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WELCOME to the February edition of Hoole Roundabout. In this issue theres lots of news and features, including Hoole History Society, crimefile, an honour for a former Hoole councillor, as well as Jonathan Seddons financial feature, Hoole Rangers, lifestyle column with Marie Claire Carlyle, gardening with Janet Heath and Thought for the Month with Andy Glover.
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AMOnG the crimes reported in the Hoole area last month were: Park Drive A quantity of jewellery, cash and electrical items were stolen from a house after the UPVC doors were forced open. Melkridge Close A rucksack and Barbour jacket were stolen from an unlocked car. Hoole Road A yellow Marin bike and red Specialized bike were stolen from a back metal shed. Woodlands Drive - The padlock was forced off a wooden shed and a blue mountain bike and power tools were taken from inside. Woodlea Avenue A thief stole a crow bar from the garage in a vain attempt to break in though the back door. But then he spotted an open bathroom window and got into the house, stealing clothing and jewellery. Hamilton Street - A metal bar was used to force open a shed and a black TREK 7.3FX bike with two panniers attached was stolen.
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St. Valentine Day is the day of the year when you can express your love to the people you appreciate and love. But how did it all start? Is it just a cynical ploy by the card industry to get us to part with more money! Well, the story goes that here once was a priest named Valentine, he lived in Rome during the third century. At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. Claudius wanted to have a big army and he expected men to volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars, so they didnt sign up. This made Claudius furious. So he had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. One of Valentines activities was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, he kept on performing marriage ceremonies secretly at night. One night, he was caught, thrown in jail and told that my punishment was death.
Andy Glover has lived in Hoole with his wife Sue for 22 years. Andy began at Hoole Baptist Church, on Westminster Road, as Youth Pastor, before becoming the Pastor and now Team Leader.
Many young people came to the jail to visit me. They threw flowers and notes up to his cell window. One of these young people was the daughter of the prison guard. Her father allowed her to visit me in the cell. On the day he was to die, he left a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty; he signed it, Love from your Valentine. This started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentines Day. It was written on the day he died, February 14, 269 A.D. Many people mark valentines on this day - greeting cards, which can be romantic, sentimental or funny. The card can be anonymous. Valentine cards became popular in Great Britain in the nineteenth century. Many historians believe that sending poems on this day originated with the capture of Duke of Orleans, during the Battle of Agincourt. He sent his wife a rhyming love letter, from his prison cell in the Tower of London. February 14 became the date for exchanging love messages and Saint Valentine became the patron saint of lovers. This year as we celebrate Valentines Day remember that love actually is more of a choice than a feeling, Of course, there is a feeling we call love, and its a wonderful feeling, too. People write songs and poems about it; Hollywood film stars appear in movies about it, and it sells millions of pounds worth of magazines, valentine cards and paperback books. But recently I read this There are lots of songs about falling in love, and there are lots of songs about falling out of love, but there arent many songs about just being in love, and all the ups and downs of it, how you make it last forever. Love in a marriage or any long term relationship needs to experience romantic love but it is built upon the foundation of committed love where we make choices to work at the love we have, even when we dont feel we are in love. Lets use this years Valentine to renew our commitment to work at being in love so that the relationship we are in can last a lifetime.
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