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  • Romance that defied Victorian society

    CELIA Bonner calls it a real life Cinderella story - a wealthy 19th century Earl with a rather impressive country pile marries a circus performer with Gypsy blood. But there was no happy ending for the couple, whose romance ignited what we would now consider

  • Walkers get in touch with their area

    WALKERS from Bowdon and Altrincham strode out for a two-hour evening stroll to support 'Use Your Paths' week. The 34-strong group strode out on public footpaths, along leafy lanes, over a golf course and through beauty spots. They stopped at Denzell House

  • Be warned

    I WOULD like to warn all decent people who recycle that under the Environ-mental Protection Act of 1990 a person is guilty of a £50 offence (fine) if he leaves any environmentally friendly recycling waste on a recycling point bin, which is left in the

  • Airport reveals massive plans for the future

    MANCHESTER Airport has revealed how it aims to establish itself as one of the world's leading 21st century airports in the next 25 years. Many neighbours, including residents in nearby Hale Barns, have been anxiously waiting for the UK's largest regional

  • Pleasure of working for Trafford

    I MUST be one of the few people who actually liked working for Trafford council and it was only because of a restructure in my particular section and the thought of being downgraded that I decided to take early retirement. Through your letters page I

  • M-way work not suitable for cyclists

    TO those who use the motorway (including Minister for Transport Dr. Stephen Ladyman) it may appear that the work, to widening the M60 between junctions 7 and 10, is complete (front page photo SAM June 29). For those using non motorised means of transport