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BBC News
04-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
'Dying Matters' chats to be held in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
A series of events will be held to encourage people to talk about death, dying and Matters Awareness Week, from 5 to 11 May, aims to open up conversations around the oft-taboo events in locations around northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire will bring together staff from hospitals, hospices, charities, solicitors and the funeral Redhead, who chairs the Dying Matters group in North Lincolnshire, said: "Honest, timely discussions about death and dying are so important, as this can aid in ensuring the person's dying wishes are respected and carried out to meet their individual needs at the end of their life." People are being invited to meet the professionals for a chat at the following events:Tuesday, Grimsby hospital, main restaurant, 11:00 to13:30 Hull Royal Infirmary main foyer, 10:00 to 14:00. Wednesday, Living Later Life Well project, Trinity Methodist Church, Barton-upon-Humber, 10:30 to 12:00. Wednesday, Health Bus, Brigg Garden Centre, 09:00 to 15:00. Wednesday, Queens Centre, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, 10:00 to 14:00. Thursday, Brigg Market, 08:30 to 14:00. Friday 9 May, Scunthorpe Market, 09:00 to 15:00. Friday 16 May, Freeman Street Market, Grimsby, 09:00 to 15: Wray, a matron for end-of-life care at Hull's hospitals NHS trust, said: "By opening up honest, compassionate conversations and respecting cultural differences, we can all play a part in ensuring dying well is something everyone has the chance to do – with dignity, comfort, and choice."Information about organisations that offer support with bereavement and end-of-life care can be found on the BBC's Action Line page. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
When Bolton went all-American with the first drive-through in the UK
Today you will find drive-throughs in every town in the country. Starting out as the preserve of burger chains, the UK is now full of businesses where you can be served without leaving your car. It is used by coffee chains like Costa and Starbucks, street food such as Chaiiwala and even posh bakery chain Gail's is looking at opening drive-throughs for those who need their sourdough pronto. But there was a time when this was not the case. Henrys, the first drive-through in the country, before its opening. Taken in October 1980 (Image: Newsquest) The very first drive-through in the country was only established in 1980, in our very own Bolton. Henrys opened its doors in November of that year on Derby Street, long before McDonald's came along on the same road. The restaurant was known for its fish and chips and pies, but its American diner decor was matched by its menu, and customers could also indulge themselves in burgers and banana shakes. It was featured in a BBC package in 1981, exploring the alien concept of drive-throughs. Did you know that the country's first ever fast food drive-through was in Bolton? 🤔 It was called Henrys and was featured on an episode of the BBC1 programme Home Front in 1981. We're looking back at the film as part of our Rewind series, celebrating 100 years of the BBC. ⬇️ — BBC North West (@BBCNWT) September 27, 2022 In the piece by legendary TV reporter Brian Redhead, drivers are also shown to be given a branded Henrys car sticker. Mr Redhead says: 'A Henrys automated chippery on Bolton's busy Derby Street, technology has added several brand new dimension to the noble bag of fish and chips. Read more: UK's first drive-thru opened in Bolton - serving up fish and chips Read more: Wanderers Burnden Park ground pictured covered in adverts! Read more: Bolton Market Place photos show shopping centre just after opening "Fish if you want it, but statutory seven ounce portions of chips with everything, from peas and pies to burgers and banana shakes. 'At the North West's first drive-in chip shop it's simply a matter of placing your order at one window and steering a steady course to another while it's being rapidly dispensed. Henry's dining room, November 1980 (Image: Newsquest) 'Then all you have to do is pay.' A fee of £1.99 is exchanged for one Henrys burger, chips and mushy peas, and one portion of fish and chips, accompanied by a 'shake'. 'You don't even have to shake your own salt and vinegar, they come in plastic sachets,' Mr Redhead ends by saying. Henrys was also the first restaurant in the UK to introduce a braille menu, so people with visual impairments could order too.
BBC News
02-03-2025
- General
- BBC News
'I left teaching to become an embalmer - and I love it'
A former PE teacher has swapped the sports hall for the chapel of rest as he embarks on a new career as an Redhead, from Ripley in Derbyshire, is currently retraining with Nottingham-based A.W. Lymn to become a qualified embalmer, with his two-year external examinations set to start in 46-year-old said the caring skills he learned from 22 years in education transferred well to the funeral leaving teaching "was one of the hardest decisions I've ever made", he said he was enjoying his new lease of life. "I'd always really enjoyed the pastoral element of my role as a teacher, but it was starting to feel like the job was all about achieving results, with every pupil's worth based on their academic achievements," he told BBC Radio Derby."I left teaching without having another job lined up, so I thought about what skills I have from teaching into a new one. Mr Redhead said he used a skills matrix map, which uses a person's skills and proficiency levels from previous jobs and matches those skills with new said the skills matrix gave him "lots of ideas" but social media posts about working in the funeral business kept appearing up on his phone, which helped him choose his new career."After getting results from my skills matrix, I went to a jobs fayre and it went from there," he is the process of preserving a body after death ahead of their funeral."Starting a second career can be scary, but ultimately when you break it down, both teaching and embalming are about care," he said. "Whether you're caring for a child in a secondary school, an elderly person in a care home or the deceased and their family."If you've got the skills inside you and that empathy for people, it's not that much different at all.""It's a hard job emotionally, but so is teaching. It can be quite challenging but I absolutely love my job and I'm learning again which is nice, I love learning new things." 'Seamless transition' Mr Redhead said he had never seen a dead body until the first day on his new job."It was really unusual", he said. "When you think about death, you think about your family members but I don't know who these people, what they sounded like or what they did for a job."I care about them but I don't know anything about them, which means I am able to seperate myself from them whilst still caring for them and making sure I do my job properly."Once his training is complete, Mr Redhead will become a member of the British Institute of said he is confident the career change will not prove to be a dead end."No two days in the mortuary are the same and I feel so fortunate that now, I look forward to going to work at the start of the week," he Lymn Rose, managing director of the family-run funeral firm, said professional embalmers carried out "vital" work."We're thrilled that John has been able to make such a seamless transition into the profession," he said.
