Heywood & Hopwood July 2016

On pages 40 and 41, Mike Higgs from Heywood 

Market provides a full summary of the day 

accompanied by some fabulous photos. We are 

personally very grateful to Mike who supports us by 

writing so many fabulous articles for our magazines! 

On page 43 the Friends of Hopwood Park write about 

the event organised in June which was attended by 

over 120 children of all ages. There were all kinds of 

activities on offer including circus skills workshop, arts 

and crafts and face painting. The Group are currently 

planning more events like this and all the info can be 

found on their Face book page. Our regular ‘From the 

Archives’ feature continues this month with Gary 

Heywood- Everett focusing on the Rochdale born 

comedian Norman Evans on pages 32 and 33. 

We hope you have a great month and look forward to 

our next issue which will be the bumper 

August/September magazine before the summer 

break. 

Until next month….. 

Kate & Becky 

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HEALTH 

Slimming World 11 

HOTEL & SPA 

Norton Grange Hotel & Spa 30 

HOUSEHOLD SERVICES 

Ovenkleen 26 

JET WASHING 

aqua clean 28 

Restore – 

Exterior Cleaning Services 15 

KITCHENS 

Eurostyle Kitchens and Bedrooms 27 

Fineline 49 & 51 

Ideal Plumbing 32 

LEATHER CLEANING 

Leather Clinic 7 

LEISURE 

Friends of Queen’s Park Heywood 47 

LETTINGS & MANAGEMENT 

Morris Properties 52, 16 & 17 

MARKETS 

Heywood Market 50 

MOTORING SERVICES 

Summit Service Station 25 

NURSERY & PRE SCHOOL 

Heaton Park View 22 & 23 

REMOVAL SERVICES 

JLA Removal Services 8 

RESTAURANTS AND PUBS 

Norton Grange Hotel & Spa 30 

ROOFING 

Bamford Roofing 31 

G.L Roofline 20 

Heywood Roofing 24 

IKS Roofing & Guttering 8 

SECURITY GRILLES 

Alpine 12 

Swift Security 7 

SOLICITORS 

A2 Solicitors 13 

TIMBER AND RECLAMATION CENTRE 

The Wood Yard Heywood 14 

TUTORING – PRACTICE ENTRANCE 

EXAMS 

Sirius Tutoring 21 

TRAVEL SERVICES 

Junction 19 

TREE SURGEONS 

Tree Control 20 

TV REPAIRS 

TV Engineer 8 

VALETING 

S & H Car Wash and 

Professional Valeting 45 

VAN SALES 

Paul Anthony Van Sales 25 

WEIGHT CONTROL 

Slimming World 11 

WILL WRITING SERVICES 

The Willmaster 24 

WINDOWS, DOORS AND 

CONSERVATORIES 

Admiral Windows 48 

New Look Windows 2 

Per Fit Windows 1 

Your Choice 29 

WINDOW REPAIRS 

Heywood and Hopwood 

Double Glazing Repairs 44 

Window Doctor 20 

WOODEN FLOORING 

PJD Flooring 47 

WROUGHT IRON GATES AND FENCING 

Alpine Security Systems 12 

Swift Security 7 

The front cover image of a Kingfisher was taken on the river where it runs through Queen’s Park, Heywood, adjacent to 

the lake area. The photo was kindly supplied by local resident, David England. 

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COMMUNITY NEWS 

AND FEATURES 

Morris Property join in the celebrations at 1940's Day 33 

Heather's Couscous and Wild Rice Salad 33 

What's On 34&35 

"Heywood in Bloom" Update 36&37 

From the Archives - Norman Evans 38&39 

"And it's getting better, growing stronger" - 

Heywood 1940's Day 40,41 &42 

Friends of Hopwood Park 43 

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HEARING PROTECTION 

IS IMPORTANT 

Elephants have exceptional hearing ability which helps them ‘tune into’ things such as thunderstorms and explains the well 

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Prior to their purchase an appointment is required for impressions to be taken as all the above are custom made for you. 

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At Chippendale Hearing Services, we pride ourselves on providing 

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WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU HEAR. 

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Most people ignore their ears until something changes. Explaining how 

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Here’s a comment from someone who recently visited us: 

“I have recently suffered from hearing problems as well as tinnitus in my 

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As specialist professionals we are expanding our service and will soon be 

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Practice Entrance Exam Days for Bacup 

and Rawtenstall Grammar School 

Come and join us for a practice entrance exam day. 

Friday 22nd July 

Friday 29th July 

Friday 5th August 

Friday 19th August 

The day starts at 9.30am and finishes at 2.30pm. A buffet lunch is provided. 

The day will mirror the real exam. 

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l Heaton Park View Nursery provides quality childcare and education for 

children aged 0-8 years. 

l We are open 51 weeks a year Monday to Friday 7:30am to 6:30pm. 

l All Nursery Practitioners are Level 3 and above qualified with a wide 

range of experience working with children. 

l All Nursery Practitioners hold Paediatric First Aid Training, Safeguarding 

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l We are Ofsted registered and work with many Government initiatives 

to ensure we are providing a healthy and safe environment 

for the children. 

The team are extremely enthusiastic and passionate about progressing 

children’s learning and development. They provide stimulating and 

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learning and support children’s readiness for school. The staff encourage 

children to develop their independence and self-confidence in nursery. 

If you would like to come and look around the nursery please pop in or 

call us on 0161 6434276 to book an appointment. 

315 MIDDLETON ROAD, MANCHESTER, M24 4GY 

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Summer Family Fun Day 

Saturday 6th August 

Drop in between 11am and 2pm 

Come and join us for lots of activities, games and Summer fun 

in the sun. All families, friends and neighbours are welcome. 

You do not want to miss it! 

HOLIDAY CLUB 

Heaton Park View Nursery offers a holiday for children aged 5- 

8 years. This runs from 8am until 6pm in School Holidays. So if 

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We are also proud to announce that we are now a 

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Morris Property Join in the Celebrations for Heywood’s 

1940’s Day and Raise Money for Royal British Legion 

What a fantastic event Heywood 1940's Day was. Morris 

Property would like to give a special thank you to the Mayor and Mayoress 

of Rochdale for supporting our day by cutting our celebratory cake, which 

was later shared with a cup of tea to our 

many welcomed visitors. We also would like 

to extend a big, big thank you to the 

generous people of Heywood who helped 

us raise £200.00 in aid the Royal British Legion. The 

winners of our Raffle will be announced soon and 

listed in our shop window. Thank you, we are looking 

forward to next year already!! 

Couscous and Wild Rice Salad 

Recipe from Heather Williams 

Method 

1. Soak the couscous in an equal quantity of cold water and leave to soak 

and absorb the liquid for 10 minutes. Soak the raisins in warm water until 

plump. 

2. Place the wild rice in a pan and , cover with water and simmer for 20 - 

30 minutes. Drain and leave to cool. 

3. Heat the margarine in a frying pan and and cook the onion, garlic, 

green pepper, cumin and chick peas for a few minutes until the onion is 

tender. 

4. Add the soaked raisins and pine kernels and raise the heat to colour the 

kernels slightly. Add the rice and couscous to the pan. 

5. Mix all the ingredients for the dressing and stir into the pan with the 

spring onions and peeled ,diced apple. Season with salt ,pepper and 

cinnamon. Serve as a salad. 

Ingredients 

3OZ Couscous 

3OZ wild rice 

2OZ margarine 

1 onion, finely diced 

1 clove garlic, crushed 

I green pepper, chopped 

1 tsp cumin seeds 

4oz cooked chick peas 

2oz raisins 

1 oz pine kernels 

6 spring onions 

1 eating apple 

Pinch of cinnamon 

Dressing 

6 tbsps virgin olive oil 

2 tbsps white wine 

vinegar 

1 tbsps balsamic 

vinegar 

½ tbsp chopped mint 

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Whats On 

Heywood Market Hall - Opening Times 

Tuesdays 8.30am – 5.00pm 

Fridays 8.00am – 5.00pm 

Saturdays 8.00am – 5.00pm 

Guided Walks & Tours 

Syke Walk and Talk Group with Cutgate meet every Tuesday at 

10.00 am outside the Doctor's Surgery on Cutgate Precinct. The 

walks are free and open to everyone. All abilities catered for. 

All walks are sponsored by the Clinical Commission Group 

formerly, Walking for Health, run by the NHS. 

Springhill Hospice Events 

Summer Serenade – 23rd July 6pm for 6.30pm 

Sit back, relax in our award winning Hospice grounds and take in 

the evening sunshine, whilst listening to beautiful music at our 

annual Summer Serenade. July 23rd will see our lawns laden 

with supporters on deck chairs and picnic blankets, full hampers at 

their sides listening to the voices and music of The Greater All monies raised will go to the national Changing Someone's 

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Manchester Police Male Voice Choir, The GMP Band and the 

amazing vocals of local choir, The Voice. Tickets: £7 (inc glass of 

wine) available from Fundraising 01706 641790. 

Open Garden - Sunday 7th August 

We are very proud of our Hospice Gardens so please come and 

have a look round, you won’t be disappointed. Refreshments 

available, 11am – 3pm at Springhill Hospice. 

Calendar Launch – Thursday 25th August 

Official unveiling of the 2017 Springhill Hospice Calendar with the 

winning photographs and a chance to see just how beautiful our 

Borough is. To be held at Springhill Hospice. 

For further details about any Springhill Hospice events, please 

contact the fundraising department on 01706 641790 or by e- 

mail lillie.winterbottom@nhs.net. 

Friends of Queens Park 

Sunday 7th August Car Boot Sale 

Sunday 14th August St Michaels Brass Band from 2pm – 4pm 

Sunday 21st August Music Extravaganza 

Monday 29th August Punch and Judy Show 

For more details please check out the Friends of the Park website 

at www.queensparkheywood.org. Alternatively, contact Lol 

Richardson on 07721 676460, e-mail – ljleisure@aol.com. 

Friends of Rochdale Art Gallery, Touchstones, The 

Esplanade Rochdale – Tuesday 12th July 

The next event will be held on Tuesday 12th July from 12.15-1.45 

(speaker from 12.45). Douglas Jackson, who has written a book 

about Joseph Briggs & Tiffany Glass, will talk about the collection 

in the Haworth Gallery (Accrington). 

£3 members, £4 visitors including tea, coffee and biscuits. 

Rochdale Family Fun Day at Springfield Park - Sunday 17 

July 2016 

Rochdale's biggest park will be turned into a fairground with a 

grand marquee, outdoor stage, food court and a souk style 

selection of stalls on Sunday 17th July from 12pm until 7pm. 

There will be something for all the family including: Lazer Tag, Go- 

Karts, Birds-of-prey, Animal Feeding, Donkey Rides, Face painting 

and Henna. 

World campaign, to help raise awareness about hunger in the 

world and raise £250,000 to feed people in the UK and abroad. 

The event will take place at Springfield Park, Rochdale, OL11 4RE 

and entry will be free. 

Friends of Hopwood Park Upcoming Events 

Circus Skills Workshop/Arts and Crafts – 

Thursday 28th July 

To be held at Hopwood Park on Thursday 28th July 2016 from 

1.30pm until 3.30 pm. 

£1.00 per child (children under 4 yrs free) 

Circus Skills Workshop/Arts and Crafts – 

Thursday 7th August 

To be held at Hopwood Park on Thursday 28th July 2016 from 

1.30pm until 3.30 pm. 

£1.00 per child (children under 4 yrs free) 

All events will be held at Hopwood Park, Coronation Avenue, 

Hopwood, Heywood, OL10 2AU. 

All funds raised at events will be re-invested back into Hopwood 

Park for the benefit of the local and wider community. 

Whats On 


Whats On 

The Friends of Hopwood Park always looking for new volunteers 

who would like to get involved and help in any way they feel they 

can. Please contact Sandra on 07811 183064 for further 

information. 

Information on future events can be found on Friends of Hopwood 

Park Facebook page 

https://www.facebook.com/HOPWOODPARK/?fref=ts , website - 

www.friendsofhp.btck.co.uk or please contact Sandra on 07811 

183064. 

modern chart music plus a stack of their own original material and 

a touch of anarchy! 

Regional finalists of the coveted ‘Hard Rock Rising’ competition in 

2013, the band have already supported acts including The Script, 

McFly, N-Dubz and Scouting for Girls. They’ve played some of the 

UK’s biggest arenas as well as collaborating with Newton 

Faulkner. The lads released their debut Album ‘Original Junkie’ in 

2012. 

Heywood Model Railway Group 

Meetings are held in our building on River Street Heywood during 

the following times: 

Monday evenings from 18:30 to 22:00 and Wednesday from 

10:00 to about 15:00. 

If you are interested in joining the group then feel free to call in 

and see us during the above times. 

All meetings will be held at Unit 3 Park Works, River Street, 

Heywood, OL10 4AB 

Boomin will be joined by previously announced headliner The 

Fratellis alongside The Twisted Dolls and The Bright Black, plus 

more to be announced. 


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Rochdale Feel Good Festival returns on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 

August, for another showcase of entertainment, food and culture. 

Friday, Saturday & Sunday & All Bank Holidays 

Healey Dell Heritage Centre & Tea Rooms 

Organised by Healey Dell Heritage Centre 

A beautiful Victorian Tea Room with crystal chandeliers and grand 

piano, serving a truly fabulous selection of luxury loose-leaf teas, 

coffees, sandwiches and cakes, cream teas and full afternoon teas. 

Venue: Dell Road, Healey Dell Nature Reserve, Rochdale OL12 

6BG 

Time: 10am-4.30pm 

Enquiries: 01706 350459 or 07411234698 or refer 

www.healeydellheritagecentre.org.uk 

Rochdale’s Feel Good Festival – Saturday 20th August 

Rock and roll band Boomin will be playing the main stage 

at Rochdale Feel Good Festival this summer. 

Rory, vocalist and bass player in the band says they are looking 

forward to the show: 

“We’ve had some truly great nights in Rochdale. Playing to 5,000 

at the Feel Good Festival will be superb. We'll be bringing our own 

Chelsea Dagger, so get ready to party!" 

The festival includes live music across indoor venues, a main stage 

sponsored by The Flying Horse Hotel against the backdrop of the 

town hall, and Stage 2 - the community stage. Chefs and food 

producers will host live cooking demonstrations throughout and 

the festival will also include the popular food market. 

More acts will be announced this month. 

The summer festival is funded by Rochdale Borough Council 

together with sponsorship from local businesses. 

If you would like to get involved with the festival email 

events@rochdale.gov.uk 

Whats On 

The Wigan based trio who describe their sound as ‘fun, epic rock 

and roll’ will take to the main stage by the town hall on Saturday 

20 August, during the council run event - the biggest free music 

and food festival in the north west. 

For more visit www.rochdalefeelgoodfestival.co.uk go to 

www.facebook.com/feelgoodfestival or connect on twitter 

@FeelGoodFest 

Boomin, famed for their extravagant live shows, have been 

together for over 10 years. They take well known hits and play 

them with their own inimitable style, blending classic rock with 


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Heywood in Bloom 

Update 

We now have the date 

for the RHS judging 

for Heywood and it is 

Thursday 14th July. 

We have just 

celebrated our 

towns 1940’s day 

with a fabulous display of 

aeroplanes and army vehicles on show. The 

town was packed and entertainment was ongoing throughout 

the day. Heywood in Bloom had its tombola stall on the front 

street which helps to raise money towards funding our flower 

displays. The weather was perfect for the day and the town was 

buzzing with people really getting into the mood and enjoying 

the fun. 

The month of June is a very 

busy month and has seen lots 

of planting going on all around 

the town. New raised planting 

has taken place at The Brick 

House and new flower beds 

have been created 

throughout the town. The 

hanging baskets have been 

put up and extra brackets 

are going up on new 

businesses who have joined 

us this year. Crown Oil Ltd at 

Heap Bridge have joined our route 

this year along with the Crown 

Public house who have now 

purchased one of our banners and 

put up hanging baskets. 

The memorial gardens in the centre

of town have now seen the dedication of four new 

wrought iron poppy benches. The dedication was held 

on Saturday 18th June to commemorate the Battle of 

the Somme and followed by a parade through town. 

Two of the new poppy benches were purchased with 

funding from the Heywood Rotary Group. 

The roundabout at junction 19 has now had two 

giant plant pots put in place and planted up with 

colourful flowers. The plant pots have been 

purchased by the Heywood Rotary Club who have 

worked tirelessly within our town to raise the 

funding. 

We have also been putting lots of hours into getting 

our allotment ready and planted up. Volunteers have 

dug over all the plots (which had grown some huge 

weeds) and planted lots of vegetables. The 

greenhouses are well stocked with tomato and 

cucumber plants which already have some well 

grown cucumbers on them. The fruit trees are now 

enjoying the extra light and space after the park 

rangers cut back the overgrown area behind them. 

We would like to say a big thank you to Bob, 

Tommy & Steve who worked hard all day to 

chop down a jungle of brambles and selfseeded 

bushes and trees. 

We also want to say thank you to Heywood 

Scaffolding who kindly donated a dozen 

planks so we can build raised beds for the 

local primary school to use. They even 

delivered them free of charge! 

We have recently had some new helpers 

come forward to work in the allotment 

Steven and Colin. We still have room in the 

allotment for volunteers to come and spend 

some time call into our headquarters at 

TOPS (The Old Police Station) on Hind Hill 

St if you are interested. 

Ellen Wintle-Yates 

Chair - Heywood in Bloom 

Heywood in Blooms 

Newest Recruit 

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From the 

archives 

Norman Evans 

Through TV, film and radio we are familiar with celebrities in our homes, but things were 

very different prior to the 1950’s. Then, variety took place in theatres and tended to take 

on a local or regional character. Furthermore, many of those that took to the stage were 

ordinary people, often with ordinary jobs and living just down the road. No security-gated 

compounds for the stars in the 1920’s and 1930’s. One such star emerging from Rochdale 

was the comedian Norman Evans. 

Norman was born in Rochdale on the 11th June 1901 and after attending Castlemere Council School worked 

first as an office boy at Arrow Mills in Castleton, then for Swailes Ltd in Milnrow (formerly Lancashire Paper 

Tubes Company on Molesworth Street) initially in the office but then as a salesman or ‘rep,’ securing orders 

for the parent company. Although the pay was poor, it seems that Norman was good at his job. One incident 

suggests this as well as his sense of fun. Norman went to Sykes of Halifax – a particularly hard firm to get 

an order - and was quickly shown the door. In a local café he drew their manager as a huge monster 

chasing Norman down the road. He returned to the company, showed the cartoon to the boss and got his 

order ! He was as good at ‘reading’ his customers as he was at reading a theatre audience, another of his 

tricks being to imitate - accurately – his bosses and his customers. 

One of his work colleagues told me that Norman owned a Riley car which was constantly breaking down 

due to the petrol being ‘gravity feed.’ Norman didn’t understand this and when the mechanics ‘fixed’ it 

(by turning on a pump !) Norman was amazed and rewarded them with a packet of cigarettes. Stories of 

his practical joking at work are still told, for example his pretending that there was a mouse in the office 

to frighten the office girls. 

After work, Norman would indulge in his hobby – variety and theatricals. The late 20’s and 30’s was an 

era of the local concert party, Masonic Halls and ‘smoking clubs’ (all male) where Norman practiced his 

comedy and ventriloquist acts. Sometimes he would play for Sunday Schools, charging one guinea, and 

those who saw him said that he was never ‘smutty’ or crude, relying on good Lancashire humour to 

entertain. 

Talented as a comedian, pianist, trumpet player (and cartoonist), Norman left his rep’s job for a career in 

show business in 1934. Gracie Fields saw him at a charity show at the Rochdale Hippodrome in 1931 and 

being further alerted to his talents by a friend, gave him an audition in her dressing room. Impressed, she 

put him on her Friday night bill at the Chiswick Empire, knowing that Sir Oswald Stoll, the impresario, 

would be there. Stoll was impressed too and booked him for the Alhambra two weeks later. By 1935 Archie

Pitt had him under contract for the tour of ‘Mr Tower of London.’ 

When he left his job he said that he would come back to see them 

in Milnrow driving a Cadillac rather than his ‘tin can,’ and he 

did, for an unrecorded Workers Playtime at the Butterworth Hall 

Mill. 

On the national stage his career soon blossomed, appearing at 

the Royal Variety shows of 1936, 1947 and 1951, even 

appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show in America in 1949. Norman 

also made appearances in films just after the war and 

regularly appeared in pantomime – always as dame. He is 

best remembered though, for his comedy portrayal of Fanny 

Fairbottom, a toothless Lancastrian woman gossiping ‘Over 

the Garden Wall.’ These one-sided monologues would be 

about neighbours’ illnesses and good-natured local intrigue 

– often done in mime or silent mouthing when the subject 

got too hot or risqué. Acknowledging his debt to Norman 

Evans, Les Dawson recreated a similar gossip on TV in the 

1970’s. 

When variety dried up in the 1950’s Norman Evans returned to pantomime but a car accident near 

to his home in Fulwood, Preston, resulted in Norman losing en eye. Some years of recovery later, Norman 

made a comeback, working on his own TV series - The Norman Evans Show - between 1956 and 1958. By 

the early 1960’s he was performing throughout a summer season at Butlin’s Holiday camp in Pwllheli 

which he enjoyed though by that time in poor health. His final TV appearance was on Comedy Bandbox 

in 1962 shortly before his death. He was honoured posthumously with a plaque 

at the Manchester Opera House in 1999. 

Norman Evans was buried at Carleton 

Cemetery in Blackpool, on his headstone the 

words ‘Norman’s Last Garden Wall.’ 

If you have any memories of Norman Evans, I’d 

be delighted to hear from you and add them to 

a growing Rochdale archive on the subject. 

Please contact Gary Heywood-Everett at 

garyheywoodeverett@yahoo.co.uk or leave your 

memories at 0745201263.

AND IT’S GETTING BETTER, 

GROWING STRONGER! 

(Respect to Mamma Cass born 1941) 

Saturday 18th June saw Heywood’s 1940s event gain even more visitors and exhibitors than 

previous years. Unlike the previous two years, the rain held off all day. The bunting and flags 

had already been fluttering in the breeze for a few weeks previously. The Queen's 90th 

birthday started the celebrations and dovetailed neatly into the event. 

This year also sees the centenary of the Battle of the Somme 

and this was also commemorated with a remembrance 

service opened by the Mayor Cllr. Ray Dutton. The service 

was followed by the dedication of benches in the Memorial 

Gardens donated by various, local organisations. 

Earlier in the day trailers had arrived carrying 3 planes, the 

Hurricane and the ME109 were sited on Hill St. together 

with Military vehicles and period exhibits. The iconic 

Spitfire was delivered to Heywood Market Precinct where it 

was in the company of traders’ stalls, face painting by 

BoHo Beauty, a Bouncy Castle and the Jeep and armed 

petrol dump owned by Tony “Jeep" Wilson. Later in the 

morning, a vintage bus, courtesy of ELR brought the 

evacuees safely home to their waiting Mums and Dads. 

The planes always draw great interest with patient 

queues waiting to take advantage of the photo 

opportunities that they create, thanks go to "Spitfire 

Sharon" for managing this task with skill and 

humour. 

The Banjo Man, Bilko and many other entertainers 

kept the crowds amused all day. Tom and Simon 

from the Folksy Theatre group did their bit to their 

normal, entertaining high standard and assisted Hey 

Kids in showcasing their talents. 

The interactive “Somme" trailer drew big crowds 

together with the re enactors and period exhibits, 

contributed to the exciting atmosphere on the 

"encampment". 

Early afternoon saw the military led parade make its way around town with eager crowds gathering all along the route to cheer 

them on. The Concert at St. Lukes also drew a huge audience who were treated to a variety of local and professional acts. There 

were many fantastic comments passed to the "turns" after their performances. 

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There were numerous, new additions and attractions to the 

event as existing and new businesses committed their time and 

efforts to the day. All had great reactions from the crowds that 

formed. These new additions help to develop the event further. 

Those who saw " Patelvis" down at JazBa will know what I 

mean. 

The day continued until just before 4.00pm when suddenly, 

out of a grey sky we heard the unforgettable drone of a Rolls 

Royce Merlin engine. Suddenly an Iconic Spitfire broke 

through cloud in the skies above Heywood! 

It passed twice over the town, dipped its wings in salute to 

the planes on the ground and the crowds and flew off 

towards the horizon. A fitting finale to a truly fantastic 

day in our town. 

Thanks must go to all who gave their time and effort to 

the event. Township, the Business Group, local traders, 

Scout Groups, Cadets and many many more, far too many 

to mention here but you know who you are. 

My personal thanks also go to the businesses of Heywood 

Market Precinct, the Board, traders and staff of Magic 

Market for their support, the Business Group, Township and 

Sharon for her efforts and patience with me. 

Sam and his Network Scouts did a superb job on the day 

and Pam and Ole from The Plaice to Eat excelled themselves with a fantastic 

Tombola result. Oh and not forgetting all the "Volunteers" who turned out at short 

notice, to assemble and dismantle the Spitfire under the expert guidance of “Ken" 

from War and Peace. 

Last but by no means least, the people of Heywood...." we'll be back”!! 

Mike Higgs 

Heywood Market – Trader/Co-ordinator 

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Friends of Hopwood Park 

Plans for 2016 

e first event this summer on Hopwood Park organised by e Friends of 

Hopwood Park was a great success. Earlier in June over 120 children of all ages 

came to Hopwood Park and enjoyed an aernoon of fun with Skylight Circus 

Arts delivering a circus skills workshop, the children also took part in arts and 

cras, face painting and enjoyed refreshments served from Hopwood Cabin. 

e activities for this day were funded by a grant from 

Heywood Activities Partnership. 

e Group are planning more Circus Skills workshops, 

events and activities throughout the summer months. 

Information on future events can be found on our Face 

book page:- 

https://www.facebook.com/HOPWOODPARK/?fref=ts 

and on our website 

www.friendsop.btck.co.uk 

All funds raised at events will be reinvested 

back into Hopwood Park for the 

benefit of the local and wider community. 

Sandra Trickett 


Sustainable Urban Drainage System 

We are looking forward to seeing the completion of the on-going drainage project around the end of 

July. is has been a long term project which the Friends Group have been campaigning for many years 

to achieve. e end result will consist of a wildlife pond and improved drainage which will enable 

maximum use of the field for activities 

and events. 

e Friends of Hopwood Park always 

looking for new volunteers who would 

like to get involved and help in any way 

they feel they can. Please contact Sandra 

on 07811 183064 for further 

information. 

Sandra Trickett 



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