Club’s new captains
Pic: Marcus Beer and Audrey Grimsley get set
for their year as Captains of Birstall Golf Club.
“We’ve got a lot to live up to”
says new Birstall Golf Club captain Marcus Beer assessing the
club’s forthcoming year.
Birstall retained the County Men’s League First Team
title in 2003 and also won the County Men’s Foursomes. Retaining
the League title is top of the agenda for 2004.
“It will take a huge effort to secure a hat-trick of League
titles, but we’re going to take up the challenge. We’ve
got a good group of county players and many other excellent golfers”
says Marcus, who has been a member of the club for 30 years and
a regular member of club teams.
Taking over in the ladies section is Audrey Grimsley, a club
member for some 20 years and also a regular in club teams. For
their charity, they have chosen the County Air Ambulance, with
several major fundraising projects - including a ‘200 Stableford
Points’ marathon set for June 21 being planned.
Marcus expects all club members to enjoy the course this year.
He said “We have completed a lot of work over the winter
and laid the foundations for an excellent year. This has included
extensive drainage work and remodelling the 4th, 6th, 12th, 13th
& 18th greens. The course will present a really good challenge
this year”.
Crisp gift
BIRSTALL YOUTH Centre at Longslade College
has been given a carload of Walkers crisps by a city garage.
Ford Sandicliffe on Welford Road made the donation after using
the crisps in a promotion featuring Gary Lineker.
Youth Development Worker at Longslade Louise Himan said: “Any
donations and support for our services and activities are always
gratefully received.” The sale of the crisps will help fund
the Youth Centre’s summer playscheme and special needs programme.
Planning
Mr A Lee - erection of 2 storey extension to rear of semi
detached house. 12 Hill Rise
Mr G Smith - erection of 2 storey extensions to front & side
of semi detached bungalow. 46 Sibson Rd
Dr & Mrs Sarrafin - erection of 1st floor extensions to front
& side & balcony to rear of detached house 82 Rectory
Rd, Wanlip
Mr G Derry - 2 storey extension to side of detached house. 22
Oakfield Ave
Punch Pub Co - formation of patio to rear of public house and
rearrangement of car park. Part Retrospective. The Old Plough,
Front St.
Mr C Green - single storey extension to side and rear of semi
detached house. 46 Bramley Rd
Mr & Mrs Arlott - erection of a conservatory to rear of semi
detached house. 60 Hill Rise
Mr S Large - erection of a single storey extension to front,
side and rear and first floor extension to side of semi detached
dwelling with detached garage. 48 Sibson Rd
Mr P Wood - erection of a roof extension to side and dormer extension
to rear of dwelling. 24 Goscote Hall Rd.
Mr I Dix - erection of new roof and insertion of 3 dormer windows.
471 Loughborough Rd.
Mr R W Kilby - erection of a conservatory to rear of semi detached
dwelling. 22 Castlegate Ave
Mr D Quinn - erection of a single storey extension to side and
rear of semi detached house. 13 Went Rd
Mr M Patel - erection of a front porch, single storey side extension
and conservatory to rear with pitched roof over existing flat
roof. 18 Greengate Lane
Mr & Mrs Rose - erection of a conservatory to rear of detached
house. 34 Colindale Ave
Mr S G Carr - erection of 2 storey extension to side and single
storey extension to rear of semi detached house. 74 Queensgate
Drive
Anglican churches a hub of activity
OF THE four fine church buildings, each
with flourishing congregations, which we have in Birstall and
Wanlip, the two most ancient churches - St James in Birstall
and Our Lady and St Nicholas in Wanlip - are the two you are
the least likely to see.
With the huge expansion of Birstall in the last 50 years (read
John Kilby’s newly published book to discover more about
this) the hub of village life has moved away from the area near
the river and Church Hill where St James was built in the 14th
century. The building was extended in the 1960s, but is now bypassed
by most traffic, unless visiting two of our local pubs or the
British Legion! At the same time, Wanlip village has reduced
in size and importance, leaving the church of Our Lady and St
Nicholas in a delightful rural backwater. The Methodist Church
in Wanlip Lane and St Theresa’s Catholic Church in Front
Street, were each built in the 20th century, so are nearer schools,
shops and library and the centre of village activities.
Nevertheless a very great deal goes on in our two ancient Anglican
(Church of England) churches, which have always remained favourite
places with villagers for special occasions like baptisms, weddings
and funerals. At St James during the last six months a new, short
service at 11 o’clock on Sunday mornings, called Open House,
has been attracting people who prefer an informal style of worship.
This runs after our regular Parish Communion at 9.30am and there
is opportunity for the two congregations to meet over a cup of
coffee between the two services. Work has been going on in the
Howard room at the back of the church to create a small kitchen
and servery to create a more convenient and discreet area for
serving drinks etc. Most of the work for this has been done by
members of the congregation. Not everyone may be aware that a
short morning service is held every day of the week in the old
church of St James.
The Rector (ie Vicar), Malcolm Lambert, has been ably assisted
for the last four years by Sue Wicks, as priest and curate, but
now, sadly for us, it is time for her to move on with her husband
Terry, to take on greater responsibilities as the Vicar of five
churches based around Stoke Golding. We have had two excellent
women curates in the past 10 years since women were first ordained
in the Church of England, and in the last year we have been joined
by the Rev Jessie Anand who is in Leicester with her husband
and is working with us in a part-time, unpaid capacity. She has
already made an impact on our church life and has much to contribute
in sharing with us her experiences of her ‘other’ work
with asylum seekers and refugees in the city.
Because of the shortage of full-time clergy these days the work
done by designated members of our congregation is invaluable.
There are three ‘lay-readers’ in our church, Bert Tegg,
Lesley Walton and Peter Chester who have been trained and are
able to take certain services and preach. They have been joined
by ‘pastoral assistants’, Doreen Wilson, Sandra Robinson
and Marion Tegg whose work is more with the welfare and care
of individuals and in organising activities and outreach. Sandra
has recently become chair of a new Social Committee which is
planning activities ranging from a parish weekend away in May
to a Family Fun Day on the church lawn on June 13, a trip to
Tolethorpe Hall Open Air Theatre on June 29 and a Skittles evening
in the autumn.
At the annual general meeting of the churches on March 31 we
elected churchwardens, and church council members and heard reports
on our finances (just keeping our heads above water!) and other
important issues. The feasibility of keeping the churches open
regularly for individuals to visit or for private prayer was
discussed. Sadly, after many cases of vandalism, it is now only
possible for most churches to remain open if a team of volunteers
can give time to be ‘on watch’, but this is a possibility
we hope to explore. A new Men’s Group led by Malcolm Lambert
is now meeting bi-monthly at the British Legion for fellowship
and discussion and any interested men are invited to contact
Bert Tegg to find out more on 2673817.
For any further information about the activities at Birstall
or Wanlip Parish churches you can contact the Church Office on
Wednesdays and Fridays between 9.30 and 4pm on 2671797.
From Beryl McHugh
Parish Council notes
BIRSTALL PARISH Council’s Annual Parish
Meeting was held on April 5.
The Chairman, County Councillors and Borough Councillors presented
their reports. There was general discussion about Charnwood’s
wheelie bin proposals. Cllr Chris Clarke said that Birstall as
a community had not been properly consulted and this was a disgrace.
Cllr Roger Wilson said that the public consultation was one of
the largest Charnwood had ever carried out. The problem of refuse
is a Borough wide one, he said, Charnwood have listened to the
public’s views, acknowledged objections and have made decisions
on a Borough wide basis.
Cllr Sheila Alcock said that Birstall had been ridden over roughshod
and that the majority of people are dead against the plans. It
was a fait accompli even before it was up for consultation, she
said.
Cllr Roger Wilson said he hoped people would give the scheme
time to settle in and to see if any problems can be addressed.
Cllr Gerald Hardington asked what assurances we have that recyclable
material won’t be going to landfill and said that the fight
in Birstall was not finished, by any means.
Cllr Helena Edwards said that green material going to landfill
was a very rare occurrence and has now stopped following the
opening of a new facility.
It was reported that the Land & Lewis charity spent £399
last year delivering 60 hampers of Christmas groceries to elderly
and needy people in Birstall. If anyone is aware of an elderly
person who should be on the list, contact Birstall Parish Council
(tel:2676191).
The Annual Meeting was followed by the April meeting of the Parish
Council.
Mrs Bernice Beardmore was co-opted onto the Parish Council.
PC Dave Coles introduced himself to councillors. He said he had
arrested 21 people since January, confiscated vehicles and carried
out many stop and searches.
The Council voted to support a planning application scheme for
street lighting on the Hallam Fields development. The proposed
scheme was described as ‘quality lighting’, energy
efficient and with low light pollution.
Growing sewing circle
TO PROMOTE National Stitching Week the
Bradgate Sewing Circle had an open meeting at the Rothley Centre
on Tuesday March 25 when we invited visitors to come and look
at what we are currently doing, see some examples of completed
work, and generally chat with us about their sewing interests
over a cup of coffee.
Our hope was that we might attract some new members. We made
over 60 cups of coffee that morning so we well exceeded our wildest
expectations. As a result we have indeed recruited eight new
members including some young ones which is of course what every
organisation needs. We now have a waiting list.
As a group our main interest and aim is patchwork and quilting
but we have found that we are an opportunity locally for women
to be able to meet to follow other sewing skills with like minded
people and our group now represents a broader spectrum of needleworkers.
Although we are not a charity as such, by virtue of the fact
that work is completed surplus to our personal requirements this
enables us to support local charities. For instance, last year
as a group effort we made over 40 lap quilts which were donated
and gratefully received by Age Concern for use in their Day Centres
and transport.
Visitors are welcome to special meetings when we have speakers.
On April 27 Jill Cawrey came to speak to us about Scrap Quilts
and in May we are to have a talk about the work of Rainbows the
Children’s Hospice in Loughborough.
From Pat Gourlay
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Your Say...
I was very pleased to learn that a plaque is to be erected
in memory of this gallant airman. Everyone in Birstall will know
Hannah Parade but I wonder how many, especially the younger generation,
will know why it is so named?
His bravery was well documented in your article, but note that
he was just 18 years old at the time, as were many of his fellow
airmen, and when you read of present day youths of similar age
or even older desecrating was memorials it does make you wonder
why this should happen.
War is a terrible thing, affecting civilians as well as the military,
but in a strange way it united the country and those of us who
lived through it will always remember the way everyone faced
adversity with cheerfulness and determination.
I also served in the RAF for most of the war, although most of
my time was in a less glamorous arm of the service, Coastal Command,
but I did go inside a Hampden bomber, although thankfully never
flew in one, Known to the Observer Corps as the ‘Flying
Wineglass’ because of its shape when seen from below it
was certainly not designed with the comfort and safety of the
crew in mind, particularly the lower rear gunner.
Mrs Hannah and her daughters must be very proud of John, although
greatly saddened by his very early demise, and I assure them
that all of the wartime generation do so too.
Ronald Bambury
In the Leicester Mercury of Thursday April 8, 2004 Cllr Jill
Vincent is quoted as saying that: “she believed wheelie
bins would encourage people to produce less rubbish and therefore
help recycling rates.”
What fatuous nonsense. How on earth can she believe that the
alteration of the receptacle in which we are to put our waste
will have any effect on the amount of waste we produce, recyclable
or not? The amount of rubbish we produce is determined by the
amount of goods we consume and the amount or packaging associated
with those goods in conjunction with the amount of literature
we receive at home in the form of mail, newspapers, magazines
etc. none of which will alter because we have a shiny new bin
outside.
Will Cllr Vincent please publish her evidence backing up her
belief? Probably not. I assume that as this is only a ‘belief’
she may not be held accountable when she is proved wrong.
As the part of our rubbish most likely to cause health hazards
is now only to be collected half as often as before, are we to
see a commensurate reduction on Council Tax? Probably not.
I would suggest that the best way to encourage people to recycle
is to make it as easy as possible for us. One bin for everything
recyclable, and one for everything else, both emptied weekly
with any sorting done at the recycling plant, not on the streets.
Finally, Cllr Vincent is also wrong mathematically. If we produce
less rubbish, there is nothing to suggest that the percentage
of recyclable rubbish would go up. Only the total volume of rubbish
would alter, the ratio of recyclable to non recyclable remaining
the same.
Think again Charnwood.
Nicholas G Black
I bile and take walks towards Thurmaston from the White Horse
end of Birstall. I wonder if anyone can give me any indication
as to whether the footpath from the White Horse Bridge to the
steep lock bridge is due for any improvement. This is full of
potholes and most unpleasant to negotiate especially when it
has been raining.
Also the steepness of the lock bridge for bike users and pushchairs
must be a health and safety issue, and when you have negotiated
that and want to go across the next immediate bridge towards
the Woolly Mammoth or Thurmaston you have to lift your bike,
pushchair etc at least a foot to get onto it.
Now this may be a matter for British Waterways and not Council.
I don’t know.
Can anyone enlighten me so I can take it further?
M A Briggs
We are permanently in great need of new, used, foreign, British
and all other kinds of postage stamps for the Sunshine Fund for
Blind Children and are desperate for more contacts in the UK
and abroad.
The stamps are sold and this is how we raise much-needed funds
for these wonderful children who are in great need of specially
adapted toys and everyday gadgets, holidays, help for parents
and many other needs of blind and partially sighted children
throughout the UK. Their school life begins at the age of approximately
two years old and up to A-level stage. Many of the children have
other mental and physical disabilities as well, not just blindness,
so one to one teaching and assistance is needed much of the time.
If anybody can help us please could the stamps be left on the
envelope with approximately 1cm left surrounding the stamp? Please
separate into one envelope for British and another for Foreign
and mark the outside of the envelope accordingly. We would also
be grateful if you could pass this message on to your friends
in the UK and abroad so that we can make at least £2000
this tax year. Last year’s total was £1222. One small
envelope of stamps once a year is just as important as a giant
box full.
Please send stamps to RNIB, PO Box 6198, Leighton Buzzard, LU7
9XT. Please send requests for posters, donations and other correspondence
to the above address.
Thank you for your help.
Terri Bush (Mrs), Volunteer Events Co-Ordinator, Royal
National Institute of the Blind
It is May again, the time when the Parish Council elect their
Chairman for the coming 12 months and confirm standing orders
which effectively spell out and specify the council’s decisions
as to how its business and affairs shall be conducted over the
coming year.
In recent past years, the council has confirmed standing orders
which create two bodies, with restricted membership, a Management
and Policy Committee and a Development Sub-Committee, which has
been the subject of unresolved controversy.
While, as a sovereign body, the Council is entitled to adopt
any standing orders it regards as appropriate, its individual
members are required to comply with a code of conduct comprising
a set of General Principles and a set of General Obligations,
particularly important in respect of the newly elected chairman
as he is responsible for the proper, appropriate and lawful conduct
of the Council’s business and affairs.
In view of the unresolved controversy, I took the trouble very
recently to consult a professional expert on the issue, and my
clear understanding is that it would not only be improper and
likely to be in breach of the Council’s adopted code of
conduct, for the Chairman to invite, and the Council to confirm,
such standing orders which deny individual council members equality
of opportunity of participation in the Council’s business
and affairs, but that it may well be unlawful to do so.
C D Clarke
Mr Castleman, I read your letter in the Birstall Post, ‘Petty
dictators’ and must agree with you and what is going to
happen next.
To your question (4) as to the next council elections where does
democracy start and end, I feel we have lost it when Labour and
Liberal councillors get together to make them the largest party
to stop the other party who had the largest votes getting in.
I don’t want these terrible looking and dirty bins around,
frankly I don’t know how I would manage. My 75 year old
husband has Parkinson’s and I am his carer, also I have
had major heart surgery with other problems, at nearly 74 this
is quite something. I would not be able to take that bin down
our front steps and I refuse to have it standing on the front
which would mean all our refuse being taken down quite a few
times a day, as our house has steps.
I doubt they will come out for uncollected rubbish. I phoned
a special number to get a sink unit taken away off our front
garden but was told, oh, we don’t do that, but couldn’t
I ask the neighbours to take it away in their cars.
Please if you can get a protest going we will gladly support.
Pam & Pete Hulme
From April to October rabbit/guinea pig owners should be aware
of the risk of flystrike for indoor and outdoor pets.
Warm weather from Spring onwards attracts houseflies/bluebottles
etc to our gardens. Dirty hutches with soiled bedding are a magnet
to flies. As is soiled bottoms of your pets. The odour of faeces/urine
attracts flies to lay eggs on the fur of the animal which within
eight hours hatch into maggots that will devour into the flesh
of you pet. It is lethal. Flies will also lay eggs in hutches
that are dirty.
This is a cruel and needless way for pets to die - simple steps
can be taken to prevent flystrike:
1. Check your rabbit/guinea pit has a clean bottom every morning
and evening - clean off any faeces.
2. Daily removal of dirty bedding/uneaten food from hutch and
spray cage with a good pet disinfectant (Bob Martin, Russel Rabbet).
3. Clean whole hutch at least once a week and disinfect.
4. Use Bob Martin fly repellent spray on the animal daily (available
from Birstall Pet Shop)
Be aware to look out for tiny eggs on the fur of your pet. Remove
and clean animal.
Rabbits and guinea pigs do not clean their back ends as well
as they should and rely on you to help give them a pain free
summer. Birstall vets will give flystrike leaflets/advice to
anyone who needs it.
Please make anyone you know who has a rabbit/guinea pig aware.
Flystrike is a fast killer that needs to be prevented. Any listlessness
and change in your rabbit must be checked by a vet as quick response
to flystrike can be treated.
G Smith, Sileby (Midlands, Rabbit/Guinea Pig Society member)
As a follow up to my letter about St James Day Care Centre
in the April edition of the Birstall Post I wish to supply some
more information.
The first manager at the day centre had to rely on volunteers,
using their own cars, to transport people. After a time, the
Rev Charles Bradshaw (the then Vicar and chairperson of Age Concern
Birstall & Wanlip) managed to purchase a second-hand minibus
from a London borough. It had been in use for several years and
had done a high mileage and consequently he was able to buy it
quite cheaply - nobody else wanted it!
In 1996 Rev Charles Bradshaw was successful in obtaining a grant
from the national Lottery Community Fund which enabled a new
minibus to be purchased. After seven years and a mileage of over
50,000 miles that minibus was replaced with another new one in
October 2003. For the current minibus a grant of £5,000
was obtained from the Local Health Authority and another grant
of £5,000 was obtained from a charity but the application
for a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund was unsuccessful.
This meant that a large amount from our capital fund had to be
used in order to purchase a new minibus.
The ability to establish a capital fund, and to increase this
gradually each year, has been greatly helped by the St James
Day Care Centre 200 Club. Most of the members are from the congregation
of St James Church but others are members who live in Birstall
and indeed others who reside in other places. I wish to record
my thanks to all those people who have staunchly supported the
day centre in this way during the past few years.
Two years ago we were able to replace the static bath in the
day centre bathroom with an electrically-operated height-adjustable
bath which has made it better for those having baths and it has
greatly eased the work of the bath nurse. St James Day Care Centre
is at the moment the only Age Concern day centre in the county
providing a bathing service, thanks to the financial support
of Birstall Parish Council.
The day centre premises are now owned by Birstall Parish Council
and rent has to be paid to the council for their use from Monday
to Friday during the day. I wish to record thanks to the parochial
Church Council of St James Church for paying the rent for Thursdays
and Fridays. A wonderful example of a parish church helping to
provide day centre facilities for elderly people irrespective
of their religion or of their faith.
Jex Woods (Chairperson, Age Concern Birstall & Wanlip)
Pic: Members of the team Paul Wilcock, Dave
& Jenny Cluley, Trevor & Jackie Warner at the end of
the hike.
20 mile charity hike
A GROUP of Birstall friends took part in
a 20 mile hike to raise funds for research into Motor Neurone
Disease.
The team completed the Charnwood Hike which started in Markfield
and finished at the Outdoor Pursuits Centre on Loughborough Road.
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Age Concern info
On Friday May 21 2004 Age Concern Leicestershire & Rutland
will be offering people over 50 the opportunity to have a taste
of using computers, the internet and digital photography.
The day will feature a series of short and informal workshops
and will be hosted by Age Concern’s own in-house IT and
photograph experts - Graham Cross and Chris Randall. The day
will also showcase the BBC’s People’s War website
an excellent archive which encourages people to share their experiences
and memories of World War II. Age Concern Leicestershire &
Rutland is keen to provide older people across the two counties
with the opportunity to contribute to this site. The venue is
Age Concern Leics and Rutland, Lansdowne House, 113 Princess
Road East, Leicester LE1 7LA. For more information and to book
a place please call Liza Kozlowski on 0116 2992237.
BUDGET DAY 2004 - OLDER PEOPLE MISS OUT AGAIN
Gordon Lishman, Age Concern England’s Director General,
states: “Older people are not winners in this Budget and
once again they have been largely ignored. The Chancellor’s
promise to give an extra £100 to over 70s this year shows
his recognition of the council tax crisis - but this is a short-term
measure and not the answer. While we recognise that the Government
has been working hard to tackle the issue over recent years,
one in five pensioners, and one in four single women pensioners,
still live in poverty. It’s a disgrace that the state pension
is so inadequate that people have to rely on one-off payments
to cover daily living costs. The Government must turn its back
on means testing and increase the basic state pension to a minimum
of £105 per week.
“The Chancellor made a commitment at Labour’s Spring
Conference to end pensioner poverty. We look forward to this
generation being the one that ‘eradicated child and pensioner
poverty’. However there is a long way to go before this
ambition becomes a reality and Age Concern England looks forward
to working with the Government and discussing ways to improve
the situation. All politicians would do well to remember that
the ‘grey vote’ is growing : the over-50s cast one
third of the votes at the last General Election. The Chancellor
should listen to their voices.
“We are also deeply frustrated that the Government has ignored
pension reform for women and carers. It has publicly recognised
the state pension system is failing them yet continually breaks
its promise to act. Once again this group has been left empty
handed. We had hoped the Chancellor would announce his intention
to help women, adopting four modest proposals from the joint
Age Concern England and Fawcett Society ‘Let’s make
Pensions Work for Women’ campaign. We would like the Government
to: reduce the Lower Earnings Limit to bring more low paid workers
into the National Insurance System; introduce a fairer, more
accessible system of carers credits; pay pensions to everyone
who pays National Insurance and make second pensions work for
women.
“We welcome the Chancellor’s announcement for a New
Deal for Skills. It is crucially important that people over 50
are able to benefit from the proposals and that those who are
finding it hard to enter the labour market are given enough training,
support and opportunities to do so. Improvements to training
must be combined with a package of reforms to end age discrimination
- including making mandatory retirement illegal.
“The news that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
will be cutting staff by a fifth is a serious cause for concern.
While we support moves to make government more efficient and
to use technology where that will improve services, this announcement
represents a significant cut in the budget and jobs in the DWP.
Feedback from local Age Concerns and older people suggest that
the Pensions Service is offering an improved service in many
areas and we want assurances that these improvements will continue.
There is still a great deal of work to be done by the DWP for
example to ensure the Pension Credit is claimed by all those
older people who are eligible for it.”
COUNCIL TAX : AGE CONCERN LETTER TO MINISTER
Age Concern has written to Nick Raynsford, the Minister responsible
for the council tax, expressing concern about the high level
of tax that older people are having to pay from their fixed incomes
and setting out the need for the system to be reformed. The letter
states that reforms should be based on, and judged by, the following
principals:
Fairness - the system should be linked to people’s ability
to pay; reliance on a means-tested benefit system does not meet
that aim
Sustainability - the combination of central and local government
funding should be adequate to provide good quality services
Clarity - the way services are paid for and the system of raising
money should be transparent
The letter also makes some comments on the balance between local
and central government funding and the role of Council Tax Benefit.
In the short term Age Concern believes that it is essential to
encourage the take-up of Council Tax Benefit and other sources
of financial support. The letter also considers changes to administration
and benefit rules that could improve the current system.
Letter from Age Concern to the Rt. Hon Nick Raynsford MP 4pp.
Available on receipt of a (9”x6”) sae from Donna Pearce,
Policy Unit, Age Concern, England.
Speaking personally, I find it very strange that in the Budget
this year, the Chancellor announced a payment of £100 to
the over 70s to help with the payment of council tax. Why are
the pensioners aged 65-70 missing out? It seems very strange
and disappointing that they are being discriminated against.
BURIAL LAW AND POLICY : CONSULTATION
In the light of the need to reform outdated legislation on burial
and cemeteries in England and Wales, the Government has launched
a public consultation.
The consultation document sets out the background issues to be
considered and seeks views on the case for uniform legislation
across the public and private sectors. It discusses the case
for change to the way in which burial grounds are provided and
considers the need for regulation and standard setting. It explores
the issues surrounding the protection of buried remains and the
case for enabling old burial grounds to be re-used. The annexes
provide guidance on how to respond to the consultation and a
list of the questions on which views are sought. The closing
date for replies is July 13, 2004.
Burial Law and Policy in the 21st century : The Need for a Sensitive
and Sustainable Approach. 34pp Available on the Internet at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/inside/consults/current/index.html
HIP REPLACEMENT - WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW
This book gives a history of the development of total hip replacement
and the alternatives to this treatment.
The author, who has had a hip replacement operation, considers
the relief of arthritis through non-surgical interventions and
the timing of a decision to have an operation. He goes on to
consider the different types of prosthesis, the practical issues
before, during and after the operation and the social aspects
to be taken into account.
The book concludes with a comparison of private versus public
care, the option of treatment abroad and the future of total
hip replacement procedures.
Hip Replacement - What you Really Need to Know by Thomas Crump
190pp. Price £9.99 ISBN : 1841196649. Available from Constable
& Robinson Ltd, 3 The Lanchesters, 162 Fulham Palace Road,
London W6 9ER. Tel: 020 8741 3663 Fax : 020 8748 7562 Email enquiries
@constablerobinson.com
Jex Woods
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