ALL THE LATEST NEWS, VIEWS AND STORIES FROM AROUND YOUR LOCAL AREA:SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER


Better Hearing Clinic News! I’m one lucky fella!


From the first person I helped to hear better in January 2008 until now, I get the same sense of doing what I was meant to do. Te smiles, tears and laughs we have shared when benefit is achieved is overwhelming.


Being able to help people with care and attention, has been possible, since I took the big step of leaving a high street hearing aid chain in 2016.


I am blessed to have had the opportunity to be working with a most caring team at St. Helen’s Dental Practice, Market Place, where I have been supported with a clinic room in Cockermouth since October last year.


From the first visit up here, our family has fallen in love with Cockermouth, so much so, we have now relocated from Bolton.


Exciting times ahead!


Having come from a retail background, the natural progression to a standalone clinic, was probably inevitable. Plans are well underway for a shop-fronted Better Hearing Clinic. Mr. George Chambers, from Chambers Joinery, Workington and his team are waiting to get into the shop to fit it out. Pod Signs and Graphics are waiting to get the shop signs up. All that’s needed is to complete the lease and planning permission for change of use, which is pending.


Te new clinic rooms will be well-equipped, clinical and yet comfortably friendly. A soundproof testing booth is coming and the latest audiometer, which includes a brand- new testing regime to help people with tinnitus. We will have a dedicated ear wax removal room with a video monitor for a before and aſter look.


Te shop will have the basics and more!


Batteries, tubes and filters for hearing aids will be available to buy, with a selection of ear protection products for flying, swimming and noise, including digital shooting ear defenders. A hearing aid cleaning and repair service will be available too.


We are really pleased with the ongoing support of the community. All the referrals from existing customers has been appreciated. We support the Starkey Hearing Foundation Charity and will collect old hearing aids on their behalf.


Better Hearing are looking forward to many happy years contributing to the welfare of the community in which we live. I’m one lucky fella to have found you, Cockermouth!


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Amongst our Higham courses, some involve DOING (Art, Craft), some involve APPRECIATION (Music, Poetry) and some involve KNOWLEDGE (History, Sciences). PHILOSOPHY may involve a little of all these!


Here are some inspirational offerings for anyone simply wishing to get those little grey cells stimulated, with the legend that is Darren Harper:


L1910DH The Lazy Philosopher’s Guide To Proust (23rd-25th October)


Find out why so many consider the writings of Marcel Proust as indispensable to life, love and humanity. L1911DH The Philosophy and Literature of Tolstoy (12th-15th November)


What was this literary giant (author of Anna Karenina, War and Peace) saying to a society poised for radical changes? L1912DH The Lazy Philosopher’s Guide to Steinbeck (13th-15th December)


John Steinbeck won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature: “For his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception.”


L2001DH Religion for Atheists (19th-21st January)


Humans have traditionally had something to believe in and as such, have been prone to all interpretations of perceived truth. Consider various thinking’s and ideas so you can discuss the notions from a modern context.


Any relevance to our lives is purely intentional... All our courses are open to non-residential students and meals and refreshments are included.


SPECIAL EVENT


An Informal and Free Woodwind Concert Sunday 20th October, 11.15am


An end of course Concert, given by players completing a masterclass here at Higham with Laurence Perkins. A little audience will be appreciated!


ADMISSION FREE!


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