October 2019 Issue 136

Inside this month: Bikes stolen from outside shops,

Lightfoot Lodge volunteers, Newton skate park

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Lock your bike!

If you’ve ever quickly nipped into the shop to
buy something, have you ever been tempted
to just leave your bike outside unlocked? Well
that’s happened several times in Hoole lately 36
- and the owners of the bikes have come to
regret it! You can read more from PCSO Keith
Bartlett in this month’s magazine.
We also have news of voluntary work to
improve Lightfoot Lodge, the theft of a
motorbike, clubs news, anew skate park in
Newton, gardening, thought for the month
with Andy Glover, community listings and
much more.
We hope you enjoy this month’s edition and
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 CRIME UPDATE
with Police Community Support Officer Keith Bartlett

Bikes stolen from

outside shops
Opportunist thieves are taking bikes from outside shops in Hoole,
says PCSO Keith Bartlett.
People have been popping into shops and leaving their bikes
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they come out.
There have been instances of bike thefts in Faulkner Street and on
Brook Lane, in Newton, over recent weeks.
PCSO Bartlett said: “The thieves are seemingly just walking past and grabbing the bikes if they see
that they are not locked.
“It seems an obvious thing to say but I would urge people to lock their bikes up outside, even if they
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and it can be a few minutes before they come out.
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“I’d also advise that if there are groups of kids going into the shop, maybe someone waits outside
to guard the bikes.”

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difficult for people to hide while taking drugs.
PCSO Keith Bartlett has become concerned
about the use of class A drugs in the park. But
it has been hard to spot because drug users
have been hiding in the bushes.
To tackle the issue, police have stepped
up their park patrols and are working with
Cheshire West and Chester Council parks staff
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Why we carve pumpkins at Halloween
We think of the Halloween pumpkin
lantern as an American invention but in
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original Jack O’ Lantern was not a pumpkin
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spirits.
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lanterns but one of the most popular comes
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mother. He was proud of his antics and boasted
that he could trick the Devil himself. The Devil
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as good as his word and tricked the Devil into
climbing up an apple tree. Once the Devil was
in the tree, Stingy Jack hurriedly placed crosses
around the base of its trunk. The Devil couldn’t
touch the crosses, so he was stuck in the tree.
Stingy Jack made the Devil promise him not
to take his soul when he died. Reluctantly the
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Hoole History Corner
Linda Webb looks at how the parish developed in the 19th century
In the early 19th Century Hoole was still
part of a world where the ancient parish
boundary shaped people’s identity and an
appreciation of what was lawful. Social
hierarchy was based on a landowning
aristocracy and ownership of land, with
shared certainties in religion and politics
and matters of taste.
Greenwood 1819: Hoole at the beginning of the 19th Century
Counties, with subdivisions into hundreds, were the two
ancient tiers of government, and Cheshire later became
the administrative boundary for Cheshire County Council.
Hundreds were the administrative sub-divisions of
Cheshire in the 19th century, for taxation and for census
reporting until 1881, but the Hundreds had very few
government functions.
Cheshire County Council Pack 106, produced by Cheshire
Archives and Local Studies, gives the population of
Hoole in 1841, the year of the first national census of
population, as 294.
Bagshaw’s Directory, nine years later in 1850, describes
Hoole, and its “gentile houses”, as “47 Houses and 294
inhabitants” within a boundary which “contains 743
acres of sandy soil”.
However, between 1841 and 1861, on the same acreage,
the population rose from 294 to 1,596, and, by 1881 there
were just over 3000 people living in Hoole.
Hoole developed rapidly from the small nucleus around
Hoole History and Heritage Society always welcomes enquiries and information about our past.
Faulkner Street in 1841. Census information helped
Hoole History and Heritage Society to begin to plot the
development of the street plan of Hoole as it emerged in
each decade.
The arrival of the railways and the building of Chester
General Station resulted in an influx of population,
leading to the building of terraced houses in nearby
Hoole.
The railway also made the manufacture and transporting
of new building materials possible, allowing for
development. By 1899, many residents
of Hoole travelled to Liverpool and to
Manchester each day for work and for
business. In the same year, the Sanitary
(Public Health) Report for Hoole records the
fact that houses were being built at the rate
of 300 per year, by which time Hoole had
become an Urban District Council.
D
Towns had made little impact on Cheshire’s
administrative boundaries before 1850, but
there was a proliferation of local government
institutions in, and for, townships like Hoole
which eventually paved the way for the
emergence of the Urban District Council in
1894.
HEALTH
Following the 1848 Public Health Act, local
boards of health could be elected with the
aim of making improvements in social conditions in civil
parishes. An elected Local Board of Health for the Civil
Parish of Hoole came into being in May 1864.
Members of the Local Board served on other local bodies
like the vestry committee, the school board, and the
turnpike, railway and the workhouse trusts.
The local board came into being to provide for the health
of the local population, but its activities had to expand
over time as civil administration increased in order to
bring about improvements in conditions. The Hoole
Local Board meetings were reported in the Cheshire
Observer.
As the street plan was extended, there were constant
requests for road improvements due to the rate of
development.
Increased demands on the ratepayers were recorded
regularly in the minutes of the meetings of the Board.
Letters from individual ratepayers were published in the
newspapers. The need to plan for infrastructure and
 Urban District Council of Hoole 1840-1920
Development of Hoole by 1899. Ordnance Survey Map
services for the growing number of households in Hoole
increased the pressure.
Hoole, in its capacity as the Local Board of Health, was
an Urban Sanitary Authority. Urban Sanitary Authorities
became the Urban District Councils created in 1894.
Even in its early years the Local Board was concerned
that Chester, with its own Town Council, harboured the
ambition to incorporate Hoole within its boundaries.
Although Hoole valued its own independence as a
township, it did not prevent the Board from looking across
the boundary of Hoole Road at another independent
township, Newton, however, to improve its financial
viability in 1894.
BOUNDARY
Two boundary changes were to be a consequence of
Hoole Local Board being replaced by an Urban District
Council. The first was that Hoole Village (including Hoole
Bank), population 218 in the later 1901 census, became a
separate civil parish within Chester Rural District Council.
The second was because Hoole Local Board petitioned
the County of Chester, requesting two areas of land be
included in an expanded boundary of the Urban District
Council.
One, “a further small portion of Hoole” was not
contentious. However the request to include ”that part of
the Township of Newton-by-Chester which lies between
the Hoole Road and the Cheshire Lines Railway” was very
Contact us on hoolehistory@hotmail.co.uk or www.hoolehistorysoc.btck.co.uk
PART
TWO
contentious, taking the proposed boundary into
a neighbouring township, to include over 77
acres of land and buildings with an estimated
population of 575 within the expanded
boundary.
The names on the notice urging the owners and
occupiers of all houses and land in the part of
Newton-by-Chester affected by the Hoole Local
Board petition to attend a meeting at the Ermine
Hotel on February 1st 1894, show the importance
of the development locally, but also that there
was likely to be resistance, too.
The Hoole Local Board also recommended
that its size should be increased to reflect the
proposed expansion. It recommended adding
three members to represent the area of Newton.
In forthcoming elections, Hoole Ward would
have 12 councillors to represent it, and three
councillors being elected to represent the new
Ward of Newton.
Alexandra Park and Walker Street Playground were both
created by Hoole Urban District under powers granted to it
in the 1875 Public Health Act to purchase and hold land in
order to create parks and leisure grounds for the pleasure
and enjoyment of the people of Hoole. Both were paid for
from the rates.
By the time of the General Election in 1918 it was clear that
the country faced an acute shortage of housing. Building
costs were inflated and this, combined with a scarcity of
materials and labour, made it impossible for the private
developers to provide houses with rents within reach of
the average working-class family.
In 1919, Hoole Urban District Council’s Town Planning
powers were extended to include Housing. The District
was included in the Housing and Town Planning Act.
As the troops returned from war, like the rest of the
country, Hoole faced the challenge of building ‘homes fit
for heroes’.
l The full article can be found at http://
hoolehistorysoc.btck.co.uk/WhatwhereisHoole/
DevelopmentofHooleUDC1840-1920s.
l The next event will be on Thursday 10th October in
Room 3 at the Hoole Community Centre, Westminster
Road, Hoole, CH2 3AP, at 7.30pm, the topic is entitled
‘How Geology has affected the River Dee and thus the
location and history of Chester and its surrounding
area’, and the speaker will be Peter Elliott.
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FEATURE
The Screen Time Debate
How much is too much?
For many parents battles over screen time
and devices have become a frustrating part
of family life. So how much screen time is
too much for kids? Well, it’s complicated.
For some years parents have been advised
to limit media consumption, but new
research suggests it’s the quality not the
quantity that matters.
Until quite recently parenting advice centred
around the concept of screen time quotas with
a Goldilocks-style sweet spot of two or so hours
of screens a day, beyond which media use
could become harmful. But now the advice is
more conflicting. There seems to be a general
consensus that under the age of six there
should be no more than one hour of “high-
quality programming” per day, but for older
kids the advice is simply to “place consistent
limits on the time spent using media” and to
designate some screen-free time as a family.
Unfortunately it’s not clear whether “consistent
limits” means four hours playing a video game
on a Sunday every week, or whether three
20-minute sessions on an iPad is preferable to
one hour-long session.
What is clear is that for young children one of
the most important things is whether parents
and kids play, watch or browse together.
The nature of screen time matters. Passive
TV is potentially more harmful than game-
playing, socialising, or using creative apps.
Psychologists are likening our media diets to
what we put on our plates. It’s not just about
digital junk-food, it’s about the relationship we
have with technology and the role it plays in
our family life. We need to avoid using screens
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to distract teens or younger children from
uncomfortable emotions, in the same way we
wouldn’t encourage the use junk food to soothe
them.
Interestingly a recent study of 20,000 parents
published by the Oxford Internet Institute
and Cardiff University determined that there
was no correlation between limiting device use
and children’s wellbeing. Another study by the
University of Michigan on children aged four
to 11 similarly found that it was how children
use devices, not how much time they spend
on them, which is the strongest predictor of
emotional or social problems connected with
screen addiction.
Although specific screen time limits are out
of date, there is evidence that excessive use
has negative impacts, affecting sleep, health
and mood. Screen time, in and of itself, is not
harmful – but reasonable restrictions vary
greatly, depending on your child’s behaviour
and personality. A useful strategy for parents is
to ensure that what they’re watching, playing
and reading is high-quality, age-appropriate
and safe – and to join in wherever possible.
Balancing the online and offline world seems
to be key, and that may vary greatly from family
to family. Research shows that not having
access to the digital world has a negative
impact on kids too – so it’s all about finding the
right amount for your family, with an holistic
approach.
There’s a lot to be said for knowing your child
and using your common sense!
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 Miles of smiles
Children from St Werburgh’s and St Columba’s
RC School, in Hoole, tested the new Smile for a
Mile walking trail at the Countess Health Park.
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Chester Adult Phab

A social club for people with and without
disabilities. We have 75+ members. We
meet the second Monday of the month in
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Cestrian Ramblers
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thought about joining a walking group but
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meet in Chester but draw members from all
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 Motorbike stolen from good samaritan
A man was barged off his motorbike and
had it stolen after stopping to see if a
stranger needed help in Hoole.
The victim, 34, was riding home along the
A41 when he noticed a man waving his
arms at him as he approached the traffic
lights on Mannings Lane South.
After stopping to see if he needed help,
a second unknown man appeared from
some bushes nearby, ran at the victim and
shoulder barged him off his Yamaha YZF
R125 motorbike.
As the victim lay on the floor, the offenders
took his helmet off him and sped off
together on the blue bike with black and white stripes.
Both of the offenders were white. One of them was around 5’ 6” tall, slim and was wearing a blue
hoody which had black arms and black stripes down the sides.
Det Const Carl Humphreys said: “This was a frightening incident that has understandably left the
victim extremely shaken up.
“We are determined to establish the identities of the offenders, bring them to justice and have the
stolen motorbike returned to its rightful owner.”
The incident occurred at around 8pm on Saturday 31st August.

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Hoole Library
Based in Hoole Community Centre, Westminster
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Free internet access. Parking.
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Arts Society
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Hoole History and Heritage Society

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aims to study, advance and promote community awareness of the local history of the Hoole area
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 Chester Family History
The meeting on Thursday 31st
October, 7.30pm, at All Saints
Church Hall, Hoole, features a
talk entitled ‘We will not fight’
by Mike Royden, which looks
at conscientious objectors in
both wars in Merseyside and
Cheshire the speaker will be
Mike Royden. Mike has been
researching and writing about
various aspects of the local
history of the Merseyside and
Cheshire area for over 30
years and is also popular and
interesting speaker.
There are two family history
help desks: Grosvenor
Museum - opening times
are 10.30am to 12.30 pm and
1.30pm to 4pm on Tuesdays
and Fridays; and at Chester
Library at Storyhouse on
Tuesday mornings between 10
and 12noon.
National Trust
- Chester Centre
Thursday 10th October there
will be a talk on the work of
the RNLI by Bryan Hughes
in the Burley Memorial Hall,
Waverton at 2.30pm. Cost
£3.00 to include tea and
biscuits.
Thursday 17th October a coach
trip for High Tea in Lytham St.
Annes followed by a tour of
the Blackpool Illuminations,
leaving Chester Station at
13.30. Cost £42
New Members are always
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Hoole History and Heritage Society
The Society meets monthly at the Hoole Community
Centre, Westminster Road, Hoole CH2 3AP and aims to
study, advance and promote community awareness of the
local history of the Hoole area (including parts of present
day Newton, Boughton, and Plemstall, as far as they
impinge on Hoole). Find out more about the Society and its
meetings, and read articles about Historical Hoole, at
http://hoolehistorysoc.btck.co.uk/
Soroptimist International Chester
An organisation that helps women and girls reach their full
potential; our work includes supporting local and overseas
charities. We meet at Mollington Banastre Hotel, Parkgate
Road, on the 2nd Monday of each month - 7.30pm
Chester Centurion Rotary
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 7pm to 8pm, at Bawn
Lodge, on Hoole Road. Try something new and give back to
the community whilst making new friends. Informal Rotary
club meets for a drink and a chat. Contact Dee on 07581
035 234.
Chester Fabulous Ladies Cycling Club
A social and leisure cycling club for women, meets second
Saturday of the month at 9:30am at Kingsway Cafe; for a
morning ride to a cafe. Contact Sue at
chester@ctcchesterandnwales.org.uk
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RSPB Chester
Sat 12th Oct - Free Field Trip - Crosby Coast and Lunt
Meadows, high tide 11.25am. Leader: Ian 01829 770974.
Meet in Caldy Valley church car park.
Wed 16th Oct - Indoor Meeting - Paradise of the Neotropics
- Keith Offord. 7:30pm, Christleton Parish Hall, £2
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WHO OR WHAT TO
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“I am convinced my life belongs to the whole community; and as long as I live, it

is my privilege to do for it whatever I can, for the harder I work, the more I live. I
rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid
torch which I got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn brightly as
possible before turning it over to future generations.”
These are the words of George Bernard Shaw and they have really got me
thinking this month. I was reflecting on a news report from a while ago where Andy Glover has lived in Hoole
a mum who had turned her 2 sons into the police when they boasted about a
with his wife Sue for 31 years.
violent crime they had committed, as a result the 2 men had been convicted and
jailed but the rest of her family had disowned her!! I was struck at a number Andy began at Hoole Baptist
of levels, firstly well done to this woman for doing the right thing! Secondly, I Church, on Westminster
couldn’t understand why or how the rest of her family had reacted in the way Road, 25 years ago as Youth
they had, and thirdly what a reflection on our society that this story made the Pastor, before becoming the
national news, surely 30 years ago it would have be the norm for parents to have Pastor and now Team Leader.
done the right thing!!
There is so much talk about the state of society in the UK and there is no doubt
that at times the youth of our nation have the spotlight on them, however
we must be careful not to view young people in terms of stereotypes and gross generalisations. The media is very
good at perpetuating these. Negative media stereotypes can also influence young people themselves—a kind of self
fulfilling prophecy. On a broader level, young people can be discriminated against or treated suspiciously because of
stereotypes. This is very important; young people should feel embraced by their community, not alienated by it. There
are many young people who are making a positive contribution to life and we can see that many in the next generation
are in need of positive role models, the communication of good values and a moral and spiritual understanding of life.
Churches across Chester are running Youth Groups and Clubs on a regular basis, with over 300 teenagers involved in
them. Here at the Hoole Lighthouse Centre we are running 5 children’s and youth clubs on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings. All are a run by church volunteers using the experience and expertise of our part time Youth Worker,
and Children’s and Family Worker to provide well-resourced and exciting activities for young people. In fact across
Chester more Youth Workers are employed by churches to serve the needs of the youth than by the local authority! This
is only one example of such good work with teenagers – we also have the work of the Scouting Movement which also
does an excellent work and there are many more I could mention but don’t have space for.
I was reading some interesting statics about Britain today recently. While 92% of Americans believe in God, only 35%
in Britain do and 43% say they have no religion, according to Britain’s National Centre for Social Research. The number
of people who affiliate themselves with the Church of England was 23% of the population in 2009 from 40% in 1983.
In truth though, if Britain’s Christian tradition is dying out, the leaders of the faith have only themselves to blame, for
perpetuating the country’s highly centralized religious structure. You may not be surprised to know that I am convinced
there is a place for Christianity to be involved in the process of forming the next generation and part of my mission in
life is to make sure we hand over the torch of Christianity to the future generation. If we are to deal with the issues that
are the characteristics of a society which is seriously ill, then we need to look full in the face of the problems and grasp
their significance before we consider the action required. It was David Cameron, who once said, when he was Prime
Minister “There are pockets of our society that are not only broken, but frankly sick” We have a moral problem not just
a political one. For me, I believe this is the time for an authentic Christian spirituality to offer a way forward. We need to
use the language of sin, of repentance, of transformation and of hope and apply it to both institutions and individuals
if we are to chart a way back from the mess we are in. Allow me to end with another quote, this time from the political
activist in the United States, Jim Wallis:
‘The crisis of our times calls for our conversion. Our structures, values, habits and assumptions are in need of basic
transformation. Neither politics nor piety as we know them will effect such a change. Rather a new spirituality is
required, a spirituality rooted in old traditions but radically applied to our present circumstances’

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