Chorlton's Arctic Convoy veterans on Granada TV

Granada TV Tribute to Chorlton Good Neighbour's  World War 2 veterans

Local TV broadcast a short video of the event held on Feb7th at the Good Neighbours History Group meeting . Paul Crone of Granada TV interviewed the two Arctic Convoy veterans present - Chorlton Good Neighbours regular, Bob Cowan and John Mackay who we recently found out lived just down the road from Bob, but the two had never previously met

Report by Paul Crone

John Mackay and Bob Cowan talking to each other at the event

Some of the audience at the meeting

Art Exhibition at Chorlton Library

Chorlton Good Neighbours has an exhibition of the art work produced by its members who attend the art class on Thursday mornings. Here are Pauline and Margaret in front of the exhibition at Chorlton Library which runs until the end of February



The art work in place on the noticeboard in the foyer of Chorlton Library


Margaret Banks who runs the Art Class is here discussing with Pauline Robinson the best way of exhibiting the art work




On the other noticeboard in the foyer of the library we have also got information about the older men's group, tincluding the gardening club and the snooker and social afternoons. Also posters about our History Group which meets at 1.30pm on the first Thursday of each month

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all our supporters. We are having a New Year's lunch on Tuesday 8th January, midday for some of our older members who have spent the majority of Christmas on their own.

A couple of requests to help us out:

1. Has anybody got any Christmas crackers (unused!) that they can spare for the lunch
   


2. If you have any unwanted Christmas presents and wish to recycle them please could you bring them into the office and if they are chocolates, the office staff will enjoy them very much! But seriously, any unused gifts will be used as raffle prizes at the New Year's lunch

With best wishes to you all,

Helen

Bob Cowan and the Arctic Convoy medal

Granada Reports interviews Good Neighbours user, Bob Cowan, a WW2 Arctic Convoy veteran, following a campaign by Chorlton Good Neighbours to get the UK government to allow him to receive a Russian medal in recognition of his wartime service

Good Neighbours at Brookburn Summer Fair

The Good Neighbours stall decorating their own cupcakes

Good Neighbours at Brookburn Summer Fair, June 16th Carolyn on the stall Arthur and Hilda telling people  about Good Neighbours Hilda on the Good Neighbours stall A decorated cupcake!