Next Committee Meeting Monday,17th November, 2008 7.45 pm, Millennium Centre.
On this page you can find news of forthcoming events and records of
what the Society has been doing. Go to the Archive page to see "old news".
Yellow bird
Emily Taylor gave a fascinating talk about the Northwest Air Ambulance at the meeting on 28th October. Emily is fundraiser for the ambulance, which does not receive any official financial support and relies entirely on donations to cover its £1.9m annual costs. The service, currently based at Blackpoool Airport, intends to purchase a second helicopter, to be located at Barton near Eccles. This will cover Merseyside and Greater Manchester, together with other southern parts of the region. Even now, the ambulance can reach any part of an area stretching from Crewe to north Cumbria in 20 minutes.At the meeting, a member of the audience, whose young grandson had been ferried to hospital with a badly broken arm, gave a moving account of the rescue and its importance to her family. Visit www.northwestairambulance.com
Rainhill in Bloom Winners Mr Matt Gilsenen, of Mossdale Drive is the winner for the second year running. In second place were Mr and Mrs Peter Woods of Old Lane, while Mrs Margaret Doyle, of Warburton Hey came third. Mrs Doyle is also a previous winner. An entry that was ineligible because it did not fall into the category of containers or baskets came from Mr Kevin Wilks. The residents of Park Avenue have set up a planting scheme in the alleyway behind their houses, with some finacial assistance from the Council. Their work has made a big difference to the space to the benefit of all. The competition judges were extremely impressed by the scheme.
New Season's Programme The details of the 2008-09 programme of talks have now been finalised. You can look forward to hearing about the work of Lord Derby's Stud Manager, the life and times of the Owen Family, Rainhill's Victorian benefactors, and the work of the Northwest Air Ambulance. A local crew member from the round-the-world clipper race will tell us some sea-farer's tales and we'll hear about a new project to grow essential oils and provide a wildlife haven in Rainford. Finally, we'll get to know a bit more about Norton Priory. Full details are on the programme page.
Getting in touch We now have a page on the site just for ex-Rainhillians to get in touch with each other. So many people have emailed us about their time in Rainhill that we thought we should have a contact page. You can go to it at Rainhill Remembered.
The new edition of the Society's book "The Story of Rainhill" is available
price £3.00 plus postage. It can be purchased in Rainhill from the Library or from the Millennium Centre.
People elsewhere should email rainhill-civic@freenet.co.uk for details.
The book is a meticulously researched
account of the development of Rainhill from the earliest times to the present day.
It was written by Dr Robert and Mrs Florence Dickinson and first published by the Society in 1968. This new edition keeps
the original text with a little updating and adds more pictures, colour and a new layout.
It is an ideal source of information for
anyone interested in Rainhill itself or in seeing how a small community grew to include a mixture of agriculture, small industry,
churches, schools and, of course, a world first in transport.
Emily Taylor gave a fascinating talk about the Northwest Air Ambulance at the meeting on 28th October. Emily is fundraiser for the ambulance, which does not receive any official financial support and relies entirely on donations to cover its £1.9m annual costs. The service, currently based at Blackpoool Airport, intends to purchase a second helicopter, to be located at Barton near Eccles. This will cover Merseyside and Greater Manchester, together with other southern parts of the region. Even now, the ambulance can reach any part of an area stretching from Crewe to north Cumbria in 20 minutes.At the meeting, a member of the audience, whose young grandson had been ferried to hospital with a badly broken arm, gave a moving account of the rescue and its importance to her family. Visit www.northwestairambulance.com
