Councillors have been contacted by constituents across Whalley Range, who are alarmed by the eviction decision affecting the Carlton Social and Bowling Club. The club, which has been a hub of the local community at Rowan Lodge for over 111 years, is now facing an eviction notice from the Building Company that owns the property. […]
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On the 8th of August, Councillor Angeliki Stogia and Councillor Muqaddasah Bano visited an Active Street event on Cromwell Avenue in Whalley Range. The initiative was organised by Whalley Range Youth Opportunities, MCR Active, and Mosscare St Vincents Housing. The event was bustling with activities and sports, free bike repairs and energy-saving advice from the
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Part of the Claremont Road alleyway is being transformed into a beautiful community space thanks to the amazing efforts of the Bowes Street Residents Association, Beresford Street residents, and In Our Nature. Cllr Angeliki Stogia joined these incredible residents who have come together to clean up, plant flowers, and create artwork that’s brought a whole
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At the recent Whalley Range Labour Ward meeting, Councillor Aftab Razaq kindly provided an update regarding the future of the Pavillion Cafe in Alexandra Park. Aftab serves on the Environment, Climate Change and Neighborhood Scrutiny Committee and has been keeping close tabs on developments with finding a new tenant for the cafe. We’ll keep you
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Thursday 12th December 2019 marked Labour’s worst election performance for 80 years. Now, it seems like a distant nightmare which we’ll hopefully correct today. However, with high office comes huge responsibility, and the UK will be looking to us to begin the process of reversing 14 years of Tory austerity, Brexit, sleaze, economic carnage and
General Election day 2024! Read More »
This special event, organised by the Alexandra Park Heritage Group, was rescheduled following the death of the Queen, and will now be held this Sunday 30 October from 2pm to 4pm, at the Alexandra Park Pavilion. Full details are on their flyer:
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The Caribbean Carnival has been a regular fixture in the Moss Side and Whalley Range calendar since 1972. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary this year, the Alexandra Park Heritage Group are holding a special event in Chorlton Lodge (by the park entrance from Claremont Road) at 2pm on Sunday 11 September. Whalley Range Labour councillor
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It’s been fifty years since the first Manchester Caribbean Carnival took place, and this weekend will see the full two-day event returning to Alexandra Park after a hiatus caused by the Covid pandemic. Whalley Range Labour councillor Angeliki Stogia has this message: “A great many Whalley Range and Moss Side residents have family roots in
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The increase in car journeys to and from school over recent years is harmful to the environment, raises the risk of accidents, and damages the health of schoolchildren, parents and public alike. But the reasons why more parents are choosing to drive their children on the school run are complex – shortage of time, longer
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Like so much else, it’s been badly missed during the last two years of lockdown and bans on public gatherings, but today it was finally back, better than ever. The Whalley Range Celebrate Festival is 25 years old, and Manley Park was filled with music, stalls, food, activities, workshops, entertainment and information from a wide
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