Inside Marple Issue 45

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I’ve often wondered whether anyone reads these little welcome messages. Now I know some do, because I’ve received quite a lot of comments about my Colombian adventure!

So, a little update. It really was an amazing experience from beginning to end and it was fabulous to meet up with our daughter and share the last few days of a totally brilliant trip.

Colombia is a country of contrasts – we stayed in old colonial cities and modern ones, traditional hotels and ecolodges under the stars, we walked on Caribbean beaches at the edge of the jungle and beaches in the rainforest on the Pacific coast, we trekked, we went whale watching. It was quite remarkable and, as Colombia hasn’t been an obvious choice for tourists until relatively recently, it felt even more special. I’m so glad I didn’t let my fear of the unknown get the better of me.

I’m also very glad I put a Spanish dictionary app on my phone before we went. We Brits are so used to people in other countries having at least a basic grasp of English – believe me, when they don’t, the resulting exchanges can be quite comical!

What’s INSIDE this month 4 Cobden Cross 7 Inside People 8 NGS late summer gardens 10 Caravanning uncovered 12 Recipe 15 tired of call centres?

16 simply books book club choice 19 stars of the autumn garden 20 Diary of a Geeky Knitter 24 The Walk 27 speciality touring 30 In Touch 35 Puzzles 36 Just 4 Kids 37 Children’s Activities 39 INSIDE Guide 44 Puzzle Solutions 45 Useful Numbers 46 Classified Index

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NEW CROSS ON COBDEN EDGE The eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed a factual error in the walk we published last issue, which referred to Mellor Cross having collapsed and there being no money to repair it!

We are now pleased to report that the appeal has been a huge success, so much so that a new cross was erected on 16 July, just a fortnight after the old, very rotten cross was removed.

The new cross is made of solid treated oak which came from a managed forest in France and should last for 500 years! According to the contractor, Peter Lowe, it went up according to plan, but some heavy equipment had to be used leaving the land around it rough. The vegetation will soon grow again when we get some rain.

Churches Together are planning a service of Celebration and Thanksgiving at the Cross on Sunday 16 September, to which all those who can get up there are invited. It will start at 4pm and last about 30 minutes.

As there is no real car parking at the cross, the Linnet Clough scout camp have agreed to us using their car park as we do on Good Friday. This will be available from 3.15pm which should give us plenty of time to walk to the cross - no stopping on the way!

Of course, we know the facts, which are that the original cross was damaged by winter storms which took off the top vertical section, leaving the T shape that has been there for a while. There has never been a question of no money for its repair, and we have included in previous editions information about a local appeal for donations to replace it completely.

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A big thank you to all those who have contributed in any way - the money was raised through churches, individuals and local groups making donations or arranging special fundraising events. It is wonderful how quickly the money has come in and from the letters I have received I know it is a ‘much loved local land mark’ Marian Thompson, Secretary, Cobden Cross Appeal

inside people alice bell

Alice Bell was born in Henley on Thames in 1965 but brought up in London where she attended school, later studying at Bristol and Manchester universities and taking a degree in mathematics and economics.

After working in banking, in 1991 she changed career and became a teacher of mathematics. Alice worked in schools in Altrincham, Poynton and Tameside before taking up her current post at Aquinas College.

Alice has a brother, who still works in banking, is married to Phil and has a son, Tom, aged eighteen.

Although brass bands are stereotypically Northern and a part of working class culture, the Stockport brass band, where she is the administrator, has become her great passion. The band is made up of a beginners’ section for absolute new starters, a junior, intermediate and senior band, so the ages of the players range from six to eighteen. Members of the band come from schools in Stockport, Derbyshire, Cheshire and Manchester.

As a child, Alice had enjoyed learning to play the trumpet, so some ten years ago, she encouraged her son to join the Stockport band. Her husband later bought her a trumpet as a Valentine’s Day present, her interest was rekindled and she now plays cornet.

The band meets every Saturday between 9.30am and 12 noon at the Stockport Music Centre and has performed concerts in the Town Hall, the Plaza, local churches and the Royal Northern College and regularly enters competitions across the country. Each year the band does a European tour, this year heading for Belgium where they will perform at Ypres and Bruges and they will lay a wreath at the Menin gate on behalf of Stockport war veterans.

Recently the band celebrated its 40th anniversary, with a concert attended by many former players, some coming from as far afield as New Zealand.

The philosophy of the band is very much focussed on inclusivity and all are welcomed. Sessions cost £2.50 per morning and players can hire instruments for £40 a year.

Details of concerts, tickets for which cost around £5 (and less for concessions), can be found on the What’s On page of the website.

Alice stresses that playing in a band is about more than making music. It also involves mutual support, develops team working skills, provides a sense of identity and builds confidence.

Alice is a vegetarian, enjoying a wide range of foods and has a broad and eclectic taste in music including indie folk, jazz, classical and of course brass band music.

She has no regrets and likes to think she has made the best of the choices she has made. She also has no pet hates. “I had a lot when I was younger but I think I have become more tolerant as I’ve grown older.”

When she was younger, Alice travelled widely, to Thailand, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Jordan and lived for six months in Israel. Over the last few years, the family holiday budget has been largely spent on providing opportunities for her son but now he is eighteen she will be reclaiming the holiday funds. Meanwhile there is a trip to Belgium with the band to organise and a visit to the Green Man music festival in the Brecon Beacons.

Alice dislikes “relaxation”. She loves her job, the band, and being busy, so finds sitting doing nothing stressful.

She loves creating order out of chaos.

Last Word from Alice Always keep learning and look for the positives and opportunities, not the barriers. Stay excited by life.

Anyone interested in joining the band can find further details on their website at ssbb.org.uk and can contact Alice on 07976 672241 or by e mail at ssbb.org@gmail.com

by Ed Blundell

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Late summer gardens Late summer gardens have become increasingly popular, probably because so many designers and magazine features now show perennials and grasses in riotous assembly; eventually these ideas filter down to us everyday gardeners and allow gardens to continue into September. (Although, with the present heatwave - as this is written - it requires hard work and a lot of water to keep them going!

A newcomer to late summer openings is 61 Birtles Rd, Macclesfield (SK10 3JG), which also opened earlier in the summer. The planting and structure of the garden, though will, we are sure give a great show at this later time.

The season of openings for the National Garden Scheme in Cheshire is brought to a close by the opening of the Lovell Quinta Arboretum, (CW12 2LD) with its specialist collections of pines and ash, together with much autumn colour on other species. This will be on the Sunday 30 Sept.

And located adjacent to the Swettenham Arms, what could be better to complete your visiting season than calling in for an afternoon tea!

Remember that many gardens also offer private visits to groups from clubs. The booklet, website etc will give you details of how to arrange those.

Lovell Quinta Arboretum

Finally, the NGS is always interested to hear from people who might wish to open for us and raise money for our mainly nursing charities. In the first instance, contact john.hinde@maylands.com or 0151 353 0032, or any member of our volunteer team listed in the booklet or on the website.

Mount Pleasant, near Kelsall, (CW6 0TB) opens on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 September. It’s a garden of stunning ambition, on a hillside looking west to the Welsh hills. Different areas reflect different themes, eg Japanese, New Zealand etc. There are usually plenty of sculptures to see, dotted around the garden. Featured on North West Tonight.

Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 Sept sees the garden of Cheshire’s great dahlia expert Geoff Hoyle, 39 Osborne Street, Bredbury, (SK6 2DA) opening again. Whether you are a fan of dahlias or just a lover of good gardens, you can’t fail to be impressed by the blaze of colour, variety and arrangement of his planting. Rumour has it that the colour is so intense that the garden can be picked out from a plane taking off from Manchester!

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by John Hinde www.ngs.org.uk

61 Birtles Road

Caravanning Uncovered If you had asked me two years ago what I thought about caravanning, you would have received a very dismissive response. “Caravans are just a slow and unsightly nuisance on the roads” or “Why would you want to spend 14 days on one campsite?” How little I knew then or understood. But ask me now and you would get a totally different response. Yes, I’m the proud owner of a small caravan and can’t wait to hit the road again.

Our story started about three years ago when Ann mooted the idea of owning a campervan. “We could drive anywhere we want, stop whenever we want and do anything we want”. My eyes glazed over as I contemplated endless hours of driving, claustrophobia and mechanical breakdown. Much better, I thought, to leave any vehicle behind, fly somewhere exotic, be waited on in a plush hotel, or even head off on a city break to London, Paris or Rome.

But, somehow, over time, Ann’s dream stayed alive and my resistance faltered. In November 2017, we

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by Garth Aspinall

found ourselves at the NEC Caravan and Motorhome Show and were now intently comparing the layout and features of a hundred different campervans and small motorhomes. After a few hours, tired of foot, weighed down with brochures and hopelessly confused, we decided to call it a day. And then, just as we were about to leave, we happened upon the Eriba Caravan stand and everything changed. We almost immediately fell in love with one Triton 420 GT, quickly reviewed the merits of a caravan relative to those of a campervan and within 15 minutes our decision was made. Fast forward to June 2018 and the scene is of two excited owners of a two-berth Eriba caravan, about to experience their first caravanning adventure.

We collected our van from the Bournemouth dealership and spent a few days at South Lytchett Manor caravan site in Poole. This gave us a chance to get over any teething problems. We then headed off to France and in the company of friends, Liz and Alex, spent three glorious weeks in the Loire Valley, just outside Saumur.

Here we enjoyed wonderful evening meals, fetched croissants from the local boulangerie, cycled the quiet lanes around Montsoreau, experienced the amazing atmosphere of the annual Anjou Vintage Bicycle rally and visited more chateaux than I care to mention.

On our return journey we stopped over at Avranches and visited the fascinating Mont Saint Michel before catching the Cherbourg-Poole ferry. Back in Blighty, we revisited the south coast where we entertained our daughter and grandchildren who live close by in Chichester.

In July, we stayed a few days just a few miles north of York but took the opportunity to drive to Bridlington on the East Coast, where we strolled along Bempton Cliffs,

cooling in the breeze of a hot sunny day. For August we have planned a week in the Scottish Highlands and for September, a week in The Netherlands or Spain.

All right, I am laying it on a bit thick and of course not all plans will reach fruition, but suddenly the world appears to be our oyster!

I won’t pretend that those initial days were easy. Aged 75 and still recovering from major surgery, I wondered at times whether we had bitten off more than we could chew. There seemed to be so much to learn – how to load and distribute the caravan load safely, how to hitch and unhitch, how to work the various controls for water, gas and electricity, how to mount our bikes securely on the bike rack and of course, how to tow without any serious mishap. But I need not have worried for a variety of reasons – for all the reasons, in fact, that can make caravanning so very special for people of any age.

ferry and campsite bookings and the South Lytchett Caravan site staff who helped us to get safely installed on our very first pitch and gave us the confidence to begin this wonderful adventure.

We quickly realised that amongst the many benefits that caravanning has to offer, independence, freedom and the flexibility to roam as you please cannot be underestimated. At any time and without the need to plan or make hotel reservations, you can hook the caravan up to the car and go almost anywhere you want. And, of course, you can always change your plans, at little or no extra cost. Nothing terrible will happen if you decide to turn right towards Saint-Tropez instead of going to Rome. Furthermore, in contrast to traveling between hotels, you don’t have to constantly unpack and pack again. Your luggage is always in the same familiar place.

A night on a caravan site will cost about a quarter of what you would spend on a reasonable hotel room. And how else can you so easily enjoy fresh air, birdsong, trees, the hum of cicadas, the trickle of a nearby stream or the crashing of waves on a beach?

So, there you have it. I’m a caravan convert! If you are curious to know more about owning a caravan, campervan or motorhome, you could visit some of the many websites providing a wealth of information on this subject. Alternatively, you could spend a day at a forthcoming Caravan and Motorhome show and become an expert overnight!

Good luck.

Anjou Velo Vintage Cycling Festival

Caravanning is all about relaxing and caravanners seem to effortlessly sense what others around them require – a little help, a chat, or maybe just a smile. Everyone involved in camping seems to exude a spontaneous ‘joie de vivre’ and ‘camaraderie’ - if you are seen to be having trouble (as we learners demonstrated on more than one occasion) a little friendly help or advice is always on hand.

This ethos of friendliness seems to permeate every part of the caravanning community - Towing Solutions (who delivered an invaluable half-day towing course); the Camping and Caravanning Club who assisted with the

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Apple Strudel September brings a glut of apples. Make the most of them with this delicious strudel recipe.

Method 1. Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. Line a baking tray with baking parchment.

Preparation time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 40-45 minutes Serves: 6-8

Ingredients ■■ 750g/ Bramley apples, peeled, cored, quartered and sliced ■■ 1½ tsp ground cinnamon ■■ ½ unwaxed lemon, zest only ■■ 2 tsp lemon juice ■■ 100g golden caster sugar ■■ 75g raisins ■■ 95g butter ■■ 40g white breadcrumbs ■■ 6 large sheets filo pastry ■■ 1 tbsp icing sugar

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2. Mix the quartered apples with the cinnamon, lemon zest and juice, sugar and raisins. In a small frying pan, melt 20g butter and fry the breadcrumbs until golden-brown, then add these to the apple mixture.

3. Melt the remaining butter in a pan. On a clean, dry tea-towel lay a sheet of the filo and brush with some of the melted butter. Lay another sheet on top and repeat until you have used all the filo.

Layering the pastry with the melted butter helps to create flaky layers.

4. Place the filling along the length of the pastry on one side, about 2-3cm from the edge. Using the tea-towel to help you, roll the pastry up to enclose the filling. Tuck the ends in and roll the strudel seam-side down onto the lined baking sheet.

Brush with the remaining melted butter.

5. Bake for 40-45 minutes, until golden-brown.

Leave to cool to room temperature and dust with icing sugar. Slice and serve with cream, ice cream or custard.

Tired of impersonal call centres?

Visit a local business for great customer service Our local independent retailers provide a great antidote to frustrating impersonal automated telephone answering systems. If you value a personalised approach for your finances, then you’ll probably appreciate Stockport based Vernon Building Society which provides the individual care and attention to its customers that has been sadly lacking from many other businesses.

Established in 1924, the Vernon has been on the local landscape for almost 100 years. Of the 13 Societies founded in the town, the Vernon is now the only local Building Society serving the Stockport area with its six branches. It plans to remain as a trusted provider of financial products to the local population and expects to still be here for many years to come.

I initially approached the Vernon after reading an article in the business section of The Telegraph about Retirement Mortgages. The customer service we received was second to none and we were particularly impressed with the “family” ethos of the Society.

We would thoroughly recommend the Vernon.’ S Wilding Jones

Society embraces new technology to improve the customer experience, computers do not make decisions - experienced mortgage underwriters take time to understand a borrower’s situation, which can sometimes be quite complicated.

“It is a pleasure to deal with a local building society that I know contributes to the community.” Mr C, Davenport The Society works hard to contribute towards local causes, their Community Awards Programme has donated over £60,000 to a variety of local charity and community groups in the last 6 years making a lasting impact on the Stockport community. Previous winner representative Adrian Rigby-Bates, Disability Football Development Officer, said “Being part of the process not only helped to raise much-needed funds for the project but also helped build awareness about the good work we do as a charity in the local community’.

As a Building Society, the Vernon is a mutual institution which means it is owned by and run in the interests of their members (unlike a shareholder-owned bank).

Members have voting rights at the Society and are invited to attend their Annual General Meeting every year to have their say.

The Vernon employs local staff at their six local branches – including convenient locations such as Marple - who know the area (and many of their customers) personally.

As they don’t use call centres and automated answering systems callers go straight through to the relevant branch or department, meaning they can quickly speak to the same person each time they call.

Steve Fletcher, Chief executive at the Vernon said: “Being local, we provide value to the area where we can, providing employment, exclusive products and contributing to worthwhile community causes and events. We believe in treating our customers as we would treat our family members and this ethos applies throughout the organisation, meaning we offer fair products and a caring personal service. If you haven’t visited us yet, then please pop in to your nearest branch – we’d love to get to know you!”.

Qualified mortgage advisers are available in each of the Vernon’s branches who spend time understanding a customer’s circumstances to make sure they get the right mortgage advice, whether they’re first time buyers, moving home or remortgaging. Whilst the

For more information about Stockport’s Vernon Building Society and their exclusive deals for local customers visit www.thevernon.co.uk, your local branch in Marple, or call 0161 429 4316.

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simply books book club choice My first choice this month is Larchfield – a debut novel by Polly Clark. This is an unusual novel – weaving together the stories of historical characters with the fictional life of Dora Fielding, a young poet who moves with her husband to Helensburgh on the west coast of Scotland. Newly married, and expecting her first child, she’s excited by the prospect of a life that combines family and creativity. She thinks she knows what being a person, a wife, a mother, means – sadly she soon comes unstuck. Dora finds the realities of small town life suffocating, and, eventually, terrifying. Her life becomes a battle to hang on to a sense of her own self and her only respite comes with the discovery that another poet once lived in Helensburgh.

Wystan H. Auden, brilliant and awkward at 24, with his first book of poetry published, should be embarking on success and society in London. Instead, in 1930, fleeing a broken engagement, he takes a teaching post at Larchfield School for Boys where he is mocked for his Englishness and suspected - rightly - of homosexuality. In the face of local hostility Wystan nevertheless falls in love for the first time and composes one of his finest and most influential poems, The Orators.

Polly Clark’s beautifully written novel explores the connection between these two vulnerable outsiders who, in finding each other (and here there’s a need to suspend your disbelief) create a shared reality of their own which becomes their salvation. An ingenious and haunting story.

Beautiful Animals by Lawrence Osborne is a complex and layered thriller. During a white-hot summer on the idyllic Greek island of Hydra, two girls fall into one another’s lives with devastating effect. When Samantha, a young impressionable American, meets Naomi, a Brit with a taste for danger, their relationship quickly takes on a special intensity. Their imaginations are sparked one day when they find a young Arab man, Faoud, washed up on the shore, an apparent refugee from the crisis on the other side of the Med. A seemingly simply plan to help the stranger goes horribly wrong and the lives of all involved unravel with disastrous consequences…

And for children…we have been enjoying Wizarding for Beginners the latest book by our BOOK FACTOR WINNER Elys Dolan. When Terrence the Terrible kidnaps the talking animals of Castletown there are only two brave heroes who can stop him.

Dave the dragon knight, and his trusty steed Albrecht the goat!

Together they plan to teach Terrence a lesson – with the help of a very special book: Wizarding for Beginners. Hilarious and completely off-the-wall humour which will appeal to both boys and girls aged 7-10.

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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

Stars of the Autumn Garden If one flower embodies the joy of the autumn garden then it must be the Aster, or Michaelmas Daisy to give it its common name. These brilliant bloomers come in a vast array of heights from low mounds for the front of the border to stately, towering giants for the back, and in colours including violet, blue, crimson, pink and white. To cap it all there are even asters that bloom in spring!

The biggest range of colours and heights comes from the New York asters including low growing ones like the Red Robin, through to 5ft giants. These are the most prone to mildew and good growing conditions are essential. This includes: compost-rich, moist soil and a good dose of fertiliser in the spring. The clumps should be divided regularly in spring and the small sections should be planted around 9 to 12 inches apart to ensure good air circulation. Cut the stems down after flowering and clear away dead leaves and mulch in late winter.

The Heather-leaved Aster (Aster ericoides) has tiny leaves like a heather but grows into a 3ft tall bushy plant and is covered with masses of tiny flowers in autumn. This one also needs good growing conditions.

The New England asters like the tall pink Connie and the equally tall purple Helen Picton are generally free of problems and tolerate drier soils.

The Italian Asters, like Violet Queen are low growing mounds of colour from mid-September and are generally trouble free although they do need dividing every three years.

Asters aren’t just good for us to enjoy, they also provide a wonderful nectar source for butterflies like the Comma, Peacock, Red Admiral and Small Tortoiseshell that continue to feed well into October. To see a tall plant of Aster Daybreak (Octendgloren to give her the proper Dutch name) covered with butterflies on a sunny October day, is such a thrilling sight.

Some Asters give great value in the garden from their dark, almost black, glossy leaves and stems: Calliope is the best of these and looks great for months before

by Martin Blow > www.specialperennials.com

the masses of small, lavender-blue flowers burst forth in October. She grows to 4 or 5ft tall and spreads to form a sizable clump. The pale violet-flowered Vasterival is similar in habit.

There are some Asters that come from dry, woodlands and these are great low-growing plants for covering the soil under trees or against a north-facing wall or fence.

Beware, they do spread! Good ones include Aster schreberi with white flowers and Aster Twilight with pale purple flowers.

Asters look great planted with autumn flowering grasses or low growing Ice Plants (Sedums) or even planted en masse for a dazzling display of colour.

Oh, and that spring-flowering one? It’s the Alpine Aster and you can grow this little plant from seed – look out for Aster alpinus.

Janet and I will be at the Plant Hunters’ Fairs at the wonderful Henbury Hall Garden, Macclesfield (SK11 9PJ) on Sunday 16 September with entry to this lovely, rarely open, 12-acre garden and plant fair only £2.50; For full details of these and other Plant Hunters’ Fairs see www.planthuntersfairs.co.uk We are happy to bring orders to plant fairs for you to collect.

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Diary of a geeky knitter Regular readers of INSIDE (particularly INSIDE Bramhall readers) might recognise the face of a young, budding journalist who visited me and my colleagues at work for a couple of weeks in early August!

Jasmine Jenkins, who found her literary voice within the pages of INSIDE Bramhall a few years ago, joined us to help out with writing some features and generally some great assisting! It was so lovely to work with Jasmine, and, luckily for me, she was very interested in learning how to crochet - I continue to take over the world, one new crochet fan at a time. up the lessons to more in the office. It’s been such a lot of fun to teach my co-workers and friends how to do something that I love, and it’s an added bonus when I can see that they start to enjoy it as much as I do.

My masterful plan to take over the world through crochet first started at work really, when last year I launched a lunchtime ‘crochet club’ to teach others in the office how to work yarny magic. Admittedly, the plan hasn’t much progressed past teaching, but I am confident that the next masterful stroke is just around the corner - something to do with covering everything in a snuggly blanket. I’ve written before about the mental health benefits of knitting and crochet, so it was a no-brainer, in a busy work environment when someone asked me how to crochet, that I should open

If you like to knit, crochet, sew, craft, weave, or any other craft, and feel comfortable showing others how to do the hobby that you love, I really encourage you to take a leap of faith and have a go at sharing and teaching it to your friends and colleagues. Not only will it give you more people to talk to about your favourite hobby, as well as set you on your own world domination path, but you will find that after time, your confidence, self-esteem, and public speaking skills will naturally just improve in a very informal and lowpressure environment. And having a lunchtime club at work is a lovely way to get to know people you haven’t had the chance to speak to much. I very much look forward to Wednesday lunchtime when all my crafters get together now.

Do you run any little clubs at your school or place of work? I’d love to read about any clubs that you do, or would like to start up. jennythegeekyknitter@gmail.com www.thegeekyknitter.co.uk www.etsy.com/uk/shop/geeksgamesandknits

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Brown Knoll and Peep-o-Day Walk description: A moderate circular walk with several easy uphill sections, rewarded by amazing views across parts of the Dark Peak, including Kinder Scout. The walk starts in Hayfield where there are plenty of pubs and cafes, but the only place to eat and drink on the walk is the Lamb Inn. Distance: 6.5 miles Map: OS Explorer OL1 - The Dark Peak Start: To reach Hayfield, follow the A6 as far as the New Mills turn off in Newton. Go left at the lights and follow the A6015 into Hayfield. At the T junction turn right for about 100 yards on the A624, and then first left into Hayfield village. Follow the main street over the river bridge, bearing left past the shops and the Packhorse Inn; where the road widens, there are plenty of free street parking places on both sides of the walled road.

Set off back through the village and up the main street past all the shops until you reach Highgate Road.

(SK037870) Leave the village up this road which is fairly steep to begin with, and eventually make a left turn down a track opposite Highgate Farm, (SK032865) soon keeping to the right at a fork in the track. Continue up the on a gentle incline as it eventually changes to a concrete surface. At the end of the concrete section and now in open country, take a right fork again and head towards a copse of trees on the horizon. Go through

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the gate at the trees, and perhaps choose to have a coffee break at this point.

Once refreshed, head diagonally towards a ladder stile, and once over this stile follow a gently rising path to a right hand bend. From this point, on a clear day, you have wonderful views of William Clough, the Downfall, Kinder Scout, South Head and Mount Famine. Looking ahead you will notice three hillocks; by keeping close to the wall on your right, follow the path up and over all three hillocks having a steep drop to your left hand side before finally descending to a gate where you join a track coming up from the left. Go through the gate, and bear right downhill until you reach a T junction of tracks. (SK050854) At this point turn left up the Pennine Bridleway for about 400 yards, and then bear right at the fork eventually passing a farm named “VORPOSTEN�

(SK054846) or Advanced Post. From here the path veers to the right through a gate. Keeping a wall on your left, you meet another path coming from the left. Turn right here and then soon turn right again diagonally across a field to a gap in the wall. Continue along the path to another gate where you begin to drop gently downhill to a road, the Hayfield to Chapel Road. (SK049843) The Lamb Inn is close by to your right if you choose to stop for a while.

Otherwise, cross carefully as this can be a very busy road, and then slightly to your left is a concrete track

by Barbara and David Stewart, Marple District Rambling Club

leading downhill to a group of houses. By the last building, go through a gate on the right hand side and cross the field diagonally to another gate. Passing through this gate, you will see a further gate ahead which leads uphill along a narrow track to a minor road at Ashen Clough. Turn right along the road uphill until you reach a stone built house known as “Peep-o Day”.

(SK048850) Its name refers to seeing the sun rise each morning over the hill opposite. Passing to the left of the house there are two paths. Take the higher one through a gate and keep along this path, which follows the contours, always heading towards Hayfield.

In about one mile you come to two gates, one metal barred and the other a small wooden one. Take the small wooden gate and proceed down a very steep muddy track, crossing the stream at the bottom of this little valley. Now climb up the hill from the stream past a group of dilapidated buildings. Here take the uphill track straight ahead through a gate and over a couple

The Walk

of stiles until the end of the field (SK034864) where you cross another stile on to a concrete track. Proceed downhill to a street with houses on either side. Cross the main road at the bottom and go ahead past the car park to a Pelican Crossing which leads you back into Hayfield Village and a return to your car.

Presented on behalf of Marple District Rambling Club; with over 350 members, the Club organises and leads up to 5 graded walks every Thursday and Sunday.

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

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speciality touring

Many of our clients have discovered group tours as an easy and relaxing way to take a holiday; with a tour guide taking care of the details, it’s much easier to sit back, relax and enjoy the view. For those with a special interest or hobby, sharing a group tour with an expert guide and fellow enthusiasts adds much more to the holiday. At Travel by Design we work with a number of specialist companies covering a wide variety of tours with a focus on art, history, music and much more.

The very special feature of these tours is that the group size is small, sometimes only a dozen people and usually not more than 16 or 20 people, making it a very pleasant environment for both travel and meeting like minded souls who share your interest.

you can really take your time to explore, or listen to an expert; a curator, or often the Head Gardener or even the owner. Tours include the garden of pioneering gardener Beth Chatto, and those designed

by Gertrude Jekyll. Further afield we have some lovely tours exploring the gardens of the French Riviera, Lake Como, Galicia’s Camellia Route and for something very different, the gardens of Copenhagen and Zealand.

Music…

Every autumn Kirker Holidays host the Kirker Ischia Music Festival, with a full programme of concerts each day, which are private and arranged exclusively for the tour guests. They have created similar tours to Tenerife, Mallorca and Lake Como, all with the same high standard of musicians and concerts. Other excursions to local gardens and art galleries are also offered as part of the tour. There are also a range of similar tours in the UK for those who prefer to stay closer to home.

Gardens…

A group garden tour will often give you access to gardens not generally open to the public. This means your group will be the only visitors at that time, so

History…

Whether relatively recent, such as tours of the battlefields of WW1, to tours of Ancient Greece, there are a number of specialist companies who cover both of these or anything in between! Join a private chartered gulet cruise (approx 20 guests max) around the Greek Islands taking in archaeological sites ranging Continued over

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from Bronze Age cities to Classical temples, Byzantine monasteries to Crusader castles. The expert guides will bring all this to life as you travel through the pages of history. For the military historians among you, why not join a tour exploring the story of the Duke of Wellington and the Peninsular War, or a trip to Italy to learn about the Battles of Monte Cassino.

Art… Spending time in an Art Gallery whilst on holiday is often a real treat, but how often would we like to know more about the artist, about the story behind the picture, or what it is telling us about life at the time it was painted. Without doubt, an expert art historian is essential to find out the most about the treasures we are looking at, and a great addition to tours to Amsterdam, Madrid, or – very much in the news at the moment – Russia and in particular St Petersburg.

Food and wine...

Often combined in many of the themed tours above, but for real foodies, tours to the Champagne region of France or the winelands of South Africa, are a big hit. Back-Roads Touring, with groups generally around 16 in size, have a delightful tour of Cornwall, including a visit to the largest estate in Cornwall, Tregothnan, where you’ll have a private tour of the grounds and tea plantation, and a meal at one of Rick Stein’s restaurants. Many other of their tours, whilst including all sorts of local points of interest, will also include a local vineyard, a cooking class in Tuscany, truffle hunting in France and the production of Jamon Iberico in Spain. Most of these speciality tours are very small groups which means the meals can be booked at authentic local restaurants, where you will experience local cuisine at its finest.

To learn more about our range of specialist tours, please visit us at Travel by Design, 28 London Road in Alderley Edge. Brochures for these specialist holidays are limited, and we will guide you to the best tour and operator for your special interest.

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by Kristina Hulme travelbydesigngroup.com

in touch your local community noticeboard september - october 2018

MELLOR COUNTRY HOUSE CHARITY PLANT SALE We would like to let you know that this year’s plant sale was the best ever thanks to all our supporters, old and new. We had several new people from New Mills and Marple too, some bought their plants from us, as we supported Open Gardens in Marple this year and brought in the colours of Cancer Research. We had sales of plants and shrubs to the massive amount of £21,000 (not all profit of course) so our event is now very big and very welcome as this is now our major fundraising event and makes a huge difference to us.

This year everyone seemed to come early to pick up their orders as they wanted to get back home for the royal wedding or the football, so it was a bit busy to say the least. We sold almost all our stock on the first day which is good for us but maybe a little disappointing for the Sunday buyers who came up, maybe next year they will put an order in to avoid this. We put the order forms online this year and sent out emails to make it easier as we know that time is very important for everyone and we will keep trying to make this smarter, smoother and the best experience that it can be. We hope that the plants look beautiful and that you are pleased with your purchase and will recommend us to all you friends for next year. A huge thank you to the individuals and companies who helped make our plant sale such a great success…

And of course, thank you to all our amazing volunteers who tirelessly give their time and energy to support us – We couldn’t do it without you and we are always looking for more volunteers for a variety of jobs that need doing. If you have an hour or so to spare, live locally, and like pottering in the garden or ironing bedding, don’t hesitate, please get in touch, just a little time given can make a huge difference to us.

MARPLE EXPLORING THE ARTS Marple Exploring The Arts launches its new Autumn season with a programme full of exciting topics to discover.

There will be lectures from experts in visual art, literature, drama, live music performances from talented musicians, the world’s first fully oil painted animated film and a Christmas concert of jazz provided by the acclaimed, Mart Rodger and his Jazz Five. All of this will be happening on Thursday evenings, fortnightly, in The United Reformed Church on Hibbert Lane Marple from 7.30pm onwards.

We are a very lively, very friendly group who love to share our passion for the arts. You are welcome to come along as a visitor to any meeting and experience our varied programme. Our opening night on Thursday 13 September is a classical music concert provided by The Quodlibet Winds, followed by wine and snacks, all included in the price of £5, payable on the door.

So, if you enjoy all the enriching experiences the arts have to offer, why not come and join us? Our Autumn 2018 programme is waiting for you to explore! Full details of all the events are in the Inside Guide section of this magazine, on The Marple website at www.marple-uk.com/arts or email gwen.26@btinternet.com

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EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN Each year St. Martin’s Church, Low Marple, participates in the national Heritage Open Days. This year the national theme is Extraordinary Women, and the displays and events at St. Martin’s contribute in various ways to this theme. Our hidden gem of a church, next to Marple Station, will be open on Saturday 15 September and the afternoon of Sunday 16th.

The building of St. Martin’s in 1867 was funded by a remarkable family of women – Mrs Ann Hudson, her daughter Maria Ann and granddaughter Fanny Marion, after Ann inherited Brabyns Park from her cousin John Wright.

Mrs Ann Hudson

Our weekend will begin with a talk on Friday evening, at 7.30pm by Geoff Brammall on Hildegard von Bingen.

On Saturday the church will open to visitors at 10am for guided, or self-guided tours. At 11am, renowned local historian Judith Wilshaw will conduct a talk and walk about the Hudson family and their lives. The walk will take you into Brabyns Park, where the manor house once stood, giving you the context of the surroundings as they would have been when the family lived there. The famous Father Willis organ will be played by Reg Holmes between 2pm and 4pm and children will have the opportunity to dress up in costumes from Lyme Park.

They can follow our new Church Trail too. We expect a visit from Miss Hudson too! There will be displays in church on its history and heritage.

Further displays will be found In our Parish Hall, showing the lady who founded Guiding in Marple, the work of Mary Harrison and her embroidery group, and an Art Exhibition. In addition, you will see the exhibitions about Brabyns Hall as a Military Hospital and The Women’s Work 100.

Stalls of saleable crafts goods will be in the hall and refreshments are available each day. This promises to be a stimulating weekend. We are proud to be part of the national Heritage Open Days, as we have such a rich heritage at St. Martin’s. Do come along and visit us.

Further details are available from Ann Sayer 0161 427 2542 www.stmartinsheritagetrust.org.uk

HALLE CONCERTS – BY COACH IN COMFORT TO MANCHESTER The monthly Opus One concerts start on 20 September. With MARPLE OPUS GROUP, you benefit from a reduced season ticket price, starting from as little as £78 for the nine concerts. Choose where in the hall you want to sit and how much you want to pay, and you are guaranteed the same seat for each concert.

For further details and to book - by the end of August if possible – contact Alan Noble on 0161 427 9311

DISLEY WEA AUTUMN CLASSES Please join us in Disley at the Ring O’ Bells for a new look at the history of the 19th Century - a 10-week class starting 27 September. We have three day schools on the Alexander Technique, Psychology and the Appian Way. In Macclesfield there will be a Birdwatching class starting on 18 September, and an Art History class starting on 27 September.

Details from the secretary on 01625 877255 or look for our branch leaflets in libraries.

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HAZEL GROVE MUSICAL FESTIVAL Did you know here is an annual competitive Music Festival held in Hazel Grove? All ages can enter from primary to adult and the event includes classes in Speech and Drama, Instrumental, Vocal and Choral categories. The festival benefits from the skills of qualified adjudicators and accompanists.

Would you like the opportunity to perform in this prestigious event? You will be amazed at the wealth of talent within our local communities!

Hazel Grove Musical Festival takes place over four days, early in 2019, as follows:

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

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

Saturday 2 March Junior Choir, Vocal Ensemble and Choral classes.

Saturday 9 March is the Winners’ Concert – not to be missed! Entry forms are included in the 2019 Syllabus, which will be available on our website from September 2018 www.hazelgrovemusicalfestival.org.uk

AUTUMN AT THE FORUM We kick off with a performance of the Pink Floyd classic album The Wall from 26 to 29 September, with special permission from Roger Waters. Featuring a live rock band and talented cast, we follow the story of Pink, a successful musician who looks back on his isolated childhood. He recalls his upbringing during which he built a symbolic wall as he coped with the death of his father and overbearing ways of his mother. Including smash hits such as Another Brick in The Wall, Hey You and Comfortably Numb, join us for this unique presentation of an historic rock album.

And who’s ready to start thinking about Halloween?

Beetlejuice and his crazy gang of spooks and ghouls are ready to invite you to an Adult Cabaret performance unlike any other as we host a live rock show featuring characters from The Rocky Horror Picture Show alongside legendary Halloween creatures such as Count Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster and Wolf Man. Tables of up to 12 available - what better way for a group

of work colleagues or friends to celebrate the spooky season in style? With a late bar and disco after the show, make it one unforgettable night out. Tickets £15 now on sale (Fancy dress encouraged and with adult themes throughout, this one is not for children.) So, join us this Halloween to celebrate the witching season in style as The Forum Theatre hosts The Rock and Horror Graveyard Show!

Tickets 0333 666 3366 www.theforumtheatre.co.uk

Discount code “INSIDE10” for 10% off all tickets for readers of INSIDE Marple

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down 1 Little House on the ______ (7) 2 Sheet of glass (4) 3 Persistent irrational fear (6) 4 Pass comment (6) 5 Calculator (8) 6 Finely chopped meat (5) 12 Catapaulted, hurled (8) 13 Plotter, conspirator (7) 15 To blame, at fault (6) 16 Chortle, chuckle (6) 17 fashion, mode (5) 19 Make joke (4)

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

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

Watch out! Sudoku is highly addictive.

Solutions on page 44 35

Answers: Screwdriver, chisel, screws, drill, spanner, hammer. Extra letter answer: Pliers

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just 4 kids

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

Monday

Thursday

The Monday Make & Play at St. Sebastian’s 9.15-10.45am Term time only. St Sebastian’s Nursery, United Reformed Church, Hollins Lane. Games, toys, dressing up and singing time, plus a dedicated craft activity that is suitable for babies to children aged 5 and their parents. The cost is £2 per family, includes craft materials, coffee, tea and toast, children’s drinks and snacks.

Toddler Group 10-11.30am Term time only. Mellor Parish Centre, Church Rd. Toys, sing-song and refreshments. £2 per adult. Contact the Parish Centre 0161 484 5079.

St Paul’s Toddler Group 1.15-2.45pm Term time only. St Paul’s Church, Compstall Brow. £1.30 for one child and adult, £1.50 for two children or more, with tea, juice and biscuits included. Contact Lisa on 0161 427 7829 for more information.

Friday Little Stars 9-10.30am Term time only. Brabyns Preparatory School, Arkwright Rd. Just turn up on the day for an engaging and friendly environment for children from new born to 3 ½ years and parents. £1.50 per session. Call the school office on 0161 427 2395 or email

Tuesday

littlestars@brabynsprepschool.co.uk for more info.

Playtime Toddler Group 9.45 – 11.30am Term time only. ‘Connect’, Queen St, Marple. Lots of toys, singing, ‘thought for the day’ and refreshments for children and adults. £1.50 per adult, text Laura 07843 616254

saturday

Toddler Group 9.30-11am Term time only. Marple Methodist Church, Church Lane. £2 per family, please contact Anne on 0161 449 9088.

Little Stars 9.45-10.45am Term time only. Brabyns Preparatory School, Arkwright Rd. Just turn up on the day for an engaging and friendly environment for children from new born to 3½ years and parents. £1.50 per session. Call the school office on 0161 427 2395 or email littlestars@brabynsprepschool.co.uk for more info.

Fun Sign Fun Time 9:30am (under 2’s) and 10:30am (all ages) Marple library. Drop in session, £4 main child, £1 for sibling. www.funsignfuntime.co.uk www.facebook.com/funsignfuntime

sunday Little Fishes 9.30-10am Ridge Methodist Church, Marple. Usually 2nd Sunday of the month. Bible stories,activities and songs, with juice and cake afterwards. Please contact 0161 427 2509

Story Time 2-2.30pm Term time only. Marple Library, Memorial Park. Contact 0161 217 6009.

wednesday Parent & Toddler Group 1.15-3pm Term time only. All Saints Church, Church Lane Marple. Friendly, welcoming environment for children and adults. Toys, craft table, sing-song and refreshments. £1.50 per adult. For more info email the church office at office@allsaintsmarple.co.uk

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

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inside guide

september - october 2018

selected events in your area

Monday 3 to Saturday 15 September

Tuesday 11 September

Marple Naturalists 50th Anniversary Season Exhibition As part of our 50th Anniversary Season we will be holding a free Exhibition in the Library, Marple Memorial Park, illustrating the history of the group and documenting the changing wildlife and habitats of the Marple Area. Normal Library Opening Hours will apply.

East Cheshire National Trust Association Lecture - The National Gardens Scheme with Anne Britt Brookdale Club, Bridge Lane, Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 3AB 2pm

Wednesday 5 September

Marple & District Probus Club Judith Wilshaw on ‘Lead Mining in Derbyshire’ The talk lasts an hour, with a break part way through for coffee/ tea and then questions and any discussion at the end. We usually finish by 11.45am. Visitors and prospective members are always welcome. No charge for visitors. For further details contact 0161 427 1348 Marple Senior Citizens Hall, Memorial Park, SK6 6BE 10.15am

Marple Naturalists. Dave Brotton – Wildlife in the North West Adult Membership £30, visitors welcome £4 for individual meetings, Children free. Subscriptions payable at the September meeting. For further information call Jane Michael 07917 434598 or Derek Clifford 01614274611 www.marple-uk.com United Reformed Church, Hibbert Lane, Marple 8pm

Thursday 6 September Ludworth and Mellor Women’s Institute Monthly Meeting Why not join us at our September meeting when we welcome Anne Wallace OBE. Anne is not just the owner of Taylor’s fish and chip shop in Woodley but also a pioneer of community and adult learning schemes which help improve the lives of local people. New members and visitors are always welcom.e Women’s Institute Hall, Lower Fold, Marple Bridge, 2pm for 2.15pm

Thursday 6 September Would you like to meet new friends? Are you over 50 and single? Thursday Group is a friendship group for men and women, with several activities run by the members every week. These include walking, dancing, badminton, theatre and restaurant visits. For more info see www.thursdaygroup.co.uk or ring Bill on 07505 076838, or just come along to new members night on the first Thursday in each month where you will be met by group members.

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

Wednesday 10 September The Arts Society North East Cheshire The Emperor’s Underground Army. A lecture about the Terracotta Army given by Lars Tharp, lecturer, broadcaster and art historian. Potential new members welcome. To attend as a visitor please contact Maggie Schofield on 0161 427 9451 or info@theartssocietynortheastcheshire.org.uk Brookdale Club, Bridge Lane, Bramhall. Coffee from 9.30am

Wednesday 12 September

WEDNESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER Disley & District Flower Club A flower demonstration by Lynne Stott entitled ‘Destinations.’

Visitors welcome.

High Lane Village Hall 7.30pm

Wednesday 12 September Mellor Women’s Evening Fellowship The Story of the Peak District National Park - Our Century of landscape protection.

Visitors very welcome. More info from Janet Jones 0161 427 1238 Mellor Parish Centre, Church Rd, Mellor 8pm

Thursday 13 September Marple Exploring The Arts presents a concert of French classical music performed by The Quodlibet Winds. The quintet, with clarinettist Emma Tennant, will play compositions by Taffanel, Ibert, Poulenc and a selection of movements from the Tombeau de Couperin by Ravel. Visitors welcome: £5 on the door including wine and nibbles.

The United Reformed Church, Hibbert Lane, Marple at 7.30pm

Friday 14 to Sunday 16 September St. Martin’s Church, Low Marple, Heritage Open Days See In Touch for more detailed programme of events or call Ann Sayer 0161 427 2542. www.stmartinsheritagetrust.org.uk St Martins Church, Marple Continued over

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Friday 14 to Saturday 22 September

Saturday 22 September

Carver Theatre presents Wife after Death, a comedy by Eric Chappell. The mood changes amongst friends and colleagues when an unfamiliar woman in flamboyant mourning clothes turns up at a funeral!

Tickets: £9 or £8 (over 60 concession) via carvertheatre.co.uk or Hollins of Marple 0161 449 8363. Early bird First Friday discount if you book 2 weeks in advance. Season Tickets (for four plays) from £20 (First Friday) £31(concessions) £35 from boxoffice@carvertheatre.co.uk Group rate for Saturday matinee: one free with ten bookings. No performance Sunday.

Carver Theatre, Chadwick Street, Marple SK6 7AX Evening 7.45pm, Sat matinee 2.30pm

Stockport Symphony Orchestra. Bernstein Candide Overture Grieg Piano Concerto soloist: Peter Donohoe. Shostakovich Symphony No 5. www.stockportsymphony.co.uk Stockport Town Hall 7.30pm

Monday 17 September Speaker: Mike Price ‘The Peak District Bird of Prey Initiative’ Mike will update us on progress following publication of the results of the work.

Tea, coffee and Raffle. All welcome - group members free; non-members £2 donation (on the door). Children free. Further information regarding group and events from 0161 427 0881 www.rspb.org.uk/groups/highpeak Marple Senior Citizens Hall, Marple Memorial Park, SK6 6BA 7.30pm

Monday 17 September Marple Local History Society Hotels in the Sky – Story of Zeppelins a talk by Michael Ogden All Welcome, annual membership £10, visitors £3 per meeting Website: www.mlhs.org.uk Methodist Church, Church Lane, Marple, SK6 7AY (near the Carver Theatre) 7.45pm (doors open 7.15pm)

Tuesday 18 September Marple Bridge and Mellor U3A We meet every third Tuesday of the month – today we are having a Charity Day with stalls, games, competitions and refreshments. Our Charity is the North West Dwarf Sports Association and Penny Dean, their representative will be there to talk to people.

For further information contact Barbara 0161 427 6125 St Paul’s Church Hall, Compstall 10am

Friday 21 September Stockport Historical Society “Manchester’s radical mayor: Abel Heywood, the man who built the Town Hall” by Joanna Williams. Visitors very welcome Admission £3. Further information from Tony Nightingale 0161 440 0570 Stockport Sunday School, Nangreave Road, SK2 6DQ (Next to Aquinas College) 7.45pm

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Wednesday 26 September Marple & District Probus Club David Bielowsky on ‘Horticulture’ The talk lasts an hour, with a break part way through for coffee/ tea and then questions and any discussion at the end. We usually finish by 11.45am. Visitors and prospective members are always welcome. No charge for visitors.

For further details contact 0161 427 1348 Marple Senior Citizens Hall, Memorial Park, SK6 6BE 10.15am

Wednesday 26 September Marple Cottage Surgery Patients’ Forum invites members of the Marple, Marple Bridge and High Lane Practices to a talk on ‘Alcohol’ by a member of the official START team (Stockport Triage Assessment Referral Team) which provides a free, confidential service to access alcohol and/or drug support and treatment to those over the age of 26 Marple Methodist Church 6.15pm

Wednesday 26 to Saturday 29 September NK Theatre Arts presents The Wall With special permission from Roger Waters, performed by live rock band and talented cast.

Tickets from £12.50, 24 hr Box Office 0333 666 3366 www.theforumtheatre.co.uk The Forum Theatre, Romiley, Stockport SK6 4EA

Thursday 27 September Marple Exploring The Arts presents a lecture by Simon Webb, General Manager of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra entitled ‘The Changing Role of a Broadcast Orchestra’. From its earliest broadcast from Trafford in 1921, through its formal launch in 1934 as the BBC Northern Orchestra, to its current identity as the BBC Philharmonic Simon will chart the role of the BBC’s orchestra for the North of England, past, present and future.

Visitors welcome: £5 on the door including refreshments.

The United Reformed Church, Hibbert Lane, Marple 7.30pm

Saturday 29 September Disley & Lyme Horticultural Society coffee morning .Time to collect your trophies!! Coffee, cakes, plants and much m 0ore! For further information please visit our website www.dlhs.weebly.com High Lane Village Hall

Monday 1 October

Sunday 7 October

Marple Ladies Luncheon Club The speaker is Sheila Dale who will be talking on Eddie Stobart.

We meet four times a year at Marple Golf Club when we enjoy a delicious two-course luncheon. If you are not a member but you would like to come and try one of our luncheons you would be made very welcome. The cost is £17.50 for guests. To book a guest place, please ring Mrs Ann Haden, on 0161 427 0242 Marple Golf Club, 12 noon for 12.30pm

Autumn A Cappella An afternoon of musical entertainment with Cheshire A Cappella and guests.

Tickets £8/£7 concessions to include cream tea and a glass of fizz Call 01625 429602 or 07801 103479 or email den.jane@gmail.com High Lane Village Hall, Windlehurst Rd, High Lane SK6 6AB

Wednesday 3 October Marple Naturalists Gordon Yates – Arctic and Hebridean Islands Adult Membership £30, visitors welcome £4 for individual meetings, Children free. For further information call Jane Michael 07917434598 or Derek Clifford 01614274611 www.marple-uk.com or on Facebook – Marple Naturalists United Reformed Church, Hibbert Lane, Marple 8pm

Thursday 4 October Ludworth and Mellor Women’s Institute Monthly Meeting Why not join us at our October meeting for a talk by Suze Appleton on Elizabeth Raffald, an 18th century celebrity chef and entrepreneur who published Manchester’s first trade directory. Suze will explain why Elizabeth deserves to be remembered! New members and visitors are always welcome Women’s Institute Hall, Lower Fold, Marple Bridge, 2pm for a 2.15pm start

Thursday 4 October Would you like to meet new friends? Are you over 50 and single? Thursday Group is a friendship group for men and women, with several activities run by the members every week. These include walking, dancing, badminton, theatre and restaurant visits. For more info see www.thursdaygroup.co.uk or ring Bill on 07505 076838, or just come along to new members night on the first Thursday in each month where you will be met by group members.

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

Tuesday 9 October East Cheshire National Trust Lecture AGM and For Ever: For Everyone – Eleanor Underhill Brookdale Club, Bridge Lane, Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 3AB 2pm

WEDNESDAY 10 OCTOBER The Arts Society North East Cheshire The Melting Pot of Malaysia. This lecture by Viv Lawes traces the history of Malaysian fine art practice to include styles such as post-Impressionism and the celebrated expressionism of masters like Latiff Mohidin and Syed Ahmad Jamal, unique forms of expression such as batik painting, the New Scene movement of the 1970s to the Malay-Islamic formulation that dominated the 1980s, and ending with the pluralism of the last 20 years.

To attend as a visitor please contact Maggie Schofield on 0161 427 9451 or info@theartssocietynortheastcheshire.org.uk Brookdale Club, Bridge Lane, Bramhall. Coffee from 9.30am

Wednesday 10 October Marple & District Probus Club David Eccleston on ’Mary Queen of Scots - The Young Queen’ The talk lasts an hour, with a break part way through for coffee/ tea and then questions and any discussion at the end. We usually finish by 11.45am. Visitors and prospective members are always welcome. No charge for visitors For further details contact 0161 427 1348 Marple Senior Citizens Hall, Memorial Park, SK6 6BE 10.15am

Friday 5 to Saturday 6 October Disley Arts Society Exhibition. Framed and unframed originals and cards. Parking and disabled access. Raffle, cakes and refreshments. Open Friday 5pm to 9pm, Saturday 10am to 5pm www.disleyartssociety.weebly.com Disley Methodist Church, 70 Buxton Road, Disley SK12 2EY

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Wednesday 10 October

Monday 15 October

Mellor Women’s Evening Fellowship Do we still need newspapers? - with Andy Sokill. Visitors very welcome. More info from Janet Jones 0161 427 1238 Mellor Parish Centre, Church Rd, Mellor 8pm

High Peak RSPB. Speaker: Professor Ian Rotherham Shadow Woods – A Search for lost Landscapes. Professor Ian Rotherham, Author and Reader at Sheffield Hallam University, talks about recent research that has highlighted both the presence of ‘ghosts’ of ‘lost woods’, and the presence of ‘shadows’ of one-time tree’d landscapes in the British countryside. Tea, coffee and Raffle. All welcome - group members free; non-members £2 donation (on the door). Children free. Further information regarding group and events from 0161 427 0881 www.rspb.org.uk/groups/highpeak Marple Senior Citizens Hall, Marple Memorial Park, SK6 6BA 7.30pm

Thursday 11 October Marple Civic Society Social Evening Why become a councillor? (at the age of 19!) with Councillor Thomas Dowse What attracts young people to want to make a difference, have a say and influence where they live? We think Tom Dowse may have some answers as he became a councillor when he was just 19 years of age. Complimentary glass of wine and nibbles.

7.30pm to 9.15pm, refreshments from 7.10pm

Thursday 11 October Marple Exploring The Arts Lecture by David Seddon entitled ‘Romanticism’. At the turn of the 18th-19th century a changing view of humanity and society emerged. In the Arts it is called Romanticism. David’s talk will attempt to characterise the emergence of the Romantic Movement in music, literature and painting and to fit it into the political changes that were taking place across Europe.

Visitors welcome: £5 on the door including refreshments.

The United Reformed Church, Hibbert Lane, Marple 7.30pm

Friday 12 to Sunday 14 October Mellor Art Society 17th Annual Exhibition Entry is free and there is a cafe serving refreshments and Artwork is for sale St Martins Church Hall, Brabyns Brow, Marple (Next door to Marple’s main station) Friday 1pm-6pm, Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday 11am to 5pm

Saturday 13 October Messy Church A time of welcome, crafts, celebration and a meal together.

For further information call Revd Canon Janet Parker on 01663 764519 St Thomas’ Church, High Lane 3.30pm to 5pm

Monday 15 October Marple Local History Society. What to do with 323 Postcards a talk by Julie Bagnall. All Welcome, annual membership £10, visitors £3 per meeting. Website: www.mlhs.org.uk Methodist Church, Church Lane, Marple, SK6 7AY (near the Carver Theatre) 7.45pm

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Wednesday 17 October Poynton Luncheon Club. Our Winter/Spring season of lunches starts with us celebrating our Pearl Anniversary. Speaker Sir Thomas Ingilby - Behind the scenes at Ripley Castle followed by an excellent lunch at The Deanwater.

Want to join us? Contact membership sec. Pam Orton on 0161 483 4557

Wednesday 17 October Wilmslow Civic Trust. Local historian Ray Acton will give a talk on ‘Life in Wilmslow at the end of the 1st World War.’ Refreshments will be served prior to the talk. The meeting is open to the public, and there will be a charge of £1 for members, and £2 for non - members.

Wilmslow Library 7.30pm for 7.45pm

Thursday 18 October Bramhall U3A Guest speaker - Land Girls and the war at Tatton

FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER Stockport Historical Society. The Stockport Riots by Ruth Faulkner. Visitors very welcome Admission £3.

Further information from Tony Nightingale 0161 440 0570 Stockport Sunday School, Nangreave Road, SK2 6DQ (Next to Aquinas College) 7.45pm

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Wednesday 24 October Marple & District Probus Club John Hooley on ‘The Royal Yacht Britannia and Her Predecessors’. The talk lasts an hour, with a break part way through for coffee/tea and then questions and any discussion at the end. We usually finish by 11.45am. Visitors and prospective members are always welcome. No charge for visitors For further details contact 0161 427 1348 Marple Senior Citizens Hall, Memorial Park, SK6 6BE 10.15am

Thursday 25 October Marple Exploring The Arts Lecture entitled ‘Illusion and Hidden Meanings in Manchester’s Dutch Golden Age’. A joint lecture given by artist, Rebecca Eastment and Manchester Art Gallery’s tour guide, John Ward, will provide us with fascinating glimpses of life during such a dynamic and exciting epoch and reveal meanings in the paintings which the intervening centuries have hidden from us.

Visitors welcome: £5 on the door including refreshments.

The United Reformed Church, Hibbert Lane, Marple 7.30pm

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The Dovedale Singers We are changing our rehearsal night.

From 12 September we will meet on WEDNESDAY evenings at 7.30pm We are 60 this year and, in celebration, are looking to expand and develop our mixed-voice choir.

0161 480 4949

Please come along to Marple URC on Hibbert Lane, Marple.

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