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Following our very first magazine In February 2006, a rather sceptical but well-intentioned member of the community wondered whether we would be able to find enough material for any future issues. Fortunately, his fears were groundless. Thanks to you – our readers and our advertisers - our magazines have truly blossomed and often, we have more material than we can accommodate.

But of course, quality is arguably more important than quantity and once again, in October, we will discover whether we have won any industry awards. We are delighted to tell you that we’ve been shortlisted to receive two awards: Claire, for Best Editorial-News Item; Garth, for Best Editorial- General Interest. The competition is really strong so we are not banking on anything. It has been pleasing to get this far.

This month we are delighted to feature The Acoustic Lounge in our magazine and hope that many of you will pop in over the coming weeks to enjoy a relaxing cup of coffee.

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Issue 59 - October/November 2015

p o y n t o nContentsPoynton show 4

Local Buzz 7

Poynton People 8

The Acoustic Lounge 10

The Book Group Recommends 13

In Touch 17

Crossword 24

Tales from the Blackden Borderlands 28

The Walk 32

Just 4 Kids 37

Children’s Activities 38

Inside People 42

st George’s singers 49

Humble Pie 50

Sudoku 53

Inside Guide 55

Puzzle Solutions 60

Useful Numbers 61

Classified Index 62

Garth Aspinall Claire Hawker

Having never been to a village show before, I didn’t really know what to expect when I went along to Poynton Show last month. Held on what turned out to be a fairly cool, but (thankfully) dry, day, the Show was an eclectic mix of attractions, competitions, and stalls, and was a wonderful day out.

We entered the park at 10am to take in the show and were first drawn to the livestock, set up not far from the entrance. We saw prized cattle, sheep, and donkeys, as well as some of the most magnificent (and huge) shire horses I have ever seen! We watched as judges examined the animals’ health and stature, and had the handlers demonstrate both their own and the animals’ capability. It was a lot of fun watching the demonstrations, as well as wandering around the paddocks and looking at all the animals. The poultry and small animals’ tent was definitely worth a visit too. I didn’t expect to be quite so interested in the animal demonstrations, but the atmosphere of the day coupled with the announcers explaining what they were doing/looking for made it a great section of the show.

Next we went to view the Creative Hobbies tent. I do a lot of knitting and crochet, and my friend told me I should enter some of my makes into this section. At only 80p per entry it seemed silly not to try, so I entered some items along

with my friend who went in for the baking. I even submitted a painting my boyfriend had done a month or so ago. He was delighted to win second place in the ‘Abstract’ art category, and he wore his blue ribbon proudly all day long! Everything in the Creative Hobbies tent was a joy to look at – it is amazing how much creativity there is in the village and surrounding areas, and to be able to come together and show it all off and admire everyone’s work was terrific. Both the kids’ and adult categories were chock full of talent and we must have spent up to an hour wandering round the tent.

The horticulture tent similarly didn’t disappoint. I was amazed at how HUGE people could grow their vegetables - I can honestly say I’d never seen such gigantic leeks and marrows (you can’t say that every day, can you?) – and the flowers were all beautiful. My favourite part of this tent though was the miniature gardens. Charmingly designed and full of character, they were such fun to investigate up close.

And of course there were the expected food stalls, ice cream vans, and bars, plus a fun fair and a craft fair to explore. I ate a lot of good food while watching the local brass bands perform, and wandered over to the main ring with some freshly cooked doughnuts to watch spectators win a tug-of-war with a skip lorry and a traction engine – very funny!

The day was truly a wonderful day out, and I am really looking forward to attending again next year! I’ve got a good idea now of what I should be knitting, so I can win myself a ribbon as well.

Poynton Show

by Jenny Riley4

PoynTon’s BesT

The 2015 Poynton Achievements in Customer Excellence (PACE) Awards, sponsored by Poynton Town Council, have been launched and are awaiting your nominations. Now in their third year these are the only truly local business awards where you, the residents of Poynton, can vote for your favourite businesses and staff members.

The award categories cover all Poynton businesses from shops and restaurants to professional and business services, so they are just as relevant to business users as they are to shoppers. Previous winners have been delighted with the publicity they have received through local press and online, but the awards also highlight the fantastic customer service levels right across the village.

As an incentive to take part, the Town Council is offering all voters the chance to win either £100 or £50 worth of local shopping vouchers. There will also be a prize of £75 of vouchers for the exceptional person who is voted the Poynton Employee of the Year.

The closing date for nominations is Friday 9 October 2015 and the Awards will be presented at the Poynton In Business Annual Dinner to be held on Friday 20 November 2015 at Davenport Golf Club.

Nomination forms are available from Poynton Civic Hall and at various businesses around the village. However, the easiest and fastest way to vote is at the Poynton In Business website, www.poyntoninbusiness.co.uk where full terms and conditions can also be found.

CommuniTy CenTre uPdATe

The team at the Poynton Community Centre would like to say a huge thank you to all those people who have given so generously to enable essential work to bring the building back into use. To date nearly £19000 has been raised leaving us £6000 short of our Phase 1 total. Help came from many individuals such as a local doctor, Audit Medical and the Lady Warren Bulkeley Trust each of whom donated £1000. Mates DIY and Waitrose have given generously as have so many residents.

All this means that the electrical system is now safe, the fire safety system is fully compliant, an asbestos survey has been carried out, a dangerous out building has been removed, the small hall is being decorated (a plasterer is still needed to do a small amount of remedial work) and new guttering is being fitted.

Barclays Bank gave nearly £1000 and built a raised garden, garden bench and compost bin as a project that will be maintained by the Men In Sheds group. Outside lighting and some emergency lighting inside the building is still needed, as is decoration of the lobby, toilets and North Room and curtains for the small hall.

Fundraising events have included an open garden day, centre users open day, Poynton Show stand and a charity concert which raised nearly £800 for the Centre and provided a great night’s entertainment.

The outcome of these tremendous efforts is that the Centre will be partially open again early in October and bookings can be made from the beginning of the month. The Management team is working hard to search out grant monies to allow for a replacement roof for the main hall and then a total refurbishment of that space. If you would like to join the team of Management Trustees and get involved in ensuring that Poynton’s oldest building has a bright future for all our residents, please email pyccchairman@btinternet.com

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by Jenny Cooke

Gail’s latest book, Meet Me There, has just been published in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Cinnamon Press. This book is about our roots, and how we can learn to know a place deeply. It’s edited by Gail and shares the stories of ten writers including her own. Gail writes, ‘It’s not enough to inhabit a place. Thanks to the fast-paced transitory nature of contemporary lives and cultures, most of us no longer know a place deeply. We aren’t rooted; tend to be easily displaced, unaware of what we’re missing.’

On page 194 Gail says, ‘This landscape [Higher Poynton], was vaguely familiar, its canal, old mine workings, its barges. I am tuned to the nuances of its speech, talk to people whose names I know and they know mine. I have named it in my turn; Anson, Ram’s Clough, Ryles Wood, Weasel Wood, the mill track, the Cage, Sheep’s hill, the sky field. I know its setts, dens, holes, its tracks, dry-stone walls, gritstone trails. Here a buzzard roosts on a pole. Hawks drop. Owls call me to sleep and back again.’

However it’s not just about Poynton. Birmingham, Thailand, Wales, The Hebrides, Paris, the natural world, urban and suburban places are all explored. It’s about home and belonging.

I asked Gail if her love of dogs began when she was a young child. In the book she writes about Judy, the family ‘pet’. Judy was a failed guard dog kept by Gail’s Grandad to watch over the yard, marooned there, whatever the weather. Seven-year old Gail often went outside and sat with her,

even curling up with her in the kennel sometimes. It was especially tricky for anyone who wanted to visit the outside toilet because Judy thought it her duty to guard this necessity from any incomers!

You might spot Gail on one of her many walks with Lyra, her current rescue dog. Lyra is a young, black Lab/ Staffie cross given up by her first two families who couldn’t cope with her. Her idea of greeting is to leap up, lick violently, pinion your feet and whine non-stop, even if you use the old trick of ignoring her. Gail’s patience, not to mention that of other family members, is legendary. So slowly, kindness and routine are winning Lyra round.

The ‘dog walk’ is the highlight of Gail’s day. So once outside, pockets stuffed with doggy bags and treats, they head for the fields towards Lyme. Doing this over the many years Gail has lived in Higher Poynton has, without her knowing it at the time, given her the groundwork for this book.

‘I know where pheasants brood, how herons are solitary stones, where a badger might rumble through a hedge…I have seen a fox cub up close…and a baby deer tucked in a hollowed-out tree…sent to make my day.’

Reading Gail opens our eyes afresh to places we thought we knew.

Gail Ashton has published 14 books, including two poetry collections with Cinnamon Press – Ghost Songs and The Other Side of Glass - , a biography of Geoffrey Chaucer and critical works on medieval literature. She has also written for INSIDE Poynton. She blogs at www.gailashtonwriting.wordpress.com

Meet Me There – The Cinnamon Press anthology of writing and place, edited by Gail Ashton. £9.99 www.cinnamonpress.com ISBN 978-1-909077-81-2

poynton peopleMaking a DifferenceGail Ashton – writer, teacher, poet … and dog lover

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The rustic voice of James Gillespie floated down a small back street where Rock Island Bar nestled. As we poked our heads around the door James looked up and ushered us in while still singing a U2 number. We crept in, got a beer and sat down not realising at that moment I was about to stumble upon the beginnings of The Acoustic Lounge.

It was during a lads’ holiday in 2010 on the island of Fuerteventura that my good friend Andy Tighe and myself found solace in this small yet perfectly crafted live music venue. As we listened intently to the sound of James we noticed that he had captured the audience which we found surreal. It was the type of tranquil place that was missing in many peoples’ lives and one that certainly did not exist back home. The bar did not open every evening and became a café during the day; I thought that this was a novel idea and one upon which The Acoustic Lounge was eventually moulded.

It wasn’t until the following year when again on holiday I sat listening to the acoustic sound of an artist playing a mixture of covers and original material. We had a chat and he said it was difficult for artists to get gigs back home in England. My thoughts immediately returned to Fuerteventura and the idea that Rock Island Bar had the calmness that we all strive for and the platform for artists to be heard. The Acoustic Lounge was born.

Back home, we embarked on our strategy of what would work and how we might implement our ideas. Which area would be suitable for The Acoustic Lounge? Market research led us to a few places but none actually stood out as a potential venue. Coming from a background devoid of business acumen, I enlisted a long term friend of mine, Derek Cox, who is a successful business man in his own right to guide the business strategy. I know Derek always had a soft spot for opening a restaurant and we have played with the idea of collaborating on both our dreams but that is for future.

It was a warm sunny Sunday in May 2012 and a chance visit through Poynton made something catch my eye. I have travelled the same road many times but on this particular day the sun shone on the board above the old ‘Wendy House’ that informed us that the place was for rent. It was a great spot and one I went for. My idea was bandied around Poynton and I had the backing of many locals. I knew Poynton was the place to be. All seemed to be going well until the deal fell through and my dream was in tatters. What next? Try another town? My heart was set on Poynton so I advertised for a new venue. Three weeks later I received an email from the owner of The Health Store informing me that they may be moving their business online and therefore they may have the perfect place for me. I arranged a visit and fell in love with the site that is now The Acoustic Lounge.

Work began in May 2014 and Andy, Derek and myself spent most evenings and weekends working away. We left small gaps in the window so people could see what we were doing and we met some great characters along the way.

The Acoustic Lounge Story

by Brian Eason10

26 September 2014, and after almost four years in the making, The Acoustic Lounge opened its doors to an explosive sold out weekend. Throughout those four years I had kept in touch with James Gillespie, who was now living in London and he came up to open proceedings. My dream had finally come true and as I stood outside on the opening night I shed a tear, believing that anyone can follow a dream and if you have the willpower to succeed, there is nothing to stop you.

The artists have come in their droves knowing that they have a stage to perform and the evening crowd have taken some of them to their hearts. James Gillespie has since gone on to greater things with Sony Music and another one of our artists, Cara Hammond has been signed up by Simon Jones (ex-bass player from The Verve) so I think we are moving in the right direction.

A few weeks ago we achieved the second stage of our vision when we opened our café. We are now open every day serving the freshest coffee, infused teas from around the world and a selection of hot and cold foods, we believe that we have created a place that oozes calmness and tranquillity even on a busy day.

Sit back and relax with a drink and listen to some chilled music or check out your emails with our free wifi. Either way, we believe The Acoustic Lounge has something for every age group day or night.

Come along and sample the atmosphere for yourself!

This intimate venue, situated in the heart of Poynton is well worth a visit and now you have the choice of experiencing it as a licensed, live music venue by night or for a relaxing daytime coffee with cake or a light lunch. The transformation of this building is exceptional – the interior oozes quality with beautiful exposed beams, comfortable seating and quirky finishing touches. There is space to relax over two floors with a gallery so that you still feel part of the action if you are upstairs. At the back there is a neat enclosed garden area providing a further seating area. Admission is always free.

The café is open daily as follows. The venue opens as a bar with live music from Thursday to Sunday evenings.

Monday 8.30am - 5.30pm (café)

Tuesday 8.30am - 5.30pm (café)

Wednesday 8.30am - 5.30pm (café)

Thursday 8.30am - 11.30pm (café until 9pm)

Friday 8.30am - 12.30am (café until 9pm)

Sat 9am – 12.30am (café until 9pm)

Sun 10am – 11.30pm (café until 9pm)

94-98 Park Lane, Poynton SK12 1RE

Tel: 01625 874456

www.theacousticlounge.co.uk

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This month we tackled two of the most moving stories that any of us had ever read. The first was The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer. The narrator is Matthew, a 19 year old schizophrenic struggling within the mental health system, and conducting his own writing therapy by banging out his thoughts on an old typewriter, interspersing them with letters, doodles and sketches. Matthew suffers from “command hallucinations which he attributes to a dead sibling,” Simon, who died during a camping trip while both were children.

Filer develops Matthew’s character with immense sympathy and sensitivity and describes illnesses of the mind in ways that powerfully convey the pain and confusion while maintaining a dark humour. Peripheral characters are beautifully developed: Matthew’s fussing mother, consumed by grief, his equally devastated but solid father, his doting grandmother Noo and his friend Jack who is unsure of how to deal with the mentally ill Matthew. The scenes when Matthew is sectioned are full of sharply drawn detail “The mugs are provided by Drug Reps” he notes in his journal “they have the brands of the medication we hate printed all over them.” He describes perfectly the monotony of imposed routine, the hours of mind numbing boredom, the temptation to flout drug regimes that cause terrible side effects, and the agency staff who attempt to

build up rapport with the “service users” but fail to get even their names right.

We were not surprised to learn that the author was himself a psychiatric nurse, or that this work recently won the Costa First Novel Award. Unsettling, funny, deeply affecting we found this a remarkable read.

The Siege by Helen Dunmore is an agonising read. Her canvas is huge – the Nazis’ 1941 winter siege of Leningrad that killed 600,000 civilians, but her focus is heartrendingly intimate. The Levin family is fighting to stay alive in their small apartment, held together by the courage and resourcefulness of 22 year old Anna. Though she dreams of an artist’s life, she must forage for food, watch her young brother grow cruelly thin and her father, a blacklisted author, wither in mind and body. Dunmore uses intensely observed sensory details to punctuate the changes as the siege progresses. “Salty, delicate crust of scales” on trout with “potatoes rich and savoury with anchovy oil” give way to hair on which “you can smell the stink of burnt fat” after the Germans have bombed Leningrad’s main food warehouse. People become oblivious to the larger narrative of the war, only three short chapters give us any proper perspective on the unfolding of history. Cold and hunger take possession of the narrative. The dismantling of a child’s papier–mache castle to extract the paste to eat is depicted with painful precision. In these dire circumstances support comes for Anna as a sensitive young doctor becomes her devoted partner.

A moving story of personal triumph and public tragedy - this is an extraordinarily good novel and we cannot recommend it highly enough.

The Book Group Recommends

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At Amaranth, digestive health is the most commonly discussed health concern we see with our clients. The number of people suffering from digestive complaints is extremely high and is estimated as being up to 10% of the general population, IBS being the most common gastrointestinal problem in the world. Symptoms of IBS including abdominal pain, bloating, discomfort and constipation can have a significant impact on quality of life and yet often little is known about this illness that is often described as having no known cause.

At Amaranth we take a nutritional therapy approach to digestive health. This means that we work on identifying the factors contributing to the condition in each individual. Environmental and lifestyle changes may go some way to explaining why digestive complaints have become so common and considerations may include stress, food sensitivity, levels of beneficial bacteria, enzymes and dietary choices. A nutritional therapy approach may include digestive testing, food suggestions and supplements if these are appropriate.

At Amaranth during October we are offering the opportunity to work with Nutritional Therapist Caroline Keighley (mBANT, CNHC, DipCNM). Pop into the store to find out more or join one of our events:

Digestive Health Talk 29 October 7.30pm £5 booking fee

Join us for this informative evening as Caroline explains more about the digestive system and the myths and truth about IBS. Caroline will share some of the latest research in this area

Free Digestive Health Clinic 21 and 28 October

Caroline is offering free 20 minute consultations so that you can discover how a nutritional therapy approach may help you.

SenSitive DigeStion

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BooK reCords GrAnnies’ ePiC WALK

At a time in life when many women of their age would be content to spend their days pottering in the garden or knitting jumpers for their grandchildren, pensioners Linda Brackenbury and Gwen Sproston decided to walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats.

But instead of simply following the usual route based on roads and well waymarked national trails, they plotted a more direct walk using public footpaths and bridleways as much as possible – and in the process managed to carve nearly 200 miles off the 1,200-mile trek.

Now Linda (age 67) from Cheadle Hulme, a retired University of Manchester lecturer in Computer Science, has published a 371 page book of their 1,035-mile, end-to-end journey. Hence the title Walking e2e.

Between them, Linda and Gwen have nine grandchildren. Their epic feat took just 71 days between April and June 2012 and included a staggering 101,000 ft (31,077 metres) of ascent with only three days rest along the way and two days of travelling either side.

Covering an average 14.5m daily, the 71 sections ranged from 6m to a maximum of 21m. Each stage is fully described and illustrated with sketch maps to make it easier for others who want to follow in their footsteps. There is also helpful advice on transport and accommodation.

“Thanks to Gwen’s superb navigation, we hardly put a foot wrong,” said Linda, who explained that they wanted to avoid the better-known, national trails because these often meander into popular

tourist areas and generally attract more people. “In fact, we stuck to quiet, public footpaths as much as possible as well as old drovers’ trails and military roads. As a result, we only saw 41 other walkers throughout our journey and many of these were friends and relatives who came to cheer us on along the way.” These included ten members of their walking group, East Cheshire Ramblers, who spent a day walking with them from Barnton to Glazebrook, Cheshire.

Apart from acting as navigator, Gwen (age 69), from Chelford, Cheshire, chronicled their feat in more than 1,500 photographs, which are used for talks to raise money for local charities together with the proceeds from book sales.

Copies of Linda’s book, Walking e2e, can be ordered price £15, inc p&p, via her website www.brackwalks.co.uk.

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in touChPoynTon PLAyers neW seAson

Poynton Players amateur dramatic society has been performing in the village since 1931. The society performed in a number of locations in and around Poynton until 1948 when our permanent home was purchased on Georges Road West, adjacent to the Poynton Legion Club.

Since that time our theatre has been comprehensively improved, rebuilt and redeveloped to its current high standard of air-conditioned comfort and technical resources. Poynton Players theatre has a large, proscenium arch stage, state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems and a seated capacity of 101, with an audio loop and disabled facilities. The theatre is also available for hire.

Poynton Players present four or more drama productions per season. The first play this season is the stage adaptation of the hugely successful TV comedy ‘Allo ‘Allo! By Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft. This features a cast of sixteen with all the familiar characters and will run from Monday 2 to Saturday 7 November.

There is a pre-Christmas production comprising a one-act comedy Sharks in the Custard, followed after the interval by the very popular, South Manchester based, A-Cappella quartet Conchords (www.conchords.co.uk). This production will run for two nights only, Thursday 3 and Friday 4 December.

The Poynton-based youth theatre group Generate Theatre Arts will be starting after-school and holiday performing arts courses at Poynton Players theatre. See www.icangenerate.com for further details.

Poynton Players are a friendly group of members and there are many roles and opportunities for people of all ages to get involved, both on or off stage. You absolutely do not need to be interested in acting to get enjoyment from membership. No production could progress without the vital support jobs behind the scenes such as building scenery, designing and setting the lighting and sound, and working in Front of House roles.

Ticket details and general information for all our forthcoming productions and how to join the society are on our website www.poyntonplayers.co.uk or leave a message on our theatre ansaphone 01625 875542.

younG WriTer

Finley Kenny Y5 from Lostock Hall Primary School recently entered a young writers’ national competition and wrote a fantastic 100-word mini saga. Finley’s mini saga ‘Pressure From The Past’ has been chosen to be published in Once Upon A Time - Fantastic Tales. Having work published at such a young age is a fantastic achievement and Finley’s family, friends and school all look forward to reading the book which is due to be published on 31 October.

CHrisTmAs Tree FesTiVAL

This year St George’s Church in Heaviley will host its 9th Christmas Tree Festival from Wednesday 25 to Sunday 29 November. For the first time the event will also feature a few nativity scenes provided by members of the congregation. We expect that there will be over 60 trees, sponsored by individuals and organisations. As usual, there will be performances by local school children and other groups during the five day Festival.

For further information contact Kim Regan on 0161 440 0408 or at d.kim.regan@gmail.com.

For details of the performance programme see the website nearer the time at www.stgeorgestockport.org.uk

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in touChnorTH CHesHire PHoToGrAPHiC soCieTy

NCPS is a friendly, local photographic society enjoying some success at both Regional and National level which caters for the needs and interests of local photographers of all abilities from beginner to experienced competition photographer. We meet in the main hall in Poynton Civic Centre every Tuesday evening, 7.30 for 8.00pm from September to May.

Our programme comprises, illustrated talks from distinguished local and national photographers, image assessment evenings, talks from our own members, photographic competitions as well as social events and our flagship Annual Exhibition and North Cheshire Challenge held every year in March. New members, of all ages, are always welcome, so come on down and take a look. For more information visit www.ncps.org.uk.

THe GondoLiers

Poynton Gilbert & Sullivan Society present their annual stage show, which this year is The Gondoliers. The Gondoliers is the twelfth collaboration between composer Arthur Sullivan and librettist WS Gilbert. The Gondoliers (or The King of Barataria) tells the story of two charming Venetian gondoliers, Giuseppe and Marco, who are informed that due to an error of identity when they were young boys, one of them is the heir to the throne of Barataria. They are delighted with the situation and agree to share the responsibilities of governing their new kingdom until it can be ascertained which of them is which; an intriguing, complicated and amusing plot then unfolds in typical Gilbert and Sullivan style...

The show runs from Tuesday 6 October to Saturday 10 October, nightly at 7-30pm at Poynton Civic Hall (opposite Waitrose). Tickets are £10 for adults, and £7 for children, and are available in advance by e-mailing tickets@poyntongands.co.uk or by phone at 01625 260086. Tickets also available on the counter at MATES DIY on Park Lane as well as on the door each evening of the show.

www.poyntongands.co.uk

WiLmsLoW GuiLd nATurAL HisTory soCieTy

Are you interested in the countryside, flowers, birds, butterflies, mammals, amphibians? Or any aspect of natural history? If yes, then The Wilmslow Guild Natural History Society is for YOU!

Come and join a friendly group of enthusiasts who enjoy monthly meetings. From September to April there is a programme of talks by expert speakers covering interesting and varied topics of natural history of both national and international relevance. Throughout the spring and summer there is a varied programme of excursions, both local and further afield, to locations providing a good range of specialist and general interest for everyone. No expert knowledge is needed, so come along and learn, contribute and enjoy the company! For more information please contact David Warner on 01625 874387.

Monthly on a Thursday evening from 7.45pm to 9.30pm at Wilmslow Guild, 1 Bourne Street, Wilmslow.

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in touCh200TH AnniVersAry GArden PArTy

The residents of Worth Clough, past and present got together in the garden of Frank and Jean Walker in July to hold a party to celebrate the 200th birthday of the cottages. The cottages were built to house miners working on Lord Vernon’s estate in 1815.

Jean Walker is one of the longest residing residents living in the cottages, whose parents had also lived there. Derek Potts is the oldest resident on the row and has seen many changes over the years.

Many thanks to Jean for taking care of all the arrangements, it was a lovely day.

Here’s to the next 200 years!

PoynTon Guides CAmP AT WAddoW HALL

In August 28 Guides from three units in Poynton joined together to camp under canvas at Waddow Hall Campsite in Clitheroe. The girls, aged 10-12, cooked for themselves in patrols on altar fires for the whole time. They also took part in activities such as caving, canoeing, orienteering, swimming, zipwire and even scaled a 60ft tree as part of the tree climb activity.

All the girls gained their Campers badge with three gaining their Camper advance. Everyone had an amazing time and learnt so many new skills! They certainly proved ‘This Girl Can’. Thanks to all the leaders who made it possible.

Sound like something you would love to be involved with? Then take a look at the GGUK website through the join us section.

CAnCer reseArCH FundrAisers

We began as a small group nine years ago, each one of us having been affected by loved ones who suffered from the disease. Since then with tremendous local support from residents and shop keepers at our events we have raised considerable funds for our charity, and desperately want to reach the amazing sum of £100,000 before the end of this year.

We will be holding a Craft Fair in the Civic Hall on Saturday 31 October from 10.30am to 2.30 pm. There will be a variety of stalls including Tombola, Lucky Dip, Christmas Cards, Art & Crafts, Cakes and many more. Please come and join us as we hope to reach our target of £100,000 for Cancer Research UK which we have been working towards for the past nine years and this will only be possible with your support.

All the money raised will go to support the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute (previously known as The Paterson Institute for Cancer Research) and the Cancer Research Laboratory which opened in July. This is a £28.5 million partnership between Cancer Research UK, The University of Manchester and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. Which opened in July.

We cannot thank you all enough for your continuing support which is absolutely necessary for further research programmes into this disease.

seAsons GreeTinGs

Woodford Players invite you to spend Christmas with the Bunker family this year - it’s one you will never forget. Neville and Belinda Bunker invite Uncle Harvey, a psychotic retired security guard with a fetish for weapons and a love of old movies, Uncle Bernard, a bumbling doctor with a penchant for puppetry, and his accident prone alcoholic wife Phyllis. Sister Rachel, a repressed young woman, is also invited and brings her friend Clive for the weekend. Throw in friends Eddie and Pattie and you have a recipe for mayhem in this comedy with a twist by Alan Ayckbourn.

The play runs from 18 - 21 November at 7:30pm at the Woodford Community Centre tickets can be ordered through the website at www.woodfordplayers.co.uk

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Changes to the care system were introduced earlier this year and dubbed “the biggest shake-up for 60 years.” The first parts of the Act came into effect in April 2015 with remaining changes due to come into force in April 2016, however the government has since announced they are to be delayed until April 2020.

If you need care, or look after someone who does it’s important to know how care is changing in the future and how it could affect you, here are some of the key changes.

1. You have the right to a free assessment from your council, even if it thinks your finances are too high or your needs are too low. 2. A national eligibility criteria has been established which means all councils will use this to decide whether someone can get help from them.

Previously the councils set their own criteria. 3. Carers have been given the same right to assessment and support as the people they care for; before, they had to provide “substantial care on a regular basis” to get an assessment. 4. You can defer selling your home to pay your care fees until after your death. 5. Those who pay for care themselves will be entitled to go to councils to get advice and information about the care system. You can ask the council to arrange your services for you, they can only charge you as much as someone whose care they are funding. 6. The council must provide preventative services that could reduce or delay your need for care ie intermediate care at home after a hospital stay.

Further information on the impact of the changes can be found on the government website.

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Present meets past and modern times meet myth and magic – at The Blackden Trust, Goostrey

If you’ve ever read any books by celebrated and much-loved Alderley Edge author, Alan Garner, you’ll know that many of them carry a common theme of boundaries and thresholds. These are often the debatable psychic borderlands between present and past, where time folds and warps to create thresholds that allow passage between what is now and what once was. Moreover, in Alan Garner’s wonderfully labyrinthine fables, past and present can often coexist in the same space, with events having a ripple effect both forwards and backwards in time.

A threshold into the past

You might think that such concepts could only exist within the pages of Mr Garner’s considerable body of fine literature, but if you visit the place in which he lives, you’ll find that they can also exist in the here and now – and perhaps, simultaneously, in the there and then! Many years ago, in order to find the peace he needed in order to write, Mr Garner purchased a near-derelict cottage at Blackden,

near Goostrey, not far from Jodrell Bank radio telescope. The cottage was part of a row of three dwellings, collectively known as Toad Hall (a local pronunciation of “t’owd hall” or “the old hall”), which subsequently revealed itself to be a three-bay timber-framed medieval hall. Here he settled to his writing, and here he created the magical domains contained in his books for both children and adults. Much of his inspiration was drawn from his immediate landscape, for the ground upon which his home was built proved to be a rich and fecund threshold into the past. For over ten thousand years, people had lived here, as evidenced by the soil’s constantly yielding stone tools, ancient pottery, medieval artefacts, and many more objects that spoke of the lives of hundreds of past generations who lived out their days and years in this place and this space.

A medieval building – dismantled, transported and re-built

In the early 1970s, a derelict 16th century timber-framed former apothecary’s house, known as The Medicine House, was due for demolition in the village of Wrinehill, some 17 miles away in Staffordshire – to make way for a new road. Purchasing the property for just a pound, Alan Garner had it expertly dismantled, transported and re-built next to Toad Hall in Blackden.

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Tales from the Blackden Borderlands

Medieval wooden-framed houses were built to be moved, with their internal wooden skeletons marked and matched by the original builders for easy re-assembly elsewhere – but it was still a massive labour of love to re-build a 500 year-old house in a different location, with the level of restoration required to make it habitable, homely and welcoming for the next several centuries.

Protected by The Blackden Trust

Nowadays, Toad Hall, The Medicine House and its landscape are protected and preserved by The Blackden Trust, an educational trust set up to ensure that this precious and unique place can be enjoyed by all those who love the borderlands and thresholds between our present and past. You can visit for a fascinating guided tour, and you will be shown yet more thresholds – especially those in the Medicine House, whose windows, doors and chimneys were vulnerable to the unwelcome passage of spirits and witches from an altogether darker world. You can also attend special courses on subjects covering matters such as archaeology, history - and herbalism; in fact the Medicine House even brought its own secret cache of herbal seeds, trapped for centuries in its timber, waiting for that moment when they could take root in fresh soil – as they have done in the rich earth that surrounds the Medicine House where it now stands.

You are welcome to become a friend and supporter of The Blackden Trust, and you can find all the information you need at www.theblackdentrust.org.uk, email contact@theblackdentrust.org.uk, telephone 01477 571445.

Former Marple Sixth Form College student Jess Jones, who came to the college from Poynton County High School was lucky enough to be chosen to attend the prestigious FA National Football Futures Camp 2015 at the Football Association’s multi million pound facility at St Georges Park, Burton upon Trent.

Jess was selected from hundreds of applicants nationally and this represented a lifetime opportunity to develop a host of key leadership, coaching and life skills. The camp consisted of 2 days of generic football leadership workshops, followed by a day and a half of specialist training. Describing her experience Jess said

“The national camp at St Georges Park was amazing! Amazing facilities, met so many great people and had one of the best times of my life. Not only have I learnt a lot about coaching, leadership and many different aspects of football in general, I have also learnt a lot about myself and where I want to be in the future. I now also have many contacts with other young leaders around the country and people within the FA. I would highly recommend getting involved and striving to be selected for the future camps to any young person within football who, like myself, want to develop in these areas and who is hard working and dedicated. Hopefully I will also be at future camps as well as I am going to apply to be a young leader mentor...fingers crossed! ‘’

Jess also expressed her gratitude to the sports staff at Marple Sixth Form College who not only helped her prepare for the camp but guided her to achieve the highest possible qualification on the BTEC Sport course D*D*D* [triple distinction grade]. Jess also followed the Football Excellence programme alongside her BTEC studies. This course provides students with the opportunity to take the official FA qualifications in leadership, coaching and officiating.

Jess is currently studying for a degree in Coaching and Sport Science at Nottingham Trent University and was part of a really successful year group who achieved 98% pass rates at A level and 100% on vocational courses. Indeed, in July the Cheadle and Marple colleges were voted runner up providers of BTEC courses nationally from over 850 participants. Marple Sixth Form College is a community based establishment which provides over 80 different courses at all levels. They include a wide range of A levels, BTEC’s and Apprenticeships

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This walk article, with lots of interesting history thrown in was supplied for Poynton Rambling Club by Peter Jaques and Bob Wade.

Distance: 8 miles taking about 4 hours.

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Our walk started at the canal basin car park in Whaley Bridge.

We had a local historian with us who pointed out some of the features that owed their origins to historical events that happened in the surrounding area. We started up the incline built by the Cromford and High Peak Railway which originally was intended to be a canal, a continuation of the existing peak forest canal. However the fact that most of the underlying rock was limestone and was porous made the retention of water impossible. Some of the supply of water to it was probably to be from the Todbrook reservoir above the village and this would have been insufficient for even part of the canal. As a result it was decided that goods would be transported to Cromford by a railway, which was completed in 1824 and the wagons were

pulled up by horsepower, turning a winch at the top of the incline. Today the only recognisable part of the railway is the bridge over the river Goyt with the rails still intact. The route was surveyed by Josiah Jessop, the son of William Jessop, a noted engineer of the time who also surveyed the route with a partner called William Outram who was another railway engineer and had also laid some rail tracks. Locomotive steam power was still in its infancy, so most of the inclines on the route were by stationary steam engines situated at the top of the inclines, the level stretches being propelled by horse power. To facilitate this, the rails were laid on stone blocks so the hooves of the horses could gain a good purchase to pull the heavy loads. The incline from Whaley Bridge was powered by a horse gin with the horses rotating a large winch. The wagons were pulled up by presumably a heavy duty rope. This stretch of the track was surprisingly not abandoned until as late as 1952. The incline required an embankment to be built, when this was completed it crossed the path to a small well by a brook, which gave some of the nearby cottages their water supply. The story goes that an elderly and infirm lady was prevented from accessing the well for her water by the railway

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guards. Incensed by this, some of the men of the village challenged the guards and a fight ensued. The railway company took them to court but surprisingly for the time the judge found in favour of the villagers.

This incline is fairly short, and at the top of the stone remains of the turning circle can still be seen. At the side of this is a sad memorial carved into a rock to a young man who vanished from the village in the 1980’s. A pity that Whaley Bridge is misspelt! After this the track is blocked and it requires a short stretch of road-walking, along the A6, until just after the Cock Inn a narrow path on the left leads up a short hill and re-joins the site of the track. After about ½ mile the Shallcross Incline is reached which is longer and steeper.

This incline was powered by a stationary steam engine situated at the top of the hill; this part of the track was recently renovated and opened to walkers some years ago. In total nine inclined plains were built, covering the whole length of the railway track.

The route then passes the nearby Shallcross Hall Farm, before turning into a rough track and crossing the A5004 to Buxton before dipping down and crossing the river Goyt. There followed a steep but thankfully short climb up to Taxal Church where the group was able to rest for a while before continuing left along the farm track for about two miles, giving superb views of the hills on our left. At Crowhill Farm we turned right and crossed a minor road at the base of Taxal Edge.

We stopped here for a welcome coffee break and admired the views towards Ladder Hill with its distinctive radio mast. We then started the steepish climb up to Taxal Edge, before reaching Windgather Rocks where the group turned right along the ridge, passing Wright’s Farm. Just after this there is a ladder stile on the right which we crossed, then began the slow descent into Kettleshulme, passing the well-tended gardens of the White Swan Pub. The group then crossed a minor but busy

road and went towards the small hamlet of Kettleshulme, before turning left passing Lumb Mill, originally called Lumb Hole which seemed to be in a good state of repair, most of the mill workers cottages nearby are still occupied. The mill was burnt down in 1820 and rebuilt in 1830; it was unusual in that it made cotton candle wicks for miners. It looks as though some attempt seems to have been made to convert the mill into apartments, but the venture seems to have been abandoned. The site of the mill race and waterwheel can still be seen where part of the Todd Brook has been diverted to power the mill, but is now dry.

We crossed a small bridge over the pretty and picturesque brook, admiring the series of waterfalls that had powered the mill. At this point we stopped on a grassy embankment for lunch and relaxed in the sun. Again were able to enjoy the views, this time towards Taxal Edge. After some time we reluctantly set off again and crossed a double stile over Todd Brook, before climbing up the minor road which leads into Kettleshulme.

We crossed the road and passed the New Cornfield Farm following a rough track and keeping the farm buildings on our right. On a small hill some 300 metres to the west of the farm can be found ‘The Murder Stone,’ this is believed to be a Neolithic relic and is now a grade 2 listed ancient monument. How it got its name is unknown but it has been suggested that it might have some connection with the ‘Bow Stones,’ on the other side of the valley. However the ‘Bow

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Stones’ are of the Saxon period whereas the Murder Stone is much earlier. It seems to date from Stone Age or Bronze Age periods which overlapped; the period dates from 4000 to 2500 BC. The stone is situated some 200 metres on the left hand side of the track, it is made of gritstone and must have been a monumental task to haul it up the hill and position it.

After a short pause to admire it we continued on the track with the minor road to Kettleshulme from Disley visible below us on the left. We were soon in sight of what had been until recently the Moorside Hotel and we turned right before reaching it, walking on the well-defined and pleasant path alongside Whaley Moor. A larger ladder stile was negotiated and we then walked on the level skirting a hill on our left with views over Taxal on the right. Crossing a small bridge over a tiny stream we climbed up a short distance to a small stile which we crossed.

In the field is another ancient monument called ‘The Dipping Stones.’ One legend is that this is a relic from the plague of the 1600’s. The villagers put money to pay for food into the hollows in the stone filled with water or vinegar to prevent the plague spreading. In fact the stones are the base of a cross, probably denoting a boundary point. It seems that much of the stone work was removed over time to build the stone walls around the fields. It is probably Neolithic, so the plague story could not be true.

It is at this point that another deviation can be made down to the old Buxton road from Disley to Whaley Bridge. Just by the road sign denoting the boundary of Derbyshire is another ‘Murder Stone.’ With this one however most of the facts are known. In 1823 a merchant called

William Wood was murdered by three men who stole his takings of £90. Later two of them were caught, sentenced to death and one hanged. He was Joseph Dale, the other committed suicide, and the third was never caught. However there does seem to be some puzzling aspects of the case. Mr Wood was coming back from Manchester to his home in Eyam, quite a distance to walk. Also what method of transport did he use to transport the cloth? If it was cotton goods, how did he get them there? Did he have a horse and cart, if so, what happened to it? Also why was he carrying such a large amount of money on his person? Of the three men who killed him, how were the culprits found?

We then crossed a tricky ramshackle stile over the stone wall, at the bottom corner of the field, turning right over a rough pasture towards Todbrook Reservoir. It is believed that this large field was used as a firing range in the First World War, we took care not to step on any unexploded bombs! The group then followed the wall, looking down at Todbrook Reservoir until we reached a narrow road at which point we turned left, and after a short distance then turned right down a signposted path through the wood until we reached the road running alongside Todbrook Reservoir. After about half a mile we went under the railway bridge at Whaley Bridge, and back to the car park.

We had seen some history of the area, much of it lost in the mists of time. Maybe some of the answers will be uncovered in years to come. A refreshing drink at the Goyt Inn concluded what had been an interesting and informative walk.

Poynton Rambling Club walks are mainly on Wednesdays and Sunday. The club caters for walkers of all abilities and the walks vary from easy to fairly strenuous, with the distance between 5 and 12 miles. For further details contact the secretary, Brian Brough 01625 877463 or for more information at www.poynton-ramblers.org.uk.

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Things to do with pre-school kids

Compiled by Jenny Rileye: jenny@insidemagazines.co.uk

MondaySt. Paul’s Catholic Pre-School 9-3pmOpen Monday – Friday Term Time only. Marley Road, Poynton. A caring and stimulating environment, open to all. Please call ahead from more information – 01625 858222

Playaway 9.30-11.30amPoynton Baptist Church. Contact 01625 859036

TuesdayWacky Woods 10am-12pmStyperson Quarry Wood, Brookledge Lane, Adlington.

Come and have fun in the woods with your pre-schooler; even young babies can appreciate the joys of nature. Lots of sensory play activities to enjoy with your children in guided sessions.

£5 per child and that includes pancakes or crumpets on the campfire.

Contact 01625 573086.

Story Time 11amTerm time only. Hazel Grove Library. Stories, rhymes and songs followed by some colouring.

Contact 0161 217 6009.

WednesdayPre-School Dance 2-2.30pmTerm time only. St Martin’s Church Hall, Shrigley Road North, Higher Poynton. All children welcome from age 18 months. Contact 07903 727763 or email missstephanie1@hotmail.co.uk

ThursdayParent & Toddler Group 9.30-11.30am Term time only, Poynton Methodist Church.

For more information contact the church office on 01625 871592

Rhyme Time 10.30amPoynton Library. No booking necessary and no charge. All babies and toddlers welcome with parents/carers.

Contact 01625 374818.

Stay & Play 1.15-2.45pm Term time only, Poynton Children’s Centre, Clumber Road.

Contact 01625 383090 or email poyntonchildrenscentreadmin@cheshireeast.gov.uk

FridayBaby Sensory 11am, 12.30pm and 2pmThe Woodford Scout and Guide Headquarters, Moor Lane, Woodford. A learning and development program for parents and babies.

To book, call Becky on 07503547083 or email eastcheshire@babysensory.co.uk

saTurdayBaby Ballet & Tap 9-10amThe Hockley Centre, Park Lane. Step Ahead School of Dance, contact Natalie on 07799 614260 for further details.

Who Let the Dads Out? Between 9am & 11am Second Saturday of the month during term time, St. Martin’s Church Hall, Higher Poynton (near the Boars Head Pub).

A dads and toddler group for dads, granddads or male carers and their pre-school children.

£2.50 per family which includes a bacon butty & coffee for the dads, and toast & juice for the children.

Contacts Julie Briggs on 07769 938269, or email julie@briggs.me.uk

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Bramhall Bakery apprentice Sally Higginbottom, who is based at the Poynton bakery, has been awarded a prestigious national award from the Worshipful Company of Bakers to travel on a scholarship to a French baking

school for a week of intensive training on Sourdough breads.

Local Bramhall resident Sally, a former pupil at Bramhall High School, has been working at the bakery for just over a year. She follows in the footsteps of the bakery’s previous apprentice Amber Smith, who was awarded the James Allen prize for the bakery apprentice of the year in 2013 and spent a week at a training centre in Scotland.

Training is an important part of the business at Bramhall Bakery which, despite its small size, currently employs and trains two apprentices. “We are delighted that Sally’s hard work has paid off and we are looking forward to the new skills she will be able to bring back to the bakery” said Director Scott Peters.

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Frances Sackett was born in Chirk, North Wales. Her father was an engineer with the Forestry Commission and when Frances was 13 the family moved to Newtown in Mid Wales.

A talented singer, Frances won a scholarship to study operatic singing and sang at Newtown Pavilion in a performance of Prince Igor conducted by Barbirolli. She also performed with bands and in a pop group with some local success, entered and won a talent competition and was awarded a recording test at the BBC. Although the test did not lead to a contract, her mother was delighted that while waiting for Frances to complete the audition, she met and chatted to Jimmy Young!

After her O Levels Frances escaped rural life in Wales by moving to London, where she worked in the Bank of England. On finding London life expensive she left to work for the Midland Bank in Shrewsbury where she met her future husband Mark. When her daughters were attending High School, Frances decided to re-enter education, first to study A-level English literature, then to complete a part time degree in English Literature at Manchester University. Frances then spent twelve years working in a Marple bookshop and six years tutoring adults in Continuing Education classes.

Although she had written poetry and song lyrics in her teens, Frances had given up writing until her creative flair was rekindled when she returned to study. She attended residential creative writing courses at the Arvon Foundation and was influenced by the poetry of Philip Larkin. She began to submit some of her work to poetry

magazines and soon many of her poems were being published. Having been successfully accepted by a number of magazines, she then submitted a collection of her work to Seren, a Welsh publisher who immediately accepted it. After 18 months of working with an editor on the collection, The Hand Glass was published in 1996. The book was launched at Dillons, now Waterstones, in Stockport.

Frances also won a £250 prize in the Cardiff International Poetry competition for her poem Bride and has been published in over ten anthologies of verse. Having had over a hundred poems published in small press magazines, such as Acumen, Orbis, The Frogmore Papers and The Interpreter’s House, she is now working on producing a second anthology of her poetry.

In 2013, Frances won the INSIDE magazine poetry competition organised and judged by Gail Ashton, with her poem In the Footsteps of Basho. A founder member of the Marple Writers Group, when not working on her poetry, she relaxes by listening to the music of Beethoven and Sibelius or more modern singers like Annie Lennox.

She and Mark travel widely in Europe and especially love France and Italy and her travels have inspired many of her poems. Mark and Frances also enjoy holidays in the UK especially in Northumberland and North Wales. If her life had not followed the path it did, Frances would have liked to be a journalist, confessing to a love of language and a fascination with words.

Last word from Frances

Technology seems determined to replace books and push language to its limits with text speak etc. But for me, the look and feel of a book is something that would be hard to replace and although screens have their place and we all use them, they can take your eyes away from the outside world.

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The Wellspring, in Harvey Street, Stockport  is open every day of the year to support homeless and needy people. A registered charity, it doesn’t receive any funding at all from national or local government so is totally reliant on volunteers and the kindness of local people who donate money, food and other essential items. The superb work of The Wellspring has been recognised with The Queens Award for Voluntary Services.

Food is served every day to around 120 people. These visitors are also able to receive medical advice from a doctor and nurse, whilst social workers are able to give advice on housing and various other issues, in order to help the visitors to get their lives back on track.

In order to fund the everyday activities of the charity it runs a number of fundraising events throughout the year which are advertised on their website.

Coming up on 24 October, Gordon Burns will be presenting The Shining Stars of Stockport, an exciting new  variety show, at The Plaza. In February the ever popular quiz, The Wellspring Factor, will take place at Stockport Grammar School. A little later in the spring Patrick Hemmerle, the internationally known classical  concert pianist, has promised to perform a Master Class & Recital at the Grammar School for The Wellspring.

For more information about upcoming events and other ways in which you might be able to get involved with The Wellspring, visit www.thewellspring.co.uk

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St George’s Singers of Poynton is one of the most highly regarded large choirs in the North West with a reputation for versatility, enterprise and choral excellence. In this first concert of their 60th season they are joined by the talented young musicians of Chetham’s Chamber Orchestra in a programme of choral and orchestral music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to be performed at The Royal Northern College of Music on Saturday 21 November.

The 26 year old Mozart began work on the Mass in C minor (K427) in 1782 soon after his marriage to Constanze on 4 August. The marriage was against the wishes of his father Leopold and Mozart made a promise that if he was forgiven he would compose a thanksgiving mass. In October the partly completed work was given its first performance in Saltzburg, possibly with Constanze performing one of the solo soprano parts. Although Mozart never completed the Mass it remains his most ambitious and elaborate church work, planned on a scale comparable to that of Bach’s Mass in B minor, coloured by the Italian operatic style, and full of Mozart’s tenderness and compassion. The soloists in this performance include two of the country’s rising stars, the BBC New Generation Artist and 2011 Kathleen Ferrier prize winner soprano Kitty Whately, and winner of the prestigious 2015 Maggie Teyte prize mezzo soprano Alison Rose.

Chetham’s Chamber Orchestra will perform two earlier orchestral works, Concerto for flute no 2 in D major (K314) with flautist Lucy Driver, who at a young age is already establishing herself internationally as an accomplished and versatile musician, and Serenade for orchestra No 6 in D major (K239). The concerto is one of three commissioned in 1778 by Dutch flautist Ferdinand De Jean. Rather than creating a new second concerto Mozart adapted an oboe

concerto from the previous year and as a result, De Jean refused to pay for it.

Tickets are £16, £14 concession, £5 students/children, (special rates for group bookings can also be arranged). Coach transport is available from Poynton and Hazel Grove. For more details and to book tickets please contact the ticket secretary on the Ticket Hotline 01663 764012 or online at www.st-georges-singers.org.uk

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It’s October and a wealth of fruit and vegetables from apples to broccoli, sweet potatoes to grapes are in season, not that you’d know it from their year-round presence on supermarket shelves. With families cooking and eating together less and more processed foods readily available, children have fewer opportunities to ‘rub up’ against cooking and develop a repertoire of tried and tested favourites that they can wheel out in later life.

Part of the battle to get children more connected with healthy seasonal food is of course involving them in growing and cooking it. Biscuits and cakes are an easy way of introducing children to baking, especially if there are ample opportunities for decorating them with as many sweets as possible! Planning a surprise, be it breakfast in bed for a lucky parent or celebration cakes can be a great door opener to everyday cooking, as well as great fun.

With apples in season, here are three simple ideas to transform apples into a delicious dessert, contributing not just to your five a day but providing a healthy dose of protein and fibre too.

Cheats Apple Tarte Tartin

This one’s easy but guaranteed to impress, after all, they make it on Masterchef! Cook thinly sliced apples with butter and sugar in a frying pan until caramelised. Take off the heat and cover with

pre-rolled puff pastry sealing the edges and being careful not to burn fingers. Cook in the oven until the pastry is puffed-up and golden. Carefully turn the tart upside down onto a serving plate revealing the unctuous filling beneath. Serve immediately with cream or crème fraiche for a slice of heaven.

Apple Crumble

Core and slice the apples then arrange in an ovenproof dish with a pinch of cinnamon and sugar to taste. Use clean fingers to mix butter, flour, chopped nuts, porridge oats and a little sugar in a bowl to a fine crumb. When the apple mixture is bubbling, remove from the oven and top with the crumble mix. Sprinkle with sugar and bake until the topping is crisp and golden. Serve with good old custard.

Stuffed Apples

Stuffed Apples are real showstoppers. Remove the core from some large apples (cooking apples work best). Stand in an ovenproof dish and fill the apple holes with a mix of sultanas, porridge oats, chopped nuts, cinnamon and Demerara sugar. Remember to pierce the apple skin several times with a fork or sharp knife, or score a line around their circumference to avoid them exploding while cooking. Bake until the apples are soft and puffy. Serve with custard, cream or crème fraiche for a taste of October.

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A guide to selected events in East Cheshire during October & November

Inside Guide

Compiled by Claire Hawkere: claire@insidemagazines.co.uk

sATurdAy 3 oCToBerAdlington Folk Dance Club 60th Celebration Country Dance. Advance tickets required, £12, which includes a reception drink and buffet throughout the evening. Visit the club website www.adlingtonfolk.co.uk, email from the site, or call Reg on 01625 875309 prior to the event to book tickets. Tytherington School, Macclesfield

sundAy 4 oCToBerAdlington Folk Dance Club current and ex-members social event. All past members are invited to join current members for a nostalgic afternoon social event in Woodford. Refreshments will be served and memorabilia from the last 60 years will be on display. Please make contact prior to this event to secure your attendance - visit the club website www.adlingtonfolk.co.uk, email from the site, or call Reg on 01625 875309

TuesdAy 6 oCToBerSimply Books invites you to a lunchtime book signing with Sir Terry Wogan for his new book Those Were the Days - a collection of Terry’s short stories recalling the daily life and struggles of Tom, the Branch Manager of the Cattle Market bank. Gently humorous and told in the hallmark manner which has made Sir Terry one of our greatest national treasures. A perfect Christmas stocking-filler. If you can’t make the signing we’ll be happy to arrange a signed copy for you to pick up later.

Please check our website www.simplybooks.info or call 0161 439 1436 for details of when Terry will arrive/depart the shop.

Tues 6 oCToBer To sAT 10 oCToBer Poynton Gilbert & Sullivan Society present their annual stage show, which this year is ‘’The Gondoliers’’. Tickets are £10 for adults, and £7 for children, and are available in advance by e-mailing tickets@poyntongands.co.uk or by phone at 01625 260086. Tickets also available on the counter at MATES DIY on Park Lane. Please also see www.poyntongands.co.uk

The show runs nightly at 7-30 at Poynton Civic Hall (opposite Waitrose).

WednesdAy 7 oCToBer Poynton Philatelic Society are hosting a visit by Mr Julian Tweed, who will be displaying part of his collection on ‘Late Fee Mail’, which is an unusual but very interesting collection showing the extra charges incurred by late postings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For further information contact Ron Phelps on 01625 877643

The North Room, Poynton Community Centre 7.30pm

THursdAy 8 oCToBerWorth Probus Club. David Tempelman will speak to us on ‘Lady Arabella Stuart- the Queen that never was’. Please contact Peter Owen on 01625 871574 or peterowen49@btinternet.com for further details.

St George’s Church Hall 2pm (normal venue until further notice)

THursdAy 8 oCToBerPoynton Home Gardeners Club. June Allison, from Mayfields Plants and Garden Design, Middlewich, will talk on the Top Ten Perennial Plants in her ‘ Herbaceous Hall of Fame.’ Visitors are always welcome at £2 per meeting. Further details from 01625 877865 between 10am and 7pm or visit www.poyntongardenclub.co.uk

Royal British Legion Club, St. George’s Road West, Poynton 7.30pm

FridAy 9 oCToBerHallé Chamber Concert. The Rossi String Quartet with Marie Leenhardt (harp) Fiona Slominska (flute) James Muirhead (clarinet) Music to include: Ravel Introduction and Allegro, and Debussy String Quartet. Tickets £10 and £8 (concession). Under 18s are free. Includes refreshments. Tickets available from the Church Office (0161 439 1204), Thrift Shop, Simply Books (228 Moss Lane) and at the door.

Bramhall Methodist Church 7.30pm

sAT 10 To sAT 17 oCToBerThe Green Room presents Shelagh Stephenson’s thought-provoking play An Experiment with an Air Pump, directed by the Green Room’s Mike Rogerson. Bookings can be made via www.wgrsoc.org.uk, telephone bookings via 01625 540933 and postal bookings via 85 Chapel Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5JH. The Box Office will also be open on 3 and 10 October from 11am to midday if you prefer to call in.

Wilmslow Green Room, Chapel Lane, Wilmslow

sATurdAy 10 oCToBer Beethoven Symphony No 9 and Schubert Symphony No 8 (unfinished) with Stockport Symphony Orchestra and the St George’s Singers

Stockport Town Hall 7.30pm

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mondAy 12 oCToBerBollington SciBar: Frogs - leaping towards extinction

Matthew O’Donnell from Manchester Museum will explore the threats facing amphibians. He will also focus on conservation – what it means to us, amphibians and the wider environment, and the work of the Vivarium at Manchester Museum. All welcome – no charge. Arrive early to be sure of a seat! Vale Inn, Adlington Road, Bollington. Talk starts 6.30pm

TuesdAy 13 oCToBer East Cheshire NT Lecture – ‘AGM’, speaker Rebecca Burton St Michael’s Church Hall, St Michaels Avenue, Bramhall 2pm

TuesdAy 13 oCToBer“New Frontiers” by Peter Cairns FRPS

One of the country’s leading wildlife conservation and natural history photographers and winner of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2014, Peter Cairns shares in words and pictures his most memorable encounters from ten years recording and documenting the natural world. A “Big Night Speaker” event hosted by North Cheshire Photographic Society. Tickets: £5 on the door.

For more information visit www.ncps.org.uk

Poynton Civic Centre 7.30 for 8pm start

WednesdAy 14 oCToBerPoynton In Business are holding an evening meeting to discuss local business issues and share information. The speaker will be Andrea Dalton from Royal Bank of Scotland who will be giving an overview on business banking. The meeting is open to all Poynton businesses, as well as anyone interested in setting up a business in Poynton. For more details please visit the website at www.poyntoninbusiness.co.uk or contact: admin@poyntoninbusiness.co.uk

Royal Bank of Scotland, Fountain Place, Poynton 5.30 pm

THursdAy 15 oCToBerPoynton Morning Townswomen’s Guild. Speaker Mrs Rona Caterall on Rhyme and Reason. Contact Kath on 0161 456 5299

Poynton Civic Hall 10am to 12noon

THursdAy 15 oCToBer The Wilmslow Guild Natural History Society is holding ‘Wildlife of the Isles of Scilly’ which includes some of the rarities that visit the western islands, by Tim Melling, RSPB. Visitors welcome (£3).

Wilmslow Guild, 1 Bourne Street, Wilmslow 7.45pm

sATurdAy 17 oCToBerIf you enjoy listening to a variety of music from light classical through to show/ film music then you must attend the Macclesfield Light Orchestra concert in aid of St George’s Phase 2 Reordering Fund. Tickets cost £7.50 and are available on the door or in advance by ringing 01625 529313.

St George’s Church, Poynton, 7.30pm

sATurdAy 17 oCToBer Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra.

Borodin : Prince Igor Overture, Sibelius : Violin Concerto (Soloist: Sophie Rosa),Tchaikovsky : Symphony No.5

Tickets £12, £10 Concessions, £2 Under 12’s.

Evans Hall, Wilmslow Leisure Centre 7.45pm

sAT 17 To sAT 24 oCToBer (exCePT sundAy)Chads Theatre presents “Woman in Mind” by Alan Ayckbourn. A blow from a garden rake causes unfulfilled mother Susan to create a fantasy family. The play is both funny and disturbing in equal measure. Tickets can be booked on 0161 428 8712. Find us on Twitter @ChadsTheatre

For any other information visit Chads website www.chads.co.uk

Chads Theatre, Cheadle Hulme, SK8 5AU

TuesdAy 20 oCToBerU3A General Meeting. Alan Heyhurst will give a talk entitled 600 Miles Down The Nile.

Entrance £1 including refreshments. For more information contact enquiries@poyntonu3a.org.uk

Main Hall, Poynton Civic Centre 2pm to 4pm

WednesdAy 21 oCToBer Poynton Philatelic Society’s second meeting of the month is a display of CANADA WWII, by John Parkin. John’s collection on this subject is very interesting with some superb items of Postal history covering this period. For further information call Ron Phelps on 01625 877643.

The North Room, Poynton Community Centre, 7.30pm

THursdAy 22 oCToBer East Cheshire NT Lecture – ‘Inside the House of Lords’, speaker Lord Garfield Davies.

St Michael’s Church Hall, St Michaels Avenue, Bramhall 7.30pm

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sATurdAy 24 oCToBerPoynton Town Council is organising a Litter Pick and Scavenger Hunt. As well as tidying up the village there will be fun activities such as a Kids Scavenger Hunt and a Weirdest Litter competition with prizes for the winners. Refreshments will be provided and the Town Council will have gloves, litter grabbers and hi-viz tabards available. For more details please visit the website at www.poyntontowncouncil.co.uk or contact: Richard.holland@poyntontowncouncil.gov.uk

Poynton Civic Hall, off Park Lane, Poynton 10am

sAT 24 & sun 25 oCToBerHazel Grove & District MRS 2015 Model Railway Exhibition. Demonstrations – Club Sales Stand – Free parking – Disabled access – Refreshments. Adults £5 – Children £3 Children under 16 accompanied by Adult go Free. Free bus from Hazel Grove station both days

More details at – www.hgdmrs.org.uk or tel: 0161 477 5565. Hazel Grove Recreation Centre, Jacksons Lane, Hazel Grove, Stockport SK7 5JX

Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday 10 am to 4pm

TuesdAy 27 oCToBer“Nature Far and Near” by Trevor Davenport

An illustrated talk on the natural history of Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons and the Florida Everglades followed by “Nature Treasurers of the Sefton Coast” One of our regular Tuesday night meetings hosted by North Cheshire Photographic Society. Non-members £3 on the door.

For more information visit www.ncps.org.uk

Poynton Civic Centre 7.30 for 8pm start

sATurdAy 31 oCToBerCancer Research Fundraisers (Poynton) invite you to our annual Craft Fair. Variety of stalls – tombola, lucky dip, Christmas cards, arts & crafts, cake stall and many more. Help us to reach our target of £100,000 for Cancer Research UK which we have been working towards for the past nine years.

Poynton Civic Hall, 10.30am to 2pm

sATurdAy 31 oCToBer Northern Chamber Orchestra with Ben Hudson, bassoon. Melodic Moments including Mozart, Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak. Tickets: £16 / £13; £7 students; 18s & under free from NCO Box Office 0161 247 2220; Macclesfield VIC, Town Hall 01625 378123; Silk Museum Shop Heritage Centre & on the door. www.ncorch.co.uk

Heritage Centre, Roe Street, Macclesfield 7.30pm to 9.40pm

mon 2 – sAT 7 noVemBerPoynton Players presents ‘Allo ‘Allo! A stage version of the popular TV comedy, by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft. Ticket prices Monday only £7.50, Tues-Sat £8.50.

Tickets can be booked online, full details www.poyntonplayers.co.uk, or by phone 0333 666 3366

sATurdAy 7 noVemBer Poynton Charity Bonfire and Fireworks at Poynton Park/Pool, brought to you by Poynton Round Table. Massive Bonfire, TWO fireworks displays, fairground, live bands, family area, food, licensed bar. All money raised is donated to local charities and good cause. For more information and tickets: www.PoyntonBonfire.co.uk

Poynton Park/Pool 5.30pm

TuesdAy 10 noVemBer East Cheshire NT Lecture – ‘Planting a few Ideas’, speaker Katie Perry

St Michael’s Church Hall, St Michaels Avenue, Bramhall 2pm

WednesdAy 11 noVemBerPoynton In Business will be holding a Business Breakfast to promote local trade and provide a great networking opportunity. Anyone with a local business interest will be most welcome. The speaker will be Rev. Rob McLaren of St. George’s Church. For more information please visit the website at www.poyntoninbusiness.co.uk or contact: admin@poyntoninbusiness.co.uk

St. George’s Church, Fountain Place, Poynton 7.30am

THursdAy 12 noVemBerWorth Probus Club. Brian Green will speak to us on ‘Gilbert and Sullivan (the ha ha moments)’. Please contact Peter Owen on 01625871574 or peterowen49@btinternet.com for further details.

St.George’s Church Hall 2pm

THursdAy 12 noVemBerPoynton Home Gardeners Club. George Pilkington will talk on ‘Solitary Bees.’ Further details from 01625 877865 between 10am and 7pm or visit www.poyntongardenclub.co.uk Visitors are always welcome at £2 per meeting.

Royal British Legion Club, St. George’s Road West, Poynton 7.30pm

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THursdAy 12 noVemBer Wilmslow Guild Natural History Society is holding a ‘Butterflies of the Peak District’, which is an in-depth investigation of all the butterfly species to be found in the Peak District, by Toni Pioli. Visitors are welcome (£3).

Wilmslow Guild, 1 Bourne Street, Wilmslow 7.45pm

sATurdAy 14 noVemBer Quilted Hearts. Patchwork and Quilting Exhibition by Heald Green’s Village Stitchers. There will be a variety of quilts on show, plus a craft stall, tombolas, books, mini Christmas workshops, a raffle in aid of the British Heart Foundation and traders; also refreshments with homemade cake and sandwiches. Admission £2 which includes tea/coffee.

United Reformed Church, Long Lane, Heald Green, SK8 3BH 10am to 4.30pm

sundAy 15 noVemBer Poynton Park Tree Wander.Come and learn about our native trees and how to identify them on a short walk around Poynton Park with Cheshire East Council Ranger Peter Dowse. Booking in advance essential at http://poyntonparktreewander2015.eventbrite.co.uk by 11 November Information: 01625 383700

Poynton Park Car Park, South Park Drive, Poynton, SK12 1BR (SJ924842) 10.30am to 12 noon.

TuesdAy 17 noVemBerPoynton U3A - General Meeting. Liz McConnell will give a talk entitled `The Funny Side of Pharmacy`. Entrance £1 including refreshments. For more information contact enquiries@poyntonu3a.org.uk

Main Hall, Poynton Civic Centre 2pm to 4pm

WednesdAy 18 noVemBerLunchtime Concert – Vistatrio, with Jennifer Dyson/flute, Beatrice Hubble/oboe, and Caroline Waddington/clarinet. Admission by programme £5, light lunches available from 12 noon. For further information telephone 01625 586713

Alderley Edge Methodist Church, lunch from 12 noon, performance 1pm

Wed 18 – sAT 21 noVemBerWoodford Players invite you to spend Christmas with the Bunker family this year, it’s one you will never forget in this comedy with a twist by Alan Ayckbourn. Tickets can be ordered through the website at www.woodfordplayers.co.uk.

Woodford Community Centre 7.30pm

THursdAy 19 noVemBerFund Raising Coffee Morning with grand raffle, cakes, books and bric-a-brac. Contact Kath on 0161 456 5299

Poynton Civic Hall 10am to 12noon

sATurdAy 21 noVemBerPrestbury Choral Society Concert, performing Bach’s Magnificat, full of splendour and jubilation; and Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum, a blazing masterpiece– a work that surely deserves to be sung more often than it is. Tickets are £10 (£9) on the door, or telephone 01625 584337.

St Peter’s Church, Prestbury, SK10 4DG 7.30pm

sATurdAy 21 noVemBerSt George’s Singers present Mozart Great Mass in C Minor. Tickets £16, £14 concession, £5 students/children. Coach transport available from Poynton and Hazel Grove. More details and tickets from the Ticket Hotline 01663 764012 or online at www.st-georges-singers.org.uk

Royal Northern College of Music 7.30pm

THursdAy 26 noVemBerWorth Probus Club. Ray Perry will speak to us on ‘Rudyard Lake past and present’. Please contact Peter Owen on 01625871574 or peterowen49@btinternet.com for further details. St. George’s Church Hall, 2pm

THursdAy 26 noVemBer“Like Dew Gentle Falling” A demonstration of flowers and music reading and fun with Val Seed and David Everard .Tickets for this special evening £6, tickets from church members or phone 01625 572722

Poynton Methodist Church, 7pm for 7.30pm start

THursdAy 26 noVemBerEast Cheshire NT Lecture – ‘The Origin of Surnames’, speaker David Greatorex.

St Michael’s Church Hall, St Michaels Avenue, Bramhall 7.30pm

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