Youe Square Issue 5

YOUR SQUARE ISSUE 5 2016

LET’S GET ACTIVE! Fitness fun

Bloom is Back! Mr Bloom to return in August

News: Stories from around Swinton

Wrappers The Square’s oldest eatery

Recent Events: Photos from Spring in the Square

PLUS GREAT OFFERS & BARGAINS

Your Square/Centre Information

WELCOME A WORD FROM THE CENTRE MANAGER - DAVE SIMISTER Welcome to issue 5 of Your Square Magazine and it feels quite strange to say that. The year has gone so quickly it doesn’t seem very long since we launched our first issue and we are now on to our second year of ‘ground breaking’ events in the Square. So in this issue we look to all the exciting things we have planned over the Summer as the weather looks like it will at last be in our favour. Last month we celebrated Spring with a visit from

the Minions, Mr Yippadee and CBeebies’ Rachel Keatley. Mr Yippadee went down so well that we have invited him back when Mr Bloom comes to see us again in August. We also welcomed our new radio partners to the square - Key 103 who will be joining us for all our events this year. The Summer activities will begin on Saturday 28th May when we are once again running our ‘Let’s Get Active’ day. We will also have some extra sur-

prises in store, on top of all the popular events that ran last year. As I have already mentioned, Mr Bloom is coming to see us again in August and we also have the Chilli Festival planned to take us into Autumn - but more about those later in the issue. In the meantime, enjoy spending the vouchers and enjoying all the special offers in this issue and we look forward to welcoming you down to ‘the Square’ very soon.

Contact Dave: 0161 728 4388 dave.simister@gvafm.co.uk Other resources: swintonsquare.co.uk @swintonsquare facebook.com/swintonsquaresalford Read YOUR SQUARE online at www.yoursquare.org

YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD MANAGEMENT TEAM We work with residents across Swinton and Pendlebury, making sure they feel fully informed about what’s happening in their area, empowered to have their say in the decisions being made and able to get involved in improving things for themselves. Community Committee Local priorities 2015-16 • Working to increase footfall and improve the vibrancy of Swinton town centre. • Supporting young people to get engaged in positive activities • Maximising the use of green spaces in the neighbourhood • Supporting community groups and individuals with growing projects

Karen Smith Neighbourhood Manager Kelly Wray Neighbourhood Development Officer Jo Skeets Admin Officer

AGNES HOPKINS: THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Swinton Square’s adopted charity is the ‘Agnes Hopkins Memorial Centre’ on Clarendon Road. The centre is a place for older residents to meet and offers a range of activities from Craft classes to Tai-Chi, Pilates and Meditation! With money raised by visitors to The Square, the centre has bought a smashing new sign and noticeboard. Thanks to everyone who donated!

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0161 607 1965 salford.gov.uk/communitypriorities @salfordcouncil

SWINTON LEISURE A STAR DROPS IN! The North West Junior Snooker Academy at Swinton Leisure were treated to a surprise visit from United starlet Marcus Rashford who called in to one of their practice sessions in May. The kids at the Academy are coached by Grade A’ world snooker coach Red Davies and they have had plenty of success over the years. Just recently, the 13 year old Kayden Brierley became the North West’s under 16 Champion. The Academy runs sessions on Wednesdays (5-7pm) and Saturdays (11am1pm). The two hour sessions cost just £6, including expert coaching. For more information, please call Swinton Leisure on 0161 794 0672

Your Square/Centre News

SPRING IN THE SQUARE A SUPERHERO CELEBRATION! Our ďŹ rst major event of 2016 took place over two days at the beginning of April and, while the weather was miserable, those who came along certainly werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t! Our guests stars were Mr Yippadee and Rebecca Keatley from CBeebies who provided great entertainment under the cover of the market square while Swinton Square favourites The Minions and Frozen performed on the Key 103 stage. There was a super-hero (and villain!) theme to the event with Batman and Optimus Prime representing the forces of good against some very convincing members of the dark side. It was great to see the Key103 team also getting into the Superhero spirit and raising funds for charity.

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Your Square/Meet the Tenant

ROMAN AND OSCAR WRAPPERS

Owned by Oscar Azizi and Roman Bani-Sadr, Wrappers has been a Swinton Square favourite for more than a decade. To find out more we sat down for a chat with Oscar and a very nice cappuccino. How did you meet Roman? We met in Manchester about 14 years ago. He was working in an Italian restaurant and I was working in a pizza shop, so we both had a background in catering. Eventually we decided to open a business together and started looking for a site. Wrappers had only been open a few months but it was struggling and we knew we could improve it, so we bought it. It’s a strange-shaped building... If it had been me I wouldn’t have built it like this. Before then it was only a shed, you can see the metal bars still here. There is no cellar and not a lot of space to store things so we have to do our shopping every few days. Did you make a lot of changes? Not straight away. We kept the same things but provided a better service and we were very friendly. A lot of our customers are now friends to us. How much has the menu changed? We’ve not changed it a lot but we’ve added things as we have gone along. For example we bought in panini machines and the griddle. What are your best sellers? All our customers love our coffee. I

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pay a lot for it, I buy the best coffee and everyone likes it. You open at 8am, do you do a good breakfast trade? Oh yes. A lot of people come in then just to drink the coffee! You obviously have a lot of regular customers... Yes. For many of them it’s a meeting place. I think a lot of people outside Swinton know where we are, too. A couple of our customers have been coming in since the day we opened. Unfortunately I’ve seen many pass away but I’ve also seen children grow up into businessmen. And you also own Prego, a pizza take-away... Yes. The current Prego is the second one we opened. The first was in Bolton but we sold that. But you don’t sell pizzas in here... No, we don’t have the equipment for it. You would need a special oven and we don’t have a very big kitchen. Any plans for the future? Well, there is a big space at the back of the cafe that I would like to do something with. We’ll see. Anything you would like to add? Yes, I would like to thank all our customers. Without them our business couldn’t grow. The fact that they come here and they are friends with us, that means a lot.

Your Square/Events

COMING UP IN THE SQUARE LET’S GET ACTIVE SATURDAY 28TH MAY Our Get Active day returns ‘Bigger and Better’ with a host of FREE Family activities on the day. In addition to the Climbing Wall and Bungee trampolines, this year we have added a tactical Neo wall where you can challenge the giant computer along with an inflatable Cannonball Shootout. More Family fun comes in the form of the Zippy Zappy workshop where the kids can paint pots. All of this combined with a day of entertainment on the KEY 103 stage adds up to a FREE Family Day not to be missed.

GARDEN IN THE SQUARE

SATURDAY 13TH AUGUST

The ‘ever popular’ Mr Bloom returns to the Square again with his stage show along with our favourite from ‘Spring in the Square, Mr Yipadee. There is a chance to get involved with Pot Painting, Face painting, the children’s Fairground, all rounded off by a day of entertainment on the KEY 103 stage

CHILLI FESTIVAL SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER The Chilli Festival returns with a taste of all things spicy, with stalls from around the world selling HOT goods including Chilli Chocolate, Cheese, Sauces and, like last year, the actual plants themselves. We have a range of hot and cold food to eat on the day, a children’s fairground and even a Salsa Band on the Key 103 stage. So come on down for a ‘Spicy’ day at the Square.

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Your Square/Square Deals & Special Offers

2 x Sausage Rolls: £1.20 2 x Steak pies: £2.20 2 x Meat & Potato Pasties: £1.80 2 x Lemon Drizzle Cake: £2.00

Free sunglassses when you spend £69+ on your first frames.

£5 off when spending £35 on full price items

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MOBILE 4 U

KATH’S TEA ROOM

THE CHOP SHOP

(with in-store voucher)

£20 phone with free sim, unlocked to any network

FREE SCONE

With every Cappuccino or Latte

Extra Lean Skirt Mince £2.20/ Ib

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GLEN’S CUSHIONS AND PILLOWS

Spend £10 and get 10% off your purchase

Spend £20+ and get FREE pair of bounce back pillows

Introduce a Friend You get £30 they get £30 (with in store voucher)

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WRAPPERS FREE BREAKFAST Free Heels with every Stick-on-sole Every second key ½ price

With orders over £15 from www.prego1.com (receipt must be presented to redeem offer and comment must be left on prego1.com website)

Commission free currency Free child places Cruises with free all-inclusive upgrades Summer 2017 on sale

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