http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/ Messenger Newspapers /features/traffordthroughtime/ en-gb Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:05:49 +0100 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:05:49 +0100 http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/resources/images/772796/?type=rsslogo http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/ http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/3202668.July_11/?ref=rss The following PLANNING APPLICATIONS have been received by the Council. They may be inspected at Trafford Direct, Waterside House, Sale Waterside, Sale during opening hours, viz. Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm and Saturday (9.00 am to 1.00 pm). Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:16:49 +0100 433741dd024f723afeb606340aa029cd http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1810567.We_shall_remember_them/?ref=rss REMEMBRANCE Sunday coincides with the 90th anniversary of the end of the 1917 British offensive in Flanders - from which some 400 men from Trafford did not return. Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:00:00 +0000 a28b67709b84957a56abe4f93d2a743b http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1816971.A_list_of_the_fallen_at_Flanders_1917/?ref=rss Compiled by George Cogswell, who will undertake a database search for anyone interested. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:30:00 +0000 397e27560c9705643bb2da9e1699f908 http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1818829.Anniversary_for_Flanders_fallen/?ref=rss REMEMBRANCE Sunday coincides with the 90th anniversary of the end of the 1917 British offensive in Flanders - from which some 400 men from Trafford did not return. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:48:00 +0000 073f5254c984112e7d935a3863570d7f http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1815453.The_Chapel_Street_war_heroes/?ref=rss TRAFFORD Through Time has obtained rare film archive of the day crowds gathered to honour a group of Altrincham men heralded by King George V as the "bravest street in the country". Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:37:00 +0000 bd355ceb764341cacee1a8e30a919974 http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1815382.The_Chapel_Street_story/?ref=rss THERE was nothing special about Chapel Street in Altrincham when the First World War broke out. It was full of people who worked hard and played hard, usually at the nearby Rose and Shamrock Inn. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:28:00 +0000 c0860712534fa996efefc58b180d9859 http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1743831.Old_Trafford_s_artistic_roots/?ref=rss IT was the largest art show ever staged in Britain and it was held in Old Trafford, in a temporary glass pavilion the size of London's Crystal Palace, in 1857. Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:35:00 +0100 fa5d690f1e0383a25fa45b62e58cefa9 http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1731664.The_day_the_space_race_came_to_Trafford/?ref=rss THIS month marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the space race. Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:05:00 +0100 f1516c0adc8fdddfaa758a7db2ca3648 http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1731776.Captured_on_camera___Gagarin_in_Trafford/?ref=rss FOOTAGE of Gagarin's visit was captured on camera and has been lovingly restored after being rescued from a skip. Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:04:00 +0100 2befc325ee4d80d208fe2e6ba4b5b765 http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1642447.Rediscovering_Trafford_s_buried_history/?ref=rss SALE and Brooklands cemetery was first opened in August 1862 and has many interesting and famous residents. Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:59:00 +0100 7da3a67b8e95654500210668ab5d3593 http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1595504.Centenary_celebrations_for_Gorse_Hill_Primary/?ref=rss AS Stretford's first school, Gorse Hill Primary holds a special place in the town's history and in 2005 it celebrated its centenary. Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:35:00 +0100 be70083b2050b4e2cee282faa6e34f41 http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1595202._Grand_unveil__of_the_Stretford_Arndale/?ref=rss EVERYONE remembers Mohammed Ali's Rumble in the Jungle' and Thriller in Manila' but how many Messenger readers recall his Grand Unveil of the Arndale'? Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:04:00 +0100 979fc2a77e83dc004d7bb7ab730995e7 http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1595121.Timperley_mum_talks_of_Falklands_pride/?ref=rss A Timperley mother says she is "immensely proud" of the role her sons played in the Falkland's war victory. Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:36:00 +0100 b84f2f1f6db9a9c73e4601165466509c http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1594393.Trafford_s_forgotten_hero/?ref=rss MESSENGER can reveal the incredible story of Trafford's "forgotten hero". Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:25:00 +0100 cb61f876e429855ad46a80391f4b6745 http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1598417.Look_back_at_time___Trafford_s_American_Civil_War_hero/?ref=rss THE GRANDDAUGHTER of a Trafford man who was the first British person to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour - after fighting in the American Civil War - received a timely surprise last year (2006). Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:00:00 +0100 96116f7c9747a61567cce6bc3683a605 http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1608521.When_the_railway_came_to_town/?ref=rss HORSE omnibus services and canal passenger boats were serving Altrincham by the early 1840s, and by the end of that decade the railway came to town. Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:00:00 +0100 a44495e4bb3e80872b99818f7dea82d7 http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1594782.Stretford_s__Hardrock__down_memory_lane/?ref=rss TRAFFORD'S old school rockers are being urged to get-in-touch with any tales or memorabilia they have about a venue where Led Zeppelin and Ziggy Stardust once performed. Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:30:00 +0100 e79ac65ad2ecbb2dafece8ee72c634db http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1608512.Confessions_of_an_English_Opium_Easter/?ref=rss EX-MANCHESTER Grammar School pupil Thomas de Quincey described the Altrincham market scene in his book Confessions of an English Opium Easter'. Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:47:00 +0100 4bfc4ec8bb84b5146c9f71fc85263bf6 http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/features/traffordthroughtime/1608501.Trafford_s_old_entertainment_halls/?ref=rss THE Regal in Manchester Road, Altrincham, could seat 2,000, and was regarded as one of the Manchester area's finest cinemas. Opened by Lord Stamford in 1931, it was destroyed by fire in 1956. Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:44:00 +0100 1b8df1c4ed7b911c62a7c69894a9e28a