THE funeral of Mr John Trevor Franklin of Timperley took place at Altrincham Crematorium on March 22. He died on March 15, at the age of 57. Born in Bowdon, Trevor, as everybody knew him, lived in the Timperley area for 50 years. He spent most of his
THE funeral of Mrs Gladys Holmes of Flixton took place at Hale Cemetery Chapel on March 22. She died on March 15, she was 89. Born in Millington, Gladys was the widow of Sydney and was also a former resident of Timperley, where she lived for more than
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are angry work on an £120,000 adventure playground - on two islands at Sale Water Park - has started before final planning permission has been granted. Deckers, who manage the Water Sports Centre on behalf of Trafford council, started
TRAFFORD firefighters are blazing over a decision to remove beds from the borough's stations. Fire chiefs intend to replace the beds with reclining or easy chairs from September 1. Jack Grady, the Fire Brigades Union chairman at Sale station, said firefighters
TRAFFORD has the lowest allocation of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) in Greater Manchester. The Home Office announced last November that they would boost nationwide police forces with 1,600 new PCSOs through £50 million of additional funding
COUNCIL chiefs are reconsidering a move to pull the plug on free swimming sessions for the over 60s. The rethink comes after a borough-wide 'grey' protest at the proposal was highlighted in SAM last week. The proposals mean pensioners would be charged
