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November 2014

Chorlton & Whalley Range

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Beech Road

Christmas Lantern Lights Switch-On Parade and

Thursday, 27th November from 6pm

Come and see local schoolchildren take part in a magical lantern parade to start the festive season, from Beech Road Park to Chorlton Green. There will be late night opening every Thursday in the run up to Christmas (the dates are 4, 11, 18 Dec) We will be fundraising on the night for new play equipment for Beech Road Park. It's a night when Chorlton's destination road comes alive with music, mince pies, entertainment, late night opening and lashings of Christmas cheer.

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Lights switch-on, 6.30pm on the Green.

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Making food fair

Exploring solutions to food poverty

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Perhaps the biggest culprit for money literally going down the drain is the toilet, with some older WCs using up to 13 litres of water per ﬂush! A new, more efﬁcient cistern can save up to 30 litres per person every day. Over a year, that can add up to 30,000 litres in even a small household. That’s a third off the bill if you’re on a meter.

We all know a shower uses less water than a soak in the bath: an electric shower also heats only the water you need. Fitting an aerated showerhead, which takes air in to ‘fatten up’ the drops of water, means you get a nice drench using

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The PostBox Cafe Tuesday 4th November Cake Club with Chris

Chocolate raspberry yule log, with decorating techniques too. 7pm £3

Friday 7th November Body Shop Party

Cosy Christmas shopping with bubbles and nibbles too! 7pm

Tuesday 11th November Photographique: Chorlton

Now in its second month, this group teaches you how to capture that perfect picture. Don’t miss the upcoming festive memories! 7pm £3

Wednesday 19th November Cake Club with Debbie

Mini Christmas cake cup cakes and decoration! 7pm £3

Friday 21st November B-Movie Club: Sharado

The ultimate B-movie of modern times, so BYOB and enjoy it on the big screen with nachos, popcorn and treats. 7pm £3

Friday 14th November Veal Meat Again... game meat dinner with lounge singer

Friday 28th November Spanish Night Returns

A jam packed market with stalls full of great gift ideas and locally made treats. 10am to 4pm

Enjoy an amazing menu, created with Frosts’ quality meats, whilst being entertained by our fantastic lounge act.

Monday 10th November Just Write - with the inspirational Mrs T.

Sunday 16th November Chorlton Book Festival History Walk

Saturday 29th November Christmas Home & Garden Market

Saturday 8th November The Terrace Market

A chance to discover your hidden creative talents with this hugely popular group. 7pm £3

With local historian Andrew Simpson. Finishing at The PostBox for soup and mulled wine!

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Chorlton Traders Association (CTA) is a dynamic group of local businesses that make things happen. If you’ve ever seen ﬂowers, heard music, had fun or felt Christmassy in Chorlton, it’s likely that CTA was involved somewhere along the line.

Chorlton’s Big Saturday Saturday 6th December is a day for the diary in Chorlton. The festive fun kicks off in earnest with the Christmas Lights Switch On party and a visit from a certain jolly fellow dressed in red. CTA has organised a fundraising raffle, so dig deep for a chance to win some festival sparkle and fabulous prizes, donated by our members.

Saturday 6th December is also Small Business Saturday (see page 24). You don’t need us to tell you about how great Chorlton’s indie business sector is – just make sure you vote with your feet and your cash. If you’ve got a TAG! loyalty card, you’ll already know about the year-round savings you can make when you shop local. If you haven’t, look out for the new 2015 cards in December or visit www.tagpassiton.com.

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There are two types of people in Chorlton: those who love lovely things and those who make them. Both are catered for at the wonderful Chorlton Art Market pop-up in the Precinct. Get in touch with Alice on chorltonartmarket@gmail.com if you’re a designer, artist or maker looking for a pitch; or wander by if you’re looking for an unusual or thoughtful gift – it doesn’t even have to be for someone else.

Please help!

If you’re about to start filling up on festive food, spare a thought for those on the street now the weather’s turned cold. If you have food, drink and warm clothing you can spare, drop it into Elliott’s in the Precinct for the Mad Dogs Street Project. This is a charity, run by and for Manchester people, that cooks hot food for homeless people. It’s all done by volunteers, so your donations go right to where they matter: a pan of food costing just £7.00 can feed up to 30 people.

C’est si bon

Congratulations to Epicerie Ludo, who recently picked up the Best Food and Drink Retailer award at the 2014 Manchester Food and Drink Festival. Ludo has been a great addition to Beech Road and raised lots of money for charity through the TAG scheme (a magnifique 10% saving for cardholders too). Honourable mention also goes to the Parlour, Food Pub of the Year finalist in a year that’s seen Chorlton somewhat under-represented in the finals. Those judges need to catch the tram out of town a bit more.

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Children’s Book Award Shortlist from Chorlton Bookshop

Back as part of Chorlton Book Festival for a second year, the Chorlton Children’s Book Award seeks to ﬁnd the best book of any kind for 9-12 year olds, published between April 2013 and March of this year. The shortlist was decided by readers from local schools. All titles are on sale from Chorlton Bookshop and voting forms are available there and from Chorlton Library.

A Wrinkle in Time: Graphic novel edition

by Madeleine l’Engle & Hope Larson

Madeleine l’Engle’s original novel, about 14 year old Meg’s fantastical quest to find her missing father, has been an American classic for over fifty years now. A film version from the writer of Frozen is in the pipeline too – but for now this stylish comic book version, from acclaimed illustrator Larson, tells the strange, gripping yarn in fine fashion.

Why Spacemen Can’t Burp by Mitchell Symons

This nifty non-fiction volume is the children’s equivalent of New Scientist’s best selling Does Anything Eat Wasps? and Why Can’t Elephants Jump? here tailored for a bright, inquisitive and wonderfully silly young readership. In fact, they provided the questions,

from ‘Can rocks have snot?’ to ‘What have hyenas got to laugh about?’. It’s never remotely patronizing in tone, so it succeeds in being informative and lots of fun.

Doll Bones by Holly Black

Black, author of the popular Spiderwick Chronicles, here tells the tale of three young friends who are right on the brink of growing up. But when they get mixed up in the mysterious matter of a lost china doll, things take a deeply sinister turn. It’s creepy rather than gruesome or terrifying, but it’s very effective stuff, and a gripping read, with a satisfying emphasis on the twists and turns of adolescence and friendship.

The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

Out of the blue, best friends Agatha and Sophie are kidnapped and taken to a strange new school

– one where children are trained to be fairy tale characters. Their alumni list includes Snow White, King Arthur and Red Riding Hood. Trouble is, they produce villains as well as heroes... The first volume in a magical trilogy, unashamedly aimed at fans of Harry Potter and Percy Jackson - though with perhaps more of a female slant this has more class, substance and imagination than many of its kind.

The Last Wild by Piers Torday

12 year old Kester lives away from his parents in a special academy called Spectrum Hall. But this is a world in which virtually all plants and animals have been destroyed by a merciless food corporation. Then Kester discovers something unexpected about the last few surviving animals: he can talk to them... Despite the weighty issues involved, this is never preachy, but rather it’s a bold, original, engrossing adventure. A sequel, The Dark Wild, has already been published.

Demon Dentist by David Walliams

Walliams is well established as a children’s author now – no hint of an indulged celebrity moonlighting here – and he’s managing to write a hilariously twisted Dahlesque book every year. This, his latest, centres on the secret evildoings of a new local dentist Miss Root. But plucky young Alfie and his best pal Gabz get wind of her wicked plans and stand firmly in the way. It’s highly silly, delightfully nasty and, like so much of Walliams’ best work, surprisingly moving.

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Psychedelia and Northern Soul in Whalley Range The Psychedelic Disco Tech started as an informal club night, raising awareness for last April’s Big Green Happening. Playing Disco, House, Techno, Psychedelia and all grooves in-between, the idea was to use the power of music to knit people to the event and celebrate life, tunes and fun.

Following the success of Bernie Connor’s Sound of Music night in March, the team now have a regular night. Held every second Friday of the month at the fabulous Carlton Club, in the heart of the Whalley Range conservation area, this event goes form strength to strength. It features guest DJs and live gigs, the most recent being Fila Brazillia’s Steve Cobby, playing to a packed house. November’s night, on the 14th, features a Northern Soul DJ set by the much loved Jonny the Milkman - and there are dance lessons too! What are you waiting for?

Friday November 14th Northern Soul with Jonny the Milkman The Carlton Club, Whalley Range

Let there be lights

Children’s festive parade to light up Beech Road The festive season will get underway in Chorlton on Thursday, November 27th when Beech Road’s Christmas Lights are switched on.

The annual event, always a wonderful treat for the community, will this year feature local schoolchildren in a magical lantern parade from Beech Road Park down to Chorlton Green. The parade will set off at 6pm from the park, with the lights being switched on at 6.30pm on the Green. The evening will see Beech Road come alive with music, mince pies, entertainment, late night opening and lashings of Christmas cheer. It will also kick off regular Thursday late night opening on Beech Road in the run up

to Christmas; with stores also trading late on December 4th, 11th and 18th to help locals stock up on all their presents. The switch-on event on the 27th will raise funds to buy new play equipment for Beech Road Park. The lanterns for the parade are being made by the children themselves, under the watchful eye of Paul Wilcox, of Chorlton forest school, We Are Adventurers. Mary Paul, from Beech Road Traders, says: “The lights switch-on is an event that brings the whole community together and we’re delighted that children will play a big part this year. “We look forward to seeing everyone on Beech Road on the 27th for a night of Christmas cheer.”

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Community Spin Decks Showcasing local musical talent

Mark Greer

The Lonesome and Penniless Cowboys Meet the frontman from the notorious Chorlton music veterans who have been performing infectious, toe-tapping country music for almost 30 years Who are the Lonesome and Penniless Cowboys?

Bassist, Mog, also a DJ with his own show Standing in the Shadows of Lev on all.fm, don’t say he’s from Chorlton! Clive Mellor, not just the best harmonica player in the country, but best maraca player too; Graham Edwards can play really complicated and fast guitar solos, but doesn’t; Tony Trundle flies over from Ireland for gigs, can play the fiddle and fly; Rob Cieka, the beating heart of the Cowboys, on drums; Aiden Smith, accordion wizard who has own eggs to fry with eponymous band. I just sing and like wearing cowboy duds.

How would you describe The Lonesome and Penniless Cowboys in three words? Pickled Edgy Country.

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How did you get together?

We formed after I met Mog at a party, appropriately on July 4th 1985. I went there with Clive. We watched a film about Hank Williams and got very drunk, next day I went round and we discussed our mutual love of country music, which at the time was a bit of a guilty secret. The next Saturday, we three busked at the Stretford Pageant. We did a lot of busking (before it got amped up, I may add), it was our Hamburg.

What are your favourite places to play in Chorlton?

We had great times playing the Irish Club on High Lane in the 80s and 90s until they put in the noise limiter. It surprises me that Chorlton doesn’t have more good venues. A lot of places seem to put on live music as an afterthought, with no proper provision. I used to like the Lloyds, not sure they have music anymore. My favourite place to go

now is Chorlton Folk Club at The Cricket Club on Ellesmere Road; great variety of turns and cheap beer - there’s a theme developing here.

What other Chorlton artists would you recommend?

Two of my favourite acts of all time were Dublin Eddy and the Country Breeze, along with Paddy and the Antelopes - great Irish country bands who combined excitement, showmanship and emotion in a way which some newer acts would think is uncool, but it made for a great night out. I suspect they’re all dead, but they were more Whalley Range/Moss Side based. In Chorlton today I like Lucy and Virginia (with DBH), Happy Soul and Tom and the Thumps.

Where can we see you next? We have two gigs at the Klondyke Club in Levenshulme on 12th and 19th December.

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Community Spin Decks Album Review

Dinosaurs Ate My Caravan

Biscuithead & the Biscuit Badgers • By Linsey Parkinson Whatever happened to songs that made you laugh for the right reasons, rather than the wrong ones? Dinosaurs Ate My Caravan, the new album by Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers, isn’t about lazy pastiche or lame satire; it’s intelligent, eclectic and laugh-outloud funny. Sixteen splendid tracks await discerning chaps of all ages and genders: from the hymn to David Attenborough (“Feeding meat to a great white shark/His brother’s in Jurassic Park”) to a useful lesson

on snow formation, a healthy dose of avuncular speculation and a cautionary tale or two. Aficionados will be delighted by new recordings of classic tracks, Cheese and The Land Hermit Crab. The band is inspired by a range of surreal and whimsical influences, which include the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Deaf School and the Divine Comedy. Some call them the thinking man’s Half Man Half Biscuit. I know I do. Nonsense? Of course it is. Have a listen, or ignore them completely, at www.biscuithead.co.uk

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I’m able to combine a range of approaches to respond to your specific needs with regular reviews to check out what is working for you - or not. I’m happy to work with you on a short term basis or longer term to explore deeper issues. You may be struggling with a range of emotional issues linked to your past and/or present, interested in enhancing your mental wellbeing or feel you would benefit from coaching or mentoring.

I’m offering an introductory fee of £35 per session - for four weeks - and £45 thereafter and our first meeting will be free. In this way you can get to know me before committing yourself further, particularly important if you’re unsure of what you want or feel uncertain about starting counselling.

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others easily accessible, even for older people who might have difficulty with breathing, memory or confusion. Faith and her team would like to help as many older people as possible to get to these sessions and support them in joining in as much as they can manage. Friends and carers are welcome too.

The Older Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Singing Project Larking Out and About Singing in a group was once seen as the preserve of Midsomer WI types or hippy folksters, but the last few years has seen a complete turnaround. An explosion of singing groups, choirs and telly programmes getting bin-men to sing in front of hundreds has put choirs back in the category of cool. Part of the reason for this popularity is an acceptance, supported by academic research, that singing is actually really good for us, both physically and psychologically.

With this in mind, local singing coordinator and director of Singing for Larks, Faith Watson, together with some members of Manchester Larks and Shylarks, has set up a regular singing group for older people, particularly isolated older people. The idea is straightforward: a monthly sing for an hour and a half with refreshments. Faith has the whole group learning and singing together, free from the pressure of working towards public performance. This approach makes the joy of singing with

One of the difficulties with such a project is accessing isolated older people, so if you know of anyone who might be interested or if you work in an organisation which may be able to get this information out, please do contact Faith or pass on the details.

The next sessions are on: 17th Nov & 15th Dec 1.30-3pm Trafalgar Court 199-201 Withington Road Whalley Range, M16 8JW Visit: www.singingforlarks.netÂ or phone Faith: 0161 881 0855

Making Food Fair

Exploring solutions to the many faces of food poverty We’ve seen the news stories about food poverty - people turning to charitable food banks as they struggle to feed their families - but our food industry is responsible for poverty in a number of different forms. Driven by major retailers working to ruthless profit margins, it now exerts a terrible economic pressure on those employed in the production, processing and distribution of what we eat.

Making Food Fair, a gathering organised by Feeding Manchester and the Kindling Trust, aims to tackle the issues surrounding food inequality in all its forms. Experts, activists, and campaigners will discuss progressive and sustainable solutions, and you’ll have an opportunity to have your say and put forward ideas of your own. An inspiring lineup of speakers includes representatives from

Sustain’s London Food Poverty Pilot, Nourish Scotland, Church Action on Poverty and the Principal Investigator of the ERC study Families and Food Poverty in an Age of Austerity.

Making Food Fair takes place on Saturday 22nd November in central Manchester. Places are £10 (with lunch) and advance registration is essential. www.feedingmanchester.org.uk

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Country stories. Come and buy some hand-carved gifts.

Manky Poets with Copland Smith. Special guest poet Tony Roberts: 7.30–9.30pm

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14th–29th November This year we have two anniversary celebrations: Chorlton Book Festival is in its tenth year and Chorlton Library is 100 years old. Highlights include the award winning local author Jackie Kay, a celebratory play Opening 1914 from The Edge Theatre, an Under-5s Storytime, an Ugly Bug Ball, teenagers writing event with a WW1 soldier, fascinating local history from Andrew Simpson and the ever popular Beech Pub Quiz. Whatever your age and interest, with 23 events, Chorlton is the place to be for 16 days this November. So come and join us.

Ugly Bug Ball: 2–4.30pm

Come along dressed as your favourite bug for an afternoon of fun-ﬁlled activities and a chance to win a prize. We expect to see ladybirds, butterﬂies, bumblebees, caterpillars, beetles, spiders, and many more. So join us for all things bug!

Tony Roberts was born in Doncaster and educated in England and America. His poems, reviews and essays appear regularly in the literary press. A former teacher, he lives in Manchester.

All welcome £2

All children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Ages 5–10.

Saturday 15th November

Bottletop bugs: 2–4pm

Food for the Soul – Market stall outside the library: 11am–3pm Meet storyteller and woodcarver Richard O’Neill.

Make yourself a bottletop pet bug by recycling a plastic bottle top and used card at our Rubbish Revamped workshop. Ages 6 upwards.

Listen to his unique take on traditional Romany and North

Saturday 15th November Headline event:

Jackie Kay 7.30–9pm St Werburgh’s Church

Join local author Jackie Kay, fresh from the internationally acclaimed Manchester Literature Festival, at our own headline event. Listen to Jackie’s readings and join us for refreshments and book-signing in this majestic setting.

Jackie Kay, who was born and brought up in Scotland, is the author of several prize-winning collections of poetry, short stories, plays and the memoir Red Dust Road. The Adoption Papers (Bloodaxe) won the Forward Prize, a Saltire prize and a Scottish Arts Council Prize. Fiere, her most recent collection of poems, was short-listed for the Costa award. Her novel, Trumpet won the Guardian Fiction Award. Red Dust Road (Picador) won the Scottish Book of the Year Award, and the London Book Award. She was awarded an MBE in 2006, and made a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2002. SALES ANDLETTINGS

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Tickets £5 Booking is recommended for this popular event

Sunday 16th November

Local History Talk with Andrew Simpson: 2–3pm The Post Box Cafe

What did we do in The Great War? Stories from Chorlton-cum-Hardy.

Chorlton-cum-Hardy did its bit in the Great War and the talk will look at some of the men who went off to ﬁght, those who never came back, and how their families got on with their daily routine. It will include those forgotten Red Cross Hospitals that were staffed and partly supported by the people of Chorlton, and the letters, postcards and souvenirs of those from the Great War. Join us for our local history talk complete with soup and mulled wine.

£4.75 Booking is recommended for this popular event

Monday 17th November Short Story Writing Workshop: 4–6pm

An action-packed creative workshop in which prize-winning writer Valerie O’Riordan will teach you how to produce your own short story in less than two hours! No experience is necessary, but a sense of humour and adventure is deﬁnitely a must for this unique literary escapade! For ages 11–16. Booking essential

Tuesday 18th November

The Beech Pub Quiz: 8pm Hosted by Hosted by local poet Copland Smith

A literary quiz to test the most well read and cultivated of memories. Prizes for the winners.

£1 to enter, payable at The Beech.

Opening 1914 At Chorlton Library

Wednesday 19th (7pm) Thursday 20th and Saturday 22nd November (8.15pm)

At The Edge Theatre

Tuesday 25th, Thursday 27th, Friday 28th and Saturday 29th November (7.30pm) As a special celebration of our wonderful library being 100 years old, The Edge are presenting a brand-new show, which will be performed at both the library and at The Edge as part of the festival. Opening 1914 tells the story of ordinary people opening a long-awaited library in Chorlton against the backdrop of a world just three months into the Great War. The Edge theatre bring their own unique storytelling style to the library to celebrate its 100th birthday this November.

Tickets from £5 Places are limited Book online at www.edgetheatre.co.uk or by phoning 0161 282 9776

Thursday 20th November Chorlton Good Neighbours Coffee Morning: 10–11.30am Wilbraham St Ninian’s Church

Come and listen to the nationally recognised, gifted storyteller Dominic Kelly. His dynamic, powerful and engaging style is captivating.

Friday 21st November

Storytime – Magical World of Books: 10.30–11.30am

Get dressed up as your favourite book character and come and listen to stories, songs and rhymes and meet our special guest! For under-5s.

Grand Day Out (over-50s session): 2–4pm

Come and celebrate Chorlton Library being 100 years old with refreshments and a cake. There will be a special matinee performance of Opening 1914, which tells the story of ordinary people opening a long-awaited library in Chorlton, against the backdrop of a world just three months into World War One. Dylan’s Daughter: 7.30pm

The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre, Manchester Road, M21 9JG Devised and performed by Anne Rutter, featuring Stephen Thorne

In this centenary year of the birth of Dylan Thomas, hear the untold story of his courageous, humorous,

talented daughter from a friend. This performance will feature anecdotes, recitations of Dylan Thomas’ work and personal accounts of his daughter’s life and work.

Tickets £6/£8 Book online at www.edgetheatre.co.uk or by phoning 0161 282 9776

Saturday 22nd November Book Fair: 11am–5pm Horse and Jockey, The Green

The Horse and Jockey is holding its ﬁrst Book Fair. With collectors’ books, antique books and art books, there will be something for all book-lovers. War Horse Interactive Storytelling Workshop: 11am–12 noon Come and help our storyteller bring to life the exciting and terrible events of Michael Morpurgo’s beloved story of Joey the horse

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Aimed at children under 9 years and their families. Places are limited, so book early. Ellen Taylor: What’s a Story? 1.30–3pm Creative Writing Workshop The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre, Manchester Road

Find out how dramatic structure works from professional writer Ellen, a regular writer for Coronation Street. Learn the eight essentials of every good story and explore ten questions to make a story work, using examples from ﬁlms, Shakespeare and other great tales.

Tickets £10. Book online at www. edgetheatre.co.uk or by phoning 0161 282 9776

Diary of a Soldier: 2–4pm

Meet Tommy Atkins, First World War soldier, with his original uniform and kit, and be inspired to write your own creative diary entries about experiences in the Great War. Ages 10–16

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The Story of Chorlton & Whalley Range Love stories from number 28 Edge Lane • By Andrew Simpson Now here is what looks like a series of love stories featuring number 28 Edge Lane.

But first to the house which, for a great chunk of its existence, was known as Barway House. It is still there, hidden during the summer by a canopy of leaves. It is typical of the sort of house which ran along Edge Lane and dates from the 1880s, when it went under the name of Barway Villa. I can’t be sure exactly when it was built, but it was there by 1881 and was the home of Alexander Henry Gilbody and his wife Mary Ellen. The Gilbody’s had three children and were cared for by three servants. Which is what you would expect of a family which appears to have been comfortably well off, living in a 12 roomed house, set in its own grounds with a large greenhouse to the south, stables to the rear and a rateable value of £110. The family were still there a decade and a bit later, which neatly offers up the first two love stories. For on November 8th 1891, Philip Matthew Schofield, aged 25, married Hanna Crosby from Wales. She was just 20 and both worked in the house. Mr Schofield was the coachman and Hannah, a servant. And in the February of the following year, Miss Amelia Caroline Sharpe married Harry Wells Currie, a hairdresser. Both were from Port Maddock. Ten months earlier she had been living with her mother and brother at home in Wales and I guess may well have come to Barway House to take the place

of the newly married Hannah Schofield. In time I shall go looking for both couples, but for now I shall finish with George Davison, who was living at Barway House during the end of 1904 and into the following year. I did at first think he was lodging there, but a little later a George Davison is listed as the caretaker and later still is on the census return. But this was his father, because by then our George had married his sweetheart, who he had written to throughout 1904 and 1905. Some of his courting letters have survived and they are a mix of affectionate comments, concerns about Nellie’s health and descriptions of his studies, which take up much of the correspondence. He was set on bettering himself and here are the records of his success in Latin and French, along with English and Maths, all of which were governed by his desire to do well and offer her a secure future. But what strikes you more than anything is the frequent reference to the arrangements of where to meet, whether it was at the ‘end of the Grove’ or at her parents’ home. Today all of this would be accomplished by a phone call or a text, but back then it was the letter and the postcard which, with the frequency of the post,

meant that arrangements to meet could be made on the same day with the confidence that both would get the message. By the end of 1905 he was living in Old Trafford and in 1908 the couple were married, by which time he was back in Barway House, and from there they started their married life in Hulme. So perhaps not a tale of great consequences or matters of high politics, but just a set of stories of people behind the door of number 28 Edge Lane, a house I have passed countless times but given no thought to.

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Local groups and useful numbers Clubs, Societies & Groups Barlow International Folk Dance Group Tuesday evenings at St.Ninians, Wilbraham Road Mary O’Mahony 881 0955 Chorlton Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild 2nd & 3rd Tuesday of the month, 2pm, Chorlton Library. 881 2544 Chorlton Aikido Club Wednesdays 7.30-9.30pm St Ninians, Wilbraham Rd www.lancashireaikikai.org 861 8456 Community Allotment & Apiary Scott Avenue Allotment 07973 139068 or 07521 500223 uk.groups.yahoo.com/ group/grow_for_it/ Chorlton and Friends Gardening Group 3rd Monday monthly, in Chorlton Library, 7.30-9pm. Admission £3 candfgg@yahoo.co.uk Chorlton Bookshop Book Group 3rd Tuesday of the month at The Horse and Jockey Pub 7.45pm Details from Chorlton Bookshop or call 881 6374 Chorlton Bridge Club Christine Blackburn 225 8854 www.bridgewebs.com/chorlton Chorlton Bujitsu Wednesday 8pm at St Werburgh’s Church Hall 07866312616 facebook. com/Iki.Yoyo.Dojo Chorlton Circle Dance Group Tuesdays, 7.30-9pm Upper Hall, St. Werburgh’s Parish Hall, £5-7, 1st session free chorltoncircledancegroup.co.uk

Chorlton Civic Society Chorlton Library meeting room. Check website for date of next meeting Chair - Mary Crumpton 07751 696 055 chorltoncivicsociety. org.uk Chorlton Evening Townswomens Guild Meet every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month at 7.30pm Chorlton Library. 881 6354 Chorlton Fundraising Group Marie Curie Cancer Care. Meets monthly at the Irish Centre Julie. peters@mariecurie.org.uk Chorlton Good Neighbours 881 2925 goodneighbours@ btconnect.com Chorlton History Group Meets on the 1st Thursday of the month, 1.30-3pm at Chorlton Good Neighbours St Nininians Church, Egerton Rd South Chorlton Kung Fu Wednesdays 8pm, Albany Estate, behind Morrisons 07774 723839 Chorlton Philosophy Group Tuesdays 7.30pm, upstairs at the Lloyds pub chorltonphilosophygroup. wordpress.com Chorlton Reading Group Once a month in the meeting room behind Chorlton library 7.30pm All welcome 881 1813 chorltonreadersgroup@gmail.com Circolo Italiano Every Monday, 7-9pm at Union Chapel, Fallowﬁeld. Intermediates and native speakers 881 8314 or guglielmifranco@clara.co.uk Coffee and Craft Mornings at Chorlton Good Neighbours. Meet friends and have a coffee, with arts and crafts group. Thursdays 10-11.30am Wilbraham St Ninian’s Church 881 2925 cgncg. org.uk

Co-op members’ group Every 2nd Wed of the month at 7.30pm, room above the Hardy Lane Co-op.Talks, trips, events. Brenda 0752 507 1672 brenda.copnall@gmail.com French Circle Learn French with friendly native speaker. Tuesday afternoon at St Werberghs Church Hall 881 8314 Friends of Alexandra Park 226 7525 friendsofalexandrapark. org.uk Friends of Chorlton Meadows 881 6276 friendsofchorltonmeadows. blogspot.com Friends of Longford Park info@ folp.co.uk friendsoﬂongfordpark. org.uk Grand Day Out Free computer taster sessions and a cup of tea, for the over 50s in Chorlton Library, Fridays 2-4pm 227 3700 d.gilligan@manchester.gov.uk Greater Manchester Humanist Choir Sundays 2.30-4.30pm, Chorlton Unitarian Church gmhumanistchoir@gmail.com @GMHumanistChoir Intergen Volunteer opportunities for Chorlton residents 55+ to work with local primary school children. Estelle Longmore 264 0089 or 07946761785 intergen. org.uk Lipreading and Communication Skills classes Free to deaf people and their families and friends. Wednesdays 1-3 pm at Mauldeth House 0161 832 0444 enquiries@ manchesterdeafstudies.org Manchester Clogging 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, 1011.30am, St Barnabas Church, Hardy Lane. £6 per class, Children £3. Liz 0794 4543479.

Find ‘Manchester Clogging’ on Facebook Manchester Flower Lovers’ Guild St Werburghs Church Hall, Chorlton. Anne 881 6591 ﬂowersnorthwest.net Old Mancunians AFC Training twice a week at Manchester Academy 07855-947411 oldmancs@hotmail. co.uk Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Tuesday 7.30pm, Classes at Manley Park Primary School, College Road, Whalley Range rscds-manchester.org.uk 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 Sue 0775 342 8937 Helen 0787 162 1778 www.simply-cycling.org South Manchester Camera Club Mondays 8-10pm, Didsbury Methodist Church www.smcc.org.uk St. Clements Fellowship Barbara 881 5912 or Ida 0161 861 7158 Trafford Athletic Club, Longford Park. Mon & Thu 6-9pm. Min age 9. Tonya 881 4488 www.traffordac.co.uk Whalley Range Cricket & Lawn Tennis Club Indoor cricket nets : Years 5 & 6: Fridays 6.30-7.30; Years 7-10: Friday 7-8.30: Seniors (16+): Tuesday and Thursday 6-9. £4 Kingsbrook Road, whalleyrange.play-cricket.com Whalley Range Forum JN8 Youth & Community Centre, 82 Cromwell Ave, M16 0BG 881 3744 communityforumwhalleyrange@ gmail.com Whalley Range 4 Wildlife wr4wildlife@yahoo.co.uk wr4wildlife.wordpress.com

Arts & Crafts Adventures in Painting & Drawing Tutor led art group.T New term starts 16th Sept. Tuesdays 1-3.30. Chorlton Park Adult Learning Centre rowojo@hotmail.com Penny 0161 256 3528 Art Fusion Amateur artists meet each Tuesday at 7-9pm at St Clements church hall. Fiirst session free then £5 ahomersham@ntlworld.com www. artfusion.org.uk Crafty Sew ’n’ Sews Friendly sewing group with a professional tutor. Mondays, 6.308.30pm (except second Monday of each month) Co-operative Hall, Hardy Lane. Angela 225 6931 Chorlton Alternative Art Class Life drawing, all levels of ability welcome. £6 entry. Weds 7.30-9.30pm The Edge Theatre ww.chorltonalternativearts.com Chorlton Art Group Tuesdays, 10am to 12 noon at St. Werbergh’s church hall. Brenda at brensidebeck@aol.com Chorlton Knits 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at Lloyds Chorlton Sewing Club 1st Thursday of the month 7.30-9.30pm Chorlton Library chorltonsewing.wordpress.com Co-operative Sewing Group Fridays, 10am-12pm Co-operative Hall, Hardy Lane Pam 07906 311455 Dolls House and Miniatures Group 2nd Monday of each month, 8-10pm, Whalley Range Venue. Ann 07814 861285 Manchester Sing Out Choir (Gospel Choir) Tuesdays 7-9pm St Johns Centre, Old Trafford. manchestersingoutchoir.org msochoir@live.co.uk

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Chorlton Film Institute We Are The Best - 20th November. Doors open 8.10 pm, ﬁlm starts 8.30 pm Entrance £5 St Clements Church Chorlton Folk Club Thursdays 9pm Ellesmere Rd Cricket Club Edge Theatre The Edge M21 9JG edgetheatre.co.uk Folk Songs and Tunes at The Beech 1st & 3rd Wednesdays for Songs, 2nd & 4th for Tunes. Beech Road, Chorlton, M21 9EG

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Breast Cancer Care Walking Group Every other Friday at Chorlton Water Park bestfootforward@ breastcancercare.org.uk Chorlton Anxiety Group 226 3871 Manchester Diabetes Support Network: Details/ venues/ monthly dates etc Register interest with Mike 860 5688 diabetesinmanchester@gmail.com 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

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Sport in Chorlton By Geoff Garnett

Rugby: Kids ﬁrst at Broughton Park Chorlton-based Broughton Park RUFC are piloting the RFU's ‘Kids First Rugby’ - and they've also been chosen as a training base for the Rugby World Cup 2015 play-off team who will play England at the City of Manchester Stadium! Park youth secretary, Phillipa Ranson, said: “Our aim is to promote rugby in our local community as well as the family and social aspects of the sport. “Established in 1882, Broughton Park is one of the oldest rugby clubs in England. We have fantastic facilities which we hire

out for conferences, parties and other events. “We have five senior sides, two junior teams – u13 and a combined u14/15 squad, five mini teams, as well as the very important U6 development squad. “We're holding the sessions on Sundays at the ground. The first one was a huge success and we welcome all newcomers to come along and enjoy what we are doing.” Picture - from the ‘Kids First Rugby’ opening

Football: Chorltonians receive new sponsorship Chorltonians FC, based at the Police Club at Hough End, are enjoying a busy season as they field six teams each Saturday in the prestigious Lancashire and Cheshire League.

The club are delighted to have a new green and black strip, provided for them by sponsors JP& Brimelow. It’ll be used by their first team, who are looking to keep their place in the top flight of the Premier Division.

Golf: Marcus makes his move

Marcus Dunning (pictured) has enjoyed his role as assistant professional at Chorlton Golf Club for the past two years, being a key member of James Curtis’ team. He’s now moving to Dubai to work with Grass Roots Golf, which focuses on junior development, plus a full time teaching role at the world famous Emirates Golf Club. Marcus was an outstanding junior golfer with Bolton GC and Lancashire, before enjoying a golf scholarship in North Carolina, where he received a degree in sports management. He started his professional career in Denver USA, but came to Chorlton in 2011 and completed his PGA programme over the next two years. Marcus said: “At Chorlton I gained valuable experience as a full-time coach. I was in charge of ladies, junior and beginner development and also developed my own personal clientele. “My special thanks go to all members of Chorlton for their support, my boss James Curtis and my colleagues, Adam Hodkinson and Dave Mackinnon.”

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