This Is Westhoughton

05/08/2025

Raising money for our charities and for Happitots defibrillator repairs. Anyone able to help out with a face painter or bouncy castle please let us know.

05/08/2025

Join us on 16th August 🗓️ for a none stop day of fun for all the family to enjoy! 🎊

🩷 Hair Braiding
💚 Hook A Duck
💛 Bouncy Castle
🩵 Live Singer
❤️ Glitter Tattoos
💜 Ice Cream Van
🧡 Cake Stall

And so much more!

05/08/2025

Its that time again, we are looking for Volunteers for the Poppy Appeal. For the Westhoughton Area contact [email protected]

Any other areas go to - https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/volunteering-roles/poppy-appeal-volunteers?utm_campaign=Poppy-Appeal-Volunteer-Recruitment&utm_medium=Print&seg=POPAPLVOL2

05/08/2025

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

Are you a Veteran living in the BL5 postcode? Do you know a Veteran in the BL5 postcode?

Please get in contact, we are looking for 80 Veterans to enjoy an Afternoon Tea with us.

04/08/2025

🌟 Volunteer Opportunity: Experienced Café Helpers Wanted! 🌟
Are you passionate about coffee, food, community, and creating a warm, welcoming space? We're looking for experienced café volunteers to join our friendly team at The Hub At Westhoughton Charity!
📍 Location: The Hub At Westhoughton Charity, Central Drive, Westhoughton, BL5 3DS
🕒 Typical Shifts: Between 9:00am and 2:30pm, Monday to Friday
Flexibility available for part shifts or number of days—let’s find what works for you!
What We’re Looking For:
• Previous experience in a café or hospitality setting
• Friendly, reliable, and customer-focused attitude
• Confidence in using making and handling food safely
• Ability to work well in a team and under pressure

What You’ll Gain:
• A chance to meet new people and be part of a vibrant community
• The feeling of purpose
• Free drinks and lunch during your shift
• That warm fuzzy feeling from making someone’s day!
Interested?
📧 Email us at [email protected] or call for a chat during open hours 01942 635985, ask for Anna /Jayne. We’d love to hear from you!

25/07/2025

FAMILY FUN DAY @ WESTHOUGHTON CRICKET CLUB
(IN AID OF Macmillan Cancer Support)

📌 Westhoughton Cricket Club
📅 Sunday 3 August 2025
🕙 10am

For more information, see below 👇

24/07/2025

A date for the diary of Westhoughton residents.

📅 15 August 2025
⏰️ 10.50am (please arrive for 10.45am)
📌 Westhoughton War Memorial

21/07/2025

I'd rather be called racist for standing up for victims of the Pakistani r**e gangs, than stay silent.

These days, the label 'racist' has lost all meaning. In fact, if you're not being called racist you aren't speaking up enough - do more.

Our young girls and those now older victims who suffered when they were younger deserve so much better. The Pakistani r**e gang members all need to be brought to justice and the punishment needs to be severe.

Will Bolton Council hold a debate in the Council chamber on this issue, like they did about Palestine? I wonder - one is very much a local issue, and one is irrelevant to local politics yet is given pointless airtime.

And never forget, Labour were against a full national inquiry. They wanted to shut you up - call you far right, and ignore your concerns.

21/07/2025

We love to hear it! ❤️

I'm really not too interested about Pakistan, Palestine or wherever else. I care about Westhoughton, and I care about my local community.

An unusual thing for someone intending to stand for election to state in 2025, I understand, but there we go.

29/05/2025

You can now follow 'The Adventures of Howfenman' on his own page - Howfenman.

27/05/2025

THE ADVENTURES OF HOWFENMAN: THE GREAT DAIRY HEIST

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Chapter One: The Empty Fridge Crisis

It started as a whisper at the Co-op.

“Got no milk,” murmured Mrs. Gregson, holding an empty bottle with tears in her eyes.

By noon, panic had spread across Westhoughton like an out-of-control trolley. Supermarkets were bare. Cafés shut their doors. Even the chip shop ran out of cheesy chips. The town's lifeblood - dairy - was gone.

An anonymous note was found on the back of a yoghurt lid:

“Thanks for the loot. Moo-ve on. — The Atherton Crew”

The people were furious. The Mayor fainted again (this time onto a wheel of imaginary Wensleydale). But there was one figure already hoofing into action.

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Chapter Two: Enter Howfenman

At the Buttsworth Dairy Depot, Barry stood before the cold storage unit, now hollow and echoing. Not a drop of milk. Not a wedge of cheese. Not even a sad Babybel.

“This means war,” he muttered, slipping on his cape and flicking a switch.

A hatch opened to reveal The Lactose Locator - a custom-built sonar device tuned to trace dairy products by smell, temperature, and passionfruit yoghurt residue.

It beeped. It buzzed. It pointed…

“Atherton,” Barry growled.

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Chapter Three: Showdown at the Cream Fortress

The Lactose Locator led him to an abandoned meat packing plant just off the A579. Inside, the Atherton Crew lounged on stolen blocks of cheddar, using butter tubs as chairs and scoffing stolen yoghurts.

Their leader, Big Del, had covered himself in cream and was wearing two Babybels as earrings.

“You’ll never take our cheese, cow-boy,” Del sneered.

“You can steal our goods,” Howfenman said, “but you’ll never churn our spirit.”

With a mighty moo, he launched into action, dodging thrown cheese wheels, parrying buttered baguettes, and finally unleashing the Udder Slam - a ground-pound that sent the dairy crates flying back into their rightful coolers.

Big Del tried to flee with a wheel of brie but slipped on a puddle of Greek yoghurt and landed in disgrace.

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Chapter Four: Milk Restored

By morning, the milk vans rolled again. Children ate cereal with joy. Tea flowed like truth. And the chip shop reopened with triple cheese specials in Howfenman’s honour.

The Mayor pinned a golden cowbell to Howfenman’s chest. “Westhoughton thanks you again,” she said, dabbing her eyes with a napkin made from Stilton wrappers.

Barry just nodded. “Dairy belongs to the people,” he said.

And from every rooftop and lamppost, the townsfolk chanted:

“If he is in doubt, he’ll keep the Atherton lot out!”

To be continued…

08/05/2025

🇬🇧 HAPPY VE DAY 🇬🇧

VE Day 80 is not only a tribute to those who fought for the freedom we all enjoy today, but also a powerful reminder of the resilience and unity that have defined our country ever since.

"I say that in the long years to come not only will the people of this island but of the world, wherever the bird of freedom chirps in human hearts, look back to what we’ve done and they will say “do not despair, do not yield to violence and tyranny, march straightforward and die if need be-unconquered.”" ~ Sir Winston Churchill, May 8, 1945