Dominic Kelly, an acclaimed storyteller (www.dominickelly.uk.com), came to Good Neighbours coffee morning on Thursday 22nd November as part of Chorlton Book Week. His stories were very well received and he won the audience over with his warm personality and the acting out of his comic and engaging stories.
Day Out at FC United
Several of us from Chorlton Good Neighbours went for a trip to Bury to watch FC United Play Rushall Olympic on a cold Saturday afternoon, 17th November. Unfortunately for us FCUM lost by 4-0, their worst defeat of the season. Whilst this rather dampened our enthusiasm a bit, we still had a good time.Continue reading Day Out at FC United
Hops and Hardy Chrysanthemums
Yet another sunny morning down at the gardening club. Peter finished off uncovering the foundations of the old scout hut. We thought we would have four walls but we only have three. Not sure what happened there but at least we know what we are dealing with now. A generous volunteer Enid, donated someContinue reading Hops and Hardy Chrysanthemums
An afternoon at the snooker club
Last Tuesday I was sent out to experience Chorlton Good Neighbours Snooker afternoon. I was feeling a bit nervous as as I’ve never played Snooker before and was going to need a crash course. I needn’t have worried though because the atmosphere was very relaxed and everyone was very friendly. The afternoon started off withContinue reading An afternoon at the snooker club
Autumn Leaves and Archeological Digs
The wind swirled the autumn leaves but once again we dodged Manchester’s favourite weather; rain and we were able to have another productive session. Bernard and Peter finished off the compost bays and started it off with our own homemade woodchip. Paul did a good deed by clearing away the leaves that have gathered around theContinue reading Autumn Leaves and Archeological Digs
Compost Bays and History
It was another fine and crisp morning on week 4 of our gardening club and time to start thinking about the structures we wanted on our plot. We marked out space for our prospective greenhouse (good thing too as we realised that we’d been a bit over ambitious and the one we were about toContinue reading Compost Bays and History
Chorlton in the Middles Ages
On Thursday Nov 1st Ian Meadowcroft. a retired history teacher, gave a talk to the Good Neighbour’s History Group on “Chorlton in the Middle Ages”. Over 40 people came to hear Ian present his ‘thought experiment’ about what it was like to live in Chorlton in medieval times Ian explaining how much of theContinue reading Chorlton in the Middles Ages
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