a place where all older people in Chorlton can find friendship and support
Trish has been volunteering at CGN since she retired about 7 years ago. As well as being a volunteers driver, taking people to hospital appointments and the like, she also visits and befriends older women who may be unable to get out and about. Trish says: “everybody has a story to tell. They’ve all hadContinue reading Trish – Chorlton Good Neighbours volunteer
Anna & Mike are partners who both volunteer at Chorlton Good Neighbours. Here they talk about why they do it, what they get from doing it and how they support the people they visit, give lifts too or provide with cups of tea at coffee morning and events. They hope too that if or whenContinue reading Anna & Mike – Chorlton Good Neighbours Volunteers
There is a geo-located walk of Beech Road Chorlton using images and oral histories with people talking about Beech Road and the area around it in the early 20th century to access it go to NW Sound archive below and click on ‘Chorlton Sound Walk’:
VE Day 1945 Julie’s poem ‘Liberation ‘ is her tribute to the WW2 generation which she read at the Chorlton Good Neighbours WW2 VE day party in May 2024
A Celebration of the World War 2 Generation by Chorlton Good Neighbours Drama group. Performed May 22 & 23 as part of the 2024 Chorlton Arts Festival. It includes short videos of two of CGNs war veterans, Mickie Mitchell and Bob Cowen. The original videos of interviews with Mickie and Bob can be foundContinue reading CGN Drama Group & WW2 generation
On May 16th 2024 Chorlton Good Neighbours had a party to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D Day Landings. Some of our older members gave their personal memories of the celebrations on VE day towards the end of WW2. In addition Jolivia Gaston read us two poems – Conflict and Liberation – with herContinue reading Memories of VE Day
Chorlton Good Neighbours D Day party to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 – the largest seaborne invasion in history The party was held at Hough End Centre, Chorlton on Thurs May 18th 2024
Tuesday 14th May at 1.30pm all welcome Bernard Leach : History of the Holy Name & St Augustine Churches This follows on from the talk on Irish Manchester that I gave over a year ago. The two Roman Catholic churches are close to each other on Oxford Road, Manchester and are important both to theContinue reading CGN History talk 14th May: the Holy Name & St Augustine’s
Next Tuesday 12th March : History talk at 1.30pm with Njabulo Chipangura, Curator of Living cultures at Manchester Museum. Njabulo is responsible for the care of more than 20,000 objects from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas looking at rewriting the story of the collections. He is hoping to bring some exhibits and tell usContinue reading Tues12th Mar History talk 1.30pm, Njabulo Chipangura, Mcr Museum
Bob Cowan was 93 years old when I interviewed him in 2012. He was born in Moss Side, Manchester. This is part one of his memories and experience of war at sea during WW2. Here he talks about the sinking of HMS Mashona in 1941 . In later videos I will look at his experienceContinue reading “I came out shivering” Bob Cowan and the sinking of HMS Mashona, 1941
Mickie Mitchell drove petrol lorries loaded with four gallon jerrycans across Manchester during World War 2. She demanded a driving job when she joined the Fire Service and was one of the first women to take on that role after passing their strenuous police driving test. Much of this video was filmed in February 2013Continue reading “You get used to being frightened” Mickie Mitchell, WW2 firefighter
Nurse Eileen come to our Thursday coffee morning every other week. She advises our members who have have a medical problem . She will give advice and where necessary contact their GP. We think she does a fantastic job
The City Council’s “Public Realm Plan for the centre of Chorlton” has now gone live . You can download it at: https://is.gd/9ccc6j It’s long and full of idealised images of perfect happy people in perfect weather on unreal looking public spaces, which I find a bit creepy. Also the maps of the different parts ofContinue reading Public Realm Plan for the centre of Chorlton goes live
How good at re cycling and re-using are we at Chorlton Good Neighbours? Recently Zaza Donohue gave out a questionnaire about green issues (mainly re-cycling) to about 60 of Chorlton Good Neighbours attending our popular weekly coffee mornings. This is the feedback session Zaza gave on Feb 8th 2024. Relatively speaking we come out asContinue reading How Green are we at Chorlton Good Neighbours?
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