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Contents
5. Progress at The Parsonage 7. Palm Trees at the Parsonage 8. Forthcoming Events Photo © David Leitch
10. Didsbury Open Doors 12. Didsbury in Bloom 13. Blackwell House & Ambleside 14. August in Your Garden 17. West Didsbury & Chorlton FC
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Christine Hession Katherine Watson, West Didsbury & Chorlton FC
COVER PHOTOGRAPH David Leitch
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I’d like to say a very big thank you to Christine Hession and Peter Gidman from Didsbury Civic Society for their kind help in producing Community Index this month. We look forward to working together to bring you a bigger and better Community Index in the future. Lesley Swann Editor
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Progress at The Parsonage did an amazing job. The Parsonage Trust signed the lease on the Parsonage on the 13th June and our builders We will be having an Open Day on the 7th HAVE ALREADY ACHIEVED moved in on the 18th June.WHAT TheWEbuilders are doing September when anybody who has donated money • Heritage Lottery Grant of £50,000. a wonderful job on the building and ithave is given really • The Co-op a £2,000 Grant. or time to The Parsonage can come along and • We are waiting to hear about a £5,000 Grant from the Airport. beginning to take shape. seeGrant. the house before it is open to the public. The • Manchester Council have given a £16,000 Cash • The Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire has donated £250. Parsonage will be the centre point of the Didsbury We have had donations from many people • Donations from the limited number of people and organisations Open Doors Heritage Weekend throughout the who have been approached to date have reached £15,000. Didsbury this year and there will be community and Parsonage several displays set up in the applied for and won Didsbury Trust Village Parsonage. several grants. This money is all being We are starting taking bookings spent on the building for the rooms and would be work, the decoration delighted to hear from local 5) and equipping The Wilmslow Road (A514 groups and societies who want The Parsonage Parrs Parsonage for when Wood to use the rooms. We are also Leisure it opens to the public Centre looking for tenants to take over HERE which will be Heritage the suite of three rooms on the Weekend when it will first floor and one of the single be the central point All donations will be used for the refurbishing of the building in order to rooms. Support the Parsonage reinstate its heritage status and make itto suitable for community use. for this year’s events. We are still raising money We will have to pay rent to Manchester City Council forOur the usefirst of the building. Exhibition will be by the Didsbury Camera cover the final £20,000 required butwill once Any money wefor investthis in its fabric be counted against future rent. Once the Club and will be in place after the Heritage initial building work is completed The Parsonage will be completely self-financing. this is raised and the building is open, it will be self Weekend. financing and the fund-raising Contact: will essentially Steve Parle for anycease, enquiries, Tel: 0161 434 4682 Email: steve.p@didsburyparsonagetrust.org.uk although fund-raising events will no doubt continue occasionally. If you require any further information about The Parsonage please contact: We have recently received a substantial donation Support the Parsonage from the Landlords of the Towers Park (Allied Christine Hession – 7670837 a· Registered Charity Number – 1144145 Properties and Moorfield) Registered and asCompany wellNumber as giving www.didsburyparsonagetrust.org.uk christine.hession@btinternet.com donation, a group of men from the Rolling Stock 0161 445 6382 Division of Siemens came along one Saturday morning and cleared the courtyard at the back of www.didsburyparsonagetrust.org.uk the Parsonage. They worked tremendously hard and Woo d
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Palm Trees at the Parsonage The Parsonage in the Parsonage Gardens on Stenner Lane is a much loved building in Didsbury. Part of the charm is the unusual palm trees which stand outside and, to a great degree, hide the house itself. The palm trees are unusual as they are Chusan Pines which originate from the Himalayas which is possibly why they survive in our climate. Unfortunately four of these Photo Š Janet Walsh
trees have self-seeded and they are growing much too close to the walls of the Parsonage and making the damp problems in the house worse. They also prevent air circulating to the render, which again causes damp. Furthermore the fronds of the trees are also getting into the gutters and they completely obscure some of the upper windows.
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Many people believe that these palm trees were planted by Fletcher Moss and that they have seen pictures of him sitting in the garden reading under similar trees. We do however, have photographs of the house, some taken as late as the 1960’s and these palm trees were not there. As a result of the problems which these trees are causing, they are going to have to be dealt with. Manchester City Council have told us they would just cut them down, but the Trust wants to try another option. This is to move the trees. We have taken advice from the Arboricultural Officer for Manchester and he thinks that these trees can be moved. He says that the root system is very much like a leek and is very contained and that the trees themselves are relatively light. We have applied for permission to relocate these trees, because the garden itself is in a Conservation Area and we hope that Joe Walsh (The Arboricultural Officer) will be successful when he tries moving one of these trees because they are such wonderful specimens. It would only be as a last resort would we consider felling these fine trees. If he is successful, we hope to move them to another site in Didsbury – Marie Louise Gardens have been suggested, Fletcher Moss Park, or possibly the entrance to the allotments at Bradley Fold.
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Forthcoming Didsbury Events
If you are putting on an event in Didsbury please let me know on christine.hession@btinternet.com or 0161 445 6382. The Community Index reaches 10,000 homes in Didsbury over a two month period. If you want people to attend your event, we need the information by the first two weeks of the month for it to be included in the magazine, so please notify us of events taking place in September by 15th August. 5th September
Didsbury Friends Coffee Afternoon at Emmanuel Church from 1.00
7th September
Open Afternoon and Evening at The Parsonage. Specifically for those people who have donated money or time to the Parsonage. The event will start at 1.00 pm and continue through to 9.00 pm. There will be displays about the Parsonage and Fletcher Moss and as well as a Presentation of the work being done at the Parsonage. The displays will be in place for the Heritage Weekend on the Saturday.
8th/9th September
This year we have 16 properties open to the public with 4 new properties this year. Free leaflets showing maps and details of the properties and the opening times are available in the village at various outlets.
10th September
The second meeting of the reconstituted Didsbury Traders Association will take place at The Parsonage at 12.30.
18th September
The Didsbury Civic Society’s Autumn trip – this year to Blackwell House which is near Bowness in the Lake District. This is a beautiful Art Deco house which has not been open to the public for many years. We will be having tea/coffee and cake and a tour of Blackwell House and then travel on to Ambleside, where as well as visiting this beautiful town, you will be able to get lunch.
19th September
Didsbury Friends Coffee Afternoon at Emmanuel Church from 1.00.
27th to 30th September
The Didsbury Arts Festival will take place at the Parsonage from Thursday to Sunday this year. A more detailed events list will be published in the next edition of the Community Index.
3rd October
Didsbury Friends Coffee Afternoon at Emmanuel Church from 1.00
20th October
The Didsbury Civic Society Hot Pot Supper and Concert takes place at St Catherine’s Hall on School Lane. Tickets are £8 each available from Liz Thornhill. The evening starts at 7.00 pm
27th October
Dr Diana Leitch will be giving a talk on the ‘History of Lord Simon of Wythenshawe’s Family’ at Emmanuel Hall. Starting at 7.00 pm. Tickets cost £3.
31st October
A Halloween Event will take place at The Parsonage. More details in the next edition.
11th November
Remembrance Service at the War Memorial. Starting at 10.30 am.
5th December
Carols and Lights. The switching on the Christmas lights and the Carol Service will take place outside the Library starting at 7.00 pm. The carols will be led by children from Moor Allerton School this year.
8th December
A Victorian Christmas Event with Christmas Food and Crafts will take place at the Parsonage. Running from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm.
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Clubs, Societies & Groups Acting For Fun Central Didsbury 431 4794
Didsbury Amateur Dramatics www.celestaplayers.co.uk Didsbury Civic Society www.didsburycivicsociety. org.uk Didsbury Cricket Club www.didsburyccsports. co.uk Didsbury Dinners http://didsburydinners. wordpress.com For general enquiries/ Community growing group: didsburydinners@ yahoo.co.uk Community cooking group: community. cooking@yahoo.co.uk Didsbury Good Neighbours Every Tuesday, 1011.45am coffee morning. Didsbury Sure Start Centre, Didsbury Park 07749 504298 www.didsburygood neighbours.com Didsbury Village East Residents Association www.dvera.co.uk Didsbury Village Women’s Institute www.didsburyvillagewi. co.uk Manchester Flower Lovers’ Guild First Monday of the month for flower demonstrations. Refreshments at 7.15 for 7.30 start. Visitors welcome £5 St Werburghs Church Hall, Chorlton M21 0TJ Anne 881 6591, collierann@btintnet.com flowersnorthwest.net
Friends of Didsbury Park www.friendsofdidsbury park.co.uk
Didsbury Cricket Club, Wilmslow Rd, East Didsbury, M20 2ZY
Friends of Fletcher Moss Park Alan Hill 215 0971 awhill@globalnet.co.uk
Jazz Tuesdays at 8.45pm at the Slug and Lettuce, 651 Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury. creativespaceinfo. blogspot.com
Friends of Marie Louise Gardens www.marielouisegardens. org.uk South Manchester Camera Club www.smcc.org.uk Didsbury Over 50s Group 247 2323 South Manchester U3A Meet on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 2pm, Emmanuel Church. Contact Edna 434 250 South Manchester Dance School 107 Clyde Road West Didsbury, 445 5308 West Didsbury Bookgroup Meets every four weeks at 7.30pm. Lively mixed group of all ages. Call 445 4483 leaving your name, address & landline West Didsbury Residents Association Pam Siddons 445 5406 www.westdidsbury.org.uk
Arts & Crafts The Classroom on School Lane Learn new a new craft 24 School Lane www.classroomschool lane.com Wendy Levy Art Gallery 17 Warburton Street Didsbury, 446 4880
Music & Entertainment Didsbury Comedy Club 7pm Show 7:45pm Admission £6/£5
Pub Quiz Dog and Partridge Every Monday 9.30 Cash Jackpot 667 Wilmslow Road Tel: 0871 951 1000
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Useful Numbers Didsbury Library 227 3755 Environment on Call 954 9000 Mersey Valley Countryside Warden Service 905 1100
Stax of Soul Wednesdays 9.30pm-12 Thursdays DJ Pip Rolfe Weekend warm up till 1am One Lounge Bar 1 Lapwing lane www.oneloungebar.co.uk 448 0101 Therapy at Sanctuary Bar Thursday night DJ 7–midnight every week. 653 Wilmslow Road
Social & Support Groups Didsbury Social Group didsburysocial@live.co.uk www.didsburysocial. jigsy.com New Family Social UK charity for LGBT adopters, foster carers and their children. Meets every two months in
Manchester City Council 234 5000
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Didsbury Open Doors 8th & 9th September During this national event, which is held every year, buildings which are not usually open to the public will open their doors; properties which are open for a charge will open at no charge (as a rule) and the buildings generally will put on a display about the heritage and history of the building.
Didsbury has taken part in this event for many years now and every year the number of properties in Didsbury which are open to the public increases. This year we have four new properties open including The Parsonage. Last year over 3,000 people visited the Didsbury properties including many people from outside Manchester.
The Towers
The entrance hall, staircase and beautiful stained glass window can be viewed at the historic ‘Calendar House’.
St James Church The oldest building in Didsbury. A display of the history of the Church and a Royal Display around the ‘royal graves’. Bell-ringers will be ringing the changes.
Mersey Valley Walk
led by Colin Evans.
The Parsonage
Open to the public as a Community Hub. Displays on the history of the Parsonage, Fletcher Moss and the work that has been done on the Parsonage. Diana Leitch has also produced a display covering every year of Queen Elizabeth II’s life which is laid out in the Parsonage. Refreshments available.
The Cock A small
display about The Cock and cock-fighting.
The Didsbury, ‘The Gates of Hell’ and the founding of the RSPB.
MMU – See the Georgian staircase and Hall. A self-led tour around the site will be available and a display about the Methodist Church adjoining the site and the old St Paul’s Church. Nazarene College – Take a tour of this splendid Edwardian building.
Elm Grove Church of England School
Celebrating 400 years, there will be tours around this beautiful partly Arts and Craft building. Displays will be set up by the children.
Didsbury Baptist Church newly refurbished,
the Church will have a display about the history of the church.
Emmanuel Church
the Coffee Concert will take place on the Saturday morning and there will be tours of the William Morris and other stained glass windows. There display of the shops on the row facing the church.
United Reform Church Visit to see the
beautiful Art Deco windows.
Albert Club The Albert Club, which was originally a Gentleman’s Club, was founded in 1874. Today there are tennis courts and a bowling green as well as the club house. Manchester Islamic Centre Welsh Chapel one of only two such chapels in the Manchester area.
Christ Church Heritage display from the Victorian Society. Siemens the Entrance Hall
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Didsbury in Bloom In 2012, because of previous successes in winning its North West in Bloom category, Didsbury has not been put forward to enter Britain in Bloom but is being entered in North West in Bloom. In addition, because of the cutbacks in the City Council budgets in general, the Council are unable to help as much as they have in previous years. The planters in the village were planted up by a group of volunteers, the Council supplied the plants and followed round after the volunteers watering the containers. The hanging baskets which looked so beautiful in the first year, were cut in 2011 because of the cost of watering them and again in 2012 have not been put up. Volunteers turned out on the 19th and 20th July to weed and tidy the village centre along the route the judges followed and on the 25th – Judging Day – will be out early picking up litter. Several new groups have joined the competition this year but several groups, although still doing the planting and
decorating of their areas, have dropped out of the judging. The judging takes place on the 25th July in the afternoon, with the judges being driven through the village, past the various areas. The route starts on Fog Lane at Sussex Avenue, the judges then walking through Fog Lane Park and along Old Broadway to Wilmslow Road, where they are collected by car and driven into the village. They will be driven through The Grange Area and visit Didsbury Park to see the tree carving and will also see Jubilee Gardens before going along Ford Lane to Bradbury Fold Allotments. They will then walk up to the Community Orchard and on to St James Church and then through the Parsonage Gardens. They will be picked up at the Eagle Gate and driven on to the Parrs Wood
Environmental Centre where the judging finishes.
Sponsor a Planter It is hoped that in 2013, we can get sponsorship for the planters, either from the traders or individuals and a list is being compiled of costs. The planters are re-planted three times a year and traders or individuals can cover the cost of one re-planting, or watering costs. The planters will have a plaque attached to them saying ‘Sponsored by .....’. Anybody interested in sponsoring a planter or wanting to help planting these up, should contact Christine Hession.
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Blackwell House and Ambleside 18th September 2012 - Trip organised by Didsbury Civic Society Blackwell House, just outside Ambleside, is the Arts & Crafts Treasure which was restored in 1999-2001. It is one of Britain’s finest houses from the turn of the last century and retains all of its original decorative features, including fragile hessian wall-hangings. Blackwell is an internationally important icon of the Arts & Crafts Movement. The wealth of details in the house is amazing, from leaf shaped door handles to stained glass, plasterwork and panelling. The house is furnished with Arts & Crafts furniture as well as country-made pieces by the Architect, Baillie Scott. The Arts & Crafts Movement was
championed by William Morris and John Ruskin.
There is a Cafe on site as well as a Craft shop.
The gardens were laid out by Thomas Mawson in terraces so as to achieve the best view of the house and the stunning views from all sides.
On leaving Blackwell, we will go on to Ambleside where you will be free to wander around the shops, galleries, cafes and other attractions.
There are three exhibitions taking place when we visit: a display by Laura Ellen Bacon who creates large scale structures from willow and other coppiced material; a display of Pilkington’s Royal Lancashire Ceramics which shows 40 pieces, many of which are of the company’s delicate lusterware, and Halima Cassell has a display of her ceramics items, where she uses clay, stone, porcelain and glass.
More details of this trip will be included in the next Didsbury Civic Society Newsletter but if you are interested in putting your name down, contact Christine Hession.
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August in your Garden Katherine Watson
As I’m writing this in July, in a humid room with damp-and-not-drying clothes on the line – again – I’m hoping that as you are reading it in August, we have turned that ever-hoped for corner and are experiencing back-to-back sunshine and long lazy weekends in the garden. On the off chance that it’s not sunny, there are some exotic looking plants that are either from regions that do bask in sunshine or look as if they should do – all of which should give a pretty good show in August. If you’ve got an empty bed where the sun should be, perhaps try some Acanthus mollis (bears britches). It looks like a more exotic and slightly naughtier version of the foxglove with spiky leaves and fatter spires of purple and white flowers. It suits being in a gang if you can afford the space and will look big and interesting for a fair period of time - a description some of us would be happy with ourselves (exotic and slightly naughty that is – not big and interesting however true that may be). Another showy perennial with exotic leanings is the Alstromeria or Peruvian Lily which has trumpets of brightly coloured petals, half of which are striped lending it a whiff of safari-chic. This is another plant that has fallen out of favour with designers in the past and it will need some mulching in winter, but again, it
is colourful and interesting for a long period of time in an otherwise gloomy summer. Exotic shrubs could include the Callistemon or ‘Bottle Brush’ plant and you can tell where it gets its nick name, although these brushes are vivid red. One of my favourite shrubs for all round exotic appeal is the Hibiscus. I have Hibiscus syriacus ‘Oiseau Bleu’ tucked in behind my garden gate in a smallish space with only partial sun and it seems to do fine, although I’m sure it would be bigger and more prolific in full sun and a bit more space. Beautiful big purple/ blue flowers continue from August into autumn and when it’s not flowering the foliage is interesting in its own right. For an exotic tree, you don’t get better than Catalpa bignonioides Aurea which as well as sounding a bit like a Shakespeare sonnet produces yellow/lime leaves and panicles of showy, bell-shaped flowers in late summer, followed by slender bean-like seed capsules (which is why it’s also known as the Indian bean tree). Any or all of the above will lull us into some small reveries of an imagined summer. Katherine Watson, Fat Grass Garden Designs
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West Didsbury & Chorlton FC Newly elected North West Counties League side West Didsbury and Chorlton FC are probably one of the oldest clubs in Manchester formed in 1908 as Christ Church A.F.C. by Mr R F Hartley, a Sunday School Superintendent at the church on Princess Parkway, West Didsbury.
West first played in the Manchester Alliance League until the outbreak of the First World War (1914-1918). After the War the club joined the Lancashire and Cheshire League for the 1920/21 season and changed its name to West Didsbury AFC, The club was placed in Divisions 1 and A and stayed in the top flight for 25 seasons. The first honours were double runners up in Div 1 and Rhodes Cup in 1922/23, and the club remained in that league until 2006, winning many honours and providing 4 League Presidents along the way. The club played at Christie Playing Fields from before 1914 but had to relocate when given notice to quit by the Playing Fields Society in the mid 80’s when the pitches were sold for commercial gain. After several years of nomadic existence the club kicked off the 1997-8 season at their splendid new home at The Recreation Ground at Brookburn Road, and began to develop a vision for a community club. This was down to the hard work of a core of players and
Committee who refused to let the club fold and secured the new facilities via a Lottery grant, new sponsors and fundraising.
Further name change followed in 2003 to reflect our new location in Chorlton and we were elected to the Manchester League in 2006. In 2007/8 Season West won Manchester League silverware for the first time, lifting the Murray Shield in the last game of our centenary year. That team was the nucleus of the previously successful local junior team and the following season West just missed promotion to the Premier Division and again reached the Murray Shield Final. Success continued with the club winning the Murray and Bridgewater cups and the youth team winning their league. In 2010/2011 the 1st team won the Manchester League First Division title in style with one of the highest point’s totals per game in the history of the Manchester League dating back over a century. The clubs reserve team and youth teams also had terrific seasons, resulting in promotion and for the second year reaching the Bridgewater Cup Final. Off the pitch the club runs the famous Bonfire night, accommodates Easter and Summer play schemes, works with local ecologists to preserve rare flora and is
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engaging with local charities to provide opportunities for training, volunteering and resettlement. Many local people and organizations have benefited from using the club house for charitable or social events. The club is committed to be at the heart of the local communities and to continue to offer social, sporting and recreational opportunities for young people and indeed those who still wish to play in their later years. The club now looks forward to fulfilling its ambition to play at the highest possible level it can whilst continuing to be run as a community club and transition to the NWCFL. The ground and facilities have been further improved and floodlights erected to meet grading requirements and West competed in the FA Vase for the first time in 20112012 as a Step 7 club. See the club website for all up to date fixtures….or just turn up to enjoy some quality football. The club have opportunities for volunteer football enthusiasts interested in helping in a variety of roles, and there are present vacancies for a KIT MANAGER, PHYSIOTHERAPIST as well as general helpers. If this sounds like the sort of grass roots non-league club you would like to support then please contact via the website: www.westdidsburychorltonfc.com
Home games at Brookburn Rd First Team Fixtures Sat 4th Aug Tues 14th Aug Sat 1st Sept Sat 6th Oct
Formby (h) Northwich Villa (h) Cheadle Town (h) FA Carlsberg Vase 1Q Eccleshall (h) League Challenge Cup 1
Reserve Team Fixtures Sat 11th Aug Irlam (h) Sat 18th Aug AFC Darwen (h)
3pm KO 7.45pm KO 3pm KO 3pm KO 3pm KO 3pm KO
Club address: The Recreation Ground, Brookburn Rd, Chorltonville, M21 8EH
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