Chorlton Good Neighbours

Safe Handling and Dealing with Falls

Session on Safe Handling and Dealing with Falls Bernie O’Dowd (Physiotherapist) and Alix Smith (Occupational Therapist) from the Local NHS Falls Team, based at the Alexandra Park Health Centre, gave an information session for Chorlton Good Neighbours volunteers and staff. video of some of the training session on handling The session looked at the safeContinue reading Safe Handling and Dealing with Falls

Garden Update 4th April 14

Garden Update 4th April 14 We welcomed Paul back to the gardening group at Chorlton Good Neighbours, after he had been out of action for several months. We filled some bags with earth and put in some of the chitted potatoes and continued with the weeding of the Church garden at the fron In theContinue reading Garden Update 4th April 14

Talk on Victorian Dress at History Group

“Victorian dress of the middle and working classes” Margo Singer Margo Singer’s gave a great talk to the Chorlton History Group on 3rd April 2014 in which she looked at the development of fashion and textiles in the mid 19th century, especially with reference to Manchester and the novels of Elizabeth Gaskell The talk looked at the development of corsets, crinolinesContinue reading Talk on Victorian Dress at History Group

Spring is on its way in the CGN garden

Spring is on its way in the CGN garden We spent the usual Friday morning, working (with plenty of stops for tea & coffee) in the Good Neighbours garden. Weather was the best of the year so far and we got plenty done. Lots of new seeds put into seed trays to germinate inContinue reading Spring is on its way in the CGN garden

History Group at Manchester Histories Festival

Chorlton History Group at Manchester Histories Festival Chorlton History Group had a prime spot in the Lord Mayor’s Parlour in Manchester Town Hall at the Manchester Histories Festival Celebration Day 2014 on Sat 29th March 2014. It was an excellent event and we had a very good response from people with 67 signing up toContinue reading History Group at Manchester Histories Festival

Visit by Bishop of Manchester

Visit by Bishop David Walker Bishop David Walker (the Bishop of Manchester) and local minister Rev Ken Flood from St Clements Church with volunteers and Committee members of CGN. The visit to Good Neighbours took place on Wednesday March 26th with the aim of finding out about the Care Group as well as to discuss issues aroundContinue reading Visit by Bishop of Manchester

Planting some onions in the CGN Garden plot (video)

Planting Onions on the Good Neighbours plot Spring is happening but on this Friday in March (14-03-14) the weather was a bit chilly, especially as the previous Wednesday had been very warm. We used our time productively to put a new hard tyre wheel on the wheelbarrow (why they usually have pneumatic tyres, that always punctureContinue reading Planting some onions in the CGN Garden plot (video)

The Lost Railways of South Manchester

The Lost Railways of South Manchester The March 6th 2014 Chorlton History Group session was on the ‘Lost Railways of South Manchester’, a talk given by Roy Chapman – a lifelong railway enthusiast. Roy worked for British Rail for over 15 years. Roy has contributed to transport training material, is a co-author of three railwayContinue reading The Lost Railways of South Manchester

Longsight Traction depot

Longsight Traction depot & a Long Lost Photo Danny Heathcote attended the talk on “the Lost Railways of South Manchester” given by Roy Chapman at Chorlton Good Neighbours History group on 06-03-14. Here is a letter from Danny and an interesting photo to go with it “Today’s lecture about the Lost Railways of South ManchesterContinue reading Longsight Traction depot

Karen’s Exercise Class (video)

Karen Tynan runs the Chorlton Good Neighbours exercise class on Mondays at 1.30pm. They are one of 3 classes we run each week and they are graded by difficulty. This class of nearly 20 older people has a mix of seated and standing activities and several members are in their 80’s The class is basedContinue reading Karen’s Exercise Class (video)

Spring is on its way

Spring is on its way in the Good Neighbours garden……. Here are some of the group enjoying the spring like sunshine on the last day of February – Paulette, Bernard, Geraldine and Tony We had ordered the three replacement panes of strengthened glass and John came to put those in. That, together with the 6Continue reading Spring is on its way

CGN Greenhouse – repairs after the gale

Repairs after the gale This Friday (19-02-14) we had John’s assistance in beginning to repair the greenhouse after the damage caused by the recent gale. Altogether 9 windows were blown out and 3 of them smashed. So the reinforced glass stood up pretty well and the pieces of glass weren’t dangerous shards but like theContinue reading CGN Greenhouse – repairs after the gale

Good Neighbours 2002 Golden Jubilee celebration

2002 Golden Jubilee celebration Ian Hobbs took this video of Chorlton Good Neighbours celebrations of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002. It includes our own Odette Heslin dressed up as a very convincing Queen look-alike

Garden Club surveys the storm damage

Storm Damage The great storm of 13th Feb 2014 will certainly be remembered in Manchester. With winds of over 70 mph buildings were damaged and trees were blown down all over the place. When we came for the Good Neighbours gardening group meeting on Friday 4th Feb we found that the greenhouse has been damagedContinue reading Garden Club surveys the storm damage