www.breatheeasytelford.btik.com

March / April2013

Registered charity in England and Wales (326730) and in Scotland (SCO38415)

Breathe Easy Telford is a self-help group affiliatedto the British Lung Foundation, dedicated to

bringing together all those in our area affected byrespiratory diseases, both patients and carers.Meetings are monthly, every fourth Thursday at

Wellington Civic & Leisure Centre[Swimming Baths], Larkin Way, Tan Bank,Wellington, Telford TF1 1LX at 2.00 p.m.

Please contact chairman:- Gerald Newtonon 01952 593561 for further details.

E-mail the editor: dillarstone@blueyonder.co.uk

Exercise Classes Starting in AprilIn our last newsletter we reported that we were well on our way to setting up a post-pulmonary rehabexercise class. We are delighted to let you know that this will start on Tuesday 16th April at St George’sCricket Club. The class costs £3.50 per session and will run weekly from 11.00am-12 Noon.You can book a place by calling our instructor Tracey Oliver on 07779500051 or 01952 252205 andquoting “Breathe Easy”None of this would have been possible without financial support in the form of grants from The LadyForester Trust, GKN Sankey Charitable Trust, Paycare Charitable Trust and the Roy Fletcher CharitableTrust and we’re very grateful to them and the support that we have had from Kim Brown our PulmonaryRehab physiotherapist. We would like to give our appreciation to all involved in setting up this classparticularly the help and guidance from Jeremy Bacon and British Lung Foundation.Tracey informs me that people should to book a place as soon as possible as there are now limited placesavailable. Mark Dillarstone

TombolaTuesday 28 May - PRH

Our next Tombola is in May at thePrincess Royal Hospital, Telford.

Please bring all your unwanted Christmaspresents, etc. to the next forthcoming

monthly meetings up to and including May’sMeeting. Hand donations directly (don’t

place on Raffle or Bring and Buy tables”) toMary Cook or Veronica Miller at meetings.

Many thanks for your generosity & support.

QUIZ NIGHT

Jeremy Bacon running the London Marathonfor the BLF Breathe Easy Network

I am running the London Marathon on April 21st to raise money for The BritishLung Foundation. I am dedicating my run and fund-raising efforts to the BLFBreathe Easy network and to the amazing volunteers and healthcare profes-sionals throughout the UK who provide support, information and hope toanyone affected by lung disease.I have many memories of watching those early marathons and being filledwith admiration for the people that did them. I really got a true sense of theatmosphere when I went down last year to support our runners, so this is my‘once in a lifetime’ chance in 2013. The training is going okay and I didhalf-marathon distance last week without too many ill effects.

If you would like to support me you can go to my online pagehttp://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/JeremyBacon

If supporting by going online above, please remember to 'gift-aid' your donation if you can.For any one not having access to a computer or would prefer to post a cheque, please make chequespayable to ‘British Lung Foundation’ and with either a little note or with ‘J Bacon Marathon’ on the backand send to British Lung Foundation, Midlands Regional Office, Carlton House, 28 Regent Road,Leicester LE1 6YH. I will be able to add your donation to my online sponsor page as ‘offline fund-raising’.Thanking you in advance for your support. Jeremy Bacon

Photos from ourAnniversary Meal at theHadley Park House HotelAnother memorable event last monthcelebrating 12 years of Breathe EasyTelford.It was lovely to see that all those whohad booked managed to attend thisyear. It was a lovely meal and we havehad many compliments back frommembers since.Gerald our chairman gave thanks onbehalf of the group to Mary Cook andVeronica Miller for their hard work inorganising the event.A raffle held there raised £74.

Quiz updateJust to let you know that I have already had a few bookings for Teams for the forthcomingquiz. Please see front cover for details! Mary, Veronica, Eileen and Eric from the grouphave booked a team each. The nurses from respiratory team are hoping to get a teamtogether. I also have teams booked from Land Registry. There is still time to book, themore the merrier as they say. Mark Dillarstone

Breathe Easy Telford Calendar 2014We are now taking photos for our 2014 Calendar. Our theme this time is for photos of local interest.Please send submissions to the editor by E-mail (address on the front page) or bring to a group meeting.Please put your name and address on each the back of each photo given in at a meeting for return.

Speakers required for future meetingsAt our last group meeting Gerald Newton our chairman mentioned that we are looking for speakers for afew of our future meetings. We have a small fund to cover expenses. If you know any one who wouldlike to come to a group meeting please give Mary a call on 01952 254678

Wellington Town Council awards Breathe Easy Telford £100Mary Cook, Veronica Miller and Mark Dillarstone last month received a donation of £100 from WellingtonTown Council at a presentation evening. Mary spoke at the event about Breathe Easy Telford’s work inour community and we were using this award to fund the publication and despatch of this newsletterissue. Our newsletter brings contact and information to members particularly those not able to attendmeetings. Other groups receiving donations from the council included, Clifton Cinema regenerationproject. Wellington Cottage Day Centre, Donnington Boys Boxing Club, Mark’s Pit Stop Madeley andGirls Brigade based at Wellington Methodist Church also received cheques.

Going to Donnington Medical Practice for Lung Function Test?A warning to any one going to Donnington Medical practice for lung function tests. Please note that theseare now done at the bungalow, next to the practice. By car, leaving the Donnington shop parade, go uppast the Medical Practice (on your left) and then turn left at the next traffic lights and then next left againinto the car park behind the bungalow. Otherwise you will have to cope with a flight of stairs or a 4 tierramp from the medical practice, good to test your lungs but not before a test! Mary Cook

From Sydney to Adelaide on the Indian Pacific The Barossa valley is in the heartland ofAustralia's wine industry

Len’S

AustralIan

Travels

Katherine Gorge is a fantastic area withAboriginal rock paintings and dramatic cliffs

From Adelaide through central Australia, viaAlice Springs and Katherine Gorge up toDarwin, on the Ghan. Named after the

Afghanistan camel drivers that travelledthe interior.

1 Interior of the Ghan from Adelaide to Darwin

1 2

2 A view of inside of the Bojangles Bar inAlice Springs. Made famous from the film,

La Cold in Alice

Len Sankey

What happened to the cat that ate wool?It had mittens!