The first lady of last orders has been a local favourite on the Moor since draught bitter was a shilling a pint – or five pence in today’s currency – and karaoke was a foreign language.
Night on Terror Island – at the Plaza
July 18, 2011 By
Heatons-based children’s author Philip Caveney launched his latest children’s book to a packed house at the famous Plaza cinema in Stockport.
Sustainable living in the Heatons
June 7, 2011 By
Do you want to live a greener Heatons? Then why not get involved with Sustainable Living in the Heatons and have some fun being green! In our last issue we told you how the 4 Heatons Traders Association (4HTA) and environmental charity Sustainable Living in the Heatons (SLH) have teamed up with Moor Mag with [...]
4HTA Summer Festival: Saturday July 16th, Heaton Moor Park
May 25, 2011 By
Following on from last year’s amazing success, everyone at the 4HTA (Four Heatons Traders Association) is excited to bring you more news of this summer’s festival. Saturday July 16th is the day; Heaton Moor Park (Peel Moat Road) is the venue. There’ll be so much going on for kids and adults alike that we’re already [...]
Memory Lanes – A history of The heatons
April 1, 2011 By
Some readers may recognise this building but to most it will be a mystery. Anglo-Saxon for ‘border river’, the Mersey separated Mercia and Northumbria and this put Heaton Mersey, on the north of the river, in Lancashire, until 1913. It was natural therefore that the Manchester Ragged and Certified Industrial Schools should build their Barnes [...]
Are you in the Green Lane Club?
March 31, 2011 By
What’s the greenest club in the Heatons? The Green Lane Club! After a visit to the Green Lane allotments, where children and teachers alike got the chance to meet the gardeners, pick the fruit, eat vegetables fresh from the earth and (best of all!) munch on luscious fresh strawberries, the reception class at Norris [...]
Our Heatons Wedding
March 31, 2011 By
By Rebecca Howarth Lee & I met 5 years ago. For the first 2 year we were ‘just good friends’ before we eventually became a couple – I just knew we would end up married and with children one day. When I found out I was expecting our son Max that was all the incentive [...]
Local Girls Have Plenty of Rhythm
March 29, 2011 By
Based at Priestnall gym, Stockport Rhythmic Gymnastics Club takes place every Friday night, from 6-8pm. We have gymnasts of all levels of ability and experience: novices, intermediates, even right up to national level competitors. Last year the girls had the most amazing experience when 20 of them took part in an international competition in Los [...]
Put on your Dancing Shoes
March 29, 2011 By
‘Britain’s Got Talent’ started a street dance craze after Diversity and Flawless battled it out in the final. Since then Street Dance has become a more recognised style of dance and its popularity is ever increasing. Primary Sports Coaching Limited has identified this trend, starting weekly Street Dance lessons. Street Dance is a bit of [...]
The Heatons: the best place to live, work and shop.
March 28, 2011 By
By Ben Poland Most businesses will understand the value of PR. As the old adage goes, “Advertising is when you tell everyone how good you are, PR is when someone else says it for you”. Now of course ‘The Heatons’ is not a business, but sometimes it’s useful to think of it in commercial terms. [...]
Stockport Express and Times reporter Kirsty Day holds a surgery at Heatons Library on the second Wednesday of each month. Go along for a chat with her and discuss local issues and concerns between 10.30am and 11.30am at the library on Thornfield Road.