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Lessons in Life

Boys and girls at St Elizabeth’s Primary School, Peel Hall, have successfully reared ten tiny chicks, from just eleven eggs!
The delighted children in year 1 kept records on the progress of their furry friends, one of which required special care after appearing to be sick.
The pupils gave it a tiny bath to remove bits of [...]

Mind Your Manners

CHILDREN from Brookway High School and Sports College in Wythenshawe were on their best behaviour as they took a slice of etiquette training and healthy eating advice from hospitality bosses at City of Manchester Stadium.
The class of Year Seven students were given an exclusive insight into the Stadium’s award winning hospitality, as they took residence [...]

Funtastik

Wythenshawe’s climate change youth group ‘Rite2no’ have organised a fundraising event that will not only educate children, young people and their families on eco-issues but also provide a great Saturday afternoon’s entertainment.
Children can transform rubbish into gift bags, jewellery and fashionable wallets, express themselves with recycled artwork or make a personalised bumper badge.  With Manchester [...]

A Peal of Bells

Bell ringers from South Lancashire and Cheshire had a Sponsored Pearl at St Marys and All saints Church, Great Budworth, raisinf £1000 for Wythenshawe Hospital’s Ticker Club.
A peal comprises of a minimum of 5040 changes, none repeated, and it took them three hours to ring. Two members of the band have had open heart surgery [...]

Old Fashioned Fun

Wythenshawe town centre played host to all things Victorian on a fun-filled Saturday which included many free activities in the shopping centre and on Forum Square.
Entertainment highlights featured members of the cast of ‘Oliver’ –prior to their appearance on stage at Forum Hall – singing songs from the musical, with a bonus appearance by musicians [...]

Volunteer Honored

A man from Manchester whose life was changed following a stroke brought on by a mugger’s attack, was honoured for his volunteering work at a star-studded Life After Stroke Awards in Central London, hosted by radio presenter Neil Fox.
Bill Harrad, from Baguley, was presented with the Life After Stroke Award for Volunteering by TV presenter [...]

A Splendid Partnership

Wythenshawe Cricket Club’s juniors section were ‘bowled over’ by the fantastic donation of a cheque for £850 from The Manchester Airport Community Trust Fund, to purchase much needed training and coaching equipment for the Longley Lane ground, presented by the trustees.
Julie Armstrong, Manchester Airport’s HR Director and trustee, was ‘astounded’ by the excellently maintained ground, so [...]

Reviewing the Situation

WFM Drivetime Presenter Mike George is pictured on the set of ‘On Yer Bike’, theatre company’s production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver, at Wythenshawe Forum, with Matthew Pettit, Francis Lee and Gemma Scott (Oliver, Bill Sykes and Artful Dodger).
The drive time host also interviewed councilor Glynn Evans, who received a cheque for the group from Cllr. [...]

Hospital Heartbeat Show

Community Radio Station WFM 97.2 has launched a new programme at Wythenshawe Hospital, broadcast on Thursday afternoons 2pm – 3pm, repeated on Tuesdays at Midnight.
Presenter Mike George says, The Hospital Heartbeat programme is broadcast in the hospital through the Patientline units of which there are over 750 by the bedsides.  We have increased the number [...]

On The Beach in Northern Moor

Piper Hill school in Yew Tree Lane hosted the third annual beach fun day, with a talent show, sandcastle competition, coconut shy, face painting, inflatable slide, bouncy castle, and barbecue.
The event was organised by Northern Moor Community Church, who meet in the school every Sunday 11am
Dan Blaycock said “Despite the poorer weather,the Beach party was [...]