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
Pumpkin & Leek Soup, Cheese Flan & Parkin
Kim, from Cracking Good Food, led another cooking session at Good Neighbours on 30th October. On the menu was a warming and seasonal, pumpkin, leek and thyme soup and a cheese and onion flan. To finish off we made a lovely parkin cake. We ate all we produced and learnt a lot about soup, flanContinue reading Pumpkin & Leek Soup, Cheese Flan & Parkin
Learning about Photography Session
Jennie Keegan came to Good Neighbours on Monday 29th October to give a session to users and volunteers on how to get the best out of their ‘point and shoot’ cameras. The session was extremely useful as Jennie explained what all the mysterious settings on the cameras were. She focussed on the most common andContinue reading Learning about Photography Session
Woodchip, woodchip and more woodchip
Week 3 and our luck with the weather continues – the sun shines brightly on us despite the chill. It feels like someone up there is showing their approval of our efforts! Our new volunteer Tony a-woodchipping For this session we revisited the woodchipping of our waste wood with a more powerful machine and more volunteers. This timeContinue reading Woodchip, woodchip and more woodchip
Bob Cowan and the Arctic Convoy medal
Granada Reports interviews Good Neighbours user, Bob Cowan, a WW2 Arctic Convoy veteran, following a campaign by Chorlton Good Neighbours to get the UK government to allow him to receive a Russian medal in recognition of his wartime service
Frogs, Woodchip and the Golden Autumnal Sun
As we boasted in our last installment, Chorlton Good Neighbours Gardening Club came up with quite a little harvest in our first year considering we only had three raised beds to grow in. At this week’s Thursday Coffee Morning we sold our harvest to raise money for next year’s seeds. It was very interesting discussing vegetableContinue reading Frogs, Woodchip and the Golden Autumnal Sun
Visit to the Chill Factor
A small group from Chorlton Good Neighbours visited the Chill Factor – the UK’s longest indoor skiing and snowboarding slope – next to the Trafford centre. It was certainly an interesting place to look at, but we were soon glad to get out of the freezing viewing area and go for a cup of tea.
Taters and Chainsaws – The Gardening Club Returns
The Chorlton Good Neighbours Gardening Club has re-started after a late summer break and as you can imagine there was plenty for us to do. We continued to harvest our sarpo mira potatoes that we’d planted in late June. The stalks and leaves had grown to triffid like proportions but we didn’t hold upContinue reading Taters and Chainsaws – The Gardening Club Returns
Enjoying the Autumn Sun on the Bowling Green
Some CGN members enjoying the Autumn Sun on the Bowling Green at SW Manchester Cricket Club on Oct 9th. Gladys and Dorothy are playing each other whilst Don (age 94) gives Ian a run for his money
Chainsaw and Potato cropping
Its getting towards mid October so we decided to dig up the sarpo mira red potatoes we planted in June in one of the raised beds. A good crop we have got too for our efforts. Ian brought his chain saw along so we could cut back on the cupresses leylandii hedge at theContinue reading Chainsaw and Potato cropping
A good potato crop
Harvesting some of the potatoes from the raised beds. They were planted very late, in June, but we seem to have come up with a good healthy crop of sarpo mira red potatoes in October
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