Happy New Year to all our supporters. We are having a New Year’s lunch on Tuesday 8th January, midday for some of our older members who have spent the majority of Christmas on their own. A couple of requests to help us out: Has anybody got any Christmas crackers (unused!) that they can spare forContinue reading Happy New Year
Russell thanks volunteers
Bob to get Arctic Convoy Medal
Bob to get Arctic Convoy Medal Bob Cowan is 93 years old. and together with his wife Joyce he is an active member of Chorlton Good Neighbours. He is a veteran of the World War 2 Arctic convoys and we have been running a campaign to get Bob and the other few remainiing Arctic ConvoyContinue reading Bob to get Arctic Convoy Medal
Gardening Club Christmas update
The Chorlton Good Neighbours garden club was closed for Christmas and New Year but we’ve had a busy few weeks as you will see. To begin with things got very physical down at the garden when we decided to tackle the foundations of the old scout hut. There had been all sorts of plans toContinue reading Gardening Club Christmas update
A very rainy day in the garden…
We’ve been lucky with the Good Neighbours Gardening group sessions on Friday mornings, but today (14-12-12) it decided to pour down. We had purchased a large, second hand Keter garden storage box earlier in the week so we could keep our tools in it. We did this in the church hall and managed to doContinue reading A very rainy day in the garden…
Baking Potatoes and Planting Bulbs
On a lovely crisp and sunny December day (7-12-12) in the Good Neighbours garden, we lit a fire, baked some potatoes cleared up some rubbish and planted some plants and bulbs. We have been really luck with the weather on our Friday morning gardening sessions ….so far
Punch and Judy – talk by Rev Ian Mutton
At the Chorlton History group meeting on Thurs Dec 6th 2012, the Reverend Ian Mutton gave a talk on the theme of “The Gospel According to Punch & Judy”. In this he explained the history of punch and judy and in particular its links with the medieval mystery plays.
Good Neighbours Christmas Party
Chorlton Good Neighbours Christmas Party was held on Sunday 2nd December. Despite the frosty weather there was a full turnout. Everyone enjoyed the christmas meal, games, bingo, raffle and music from entertainer Ken Ford.
Dominic Kelly, Storyteller
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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