Inside Bollington, Prestbury & Tytherington Issue 66

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bollington, prestbury & t y t h e r i n g to n If all goes to plan you will receive this magazine in the lull between Christmas and New Year. Lots of people will be working, but if you’re lucky enough to be on holiday it’s good to set aside some time for yourself, to read, walk, do whatever you enjoy and plan for 2019. When you take down the Christmas decorations, why not leave some of the pretty outside lights for a bit longer? I do love how they brighten up the short days and long, dark evenings!

Talking of which, I’ve taken up a new hobby which finds me pounding the pavements of Poynton on a couple of those dark evenings every week! When I saw that a friendly group of local runners were offering a C25K programme in September, I decided to give it a go. For those who don’t know, C25K is a way of building up from doing little or no running, to comfortably running 5K, in about 8 weeks.

Not only can I easily run 5K now, I enjoy it and I’ve also met a lovely group of very supportive people.

Next stop parkrun, fun, free, weekly timed 5K runs held all over the country! www.parkrun.org.uk Happy New Year!

What’s INSIDE this month 4 beat the january blues 7 random apple company 8 Recipe 11 Diary of a Geeky Knitter 4 12 In Touch 15 Agatha Christie in the north 19 great gardening books 20 The Walk 22 Puzzles 25 eating out 26 simply books book club choice 28 travel by design

31 Children’s Activities 32 Just 4 Kids 34 INSIDE Guide

36 Puzzle Solutions 37 Useful Numbers 38 Classified Index

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Beat the January Blues It’s hard not to feel a little deflated after all the festive fun, but New Year’s resolutions can be difficult to stick to, particularly in January when it’s often cold, dark and generally miserable!

Instead of tackling a list of challenges that involve deprivation of some kind (no chocolate, no alcohol, no meat, going on ‘a diet’ – you get the idea!) here are a few positive changes you can make during 2019. Be kind to yourself – if you set out to achieve everything during January, you might well end up beating yourself up for failing. So, take baby steps - gradual, small changes that, over time, become healthy habits.

EAT WELL We often eat rather too well over Christmas, so now is the time to sort out your nutrition. In a post-festive slump, we are far more likely to continue the cycle of eating junk food for a quick high – only to spiral downwards into feelings of guilt and self-loathing as the sugar rush subsides. Try to eat the rainbow - see how many colours of fruit and vegetables you can get on your plate to get the best range of vitamins and minerals. Stock up on fruit and veg, nuts, grains and pulses and watch your energy levels rise.

SLEEP MORE Most of us don’t sleep enough over Christmas, and sleep-deprivation is known to contribute to feeling blue.

Over the Christmas period our sleep patterns tend to be more irregular, due to late nights, sleeping in unfamiliar surroundings at relatives’ houses, and the consumption of more than usual quantities of alcohol.

Go to bed and wake up at the same time each day, and ensure you get at least eight-hours sleep for a couple of weeks. See how much your mood and performance increases.

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MOVE MORE You don’t have to join a gym (you can if you want to) but there are so many other ways to keep active.

Walking is one of the best ways to move, with the added bonus of meaning you spend time in the great outdoors. Whatever the weather, it’s so invigorating and good for the soul to be in the fresh air and surrounded by nature! A brisk walk in the open air is guaranteed to get your endorphins racing. No one to walk with? Combine business and pleasure with some netwalking or just meet new friends in a healthy environment on a social walk. See www.comewalkwithus.co.uk

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SWITCH OFF The dreaded phones, tablets and all manner of devices seem to be gradually taking over our lives. In restaurants and coffee shops, out shopping, walking, even in large groups of friends supposedly socialising, it’s all too common these days to see people distracted by their screens. It might be social media – a wonderful thing in so many ways but all too tempting to idle away minutes or more often hours idly scrolling. Emails are a nuisance too – unless your business depends on an immediate response to an enquiry, try checking in on them less often – they aren’t going to go anywhere but by always looking you’re always on alert.

Give yourself a break now and again and when you’re out with friends, spend time interacting with them, not your phone!

by Claire Hawker > email: claire@insidemagazines.co.uk

INTRODUCING THE RANDOM APPLE COMPANY I was delighted whilst out walking one Sunday last month to stumble across a pop-up farm shop selling all manner of appley goodies including hot mulled apple juice!

We had started out from Bollington and were heading up towards Kerridge when we noticed a sign on the side of a barn ‘The Random Apple Company.’ We stopped to buy a reviving mug of juice and have a quick chat with owners Sarah and Rob. They hate to see home grown apples go to waste, so, some four years ago, they set about turning their annual apple glut into delicious home-pressed juice.

pear, quince, plum and cherry and we’re expanding our orchards all the time.

Everything we grow, we process and package ourselves and it’s all done here in Swanscoe. So, our carbon footprint is pretty low and that’s important to us. We are not registered organic but like to think we go one better . . . our ‘Swanscoe principles’ are that we don’t use any chemicals or fertilisers on our trees.

THE APPLERY Since they set up in 2014, Sarah and Rob have encouraged local people to bring their apples for pressing in exchange for some Random Apple juice, bottled and ready to drink.

Pressing apples is great fun and the ‘Applery’ was designed so that kids can go along with their homegrown apples and get involved.

“The Applery is the name we gave to the old stable that we’ve converted into a juicing room. It’s all decked out with apple green workbenches, a mill, a press, pasteurisers and more. It’s where we wash and sort the apples, before pulping them and pressing them to make our juices. We add a dash of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) to help keep its natural colour and then it’s pumped up into our containers, bottled and pasteurised.

FROM OUR VERY FIRST TREE “We decided to re-establish the old orchard at Swanscoe that had been cut down many years ago to make way for livestock pasture. With no record of the type of fruit trees and no idea how it was laid out, we knew we had some artistic licence! Nearby there were already a pair of 70-year-old trees and a couple of 40-year-old trees that we had been using to create some wonderful juices. We decided to plant some unusual varieties alongside the more mainstream, and as the orchard grows, we hope to bring you some great flavours to try.

Our first tree was Red Devil planted in 2013, which produces a fantastic red coloured sweet juice that tastes as good as it looks. We now have over 150 trees including

“The 2014 season was our first year and we were thrilled that so many people got involved. We’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who got involved, in 2018, bringing apples, volunteering their time and helping us shift the most apples we’ve ever done! It’s been a brilliant season with all the schools and groups coming to visit, an appearance on Countryfile, and the sheer volume of apples - but what made it so great was seeing familiar faces return to us, as part of their family’s autumn tradition.”

The Random Apple Company is based at a private house so unfortunately the orchards aren’t open to the public except for during a small number of special events they hold each year. Check out their events page, Facebook and Twitter for more info.

The Applery at Shrigley Fold, Swanscoe, Macclesfield, SK10 5SZ (07742 678873)

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Tray-bak e d with Roo Chicken t Vegeta bles Preparation time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 1 hour Serves: 4 Method

Ingredients ■■ 1 small celeriac, peeled and cut into 2½ cm/1in chunks ■■ 1 small swede, peeled and cut into 2½ cm/1in chunks ■■ 2 large sweet potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 2½ cm/1in chunks ■■ 2 medium parsnips, scrubbed and quartered lengthways ■■ 2 large garlic cloves, thinly sliced ■■ 2 tbsp olive oil ■■ olive oil ■■ ½ tsp cumin seeds ■■ a few sprigs of sage ■■ 8 chicken thighs or drumsticks (skin on)

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1. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C. Put the chunks of celeriac, swede, sweet potato, parsnips and garlic in a large roasting tin. Sprinkle liberally with the olive oil and cumin, and season well with salt and pepper. Toss the vegetables together so they are lightly coated in oil. Put in the oven towards the top and roast for 30 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, lightly oil then season the chicken skins, and lay a couple of sage leaves over each thigh or drumstick.

3. Remove the roasting pan from the oven and turn the vegetables over. Lay the chicken pieces on top. Roast for 30- 35 minutes more, until the vegetables are tender, and the chicken skin is nice and crispy. Serve with creamy mash and lightly cooked Savoy cabbage.

Diary of a geeky knitter No doubt you’ve seen that’s it’s been a busy couple of months (well, last year) for me - planning and executing a wedding was amazing, and something that I say I only wish to ever do once in my life (I’m sure Mr. Geeky Knitter won’t let me down!), but at the same time, if I could do it all again I absolutely would.

Perhaps without the unavoidable stresses and expense... but really, to have the whole amazing day again would be fantastic,

frozen coke and rum in your hand, with a hot dog in the other. One of the best, and most unusual things, you get to do at Disney though is wear a badge to say why you are there for that trip, be it a birthday, your first visit, or of course a honeymoon! So many strangers took a few seconds to smile at us and wish us congratulations, without us even needing to say why we were there, and it just made us feel so special on what will be, I imagine, the most special holiday we ever take together. Indeed, it spoiled us a little so that when we spent one day out of the parks shopping and didn’t take our badges, we were quite deflated to not receive the smiles and congratulations again. We put the badges right back on as soon as we were back on the resort.

The thing that almost, just about, nearly topped the day however was the honeymoon! We went to that traditional newlyweds’ destination, Disney World in Florida, in keeping with our usual style. Unsurprisingly, we had so much fun - being the land of fun and magic of course. Not just for families with kids, being just the two of us we could do every ride, sample every meal, and of course have some drinks. There’s something special about Hollywood Studios on a hot day, with a

I heartily recommend that if you are planning a honeymoon soon you wear badges to tell the world why you are there. What the heck, make your birthday last two weeks if you want to! Though it might work a little differently in a Spanish resort or a walking holiday in the Lakes than it does in the most magical place on earth.

jennythegeekyknitter@gmail.com www.thegeekyknitter.co.uk www.etsy.com/uk/shop/geeksgamesandknits

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DISLEY & MACCLESFIELD WEA We have a new Disley and Macclesfield WEA programme of classes and day schools starting in January.

Starting with Art History at the Ring O’ Bells in Disley, Ian Irvine will be looking at ‘Women Artists in the 20th Century’ for 10 weeks from 10 January.

An Archaeology short course on Thursday evenings in Macclesfield with Mike Nevell, on ‘Travelling through the Past ’will run for six weeks at Townley St Church from 2 May. There will be a birdwatching course and a Nature Matters course in Macclesfield, both after Easter.

There are two-day schools in Disley,’ Music and Nationalism’ with Richard Baines at the Ring O’ Bells on Saturday 23 February and ‘Plant Hunters and Medicinal Properties of Plants’ with Patrick Harding on 23 March at Disley Methodist Church.

Leaflets will be available in libraries and you can enrol in classes at wea.org.uk or by ringing 0300 303 3464. For more information or to enrol on day schools please ring the branch secretary on 01625 877255

IAN MCKELLEN ON STAGE at romiley forum … with Tolkien, Shakespeare, others and you!

As supporters of NKTA at Romiley Forum, we were delighted to receive this message from Ian McKellan: I’m celebrating my 80th birthday by touring a new solo show to theatres I know well and a few that I don’t.

The show starts with Gandalf and will probably end with an invitation to act with me on stage. In-between there will be anecdotes and acting. I open at my local arts centre in January and end up by August in Orkney.

Live theatre has always been thrilling to me, as an actor and in the audience. Growing up in Lancashire, I was grateful to those companies who toured beyond London and I’ve always enjoyed repaying that debt by touring up and down the country myself, with the RSC, the National Theatre, Prospect Theatre, the Actors’ Company, as well as with commercial productions.

My tour of the country is mostly to theatres I have visited in the past but being at The Forum is different. It’s my first appearance in Romiley and I wanted to be here because my parents lived here as children. They married in Hatherlow Church where I was christened by my grandfather who was its minister. In those days there was no theatre in Romiley, though, fortunately, nearby was Manchester where as a boy I saw many touring productions.

This new solo show is in gratitude to the actors of my youth who brought drama and entertainment to the regions. All profits will go towards the costs of new auditorium seating. See you there, I hope!

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AGATHA CHRISTIE IN THE NORTH When the community group, Friends of Marple Station, formed in May 2014 it was the association with Agatha Christie that intrigued everyone. Was Miss Marple really named after a visit by the author to Marple station?

Many thought it to be folklore so the co-founder of the group, Chris Taylor, made it his mission to try and find out the real story behind this famous link to the town of Marple.

In July 2015, Mathew Prichard, grandson and closest living relative of the author, came to Marple as part of the 125th anniversary year of Agatha Christie’s birth and to celebrate the station’s 150th birthday. Mathew talked about his family’s links to the area and unveiled a blue plaque that Agatha Christie Ltd had kindly commissioned. This was done against the backdrop of artwork in the form of numerous Miss Marple book covers that had been specially produced

by HarperCollins Publishers. He read aloud a fan letter of response written by Agatha Christie that had found its way back to their archives. She wrote:

Dear Mrs McMurphy, I expect you will be interested to learn that at the time I was writing The Thirteen Problems (starting with a series of six short stories for a magazine) I was staying with a sister of mine in Cheshire and we went to a sale at Marple Hall - the house alone, she said, was worth seeing, a beautiful old manor, belonging to the Bradshaws descended from Judge Bradshaw who sentenced Charles I. It was a very good sale with fine old Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture and at it I bought two Jacobean oak chairs which I still have. Wanting a name for my “old maid” character I called her Jane Marple.

So now you know the answer to your question!

Yours sincerely, Agatha Christie

by Chris Taylor

Investigating matters further, Chris found that Agatha Christie’s father had died in 1901, leaving her mother to raise their youngest child alone. Agatha was 11 at the time and less than a year later her older sister Madge married James Watts of Abney Hall, Cheadle. Agatha would often travel north by train on her own to stay with her sister and family at Abney Hall, thus where much of the inspiration for her stories begins. Agatha frequently used the nearest main line railway station at Stockport when arriving from London. Her relatives would send a welcoming party to greet her and bring her the short journey back to Abney Hall.

Abney Hall is a Grade II listed building set within substantial grounds and had been in the Watts family for generations, descending from Sir James Watts who was Mayor of Manchester and High Sheriff of Lancashire. In time Agatha Christie would write many titles based in the north, using Abney Hall as the setting to some of her mansion house murders.

The Watts family also owned the Kinder estate and property in Hayfield, including Farlands and the stunning Upper House. They farmed the difficult moorlands, used it as their countryside retreat for shooting and outdoor pursuits and as a place of entertaining away from the spotlight of Manchester.

Agatha Christie would spend regular family gatherings at Upper House along with her daughter Rosalind and Continued over

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grandson Mathew. Such was the proximity to Abney Hall they would often visit Hayfield by train, then served by a branch line from New Mills, which passed through Marple. Hence it is this railway journey, via Marple station, that most people associate with Agatha Christie’s famous detective.

The Watts family were wealthy aristocrats and cotton magnates who moved in high circles. Amongst other things they built a warehouse in Manchester which is now the Britannia Hotel, Portland Street, formerly the Watts Warehouse. The Watts were well aware of the industry in Marple and its surroundings that had stemmed from the town’s canal heritage, and included a richness of mill buildings and good transport links by rail, especially from Marple station. They visited the town frequently in which Agatha’s nephew, Jack Watts who was very theatrical once dressed up in disguise and called himself Lady Cheadle. Such was his talent he was able to open a fete in Marple without anyone recognizing him! Jimmy and his brother Humphrey loved acting and they owned Fitups later known as Watts & Corey, which supplied stage scenery.

As mentioned in Agatha Christie’s letter the defining association to the town is that she took the name from the old mansion house, Marple Hall, which is now the site of a school bearing the same name. This building played an important part in the town’s history and although the stately home has long since been demolished, a date stone from the building can be found at the rear of the site which was unveiled by the Marple Civic Society in 1983.

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When Agatha Christie was thinking up the name of her female detective, Henry Bradshaw-Isherwood lived in Marple Hall. Henry inherited the estate after his father’s passing in 1926 when Henry was 55. Henry had very little interest in Marple Hall and lived there for a short period before returning to his own main home in London. The hall and estate were left to decay and at the turn of the 1930s, the new owner put the majority of the hall’s furniture and contents up for sale at auction.

As said, Agatha Christie bought a pair of Jacobean chairs from the Marple Hall auction which she kept at her own house, Greenway near Torquay, now a National Trust property. According to the Manchester Guardian, the Marple Hall auction involved amongst other things the sale of a bed that Oliver Cromwell had slept in. The two Jacobean chairs were 17 and 12 guineas and transportation home with her new wares would have probably been by rail. Marple station was a mere mile away from the hall and a place that distributed everything and anything, so Christie would have probably thought this the natural route home with her chairs.

Agatha Christie has numerous other links to the north including, when she was becoming a household name, she went missing. She left her home in Berkshire only to be found hundreds of miles away in Harrogate. Also, in later life she married her second husband Max at St Cuthbert’s Church in Edinburgh. www.friendsofmarplestation.co.uk friendsofmarplestation@gmail.com Also on Facebook and Twitter

Great Gardening Books If you didn’t get what you wanted for Christmas now is the perfect time to curl up in front of the fire with a gardening book you’ve bought for yourself. We have a few to recommend.

RSPB Gardening for Wildlife by Adrian Thomas If you long to have butterflies and bees in your flowerbeds, birds singing in your trees, and hedgehogs bustling about under your bushes, then look no further than this wonderful guide to wildlife gardening. Adrian Thomas explains the intricacies of attracting wildlife to your garden whether you have a small plot or more than an acre. His style is accessible, but rich in detail. He draws on the latest wildlife research to explain the ecological principles, and to dispel some of the myths which have traditionally prevented gardeners from pursuing a wildlife-friendly approach. There are practical projects to help you create entire habitats, and long lists of suitable plants and trees, and it’s packed to the brim with helpful photographs. If you love wildlife and want to encourage more to visit your garden, this inspirational book will help you sow the seeds and reap the rewards.

One Magic Square by Lolo Hubein Have you ever wanted to have a go at growing your own vegetables and fruit but feel completely clueless? We’re always hearing that the best and cheapest food is the food you grow in your own garden, but it all seems rather complicated to a total novice. In One Magic Square, Lolo Hubein shows how you can start your own productive food garden in ten minutes a day on a single square metre. She provides simple plot designs starting with salads, and gradually expanding to include beans, tomatoes, corn, roots and much more.

She also stresses the benefits of companion planting and provides ideas. The bite-sized designs (pun totally intended!) allow you to extend by one square metre each season, or to pick your favourites. The magic of square-metre gardening is in allowing your project to grow in a manageable way, from simple to more complex. There are even designs catering for different tastes and specific diets.

RHS Great British Village Show by Matthew Biggs and Thane Prince The village show is a quintessential British tradition, and for many gardeners it represents the pinnacle of their sowing and growing year. This charming and informative book takes you behind the scenes of this very British institution, offering insights into the worlds of judges and contestants. It’s beautifully illustrated with photographs, and offers wonderful gems of insider information, including how to stage your produce, and what the judges are really looking for. There are even recipes for prize-worthy jams and preserves. If you’ve never attended a village show this book will make you yearn for a summer of tents and teas; you might even be tempted to become a competitor.

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spotted on the right hand side. Further along, there is a Viewpoint by the left side of the track identifiable by a square 2 ft high stone wall supporting a flat top where directions to local landmarks are shown. At some points on the latter half of the ridge track, the Trail is banked on each side offering partial wind shelter for a coffee stop. The Trail descends onto Bakestonedale Road where you need to turn right and walk about 400 yds along the road to reach buildings and Brinks Farm on the left, immediately after which there is a gate/stile and finger post for the Gritstone Trail (SJ966793).

Bakestonedale Moor from Lyme Park via Sponds Hill Walk description: A circular walk which follows the Gritstone Trail climbing up through Lyme Park to Bow Stones then across the ridge of Sponds Hill, looping round Andrew’s Knob and down, before the steep climb up and over Bakestonedale Moor. The final section involves a steady descent across fields to tracks leading to the West Parkgate where the walk re-enters Lyme Park and then follows established tracks/ roads back to the car park. For most of the walk, conditions underfoot are firm but there are some muddy sections across Sponds Hill and care is needed on some of the steep slopes.

Distance: 7 miles Starting point: Main car park in Lyme Park (SJ963824), accessible via the main entrance on the A6 west of Disley. Car park charges apply except for NT members (free).

Maps: OS Explorer 268 Wilmslow, Macclesfield & Congleton, or sections of OS Explorer OL1 Dark Peak and OS Explorer OL24 White Peak.

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by Claude Prime, Marple District Rambling Club

Lyme Hall was formerly the home of the Legh family but is now a National Trust property. Much of the parkland is open access land criss-crossed by many paths. The Hall has featured in TV dramas such as “Pride and Prejudice” and, more recently, “The Village”. It has also hosted “The Antiques Road Show” and “The Big Painting Challenge”.

To pick up the Gritstone Trail, proceed to the back of the car park following the road away from the buildings and, where the road turns right; carry straight on through the gate where a finger post indicates the Trail (SJ962824).

Follow this rocky track up the hill and enter Knightslow Wood via the gate. Continue on the track and exit the wood via another gate. The Trail continues curving to the left and upwards, eventually leading to a stile at the park boundary, with the familiar white building of Bowstones Farm on the left. Proceed onwards to the next stile onto a track where the Trail turns right heading south across the ridge.

Before starting across the ridge you may wish to visit the Bow Stones by backtracking a few yards along the surfaced road and looking for a stile on the left into a small enclosure. The track across the ridge is mainly firm but vehicle tyres have created some deep muddy patches. There are spectacular views to both sides of the ridge and part way along a distant Trig point can be

Follow this track with the fence on the left and as the track descends look for a waymarker post in the field to the left and veer off left across the grass in a straight line past the marker and on towards a stile in the wall ahead. Cross the stile and continue in a straight line past further markers towards the hillock ahead. Do not climb the hill - instead contour round to its left keeping the low wall to your left. Look out for a further waymarker post after which the path leads down to a stile and a surfaced track. Go through the gate ahead following the track to the right (at this point you are leaving the Gritstone Trail) and as the track descends across an open field bear left off the track and head towards the corner of the field where there is a gap between the walls allowing you to turn right into the next field (SJ955793). Cross this next field keeping the wall on your left and you are eventually forced to bear right and down a short steep hill to a stile back onto Bakestonedale Road.

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the Cheshire plain and one can see the planes landing/ taking off at Manchester Airport.

The path descends further to meet Moorside Lane (going left to right) where you need to turn right and walk along past Keeper’s Cottage on the right then shortly afterwards take the stile/pathway signposted to the left.

Follow the clear path diagonally across the field passing through a reed bed on the way where there may well be some wet patches. There is drier ground thereafter and the path descends through some hawthorn shrubbery down to a stream, which is easily crossed, then rises on the other side before descending alongside the walled boundary of Lyme Park. Pass through a gate and then onwards (left of the hollow) through another gate and down a surfaced track to a Methodist Church on your right. Turn right in front of the church then immediately bear right on a narrower track which takes you down to the West Parkgate. Enter the Park via the gate and follow the established track through the wooded area to a gate which leads onto the Park road system. Follow the road forwards and this leads you back to the main car park.

For further information, contact our Chairman, Sue Gilmore on 07775 620398, or our Membership Secretary, Claude Prime on 0161 483 8596. Alternatively, you could visit our website www.marpleramblers.org to learn more about our Club’s programme of walks, socials and walking holidays.

Turn left and after about 100 yds there is a recessed area on the right leading to a gate. Bear left beyond the gate then immediately take the narrow path on the right leading up the steep hill towards Bakestonedale Moor.

Coal was mined for many years under the moor and the last of the shafts were capped by the NCB as recently as the second half of the last century. The path up the hill passes closely to one of the capped shafts as evidenced by the concrete obelisk structure on the right. The path meets and follows a fence/wall combination to the top where there is a small monument to the miners. This has three sides with black and white decoration, the fourth side being transparent revealing a model of a pit shaft/ cage on the inside. The path continues along the fence, through a gate and descends down a grassy bank and, weather permitting, halfway down the hill is a good spot for a lunch stop since there is a wonderful view across

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quick crossword Across 1 Bough (6) 5 Desert plant (6) 8 Cute, charming (8) 9 ‘Windows to the soul’ (4) 10 Largest continent (4) 11 Glass vessel used in science (4,4) 12 Clergyman (6) 13 Make certain (6) 15 Spectator (8) 18 Test, assessment (4) 19 Charismatic celebrity (4) 20 Songwriter (8) 21 Most strange (6) 22 Tune, song (6)

down 2 Shared out, apportioned again (13) 3 Recount, chronicle (7) 4 Natural environment of an animal (7) 5 Strategy-based board game (5) 6 Swindle, con (5) 7 Without shame (13) 13 Tympanic membrane (body part) (7) 14 Cut out design, motif (7) 16 Mysterious, spooky (5) 17 Manservant, butler (5)

sudoku How to play Sudoku Fill in the grid so that each row, column and 3x3 box, contains the numbers 1 through to 9 with no repetition.

You don’t need to be a genius. These puzzles use logic alone.

Watch out! Sudoku is highly addictive.

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Solutions on page 36

Eating Out The Bridge, Prestbury As we walked through the hotel reception to the newly refurbished restaurant, it became very clear that The Bridge in Prestbury had not been shy in using a broad spectrum of colours to create a light and airy atmosphere for our midweek lunch. We were seated in front of the window which leads to the garden next to the river, and here, the various shades of green from the plants and vases provided a most pleasant backdrop for the meal which ensued.

The lunchtime menu has plenty to offer, from ‘titbits’ like chipolatas and hummus to brunch to sandwiches to salads to starters and mains, and there was a separate menu for desserts too.

There were only seven main courses on the menu, but we both still felt spoil for choice. I opted for the burger and fries and my partner chose the market fish of the day, which on that day involved sea bass, shrimps, with capers, new potatoes and samphire. My partner felt there might have been a caper or two too many, but that may say more about her own taste buds than it does about the overall dish.

The burger was substantial, not just in size, but also in taste. It sat upon a white bun base and was topped by a splendidly succulent flat top mushroom, Monterrey Jack cheese, some juicy bacon and an onion covering beneath the bun top. The fries were not piping hot, but the mayonnaise-based accompaniment went well with chips and burger alike.

We shared a taste from each plate, but I think I may have been short-changed on the sea bass – it had pretty much been demolished before I managed a

look-in! That said, my burger didn’t last much longer either – very tasty and necessitating a pause in proceedings prior to dessert selection.

When this came, there was hesitation around the sticky toffee pudding and waffle, but instead we went for a pecan tart to share, along with a selection of cheeses. It’s fair to say that both these options met with much approval, especially the pecan tart, which was accompanied by a gorgeous ice cream and a blend of nuts and sauces.

The selection of three cheeses brought their own delicious flavours to proceedings. The accompaniments of grapes, celery, apple and onion chutney, quince jelly and a nut crunch, meant our slate was wiped at least fairly clean in a very short space of time!

Coffee came next, with popcorn on the side. This proved helpful as something to leave, if nothing else, to prove that we were discerning customers and we hadn’t just cleaned our plates for the sake of it!

With the bright blue skies encouraging an afternoon stroll, we thanked Josh for his kind attention and reflected on a more than enjoyable lunchtime at The Bridge. We look forward to our next visit, which may well be a Sunday roast – Josh says it’s worth a go, especially if you like gravy!

To book, call 01625 829326 www.thebridgecheshire.com Following the successful refurbishment of The Vicarage in Holmes Chapel, and The Courthouse in Knutsford, Flat Cap Hotels has recently restored this historic property to its former glory and reinstated it back into the community. A host of original features were uncovered during the refurbishment, including stone and parquet flooring and wooden beams throughout.

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simply books book club choice I don’t know when I last enjoyed a book as much as A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. In June 1922 Count Alexander Rostov is taken from the Kremlin across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol. Having been judged an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to indefinite house arrest within the confines of the hotel. Moreover, evicted from his usual suite the Count must now live in an attic room while outside the grandeur, Russia suffers decades of tumultuous upheaval.

This is such an elegantly written novel. Witty, intelligent and a pleasure to read. Far from being constrained by his circumstances the Count rises above the petty degradations imposed by his captors and creates a life rich with incident and enhanced by the charm and delight of friendship. Tracking the Count’s life over a span of 30 years there’s also the fascinating backcloth of postrevolutionary Russian history.

I was daunted initially by the length of the book (nearly 500 pages) but there’s something about the style of the writing and the story you are being told which is quite captivating – a delight from beginning to end!

This time of year always brings a crop of ‘stocking fillers’ – books that will hopefully entertain and raise a laugh or two. With this in mind you might like to have a peek at some of the following: Must I Repeat Myself…? is a further collection of unpublished letters to The Daily Telegraph; The GCHQ Puzzle Book II invites you to pit your wits against puzzles set by some of the toughest codebreakers around; and just in case you feel you haven’t heard enough about BREXIT (!) there’s a new Ladybird Book for Grown-Ups on The Story of BREXIT. Finally, this will have been something of a ‘Mary Poppins’ Christmas with a new film out at the cinema.

And by magical coincidence Children’s Laureate Lauren Child has created an exquisite reimagining of PL Travers’ much classic – illustrated in Lauren’s very own inimitable style. A ‘practically perfect’ gift at Christmas, or anytime.

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WORKING ON THE BUCKET LIST A lifetime wish realised, thanks to a magically clever travel agent RIFF, The Rajasthan International Folk Festival, held at Meharangarh Fort – the largest fort in India, and probably the world. I’d always wanted to go to this extraordinary celebration of Indian and world folk music – in fact it was right at the top of my ever-expanding bucket list - but it seemed like an impossibility to organise and execute, especially from so far away; but then I spoke to my travel agents in Alderley Edge, who are rather expert at making the seemingly impossible entirely feasible – and in October 2018, courtesy of their impeccable travel arrangements, my companion and I found ourselves at Delhi Airport, awaiting a flight to the desert city of Jodhpur.

The festival starts at the airport The Festival commenced its benign influence in the departure lounge, when we got chatting to a bunch of Portuguese musicians who were appearing at the festival. They played ‘Fado’ music – melancholic bluesey melodies of sadness, loss and regret unique to Portugual.

Queuing to get our bags on arrival at Jodhpur Airport, we passed the time of day with a Norwegian couple who ran a record shop in Oslo and were also heading to the festival to absorb the world music on offer – and that night, having settled in to a gorgeous medieval fortified house (now a quiet and secluded boutique hotel in the very heart of the teeming city), my companion and I

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headed up a long and winding road to the 16th century fort, which towered 400 feet above Jodhpur on a rocky outcrop, with sheer stone walls rising a further 100 feet to create an impregnable bastion against besieging armies.

music from all around the world – Iran, Kashmir, India, Portugal, South Africa, Réunion, and many other places.

mystical coastal region thunderously entitled The Great Rann of Kutch.

Rajasthani music – big band desert swing

See you there next year!

Underpinning all this rich heritage of global music was that of Rajasthan, the desert state in which Jodhpur was located (Rajasthan is, roughly, between Delhi and Pakistan in northern India); the music of Rajasthan is wild, spontaneous, and deliciously amenable to the western ear. Listen closely and you’ll hear echoes of Celtic music, the Blues, and Country & Western, belted out to a pulsing beat of drums, jaws’ harp and castanets, which provide a base for swirling, soaring string instruments such as the kemenche, sarangi, ravanah and chikara – all of them distant relations to European instruments such as the rebec and violin. The twenty-piece all-male Rajasthani orchestra that played such stirring music had all the wallop of a big swing band, especially with every member of the orchestra singing lustily songs of warfare and worship – as well as lavish praise for the beauty of women, camels - and The Thar, that great Rajasthani desert fastness that stretches all the way west to a

After four days and nights of magnificent music, our appetites were sated and satisfied – but next year already beckons; this one-off bucket list imperative is shaping up to be an annual event, all thanks to entirely professional travel agents who have the knack of conjuring up the impossible, making accessible the unreal, and entirely effortless the logistically nightmarish. So, don’t hesitate for a moment; put RIFF on your bucket list, and come and join us at next year’s festival – we’ll definitely be there!

All praise and thanks to Kristina and Irene!

This article was written by a grateful client of Travel By Design, 287 London Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7DZ. www.travelbydesigngroup.com info@travelbydesigngroup.com 01625 584195

Music from all over the world Passing through elephant-friendly-sized gateways in the light of the setting sun, we walked through rose-tinted sandstone courtyards whose towering inner walls stretched to the sky, stone-carved fretted windows softly illuminated with candle-light from hidden rooms within.

These were the ladies’ chambers from which, in centuries past, the maharajah’s concubines would have been able to gaze out onto the activities below without being seen through the fretted screens by those beneath. Finally, seven increasingly elaborate courtyards later, we came to the Great Courtyard, open to the sky and illuminated by the full moon rising over the battlements; and here, for the next three nights, we feasted on a rich banquet of

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Open The Door... to PlayTime 9.30-11.00am Tytherington Family Worship Church

Trinity Tots at Holy Trinity Hurdsfield 9.30-11.00am Free play, craft activities and song time. Refreshments include tea, coffee, juice and toast. 197a Hurdsfield Road, Macclesfield. Contact 01625 424587 melissa@hthmacc.com

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Open The Door... to RhymesTime & Bubbles 10.30am at Cafe Waterside Bollington and 9.30am at Macclesfield Gastown Cafe

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Tuesday Praise & Play 9.30-11am Term time only. St Oswald’s Church, Bollington. Contact Beverley on 01625 500970 or beverleynxn@aol.com Turtle Tots 10-11.30am Term time only. For babies and toddlers 3 months to 3 years. Learn how to swim with your baby above and below the water and teach your baby water confidence and key lifesaving skills, all in a friendly and sociable environment! Shrigley Hall, Pott Shrigley.

For more details contact judith.rucklidge@turtletots.com or www.turtletots.com/cheshireandsouthmanchester (Classes also at DW Fitness, Macclesfield on Monday & Sunday – please contact Judith for more details)

Wednesday Rhyme Time 10-10.30am Bollington Library. Free but children must be accompanied by an adult. Telephone 01625 378 266 NCT at Fun4all 10-12 noon Fun4all in Macclesfield. Under 1’s free, 1 and 2 year olds £1 and 3+ usual rates. Contact bumpsandbabies@eastcheshire-nct.org. uk, telephone 0844 243 6115, and see our Facebook page ‘Friends of East Cheshire NCT’ for more information and other events.

Tiny Talk baby signing classes 11.15am-12.15pm & 12.30-1.30pm United Reformed Church, Macclesfield. For more information or to book a place contact Claire 07941 904033 clairebar@tinytalk.co.uk www.tinytalk.co.uk/clairebar

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Open The Door ... to BabyTime 11.00am Tytherington Family Worship Church

Turtle Tots 3-4.30pm Mottram Hall, Prestbury. For more details contact judith.rucklidge@ turtletots.com or www.turtletots.com/cheshireandsouthmanchester

thursday Jolly Bollys 10-11.30am Bollington Community Centre, Ovenhouse Lane. Please call 01625 378 081 or email hurdsfieldchildrenscentreadmin@cheshireeast. gov.uk for more information Stay & Play 1.30-3pm Hurdsfield Children’s Centre, Hulley Rd, Macc. For ages 0-5 with parents/carers. Please call 01625 378 081 or email hurdsfieldchildrenscentreadmin@cheshireeast.gov.uk for more information.

Turtle Tots 3-4pm Mottram Hall, Prestbury. For more details contact judith.rucklidge@ turtletots.com or www.turtletots.com/cheshireandsouthmanchester

Friday Rhyme Time 10-10.30am Bollington Library. Free but children must be accompanied by an adult. Tel 01625 378 266.

Saturday Turtle Tots 9-10am Mottram Hall, Prestbury. For more details contact judith.rucklidge@ turtletots.com or www.turtletots.com/cheshireandsouthmanchester Dad’s Group 10-12noon Hurdsfield Children’s Centre, Hulley Rd, Macc. Drop-in play session for dads and male carers. Monthly meeting so please call the centre 01625 378 081 for dates and more information.

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Tuesday 1 to Saturday 5 January

Wednesday 16 January

Cheshire Youth Pantomime Society (CHYPS) pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Tickets: £8 to £15 Book online: www.chypspanto.com Or tickets@chypspanto.com Or 07910 187583 Woodford Community Centre, Chester Road, Woodford, SK7 1PS 7pm (also 2pm on Wednesday and Saturday)

Lunchtime Concert Polaris Duo Gillian Blair / saxophone Elinor Nicholson / harp Admission is by programme £5, available at the door.

Light lunches are served from 12 noon and the concerts start at 1pm, lasting approximately 45 minutes.

Information available on www.alderleyedgemethodistchurch.com or email aemcchurchoffice@gmail.com Alderley Edge Methodist Church 1pm

Thursday 3 January Would you like to meet new friends? Thursday Group is a social group for unattached people of mature years, with several activities run by the members every week. These include walking, dancing, badminton, theatre and restaurant visits. For more info see www.thursdaygroup.co.uk or ring Bill on 07505 076838, or just come along to new members night on the first Thursday in each month where you will be met by group members.

The Bulls Head Pub, 30 Wilmslow Road, Handforth, SK9 3EW 8.30pm

Friday 4 & Saturday 5 January Also Wednesday 9 to Saturday 12 January Bollington Festival Players presents Sinbad The Sailor his 8th Voyage Half price tickets on Wednesday night Matinees: Saturday 5th, Sunday 6th & Saturday 12th January at 2pm Tickets: call 07933 745926, email bfptickets@hotmail.com or visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/bfp Bollington Arts Centre

Tuesday 8 January East Cheshire Association of the National Trust Lecture – Sanctuary from the Trenches Dunham’s part 1917-1919 - Barbara Foster Brookdale Club, Bridge Lane, Bramhall, SK7 3AB 2pm

Saturday 12 January Northern Chamber Orchestra. Katherine Baker (flute) and Lucy Wakeford (harp) will join the NCO to welcome the New Year.

Joyful pieces by Debussy, Mozart, Faure, Mendelssohn and Haydn. Tickets, from £16, available now at www.ncorch.co.uk The Heritage Centre, Macclesfield, 7.30pm

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Thursday 17 January Bollington Horticultural Society Rare Wildflowers of the Peak District Members £1.50. Non-members £3 Bollington Community Centre 7.30pm

Thursday 17 January Wilmslow Guild Natural History Society Wild Britain by Brian White. Visitors very welcome £4. Further information from Chairman, David Warner 01625 874387 Wilmslow Guild, 1 Bourne Street, Wilmslow, SK9 5HD 7.30pm

Thursday 17 January Prestbury Gardening Club Ruth Plant will talk about Dierama (harebells): followed by tea and biscuits. As this is the first meeting of the New Year £7 subscription will be collected.

New members are always welcome. For more information ring Mary Hindle 01625 827 700.

Prestbury Village Hall, Dale Brow, Macclesfield Road 2pm

Saturday 19 January The Hallé come to Bramhall An afternoon concert to banish the winter blues! The charismatic young newly-appointed Principal 2nd violinist Helena Buckie and friends will play Tchaikovsky’s gloriously melodic Souvenir de Florence and the concert will begin with Haydn’s Sunrise quartet. In between there will be some virtuoso fiddling from Norway and the Shetland Islands.

Tickets available from early January, from the Church Office (0161 439 1204), Thrift Shop, Simply Books (228 Moss Lane) and at the door. Tickets £11 and £9 concessions (under 18s free) includes refreshments.

Bramhall Methodist Church 2pm

Tuesday 22 January

Wednesday 20 February

Macclesfield Group of the Family History Society of Cheshire Using Quarter Sessions Administrative Records for Family History, a talk by Claire Moores. Meetings are open to the public and admission is £2 per meeting including refreshments For further details please contact; macclesfield@fhsc.org.uk The Salvation Army Hall, Roe Street, Macclesfield SK11 6XD 7.30pm

Lunchtime Concert Sarah Douglas/clarinet Amy Wakefield/piano Admission is by programme £5, available at the door.

Light lunches are served from 12 noon and the concerts start at 1pm, lasting approximately 45 minutes. Information available on www.alderleyedgemethodistchurch.com or email aemcchurchoffice@gmail.com Alderley Edge Methodist Church 1pm

Saturday 2 February 2019 Bollington Chamber Concerts Poster-Johnston Piano Trio 01625 576402 or 574435 Bollington Arts Centre 8pm

Thursday 7 February Would you like to meet new friends? Thursday Group is a social group for unattached people of mature years, with several activities run by the members every week. These include walking, dancing, badminton, theatre and restaurant visits. For more info see www.thursdaygroup.co.uk or ring Bill on 07505 076838, or just come along to new members night on the first Thursday in each month where you will be met by group members.

The Bulls Head Pub, 30 Wilmslow Road, Handforth, SK9 3EW 8.30pm

Tuesday 12 February East Cheshire Association of the National Trust Lecture – How a cotton weaving mill worked – Judith Atkinson Brookdale Club, Bridge Lane, Bramhall, SK7 3AB 2pm

Thursday 14 February Wilmslow Guild Natural History Society Brief AGM followed by An Orchid Odyssey by Judith Lovelady Visitors very welcome £4 Further information from Chairman, David Warner 01625 874387 Wilmslow Guild, 1 Bourne Street, Wilmslow, SK9 5HD 7.30pm

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Friday 22 February Hazel Grove Musical Festival Classes for 5 to 18-year olds in Speech and Drama, Instrumental including Piano, Strings and Woodwind and Vocal Solo.

Saturday 23 February Adult classes in Piano Solo and Duet and Vocal Solo and Duet

Tuesday 26 February Macclesfield Group of the Family History Society of Cheshire Macclesfield: A Women’s Town a talk by Allan Stevenson.

The talk is based on his heritage walk around Macclesfield, highlighting nuggets of Macclesfield history alongside stories of the contribution women have made to the town.

Meetings are open to the public and admission is £2 per meeting including refreshments For further details please contact; macclesfield@fhsc.org.uk The Salvation Army Hall, Roe Street, Macclesfield SK11 6XD 7.30pm

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Churches Bollington United Reformed Church Bollington Christian Life Church Prestbury Methodist Church Quakers St Oswald’s Church St Gregory’s RC Church St Peters Church Prestbury Tytherington Family Worship

Schools 01625 613029 01625 578100 01625 424361 01625 562109 01625 422849 01625 572108 01625 827625 01625 615195

pharmacies I Rowlands & Co The Village Pharmacy, Prestbury

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Leisure Centre Bollington Leisure Centre Macclesfield Leisure Centre

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Libraries Bollington Library Prestbury Library Macclesfield Library

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Police Non Emergency

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Post Offices West Bollington Post Office Tytherington Post Office

01625 572025 01625 572138 01625 572021 01625 572037 01625 572767 01625 422192 01625 422192 01625 383000 01625 383033 01625 384071 01625 466414 01625 610220 01625 426138 01625 827898

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Hospitals Macclesfield Hospital Stepping Hill Hospital NHS Non-Emergency

St John’s Primary School Bollington Cross Primary Rainow Primary School St Gregorys’ Catholic Primary Dean Valley Community Primary Beech Hall School Little Griffins Nursery Mottram St Andrew Primary Prestbury C of E Primary Bollinbrook Cof E Primary Marlborough Primary School Tytherington High School All Hallows Catholic High School Fallibroome High School

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Electricity – Power Loss Gas – Emergency Water – Faults, United Utilities Environment Agency Floodline

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Helplines Alcoholics Anonymous Al-Anon Childline Citizens Advice Bureau Crimestoppers Directory Enquiries National Dementia Helpline RSPCA Samaritans

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ELECTRICIANS 33

BOOKSHOPS Simply Books

C J C Electrical

PLASTERERS 33

FIRES 26

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PLUMBING & HEATING 10

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FUNERAL SERVICES

ROOFING

Hulley Road MOT & Service Centre

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Happy Valley Homecare

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