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Win tickets to Fifi’s brand new show, Fairy and the Flowertots
FIFI Forget-Me-Not, the star of the hit pre-school series, Fifi and the Flowertots, is coming to Stockport with her very own theatre show, Fairy and the Flowertots, and we have FIVE family tickets to give away.
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What's on - 6 September
6/ 9/2007
WHAT'S On for the week beginning Thursday 6 September ...
AIR RAID SHELTERS, Chestergate, Stockport:Family tours take place at 2pm on Sundays, booking essential; Explorer
APOLLO, Stockport Rd, Ardwick, Manchester: Sunday September 9, Natasha Bedingfield at 7pm.
BOLTON MUSEUM, AQUARIUM & ARCHIVE: Until November 3, Something Old, Something New, Bolton's Brides and their Dresses, 19th-21st centuries.
BRAMALL HALL: Sunday 9 September, Heritage open days, guided tours only at: 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, free of charge
BRIDGEWATER HALL: Saturday September 8, The Great Northern Brass Arts Festival 12 pm til late
BUXTON GHOST TOURS: Every Thursday and Saturday in meet at 8pm outside the front entrance of the Opera House, no need to book, 0161 491 0548.
BUXTON OPERA HOUSE: Thursday 6 to Saturday 8 Septmeber, 7.30pm, Motown's Greatest Hits! Dancing in the Street.
CHADKIRK CHAPEL, Vale Road, Romiley: Task days are held on the first Saturday of the month at 1.30pm, free, suitable for all ages, no booking, take wellies and a spade.
CORNERHOUSE, Oxford Street, Manchester: Friday 14 September - Sunday 11 November, 'Outside the Box' media exhibition. 0161 200 1500
DIDSBURY CRICKET CLUB: Monday 10th September at 8.30pm Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz.
FIVEWAYS HOTEL, Hazel Grove:
Every Wednesday at 8.30pm, big band concert of swing and jazz with theDouble "B" Jazz Orchestra.
GALLERY OLDHAM, Greaves Street: Until November 10, Creatures of the Night .
GUILD HALL, 169 Wellington Road South, Stockport: Every 2nd and 4th Friday, 9pm, Motown and Northern Soul.
HAT WORKS, Stockport: Until September 16, What's Hot! Sarah Cant, Hat Designer of the Year 2005; until October 28, Good Company: The Hatting Firms that Made Stockport Great, free exhibition; Thurs/Fri, August 30 & 31, Jewellery making workshop for 8-14 year olds, booking essential, 0845 833 0975 ; Friday, August 31, 1pm-1.10pm, Object of the month, short talk on the Quaker bonnet.
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM NORTH: Until January 6, 2008, The Animals' War; until November 4, Life and Freedom: Experiences of War and Independence, 60th anniversary of independence of India and founding of Pakistan.
JODRELL BANK VISITOR CENTRE: August 28-31, 2pm, Ask an Astronomer; 01477 571339.
THE LEGION, Turves Road, Cheadle Hulme: Every lst Friday in the month, 8.30pm-11.30pm, big band music.
LOWES ARMS, Bredbury: Second Monday of the month, 8pm-10.30pm, The New Lights Big Band.
THE LOWRY, Salford Quays: Saturday 8 September, Funny Business, contemporary clowning 11am and 1pm. In the galleries, until September 23, Ian Skoyles' jigsaws; until November 4, Myth of the North; until September 23, Jerwood Contemporary Painters.
LYME PARK: Saturday 8 September, The Hound of the Baskervilles, outdoor theatre, 7pm gates open 5:30pm. Call box office 0870 428 8934
MANCHESTER MUSEUM: Until October 31, A Place for Everything: Making Order out of Chaos; ongoing, After Life, contemporary products and artworks in amongst the Ancient Egyptian
displays.
MARPLE CONSERVATIVE CLUB:
Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz; the band plays here on 25 September at 8pm.
MARPLE NATURALISTS:Marple Naturalists hold an illustrated talk at 7.30pm on the 1st Wednesday
of the month in Marple Evangelical Church on Queen Street.
THE MET, Market Street, Bolton:
Friday, September 7, 8pm, Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick; Saturday, September 8, 8pm, U2UK
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY, Castlefield, Manchester:Until November 5, 10am-5pm, Doctor Who exhibition; until September 30,
Ferranti and Metropolitan-Vickers, displays from archive collections.
OPERA HOUSE:Tuesday 4 - Saturday 8 September, Mrs Brown's Last Wedding, 7,30pm Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22nd September, Mrs Brown Rides Again, 7.30pm. 0870 163 3402
PALACE THEATRE: Monday 17 - Saturday 22 September, Blood Brothers 7.30pm. 0870 163 3402
PEOPLE'S HISTORY MUSEUM, The Pump House, Bridge Street, Manchester:
Until September 30, Battle for the Ballot, the struggle for the vote in
Britain, closed Monday except bank holidays; booking advised, 0161 839 6061.
THE PLAZA, Mersey Square, Stockport:Friday 7, 7:30 pm Lenny Henry: Where you from?; Saturday 8 Heritage Open Day tours at 10am, 12pm, 2pm and 4pm free admission; Friday 14, An evening with Harry Blofeld 7:30pm
POYNTON METHODIST CHURCH: Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz on Saturday 22 September at 7.30pm
POYNTON BRITISH LEGION, George's Road West: Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz; the band plays here on the 3rd Thursday of every month.
PRESTBURY VILLAGE HALL New Duplicate Bridge Club every Wednesday 7pm until 10pm. No partner needed; Bridge tuition for improvers with supervised play. Tuesdays 1pm until 4pm. No partner needed.
SALFORD MUSEUM & ART GALLERY: Until January 2008, Shop 'til you drop! how shopping habits have changed in Salford over the past 150 years.
SALFORD QUAYS: Thursday 6 - Sunday 9 September, Hertitage open days.
STOCKPORT ART GUILD ART DEMONSTRATION: Thursday 6 September, Anthony Barrow, Portrait in oils 7pm - 9pm.
STOCKPORT COMMUNITY CYCLING CLUB:Saturday 15 September, ride along the Leeds - Liverpool canal to Greenberfield. Meet at Morrisons Bredbury at 9:30am to drive to Barrowford to meet up with the others.
STOCKPORT RAMBLERS COMMITTEE: Saturday 8 September, local footpath walk, Whaley Bridge Station. Contact Terry on 0161 477 5803.
STOCKPORT STORY MUSEUM, Market Place:Until September 23, 10am-5pm, The Magic of Puppets and Masks, free
TATTON PARK: Until February 2008, Hacienda 25 exhibition; also tours of the city and its museums, fashion workshops and film making, 0161 605 8200. Kiddy Cook - 4 August - 22nd September, teaches children to learn about 'good food' 10 - 12 noon.
WHALEY BRIDGE: Uniting Church Hall: Wednesday 12 September, Beginner's Morris Dancing, 7:30pm
WHITWORTH ART GALLERY: Until October 14, Featuring Walls: celebrating three centuries of
wallpaper decoration; until March 2008, The Uncertainty of Identity: The Biographies of Things; until March 2008, Sleeping Beauties:Walter Crane
and the Illustrated Book; until April 13, 2008, Trade and Empire: Remembering Slavery.
THE WITCHWOOD, 152 Old Street, Thursday, September 13, 8.30pm, Toxic Twins
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