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Welcome to the spring edition of the Tameside Citizen Spring is a season of new beginnings and optimism and there’s certainly a huge amount of positive change that’s taking place in Tameside. This issue is packed with details of developments that are now coming to fruition and will benefit all of us. Tameside Wellness Centre – Denton is now open with residents able to use a host of leisure, wellbeing and community facilities; Contents Ashton Interchange will open soon and Vision Tameside is continuing to bring improvements to Ashton Town Centre. But it’s not all about the new Vision Tameside...... 4&5 – there’s also much work to protect Tameside’s heritage, from restoring to repairing ’s . Cycling & Walking...... 6&7

With warmer weather on the way there are also lots of events and activities Budget Conversation...... 8 to inspire people to get outdoors and enjoy Tameside’s picturesque scenery and wonderful town centres. From the traditional Tour of Tameside to Employment & Skills...... 9 bringing the high-profile OVO Energy Tour Series Race to the borough for the first time to lots of information on cycling and walking routes, it’s all Tameside Loves Recycling...... 10 detailed in the following pages. Tameside Loves Fostering...... 11 And we also celebrate the Tamesiders who inspire us and who we’re so proud of, whether that’s honouring legends such as Ron Hill and our New Supporting the P4 Community...... 12&13 Year’s honours recipients or those showing how they’ve changed their lives for the better, such as former smokers and volunteers helping others. Proud Tameside news...... 14&15 I hope you enjoy finding out more in this edition and are able to join us in making the most of the wonderful opportunities available this spring. Litter Hubs news...... 16

Best wishes Events & Culture...... 17

News in brief...... 18&19

Market Events...... 21

What’s On ...... 22&23 Cllr Brenda Warrington Tameside Council Executive Leader P14

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Eecutive Member Cllr Warren Bray said: “The transport hub will provide a modern and accessible gateway to the town. Built on the site of the existing bus station on Wellington Road, it Transport Interchange set to open in spring will allow passengers to easily change between different modes of transport, including bus, Metrolink, rail, walking and cycling.”

Warrington Street transformed into welcoming environment THE latest stage in transforming Ashton Town Centre has been completed with an attractive new walkway and seating area created. The work has seen Warrington Street revamped into a welcoming environment complete with new paving and raised planted areas featuring trees, seating, and cycle stands. Work to complete Phase 2 of the Ashton Town Centre Public Realm Scheme will follow. This includes renewing paving along Wellington Road and the remaining Market Square area, as well as planting trees and installing seating and other features to create a striking town centre that attracts visitors. The total area of paving for Phase 2 is 8,500 square metres. It’s all part of Vision Tameside, which is developing state-of-the-art facilities and making Ashton Town Centre a more accessible and pleasant place to visit and shop. visiontameside.com Tameside Warrington Street ne Tameside Wellness Centre SPRING 2020 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 5 opens it’s doors THE FLAGSHIP Tameside Wellness Centre – Denton opened its doors ahead of schedule on March 2. It includes an eight-lane, 25metre, competition swimming pool with room Tameside Wellness Centres keys presented to for 150 spectators and a learner pool; a spa area including sauna, steam and Tameside Council Executive Leader Councillor treatment facilities; a fitness suite; and a ten-pin bowling alley. Brenda Warrington However, it is also much more than a leisure centre, boasting a host of wellness features that will benefit the whole community. These include meeting rooms, free wi-fi, a children’s soft play area, multi- use studio spaces and a social interaction zone. The roof space will be transformed into a sensory garden and could also be used for a pop-up cinema, small theatre or open air exercise space. A handover ceremony took place on January 31 when Willmott Dixon, who Ten-pin bowling alley constructed the £15million facility, presenting the keys to Tameside Council and Active Tameside, who will manage the centre. It was then fitted out within weeks. The innovative project, which combines leisure, community and wellness facilities, has been built on brownfield land next to the new Denton link road, Lance Corporal Andrew Breeze Way, in the heart of Denton. Developers Network Space have delivered the scheme with the architecturally striking centre designed by Pozzoni Architecture to be accessible by all, with disabled access to the swimming pool and dementia friendly design used throughout the development. The flagship project is part of Tameside Council’s £20million investment into leisure resources to provide some of the best facilities in Greater S & Manchester that offer varied and fun ways for the whole family to be active. I L L E N T S K E R P K R R I Tameside Council Executive Leader Councillor Brenda Warrington said: “We O S E want to support people in keeping as active and healthy as possible and the W Eight lane, 25metre pool centre has something for everyone, from a range of top-class leisure facilities to help stay fit to community spaces and events that will bring everyone together to innovative designs that will make it accessible and creative.” Sport has backed the scheme by providing a £1.5 million grant. activetameside.com Work underway on restoring Ashton Town Hall WORK has started on repairing Ashton restoration and in case a contingency is Town Hall in preparation for plans to required, to prevent delays. bring the Grade II listed building back Executive Member for Finance and into use. Economic Growth, Cllr Oliver Ryan, said: Tameside Council’s cabinet agreed “Once the building’s secured a survey to spend £270,000 of the £10million will be carried out to establish what’s budget set aside for the restoration and needed to restore Ashton Town Hall to its redevelopment. former glory and when fully renovated the building will become more marketable for The emergency repairs are safeguarding use, breathing life back into this important the future of this significant heritage civic structure.” asset and preventing further deterioration. They include work to Work has taken place on how the the parapet and roof and to keep the building can be remodelled internally building watertight. Scaffolding already to support 21st Century use, the needs in place at the rear of the building has of the community, the regeneration of been designed as a working platform for Ashton Town Centre and the building’s any refurbishment works to speed up financial viability. Any future plans will the process. consider the council’s commitment to recreate the Museum of the Manchester Ashton Town Hall The repairs are set to cost £120,000 with Regiment inside. extra money allocated for a survey to visiontameside.com establish the extent of work required for SPRING 2020 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 6 Tameside CYCLING & WALKING Green light for walking and cycling network improvements

The schemes aim to make walking and cycling an easier and safer option, giving people the chance to change the way they travel. Walking and cycling is not only better for health but also reduces congestion and improves air quality. A public consultation on the proposals has now ended and will be used to help develop the plans. It included a family event in Ashton Market Square that showcased the many opportunities for walking and cycling in the borough, as well as giving residents the chance to view and discuss the proposals. Tameside Council Executive Leader Councillor Brenda Warrington said: “We not only want to provide the infrastructure TAMESIDE is set to benefit from a transformational series of but also help people gain the skills to cycle confidently and safely. walking and cycling network improvements. “Ditching the car to cycle or walk short journeys not only helps the The Mayor’s Challenge Fund (MCF) has given approval in environment but is healthier and saves the NHS money, so let’s principle to Tameside Council’s request for 12 schemes with an make walking and cycling the first choice.” ask of £14 million. For more information on each scheme visit They include new and extended cycle lanes, new crossings and tameside.gov.uk/mcf junction alterations to make travelling around Tameside safer and more attractive. Tackle the Tour of Tameside in 2020 THE iconic Tour of Tameside is back again for 2020 as Tameside Council and NHS Tameside and Glossop CCG staff the four day running event takes in the best sights and will be taking part to raise money for the Tameside Scanner sounds that the borough has to offer. appeal, which is raising £1 million to buy a much-needed second CT scanner for the hospital. Medical imaging plays A variety of running routes and terrains challenge a vital role in the early detection, diagnosis and treatment participants both physically and mentally, with all stages of patients and is key to rapid treatment in emergency having been carefully chosen to be achievable for runners situations. of all abilities. For further information on the race stages, please visit Last year more than 500 people completed all four sportstoursinternational.co.uk/ challenging stages of the event, with 7,000 schoolchildren also completing their 7-mile challenge. To donate to the appeal, or find out more, visit the just giving page or email the appeal coordinator It was founded by marathon legend Dr Ron Hill MBE in [email protected] 1983, who was recently honoured as Freeman of the Borough.

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I SPRING 2020 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 7 CYCLING & WALKING Boost your health exploring Tameside’s great outdoors WALKING is an easy way to get your recommended daily amount of physical activity while enjoying Tameside’s picturesque scenery. Any amount of physical activity is good for you, but the recommended weekly amounts for adults are five lots of 30 minutes moderate intensity activity on five or more days of the week. There are lots of walks and trails across Tameside to enjoy, which can be found by visiting: tameside.gov.uk/walkingandcycling

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AN elite, televised cycle race is coming to Tameside Dani King, -Shand, Ed Clancy, alongside a cycling and walking festival. and Dame Sarah Storey. It’s the UK’s biggest and most prestigious televised cycle race. The OVO Energy Tour Series Race will take place on 12 May in Ashton Town Centre and will become an exciting fixture Cllr Leanne Feeley, Tameside Council’s lead for culture, said: in the borough over the next three years. “It will bring many benefits to Tameside, including raising the profile of the borough as a place to live and invest, providing The men’s and women’s 1km cycling race sees Britain’s a real boost for the economy, and improving the health and best riders competing during a full day of sporting and wellbeing of residents by getting more people engaged in community based cycling-focused activities and has cycling and walking.” featured British sporting heroes such as Laura Kenny, tameside.gov.uk/walkingandcycling Get active and healthy with Parkrun

IF you’re looking to get more active while enjoying the outdoors now that spring is here, then Parkrun is a great opportunity. They take place in safe, pleasant parkland surroundings and are for everyone, from juniors to those with more experience and from those taking their first steps in running to Olympians. It’s a great way to get fit and healthy, make new friends and improve your wellbeing. There are two on our doorstep, at Hyde Park and Stamford Park, with the free, friendly, timed 5km runs taking place every Saturday at 9am. Volunteers are also always welcome if anyone’s available to help the organisers. To find out more, sign-up or look for other runs, visit parkrun.org.uk

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Cllr Oliver Ryan talks to visitors to the Grafton Centre about the Budget Conversation Have your say... Having your say on our spending priorities EDUCATION, healthcare and caring Drop ins were held in libraries and the Residents also highlighted areas where for older people are among the top Wellbeing Corner in Ashton Market they believe the Strategic Commission spending priorities highlighted Hall and engagement activities were can deliver services more efficiently, by respondents to our Budget held with specific groups – including save money or raise revenue: Conversation. Tameside Youth Council, Tameside • More efficient working practices and College, Ashton Sixth Form and visitors Every year the Tameside and Glossop culture to the Grafton Centre. The online survey Strategic Commission, which brings • Closer partnership working with was also promoted on social media and together Tameside Council and other councils, public sector in the local media. NHS Tameside and Glossop Clinical organisations and the voluntary Commissioning Group (CCG), spends The top ten themes for spending sector approximately £935 million on the priorities were: • Preventative early help investment to services our residents depend on – from handle issues before they escalate • Education and Schools schools to GP surgeries, street lights to • Encouraging volunteering and looking after the vulnerable. • Older People Social Care community action Although this sounds like a lot of • Healthcare Services in General The findings of the Budget Conversation money, demands on vital services • Maintenance of Roads and Highways will be used to influence the Strategic continue to rise and significant cuts Commission’s joint budget, which will from central government has forced • Children’s Social Care set out the spending priorities and both organisations to find new and • Street Cleanliness/Fly-tipping savings targets for the next financial innovative ways to save money while year. we continue to protect the quality of • Emergency Services: Police And Fire For further information in the budget or services we deliver • Mental Health Services other consultations see: A budget conversation was launched • Primary Care Specifically: GPs, tameside.gov.uk/tbc between 6 December 2019 – 15 January 2020 asking residents what they think Dentists, Pharmacies, Opticians our spending priorities should be, and • Waste/Recycling where they think we would be able to save money. • Investment in Town Centres We received over 850 responses from • Public Transport people completing our online survey, • Youth Clubs and Leisure attending drop in and engagement Facilities sessions and providing feedback by letters, emails and social media. SPRING INTO A SPRING 2020 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 9 NEW CAREER #TJFSpring2020

TAMESIDE JOBS FAIR Our Tameside Jobs Fair is returning with a spring event which connects employers, recruiters, training partners and support services. The event will be held 2 April between 10am & 1pm at Town Hall and residents from Hattersley can use the free transport being put on by Onward Homes. This will be an open event where you can meet local employers, apply for live vacancies and get support from a range of employment services. Over 600 residents attended our previous job fair in autumn. Employers attending include Betfred, Office Depot, Controlled Solutions Group Ltd, Tameside College Apprenticeships. If you’re planning to attend please bring along plenty of copies of your CV and dress as you would for a job interview. tameside.gov.uk/trainingemployment TAMESIDE BUSINESS BARKING UP THE RIGHT TREE

A Dukinfield business has been able to grow and thrive Our Tameside Business Grants of £1,500 are available to local, thanks to an innovative fund which has supported them to non-levy paying small businesses for each Tameside young create apprenticeship roles. person aged 16-24 they recruit into employment through an apprenticeship programme which they would not otherwise be Happy Dogs Daycare took on staff using funding from our in a position to offer. Tameside Employment Fund (TEF). Tameside Council’s Employment & Skills team ensured that the company were Eligible businesses can apply for a maximum of two business supported to find the right training provider and create a grants until 31 March 2021. To find out more about our Tameside position that matched their needs. Having apprentices has Employment Fund, please email helped Happy Dogs as they’ve freed management time and [email protected], S & I L L E N T S K E R P allowed the company to invest in the growth of the business, so call 0161 342 3111 or visit tameside.gov.uk/tef. K R R I O S E they can expand at a faster rate. W HACK strikes back! YOUNG people had the opportunity to put HACK7 gave the young people taking part the their digital skills to the test when innovative chance to develop their coding and computing technology event returned to Tameside. skills. Whether they’re beginners or more experienced in coding there was support from Our highly popular Tameside HACK came back volunteer mentors from a diverse range of digital for the seventh time in the February half-term at organisations. Business sponsors set challenges Tameside College. This two-day event, organised for the hackers who then had two days to devise as part of Tameside Council’s “Every Child a a product or solution to fit the challenge brief. Coder” pledge, was a fun competition to test and tameside.gov.uk/TamesideHack challenge digital skills and creativity. The hackathon raised aspirations for young Cllr Leanne Feeley with HACK7 best people by encouraging them to get involved T newcomer Luca Haughton in coding and computing; areas where jobs are ameside expected to grow at double the rate of other

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Your new recycling and general RECYCLING waste collection calendarMONDAY 2020. 1 Tameside SPRING 2020 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 10 Your collection day is 2020 Two-year bin calendar for every Tameside household RECYCLING

Christmas and New Year collections will be confirmed A HANDY calendar featuring bin collection dates has been online in December distributed to every Tameside household. The calendars cover two years’ worth of collection dates so IMPORTANT Recycling Information that residents have a practical reminder of when to put each bin out in 2020 and 2021.

Check the date of your collections, Tameside Council teamed up with Recycle for Greater set reminders and report missed/lost bins. Available from Apple Store or Google Play Store Manchester to produce the calendars, which were delivered to Download our

is Your next collection date more than 100,000 households. free app Tameside recycles @tamesidecouncil 0161 342 8355 www.tameside.gov.uk/recycling As well as informing residents of which coloured bin should www.facebook.com/tamesidecouncil be left out for collection on which date, there’s also useful Cllr Allison Gwynne, Tameside Council Executive Member for information on what waste goes in each bin, details on how to Neighbourhood Services, said: “With environmental concerns sign-up to the free bin app to checks dates and report missed more pressing than ever, it’s important that we correctly recycle as bins online, and contact information. much of our waste as possible and these calendars will help our There are dates for 2020 on one side and 2021 on the other, so residents to do that. Working together we can increase recycling in the A4-sized calendar can be stuck to fridges or noticeboards Tameside, reducing waste, helping the planet and saving money.” and then flipped over at the end of the year. Making it last for For more information on recycling visit: two years will save waste and money. www.tameside.gov.uk/refuseandrecycling Improvements made to Recycling Centres IMPROVEMENTS have been made to Recycling Centres estimated £5 million a year – money that could have been better across . The key changes include spent on local services. Trade waste at Recycling Centres also increasing the number of staff to help you recycle as much leads to lower recycling rates and an increase in queuing. as possible, increasing the number of materials that can be Recycling Centres are for household waste only. This includes recycled. waste from normal day-to-day household activities and To stop businesses from using Recycling Centres illegally, the DIY projects. This does not include any waste produced by number of times a year you can visit any of the Recycling Centres tradespeople or builders hired to carry out improvements, repair has been limited. or alterations to your home. It is the trader’s responsibility to take this waste to a licenced commercial waste facility. If you hire Cars and cars with single axle trailers can visit 52 times a year, someone to remove waste from your home, you should check cars with a double axle trailer 18 times a year, vehicles up to 3.5 they have a waste carrier’s licence. tonne gross vehicle weight 18 times a year and vehicles above 3.5 tonne gross vehicle weight 12 times a year. Most councils across the UK have introduced restrictions or permits to stop traders from illegally using Recycling Centres. To help monitor the number of visits, Automatic Number Plate Tameside’s Recycling Centres are at Bayley Street, Stalybridge Recognition and CCTV will be used. and Ash Road, Drolysden. For more information visit: Businesses that are illegally taking waste to Recycling Centres to recycleforgreatermanchester.com avoid paying waste disposal costs are costing councils an

Eat what you buy’ tips to reduce food waste

WE all buy food and leave it to gather dust in our cupboards Visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/article/spoiled-rotten to or forgotten in our fridges – wasting a huge amount of food find out more. we could have eaten. In the UK, 70% of food waste comes from our homes. But it doesn’t have to be that way. All we need to make the most of our overlooked, neglected food at home is a little inspiration and a little instruction. Love Food Hate Waste has lots of tips and recipes as part of the ‘Eat What You Buy’ section of their ‘Spoiled Rotten’ campaign.

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FOSTERING is in the family for Julie Carter. She said: “We have clear routines and boundaries – she knows when she has to be home, that tea is on the table at 5.30pm every She decided to become a foster carer for Tameside Council in night and what time she has to go to bed. 2017 after watching her own mother, who is also a foster carer, making a difference to children’s lives. Julie added: “If anyone is thinking about fostering I would advise them to go for it. I haven’t looked back. You get lots of support and Her first placement was a 10-year-old girl, who still lives I would definitely foster even more children if I had more spare with Julie three years on. In fact, the placement has been so bedrooms.” successful that Julie has now been approved to be a long term foster carer for the child, who will be able to stay with Julie until Julie is supporting Tameside Council’s campaign to recruit she is at least 18. more carers to provide stable and loving homes in the local community for Tameside children in care. Julie, 52, who has three children of her own – two who have grown up and moved out and a 15-year-old son who still lives at Fostering for your local authority means you can help children home along with the family dog Billy - said: “It is great that she and young people in your own community. You don’t have to will be able to go through her teenage years feeling secure and become a full time foster carer – for example you could provide settled and part of the family. emergency or respite care. You can also fit it around other work. “I’ve watched my mum make a difference to a lot of children and The council want to hear from people from all backgrounds young people’s lives over the years and I realised it was something and ages – including people who are single or in same sex that I wanted to do too. I have worked in retail all my life but it isn’t relationships. Foster carers are needed for children of all ages anywhere near as rewarding a fostering and supporting a child.” including, teenagers, young people in further education and sibling groups. Full training, support and an allowance She told how her foster child has blossomed in the three years is provided. For Further Information see tameside.gov.uk/ she has lived with her. fostering or call 0161 368 8865. “When she first came here she had no confidence in herself, she was really introverted and wouldn’t talk to people. But now she has Executive Member Cllr Bill Fairfoull said: bags of confidence, is chatty, loves to sing and dance and is doing ““Foster carers like Julie do a fantastic really well at school – whereas she rarely attended before. It is so job and make a huge difference for rewarding to know I helped to make that difference.” our looked after children, giving them Julie told about the routines she has in place which helped her an experience of stable family life and foster child settle and feel safe and secure. supporting them to be the best they can be.” SPRING 2020 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 12 You can quit Tameside’s Winter Warmers smoking Animals and Art A SOCIAL enterprise that provides therapy through animals WE are backing Greater Manchester Health and Social and art has been given a funding boost. Care Partnership’s ‘exsmoker’ campaign, which features Noah’s ART is an animal assisted wellbeing service that also uses former smokers from the local area sharing their music and creative activities to support people with mental experiences to inspire others to stop smoking health problems and reduce social isolation. In Tameside there are around 476 smoking related deaths each And thanks to funding from Tameside Council, the social year. enterprise was able to extend its services by providing ‘winter Stewart from Tameside said he quit for himself. He only managed warmers’. These helped people who may struggle during the by owning that decision. He’s not going back. He’s an ex-smoker. winter months get together in a warm, safe space to enjoy a free, healthy meal. They could also take part in activities including No matter what the situation, you can stop smoking. It can be cooking, art, upcycling old furniture, gardening or animal care. hard but there are many ways to successfully quit, even if you Or they could just chill out, chat and have a cuddle with the have tried and failed before. Visit YouCanGM.org website, that dogs. noahs-ark.co.uk links to the GM Health Hub website, and the Greater Manchester Stop Smoking Helpline 0300 123 1044. These can link smokers to: • Local face-to-face support and advice through specialist stop smoking services, pharmacies and your GP. • Stop smoking aids such as nicotine replacement therapies (like patches, gum and sprays), prescription stop-smoking medications, e-cigarettes/vapes and information on how to use these. • Ongoing expert advice and support via the Stop Smoking Helpline, with a trained adviser offering regular calls for up to twelve weeks. • Apps and digital support to help smokers quit and stay Together in Dukinfield smokefree. Be Well Tameside offer support and advice for helping you to stop smoking on: 0161 716 2000 or email: [email protected] Start the New Year off to a healthier and happier you, smelling and feeling fresh for the year ahead.

Tameside expands its range of free online parenting courses BUILDING bonds and developing family relationships benefits everyone and so, the council has invested more money into expanding its offer of online parenting courses. DUKINFIELD charity, the Together Centre @ Loxley House First launched November 2018, the award winning and quality marked courses used its winter funding to deliver a project that supported provided by the Solihull Approach, a national NHS organisation for parenting 50 vulnerable people in Tameside. approaches, now includes a new suite of courses: • Understanding your teenager’s brain This will include free membership to the centre for a year to help • Understanding your child individuals become more engaged and make new friends, as • Understanding your baby well as two free activity sessions a week for three months. • Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby The courses are free and designed to support and guide those responsible for the The charity is also provided a ‘winter warmer’ package to people health and wellbeing of a child and as part of the range of opportunities available with essential winter items of their choice. This was alongside an to families in Tameside. They are about being the best parent, grandparent or carer ‘Afternoon Together’ session where individuals could attend a you can be. The course content has been written by psychologists, psychotherapists, health visitors, midwives and NHS and education professionals. social event with food and entertainment. Action Together also To access the course visit webpage: inourplace.co.uk supported this initiative by offering free hot meals for vulnerable Tameside residents will need the access code: SUNFLOWER people and provided free passes to their facilities.

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E I Tameside’s Winter Warmers Citizens Advice Superstars A Tameside charity has been offering residents going through fuel poverty support and advice thanks to funding they’ve received. Citizens Advice Tameside are able to offer additional services for their clients who are struggling to keep warm during the winter months. The local charity was able to provide this service thanks to winter funding which has been allocated by our Adult Service team. This was made available from central government and shared with organisations in the Tameside to provide community-based support for people in need. Advisers at the charity found that fuel poverty issues can force Infinity and beyond! their clients to choose between whether to feed their families or warm their homes. The effect of fuel poverty can cause disabled PRE-MATCH warm-ups are about to take on an entirely and elderly individuals to go into debt, having a serious effect new dimension for one football club, thanks to our winter- on their mental and physical wellbeing. Citizens Advice clients support grant. have been advised they can save an average of £200 a year by Infinity Initiatives FC used the funding to buy training kits to switching energy tariffs or suppliers. help them cope better with winter weather. They also planned to tamesidecab.org.uk hire a floodlit base in Tameside so members didn’t have to travel out of the borough. The club scheme helping vulnerable men, was established a year ago and fields a team in the fourth division of the Tameside League. Some of the members are refugees and asylum-seekers, and others are people who’ve suffered mental-health issues. On the timetable for the summer is a tournament named the Kieran Quinn Cup in memory of the Tameside Council-leader who died at the end of 2017. infinitycic.co.uk Hyde Little Theatre plays a big part in the community AN AMATEUR dramatic society in Tameside is playing the perfect supporting role for people in need. Never mind the Oscars, Hyde Little Theatre is a community star thanks to services they’ve provided through funding they’ve received. The local thespians held free weekly musical sessions that include soup and a sandwich, theatre tickets, transport and winter pamper packs. They provided the support thanks to winter funding, which has been allocated our Adult Service team. The theatre, founded in 1967, hosts a soup and sing-a-long session Leading Hyde Little Theatre’s Soup and Sing-a-long are, every Tuesday lunchtime, from 11am to 1pm in Hyde. The social activity from left, committee members Janet and John Rothwell, benefitted isolated people, while providing a free hot meal, and other music director Michael Holmes and chef Toni Savaris. essential items, to help those in need. hydelittletheatre.co.uk SPRING 2020 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 14 School goes even greener

A SCHOOL described as England’s greenest has been urging pupils, parents and staff to do their bit to save the planet. During January, Canon Burrows Primary, Ashton, held a plastics- free week with the backing of Tameside Council. It began with an assembly where everyone was told how plastic waste harms the planet and what they could do to help. A University senior lecturer ran workshops where the Canon Burrows head Suzanne Fildes said: “We want to be the first children looked at recycling. Pupils and staff made pledges to plastic-free school in Manchester. We are always trying to be as reduce their use of plastics. sustainable as possible.” Trash mobs picked up litter around the school and surrounding Cllr Leanne Feeley, Tameside Council’s executive member for area, and there were visits to shops and businesses including lifelong learning, added: “This was a fantastic initiative. It’s great IKEA and McDonald’s. Pupils and staff were encouraged to bring that schools across our borough are teaching children why it’s fewer single-use plastic items in lunch boxes. crucial that we all work together to protect the planet.” Children made beeswax wraps to eliminate the need for Canon Burrows was described as England’s greenest school after clingfilm. Parents were invited to a plastic-free packed lunch receiving the Eco Schools Lifetime Achievement Award. workshop. eco-schools.org.uk Museum makes the grade PORTLAND Basin has been named one of Greater Manchester’s top 12 museums by Time Out.

The magazine, which also publishes a range of travel books, ranks the Ashton heritage site alongside such internationally famous attractions as the Imperial War Museum, the Museum of Science and Industry and the National Football Museum.

This is only the latest “award” for Portland Basin, which has held a TripAdvisor certificate of excellence for several years and is part of VisitEngland’s Quality Assured Visitor Attraction Scheme. Freedom is Ron’s latest honour THE freedom of Tameside is the latest honour Dr Ron Hill MBE has added to a very lengthy list. When he was invested at in December, became only the 13th recipient of the award. Three of the holders are army regiments while the last person to receive it was 1966 World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst. Ron, who is 81 and lives in Hyde, came to prominence in the 1960s. He represented Great Britain in the 1964 and 1972 Olympics and won marathon gold at the 1969 European Championships in Athens and the 1970 Edinburgh . In 1971 he took bronze at the Helsinki European Championships. Ron also lays claim to the longest streak of consecutive running - every day for 52 years and 39 days from 1964 to 2017. He has also held a host of world records at various distances.

G C O M Talented Ron is also a successful entrepreneur. Fifty years ago he I N M U U R N T I T R I founded Ron Hill Sports, pioneering products including wrap-over U E S N shorts, mesh vests, waterproof running jackets and reflective strips. In 1981, he launched the world-renowned Tour of Tameside which is one of the toughest challenges in British athletics. SPRING 2020 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 15 ProudTameside

Karen James Nicolette Peel Les Jones

Honoured by the Queen! TAMESIDE and Glossop NHS Trust chief Midwife Nicolette Peel, who is also Les Jones, the 91-year-old founder of executive Karen James was one of employed by the trust, was awarded an Ashton Fencing Club, received the British three people associated with the two MBE for her work with the Mummy’s Star Empire Medal. boroughs recognised in the new-year charity which provides support to women In 64 years in the sport, Les won a range honours list. diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy of titles and represented England. He or shortly afterwards. She received an OBE for her work to make also coached many stars including Susan the trust an integrated care organisation of It was after she set up the charity in Green, who was selected for the Great excellence. 2013 that Nicolette decided to train as a Britain team at three Olympics and five midwife. Last June she became only the world championships. Karen, a former nurse, said: “I know I share third person in the country to receive a this award with all my wonderful colleagues chief midwifery gold award. who work tirelessly every day to treat and care for our patients and their families. Four more friendly places FOUR more Tameside communities have has Noah’s Art, which runs received age-friendly neighbourhood animal-rescue therapy sessions; status under the terms of the Greater St Martin’s Church, Droylsden, is a Place Manchester mayor’s Age-friendly of Welcome; there’s Denton Park Social Challenge. Bowling Club and Dane Bank has a

community choir. Denton North, Dane Bank, Droylsden and Dukinfield have joined Denton South, Representatives of the new areas attended a Mottram, Newton and Waterloo which were reception Museum of Science and Industry successful last year. to share the work they have been doing,

learn from each other, and look at ways age- All four have many fine examples of work friendly neighbourhoods can network. where older people take the lead. Dukinfield Having your say... RESIDENTS and community groups joined discussions on key local issues such as the Bee Network Cycling proposals and the future of personalised care at the eighth Partnership Engagement Network (PEN) Conference at in February. PEN is supporting Tameside Council’s Corporate Plan priorities, creating new relationships between public services, citizens, and communities, and facilitating shared decision making, co-production and joint delivery of services. To receive monthly updates on engagement opportunities and invitations to future conferences please join the PEN mailing list at: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/pensignup SPRING 2020 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 16

Cllrs Peter Robinson and Betty Affleck supporting the pledge in Hyde to pick up one piece of litter every day. Bank Holiday clean up team in Stalybridge (right)

TAKE THE LITTER LITTER HUBS PLEDGE TO KEEP NETWORK TAMESIDE TIDY Tameside residents are being urged to pick up a piece of The scheme aims to develop community pride and involve the litter every day to make a difference together in 2020. whole community in helping to keep Tameside tidy, clean and litter-free. If everyone picked up just one piece of litter then it would make a huge difference to maintaining the borough and protecting It follows the launch of the Litter Hubs Network where residents the environment. or groups can book out free equipment, including high vis jackets, litter pickers, gloves and black bags, from community People are being asked to commit to the simple pledge: places to carry out clean-ups. Council officers then arrange “I’m picking up one piece of litter every for the rubbish to be disposed of appropriately. For further information, please visit tameside.gov.uk/litterhubs day! Please join me in this pledge. Let’s The campaign includes the message: “Let’s pick up the past – so make a difference together in 2020.” we can protect the future.” Cllr Allison Gwynne, Tameside Council Executive Member for Everyone’s encouraged to get involved by taking a selfie of Neighbourhood Services, said: “The majority of us don’t drop litter, themselves holding up a copy of the pledge or of them picking but if everyone did a bit to pick it up then it would really help in up a piece of litter and posting it on social media with the keeping Tameside tidy and protecting the environment.” hashtag #Tamesidelitterpledge. A Facebook page called The Litter Community (TLC) Hyde has also been created at For further information contact Sharron Power on 07980 993553 facebook.com/TLCHyde for people to post their pledge photos or email her at [email protected] on. Armed SPRING 2020 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 17

‘Honouring Britain’s Armed Forces, Past, Present and Future’ MUSIC and a host of family-friendly activities will be at Free activities include a climbing wall, archery, laser-tag, giant the heart of Tameside’s Armed Forces Day celebrations on inflatables, face-painting and balloon modelling, as well as arts Saturday, June 27. and crafts. As usual, the fun will take place in and around Victoria Park, Many service-support organisations should be in attendance Denton, and staged with support from the Ministry of Defence. including Tameside Armed Services Community and the Royal Proceedings begin with the traditional veterans’ lunch, where British Legion. the Civic Mayor and other dignitaries will have the opportunity Refreshments will be available throughout the afternoon from to thank personnel for their service. Victoria Park Community Centre. In the afternoon the focus moves to the park, with live For more information call 0161 342 4144. entertainment from the bandstand. ______FUN’S the name of the game on There will be lots of mostly free Sunday, 26 April, when Stamford Park entertainment such as face painting, hosts its annual fun day. There’ll be balloon modelling, birds of prey, crafts, something for all the family. a climbing wall, music and walkabout acts – all against a colourful backdrop of It’s a great chance for people to get spring flowers. together and relax in the open air, runs from noon to 4pm, and shows off the Pets won’t miss out, either. There’s a fun beautiful Victorian Park in all its glory. dog show to look forward to, with lots of Visitors can make the most of the fine classes including waggiest tail and best facilities including the water feature, the biscuit catcher. aviary and the Highfield Pavilion café with its wide range of refreshments.

Celebrate 75th VE Day with a street party TAMESIDE residents are encouraged to get with ideas for games, quizzes and organisation involved in the 75th anniversary of VE Day by tips to make sure parties thrown are a success. hosting street parties with their neighbours. Communities will also be able to borrow The 8 May 2020 marks 75 years since Victory bunting, road signs and games for free on a first in Europe Day (VE Day) with a three-day come first serve basis. international celebration planned around that Cllr Leanne Feeley, Executive Members for weekend. Lifelong Learning, Equalities, Culture and People across the world celebrated Germany Heritage said: “Street parties are a brilliant way surrendering after six years of WWII on 8 May to bring communities together, form friendships 1945. People danced in the streets as the day and raise community spirit. With us all living more marked the end of the war and the suffering it independent lives, people often feel isolated within had brought to millions. their community and street parties are the perfect opportunity to combat this. This year the early May bank holiday has been moved from Monday 4 May to Friday 8 May to “The simplified procedure makes it much easier mark this landmark anniversary. To capture the for residents to close their roads and I hope spirit of celebration and bring communities many choose to get involved in this international G C O M together, Tameside Council has simplified the celebration.” I N M U U R N T I T R I process to help residents close their roads on U E S The street party guide is available online at N the 8 May weekend and will be encouraging tameside.gov.uk/VE75 or by telephone on: more people to close their roads as part of an 0161 342 4144. initiative called Open Streets. The deadline to apply for road closure for VE Day There is no cost involved for closing a road and a is midday on Monday 13 April. new street party guide has been launched today SPRING 2020 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 18 Colour all around Spirit on tour ART students from Ashton Sixth Form College give their interpretation of the world around them in. THE Spirit of Manchester award presented to the people of Greater Manchester in recognition of their decision to choose “Colour” the latest exhibition at the Market Gallery. They mix, love over hate in response to the Manchester Arena attack made balance and refine to offer an abstract view of the scenes they a stop at Ashton Library on its toured of the region. encounter. You can see “Colour” in Ashton Market Hall until the end of March. Cllr Leanne Feeley with the award at Ashton Library

College students with their art

Securing... Tameside’s heritage WORK has taken place to secure the future of Mossley’s historical Hartshead Pike. A structural survey showed that while the main structure of the listed building was stable, maintenance work was needed to Planting... more trees reconstruct the stonework lantern feature and repoint the spire masonry to make it watertight. TAMESIDE is planting 220 trees after a successful application to the Urban Tree Challenge Fund. The scheme, which is The popular local landmark is an important part of Tameside’s administered by the Forestry Commission, was established heritage that Tameside Council is committed to preserving for to contribute 130,000 trees to the Government’s target of future generations. planting a million in urban areas by 2022. Fifty will be planted on Lees Road, Ashton, with the rest in Haughton Green at Mancunian Road (100) and Lancaster Road (70). The £92,000 grant will also pay for the first three years of their care.

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TAMESIDE Council is investing in Stalybridge Town Centre after agreeing to match fund a successful application to Historic England’s High Street Heritage Action Zone initiative. The council could receive up to £1.27 million of funding meaning a combined total of £2.54 million will be invested. Following consultation, the council is preparing to move forward with the additional investment in Stalybridge through the Greater Manchester Town Centre Challenge. It’s been earmarked for a range of projects including a shop-front grants scheme, community engagement, more town-centre events to follow on from the lantern parade and cycling festival, and a look at the possibilities offered by the civic hall and Astley Cheetham Art Gallery. This follows on from work already underway to look at repurposing Tameside Council Executive Leader Cllr Brenda Warrington space in the town and to create a heritage walk from the railway said: “The package we’re putting together represents a real vote of station, along Market Street, and towards Armentieres Square. confidence in Stalybridge. I’m very excited about the town’s future The plan is being implemented with the help of the Stalybridge and I’m sure the residents will be too when our plans are finalised.” Town Centre Challenge Board - a working group comprised of local To find out more visit: representatives. tameside.gov.uk/stalybridgechallenge

Citizen news in brief Hyde bid success LGBT history month The Council was recently successful in a bid for FEBRUARY was a busy period for Leigh Drennan, has invited group £100,000 from the “One Public Estate/British Property Tameside Youth Service’s LGBT members to join him for tea at Federation Futures Challenge” to look at ways to Outloud group. Dukinfield Town Hall. reinvigorate Hyde town centre. We want our residents to be at the heart of our plans, making better use of LGBT History Month events The council has also been the existing public assets while capitalising on new included a production at Cyclops in accredited by the Manchester developments being built around the centre. We Ashton, and there were information Pride Charity as being a ‘Good would value your views, ideas and suggestions on stalls at Tameside College’s three Practice’ organisation for being a what’s important to you. Help shape Hyde for the 21st sites for Valentine’s Day offering welcoming, inclusive and accessible Century and have your say at information and support. The organisation for LGBT+ people. tameside.gov.uk/hydeconsultation Civic Mayor of Tameside, Cllr Tobacco seized ROLLING tobacco and more than 200 packets of smuggled cigarettes were seized during a joint operation in January. The haul was revealed when Tameside Trading Standards officers and police colleagues used Wagtails detection dogs to search six premises.

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Book your place: http://icanbe.click/172 SPRING 2020 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 21 Easter Event Spectacular COME and meet the official Ben & Holly at our Maggie the Magpie and of course an Easter egg Easter Event Spectacular at Ashton Market. hunt with the chance to win a giant Easter egg! Soak in the atmosphere on the Market Square Book a place on our Kid’s Cookery Club on by taking time out on our deckchairs whilst Saturday 18th April, where youngsters from age enjoying family entertainment including Punch 2-12 years will learn important life skills on how and Judy, classic cars, climbing wall, archery and to make food from scratch, easily, healthily and children’s rides whilst also enjoying our Market fun. After, look for a unique gift, present our treat on the Square and popular Saturday Market. from our unique individual crafters who will be joining Ashton Market on our Cake and Craft Over in Hyde our popular Saturday will be taking Market alongside our popular Saturday Market. place alongside family entertainment, giveaways,

THE Tameside Carers Centre has moved to a new home with improved accessibility for residents, after being officially opened by our executive leader, Cllr Brenda Warrington. The centre is providing information, advice and support to carers as 11% of the local population registered as looking after a loved one. Executive leader, The Carers Centre, previously in Hyde Town Hall, has returned to Ashton Cllr Brenda Warrington as part of the People Place at Tameside One. For information or support opens the Carers Centre about carers’ issues contact the Tameside Carers Centre on 0161 342 3344, [email protected] or by visiting tameside.gov.uk/ carerscentre Free food vouchers for families on low income support Healthy Start Vouchers help women on certain benefits who If you already have an application leaflet just fill out the form are either at least 10-weeks pregnant or have children under inside, ask your GP, nurse, midwife or health visitor to sign it and four, to buy milk, fresh or frozen fruit and vegetables or then simply send it to Heathy Start using the freepost envelope vitamins attached to the leaflet. If you don’t have an application form you can find one on the Healthy Start website at: Pregnant women under the age of 18 who are not on benefits healthystart.nhs.uk/healthy-start-vouchers/how-to-apply/. also qualify for vouchers and Healthy Start vitamins are also available for eligible women and children. They use information from your tax credits and benefits claims to check you qualify so make sure all your details (including your Depending on where you use your Healthy Start voucher you address) are up to date. could potentially get a pack of bananas, a pack of apples and a bottle of milk, every week. The vouchers can be spent at shops who’ve registered to Applying for Healthy Start Vouchers is easy, many professionals accept receipt of them. Look out for the Healthy Start sticker in (such as community and voluntary groups, foodbanks, housing, the shop’s window or ask inside. To find a shop near you visit childcare, health and social care professionals) can support you healthystart.nhs.uk/healthy-start-vouchers/where-to-use- to complete your application if you need help to do so. the-vouchers/

Executive Member Cllr Eleanor Wills said: “Too many vouchers are going unclaimed in Tameside. It’s important that we introduce healthy and nutritious feeding/eating for babies and children, which supports healthier food choices in later life.” SPRING 2020 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 22

29 March 7 April Country Park Round Creating a Buzzzz! Citizen A strenuous nine-mile ramble on In the run up to Earth Day (22 the eastern edge of Tameside’s April) come dressed to “bee moorland. Steep hills and rough friendly” and create your own what’s on terrain. pollinator patch to take home. Try For a full calendar of events visit: www. tameside.gov.uk/events Meet 10am in Castle Clough a buzzin’ bee craft, discover mini- car park, Buckton Vale Road, beasts in the afternoon, meet our Carrbrook. friendly beekeeper and even try 8 March 15 March some yummy honey treats. Safari Phil and the Critter Crew Rome on the Low Farmers’ Market and Tabletop Noon to 3pm at Lymefield Broad Safari Phil’s back to help us Take a four-mile stroll back Sale Mills, off Lower Market Street, celebrate British Science Week. This through the ages to the days when Get the best locally-sourced Broadbottom – 0161 342 4144. is no ordinary animal-handling Imperial Rome governed Werneth produce. experience. With an educational Low and Tameside with a fist of 9am to 1pm at Ashton Market. Make, Do and Play focus, everyone will go home iron. Meet 1pm at Lower Higham Artist-led craft activities for all knowing something new. Visitor Centre, Higham Lane, 31 March ages. £1 per child. 11am to 3pm at Portland Basin Hyde. Making Friends with the 11am to 3pm at Museum, Ashton – 0161 343 Archives Portland Basin Museum, Ashton 2878. 18 March What can the borough’s archives 0161 343 2878. Masterclass tell us about churches and 9 March Christina Longden shows how to chapels? 8 April Ashton Bazaar use creative fiction for your family 2pm at Tameside Local Studies Meet Tommy Atkins Asian fashions, sweets, food and history. and Archives Centre, Cotton Find out first-hand about the more. 2pm at Tameside Local Studies Street, Ashton – 0161 342 4242. conditions British soldiers 10am to 4pm at Ashton Market. and Archives Centre, Cotton experience on the First World War’s Street, Ashton – 0161 342 4242. 4 April Western Front. Ashton Bazaar Hyde Artisan Market 11am to 3pm at takes place 21 March Get the best of arts, crafts and Portland Basin Museum, Ashton Cake and Craft Market handcrafted goods in the market 0161 343 2878. every Monday Around 25 stalls selling homemade square between 9am and 3pm. 10am to 4pm cakes, buns and pies along with Junior History Club 9 April at Ashton Market a selection of craft stalls offering Children’s activity around an Junior History Club handmade goods. historical event. For youngsters Children’s activity around an 9am to 2pm at Ashton Market. aged six and over. historical event. For youngsters 11 March 10.30am to noon at Tameside aged six and over. Tameside History Club Introduction to Stone Carving Local Studies and Archives 10.30am to noon at Tameside Laura Smyth and Debbie Learn the basics from Andrew Centre, Cotton Street, Ashton – Local Studies and Archives Worthington talk about the Worthington and take home 0161 342 4242. Centre, Cotton Street, Ashton – famous Ashton poisoning case of something to be proud of. 0161 342 4242. 1886. Cost £45/£40 – all materials and 5 April 2pm at Tameside Local Studies tools provided. CoderDojo Make, Do and Play and Archives Centre, Cotton Booking essential on 0161 343 Come along to learn how to code, Artist-led craft activities for all Street, Ashton – 0161 342 4242. 2878. develop websites, apps, programs, ages. £1 per child. 10am to 3.30pm at Portland games and much more. Open to 11am to 3pm at Portland Basin 14 March Basin Museum, Ashton. seven to 17-year-olds. Museum, Ashton – 0161 343 Market on the Square 11am to 3pm at Active Oxford 2878. Look out for local craftsmen, 22 March Park, Pottinger Street, Ashton. artisan traders and food producers. Etherow Classic https://tamesidecoderdojo.org. 11 April 9am to 4pm at Ashton Market, A 10-mile walk to Compstall and uk Market on the Square between the market hall and the back with lots of hills, woods, Look out for local craftsmen, library. rivers, lows and beautiful views to 5 April artisan traders and food producers. enjoy. Kids in the Environment 9am to 4pm at Ashton Market, 15 March Meet 10am at Lymefield Visitor If you’re aged seven to 11 between the market hall and the Mad Science Centre, off Lower Market Street, and interested in fun, forest library. In celebration of National Science Broadbottom. activities and learning about the Week, four mad scientists will be environment, then KITE is for you. Easter Sunday – 12 April in town with their labs to bewilder, 25 March 10am to noon at Park Bridge Easter Egg Hunt baffle, surprise and entertain. 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Portland Basin Museum, Ashton 10am to 3.30pm at uk uk 0161 343 2878. Portland Basin Museum, Ashton. Kids in the Environment Kids in the Environment 14 April 26 April If you’re aged seven to 11 If you’re aged seven to 11 Make, Do and Play Chadkirk Chapel Ramble and interested in fun, forest and interested in fun, forest Artist-led craft activities for all A 10-mile walk across Werneth Low activities and learning about the activities and learning about the ages. £1 per child. to the historic delights of Chadkirk environment, then KITE is for you. environment, then KITE is for you. 11am to 3pm at Chapel and back via Etherow 10am to noon at 10am to noon at Portland Basin Museum, Ashton Country Park. Park Bridge Heritage Centre Park Bridge Heritage Centre 0161 343 2878. Meet 10am –at Lower Higham 0161 330 9613. 0161 330 9613. Visitor Centre, Higham Lane, 15 April Hyde. 9 May 13 June Go Wild in Spring Market on the Square Market on the Square A chance for the whole family to Farmers’ Market and Tabletop Look out for local craftsmen, Look out for local craftsmen, try some den-building, go on a Sale artisan traders and food producers. artisan traders and food producers. nature walk around the reservoir, Get the best locally-sourced 9am to 4pm at Ashton Market, 9am to 4pm at Ashton Market, have a go at a nature craft, and see produce. between the market hall and the between the market hall and the what secret life lurks in the stream. 9am to 1pm at Ashton Market. library. library. 1 to 3pm at Castle Clough car park, Carrbrook, SK15 3PJ – 0161 Spring Family Fun Day 16 May 20 June 342 4144. Enjoy the flowers and have a great Cake and Craft Market Cake and Craft Market natural history adventure with Around 25 stalls selling homemade Around 25 stalls selling homemade Meet Tommy Atkins our dinosaur and fossil-themed cakes, buns and pies along with cakes, buns and pies along with Find out first-hand about the activities. a selection of craft stalls offering a selection of craft stalls offering conditions British soldiers Noon to 4pm in Stamford Park – handmade goods. handmade goods. experience on the First World War’s 0161 342 4144. 9am to 2pm at Ashton Market. 9am to 2pm at Ashton Market. Western Front. 11am to 3pm at 28 April 26 May 27 June Portland Basin Museum, Ashton Hospital Artisan Market Hospital Artisan Market Armed Forces Day 0161 343 2878. Handpicked traders selling fruit, Handpicked traders selling fruit, Join us in Victoria Park, Denton, to vegetables, plants, cheese, pies, vegetables, plants, cheese, pies, celebrate Britain’s armed forces, 16 April cakes, bread, chocolate, olives, cakes, bread, chocolate, olives, past, present and future, and the Make, Do and Play eggs, crafts and more. eggs, crafts and more. 75th anniversary of VE Day. Artist-led craft activities for all 9am to 2pm at the Hartshead 9am to 2pm at the Hartshead ages. £1 per child. South entrance, Tameside South entrance, Tameside 28 June Hospital. 11am to 3pm at Hospital. Farmers’ Market and Tabletop Portland Basin Museum, Ashton Sale Making Friends with the 0161 343 2878. Farmers’ Market and Get the best locally-sourced Archives Tabletop Sale produce. This month’s topic is How Does 18 April Get the best locally-sourced 9am to 1pm at Ashton Market. your Garden Grow? Cake and Craft Market produce. 2pm at Tameside Local Studies Around 25 stalls selling homemade 9am to 1pm at Ashton Market. and Archives Centre, Cotton 30 June cakes, buns and pies along with Street, Ashton – 0161 342 4242. Hospital Artisan Market a selection of craft stalls offering 5 June Handpicked traders selling fruit, handmade goods. Whit Friday Band Contests 2 May vegetables, plants, cheese, pies, 9am to 2pm at Ashton Market. “The greatest free show on earth” cakes, bread, chocolate, olives, Hyde Artisan Market at venues across Tameside. eggs, crafts and more. Get the best of arts, crafts and 22 April 9am to 2pm at the Hartshead handcrafted goods in the market Tameside History Club 6 June South entrance, Tameside square between 9am and 3pm. Katie Henderson from Manchester Hyde Artisan Market Hospital. Police Museum talks about the Get the best of arts, crafts and Register of Aliens (1914-1969). handcrafted goods in the market 2pm at Tameside Local Studies square between 9am and 3pm. and Archives Centre, Cotton Street, Ashton – 0161 342 4242.