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Children’s Activities
Children’ s Activities Things to do with pre-school kids Monday Songs and Rhymes. 9.30am and 10.15am Term time only. 20-30 minutes of informal singing for 0-4s with their grown up. £1.50 per family. Refreshments and mini play area available afterwards. For more information please contact the church office on 01625 528892. Wilmslow Methodist Church WFA Little Strikers Pre-School Football 10-11am 18 months – 4 years Term time only. Wilmslow Parish Hall, Cliff Road. £6 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. Under 5’s Story Time 2.30-3pm Term time only. Handforth Library. Children must be accompanied by a parent or carer. Contact 01625 378272 Tuesday 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. Under 5’s Rhyme time 11-11.30am Term time only. Handforth Library. Children must be accompanied by a parent or carer. Contact 01625 378272 Wednesday Tiddlywinks Mini Church 10am Term time only. Story, songs and craft for under 5’s. £1 donation appreciated. Refreshments and play area available.Please call the church office 01625 528892 for information. Wilmslow Methodist Church. 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. Baby Bounce 2.30pm-3.00pm Suitable for babies 12 months and younger. We sing rhymes with the parents/carers similar to our regular rhyme time but it is more relaxed and calmer session. It is also a wonderful opportunity for first time mums, dads or grandparents to meet other people in the area with similar aged babies. Free of charge. Wilmslow Library Thursday Under 5’s Rhyme Time 11-11.30am Wilmslow Library. Children must be accompanied by a parent or carer. Contact 01625 374060 Baby Massage 1.30pm Term time only. At Wilmslow Methodist church for babies 8 weeks plus. £5 per session, including refreshments. Please call the church office 01625 528892 or make an enquiry online to book a place www.wilmslowmethodists.org.uk 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. TinyTalk baby sign classes 10.45am and midday. Our award winning classes support their language development and confidence in communicating. At Wilmslow Library. For more info contact Claire 07941 904033 www.tinytalk.co.uk/clairebar Baby Rhyme Time 2.15-2.45pm, Alderley Edge Library. This is for babies aged under 1 who are not walking. Sessions run throughout the year. There is no requirement to book a place and the sessions are free. Saturday WFA Little Strikers Pre-School Football 10.45-11.45am for 18 months to 4 years. All year round. Outdoors - Ashdene Primary School, 11 Thoresway Road, Wilmslow, SK9 6LJ £6 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.
Local resident Philip Henshaw has put pen to paper with his memories of Wilmslow and district, during the period from the late 1930s to the end of the 1960s. With apologies in advance for any errors and omission, he suggested people might enjoy reading them and maybe joining in with their own reminiscences.
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I know of no previous name for that lane but there seems to be no lane there at all on the 1842 tithe map (map by Wilmslow Historical Society 1998) I did once see some Water Board maps which showed Oak Lane as North Oak Lane.
Regarding the farm and fields worked by Mr Potts, his field has Regents Bank and Stoney Lane houses on it now. It contained a pond opposite South Oak Lane. That pond is also on the tithe map mentioned above. Once a year we would go and watch the thresher machine doing its work. I seem to remember that it was powered by a wheel on the tractor.
Mr Potts also worked the fields behind Gravel Lane where now stands Ashdene School. In that field was an ancient oak tree which we would climb. There were massive nails all the way up which might have been there since the 19th century. Entrances to the fields were at Thoresway Road (now the school entrance) and possibly at Croft Road. No added building at those roads. The entrance at Rostherne Road was added to by new houses, a few were there previously. The other entrance was started from scratch and became Capesthorne Road.
Once, Mr Potts and his horse were ploughing on a hot summer’s day, possibly in the late 40s. He asked me for water, and I seem to remember him asking for it in a pitcher. When he got it, he had a long drink then poured the rest into his trilby and his horse drank from that. Like Mrs May, he did not catch us rolling in his cornfield…!
Philip can be contacted, afternoons only, on 01625 408891 or by text only on 07898 608278
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