Inside Wilmslow & Alderley Edge Issue 46

Issue 46 October-November 2015

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Following our very first magazine In February 2006, a rather sceptical but well-intentioned member of the community wondered whether we would be able to find enough material for any future issues.

Fortunately, his fears were groundless. Thanks to you – our readers and our advertisers - our magazines have truly blossomed and sometimes we have more material than we can accommodate.

But of course, quality is arguably more important than quantity and once again, in October, we will discover whether we have won any industry awards. We are delighted to tell you that we’ve been shortlisted to receive two awards: Claire, for Best Editorial-News Item; Garth, for Best EditorialGeneral Interest. The competition is really strong so we are not banking on anything. It has been pleasing to get this far.

This month we are beginning to look towards Christmas and we are delighted to feature Grantham’s of Alderley Edge in our magazine. It would be great to follow in their award-winning footsteps.

Garth Aspinall

Claire Hawker

Cover photo: Mike and Rachael at Grantham’s

by Garth Aspinall.

Contents Wilmslow Then & Now

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Fine Food & Wine

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Simply Books Book Club Choice

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Tales from the Blackden Borderlands

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St George’s Singers

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In Touch

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Eating Out

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Living Danishly

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Humble Pie

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Sudoku 26 The Walk

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The Acoustic Lounge

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Just 4 Kids

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Children’s Activities

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Crossword 42

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Inside Guide

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Puzzle Solutions

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Useful Numbers

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Classified Index

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Wilmslow Then & Now As Wilmslow expanded during the second half of the nineteenth century, a number of new churches and chapels were founded to serve the population, including the Methodist New Connexion Chapel, opened in 1870 on Hawthorn Street, and pictured above. Other places of worship built during the same period include the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Water Lane, St John’s Church at Lindow and Fulshaw Memorial Church (later renamed St Anne’s).

An emphasis on education and self improvement meant Sunday Schools flourished alongside the chapels. By 1901 there were said to be 19 operating in Wilmslow, with the Methodists on Hawthorn Street having added accommodation for 300 scholars in 1881. Water Lane Methodists could seat a further 300, the Society of Friends 200 and even Norcliffe Chapel in outlying Styal boasted 147 children on its books. The Methodist movement peaked in the early years of the twentieth century, around the same time as the New Connexionists merged with other branches

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by Jon Armstrong Wilmslow Historical Society

to form the United Methodists. The Hawthorn Street chapel closed in the 1960s and was replaced by a block of sheltered accommodation flats named Chapel Court in a nod to the location’s heritage.

Photographs: Wilmslow Historical Society Collection.

Fine Food & Wine Grantham‘s of Alderley Edge has been around longer than the Queen has been on the throne.

Established in 1947 by Percy Grantham, the original grocery shop has been assiduously nurtured and developed by four generations of the family. Expertise and knowledge have been handed down, new discoveries have been made and what do we now have? Grantham’s Fine Food & Wine - the wonderful deli that we know today.

Grantham’s to modernise, offering self-service and an increasingly diverse range of products.

The increase in foreign travel during the 1970’s also encouraged consumers to experiment with more foreign foods such as pasta and olive oil.

This enabled Percy to rediscover his love of all things Italian and he started to sell more unusual foreign products.

In 1973, Percy’s grandson, Mike, joined the business. Mike embraced the foreign travel that was now available to so many European destinations and he used his travels wisely, trying new and exciting foods and wines and bringing his new-found knowledge and expertise to the family business. Forty years on, Mike still loves the business, ably supported by Gill (his wife and business partner). It’s a team effort.

As a boy, Percy Grantham worked at Harrop’s grocers shop at the end of the street where he lived. He delivered groceries to the local residents, on a traditional old-fashioned delivery bike. Later, as a young man, he joined the army and went to fight in Malta during the second World War and later served in Italy where he learnt to love Italian food.

Mike’s eldest daughter Rachael and loyal member of staff Sean are also key members of the team. Mike’s three daughters have all helped enormously over the years. Lydia is now a student at Manchester University but still helps whenever she can during holidays and weekends.

Jessica has chosen another path, but like Lydia is proud of this great family enterprise and helps as often as possible.

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When the war ended Percy returned to Alderley Edge hoping to continue to work at the shop but, sadly, Mr Harrop had become ill and had to sell his business. So the ever entrepreneurial Percy used his demob money and a bank loan to buy the shop and create his own business.

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Grantham’s has evolved from a simple grocery shop in 1947 to a fine deli selling truly rare products. Today, the shop boasts an awardwinning cheese and charcuterie counter. Mike’s cheeses are sourced from small independent farms across Europe. His wines are special too.

He meets producers, tours the vineyards of Italy and France and is very particular about the wines that he buys. He supplies freshly baked artisan breads, organic and local fruit and vegetables, plus a fantastic range of products from many excellent small independent producers. Mike is a great supporter of independent producers at home and abroad and not surprisingly, has close links with nearby Cheshire Smokehouse. There is clearly lots of mutual respect here.

present. The day is a perfect opportunity to taste the products and meet the people who produce them.

And finally, on a special Christmas note, we have to mention their Christmas hampers, corporate and personal alike. Every year Grantham’s post hampers far and wide - to destinations in the UK, Australia, Russia, Holland, Switzerland and elsewhere. Their hampers are tailor-made for every recipient. Nothing is standard! You would be really impressed by the little details they know about their customers – details that decide the precise composition of every hamper despatched.

Christmas orders are now being taken for hampers, cheese, hams and turkeys. Pop in if you can. Otherwise just give Grantham’s a call: If you would like to experience the true ethos of Grantham’s, you should visit the new Festival Hall in Alderley Edge on 22 November, between 10.30am and 4pm. Grantham’s and some thirty of their suppliers , including representatives from Italian vineyards, British and European cheese makers, charcuterie producers, a local turkey farm and many other artisan producers will all be

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Tel: 01625 583286 Email info@granthamsfinefood.com www.granthamsfinefood.com Twitter: @GranthamsDeli

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!

(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 will be launching his book with us at Simply Books on Thursday 1 October at 7.30pm. Join us for a brilliant evening of intriguing anecdote – all told in Giles’ characteristically engaging style!! Get in touch for details.

And for the children... A new Charlie and Lola book is something of an event so we are thrilled that Lauren Child will be coming to launch One Thing with us on Friday 9 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

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Tales from the Blackden Borderlands Present meets past and modern times meet myth and magic – at The Blackden Trust, Goostrey If you’ve ever read any books by celebrated and much-loved Alderley Edge author, Alan Garner, you’ll know that many of them carry a common theme of boundaries and thresholds. These are often the debatable psychic borderlands between present and past, where time folds and warps to create thresholds that allow passage between what is now and what once was. Moreover, in Alan Garner’s wonderfully labyrinthine fables, past and present can often coexist in the same space, with events having a ripple effect both forwards and backwards in time.

A threshold into the past You might think that such concepts could only exist within the pages of Mr Garner’s considerable body of fine literature, but if you visit the place in which he lives, you’ll find that they can also exist in the here and now – and perhaps, simultaneously, in the there and then! Many years ago, in order to find the peace he needed in order to write, Mr Garner purchased a near-derelict cottage at Blackden,

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near Goostrey, not far from Jodrell Bank radio telescope. The cottage was part of a row of three dwellings, collectively known as Toad Hall (a local pronunciation of “t’owd hall” or “the old hall”), which subsequently revealed itself to be a three-bay timber-framed medieval hall. Here he settled to his writing, and here he created the magical domains contained in his books for both children and adults. Much of his inspiration was drawn from his immediate landscape, for the ground upon which his home was built proved to be a rich and fecund threshold into the past. For over ten thousand years, people had lived here, as evidenced by the soil’s constantly yielding stone tools, ancient pottery, medieval artefacts, and many more objects that spoke of the lives of hundreds of past generations who lived out their days and years in this place and this space.

A medieval building – dismantled, transported and re-built In the early 1970s, a derelict 16th century timberframed former apothecary’s house, known as The Medicine House, was due for demolition in the village of Wrinehill, some 17 miles away in Staffordshire – to make way for a new road.

Purchasing the property for just a pound, Alan Garner had it expertly dismantled, transported and re-built next to Toad Hall in Blackden.

Medieval wooden-framed houses were built to be moved, with their internal wooden skeletons marked and matched by the original builders for easy re-assembly elsewhere – but it was still a massive labour of love to re-build a 500 yearold house in a different location, with the level of restoration required to make it habitable, homely and welcoming for the next several centuries.

Protected by The Blackden Trust Nowadays, Toad Hall, The Medicine House and its landscape are protected and preserved by The Blackden Trust, an educational trust set up to ensure that this precious and unique place can be enjoyed by all those who love the borderlands and thresholds between our present and past. You can visit for a fascinating guided tour, and you will be shown yet more thresholds – especially those in the Medicine House, whose windows, doors and chimneys were vulnerable to the unwelcome passage of spirits and witches from an altogether darker world. You can also attend special courses on subjects covering matters such as archaeology, history - and herbalism; in fact the Medicine House even brought its own secret cache of herbal seeds, trapped for centuries in its timber, waiting for that moment when they could take root in fresh soil – as they have done in the rich earth that surrounds the Medicine House where it now stands.

You are welcome to become a friend and supporter of The Blackden Trust, and you can find all the information you need at www.theblackdentrust.org.uk, email contact@theblackdentrust.org.uk, telephone 01477 571445.

Mozart Great Mass in C minor St George’s Singers of Poynton is one of the most highly regarded large choirs in the North West with a reputation for versatility, enterprise and choral excellence. In this first concert of their 60th season they are joined by the talented young musicians of Chetham’s Chamber Orchestra in a programme of choral and orchestral music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to be performed at The Royal Northern College of Music on Saturday 21 November.

The 26 year old Mozart began work on the Mass in C minor (K427) in 1782 soon after his marriage to Constanze on 4 August. The marriage was against the wishes of his father Leopold and Mozart made a promise that if he was forgiven he would compose a thanksgiving mass. In October the partly completed work was given its first performance in Saltzburg, possibly with Constanze performing one of the solo soprano parts. Although Mozart never completed the Mass it remains his most ambitious and elaborate church work, planned on a scale comparable to that of Bach’s Mass in B minor, coloured by the Italian operatic style, and full of Mozart’s tenderness and compassion. The soloists in this performance include two of the country’s rising stars, the BBC New Generation Artist and 2011 Kathleen Ferrier prize winner soprano Kitty Whately, and winner of the prestigious 2015 Maggie Teyte prize mezzo soprano Alison Rose.

Chetham’s Chamber Orchestra will perform two earlier orchestral works, Concerto for flute no 2 in D major (K314) with flautist Lucy Driver, who at a young age is already establishing herself internationally as an accomplished and versatile musician, and Serenade for orchestra No 6 in D major (K239). The concerto is one of three commissioned in 1778 by Dutch flautist Ferdinand De Jean. Rather than creating a new second concerto Mozart adapted an oboe

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concerto from the previous year and as a result, De Jean refused to pay for it.

Tickets are £16, £14 concession, £5 students/ children, (special rates for group bookings can also be arranged). Coach transport is available from Poynton and Hazel Grove. For more details and to book tickets please contact the ticket secretary on the Ticket Hotline 01663 764012 or online at www.st-georges-singers.org.uk

In Touch Your Community Noticeboard ALDERLEY EDGE WOMEN’S GROUP Are you looking for a way to meet new people and learn new things? Join us on the second Wednesday each month at 2pm at the Alderley Edge Methodist Church.

Sometimes we have a speaker to entertain us with a wide range of topics, other times we entertain ourselves with games like a Beetle Drive or Bingo. As well as our monthly meeting at the Methodist Church room we also meet up for a social coffee get-together at The DeTrafford Arms in Alderley Edge on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 10am.

We would love to welcome some new members. Just come along and join us for a cuppa or, if you prefer, call Anna Bainbrigge to find out more on 01625 585702.

WILMSLOW WELLS FOR AFRICA This summer we have been celebrating several significant achievements. Thank you to all our supporters who have helped us reach the milestone of £1 million this summer, enabling us to provide clean water in rural African communities. This has meant that we have, to date, been able to fund over 190 projects in 16 countries. Now many thousands of people do not have to rely on contaminated water.

We had a record breaking Gardens Day in June, raising over £12,000, the largest sum yet, and it was the day that we reached the wonderful £1 million milestone. Many people went around the 17 gardens – some recording 450 visitors.

In July we celebrated the completion of Alex Jabore’s solo 1200 mile trek from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Alex, from Lacey Green, completed this in 70 days with just five rest days.

She carried all her own equipment, including her tent. People can still send donations in appreciation of her massive effort.

If you would like to find out more about our projects, fundraising events or would like to give a donation, do look at the charity’s website www.wilmslowwells.org . The work of the charity continues as there is so much more that we can do to help.

AN EXPERIMENT WITH AN AIR PUMP The Green Room’s new 2015-2016 season kicks off with Shelagh Stephenson’s thoughtprovoking play An Experiment with an Air Pump.

It’s millennium eve in Newcastle in 1799. Radical physician-scientist, Joseph Fenwick is gazing wide-eyed into the next century whilst vainly attempting to keep his dysfunctional family under control. In the same house in 1999, Ellen, a research scientist is agonising over her planned new job in genetics. But what is the link between past and present that has lain undisturbed beneath the kitchen floor for two hundred years?

Part whodunnit, part love story and part battle of the sexes, Ms Stephenson’s witty and intriguing play not only links two centuries of science but also questions philosophical and social ethics of the day.

Directed by the Green Room’s Mike Rogerson, this provocative play runs from 10 to 17 October.

Bookings can be made via www.wgrsoc.org. uk, telephone bookings via 01625 540933 and postal bookings via 85 Chapel Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5JH. The Box Office will also be open on 3 and 10 October from 11am to midday if you prefer to call in personally to make a booking.

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KNUTSFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL A great line-up awaits at this year’s Knutsford Literature Festival when once again it plays host to an exciting mix of both well-known names and new, young writers making their debut onto the literary scene. Tickets (unless otherwise specified) are £5. Full details can be found in the Festival programme available at branches of Waterstones, local libraries and on our website.

Festival runs from 3 to 14 October. There will be opportunities for book-signings after each event and light refreshments will be available. www.knutsfordlitfest.org

seasons greetings Woodford Players invite you to spend Christmas with the Bunker family this year - it’s one you will never forget. Neville and Belinda Bunker invite Uncle Harvey, a psychotic retired security guard with a fetish for weapons and a love of old movies, Uncle Bernard, a bumbling doctor with a penchant for puppetry, and his accident prone alcoholic wife Phyllis. Sister Rachel, a repressed young woman, is also invited and brings her friend Clive for the weekend. Throw in friends Eddie and Pattie and you have a recipe for mayhem in this comedy with a twist by Alan Ayckbourn.

The play runs from 18 - 21 November at 7:30pm at the Woodford Community Centre tickets can be ordered through the website at www.woodfordplayers.co.uk

Exciting New Season for Prestbury Choral Society Prestbury Choral Society is geared up for its 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

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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.

WILMSLOW KNIT AND NATTER Interested in knitting and nattering? Well we are too! We were established at the beginning of 2015 and since have made great friendships and helped several charities. During my first session I was taught to cast on and achieved a triangular tree, albeit simple but effective. Since then, I’ve progressed to knitted hedgehogs whilst others have created Christmas jumpers at the request of grandchildren! Everyone gets on with their own knitting whilst also, if they wish, knitting specific items for charity. We’ve donated many beanie hats, fingerless gloves and baby cardigans and vests to the earthquake appeal for Nepal.

Recently we knitted doll nurses for New Life, a national charity with local interests, which supports children with disabilities and terminal illness. Now we are knitting Twiddlemuffs for dementia sufferers. Knitting Nora was our contribution in the Wilmslow Scarecrow Festival; you may have seen her outside Hawthorns Deli.

We are a friendly group who come from all walks of life with many stories to tell and much experience between us. Even if you’ve never knitted before and would like a try or you’ve years of knitting behind you there will be someone to share your success, and maybe a coffee and cake with too!

We meet every Wednesday between 9.30am and 12 noon at the Unico Lounge, Grove Street, Wilmslow.

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

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

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Living Danishly July is such a quiet month to visit Denmark.

Starting in Copenhagen and picking up my Opel Zafira was easy. Brand new and only 19 miles on the clock and the SatNav directed us with ease out of the parking lot on to the main highway north to Zealand. Only 45 mins driving north from the centre and you can be in the most idyllic unspoilt Danish countryside.

Our beautiful thatched 18th century cottage in between Gilleleje and Hornbaek fronted directly onto a beach which was deserted apart from a few seagulls and two paddle boarders one of which was my son. It didn’t take him long to blow up his inflatable board and go where the wind takes you. Beautiful but quite cold clear water stretches right over to Sweden where in the distance we could see the silhouettes of the major cruise lines as they emerged from the Baltic into the North Sea. Visiting the Flea Market in Tisvilde, another quaint little village on the same stretch of coast on a Saturday was fun. The Danes are so patriotic with flags flying everywhere; there was even a flagpole in the garden of our cottage with what looked like some strict instructions regarding flag flying protocols.

Lots of bags of Lego to engross our 8 month old grandchild were for sale at the Flea Market together with much Danish retro furniture but no

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Eames bargains I’m afraid. Visitors arrived from up and down the coast on a two-carriage train linking lots of little seaside villages. I also saw stall holders selling second-hand Royal Copenhagen crockery and lots of effortlessly well designed second hand Danish chairs.

The stereotype is true, the Danes are indeed so very stylish, and on previous visits to Denmark it has been mostly during the winter where I have been used to seeing uniforms of black and grey quilted coats and wonderful hats and scarves... it was so wonderful to see the locals in their summer garb of bright greens, yellows and pinks parading up and down the high streets. Denmark is definitely quite vibrant in the summertime.

Everybody forgets Hygge (a concept that doesn’t directly translate, but think cosy, content, and indoors) and embraces the sunshine!

Hornbaek could be described as the Danish equivalent of Salcombe or Dartmouth - similar outfits too - regatta sailing gear with white trousers and deck shoes and red, white and blue stripy sailing shirts. Lots of wonderful fish restaurants and a fair few retailers selling famous brand outdoor Danish Brands of clothing at sale prices. The Danes seem to be enthusiastic consumers of coffee and there are so many bespoke coffee establishments in Hornbaek.

The excitement of the day for my fanatical sailing husband was to travel by steam ship into the Kattegat Sea during an episode of 40mph

Travel winds. This is one of only five steamships still to exist in Denmark. The guide informed us rather enviously that Britain has hundreds, but that’s neither here nor there. It was explained that she, the ship, had previously seen service in the Arctic so there was no problem with today’s ‘mild’ atmospheric conditions. A group of enthusiasts explained they had restored the ship over a 30-year period and she had been put back on the water just last year.

Driving back to the cottage, in what should have been peak holiday time, we were astounded that the roads were so quiet. A visit to the Supermarket en route for provisions for supper was interesting where we had a very Aldi type experience, with lots of wonderful fresh fruit and vegetables and produce from all over Denmark.

All the villages on the coast have access to the sea and are accessible on foot. I did notice in parts they too are fighting a losing battle against erosion. Now back to the thatched cottage for some hygge time. This is surprisingly aided by the absence of features. No wifi, no TV, no mobile phone access, just peace and quiet, a fish diet, and the book “How to live Danishly in a Year”. Bliss. Same time again next year I think.

Only four hours door to door but a world away from our busy Cheshire Village.

At Travel by Design we have arranged many holidays to Denmark and also some special 24 and 48 hour breaks in Copenhagen with very reasonably priced direct flights from Manchester. Also we have an ideas book of suggested bike rides around the towns and countryside. Why don’t you take some time out and visit Travel by Design in Alderley Edge 01625 584195 and speak to Kristina who is a regular visitor to Denmark. She can recommend many different and interesting ways of exploring this wonderful country and you may like to join her for a coffee and Danish pastry while you’re there. Come and find out why this country is consistently rated the happiest in world, and why Copenhagen always tops the best city rankings.

Humble Pie It’s October and a wealth of fruit and vegetables from apples to broccoli, sweet potatoes to grapes are in season, not that you’d know it from their year-round presence on supermarket shelves.

With families cooking and eating together less and more processed foods readily available, children have fewer opportunities to ‘rub up’ against cooking and develop a repertoire of tried and tested favourites that they can wheel out in later life.

Image by Sue Gascoyne/Play to Z Ltd

pre-rolled puff pastry sealing the edges and being careful not to burn fingers. Cook in the oven until the pastry is puffed-up and golden. Carefully turn the tart upside down onto a serving plate revealing the unctuous filling beneath. Serve immediately with cream or crème fraiche for a slice of heaven.

Apple Crumble

Part of the battle to get children more connected with healthy seasonal food is of course involving them in growing and cooking it. Biscuits and cakes are an easy way of introducing children to baking, especially if there are ample opportunities for decorating them with as many sweets as possible! Planning a surprise, be it breakfast in bed for a lucky parent or celebration cakes can be a great door opener to everyday cooking, as well as great fun.

With apples in season, here are three simple ideas to transform apples into a delicious dessert, contributing not just to your five a day but providing a healthy dose of protein and fibre too.

Cheats Apple Tarte Tartin This one’s easy but guaranteed to impress, after all, they make it on Masterchef! Cook thinly sliced apples with butter and sugar in a frying pan until caramelised. Take off the heat and cover with

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Core and slice the apples then arrange in an ovenproof dish with a pinch of cinnamon and sugar to taste. Use clean fingers to mix butter, flour, chopped nuts, porridge oats and a little sugar in a bowl to a fine crumb. When the apple mixture is bubbling, remove from the oven and top with the crumble mix. Sprinkle with sugar and bake until the topping is crisp and golden.

Serve with good old custard.

Stuffed Apples Stuffed Apples are real showstoppers. Remove the core from some large apples (cooking apples work best). Stand in an ovenproof dish and fill the apple holes with a mix of sultanas, porridge oats, chopped nuts, cinnamon and Demerara sugar.

Remember to pierce the apple skin several times with a fork or sharp knife, or score a line around their circumference to avoid them exploding while cooking. Bake until the apples are soft and puffy. Serve with custard, cream or crème fraiche for a taste of October.

Contact author, trainer and educational consultant Sue for fun sensory play activities, latest research, resources and training. www.playtoz.co.uk sue@playtoz.co.uk 01206 796722

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.

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A Walk Into History This walk article, with lots of interesting history thrown in was supplied for Poynton Rambling Club by Peter Jaques and Bob Wade.

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, a continuation of the existing peak forest canal.

However the fact that most of the underlying rock was limestone and was porous made the retention of water impossible. Some of the supply of water to it was probably to be from the Todbrook reservoir above the village and this would have been insufficient for even part of the canal. As a result it was decided that goods would be transported to Cromford by a railway, which was completed in 1824 and the wagons were

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pulled up by horsepower, turning a winch at the top of the incline. Today the only recognisable part of the railway is the bridge over the river Goyt with the rails still intact. The route was surveyed by Josiah Jessop, the son of William Jessop, a noted engineer of the time who also surveyed the route with a partner called William Outram who was another railway engineer and had also laid some rail tracks. Locomotive steam power was still in its infancy, so most of the inclines on the route were by stationary steam engines situated at the top of the inclines, the level stretches being propelled by horse power. To facilitate this, the rails were laid on stone blocks so the hooves of the horses could gain a good purchase to pull the heavy loads. The incline from Whaley Bridge was powered by a horse gin with the horses rotating a large winch. The wagons were pulled up by presumably a heavy duty rope. This stretch of the track was surprisingly not abandoned until as late as 1952. The incline required an embankment to be built, when this was completed it crossed the path to a small well by a brook, which gave some of the nearby cottages their water supply. The story goes that an elderly and infirm lady was prevented from accessing the well for her water by the railway

guards. Incensed by this, some of the men of the village challenged the guards and a fight ensued.

The railway company took them to court but surprisingly for the time the judge found in favour of the villagers.

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 roadwalking, 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.

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. The mill was burnt down in 1820 and rebuilt in 1830; it was unusual in that it made cotton candle wicks for miners. It looks as though some attempt seems to have been made to convert the mill into apartments, but the venture seems to have been abandoned. The site of the mill race and waterwheel can still be seen where part of the Todd Brook has been diverted to power the mill, but is now dry.

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.

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

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 is 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 Continued over...

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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 called ‘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.’ With this one however most of the facts are known. In 1823 a merchant called

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William Wood was murdered by three men who stole his takings of £90. Later two of them were caught, sentenced to death and one hanged.

He was Joseph Dale, the other committed suicide, and the third was never caught. However there does seem to be some puzzling aspects of the case. Mr Wood was coming back from Manchester to his home in Eyam, quite a distance to walk. Also what method of transport did he use to transport the cloth? If it was cotton goods, how did he get them there? Did he have a horse and cart, if so, what happened to it?

Also why was he carrying such a large amount of money on his person? Of the three men who killed him, how were the culprits found?

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 believed that this large field was used as a firing range in the First World War, we took care not to step on any unexploded 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

The Acoustic Lounge Story The rustic voice of James Gillespie floated down a small back street where Rock Island Bar nestled.

As we poked our heads around the door James looked up and ushered us in while still singing a U2 number. We crept in, got a beer and sat down not realising at that moment I was about to stumble upon the beginnings of The Acoustic Lounge.

It was during a lads’ holiday in 2010 on the island of Fuerteventura that my good friend Andy Tighe and myself found solace in this small yet perfectly crafted live music venue. As we listened intently to the sound of James we noticed that he had captured the audience which we found surreal. It was the type of tranquil place that was missing in many peoples’ lives and one that certainly did not exist back home. The bar did not open every evening and became a café during the day; I thought that this was a novel idea and one upon which The Acoustic Lounge was eventually moulded.

It wasn’t until the following year when again on holiday I sat listening to the acoustic sound

of an artist playing a mixture of covers and original material. We had a chat and he said it was difficult for artists to get gigs back home in England. My thoughts immediately returned to Fuerteventura and the idea that Rock Island Bar had the calmness that we all strive for and the platform for artists to be heard. The Acoustic Lounge was born.

Back home, we embarked on our strategy of what would work and how we might implement our ideas. Which area would be suitable for The Acoustic Lounge? Market research led us to a few places but none actually stood out as a potential venue. Coming from a background devoid of business acumen, I enlisted a long term friend of mine, Derek Cox, who is a successful business man in his own right to guide the business strategy. I know Derek always had a soft spot for opening a restaurant and we have played with the idea of collaborating on both our dreams but that is for future.

It was a warm sunny Sunday in May 2012 and a chance visit through Poynton made something catch my eye. I have travelled the same road many times but on this particular day the sun shone on the board above the old ‘Wendy House’ that informed us that the place was for rent. It was a great spot and one I went for. My idea was bandied around Poynton and I had the backing of many locals. I knew Poynton was the place to be. All seemed to be going well until the deal fell through and my dream was in tatters. What next? Try another town? My heart was set on Poynton so I advertised for a new venue. Three weeks later I received an email from the owner of The Health Store informing me that they may be moving their business online and therefore they may have the perfect place for me. I arranged a visit and fell in love with the site that is now The Acoustic Lounge.

Work began in May 2014 and Andy, Derek and myself spent most evenings and weekends working away. We left small gaps in the window so people could see what we were doing and we met some great characters along the way.

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Come along and sample the atmosphere for yourself!

26 September 2014, and after almost four years in the making, The Acoustic Lounge opened its doors to an explosive sold out weekend.

Throughout those four years I had kept in touch with James Gillespie, who was now living in London and he came up to open proceedings.

My dream had finally come true and as I stood outside on the opening night I shed a tear, believing that anyone can follow a dream and if you have the willpower to succeed, there is nothing to stop you.

The artists have come in their droves knowing that they have a stage to perform and the evening crowd have taken some of them to their hearts. James Gillespie has since gone on to greater things with Sony Music and another one of our artists, Cara Hammond has been signed up by Simon Jones (ex-bass player from The Verve) so I think we are moving in the right direction.

A few weeks ago we achieved the second stage of our vision when we opened our café. We are now open every day serving the freshest coffee, infused teas from around the world and a selection of hot and cold foods, we believe that we have created a place that oozes calmness and tranquillity even on a busy day.

Sit back and relax with a drink and listen to some chilled music or check out your emails with our free wifi. Either way, we believe The Acoustic Lounge has something for every age group day or night.

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This intimate venue, situated in the heart of Poynton is well worth a visit and now you have the choice of experiencing it as a licensed, live music venue by night or for a relaxing daytime coffee with cake or a light lunch. The transformation of this building is exceptional – the interior oozes quality with beautiful exposed beams, comfortable seating and quirky finishing touches. There is space to relax over two floors with a gallery so that you still feel part of the action if you are upstairs. At the back there is a neat enclosed garden area providing a further seating area. Admission is always free.

The café is open daily as follows. The venue opens as a bar with live music from Thursday to Sunday evenings.

Monday 8.30am - 5.30pm (café) Tuesday 8.30am - 5.30pm (café) Wednesday 8.30am - 5.30pm (café) Thursday 8.30am - 11.30pm (café until 9pm) Friday 8.30am - 12.30am (café until 9pm) Sat 9am – 12.30am (café until 9pm) Sun 10am – 11.30pm (café until 9pm) 94-98 Park Lane, Poynton SK12 1RE Tel: 01625 874456 www.theacousticlounge.co.uk facebook The Acoustic Lounge twitter @AcousticPoynton

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Wilmslow Children’s Activities Things to do with pre-school kids

Monday Songs and Rhymes. 9.30am and 10.15am Wilmslow Methodist Church. Share all the favourite songs with the child in your care, refreshments and play area available. Drop in sessions, £1 per session

Under 5’s Rhyme Time 11-11.30am Term time only. Wilmslow Library. Children must be accompanied by a parent or carer. Contact 01625 374060.

Contact Susan on 07966 507898 or the church office, 01625 528892 (answer phone pm)

Baby Massage 1.30pm Wilmslow Methodist church. For babies 8 weeks+ and their carers. £5 per session, including refreshments.

WFA Little Strikers Pre-School Football 10-11am Term time only. Wilmslow Parish Hall, Cliff Road. £5 per session, no pre-booking required. Contact Erik on 07792 791382 Under 5’s Story Time 11-11.30am Term time only. Wilmslow Library. Children must be accompanied by a parent or carer. Contact 01625 374060

Tuesday The Creation Station – various morning sessions Dean Row Village Hall. Art and craft classes for babies and pre-schoolers with none of the mess at home! £6 per session, contact jannthorpe@thecreationstation.co.uk Baby Sensory 9.30am, 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm St Johns Church Hall, Knutsford Rd. To book, call Becky on 07503547083 or email eastcheshire@babysensory.co.uk Under 5’s Rhyme Time 10-10.30am Term time only. Alderley Edge Library. Children must be accompanied by a parent or carer.

Contact 01625 374030.

Wednesday Coffee, cake and craft/Tiddlywinks 10am-12 noon Wilmslow Methodist Church. Coffees, hot chocolates and cakes with play area for little ones. Prices from 50p to £1.50. Contact Susan on 07966 507898 or the church office, 01625 528892 (answer phone pm) WFA Little Strikers Pre-School Football 10-11am Term time only. Alderley Edge Scout Hut, Talbot Road. £5 per session, no pre-booking required. Contact Erik on 07792 791382.

Mums, Dads and Tots 1.30 to 3pm Term time only. St Benedict’s Church Hall, Hall Road, Handforth. Lots of toys for under 5’s, come along for a cuppa. Contact Jo on 07762 494843.

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For information and to book in, please contact Susan on 07966 507898 or the church office, 01625 528892 (answer phone pm) Thursday Tots 2-4pm Term time only, Wilmslow United Reformed Church, Alderley Road. For pre-school children and parents/ carers. £1.50 per family. Contact thursdaytots@ hotmail.co.uk, or phone Barbara on 01625 584267.

Friday Friday Tots 10-11.30am Term time only, Alderley Edge Methodist Church, Church Hall, Chapel Road. Contact Susan Moran on 01625 585166.

Jabberjacks various times Wilmslow Methodist Church, Water Lane. 9.30am for 15 months to 2 years old. 10.15am for 2 to 4 years old.

See more at www.jabberjacks.co.uk/ locations/jabberjacks-wilmslow, or call Sue on 01625540999/07763190341

Saturday WFA Little Strikers Pre-School Football 10.30-11.30am All year round. Pownall Hall School, Carrwood. £5 per session, no pre-booking required. Contact Erik on 07792 791382

Sunday Messy Church 4pm onwards First Sunday of every month, Wilmslow United Reformed Church, Alderley Road. For more information please contact messychurchwilmslow@hotmail.com or phone Barbara on 01625 584267.

Wonderful Weddings When you choose Adlington Hall for your wedding, you get an exclusive wedding venue set within 2,000 acres of beautiful Cheshire countryside. One of the most exquisite homes in England, Adlington Hall reflects both the history of English architecture and the 700-year story of a single family, the Leghs.

For your special day, we have two stunning venues licensed for civil ceremonies and new for 2017, outdoor wedding ceremonies. Say your vows in either our quintessential English Rose Garden or the medieval courtyard, followed by your reception in our Great Hall or Hunting Lodge.

With menus developed to suit your personal tastes and the flexibility to choose your own suppliers, your day at Adlington will be as special and individual as you are.

Contact us on 01625 827 595 or enquiries@adlintonghall.com to start planning the day of your dreams.

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Inside Guide Sunday 4 October Murray McLachlan and family in concert. A piano recital

by Murray, Rose, Matthew and Callum McLachlan.

Admission £10 including refreshments Alderley Edge Methodist Church 3pm

Tuesday 6 October Simply Books invites you to a lunchtime book signing with Sir Terry Wogan for his new book Those Were the Days - a collection of Terry’s short stories recalling the daily life and struggles of Tom, the Branch Manager of the Cattle Market bank. Gently humorous and told in the hallmark manner which has made Sir Terry one of our greatest national treasures. A perfect Christmas stocking-filler. If you can’t make the signing we’ll be happy to arrange a signed copy for you to pick up later.

Please check our website www.simplybooks.info or call 0161 439 1436 for details of when Terry will arrive/depart the shop.

Wednesday 7 October

A guide to selected events in East Cheshire during October & November Sat 10 to Sat 17 October The Green Room presents Shelagh Stephenson’s thought-provoking play An Experiment with an Air Pump, directed by the Green Room’s Mike Rogerson.

Bookings can be made via www.wgrsoc.org.uk, telephone bookings via 01625 540933 and postal bookings via 85 Chapel Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5JH. The Box Office will also be open on 3 and 10 October from 11am to midday if you prefer to call in.

Wilmslow Green Room, Chapel Lane, Wilmslow

Saturday 10 Oct Beethoven Symphony No 9 and Schubert Symphony No 8 (unfinished) with Stockport Symphony Orchestra and the St George’s Singers Stockport Town Hall 7.30pm

Monday 12 October Bollington SciBar: Frogs - leaping towards extinction

Royal British Legion Hall, Wilmslow AGM at 12.45pm

Matthew O’Donnell from Manchester Museum will explore the threats facing amphibians. He will also focus on conservation – what it means to us, amphibians and the wider environment, and the work of the Vivarium at Manchester Museum. All welcome – no charge. Arrive early to be sure of a seat! Vale Inn, Adlington Road, Bollington. Talk starts 6.30pm

Wednesday 7 October

Tuesday 13 October

Craft and Chatter. Bring your own project and enjoy good crafting company with a cuppa and the opportunity to learn from each other. Contact Chrissie 0161 439 8262 for further details. £2 donation requested.

East Cheshire NT Lecture – ‘AGM’, speaker Rebecca Burton St Michael’s Church Hall, St Michaels Avenue, Bramhall 2pm

The Flower Club of Wilmslow & District. Kathleen Williams (Chadderton) ‘Brown Paper Packages tied up with string.’ New members and visitors are always welcome.

Dean Row Chapel Hall, Adlington Road 2pm

Friday 9 October Hallé Chamber Concert. The Rossi String Quartet with Marie Leenhardt (harp) Fiona Slominska (flute) James Muirhead (clarinet) Music to include: Ravel Introduction and Allegro, and Debussy String Quartet. Tickets £10 and £8 (concession). Under 18s are free. Includes refreshments. Tickets available from the Church Office (0161 439 1204), Thrift Shop, Simply Books (228 Moss Lane) and at the door.

Bramhall Methodist Church 7.30pm

Tuesday 13 October Wilmslow Decorative & Fine Arts Society Lecture: The Art of The Magna Carta.

Caroline Shenton, Non-members wishing to attend should contact the membership secretary in advance. www.wilmslowdfas.org.uk Wilmslow Parish Hall, Wilmslow 7.45pm

Wednesday 14 October Rodger Burgess, a well-known author and speaker with extensive local knowledge, will give an illustrated talk on “The Ports of Chester”. He will be looking at the evolution of the main river ports from Chester via Neston to Liverpool. Visitors welcome £3, tea/coffee and biscuits included. Tel 01625 529178 St Bartholomew’s Parish Hall, Chancel Lane, Cliff Road, Wilmslow 7.45pm

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Saturday 24 October

The Wilmslow Guild Natural History Society is holding ‘Wildlife of the Isles of Scilly’ which includes some of the rarities that visit the western islands, by Tim Melling, RSPB. Visitors welcome (£3).

‘Pastime with good company.’ An evening of music with fundraising vocal group ‘Capriccio’ and friends. Music from Henry VIII to ABBA, via Mozart and the Beatles, something for everyone! Tickets £10, under 18s free available from the Church Office 01625 528892 or 07980 291993.

Wilmslow Guild, 1 Bourne Street, Wilmslow 7.45pm

Saturday 17 October

Wilmslow Methodist Church 7.30pm

Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra. Borodin : Prince Igor Overture, Sibelius : Violin Concerto (Soloist: Sophie Rosa),Tchaikovsky : Symphony No.5

Wednesday 28 October

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

Evans Hall, Wilmslow Leisure Centre 7.45pm

Wednesday 21 October Lunchtime Concert with Natasha Agarwal/soprano and Russel Lomas/piano. 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

Wednesday 21 October Wilmslow Guild Flower Club ‘A Floral Scrapbook’ with Kate Russell. Visitors are most welcome but are limited to two visits per Guild year at £6 (special events extra).

Contact, Linda Cocker on 0161 440 0704, see also our listing at NAFAS Cheshire www.nafascheshire.org.uk Wilmslow Guild, Bourne Street, Wilmslow 1.45pm

Wednesday 21 October Craft and Chatter. Bring your own project and enjoy good crafting company with a cuppa and the opportunity to learn from each other. Contact Chrissie 0161 439 8262 for further details. £2 donation requested. Dean Row Chapel Hall, Adlington Road 2pm

Wednesday 21 October ‘Wilmslow at War’. An illustrated talk by Ray Acton on the reaction of Wilmslow people to the first year of the Great War (1914-18). What were the Scouts guarding? Who were the men in pith helmets? How did the Suffragettes react? Who were Max Weber and Alphonso Windelinkx?

Answers and much more. Organised by the Wilmslow Trust (01625 526547). Open to the public. Nonmembers: £2 on the door. Wilmslow Library 7.45pm

Thursday 22 October East Cheshire NT Lecture – ‘Inside the House of Lords’, speaker Lord Garfield Davies.

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

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Wilmslow U3A: A musical talk by Brian Greene. A charge of £1 is made per meeting after initial joining fee. All are welcome.

URC schoolrooms, Chapel Lane, Wilmslow 2.30pm

Thursday 29 October Join us for Souperday in aid of Wilmslow Wells for Africa.

We provide homemade soups and bread for your lunch plus there are cakes, home produce and good-as-new stalls.

St John’s Church, Knutsford Road, Lindow, Wilmslow 11am to 2pm

Saturday 31 October Northern Chamber Orchestra with Ben Hudson, bassoon. Melodic Moments including Mozart, Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak. Tickets: £16 / £13; £7 students; 18s & under free from NCO Box Office 0161 247 2220; Macclesfield VIC, Town Hall 01625 378123; Silk Museum Shop Heritage Centre & on the door. www.ncorch.co.uk Heritage Centre, Roe Street, Macclesfield 7.30pm to 9.40pm

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

Wednesday 4 November Craft and Chatter. Bring your own project and enjoy good crafting company with a cuppa and the opportunity to learn from each other. Contact Chrissie 0161 439 8262 for further details. £2 donation requested.

Dean Row Chapel Hall, Adlington Road, SK9 2BX 2pm

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Wednesday 18 November

Wilmslow Wells for Africa will be holding its AGM at the beginning of November. Do come and find out more about the work of the Charity, including reports from projects that we have funded in addition to an overview of the projects from this past year. Refreshments will be served. Wilmslow Methodist Church, Water Lane, Wilmslow 8pm

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

Wednesday 4 November

Wednesday 18 November

The Flower Club of Wilmslow & District with JA Cooper.

New members and visitors are always welcome

Craft and Chatter. Bring your own project and enjoy good crafting company with a cuppa and the opportunity to learn from each other. Contact Chrissie 0161 439 8262 for further details. £2 donation requested.

Royal British Legion Hall, Wilmslow 1.30pm

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 Wilmslow Decorative & Fine Arts Society Lecture: Signs of the Times with Immogen Corrigan. Non-members wishing to attend should contact the membership secretary in advance. www.wilmslowdfas.org.uk Wilmslow Parish Hall, Wilmslow 7.45pm

Wednesday 11 November On this Remembrance Day, Steve Williams will be giving a presentation entitled “The First World War Battlefields - Then and Now”. Steve is a World War I historian, author and broadcaster and will be including battlefields both on the Western Front and Gallpoli. Visitors welcome £3, tea/coffee and biscuits included. Tel 01625 529178 St Bartholomew’s Parish Hall, Chancel Lane, Cliff Road, Wilmslow 7.45pm

Thursday 12 November Wilmslow Guild Natural History Society is holding a ‘Butterflies of the Peak District’, which is an in-depth investigation of all the butterfly species to be found in the Peak District, by Toni Pioli. Visitors are welcome (£3).

Alderley Edge Methodist Church, lunch from 12 noon, performance 1pm

Dean Row Chapel Hall, Adlington Road 2pm

Wed 18 – Sat 21 November Woodford Players invite you to spend Christmas with the Bunker family this year, it’s one you will never forget in this comedy with a twist by Alan Ayckbourn.

Tickets can be ordered through the website at www.woodfordplayers.co.uk.

Woodford Community Centre 7.30pm

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

Wilmslow Guild, 1 Bourne Street, Wilmslow 7.45pm

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Saturday 14 November

Wilmslow Guild Flower Club ‘Deck the Halls’ Nigel Whyles, National Demonstrator, Christmas Demo

Quilted Hearts. Patchwork and Quilting Exhibition by Heald Green’s Village Stitchers. There will be a variety of quilts on show, plus a craft stall, tombolas, books, mini Christmas workshops, a raffle in aid of the British Heart Foundation and traders; also refreshments with homemade cake and sandwiches. Admission £2 which includes tea/coffee. United Reformed Church, Long Lane, Heald Green, SK8 3BH 10am to 4.30pm

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Thursday 26 November East Cheshire NT Lecture – ‘The Origin of Surnames’, speaker David Greatorex.

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

Tuesday 1 December Wilmslow Decorative & Fine Arts Society Lecture: We Three Kings with Peter Medhurst. Non-members wishing to attend should contact the membership secretary in advance. www.wilmslowdfas.org.uk Wilmslow Parish Hall, Wilmslow 7.45pm

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Useful Numbers Alderley Edge Churches Methodist Church

Local Government 01625 873407/583337

Methodist Church Office

01625 586713

E. Cheshire Council Info Services

St Mary’s Church with Birtles

01625 585440

Neighbourhood Wardens

St Philip’s Church (Vicarage)

01625 583249

Police (non-emergency)

St Philip’s Parish Office St Pius X Church

01625 581477 01625 582386

Wilmslow Churches

0300 1235500

Macclesfield Borough 01625 504791

(non-emergency)

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Post Offices Alderley Edge Post Office

01625 599655

Methodist Church, Wilmslow

01625 528892

Handforth Post Office

01625 522946

St Ann’s C of E Church

01625 520309

Wilmslow Post Office

01625 524036

St Bartholomew’s Parish Church

01625 520309

St Chad’s Handforth

01625 532145

St John’s Lindow

01625 583251

St Mary’s Methodist Handforth

01625 528892

St Teresa’s RC Church

01625 523384

St Benedict’s RC Church

01625 522776

Wilmslow United Reformed Church

01625 532600

Quaker Meeting House

07974 997798

Dean Row Unitarian Chapel

01625 403509

Doctors/Medical Centres Alderley Edge Medical Practice

01625 584545

Wilmslow Health Centre

01625 548555

Handforth Health Centre

01625 529421

Kenmore Medical Centre

01625 532244

Hulme Hall Medical Group

0161 426 5844

Fire Service (non-emergency) Wilmslow Fire Station

01625 524066

Hospitals Macclesfield Hospital NHS Direct Primary Care Out of Hours Centre

01625 421000 0845 4647 01625 502999

Leisure Centres

Alderley Edge Schools Alderley Edge Pre-School Playgroup

01625 599300

The Ryleys School

01625 583241

Alderley Edge Primary School

01625 383262

Nether Alderley Primary School

01625 583282

Mottram St Andrew Primary

01625 829035

Alderley Edge School for Girls

01625 583028

Wilmslow Schools Ashdene Primary

01625 383232

Dean Oaks Primary

01625 383333

Gorsey Bank Primary

01625 383020

Lacey Green Primary

01625 525157

Lindow Primary

01625 582555

Pownall Hall School

01625 523141

St Anne’s Fulshaw

01625 523536

St Benedicts Catholic Primary

01625 520207

Styal Primary

01625 383253

Wilmslow Grange Primary

01625 526566

Wilmslow High School

01625 526191

Wilmslow Preparatory School

01625 524246

Travel Bus Information

0300 125 5020 option 4

Wilmslow Leisure Centre

01625 533789

Train Information

0845 748 4950

Macclesfield Leisure Centre

01625 615602

Manchester Airport

0161 489 3000

Libraries

Utilities

Alderley Edge Library

01625 374030

Electricity – Power Loss

Macclesfield Library

01625 615602

Gas – Emergency

Wilmslow Library

01625 374060

Water Mains

0845 746 2200

Environment Agency Floodline

0845 988 1188

0800 195 4141 0800 111 999

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Classified Index LANGUAGES & TRANSLATION

BEDROOMS Monarch Bedrooms

13

BUILDERS 32 36

CAR REPAIRS Scratches & Scrapes

32

CARE HOMES The Belvedere

27

CARE SERVICES Alice Chilton In-Home Care Services Home Instead Senior Care My Life Living Assistance

26 20 16

CHRISTMAS CARDS The Christmas Card Shop at Wilmslow Library

25

CHRISTMAS TREES 20

CLEANING Wild About Cleaning

32

CLUBS & ENTERTAINMENT Adlington Hall & Gardens Bridge Club at Bramhall Village Hall

41 10

DECORATORS Steve White

32

DELICATESSENs The Cheshire Smokehouse

10

DOMESTIC & HOME HELP Let Me Lighten Your Load

23

DRAINAGE Pure Clean Drainage Solutions

44

ELECTRICIANS G.P.Green Ltd Jigsaw Electrical Care

40 48

ESTATE & LETTING AGENTS Mosley Jarman

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HEALTH AND FITNESS Jules Hardman Body Control Pilates Lifestyle Fitness

23 Inside Cover

HOME IMPROVEMENT & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE F.T.W Services

32

HOTELS Park House B & B

6

INTERIOR DESIGN Brook Farm Interiors

5

KITCHENS Matt Finish Simplicity Granite

54

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LAWN CARE

S.P. Lee & Co Whitehall Builders Ltd

Ivy Cottage Tree Farm

Learn Mandarin with Kati

44 9

Pure Clean Drainage Solutions

36

LOFT LADDERS More Than Loft Ladders

52

MOBILITY Ability Matters

51

OVEN CLEANING Ecodazzle

36

PLUMBING & HEATING ASM Gas, Heating, Plumbing G.P.Green Ltd

50 40

PUBS & RESTAURANTS Coach & Four The Farmers Arms The Lord Clyde Tom Yam

15 19 21 31

ROOFING Beddard Roofing

49

SCHOOLS Greenbank Preparatory School

39

SECURITY Eurosafes Falcon Security WM. Bradley & Co.

41 50 43

SOLICITORS Slater & Gordon

35

TREE SERVICES Swift Tree & Arboricultural Services Ltd

10

WINDOW & CONSERVATORY REPAIRS The Window Repair Centre

Inside Back

WINDOW & UPVE CLEANERS Bright White Cavendish Window Cleaning

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