Browsing all posts in November, 2009.
A Busy Day at School
On the same day that the school’s council met to consider health issues, thirty parents at St. Anthony;s R.C. Primary in Woodhouse Park took part with their children in a speech and language workshop which culminated in a joint activity. Head Teacher, John Gretton, said, “St Anthony’s school is constantly seeking to involve all the [...]
Boxing Clever
The Jimmy Egan Boxing Academy took a new strong team to the Peticur Bay Holiday Park, Fife, where they faced a strong Scotland Eastern District Select team.
Opening the evening was George Brennan, who was defeated by Joe Murray ( Craigmillars A.B.C.)
Andre Anders won a great contest against Kelty’s Danny Tarling, and Macauley McGowan put in [...]
Family Cooking
Saint Paul’s Catholic High School is working hard to encourage families to cook fresh healthy food as well as teaching their pupils some essential life skills. The school is running a series of after-school sessions where children and parents are working together to create dishes which they can then eat together.
The session focused [...]
Happy 90th Harold
Wythenshawe World’s record holding veteran swimmer Harold Dodd reaches the age of ninety next week. Former Eighth Army Soldier Harold, from Gladeside Road, Benchill, who has held many British European and World records, in his age category at a wide range of distances over the years, has now been forced to retire from swimming due [...]
Sowing The Seeds For Community Growth
Students and teachers from the Manchester Health Academy and The Manchester College in partnership with Laing O’Rourke helped transform a community allotment in the style of Ground Force at the Brooklands Estate Allotments in just one community support day.
The makeover included construction of an allotment shop, communal meeting shed, bee hives, orchid area, seating [...]
Community Legal Advice
Residents hard hit by the recession are to be given a £9m helping hand with the development of six new community advice centres.
Manchester City Council working in partnership with the Legal Services Commission will develop the centres across the city making them the largest community legal advice service in England and Wales.
The new style [...]
“Not In My Neighborhood” Week
Police in south Manchester will be speaking to residents as part of an ongoing initiative to raise awareness about what is being done to make communities safer and tackle neighbourhood issues.
Not in My Neighbourhood Week will see police and police community support officers (PCSOs) patrol selected streets across the borough to conduct face-to-face surveys with [...]
The Handyman by Ronald Harwood
This was the second play in the Northenden Players’ current season at the Victoria Road Hall. The action takes place on the terrace of the upmarket house of Cressida Field (Stacey Lane) and Julian Field (Andrew Foulkes), set in the heart of the Sussex countryside in the summer of 1996.
Roman Kozachenko (Peter Bowers) or Romka [...]
Closure Of Willow Park House
Willow Park House, the current head office of the east Wythenshawe Housing will be closing to the public on Friday 27th November and all staff will have moved by the end of December 2009. This is to make way for the development of the Wythenshawe campus for The Manchester College.
This new £27.5 million college campus [...]
Christmas A The Forum
The Forum Centre hosts a ‘Christmas & Crafts’ fair on Saturday 12 December between 10.00am and 4.00pm. A number of organisations are attending in support of ‘Help for Heroes’, with representation from the emergency services , the RAF Association and the army.
The event is well supported by members of the local community with stalls selling [...]