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On Our DOORSTEP SALFORD • ISSUE 72 • AUGUST/SEPTEMBER21

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Contents

Editor’s Note...

We hope you’ve had a great summer so far - whether you are holidaying at home or managed to finally go abroad. With the last lockdown restrictions being lifted and school bubbles coming to an end, the rest of 2021 is looking brighter!

All going well, we can enjoy a more stable and positive home, work and school life!

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Community events are back and our What’s On guide is filling up again! I’ve missed the local events and it’s great to see festivals and family fun days returning.

Over the last couple of months, I’ve been lucky enough to visit RHS Bridgewater a few times and it’s wonderful to see it grow and develop so quickly. I enjoy it more each time! If you haven’t been yet, make sure you go soon. It’s FREE to Salford residents on Tuesdays for the first year. Book online - spaces fill up fast!

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Step back in time

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Dino Babies Competition

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St Mark’s Graveyard Tales

Fascinating stories behind the headstones

Old Dick Evans

The famous dog buried in Mosley Common

Shop Local Guide

Support our local businesses and artisans

Just for Kids!

Puzzles and brainteasers for the kids

A Passion for Plotting

Geoff’s story of how it all began!

Working from Home

Creating an office space in your garden

Just for Fun!

As lockdown comes to an end, please keep shopping locally and supporting our wonderful local businesses!

Susie Editor

On Our Doorstep is published by Zig Zag Ventures, an independent publisher. The contents of this magazine may not be reprinted or reproduced without the express permission of the Publisher. Views expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect those of the Publisher.

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Perfect Preparation for Infant School and Beyond Bolton School's Nursery Class for 3 and 4 year olds, which launched in 2012, continues to excel in ensuring young children are school-ready.

Teacher Mrs Browning explains what the class is all about: “We help prepare young children for the move to Infant School and beyond.

Whilst girls and boys enjoy lots of play-based fun, there are also more structured classes to support language, literacy, phonics and maths, and a range of activities including attendance at our Infant School assemblies, music lessons, Spanish lessons and swimming lessons.

“The class represents the perfect choice for those families who want to join Bolton School at an early stage. It ensures children are :schoolready’ in every way. We achieve this through a combination of formal and informal

learning. The children follow a play-based curriculum and are provided with a mixture of independent, child-initiated activities and structured, teacher led activities; examples include daily phonics sessions, daily Maths Mastery practical lessons, weekly Cookery School and themed units of work. Strong emphasis is placed upon developing politeness, good manners and good listening skills. Children here are happy and confident in their environment and quickly become independent learners.”

A delighted parent, Mrs Chen, said: "The Nursery Class has been fantastic for Imogen. Even though she is a child who doesn't like change much, she settled in from day one. Mrs Browning and Mrs Patel provide a warm and caring environment to make her feel secure. Imogen shares her days in nursery with us and comes home full of exciting things she has done, like making pizza, play-

ing in the hairdressers, singing in Spanish and swimming lessons. We made the right choice to send Imogen to the Nursery Class.”

An equally enthusiastic Mrs Pierson also praised the class: "My husband and I are delighted with the Pre-School Class. It is inviting and stimulating with many examples of the tasks of the day illustrated on the walls.

Mrs Browning and Mrs Patel provide a warm and caring environment where our child feels secure, valued and encouraged.”

Separate from Bolton School’s

Nursery, this teacher-led class runs from 8.00am-3.15pm each day during term-time.

Wrap-around care, before and after the class, is also available at Kidzone from 7.30am-6.00pm and during holiday periods. Parents can therefore opt for either fulltime, 51 weeks of the year care or a school term time pre-school education.

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Local History

The Fascinating Stories behind the Headstones at St. Mark's Churchyard, Worsley

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n the churchyard there are about 4,000 grave plots. Some hold just one body, others may have as many as six. The first entry in the Burial Registers was on 10th July 1846 - 8 days after the consecration of the church. This was for Oliver Eckersley of Shaving Lane, who had died aged 2 years of croup (Plot Y2310).

A quick glance across the area will reveal differing styles (gothic arch, table, tomb, flat stones, celtic cross); different headstone (marble, granite, stone). Behind and beneath these graves lie thousands of different stories, some of which are now coming to light. Who were these people? Nobility, former mayors, professionals, children (numerous), artisans, cotton spinners, agricultural labourers, colliers, art dealers, housewives, servicemen... the list is endless.

Sometimes, the inscription on a headstone or a particular design attracts the attention of the researcher or passer-by, enough to spark a curiosity.

To take one example - at the east end of the church, slightly towards the north side, stands a tall pink marble memorial stone with a curved top. The inscriptions face eastwards, towards the motorway.

Part of the inscription reads: IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM AGNEW CREATED BARONET IN 1895. BORN OCTOBER 20TH 1825.

DIED OCTOBER 31TH 1910. So who was he?

WILLIAM AGNEW (1825-1910) William Agnew was born in 1825, the son of Thomas Agnew and Jane Garnet Lockett.

Thomas Agnew was Mayor of Salford when Queen Victoria came in 1851 and it was he who presented the Loyal Address on behalf of the borough in Peel Park. By 1835, he was the sole owner of a printselling and print-publishing business. Gradually the business moved into the world of dealing in pictures, to satisfy the wealthy Manchester merchants and mill owners who began to collect works of art by contemporary painters. He had also been largely instrumental in obtaining Peel Park for the town, and furnishing it with an admirable Museum.

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married Mary Kenworthy on 25 March 1851 at St. John's, Manchester. They in turn had 6 children - 4 sons and 2 daughters. As a matter of interest, three of the brothers, George William, Charles Morland and Walter represented Cambridge University at rugby. The fourth son, Philip Leslie, went to Oxford University.

William and Thomas Agnew became pivotal in the firm's rise in London, where Thos.

Agnew & Sons first established itself in 1860, specialising in Old Master paintings.

Aside from the art and publishing business, William Agnew became the Member of Parliament for South East Lancashire, 1880–1885.

He was created a Baronet, of Great Stanhope Street, London, on 2 September 1895 on the recommendation of Lord Rosebery. William and several of the Agnew family were buried in the churchyard.

[For more information, please visit the website of the Worsley Civic Trust > St.Mark's Church Graveyard Tales]

Written by Paul Speakman, Worsley

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Local History

THE STORY OF THE CITY AND OLD DICK EVANS

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ld Dick Evans – belonged to a miner who lived in New Manchester, a small mining community between Tyldesley and Walkden, the area is known locally as “The City”. In the 1800s there were several active collieries in the area. I understand the City was called this to attract miners from Manchester, it had common names like Shudehill, Gatley Road and of course City Road. The village had a cricket field, shops and a chapel, where two of my children were the last to be christened there before it closed.

City Road and Lower New Row were unmade when we lived there, probably the worst road in the area.

Some doctors even refused to come down the road as it caused damage to their cars. In those days many walkers came through the City as there were many public footpaths leading to Walkden and Little Hulton.

The dog’s grave could be clearly seen at the side of a well made gravel path and people often left flowers on the grave and almost everyone stopped to read the plaque. Children in the City picked flowers and left them at the grave stone.

The road was eventually engineered and covered with tarmac by the coal board as a goodwill gesture - mainly because they intended to use the roads for their trucks, as they planned to open-cast (mine) the area. However due to strong local resistance and the great crested newt, that never happened. The roads were never adopted by the council to this day they remain unadopted.

We do not know what kind of dog Old Dick Evans was, but he must have been incredibly loyal to his master who trained him to take his owner’s lunch to nearby Madam’s Wood pit every day.

The three local pits: Ellenbrook, Gately and Madam’s Wood were connected by a mineral line railway.

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Tragically on his way to the pit one day Old Dick was hit by a coal truck travelling from Ellenbrook to Madam’s Wood, this would have been only few hundred yards from the City.

His distraught owner laid him to rest and was determined to create a long-lasting memorial to his faithful companion who had given his life to serving him. He had a memorial stone carved and placed at the edge of Four Acre field, close to the spot where he was killed. It has remained there for nearly 160 years. The stone has become weathered, but it is still possible to read the carved inscription which says: “IN MEMORY OF OLD DICK EVANS HE WAS KILLED OCTOBER 1862.”

There is also lettering along one edge of the stone which has been damaged. It ends with the word “dog”.

I imagine it originally echoed those simple words of praise used by all owners “GOOD DOG”.

It is only my opinion that the stone should be moved as it is inaccessible - the path is closed by steel gates as Common Head Farm no longer exists. The footpaths are in a very poor state and seldom used by the public.

The stone is in danger of being undercut by rising waters and erosion and falling into the brook. Hopefully, with the landowner’s permission, it can be saved and moved to a safer place on Mosley Common Green or the Lancashire Mining Museum in Astley Green, where it will be preserved and appreciated by the local community and the wider public.

People will learn the story of the loyal dog who gave his life serving his owner. His memory will live on as intended when the stone was carved all those years ago, and Old Dick Evans was laid to rest as his owner mouthed those words one last time, “Good Dog”.

Written by Carole Greenhalgh, Mosley Common

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DETERMINED SUPPORTERS VOW TO RACE FOR LIFE People are being urged to look beyond lockdown by making a date to join Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Manchester.

The charity’s much-loved events are aiming to return to the city this autumn but with socially distanced measures to keep participants safe. Money raised will help scientists find new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, saving lives as the charity fights back from the impact of the pandemic.

Every year around 42,300 people are diagnosed with cancer in the North West and one in two people in the UK born after 1960 will get cancer in their lifetime.

The Race for Life events, which take place at Heaton Park on Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th October, are open to people of all ages and abilities. There are also events taking place in Tatton Park, Wigan, Oldham, Leigh and Stockport during September and October. Events include a 3K, 5K, 10K as well as Pretty Muddy, a mud-splattered obstacle course.

Siobhan Byrne, Cancer Research UK’s spokesperson for Greater Manchester, said: “Race for Life offers the perfect opportunity for people across the region to run, walk or jog and raise money for lifesaving research.”

“All 400 mass participation Race for Life events across the UK were cancelled last year to protect the country’s health during the COVID-19 pandemic. So this year, more than ever, we need people to enter the Race for Life - for the people we love, for the people we’ve lost and for the one in two of us who will get cancer.”

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Kids event which raise millions of pounds every year to help beat cancer by funding crucial research.

Money raised funds world-class research to help beat 200 types of cancer - including bowel cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, testicular cancer, brain cancer, children’s cancers and leukaemia.

Siobhan added: “The safety of our Race for Life participants is our absolute priority. It may be that events look a bit different this year but we are working proactively with our venues and suppliers to deliver a socially distanced but great experience. We promise our events will remain colourful, emotional and uplifting“.

“Sadly, cancer touches almost every family at some point. Every step our scientists take towards beating cancer relies on our supporters. That’s why we need as many people as possible across Greater Manchester to join us, to stand united and do something extraordinary to help beat cancer.”

“We know that 2020 was a year like no other and we had to overcome many challenges thrown our way during the pandemic. But this past year proves, more than any other, the value of investing in science and medical research and what can be achieved by working together. Just like science is our route out of the pandemic, science is our route to beating cancer. We are determined to continue to create better cancer treatments for tomorrow.”

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Local Charity

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In June, over 390 Food Parcels were given out, feeding 641 people, including 240 children. Nearly 7,000kgs of food was given to other food clubs in Salford. We are making a difference, but demand is set to rise!

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Our foodbank parcels provides three days of nutritionally balanced, nonperishable food for individuals and families. Our Distribution Centres have been coping well with the increased demand. Our Distribution Centre at Swinton Gateway recently opened 5 days a week (Mon-Fri) 10am-4pm. Operated by the Gateway staff, we are very grateful to the staff and Salford Council for this great opportunity to jointly support the people in crisis in this area of Salford.

Ways to donate: Drop off your donations at a local supermarket: Sainsbury (Regent Rd), Tesco (Pendelton way), Morrisons Swinton & Eccles and Asda Swinton.

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Local Business Feature

Specscart makes it ‘Big’ Albert Gubay Award Winner to open doors to a large Experience Centre in Walkden

Award-winning eyewear store Specscart is all set to complete its much-awaited Big Move in the Walkden Town Centre by mid-August. It aims to create an even better shopping experience, where customers can walk in and check out the latest designs, or just learn what's new in the world of eyewear fashion.

Specscart’s story started in 2017 when Sid Sethi won the Albert Gubay Awards at the University of Manchester. Then student, Sid won the award and was rewarded a retail unit and business support funding by The Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation.

With a small funding of £5,000, a retail store and a big dream in his heart, then only 22 years old, Sid set out to revolutionise the eyewear industry.

Now in 2021, Specscart’s growth has enabled the venture to move into a 10X bigger store in the new side of the centre.

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embraced not just me, but my idea and startup as well," says Sid. He got the idea for Specscart when he broke his glasses 3 days before his final exam at the University of Manchester.

“In most of the stores, I felt like I was entering a dentist’s clinic. Decent, fashionable glasses cost well above £150-200. And they would be placed behind the counters, so you would hesitate to try them on and see how they felt. The posters would advertise science-y features like “freeform lenses” and “reflex vision”. The whole experience felt like you were purchasing a medical device and not something that’s probably the most intimate accessory that you can own. I want to provide high quality and trendy frames at affordable prices. And because we make glasses right here in Manchester, the turnaround time also is a lot less."

What has been the recipe behind this growth? “We are just very hardworking and genuine in our approach. Customers see that and they love us they go above and beyond to keep us here, and we will do everything for them! The biggest

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hallmark of our success is the number of repeat customers we get. They truly become a part of the Specscart family.”

It wasn't all a smooth ride from the beginning.

Although it sounds like a dreamy start, Specscart was located in a part of the centre with minimal footfall, surrounded by vacant stores. But the small Walkden startup got people’s love for their very family-like service, and that led to an unprecedented amount of word-of-mouth marketing.

It was during this time that Specscart launched its iconic services - free protective coatings on lenses, quick turnaround time and free eye tests for everyone. When Specscart came on to the scene, free eye tests were only available through NHS vouchers.

But this new age eyewear brand has opticians to serve everyone - regardless of age or whether they have a voucher or not.

What's next for Specscart?

In just a short period, Specscart has already opened its in-house lab in Bury last year. With its large experience centre in the newer side of the Walkden Centre, Specscart has proved how their award was so well deserved. "No matter how big strides we take, we will always remember our first step. Since the very beginning, the Walkden community has given us a lot of support and encouragement.”

“Our vision has always been to provide a memorable and pleasant buying experience to customers. Customers saw our genuine efforts and fully backed our independent business. It also enabled us to form family-like relations with them, with a lot of our business coming from repeat customers,” concludes Sid.

To find out more about us and to view our range of eyewear, visit

www.specscart.co.uk Tel: 0161 3125765 | specscartuk

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Our Community

A PASSION FOR PLOTTING ...how it all began

Geoff Hamilton has been writing articles on life at the Macmillan Cancer Support allotment for over 6 years now. In that time the trend for ‘growing your own’ has gained momentum and millions across the UK are trying their hand at ‘The Good Life’. We thought it was time to shine the spotlight on Geoff and to share with you how his passion for plotting blossomed...

In 2012, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer and part of my recuperation plan was to take more exercise in the open-air and to change my diet to include as much home grown and naturally produced foodstuffs as possible.

By chance, the Bowel Cancer Support Group, based at Salford Royal, was asking for volunteers to help on a new Macmillan Project at Peel Green. My wife Jackie and I agreed to visit the site and meet the Project Leader, before committing to the idea; we had never grown veg before!!

We met the Project Leader who introduced us to the allotment group chairman, Don Booth, who turned out to be no stranger to us. We had been friends for 50 years! They explained the plan to us and we did some trial potato planting on a small plot which had been unused for several years. We all had a cup of tea and agreed to meet up the following week and see how we felt about joining the Project. Regrettably, the Project Leader didn’t turn up again so, we felt lost and turned to Don and his wife Sylvia for help and advice, which they gave freely.

The plot gave us a crop of potatoes, which we gave away at the Support Group meetings, in return for donations to Macmillan. By then, we were bitten by the ‘grow your own’ bug.

Our companion volunteers, Mary and Charlie join us when they are free. We enjoy each others’ company, share ideas and give Charlie problems and challenges which he enjoys fulfilling, just to prove he can solve any problem!

When a nearby larger, overgrown plot was offered to us we moved on to it and completely changed the layout and the method of operation.

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Over the years we have found new crops to grow and we now have: cabbage, cauliflower, purple sprouting broccoli, red and white onions, three varieties of tomatoes, basil, a grape vine and a kiwi vine, black, red and white currants, blueberries, sprouts and three varieties of potato.

Our group is affiliated to the Macmillan charity, although we have changed the name of our organisation, we are now ‘The Salford Cancer Support Gardening Group’ and we aim to provide work, light or energetic, according to personal need, to anyone affected, personally or by family contact, by any kind of cancer. We operate in the open-air and meet each week for a progress meeting and to sort out work programmes.

During the pandemic the plotters carried on tending the site and the crops, in line with the COVID rules, with several bonuses, since the nearby motorway fell silent (almost) and the birds could breathe and sing. We had the chance to sit, listen and appreciate a quiet world, which many people will never be able to enjoy, that is usually, full of the cacophony of modern life.

This is a place where we are free, the crops we grow never complain, but we watch them do their best and eat them just because we can!

If you want to know more about our group, please contact Macmillan Cancer Information at Salford Royal.

Jackie & Geoff Hamilton

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Local History

A Step Back In Time...

A nostalgic look at our towns and villages 60+ years ago.

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3. Local resident Mike Shaw’s father building their family bungalow on Wesley Drive, Roe Green 4. Tram Terminus, Peel Green post 1901 (Eccles Community Hall Organisation)

5. Worsley Old Village Store 1961, Barton Road, now Worsley Stores

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Working from Home that’s not at Home For many of us, working from home or flexi-working was a dream that seemed just that little out of reach. The global pandemic, where we have all been required to do just that, seemed like a great opportunity to fulfil that dream. However, while it appeared to be an ideal scenario, the reality doesn’t always match our expectations. Setting up to work on the kitchen table or having a dedicated office room in the house, may work. The issues that many have found is that, particularly if you have a family, the environment is not quite as suitable as expected.

Being at home can be distracting, someone (partner, children, even pets) quite often needs our attention. The home phone rings, household chores are in eye sight and can be an easy method of procrastination and sometimes just being in the house makes it difficult to get into the right mind set.

walk out onto, a porch or veranda can be added.

Putting in insulation can keep the temperature inside regulated so that you can work throughout the year regardless of summer (if we ever get a proper summer here in the UK) or during those cold winter months. Some come with this as standard or at an additional cost. To keep it from feeling as if you’re boxed in, windows of all shapes and sizes can be installed and not just your simple shed windows, but full double-glazing to keep that noise out and allow you to focus on work. It also means that you can be in a more professional environment for those Zoom/Teams meetings with colleagues, clients or suppliers.

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Summer Houses and Garden Rooms are a great way to have an office at home but also provides that mental change where you physically leave the house to go into a dedicated location for work.

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Summer houses and Garden Rooms give you the environment and quiet needed to be in the correct professional headspace, yet it’s right on your doorstep.

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WHAT’S ON August-September COMMUNITY EVENTS

SALFORD LIBRARIES Various sites Several libraries are now open for Browsing or PC appointments: Eccles, Broughton, Swinton, Pendleton and Walkden Libraries.

Call to arrange Browsing or PC appointments.

Monday to Friday, 10am-5.30pm Saturdays, 10am-1pm (excl. Broughton) FREE www.salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk/libraries COMMUNITY ACTION SHOP The Beehive Community Centre Mosley Common, M28 1BG Come in and have a look around.

Everyone welcome. Bring a bag to pick up FREE supermarket surplus food. Shop our stalls, many items only 50p! Also accepting donation of toys, books, shoes, homeware, baby accessories, pots and pans...

Mon to Thu, 9.30-11.30am Fri to Sat, 9.30am-1.00pm Tel: 0161 376 8229 FB: thebeehivecommunitycentre COMMUNITY CAFE, GARDENS, ALLOTMENTS & CROQUET! Buile Hill Park Salford Stop by at the community cafe at Seedley Pavilion whilst out for your walk. Gardens and allotments open 30min before and after cafe opening times. Croquet sessions Thursdays and Saturdays. Toilets available.

Friendly dogs welcome.

Wednesday, 12.30-4pm Thursday, 12.30-6pm Saturday, 12.30-4pm Sunday, 8am-12.30pm Facebook: FriendsOfBuileHillPark

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THE PAVILION CAFE Parr Fold Park Visit the café which is located in the park’s pavilion, next to the tennis courts and the children’s play area.

Serving hot and cold drinks, cakes and ice creams, it’s the perfect spot to stop this summer for refreshments whilst visiting the park.

Thursday to Sundays 11.30am - 4.30pm Facebook: FriendsofParrFoldPark2 VOLUNTEER SESSIONS Lightoaks Park The Friends of Lightoaks Park is a group of volunteers that work to make the park a fantastic green space for our community. We would love for you join us, in weeding the borders, planting bulbs and trees and enjoying the great outdoors.

No tools or experience required, all ages and abilities are welcome.

2nd and 4th Sunday each month 11.00am - 1.00pm FREE Facebook: lightoakspark FOODBANK COLLECTION Lightoaks Park Foodbank collection at the Tea'osk.

All donations very much appreciated by us and the food banks.

Salford Foodbank are in need of: TINNED MEAT • INSTANT COFFEE TINNED FRUIT • UHT MILK • TINNED SPAGHETTI • LONG LIFE FRUIT JUICE Sun 8th August Sun 12th September 10.00am - 4.00pm FREE Facebook: lightoakspark WORSLEY TOWNSWOMENS GUILD Worsley Court House Join us for our monthly talk. Visitors welcome. Refreshments included.

Speaker is Philip Austin on Monton Lighthouse. (No meeting in August).

Mon 6th September 7.30pm £2.50 Anne Adams: 0161 728 6783

ECCLES & DISTRICT HISTORY SOCIETY Alexandra House, Peel Green Join our monthly talks on a wide range of topics relating to local and national history. Speaker is David George on Liverpool to Manchester Railway. Second Wednesday of each month. Non-members welcome.

Wed 8th September, 7.30pm Annual membership £18.00 Visitor’s fee £3.00 per meeting Email: eccleshistory@yahoo.co.uk www.edhs.btck.co.uk

CLASSES & TUITION

ONE TO ONE GUITAR AND BASS LESSONS 48 Higher Green Lane, Astley, M29 7HG Ever thought of learning guitar?

Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced all welcome.

Acoustic, Electric and Bass – Recording available. Relaxed, Professional and Experienced guitar lessons. DBS checked.

Online sessions available.

Monday to Thursday, 9-9.30pm Friday, 9am-7pm Saturday, 8.15am-5.15pm £17.00 per 45 minute session Mark: 07780681585 E: mark@boltonguitartuition.com www.bigredfireengine.com CONTACT US ON 07967 978831

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HEALTH & FITNESS COVID RISK HEALTH CHECK Venues across Salford Salford Health Improvement Service is offering free health assessments to anyone over 18 who works in, or has a GP, in Salford. Checks take 20 mins and results available immediately.

Swinton Gateway Mondays, 1-6pm Walkden Gateway Wednesdays, 1-6pm Eccles Gateway Fridays, 9am-1pm Boothstown Community Centre Call for availability Book your appointment Tel: 0800 952 1000 (option2)

ONLINE EXERCISE SESSIONS Salford Health Improvement Come and join our virtual 6 weekly physical activity sessions. Sessions run throughout the year: Shape Up From Home We’ll guide you through a series of easy to follow exercises using everyday equipment from your own home. Grab those tins of baked beans and boost your energy levels!

Sit Down and Strengthen Seated chair exercises to improve your mobility, strengthen muscles, and help prevent falls. Easy to follow.

Suitable for all levels and all ages.

FREE DYNA BAND and PERSONAL EXERCISE PLAN for all participants completing a 6 week programme.

Various days and times available FREE (booking required) Tel: 0800 952 1000 (option2) E: health.improvement@salford.gov.uk FB: salfordhealthimprovement

What’s On OPEN WATER SWIMMING Salford Watersports Centre, Salford Quays, M50 3SQ Enjoy the adventure of swimming outdoors! Different length courses for all abilities. Professional coaching for all levels available. Limited spaces, book online. Block passes and discount memberships available.

Mon, Tue & Thu, 5-8pm Sundays, 8.45-11.45am £5 Adult, £4 Junior Tel: 0161 778 0109 www.salfordwatersports.com RUN TALK RUN WORSLEY Standfield Centre, Boothstown A free weekly 5km gentle jog where people can talk to others. Combine the benefits of talking and exercise with an emphasis of individual and collective health and well-being. A great way of meeting new people.

Sign up via an app called MyCrew.

Tuesdays, 6.45pm for 7pm start FREE Instagram: runtalkrun_worsley WELLBEING WEEKLY WALK Mosley Common Pit Wheel Join us on our weekly walks. Meet at Mosley Common Pit Wheel, Bridgewater Road, M28 1AD. Walks are suitable for those looking to get active and enjoy the great outdoors.

No toilet facilities available. Please do not attend if feeling unwell.

Thursdays, 10.30-11.30am FREE Tracy Morris: 07943 840 25 www.wigan.gov.uk/BeWell WETLANDS WALK Kersal Wetlands Join Salford Rangers on this 2 hour walk. May involve steps & uneven ground. Meet at the end of South Radford Street.

Sun 8th August 10.30am - 12.30pm FREE (booking essential) Email: rangers@salford.gov.uk

SALFORD RANGER WALKS Clifton Country Park Join the rangers on these longer walks. Please wear suitable clothing and footwear. Meet at Visitor Centre.

Approx 2 hours. Booking required.

Mon 9th August Onto Clifton Moss and back along the River Irwell.

Mon 16th August To Hurst Wood, to take in the sweeping views across the valley.

10.00am - 12.00pm FREE (booking essential) Tel: 0161 793 4219 Email: rangers@salford.gov.uk Facebook: SalfordRangerTeam

KIDS ACTIVITIES BUMPS & BUGGIES PARENT GROUP Monton A friendly local group, set up during lockdown by new mum Natalie, to meet other local parents. Organised weekly walks and group chats. We welcome parents of children of all ages. To join or learn a little more, please send request via Facebook.

Online group, weekly walks FREE Facebook: bumpsandbuggiesmonton PARENT & CHILD GYMNASTICS Worsley Leisure Centre Fun activity session with equipment to climb, crawl and bounce. Music and toys to encourage movement and simple gymnastics skills. Ages 12mth to 2.5yrs (adult must attend).

No booking, just come and join in!

Thursdays, 2.00pm £4.00 per session (pay as you go) www.salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk Facebook: SalfordLeisure1 TINY TOTS RAMBLES Clifton Country Park An hour’s slow ramble for parents and carers with small children. Jump in puddles, climb the “pirate ship” or have stick races over the river. Dress for the weather. Chill out and make new friends. Arrive before start time.

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What’s On BUSY BEES Peel Park, Salford Free summer activities for children 5 to 11 years. Be a Busy Bee and join the Park Ranger and be a Young Ranger! Make bird boxes, go on a flower scavenger hunt or a bug hunt, play Victorian games and more... Pre-book activities. Adult must attend also.

Tuesdays, to 31st August (excl 24/8) 1.00 - 3.00pm FREE (booking required) Facebook: Friends of Peel Park Email: peelpark@hotmail.com ALICE’S WONDERLAND RHS Garden Bridgewater Go through the looking glass this summer as the RHS partner with Macmillan Publishers to celebrate 150 years of these iconic stories.

Meet your favourite characters and enjoy performances, storytelling, minibeast hunts, planting and craft workshops and more. Wonderland activities are FREE - drop-in or book at the ticket desk on the day of your visit (subject to availability).

Runs to 31st August Daily, 10.00am - 6.00pm FREE activities (visits to the RHS garden must be pre-booked online)

www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/bridgewater POND INVESTIGATION Blackleach Country Park Join us for some summer activities.

Come and see what creatures we can find. Meet by the visitors centre.

Fri 6th August 10.30am - 12.30pm FREE (booking required) Tel: 0161 793 4219 Email: rangers@salford.gov.uk BIG TOP IN THE PARK Prince's Park, Irlam Welcome to... Big Top in the Park!

We're working with The Lowry and The Lost In Translation Circus to bring a fantastic big top to Prince's Park this summer. Children and family shows, comedy clubs, big top and circus. Book on Lowry website.

Wed 11th to Sat 21st August Prices vary per show Tel: 0343 208 6000 www.thelowry.com/whats-on 32 ON OUR DOORSTEP

POND & MEADOW INVESTIGATIONS Kersal Wetlands Join us for some summer holiday activities. See what wildlife we can find. Meet by the wetlands basin.

Fri 20th August 10.30am - 12.30pm FREE (booking required) Tel: 0161 793 4219 ORDSALL HALL FAMILY THEATRE Ordsall Hall Ordsall Hall & Gardens are hosting a fantastic programme of outdoor theatre, for children and families.

Pantaloons Theatre Company: Wind in the Willows Sun 15th August 2.00 - 3.45pm (doors open 1pm) Quantum Theatres: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny Thu 19th August 1.00 - 2.45pm (doors open 12pm) Folksy Theatre Company: Little Red Riding Hood Tue 24th August 1.00 - 2.00pm (doors open 12pm) Prices vary per event www.ordsallhall.com/whats-on Facebook: OrdsallHall HAIGH DAY - FREE FAMILY FUN DAY Haigh Woodland Park A packed family friendly event in one of the regions best loved parks.

Live music, outdoor theatres, circus skills, children’s character shows and much more. Plus all of the parks popular static attractions.

Sat 18th September 12.00 - 5.00pm FREE (£3 parking) Facebook: haighwoodlandpark

LEISURE ACTIVITIES BAT WALK Kersak Dale/Kersal Wetlands Join the ranger for an evening walk through the woods. Bring a torch.

Walk may involve steps & uneven ground. Booking required. Meet at the end of South Radford Street.

Walk is weather dependent.

Wed 18th August 8.00 - 10.00pm £1.50pp (booking essential) Email: rangers@salford.gov.uk

SALFORD RANGERS: CONSERVATION TASKS Volunteer Programme Join the ranger in a variety of tasks, from planting, bench building, path work or vegetation management.

Blackleach Country Park Tuesdays, 10am-12pm Three Sisters Mon 23rd & Tue 24th August 10am-12.30pm Clifton Country Park Thursdays 10am-12.30pm & 1-3pm Worsley Wed 11th August, 10am-12pm Sat 14th August, 10.30am-12.30pm Dukes Drive Weds 25th August, 10am-12pm FREE (booking essential) Email: rangers@salford.gov.uk ORDSALL HALL OUTDOOR THEATRE PROGRAMME – SUMMER 2021 Ordsall Hall A fantastic programme of outdoor theatre, working with some of the most popular touring companies.

For families and adults.

Slapstick Picnic: The Important of Being Earnest Fri 13th August 7.00pm (doors open 6pm) Outreach Opera: Last Night at the Proms Sun 22nd August 2.30 - 4.30pm (doors open 1pm) Pantaloons Theatre Company: Pride and Prejudice Sat 4th September 6.30pm (doors open 5.30pm) Outreach Opera: La Boheme Opera Sat 11th September 2.30 - 5.00pm (doors open 1.30pm) Prices vary per event www.ordsallhall.com/whats-on Facebook: OrdsallHall

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SALFORD MUSEUM & ART GALLERY Peel Park, The Crescent, M5 4WU We are delighted to be open to visitors again. Tickets for the museum need to be booked - this includes slots to explore Lark Hill Place, our galleries and visits to the Local History Library. Bookings not required for the café or shop.

Visit website for opening times FREE www.salfordmuseum.com Tel: 0161 778 0800 ORDSALL HALL 322 Ordsall Lane, Salford, M5 3AN Our gardens, takeaway cafe and outdoor seating area are open!

Stroll around, enjoy the gardens, have some cake and coffee after.

Visitors will be able to come for tours of the Hall via pre-booked, timed slots. Head to our website for more details and to book.

Mondays & Tuesdays, 10am-4pm Sundays, 1-4pm FREE www.ordsallhall.com Tel: 0161 872 0251

SPECIAL EVENTS WALKDEN FOOD & CRAFT MARKET Walkden Town Centre Markets held on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Come down and browse our amazing local sellers.

Fresh produce and amazing crafts!

Located inside, first floor by Tesco.

Sat 21st August Sat 18th September 10.00am - 4.00pm Facebook: WalkdenTownCentre Email: info@fabem.co.uk MAKERS MARKET Quayside MediaCityUK Join us on the last weekend of each month and discover the very finest local food, drink, art, design, vintage and modern craft carefully selected from Manchester artisans and business local to the North West.

Check our website for details.

Last weekend of each month Sat 28th to Sun 30th August Sat 25th to Sun 26th September Sat 10am-5pm | Sun 11am-5pm www.quaysidemediacityuk.co.uk WWW.ONOURDOORSTEP.CO.UK

WORSLEY LIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL Ellesmere Sports Club, M28 2RZ Set to be one of the biggest and best music festivals the club has hosted. A great family event, headlined by S Club 7’s Tina & Bradley, Dario G and Brother Beyond’s Nathan Moore with his 80’s hits.

Plus, Robbie Williams, Spice Girls, Little Mix and Boy George tribute acts. Enjoy Fairground Rides, Hog Roasts, Prosecco & Gin Bar and other Food and Drink Outlets.

Sun 29th August Gates open 1.30pm, 1st act 3pm Adult £20, U16 £10, Family £50-60 www.worsley.live FB: worsley.live LANGWORTHY LIVE! MUSIC FESTIVAL Langworthy Road, Salford Langworthy Live will be a music festival like no other as bands and musicians will perform in the shops and businesses down Langworthy Road, Salford. Tickets are £5.50 and will give you access to all venues across the weekend. All profits raised will support local charity, Lifecentre Salford.

Fri 10th & Sat 11th September 6.00 - 10.00pm £5.50 (armband covers both days!) www.langworthy.live Facebook: langworthyliveevent ROUNDABOUT THEATRE Victoria Park, Swinton Roundabout is a tourable, in-theround, 168-seater auditorium and it’s coming to Victoria Park! Brought to you by Paines Plough who are passionate about new plays and want as many people as possible to be to see them. This tour features 5 new plays and musicals which you can book on the Lowry website.

Thu 9th to Sun 12th September Times vary From £5.00 www.thelowry.com/whats-on

NATIONAL HERITAGE OPEN DAYS Museum of Transport, M8 8UW We are opening our doors for free and welcoming visitors as part of the UK's biggest celebration of the nation's heritage. Travel through time! From horse bus to Metrolink... the story of Greater Manchester's public transport.

Sat 11th & Sun 12th September Sat 18th & Sun 19th September 10.00am - 4.30pm FREE Tel: 0161 205 2122 www.motgm.uk STANDARD TRIUMPH AND MORRIS MARINA SHOW Museum of Transport, M8 8UW Come for a dose of car nostalgia as we welcome the owners of Standard Triumph and Morris Marina cars to get together at our museum for the day.

Sun 26th September 10.00am - 4.30pm FREE Tel: 0161 205 2122 Facebook: motgm

CHARITY LADIES NIGHT IN AID OF LLEYTON COOMBES Pendlebury Social Club, M27 4EJ One HUGE night of fun & frolics.

Starting off with some cheeky, naughty comedy from our Drag Queen hostess Trixie Lee Official followed by three sensational male strip artistes from UK Pleasure Boys guaranteed to get your heart racing!

Entry is strictly 18+. The group are always looking for raffle items and programme/ticket sponsorship too.

Sat 27th September, 6.00pm £25.00 (for entry, welcome drink & food) Facebook: prideinlleyton Email: lleyton@hotmail.co.uk

IMPORTANT NOTICE Details are correct at the time of publishing. However, please check event dates and times with the venue in case of any changes.

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