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DEADLINE FOR THE MARCH EDITION6th February 2012

CONTENTS4. Soap Opera Lament

7. Get your Dancing Shoes on!

9. Book Reviews

10. Love your Independents

13. February in your Garden

14. Food & Drink Index

16. Craftelicious

20. Community Noticeboard

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If you have ever lived in a bed sit most probably you will also have sat and washed your clothes in the launderette. For me the two go together.

Being single and on a low income meant my early years in Manchester were spent in one room in converted Victorian houses which were sad neglected and shabby versions of their former selves.

If you were lucky the landlord would have redecorated the walls with wood chip and some neutral colour of emulsion, although in my case in one flat the original paper had just had an amateur coat of some watered down paint thrown over it.

The delights of such living just went on. You shared the bathroom which was seldom cleaned, the whole house was always cold with a hint of damp and the hall always seemed full of junk mail and letters to residents who even the landlord had forgotten.

So in the absence of a washing machine you went to the launderette. They could be a

meeting place but all too often in my student days the place was empty and you washed alone, watching as the soap suds took over the porthole of a window which only confirmed you had used too much powder again.

But I am being a bit unfair. Launderettes were on every high street and back road from the 50s onwards and in their way I suppose were part of that bright new post war future. No more sending the dirty clothes to the laundry now you could do it yourself with no fear that the stained underwear and socks with holes in would be the topic of conversations for the whole laundry over the tea break.

Nor did you have to brave the municipal laundry which was fine if you were the adult but all so boring for a child of seven. These council run public laundries were a marvellous asset for anyone living in small terraced house where wash day could take over the whole house. Moreover they were a place to meet and talk. But again not if you were seven and had plans to play in the park.

Now all of this is because the launderette on Beech Road has closed. The last wash was just before Christmas and now the Soap Opera is no more. It has joined thousands of others who could not compete with cheap washing machines and an attitude which preferred that clothes should be washed in the privacy of one’s home. And that too chimes in with the trend for each member of the family to occupy themselves in a different room doing different things.

So from a peak of twelve and half thousand outlets there are now fewer than 3,000. I remember talking about the demise of laundries with my friend Lawrence who had been told by the owner of a launderette that they would go the same way in the next decade. I should have seen it coming. First the one on Barlow Moor Road went and now ours on Beech Road.

The Soap Opera had been the Maypole and must have seemed so thoroughly modern when it opened four decades ago but now no more.

All of which leaves me with one thought, where will the bed sit residents go now to wash their clothes?

Andrew Simpson

No more will I sit in the Soap Opera....a lament for another lost way of life

The Soap Opera, Beech Rd © Andrew Simpson

Andrew Simpson’s book Chorlton-cum-Hardy A Community Transformed will be published in April 2012.

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The planning for this year's Chorlton's Big Green Festival is now in full swing and the first 'official' event of the year is just around the corner. Chorlton's Big Green Ceilidh will feature the fantastic Beech Band performing traditional folk tunes and keeping you entertained for the duration. Get your dancing shoes on and join us on for an evening of great music, some hearty pints of Guinness and help raise money for CBGF 2012.

Chorlton's Big Green Ceilidh will take place on Saturday 11th February from 7.30pm at Chorlton Irish Club, 17 High Lane, Chorlton M21 9DJ. Due to the popularity of last year's Ceilidh, this year's event will be held in a larger room at the Irish Club which means even more room for your best Gay Gordon!

Tickets are £5/£3 concessions and can be purchased at Hickson and Black's, Barlow Moor Road in Chorlton or online

via the festival website (see below). There will be a limited number of tickets available on the door, on the night but based on last years turnout we would highly recommend buying tickets in advance to avoid disappointment.

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 2012 will be held

on Saturday 31st March at St Clements Church, Edge Lane, Chorlton, M21 9JF. More information about the event can be found on the Green Chorlton website:

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Book Reviews from Chorlton BookshopFreedom

Jonathan FranzenAt the heart of the novel is Patty Berglund. Success came early for Patty during college but she gave

up a promising sporting career to create and care for her ‘perfect’ family. Walter is an extremely supportive husband to his stay at home wife. To the local neighbourhood, the Berglund’s are the ideal family with a wonderful future ahead. When Patty’s beloved teenage son decides to move in with his girlfriend the family unit begins to unravel and old resentments begin to surface.

If the story doesn’t grab you from the start it’s definitely worth sticking with it. By page 50 I was well and truly hooked! The story is essentially about our desire for physical, emotional and spiritual freedoms. It serves as a warning about the danger of actually getting what you wish for.

The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes Tony is in reflective mood due to a mysterious gift left to him in a will. What makes the

gift even more mysterious is the person who has bequeathed it. This person met Tony briefly more than 40 years previously and has had no contact with him since. Tony delves back into cherished memories of school friendships, before the harsh realities of adult life hit home. Central to the story is the character of Veronica. She came into and out of Tony’s life at University but more than 40 years later has made a dramatic reappearance.

Booker prize winners are always fantastic but often feel like a bit of a chore to wade through. What a refreshing change then to find a novel which is both easily readable and a worthy winner. It may well be the novella format which helps the pace and readability of the story but whatever it is I found this impossible to put down and read it within a few sittings.

I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alanby Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci, Neil Gibbons and

Rob Gibbons.Let’s face it, autobiographies by third-rate media figures are usually no good. The same goes for TV comedy tie-in books. But in real life, if not in his own fictional world, Alan Partridge remains a mark of quality. This is far better than it has any right to be, and weaves a satisfying comic novel out of the stray details of Partridge’s life as revealed across the BBC series. It’s an sprawling tale of fatherhood, failed marriage, hospital radio, career suicide (remember ‘monkey tennis’?) and the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre. As you’d expect, our hero’s gargantuan pomposity and facility for total self absorption accounts for most of the laughs – and there are plenty of those. The man’s a monster, but a detailed, three-dimensional creation in his own right. The result is genuinely compelling, and very, very funny.

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In the bleak months of winter, the garden seems to become a space outside the window that is rarely looked at let alone ventured into, which has lead me to think about what a ‘Winter Garden’ might look like and what type of plants could be used to produce something a bit more interesting than the usual hedge of evergreen shrubs. The concept of Winter Gardens has a particular history, peaking in the Nineteenth century with the Victorian obsession with ‘nature’ and ‘spectacle’ and the construction of huge steel and glass buildings reminiscent of Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace and rolled out along the (then) fashionable coast towns of Margate, Blackpool, Bournemouth etc. These buildings functioned in a variety of pleasure-giving

ways, but a central element was always the palm houses featuring the exotic horticultural spoils of the - arguably dubious - activity of plant hunting. Perhaps a lesser-known example of such a building was built in Old Trafford as part of the botanical gardens founded in the 1830’s, to provide recreation for the fashionable residents of Stretford. Apparently the gardens were sited in Old Trafford on the advice of scientist John Dalton, the southwesterly wind protecting the area from the city’s airborne pollution. The complex was demolished in the late 1980s, and all that remains is the entrance gates, close to what is now the White City Retail Park. It’s probably not going to be very easy to recreate the Victorian winter garden unless you happen

to have a large conservatory and a porridge-pot purse, but here are some plants that can be used to sprinkle some frosty magic across the garden: evergreens with wintery interest include shrubs such as Rhododendron ‘Silver Edge’, Pieris ‘Flaming Silver’, Sarcococca confusa and herbaceous plants - Artemesia ‘Lambrook Silver’, Senecio cineraria ‘Silver Dust’ offset by the black grass Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’; wonderful white barked trees – Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Grayswood Ghost’; and for comedy value the white winter stemmed bramble Rubus cockburnianus.

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14141616Food & Drink IndexCafe life1 Battery Park615a Wilbraham Road M21 9AN, 860 0754

2 Beech Road Cafe 52, Beech Road M21 9EG, 283 7751

3 The Chorlton Eatery 565 Barlow Moor Road, M21 8AE, 860 0200

4 Crema Cafe 111 Manchester Road, M21 9PG, 07931 864084

5 Jam Street Cafe 209 Upper Chorlton Road M16 0BH, 881 9944

6 On The Corner93 Beech Road M21 9EQ, 881 4841

7 Sweet Tooth Cupcakery9a Oswald RoadM21 9LP, 07855 765355

8 Tea Hive53 Manchester Road M21 9PW

Specialist9 Barbakan Delicatessen67-71 Manchester RdM21 9PW, 881 7053

10 Bitter Sweet103 Manchester Road

10a Chorlton Wholefoods64 Beech Road, M21 9EG

11 Coffee N Chocolates514 Wilbraham Road M21 9AW

12 Craftelicious127 Oswald Road M21 9GE, 860 4814

13 Epicerie Ludo46 Beech Road M21 9EG, 300 2582

14 Frost W H Butchers12-14 The SquareM21 9AQ, 881 8172

15 Hickson and Black’s 559A Barlow Moor RoadM21 8AN, 881 2001

16 North Star Delicatessen418 Wilbraham RdM21 0SD, 862 0133

17 Oasis Ice-Cream Parlour

109 Manchester Road M21 9GA

18 Out of the Blue484 Wilbraham RoadM21 9AS, 881 8353

19 Unicorn Grocery89 Albany RdM21 0BN

Restaurant/Bar 20 Asian Fusion 489-491 Barlow Moor Road, M21 8AG, 881 7200

21 Azad Manzil 493-495 Barlow Moor Road, M21 8AG, 881 1021

22 The Bar533 Wilbraham RoadM21 0UE, 861 7576

23 Bar 480480 Wilbraham Road M21 9AS, 861 9558

24 Bar San Juan56 Beech Road M21 9EG

25 Beech79 Beech Rd M21 9EQ, 881 4912

26 Beer House57 Manchester Rd M21 9PW, 861 8378

27 Beggar’s Bush 48 Beech RoadM21 9EQ, 861 7393

28 Bowling Green1 Brookburn RoadM21 9ES, 860 2800

29 Charango 456-458 Barlow Moor Road, M21 0BQ881 8596

30 Chorlton Cricket ClubEllesmere RoadM21 0SG, 0783 3735729

31 Chorlton Irish Club17 High LaneM21 9DJ, 881 2898

32 Coriander 279 Barlow Moor Road M21 7GH, 881 7750

33 Croma 498-500 Wilbraham Road M21 9AP, 881 1117

34 Dulcimer567 Wilbraham Rd M21 0AE, 860 0044

35 Electrik559, Wilbraham RdM21 0AE, 8619558

36 Escape370 Barlow Moor RoadM21 8AZ, 8629911

37 Gallery537-539 Wilbraham RoadM21 9LD, 860 6660

38 The Hillary Step 199 Upper Chorlton Road M16 0BH, 881 1978

39 Horse & Jockey9 Chorlton GreenM21 9HS

40 Hot Spot372 Barlow Moor Road M21 8AZ, 881 6881

41 Juan Sanchez366 Barlow Moor Road M21 8AZ, 862 0267

42 Lead Station99 Beech RoadM21 9EQ, 881 5559

43 Lloyds Hotel617 Wilbraham Road M21 9AN, 286 0693

44 Leo’s356 Barlow Moor RoadM21 8AZ, 861 9092

45 Mezzaluna1st Floor, 613 Wilbraham RdM21 9AN, 861 8880

46 Mint478 Wilbraham Road M21 9AS, 881 9130

47 Nectar Bistro 404 Barlow Moor Road M21 8AD, 861 9300

48 The Nip and Tipple 197 Upper Chorlton Road M16 0BH, 860 7330

49 Nook535 Wilbraham RoadM21 0UE, 882 0700

50 Oddest414-416 Wilbraham RoadM21 0SD, 860 7515

51 Panicos 418 Barlow Moor Road M21 8AD, 861 0613

52 Parlour 66 Beech Road M4 1LE, 881 4871

53 Pi99 Manchester RoadM21 9GA, 882 0000

54 Proof 30A Manchester Road M21 9PH, 862 9333

55 Saray609 Wilbraham RdM21 9AN, 881 8292

56 Sedge Lynn21a Manchester RoadM21 9PN, 860 0141

57 The Spread Eagle526-528 Wilbraham RoadM21 9LD, 861 0385

58 Thai Spice 66a Beech RoadM21 9EG, 881 0400

59 Trevor Arms133/5 Beech Road M21 9EQ

60 Turkish Delight Ltd 573 Barlow Moor Road M21 8AE, 881 0503

61 The Whalley2 Withington RoadM16 8AA, 232 7159

62 Yakisoba360 Barlow Moor RoadM21 8AZ, 862 0888

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Located in the heart of Chorlton, Craftelicious is a home to creating, eating and having lots of fun for all ages. Inspired by their own children’s craftiness, the husband and wife team opened the doors in July 2011 and have had such a positive response they now have even more exciting plans for the Craft Café.

With activities ranging from ceramic painting, decopatch and now mosaic making available on a drop-in basis, along with more structured workshops for both children and adults. You cannot help but have fun, either in the Café or The Studio.

The adult workshops last season included making a cushion cover, a fabric journal and textile jewellery making delivered by Craftelicious’ in house artist Maud Telastuo. Looking ahead to 2012 there are already a long list of activities planned, with all times and dates announced on the Craftelicious website. There will be some “Heart Crafts” taking place in February and “Mum and Me” workshops planned in March. Book a place on any of the workshops by the end of February and receive a 10% discount.Crafty tots, where things can get messy with different activity each week (Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10–11.30am) is aimed at pre-schoolers and makes a much anticipated return to The Studio in January.

However, the biggest success so far has to be the parties; which are not just for children! Craftelicious have hosted baby showers (where guests make something for the baby (or baby’s room), hen-do’s (where all the guests have made decorations, keepsakes or favours for the big day) as well as those very popular work night out and team building activities. The feedback has been exceptionally positive with some groups returning several times.

It’s not all about craft though, Craftelicious have just launched their creperie menu which is the perfect accompaniment to their freshly ground coffee, loose-leaf tea and delicious handmade cakes. Whether crafting or not and wanting a tasty bite or in need of a laid back delicious crafternoon, there is something for everyone!

The family run business welcomes everyone with a warm smile with a passion for all things crafty, making themselves available to demonstrate activities for first-timers or share tips to ensure a rewarding experience.

Here’s a flavour of the comments left in the feedback book:

“I really enjoyed coming here as a Birthday present…BRILLIANT service, food, art. Love it!”

“The kids had great fun – nearly as much as the adults!! Will definitely be back.”

Why not pop in and decide for yourselves?

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“Ess Paradies”

Sit, Sip & Surf Free Wi-Fi from 12 to 3pm every day with no download limits

Open for Lunch & DinnerTue -Thu 12 - 3pm & 5pm - 9.30pmFri 12 - 10pm Sun11am - 9pmSat 12 - 10pm Mon Closed

372 Barlow Moor Rd • Chorlton • Manchester • M21 8AZ • Tel: 0161 881 6881(Find us: next door to Ken Fosters Cycle Logic, opposite the Bus Station)

SPECIAL OFFER*2 Courses for £7.50 or 3 Courses for £10.50*Tue-Fri 12pm-3 pm and 5pm-7pm

Sat 11am-2pm Sun 5pm- 8pm

*Offer applies to selected items; at least one course must be a starter or dessert

Simpler tastes in life are the best. With good quality food served in a relaxed and welcoming family atmosphere, Hotspot is no ordinary restaurant!

We serve authentic German cuisine, with an emphasis on Hessian and Bavarian cooking.

Our food is simple, honest in every detail and traditionally prepared.

AUTHENTIC GERMAN CUISINE

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We offer party menus to make your event extra special.

If you’re interested in having your party at Hotspot, please come in and talk to us, or email:

[email protected]

We love birthdays & special events!

10% OFF*with your copy of Community Index

* Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer.

Sweet ToothC U P C A K E R Y

Chorlton’s Cupcake Emporium

Premium cupcakes, edible gifts and sweet treats lovingly baked in house, fresh daily. Delicious vegan and gluten free options also available.Join us in our cosy vintage parlour for an Illy coffee or one of our soda fountain classics, the perfect match for our delightfully fluffy cupcakes…Pre-orders advised for Valentine’s Day.

· VALENTINE’S CUPCAKES & EDIBLE GIFTS

· WEDDINGS AND EVENTS

· KID’S BIRTHDAY PARTY CAKES

· GIANT CUPCAKES

10% DISCOUNT* Jan/Feb 2012

(*Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer)

9a Oswald Road, Chorlton, Manchester M21 9LP

07855 765355

53 Manchester Rd Chorlton M21 9PW [email protected]

Valentines Day Afternoon Tea

Treat your loved one to a luxury afternoon tea on Valentine’s Day in the romantic relaxed sounding of Tea Hive Chorlton. Let us spoil

you with an extensive choice of over 15 teas, an array of finger sandwiches and savoury

tarts, freshly baked scones with homemade jam & clotted cream and a selection of

delicious individual Tea Hive cakes. Then enjoy a deluxe coffee of your choice to round

off your meal No red rose selling, violin playing cheesy

waiters in sight. £22 for a stand for 2

Please call to make a reservation.

01612839869


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Community NoticeboardFairs & MarketsFarmers Market and Craft Fair Horse & Jockey, Chorlton Green. Last Saturday of every month 11–5pm www.horseandjockey chorlton.com

Manchester Street Market3rd Saturday of the month outside Chorlton Library.

Pop-up Vintage Fair Vintage homeware, clothing & handmade crafts. Every Saturday 12-5pm at The Beech, 72 Beech Rd, [email protected]

Clubs, Societies & Groups

Chorlton Aikido Club Wednesdays 7.30-9.30pmSt Ninians, Wilbraham Rdwww.lancashireaikikai.orgTel: 861 8456

Community Allotment and Apiary, Scott AvenueAllotment (alley entrance by the bridge near to Leisure Centre)Sat 11am, Sun 2pm0797313906807521500223uk.groups.yahoo.com/ group/grow_for_it/

Chorlton Bridge ClubChristine Blackburn Tel: 225 8854 www.bridge webs.com/chorlton

Chorlton Good Neighbours881 2925 [email protected]

Manchester Flower Lovers’ GuildFirst Monday of the month for flower demosntations. Refreshmenst at 7.15 for 7.30 start. Visitors welcome £5 St Werburghs Church Hall, Chorlton M21 0TJ

Anne 881 6591, flowersnorthwest.net

Friends of Alexandra Park226 7525 www.friends ofalexandrapark.org.uk

Friends of Chorlton Meadows 881 6276www.friendsofchorltonmeadows.blogspot.com

Function/Meeting RoomsDo you need a cheap local place for a meeting or gathering? Rooms available for up to 25 people. From £10/HourShakespeare House Community CentreWhalley RangeM16 8NR, [email protected]

Transition Chorlton Ways to encourage a more sustainable future in Chorlton. 1st Thursday of each month at the Lloyds Hotel from 7.30pm

50+Social GroupArts/Walking/HolidaysLila:[email protected] 2261214

Health & FitnessCapoeira – Cordao De Ouro Tuesdays 7-9 (All levels), Saturdays 11-12 (Kids)The Edge Theatre, M21 9JG, www.cdonw.co.uk

Chorlton Leisure Centrewww.manchestersport andleisure.org, 861 0790

The Yoga RoomsThursday 10-11.15am Drop-in Yoga (all levels) Friday 10.30-11.30am Drop-in Pilates (all levels)Full Programme at www.yogarooms.co.uk

Zumba, Yoga for pregnancy, Irish music, Salsa, Irish Dancing and Pilates The Irish Club, High Lane, 881 2898 www.chorltonirishclub.co.uk

Pilates Classes drop in £6 Mon 5.30pm, 6.35pm, 7.40pm, Wed 1pm Thurs 9.35pm St Clements ChurchTues 5.30pm, 6.45pm, 8pm St Johns SchoolBeginners workshopsStudio classes and 1-1 on the reformer, Cadillac & chair Sarah 07776196504 www.energyflowfitness.co.uk

Arts & CraftsBattyandgorgeousExploring Drawing Sunday, 26th Feb 1-5pm£40/£35 www.batty andgorgeous.com

Beetlefelt Craft WorkshopsTextile Club TuesdaysWeaving Workshop WednesdaysSewing SurgeryThursdaysother workshops inc. Mosaic Heart, Felt Table Mat, Seamless Felt PurseCarol Mowl Tel: 881 6309 www.beetlefelt.co.uk

Chorlton Reading GroupOnce a month in the meeting room behind Chorlton library 7.30pmAll welcome 881 [email protected]

Creative Corner Café inclusiveartsresources @gmail.com14 Milton Grove, Whalley Range, M16 0BP07745 855399

Drum & Percussion GroupPlaying Brazilian and Cuban rhythms. Thursday evenings 7-9pm St. Margarets Church, Whalley RangeSue 226 4311

The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre Full programme of theatre, music and art classes including:The Edge Youth TheatreDance — ages 11-16Saturdays 11–12pm £5Theatre Club 5-8 year olds — Mondays 4-5pm £5Out On The Edge (LGBT Theatre)A brand new theatre group for LGBT 16 to 25 year olds. Mondays 7-9pm £5 Manchester Rd, Chorlton Tel: 282 9776Full programme onlinewww.watersedgearts.com

Ministry of Craft Accessory Junkie: Mixed craft makingSat 4th Feb Knitting skills - How to knit Fair IsleSat 18th Feb Creature comforts: Sew a sockeeSat 18th FebKnit it now: Stunning wire beaded braceletSat 25th Feb07850 894 752, www.ministryofcraft.co.uk

Mosaic TherapyThurs 7.15-8.45pm Chorlton Central Church M21 8BF 2012 Courses: Mosaic Yourself Potty Hulme Community Garden Centre Mosaic flowerpot March & June Roman Mosaics for Beginners Victoria Baths Manchester July Mosaic Masterpieces at Norton Priory Museum & Gardens May & June Final Details traceycartledge.wordpress.com/workshops-classes-and-coursesTracey 860 0387 www.traceycartledge.co.uk

Rubbish RevampedBlissed Out with Buttons 16th Feb 7-9.00pm£13.00 Layered brooches to ribboned necklaces. Festoon your fridge with button magnets too!www.rubbishrevamped.org.uk

South Manchester Camera ClubClub Meets Monday nights at 8pm Didsbury Methodist Church M20 5LRwww.smcc.org.uk

Pottery Corner 34 Beech Road M21 9EL882 0010

Music & EntertainmentCharango DJS Every Friday and Saturday night 10pm-late. 456-458 Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton 881 8596 charango-chorlton.co.uk

Chorlton Film InstituteSarah’s Key Thurs 16th FebDoors Open 8.10pm Film starts 8.30pm Entrance £5 St Clements Church

Chorlton Folk ClubThursdays 9pm Ellesmere Rd Cricket Club

Dulcimer DJs every Friday & Saturday and

live acts from around the world every week www.dulcimer-bar.co.uk

Folk Songs and Tunes at The BeechIf you enjoy folk songs and tunes even older than the Beech. 1st & 3rd Wednesdays for Songs2nd & 4th for Tunes.Beech Road, Chorlton, M21 9EG

Home on the RangeEverything from punk, funk to classic house.last Friday of every MonthThe Carlton Club, Whalley Range www.carltonclub.org.uk

Horse & JockeyQuiz Night Every Sunday (except Bank Holidays), from 8pm.9 Chorlton Green M21 9HS www.horseandjockey chorlton.com

Oddest Bar 414-416 Wilbraham RoadChorlton. Mooch down to Oddest every Friday & Saturday to find our fab DJs sifting through the vinyl 11pm-1.30am860 7515 www.oddbar.co.uk/oddest

Social & Support GroupsChorlton Anxiety Group226 3871

Café Spirit Meets every second Monday of the month at Copperfields Café in Chorlton opposite the post office 7.30pm Lesley 882 0848 Email: [email protected]

Coffee and Craft Mornings at Chorlton Good Neighbours. Meet friends and have a coffee, with arts and crafts group. Thursday’s 10-11.30am Wilbraham St, Ninian’s Church 881 2925 www.cgncg.org.uk

LGBT Parents Group 636 7507, 07970 298 559

New Family Social UK charity for LGBT adopters, foster carers and their children. Meets every two months in south Manchester.newfamilysocial.co.uk

Rainbow Families 07903 397 108 rainbowfamilies@ hotmail.com

St. Clements FellowshipContact Barbara Burns on 0161 881 5912 or Ida Bradshaw on 0161 861 7158 for information.

Local Websiteswww.beechroadm21.co.uk

www.chorlton.co.uk

www.chorltoncivic.blogspot.com

www.chorlton.fetch.it

www.sochorlton.wordpress.com

www.whalleyrange.org

Useful NumbersAllotments Manager 226 3322

Bus, Train & Tram 228 7811

Chorlton Library 227 3700

Citizens Advice 0870 126 4094

Environment on Call 954 9000

Electricity 0800 195 4141

Gas Emergency 0800 111 999

Manchester City Council234 5000 www.manchester.gov.uk

National Rail Enquiries nationalrail.co.uk 08457 48 49 50

NHS Direct 0845 46 47 nhsdirect.nhs.uk

Police – non emergency872 5050

Samaritans 236 8000

Mersey Valley Countryside Warden Service 905 1100

The Chorlton Handyman City & Guilds multi skilled Tradesman

Domestic & Commercial Public Liability Insurance

0777 852 3088

Environmentally AwareSmall works always welcome

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Double Deep Quilted Mattress ......... £69Single Deep Quilted Mattress ........... £49

Foxanna3+2 black or brown

Clarissa Corner suite £699 £499 Amanda

Large corner black or brown £569

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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.

Arts & CraftsBasic Sewing Skills & Patchwork 2Craftelicious 16Building & MaintenanceJoseph Durkin 9Carpet CleaningProfresh 7ChildcareChorlton Little Gems 5Chimney SweepAcorn Chimney Sweeping Service

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DressmakerErica Stacey 2Dry CleanerVillage Dry Cleaner 6ElectricianChorlton Electric 9Estate AgentsJP & Brimelow 8Food & DrinkA J Adams 5Barbakan Delicatessen 17Chorlton Wholefoods 15Hotspot 18

Saray 24Sweet Tooth Cupcakery 19Tea Hive 19Furniture & JoineryDLE Enterprises 11Kingston Beds & Sofas 22GardensFat Grass 24Space 12Gas EngineerChorlton Gas 23Handyman/womanChorlton Handyman 21Music LessonsDominic Kearne, Guitar/Songwriting 5Painting & DecoratingCarol Smith 21HMC Painters & Decorators 11Nina West 11Pest ControlPrompt Pest Control Services 12PlumbersBG Plumbing 23Select Plumbing & Heating 11

RooferM Duffin 12ShoppingChorlton Tagpassiton 10Franny & Filer 2Social Group/EventsHome on the Range 19Solar PanelsRPL Roofing 27Therapy, Healing & HealthAJR Therapy 13Jason Howdon, Hypnotherapy 5Sue Fleming, Alexander Technique 6The Acupuncture Works 6Toys & GamesMonkey Puzzle Toys 5

Chorlton Gas LtdDomestic Central Heating and Gas Engineers

Service, installation and breakdown repair on all makes of:

fully qualified • fully insured Gas Safe registered • friendly and reliable • local references available

Boilers

Fires

Cookers

Unvented Hot Water Cylinders

Solar Thermal

No Job

too big

or small

Central heating power flushing service available

Call Kevin for a no obligation quote

07722 731 801

EXPERIENCEDlocal plumber

Bathrooms and tilingBlockages and leaksPipework alterations

GAVIN HOWARD mobile: 07969 605321

email: [email protected]

87 Haig Road, Stretford, M32 0DP

B.G. PLUMBING

WRAS approved, cert no. 28518

SARAY CAFÉ BAR AND RESTAURANT

FREE BOTTLE OF

HOUSE WINESunday to Thursday

with a 3 course meal

for 2*

Taste of Anatolia

We are pleased to offer you the very best of Turkish Cuisine, in our family run restaurant in Chorlton.

We take great care and pride in serving top quality, authentic food from our eclectic menu. Our Chefs have a long-standing reputation for tender meat, succulent chicken

dishes, fresh fish and a great selection of vegetable dishes. We also offer a huge selection of freshly prepared and flavoursome mezzes along with an extensive wine list. Our friendly and helpful staff are on hand to help you choose mouth-watering dishes to share straight from the plate if you wish, making Saray cafe-bar a great place to relax

and bask in the glow of our hospitality.The Saray promises to deliver the best of Turkish food and service.

609 Wilbraham Road • Chorlton • M21 9AN www.saraycafebar.co.uk 0161 881 8292

EVERY DAY 11.30am - 6.30pm

2 courses ONLY £9.95

3 courses ONLY £11.95

*offer valid until 29th Feb 2012excludes Tues 14th February

20% Discount on our TAKEAWAY MENU

BOOK NOW for Valentines Day

Call 881 8292

chorlton & whalley range february 2012

Documents

prom dress

unique dress

municipal laundry

chorlton bookshop

soap suds

dirty clothes

meeting place

small terraced house