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For specialised help

Childrens Information Service Information on childcare and childrens groups. Call 443131 between 10.0 and 3.0 Mon to Fri, also answering service.

Trains, buses, coaches 444250 Mon to Sat 7.30am to 8.30pm, Sun 10-6.

Carers Centre The Bungalow, Garven Place. Monday, Wed, Fri 10-2. 644212.

Marriage Care Appointments, 635448.

Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Help Line 241994

Gay and Lesbian Youth Support Service Youth group meet Mon. Kerry 633053.

Motor Neurone Disease Society Third Thurs Billinge Library 7.30. Pat Hough 724062.

Arthritis Care Meet third Tues of month at St Benedicts Social Centre, Rhodes St, 7.30pm. Jill 740435.

Parkinsons Disease Society First Monday in month Dallam Centre 7.30. Pauline Beckett 265382.

Disability Information Beaufort St. Helpline 10 to 4 Weekdays 240064

Breast Care Support Group First Thurs Postgrad Centre. Margaret 632618

Breathe Easy Group Monthly at Postgrad Centre. John 263285, Jean 267000.

Meditation Kate 471525.

Theosophical Society Friends Meeting House. Tonight Thurs 7.45. What is Enlightenment? Connie 01928 716370.

Age Concern 716, Knutsford Road. Tel Mon to Fri 10-2. Open door Tues and Thurs 10-2. 244645.

Stroke Club Second Thurs Dallam Centre 7.30. Wyn 814069.

Alzheimers Society Kath 265686.

Schizophrenia Making Space. 571680.

Cancer Self Help Group Backed by Macmillan Nurses. Phil Glanister 635925.

Macmillan Cancer Relief info line 0845 601 6161.

Arch Initiatives For drug users and families. 45, Wilson Patten St. 653611.

SPD Support Group Warrington branch. Dawn 486963.

Credit Unions CVS on 630239.

Diabetic Support Group last Thurs of month Diabetic Centre, Warrington Hospital. Gary 493238.

Community Health Council 7, Springfield St. Weekdays 9-4.30. 634317

Want to make music?

Dorinthian Ladies Choir Kent St Mission Tues 7.30 Dorothy Leigh 264367.

Pipe Band Padgate Comm Centre. Mon 7.0 Jennifer Paton 491678.

North Cheshire Orchestra Mon Bridgewater High School June Bingham 265456.

Warrington Musical Society Choral music since 1833. Padgate CE School Tues 7.15. Ray 726967

Freshmen Marching Band Kennedy Hall, Padgate, Sun 1pm, Weds 6.30. Lisa Kilshaw 234413.

Karaoke Alford Hall Sun 7.30 U12s to 9.0.

Barrow Hall Concert Band Barrow Hall Theatre Tues 7-9pm. Dave Cotterill 726638.

Birchwood Community Band Weds High School 6.45. Bill Lacey 01565 755827.

Padgate Brass Padgate High School. Tues,Thurs. Gordon Thatcher 753106

Latchford Silver Band Loushers Lane. Tues, Thurs 7.30. Steve Lawrie 261779.

North Cheshire Concert Band Bridgewater High Fri 7.30. Tom Lucas 723417.

Cheshire Chord Company Lymm High Thurs 8-10. Mrs Townsend 756701.

Juvenile Pipe Band Beamont Thurs 7.30. D Mackenzie 816084.

Male Voice Choir Alford Hall Mon and Thurs 7.30. 639607.

Youth Orchestra Sats 9.15 Bridgewater High. Roy Green 490527.

Harmony singing Huyton and Prescot Golf Club Thurs 8.0. Ron 0151 724 6274.

Time to slim

SOS Slimming Clubs Tue: Whittle Hall Comm Centre 10.15 & 7.35. Beverly Miles 07961 945636.

Slimming World Mon: Tim Parry Centre 10.0 Serena 712094; Sandy Lane Centre, Stockton Heath 5 and 7 Karen 25417; Alford Hall, Bruche 6.0 Kerry 414992; Orford Scouts 10.0 Margaret 224605; Whittle Hall Comm Centre 7.30 Serena 712094; Touchers 7.0 Gill 483188. Tues: St Elphin s Comm Centre, Howley 6.0 Maureen 269676; Roosters, Liverpool Road 5.30, 7.30 Lorraine 01744 816525; Penketh RBL 5.30, 7.30 Geraldine 722051; Capesthorne Comm Centre 7.30 Melanie 814336; Bradshaw Lane Primary 7.30 Pip 604703. Wed: Woolston Mission 7.30 Glynis 450912; Appleton Prim School 6.0, 7.30 Jane 264972; Grappenhall Comm Centre 7.30 Melanie 814336; Orford Meeting Room 5.30, 7.0 Serena 712094; Great Sankey St James CE 7.230 Allison 711730. Thurs: Pierpoint and Bryant Club Pauline 791965; Padgate CE School 5.30 and 7.30 Serena 712094; St Stephens Club 7.30 Elaine 489003; Kingswood Comm Centre 7.30 Allison 711730; Birchwood Leisure Complex 7.30 Andrea 2822633.

Weight Watchers Grappenhall Youth Centre Mon 10.0 Christina; St James s, Sankey Mon 10.0 and Fordton Tues 7.0. Georgia; Daten Sports Centre, Culcheth, Tues 5.0 and 6.30; Lymm High School, Wed 7.0pm; Woolston Leisure Centre, Thurs 11.0 (creche facility), 5.30 and 7.0; Salem Baptist Church Mon 5.30 and 7.0; Stockton Heath Methodist Tues 6.15; St Mary Magdalene, Appleton Thurs 7.0; The Manna House, Penketh, Mon 6.15, Helen; Hawthorn Centre, Padgate Wed 6.30 Joy. 0345 123000.

Image Clinic Tues 9, Palmyra Sq Sth 5.0.

Rosemary Conley Diet Exercise Mon: Penketh High 6.0, 7.30; Tues, Touchdown Club 6.30, Grappenhall Comm Centre 10.15; Wed: Woolston High 6.0, 7.30; Thurs: Alford Hall 10.30, Bridgewater High 6.30, 8.0; Sat: Penketh Baths 10.15. Sharon 791200.

Chrysalis Diet/Exercise Cantilever Comm Centre Thurs 6.30. Julia 210507.

All kinds of everything ...

Horizons Social Group For all ages. Tues and weekends. Tues: Who Wants to be a Millinaire? at the Pelican,Timperley. Janet 0161 941 1091, James 0161 283 0507

Friendship Club Tues 7.0 Woolston Mission. Pauline 821380.

Friendship Club St Michaels, Burtonwood. Tues except first 8pm.

Cliques Single Company Over 28s Tues Kilhey Court, Standish. 0468 692933.

Modern art/art therapy Padgate High Sats 11-1. Phyllis Owen, Maurice Riley 495055.

Soroptomists Third Tues Birchdale Hotel, Stockton Heath, 7.15. 711523.

Birchwood Townswomen s Guild First Wed at Gorse Covert Primary School. 810367, 818763, 450999.

Padgate Methodist Church Womens Fellowship Mrs B. Delaney.

Womens Aglow Intnl Second Mon. Penketh Leisure Centre 7.30. Mavis Briers 725929.

NA Womens Clubs Mrs P. Heesom 659609. Old Hall, Rene Pacey 415681.

Culcheth Flower Club Third Wed Newchurch Parish Hall.

Padgate Flower Club Last Tues Padgate Comm Centre. Mrs Ireland 263388.

Stockton Heath Flower Club First Tues Appleton Parish Hall 7.30. Carole 860076.

Lymm Floral Art Group Third Mon Village Hall 7.30. Lorraine 755118.

Machine Knitting 2nd & 4th Tues Bold St Methodist Hall 7.30 Joyce Monks 658161.

Embroiderers Guild First Thurs at Bold St Methodist Church 7.30. 265276

Nattering Needles Cross Stitch Club Wed St Joseph s 8.15. Sue Horton 791865.

Board of Visitors HM Prison, Risley Want to help? Stuart Kearney 267693.

Greenpeace First Mon Bulls Head, Church St, 650390 or 490558.

Westbrook Lions Meet 1st and 3rd Mons, Ken Whibley 417294.

Make a Wish Fndtn Brian Green 813390.

Quiz League Nick Corless 63530 or Cliff Houghton 710012.

Amnesty International 3rd Thurs at Committe Room 3, Town Hall. 740740.

Moore Camera Club Mon 7.30 Moore Rugby Club. Tony 831520, 497193

Cine and Video Society Mon Silver Band Hall, Loushers Lane 8.0. Rob Evans 262876.

Speakers Club (Men) Birchdale Hotel, Appleton, First Thurs Roy Harding 262011.

Speakers Club (women) Second and fourth Tues Daresbury Park Hotel 7.45. Margaret 0151 424 5885

WEA courses Wilf Ford, 34, Arpley Street.

Royal Geog. Society 01270 582803.

Lit and Phil Society Des Appleton 486261

Church History Society Tina Barton 655085, Mrs Hall 639954.

Mineral Lapidary Soc. 2 &4th Thurs Grappenhall Comm Centre 604245.

Sankey Canal Restoration Society Peter Keen 01744 739396.

Archaeological Historical Society Ann Podmore 813669.

Radio Club Tues 8.0 Grappenhall Comm Centre. John 762722.

Scrabble Club Room 2a Bold St Methodist Mission Thurs 7.0. Wayne 442619

Model and Engineering Society 1st, 3rd Thurs MANWEB 8.0. Colin Usher 269439.

Model Railway Club Mon 7.0. David Brown 810426.

Great Western Society Last Fri St Hildas.

Budgerigar Society Padgate Comm Centre 2nd Wed 8.0. Colin Meachin 822222.

Stockton Heath Writers Thurs 7.30, Red Lion. Gordon Cooper 268038.

Formby Society Stan Evans 727102.

CAMRA Annie Makepeace 01565 734226.

Cheshire Ornithological Society Sheila Blamire 01565 830168.

Hot Wire Poetry Slam Jo 728507 Helen 755848.

Family History Society Blind Society fourth Mon D. Forrest, 83 Wash Lane.

Family History Society, Runcorn Peter Johnson, 47 Thorn Road, Halton Lodge.

Family History Group, Stockton Heath 3rd Mon Methodist Church Hall. 7.30

Art Group Mike Allen 630264

Art, Craft St Michael Burtonwood Wed 1.30.

Thelwall Crafters 2nd Thurs Thelwall Quays, Thelwall New Rd 8.0 Hilary 263263.

Craftworkers Guild Third Sat Bold St Methodist Church 2.0. Inquiries 726703.

Warrington Sea Cadets TS Obdurate, Old River Rd parallel to Causeway. Mon Juniors 6.0, Sea & Marine cadets Tue and Fri 7.0. Rose Bracegirdle 490168.

Childrens Chess Fridays 6.30 Grappenhall Comm Centre. George Davidson 266567.

Winwick Chess Club Mon 8.0 Bernard Bedworth 491415.

Scouting Eddie Johnson 763927.

Guiding Appleton district - Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Seniors and Adults. Chris 861807.

After School clubs Julie Turner 442875.

Appleton Playgroup Mon-Thurs 9.30-noon Mrs Woodhead 261207.

Buddhists Meditation Group Dallam Centre Wedys 7.30. Susan Moran 659519.

Your chance to dance ...

Sequence, modern Hollins Green Community Hall, Hollins Green. Mon 7.0 Tues 8.0. Doreen 0161 775 7248.

Grappenhall RBL 30-plus disco Thurs 8pm Kings Club, Latchford. 07929 052787, 07870 936518.

Culcheth and Glazebury Academy Culcheth Sports Club. Friday nights, Sat afternoons. Rachel Hayward 600188.

Salsa and adult ballet Lymm Leisure Centre Thurs night. Rachel Hayward 600188.

Ambitions St Marys Hall, Lymm, Thurs 5.30-8.30, Sats 9-3.30. Ballet, jazz and modern. Joanne Barnes 07974 320962.

Appleton Parish Hall Thurs 7.0 Exercise and move to music. Beryl 262218.

GB Jive Woolston Leisure Centre. Sun 7.30 beginners 7.45. Paul Curry 07947 609108, 0161 491 4483.

Touchers Club Dancing for over 50s, Free. Sun 8.0. Mrs Welsby 630234.

Scottish country St Marys Church Hall, Lymm, alternate Sats. 755125 or 754308.

Scottish country Workingmen s Mission, adults and children, Wedys. 264873.

Sequence St Benedicts Club, Thursday 8.0. 635812.

Anderton School Children s ballet, tap, modern. Christ Church School, Latchford. Gayle Roberts 653448.

Sequence Capesthorne Community Centre, Orford, Wed and Fri 2.0. Bingo Tues and Thurs. Mrs Ratcliffe 652877.

Sequence Warrington Town FC Wed 2.0. George and Joan 726413.

Sequence Appleton Thorn YOI Officers Club Tues 8pm. Mr and Mrs Johns 726413.

St Michaels, Burtonwood Meet on Sunday at 7.30pm.

Street dancing 11 to 18s Mon Padgate Studio. Tues at Hawthorn Centre 6.30pm.

Belly Mon Grappenhall Comm Centre Beginners 7.0, Improvers 7.50 Intermediates 8.45. Pauline 752883.

Egyptian (Belly) Thurs 1.30 at Newton All Saints Church Hall for women 16 to 60 and beginners. Helen Roberts 01942 721453.

Thelwall Morris Men Thelwall Parish Hall, Wed 8.30. Kevin Farrell 722338.

Woodland Morris Callands Community Centre, Thurs 6.45. Rod Scotney 418678.

Appleton Thorn Childrens ballet, tap, modern,disco. Village Hall. 861873.

Swing Roc Wed at Alford Hall, Bruche. 7.30. Ivan 0800 316 8810.

Line dancing Winwick Parish Leisure Centre, Wedy 8.0. Chris Haggett 724008.

American square dancing Thurs Alford Hall, Bruche. 8.0. Alan 861807.

Line dancing Mon Orford Youth Centre; Tues Railway Club. Linda King 419929.

Wildfire line dancing Sun, Lymm Rugby Club ; Thurs, Grappenhall RBL, beginners 7.0, intermediates 8.30. Pauline 752883.

Santa Fe line dancing Mon Monks 8.0pm; Tues Touchers 8.0pm; Wed at Richmonds 8.0pm. Rita 816302.

Bar/C line dancing Tues, Thurs and Sun Alliance Centre 7.30; Wed St Albans Social Club 7.30. Texas Ted 01706 368567.

Dentones line dancing Sidac Social Club, Sutton Leach Mon, Tues (beginners), Thurs, 8pm. Denise, Tony 01744 819747.

Dance in Warrington Pulse St: Mon Padgate Studio, Wed Hawthorn Centre; Street Beat Thurs Woolston Playbarn; Westy Project Thurs Comm Centre; Funky Monkeys Thurs St Marks, Dallam; Mature Movers Wed Sandy Lane Centre, Stockton Heath, Thurs Marina Ave Comm Centre; Whitecross gentle movement Mon Comm Centre; Reactivate Group for disabled Sat Dallam Centre; Samba/African Percussion Tues Parr Hall. Liz 442886.

Special attractions

National Gardens Scheme Sun: 73 Hilltop Avenue, Cheadle Hulme; Ollerton Lodge, Knutsford; Warrington gardens.

RSPB N. Cheshire Aug 19, Point of Air. Steve Kemp 723835.

Bewsey Old Hall July 22, tour with costumed guide. Pat Pointer 414767.

Wigan Jazz Club Mill at the Pier.

R & B Club Ray OHare 488009.

Live at St Wilfrids Sept 20, 10th anniversary celebration coincert with Tasmin Little and Martin Roscoe. N. Cutter 265146.

Old Town House Sun 2-5 Singalong; Tues, Sat, artist; Fri, karaoke. 828649.

Padgate Rec Centre Dawn 815069.

HG Big Band Night Mon at Manor Lock, Latchford 8.30 Harry Goulden 722358.

Walton Arms Fri 8.30 Live jazz 262659.

Ring O Bells Folk Club Farnworth, Widnes. Iris 0151 424 7072.

Upstairs at Larry s Cheshire Cheese, Latchford. Peter Price 485505.

Greenwood Hotel Orford. Thurs 9.0 Quiz

Newton Comm Centre Anne 224731.

Carlsberg Tetley Club Tues Bingo. Fri Karaoke. Sats Free and Easy. 634971.

Woolston RBL Saturday Cabaret

Dont watch : play !

Mini Rugby League For 5 to 11s Sun at Bank Park 10.am. Neil Kelly 442878.

Aqua Fit Penketh Pool Mon to Thurs. Carol Jepson 724853, Pool 724515.

Crosfields Badminton Club Bold St Methodist Church. New members needed. Lesley or John 0151 424 9301

Penketh, Old Hall Anglers Club Meet first Wedy in month. Ken Whibley 417294.

Culcheth Croquet Club Daten Club. Judy Doring 763594.

Yoga Mon Warrington Baths 8.0 Tuesday Woolston Leisure 7.30 Wed Warrington Baths 10.0 Kingswood Comm Centre 7.30 Thurs Ante-natal Birchwood Leisure Centre 10.0 General 11.30. Hania 826630.

Futebol de Salao Sun10.30 Lymm High Astroturf. 7-11. Graham 210251.

Eagle Rugby Union Club Penketh High School Mon 7.30. New players welcome. Martyn Cahill 07966 376166

Cheshire Cheese Angling Club Meet Thurs 8pm. Eric Seed 481092.

British Sub Aqua Club Great Sankey Forum Tue 9pm, Warrington Baths Thurs 9pm. Iain Topliss 220136.

North Cheshire Walkers Paul Lawton 815359 Peter Brown 0161 864 1535.

Ramblers Val Davies 604384. Obstructions : Bill Fraser 487214.

Sale Walking Group Wed 7.0 Brooklands Metrolink. Helen 0161 718 6502.

British Trust of Conservation Volunteers Justine Maher 01925 729852

Princes Trust Volunteers Joss or Phil 01942 821444.

Routes Adventure Group FS Restaurant first Wed, 8.0 Arthur Lees 722408.

Grappenhall Karate Club Community Centre Sun, Wed 6.30 Mike 602780.

Schools Judo Club Penketh High Tues 6.15. Shirley or Carl 01744 731747.

Tai-chi Centre 25 Bold Street. 767597.

Tai-chi classes Padgate and Stockton Heath. Alan 01942 260976

Ski Club Village Hotel Thurs 9.30. David Hart 827319, Carol Sherwood 819876.

Rowing Club Kingsway Bridge Tues, Thurs 6pm, Sun 10am. 07970 796917.

Dragon Karate Padgate High Wed and Fri 7.0. Jonathan Joseph 811085.

Fiddlers Ferry Sailing Club Sun 2.30, Wed 8.30. Jack Cox 723491.

Hash House Harriers Brian Grutel 601720

Stockton Heath Lawn Tennis Club Aidan Williams 411718.

Central Chess Club Tues at St Alban s Club 7.30. Rob Grey 822609.

Bowls Parks Ivan Rutter 637598 Youth Tony Wightman 496089 Pensioners Nick Foulkes 639833 Womens Margaret Harrison 224605 Veterans Mary Ashcroft 262712.