Trafford | Archive | 2000 | February
A PLEASANT walk along the Bridgewater Canal towpath is ruined by litterbugs, complains a reader. more...
A MILLION-pound scanner appeal at Wythenshawe Hospital is continuing apace thanks to the generosity of the general public. more...
OWNERS of pedigree pets are being warned to be on the lookout with a number of expensive animals going missing recently. more...
THE LATEST advance in car security proved it's worth recently when police managed to trace a stolen vehicle. more...
ALTRINCHAM'S Old Mill Inn is now one of the town's many pubs but, as the name suggests, it used to be a hive of industrial activity. more...
SOME four years ago the public were up in arms about plans to privatise the Post Office. more...
I DO not know by what authority MT Morley felt empowered to pass judgement on the residents of Oldfield Brow, (past and present), by suggesting that they are 'apathetic'. more...
IF the planning committee continue to be negative and allow more development along the A556 and hence increase traffic use and access required, at least be positive and insist that developers pay to provide an extra queuing land for traffic crossing the flow. more...
THE Oldfield Brow Church may seem down at the heel at present (as Edith Hoodman wrote last week) but good news could be in the pipeline for Oldfield Brow residents. more...
ONCE again plans have been unveiled to destroy this so called 'green and pleasant land' by the announcement of another massive development in Carrington. more...
Altrincham Aces 9 v Nottingham Lions 5 - English League Div one more...
Sale of the Century more...
BOWDON Men's 1st team entertained last year's bogey team, Durham University and skipper Richard Midgley scored straight from the start. more...
Club1stXI 10 more...
SUNDAY saw the top of the league clash between the Altrincham Jets who are first and the Whitley Tomahawks who lie second, it was always going to be a close encounter, and it certainly lived up to expectations. more...
ALTHOUGH playoff qualification in the English Division One Northern Conference remains the Altrincham Aces' principal target this season, all of the team are looking forward to taking a well-earned break from the rigours of league competition. more...
ON Monday January 31, I was priviledged to be in the Millennium Dome to witness a performance entitled 'Time is a Journey' by the children from seven schools in Trafford, telling the story of the area we know as Trafford. more...
LATEST opinion polls suggest that a clear majority of people are opposed to Britain joining the European single currency. more...
YOUR anonymous correspondent (Name and Address Supplied, 13.1.00), advocates a very selective policy on publication of information, as well as supporting a selective policy on secondary education. more...
I AM writing about two issues. more...
NOW that the trees are down along Moorside Road (opposite the grammar school) I would like to express some of my final thoughts about this matter. more...
I FEEL obliged to write to comment on a situation, which is fast rising to ridiculous proportions - the number of humps gracing the roads in Trafford, now amongst some jokingly referred to as Humpford. more...
I REFER TO Page 3 of the Stretford and Urmston Messenger on January 27. more...
TRAFFORDCARE Ambleside Rest Home would like to give their full support for the new internet service provided by Dave King at Urmston.net. more...
I AM trying to contact an old school friend of mine whose name is Arthur Taylor. My friend grew up in Davyhulme in the 1940s and 1950s and we both attended Stretford Technical College between 1945 and 1947. Arthur lived on The Kingsway in Davyhulme until he was married and will be about 67 or 68 years old now. I lost contact with him when I emigrated to Canada in 1963. At that time he lived in Flixton and worked for Shell Chemicals at Carrington, the company I worked for prior to emigrating. more...
I DON'T know which is more annoying, owners letting there dogs foul the pavements or the council falling foul of not maintaing them properly. more...
METROLINK has earned praise and thanks from a visually impaired customer whose white cane was broken during a tram journey. more...
THE OLIVER'S Army fundraising drive to improve health services for children is appealing for more support to ensure it hits its target. more...
THE multi-million pound Trafford Centre faces an unlimited fine following an accident which led to the death of a six year old boy. more...
THE LATEST advance in car security proved its worth recently when police managed to trace a stolen vehicle. more...
THE Prince of Wales came to Trafford's Macmillan Care Centre this week to see the results of SUM readers' generosity. more...
FISHERMEN from Trafford are up in arms over claims that they are ruining a Flixton wildlife haven. more...
A BUDDING rock star from Stretford hopes a new helping hand scheme will allow him to break into the music industry. more...
TWO EYESORES blighting Stretford are highlighted by the Grotspot campaign this week. more...
FLIXTON'S relegation battle continues with the 1-0 defeat at the hands of Bradford Park Avenue on Saturday. more...
Radcliffe Borough 0 Trafford 1 more...
SKIPPER Kevin Smyth sportingly passed up an opportunity to turn out for North West training to play for Urmston juniors as Lancashire Champions against Cumbrian Lakesiders in the English Hockey Cup. more...
BURY came to Trafford MV on a mission to assess their League opponents for the forthcoming season, after League reorganisations to reduce the frequent long distance trips for many junior clubs have thrown the sides together to new old rivalries. more...
AT THE recent Manchester and District Swimming Gala, eleven year-old Victoria Spencer from Urmston managed to bridge a thirty year generation gap. more...
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