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Adoption Counts is 5 years old this summer!

During this time, we have approved over 440 adopters.

Forever families are still needed - especially for sibling groups, older children, those with additional needs and children from ethnic minority backgrounds.

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Contents

Editor’s Note...

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I hope you are enjoying the summer so far. We are taking a welcome breather from the work-school routine and exams, and making the most of the long summer holidays. It’s great to have time to visit family and enjoy quality time together.

The boys can revel in long lie-ins and wearing pj’s all day! September always seems to come around too fast, but by then they are fully recharged and ready to get back into their studies.

This summer there are some fantastic events taking place from iconic food festivals in Bolton and Manchester to a big weekend of entertainment at Media City, celebrating the invention of the weekend here in Manchester in 1843.

This is a one-off not to be missed!

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Competition

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Allotment News

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Support Salford Foodbank

Drop donations at local pop-up events

A New Home for Dick Evans Historic gravestone relocated to Ellenbrook

Clog Shop Chronicles

Victorian stories of Swinton parishioners

Inheritance Tax Planning A guide to current IHT rules

Allotment News

Salford Cancer Support Allotment Open Day

Home Improvement

5 ways to add extra space in your home

GMP Salford North West

Latest updates from your community police

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Love theatre? Head to our competition (p.34) for your chance to win tickets to the opening night of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, courtesy of The Lowry.

Enjoy this issue!

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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Our Community

Ellenbrook

Keith’s Home Collection

Boothstown

SUPPORT SALFORD FOODBANK THIS SUMMER Keith Walker and Lorraine Rogers, volunteers at Salford Foodbank for almost a decade, will be hosting a couple of pop up collections during the summer. It would be great if you can support the Foodbank by adding a couple of non perishable tins or packets to your shop and drop off at:

In the last 18 months the local community has contributed over 8,500kg of food via Keith’s Food Gift Box and pop up events which he has arranged at Sainsbury’s and the Coop - an absolutely amazing community response!

Sainsbury’s Ellenbrook: Saturday13th August or Coop Ellenbrook: Saturday 17th September Both pop up events will be from 10am to 2pm.

Keith commented that the demand for the Foodbank greatly increased at the start of Covid and continues to increase week on week with the rising cost of living.

In addition Keith has a Food Gift Box on his driveway at 34 Boothstown Drive, Worsley, M28 1UF, available 24/7 to make donations. Alternatively Keith can collect from local addresses if you e-mail kwalker1@sky.com.

The Food Gift Box project has its own website. Visit www.foodgiftbox.co.uk for a map of box locations and details on how you can get involved and have a donation box on your driveway.

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Our Community

A NEW HOME FOR OLD DICK EVANS Last year we featured a story by Carole Greenhalgh about the grave of Dick Evans, a dog that was killed by a mining truck in 1862. His owner laid him to rest and placed a large memorial stone at the edge of Four Acre field in Mosley Common.

Located next to the brook, the soil was gradually eroded by rising waters and the memorial stone sadly fell into the water.

Carole dedicated herself for over a year to saving the stone and finding it a new home where it could still be seen, protected and local history could live on in the community.

With help from Jim Mehan, from Wigan Local History and Heritage Society, and to Carole’s husband Geoff who supported her throughout her mission, the stone now has a new forever home at St Mary’s Church, Ellenbrook.

Reverend Karen Owen welcomed the relocation of

Carole Greenhalgh & Reverend Karen Owen

the memorial to the church. A connection already existed between Dick Evans’ grave and St Mary’s Church. In 1639, Dame Dorothy Legh bequeathed £400 to Ellenbrook Chapel to buy Common Head Farm at Mosley Common, which is where the grave stood, and the income from the farm was used to support the church minister and the local poor.

The memorial was celebrated in a special service on Sunday 29th May 2022. Children placed handmade flowers on the stone. You can visit the stone at St Mary’s - it is positioned in front of the tree standing to the left of the Cenotaph. The next step is to raise funds for a plaque which will explain the history and significance of the memorial for all to read.

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RHS Experts Visit Salford Allotments

Q&A Session

Earlier this year Salford Allotment Federation received a surprise email from Jim Arbury based at RHS Wisley asking if we could arrange a visit to different Salford allotments for 6 members of the RHS Fruit, Vegetable & Herb Committee followed by a question and answer session. The RHS experts came from different parts of the country, had their own areas of expertise and some had allotments. One member used to manage the Lost Gardens of Heligan and is the team leader of the Kitchen and Paradise gardens at RHS Bridgewater.

Allotments in Eccles, Poorlots in Cadishead, Weaste in Eccles and finally Buile Hill Community Allotments in Buile Hill Park. Towards the end of this busy day we held an open to all Q&A session in Seedley Pavilion in the Park. Questions ranged from “where do I start and what do I grow as a newbie allotmenteer?”, “why isn’t there fruit on my gooseberry bush?” to “how do I prune the grapevine in my greenhouse?” as well as questions about how to manage different diseases.

Salford Allotment Federation is the umbrella organisation for the self-managing allotment sites on Council land so we were able to arrange visits to a few very different sites for the friendly experts to experience as well as giving allotment plot holders opportunities to chat with them and ask for advice.

The whole day was enjoyable and interesting. We were impressed with the friendliness of the experts, their knowledge and willingness to help us learn and the new, unexpected ideas that they gave us. We can’t wait for the next visit although this could be some time away as their aim is to visit as many different parts of the country as they can.

On 18th June 2022, the RHS team visited Tindall Street

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Local History

CLOG SHOP CHRONICLES evenings, could be found such worthies as Long Ben, the carpenter, Sam Speck who lived on a small annuity, Lige the roadmender, Jonas Tatlock the choirmaster, Nathan the Smith and Jethro the knocker-up.

Alcock's footwear shop, formerly Allen's clogshop on Chorley Road

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n times past a popular entertainment at church concerts were monologues, often given in Lancashire dialect. These feats of memory often had a moral outcome. Similarly, dialect books were popular and often given as prizes. At the turn of the twentieth century some of the most popular were written by John Ackworth.

John Ackworth was the pen name of Rev. FR Smith, who was the minister of Methodist churches in Swinton and Eccles. He gained the inspiration for his stories from the places and characters in the local area and despite names being changed they can be identified. It is generally believed that the village of Boothstown is the scene of his most lovable works.

The famous "Clog Shop Chronicles" were set in the village of Beckside, where the only public buildings were the little chapel and the schoolhouse. About the centre of the village stood the Clog shop, where the clogger, Jabez Longworth, known to all as "owd Jabe" worked with his apprentice, Isaac. "Owd Jabe" was the chief official at the chapel and his shop was the rendezvous for the village worthies, where all the local gossip was turned over. Here on most 12 ON OUR DOORSTEP

These characters are met in three of John Ackworth's books, "Clog Shop Chronicles", "Beckside Lights" and "Doxie Dent". It is believed that the originals of most of these characters were members of the St. Paul's Chapel, Swinton, and were well known personalities in the Station Road area. The actual clog shop was that of James (Jabe) Allen in Chorley Road. In the time of Mr. Smith's ministry (1891-93) it was numbered 175 and always had two rows of clogs in the window. Repairs etc. were done in the 'back place' and it was the habit of the minister to call in every Monday morning to have a chat with the clogger and his cronies.

Jethro was the village knocker-up, and went his daily rounds with unfailing regularity every morning, except Sunday, between the hours of four and six. Over his shoulder he carried a long, light pole, with wire prongs at the end, with which he used to rattle at the bedroom windows of the sleepy factory hands until he received some signal from within that he had been heard.

"Bob! Dust ye'r? It's five minutes to six! Ger up, tha lazy haand (hound). If tha dusn't ger up Aw'll come an poo' thi aat o' bed."

(Beckside's 'Knocker-up' . . . . Clog Shop Chronicles) Written by Paul Hassall Eccles & District History Society You can read the Clog Shop Chronicles at www.minorvictorianwriters.org.uk/ackworth/ b_biography.htm

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Inheritance Tax & Estate Planning Why Do It? Inheritance tax (IHT) is a tax paid by a person who inherits the money or property of another person who has died. In the United Kingdom, Inheritance Tax is a “transfer tax” (i.e. a tax on the passing of title to property from one person to another) and it was introduced in 1986 to replace Capital Transfer Tax. The current rule is that IHT is paid on anything valued above £325,000. How much your beneficiaries pay depends on the value of your estate, which is worked out based on your assets (cash in the bank, investments, property or business, vehicles, payouts from life insurance policies), minus any debts.

There is normally no IHT to pay if: The value of your estate (using the calculations above) is below £325,000 (called the “nil rate band”) OR You leave everything over £325,000 to your spouse, civil partner, a charity or a community amateur sports club If you give away your home to your children or grandchildren the threshold can increase to £500,000.

If none of the above applies, your estate will be taxed at 40% on anything above the £325,000 threshold, or 36% if you leave at least 10% of the value after any deductions to a charity in your will.

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earned, tax is paid at the time, so to pay tax on it again isn't fair.

But whatever your views, IHT is a fact of life (or death) and with rocketing property values in recent years many people have been caught out by the inheritance tax threshold. So it makes sense to work out how it will affect you and your beneficiaries, and whether you can soften the blow. This is known as inheritance planning. Essentially, it helps you strategically manage your wealth to maximise the amount your beneficiaries gain.

Initially you should read up on all the rules and once you have a good idea of the value of your estate then you can start estate planning. The benefit of this is huge, especially since the government has frozen the inheritance tax rate for now. Efficient estate planning can help reduce the value of your estate, so that you have less tax to pay. In some cases, it could even bring you below the IHT-paying threshold. Then you won’t have to pay any tax.

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THE SALFORD CANCER SUPPORT GROUP:

OUR FIRST OPEN DAY SINCE COVID

by Geoff Hamilton, Volunteer

The Salford Cancer Support Gardening Group held its first post-pandemic Open Day at the Macmillan allotment on 19th June 2022. After such a long wait, it was good to have so many old friends back under the gazebo and looking over our plants again.

A popular feature was the fundraising raffle where a multitude of unusual and exciting prizes were on offer and the cake stall was a ‘honeypot’ for children of all ages.

The Rhubarb Gin turned out to be a popular tipple! We limited the shot sizes, very tightly, since an allotment is no place for imbibing excess alcohol.

The event was kindly sponsored by ForHousing. The day was also a celebration of the Queens’ Platinum Jubilee and we were most grateful to them for their contribution to the proceedings.

Tea, coffee and cake were on offer to adults, for a small donation, and a variety of soft drinks kept the children happy, along with all the cake they could eat!

There were lots of offers from visitors to buy our standing crops, but since June is just a little early for our harvest we had to explain that most things were not ready just yet, even though they did look splendid at this time in the season. Also, we are not allowed to sell produce from the plot, but we do give a lot of our harvests away to good homes.

The Salford Cancer Support Group allotment is located at Tindall Street Allotments, Peel Green, Eccles M30 7DF. It’s for people who have been affected by cancer, whether patient, family member or friend. Experience is not required. Referrals must be made by Macmillan Cancer Support at Salford Royal.

LEARN MORE ABOUT TINDALL STREET ALLOTMENT GROUP Tindall Street Allotments in Eccles are managed by a Committee and Trustees on behalf of Salford City Council known as Tindall Street Allotment Group (TSAG). Our aims include: To develop a thriving community asset for the cultivation of plants and to raise the profile of the TSAG site as a valued Greenspace to safeguard the future of the site for existing members and future generations.

To promote community engagement, education and healthy living through the activities of allotment gardening and work with the local community and established groups and organisations within the VCSE (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise) sector.

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The main site consists of private allotments, however we have communal areas and community growing spaces. We want to engage with and support our local community and promote health and wellbeing through gardening across Salford. We also want to protect and safeguard wildlife on site and increase local biodiversity. We already work with partners and groups who have dedicated spaces on site, including Salford Cancer Gardening Support Group, Cromwell House, Incredible Education, Health Improvement Service Volunteers and this year we have created an allotment for armed forces veterans in Salford. We invite groups to get in touch if we can support their aims by offering them spaces to grow.

Email: info.tindallstreetallotments@gmail.com (Information taken from the Salford CVS website)

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Home Improvement

If you're thinking about how to add more room in your home and can’t, or don’t want to move, here’s a short guide to the best ways to achieve it. After all, moving costs can make buying a larger home somewhat unrealistic. So improving rather than moving makes good financial sense, especially since it may increase your home’s current market value too.

1) Improve the Interior Layout by Knocking Through You don’t always need to extend to increase the space or to add value to a house, sometimes it’s the layout or room size that is wrong. Improving the spatial flow or maximising the views to the garden can open up the space and bring in more natural light. An architect can suggest ways to improve an open plan room layout, perhaps by removing internal walls to open up a through living room or a kitchen-dining space, or to create a larger room from several smaller ones.

2) Create an Open Plan Kitchen Diner & Living Space One of the most popular home transformation projects to add more space in house is knocking through between an existing kitchen, dining and living room to create an open plan kitchen-diner. This is better suited to our modern lifestyle of treating our kitchens as the hub of the home, not only for eating and cooking, but relaxing entertaining and family time too. If you don’t want to go completely open-plan, consider installing sliding pocket or bi-fold doors between rooms, which will enable you to open the space up or close it off as and when required.

3) Add an Extension Extending your home can take many different forms.

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could also consider extending upwards by adding one or more storeys. Then there are cellar spaces to extend down into, or the most popular is extending to the side of a house with a conservatory or a porch.

4) Convert Your Loft If your loft space is suitable, adding a loft conversion will offer additional space for an extra bedroom, home office, or playroom. This may be as simple as installing skylight windows, laying down a proper floor and adding a staircase to make the existing room habitable, or adding a full dormer extension.

The latter will give you extra headroom, but position these to the back of the property rather than the front or side, so that they are less visually intrusive.

5) Convert Your Garage It can be tricky to disguise what a converted garage once was, but don’t let that put you off as they are great for creating extra ground floor space without the higher cost of an extension and, with good design, a garage conversion should blend seamlessly with your existing property. A good way to add extra space in a house is to ensure a garage conversion can be used for a kitchen extension into an open-plan kitchen-diner, or as a playroom, office or home cinema.

The good news is that under current planning regulations many types of home extensions and improvements can be carried out under “permitted development” rules, but it’s always best to get advice from a planning expert before embarking on any major home improvement project.

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DANCING WITH DEMENTIA Grand Palais, Swinton For people living with dementia, their family, friends and carers. Join our monthly social - be entertained by professional musicians, sing along to old songs, venture onto the dance floor, enjoy chatting and making new friends. Hot drink included. Bar open.

2nd Monday of each month 1.00 - 3.00pm FREE entry (donations welcome) Lesley: 07442 167208 Email: lesley.fisher01@yahoo.co.uk ART SESSIONS Worsley Library Join our new art sessions held on the first & third Wednesday each month with local artist and tutor Bea Morrison. Materials and a coffee included. All abilities are welcome.

1st & 3rd Wednesday each month 10.00am - 12.00pm £7.50 per session Anne Adams: 0161 728 6783 E: anneadams249@btinternet.com BREW AND A CHAT Parr Fold Park Join us at the Pavilion. Come along share a hot drink and socialise.

Aimed at reducing social isolation.

Thursdays 3.00 - 4.00pm Tel: 0800 952 1000 (option2) THE HEIGHT JUMBLE TRAIL Lightoaks Park A fantastic day for all the family to declutter, get out, make some money, meet neighbours or shop till you drop and bag bargains. Host a sale in your garden or book a stall on Lightoaks Park for FREE (no hobby-business stalls on the park). Contact us 4 days prior to event to be added to map.

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August & September

FRIENDS OF ROE GREEN Roe Green Church Hall Join us for our monthly talk ”Pictures of Roe Green” with Judith Atkinson, followed with cakes, tea or coffee. Everyone welcome.

Wed 17th August 2.00pm £2.00 Members, £3.00 Visitors Jean: 0161 790 4635 CAR BOOT & TABLE TOP SALE Buile Hill Park Come and join us for our monthly car boot sale and pick up some bargains. Located on the Seedley side of Buile Hill Park near the Pavillion. Cafe open 11-3pm.

Sun 21st August Sun 18th September 10.30am - 1.30pm FREE entry FB: FriendsOfBuileHillParkFOBHP MONTHLY LITTER PICK Buile Hill Park Join Buile Hill Mansion Association on the last Sunday of the month for a group litter pick around the park.

Meet at the Mansion. Enjoy free refreshments in the Sensory Garden.

Sun 28th August Sun 25th September 10.30am FREE www.builehillmansion.co.uk FB: BuileHillMansionAssociation WORSLEY TOWNSWOMENS GUILD Worsley Court House Join us for a “Cheese Experience” with Faye Kitchen. Visitors welcome.

Refreshments included.

Mon 5th September 7.30pm £2.50 Anne Adams: 0161 728 6783

ECCLES DISTRICT HISTORY SOCIETY St Andrew's Church, Eccles Join us for a talk on the Liverpool to Manchester Railway by David George. Non-members welcome.

Wed 14th September, 7.30pm £22.00 Annual membership £4.00 Visitors (per meeting) www.edhs.btck.co.uk FRIENDS OF ROE GREEN Roe Green Church Hall Join us for our talk on “Recycling: Why, what happens to it and where does it end”. Followed by cakes, tea or coffee. Everyone welcome.

Wed 21st September, 2.00pm £2.00 Members, £3.00 Visitors Jean: 0161 790 4635 HERITAGE OPEN WEEKEND Damhouse, Astley Come and learn the history of Damhouse. There will be guided tours and exhibitions for all the family throughout the day.

Sat 17th & Sun 18th September 10.00am - 4.00pm FREE entry www.damhouse.net/events

CHARITY SOUL & MOTOWN NIGHT Elm Bank Event Centre, Eccles Charity night in aid of Pride In Lleyton Appeal & Niemann Pick Type C. Dance the night away with DJ extraordinaire DJ Shaggy Da Afro (you name it, he’ll play it), plus performing live, The Mississippi Soulman Malcolm (Mike) McBride bringing you the TRUE sounds of Motown and Soul. Raffle tickets available on the night. Raffle prize donations welcome! Over 18s only.

Sat 24th September 6.30pm till late £10.00pp Email: lleyton@hotmail.co.uk Facebook: prideinlleyton

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HEALTH & FITNESS SALFORD WELLBEING WALKS Various locations FREE local walks to help you become physically active and improve your health. Arrive 10 mins early.

Roe Green Monday 10-11am Boothstown Community Centre Monday 1.30-2.30pm Monton Green Tuesday 10-11am RHS Bridgewater Tuesday 10.30-11.30am Blackleach Country Park Thursday 10-11am Clifton Country Park Thursday 10.15-11.15am Worsley Green Friday 10-11am Monton Green Sunday 10-11am FREE Jo Bennett : 0161 778 0559 Email: jo.bennett@scll.co.uk BE WELL WEEKLY WALKS Various locations, Wigan Weekly walks, meeting at various venues across Wigan. Suitable for those looking to get active and enjoy the great outdoors.

Pennington Flash Country Park Mondays, 11am-12pm (Please arrive mins 10 minutes early) St. John's Church, Mosley Common Thursdays, 10.30-11.30am Blossom St. Car Park, Tyldesley Saturdays, 10.30-11.30am FREE Tracy Morris: 07943 840259 www.wigan.gov.uk/BeWell IRWELL VALLEY WALKS Clifton Country Park An approx two hour walk around the Irwell Valley and its environs such as Moses Gate, Drinkwater Park, Hurst Wood hilltop, Phillips Park House and more. Bring water, wear suitable clothing & footwear.

Tuesdays 10am - 12.30pm FREE (booking required) Email: rangers@salford.gov.uk

What’s On GREEN FINGERS Tindall Street Allotments, M30 7DF Whether you have always fancied growing vegetable/flowers or you are a seasoned Gardner looking to meet new people. Our welcoming allotment group would love to see you. Just turn up, no need to book!

Tuesdays, 12-2pm FREE Tel: 0800 952 1000 (option2) RELAXATION Eccles Gateway Relaxation sessions for women.

This includes sound relaxation, being creative with paint, relaxation activities.... Tea and coffee provided.

Tuesdays, 2-3pm FREE (booking required) Tel: 0800 952 1000 (option2) GET ON YOUR BIKE! Buile Hill Park A cycling session to help improve skills and fitness. Bring your own bike and helmet or call to book one.

Wednesdays, 12.30-1.30pm FREE (booking required) Tel: 0800 952 1000 (option2) INDOOR KURLING AND GAMES Eccles YCA Gladstone Rd, M30 0WY A social support group with board games and learn how to play indoor Kurling. For social engagement and fitness rolled into one.

Wednesdays, 1.30-2.30pm FREE (booking required) Tel: 0800 952 1000 (option2) HEALTHY HIPS AND HEARTS Beesley Green Community Centre Join us in this ongoing exercise class. Easy exercises suitable for all ages, make new friends and enjoy a cuppa too. FREE class, small donation for tea/coffee. Everyone welcome.

Thursdays, 10-11.30am FREE Tel: 0161 790 6124 DANCE FITNESS Worsley United Reform Church, Worsley Road, Swinton, M27 0EF A gentle but fun fitness class, based around dance and throwback classics!

Dance your way back into fitness!

Thursdays, 10-11am FREE (booking required) Tel: 0800 952 1000 (option2)

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LONG COVID SUPPORT Humphrey Booth Centre, Swinton Join our long COVID face-to-face support group “We Recover”.

Designed to help individuals make positive changes to promote wellbeing. Providing you with tools and techniques, over a 6-week period, to support your road to recovery.

Thursdays 1.00 - 2.30pm FREE (booking required) Tel: 0800 952 1000 (option2) E: health.improvement@salford.gov.uk OUTDOOR GYM The Hive, Victoria Park, Swinton Be fitter and more active. Join our introduction to fitness course for all adults. Course run by a qualified gym instructor. Wear suitable clothing/footwear and bring water.

Thursdays to 25th August 1.45 - 2.30pm FREE (booking required) Tel: 0800 952 1000 (option2) E: health.improvement@salford.gov.uk BEGINNERS BIKE RIDES Cleavley’s Track, Eccles, M30 8HY Bike ride for beginners and people returning to cycling. The session will help you to improve your cycling skills and confidence in the safe environment of Cleavley athletic track. Bikes and helmets provided.

Fridays 10.00am - 12.00pm FREE (booking required) Tel: 0800 952 1000 (option2) ANYONE FOR TENNIS Winton Bowling, Tennis, Social Club, Winton M30 8JW Come and have a go at tennis in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Beginners welcome.

Fridays 1.00 - 3.00pm FREE (booking required) Tel: 0800 952 1000 (option2)

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KIDS ACTIVITIES

BABY & PARENT SWIM LESSONS Everlast Gyms, Parsonage Retail Park, Leigh WN7 5SJ Join us for baby and parent swimming lessons for little ones aged 12 weeks to 4 years old.

Helping to keep your children confident and safe in the water through singing and fun games.

Tuesdays 9.30 - 11.30am 5 week course is £45 Lois: 07972 488695 Email: thatbabyco@hotmail.com Instagram: @thatbabyco PEOPLE’S HISTORY MUSEUM Left Bank, Spinningfields M3 3ER Visit the museum’s and explore the development of democracy in Britain: past, present and future. From the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 to the present day, meet the reformers, revolutionaries, workers, voters and citizens who believed in and continue to inspire ideas worth fighting for such as equality, social justice, co-operation, and a fair world for all.

Family friendly interactive activities.

Mon to Sun (school holidays) Wed to Sun (term time) 10.00am - 4.00pm FREE (£5 donation welcome) www.phm.org.uk MINI MOVERS Science and Industry Museum Join us as we roll, clank, whirr and clack our way round the Textiles Gallery. For young visitors aged 5yrs and under, this Makaton-friendly adventure will have you whirring like a cog and turning like a crank to find out how our bodies work like machines. Ask on arrival for details.

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SALFORD JUNIOR PARKRUN Buile Hill Park Free weekly timed 2k parkrun for 4-14 year olds. Open to all, have fun, join in whatever your pace! Register before event and bring a printed barcode. Volunteers always needed!

Sundays, 9.00am FREE Email: salfordjuniors@parkrun.com www.parkrun.org.uk/salford-juniors DEN BUILDING Ordsall Hall Come and join us in the Gardens to build a Den with natural materials.

Dress for the weather as come rain or shine we will be outside. You can also try out our new Garden Trails.

Thu 4th August 11.00am - 1.00pm FREE (no booking required) www.ordsallhall.com OBJECT HANDLING Ordsall Hall Join our facilitator at Ordsall Hall to find out more about Tudor Life and handle some objects.

Sun 14th & 28th August 1.00pm | 2.00pm FREE (no booking required) Tel: 0161 872 0251 www.ordsallhall.com MAKE YOUR MARK Salford Museum and Art Gallery Come along and contribute to our giant artwork using the materials provided. Make your mark with paint brushes, crayons, natural materials, or even use your hands and feet!

Be prepared to get messy!

Thu 18th August 10.30am-12.00pm | 1.30-3.00pm FREE (no booking required) www.salfordmuseum.com PICK & MIX PLAYTIME Salford Museum and Art Gallery Join us for some fun play in our Learning Room. We will have a variety of zones set up with a range of materials, toys and books for kids to engage with. Aimed at our youngest visitors and their families.

Thu 25th August 10.30am-12.00pm | 1.30-3.00pm FREE (no booking required) www.salfordmuseum.com

SEED BALL MAKING Ordsall Hall Join the Head Gardener making seedballs from clay and seeds from the gardens. Take it home and plant it in autumn for flowers in spring and summer. Outdoor activity.

Thu 1st September 11am | 1pm | 2pm FREE (no booking required) Tel: 0161 872 0251 www.ordsallhall.com GREAT GARDEN ADVENTURE RHS Garden Bridgewater An action-packed programme of holiday fun for all the family. Explore it, climb it, find it, make it, plant it!

Get closer to nature with self guided adventure trails, interactive storytime, Toddler Tuesdays, guided Wildfulness Walk, Big Bug Hunt, Wild Wings birds of prey, planting and craft activities.

Most activities free with admission.

Runs to Sun 4th September 10.00am - 6.00pm daily Garden admission required www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/bridgewater HERITAGE OPEN DAY: ZOETROPE WORKSHOP Salford Museum and Art Gallery This year Heritage Open Days is celebrating inventions. A zoetrope is a device that allowed people to animate images prior to the invention of film. Join local artist Caroline Coates to make your own Zoetrope from old CDs. Booking essential for this family activity. For ages 8 years+ Sun 11th September 1.00-2.00pm | 2.30-3.30pm FREE (booking essential) www.salfordmuseum.com PICTURE THIS The Lowry A family exhibition featuring six popular children’s books. Interactive opportunities for visitors to draw, write, perform, read and play and devise their own production ideas.

Daily readings of the featured books, plus performance, music-making and artist-led workshops.

Runs to Sun 30th October Tue to Fri, 11am-5pm Sat to Sun, 10am-5pm FREE (no booking required) www.thelowry.com CONTACT US ON 07967 978831

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SPECIAL EVENTS

ANJU EVENTS CRAFT FAIR Elm Bank Masonic Hall, Eccles M30 9BA Beautiful stalls with something for everyone - handmade crafts, gifts, food, refreshments and more.

FREE PARKING & FREE ADMISSION, DISABLED ACCESS. Pre-bookable afternoon tea only £8 per person.

Sun 21st August Sun 25th September 11.00 - 4.00pm FREE entry Tel: 0161 789 3736 Email: anjueventsuk@yahoo.com EXPLORING THE COLLECTION Salford Museum and Art Gallery Showcasing the work of three local artists - Geoffrey Key, Harold Riley and LS Lowry - alongside works by other 20th century British artists from our collection.

Runs to April 2023 Tue to Fri, 9.30am-4pm Sat to Sun, 11.30am-4pm FREE (tickets not required) Tel: 0161 778 0800 www.salfordmuseum.com WORSLEY WOODS CONSERVATION Worsley Woods Join the ranger in some woodland management. Please email to book.

Sat 6th August, 10.30am-12.30pm (Meet by the play area off Sefton Drive)

Sat 3rd Sept, 10.30am-12.30pm (Meet by the Aviary entrance)

FREE (booking required) Email: rangers@salford.gov.uk WALKDEN FOOD & CRAFT MARKET Walkden Town Centre Browse our amazing local sellers!

Fresh produce and amazing crafts.

Located inside, 1st floor by Tesco.

Sat 20th August Sat 17th September 10.00am - 4.00pm Facebook: WalkdenTownCentre

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.

Sat 27th to Sun 28th August Sat 24th to Sun 25th September Sat 10am-5pm | Sun11am-5pm www.quaysidemediacityuk.co.uk BOLTON FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL Bolton One of the largest events of its kind anywhere in the UK, this festival features hundreds of traders, live music, street entertainment, family fun and wide range of food-themed activities. Some of the celebrity chefs set to appear in 2022 include: James martin, Hairy Bikers, Ainsley Harriott, Michael Caines...

Fri 26th to Mon 29th August FREE entry (tickets for demonstrations) www.boltonfoodanddrinkfestival.com WE INVENTED THE WEEKEND FESTIVAL Media City, Salford Quays Up until the 19th century, everyone in the UK worked a 6 day week.

Then in 1843, right here in Greater Manchester, workers’ rights activists launched a campaign to finish early on Saturdays. They won, and in doing so, invented the weekend.

Celebrating this achievement with one massive, colourful, exciting weekend of music, theatre, sport, workshops, dancing, laughs and more. From water sports on the canal, community feasts and dance performances, to getting your hands dirty with planting workshops and finding gems at vintage markets, festival-goers will meet new people, try new things and make memories.

Sat 10th to Sun 11th September FREE www.weinventedtheweekend.com

HEAD GARDENER’S TOUR: HERITAGE OPEN DAYS Ordsall Hall Live tour with the Hall's gardener.

Join our Head Gardener on a lively tour of our two acre organic gardens, exploring the beautiful grounds of this Grade 1* listed Tudor manor, and the astounding inventions that we garden with. Incls refreshments.

Sun 11th September 2.00 - 3.00pm FREE (booking required) www.ordsallhall.com

MANCHESTER FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL Manchester Taking place at Cathedral Gardens and across the city, this promises to be a magnificent celebration of the region’s food and drink and all the talented people that bring it to the table. Visit the website, or download the app for more details.

Thu 15th to Mon 26th September FREE entry (tickets for demonstrations) www.foodanddrinkfestival.com BAT WALKS Salford Ranger Team Join the ranger & special guest ecologist Stuart Spray for a guided bat walk and hopefully spot at least 3 species of bats. Walk may involve steps & uneven ground. Bring a torch. Donations welcome on the night. Book via Eventbrite.

Worsley Woods Wed 21st September, 7.10-8.40pm (Meet by Beesley Green entrance)

Blackleach Country Park Tue 27th September, 6.45-8.00pm (Meet by Visitors Centre)

FREE (booking required) Email: rangers@salford.gov.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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Hello all from your local Little Hulton Police Station Team!

We hope you have all been keeping well! It’s now time for us to give you a few exciting updates.

Firstly, our Police Officers and PCSO’s have started holding Police Surgeries at the Bethany Family Worship Centre in Little Hulton, M38 0EN. There will hopefully be many more to come so please keep a look out on our Facebook Page ‘GMP Little Hulton, Walkden, Ellenbrook & Worsley’ and on our Nextdoor profile ‘Salford Police’ for more updates as to when they are being held. It is vitally important for us to hear what concerns you the most, so we hope to see you there!

In addition, our PCSO’s have been very busy patrolling the neighbourhood and have successfully located several stolen vehicles in the area.

As we try to tackle ASB involving off road bikes, we really need your help in gathering the intelligence. If you know someone who is behaving in this way, please report your observations to us so we can act.

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Continue to report crime and suspicious activity

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to us via our website, live chat service or 101 (always dial 999 in an emergency) and NOT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. Another exciting update is that we are happy to announce and welcome a new addition to our Little Hulton Policing Station, PC Salt who will be covering the Walkden North area. I am sure that you will join us in welcoming PC Salt to the area.

Keep your cars safe this summer Unfortunately, we continue to receive reports of vehicles being broken into. The offenders are using technology which overrides the central locking and allows access to the vehicle. Faraday bags are pouches lined with layers of metallic material that can block the key's signal and we highly recommend using them. Please be aware of this method of entry and take care not to leave valuables in your vehicle.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact us: Email: SalfordNorthWest@gmp.pnn.police.uk Phone: 0161 856 5035 Social Media: GMP Little Hulton, Walkden, Ellenbrook & Worsley

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SALFORD ALLOTMENTS: UPDATE

by Geoff Hamilton

Salford City Council staff met with the Salford Allotment Federation at Tindall Street at the end of June to discuss allotment projects across the City.

Blackleach, Walkden made a successful bid for grant aid and are looking at what new facilities and provision they can make, which is brilliant news!

Beechfield, Swinton was a hot topic since Brunel University and the Tea Group (featured in the JunJul22 issue) have been carrying out an experimental planting of heavy metal tolerant plants to see if the plants can clean the site of pollutants and whether the metals can be reclaimed at a profit.

Charlestown, Broughton is the subject of extensive discussions and hopefully decisions will be made soon, so that planning for an early start can begin.

Brunel has submitted a report and the SCC staff plan to meet with the University in July. An educational unit could be included in the development alongside the replacement allotments.

Clifton, Swinton allotments have agreed a plan for relieving flooding, which has plagued part of the site for a long time, and their management team is now working on this and other issues.

Burgess Farm, Walkden is progressing and although the allotments will be built at the end of the scheme, there is every chance that this site will be a great addition to facilities in the area.

Buile Hill allotments are moving forward with many new ideas.

The next meeting will be even more comprehensive with new sites and projects being considered.

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