mold connection february 2013

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Welcome to another jam packed edition of the Mold Connection - Once again we bring you details of some of the best local companies and tradesmen including a number of new advertisers. Hopefully, there won’t have been any more snow by the time the team of hard working magazine distributors set to work bringing the magazine to you. Can I ask that if you use the services of any of the advertisers, could you let them know that you saw them in The Mold Connection. When you have used any of the advertisers, I would be interested to hear how things went for you, good or bad. For example, would you recommend them? In this edition you will also notice a number of new puzzles to keep the grey matter in good working order. Feel free to let me know your thoughts. This month we have an update on the campaign to safeguard services at Mold Hospital. You can find out more on page 11. Do you know anyone planning events in the area that will be taking place over the next few months. If you do, please get them to contact me as I would love to help them promote it. I can do this in the magazine, on our Facebook page (Facebook.com/ConnectionMags) and on our Twitter page (@Connection_Mags.) Why not pop along and “Like” or “Follow” so you get the news first. If you know a company or tradesperson that could do with more local promotion, why not suggest they give me a call. I’ve been helping local companies for more than 7 years. Trevor Arnold Editor Tel 01824 707 013

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Contents Motoring - The new Landrover 6 Save Mold Hospital campaign 11 Choosing interior fabrics 14 Cryptic crossword 16 Travel - Tunis 22 A passion for potatoes 27 10 ways to save 30 Wordsearch 33 Getting motivated 34 Recipie - Cottage pie 38 Mold W. I. 41 Book reviews 42 A better life? 46 What’s on / Local groups 48 Church news 52 Index to advertisers 54 Puzzle answers 55


Mold Hospital Saved!

For the last six months a broad group of concerned residents from Mold and the surrounding towns and villages has been fighting Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s [BCUHB] proposals to close the Minor Injuries Unit and the X-Ray units at Mold Community Hospital. The fight to save Mold Hospital was spearheaded by “Save Our Hospital” action group which consisted of concerned individuals and groups having regular meetings in Mold Town Hall. Petitions, marches and letter writing were co-ordinated by this group in a concerted effort to pressurise BCUHB to change its proposals for Mold Hospital. The final decision on the future of Mold Hospital was made at the BCUHB meeting on Friday 18th January. As the chairman of the action committee, I am pleased to inform everyone that our case was accepted by BCUHB and Mold Hospital will retain the X-Ray Unit and the Minor Injuries Unit. In addition to this Mold has been granted “Hub Hospital” status which should ensure a glowing future for our Hospital. I would like to thank everyone who supported our fight weather by signing the petition, writing letters, marching or any other support given to this cause. The support was overwhelming and mobilised strong support and actions from every section of the population living in the area served by Mold Hospital (which is in the region of 60,000 people). As part of our fight, Friends of Mold Hospital, who formed a core part of the Action Group,

offered to purchase new X-Ray equipment to be installed in Mold Hospital. This equipment will cost in the region of £150,000.00 [One hundred and fifty thousand pounds]. Negotiations are currently in progress with BCUHB concerning this equipment. We now are concentrating our efforts on collecting funds for Friends of Mold Hospital to help them purchase this equipment. I ask all the organisations and individuals served by our hospital to join in with us to help raise this money. Donations can be given or sent to Beryl Powel, who is the chairperson of the Friends of Mold Hospital, collection boxes are located in Mold Hospital or donations can be handed in to Mold Town Hall. The Mayor of Mold will be holding a charity dinner at The Beauford Park Hotel in New Brighton, Mold on the 20th April 2013 as a celebration of this success and also to raise funds for the new X-Ray equipment. Tickets will be available from Mold Town Hall. Please support this event. Geoff Collett


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What does the WI stand for? Friendship, education, community, equality, inspiring women. Each month we meet at some point in friendship but what else have we accomplished?

Community We began in March of this year by assisting Mold Town Council with their annual spring clean weekend, helping with the cleaning and assisting with refreshments. In April our members held an Easter Fayre at the Town Hall which raised £216 for WI funds. This was followed by assisting as stewards for a weekend at St. Mary’s church for their Virgin Art exhibition and the Flower Festival. The summer proved to be a very busy period for members, being called on to help with the Jubilee celebrations, with the successful Tea Dance in June raising funds, followed by our Strawberry Tea raising £225 for the national campaign for ‘breast cancer care’. In August Mold WI entered the Flint and Denbigh show where some of our members won awards. In September we manned a marquee at the Food Festival over a weekend to sell items of craft and produce. Recently, on hearing of the possible closure of the minor injury unit at Mold hospital, Ginny rallied the support of members to petition and march the streets of Mold, to assist our local community. Federation and National Outside of our local community we have an active craft group that assists with nationwide campaigns.

● Our craft group made 12 Olympic pennants.

● A knit and natter group raised over £47 for Denman College in Oxford a seat of learning for the WI

● Sewing pillowcase dresses for children in Africa.

● Knitting blankets for the premature baby unit in Wrexham.

As a group we support the Pennies for Friendship campaign aiming to help underprivileged women in Third World countries and during the year we have prepared boxes of food and treats for the soldiers in the Royal Welsh serving in Afghanistan. We have encouraged members to take part in regular exercise as part of the Big Walk Little Splash national campaign. Education and Entertainment Our entertainment has been very varied with an interesting programme which has included an insight into the Ancient Order of Froth Blowing; a talk by Lady Janet Jones on her time as the High Sherriff of Clwyd, Mark Baker who gave a talk on the Royal households, Mr. Laurie March who owned an Olympic horse that assisted in him in his recovery from an accident, Mike Deisha who walked the long distance journey following the way of St. James, El Camino de Santiago for International Evening. We have been entertained by a magician and Welsh country dancers, informed about Welsh witches from the Reverend Eirlys Griffiths through to examples of quilting by Cynthia Flitcroft. Trips have included:

● Bridgemere Garden Centre

● Deeside College for an evening meal

● The Pirates of Penzance in Wrexham

● An evening visit to Gladstone’s library at St. Deiniol’s, Hawarden.

● Harlech for a day trip Monthly meetings take place on the second Monday at 7 p.m. in the Masonic Hall, Earl Road, Mold. We are always pleased to welcome new members.


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Mold W.I. Monthly meetings take place on the second Monday at 7 p.m. in the Masonic Hall, Earl Road, Mold and the speaker for January will be Brian Russell, a Toast Master. We are always pleased to welcome new members. Mold & District Civic Society Public Lectures, Masonic Hall, Earl Street, Mold. Thursday 7th February 7.30pm. Daniel Own's Siblings - What happened? (talk by Kevin Mathias) All welcome. Mynydd Isa W.I. Our next meeting will be February 7th in The Green Hall, Chambers Lane, Mynydd-Isa. All are most welcome to attend , new members are always welcome. W. I. Mold Group meetings are on the second Monday at the Masonic Hall Earl Road at 7 p.m. The talk at the January group meeting was given by Brian Russell, a toastmaster and his presentation was very interesting and enlightening. Next month we have something completely different with a police dog demonstration. Our craft group is now in full swing and anyone wishing to join us would be very welcome. 01352 759264 MOLD FLOWER CLUB Our next meeting is on the 21st February at 7-15pm in the Church hall, King Street, Mold. The Demonstrator is Isobel Liston on the theme "Colour my World" and there will also be a Photography Competition. Remember you don't have to be a flower arranger, just someone who loves flowers. Admission is £4. For further details tel. 01352 759403. Mold Players next production will be a double bill of tragedy and comedy. We will be performing 'Trifles' by Susan Glaspell and 'Black Comedy' by Peter Shaffer in the Clwyd Room at 7.45pm on February 11th to 13th. The Rotary Club of Mold invites you to the 14th annual charity quiz night on Tuesday 26th February 2013, at 7.30pm at the Beaufort Park Hotel, New Brighton, Mold.It is in aid of "LIFESTRAWS". LifeStraws is a portable water filter providing safe drinking water wherever it is needed. £2.50 ENTRY FEE. THE QUIZ is a FUN event, in which teams from family and friends, local businesses, pubs, voluntary organisations, clubs etc, are invited to take part. A PRIZE of £100 will be awarded to the Winning Team, to be donated to the Charity of their choice. The remainder of the proceeds will be donated to the above charity.

TEAMS will be of four persons, with an entry fee of £2-50p per person (£10per team). Note:- If you would like to join in the fun but are unable to form a team, please come along, as teams can be formed on the night. DONATIONS If you are unable to attend but would like to make a donation. Cheques payable to `Rotary Club of Mold` For further information phone Rtn Ian Thornton on 01352 755070 The Mold and Buckley Chess Club has returned to the Ex-Servicemans Club Wrexham Street Mold. Clubnight will be a Wednersday evening with the Juniors in from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm and the Seniors from 7:30 pm. Players of all standards and abilities are most welcome to play friendly games or to play in one of our league teams. Contact the Secretary Quentin Dodd 01352 753889 Mold Choral Society are already preparing for Easter after their recent successful December concerts with rehearsls of "The Passion of Christ" by Sir Arthur Somervell going well. This occasion has become part of the local programme in the area and people who have attended say how much it inspires them on this day of all days. In the meantime rehearsals are under way on Wednesday evenings in Bryn Coch school Victioria Rd Mold 7.30-9.30p.m. when we will also be looking at Mendelssohn's "Elijah" for our annual Spring concert in May. We welcome new singers, especially Tenors! It is said that singing adds years to your life, so why not give it a try? Cheshire and North Wales Woodturning Association meet every fourth Thursday of the month at Sychdyn Memorial Hall 7pm. New members welcome and the first meeting is free. For more details please visit: http://www.cheshireandnorthwaleswoodturners.co.uk/ Mold and District Probus Club, which arranges talks and outings for retired and semi-retired men, meets on the 1st Wednesday of every month, in the schoolroom at the Bethesda Chapel, New Street, Mold, at 10.00 a.m. for 10.30 a.m. A wide range of topics are covered by the monthly speakers The year's programme also includes a couple of outings to places of interest and an annual lunch to which wives and partners are invited. Further information is


available from either Richard Rowley, tel. 01352 756835 or Gordon Smith tel. 01352 753415. FREE walks in Mold Every Monday at Tesco’s Car Park Registration at 10.15 Start walking at 10.30. Easy walk 60 minutes approx. Every Tuesday at Queens Head Chester Road CH7 1UQ Registration at 13.45 Start walking at 14.00. 90 minutes approx. some stiles. More walks in walkaboutflintshire.co.uk Click on Weekly walks or Monthly walks Clwyd Aviation Group for all those interested in aviation. We meet at The Beaufort Park Hotel, New Brighton, CH7 6RQ at 7.30pm on the second Monday of each month except July and August. All are welcome to attend. For further information please contact Roy on 07922 763734 or John on 01352 754154 Cor y Pentan Come and join our friendly, informal, mixed Welsh choir. (We have many Welsh learners amongst us.) Practice night is Tuesdays 7.30 to 9 pm in Mold – phone 01352 744925 for details). We have competed in local and national Eisteddfodau, taken part in drama productions at Theatr Clwyd, and supported local arts festivals and charity events. No sight-reading necessary - just enthusiasm and a voice. FLINTSHIRE PARKINSON'S SUPPORT GROUP meet at 11am on the last Thursday of each month at the Buckley Cross Methodists Church Community Centre Tabernacle Street CH7 2JT where coffee is served. We have speakers who talk about various aspects of Parkinson's, disease and those suffering from the disease and their carers are most welcome to attend . Various social and fundraising events are held during the year. For further information contact Karen on 01244 543482 One A Chord (Mold Community Choir) rehearse every Wednesday 6.30pm to 8.30pm. We are an informal choir who love to sing a variety of songs. We are currently looking for more members particularly male singers. Where ARE all the singing men of Mold?!?! Come and join this new choir that does things a little differently. Phone Dan on 07882 225752 for more information. Mold Town Concert Band meets every Monday at 7.15 pm in Mold Town Hall. Wind instrument players of all ages are welcome to join. Approximate minimum Grade 3/4 level. For more information please contact

Geoff Coward on 01745 584054 NEW-HF Walkers are a walking group for the over 50s who walk on the second and fourth Wednesdays throughout the year. Our membership subscription is just £5/year. We are a friendly walking group and are always keen to encourage more walkers to join us. Further details are available from our Membership Secretary on: 01244 830211, website : www.new-hfwalkers.com We are a group of amateur artists who meet at Bethesda Hall, Mold during term times on Tuesday afternoons to enjoy likeminded company, paint and draw with the occasional tutor brought in for guidance and inspiration. We also do trips out to art galleries and events when funds allow! To find out more, phone Carol on 01352 219028 or email to [email protected] Mynydd Isa Lighthouse Group is for the over 50s meet every Wednesday 1.30pm-3.30pm in the Mynydd Isa Community Centre. It is a very friendly group. Activities include: Guest speakers, Bingo, Raffles, Quizzes and occasional trips. New members are welcome from any area and would be made to feel welcome. The Professional & Business women (retired) hold their meetings every third Wednesday of the month at the Savoy Restaurant, Mold at 10am. We have various interesting speakers, and coffee is served. If anyone is interested please come along where you will be made most welcome. Further information please contact Jill Turner Tel: 01244 544 578 or contact the Beaufort Park Hotel, 013522 758646

PLEASE NOTE:- Inclusion in these sections is free for local groups and clubs. Inclusion is not guaranteed but is dependent on space available but I will include as much as I can. It is up to each group to keep supplying up to date information when things like contact details or meeting location change. Entries will not run indefinitely. This is because information such as contact details will over time, change and if the information isn’t kept up to date, it will be of no use to the readers.


MOLD SWIMMING CLUB – COME AND JOIN US The club has many successful and promising swimmers, who represent Mold Swimming Club and Swim Flintshire We provide young people with excellent coaching, fitness and friendship in a safe and secure environment, and encourages positive team spirit, endeavour and personal achievement.

You WILL make new friends and you will improve your swimming at the same time as having FUN!

There are opportunities to enter galas and competitions in addition to our own annual championship event.

If you are interested, come down to the Mold Sports Centre pool at 6pm on a Monday. There are lots of sessions available.

If you are interested you should call Adele Topliss on 0772 4148606.

Swimmers must be able to confidently swim 25m.


PANCAKE RACE Shrove Tuesday 12 February, Daniel

Owen Square Mold. Races start at 2pm - come along before

to register. Pan, pancakes, aprons all provided and the fun event is free to

watch and to race in. For more information call 01352 758532 or look on www.cittaslowmold.co.uk Teams of four run two lengths of Daniel Owen Square as a relay, they have to toss their pancake three times on each leg and pass their apron on to the next member of the team. Anyone can take part and their will be prizes for the fastest adult team and children's team. Organised every year by Cittaslow Mold and Mold Town Council. Daniel Owen Square is on Earl Road, Mold CH7 1AB,


Church news King’s Christian Centre (formerly Pendref Chapel) Bailey Hill, Pwll Glas, Mold, CH7 1RA Everyone welcome to our SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE 10.30am followed by refreshments (crèche and Sunday school available) and to all our mid week services including Bible studies, youth meetings, ladies and men’s prayer meetings For further details please check out the church notice board or visit our website on www. kings-mold.org.uk or contact or contact our Pastor Andy Leake on 07900 387736 THE SALVATION ARMY welcomes you to Sunday Service at 10 AM, Ladies Fellowship meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 7.30 PM and coffee and a chat at their Connect meeting on Thursdays at 7.30 PM. Held at the Church above the coffee shop on Wrexham Street Mold. Contact Captains Christine and Graham Lumm 01352757998 The Parish of Mold. St Mary's Parish Church Sunday Eucharist at 8am and 11am Evening Prayer at 5.30pm In addition: 9.30am Cymun Bendigaid (2nd Sunday) 9.30am Informal Worship (Last Sunday) Daily: Morning Prayer at 8am. Evening Prayer at 5pm Wednesday: Eucharist at 11am St James' New Brighton Sunday at 9.30am. A warm welcome awaits you! Contact: Fr Rex Matthias. [email protected] www.moldchurch.org.uk Fine us on Facebook: St Mary the Virgin Mold Calling All Artists. The annual art exhibition and sale will be held in St Mary's Church, Mold from 6 -11 May 2013. For further details and an entry form go to www.moldchurch.org/virginartmold.html. Alternatively, e-mail:[email protected] or telephone 01352 752473. Mold Methodist Church offers a warm, friendly welcome to all. Children are especially welcome. Come and join us as we meet at Mold Cricket Club from 18th November whist our church building is being refurbished. Our service begins at 10.30am and more details are available from our minister Revd. Rosemarie E.G. Clarke Mold 700191 Bryn Methodist Church, Mold Road, Alltami, Nr. Mold Morning worship and Sunday School every Sunday at 10.30 am. Informal Family Service once a month. Weddings and christenings by arrangement. Minister: Rev. Robin Fox 01244 819866. A warm welcome awaits you The Village Temple is an independent Congregational Church which has been situated at the corner of Rose Lane in Mynydd Isa for the past

100 years. You will receive a warm welcome at our Sunday services at 10:45am and 6:00pm. There is also a Prayer Meeting and Bible Study on Thursdays at 7:30 pm. The Ladies Guild meets on Tuesday evenings at 7:30pm from April to June and September to November. A Coffee Morning is held on the first Friday of each month from 10:30 to 11:30. Why not call in for a chat and meet your friends if you are passing? You will be made very welcome. Ring 01352 753413 for further details. A warm welcome to all at Tyddyn Street Church, Mold (Presbyterian Church of Wales and United Reformed). Service and Sunday School at 10.30am each week in our newly remodelled church. All visitors welcome! Minister Reverend Brian Acty, telephone 01244 54561 Pantymwyn Village Hall-Informal Church Service God designed church to be all about people because we are what He cares about more than anything else. In Pantymwn Village Hall on Sundays, between 11:30 and 12:15 a service is held around coffee tables helping everyday people experience God in an atmosphere that’s friendly, interesting & faith-filled. So if you are not a church-goer, but would be interested to find out more, we would love to see you there. Quaker Meeting meets in the Grosvenor Hall, Grosvenor Street, Mold, every Sunday 10.30-11.30am. Everybody welcome. For more information please phone Mary Daniel on 01352 810574. Eglwys Wesleaidd Pendref. Gwasanaethau Cymraeg yng nghapel Bethel,Ffordd Rhuthun Yr Wyddgrug, 11o'r gloch rhai boreau Sul. Suliau eraill ar y cyd efo Eglwys Gymraeg yr Annibynwyr am 9.45 y bore. Am ragor o fanylion cysylltwch gyda Richard Francis Jones 01352 755796 or email: [email protected] MILEP is a partnership of Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, and United Reformed churches which meets for worship in The Griffin Mynydd Isa, on the first Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm. All are welcome. Ebenezer Baptist Church, Glanrafon Road. A warm welcome awaits all this Sunday, where services will be held at 10.30am and 6pm. A crèche is available for toddlers and junior church for children during the morning service. Ebenezer also holds a number of mid-week meetings/activities including house group/bible studies, prayer meetings, coffee mornings and youth groups. For more information, please phone Pastor John Richards on 01352 754341 or see www.ebenezermold.co.uk.


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Competition and puzzle solutions

Sudoku EASY HARD

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

WIN £15! Where’s Wyddy I have hidden 5 pictures of “Wyddy” the dragon in this magazine

For your chance to win £15, just email or write to the address on page 4 and tell me where he is hiding.

Don’t forget to include your contact details. On the 18th Fenruary I will pick a winner at random and send that

person £15. The winner of the “where’s Wyddy” competition last month was:- Mrs M Killick

from Moorcroft, New Brighton.

Well done. Wyddy was hiding on pages :- 12, 19, 28, 39 and 56

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