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6 News & Features<br />
Paint Rainford Pink<br />
19th <strong>October</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
for PREVENT BREAST CANCER<br />
Wherever you need your flowers to go,<br />
call Wendy’s Flowers to make it so.<br />
Telephone orders welcome and same day delivery,<br />
where possible, within a 15 mile radius.<br />
...maybe a little more notice for weddings etc.<br />
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National &<br />
International<br />
<strong>St</strong>epping Out<br />
Rainhill Garrick Society’s <strong>October</strong> play is <strong>St</strong>epping<br />
Out: a rollicking comedy following former<br />
professional dancer Mavis as she attempts to teach<br />
tap dancing to a motley crew of amateurs ahead of<br />
an upcoming concert.<br />
The play takes place from Thursday, <strong>October</strong> 17<br />
until Saturday, <strong>October</strong> 19 at 7:30pm at Rainhill<br />
Village Hall.<br />
Tickets cost £7 per adult or £6 concessions, and are<br />
available from Rainhill Post Office or at the Village<br />
Hall. For more information, call 01744 813429.<br />
Prescot’s Cash Boost<br />
Prescot town centre has been selected to receive<br />
£1.5 million in Historic England funding to protect<br />
its historic buildings and revive the high street.<br />
The grant is part of a national scheme worth £95m,<br />
which will be shared across 69 town centres.<br />
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With work already started on the Shakespeare<br />
North Playhouse and various historic buildings<br />
undergoing restoration, the cash boost is certainly<br />
a welcome one.<br />
The venture will complete the UK’s Shakespearean<br />
triangle of theatres, the others being located in<br />
London and <strong>St</strong>ratford-upon-Avon. Construction is<br />
set to be completed in 2021, and will feature a 350-<br />
seat Jacobean-style theatre, outdoor performance<br />
garden and educational facilities.<br />
It will appear on the site of the current Mill <strong>St</strong>reet<br />
car park, close to Cockpit House, in the heart of<br />
Prescot town centre.<br />
Prescot was in fact the first place in the UK outside<br />
of London to have an indoor playhouse, so the<br />
construction of Shakespeare North is quite apt<br />
indeed.<br />
Northern Heritage<br />
Chester Lane Library will host a <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> heritage<br />
exhibition in November and December as a tribute<br />
to Northern Soul, street and breakdancing.<br />
Visitors can explore the music and dances of the<br />
period, the fashion and culture, and how local<br />
venues linked it all together.<br />
A launch night takes place on Thursday, November<br />
21 from 5:30pm-8:30pm with live street dance<br />
performances, graffiti workshops, DJing practice<br />
and break dancing battles. The main exhibition<br />
then runs until Thursday, December 5.<br />
Gin-Tastic<br />
Get excited, because the Absolutely Fabulous<br />
Gin Festival returns to <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Helens</strong> Town Hall this<br />
November!<br />
With 119 amazing gins to sample, including the<br />
Absolutely Fabulous Pink Gin created by the<br />
organisers themselves, you won’t want to miss the<br />
gin-tastic event, which takes place across three<br />
sessions on Friday, November 29 and Saturday,<br />
November 30.<br />
Tickets cost £14.50 including a gin copa glass, a bag<br />
and a gin guide, bookable on Skiddle.
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