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THE HISTORY OF DIDSBURY 1910 London to Manchester Air Race

CHORLTON’S BIG GREEN FESTIVAL Bike to the Future

TECHNOLOGY YOU CAN TRUST green h

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FILM COMPETITION LAUNCH Didsbury Arts Festival

DIDSBURY DINNERS Low carbon community cookbook

BOOK REVIEWS Chorlton Bookshop

APRIL IN YOUR GARDEN Katherine Watson

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1910 London to Manchester Air race by Peter Gidman In April 1910, English pilot Claude Graham–White and Frenchman Lois Paulhan both flying Farman biplanes competed for the £10,000 prize put up by Lord Northcliffe for the first flight from London to Manchester a distance of 185 miles. Spotting a break in the bad weather on the evening of the 27th April Paulhan got away with the Englishman in hot pursuit. The French pilot followed a specially hired train along the rail track between the two cities; Graham white also followed the rail line with his supporters keeping up in a fleet of cars. The railway company had prepared for the event by whitewashing the sleepers of the correct line for the competitors to follow. Popular excitement was intense and crowds eager for the latest news, gathered around newspaper offices in both London and Paris. A huge map was erected At the Place de l’ Opera in central Paris with model aircraft showing the racers progress. When night fell both aviators landed alongside the railway

line no one had ever flown cross country in darkness. Seeing his only chance of overtaking the Frenchman, Graham-White decided to take off again in the moonlight using car headlights to illuminate the field. Even this bold move was not enough to bring victory. Up at the crack of dawn and braving gusting winds Paulhan reached Manchester by 5.32am ahead of the Englishman who had been forced to land his wind-battered Farman short of the goal. Paulhan had spent 4hrs 18 minutes in the air.

most bitterly about his crops being damaged. Paulhan was presented with his prize, a golden casket containing a cheque for £10,000 on the 30th April at the Savoy Hotel London by the editor of the Daily mail. This was the first powered flight into Manchester landing in Didsbury.

A great crowd assembled where Paulhan had landed. Thousands of people descended We are grateful to Peter Gidman and the Didsbury onto the field Film Group for this article. It forms part of the where the script for their film “The History of Didsbury”. plane stood, The group are looking for information to help having alighted in the making of the film. Do you have any from the partly photographs, home movies, books, articles or completed other mementoes of Didsbury in days gone by? Burnage Please contact Peter on 0161 434 7904 railway or email petergidman@gmail.com station. The local farmer of the land complained

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Chorlton’s Big Green Festival by Richard Frost

Chorlton has quite a reputation for festivals. There’s Chorlton Arts Festival and Chorlton Beer Festival, of course. Then there’s Chorlton Book Festival and Beech Road Festival. And not forgetting Chorlton Park Festival. We could go on… Despite launching in 2009, another free festival has quickly made a name for itself. Chorlton’s Big Green Festival is an annual celebration of sustainable living, with a strong emphasis on the word ‘celebration’. This year, Green Chorlton – the non-profit community group that runs the festival – has set its sights on winning over even more Mancunians, particularly those of us that love cycling. The theme of Chorlton’s Big Green Festival 2011 is Bike to the Future and there will be a huge number of bike-related attractions at St Clement’s Church on the day of the festival – Saturday, 16th April 2011. For instance, cyclists are encouraged to pedal over to join the largest ever bike parade through Chorlton. Also planned is a dance-off between rival bicycle dance troupes, a race to see who can fix a puncture the fastest n lto and a Chor bicycle wap S t n Pla ur fashion o y g alon ngs & g show. n i r i l b ed ! s, se Visitors plant s to swap can seed

even pick up expert advice from cycling workshops and information stalls. Jeff Heie, chair of Green Chorlton, said: “Chorlton’s Big Green Festival is all about celebrating sustainable living and this year’s programme will be the best yet. As a keen cyclist, I’m particularly looking forward to the Bike to the Future activities and I’ll definitely be joining in the bike parade.”

end but there is more fun to be had inside St Clement’s Church at the Green Chorlton Ceilidh. Local group The Midgebites will be performing a selection of popular country tunes and encouraging everyone to grab their drinks and get on the dancefloor. Chorlton’s Big Green Festival and the Green Chorlton Ceilidh aside, several other Green Chorlton events are planned throughout April.

You won’t need a bike to enjoy Chorlton’s Big Green Festival, however. Two live stages will showcase the hottest local musicians, including Thingumabob and the Thingumajigs, Sputnik Sweetheart and Shmoo, as food and drink stalls keep you refreshed with the tastiest meals, and the finest alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.

Beauty and the Bike, in association with Transition Chorlton, will feature a screening of the film of the same name in St Clement’s Church from 7.30pm on Saturday, 9th April. And the What Next? Forum, organised alongside Chorlton Refurb, will consider ways to make your home greener in St Clement’s Church from 7pm on Thursday, 14th April.

Meanwhile, families will not want to miss a personal appearance from Mr Bloom, star of the hit CBeebies show Mr Bloom’s Nursery. While the children learn how to grow their own fruit and veg, you can enjoy some much-needed rest and relaxation with complimentary therapies in the dedicated wellbeing area.

The Green Chorlton Ceilidh takes place straight after the festival inside St Clement’s Church. The ceilidh starts at 8pm and runs until 11pm. Tickets, costing £5, can be bought at the door.

The green aspect of the festival shines through in other areas. Hands-on workshops will provide pointers on how to reduce your carbon footprint, while arts and craft stalls will introduce you to the creativity on your doorstep. As the night draws in, Chorlton’s Big Green Festival comes to an

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Gadgets. Aren’t they great? A huge array of shiny products await us, promising fantastic ‘apps’, helping us access ‘the cloud’, giving us a way in to new ways of communicating, sharing information and entertaining ourselves. It could be a mobile phone, a DVD player, a flat screen TV. It’s often a computer or a laptop. The adverts tell us how technology opens many doors, making the extraordinary possible. Apparently it all works together beautifully and simply. All there in a neat

technology you can trust package and an amazing deal. What’s not to like? But when you get it home, the task is often less straightforward. Exactly how do you flip the screen, catch the image, edit it and share it with family and friends on the internet? What do those terms mean? “May require additional hardware”? “Speeds may vary?” What is “the cloud” anyway? Think of gadgets as pieces in a technological big picture, a jigsaw if you like, often with a computer at the centre. Only the picture they make up may not be supplied as a guide to what you’re trying to piece together, and you might not have been given all of the pieces. If you’re lucky you may have a mate who is technologically minded and can make suggestions. Better still, they might take the thing off your hands and get it up and running for you. But they may not be around when you run into trouble again, or know enough to solve your problem. It’s tempting to go to the high street

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Film Competition Launch Didsbury Arts Festival has announced an exciting, new addition to its 2011 programme with plans for its first ever short film competition. The event, intended as a regular fixture on the annual DAF programme, will provide a showcase for the creative talents of Didsbury’s budding film makers, writers, actors and producers. Each year, organisers will pick two film categories for their ‘Tributes’ short film competition. This year’s chosen genres are comedy and horror. With an innovative twist on standard short film festivals,

competitors are asked to submit films, no longer than five minutes, which pay homage to famous filmic styles and directors of comedy or horror. This could include anything

from classic Monty Python to the master of suspense – Alfred Hitchcock! The shortlisted films will be screened during festival week (24th September to 1st October) and the winners announced on the final day of the film programme. The judging panel will include local film festival organisers, film and TV makers and the final outcome will also be influenced by an audience vote. The film competition is the brainchild of Didsbury businesswoman and film maker, Janet Harrison. Earlier this month, Janet launched Manchester’s first ever Cofilmic Comedy Film Festival which will be held at the city’s Comedy Store from 31st October to 1st November. The winning film in the DAF Tribute to Comedy category will be shown at the

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Comedy Store during the Comedy Film Festival. DAF Director, Maria Stripling, said: ‘The idea behind the short film competition is to bring something new to Didsbury Arts Festival and to exploit the wealth of talent in the local area. The event will be a real highlight. ‘For new film makers, breaking into the industry is notoriously difficult. This event will provide an opportunity for like-minded people to work together and inspire each other to make their projects happen.’ A launch and ‘mingle’ event is being held on 4th April for those people who need others to make their project happen. This will take place from 6.30 pm to 9 pm at The Slug & Lettuce, Wilmslow Road, Didsbury. Actors, directors, producers and film makers are invited to attend in order to discuss their ideas and bring a team together.

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and other projects to create an atmosphere of local food sustainability. As well as 40 pages of recipes from the likes of Rhubarb Restaurant, Folk Cafe Bar, Dig Veg Box Scheme, Bradley Fold Allotments and Didsbury Village Women’s Institute, the book explains why it is important to think about food sustainability and how one person really can make a difference. How to source food locally – from growing herbs on your window sill to signing up for a allotment, and from buying locally-grown foods to eating out sustainably, depending your level of motivation! You can also pick up simple carbon-lowering tips, such as how to make your own ‘takeaways’ – for your wallet, waistline and the world.

opportunity for local consumers (that’s you!), producers/growers, retailers, and skills teachers, such as local cookery schools and foragers, to meet each other and discuss how Didsbury can become even more food sustainable. Manchester Community Vegetable Orchestra will also be making its debut performance at the book launch. Really hope to see you there!

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Labyrinth Kate Mosse

Mosse’s archeological mystery easily draws you into its plot set within both medieval and modern day France. In the present day, Alice unwittingly discovers an unusual cave harbouring two skeletons, triggering a series of events linked to the secret of the Grail. She realises she has been part of these events all along... Back in 1209, Alais finds her destiny is to protect the same secret with her life as she is entrusted with three encrypted books. On her tail, however, is someone who will do anything to gain the knowledge themselves, and they are closer to Alais than she realises. Labyrinth is extremely well written, intertwining events between the past and the present with detailed historical knowledge. A treat for any fan of fast paced historical fiction.

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Return to Ribblestrop Andrew Mulligan

With Hogwarts still fresh in the memory, you might have thought that children’s fiction

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