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Making a Meadow
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Friends of Chorlton Meadows are making their mark on Ivy Green
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The story of the Manchester Blitz
Andrew Simpson takes a look at the date Manchester was torn down and rebuilt
April in your Garden
Katherine Watson on the excitement and panic April brings for the gardener
Meet the team
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Book Reviews
What’s on Chorlton Bookshop’s bookshelf
Chorlton Arts Festival Returns!
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Making a Meadow on Ivy Green
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pecies-rich, seminatural grasslands like traditional hay meadows are now some of the rarest habitats in Britain, and they are also some of the most colourful and biodiverse.
Up until the Second World War such grasslands were common – particularly in river valleys. These meadows were full of wild flowers and were at their most glorious in May and June. In late summer they were cut traditionally using scythes and the cut grass left to dry in the sun. Once dry, the ‘hay’ was raked into piles, loaded onto horse-drawn carts and dragged away to be stored in barns, and eventually fed to animals during the winter months.
I don’t suppose many of the old farmers thought too much about the effect they were having on biodiversity! Nevertheless, the drying and raking stages helped to spread the wild flower seeds (not to mention the grass seeds) and removing the hay crop kept the nutrient content of the soil on the low side. This may seem counter-intuitive but high
nutrient levels lead to the habitat being dominated by a few vigorous species, whereas lower nutrient levels tend to suppress these species whilst giving more delicate species a chance to flourish. After the Second World War millions of acres of meadowland were ploughed up and planted with crops or turned into species-poor ‘ley’ meadows dominated by Perennial Rye-grass. In the Mersey Valley the ancient meadows were tipped on, turned into golf courses or sports fields or grossly overgrazed by horses. But when I first moved to Chorlton, in the 1970s, there were still small patches of species-rich grassland left, with some of the original meadow flora. The local authorities then committed a series of outrageous acts of crass vandalism by planting trees on many of these precious patches. This was basically a stupid and perverse assault – a bit like gluing a false moustache onto the upper lip of a
beautiful woman! It led me to formulate Bishop’s First Law, i.e. an organisation’s knowledge of, or concern for, its local environment is inversely proportional to it propensity to plant trees. Whenever I walk on Chorlton Ees (i.e. Chorlton Meadows) and see those gloomy, species-poor pseudo-woods that dominate the area now, I mourn for the rich, colourful place that we could have had if the local authorities had known what they were doing. I have reason to believe that the old local meadows were of a type that ecologists call ‘Alopecurus-Sanguisorba’ – that is meadows dominated by the grass Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis)and the herb Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis). A defined suite of other species tend to accompany these two dominant ones. A sad, degraded remnant of such a meadow is still just about visible near Sale Water Park. I was wandering across Ivy Green, one day last June, admiring a large patch of Meadow Foxtail, and thinking, “wouldn’t some Great Burnet look good with that?” Suddenly I stopped in amazement because with the grasses were a few plants of Great Burnet - in a site where I’ve never recorded that species before!
5 Frankly, I can’t explain how they got there and how I had previously failed to spot them. It occurred to me that here was an opportunity to attempt to re-create a Mersey Valley hay meadow. I asked the Mersey Valley Wardens if they could strim the area in late summer or early autumn. They did so, and then members of FoCM raked off the hay. This wasn’t too easy because, after all the rain recently, the hay was sodden (luckily we weren’t planning feed it to any animals). One of our members said that raking this soggy mess reminded him of combing the knots out of one of his children’s tangled hair. Although two of the appropriate species are present on our site, many other key
species are missing. In the weeks leading up to our hay raking day I had been gathering appropriate seeds from up and down the Mersey Valley. After we had finished raking, and had removed the hay, I mixed these seeds with some dry sand and broadcast the mixture over the site. Species I chose included some more Great Burnet plus Bistort, Meadow Buttercup, some vetches and Red Clover and two dandelion look-a-likes: Common Catsear and Autumn Hawkbit. Most important, I added seeds of Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor). This plant is a ‘hemi-parasite’ – which means that although its leaves contain chlorophyll and are green, it also attaches itself to the roots of grasses and steals nutrients from them.
This suppresses the grasses and reduces the competition with the more delicate plants. When attempting a project like this it is extremely important to use local seed and not any old imported ‘wild flower mix’. Perhaps I’ll get round to explaining why in a future post. Suffice it to say that, contrary to popular opinion, planting any old ‘wild flower’ seeds in the countryside can be as damaging to local biodiversity as planting the wrong trees in the wrong place. So, will all of this effort pay off? We’ll have to wait at least until May to find out – watch this space! Dave Bishop http://friendsofchorltonmeadows blogspot.co.uk/
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n the night of December 24th and into the early morning of December 25th 1940, thirty people died in Chorlton.
They were all victims of the second night of the Manchester Blitz in which an estimated 644 people were killed and another 2,000 injured. Of the 30 who died many came from just two roads while the rest were spread out across the township. Most of the bodies were taken to Withington Hospital, a few to Embden Street mortuary and a few to the Cavendish Road (now Corkland Road) mortuary. And I suppose it was the fact that the mortuary on Cavendish Road was just round the corner explains why the residents of 549a Wilbraham Road were taken there. 549a Wilbraham Road took a direct hit from a high explosive bomb and along with the two others which stood on the site of the modern post office was destroyed. I would like to write more about these two people but so far I have only been able to turn up a death certificate. It isn’t much but it is a start. So in the meantime I shall
concentrate on their home and what happened on the site before and after that night. All three houses had been built sometime after 1885 and were typical of the new sort of properties that were being built to meet the influx of people to Chorlton. Many of these were professionals; a few owned their own businesses and a lot more worked in the offices and big shops of Manchester. They were attracted here by a train service which could whisk them into the heart of the city in under 15 minutes and the fields, farms and open country which for many was even closer. So along with a surgeon and his family who lived at the house on the corner of Wilbraham and Corkland Roads the remaining three were the home at various times to a retired cotton merchant, a widow ‘living on her own means’, Edward Ireland who had a number of photographic studios in Manchester, and a doctor, dentist and an oil trader. And the size of the houses reflected the inhabitants. Our surgeon’s house had twelve rooms, while the other three ranged from
eight to nine rooms. Each had cellars, a decent front garden and a longer one at the back stretching down across what is now the sorting office and yard. But like other stretches of property in this new part of Chorlton they were soon developed with the addition of shop fronts and perhaps with an eye to even greater profits the owners sub-divided the shops. In 1911 at number 3a there was Harvey Goodwin, confectioner, at number 3 Mrs Ethel May, cycle dealer, while at 5a Stuart Gray ran a tobacconist and in number 5 C&W Copping Buy Andrew advertised Simpson’s Book themselves “The Story of as china Chorlton-Cummerchants. Hardy” or visit The last of our three had become
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9 been demolished. And looking at the 1959 picture it is just possible to see the space where numbers 3 and 5 had been which in 1961 became our new post office. the post office in 1901 and remained so until the night of December 24th. The Chorlton bomb maps show the impact of the high explosive bomb on the three properties and photographs from the late 1950s show the remnant which was the bit that jutted out still in use. In 1959 it was being used as the
Conservative Party Committee rooms. But the keen eyed will spot that the building which would have been there is missing and eventually even this little left over bit of the old post office was demolished and the site became the forecourt for what has variously been Lipton’s and Ethel Austin. Now those of you keen on a bit of modern archaeology will be able to see the clue to what had been the last of the three bombed houses. It is the cemented side of what is now the gable end of the phone shop. Back in the 1950s this was Brighter Homes, the paint and wallpaper shop. Any one growing up in those post war years will remember the gaps in houses and the same raw cement walls where part of the terrace had
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It was an obvious place to build it; close to the old one and utilising a bombsite. I did wonder whether there might have been a plaque to record the event of that night’s bombing, but then even here in Chorlton there would have been plenty of candidates for such a memorial. And at the time there would have been plenty who remembered the event and maybe even knew Ernest and Gene Carr. But what was once a common experience is fast passing out of living memory and soon I doubt that anyone will even pass a thought to the odd space that runs from the Gable Nook Nursery to the row of shops by the bus stop. Pictures; Detail of postcard and the old Post Office with its front extension circa 1910 from the Lloyd collection, and the modern post office and pillar box by Peter Topping, Paintings © Peter Topping 2013 www. paintingsfrompictures.co.uk
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Shappi’s Father is a respected poet and political commentator in his native Iran. When an opportunity arises in 1977 to move the whole family to England for a few years, he jumps at the chance. However this few years is set to become permanent when due to an extreme regime change, the Khorsandi’s suddenly become public enemy number one. Shappi and her brother slowly begin to settle down to a life in England full of fish fingers
can ever quite match the first book, this one definitely contains the same magical mysticism and intrigue.
The Prisoner of Heaven Carlos Ruiz Zafon
This is the third novel in a series which began with ‘The Shadow of the Wind’. Although nothing
The story picks up where ‘Shadow of the Wind’ ended. Daniel is married with a small son. However as he has found out before, the past is never far away. Despite his own problems, Daniel sets out to help his friend and bookshop colleague, Fermin. Desperate to marry his beloved Bernarda his past has come back to torment him, meaning the wedding will have to be called
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from Chorlton Bookshop and kiss chase. Along the way Shappi remembers hilarious tales of cultural misunderstanding and more unpleasant stories of blatant racism. Just to add a touch of the exotic her family are forced into hiding when a fatwa is issued against them. Although obviously written by an adult Khorsandi, the recollections are told with an extremely believable child’s voice which makes the emotions in the story even more poignant. This is impossible to put down as you find yourself wanting to read on and find out what happens to the family. A story of love, loss and essentially family.
off. A mysterious one handed figure has visited the bookshop and left a cryptic message for Fermin. Daniel and Fermin must once again battle their demons unless they are prepared to lose everything. An easy and enjoyable read this still has enough plot twists to keep a reader’s interest. As with the other two books the ending has been left hanging so there may well be a fourth book in the series. If you haven’t read the second, ‘The Angel’s Game’ it’s definitely worth a read.
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Chorlton Arts Festival Returns!
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horlton Arts Festival returns to South Manchester 17-26 May 2013 with its annual dose of music, visual arts, comedy and performance taking place over 10 days in venues across the whole of Chorlton. The Festival, now in its 13th year, is a permanent fixture in the city’s events calendar, attracting record audience figures of over 20,000 people in 2012. The Festival’s Chorlton Weekender will take place over Bank Holiday weekend (23–26 May) and feature internationally acclaimed musicians alongside local talent.
Weekender acts include Sunday-night headliners TOY, London’s hottest alt-rock band, who, fresh from appearing in NME’s Award Show Series at London’s Scala, are now preparing to support The Vaccines on their UK arena tour and have also secured a much sought-after slot at Manchester’s Parklife Weekender in June. Support comes from Manchester-based girl band PINS who are causing a stir with their punk-infused industrial sounds, reflected in the speedy sales of their limited-edition single, produced on gold cassettes. The same night, punk legend and former member of The Slits, Viv Albertine takes to the stage at Dulcimer for a rare
intimate show. Performing on Saturday are offthe-wall American folk legends The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band. Songwriter and visual artist Jeffrey Lewis is renowned for his six albums of twisted garage-indie-folk on Rough Trade, while Grammy winner Peter Stampfel celebrates 50 years in the music business, most famously with The Holy Modal Rounders and The Fugs, and featuring on the Easy Rider soundtrack. Other acts include Brightonbased Esben and the Witch headlining on Friday. Having recently sold out Salford’s infamous The Bunker, they are currently on tour topping the bill at venues such as London’s Scala and New York’s The Mercury Lounge. A local musician making waves further afield, JP Cooper performs in the unique surroundings of St Ninian’s Church on Saturday night with his
full band, while The Candle Thieves kick off the Weekender on the Thursday night with their Beach Boys-esque love songs. Festival Director Ella Byford said: “We’re delighted to be able to bring so many topquality bands to Chorlton and allow people the rare chance to see them perform in unique venues such as local churches, bars and cafes. We’re really looking forward to announcing the full programme of visual arts, comedy and performance very soon.” A limited number of Early Bird Weekender Wristbands is currently on sale at £28 and individual tickets for each gig are also on sale via www. chorltonartsfestival.com.
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Rooty salad
with ginger and orange
“This fresh salad uses some rooty veg varieties raw that many people only ever eat cooked. The UK excels at producing root veg, and UK field crops like these are really low input and therefore low carbon. If you think they’re boring, now is the time to give them a go in a salad like this.”
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Recipe reproduced from Didsbury Dinners: The Low-Carbon Community Cookbook, with kind permission from the editor Amanda Woodvine.
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© Chava Eichner
Serves 2–3 as a side salad 2 medium sized beetroots (no bigger than a cricket ball) 2 medium sized carrots (equal in amount to the beetroot) Celeriac (equal to half the amount of beetroot) 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds Small piece of fresh ginger 1 orange 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp cider vinegar 1 tbsp chopped parsley Peel and grate or julienne the beetroot, carrot and celeriac and place in a bowl. Toast the pumpkin seeds in a dry pan until they ‘pop’, then allow to cool and add to the root vegetables. Peel and finely chop the ginger and stir into the salad. Add the juice and zest of the orange taking care not to include any pith as this will add a bitter taste. Mix together the oil and vinegar and pour over salad. Add the chopped parsley, mix well and serve.
Unicorn Grocery 89 Albany Road Chorlton M21 0BN
24 28 Clubs, Societies & Groups Chorlton Aikido Club Wednesdays 7.30-9.30pm St Ninians, Wilbraham Rd www.lancashireaikikai.org 861 8456 Community Allotment & Apiary Scott Avenue Allotment 07973139068 07521500223 uk.groups.yahoo.com/ group/grow_for_it/ Chorlton Bridge Club Christine Blackburn Tel: 225 8854 www.bridge webs.com/chorlton Chorlton Civic Society Next meeting Tuesday 14th May 7.30pm Chorlton Library meeting room. Chair - Jenny Slee 0757 0879 091 www. chorltoncivicsociety. org.uk Chorlton Evening Townswomens Guild Meet every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month at 7.30pm Chorlton Library. 0161 881 6354 Chorlton Good Neighbours 881 2925 goodneighbours@ btconnect.com Chorlton History Group meets on the 1st Thursday of the month at 1.30pm - 3pm at Chorlton Good Neighbours St Nininians Church, Egerton Rd South Chorlton Knits 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at Oddest Bar Chorlton Philosophy Group Meets every Tuesday at 7.30pm, upstairs at the Lloyds pub. All welcome sites.google.com/site/ chorltonphilosophygroup
Community Chorlton Reading Group Once a month in the meeting room behind Chorlton library 7.30pm All welcome 881 1813 chorltonreadersgroup@ gmail.com Coffee and Craft Mornings at Chorlton Good Neighbours. Meet friends and have a coffee, with arts and crafts group. Thursday’s 10-11.30am Wilbraham St Ninian’s Church 881 2925 www.cgncg.org.uk Intergen Volunteer opportunities for Chorlton residents 55+ to work with local primary school children. Estelle Longmore 881 7693 or 07946761785 www.intergen.org.uk Friends of Alexandra Park 226 7525 www.friends ofalexandrapark.org.uk Friends of Chorlton Meadows 881 6276 www.friendsofchorlton meadows.blogspot.com Friends of Longford Park info@folp.co.uk friendsoflongfordpark. org.uk Manchester Flower Lovers’ Guild St Werburghs Church Hall, Chorlton Anne 881 6591 flowersnorthwest.net Shakespeare House Community Centre Whalley Range M16 8NR, 823205 admin@r-squared.org.uk Simply Cycling Longford Park, Athletics Stadium Mon & Fri 9.30 - Noon, Sun 1-3pm. All abilties and ages welcome Contact Sue 07753428937 Helen 07871621778 www.simply-cycling.org
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Pilates Classes Sarah 07776196504 www. energyflowfitness.co.uk
Whalley Range Cricket & Lawn Tennis Club every Friday indoor cricket nets :Years 5 & 6: 6.30-7.30; Years 7-10: 5.30-6.60: Seniors (16+): 7.30-8.30. £4 Springbridge Road, William Hulme Grammar School
Alex Jerman Photography Photography & Camera Training, one to ones, workshops www. alexjermanphotography. com
Whalley Range Forum JN8 Youth & Community Centre, 82 Cromwell Ave, M16 0BG 881 3744 info@ whalleyrange.org www. whalleyrange.org Whalley Range 4 Wildlife wr4wildlife@yahoo.co.uk www.wr4wildlife. wordpress.com
Health & Fitness Pilates classes at Firswood Community Centre, Longford Park. Tues 8 - 9 pm, Wed 6.15 7.15 & 7.30 - 8.30 pm. Contact Danielle 07511 354 745 www. evolutionpilates.co.uk (Body Control Pilates trained). Alexander Technique One-to-one sessions in Chorlton & Didsbury, group daytime classes. New beginners class starts 1pm Tues April 23rd at Union Chapel, Fallowfield Contact: Sue Fleming on 861 8848, 07796470163 www.alexandertechnique. co.uk The Yoga Rooms 483a Barlow Moor Rd, M21 8AG Full Programme at www. theyogarooms.co.uk
Arts & Crafts
Battyandgorgeous www.battyandgorgeous. com Beetlefelt Craft Workshops Carol Mowl Tel: 881 6309 www.beetlefelt.co.uk Chorlton Art Group Meets each Tuesday, 10.00 to 12.00 at St. Werbergh’s church hall, Chorlton. Come along for a chat, a cup of coffee or a quiet painting session. More details from Brenda at brensidebeck@aol.com Chorlton Sewing Club 1st Thursday of the month 7.30 - 9.30pm Chorlton Library chorltonsewing. wordpress.com Creative Recycling Gallery 40 Beech Rd M21 9EL craftscreativecourses. co.uk Drum & Percussion Group Playing Brazilian and Cuban rhythms. Thursday evenings 7-9pm St. Margarets Church, Whalley Range Sue 226 4311 The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre Manchester Rd, Chorlton Tel: 282 9776 www.watersedgearts.com
Community Making Miniatures Group 4th Monday of the month, 8pm Scout Hut, English Martyrs Church, Alexandra Rd South, M16 Contact Ann 07814 861 285 Ministry of Craft 07850 894 752 www. ministryofcraft.co.uk Rubbish Revamped www.rubbishrevamped. org.uk South Manchester Camera Club Monday nights at 8pm Didsbury Methodist Church M20 5LR www.smcc.org.uk Sewing Courses at Pottery Corner, Beech Rd Contact Ruth Tel: 881 9861 ruthlazarus227@ btinternet.com
Music & Entertainment Chorlton Film Institute Sightseers Thursday 18th April 2013. Doors open 8.10 pm - Film starts 8.30 pm Entrance £5 St Clements Church Chorlton Folk Club Thursdays 9pm Ellesmere Rd Cricket Club
Tuesday 7-9pm St Johns Centre, Old Trafford www. manchestersingoutchoir. org msochoir@live.co.uk
Therapy & Support Groups Café Spirit Meets 2nd Monday of the month at Copperfields Café in Chorlton 7.30pm Lesley 882 0848 Email: cafespirit@live.com Chorlton Anxiety Group 226 3871 Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy 454 Barlow Moor Rd, Chorlton, M21 0BQ 0161 862 9456 www.mcpt. co.uk New Family Social UK charity for LGBT adopters, foster carers and their children. Meets every month in south Manchester. newfamilysocial.org.uk Rainbow Families 07903 397 108 rainbowfamilies@ hotmail.com
Community Contacts Chorlton Library 227 3700
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Community Index Sport
Gail aims to blow away the clouds
G
ail Hegarty has been one of Chorlton Golf Club’s leading lady players for several years and entering her new role as Lady Captain sees her on form and playing to her best-ever handicap of 11.
Gail has been a member of Chorlton for 15 years along with her husband Chris, a past Chorlton Captain, and she has enjoyed many playing successes at the club during that time.
One of her ambitions in the coming golf season is to blow away the clouds and rain which were so depressing in 2012 and see a sunny year for golf at Chorlton. Gail has played at top golf courses in many countries and her own personal favourite is Black Mountain in Thailand and
back nearer home her favourite hole at Chorlton is the par three 17th which is a great match play hole. She plays golf three to four times a week and is a great sports follower of golf, tennis and football as well as enjoying her other hobbies of swimming and reading.
Pic: Gail is pictured celebrating her drive Her chosen charity is the Royal British Legion and her personal golfing highlight was to win the coveted Manchester Alliance’s White Cup and Hancock trophy in the same season with the then Chorlton pro David Valentine.
Steve takes on top role
S
teve Ridley (pictured) has played a key role for the best part of 40 years in taking Chorlton’s Lloyds Hotel to great success in crown green bowling.
The Lloyds have won numerous championships and are currently the World Champions in their sport and as secretary and a top player Steve has played a vital part in his beloved club’s triumphs. Now he is stepping into the shoes of one of crown green
bowling’s most revered figures in Roy Armson, the chairman of the Taylor Bowls Manchester Premier League. Roy was deeply involved in the formation of the league in 1999 and has seen a small decline in its numbers in the last three years, dropping from 14 to 11 teams. But Roy is confident that the league will continue to prosper with Steve at the helm as he is full of ideas and will do a good job with his vast experience at the Lloyds.
Whalley Range CC getting ready for action
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halley Range Cricket Club is enjoying great success with its junior teams as well as with the three senior teams in the Manchester Cricket Association.
In 2012 they had over 100 juniors up to the age of 16 enjoying the excellent coaching, improved facilities and matches at their Kingsbrook Road ground.
Preparations for the new season begin with a fund-raising effort at ASDA in Hulme
when their juniors will be bag packing in a venture which raised over £400 in 2012 for the junior section. Junior training begins in earnest on Friday April 12 from 5.30 to 6.30 for u7’s and u9’s then u11’s and u13’s from 6.30 with signing on from 5pm. There will also be a bring-and-buy sale of kit and equipment on the night. Potential new players are most welcome to attend. Senior outdoor practice begins on Tuesday April 9 and Thursday April 12 and again new players are welcome.
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WHALLEY RANGE CRICKET & LAWN TENNIS CLUB Invite you to an OPEN DAY Sunday 14th April 11am - 5pm Come along to Kingsbrook Rd and look round the club, have a game of tennis, play cricket in the nets, have a hit with the softball players or have a drink at the bar. You can also join in with the Fun Run! Reduced rates for new members Club house available to hire for birthdays, christenings etc
Call the club on 0161 881 1414 for more details or contact Mike 07894 961530
Treat for park youngsters
Community Sport
Sports clubs are the lifeblood of the local community providing a huge range of opportunities for people of all ages to get into sport.
Y
oung players at Broughton Park Rugby Club were given a treat as they enjoyed their training session at their Chorlton-based club.
For they were able to see, handle and pose with the coveted Six Nation’s Trophy
Pic: Some of the Park minis pose with the Six Nations Trophy. which had been brought to their club. It is part of a Tour around the country with the trophy as part of the RFU’s aims in developing grass roots rugby and has proved to a great success.
Our area is very rich in such clubs and they rely so much on the voluntary efforts of people to run them. These sports articles try to provide an insight into the huge amount of work done by these volunteers on behalf of their local community. If you have any stories about sport by individuals or teams contact Geoff Garnett on 0161 881 7550 or ggggarnett@aol.com
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