PLANS to build a high technology business park on open land at Davenport Green, Hale, may never go ahead - even though Trafford planners have given it the all clear. Developers APSL have to meet a number of stringent legal requirements before they can
I LISTENED to headmaster Eric Hester's speech at the St Ambrose College speech night recently, when he asked why non-Catholics should have a vote in how Catholic schools are run. This is a question which I posed to the Secretary of State in May last year
IN response to Cllr Eadie, it is worth considering that since comprehensive schools began to be well established 30 years ago - covering 90 per cent of England by 1980 - the proportion of students achieving two 'A' levels has more than doubled and the
I HAVE already written to the police regarding what I believe is a hazardous accident blackspot, where a fatality is waiting to happen. The spot is the corner of Greenbank Road and Green Lane, Ashton on Mersey, where a nasty accident only last Tuesday
I REFER to the anonymous letter headed 'Everyone isn't equal' last week, saying that I should have opposed a recent planning application in Broadheath. As an elected member of the council I stand firmly for democracy and also happen to care about people
IT is disturbing to think what goes on in the minds of those who control us. In Oldfield Brow - at the junction of Oldfield Road with Gorsey lane - a traffic island has recently appeared, with a resulting removal of street lamps and extension of the pavement
ALL around us are new signs of life. Winter is receding into memory. Shoots have appeared, grown and flowered. An awful summer of 1998 turned into an awful winter - yet creation knew the time and did what it was programmed to do. Every year we look for
TIME runs out tomorrow (Friday) for local girls and young women with a yen for a model future with Trafford's favourite free newspaper. The closing date for entries has come around - with more than 30 'wannabe' model misses in the frame for the 1999 Messenger
SEAMONS IN ACTION THE cycling season got underway last weekend with several Seamons riders in action all over the country. Robin Haigh and Keith Bailey travelled to London to ride in the Eastway Road Race, a counting event in the Pete Fryer Trophy series
London Irish 27 by Mike Crockett SALE'S very own part-English, Welsh Kiwi, Shane Howarth, is certainly in the running for player of the year, and has done his chances no harm with Saturday's performance against London Irish. Up until 92 minutes, it looked
IT ALMOST seems strange that an athletics club as internationally successful as Sale Harriers are stretched almost to breaking point. The club is running short of volunteers to take on the day-to-day tasks which are a vital part of the Harriers success
CHRIS Hovington was named Brooklands Hockey Club Player of the Year and presented with the Admiral Leasing Shield by the company's managing director, Phillip Webb. The former Ben Rhydding player, who took over the captaincy from Ralph Yates for the last
Raise your glasses once more to the golden girls of Sale Harriers Manchester who again made their mark over the weekend. Heading the honours was twenty year old Amy Waterlow, the top scorer for Great Britain in the World Cross Country Championships in
In an exciting open game of hockey, Altrincham opened the scoring early on with an individual strike from defenceman Jason Hewitt, his first goal of the season. The second goal was scored by Steve Saunders assisted by GB Ladies team member Natalie Arthur
The occasion is the eagerly awaited return of the Flintshire Freeze to Devonshire Road, for what is likely to be a heated local 'derby' as the sides contest the final match in the English Division One Northern Conference play-offs. Unfortunately for the
PLAYER REVOLT STUNS SALE Graham Walker by sport reporter Mike Crockett A PLAYER revolt at Heywood Road last week ended in a vote of no confidence in director of rugby John Mitchell, and crisis talks between team manager Adrian Hadley, and the Sale players
RESIDENTS in West Timperley have underlined their opposition to development plans at a packed public meeting. The get together - attended by almost 200 people - was organised by West Timperley Action Group after two schemes were put forward for a major
JEWISH worshippers who break the laws of their own faith by driving on the Sabbath cause horrendous parking problems near a synagogue, planners have been told. The car park at the synagogue at Hale Barns is not used, but worshippers' cars are left in
THREE schools in South Trafford are set to benefit from £1.63 million which the Government has given Trafford council to repair deteriorating buildings over the next three years. Heyes Lane Junior and Infant Schools in Timperley, along with Wellfield
PIONEERING schemes in Trafford have been singled out for praise in a government paper that came out earlier this week. Trafford Council's leisure centre scheme - where centres have been merged with libraries was held up as being a smart piece of lateral
TRAFFIC calming has prevented scores of accidents in Trafford, according to council figures. Monitoring of the areas where road safety measures have been in place for three years reveal the encouraging statistics. A comparison of the number of accidents
A YOUNGSTER from the Sale and Altrincham Sea Cadet Corps is celebrating after scooping the overall individual award in the 1998 Cadet Poppy Appeal competition. Sixteen year old Laura Massey from Wythenshawe scooped the prize in the third annual competition
JUNIOR 'experts' are using their first hand knowledge to draw up improvement plans for a Hale park. The go-getting quartet are working on upgrade schemes for Stamford Park, which will be studied by leisure services bosses at the council. Fourteen-year-olds
PUPILS from Trafford schools have gained top marks from the business community. A trade fair held in Manchester to celebrate the thirtieth year of the Young Enterprise programme saw borough schools scoop half of the prizes on offer. 'Toucan', a Flixton
THEY may have been kids stuff 30 years ago but now Dinky toys can be worth more than the real thing. If you own a mint condition replica of a 1950s Foden wagon that's still in its original box you're holding a £1,200 investment. Small model cars are big
CONTINUED expansion and quality specialist services have earned UK & Ireland Insurance Services Limited the latest Trafford 'Pacesetter' prize. Established in 1993 by James Wrynne, Dermott McMorrow, Joe Donlan and Martin Hoult, the company is now
I SYMPATHISE with the many SAM letters I have read recently regarding the demise of Altrincham in recent years. Resident Arthur Johnson hit the nail on the head in his letter (SAM, March 25) by pointing out that the reshuffle of county boundaries some
IT was interesting to read Cllr Eadie and Norman Holland's remarks in SAM, both talking about different forms of selection. One was based on potential academic ability and the other on postcode areas. As Cllr Eadie states, the top authorities do have
HOW extraordinary that residents of Beech Road should readily assume that it falls to someone else to clear up the mess in their own back yard (SAM last week). How indicative of our society that so many believe they no longer have to accept responsibility
I HAVE long meant to write to SAM about ground rents and was finally prompted to do so by the recent TV programme 'Raising the Roof'. My experience as the owner of a house has been that while I have been at my present adress the rights to ground rent
I AM working on a project about war memorials from 1919 to the present and wonder if anyone remembers what happened to the small memorials and lists of names put up at the ends of some streets during and after the First World War - one such was in Chapel
MY name is Marsha White and I work with the special educational needs families support group in Trafford. We are launching a long term campaign to open a special needs family centre for disabled children and those with special educational needs to use
FOLLOWING the letter from Barry Rogerson published in SAM, readers may be interested to know of Lonnie Donegan's connection with St Ambrose College. Lonnie Donegan - then named Anthony - attended St Ambrose at its original site in dunham Road, Altrincham
THE views recently expressed in two articles about John Aikenhead, of Salcombe Close, Sale, are not shared by all the residents - nor were signatures of all the occupiers appended to a petition, as he says. The small number of residents using the carriageway
CONTRARY to what Mr Garvey of Timperley wrote two weeks ago, I am happy to say that reports of the Baxter family's demise have been grately exaggerated, as we are alive and well and living in Broadheath. That is myself, Chris Baxter, and my mother Barbara
WHEN is Altrincham to have a cinema? Many excellent films are being produced but we have to travel miles to see them. Surely the large population of Altrincham, Timperley and Hale deserves better! To see the acclaimed film 'Shakespeare in Love' we drove
IT is strange to read Cllr Frank Eadie, leader of the Conservative opposition in Trafford, condemn comprehensive schools out of hand (SAM, March 11). For there are localities with similar population mixes which provide better standards of education for
ROGER Wright may have one of the top jobs in broadcasting but the Stretford born controller of Radio 3 likes nothing better than returning to his northern roots. Now based in London, this exiled local comes home as often as he can visit relatives or listen
FOUR hundred years ago a little known writer from Stratford upon Avon burst onto the London stage with a string of popular plays. Now, not only is Shakespeare feted in Hollywood, but the date of his birth has been declared World Book Day. And to celebrate
WHEN looking to buy security products for a car, it is best to check with a motoring organisation first before plumping for a specific device. That's the advice of community safety officer PC Tony Crompton this week - coupled with details of a number
ENTRIES are now startting to flow in for one of Messenger's major competitions of the year. SAM is looking for a face of the future - offering a chance of fame and fortune for local 'wannabee' models. Messenger is seeking a 'Messenger Model Girl' and
Stockport 20 SALE Lacrosse first team were taught a harsh lesson on Saturday, when they challenged high-flying Stockport at Metrovicks. From the first face-off, it was clear who had the upper hand, as Stockport's superior ball control and skill enabled
They had two important games and by chance, both were against close rivals, Old York. On Saturday it was a crucial league fixture and despite the 5-2 scoreline in favour of Pelican, it was a hard fought match. Striker Darren Mee put Pelican in front on
Altrincham 1 COME the season's end, Robins will be hoping that a missed penalty in the second period in North Wales has not cost them the return to Conference football for which the squad has battled so hard all campaign, writes Mark Harris With Bernard
A DISABLED pensioner says she is 'disgusted' she only gets 'half' a wheelie bin. The woman has to share her bin with her neighbour on Baguley Lane, Sale Moor. Other angry residents have also contacted the Messenger after bin men refused to take excess
RESIDENTS of a street in Stretford were left with a scene resembling a bomb site after tons of scaffolding collapsed outside their homes. Locals in North Lonsdale Street say it was a miracle nobody was killed when the steel framework came crashing down
POLICE chiefs want to crack down on burglars who impersonate police officers - and are asking local people to help. The appeal comes following a spate of robberies by bogus cops in recent months. SAM has reported several cases of elderly people being
A LOCAL councillor has added her voice to SAM's campaign to clean up local 'Grotspots' in the area and make Trafford a more pleasant and eco-friendly place. Broadheath ward Councillor Kathy Bullock is dismayed by some people's apparent disregard for the
PLANS to build a high technology business park on open land at Davenport Green, Hale, may never go ahead - even though Trafford planners have given it the all clear. Developers APSL have to meet a number of stringent legal requirements before they can
CAR CRIME comes in all shapes and sizes and is not just about the thieves who take cars - but also about the individuals who make profits from selling stolen vehicles. And police say that changing the identity of a car before selling it on, otherwise
A COUPLE from Partington are fuming after being left with a bill for repairs following an alleged 'road rage' attack. Robert and Karen Teasdale say they face repair costs of up to £800 after their van was battered with a crowbar. And the couple - who
A PARTINGTON man has appeared in court in Manchester charged with being involved in a £15 million drug plot. Handyman Andrew Harris, aged 39, of Hardwick Road, was one of four men charged with smuggling 350 kilos of amphetamine and bush cannabis believed
POLICE stations across Trafford are to open longer hours in a bid to improve the service to the public. Greater Manchester Police's Trafford Division, along with other divisions across Manchester, have agreed the change after a review of services. The
A MOTHER has reached breaking-point because the mould in her son's bedroom has become so bad that he has to sleep in another room. Catherine Gildea and husband Kevin, who live in Ascot Avenue on the Racecourse Estate, Sale, are appalled that the council
GRAFTON MALL in Altrincham is all set for a millennium makeover - in a bid to make the area more eyecatching. Redevelopment company 'Arcadia' have won the go-ahead to begin work on an exciting new design. The company has already successfully transformed
SUMMER is a-coming in - and that means festival time is coming around again. So the call has gone out to Altrincham pubs, clubs and organisations to register their interest in the biggest day of the summer. Altrincham Festival show director Phil Bowden
THEY may have been kids stuff 30 years ago but now Dinky toys can be worth more than the real thing. If you own a mint condition replica of a 1950s Foden wagon that's still in its original box you're holding a £1,200 investment. Small model cars are big
ANGRY Tory councillors have hit out over the cancellation of Tuesday's meeting of Trafford council due to 'lack of business.' They claim they are being starved of information since the authority's controlling Labour group axed most committees and introduced
NEW flame retardant curtains helped prevent a Partington school being razed to the ground in an arson attack. Youngsters at Ortonbrook Primary School are being given packed lunches this week after firebugs torched their hall, which doubles as the school
