Easter Bingo

Start the holiday off to a good start with an Easter Bingo session at the Community Centre tonight.  Doors open at 7 for 7.30 start.  There are great prizes to be won and a large raffle.  Everyone is welcome.

Parish Assembly

The Chairman of the Parish Council invites all residents of Bolton-le-Sands to the Annual Assembly.  This is your meeting, where you can have a say in matters relating to Bolton-le-Sands and raise any issues of interest.  Please do come along and exercise your right to participate in local democracy.  This is held in the Community Centre on Thursday 30th March at 7.30pm

Follow the Tide - Birding at Morecambe Seafront

On Saturday 18th March from 2.00pm to 4.30pm South Lakes Ecology will lead a walk from Morecambe Stone Jetty to watch feeding waders and wildfowl as they are pushed towards the shore by the tide.  Please bring warm clothes, waterproofs and binoculars if you have them.  Min. age 12 years, well behaved dogs welcome.  Booking essential.  Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.  Tickets £5 (£3.50 concession) - Limited places available - Pre-booking essential - telephone 01539 734888.

Morecambe Bay Lives

During March pupils from Bolton-le-Sands Primary School will be taking part in ‘Morecambe Bay Lives’, a Heritage Lottery funded project celebrating the communities around Morecambe Bay. The two main aims of the project (run by Morecambe Bay Partnership) are to create an archive of oral histories about the area and to bring older and younger people together to share local memories.

So, on the afternoon of March 15^th, pupils will be inviting local people into school for a cup of tea and a chat. By sharing your memories of the area pupils will be learning about how Bolton-le-Sands has changed in your lifetime. We would love to hear from you if you are interested in coming along to the school session.

In addition, if you are a group or individual that would be happy to meet project facilitator Emma in order to record your memories for inclusion in a new oral history archive, please get in touch. We are collecting recordings about Bolton-le-Sands and any other communities around Morecambe Bay. Also, if you are able to host a small community display about the memories we collect please let us know. Contact Emma Aylett on memories@morecambebay.org.uk  07981 042895 for more information.

Trading Standards Warnings!

Rogue traders have been knocking on doors in the Parbold area offering to carry out roofing repairs. Cold callers offering property repairs, especially roofing, is one of the most common scams, in some instances householders have paid over £20,000 for unnecessary work.
There have been reports of door to door selling of kitchenware in West Lancs and Wyre areas.  The salesman, who mentioned links with both Holland and Switzerland, spoke with an accent and stated the pots and knives were high quality and were sold to cooking schools. The cost of the products is in the region of £400. This is a scam, the kitchenware will not be worth this amount of money.  Trading Standards advice is never do business with cold callers.  Householders are receiving telephone calls from a telephone security company purporting to be approved by the Police and other emergency services.  On the call, they try to make an appointment for a sales rep to visit your home. Whilst at your home they will give you the hard sell on devices such as burglar/fire alarms.  If you receive such a call, be suspicious. Don't make an appointment. Ask them not to call again.  Many homeowners may be going away to family and friends at Christmas time and will be concerned about leaving their house empty. If you are looking to install any security measures always use local traders.

Christmas Bingo

Bolton-le-Sands Angling Club is holding a Christmas Bingo in the Community Centre on Saturday December 10th, 7.00 for 7.30pm start.  Good prizes, large raffle - All welcome.

Blue Anchor Re-opening

The Blue Anchor Public House is hoping to open its doors on Friday 2nd December at 12 noon.