Joan Lestor House, on Ellesmere Street, Walkden, had stood empty for five years becoming a target for anti-social behaviour and vandalism.

Salford housing association Salix Homes bought the derelict site in 2017 and has now transformed it into nine contemporary, one and two bedroom apartments for social housing rent.

Mayor of Salford Paul Dennett cut the ribbon alongside Salix Homes chief executive Lee Sugden and the new residents to mark the official launch of the refurbished social housing development.

Mayor Dennett said:

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“Joan Lestor House has a longstanding history of catering for those in need within our city and it’s fantastic to see the building now renovated, brought back into use and fit for purpose as social housing.

“Social housing is hugely undersupplied in the modern British housing market, and is a vital service both in maintaining standards in rented accommodation, whilst providing a roof over people’s heads that they can afford.

“Many thanks to Salix Homes, but also to Homes England and Emmanuel Whittaker for delivering on this fantastic project, which will support residents in the city as we work together in tackling the housing crisis.”

 

Joan Lestor House, named after the Labour MP Baroness Lestor of Eccles, was built in 1999 and provided a refuge for homeless, vulnerable women until it closed down in 2013 amid funding cuts.

Salix Homes worked alongside partner contractor Emanuel Whittaker to carry out the ambitious £800,000 refurbishment and remodelling scheme, which was partially funded thanks to a £234,000 grant from Homes England Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme.

Among the first residents to move in are Latifa and Jamal Mkali with their two children, aged one and four.

The family had previously been living in a one bedroom flat in a tower block, and say the extra space has made a huge difference to their lives.

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“Previously, my family and I were living in a one-bedroom flat on the 12th floor of a tower block. Having two young children meant the trip up and down the building with both children and a pram could be quite stressful.

“When we first saw our new apartment we said ‘wow’. Being on a lower level has made our trips in and out so much easier. Plus, having the extra bedroom has given us some much-needed space for storage and for the children to enjoy. We’re so happy to be able to make a home at Joan Lestor House and we look forward to our future here.”

 

Lee Sugden, chief executive at Salix Homes, added:

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“With the lack of social housing being a prominent issue across the whole of the UK, we’re very proud to officially open our fantastic new social housing development, which is providing nine, modern new homes for people in housing need, like Latifa and her family.

“With 6,000 people on the housing register in Salford alone, not only have we provided a roof over the head of those that need it most, but we’ve also given a new lease of life to this once-abandoned building, which had become a real blight in the community.

“Salix Homes is passionate about delivering more social housing in Salford to help tackle the housing crisis, so the official opening of Joan Lestor House marks a very proud moment for us and we hope the residents will be very happy in their new homes.”

 

Also attending the launch were Samantha Fisher and Victoria O’Callaghan, who previously worked at the hostel providing support to the residents and were thrilled to see the building brought back into use.Samantha said:

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“As a project worker at Joan Lestor House, I saw first-hand the positive effect the hostel had on women as part of their journey to turn their life around. It really was a hugely supportive environment, and the house is filled with lots of fulfilling memories for me.  

“The building has so much potential so we’re relieved to see it being put to good use. The fact it has been re-opened upon the same principle which underlined its previous use as a hostel – to meet the housing need and help those who need it most –has bought us so much joy. We hope the new residents enjoy it there as much as we did.”

 

Earlier this year, the project was featured on BBC documentary series The Empty Housing Scandal, presented by Matt Allwright, which shone a spotlight on initiatives to bring empty buildings back into use as housing.

Programme makers visited the derelict site ahead of the refurbishment scheme and recently revisited the project this summer to film scenes showing the progress of the development, which is due to be aired on a new series of the show in the new year.

The much loved Greater Manchester Archaeology Day returns to Peel Hall at Salford Uni Campus on Saturday the 30th of November (2019) and this years Brian Grimsditch Memorial Lecture will be given by Dr Mike Heyworth who holds the position of executive director of the council for British Archaeology. 

Brian was a well known figure across Greater Manchester having overseen many a dig and discovery, some of which our predecessors SalfordOnline and Historian Tony Flynn had the opportunity to cover.

Sadly Brian passed away aged just 61-years-old in 2015. His memory lives on in what has become an annual history lecture at the event each year.

This years event falls on the 30th of November 2019 and the day will see many talks from centre staff as well as stalls detailing their most recent fieldwork spanning the previous twelve months.

There will also be stalls selling archaeology and history books as well as refreshments available in the form of teas, coffees and biscuits.

Some of the most prominent excavations across Greater Manchester will also be highlighted by leading experts in their field.

The inspiration for both the Federation and the Archaeology Day can be traced back to the establishment of the Greater Manchester Archaeology Group, in 1979. This was the forerunner of the first version of the Greater Manchester Archaeology Federation, which was established in 1984.

The Group, along with the newly established Greater Manchester Archaeology Unit (in 1980), ran a Greater Manchester Archaeology Day in 1981 and throughout the 1980's.

So they are running into a series of celebrations with 2020 marking the 40th anniversary of professional archaeology within Greater Manchester, and 2021 marking the 40th anniversary of the Greater Manchester Archaeology day, at least as a concept.

Many things have changed in those four decades and GMAD 2020 will be looking to capture some of those developments.

Tickets for the day are priced at just £10 each and are available from the link below.

https://shop.salford.ac.uk/product-catalogue/conferences-and-events/greater-manchester-archaeology-day

Photo: Hart Hill Dig, SalfordOnline.

The vile images are said to have been found in the possession of an inmate who is being detained on a secure wing of the prison, where sex offenders are segregated from the main prison population for their protection.

The incident was immediately reported to the police who launched an investigation on the 18th of October.

A prison source said that as yet no arrests have so far been made but investigations into how the images made there way into the prison continue.

Prison Director, Mr Matt Spencer, said,

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“We can confirm that illicit items have been found following the vigilant work of our staff and we have referred this incident to the police.

”The prison has a number of 'protection wings' where sex offenders and other inmates are kept away from the main prison population over fears they may be attacked."

 

This latest incident comes little over three weeks after an officer was arrested on suspicion of smuggling in mobile phones into the Sodexo operated private-prison hidden inside a pair of boots.

The homes, which are available for affordable rent, are located in Walkden and Little Hulton, Salford.

In Walkden, an apartment block of 36 one and two-bedroom homes has been built at Rowan House while the Whittlebrook scheme provides 10 much needed two and three-bedroom family homes.

In Little Hulton seven one and two-bedroom bungalows have been completed at Russell Court, offering additional support to allow people to live independently.

The sites replace outdated housing schemes that were demolished back in 2017.

Nigel Sedman, Group Director of Homes, said:

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“We are delighted to be welcoming tenants into these newly completed homes. We hope their new home will offer somewhere they can feel safe and plan out a future with new possibilities.

“We have many other developments across the North West in the pipeline as part of our wider commitment to create high quality homes and places that people aspire to live and fuel their potential.”

 

One new tenant, Mr Hoey was offered a home in Rowan House with his wife.

Mr Hoey said:

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“I was really happy with the contact and information we received from ForHousing and since moving in, the great service has not stopped; we’ve been constantly kept in the loop. We feel so settled here and we’re so glad we’ve found our forever home.”

ForHousing has developed more than 900 new homes to date and is set to build a further 540 by 2020.

Two of the sites, Russell Court and Whittlebrook, were developed by property services business Liberty, while the third site, Rowan House, was developed by construction firm Strategic Team Group (STG), now part of Galliford Try Partnerships.

The schemes, designed by John McCall Architects, received more than £1 million grant funding from Homes England towards the development of the new properties.

Source: ForHousing

Police in Salford have asked for help in locating a JCB which was taken from a 'location' on Broughton Road in Lower Broughton.

They are asking for members of the public to keep an eye out for the machinery which may have been abandoned on a low loader.

GMP have not been too specific with the type and model or any other details if we are being honest but if you can help then please contact them via 101.

The best description we can give is it may be yellow and a bit dirty.

— GMP Salford (@GMPSalford) October 22, 2019

Emergency services responded after reports of a man being stabbed on Tudbury Way in Salford at around 4pm on Monday night (21st October), during an attack the victim was also reportedly hit with a hammer. 

The 42-year-old victim was taken to hospital where he is said to remain in a stable condition.

Another man also aged 42-years-old was arrested along with a 20-year-old man in suspicion of section 18 assault, they have both been detained in custody by GMP for further questioning.

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The night of the 22nd of May 2017 was a night that would never be forgotten by the people of Manchester, a night that would see 22 people callously slaughtered as crowds prepared to exit a packed Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena. 

As parents awaited their children in the foyer, British born Muslim of Libyan ancestery, Salman Ramadan Abedi, detonated a bomb hidden in his backpack which was so powerfil it was capable of killing anyone stood within a 20 metre radius outright.

In total 22 innocent people lost their lives, many of them children who had gone to see the concert, up to 250 others were caught up in the blast and injured , with countless others left holding emotional scars which will last them a lifetime.

The senseless killing of these innocents prompted scenes of mourning that Greater Manchester has never seen before, and hopefully will never bear witness to again.

Today, Hashem Abedi, brother of Salman, stood in the dock at the Old Bailey to enter his pleas of not guilty to the 22 counts of murder which were read to him by the courts clerk.

As each charge was read out he replied 'Not Guilty', the same response given when read the additional charges of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion to endanger life.

The start of the trial was put back until January the 13th 2020 and he was remanded back into custody.

The Salford Super Mum with a heart of gold is no stranger in Salford when it comes to helping those in need, since Natalie Jane Lek's early days which saw her cooking a thousand Christmas dinners for the most needy in society, she has gone on to found the much loved Launch Project with the goal of helping local families who are struggling to cope as austerity bites.

Be that via offering cheap but quality recycled school uniforms, to delivering cheap healthy food packages for those families who need to make every penny count when it comes to their weekly shopping bills, Natalie has tried hard to come up with a solution for everything and there really seems to be no stopping her.

With that in mind she has long recognised the need for a FREE legal advice service in Salford.

Lek Legal Services will offer completely free of charge legal advice to any resident of Salford who need it, this includes help with resolving benefit sanctions and penalty issues, help with advice and filing in forms for everything from housing benefit and council tax to personal independence payments and universal credit.

If the need be LLS will even attend tribunals and speak to the courts on behalf of their clients so as to ensure they have the best legal representation they can.

Natalie said, 

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“The free service is available to everyone, as is the same with everything that the Launch Project does.

“Our aim is to make sure that this service is accessible to as many members of the community as possible and that we are able support as many people in the community as possible.”

 

If you need help then Natalie encourages you to get in touch with them at the Launch Projects offices at St James House in Pendleton or even via their Facebook Page, if you are housebound and unable to get out to see them then they will even come out to see you in your home.

If you need legal help then don't be afraid to ask.

Over the summer there were a number of ownership changes within the bus network in Northern areas of Greater Manchester, many of which affect Salford

To make sure these changes passed smoothly for customers, a temporary arrangement was put in place for tickets issued by First, Go North West and Diamond Bus to be accepted on each company’s buses.

Now that each company’s network of services in North Manchester is clearly established, the bus companies say that there is no longer a need for this temporary arrangement to continue.

As such, with effect from 1 January 2020, each individual operator’s tickets will only be valid on that operator’s buses.

Customers are being advised to check that they have the correct tickets for the services they use.

For those customers who wish to use more than one operator’s services, there is a full range of great value tickets available through System One which are valid on all bus services in Greater Manchester.

For more information see systemonetravel.co.uk.

Mel Orme (10/01/1965) of Fir Street in Eccles has been charged with two counts of sexual assault.

On Saturday 19 October 2019 police were called to the Trafford Centre to reports that a man had been inappropriately touching women at the shopping complex.

He was arrested and held in custody before appearing yesterday (Monday 21 October 2019) at Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court, he has now been remanded and is set to reappear before Minshull Street Crown Court on Monday 18 November 2019.

The annual Halloween Spooktacular Party, Friday 25th October, 2-8pm, Buile Hill Park in Salford

Enjoy spooky family fun with frightful face painting, gruesome glitter tattoos, creepy crafts, spooky story telling, climbing wall, fairground rides, and curious critters animal and insect displays. Fancy dress is essential! Free entry. Additional charges apply for rides and stalls. Advance purchase discounted wristbands for unlimited rides for 2 hours available for £5. Food and refreshments available on site.

The Witches Walk at Buile Hill Park Friday 25th October from 4pm. £3 per person (under 2s free).  Last few tickets remaining.

This event is always a sell-out. Prepare to be creeped-out by taking part in the scariest-ever walk complete with spooky zones, freaky characters, amazing special effects, stilt walkers and live dance performances - frightfully good family fun for those that are brave enough. Walks start from 4pm and lasts up to an hour.

Spooky sports events

Ambrose Barlow  Sports & Performing Arts Camp, Monday 21 to Thursday 24 October, 8am - 6pm, St Ambrose Barlow RC High School

Various prices (see below), booking required. The BEST Holiday Camp in the city is back for October half term. Come and join our team of experienced tutors and specialist coaches in a variety of workshops and coaching sessions including dance, drama, music and sport. Children will learn new skills, be creative and most of all have fun. Suitable for children aged 5-12 years.

Offsite activities will also be available to swimming for children 8 years and over. Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult.

There are two start/finish time options for this camp:

8.00am - 6.00pm - £68 per week / £20 per day

9.00am - 3.30pm - £44 per week / £15 per day

Other sports camps are available at Co-op Academy Walkden, Irlam & Cadishead Leisure Centre, St Patrick’s High and Sayo & Sparky hub at Media City Oasis. Please go to https://www.salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk/halloween for full details.

Halloween pool parties

Jump into our spooky pumpkin-coloured pools if you dare.

Friday 25 October 1.00 - 2.00pm & 2.00 - 3.00pm at Swinton & Pendlebury Leisure Centre and Saturday 26th October 1.10pm-2pm and 2.05-2.55pm at Worsely Leisure centre. Join us for a spooky Halloween themed family fun swim in our orange coloured pool.  Booking is required.

Halloween Hunt at Blackleach Country Park

Thursday 31 October, 4.30 - 5.30pm, £4 per child, booking required

This Room on the Broom themed hunt in conjunction with Salford Libraries includes storytelling and craft at Blackleach Country Park. Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Book online or at Walkden Library.  

Other half term libraries events include Room On A Broom storytelling at four libraries:

Tuesday 22 October | 1.45 - 2.45pm | Height Library
Tuesday 22 October | 2.00 - 3.00pm | Broughton Library
Wednesday 23 October | 10.30 - 11.30am | Lower Kersal Library
Thursday 24 October | 11.00am - 12.00pm | Swinton Library
£1 for library members | £1.50 for non-library members | £3 for families, suitable for ages 0 - 7 years. Bring your little witches and wizards down for a re-telling of Julia Donaldson's Room on the Broom. There will be spooky crafts and activities inspired by the book. Drop-in, children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Ordsall Hall

Halloween Gnome Trail at Ordsall Hall – back by popular demand

The gnome trail will take place 21st October until 3rd November (during usual opening hours), £2 each, drop in. Some very creepy gnomes have taken over Ordsall Hall. Can you find them all? .

Other Ordsall Hall Halloween events include; Apple Day, Secret Spell Books, Its Not Just A Stick, Ghostly Storytelling Day and Pumpkin Paining Workshop. For full list of events and details, please go to https://ordsallhall.com/whats-on/

Salford Museum and Art Gallery

Family Film ‘Screaming’ of Hotel Transylvania (rated ‘U’) at Salford Museum and Art Gallery

Saturday 19 October 5.00 - 7.00pm, adults £8, children £6 (includes drink & snack), booking required. Come to this special after-hours family screening of Hotel Transylvania and watch out for things that go bump in the night.

There are other half term events and activities at Salford Museum and Art Gallery between 19-25 October including Toys Through Time (£1.50 for toy kit), Washday Wednesdays (free) and Lark Hill Place Through The Ages (free), Museum Explorers (£2) and the Lark Hill Place Sweet Shop. For a full list of events please go to https://salfordmuseum.com/whats-on/

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If you have a Netflix account like me then chances are you share it with members of your family, I know I do as my daughter currently lives away in Wales and she uses my account to catch up on episodes of her favourite shows. In fact the whole reason I got Netflix in the first place was to cut the cord with conventional broadcast TV and because of the flexibility of online streaming from anywhere in the world.

Well it seems all of that may be about to come to an end as apparently Netflix has had enough of what it see's as lost revenues, so if you innocently share your account with Granny then chances are she may be getting her services cut off in the not to distant future.

The provider has revealed that it is currently monitoring people who hand out their passwords to family and friends to use and the company is looking at ways to close the loophole which allows passwords to be shared.

The cost of the service ranges from between £5.99 and £11.99 and the most costly option allows you to view on up to four screens at a time so long as they know the password, but after falling revenues partly down to the investments made in programming by the company in recent years, they are now looking at closing the loophole.

This of course would risk alienating customers who are paying for the service with some declaring that they will simply close their accounts if it happens, a move which Netflix would want to avoid at all costs as they rely on the revenue to survive.

The real problem is not so much with families sharing passwords but with some groups who are making tidy profits at the expense of Netflix by reselling single accounts on a multi screen subscription at a reduced monthly cost.

Netlfix say's that it is looking towards Artificial Intelligence (AI) software to solve the problem, with one possibility coming in the form of video software provider Synamedia who have already showcased a fully working behavioural analysis solution which can spot patterns in where and how users log on to the service, flagging them for a human to take a look at.

The software monitors for what it considers to be fraudulent activity, then it alerts staff so they can act upon its findings and have final say on if you loose your account.

The amount of money Netflix claims it is loosing as a result of this kind of credential sharing is not to be sniffed at as losses could be as much as £7.6 billion by 2021 the firm claims.

Ironically I pay for a Netflix subscription I barely watch, my daughter watches from Wales and my son occasionally watches in between lectures and lessons at Uni. Neither do so from home. 

GMP are still investigating the circumstances as to how a small child was found locked alone inside a small dark room at a property in Pendlebury which was described as being the size of a prison cell.

Police discovered the boy locked away in a small dark room with just a bowl of water to drink from after being called to the property earlier this month (3rd October) , two people were arrested at the scene shortly afterwards.

A man aged 32 and a woman aged 30 were arrested on suspicion of child neglect but were later released under investigation.

The child is now in the care of Salford's Childrens Services.

Police say that enquiries are still on going.

Date and time: Friday, 25 October 2019 - 2:00pm to 8:00pm

Cost: £3 per person (under 2's free) - Booking is required

Suitable for: All, under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult. 

The Halloween Spooktacluar is back at Buile Hill Park on the 35th of October.

Last year the Witches walk was a sell out! It's back and BIGGER and BETTER than ever, with even more spooky zones, scary characters, amazing special effects, stilt walkers and live dance performances. It's frightfully good fun for the whole family, just as long as you're brave enough...

NEW FOR 2019 - is the 'Fast Track Package!' - beat the queues with fast entry (entry to any walk; 4pm, 5pm, 6.15pm and 7.30pm), Character meet and greet, plus a free goody bag for children, free souvenir photo for adults and a hot drink of your choice or a bottle of water.

Walks are being held at 4pm, 5pm, 6.15pm and 7.30pm.

You will need to purchase tickets for both yourself and your child(ren). Under 2's go FREE but you must select an under 2's ticket to enable them to enter the walk.

All tickets will be scanned at the walk entrance (next to Buile Hill Mansion House) and VIP fast track tickets will be scanned at the VIP entrance.

Parent notice re age suitability: In previous years children of ages have attended. We recommend the 4pm walk for younger children as it is still light at this time so will be more appropriate for younger children. There will still be actors within the walk, however the interaction will be milder with the aim of the later the walk the scarier it will be. Please bear in mind that the walk is Halloween themed so may scare younger children.

Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult. 

Parking

Limited on-site parking is available at £2 per car.

All additional activities except the fairground rides will take place in Buile Hill Banqueting Suite and will include:

Frightful Face Painting

Gruesome Glitter Tattoos

Fairground Rides*

Creepy Craft Workshop

Curious Critters; meeting bugs, reptiles and exotic animals

Spooky Storytelling

Hot and Cold Food & Drinks

Character Meet and Greet and Photo Booth

* Buy a fair wristband in advance and get up to 2 hours unlimited rides for just £5 per person.

Please note charges will apply for some of the activities listed above.

Funfair Wristbands

North West Funfairs are offering an all-inclusive 2 hour wrist band for the funfair which will be in operation during our Halloween Spooktacular and Witches Walk at Buile Hill Park. Find out more and buy a wristband online below. 

Book Online: https://witches-walk19.eventbrite.com/

Fun Fair Wristbands: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/north-west-funfairs-all-inclusive-2-hour-wristband-tickets-74408288193

This years FREE display will feature the 'Bones of Paine' spooky puppet parade as the event combines Halloween with Bonfire Night.

The funfair will be back and opens its doors from 5pm onwards with the spooky puppet parade scheduled from 6:30pm onwards.

The Bonfire will be lit as usual at 7:00pm with the much loved and spectacular Fireworks display to follow not long after at 7:30pm.

The event will end at around 9:30pm.

As always the roads around the area can become heavily congested so ensure if you are heading that way in the car that you leave early and please try to be respectful when parking as there have been many instances in which people have blocked homes in the area. Try not to park infront of driveways or block access routes.

Prince’s Park, Liverpool Road, Irlam, M44 6BJ

It has become something of a much loved annual event which attracts people in their thousands to the park, this year will not disappoint as the public from far and wide will once more be invited to descend upon the park to enjoy the Bonfire celebrations and as always it is totally free.

The event will start at around 5pm with a 'Little Sparks in the Park' display scheduled for around 5:30pm. This is a smaller display for the younger children with an emphasis on less noise and big bangs.

The bonfire will be lit from 7pm onwards with the main firework event taking place 30 mins later at 7:30pm with the event closing at 9:30pm.

A funfair will be on site again this year as will the various burger and hotdog stands so be sure to bring a little cash if you want something to eat.

As always parking is seriously restricted so be sure to get there early if you are looking for a spot and try to be respectful of the locals by not blocking roads or drives with your cars.

There are bus routes from across the city which cris-cross the area which we would recommend if and where possible as the roads around the park can become highly congested.

We have added the beautiful video of the 2016 display above which was put together by Daniel Moisescu on Youtube, check out his channel.

Buile Hill Park, Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8GL

The new major tram link will bring easier access to the Trafford Centre for Salfordians, having only previously been only accessible by either car or bus.

The £350m Trafford Park branch will see six new stops added to the network, offering a sustainable link to the busy visitor destination as well as into Trafford Park itself which is Europes largest trading estate and home to over 1,3000 business who employ more than 35,000 people.

The Imperial War Museum North will also be serviced by the new route, boasting its very own stop.

It will also bring a direct tram link between Manchester and the Trafford Centre for the first time and there are even future proposals to extend the link across the recently opened bridge which spans the ship canal at Barton, a move which would bring a much needed alternative access route for the Trafford Centre, Quays and Manchester for Irlam and Cadishead.

Trams have already been see testing the new line from Pomona.

As work nears completion, from the first quarter of 2020 the new route will bring direct Metrolink access to the much loved shopping centre for the first time. 

The stops have been positioned along the new route at...

Wharfside: Next to Manchester Ship Canal and close to Manchester United Football Club.

Imperial War Museum North: Positioned by the world-renowned museum with access to MediaCityUK via the existing footbridges.

Village: On Village Way, near Village Circle and Third Avenue.

Parkway: At the existing Parkway Circle roundabout. The stop will include a Park & Ride with spaces for approximately 200 vehicles.

EventCity: By Barton Square and EventCity.

Trafford Centre: At intu Trafford Centre, Barton Dock Road.
 

Manchester families are being invited to step into the realms of their imagination as Tangled Dance Company’s professional dancers and musicians unlock the frozen secrets of Salford’s Ordsall Hall and its enthralling world of wizards. 

Set in a magical wizarding world, the spellbinding promenade dance performance focuses on the world of the ‘Tailors of Illusion’, following the Tailors, as they move from room to room in the venue, working their magic to untangle the growing roots of greed and restore the warmth of Christmas.

Each year at Christmas one of the Tailors is called to the Sirens of Yore(Choir) to be tested. Siblings Greta and Kristoff are both young Tailors and this Christmas Greta has been selected to visit the Sirens.  She must collect one strand of each of their voices, to produce a magical cloak. Greta has to resist the urge to look into the Sirens’ eyes or a freezing curse will befall her and all in the land. However, Greta cannot resist and she looks into their eyes, then steals all their voices. Her heart turns to ice, and she is poisoned with such greed and hate that she goes on to rule the land and its people very harshly. Can Kristoff steal back the powerful voices and find a way to break the spell that has been cast on his sister?

Says Frosted By Magic artistic director and choreographer, Amy Hallam:

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“We’re delighted to be bringing the Frosted by Magic production to Ordsall Hall for the first time. The performance brings melody and movement, musicians and dancers together with Ordsall Hall adds an enchanting dimension to the Tailors’ story . The show promises to be an unforgettable festive spectacle of magic and is perfect for all the family, young and old.”

The Frosted by Magic production has been performed in previous years at Heaton Park, with feedback from audience members including:

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“What an enchanting performance, my kids were captivated all the way through and my mum (aged 70) thought it was brilliant. There’s not many shows that we can all enjoy together but this was definitely one! We will definitely be back” and “It was magical, I thoroughly enjoyed it! I think they should do more stuff like this in stately homes because everyone should get a chance to see something like this.”

This all-Manchester show will see Tangled Dance accompanied by live classical musicians from MAPAS, Crumpsall Concert Band, Blackley Band, and will feature dance students from Salford University, Oldham College and Salford City College.

Tickets cost £10 for adults and £8 for children and are now available on Skiddle and in person at Ordsall Hall. Performances run at 2.30pm, 4.30pm and 6.30pm on Saturdays and at 4.30pm, 6.30pm and 8.30pm on Sundays. Each performance lasts approximately an hour.

Tangled Dance Company was founded in 2013 by Manchester choreographer and dance artist, Amy Hallam. Amy graduated from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in 2012 and now works as a freelance dance artist touring internationally with companies such as Wired Aerial Theatre, alongside running Tangled. In February 2014 Tangled received a Research and Development residency with Dance Manchester exploring initial ideas for a project and Amy’s first production ‘Once Upon A Twisted Tale’ was born and toured venues and festivals throughout the North West since then; the success of these performances inspired her to continue creating work that engages the public.

Since then, Tangled has performed at such festivals as Ignite Imaginations - Sheffield Light Night, Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival and Manchester's Urban Moves International Dance Festival. The company has continued to expand, creating more and larger scale site specific productions and developed a unique strand of Dance Photography Workshops. Tangled has received funding from Arts Council England to support their projects since 2016 and Frosted by Magic is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

A real family affair, Amy works alongside mum Vicky Eccleston, a professional costume and props designer, who creates unique portable sets for all of Tangled’s productions.

Tangled Dance Company is committed to making contemporary dance accessible to the public and creating opportunities for Manchester and Northern based artists to work in the North of England. 

It is with great regret that due to recent extensive rainfall, subsequent flooding and their grass field conditions, they have had to make the difficult decision to cancel this years event.

All existing ticket purchases will be refunded.

Emails will be sent to all those that purchased via Ticket Source with further details.

Refunds will take between 7-10 days to process.

Airport Staff apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and they thank you for understanding.

Fortunately there were no injuries after an aircraft had to abort it's landing attempt as a firework exploded next to it during descent to the runway. The incident is thought to have happened on Friday 18th October.

The pilot was able to land on the second attempt but the act of utter stupidity has been slammed by airport officials as the outcome could have been a lot worse.

Airport bosses hit out at the dangerous, stupid and irresponsible act so close to the busy airport. 

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"Please can we stress how dangerous, stupid and irresponsible it is to let fireworks off in the close vicinity of an active airport.

"We've just had at least two fireworks set off on underneath our main runway approach, one of which exploded directly next to a landing aircraft which then aborted its landing."