Community Index Didsbury May 2012

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PUBLISHERCommunity Index

EDITOR/ADVERTISINGLesley Swann

SUB-EDITOR/WEBSITESam Paechter

CONTRIBUTIONS Mike Bath, Didsbury Open Gardens, Katherine Watson, Carol Thompson,

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COVER PHOTOGRAPHNola at Harriet and Dee

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DEADLINE FOR THE JUNE EDITION15th May 2012

Contents5. Didsbury Open Gardens

7. Community Index

9. TAG News

11. Friends of Lapwing Lane Arcade

13. May in your Garden

15. Food and Drink Index

17. Pomegranate Review

19. Business Index

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The Didsbury Open Gardens charity event celebrates its 5th anniversary on Sunday, 17th June, with more than 20 private and public gardens opening to the public. The event raises funds for St Ann’s Hospice, and in addition this year the Alzheimer’s Society and the local Didsbury Parsonage Trust. ‘The event has raised over £25,000 to date and we hope to have another bumper event’ said Maria Stripling, organiser. ‘We also hope that visitors from previous years will join us again (rain or shine) as we have quite a few new private gardens as well as some old favourites.’

The event attracts up to 1,000 visitors of all ages and

is a highlight in the Didsbury calendar. ‘Families take to the road on bikes, groups of friends can be seen wandering between gardens with programmes in hand and by the end of the day you really feel you have got to know everyone because you bump into people all day long in the gardens or over tea and cakes.’ Most gardens are within walking distance of each other and this is what also makes it a community event.

Not to be missed this year will be live music and giant lawn games at Nazarene College, at Broomcroft Hall a willow sculpture demonstration by artist and garden designer Juliette Hamilton and a chance to win a

carved wooden owl by local chainsaw woodcarver, Andy Burgess (Andy has also carved a throne for the Queen with brother Tim!). Other fun highlights include a ‘spitting elephant’, treasure hunt, pottery sculpture, relaxing massage…..and of course a wide variety of fantastic gardens.

Programmes (£5) available from 4 May at local shops The Cheese Hamlet and Inmans Newsagents or contact the organisers through the web site at

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10Community NoticeboardClubs, Societies & Groups

Acting For FunCentral Didsbury431 4794

Didsbury Amateur Dramaticswww.celestaplayers.co.uk

Didsbury Cricket Clubwww.didsburyccsports.co.uk

Didsbury Good NeighboursEvery Tuesday, 10-11.45am coffee morning. Didsbury Sure Start Centre, Didsbury Park07749 504298 www.didsburygood neighbours.com

Didsbury Village East Residents Associationwww.dvera.co.uk

Didsbury Village Women’s Institutewww.didsburyvillagewi.co.uk

Manchester Flower Lovers’ GuildFirst Monday of the month for flower demonstrations. Refreshmenst at 7.15 for 7.30 start. Visitors welcome £5 St Werburghs Church Hall, Chorlton M21 0TJ Anne 881 6591, [email protected] flowersnorthwest.net

Friends of Didsbury Parkwww.friendsofdidsbury park.co.uk

Friends of Fletcher Moss ParkAlan Hill 445 1535

Friends of Marie Louise Gardenswww.marielouisegardens.org.uk

South Manchester Camera Clubwww.smcc.org.uk

Didsbury Over 50s Group247 2323

South Manchester U3AMeet on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 2pm, Emmanuel Church. Contact Edna 434 250

South Manchester Dance School107 Clyde Road West Didsbury, 445 5308

West Didsbury BookgroupMeets every four weeks at 7.30pm. Lively mixed group of all ages. Call 445 4483 leaving your name,address & landline

West Didsbury Residents AssociationPam Siddons 445 5406 www.westdidsbury.org.uk

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The Classroom on School Lane Learn new a new craft24 School Lanewww.classroomschool lane.com

Manchester Mosaics creative and art historical workshops07528 526798www.gallery.me.com/amandamccrann

Wendy Levy Art Gallery17 Warburton Street Didsbury, 446 4880

Music & Entertainment

Didsbury Comedy Club 7pm Show 7:45pm Admission £6/£5 Didsbury Cricket Club, Wilmslow Rd, East Didsbury, M20 2ZY

Pub QuizDog and PartridgeEvery Monday 9.30Cash Jackpot667 Wilmslow RoadTel: 0871 951 1000

Stax of Soul Wednesdays 9.30pm-12 Thursdays DJ Pip Rolfe Weekend warm up till 1amOne Lounge Bar1 Lapwing lanewww.oneloungebar.co.uk 448 0101

Therapy at Sanctuary Bar Thursday night DJ 7–midnight every week.653 Wilmslow Road

Social & Support Groups

Didsbury Social [email protected] www.didsburysocial. jigsy.com

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

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Didsbury Library 227 3755

Environment on Call 954 9000

Mersey Valley Countryside Warden Service 905 1100

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

NHS Direct 0845 46 47 nhsdirect.nhs.uk

Manchester City Council234 5000 www.manchester.gov.uk

Police – non emergency 872 5050

Samaritans 236 8000samaritans.org

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FREE cuddly handmade advertising for your independent business or community group!Are you a Didsbury independent business or a Didsbury club, group, community organisation (eg school) or Didsbury charity?

We are inviting you to get creative with textile and sew/ knit or crotchet a rectangle or shape of your choice (approximately A4 size) with your logo, image of yourselves or message, to be included (stitched) on the panels of our Didsbury Community Project.

We (Carol from TAG! and Lesley from Community Index ) recently started the Wicknits project in Chorlton as part of Chorlton Big Green Festival. Panels of the project are now starting to appear round Chorlton and we thought it would be lovely to do a similar project in Didsbury too.

We plan to take the Didsbury panels on tour round Didsbury locations and festivals starting with Didsbury Festival on 16th June.

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Please post your finished pieces to Carol c/o Tagpassiton C.I.C, 792 Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury. M20 6UG or drop them off at Rumpus Toys (opposite the Post Office on Albert Hill Street).

If you have any suggestions for a name for our Didsbury project just drop us a line.

And if there are any interested individuals or companies out there that would like to sponsor our project we would of course be delighted to hear from you!

Support Didsbury Community causes, discover what over 60 Didsbury independent gems have to offer and save a fortune this year with a £5 TAG! card.

You can find out all about our Didsbury Community Loyalty scheme and buy a TAG! card online at:

www.tagpassiton.comOr visit and support one of our Didsbury scheme members and buy a card at Rumpus Toys, The Cheese Hamlet, Harriet & Dee, Alpine Tea Room, Belly Button, Mailboxes Etc or Inmans.

Or if you prefer, currently Didsbury Women’s Institute will be very pleased to sell you a card too.

A Didsbury Directory is available for download from our home page. Don't worry if you don't have access to a printer - give me a call on 07812 498342 and I will drop one off.

Thanks for all your support, Carol.

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New Didsbury Traders AssociationSince the last active members retired many years ago, Didsbury has been without a Traders Association. With the backing of the Didsbury Civic Society and the support of a few key traders we are forming a new Didsbury Traders Association to provide a framework for all businesses with a presence in the area to join together.

Our main aim is to help ensure and promote a sustainable and safe, thriving, interesting, strong and cohesive local Didsbury community where traders, businesses, residents, workers and visitors want to spend their time and money. As a group we are better placed to engage on policy and commercial issues, learn from and support each other and engage more effectively with other local community groups sharing our aims.

If you are a Didsbury Business and are interested in joining please email [email protected]. Entry is open to all and joining fees are reflective of your business size.

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For some time now those of us who enjoy visiting and shopping at the fine old arcade of shops on Lapwing Lane, where it crosses Palatine Road in West Didsbury, have been worried about the state of the canopy that fronts the shops and shelters the pavement. This canopy is the feature of the arcade that marks it out and is believed to be the last surviving original Edwardian canopy in Manchester. Unless something is done fairly soon the whole canopy will become dangerously decayed and will have to be demolished.

For various legal, economic and historical reasons, the landlords and the shopkeepers are not in a position to take sufficient joint action. It is left to the people who live in the area and treasure this arcade to act. To this end Didsbury Civic Society is helping us set up a charitable trust – The Friends of Lapwing Lane Arcade (FOLLA) – to restore the canopy and ensure that it is maintained in a reasonable state in the future.

Why now?Well first and foremost, if something isn’t done soon the feature will disappear. But there is added historical focus because in 2013 the arcade will be 100 years old. Furthermore in the summer of next year the Metrolink will reach the area and the West Didsbury station over the road from the arcade will come into operation.

What repair work is required?The view of those who have examined the canopy recently is that, much of the ironwork (stanchions and tracery) can be restored but that some bits must be replaced. Where replacement is necessary then an exact

match to the original will be sought. All the glasswork needs replacing. Once the ironwork has been restored then it would be important for the appearance of the arcade not to have random large shop signs obscuring the view so it is sensible to insist that, if there are any signs, they conform to a uniform, unobtrusive design – possibly oval in shape like the sign in front of the current Sub Post Office unit. With the coming of the Metrolink and the inevitable increase in footfall in this area the opportunity for the retail businesses is enticing. The improvements to the arcades in Chorlton and Heaton Moor Road, Heaton Chapel attracted growth in trade for the shops and cafes in those areas, and it seems likely that an attractive arcade with many more passers by would lead to the same sort of development on Lapwing Lane.

How much is this all going to cost?Well at present we’re not sure, but The Didsbury Civic Society, who have already been exploring the possibility of the restoration of this arcade, have received a quotation of £28,000 from a local contractor who is keen to be associated with the work. Shop signs, costs for setting up of the Trust, and other items would add to the total sum. Perhaps £35,000/£40,000 is a more likely figure – but one of the first tasks for FOLLA is to get estimates for everything.

What about the owners?Well the whole restoration scheme is predicated on the transfer of ownership of the whole canopy to the new FOLLA Trust. Each owner will be asked to agree to this transfer and complete a legal transaction

to this effect. It would seem a good deal for the owners and we would seek to complete the transfer of ownership for a nominal sum per unit. Once these deals have been done then FOLLA would bear the ongoing responsibility for maintenance of the canopy supported by annual subscriptions from its members and a small annual fee from each of the owners/tenants.

How do we get this underway in time for next summer?FOLLA is setting itself up as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). FOLLA will have a constitution, a board of Trustees and a bank account and be eligible for gift aid status. As soon as possible we will negotiate with the owners and tenants (most of whom have already indicated their enthusiastic support for the scheme) with a view to taking ownership of the canopy and starting the restoration work. We will be running public events over the coming weeks and months and want as many local people to sign up as ‘Friends’ for £5 a year. Each ‘Friend’ will get a regular monthly bulletin from FOLLA giving updates on progress. We also have a website: www.folla.org.uk

If you wish to become a ‘Friend’ please contact us. It would help to have your email address (preferable), or postal address. The Inmans shop on the arcade will act as a focal point and will also be able to sign you up as a Friend.

Liz Spence [email protected]

Mike Bath 07885 526002 [email protected]

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Fingers crossed we’ll get some going out time in our gardens weatherwise this month as May is a great time to plant grasses. Grasses are a wonderful addition to the border acting as a textural foil to successional perennials but also require little maintenance – a chop in spring usually does the trick before the new growth starts and the usual mulching if you remember will set them up for a good few years. Grasses are grouped into cool climate and warm climate varieties. The cool climate varieties include Carex, Calamagrostis, Deschampsia, Hakonechloa, Molina and Stipa (these seem to be the most popular ones in this category) and the warm climate varieties include Arundo, Cortaderia (pampas grass), Imperata, Miscanthus, Panicum and Pennisetum. Whilst these lists may read something like names from a Roman Legion, there is reason to specify their

difference. Firstly, the cool climate grasses tend – with a few exceptions - to do slightly better in shade and need dividing in winter and early spring. The warmer climate grasses on the other hand will always do better in full sun and prefer being divided in May. The cool set require quite frequent division whilst the warmer lot probably won’t need a great deal (although my Miscanthus have become huge over a four year period and have required a firm hand). Dividing grasses is easy – lift the clump by digging down a generous way and a good few inches wide of the base. Then take two forks back-to-back in the middle of the clump and prise them apart. Some smaller grasses like the black grass Ophiopogon will send little bulblets out that can be picked out and replanted without lifting.

Grasses have very different personalities and will suit a wide

variety of garden Miscanthus I’ve talked about before – stately, solid and a good foil for perennials such as Echinacea. For a return to swingers-chic, the pampas grass can be used in our city gardens if we go for a small variety like Cortaderia selloana ‘Pumilla’. Grasses can even be used in shade – Hakonechloa, Millium and Deschampsia varieties will all brighten up a dark corner. So maybe we can think about moving away from our water-guzzling lawns (you never know they may one day be subject to a lawn tax!) and move the grass to the border instead.

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After the untimely sunshine, cold and rain had again fallen on Manchester, my wife and I sought refuge in Pomegranate restaurant. On walking through the door we were transported away from the disappointing weather into a lavish setting that seemed straight out of a Middle Eastern medina. Lanterns and mosaics surrounded us and we hoped this interesting setting would be matched by the food.

We started with a Mirza (smoked aubergine with tomatoes and plenty of garlic) and a sabzi panir and Naan. The Mirza was very tasty, but we were slightly confused by the menu that said it had eggs in which we really couldn’t taste. When we asked the waitress she said the chef had stopped adding it because people weren’t so keen even though it is the traditional way. Well I say keep it traditional or let people decide. We finished it up nonetheless. The Sabzi panir was a good and unusual dish. The paneer itself tasted like feta cheese but it was served in a kind of do it yourself sandwich. There was cheese, fresh mint and salad, and lovely olives in a rich sauce which you could put altogether or eat separately. The bread that came with both

these dishes was delicious, thin and dusted with sesame seeds that was warm and fresh.

For mains I chose Ghorme Sabzi which as I understand is a Persian classic and consists of slow cooked lamb cooked in mixed green herbs and beans. I’ve had this dish before at other Persian restaurants and enjoyed it greatly so thought that this would be a real test of the quality and authenticity of the food. I’m no expert but it was particularly good. The lamb was succulent and the herbs tasted fresh. My wife went for an unusual sounding dish Zereshk Polo: steamed barberries, saffron rice with tender chicken pieces in a tomato and saffron sauce. The chicken was a little dry but this was mainly because it was breast and not a leg or thigh which I think are always more tasty if it’s a dish that requires the meat to be cooked for some time. The rice was particularly delicious with the steamed barberries adding a lovely tartness.

The dishes were all good sizes and the cost was very reasonable. We were too full to have dessert but ordered some Baghlava to take home with us for our baby sitters. My dad is something of a connoisseur when it comes to baghlava and he was particularly grateful for this treat.

I would definitely recommend this little establishment as a way to be transported to a warm and exotic land and interesting flavours and textures.

James Bolchover

Pomegranate Restaurant Review

Pomegranate202 Burton Road, West Didsbury Manchester, M20 2LW Tel : 445 7171www.pomegranate-restaurant.co.uk

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FAST DRYING SYSTEM•FREE STAIN & ODOUR REMOVAL•STAINGUARD PROTECTION•10% RETIRED PERSONS DISCOUNT•ALL WORK IS FULLY INSURED•ALL FURNITURE MOVED BY OPERATIVE•

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We are a local company based in Chorlton

Ring or email for a FREE ESTIMATE

07742 369 231or leave a message on 0161 881 4822

[email protected]

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New computer and internet skillscan make life more colourful.Save money, find love, make friends, be reunited, getorganised, start campaigning, check facts, find bargains, book holidays, and much, much more. Computer lessons in your own home, any time, at your convenience (day, eve, weekend). We plan what you want to learn and take it at your pace. Most people like an hour long lesson and it only takes a few to get you started. Learn on my computer or yours (if you have one).Friendly, patient, tutor with 11 years’ teaching experience.

David 07871 686 [email protected] PTTLS qualified, CRB checked, chartered

Want to make your life more

colourful?


colourful?

Make life more colourful with new computer skills

Computer lessons in your own home. We plan what you want to learn and take it at your own pace. Friendly patient tutor with 11 years teaching experience.

David 07871 686 [email protected]

Want to m

ake your life m

ore colourful?

Want to m

ake your life m

ore colourful?


colourful?


colourful?

Make life more colourful with new computer skillsComputer lessons in your own home, any time, at your convenience (day, eve, weekend). We plan what you want to learn and take it at your own pace. Most people like an hour long lesson and it only takes a few to get your started. Learn on my computer or yours (if you have one). Friendly patient tutor with 11 years teaching experience.

David 07871 686 [email protected] PTTLs qualified, CRB checked, chartered

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67-71 Manchester Rd, Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester, M21 9PW Telephone: 0161 881 7053

10% OFF with this voucher in May 2012

*£5 minimum spend

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www.barbakan-deli.co.uk

Winners of the Craft Bakery Business Award 2011Your local Award Winning Delicatessen and Bakery is ready to

serve you with a wide choice of fresh and original Breads and Deli products. Call in soon and give your tastebuds a treat!

Barbakan Delicatessen

OPENING TIMES Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

8am - 5.30pm 8am - 5.30pm

8am - 5.30pm

8am - 5.30pm

8am - 5.30pm

8.30 - 5.00pm

CLOSED SUNDAYS

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67-71 Manchester Rd, Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester, M21 9PW Telephone: 0161 881 7053

10% OFF with this voucher in May 2012

*£5 minimum spend

*

www.barbakan-deli.co.uk

Winners of the Craft Bakery Business Award 2011Your local Award Winning Delicatessen and Bakery is ready to

serve you with a wide choice of fresh and original Breads and Deli products. Call in soon and give your tastebuds a treat!

Barbakan Delicatessen

OPENING TIMES Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

8am - 5.30pm 8am - 5.30pm

8am - 5.30pm

8am - 5.30pm

8am - 5.30pm

8.30 - 5.00pm

CLOSED SUNDAYS

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