I WAS pleased to see your report on the derelict site at Flixton Station. As a ward councillor I have been involved with this matter right from the start. I have worked continuously with our Area Board manager to keep up pressure on all parties concerned
I WONDER if you could help me. I am trying to find out the history of our house in Derby Road, Urmston. I have on several occasions tried to research the house's history by using the Local History archives kept at Sale library. This has been of some use
RESIDENTS in Gorse Hill could soon be getting some new neighbours after plans were submitted to build 12 new houses in the area. The three-bedroomed semis are planned for land on Renton Road, at the back of Talbot Road and will be served by a new access
POLICING throughout Trafford has changed dramatically during the past 20 years with crime increasing over the last two decades. But the problem is being curbed thanks to the help from the general public who have found their own way to crack crime. For
Urmston Amateur Swimming Club THE Northern Counties ASA 50m Sprint Competition took place at Stockport last Saturday with Urmston Swimming Club members again doing well. Harriet Ellis won gold in the 13 year old Backstroke and Butterfly and was fourth
Trafford MV1st XI 154 a.o. v Alderley Park 1stXI 173/7 TRAFFORD MV cricket club's 1st team suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of Alderley Park. Rob Parker again won the toss for MV and put Alderley into bat. As Leather and Haughton
Moss Vale 5 v De-Trafford 1 MOSS Vale AFC completed an excellent season on Wednesday by destroying De-Trafford in the final of the Manchester United Memorial Cup by five goals to one. The Vale players started brightley and forced the De-Trafford goalkeeper
Organisers, who can be contacted on 0961 162060 or 07931 351122, are anticipating the involvement of a local premiership club, who will aly on matches and ground tours. Coaching call Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting
Wet Weekend ONLY one league match could be completed at Stretford Cricket Club this weekend, as rain and pestilence set in for the majority of Saturday. The 1stXI were away in Winton, who did manage to get their innings in before the tumbling rain called
The visiting side won the toss and elected to bat. A fierce opening spell form Peter Stamper and Mark Hughes, did nothing to dissuade anyone that Deane and Derby were winding up to post an impressive total. The introduction of Mike King and Dave Glick
IN the last six weeks, I have witnessed two accidents in which a car driver was using a mobile phone. The first involved the driver losing control of the car while negotiating a mini roundabout and carrying on a phone conversation at the same time and
I ALSO wish to protest about the proposed development of apartments on land at Clarence Road. I lived close by for many years and know the area well. To think that someone can come along and buy up perfectly good housing stock just to knock it down for
THE letter from a widower hiding behind the pseudonym of 'Organised Pensioner' filled me with amazement and disgust. Such pomposity, such arrogant disdain of the conditions in which less fortunate pensioners have to organise their meagre finances. The
POLICING throughout Trafford has changed dramatically during the past 20 years in the face of a steady increase in crime. But the problem is being curbed thanks to the help from local people who have found their own way to crack crime. For most residents
IN what was previewed as a top of the table clash, the weather put paid to any thoughts of an exciting contest, and the spoils were shared by both teams, although Wilmslow take more away from the game than MV. In wet and overcast conditions, Rob Parker
National title for Trafford Basketball Centre ONLY two years after its opening, Trafford Basketball Centre has produced its first National Champions. The highly successful under 15 boys team went to Islington, London, last weekend to take part in the
EIGHTIES record transfer fee signing Steve Daley is helping St Ambrose College to send their record breaking under 14 and under 15 rugby sides on a once in life trip to Canada. Manchester City's £1.5 million man will be the guest speaker at a Sportsman
Queen of the Hurdles KERI Maddox, Britain's own 'Queen of the Hurdles', got her 200 track and field season off to a great start by clocking the year's fastest 100m hurdles in a scintillating 13.13 secs at the Loughborough International on Sunday. One
THE weather got the best of Brooklands CC's this weekend. The first and second XI's games against Poynton and the third team fixture against Oxton all ending after only one innings. The only completed game was the First XI Cup fixture against Bowdon on
AGS had a good morning in the matches against Cowley HS with three of the four teams winning quite convincingly. Unfortunately the U15s were the teams to lose out by 53 runs. Set a target of 107 for 6 (H Shakoor 2 for 9) AGS could only muster 54 for 9
FORMER Altrincham Kersal flanker Richard Wilks has been offered a full-time professional contract with Sale Sharks and club sources claim he will waste no time in signing it. The 22 year-old has long held the ambition to play for the side he supported
A GROUP of enterprising youngsters from Stretford Grammar School are celebrating after winning a prestigious business award. The pupils overcame strong opposition from 14 other schools in Trafford to win the top award from the Trafford Area Board of Young
AN OLD Trafford man has been arrested in connection with the recent shooting on Stretford Road, Old Trafford. Simeon Small, 20, of Cornbrook Grove, was apprehended at Gatwick Airport in London trying to leave the country. He has been remanded in custody
A BRAVE young mum from Davyhulme created mementoes for her children, knowing that she was dying of cancer. Thirty six year old Tracey Wadsworth, nee Ling, also saw one of her last wishes fulfilled when her three young children were baptised the day before
CHILDREN from deprived areas in Trafford are to be given extra help with their education after the award of a £744,000 grant. The grant will be used for study support, a voluntary learning activity which takes place outside normal school hours. It aims
A COUNCIL leader is warning his party's members that time is running out for a campaign to end the 11 Plus in Trafford. Trafford council leader David Acton, and cabinet member for education, Cllr Peter Mitchell, have written to party members urging them
RESIDENTS in a Stretford road are demanding action to improve a decaying Trafford house that has been neglected since the 1980s. Householders have been campaigning for years for the house on Westwood Road to be upgraded. They say the privately owned house
Meds Tournament Success THE Urmston Meadowside Annual 6-a-side Tournament finished last weekend and once again proved a major success. Meds Tournament is one of the biggest and most popular in Greater Manchester. This year it saw a record number of entries
WE wonder how anyone could dream of delivering 'Trafford News' to the residents of Altrincham who have not had, nor will have, any say whatsoever in its future. There may have been consultations - but no notice has been taken of the views of local people
I TOTALLY agree with 'Sleepless in Salerattle", who writes complaining that heavy goods vehicles are making people's lives a misery along the A6144 Harboro Road and Carrington Lane, Sale. I have written to the director of engineering and planning about
CLLR Stephen Adshead is operating a 'Not in my Back Yard' policy when he says 'everyone is a winner' as regards the planned Carrington Park and Ride sceheme. How does he think the cars will get to Carrington? They will still clog up main roads through
I WAS pleased to read in SAM last week that Clr David Acton says that Trafford councillors have to make planning decisions based on the borough's Unitary Development Plan - because the Clarence Road planning applicaton is in breach of the plan. The UDP
Government pressure to build houses on brown field sites is being used as an excuse by builders to over develop parts of Hale, which will eventually destroy the character of the area. There have been numerous letters in SAM regarding the proposed development
IT is time the seven million people in the north west secured direct control over matters which most affect our region alone. With only five million residents, Scotland is a junior relation to this region but has gained its own parliament. It now runs
A J SANT wrote in Messenger last month asking about the amount of debt built up since Labour came to power in Trafford. I can confirm that the loan debt of Trafford Council in March '95 when Labour first had a majority was just over £77.2 million, which
They competed in a triathlon earlier this month during their scheduled PE lesson, and it was hailed as a resounding success. The Olympic event itself is comprised of a 1500m swim, a 40km cycle and a 10km run, and all the pupils taking part in Broadoak's
ON A surprsingly good wicket considering the weekends weather, Timperley 4th won the toss and put Alsager into bat. A superb bowling and fielding performance led to the visitors being dismissed for 49 in 29 overs, with three wickets for S Capel and two
Seven members were selected to compete in the Shito-Ryu Shukokai Union European Championships in Paris - and six of them came back with medals. Cream of the crop were John Carr and Laurie Prince, who both won gold medals in their respective 16-18 years
Ashley CC ASHLEY made a great start in their local derby against Bowdon Vale, with the prize wicket of Ian Platt in the 2nd over. The 2nd wicket pair made a good recovery to take the score to 70, but the introduction of Gary Tyms (6-19) pegged The Vale
ALTRINCHAM FC's new manager Mark Ward insists that failure is not an option as he tries to achieve a hat-trick of promotions. The 37 year-old was on the brink of signing up for at least another term as assistant manager at Leigh RMI, who are passing relegated
OSCAR - a giant 15 stone St Bernard dog - has been put on a strict diet by his owner after he jumped into a canal - and couldn't get out. Firefighters were called and had to summon up all their strength to winch the enormous pooch - described as being
AN Urmston student is sacrificing a month of her summer holiday to help out at a poverty stricken Romanian orphanage. Victoria Brown, 20, of Westbourne Park, will be travelling to Siret in northern Romania in August, where she will be helping to look
ANGRY residents in Flixton village are fighting plans to convert a private nursing home into a guest house. The locals living near to Stocks House say that they are seriously concerned with what the proposals entail and have formed an action group to
RESIDENTS living near to an empty house in Stretford are angry that it is being left to rot For the neighbours on Bradfield Road say that the property next to the entrance to the park has become an eyesore and a regular haunt for youngsters over the past
THE hearing of people in Trafford is set to receive a boost after being chosen for a pilot scheme making digital hearing aids available on the NHS. Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust is one of 20 Trusts in the country to be chosen for the project. The service
A WOMAN whose dog savaged a puppy to death at Sale Water Park has been found not guilty of having a dog acting dangerously. Christine Miller, 29, of Longley Lane, Northern Moor, was acquitted at Trafford Magistrates Courts after her cross-bred bull terrier
