“Our hospital medicine for a range of illnesses medicine or tablets containing either • minor scalds and burns
Emergency Department is currently including coughs, colds, stomach ibuprofen or paracetamol, should • ear and throat infections
under extreme pressure and we need upsets and skin conditions. They help to bring their temperature down. • skin infections and rashes eye
your help. can provide many treatments ‘over “However, if the child continues to problems
“We are seeing a rise in patients the counter’ to help you get better at deteriorate, then concerned parents • coughs and colds
coming into the hospital which means home. should get medical advice and help. • feverish illness in adults
much longer waiting times with “We also have two excellent If in doubt call NHS 111 and they • feverish illness in children
increased pressure on staff who are Urgent Treatment Centres which will be able to signpost you to the • abdominal pain
working hard to ensure that they see are open 8am – 9pm every day right treatment in the right place. • vomiting and diarrhoea
and treat the sickest patients first. in Widnes and Runcorn. There “Concerned parents can also take • emergency contraception
“Please remember that Accident is convenient parking and a free their children to the Runcorn Urgent For the latest information
& Emergency is for life-threatening shuttle bus between Runcorn and Treatment Centre, at Halton, which on waiting times visit https://
emergencies or accidents only. Lots Warrington hospitals. is open every day between 8am and dashboard.whh.nhs.uk/ed/
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Green light for 30th anniversary
Disability Awareness Day (DAD) 2021
THE 30th anniversary of Warrington Disability Awareness Day Support services at #DAD2021 with events planned in Cameroon,
is set to go ahead on Sunday September 12. will include a free accessible Park India, Uganda and more. It is
After closely monitoring training, health and social care, and Ride service, free accessible no wonder that DAD continues
updates on guidance relating leisure activities, alongside over busses from Warrington Town to be recognised as the world’s
to the COVID-19 pandemic the 100 charities/support groups. Centre, a free scooter and largest voluntary led pan-disability
organising team behind the UK’s Most of this year’s exhibitors wheelchair loan service with independent living exhibition and
largest voluntary led pan-disability will be housed in a huge tented trained enablers, British Sign family fun day covering physical,
exhibition have announced that the village of marquees, which will Language interpreters, additional
unisex wheelchair-accessible toilets sensory and learning disabilities
event at Walton Hall & Gardens be supported by a Sports Zone, a and mental health, and all ages.
will go ahead. Centre Arena, a huge Performing and over 100 trained stewards and
helper’s eager to make it a day to For any enquiries, please contact
Event co-ordinator Dave Arts Marquee and a children’s play Warrington Disability Partnership
Thompson MBE DL said; “The area. remember for everyone.
health and safety of our visitors, On the day, visitors can gain an DAD continues to capture the on 01925 240064, or contact
exhibitors and our team is always insight into the help and support imaginations of organisations Dave directly davethompson@
our number one priority. This is that is available locally, regionally around the UK and worldwide disabilitypartnership.org.uk
particularly important given the and nationally. They can “have a
communities that DAD involves. go” at sports activities including
After consulting with Public Health basketball, fencing, boccia,
and our Local Authorities Events football, rugby league, boxing,
Safety Team to ensure we can cricket, tennis and scuba diving in
follow national and local guidance, the on-site pool.
and we are pleased to confirm For those looking for a more
that our 30th annual event will go relaxed day there will be a
ahead on Sunday September 12. fantastic line-up of talent in the Arts
Dave added, “We are very Marquee with some of the UK’s
pleased to announce that disability leading disabled artists, or they
education specialists Expanse can sit alongside the Centre Arena
Learning Group and the North watching dog display teams,
West’s water supplier United birds of prey, bands and sports
Utilities, are leading our list of demonstrations. Children can visit
sponsors for #DAD2021”. the funfair rides or accessible onsite
The aim of this year’s event is to zoo, crazy golf, high ropes and
promote independent living through pitch and putt.
the theme “It’s what disabled people #DAD2021 will be the finale of a
can do that matters”. #DAD2021 week of complimentary events. For
exhibitors will showcase solutions more details of these events, please
supporting independent living and contact the DAD Admin team or
mobility, with equipment, products, visit www.disabilityawarenessday.
transport, employment, education, org.uk
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LYMM PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER
The new Parish Council in Lymm, elected for three years in
May 2021, is settling in well with Councillors getting used
to new roles. With five new faces on the Parish Council,
Lymm Parish Council 2021-22
and two previously co-opted councillors getting elected, this Name: Cllr Bob Barr OBE (Chairman)
is the biggest refresh of the Parish Council for a long time. Address: 2A Danebank Road, Lymm WA13 9DH
We also have a better gender and age balance which is more
Telephone: 01925 750910
representative of the village as a whole. Email: rbarr@lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk
The Council’s agreed priorities are those that the public in
Lymm have been pressing for. Protection of the green belt Name: Cllr Graham Gowland (Deputy Chairman)
and positive involvement in the Local Plan for Warrington, Address: 32 Wychwood Avenue, Lymm,
WA13 0NE
the final draft of which is expected in September with public Telephone: 01925 751599
consultation in October and November. Lymm has joined other Email: ggowland@lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk
parishes in South Warrington to coordinate a response to the
draft plan from the councils.
Name: Cllr Kath Buckley
Address: 16 Hardy Road, Lymm WA13 0NX
Lymm’s own Neighbourhood Plan is pressing ahead but cannot
be finalised until we know what the Local Plan will contain. The Telephone: 01925 752439
Neighbourhood Plan must not contradict it. The Neighbourhood Email: kbuckley@lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk
Plan Group has been working hard on consulting the public,
preparing potential policies and background material. Name: Cllr Chris East
Address: 7 Newfield Court, Lymm WA13 9QU
The roads, which were quieter during the Covid crisis, are
filling up again. Speeding, HGVs, parking issues, road repairs Telephone: 07743 489329
and safety remain, and are growing, as concerns in the village. Email: ceast@lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk
The Parish Council will continue to press Warrington Highways
Department and the police to act on these concerns and propose Name: Cllr Ann Johnstone
improvements. These are never easy in a village that wasn’t Address: 3 Lakeside Road, Lymm, WA13 0QE
designed, nor have the capacity for, the traffic we now have.
Telephone: 01925 755554
Email: ajohnstone@lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk
We welcome the proposal to form LEAF, The Lymm
Environmental Action Forum, as an umbrella group for
environmental action and climate change concerns in the Name: Cllr Selina Kirkham
village. The relationship between the Parish Council, its own Address: 2 Hardy Road, Lymm WA13 0NX
Environment Working Group, and LEAF is yet to be worked Telephone: 07971 109635
out. The aim is to create synergy between the Council and Email: skirkham@lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk
volunteers so that we all receive the greatest benefit from
everyone’s efforts.
Name: Cllr Ian Marks MBE
Address: 80a Whitbarrow Road, Lymm
The Village Hall roof has reached the end of its repairable WA13 9BA
life and will need major work to secure the hall for the future. Telephone: 01925 753051
This project has now started and will take up council officers Email: imarks@lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk
time over the next year or so. We are also pleased that the long
running saga of the Lymm Dam toilet is approaching an end Name: Cllr Tim Martland
and the facility being open. Address:
Please feel free to contact your Councillors or the Parish Clerk Telephone: 07759 078412
Email: tmartland@lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk
with any concerns you have about issues in the village.
Cllr Bob Barr. Name: Cllr Ben Selwood
Address: 44 The Crescent, Lymm
WA13 0JY
Telephone: 01925 752624
Email: bselwood@lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk
Name: Cllr Sally Sharma
Address: 5 Baycliffe, Lymm WA13 0QF
Telephone: 07960 383148
Email: ssharma@lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk
Name: Cllr Julia Stansfield
Address: 46 Sandy Lane, Lymm WA13 9HQ
Telephone: 01925 758809 / 07928 848256
Email: jstansfield@lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk
Contact information:
Clerk to the Council: Kerry Duffin - 07741 877870 Name: Cllr Stephen Towndrow
clerk@lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk
Telephone: 01925 757560
Parish Council Website: Email: stowndrow@lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk
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Former funeral director’s
to become house-in-
multiple occupation
PLANNING chiefs have given the go-ahead for the conversion
of two adjoining properties at Lymm to a house-in-multiple
occupation (HMO) – despite an objection from Lymm Parish
Council.
The two properties are in Church development had the potential
Road and were previously used to increase parking demand but
for residential purposes and as a said any increase was likely to be
funeral directors. minimal.
But historically, one was The property was within a
previously a post office. Both conservation area bit the original
properties are currently disused. shopfront would be retained so that
The parish council objected, it would still look like a commercial
claiming the proposed windows property. As such it would
“looked very odd”, querying the retain and improve the existing
entrance layout and alleging the character and appearance of the
submission was “vague.” conservation area.
A neighbour opposed the scheme A currently vacant property
because of a lack of parking and would be brought back into use
suggested a condition be imposed with no significant impact on the
banning the use of Church Road for character of the conservation area.
parking. The HMO will be occupied by up
Planning officers agreed the to six people.September 2021 www.lymmlife.co.uk 13
Lymm mum on Dreamland
Mission to complete x-ray project
while leading fight against COVID
LYMM mum Dr Becky Nightingale is on a mission, to complete However, the need for a new x-ray their families. A little market has
her latest project, building and equipping a brand new X-ray unit is now extremely urgent, the also sprung up where other locals
building at Dreamland Mission Hospital in Kimilili, rural Kenya. disposable films required are no come and sell their produce such
Becky and Mike Nightingale by many rural Kenyans.” longer being made and in less as mangos to the workmen. The
moved to Lymm in 2017 just in Dreamland Mission Hospital is than four months the remaining impact is far-reaching, making a
time for the birth of their first child based in rural western Kenya on stocks will have run out. All X-Ray huge difference to the lives of those
Esther. Becky continued to volunteer the Uganda border, it started as services at the hospital will have to in Kimilili.
as the Health Programme Manager small health centre employing 14 be cancelled unless this project can “We can’t wait to have the new
remotely and they travelled back to Kenyan staff and now has over be completed in time. unit up and running, if you would
Kenya as much as possible before 140 Kenyan staff, an operating “The building is well on its way like to support this exciting project
COVID hit. theatre and 80 beds. to completion, we have employed and help us reach our target you
Becky has a PhD in Tropical Lesley added: “The past 15 40 local workmen and women to can pay for a stone to be laid for
Medicine with a focus on months coping with COVID have build the unit who are all being £10 or make a donation of any
respiratory disease and is a been especially difficult in rural paid above average wage which amount by visiting www.icfem-
Consultant Respiratory Physio at Kenya where there is limited testing means they can feed and support mission.org/x-ray/ ”
the Liverpool School of Tropical and treatment available. Becky
Medicine and has therefore been has worked tirelessly to support
on the frontline of the COVID the team in Kenya, among many
response. other things arranging the supply of
Lesley Achim Fundraising oxygen machines and COVID tests.
Manager – IcFEM Europe who Now she is seeking help to fund
met Becky at Lymm Baptist Church the remaining £38,000 required to
where they both attend said: “Becky complete the X-Ray building.
is an inspiration with a huge heart “The new X-ray building project
for the poor and disadvantaged in has been desperately needed for
Kenya. Having spent large parts of a long time, the current machine
her adult life in sub-Saharan Africa is old and unreliable, the X-Ray
and living and volunteering at room is small and impractical, the
Dreamland Mission Hospital since doorway is even too small to push a
2010 she is all too aware of the hospital bed or wheelchair through
poverty and deprivation suffered so patients have to be carried.
Lymm Rushbearing beats the showers
WHILE heavy showers brought Ormerod’s late Victorian garlands and rushes, the Chairman number of communities that have
traffic to a standstill with flooding history of Cheshire refers to Lymm of the Parish Council and maintained this tradition.
in some parts of the village earlier Rushbearing taking place in many councillors, the May Queen and Following the traditional walk
in the day, Lymm Rushbearing communities on or near to the feast various local groups. with rushes through the village,
managed to dodge the showers. of the parish’s patron saint – hence It is medieval in its origins a special service took place at St
Organiser Chris Limb, who Lymm’s tradition of having the and Lymm is one of a very small Mary’s church.
helped resurrect the medieval festival during the summer holiday
tradition, said: “Putting up a few period and close to the feast of the Pictures: John Hopkins
last-minute posters on Sunday Assumption of Saint Mary.
morning was a very wet affair but Although the carrying of fresh
the rain went and the sun almost rushes to church (normally on a
shone by 4pm when Rushbearing horse-drawn cart) was a central
started. feature, and the replacement of the
“The walk up the Dingle was old rushes upon the earthen church
delightful – for those walking it is floor a very practical necessity in
probably more enjoyable than former days, this gathering of locals
being on the roads. Both Lymm also involved festivities including
Morris and Bollin Morris were not only the procession and Morris
present and as well as dancing dancing but also sports, fairground
en route they both danced in the stalls, and very full public houses!
car park of St Mary’s before and Lymm’s grey horses were well-
after the service. As well as local known and a Lymm Grey is a
councillors our MP Andy Carter person of an established local
came along.” family, normally at least third
For many years in the twentieth- generation born in Lymm.
century Rushbearing Monday was The procession includes Morris
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Lockdown gave Lymm journalist
time to write a book
LOCKDOWN meant different things for different people but for
Lymm resident David Skentelbery it gave him time to write the
book he had been threatening to write for years.
“The No Hoper” tells the hilarious of 27 years. David arrived when
story of his rather unusual school it was still in its pomp and was
days at an independent boarding still there when it closed. He
school for boys at Knutsford. then embarked on a career in
David, a long-standing member journalism, most of it in Warrington,
of the Lymm Life team, believes where in 1968 he founded Orbit
his parents chose to send him to News Ltd, publishers of Lymm Life
Knutsford College because he was and Warrington-Worldwide.co.uk,
extremely shy as a youngster and now run by his son, Gary.
they thought he would have an A number of students at the
easier time there than at the local college were from the Lymm area
secondary school. and if any are still around, David
They didn’t realise they were would like to hear from them.
sending him to a school that had Were David’s parents right
been compared to Dotheboys Hall, to consider their shy son a “No
the infamous boarding school Hoper” and were they right to send
described by Charles Dickens in him to Knutsford College?
Nicholas Nickleby.
His introduction to the school was David says: “If you had asked
to be thrown head first into a holly me that on the day I started there
bush. He was ridiculed because I would probably have been too
of his unusual surname. He was terrified to answer. But, looking
driven to the verge of a nervous back, it was probably the best thing
breakdown by a maths teacher. that could have happened to me.”
And he lived in fear of a horse- The school soon knocked the
riding headmaster who used a shyness out of me and I thoroughly
riding crop to beat boys who enjoyed my school days. I have
misbehaved. tried to tell the story in an amusing,
Knutsford College was described ˜laugh-out-loud” way.
as a school for the sons of “There are still quite few of my
gentlemen. Its motto was “Hope is classmates around and you’ll be
the anchor of Life”, which sounds hard-pressed to find any who
pretty impressive until you learn the are not proud to be Old Boys of
school was run by a man named Knutsford College.
Hope. The book is available from
It closed in 1954 after a history Amazon for £5.99.
Warburton Toll Bridge investment plan sparks calls for Public Inquiry
PLANS to invest £6.5m on the While welcoming Peel Ports’ vehicles and ensure the structure from Peel Ports themselves from
historic Warburton Toll Bridge belated proposals to bring the of the bridge is maintained for the their Ship Canal business.
and increase tolls by more than bridge into the 21st Century by long term. “After long delays, I also urge
700 percent has sparked calls for introducing a free flow tolling “However, we strongly oppose Peel Ports to progress the long-
a public inquiry to examine the system and upgrading approach Peel Ports’ suggestion that motorists
proposals. roads, the Conservative Group should bear toll increases of over awaited maintenance of the
The Conservative Group on has also welcomed the proposed 700 percent. three swing bridges at Latchford,
Warrington Borough Council has long-term investment in the structure “A Public Inquiry should look at Stockton Heath and on Chester
called for a public inquiry following of the bridge and automated other options for funding including Road, ” added Cllr Buckley.
Peel Ports’ proposal that some tolls measures to help control vehicle
need to increase by over 700 weights, heights, widths and speed.
percent on the Warburton-Rixton But given Peel Ports’
Bridge over the Manchester Ship unacceptable proposal that
Canal. many motorists should bear toll
Peels Ports have launched a increases of over 700 percent, the
month-long consultation on a so- Conservative Group has called for
called Sustainable Investment Plan a Public Inquiry to look at the long
for the Bridge. term future of the bridge, potentially
A total of £6.5m is to be invested without any tolls for motorists. For
in the Toll Bridge between Rixton instance, an Inquiry could look at
and Warburton by The Manchester future funding coming from canal
Ship Canal Company, which owns users rather than motorists.
and operates the bridge, who have Conservative Group Leader and
published an outline of upgrades to Lymm Councillor, Kath Buckley, said
the approach roads, footpaths and “We welcome Peel Ports’ proposals
tolling system. for upgrades to the bridge and its
approach roads. They will improve
traffic flow, restrict unsuitable
Obituary
William Billing
THE funeral has taken place of estate agent and, latterly, a at the film club, as well as getting
William Herbert Billing, of Cyril Bell hypnotherapist. He was a member involved in various charity events in
Close, Lymm, who died suddenly of the Lymm U3A scribblers club, the village
on July 15, aged 82. The service being an accomplished writer and He is survived by three children,
was at Altrincham Crematorium on was a charismatic helper at Lymm Jane, Nathan and Leon and four
July 27. Youth and Community Centre, in grandchildren. Bill will be sorely
Mr Billing was a retired the café at the monthly market and missed by all his family and friends.September 2021 www.lymmlife.co.uk 15
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