Westminster Park Residents Association

Bringing our community alive

February 11, 2012
by Dave Craggs
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Gardening Club

The next meeting of the Gardening Club will be Wednesday, 28 March 2012, at 7.45 pm in the Community Centre.

Paul and Sylvia Makin will give an illustrated talk on how they designed and developed their garden in Cavendish Road.

Plant swap as usual.

February 11, 2012
by Dave Craggs
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WESTMINSTER PARK BRIDGE CLUB

Are you interested in playing bridge?

We currently play in the Community Centre, Five Ashes Road every Thursday from 7.15pm to approx 10.30 and all levels of players are welcome.

You are guaranteed to play even if you don’t have a partner as we operate a host system; this means a current member is available for those players who turn up without a partner.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me on 675923 or best of all turn up one Thursday.

Nick Ryan, Chairman

January 30, 2012
by Dave Craggs
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Scam emails

THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM TRADING STANDARDS,                 PLEASE SHARE WIDELY

Trading Standards are aware that an email entitled ‘Population Census: a message to everyone – act now‘ is being circulated, allegedly in the name of National Statistician, Jil Matheson. This email demands individuals provide further personal information, supposedly for the Census and threatens fines for non-compliance.

This email is a scam and a hoax. It has no connection whatsoever with the National Statistician, the 2011 Census or the Office for National Statistics.  PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND

We believe the links in the email could download malware to any computer where the user clicks on the links. This could put your personal data, including financial information, at risk.

Anyone receiving this, or similar emails, should delete them, not open any links and certainly not provide any information.

For more information on how to protect yourself from this type of threat, please see www.getsafeonline.org

If you wish to, please report receipt of any such suspicious emails to www.actionfraud.org.uk

The Office for National Statistics takes the protection of personal census information extremely seriously. Collection of census data was completed last year and no further requests will be forthcoming from the Office for National Statistics relating to the 2011 Census.

The statement will shortly be added to the ONS web site http://www.ons.gov.uk/

Please pass this information to family members, friends, neighbours and anyone you think maybe vulnerable.

For general consumer advice please contact Consumer Direct on 08454 04 05 06 or go to http://www.direct.gov.uk/

January 25, 2012
by Dave Craggs
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EVERGREEN CHOIR

Westminster Park Residents’ Association

‘EVERGREEN’

W.P.R.A. over 60’s club has got off to a flying start. Among the many suggestions was the formation of a CHOIR. We are appealing for someone with experience who would be willing to take on the challenge.

Please contact: Sandra Magilton 01244 677373 / Allan Stobie 01244 683461

 

January 20, 2012
by Dave Craggs
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JUNK MAIL

From the letters page in the Standard

I felt very  concerned  after reading a letter on your letters page regarding Junk Mail.  While I agree that the amount of junk mail we receive is irritating,  the answer is not to stuff it all back into the post box as this is very spiteful as not only does it cause problems at the sorting office it ultimately causes delays for other people’s post –  people who have done nothing wrong.

Junk Mail although helps to keep the price of postage down.  What with e-mails, people paying bills by direct debit, and the use of the internet etc  the Postal Service needs the revenue created by Junk Mail,  otherwise it will either close the services which would be a disaster, or increase the price of postage even further.

If charity bags cause the writer a problem perhaps he should do what I do.  Which is either leave them outside for reuse on the due collection day or use them as bin liners for his kitchen waste bin – I find them a great asset not only for this purpose but for many others as well.

I might add that I do occasionally fill the charity bags with useful items of clothing and bric a brac ready for collection by the appropriate charity.  But, I haven’t enough unwanted clothing to fill them all!

Junk mail is a small inconvenience to keep the Postal Service afloat and therefore I hope the previous writer will read this letter and think again before stuffing his unwanted mail back into the post box.

Olwen Bellis – Chester resident