Levenshulme Centenary marked with Outdoor Party & Fireworks Display

5,000 people are expected to attend a special free multicultural outdoor party and fireworks display on Monday 2 November to mark Levenshulme’s one hundredth anniversary of being part of Manchester. The event is being held in Cringle Fields Park on Crossley Road in Levenshulme and starts at 6pm.

Monday 2 November
Venue: Cringle Fields Park
Errwood Road, Levenshulme, Tel 0161 224 5098
Event: Levenshulme Festival World Party in Park and Outdoor Fireworks Display and Funfair
Adm: Free
Funfair starts at 4pm
Live entertainment 6.00pm-7pm, fireworks at 7pm
This year the Levenshulme Festival is celebrating the area’s centenary of joining Manchester with a massive outdoor party featuring 100 performers and a massive free firework display. With performances from the Manchester School of Samba as seen on ITV’s Britains got talent, the Banat Egyptian dancers as seen on Channel M TV, Traditional Irish band ‘Shake the Barley’, the Keegan Kennedy School of Irish Dancing, the Ann Finnigan School of Dance, Blues guitarist Zacc Rogers and Street Dancer Courage. This is always one of the highlights of the festival and attracts crowds of over 5,000, Irish Dancing Displays plus a host of world musicians, wrap up warm and get there early to get a place near the stage and enjoy an array of live entertainment and club night with DJ James H.
www.levenshulmefestival.co.uk

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Hello

I work for a not-for-profit organisation called Sow the City that's just setting up in Levenshulme to help people grow their own food. We've recently received start up funding from Unltd (Lottery funding).

The funding is for a project to be delivered in the Levenshulme area from April - June and we've committed ourselves to helping 20 households grow their own food in their unused outdoor areas (gardens, yards, windowsills etc.). We provide advice and training to people on how to grow food but also supply growing equipment such as ‘raised beds’, compost, soil and seeds. Some of our start up funding will also be spent on a website, premises (hopefully behind the antiques village), and a basic growing guide.

I would be happy to meet and talk about this project and what your involved in. Alternatively I can send you more information about the project to circulate round your mailing list.

Kind Regards

Jon Ross
07708622368

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Levenshulme celebrates tenth Anniversary

Levenshulme village in the heart of Manchester’s creative corridor will celebrate its tenth annual two week festival supported by Manchester City Council and local traders. It starts on Friday 24th October and runs to Sunday 9 November. Up to 10,000 people are expected to enjoy one hundred and sixty events. Some five hundred performers will take part in its Music & Arts programme and Manchester City Council Sports development team will be running a special free childrens half term multi sports week during the first part of the festival.

Festival chairperson Tony Hennigan said “The festival is now one of Europe’s biggest community celebrations. As well as an arts programme involving Art, Comedy, Dance, Music, Literacy and Theatre, there are over fifty Health and Fitness events for adults and children. We have had to extend our festival brochure to fit in the unprecedented amount of events taking place this year and we still struggled to fit them all in!. As well as the really popular Music and Sports events we have extended the festival to include live theatre from the Edinburgh fringe to Art workshops and a series of Open Days in the areas numerous places of worship. The quality of Music acts booked for this years festival would not be out of place at any major festival, we have acts flying in from Boston in the United States as well as featuring an abundance of local talent.”

Levenshulme’s community radio station ALL FM 96.9 is the official media partner of this years Festival. The official launch weekend will feature a live broadcast from the station’s ‘Standing in the Shadows of Lev’ at m19 bar on Saturday 25 October. Plus the award winning ‘Full Irish Radio’ show will be putting on a special live broadcast on Sunday 2 November.
www.levenshulmefestival.co.uk

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I just wanted to make everyone aware that they are proposing to close Barlow Road Post Office branch on a permanent basis. Please give your support by signing the petition which is held in the shop and voicing any objections to consultation@postoffice.co.uk. The consultation deadline is 21st july. From a concerned Post Office user

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Just want to make everyone aware of the huge scam involving extra warranties on electrical goods, especially in the run up towards Christmas. I only found this out last week but if you have bought anything first-hand, if it breaks down due to a manufacturing issue, i.e you didn't do it yourself you can either get the shop to repair it FREE OF CHARGE or you can claim a FREE LIKE-FOR-LIKE REPLACEMENT. This is all backed by consumer direct. Anything you buy is guaranteed for SIX YEARS regardless of whether or not you bought a Guarantee.

BASICALLY DO NOT BUY EXTRA GUARANTEES YOU DO NOT NEED THEM!!!

Under the Sale of Goods act 1979 you have the right to free repair or replacement.

I have just put this into practice, my Nan bought an electric fire from a well known catalogue company, it broke down after having it 18 months, she was told that because it was out of the 12 month guarantee she was not entitled to ANYTHING. THIS IS NOT TRUE. I rang on behalf of my Grandmother, quoted the Sale of Goods Act and lo and behold, I spoke to them tonight to which they stated that they had 'spoken to their legal department and they would replace the fire'.

If I can do this so can you! Refuse to be ripped off!! Lets get the power back in to the hands of the consumers!! Pass it on people!!
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What was the point?

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Hello everyone, I do live in Levenshulme too and I am completely behind a lot of the work that the friends of Levenshulme do. However, from the comments on this page and also the posters that have been produced there seemd to be a conflict in aims and objectives to some extent. Where the person I'm replying to wishes for there to be more independent groceries the main group are campaigning for a supermarket! If things are going to be achieved in our area we need to be singing from the same hyme sheet! Is it independent shops we want or a supermarket? Also a council can not just make a supermarket move into the area. Investors need to see that people are spending money in the area. Currently most people are traveling out of the area to supermarkets instead of using the smaller shops in levenshulme. What incentive does this give a supermarket to relocate in the area if everyone is travelling out to established supermarkets and they do not have to spend more money. If we limited the use to local supermarkets and therefore they lose profits they will consider moving into the area. If we don't want a supermarket then people have to support their local shops more!

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Hello everyone, I am a new member but have lived in Levenshulme for about 6 years. I agree with Anonymous' suggestion of Greenbank Park being registered as a village green. It is important to retain as much open space as possible, and equally vital for the space to be acknowledged and included in maps and plans. I am a member of Friends of Highfield Park, some 70 acres of parkland in Levenshulme, bordered by Cringle Road, Nelstrop Road and the Fallowfield Loop. It is, in my opinion, a very natural and beautiful place to have in a inner city location, yet it does not register on maps, nor is it recognised by A-Z searches on the internet. After much communication and effort by the Friends of HP and other community groups, the area was finally added to the police computer this year (we have a perennial issue with young men and motorbikes ..) There is now a possibility that the area could be turned into a Local Nature Reserve, with educational possibilities etc (so maybe more grants etc?), I'll let you know, but if you're passing the park, do walk in and have a look, it's pretty good.
Please would someone tell me the date and location of the next meeting? Thanks.

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I don't know how long Greenbank Park has been in use, but if it has been used as a public space for the last 20 years there is scope for it to be registered as a village green, thereby ensuring that development can be declared illegal in perpetuity. Anyone can apply to have a piece of land registered, it is a quick easy and cheap process and can sometimes be used as a tactic to defeat development even after planning permission has been granted. I would urge the 'Save Our Park' campaign to examine this as a potential option in the fight to retain our greenspace.

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I think they need to do something with the park, at the moment it is little more than a drinking den for the young. Not least because there are kids just hanging around outside the house with little or nothing to do.

Everyone complains there are not enough facilities: Levenshlume has been forgotton as the last area of south manchester for regeneration, give us back our community center, etc

However, as soon as something positive begins to happen petitions are sent out to stop it with, what would appear to be no alternative suggestions being put forward.

Green Bank Fields is more than adequate to support a couple of pitches, at least two tennis courts and a play area for kids, and still have room to walk the dog.

However, I would say, if this is a private venture and the pitches are to be used for the sole purpose of a private club then that is just not acceptable. If it is planned for everyone then i suggest the development should be limited to two pitches and include some tennis courts in one corner ( 4 would be good) and a climbing frame and swings for the kids in another corner.

That in my mind is what we should be striving for.

Levenshulme is on the up, there is no doubt about, and these are the steps necessary if it is ever to be considered in the same breath as chorlton and didsbury.

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