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Happy New Year to all our Readers!!
So 2012 is here, quicker than we thought!
We offer healthy eating advice – surely one of your new year resolutions!
Food & drink has a Valentine’s and pancake day flavour.
We also have plenty of reasons to get out and about with nine weeks of WOW listings, and to banish those extra Christmas pounds (of weight) try our walk around the wetlands of Martin Mere.
Not much further afield, ‘Destinations’ reminds us of the delights of the Lake District.
We look at decorating trends for this year in the ‘Interiors’ section.
Body & soul advises us on those essential winter survival tips and our fashion spread looks at the traditional with a twist ’. We have three bumper pages of happy couples tying the knot in our weddings section.
‘Education’ looks at the importance of music in the curriculum.
We publish again at the end of February, so in the meantime … Once again, Happy new year to all our readers!
We’d love to hear your stories about people, places and events happening in our area, so please email us at editorial@lancashireliving.co.uk
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Look who’s local …Vicky Binns
by Hannah Ingram
Born: 27th August 1982, Bury
Playing Coronation Street’s Molly Compton for five years has propelled Vicky Binns from Lancashire’s own to a national icon, especially after she broke up one of the Street’s best-known couples, Sally and Kevin Webster.
Born in Bury, Vicky went on to discover acting as a student at Tottington High School, where she starred as one of the Scouse ‘Bored Girls’ in the Willy Russell play, Our Day Out.
“I remember doing drama at school and feeling like I just got it,” says Vicky. “Sometimes in other lessons I felt like I was behind, but something just clicked with acting.”
Vicky also attended the Carol Godby Theatre Workshop, famous in Bury and the North West for producing stars of stage and screen, alongside her on and off-screen friend Jennie McAlpine, who still plays Fiona ‘Fiz’ Stape in Coronation Street.
She says: “I feel so lucky to be from Bury and to have Carol Godby there. I never thought acting would be something to pursue, but people found their confidence there and it gave me the inspiration to take it further.”
“You never get told you will do Corrie for five years, so it was an amazing experience”
Vicky is obviously grateful for the help in getting into the acting world, adding: “Without that opportunity I don’t know how I would’ve progressed.”
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For a day, a weekend or a week ....
the Lakes are always a favourite
We might complain about the rain here in the north west, whilst the east face drought-like conditions but every raincloud has a silver lining.
That lining is the magnificence of the Lake District.
And over 15 million visitors every year agree, flocking to the area which provides awesome peaks and serene valleys. While Bowness in the height of summer can be ‘over-busy’ for some, the Lake District is such a vast area that the huge visitor numbers are comfortably absorbed by the beautiful and rugged terrain. As well as the 14 main lakes (and we all have our favourites) there are countless smaller tarns and becks that provide a photo opportunity at every turn.
The proximity to our area means you can get up there and back in a day with a blast of the freshest of air to awaken your jaded spirits. But to do any part of this stunning area justice you really need to spend a few days, discovering the hills and dales, the nooks and crannies, and the pubs and picnic areas. You can camp, caravan, get a B & B or treat yourself to one of the many quality hotels.
Just half a mile outside Bowness-on-Windermere lies a real gem of a place to stay, so quintessentially English – ‘Fayrer Garden House Hotel’. The hotel has a country house feel and nestles in five acres of grounds with glorious views of Lake Windermere. You can be sure of delicious food, fine wines and extremely comfortable accommodation as many of the rooms have recently undergone a full refurbishment.
The award winning Terrace restaurant, open to residents and non-residents, has an elegant and sophisticated feel and you can relax before and after your meal in the well appointed lounge or in the gardens.
The hotel is proud of Ambleside born Head Chef Eddie Wilkinson and his superb team in the kitchen. Eddie has been with the hotel for 17 years and his locally sourced menu changes daily.
Vegetarian and special diets are well catered for and there is an exciting wine list which features wines to suit all palates and pockets.
Dinner is served daily between 6:30pm and 8:15pm, but you will need to book in advance. Three courses including coffee is £42.50 Friday and Saturday, £37.50 Sunday to Thursday.
For a wonderful relaxing stay in the heart of the Lake District you would be hard pressed to find anywhere better than the Fayrer Garden and with poor mobile phone signals in many areas of the lakes, you really can get away from it all!
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Olive oil shop opens
A fantastic and truly gourmet experience awaits all those who visit a brand new “foodies” shop recently opened in Radcliffe.
‘The gift of oil’ has been trading both online and at Food Shows nationwide for over ten years. It’s solid success has been built on the ethos of “absolute product quality without compromise.”
Now, the company has opened it’s very own superb tasting room at it’s headquarters, a stone’s throw away from Newbank Garden Centre, at the Eton Business Park, on Eton Hill Road, off Bury Road.
All are most welcome to visit, taste and discover for themselves the delights of sensational single estate olive oils from Italy, Portugal and Greece. Stunning genuinely matured balsamic vinegars from Modena (up to 100 years old), delicious air-dried artisan pasta, scrumptious pasta sauces and crisp gourmet olives from Sicily.
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Holy Cross extension plans
Construction of a new teaching block at Holy Cross College, Bury is due to start in March on the Abbeyfield Templeton House site located between the existing college grounds and Parkhills Garage.
The building is due to be completed in February 2013. Investment in the new facilities is valued at £4m, a cost which includes the fitting out of the new structure which will include 16 classrooms and a new chapel and chaplaincy facility: this will be a major feature with some of the items from the original Daughters of The Cross Chapel reinstated.
The new building will allow some other departments the space to expand within the existing facilities available at Holy Cross. For example, the Visual Arts department will be allocated the top floor of the Maureen Haverty building in addition to its current space.
Subjects likely to be based in the new block are Psychology, R. E., Sociology, History, and Law.
The architects for the project are Bradshaw, Gass and Hope of Bolton and the building contractor will be appointed in February.
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Taste Guide 2012
ON SALE SOON!
The team at Lancashire Living will soon be publishing the second issue of Taste food and drink guide.
Only £2.95
We know how much our readers love all things foodie (not to mention the drink!). So we are compiling another handy A5 sized guide to good food and drink in this area.
This is your chance to be part of ‘taste 2012’ – a definitive guide to the best
regional food and drink.
Coming to a news stand near you in February, put
your treasured recipes in print for all to see in a guide that will occupy the
shelves of cooks and foodies across Lancashire and north Manchester.
Please send us:
Your method and ingredients.
Why it’s your favourite / why your family like it? A photograph would be
even better.
If you have any local food stories, we’d love to
hear from you – tell us your news!
Email: info@taste-guide.co.uk or post to:
Taste, Regent House, 170 Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom, Lancs, BL0 9PD by
December 23rd.
Visit - www.taste-guide.co.uk
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