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Issue 47 November - December 2015

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Cover photo: Dedication ceremony for new war memorial - see page 11.

Contents It’s always a pleasure to feature quality businesses in our magazines, particularly those that have received an industry award for excellence. It means that our readers have access to the best that Cheshire has to offer.

Inside People

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Simply Books Book Club Choice

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So we are especially pleased - dare we say proud - to announce that INSIDE Magazines has just received an industry accolade of its own. At the recent annual conference of Independent Magazine Publishers we were outright winners in the category Best News Editorial. This was awarded for Claire’s very readable account of her interview with Luis Troyano of Great British Bake Off fame.

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We have always tried to deliver an interesting read it’s what we’re about. So it’s great to receive ‘official’ confirmation that we are amongst the best, not just in Cheshire, but nationwide.

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Crossword 16 The Walk

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Prestbury Choral New Season 22 Eating Out - The Lord Clyde 25 Just 4 Kids

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Children’s Activities

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Puzzle Solutions

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Inside Guide

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Garth Aspinall

Useful Numbers

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Claire Hawker

Classified Index

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Inside People Chris Simms Chris Simms was born near Horsham, West Sussex. He moved north to Newcastle University to read Social Studies where he met his wife, Christine. After university they travelled in South East Asia, then lived in London for four years before the urge to globetrot returned and they set off on a world tour. Now they live in Marple with their four children. Chris is an advertising copywriter and Christine teaches Pilates.

One night in 1990 while driving on the M40, their car broke down and as they sat on the hard shoulder a vehicle pulled up behind them. It was only a motorway maintenance vehicle but this slightly scary incident fired Chris’s imagination and he went on to write his first book, the darkly compelling Outside the White Lines.

Chris used to scribble short stories at school to amuse friends but he now turned to serious and sustained fiction writing. A second novel, Pecking Order followed, then his third which introduced a series based around DI Spicer, a member of the Greater Manchester Police major incident team.

The novels are set in Manchester and detailed descriptions mean the city itself becomes a character in each novel. Police procedures are also described in careful, accurate detail. Chris has now published seven stories in the DI Spicer series and currently twelve of his novels are available.

Chris writes in a shed in his garden when not at his copywriting job and a typical working day sees him writing all morning then returning after a brief lunch break to edit what the morning produced and draft the next steps. Very few writers can live wholly on the earnings of their

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creations and for Chris, like many others, writing is part time. He has though enjoyed considerable success and is followed by fans locally and in Canada, Australia and the US, many of whom were originally from Manchester. Chris has been nominated twice for the Theakstone’s Crime Writing prize and shortlisted several times for the Crime Writers’ Association Daggers awards including the Dagger in the Library, voted for by librarians across the country. He was also named as a Waterstones’ Author for the Future, a list of just 25 writers predicted by industry insiders to have the biggest long term impact on Britain’s literary scene.

As well as the DI Spicer series, Chris has written two books with a female police heroine, DC Iona Khan. His ambition is to produce a novel that has the emotional punch of Silence of the Lambs. His current novel, just released, is a new venture, a ghost story. Set in Marple and an isolated village in the Peak District where strange happenings take place, Sing Me to Sleep is now available, as are his other books via his website www.chrissimms.info. If you want a signed and dedicated copy, Chris will have a bookstall at Marple Christmas Cracker in early December.

Chris is also happy to give talks about his work to local groups.

If he hadn’t been a writer, Chris would like to have presented Wildlife TV for children, as long as it didn’t include spiders which he hates! Christine, Chris and their children holiday in France, and enjoy camping. His favourite novel is Heart of Darkness by Conrad. Plans for the immediate future are to return to work in his garden shed on a second ghost story set in Manchester and the eighth DI Spicer novel. Having just read Sleeping Dogs over two compulsive days, I eagerly await it.

Last word from Chris Good writing doesn’t just flow from the end of your pen: it has to be worked at. As Robert Cromier said, “The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.”

Musical Collaboration On Saturday 28 November an exciting collaboration between Macclesfield Music Centre (MMC) and Bollington Chamber Concerts (BCC) is offering advanced level string players the chance to play alongside the Zelkova Quartet in a workshop on Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.

BCC are generously sponsoring the Zelkova and providing participants with a ticket to the Zelkova’s evening in concert at Bollington Arts Centre. Scored for double string orchestra and string quartet the Vaughan Williams is a hauntingly beautiful piece of music based on an anthem which Thomas Tallis wrote in 1567.

Directed by Louise Latham, the orchestra of local players from MMC and other music groups will work at the piece in the morning and give an informal performance during the afternoon in St Michael’s and All Angels in the Market Place, Macclesfield at 2.45pm (a free performance – all welcome).

Also on this day a scratch choir will learn the original Thomas Tallis theme, the ‘Third Mode Melody’, and perform it before the Vaughan Williams. MMC’s choral director, Sarah Richards, will rehearse the singers. If you are interested in joining this event please contact Nicola Bright on 07769 034679, or info@maccmusiccentre.org.uk.

Rowland Chamber Ensemble of the Year 2012 prize, where the quartet received both First prize and the Audience Prize. They were also awarded the RNCM John Barbirolli/Laurence Turner Memorial Prize for String Quartet in the same year.

Macclesfield Music Centre (MMC) is a charity running music-making opportunities for musicians of all ages and abilities. On Saturday mornings during term time they can be found at the King’s school site on Fence Avenue where a team of professional freelance musicians runs a variety of choirs, bands, orchestras and other ensembles. Group tuition for complete beginners of all ages is available in recorder and ukulele.

There are musicianship classes for children as well as theory and aural training to help musicians prepare for external exams. The last Saturday of each term is an open morning where the groups have the chance to perform the music they have been working on throughout the term.

The advanced groups also give an end of term evening concert. Members of the public are very welcome to come to these events and hear our musicians.

Bollington Chamber Concerts organises a series of chamber music recitals in the Bollington Arts Centre each season, featuring both up and coming, such as the Zelkova, and established chamber ensembles. BCC offers a £5 ‘taster’ ticket for first timers to their concerts.

Since 2013 MMC has also been running holiday music courses catering for string players, woodwind and brass players, and those interested in chamber music and orchestral experience. For further information about all these events contact MMC’s Musical Director, Nicola Bright, on info@maccmusiccentre.org.uk, or check out the website.

The Zelkova Quartet formed whilst students were studying at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2010. They have gone on to win the Elias Fawcett Trust Prize for Outstanding Chamber Ensemble at the 2014 Royal Overseas League Competition and the RNCM Christopher

The evening concert at Bollington Arts Centre is at 8pm when the Zelkova will be playing Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms quartets. Tickets (including the £5 taster ticket) can be bought on line at www.bollingtonartscentre.org.uk/zelkova or phone 01625 576402 or 574435

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Simply Books Book Club Choice Linda Grant’s new novel Upstairs at the Party is set in the 1970s at one of the ‘new universities’– for all practical purposes the University of York.

A place of brutal concrete architecture where (in the words of the founders) the ‘arts and sciences would speak to each other’. The novel’s narrator Adele Ginsberg more or less blags herself a place in the English Department on the strength of a postcard she has been sent by her namesake the (at the time) cult American poet Allen Ginsberg.

Hard to credit but such things really did happen – long before the strict regime of entry by 3As took hold!

Once there Adele falls into a loose and shifting set of friendships – against the backdrop of the new sexual and revolutionary politics. Looking back from a vantage point 40 years later Adele sees the whole experience as something of an experiment – the university as a ‘playpen’ in which students were set free to explore ideas, passions and intellectual interests with little supervision from the university itself – and all funded by generous student grants at the taxpayers’ expense. They were indeed different times! The story moves along at a pace and there’s some brilliant and perceptive period detail which I really enjoyed. The second half of the novel turns on a tragic incident at Adele’s 20th birthday party – the fallout from which binds the friends together in curious and unforeseen ways for the rest of their lives. When the friends return for a reunion at York some 41 years later the unresolved details of that party still haunt them and provide the novel’s denouement.

This is a very entertaining read - a convincing portrait of the (often discredited) Seventies.

Above all Linda Grant is a storyteller who holds our attention and will keep you turning the page!

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(ps I should probably declare a personal interest– although our paths never crossed it turns out Linda Grant and I were contemporaries at York, indeed we may well have sat on the floor at the same New York Dolls concert that she references in her novel!)

By way of contrast Fascinating Footnotes from History by Giles Milton is an amazing collection of a hundred of the quirkiest historical nuggets and eye-stretching stories that read like fiction but are a hundred per cent fact. There’s a bit of everything here... from Hitler’s cocaine habit and his English girlfriend, to Stalin’s stint as a bank robber, and Hiroo Onoda, the lone Japanese soldier still fighting the Second World War in 1974! Giles launched his book with us at Simply Books on Thursday 1 October. This was a brilliant evening of intriguing anecdote – all told in Giles’ characteristically engaging style!!

And for the children... A new Charlie and Lola book is something of an event so we are thrilled that Lauren Child came to launch One Thing with us in October. One Thing sees Charlie and Lola take on the world of numbers and counting – all in their own inimitable way and with Lauren’s trademark illustrations. This is a ‘must have’ book for any Charlie and Lola fan. More details at www.simplybooks.info

Simply Books, 228 Moss Lane, Bramhall, Cheshire SK7 1BD 0161 439 1436 Open Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 5.30pm Andrew Cant www.simplybooks.info

In Touch Your Community Noticeboard NEW BOLLINGTON WAR MEMORIAL Local MP, David Rutley, paid tribute to the outstanding community spirit, and to project organisers at a dedication ceremony for the new memorial in October. This was followed by a Parade and speeches from David Briggs MBE, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, and Cllr Angela Williams, Mayor of Bollington.

The new memorial was commissioned as the original sandstone memorial had begun to erode and could not be repaired. It also provides an opportunity to acknowledge and remember the names of 20 additional men, whose names had previously been omitted. The two new memorial stones were built using local Kerridge Stone, and were carved by locally based stonemasons.

The memorial project was taken forward by Cllr Allan Williams, Bollington’s Deputy Mayor, and Treasurer of the Project, with Deryck Sutton BEM, Memorial Project Chairman. It has been paid for by the local community, with welcome support from Cheshire East Council, and was a key project during the previous mayoralty of Cllr Amanda Stott, who made the Bollington War Memorial Fund her selected charity while she was Bollington Town Mayor.

Speaking after the ceremony, David said, “This is a fitting tribute to the brave fallen of Bollington,

and I would like to pay tribute to the tremendous community spirit which has helped to deliver the new memorial earlier than expected. I would like to put on the record my thanks to all those involved in delivering this important memorial in Bollington.”

SUPPORT SECOND WORLD WAR VETERAN’S EPETITION 92 year old Theo Eaves from Poynton has started an E petition: RAF Aircrews who flew from Italy should be awarded the Bomber Command Clasp.

Theo, together with other members of the British armed forces, flew 35 sorties with 142 Squadron from bases in Southern Italy during the Second World War. But because they flew from Italy and not from the UK, they have been refused the Bomber Command Clasp. This is insultingly unfair as they took the same high risks with the highest combat casualty rate of all the armed services in the war and attacked similar targets to crews from the UK. Theo has created an e petition in an attempt to right this wrong for those veterans who are still alive and the relatives of those men who were killed. 10,000 signatures are needed before the government will respond. Please visit this link, sign and share this on social media. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/107432

SHOWTIME Bollington Light Opera Group, part of Bollington’s musical heritage, is in the throes of rehearsing for its next show entitled SHOWTIME. The week-long show will have musical numbers from Chicago, Les Miserables, Grease and Moulin Rouge, not forgetting the odd funny sketch. As part of the entrance fee a warming hot pot will be served, by the cast, direct to your table. The show will take place from 17 to 21 November at Bollington Civic Hall.

To be sure of a seat for this must-see show please email blogbookings@aol.com or call 01625 431038 for tickets.

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In touch BOLLINGTON GENTLEMEN’S PROBUS CLUB Long gone are the days when Probus clubs were the domain of the professional elite. Members now come from every walk of life and with a membership of 70 Bollington Probus is one of the most successful in Cheshire.

Members meet monthly in the comfort of the Civic Hall on the second Tuesday of each month at 10.15am to enjoy coffee, a good natter and to listen to professional speakers on a wide variety of topics. The 2015 program included talks on such diverse topics as railways, the Airbus A380, Rudyard Lake, The Air Ambulance, Antiques, Cyberspace, health matters and probably the most popular of all The Sounds of The Sixties!

There is something to interest everyone.

The club has groups for bowling, walking, golf and other interests along with outings, all optional and there is a monthly coffee morning and quiz in the Community Centre for members, their friends, wives and visitors.

There is always a welcome at the club which is strictly non-political; members come from every walk of life. Call in and enjoy a meeting as a visitor, you don’t have to join, but may well consider doing so.

There is also a Ladies Probus club with equally interesting speakers which, like the gentlemen’s club, extends a warm welcome to visitors. The ladies meet in the morning in the Civic Hall on the third Tuesday of each month.

If you would like a little more information call: Gentlemen 01625 575197; Ladies 01625 576121

ANNUAL SWIMATHON Macclesfield & District Lions Club will hold its 29th Annual Charity Swimathon on Sunday 15 November at Macclesfield Leisure Centre.

This event is one of the Club’s big fundraisers and teams of up to six swimmers are invited to participate. Categories include Primary School Age, Year 7, Under 19, Mixed and Adults.

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Each member of the team swims a lap in relay (two lengths of the pool), doing as many as they can in 45 minutes.

Although the event is non-competitive, there is a cup for the team swimming the most laps, sponsored by Nat West Bank plc and the Lions’ trophy for the organisation raising the most sponsorship money.

Last year, Macclesfield & District Lions made over 60 grants for a total of more than £20,000, the largest being to BBC Children in Need, Middlewood Riding for the Disabled, CRE8, East Cheshire Hospice, the International Disaster Relief Fund, Mary Sunley Canal Boat Charity, Lions Youth Brass, two Bollington schools enabling them to help purchase defibrillators and a substantial donation to Prestbury Park Playground. Very recently £1,000 was donated to the Bosley Disaster Appeal.

Entrants can obtain the relevant forms from 01625 829438 or email arthur.clenton@gmail.com

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Bollington residents Sue Scully and Mick Bennett founded Uniquely Chic Furniture in 2012.

You may have seen their vans in and around Bollington. New and regular visitors to Uniquely Chic Furniture showrooms in Goyt Mill always use the same two comments …”Aladdin’s Cave” and “Treasure Trove”. Furniture shopping here is a unique experience as you go from one room to another and marvel at the huge range of furniture and shabby chic home accessories on sale.

much in vogue). A change of knobs or handles can really add to the piece, and these finishes can give a really great magazine look.

Not only will you find a superb range of quality furniture on show, but a fascinating collection of mirrors, lamps, cushions, crystal chandeliers, and home accessories. We have also opened a fantastic art gallery in conjunction with Artstop Studio and Gallery.

We are now official stockists of Frenchic eco-friendly chalk paint and all Frenchic products.

A collection/delivery service is available. We can arrange delivery anywhere in the country. And if you can’t visit the showroom you can buy online.

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A Walk Into History Distance: 8 miles taking about 4 hours.

Map Explorer: SK 012 815 Our walk started at the canal basin car park in Whaley Bridge.

We had a local historian with us who pointed out some of the features that owed their origins to historical events that happened in the surrounding area. We started up the incline built by the Cromford and High Peak Railway which originally was intended to be a canal.

This incline is fairly short, and at the top of the stone remains of the turning circle can still be seen. At the side of this is a sad memorial carved into a rock to a young man who vanished from the village in the 1980’s. A pity that Whaley Bridge is misspelt! After this the track is blocked and it requires a short stretch of road-walking, along the A6, until just after the Cock Inn a narrow path on the left leads up a short hill and re-joins the site of the track. After about ½ mile the Shallcross Incline is reached which is longer and steeper.

This incline was powered by a stationary steam engine situated at the top of the hill; this part of the track was recently renovated and opened to walkers some years ago. In total nine inclined plains were built, covering the whole length of the railway track.

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by Peter Jaques & Bob Wade Poynton District Rambling Club

The route then passes the nearby Shallcross Hall Farm, before turning into a rough track and crossing the A5004 to Buxton before dipping down and crossing the river Goyt. There followed a steep but thankfully short climb up to Taxal Church where the group was able to rest for a while before continuing left along the farm track for about two miles, giving superb views of the hills on our left. At Crowhill Farm we turned right and crossed a minor road at the base of Taxal Edge.

We stopped here for a welcome coffee break and admired the views towards Ladder Hill with its distinctive radio mast. We then started the steepish climb up to Taxal Edge, before reaching Windgather Rocks where the group turned right along the ridge, passing Wright’s Farm. Just after this there is a ladder stile on the right which we crossed, then began the slow descent into Kettleshulme, passing the well-tended gardens of the White Swan Pub. The group then crossed a minor but busy road and went towards the small hamlet of Kettleshulme, before turning left passing Lumb Mill, originally called Lumb Hole which seemed to be in a good state of repair, most of the mill workers cottages nearby are still occupied.

We crossed a small bridge over the pretty and picturesque brook, admiring the series of waterfalls that had powered the mill. At this point we stopped on a grassy embankment for

lunch and relaxed in the sun. Again were able to enjoy the views, this time towards Taxal Edge.

After some time we reluctantly set off again and crossed a double stile over Todd Brook, before climbing up the minor road which leads into Kettleshulme.

We crossed the road and passed the New Cornfield Farm following a rough track and keeping the farm buildings on our right. On a small hill some 300 metres to the west of the farm can be found ‘The Murder Stone,’ this is believed to be a Neolithic relic and it now a grade 2 listed ancient monument. How it got its name is unknown but it has been suggested that it might have some connection with the ‘Bow Stones,’ on the other side of the valley. However the ‘Bow Stones’ are of the Saxon period whereas the Murder Stone is much earlier. It seems to date from Stone Age or Bronze Age periods which overlapped; the period dates from 4000 to 2500 BC. The stone is situated some 200 metres on the left hand side of the track, it is made of gritstone and must have been a monumental task to haul it up the hill and position it.

After a short pause to admire it we continued on the track with the minor road to Kettleshulme from Disley visible below us on the left. We were soon in sight of what had been until recently the Moorside Hotel and we turned right before reaching it, walking on the well-defined and pleasant path alongside Whaley Moor. A larger ladder stile was negotiated and we then walked on the level skirting a hill on our left with views over Taxal on the right. Crossing a small bridge over a tiny stream we climbed up a short distance to a small stile which we crossed.

In the field is another ancient monument call ‘The Dipping Stones.’ One legend is that this is a relic from the plague of the 1600’s. The villagers put money to pay for food into the hollows in the stone filled with water or vinegar to prevent the plague spreading. In fact the stones are the base of a cross, probably denoting a boundary point. It seems that much of the stone work was removed over time to build the stone walls around the fields. It is probably Neolithic, so the plague story could not be true.

It is at this point that another deviation can be made down to the old Buxton road from Disley to Whaley Bridge. Just by the road sign denoting the boundary of Derbyshire is another ‘Murder Stone.’

We then crossed a tricky ramshackle stile over the stone wall, at the bottom corner of the field, turning right over a rough pasture towards Todbrook Reservoir. It is believe that this large field was used as a firing range in the First World War, we took care not to step on any exploded bombs! The group then followed the wall, looking down at Todbrook Reservoir until we reached a narrow road at which point we turned left, and after a short distance then turned right down a signposted path through the wood until we reached the road running alongside Todbrook Reservoir. After about half a mile we went under the railway bridge at Whaley Bridge, and back to the car park.

We had seen some history of the area, much of it lost in the mists of time. Maybe some of the answers will be uncovered in years to come. A refreshing drink at the Goyt Inn concluded what had been an interesting and informative walk.

Poynton Rambling Club walks are mainly on Wednesdays and Sunday. The club caters for walkers of all abilities and the walks vary from easy to fairly strenuous, with the distance between 5 and 12 miles. For further details contact the secretary, Brian Brough 01625 877463 or for more information at www.poynton-ramblers.org.uk.

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Prestbury Choral Society New Season Prestbury Choral Society is geared up for its exciting new season after a relaxing summer break. Rehearsals have resumed at the Methodist Church in Prestbury from 8-10pm on Wednesdays and new members are always welcome. Choir member Cynthia Crewe is delighted to be back amongst her choral friends: “Singing is such a pleasure and it’s well-known that singing has always lifted people’s spirits, whether in a karaoke bar, a church choir, or even in the bath! It’s good for your physical health too, exercising your heart and lungs, toning stomach and back muscles and improving posture. The sense of well-being I get from singing is second to none. And socially it’s brilliant - I’ve made so many good friends through choir.”

Singing is so popular now, why not come and join us? For more information visit our website www.prestburychoral.org or call our secretary on 01625 262249.

Church, Prestbury, SK10 4DG. Tickets £10 (£9) at the door, or telephone 01625 584337.

Future dates for your diary Thursday 17 December: A Christmas concert featuring Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit, in which a number of dance-like French carols are skilfully adapted to fit parts of the Mass text at St Peter’s Church, Prestbury.

Saturday 13 February 2016: Annual Singing Day to which all are invited to come and sing the ever popular Haydn’s Creation at Wilmslow United Reformed Church, Chapel Lane.

Saturday 16 April 2016: Handel’s Israel in Egypt, a highly entertaining tour de force produced for an opera audience in 1739 at St Bartholomew’s Church, Wilmslow.

The new season begins with a concert of two glorious works: Bach’s Magnificat, arguably one of his finest pieces, full of splendour and jubilation, with impressive choruses and reflective solos; and Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum, a blazing masterpiece with thrilling choral climaxes and some of the most spectacular writing for trumpets and timpani of the entire Baroque Period – a work that surely deserves to be sung more often than it is. The concert is on Saturday 21 November, 7.30pm, at St Peter’s

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Eating Out I wasn’t sure what to expect when we were invited to review the food at The Lord Clyde in Kerridge. A quick ‘Google’ soon informed me that it has been awarded three AA rosettes and is the only pub in the county to do so. That raised my expectations nicely; by the time we left they had been well and truly surpassed!

Ernst, the chef, has a very impressive CV including spells at Heston’s The Fat Duck, Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, progressing to Head Chef at Etrop Grange Hotel and The Stanneylands where he met Sarah who has also had a successful career in the hospitality industry. They took over The Lord Clyde two years ago and have since created a gastronomic triumph in this delightful, leafy location in Kerridge.

Having ordered our food from the very interesting menu, we were first presented with a ‘surprise’ platter of bite sized morsels starting with a melt in the mouth but mildly flavoured beetroot meringue with goats cheese, progressing to a flavoursome bite of crispy fish skin and roe. In a fabulously theatrical moment the homemade sourdough was presented not with run-of-themill butter but beef dripping, coarse grain salt and a smoking pot of butter!

From the six fascinating starters we chose king scallop with parsnip, crispy yoghurt and smoked pancetta and grouse with red cabbage ketchup, roasted fig and bitter chocolate (who would have thought it?!) Both were excellent. Each of the six

main courses available (changed seasonally and currently comprising lamb, duck, turbot, pork, rib eye steak and a veggie option) has a creative twist too and both were beautifully presented offering a fabulous array of flavours and textures.

Thankfully the portions aren’t over facing to allow room for dessert. We chose a refreshing salt baked pineapple with coconut panna cotta, star-anise biscuit and Thai basil and a delicious bitter chocolate plate including chocolate cream, dried chocolate mousse, brownie, plums and buttermilk sorbet.

The quality and style of the food are almost at odds with the surroundings. The service is warm and knowledgeable, you are eating first class, imaginative, superbly-presented food such as you might expect in a top hotel or fancy restaurant in Manchester, yet you are sitting in a tiny pub (originally formed from two stone built weavers cottages) with locals sitting drinking at the bar. This isn’t in any way a criticism – it simply adds to the charm of the whole experience as people from far and wide have already discovered and for this reason the restaurant gets booked up weeks in advance, particularly at weekends; be sure to call if you are planning a visit.

As well as the regular a la carte menu you can opt for a 7 or 10 course taster menu – a great way to try out lots of new flavours. For details of offers such as 3-2-1 Thursday and Saturday T-L-C visit www.thelordclyde.co.uk and all will be revealed!

The Lord Clyde, 36 Clarke Lane, Kerridge, Bollington SK10 5AH Tel: 01625 562123

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Bollington Children’s Activities

Things to do with pre-school kids

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Thursday

La Leche League monthly meeting 12.30pm Bollington. Breastfeeding help and mother-to-mother support. Usually 2nd Monday of the month but please call 01625 261 253 for details, date and venue.

Praise & Play 10.30-11.30am Term time only. St Oswald’s Church, Bollington. Contact Hannah on 07730 027505 or hannahbeko@aol.com

Jolly Jacks Various times during term time, Bollington Civic Hall.

Stimulate baby’s senses and development through natural, explorative, sensory play. Classes from £5.50 (also weekend classes on selected dates). For more information, dates and times, contact Aymi on 07958 807573 or visit www.jollyjacks.org.

Tuesday Wacky Woods 10am - 12pm Styperson Quarry Wood, Brookledge Lane, Adlington.

Come and have fun in the woods with your preschooler in a guided session; even young babies can appreciate the joys of nature. £5 per child includes pancakes or crumpets on the campfire. Contact 01625 573086

Wednesday Tots of Tytherington 9-11.30am Tytherington Family Worship, Sandwich Drive.

Please call Sue on 01625 614911 or email sandk22@yahoo.co.uk 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.

Allsorts Toddler Group 1.30-3.15pm Term time only. Allsorts Pre-School, Bollington St John’s Primary School. £1.50 per family includes refreshments.

Contact the pre-school supervisor Kathryn Cox on 07913628115 or allsorts3@virginmedia.com

If you run a local activity for young children and would like to be included on this page please email jenny@insidemagazines.co.uk

Stay & Play 10-12noon Bollington Community Centre, Ovenhouse Lane.

Please call 01625 378 081 or email hurdsfieldchildrenscentreadmin@cheshireeast.gov.uk for more information Bosom Buddies 10.30-12noon Holy Trinity Church, Hurdsfield Road, Macc. Skilled breastfeeding help and mother-to-mother support.

For babies at any age or stage and pregnant women welcome, just drop in.

Contact Rosie 07961 614882 Stay & Play 1.30-3.30pm 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

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

Tel 01625 378 266.

Saturday Footloose Dance Academy 9-9.55am Civic Hall, Bollington. Introduction to dance for 3-4 year olds, including Ballet, Tap, and Freestyle dance.

Children will use their imagination, practise simple steps and learn co-ordination – whilst having fun!

For more information visit www.footloosedanceacademy.co.uk and to register please contact Sarah on 07951 054 547 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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Inside Guide Sunday 1 November Tea Dance - Relax or dance to the sounds of the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s (period dress optional) with Your Host GI Jive. Raffle - Tea and Cake - Licensed Bar. Tickets £6 Proceeds to the Royal British Legion. Contact - Di 01625 585600/Pauline 01625 583729/Mary 01625 585038 Mottram St. Andrew Village Hall, SK10 4QP 2pm to 5pm

Mon 2 – Sat 7 November Poynton Players presents ‘Allo ‘Allo! A stage version of the popular TV comedy, by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft. Ticket prices Monday only £7.50, Tues-Sat £8.50.

Tickets can be booked online, full details poyntonplayers.co.uk, or by phone 0333 666 3366

Wednesday 4 November FLIX in the STIX – Pott Shrigley’s community cinema presents ‘Far From Madding Crowd’ (12A) Tickets £4 in advance, ‘chance it’ on the door £5. Tickets from Anthea Wilkinson 01625 573538, Sue Ralston 01625 573210 or Peter Boulton 01625 876646. See website for future screening and details tiny.cc/pottflix Pott Shrigley Village Hall SK10 5RT

A guide to selected events in East Cheshire during November & December Saturday 7 November Jazz at the Art Centre presents The Adrian Cox Quintet with Jazz Club favourite Tom Kincaid. Tickets £9 Booking recommended on 01625 574410 Bollington Arts Centre - Doors & Bar from 7pm - Show starts 8pm

Sunday 8 November In the Gallery: Carly Marie Photography - The Way we Live. Free entry between 2pm - 4pm Bollington Arts Centre

Tuesday 10 November East Cheshire NT Lecture – ‘Planting a few Ideas’, speaker Katie Perry St Michael’s Church Hall, St Michaels Avenue, Bramhall 2pm

Tuesday 10 November Simply Books presents Sarah Ward. Join us for an evening with Sarah Ward talking about her debut crime novel In Bitter Chill. Tickets £5 To book: call in, email events@simplybooks.info, book online at www.simplybooks.info or phone 0161 439 1436.

Friday 6 November

Simply Books, Bramhall 7.30pm

Bolly Comedy Club, the biggest laugh in Happy Valley presents Carly Smallman, Matthew Osborn, Tom Taylor and Will Duggan. Plus THE NAFF RAFFLE! Donate a Naff prize - you could win a bottle of wine! Tickets £9 from www.bollingtonartscentre.org.uk

Thursday 12 November

Bollington Arts Centre - Doors & bar from 7.15pm Show starts 8.15pm

Wilmslow Guild Natural History Society is holding an illustrated talk on ‘Butterflies of the Peak District’, an in-depth investigation of all the butterfly species to be found in the Peak District, by Toni Pioli. Visitors are welcome (£4). Wilmslow Guild, 1 Bourne Street, Wilmslow 7.45pm

Saturday 7 November

Sat 14 to Sun 15 November

Bollington Well Dressers invite you to join us for a coffee morning. £1 to include tea and biscuit. Raffle, tombola, homemade cakes and pies for sale, and test your knowledge in our quiz!

Art Off the Edge. Local artists, photographers and crafts people will display bespoke works. All are welcome.

Bollington Community Centre, Ovenhouse Lane 10am -11.30am

Saturday 14 November

Saturday 7 November Poynton Charity Bonfire and Fireworks at Poynton Park/Pool, brought to you by Poynton Round Table.

Massive Bonfire, TWO fireworks displays, fairground, live bands, family area, food, licensed bar. All money raised is donated to local charities and good cause. For more information and tickets: www.PoyntonBonfire.co.uk Poynton Park/Pool 5.30pm

Festival Hall, Alderley Edge 10.30am to 5pm

Christian Relief Uganda QUIZ NIGHT. Maximum 6 to a team, tickets £8 including entry fee and Light Ploughman’s supper. Ugandan crafts and traidcraft for sale. For tickets please contact Rhona Marshall 01625 618319. Licensed bar applied for. www.christianreleifuganda.org Marlborough Primary School, Tytherington Drive.

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Saturday 14 November

Thursday 19 November

JB Barrington - Award winning Performance Poet of the highest order. Supported by regional favourite, Marvin Cheesman, expect a roller coaster of emotions with a brilliant and imaginative display of poetic writing.

Bollington Horticultural Society meeting. Fuschias.

Advance tickets £8 from bollingtonartscentre.org.uk £10 on the door subject to availability Bollington Arts Centre - Doors & Bar from 7:30pm Show starts 8pm

Sun 15 November to Sun 13 December In the Gallery: Anna Barker - Figures, Faces & Places Anna is another very talented artist who works mainly in acrylics, water colour and pastel but also makes 3D artworks often from driftwood from the shores of the LLeyn peninsular. The Gallery is open 2pm to 4pm and during all other events Bollington Arts Centre

Sunday 15 November St. Gregory’s Primary School Christmas Fair. Tombola, raffle (usually with very good prizes), a number of stalls, and a café – an enjoyable afternoon for everyone! All funds raised will go to St. Gregory’s Catholic Church and school. St. Gregory’s Primary School, Albert Road, Bollington 2pm to 4 pm

Sunday, 15 November Poynton Park Tree Wander. Come and learn about our native trees and how to identify them on a short walk around Poynton Park with Cheshire East Council Ranger Peter Dowse. Booking in advance essential at poyntonparktreewander2015.eventbrite.co.uk by 11 November Information: 01625 383700 Poynton Park Car Park, South Park Drive, Poynton, SK12 1BR (SJ924842) 10.30am to 12 noon.

Tue 17 to Sat 21 November Bollington Light Opera Group presents SHOWTIME. With musical numbers from Chicago, Les Miserables, Grease and Moulin Rouge. A warming hot pot will be served by the cast direct to your table. Tickets from blogbookings@aol.com or call 01625 431038 Bollington Civic Hall 7.30pm

Wednesday 18 November Lunchtime Concert – Vistatrio, with Jennifer Dyson/ flute, Beatrice Hubble/oboe, and Caroline Waddington/ clarinet. Admission by programme £5, light lunches available from 12 noon. For further information telephone 01625 586713 Alderley Edge Methodist Church, lunch from 12 noon, performance 1pm

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Chris Bright, a renowned grower and medal- winner will introduce different varieties of fuschias.

Bollington Community Centre 7.30pm. Members £1.50. Non-members £1

Friday 20 November Amy Webber and the Encompass Trio. Back in Bollington from her stunning performance as lead singer with the RNCM Big Band at last year’s Festival, Amy and her superb band will be playing an entertaining mix of jazz – old and new. Tickets £10, Concessions £8 from www.bollingtonartscentre.org.uk Bollington Arts Centre - Doors & Bar from 7.30pm Show starts 8pm

Saturday 21 November Prestbury Choral Society Concert, performing Bach’s Magnificat, full of splendour and jubilation; and Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum, a blazing masterpiece– a work that surely deserves to be sung more often than it is. Tickets are £10 (£9) on the door, or telephone 01625 584337.

St Peter’s Church, Prestbury, SK10 4DG 7.30pm

Saturday 21 November St George’s Singers present Mozart Great Mass in C Minor. Tickets £16, £14 concession, £5 students/ children. Coach transport available from Poynton and Hazel Grove. More details and tickets from the Ticket Hotline 01663 764012 or online at www.st-georges-singers.org.uk Royal Northern College of Music 7.30pm

Saturday 21 November Makers Day - Drop-in- browse and buy a selection of hand-made products by local makers and try a variety of crafts. Perhaps find some early Christmas presents too! The Old Sunday School, Roe Street, Macclesfield 10am-4pm.

TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER Family History Society of Cheshire, Macclesfield Group.

“The 1939 Register, coming soon to Find My Past” by Myko Clelland of Find My Past.

Admission £2 - visitors welcome. 7.30pm-9pm at the Salvation Army Hall, off Churchill Way, Macclesfield.

Information at www.fhsc.org.uk

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Thursday 26 November

Wednesday 2 December

East Cheshire NT Lecture – ‘The Origin of Surnames’, speaker David Greatorex.

St Michael’s Church Hall, St Michaels Avenue, Bramhall 7.30pm

Prestbury Flower Club Open Demonstration. The demonstrator will be Jonathan Mosley of the BBC Allotment programme. Guests are welcome - tickets £8.50 and all flower arrangements are raffled.

Saturday 28 November

Macclesfield Academy, Park Lane, Macclesfield 6.30 for 7.30pm start

Costume Event: Jane Eyre: The Well Dressed Governess.

A presentation by costume historian Gillian Stapleton - explore the links between Jane Eyre and the woman who created her. Enjoy a selection of real outfits from the time of Jane Eyre including original 1830’s shoes, a recreated school uniform and of course Jane’s beautiful ill-fated wedding dress. Tickets cost £10/£8 for the Friends of Silk Heritage The Old Sunday School, Roe Street, Macclesfield 2pm

Wednesday 2 December

Sat 28 November (to 6 Jan)

Friday 4 December

Open Art Exhibition - Discover the creative talent of Macclesfield and the North West with a range of inspiring pieces submitted by local artists. Free Entry.

Silk Museum, Park Lane, SK11 6TJ

Bolly Comedy Club, the biggest laugh in Happy Valley presents Andy White, Brennan Reece, Tom Little and Ben Lawes. Plus THE NAFF RAFFLE! Donate a Naff prize - you could win a bottle of wine! Tickets £9.90 from www.bollingtonartscentre.org.uk

Saturday 28 November

Bollington Arts Centre - Doors & bar from 7.15pm Show starts 8.15pm

Open Monday - Saturday: 10am-3pm.

Bollington Chamber Concerts presents The Zelkova Quartet. The award winning RNCM born quartet of dynamic young musicians welcome return to Bollington.

Tickets £15 from www.bollingtonartscentre.org.uk Season Passes now available!

Bollington Arts Centre 8pm

Sunday 29 November Bollington Festival Music Theatre presents One Thousand and One Nights, a play with music that includes the familiar stories of Sinbad, Ali Baba and Aladdin. With a cast aged 7 to 18, catchy music and witty dialogue, it’s a perfect pre-Christmas treat for all the family. Visit www.fun.to/bfmt or bollingtonartscentre.org.uk (Events) for more details.

In our 50th year, Prestbury Flower Club presents ‘Crafted for Christmas’, a special Golden Anniversary demonstration by Johnathan Moseley. Sales Table and Raffle. Please telephone 01625 433689 for tickets to this special event (Guests £8.50).

Macclesfield Academy, Park Lane, Macclesfield 6.30 for 7.30pm start

Saturday 5 December Jazz at the Art Centre presents The John Burgess and Roy Williams Quintet with Jazz Club favourite Tom Kincaid.

Tickets £9 Booking recommended on 01625 574410 Bollington Arts Centre - Doors & Bar from 7pm Show starts 8pm

Saturday 5 December Bollington St Johns Primary School - Christmas Fair £1 adult entry, kids free! Father Christmas, music, raffle, tombola, craft stalls, cakes, mulled wine, minced pies, craft activities and games.

Bollington St Johns Primary School 2pm to 4pm

Bollington Arts Centre 2.30pm & 4.30pm

Saturday 5 December

Wednesday 2 December

Northern Chamber Orchestra with King’s School Foundation Choir. Christmas Crackers including King’s School Foundation Choir / Nicholas Ward, violin, Carols and more. Tickets: £16 / £13; £7 students; 18s & under free. Tickets from NCO Box Office 0161 247 2220; Macclesfield VIC, Town Hall 01625 378123; Silk Museum Shop and on the door www.ncorch.co.uk

FLIX in the STIX – Pott Shrigley’s community cinema presents ‘A Royal Night Out (12A) Tickets £4 in advance, ‘chance it’ on the door £5. Tickets from Anthea Wilkinson 01625 573538, Sue Ralston 01625 573210 or Peter Boulton 01625 876646. See website for future screening and details tiny.cc/pottflix

Heritage Centre, Roe Street, Macclesfield 7.30pm

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Saturday 5 December

Saturday 12 December

Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra. Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture, Gregson: Tuba Concerto (Soloist: Paul Hughes), Smetana: Vltava, Blake: The Snowman, Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, Wagner: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, Christmas Carols.

Winter Print Fair. Browse and buy a variety of art by print artists and illustrators from across the North West. Free

Tickets £12, £10 Concessions, £2 Under 12’s.

Sunday 13 December

Evans Hall, Wilmslow Leisure Centre 7.45pm

Sunday 6 December Bollington Festival Choir usually has a surprise in store, and this year’s Christmas concert features the music of Jan Dismas Zelenka, a Czech contemporary of Bach and Handel. From the dark opening Miserere to a glorious final Amen chorus, Zelenka’s pieces are interspersed with carols that take us on a journey from darkness to light. Visit www.fun.to/bfmt for more details, or ring 01625 755554 for tickets.

A Taste of Dahl - Ideal for 5 to 10 year olds. Anthony Pedley plays master story teller Roald Dahl in this piece about his life…which features extracts from Dahl’s books including Boy, The BFG, The Twits, The Witches, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and George’s Marvellous Medicine. Tickets from £5 available at www.bollingtonartscentre.org.uk Bollington Arts Centre 2.30pm

Sunday 13 December

Tuesday 8 December

An evening of musical entertainment with the ladies of Cheshire A Cappella. Featuring guest male barbershop quartet HUSTLE. Tickets £10 (under 12s, £6) from Jane on 07767 253935 or email den.jane@gmail.com

East Cheshire NT Lecture –‘Alderley Edge Copper Mines’, speaker Stephen Mills.

Alderley Edge Festival Hall Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start.

St Michael’s Church Hall, St Michaels Avenue, Bramhall 2pm

Thursday 17 December

St Oswald’s Church, Bollington 7.30pm

Thursday 10 December Northern Chamber Orchestra: Christmas Classics at Tatton. Traditional Christmas Classics Includes a warming winter drink or fruit juice (and parking).Tickets: £20; 18s & under £12 (ring for Group Discounts) From NCO Box Office: 0161 247 2220 / Tatton: 01625 374435 www.ncorch.co.uk Tenants’ Hall, Tatton Park, Knutsford. Tour 7pm, concert 8pm

Thursday 10 December Wilmslow Guild Natural History Society is holding its AGM and Members’ Evening, which includes a Natural History Quiz, members’ presentations and a seasonal fare. Visitors are welcome (£4).

All indoor meetings are on a Thursday evening at 7:45 at Wilmslow Guild, 1 Bourne Street, Wilmslow.

Friday 11 December

Prestbury Choral Society: A Christmas concert featuring Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit, in which a number of dance-like French carols are skilfully adapted to fit parts of the Mass text. For more information and tickets please call the secretary on 01625 262249 St Peter’s Church, Prestbury 7.30pm

Saturday 19 December Victorian Christmas. Discover the welcome of a Victorian Christmas, with crafts, storytelling, hands-on activities and of course meet Father Christmas himself!!

Various prices.

The Old Sunday School, Roe Street, Macclesfield 10am-2pm.

Don’t forget!

Macclesfield Community ArtSpace Christmas Party

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Music from Pastry Shoes, Leslo Baby and our own Samba Band. Buffet, Raffle.

See macclesfieldcommunityartspace.com

Wednesday 9 December

Macclesfieled Artspace 7-11pm

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Bollington Methodist Church

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St Gregorys’ Catholic Primary

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Dean Valley Community Primary

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Bollington Christian Life Church

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Beech Hall School

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Prestbury Methodist Church

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Little Griffins Nursery

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Quakers

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Mottram St Andrew Primary

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St Oswald’s Church

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Prestbury C of E Primary

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St Gregory’s RC Church

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Bollinbrook Cof E Primary

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St Peters Church Prestbury

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The Marlborough Primary School

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Tytherington Family Worship

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Tytherington High School

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pharmacies I Rowlands & Co

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The Village Pharmacy, Prestbury

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Bollington Dental Practice

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Doctors Bollington Medical Centre

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Hope Cottage Surgery, Prestbury

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Leisure Centre Bollington Leisure Centre

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Macclesfield Leisure Centre

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Libraries Bollington Library

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Fallibroome High School

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Travel Bus Information

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All Hallows Catholic High School

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Cheshire Traveline

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Train Information

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Manchester Airport

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Utilities Electricity – Power Loss Gas – Emergency

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Water Mains

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Environment Agency Floodline

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Helplines Alcoholics Anonymous Childline Citizens Advice Bureau Crimestoppers Directory Enquiries

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Classified Index JOINERY

ADULT EDUCATION Learn Mandarin with Kati

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Trevor Garner

Wilmslow Guild

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KITCHENS

BUILDING SERVICES

Matt Finish

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Clark Construction

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Simplicity Granite

NAB Construction

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LANGUAGES & TRANSLATION

CAR SERVICES & SALES Hulley Road MOT & Service Centre

Pure Clean Drainage Solutions 10

LOFT LADDERS

Carmel Lodge Care Home

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More Than Loft Ladders

Home Instead Senior Care

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CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING 24

Zap-Clean

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CHRISTMAS CARDS Inside Front

CLEANING 30

CLUBS & ENTERTAINMENT Bridge Club at Bramhall Village Club

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Poynton Fireworks & Charity Bonfire

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DELICATESSENS The Cheshire Smokehouse

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ELECTRICIANS Emma Frain – Jigsaw Electrical Care

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FINANCIAL SERVICES Mulberry Financial

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FURNITURE Uniquely Chic Furniture

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HEALTH & FITNESS Fitness 4 All

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HOME IMPROVEMENT & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Trevor Garner

INTERIOR DESIGN Brook Farm Interiors

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PLASTERERS Dave Beal

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PLUMBING & HEATING Simon Bannister

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PRINT SERVICES Bollington Print Shop

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PUBS & RESTAURANTS The Lord Clyde

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ROOFING Poynton Roofing

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SECURITY WM. Bradley & Co.

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SOFT FURNISHINGS Kathy Shaw

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VETERINARY SURGEONS Bollington Vet Centre

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WINDOW CLEANING Cavendish Window Cleaning

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WINDOW & CONSERVATORY REPAIRS The Window Repair Centre

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Safeclean

Wild About Cleaning

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LAWNS

Alice Chilton In-Home Care

The Christmas Card Shop

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