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PUBLISHERCommunity Index

EDITOR/ADVERTISINGLesley Swann

SUB-EDITORSam Paechter

CONTRIBUTIONSChorlton Bookshop

Carol Thompson, Natalia Fedoruk Katherine Watson, Nick Holmes

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ContentsCHORLTON’S FINEST

CHORLTON BEER FESTIVAL

REVOLVE MCR

BOOK REVIEWS

CHORLTON TAG NEWS

DIDSBURY CAR SHOW

JULY IN YOUR GARDEN

BARBAKAN DELICATESSEN

CHORLTON CIVIC SOCIETY

LOCAL ARTS ROUNDUP

LOCAL AND INDEPENDENT

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Harry Goodwin lives in Chorlton. Harry Goodwin is the finest photographer Britain ever produced. I was a presenter on Chorlton FM this summer when he came onto my radio show. He had just been on the Johnnie Walker show on BBC Radio 2, where they told him he had been talking in front of 6.1 million people. He said “I wouldn’t have done it if I had known that...”

Mancunian through and through, he took photographs for the BBC in the days when the better part of the BBC came from Manchester.

Harry took crisp, clear, black and white photographs of celebrities for the BBC when celebrity meant something: Talent.

He was the Top of The Pops official stills photographer for 10 years and only missed 6 shows. Top Of The Pops was important then. If you were a pop star on

Top Of The Pops it was because you sold millions of records. Millions.

He photographed Cliff Richard, Ken Dodd, Marc Bolan of T-Rex, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Tom Jones, Stevie Wonder and everyone who was anyone. His photographs are still in the National Portrait Gallery, the Victoria and Albert museum and they are in Liverpool airport.

Yoko Ono asked him if he would show his John Lennon photographs at the airport. He told me of John and Yoko “He was useless until she took him in hand. Afterwards, he couldn’t do enough for you.” You don’t hear that very often, do you?

I asked him if photography was his greatest passion and he said “Not really. I love boxing. I am proud of being a British Board of Boxing Inspector. I went up to Belle Vue and they asked me ten

very awkward questions and at the end, they said ‘Mr Goodwin, you are number fifty.’ I still have the badge.”

Once, when photographing Muhammed Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all time, Ali was giving Harry a rough ride in the session so Harry told him “You weren’t as good as Joe Frazier!” Ali’s face is pure aggression.

In the Second World War he was on a boat about to land on the beaches of Singapore and go into action. Ready to die. Suddenly, the word came up: the Japanese had surrendered. “I’ve been very lucky in my life,” Harry told me. Jimmy Saville O.B.E. said “No-one ever forgot Harry.” Too right.

Harry Goodwin with Muhammed Ali & John Conteh

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Plans are well underway for the 7th Chorlton Beer Festival to be held at St Clement’s Church, Edge Lane, Chorlton on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th July.

Those of you who have been before, will know we always run out of beer in the middle of Saturday evening, so this year we have ordered more beers, more ciders and more bottled beers!

Food will be provided by the ever popular Kro Bar and Tampopo, who will entice us with their culinary delights.

We aim to have a band for each of the evenings, and on Satuarday afternoon, there will be a Jazz duo for easy relaxed listening. Children’s activities will be held on the Saturday afternoon, so this will be an ideal deal time for a family day out.

The entrance price is £10 and this includes not only a free pint glass, but also a £5 beer voucher.

So come along, enjoy yourself in a friendly, welcoming and relaxed atmosphere.

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Cheers Chorlton! 7th annual Beer Festival

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Revolve MCRMobile bicycle repair service

Revolve MCR is a new mobile cycle repair service operating in the city centre and south Manchester. The aim is to provide the best bicycle repairs and servicing around, whilst working in an ethically and environmentally sound way, and offering good value for money. We bumped into the owner and mechanic David Trainor outside Unicorn Grocery in Chorlton a couple of weeks ago, and he very happily agreed to speak to us.

Dave set up Revolve MCR at the beginning of this year after taking voluntary redundancy from his previous career as a quantity surveyor. He had known for years that he would rather be working in the bicycle industry, but only when compulsory redundancy loomed large did he actually take the plunge to set up Revolve. He wanted

to start a business which

he could take pride in and enjoy every day and so far Revolve has fulfilled his ambition.

The basic model for Revolve is simple – fill a trailer with tools and bike parts, and tow it (by bicycle, of course!) to wherever it’s needed. If you think this sounds remarkably similar to Monty Python’s Bicycle Repair Man (youtube it if you haven’t seen it), Dave wouldn’t argue. He has yet to don a lycra one-piece and cloak, though says he will consider it if

demand is high. Revolve will do almost any work, from punctures at the side of the road to race preparation and wheel-building, whether for mountain bikers or road racers. Revolve has about as little environmental impact

as any business you can think of, and by

default uses and supplies ‘Green

Oil’ oils and greases, which are 100% petrochemical

free and are made from naturally occurring oils and

plant extracts.

We asked Dave about his favourite bikes to work on: “I love them all! It’s lovely to work on top class road race or mountain bikes – I still get excited about

the beautifully designed and engineered components

you find on silly-money bikes - but

the most satisfying bikes are “every-day” bikes that lead a hard life; bikes that do a car’s job,

and get ridden

day-in, day-out by a dedicated owner who relies on it as their primary means of transport. They are quite often owned by the people who are most pleased to find we exist as a business; when their bike breaks they don’t have a car to take it to a bike shop with!”

Dave’s own bike addiction started as child, and during his teenage years he tried his hand at cross country mountain bike racing, road riding and touring (with his tent, sleeping bag and everything else on his back!) before settling into several years of what today is called freeride – basically playing out on mountain bikes – interspersed with the occasional downhill race.

He worked building bikes at Stif performance mountain bikes in

Leeds, and spent all his spare time

riding or working on his own and his

friends’ bikes. These days he divides his limited spare time between mountain biking

and relatively sedate touring, though his

stag-do last year comprised of a ride from Manchester to Amsterdam and back

again (details of the return journey are vague,

and may involve a train from Hull to Manchester!). He now lives in a terraced house so has had to limit his bike collection – Dave and his wife Lyndsay have “only” seven bikes between them, including mountain, touring and a 1950s

tandem.

Revolve MCR will be be put on hold over winter this year due to a delayed honeymoon

trip – Lindsay and Dave are starting in New Zealand at the rugby World Cup, and working their way home

through South East Asia and much of India –

mainly, of course, by bike. Should you need your bike servicing in the meantime, you can contact Dave on 07939 062 600 or find the website at www.revolvemcr.com.

Revolve MCR07939 062 600 www.revolvemcr.com

“See how he uses a

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“Is it a quantity

surveyor? No! It’s Bicycle Repair Man!”

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A unique first floor Italian-Mediterranean restaurant in Chorlton. Mezzaluna blends a modern comtemporary design with a family friendly atmosphere. Our food is as diverse and varied as the countries and languages that surround the Mediterranean sea.

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Revolve MCRMobile bicycle repair service

Revolve MCR is a new mobile cycle repair service operating in the city centre and south Manchester. The aim is to provide the best bicycle repairs and servicing around, whilst working in an ethically and environmentally sound way, and offering good value for money. We bumped into the owner and mechanic David Trainor outside Unicorn Grocery in Chorlton a couple of weeks ago, and he very happily agreed to speak to us.

Dave set up Revolve MCR at the beginning of this year after taking voluntary redundancy from his previous career as a quantity surveyor. He had known for years that he would rather be working in the bicycle industry, but only when compulsory redundancy loomed large did he actually take the plunge to set up Revolve. He wanted

to start a business which

he could take pride in and enjoy every day and so far Revolve has fulfilled his ambition.

The basic model for Revolve is simple – fill a trailer with tools and bike parts, and tow it (by bicycle, of course!) to wherever it’s needed. If you think this sounds remarkably similar to Monty Python’s Bicycle Repair Man (youtube it if you haven’t seen it), Dave wouldn’t argue. He has yet to don a lycra one-piece and cloak, though says he will consider it if

demand is high. Revolve will do almost any work, from punctures at the side of the road to race preparation and wheel-building, whether for mountain bikers or road racers. Revolve has about as little environmental impact

as any business you can think of, and by

default uses and supplies ‘Green

Oil’ oils and greases, which are 100% petrochemical

free and are made from naturally occurring oils and

plant extracts.

We asked Dave about his favourite bikes to work on: “I love them all! It’s lovely to work on top class road race or mountain bikes – I still get excited about

the beautifully designed and engineered components

you find on silly-money bikes - but

the most satisfying bikes are “every-day” bikes that lead a hard life; bikes that do a car’s job,

and get ridden

day-in, day-out by a dedicated owner who relies on it as their primary means of transport. They are quite often owned by the people who are most pleased to find we exist as a business; when their bike breaks they don’t have a car to take it to a bike shop with!”

Dave’s own bike addiction started as child, and during his teenage years he tried his hand at cross country mountain bike racing, road riding and touring (with his tent, sleeping bag and everything else on his back!) before settling into several years of what today is called freeride – basically playing out on mountain bikes – interspersed with the occasional downhill race.

He worked building bikes at Stif performance mountain bikes in

Leeds, and spent all his spare time

riding or working on his own and his

friends’ bikes. These days he divides his limited spare time between mountain biking

and relatively sedate touring, though his

stag-do last year comprised of a ride from Manchester to Amsterdam and back

again (details of the return journey are vague,

and may involve a train from Hull to Manchester!). He now lives in a terraced house so has had to limit his bike collection – Dave and his wife Lyndsay have “only” seven bikes between them, including mountain, touring and a 1950s

tandem.

Revolve MCR will be be put on hold over winter this year due to a delayed honeymoon

trip – Lindsay and Dave are starting in New Zealand at the rugby World Cup, and working their way home

through South East Asia and much of India –

mainly, of course, by bike. Should you need your bike servicing in the meantime, you can contact Dave on 07939 062 600 or find the website at www.revolvemcr.com.

Revolve MCR07939 062 600 www.revolvemcr.com

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surveyor? No! It’s Bicycle Repair Man!”

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Book Reviewsfrom Chorlton Bookshop

Scorpia Rising by Anthony HorowitzIt’s been ten years since we were introduced to Alex, but in the books only a year has passed. In Scorpia Rising Alex is now 15, and hasn’t heard from MI6 in five months, giving him the chance to experience a normal teenage life for once. Also his relationship with Jack is changing with Jack questioning what role she still plays in Alex’s life. This is the final Alex Rider adventure and Anthony Horowitz is busy tying up loose ends.

Strangely we don’t actually get to read a scene featuring Alex until a third of the way through the book. The first 128 pages are devoted entirely to Alex’s enemies, following them as they devise a scheme that will destroy the boy wonder. Anthony Horowitz sets things up so well you actually begin to wonder how Alex will survive this final encounter.

This final instalment has all the best elements of the previous eight including the usual twists and turns and evil villains. The only disappointment for fans will be that it’s the last one ever!

Meerkat Madness by Ian WhybrowIf it’s possible for a species to be fashionable, then meerkats certainly are: little known until a BBC documentary back in 1987, they’ve since starred in their own series and even headed up a popular advertising campaign. So it’s perhaps inevitable that someone would latch on to the idea of using the critters in children’s fiction. Thankfully the writer in question is Ian Whybrow, the smart, prolific creator of Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs. This is lightweight, inconsequential fare, but it’s meant to be – a string of bite-sized adventures about the venerable Uncle Fearless, former star of a TV nature documentary and the young meerkats he now looks after. His bountiful tales of high adventure inspire the youngsters to seek out escapades of their own. A little slow to get into gear, perhaps, but it delivers plenty of fun and thrills once it does, and there’s a good deal of comic mileage in the creatures’ unique perspective on humans and our culture.

A Monster Calls by Patrick NessBased on an idea by the late Siobhan Dowd, this is an emotional heart wrenching story dealing with grief and loss. With stunning illustrations by Jim Kay it’s a real treat as long as you have a box of tissues to hand! The main story is entwined with ancient mythology which simply helps to add atmosphere to an already sad and powerful tale.

Patrick Ness portrays the thoughts and feeling of a young boy whose mother is being treated for cancer. Although this isn’t simply a book about cancer, it’s a book about a young boy having to face the unfair reality of grief. Aimed at the young adult market this is definitely one that crosses over and would appeal to all.

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Chorlton Tag NewsNATIONAL INDEPENDENTS DAy 4TH JULyyOUR HIGH ST NEEDS yOU!You can help celebrate diversity on the High St and support your local, independent retailers on the 4th July. Across the country, the public will be encouraged to buy at least one item from their local independent shop to keep the high street alive. With your Tagpassiton card you can not only show support, but save money at over 40 independent Chorlton businesses and also support a local charity, as any cards bought on the 4th July, whether on our website www.tagpassiton.com or from participating businesses, will have the whole profit element donated to a local charity. Tagpassiton cards give you great savings time after time with fabulous independent traders in your local area. Didsbury, Chorlton, The Heatons, Levenshulme and Cheadle all have vibrant, independent businesses that are working together to encourage us to consider the community balance when we spend - so come along with a tagpassiton card in hand (or on key ring) and join in! Please visit our website www.tagpassiton.com for members and their offers and look out for our distinctive hand logo.

NEW OFFERS FOR CARDHOLDERS INCLUDE

10% off at Lush Brownies which are as good as they sound. Winner of ‘most delicious’ category at the 2008 Manchester Food and Drink Festival Bake Off, you’ll now find Nicki on her stall at Chorlton Street Market on the 3rd Saturday of every month. There are gluten free and vegan options too.

£50 boiler service (instead of £69 saving £19) with Chorlton based Breeze Home Improvements. This is the ideal time of year to get your boiler serviced and with such a reduction too!

Free Legal Health Check-up from Carter Moore Solicitors of 559 Barlow Moor Rd Chorlton. A local firm who are delighted to join the Chorlton Community Loyalty Scheme and to offer Tag members this opportunity. Covering a wide range of legal matters they can also advise on funding options if you need further help.

10% off a single bike service with mobile cycle repair Revolve MCR (15% off multiple bike deals or cycle surgeries) Revolve MCR are a new cycle repairs service, the difference being that they come to you with a mobile workshop towed by bicycle! Chief mechanic Dave set up the company after taking voluntary redundancy from his previous job, and looks forward to getting you rolling smoothly again! so no excuse to stop using our bikes..He’s just a phone call away on 07939 062 600 A number you’ll want to keep with you at all times.

DOUBLE CONGRATULATIONS!In this months prize draw for registered cardholders, congratulations go to Moira Cahill who won a nights stay at Chorlton’s Famous Abbey Lodge B&B run by Heather-the only Tourist Board inspected accommodation in Chorlton and a fabulous place for the friends and family of local residents to stay. Congratulations also to Heather, whose family has been here since the 30’s, as Abbey Lodge is celebrating it’s 20th birthday this year so HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a Chorlton treasure.

Don’t forget to register your cards for entry into the next draws!

COMMUNITy NEWSCome and see us at Beech Rd Festival on 3rd July . We will be sharing a stall with Lesley, running a raffle, offering strawberries and donating profits

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The Tagpassiton scheme has been designed to help community groups raise money; every £5 card bought from a charity, school or community group raises £2.50 for their cause. St John’s Catholic Primary School PTA has just started to use the scheme to raise funds and Jean Genie is currently also donating profits from card sales to Beechwood Cancer Care. Donations will continue to be made to Chorlton FM when cardholders mention the station when registering.

Chorlton’s vibrant and independent businesses are working together to encourage us to consider the community balance when we spend - so come along and join in and support a community group at the same time!

Carol & Sam

Here are a few of our valued longer standing Tagpassiton members and their generous offers. We are so lucky to have such a committed, varied, vibrant and interesting collection of independents.

Village Dry Cleaners by appointment to the stars. Only the best will do whenever Take That and other Arena artistes come to town. Dry cleaners of Distinction - in family tradition, Amir’s knowledge, expertise in preparation, and dedication ensures he’s the guru and can do what others can’t; especially in the exceptionally difficult fields of silk, vintage and wedding

dresses. Established for 25 years in Chorlton and a member of the Guild of Dry Cleaners and Launders, you have the best on your doorstep.

The Village Dry Cleaners offers 10% off Dry cleaning to Tagpassiton cardholders. T&C’s apply.

Celebrations. In February 2005 a hobby turned into ‘Celebration’ –my very own dream one stop party shop in Chorlton. It’s a family business with that great personal touch, decorating rooms for all events and stocking a wide range of fancy dress outfits and accessories too. I love helping people develop their ideas, plan for their event and transform themselves into a pop star, Movie star etc for a fancy dress party (sale or hire). A warm welcome awaits and my lucky spiders!

Celebrations offer 10% off to Tagpassiton cardholders.

Funki Inc Nail and Beauty Studio is at the heart of Chorlton Village. Our aim is to offer excellent treatments in a relaxed environment, all delivered by highly trained professionals. Amongst our extensive range of treatments are St Tropez Tanning,

Hollywood Toes, Karin Herzog facial and body treatments, Brazilian Waxing, Manicures and Pedicures.We are one of the first salons to be awarded the NSI Gold Salon Award, for demonstrating our commitment to business and clients plus we are one of the few salons offering Fully Sculptured Acrylic Nail enhancements.

Funki Inc 20% off on a first visit to Tagpassiton cardholders.

Chorlton Wholefoods. When George retired 7 years ago Anna and Mike wanted this shop but the timing was not quite right (babies) so this year, after such a long wait for their dream shop, when it came up in October 2010 they jumped in to provide an authentic wholefood shop with an apothecary that the community would cherish. They live by the moto of ‘be healthy, look after yourself and have fun; wholefood is for everyone’ Their delightful oasis is the epitome of ‘slow shopping’; they want their customers to feel the warmth and calm and be happy to wander at leisure, sit down, have a chat and take the time to sign their friends book. Chorlton Wholefoods also offer veg box delivery!

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A sunny Sunday afternoon in Didsbury Park saw over one thousand people attending the only Manchester Car show last year. The show attracted over 80 cars. The cars came from endless leaflet posting at local car shows.

The show is taking place again this year on Sunday July 10th 12-5pm and will be raising money for the Christies. Perhaps the greatest compliment paid last year was ‘How many years have you been holding this event? Our reply – ‘this is the first time’. A real tribute to the small, hardworking committee and you, the public.

See you there!

Didsbury and South Manchester Car ShowSunday 10th July

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Last month I picked up a gardening book by the once renowned advocate of cottage gardening, Margery Fish called ‘An All the Year Garden’ (1958). In a chapter entitled ‘They go on Blooming’, Fish recommends a range of perennials that have a long season of flowering and rather charmingly counters that whilst short lived plants such as Delphiniums, Lupins and Poppies are invaluable as spectacular punctuations in urban flower beds, “…it is nice to meet old friends who have no office hours and feel that their job is to go on producing flowers so long as the sun shines and there is a vestige of warmth in the air…” There are many perennials that provide weeks of flowering interest but for the sake of brevity I have chosen a handful that would particularly suit a cottage garden scheme. Top of any list must surely be an old friend, the

Geranium. Most of us will be very familiar with the common variety (endressii), with its small pink flowers and colonising habits and the stand-out ‘Johnson’s Blue’. But another variety, Geranium phaeum, is also a ‘good doer’ particularly in shade, where its purple/black flowers come in feathery profusions from early summer and continue for many weeks if dead-headed. Another stalwart for the cottage border is the Penstemon. As with many of these perennials, there are lots of varieties, giving a range of flower and foliage colour across the pink, purple, white spectrum as well as some reds and blues. Popular varieties include ‘Sour Grapes’ and ‘Alice Hindley’. I have two varieties of Astrantia that have been flowering in my garden now for over a month – the very standard but not-to-be-overlooked A.major with light white/pink starry flowers and

A. major ‘Rubra’ – a lovely deep red version. Another that has been flowering for a month or so is Acillea ‘Summerwine’ – flat red flowerheads in profusion atop cotton-lavender foliage, looking strangely at home with some purple Sedums and Stachys byzantina (silver lambs ears). My Gay Feather (Liatris spicata) has just come into it’s own and will last for a long time with candle-like, pink fluffy flower heads and keeping the backbone of the border together, the phlox is doing what it always does – providing solid texture and colour. So whilst not necessarily the divas of the border, these good-tempered perennials almost without fail provide a chorus of harmonious colour when we need it most.

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Barbakan represents independent retail at its best; part of the fabric of Chorlton and one of the finest continental bakeries in the UK. Established over 45 years ago, current owners Stefan and Joanna Najduch have spent the last 25 years making Barbakan the success it is today. The awards have stacked up and deservedly so; including ‘Best Food and Drink Outlet’ at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival 2009 and 2010, ‘Best Delicatessen in the UK’ at the Guild of Fine Foods in 2006 and have been runners up 3 times for ‘Best Independent Bakery’ at the prestigious British Bakery Awards.

The DeliBarbakan’s award winning delicatessen counter stocks traditional delights from all over Europe including Germany, Poland, Italy and Spain and customers come from far and wide knowing they will find that special ingredient they’re looking for. There’s a mouthwatering display of freshly prepared salads,

quiches, spicy sausages, smoked hams, salamis, traditional pates, olives, English and continental cheeses.

On the central isles you’ll find a wide range of pasta- including fresh pasta- jams, sauces and canned delicacies including delicious locally produced Chorlton honey.

If you’re stuck for a gift idea for a gourmet friend a Barbakan Food Hamper is a great option. Just choose what you’d like to put in and give them a budget - they’ll do the rest! Job done.

The BakeryThe extraordinarily energetic bakery with a team of no less than 12 Master Bakers works round the clock to produce the best bread you’ll ever taste.

Barbakan breads are made using traditional baking methods and authentic European recipes. Only the finest ingredients are used and the bakery gets through more than 9 tonnes of the

highest grade Rank Hovis flour every week. Each loaf is individually hand moulded and baked on the sole of the oven – no tins are used and this is what gives the

bread its original authentic tasty crust.

Over 50 different varieties are produced including Cheese, Bacon and Tomato Bread, Norlander Rye Bread, Margarita Olive Bread and of course the famous Chorlton Sourdough Bread.

The bakery also produces a fantastic range of cakes and pastries; including traditional Polish cheesecake, poppy seed cake and stollen as well as banana cake, American muffins, carrot cake and fruit cake.

Al FrescoBarbakan has recently expanded the outside dining terrace where you can enjoy coffee, tea, juice or a smoothie with your favourite snack from the deli or linger for longer over your lunch and watch the world go by.

On Saturdays the ‘Sausage Pan’ always attracts a crowd. One customer describes it as ‘The best hangover cure in Manchester!’

ServiceThe staff provide the friendly and efficient service you’d expect to find, but there’s definitely something special about the atmosphere in Barbakan.

With late night opening planned in the near future (Thursday and Friday evenings), why not give the supermarket a miss, cut out your Community Index discount voucher (see opposite) and give your taste buds a treat?

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Chorlton Civic Society’s next meeting is Tuesday 12th July 7.30pm in the Library Meeting Room.We are happy to welcome anyone who would like to come along.

Contact Chorlton Civic SocietyMary Paul 07966 785 511 [email protected]

Jenny Slee 07570 879 091

www.chorltoncivicsociety.org.uk

Meetings are held at the library at 7.30pmDates for 2011:Tuesday 12th JulyTuesday 13th SeptemberTuesday 8th November

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Star Gazers: Children’s Performing Arts Held at Brookburn Primary School each Saturday, Star Gazers performing arts classes teach a range of entertaining skills in a fun environment, with classes for children ranging from the ages of 5 – 16 years. Each class experiences a variety of performing arts including dancing, singing and acting, and is run by a qualified performing arts teacher. For more information, email [email protected] or telephone: 07860566005.

Dancefit! Fancy dancing your way to fitness? Street Dancefit offers fun and easy to learn dance classes for anybody ages 16 years upwards. Classes are every Tuesday, 8-9pm. They run at The Studio at the Power for Life Gym, Whalley Range High School for girls on Wilbraham Road (£4 per session). For more information: www.manchesterdancefitness.co.uk

Clear-Up-your-Clutter CansThis month, Rubbish Revamped is holding an introductory course to crafting. Revamp those odd buttons, tin cans, bits of clothes and anything else you find into amazing desk tidies! Bring what you can or just use the classes’ own materials. No experience in crafting necessary, and you are guaranteed to have a fun time. The class in on Thursday 7th July, 7-9pm, (£12 including tea and cake). Booking is advised: www.rubbishrevamped.org.uk

Manky PoetsOn 15th July, Manky Poets with see guest poet John Latham sharing some of his work. Not only is John an acclaimed writer published in the fields of poetry, short stories and playwriting, but he is also a research scientist who had been awarded several medals by the Royal Meteorological Society. His poetry has won several major prizes and his originality is not

to be missed! As usual, there will also be a chance to read your own work if you wish. Chorlton Library, doors open 7.30pm, starts before 8pm until 9.30pm (£2/£1 entry).

Of Gods and MenThis month Chorlton Film Institute will be showing French drama Of Gods and Men (15) (2010), which is based on real events during the Algerian Civil War. It’s the mid 1990s and French Christian monks leave peacefully in Algeria alongside Muslims, until one day fundamentalists kidnap and murder nine of the monks from the monastery of Tibhirine. The screenplay focuses largely on events leading up to this and Director Xavier Beauvois creates a deeply moving and passionate film with an acute attention to detail and human behaviour. The film has won three awards. Thursday 21st July, doors open at 8.10pm at St Clements Church, film starts 8.30pm.

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Local Arts Roundupby Natalia Fedoruk

24BEECH ROAD SUMMER FESTIVAL

Pre-festival fun 2nd July

more local bands perform

at THE IRISH CLUB

tickets available from

Beech Road shops

This is the 14th year of this amazing festival in Beech Road Park, Beech Road and Chorlton Green

Live Music in the Park with local bands playing till 7pm.Unity Arts with their special brand of fun and music for children

Lots of interesting stalls around the Park and on the Green

All along Beech Road, every shop is open and food from all around the world on offer

Folk music at the Beech Pub with Les Jones and friends plus Amouse Bouche singing acapella

ON THE GREEN Hula Hooping Salsa Dancing

Open Voice Choir to round off the afternoon a 30 strong acapella group!

Sunday 3RD July 2011•12 Noon

Advertising & MarketingTo remain current and in the forefront of people’s minds, we constantly strive to be creative in our marketing approach. We regularly develop our advertising and marketing literature to stay fresh and innovative, whilst staying true to our brand values.

We advertise in the local newspaper, The Didsbury Magazine, The Community Index Magazine and regularly tweet new instructions as soon as they come onto the market. You can rest assured your home is marketed to its’ full potential, until a successful sale or let is achieved.

Appy DaysOur free i-App helps you keep your �nger on the property pulse. It’s the fast, easy way to keep up-to-date with the local property market.

When it comes to selling or letting your house, you want to be sure you’re making the right choice of agent. You want to be sure you get the best price, in the shortest time frame with the minimum fuss.

At JP & Brimelow, we have many years experience selling and letting properties in South Manchester’s most popular and af�uent suburbs. We understand the unique nature of the area and the many attractions it has to offer. We also have the enthusiasm and determination to actively market your property to the most likely occupier, irrespective of market conditions.

LettingsJP & Brimelow offer a specialist letting department in all our covered areas and provide a tailored professional service second to none. We provide a let only service and also the more popular let and managed service, all handled by ARLA quali�ed staff to give you peace of mind that your valuable asset is in the care of professionals.

As part of our service, we provide dedicated property management and accounts departments to ensure your let runs smoothly throughout its’ term.

Our property services department based in the Didsbury of�ce are also on hand to deal with any maintenance, repair works, refurbishment or general building work, all completed by our full time and experienced workforce at competitive prices.

National & Corporate LinksBased on our quality of service, local knowledge and professionalism, JP & Brimelow have been hand picked by the Home Sale Network.

Home Sale Network members are Cartus’ preferred estate agency for corporate relocations. This gives the sale or let of your home national coverage to those looking to relocate.

Internet, Email and TextBespoke advertising, a tailor made property brochure showcasing your home, increased online presence, alerts by phone, text and email are just some of the services from our marketing package.

As well as our own website www.jpbrimelow.co.uk, we promote our properties on the nation’s most popular house buying websites. This gives your property instant national and international exposure and provides the buyer or tenant immediate images of your home.

Phone, email or text, we can use them all to keep you posted. Your potential purchasers or tenants will of course be updated in the same way, 24/7.

People FirstWe invest in and retain high calibre staff, with a dedication and commitment to customer service. So you’ll always see familiar faces every time you visit our of�ces.

We have the local knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm

For a free, no obligation valuation on your home, call your local office today in Chorlton, Didsbury or Withington.

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Advertising & MarketingTo remain current and in the forefront of people’s minds, we constantly strive to be creative in our marketing approach. We regularly develop our advertising and marketing literature to stay fresh and innovative, whilst staying true to our brand values.

We advertise in the local newspaper, The Didsbury Magazine, The Community Index Magazine and regularly tweet new instructions as soon as they come onto the market. You can rest assured your home is marketed to its’ full potential, until a successful sale or let is achieved.

Appy DaysOur free i-App helps you keep your �nger on the property pulse. It’s the fast, easy way to keep up-to-date with the local property market.

When it comes to selling or letting your house, you want to be sure you’re making the right choice of agent. You want to be sure you get the best price, in the shortest time frame with the minimum fuss.

At JP & Brimelow, we have many years experience selling and letting properties in South Manchester’s most popular and af�uent suburbs. We understand the unique nature of the area and the many attractions it has to offer. We also have the enthusiasm and determination to actively market your property to the most likely occupier, irrespective of market conditions.

LettingsJP & Brimelow offer a specialist letting department in all our covered areas and provide a tailored professional service second to none. We provide a let only service and also the more popular let and managed service, all handled by ARLA quali�ed staff to give you peace of mind that your valuable asset is in the care of professionals.

As part of our service, we provide dedicated property management and accounts departments to ensure your let runs smoothly throughout its’ term.

Our property services department based in the Didsbury of�ce are also on hand to deal with any maintenance, repair works, refurbishment or general building work, all completed by our full time and experienced workforce at competitive prices.

National & Corporate LinksBased on our quality of service, local knowledge and professionalism, JP & Brimelow have been hand picked by the Home Sale Network.

Home Sale Network members are Cartus’ preferred estate agency for corporate relocations. This gives the sale or let of your home national coverage to those looking to relocate.

Internet, Email and TextBespoke advertising, a tailor made property brochure showcasing your home, increased online presence, alerts by phone, text and email are just some of the services from our marketing package.

As well as our own website www.jpbrimelow.co.uk, we promote our properties on the nation’s most popular house buying websites. This gives your property instant national and international exposure and provides the buyer or tenant immediate images of your home.

Phone, email or text, we can use them all to keep you posted. Your potential purchasers or tenants will of course be updated in the same way, 24/7.

People FirstWe invest in and retain high calibre staff, with a dedication and commitment to customer service. So you’ll always see familiar faces every time you visit our of�ces.

We have the local knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm

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Over the past century, our economy has changed a lot. The world has become ‘smaller’ and more inter-linked, and the products and services we buy every day reflect this. Take shopping. In a single day we will use and consume products from countries all over the world, many of which will have been mass-produced by large multinational firms, transported thousands of miles, and sold through outlets present all over

the globe. When we do stumble upon a British-made item, it’s likely to have been produced at the other end of the country, road freighted to a depot somewhere else, and finally sold back to us by a (inter)national supermarket with a hiked up price and (in the case of food) considerably less fresh than it started out! These patterns of ‘globalisation’ now shape life as we know it, but it’s increasingly clear that they do damage too.

To the environment, to local communities, and to the people who produce the products we consume.

But there is an alternative, and the focus is shifting towards sustainable development that strengthens local economies. But what does it mean? Why is it a good idea? And how can we do it here in Chorlton and further afield?

Choosing to use locally owned and independent businesses keeps more control in the hands of local people, and it also ‘multiplies’ the effect that money spent has on the local area. A study conducted by NEF demonstrated that every £1 spent with a local supplier was worth £1.76 to the local economy, but only 36p if it was spent with (inter)national firms. It makes sense to spend our money in a way that benefits our locality instead of developers and shareholders.

We are lucky. In our area there is a pretty good mixture of small and medium sized independent businesses.

Often, very little of the money we spend day to day actually remains to benefit our local area, because even if we are, in a physical sense, spending our money close to home, much is siphoned off to the shareholders and managers of the chains and multinationals that now dominate our economy.

Our local economies should be under our control, and they should work for real well-being rather than just financial wealth. A resilient economy is one in which economic activity is based around many small and medium-sized businesses

Local and Independent

association of town centre management

instead of concentrated between fewer and fewer mega-corporations, where local people have some control over local economic activity, where there is space and opportunity for local entrepreneurship and where local people (rather than, say, shareholders or developers) benefit from local economic ‘growth’. It’s about supporting both local produce (and producers), locally owned shops, services and businesses. Building strong local economies doesn’t mean that every community would be entirely self-reliant; it just means getting a balance between trade and local production by diversifying economic activity and shortening the distance between producers and consumers wherever possible.

Picture a £1 coin. Every time that £1 changes hands within a community it means an income

for a local person. The more times it changes hands, the better for that community. This is what the New Economics Foundation (NEF) term the ‘multiplier efect’; in that re-spending money locally ‘multiplies’ the local value of that money.

At the moment our economy feels more like a leaky bucket. In pour wages, salaries, pensions and etc, but most of it pours straight back out again, through chain stores, supermarkets and multinationals.

“Yet every outpouring is a potential local livelihood, local business, training opportunity. “Plugging the leaks”, as the New Economics Foundation calls it, has huge potential for economic regeneration, as well as for making communities more resilient in increasingly uncertain times.” Rob Hopkins (Transition Network)

So, what can we do?

On 4th July 2011 across the country, the public will be encouraged to buy at least one item from their local, independent shop to keep the high street alive.

Skillsmart Retail and the National Skills Academy for Retail have teamed up with independent retailers and trade associations around the country to encourage the public to celebrate diversity on the high street and support their local, independent retailers on 4th July.

This is great, but let’s extend this single item on one day to the rest of July. Or, even better, lets change our spending habits for good.

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Over the past century, our economy has changed a lot. The world has become ‘smaller’ and more inter-linked, and the products and services we buy every day reflect this. Take shopping. In a single day we will use and consume products from countries all over the world, many of which will have been mass-produced by large multinational firms, transported thousands of miles, and sold through outlets present all over

the globe. When we do stumble upon a British-made item, it’s likely to have been produced at the other end of the country, road freighted to a depot somewhere else, and finally sold back to us by a (inter)national supermarket with a hiked up price and (in the case of food) considerably less fresh than it started out! These patterns of ‘globalisation’ now shape life as we know it, but it’s increasingly clear that they do damage too.

To the environment, to local communities, and to the people who produce the products we consume.

But there is an alternative, and the focus is shifting towards sustainable development that strengthens local economies. But what does it mean? Why is it a good idea? And how can we do it here in Chorlton and further afield?

Choosing to use locally owned and independent businesses keeps more control in the hands of local people, and it also ‘multiplies’ the effect that money spent has on the local area. A study conducted by NEF demonstrated that every £1 spent with a local supplier was worth £1.76 to the local economy, but only 36p if it was spent with (inter)national firms. It makes sense to spend our money in a way that benefits our locality instead of developers and shareholders.

We are lucky. In our area there is a pretty good mixture of small and medium sized independent businesses.

Often, very little of the money we spend day to day actually remains to benefit our local area, because even if we are, in a physical sense, spending our money close to home, much is siphoned off to the shareholders and managers of the chains and multinationals that now dominate our economy.

Our local economies should be under our control, and they should work for real well-being rather than just financial wealth. A resilient economy is one in which economic activity is based around many small and medium-sized businesses

Local and Independent

association of town centre management

instead of concentrated between fewer and fewer mega-corporations, where local people have some control over local economic activity, where there is space and opportunity for local entrepreneurship and where local people (rather than, say, shareholders or developers) benefit from local economic ‘growth’. It’s about supporting both local produce (and producers), locally owned shops, services and businesses. Building strong local economies doesn’t mean that every community would be entirely self-reliant; it just means getting a balance between trade and local production by diversifying economic activity and shortening the distance between producers and consumers wherever possible.

Picture a £1 coin. Every time that £1 changes hands within a community it means an income

for a local person. The more times it changes hands, the better for that community. This is what the New Economics Foundation (NEF) term the ‘multiplier efect’; in that re-spending money locally ‘multiplies’ the local value of that money.

At the moment our economy feels more like a leaky bucket. In pour wages, salaries, pensions and etc, but most of it pours straight back out again, through chain stores, supermarkets and multinationals.

“Yet every outpouring is a potential local livelihood, local business, training opportunity. “Plugging the leaks”, as the New Economics Foundation calls it, has huge potential for economic regeneration, as well as for making communities more resilient in increasingly uncertain times.” Rob Hopkins (Transition Network)

So, what can we do?

On 4th July 2011 across the country, the public will be encouraged to buy at least one item from their local, independent shop to keep the high street alive.

Skillsmart Retail and the National Skills Academy for Retail have teamed up with independent retailers and trade associations around the country to encourage the public to celebrate diversity on the high street and support their local, independent retailers on 4th July.

This is great, but let’s extend this single item on one day to the rest of July. Or, even better, lets change our spending habits for good.


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Useful NumbersCouncilManchester City Council

www.manchester.gov.uk

234 5000

Environment on Call 954 9000

Chorlton Library 227 3700

Chorlton Leisure Centre 861 0790

Local Councillors Chorlton

Matt Strong 07788 [email protected]

Sheila Newman 881 9641cllr.s.newman.manchester.gov.uk

Victor Chamberlain 07947 [email protected]

Local Councillors Whalley Range

Aftab [email protected]

Mary Watson 860 [email protected]

John Grant 860 [email protected]

Allotments Manager 226 3322

ServicesCitizens Advice 0870 126 4094

Gas Emergency 0800 111 999

GMPTE Bus, Train & Tram

0870 6082 608

228 7811

Mersey Valley Countryside Warden Service

905 1100

Rail Enquiries 0845 7484 950

NHS Direct 0845 4647

Police - non emergency 872 5050

Samaritans 236 8000

Community OrganisationsAction for Sustainable Living

[email protected]

277 0377

www.chorlton.co.uk

Chorlton Aikido Club 861 8456

Chorlton Anxiety Group 226 3871

Chorlton Civic Society

www.chorltoncivicsociety.org

Chorlton Folk Club

Thurs 9pm, Ellesmere Rd Cricket Club

Chorlton Good Neighbours 881 2925

[email protected]

Chorlton Reading Group 881 1813

Friends of Alexandra Park 226 7525

www.friendsofalexandrapark.org.uk

Friends of Chorlton Green

07092 898 721

http://friends.chorltongreen.org

Friends of Chorlton Meadows

881 6276

LGBT Parents Group

636 7507

07970 298 559

Oxfam Chorlton 861 0108

Rainbow Families 07903 397 108

South Manchester Camera Club

www.smcc.org.uk

www.whalleyrange.org

Business Index Please note: Community Index accepts no responsibility for transactions entered into or work undertaken by any of the businesses advertising in the Index or any loss, harm or damage arising from using any of the products & services listed.

ArchitectIbelin ArchitectureBuilding & MaintenanceBroadoak Preservation 22Devine Building & Maintenance

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Joe Durkin 17Carpet CleaningProfresh 29Chimney SweepAcorn Chimney Sweeping Services 17Computer servicesUnitech Computers 5Dry CleanerVillage Dry Cleaner 12ElectricianAndrew Maunsell 7Chorlton Electric 17Estate AgentsJP & Brimelow 25FestivalsBeech Road Festival 24Didsbury Good Neighbours 28RSPCA Summer Fair 30FloorsDevine Floorsanding 20

Food & DrinkBarbakan Delicatessen 19Unicorn 32Fostering & AdoptionCaritas Care 5Furniture & JoineryEvolve Joinery 27Games Console RepairUnitech Computers 29GarageAlbany Auto Services 14GardensAcorn Gardening 16Fat Grass 16Garden Angels 6Gas EngineerChorlton Gas 27Select Plumbing & Heating 19HandymanChorlton Handyman 7KitchensDevine Kitchens 14Letting AgentAnglo Homes 21

Painting & DecoratingChorlton Trade Paints 10Ella Spiers 29HMC Painters & Decorators 10Nina West 10Personal InjuryCircle Claims 7PlumbersBG Plumbing 7Select Plumbing & Heating 17Print ServiceCommunity Index Print 17RestaurantMezzaluna 9RooferM Duffin 20RPL Roofing 7ShoppingChorlton Tagpassiton 12Solar PanelsRPL Roofing 7Therapy & HealingSue Fleming, Alexander Technique 5Toys & GamesMonkey Puzzle Toys 5

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