Author: GVC

Please find below a message from the Friends of Margaret Haes Riding Centre.

Best wishes, Julie

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Dear All in Greenmount Village Community ,   

Our newly formed group “Friends of Margaret Haes Riding Centre”  kindly invite you to purchase tickets for our Bonfire Raffle at only £1 each  

But first…

For those of you not familiar with Margaret Haes Riding Centre (MHRC) for over 40 years this independent charitable organisation based in Holcombe and run by volunteers has helped hundreds of people with special needs, young and old, enjoy the experience of riding with all the benefits that provides in the West Pennine Moors in the Holcombe area.

The reason for the Raffle…

As well as struggling to survive a pandemic resulting in reduced income streams the charity wants provide some basics, specifically to install hot water for their volunteers, riders and staff in the brew room and toilets.

This involves an expensive electrical upgrade and plumbing. We have people kindly donating their skills but still need to buy materials. Please help to improve the safety for our riders, volunteers and staff. There is no hot water on site at the moment (except by boiling a kettle) !                                   

Four fabulous prizes on offer, could be a perfect Christmas present !  

1^st : JEROBOAM (3ltr)  BOTTE OF TAITTINGER CHAMPAGNE.. this could liven up a xmas lockdown ! 

2nd  : LILY OLDFIELD  SPA VOUCHERS … indulge yourself   ! 

3^rd   : AFTERNOON TEA FOR TWO WITH FIZZ  AT HOLLAND’S OF HOLCOMBE ….a pleasant way to finish a long walk !    (expiry February, flexible with timings re: covid  ) 

4^th   : ONE  HOUR  HORSE RIDING EXPERIENCE   FOR 4 PEOPLE  …enjoy the views on a lovely hack to Peel Tower!  ( suitable for all levels of ability, subject to MHRC TC’s for lessons inc maximum rider weight 14 stone). 

Please buy tickets online using a credit or debit card via MHRC  donate button on the website and make sure when you donate you add a comment “Bonfire Raffle”.

The link is  https://www.mhrc.co.uk/donations/donate/  .    Tickets ONLY  £1 each.

Your ticket number(s) will be emailed back to you and a live Facebook draw will take place at the stables on Friday 6th November  2020  Timing to be confirmed 

If you prefer to buy tickets in person please contact Debra via [email protected]

Thank you 

Friends of MHRC

A note from Alistair:

Now those of you who remember the opening of the Woolford Viaduct in May 2012 may recall we held an exhibition in the Old School and sold around 300 pasties!

One of the exhibits I managed to get along on the day was an OO gauge model railway depicting the line from Tottington to Holcombe Brook. This video is from that model by Peter Crichton, it’s owner. I do recall an earnest conversation that I happened on between Peter and Gordon Foote about some of the inaccuracies in the model. Gordon related them to me on several occasions when we walked the Lines.

I was trawling through YouTube this week and came across this vision of Holcombe Brook and Tottington that I had never seen before.

Enjoy!

Good Morning Everyone,

Please see the latest Bury Update attached as well as some Government / NHS Guidance around the current Local Covid High Alert Level.

Julie Southworth

Hi,

The next Greenmount Woodland Management session will be on Friday October 23^rd starting at 10am.

We are meeting close to Tottington Station/Incredible Edible at the viaduct that is Kirklees Street and South Royd Street. We will open the barrier to the Lines and allow parking down the side of Kirklees Street. A map is attached and the postcode for the junction is BL8 3NA.

The purpose of meeting here is to clear some of the vegetation along the Lines from that end and also to crown lift some branches and attend to any trees which are in the way.

I look forward to seeing you there.

All the best,

Alistair

Dear All,

Tottington and District Horticultural Society

Dorothy Heaton has advised us that the talk scheduled for the 14^th October has been cancelled.

Porch Boxes

We’d like to thank people who came to donate to our Harvest collection at the Tottington Centre. We collected an amazing 1055 items along with £125 in monetary donations in just an hour. So once again, a big thank you. 

We now have a lot of dry pasta & porridge so aren’t in need of more at the moment but thanks to those who have already donated some. We have got together a list of items we do need in case people are wondering what best to donate. Please see the attached document.

In addition to the Porch Boxes scheme which is running to serve our area there is also a food bank in operation at the Brandlesholme Community Centre, located next to the shops on Brandlesholme Road. In addition to requesting food donations they are currently short of shopping bags and egg boxes and have asked if we can share this message to see if anyone can supply these, either new or used.

All donations are gratefully received between 9:30am and 1pm each weekday.

More information can be found at https://www.brandlesholme.com/

Thank you

Julie Southworth

A quick note to mention that the TDHS talks on October14th “Gardening for Wildlife”  and  November 11 th “Weaving textiles on a hand  loom”  have been cancelled.