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Cork is a county in the Irish republic and is also the name of it's county town, now the city of Cork. The city is Ireland's 2nd city after Dublin and aswell as being the European capital of culture in 2005, it was named as one of the top 3 cities to visit in 2010 by Lonely Planet travel guides. It's a far cry from its early origins as its name comes from the Gaelic word "corcach" which means "the swamp!" It has a busy harbour with ferries to the UK and further afield. It has recently started a ferry service to Swansea where we also have another of our stairlifts offices and surprisingly one of Corks twin towns is Swansea along with Cologne, Coventry, Rennes, San Fransisco, Shanghai and Kaliningrad.

Home to the worlds oldest yacht club the harbour has seen many of the 6 million emigrants leaving Ireland for a better life in America on assisted passages. Nearby Spike Island was home to others who were emigrating, though not of their own choice. They were off to the penal colonies in Australia. Nearby Cobh (pictured) was the last port of call for ships sailing to America and was also where the Titanic made its last stop before its ill-fated journey across the Atlantic. Two famous sportsmen from Cobh include ex-Man Utd captain Roy Keane who started his football career as a schoolboy for Cobh Ramblers, aswell as current Aston Villa player Stephen Ireland.

Hurling and Gaelic Football are the most popular spectator sports in the county and Cork County team is a very successful Hurling club having won 30 All-Ireland Championships.

Industries in the city include the breweries that make Beamish and Murphys stouts and it is also where Pfizer manufacture Viagra. It is a popular shopping attraction with its two main precincts being the St.Patricks Street and English Market areas.

One of the greatest landmarks in the county thats been visited by millions of people worldwide is Blarney Castle which is home to the Blarney stone. It is said that if you kiss the stone it will give the gift of eloquence. It is also the origin of the phrase "a load of old blarney," which is flattery and nonsense talk. Something that an unscrupulous stairlift salesmen might employ - so be on your guard and for our advice on how to deal with them see our stairlift spam blog. Are you asking if stairlift prices are monstrous? Not from us they aren't. Just click on Keiths nose.

The wider county is famous for its hill walking scenery and also whale watching on the coast. The county borders Kerry and Limerick to the north and Tipperary and Waterford to the east. These are all areas to which our stairlifts engineers can visit to measure you up for your lift or even to do stairlift repairs and servicing if you require it.

Notable residents of Cork and Cobh include the following.

Anne E. Ball (1808–1872) and Mary Ball, (born Cobh, 15 Feb 1812), sisters who were pioneering scientists motivated by curiosity who contributed to the knowledge of Irish flora and fauna. They are noted as eminent scientists in the history of phycology.
Robert Ball, (born 1 April 1802, died 1857). Brother of Anne and Mary Ball. Zoologist.
Captain Thomas Brierley, awarded a medal for outstanding gallantry for his heroic part in the rescue of Lusitania victims.

Patsy Donovan, US major league baseball player and manager of Boston Red Sox
Charles Guilfoyle Doran - Fenian and Clerk of Works throughout the building of Cobh Cathedral. Lived in the town most of his life.
Jack Doyle, boxer, actor and crooner
Robert Forde, (1875–1959) Antarctic explorer

Maeve Higgins, comedienne



Stephen Ireland, Aston Villa footballer
Sonia O'Sullivan, silver medalist in the 5000 m race at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games
Dr. James Roche Verling, personal physician to Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile in St. Helena
Joseph Wheeler, 19th century founder of the Rushbrooke ship yard

Roy Keane, former Manchester United footballer and current Ipswich manager, started his professional career with Cobh Ramblers
Patrick Walsh (bishop) Emeritus bishop of Down and Connor was originally from here.

If you know of any more famous people from the area then let us know in the comments.

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Stairlifts Bournemouth | Stairlifts Dorset

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Dorset is situated in the South West of the country and is bordered by Devon to the West, where we also have a stairlifts office.



Somerset and Wiltshire are to its North and Hampshire is to its East. It is very beautiful and has more protected conservation areas including areas of outstanding natural beauty and heritage, than any other county in England. Nearly half of it's total land area is in such a conservation area.

As previously mentioned on our Devon blog the Jurassic coast runs along here and is famous for its fossils and beautiful seaside beaches. Who hasn't been to Lyme Regis at some point and eaten tasty fish and chips on the Cobb. It's certainly a happy memory that I have.

Dorchester is the county town and its most well known past resident is Thomas Hardy the author who wrote "The Mayor of Casterbridge" and "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," while resident at Max Gate the house he had built for himself, now in the care of the National Trust.



Nearby Bridport is not actually on the coast but close to it, and is famous for the sightings of local TV River Cafe chef Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall, GMTV's Fiona Phillips and also actor Martin Clunes who also live nearby.

East along the coast you come to Weymouth, where another famous actor makes his home and that is "Trigger" from TV's "Only Fools and Horses."

Most stairlifts firms are reputable and honest - but avoid the chance of meeting the odd 'rogue trader.' See our famous SPAM blog and you'll laugh your socks off! But it has a serious message that will protect you from unfair selling practises. To guarantee you get a genuine, no pressure, stairlift firm to give you the right price and information needed without hassle, please contact the Bournemouth stairlifts office of Castle Comfort Stairlifts on 01202 355466 - or go to their website at castle comfort stairlifts

Here below, as with all our regional stairlift blogs, we have some of the main towns and cities in the region – along with a selection of notable residents – past and present. It’s always remarkable, how many people do not know just who comes from their own town.


Beaminster – Martin Clunes, actor. Bournemouth – Mary Shelley, novelist. Tony Hancock, actor and comedian. Bridport – Billy Bragg, musician.

Christchurch – Jamie Redknapp – footballer.

Dorchester – Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet.

Lyme Regis – J.R.R. Tolkien – writer and poet.

Poole – Tony Blackburn, DJ. Harry Redknapp, manager of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Verwood – Buster Merryfield, actor. Weymouth – Alan Carr, comedian.

Wimborne – Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web.

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Stairlifts Wolverhampton | Stairlifts Walsall

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If however, you are looking for fascinating facts about the area then feel free to read on.

Wolverhampton was founded by Lady Wulfrun a local noblewoman in AD 986 and from where the city gets its name. Originally the town developed its wealth in the Middle Ages because of the woollen trade and this fact is recognised in the coat of arms of the city. It is one of the three millenium cities that were granted city status together and has a population of over a quarter of a million people. Being situated as the gateway city of the Black country, situated between the counties of Staffordshire and Shropshire and just north of Birmingham, it is at the hub of excellent transport networks. The nearby M54 allows access to Telford, Shrewsbury and Wales while the M6 and M5 enable countrywide access to the south and north, so our stairlifts engineers can easily reach any local address in the event of your stairlift needing a service.

The Black Country is so named because of its big coalmining past and its local mines helped power its metalworking and foundrywork through which it expanded in the Industrial Revolution. It is still known for engineering having locks, keys and safe manufacturers locally, which also feature on the cities coat of arms, aswell as aerospace and tyre manufacturing.

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The city football team is Wolverhampton Wanderers who are based at the Molineux stadium. It has a stand the Billy Wright stand named after the first football player in the world to earn 100 caps, who also holds the record for the longest unbroken run in competitive international football, captaining England a record-breaking ninety times. The club was one of the first to stage floodlit matches and their beating of a Hungarian side in a friendly in the late 50's helped to set the stage for European championship football to start. They have played Spartac Moscow, Red Star Belgrade, Barcelona and Real Madrid in matches at the Molineux.
The club was bought up in 1990 by lifelong fan Jack Hayward who has been redeveloping the ground and helped fund better players. Over recent times they have had such ex-England staff as Graham Taylor and Glenn Hoddle join the club to help it climb up the league.

For leisure and pleasure in Wolverhampton there is a choice for shows, comedy and music events at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre or Wolverhampton City Hall, which is 3 venues in one. For the culture buff the City Art Gallery is home to the UK's largest Popart collection, including a famous David Hockney soup can painting. Maybe he could do one of a can of spam instead? To see the relevance of spam and stairlifts and to help prevent stairlift spam see our popular blog post on why Stairlift Prices Aren't Monstrous from us.

For racing fans there is horse racing at Dunstall Park, Britains busiest racecourse with 100 events a year, greyhound racing at Monmore Green stadium, speedway at Wolverhampton raceway and athletics at Aldersley Village Sports stadium, where local Olympians like Denise Lewis and Tessa Sanderson have both trained. Aldersley is an official 2012 Olympic training facility.

Walsall is a district of the West Midlands that has historically been a leather and saddle making town, until being displaced by the growth of heavy engineering in the modern day. The locals are nicknamed Yam-Yam's and have traditionally a broader dialect than that found in neighbouring Wolverhampton. Do you understand this one...
"You'm get your bab ter sort at a stairlift for yer?"

Translation
Are you going to ask your daughter to arrange a stairlift for you?
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A local Black Country delicacy is faggots, chips and peas and can be found in cafes in Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sedgeley and Tipton.


IF YOU ARE OF BUYING A STAIRLIFT IN THE WOLVERHAMPTON or WALSALL AREA, THEN YOU NEED TO READ THIS -

VAT EXEMPTION ON THE PURCHASE OF STAIRLIFTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
In the UK if you are disabled or have a chronic illness you will not pay VAT on your stairlift. Chronic means the condition is not going to get better, or will last a long time. For example - arthritis. Your stairlift supplier will ask you to sign a simple form confirming that you are entitled to this, and it is just for their records. It is self declaration - ie no proof is needed.

See this official government here for those of you who like to read the technical small print confirming this - Notice 701/7 VAT reliefs for disabled people

Famous folk from the area include the following:-

Popsinger Jamelia
Comedian Eric Idle
Noddy Holder - lead singer with Slade
Beverley Knight - singer songwriter
Goldie - musician
Edward Elgar - composer
Rachel Heyhoe-Flint - womens cricket captain
Denise Lewis - athlete and broadcaster
Nigel Slater - cookery writer broadcaster
Tessa Sanderson - athlete broadcaster
Robert Plant - lead singer of Led Zeppelin
Meera Syal - author actress broadcaster


If you know of any more famous faces from Wolverhampton and Walsall then let us know in the comments and we will add them in.

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Edinburgh Castle is a well known landmark in Edinburgh, and is the most visited attraction in the city with over one and a quarter million visitors a year. Aswell as housing the Crown Jewels and the National War Museum of Scotland it is also the venue for the annual Edinburgh Royal Tattoo which is a celebratory military show combining displays from the Royal Marines, Massed Bagpipes and Drums and Scottish Dancing. Military gymnasts and performers from around the world perform energetic displays of strength, agility, flexibility, balance, grace and co-ordination. If those days are sadly passed for someone you love and you would like to keep them safe and balanced, especially on the stairs, then the timely purchase of a stair lift can help them stay in their own home independently, before the dangers of a potential fall become present. Call us on 0131 242 0046 or 0800 007 6959 for free to get started.

The Castle grounds which contain the Mons Meg, the Great Hall, St Margaret’s Chapel viewpoint, the National War Museum of Scotland, the Scots Dragoon Guards Museum, Crown Square, the Crown Room, Scottish National War Memorial and a restaurant and shop have some limited wheelchair access and wheelchairs are freely available from the castle but because of the inclined cobbles it is hard work to push uphill. It's not hard work rising uphill on a stairlift no matter how steep the steps and Castle Comfort can help anyone searching for Stairlifts Edinburgh. The military prisons, St Margaret’s Chapel, Queen Mary’s Room, King’s Dining Room and Crown Jewels exhibition are all unsuitable for wheelchair access, unlike Castle Comforts Mobility Showroom which is fully accessible to the disabled and elderly and is Disability and Equality Act 2010 compliant.

Castle Comfort Stairlifts offer you access to a huge choice of 31 different types of stairlift, so don't be limited to just one, especially one you have never heard of. Castle Comfort sell top brand stairlifts such as Stannah Stairlifts and at keen prices with fast installations.

An example from the Stannah range of stairlifts for those customers in the Edinburgh area is the Sofia Stairlift.

Available in a choice of 12 coloured upholsteries, the Stannah Sofia stairlift has options of leather, woven fabric or vinyl seat coverings, and in straight stairlift form the Sofia stairlift rail can be a silver or a bronze colour giving you an assurance that the stairlift will suit your home. If it is to be a curved stairlift the twin rails come in a choice of 6 colours with the pearl finish being the standard one. If you fold the arm, the seat and footrest both fold away flush, so that other people can use the stairs without obstruction. The control pad can be installed on to the left or right arms and is easy to operate, even for those with arthritis. The seat height and the arm rests can both be adjusted so that it is virtually tailor-made to your measurements. Just like in some cars that have a seatbelt warning sensor built into the seat the Sofia stairlift won't start moving until your sitting safely in it. Wall controls at the top and bottom mean that someone else can operate it on the riders behalf. With a swivel seat a simple lever allows the rider to get off the chair easily, and for an additional charge this can be made into a powered swivel that will turn on the landing automatically on reaching the top. All in all the Stannah Sofia is a well made 2 year guaranteed model that can also be bought as a reconditioned stairlift at a cheaper price and is also available on a rental plan. Phone us for details on 0131 242 0046 or 0800 007 6959


Aswell as the Castle, Edinburgh also has the Royal Mile, which is lined with a mixture of whiskey distilleries, snug pubs and kilt shops. With a cobbled street and mainly Georgian buildings it has a historic and picturesque character to it. It's also one of the best places along here to get your haggis, neeps and tatties. Aye it's a tasty treat.









Princes Street is the best shopping street in Edinburgh and has the highest shop rents of anywhere outside London. With several large department stores it attracts many tourists and locals aswell. It is lined on one side by stores, but the other side, it's South side, is protected from development so that the wonderful views of the Old Town, Princes Street Gardens and the Castle can be maintained.





Edinburgh is host to the annual Edinburgh Fringe which is the worlds largest arts festival and runs for the whole of August. Attracting performing artists from around the globe in 2009 there were over 18,000 performers from 60 different countries. It has been the springboard for many well known comedians such as in the 60's various members of the Monty Python team, Dudley Moore and Peter Cooke, and in the 1980's Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson appeared as students here. More recent comedy performers to have been 'discovered' at Edinburgh include Rory Bremner, Jenny Eclair and Steve Coogan.

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Here below as with all our stairlifts blogs, we have a selection of noteable residents – past and present. It’s always remarkable, how many people do not know just who comes from their own town.

Alexander Graham Bell - Telephone pioneer

Rory Bremner – comedian

Ronnie Corbett – comedian

Sir Sean Connery – actor

Kirsty Gallacher – tv presenter

Magnus Magnusson – Mastermind presenter

Bay City Rollers – 70's pop group

Chris Hoy MBE – Triple Gold medal winning cyclist

David Wilkie MBE – Commonwealth and Olympics Swimmer

Tony Blair – Former Prime Minister
Gail Porter – model / tv presenter

If you know of any more famous faces from Edinburgh then let us know in the comments and we will add them in.

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Stairlifts Sheffield | Sheffield Stairlifts | Rotherham

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Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire renowned for it's steel manufacture and particularly it's cutlery. Named after the river it sits on, the river Sheaf it was mentioned in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales as a centre of excellence in knife making, going on to become the centre of influence in metalworking that it still retains today. It has two universities but for its jewellery making and silver-smithing, it is Sheffield Hallam University that has a highly respected Metalwork Degree which continues the tradition of its steel making past. We have yet to see an art deco or contemporary steel stairlift rail being produced by a creative student for their product design degree show, but there is always an opportunity there for someone to customise everyday items such as stairlifts and turn them into works of art.

The World Famous Sheffield crucible theatre is where the annual world snooker championships are held each April and May. Fans of the sport will remember the 147 breaks of Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry who have both dominated the championships, winning it many times each in the 1980's and 1990's respectively. The prize fund each year is over a million pounds.


The highest grossing British film ever, The Full Monty, which was shot in Sheffield, has been voted the "Favourite English movie of all time" overtaking such movies as Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Italian Job and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. A film about a group of unemployed Sheffield steel workers who are inspired to make some money by becoming strippers, it's a very funny comedy as anyone who has seen the Job Centre scene will know.

The local delicacy is Hendersons Relish, a Worcestershire Sauce-type sauce but a bit spicier, though the W word is a swear word as it cannot possibly be compared in the same sentence as Hendo's. Fans of it claim it can be put on anything - fish and chips, sausage and mash, you name it. Some even reckon that you should wash your clothes with it – to give them that Hendo's freshness! Now stocked in Fortnum and Masons so that exiled Sheffielders like Peter Stringfellow can buy it. I wonder if he likes cheesy beans with Henderson's on it? Yum.

Here's a summary of the features of just one of the stairlifts available from us around Sheffield. Remember you can choose from 31 different models of stairlift from us, one of the largest range of stairlifts available in the UK. All are Top Brand Stairlifts, at Keen Prices and with Fast Installations. Our customer service guarantee of satisfaction speaks for itself.

The Acorn Stairlift Superglide
1.The stair lift will have a padded seat & back to make sure that the stair lift provides a smooth and comfortable ride for you.
2.It will have directional, (i.e. up or down) switches that are straightforward to click, even for those of you with limited mobility of the hands and fingers.
3.Seatbelts are included for safety and peace of mind.
4.The stairlift will have folding arms, folding seat & footrest too, which ensures a slim profile on the stairs so that it lets other people get past on the stairs. The chair itself is a lockable swivel chair that will allow you to to get on or off the stairlift without twisting.
5.Most straight stairlifts are installed in an hour so it is quick and leaves no mess behind.
6.A diagnostic digital display informs you of any error codes to avoid expensive callouts. Simply phone through the code to us, your installation firm, and we will be able to diagnose it there and then.
7.The stairlifts will have five safety sensors built into the footrest which will halt the stairlift if it hits an obstacle on the stairs.
8.Two remote controls are supplied, giving users the ability to "call" or "send" the chairlift up & down stairs.

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Sheffield

Population: 534,500

Attractions:
The Sheffield Walk of Fame in the City Centre honours famous Sheffield residents past and present in a similar way to the Hollywood version.

Facts about Sheffield:
1.Sheffield is England's fourth largest city.
2.A third of it lies within the Peak District National Park (no other UK city has a national park within its boundary).
3.It’s also England's greenest city, containing 150 woodlands and 50 public parks, and half of the city's population lives within 15 minutes of open countryside.
4.Salaries are around 10-15% lower than the national average.
5.Europe's largest shopping and leisure complex, Meadowhall, is situated here

What is Sheffield well known for?
The city's economy was built on steel, engineering and cutlery—all of which have established a worldwide reputation. Yet while Sheffield remains one of the country's foremost manufacturing areas and a centre for advanced engineering, the predominant feature of the local economy over the last 30 years has been the steady growth of service industries.

Here below as with all our stairlifts blogs, we have a selection of noteable residents – past and present. It’s always remarkable, how many people do not know just who comes from their own town.


Gordon Banks - England's World Cup winning goalkeeper and stalwart at Stoke City

Joe Cocker - singing legend

Joseph William Thornton - confectioner, founder of chocolate company Thorntons

Sebastian Coe - former Olympian and Organiser of 2012 Olympic Games

Sean Bean - film and TV actor

Derek Dooley - one of Sheffield's most respected footballers

Professor Barry Hancock OBE - world renown cancer expert.

Alex Turner - musician, vocalist and songwriter for the Arctic Monkeys.

Brendan Ingle - world famous boxing trainer

Def Leppard - mega selling rock band

Michael Palin - famous film and television personality

Helen Sharman - first British astronaut

Michael Vaughan - English cricket captain who grew up in Sheffield

Clinton Woods - world champion boxer

If you know of any more famous faces from Sheffield or Rotherham then let us know in the comments and we will add them in.

Stairlifts Hull | Hull Stairlifts | East Yorkshire

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Hull is a city and local authority in the county of Yorkshire. Situated on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary it started out as a market town in the Middle Ages and has been a trading hub and important port ever since then. There are over a quarter of a million people living in Hull or 'ULL as our stairlifts engineers call home!

From its medieval beginnings, Hull's main trading links were with Scotland and northern Europe. Docks were opened to serve the frozen meat trade of Australia, New Zealand and South America, which is where a lot of corned beef and other tinned meat sourced their ingredients from. Spam? See our Stairlifts Prices Are Monstrous blogpost to find out how they're not if you know where to look.....Click to Stairlifts to read it now.

Hull was also the centre of a thriving inland and coastal trading network, serving the whole of the United Kingdom and has been an important fishing port up until the Icelandic Cod Wars. For more on the deep sea fishermen from Hull who had !!! The worlds most dangerous job!!! see here

The local dialect in Hull is quite different to folk living in other parts of Yorkshire, which is more similar to that spoken in Lincolnshire, to which it is linked by the Humber Bridge. “Er ner” is how “oh no” is pronounced, and you don't want to be saying that when you get the wrong stairlift for your needs! Simply contact Castle Comfort Stairlifts to get “'elp and gerrit fast.” Which means-Friendly guidance and quick (and at no obligation too.)

Hull is also distinct in having its own local delicacy - the chip shop pattie. Unless you have been to Hull or the North East you may never have seen one so below just to whet your appetite is a lovely pattie, chips and gravy, tasty as owt!











The city is famous for its cream coloured phone boxes which is the only place in the UK that doesn't have the red boxes that everywhere else has. This stems from having it's own council owned private phone network, which was started up at the turn of the last century. The city council eventually sold out their shares in the phone network in order to finance the building of the KC stadium, (Kingston Communications) which is the home of both Hull City Football Club known as the Tigers (pictured) and Hull Rugby League Club. There are 2 Rugby league teams in the City who are fierce rivals and it is Hull Kingston Rovers who are actually Rugby Leagues better known team, who play at Craven Park. Started in the late 18th century by a group of boilermakers it was the 1980's which has given them their most successful period so far, by winning every trophy in the game and giving them 3 visits to Wembley including the highlight of a 10-5 victory over their rivals based at the KC stadium.

Although quite an industrial city in many respects with its port it has attracted many tourists and shoppers as well as it is the biggest shopping destination in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Hull makes a great family day out for young or old alike. Tourist attractions include the Medieval cobbled streets and ancient Old Town and Museum Area, through to the futuristic modern design of “The Deep”, one of the most spectacular aquariums in the world which is home to over 3,500 fish including amazing sharks and rays. The Deep is the worlds first submarium and is operated as a charity dedicated to the enjoyment and understanding of the oceans. For the elderly or disabled visitor they don't have a stair lift in this Hull destination but there are five wheelchairs available to hire free of charge (one of which is an electric wheelchair). They also have a variety of walking aids including rollaters and tri-walkers available too.

Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century and leading up to the first World War, the Port of Hull played a major role in the transport of migrants from Northern Europe to Australia and America. Thousands of emigrants sailed to the city and stopped here for administrative purposes. Together with this growth in passenger shipping was the emergence of the Wilson Line of Hull. Founded in the city in 1825 by the early 20th century it was the largest privately-owned shipping company in the world.

The Wilson Line was sold to the Ellerman Line — which itself was owned by Hull-born magnate Sir John Ellerman who in the 1800's was the richest man in Britain. This business was folded into the John Ellerman charitable trust which makes donations to health and disability charities aswell as those working in the social welfare field. He has been dubbed Britains secret billionaire and was an olden days Bill Gates. To find out more you can read here

For a glimpse into Castle Comforts own charitable works see the Good Deeds Done page of our main website at stairlifts good deeds


So transport has been a theme in the city being as the port was second to London at one time and a main target of German bombing raids in World War Two. If transport is a concern of yours or a loved one and you need help or assistance walking up slopes or stairs then why not be uplifted by enquiring about stairlifts in Hull from Castle Comfort Stairlifts, just call us on 01482 407016 or for free on 0800 007 6959 for a written quote. You can give us a bell from 8am to 11pm any day of the week. You won't get this kind of service from just any stairlift firm. A delay could cost a fall - get it sorted while its fresh in your mind.

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