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Shops are worse
BRIAN Yates (letters October 4) must be eith-er too young to remem-ber or too old, because his memory fails him. The other possibility is that he is a newcomer to Urmston. Before we had the cement monstrosity call-ed the precinct, we had some well looked
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SUN SHINES ON TRAFFORD
ONCE again the sun shone on Trafford MV's MacPherson Park and MV took advantage of the fine autumn conditions to launch early strikes against the visitors. Bedians hardly had time to settle into their rhythm before Trafford had torn their defence to shreds
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Two sides to every story
ALTRINCHAM Kersal Mini section had a dual fixture with Mold and Orrell on Sunday. At all age groups Altrincham went down to a Mold squad which showed superiority with committed and well trained teams. However, against Orrell it was a different story.
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Jackson' meet their match
JACKSONS Boat dropped their first points of the season in this thrilling game at McGovern Park. Starting with Mark Hall in an unaccustomed role as centre-forward, the Boatmen started by playing their usual one touch football, probing and trying to find
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ONE of Trafford's most respected karate teachers achieved the prestigious fourth dan black belt grad
Dave Adams, who runs three separate classes a week, performed the grading in Manchester, in front of judges from the British Karate Association squad, and passed the tough test with flying colours. "It's a very high honour and the grading was tough, especially
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Aces cut down the Scimitars
ON Sunday, Altrincham Aces were at home to Sheffield Scimitars and eventually ran out with a comfortable win against a team lacking in player numbers. Aces were quickly on top in the game with Simon Mills scoring the first goal after five minutes. Aces
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Service wins national plaudits
A SERVICE which pro-vides wide-ranging in-form-ation to Trafford resi-dents has been prais-ed by inspectors. An independent report by the Audit Commission says the Trafford Direct service is good and will probably improve. The best value inspection team
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Charity's web site impresses
TRAFFORD charity Hen-shaws Society for Blind People has been highly com-mended in a prestigious national competition to find the best charity internet site of the year. Henshaws' website earned a place in the final of the 'Charity Times' UK charity awards
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Graffiti covered bridge needs new attention, reader tells council
A RAILWAY bridge that has become covered in graffiti and litter is the sub-ject of this week's Grotspots. The bridge and its approach on Parsonage Way, Flixton, were featured in Grotspots last year and were immediately cleaned up. But one reader said
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Rail change welcomed
GREATER Man-che-ster Passenger Trans-port Auth-ority (GMPTA) has welcomed the pr-posed restruc-turing of the railway system. The Government has put Railtrack into adminis-tration and brought forward proposals for the network to be the respon-sibility
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Fire call
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to a fire involving rolls of bleached cotton inside a warehouse at Bergen Trans-port, Mellors Road, Trafford Park, but it was out on their arrival on Monday morning.
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Lifesaving service responds faster
GREATER Manchester Ambulance Service has hit demanding new Government targets to meet 75 per cent of life threatening emergency calls within eight minutes. This time last year GMAS NHS Trust was averaging just 46 per cent of category A calls - those deemed
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NEW MD FOR SALE SHARKS
SALE Sharks have appointed a local man, Carl Fox, to a new position as managing director. The appointment has been welcomed by chief executive Peter Deakin, who said, "I am delighted that Carl has joined us. I have effectively been off since July due
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FRENCH RESISTANCE?
SALE Sharks made history on Saturday last by winning on French soil for the first time ever since their inception in 1861. A 13-10 victory against Narbonne in the Parker Pen European Shield left the Sale team sitting proudly on top of their group with
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Altrincham and District Amateur Sunday League
FIXTURES - Premier - Moss Vale v Lisbon St Anthonys. First - Broadheath Central v Urmston Mens; Hale Barns Utd v Ladybarn. Second - Ashton Academs v Tatton Arms; Lee Athletic v George & Dragon; Sporting Bent Brook v Broadway; Stretford Old Cock v
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Manchester Amateur Sunday League
Results - Sunday 7th October - Premiership - Nello James 2 Withington Posh 0, Moss Side 7 ACFC 2, Mauldeth 4 Melchester 1, Boundary 2 Oakhill 3, MUSC 2 Olympic Belgrave 2. Division one - Dogtrout 3 NES Group 5, Flixton 1 Procters 4, Showmans 8 Inter Manc
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Vics kick-off with a win
STRETFORD Victoria Under nines kicked off their season in the Altrincham and Timperley League, with both the A side and B side in action. They played at Turn Moss against Alderley Edge. The A side kicked off with an emphatic 8-0 triumph, with goals coming
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Bright start doesn't last
Abacus Football Club travelled to MUTV in the Manchester Amateur Sunday League last Sunday looking for their third win in a row. Things started brightly when the goalkeeper somehow fumbled a speculative Gilsennan effort from 30 yards to put the visitors
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Youngsters in tip-top shape
THE FIRST weekend of the National League season produced some outstanding results for the greater Manchester Youth Basketball Club. A very young girls team took the floor against a much bigger, older team from Tyne and Wear. They were not overawed in
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UPS AND DOWNS
TRAFFORD'S inconsistent start to the season continued last week when, after a superb 3-2 midweek victory at Workington Town, they fell to a crushing 4-1 defeat at the hands of Gretna at Shawe View on Saturday. After a fairly uneventful opening, the visitors
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He's a tramp
It seems that Urmston has again been honoured by the presence of the local vagabond (or what some might call a tramp). He seems to be a pleasant enough guy when sober and indeed, the police who were re-quested on more than one occassion to move him on
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Car chaos
IN response to your article regarding traffic chaos around Trafford Gen-eral Hospital, I would like to point out that the residents of Bow-ers Avenue have been severely inconven-ienced for over 12 years. During this long cam-paign for improve-ments to
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Astonished?
SORRY to see that Cllr Griffin was "astonished" over our involvement with our residents with regard to the 256 bus service on Irlam Road. We were approached by some of our residents and asked to represent them. That's what they elect us for. We entered
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Verna makes a difference
FORMER school meals cook Verna Lowe is a well known figure on the streets of Partington - where she is the only woman in Trafford's recently launched team of neighbourhood wardens. Neighbourhood wardens have been out and about in Partington and Old Trafford
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Hale Lodge E TWG
MRS Mildred Redfern welcomed members to the 39th birthday meeting on October 4 in All Saints Church Hall, Hale Barns. She was particularly pleased to see eight founder members present. Birthday cards were received from Mrs Anne Dean and the South Manchester
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'GET BEHIND THEM'
ALTRINCHAM FC have issued a rallying call for the town to get behind them as they bid for another bumper FA cup payday. Robins have already banked £7,500 from their second qualifying round win against Frickley, and they stand to win £10,000 if they beat
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Youngsters in tip-top shape
THE FIRST weekend of the National League season produced some outstanding results for the greater Manchester Youth Basketball Club. A very young girls team took the floor against a much bigger, older team from Tyne and Wear. They were not overawed in
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Points claimed
ANOTHER valuable three league points were awarded to Sale Ladies 1stXI on Saturday after beating the Wrexham team Plas Coch 1-0 at home. Throughout the first half both teams battled hard with neither gaining the upper hand. Attacking forward Gill Davies
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Park make life tough for Kersal
IT is an accepted fact in rugby union that the set scrum and line-outs are the foundation on which success is based. In this game at Burrows Hill, it was clear that the Winnington Park forwards were going to make things difficult for the Altrincham Kersal
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Late sweep
ALTRINCHAM Grammar School for Boys were fifteen minutes away from a clean sweep of successes in rugby matches against Bolton School. After recent disappointments the 1st XV took an early try converted by Simon Edwards. With increasing confidence, AGS
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Silver service from Peter
THE British Veterans Cross Country Championships took place in Swansea on Saturday and several times national champion Peter Hyde led the Altrincham over 50's team to silver medals finishing 7th individual. The Timperley based lecturer was disappointed
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Altrincham and District
Sunday Football League A GED Manning equaliser for Partington Social wrecked Jackson's Boat's 100% record but still leaves them leaders of the Kevan Guiney Newsagents-Premier Division following the 1-1 draw. Newcomers Trevor Arms leaders of the Waste
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Predators in scorching form
THIS week in the Leisure Leagues season at Altrincham Leisure Centre on Sundays, Predators lit the torch paper as they burnt down Red Alert, running out 10-3 winners. FC Wythenshawe slipped out of the top two after crumbling to a 6-5 defeat against Sale
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Perfect ten for Cadman's
WAYNE and Patsy Newhouse, owners of Cadman's Dance Centre celebrated ten years in charge recently with a party. Around 120 members past and present converged on the Sale studio to join in the celebrations, which included a Latin American demonstration
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Courtenay can't rescue troubled Uncle
U NCLE Vanya is so boring there's a scene in which the man of the title trains a gun on the brother he thinks has done the dirty on him and I hoped I would be caught in the crossfire. Then I remembered the weapon being brandished by the majestic Tom Courtenay
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Their folly!
THE HALF a dozen people sat next to me at Altrincham Garrick's performance of Follies (righ) didn't return for act two. This leads me to the conclusion that some people don't know a good thing when they see it. Sondheim's show may be as slushy and escapist
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Courtenay can't rescue troubled Uncle
U NCLE Vanya is so boring there's a scene in which the man of the title trains a gun on the brother he thinks has done the dirty on him and I hoped I would be caught in the crossfire. Then I remembered the weapon being brandished by the majestic Tom Courtenay
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Win a home composter
Every autumn thousands of Great-er Manchester gardeners dump a total of 40,000 tonnes of garden waste in their household bins. This garden waste costs ratepayers over £1 million in additional and un-necessary landfill costs. And why does it cost so much
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Why losing my hearing was a real eye opener
BRITAIN is three times noisier than it was 30 years ago and our hearing is suffering as a result. Most adults get their sight checked fairly regularly, but they do not think their hearing needs the same level of attention. Although we have all had to
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Crime fight gathers pace
THE FIGHT against crime gathers pace daily with more and more security ideas available all the time. Bobbies say that any developments made by manufacturers can help crack crime but those tested and ap-prov-ed by independent assessors are the ones to
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Treated
A SIXTY-four year old man suffered slight effects of smoke inhalation when a fire broke out in the kitchen of a semi detached house on Kingsley Avenue, Stretford. He was given oxygen therapy by firefighters and taken to Trafford General Hospital. He was
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Biker injured
A FORTY eight year-old motor-cyclist suffer-ed back injuries when he was in collision with a vehicle at the junction of Park Road and Davy-hulme Road, Stretford, on Mon-day night. He was discharged from Traf-ford General Hospital after treat-ment.
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Greeks disturbed
THE Greek football team was disturbed when a small fire broke out at the hotel where they were staying - hours before they played England at Old Trafford. Firefighters were called to the Man-chester Airport Mar-riot Hotel at 3.15am on Satur-day after
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Mayor gets jab
THE Mayor and Mayoress of Trafford, Harry and Margaret Faulkner, made their point about the importance of the flu jab this week - by rolling up their sleeves to have the injection themselves. Cllr Faulkner qualifies for the free flu vaccine because he
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Fears for unit
THERE are fears that children's services at Trafford General Hospital face a renewed threat - less than four years after they were saved from closure by the Oliver's Army campaign. It is feared that the children's ward and special care baby unit could
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UNDER THE COSH
A CRACKDOWN on crime throughout Trafford Park has seen burglaries fall by more than a third. In just one month of Operation Tailgate - bobbies have witnessed a dramatic drop in incidents at one of Europe's biggest business parks. And the operation is
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Sound of silence that can creep up on you
by Richard Babington BRITAIN is three times noisier than it was 30 years ago and our hearing is suffering as a result. Almost nine million adults in the UK now have some degree of hearing loss. It can be caused by noise at work, noisy hobbies, or simply
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Music men find key to success
THE top stars from Manchester's biggest radio station - Key 103 - are signing up to join the Messenger ... and that's official. Next week, JK & Joel, the crazy duo from the station's Breakfast Show, and Darren Proctor, drivetime show presenter, bring
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FLIXTON Football Club is holding a concert on Sunday, October 14, from 2pm, at which local bands Ede
Tickets will cost £3 at the door. For further details call 748 1036 (evening) or 772 8519 (daytime).
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Urmston and District Domino League
Results for 12th September - A Division - Partington Social 3 Urmston Social A 4, Flixton Football Club 4 Urmston Mens 3, Nelson B 3 Church 4, Flixton Ex-Service 3 Roebuck B 4. 19th September - A Division - Roebuck B 2 Nelson B 5, Urmston Mens 4 Social
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SUN SHINES ON TRAFFORD
ONCE again the sun shone on Trafford MV's MacPherson Park and MV took advantage of the fine autumn conditions to launch early strikes against the visitors. Bedians hardly had time to settle into their rhythm before Trafford had torn their defence to shreds
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Meds riding high with another victory
URMSTON Meadowside U16sA maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a 3-2 victory at Manchester Juniors. Despite the score line, Meds dominated the game and could easily have doubled their goal tally. Meds scorers were Robert Harvey, Matthew Whitby
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Wedding signals changes
THE Old Stretfordians management team had to make some rather unusual changes before the start of this encounter due to the fact that keeper Anthony Hilton and the stalwart central defending skipper Daren Bell were absent due to wedding commitments. It
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Shocked
I WAS shocked to read the vitriolic letter writ-ten by someone hiding behind the initials A.F and published in the Messenger on September 27. The Urmston described by the anonymous writer in no way resembles the Urmston that I regularly visit. Over the
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I WRITE to complain about the complete lack of publicity in the Messenger regarding Flixton Football
Apparently nobody at the club can be bothered to send in match reports, results, or even fixture details. The club, relegated from the Unibond League, is now bottom of the North West Counties League Division One. It will probably soon be in Division Two
