Happy Christmas From A1 Stairlift Services

3rd December 2014

Keighley Cougar’s Shop

26th November 2014

We’re now hosting the Keighley Cougar’s shop here at our newly refurbished showroom. Based on 56 South Street in the centre of Keighley, fans can buy a wide range of merchandise and the 2015 season tickets.

The shop will be open from:

8.30am – 5pm Mon to Fri

10am to 3pm Saturday

Danny, Simon and Bob with the Keighley Cougars mascot 

Special Offer: A1 Stairlift Services Is Getting Into The Christmas Spirit

26th November 2014

A1 Stairlift Services will be joining Santa in making lots of deliveries this month (ho ho ho). The team is set for the busy festive period making sure your home is ready for Christmas and New Year.

As a special treat we’re offering the first 10 stairlift orders or brand new scooters, from 1st December until 19^th December, a free hamper filled with delicious good old Yorkshire products. Place your order with us now and ask about the hamper to see if you’re entitled to a free one.  Call 0800 6785261 or visit our showroom on South Street Keighley.

Linda’s Winter Warmer Minestrone Soup

19th November 2014

Linda’s Winter Warmer Minestrone Soup… Yum 

3 cloves of garlic

1 large onion

2 sticks of celery

2 large carrots

2 small potatoes

1 courgette

800ml veg stock

400g tin of chopped tomatoes

2 tablespoons tomato puree

60g dried spaghetti

Salt and pepper

Step 1: Chop the veg and fry lightly in spray oil for a few minutes to soften

Step 2: Add rest of ingredients except potatoes and spaghetti and bring to boil then simmer for 40mins

Step 3: Blend half of mixture until smooth, return to pan, add potatoes and spaghetti and simmer for further 25 minutes!

Serve and enjoy! (Chef’s extra tip: warm up some crusty bread and butter) 

Book Signing at A1 Stairlifts With Rugby League Legends

19th November 2014

Keighley Cougar’s shop is now officially located in A1 Stairlifts showroom on South Street in Keighley (West Yorkshire).  On December 13, rugby league legend and one of BARLA’s founding members Maurice Oldroyd and Geoff Lee will be hosting a book signing here from 10am-2pm.

A must for rugby league fans!

Maurice Oldroyd launched his book Building The Family Game A Rugby League Memoir this year. He was a key person involved in developing the amateur rugby league since the foundation of the British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) in 1973. As  BARLA’s first full-time employee he played a major role in its development until he retire in 2000.

He then became BARLA’s chairman in 2001 until 2005, and today is the Association’s patron. This memoir is essential reading for rugby league fans.

Geoff Lee’s book Two Seasons: Work, Family, Old Friends and Rugby League is his 5th novel in a series about life in the Lancashire town of Ashurst. The main characters are Alan and Thelma Greenall. Alan who worked for over 40 years as an electrical draughtsman at Wilkinson’s Engineering Works – part of a multinational company with HQ in Amsterdam. Fact and fiction are brought together throughout the novel and particularly in the chapters Hazel says ‘no to Bush and Blair’ and “The spoilt papers might win it”.

Scooter Alarms and GPS Tracking System…

12th November 2014

We’re now adding scooter alarms and optional GPS tracking systems to all of our new high value scooters.  This means that if your scooter is stolen while you’re out and about, or at home, you can trigger the alarm and track from the GPS system where abouts your scooter is.

This also means that if you’re worried about a family member who has a scooter, you can track where they are. We often get comments from people who are concerned about their elderly family members when they head of for a few hours and they’re not sure where they are.

We also know a lot of our customers are worried about leaving their scooters when they go shopping so we know these new additions will offer peace of mind.

Here is our scooter expert, Gary, fitting a new system to one of our scooters:

Come test your scooter before buying and visit our newly refurbished showroom: 56 South Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire

Showroom Refurb

29th October 2014

We’re refurbishing our showroom to make it more easier than ever for our customers to come and test our stairlifts before choosing which of our new or reconditioned stairlifts they’d like to buy.

Call in for a free, no obligation consultation with one of our friendly experts who will talk you through all you need to know about stairlifts and making the right choice for your home.

Here are some pictures of the progress so far…

We’ve created a door which goes straight from the showroom and down a short corridor to the area of stairlifts which you can try out.

Following this, the whole showroom will be getting a lick of paint, new carpet and a general all round uplift.

We can’t wait to see the finished project but we’ll keep you updated. In the meantime though, it is business as usual so don’t be put off by the work being done – during in working hours there is little disruption.

To see what makes and models we have available, visit the home page to select the tab relevant to you a1stairlifts.co.uk

We’re based on South Street Keighley, West Yorkshire BD21 1DD. And what a lovely day it is today….

Loneliness for men over 50 set to rise to 1m in next 15 years

15th October 2014

We were saddened to hear the government figures released this week that in the next 15 years the number of men over the age of 50 suffering from severe loneliness in England will increase to more than 1 million.

The study stated a shocking more than 700,000 older men feeling a high degree of loneliness. This is only set to increase as the population of older men living alone is predicted to grow by 65% to 1.5 million by 2030. Independent Age said that the impact of isolation will spread.

Those that are and will be most likely the hardest hit are men with low incomes with few qualifications, health problems and those that rent.

“This matters because loneliness is actually a health risk,” said Janet Morrison, chief executive of Independent Age. “If you allow people to suffer from loneliness it has the equivalent impact as smoking 15 cigarettes a day and is as big a risk as obesity.”

Some of the figures show:

• Nearly one in five older men admitted to having less than monthly contact with friends compared to one in eight for women
• More older men experience high levels of social isolation
• Almost a quarter of men over 50 have less than monthly contact with their children compared to just one in seven women
• Loneliness affects close to half of all men over 50

The findings are based on newly released data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a collaboration involving University College London, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, NatCen Social Research and Manchester University.

On Monday Independent Age will call on the government to tackle loneliness among retirees by providing pre-retirement advice on retaining and developing social networks and for local councils to step up efforts to identify lonely people.

Are you concerned or affected by this. Visit Independentage.org http://www.independentage.org/media/828364/isolation-the-emerging-crisis-for-older-men-report.pdf

Happy Home Focus: Reconditioned Stannah Stairlifts

15th October 2014

Stannah is a renowed name in the stairlift industry for quality and reliability.  It is a British family run business based in England, making lifts of all types since 1867 and stairlifts from 1975.

Stannah stairlifts are designed to blend seamlessly with your interior, whether you live in a classic or contemporary home, or if you have a straight or curved staircase – it is the perfect edition to the home making mobility easy. There is a large number of models to choose from. Here at A1, we offer recondition Stannah stairlifts which are as good as new:

What are the benefits of a reconditioned stairlifts?

To check the availability and price of reconditioned Stannah stairlifts please phone 0800 678 5261 or email enquiries@a1stairlifts.co.uk

Bruno Mariano Charity Dinner Dance

10th October 2014

We’re proud to be part of this Bruno Mariano Night at Cougar Park, Keighley on November 14. It was a great success last year and once again all funds raised will go to Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice and Reverse Rett.

Fizz, canapes, 3-course meal and live music. More information here or email headoffice@a1stairlifts.co.uk

Event is at Cougar Park, Keighley, West Yorkshire