Tameside Community News

13/10/2023

13/10/2023

HOWARD’S PICTURES FROM THE PAST

Howard Murphy has had a keen interest in photography for many years and has worked in the Ashton Town Centre Management office and as part of Tameside Markets team. Each issue he will share some gems from his collection.

Ashton Indoor Market holds a special place in lots of local shopper’s hearts. It is still a very popular location to visit and full of great independent traders, some who have been there trading many years and have built up a solid customer base.
In fact, only last month several of the traders in the market hall were nominated – and were successful – in this year’s Ashton Independent Business Awards, organised by the Ashton Town Team.
As is normal in a market or any high street traders come and go. However, do you remember some of these traders from recent years?
Based at the rear of the market hall was the popular stall ‘Aromik’. This unique outlet was well known for lots of those quirky little household gifts. They sold a vast range including everything from candles, glassware, ornaments and picture frames. A great place to visit when looking for something different for the home.
Another different trader was a lady called Galina, who first stood on the outdoor market with her quaint lingerie range. After several months she took the opportunity to move inside the market hall. Lots of her hosiery items were specially imported from Eastern Europe and she showcased everything from underwear to nightwear all in nicely patterned fabrics.
There was always that lovely, fresh new carpet smell as you passed by Carpet Giant’s large stall. On offer was everything from mats, rugs, sample books and woven carpets and the stall was a long-standing favourite in the hall.
When the market re-opened in 2008 after the devastating fire one of the market’s old favourites was back with a large brightly coloured stall. That stall was Gleaves Sweets of Yesteryear. They had rows of jars of sweets with everything from cough drops, aniseed balls and sherbet lemons. Also along the front of the stalls were rows of plastic containers where you could browse and then use the scoops provided to get your very own Pick ‘n’ Mix. Do you remember the dolly mixtures, jelly babies, twin cherries and liquorice allsorts?


Images and text by Howard Murphy.

27/09/2023

HYDE MARKET CELEBRATES SCI FI
Saturday October 7th sees Hyde Market Hall hosting a number of attractions to celebrate Sci Fi Saturday in the town centre. Tameside Markets, in partnership with Hyde Fundraisers, are providing a free ‘out of this world’ event for families and sci fi fans to enjoy. Key attractions located on the first floor of the Market Hall include a special display featuring sci fi props and models created by Chester model maker Kevin Davies. From a Space 1999 Eagle to Thunderbird 2 you’ll see an impressive collection of detailed miniature spacecraft from films and TV. Also to being showcased will be the debut gallery display from graphic artist Elliot Davey featuring characters from horror through to iconic images like Heath Ledgers Joker. Another guest at the Market Hall will be sculptor Phillip Thomas Robinson who has worked with Millenium FX on the 60th Anniversary Dr Who specials starring David Tennant and the new series featuring 14th Doctor Ncuti Gatwa. He’s also created highly detailed replicas of classic Doctor Who characters, some of which he will be displaying.

There will also be chances to see superheroes, villains and iconic sci fi characters at Hyde Market Hall and appearing on the Civic Square between 11am until 3pm. Character pop ups will also include The Mandalorian, face Dalek creator Davros, say hi to Spider-man and confront The Joker. Characters will appear in a random order so make sure you arrive early to catch your favourite.

At 1pm POP on the Civic Square will be hosting a Sci Fi/Superhero Fancy Dress competition too with some great prizes up for grabs!

Hyde Civic Square will also be hosting the monthly Artisan market organised by Little Owl so a great chance to start picking up those early Christmas gifts.

27/09/2023

TIME FOR HAPPY FEET

Basic foot care is something we should all be familiar with and part of our health regime. Wear proper footwear to protect your feet and toenails, you should wear closed-toe shoes or slippers with socks or stockings at all times. Wear comfortable, well-fitting shoes. Shake your shoes out before wearing them as you may not be able to feel a pebble or other irritant inside them. Also be sure to wear clean, dry socks and change them daily. Looking after your feet is also important if you have a medical condition such as diabetes or Peripheral vascular disease.

To help keep your feet maintained Age UK Tameside have launched a foot care service for the over 50’s based at their Katherine Street building called Happy Feet. Barbara McIntyre and Leinad Fell told us about the services on offer. “We have a trim and tidy option where we trim toenails and tidy any hard skin. Our deluxe service features the same offer but with the addition of a foot massage to help relax the feet.”

You can book an appointment by calling into Age UK in Ashton, emailing [email protected] or call 0161 308 5000. Barbara and Leinad will be looking forward to hearing from you and as they say “If your feet feel good, you’ll feel good!”

27/09/2023

TOGETHER FOR MACMILLAN

Dukinfield’s Together Centre hosted some special events last month to raise funds to support Macmillan Cancer charity. On Tuesday September 12th they hosted a free lunch for over 50 local residents along with a charity raffle and Tombola. On the Wednesday a coffee morning was also organised to support the work of the Macmillan charity. Councilor Jackie Lane, one of the centre Trustees, had organised the event in memory of her mother. She said “The lunch was for people 55 and over who live in Dukinfield which I’ve done for the last 40 years to remember my mum along with others like Mrs Chuka and Mrs Hyde. I’d like to thank Active Tameside, the kitchen staff Sharon and Leanne, Leanne the centre manager, all the volunteers who have come to help and the people who have come along to the events.”

14/09/2023

SCI FI SATURDAY IN HYDE

On Saturday October 7th Hyde Market Hall in association with Hyde Fundraisers will be be welcoming a host of out of this world characters on SCI FI SATURDAY. The event, organised by Hyde Fundraisers, will see superheroes, villains and iconic sci fi characters at Hyde Market Hall and appearing on the Civic Square between 11am until 3pm. There will be many character pop ups such as The Mandalorian, face Dalek creator Davros, say hi to Spider-man and confront The Joker. Characters will appear in a random order so make sure you arrive early to catch your favourite.

The Market Hall will also host a special display on the first floor featuring sci fi props and models created by Chester model maker Kevin Davies. From Space 1999 Eagle to Thunderbird 2 you’ll see an impressive collection of detailed minsature spacecraft from films and tv. Also to be showcased on the first floor will be the debut gallery display from graphic artist Elliot Davey – known on Instagram (FearZ.art) and You Tube where he has several time lapse videos showing some of the artwork being created. His work features characters from horror through to iconic images like Heath Ledgers Joker. Another guest at the Market Hall will be sculptor Phillip Thomas Robinson who has worked with Millenium FX on the 60th Anniversary Dr Who specials starring David Tennant and the new series featuring 14th Doctor Ncuti Gatwa. He’s also created highly detailed replicas of classic Doctor Who characters, some of which he will be displaying.

Hyde Civic Square will also be hosting the monthly Artisan market organised by Little Owl so a great chance to start picking up those early Christmas gifts.

For more details about Hyde Fundraisers you can visit www.hydefundraisers.com