Chorlton News, Events, Offers and Guides

Plenty going on at The Lead Station over Jubilee weekend and beyond…

Starting Saturday 2nd June with an All Day Royal Breakfast – Strawberries & Royal Tipples too.
Continues with a Retro Party on Sunday 3rd June – complete with Gramaphone DJ.
Finishing on Monday the 4th June with a right royal knees up & drinks promotions all day!

Next wine evening is now 19th July, with tickets now on sale for £15.

Give them a call on 0161 881 5559 or visit their website to get in touch.

One of the most dreaded questions asked every day must be “What’s for tea?”. With increasingly fast-paced lives and less time to cook, Mums and Dads are faced with the daily challenge of figuring out how to feed their kids good quality, homecooked food, which doesn’t cost the earth. And as nearly half of UK families don’t eat together, tea- time isn’t what it used to be.

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Chorlton Good Neighbours Spring Variety Concert

Singers from the Halle
Steel pans and string ensemble from Loreto College
Folk music
Musicians
Irish dancers

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If you’ve been on the edge of your seat waiting for the next Chorlton Bop Local, then here are the details…

Chorlton Irish Club
Saturday 28th April

You can find more details on the Bop Local Tumblr.

There is also a Bop Local’s Big Night Out taking place at Chorlton Irish Festival which includes fine dining, music, poetry and more.

The second Chorlton Open Gardens will be held on Sunday June 24, 2012, from 11am to 5pm.

You will be able to purchase programmes from mid May via Chorlton Bookshop on Wilbraham Road, Blossom Flowers on Manchester Road, Chorlton Plant Nursery on Vicars Road and Creative Recycling on Beech Road.

Programmes will be priced at £5 and give you access to all gardens on the day.

This year 11 new gardens will be added. Many of the 2011 gardens will be open again incase you didn’t manage to get around all of the gardens listed last year. Music, refreshments and plant sale, art and raffle will all be run on the day.

“We hope you are able to come and support the charity and enjoy the day.”

http://www.chorltonopengardens.org.uk/

Also see information about Didsbury Open Gardens on Fetch Didsbury.

Chorlton’s Big Green Festival is an annual celebration of sustainable living in Manchester which offers a vibrant mix of live music and performance, hands-on practical workshops, food and drink, arts and swaps, and much more. Best of all, entry to the festival is completely free!

Chorlton’s Big Green Festival launched in April 2009 with an estimated 4,000 people joining in the green festivities. CBFG 2012 expects an even bigger response! Each year the festival activities are based on a different theme and 2012 is no exception to the rule. Following 2011 ‘Bike to the Future’ theme, which saw over 50 local residents take to the streets for the green bike parade, the team at Green Chorlton have this year chosen ‘The World In Chorlton’ with a view to expand the festivals reach to other community and cultural groups.‘The World In Chorlton’ represents the celebration of all things local and cultural and promises a varied range of fantastic entertainment and activities for the whole family.

Entry: FREE
Saturday 31st March 2012
St Clements Church, Edge Lane, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 9JF

The FlashTag writing collective is delighted to announce its participation in the 2012 Chorlton Arts Festival, the second year the two organisations will have teamed up to present a flash fiction writing competition, open now for submissions.

FlashTag consists of five flash fiction writers, all Manchester Blog Awards winners: David Hartley, Tom Mason, Benjamin Judge, Sarah-Clare Conlon and Fat Roland (left to right in the image provided). The collective has collaborated on a number of writing projects, including the popular Flash Mob short story competition and spoken word evening at Chorlton Arts Festival 2011 and the sell-out Quickies: Short Stories For Adults anthology and associated Smut Night at Didsbury Arts Festival 2011. The group regularly performs together at spoken word events and their work is published through various literary magazines and websites, including The Pygmy Giant, Flax, Spilling Ink Review, Paraxis, Duality, Ferment, Rainy City Stories and 330 Words.

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RSVP Free Walkers, an over 50s friendship walking group has walks planned on the last Wednesday of the each month at 2pm for the next few months – 28th March, 25th April, 30th May, 27th June. Each walk will be between 3 and 3.5 miles and will take around 2 hours.

All start and finish points are planned near public transport and we wish to encourage people over 60 who have free travel passes to use these to attend. Walks will mainly be in the South Manchester area, around the Mersey valley.

The March event will be a 1.45pm meet for a 2pm start in Chorlton Water Park car park (Outside the building on your left hand side as you enter the car park. Maitland Avenue entrance). The walk will end in Fletcher Moss Park, Wilmslow Road, Didsbury.

Members of the public, former patients, carers and local people are invited to attend a meeting to help steer future priorities for the Trust that runs Wythenshawe Hospital.

The ‘Health Matters’ event on Wednesday 21st March at 12 noon will be led by the hospital’s Governors and will seek the views of patients and members of the public on services offered by the Trust both at Wythenshawe Hospital and in the local community.

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The family of a 12-year-old boy who died following a collision in Chorlton have paid tribute to him.

Police were called to Brantingham Road shortly before 5.40pm on Saturday 10 March 2012, following reports a collision involving a Suzuki Swift and a cyclist.

The rider of the bike, a 12-year-old Junaid Ali Khan, was taken to hospital for treatment to serious injuries, but was pronounced dead a short time later.

His family have paid tribute to Junaid, saying: “Junaid was a loving 12 year old who attended Chorlton High School. He was someone who did so much for his family especially his younger sister Mariam. He was lively, fun, cheeky and loved his sports.

“He always had a smile on his face, which lighted any dark room. He was very much loved by his friends and people knew him as a cheerful young lad.”

Sergeant Matt Bailey-Smith from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit: “This is a tragic incident that has led to the death of a young boy who was clearly loved by his family and his community, and our sympathies are with the family who are receiving ongoing support from a trained officer.

“We have spoken to the driver, but I would ask anybody who may have witnessed the collision or have information to make contact with my team.”

Many people have sent their condolences and best wishes to the family via twitter.

Witnesses to the collision should call Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 0161 856 4742.