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Site updated:
03/07/2009 Updated buttons above are in yellow
Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul
Year B
Updated
each Sunday evening
Where is Rainhill?
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Our Liverpool..
At a glance...
People:
1.93 million people live within a 30 minute drive time of Liverpool
451,800 people are employed in the area
Over 50,000 students study in Liverpool
20.5% of population are under 16, 60.7% are aged 16-pension age with
18.8% being over pension age
Business:
38,871 companies are operating on Merseyside
There are over 1,500 overseas owned companies operating on Merseyside
Over the last 4 years there has been a 41% improvement in the perception
of Merseyside as a location for investment
Merseyside ranks 3rd among the 16 largest marketplaces in the UK
Ranks 6th largest overall in terms of annual expenditure per head
Merseyside is the 7th largest retail centre in the UK with 485,600
shoppers
Health:
There are 24 NHS hospitals in the Merseyside region
There are over 100 NHS GP surgeries and 6 NHS walk in centres
There are over 150 NHS Dental surgeries
Visitors:
960,000 people visited for business
83% of visitors said that nothing had spoilt their visit
50% of visitors said their visit was better than expected
Merseyside is the 3rd safest metropolitan area
OUR ST. HELENS
At A Glance....St.Helens is located to the east of
Liverpool and is one of the most accessible boroughs in the City Region.
It enjoys a prime position at the heart of the North West's M6 and M62
motorway networks and lies partway between the cities of Liverpool &
Manchester.
The borough has a population of almost 180,000 and has undergone a
dramatic transformation in recent years to become a growing regional
location of choice.
Key facts and features
- St.Helens is a global centre for glass manufacturing technology, a
fact underlined by the £2.2billion acquisition of Pilkington by the
world's second-largest glassmaker NSG.
- Knauf has invested more than £25million in St.Helens, safeguarding 250
jobs and significantly increasing capacity for building
materials/services.
- Somerfield, which serves 1,275 supermarkets in the UK, selected
St.Helens for its regional distribution base.
- St.Helens Chamber has been named as the country's top Chamber of
Commerce, at the National Chamber Awards 2007.
- Home to top-class rugby league, St.Helens 'Saints' is a global
household name and the most successful British team of the Superleague
era, not to mention treble-winners and BBC team of the year in 2006.
- Haydock Park Racecourse offers year-round flat and jump horseracing,
with 30 high calibre annual race meetings.
- The council is rated 4* in the most recent government rankings.
- St.Helens was awarded £13.4million round one Local Enterprise Growth
Initiative funding.
- More than half the borough is rural, boasting eight golf courses and
several country parks.
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OUR CHURCH
This is the website of St. Bartholomew's
Roman
Catholic Parish. We hope that you find it both interesting
and informative. You are more than welcome to join us
at any of our activities. You will find a warm and
generous welcome!
Our Parish Priest is Fr. Phil Swanson, who is also the
ParishPriest of St. Theresa's, Sutton Manor.
We also have Fr. Luke Dumbill (retired), who lives
in the Presbytery. He was our former Parish Priest.
We have a deacon: Rev. Bernard Smith and a retired
Deacon: Rev. Bert Wright.
We also have an order of Nigerian Nuns housed in the
Parish Convent and we have a Parish primary School
whose Head Teacher is Mr. Michael Edwards.
Check back regularly. The site is updated at least once
each week.
Lasallian Project 2009
Amy and Rachel are two young people from our parish. They have made a decision to
take part in a Lasallian Project for 2009.
The project centres around a commitment to
work for a month or so in a world area of need helping with projects
identified and organised by the Lasallian society.
They will be working in the following areas and
we will be charting their progress with pictures whilst they are away in
July 2009.
Click below to find out more
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Rachel
Rwanda |
Amy
India |
FUND RAISING
Thanks to everyone who helped raise
money for the project by various means. Recently a great night was
organised by a group called "MID LIFE CRISIS" which raised loads of
money and created a brilliant evening's entertainment.
Local Issues:
ANOTHER PHONE MAST APPLICATION - ANOTHER FIGHT...!!!
Numerous angry residents have been in touch over the latest attempt to
install a mobile phone mast on their doorsteps.
This time Vodaphone want a mast on the Shell Garage site on Warrington
Road less than 10 metres from the pedestrian walkway and 20 metres from
the nearest dwelling.
We are currently working with local residents to amass a deluge of
written objections to St Helens Planning Department.
Your councillors and the Parish Council have already submitted
objections and this planning application attempt must be thwarted at all
costs.
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RAINHILL TRIALS WEBSITE NOW LIVE
Check it out at:
www.rainhilltrials.com
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Next Steam train through Rainhill:
About 06.55 at Rainhill.
4th. July 2009
THE COAST TO COAST EXPRESS
Liverpool-Scarborough
46100/46201: Liverpool-Manchester Vic-York-Scarborough and
return
 
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The Coast to Coast Express will run from Liverpool to Scarborough
linking the Irish Sea with the North Sea. We hope the train will be
hauled by LMS 4-6-0 6100 Royal Scot however should the locomotive not be
available 6201 Princess Elizabeth has kindly agreed to stand by.
At around 08:00 the Coast to Coast Express will steam out of Liverpool
Lime Street and head east along the old Liverpool and Manchester
Railway. After picking up further passengers at Rainhill and St Helens
Junction we continue to Manchester Victoria, where it will collect
further passengers.
Saturday 1st. August
THE CUMBRIAN MOUNTAIN EXPRESS
Liverpool-Carlisle
46201/60009/71000:
Liverpool-Shap-Carlisle-Settle-Wigan-Liverpool
Sunday 2nd August
THE NORTH WALES COAST EXPRESS
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Liverpool Lime St-Holyhead
46201/46233/60009: Liverpool-Chester-Holyhead
and return
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The re-opened Lutyens Crypt at the Cathedral
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