junes newsletter - Cascade Social Group
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junes newsletter - Cascade Social Group
Social Group March 2015 March www.cascadesocialgroup.co.uk Dates st Sunday 1 March Thursday 5th March Friday 6th March Sunday 8th March Friday 6th March 2015 – Monday 9th March Wednesday 11th March Friday 13th March Friday 13th March Event Info Walk: 3 Ressers (from Edgeworth) Lancashire Grade 4, 7 miles ‘Love’s Labour’s Won’ – The Plaza, Stockport Stockport Plaza – Tea/Talk/Film – Jessie Matthews Walk: Marple Edinburgh City Break “La Traviata”, Cineworld, Didsbury ‘Hairspray’, Stockport Plaza Jeff Warner, Bollington Folk Club th Saturday 14 “Hindle Wakes”, Octogon March Theatre, Bolton th Sunday 15 March Walk: Monyash Monday 16th March Reading Group Wednesday 18th March Friday 20th March Friday 20th March Friday 20th March Saturday 21st March Sunday 22nd March Sunday 22nd March Monday 23rd March Cut-off date Friday 20th Feb Cut-off date Friday 20th Feb Booking closed Book by Monday 2nd March Book asap Book by 14th February Regular members should ring if they cannot attend ‘Gone Girl’, Waterside, Sale Book by Friday 13th March Ten-pin bowling in the afternoon, Book by Tuesday Trafford Centre 17th March Rozafa Greek Taverna, Stockport Book by Thursday 19th March Buddy Holly Rock N Roll tribute Book by 20th Feb night, Altrincham Garrick The Jaywalkers, Sale Folk Club Book by Friday 20th March Jenny’s Carvery Restaurant, Manchester Walk: Ollerton Royal Exchange ‘Hamlet’, Book by Cineworld, Didsbury Thursday 5th March 1 Friday 27th March Saturday 28th March Saturday 28th March Sunday 29th March Tuesday 31st March Wednesday 1st April Sunday 5th April Friday 10th April Dining at ‘La Maison’, Sale Moor Day out in Oldham Book ASAP Favourite Foreign Films evening Walk: Chesham & Cheeseden Valley Drink and Chat, Sale April Fool’s walk Walk: Goyt Gait Meal at Boathouse, Sale Water Park Singles only please. Book by April 4th Write-up next month Regular members should ring if they cannot attend Book by Sunday 5th April Book early Sunday 12th April Walk: Monsal Head Monday 13th April Reading Group Thursday 16th April Saturday 18th April Saturday 18th April ‘The Hard Problem’, NT Live, Cineworld, Didsbury Ken Dodd at Stockport Plaza Sunday 19th April Walk: Gradbach & Lud’s Church Saturday 25th April MET Opera “Cavalleria Rusticana Book by Sunday and Pagliacci” Cineworld, 5th April Didsbury Walk: Whaley Moor, Disley Write-up next month Walk: Pott Shrigley Walk: Saddle of Kerridge ‘Entertaining Angels’, Wilmslow Book by Green Room Saturday 4th April Walk: Hartington Horizons Sunday 26th April Sunday 3rd May Sunday 10th May Friday 15th May Sunday 17th May “Soul Legends”, Waterside, Sale 2 Book by 7th March Write-up next month Friday 22nd May – Sunday 24th May 2015 Sunday 24th May Sunday 31st May Sunday 7th June Saturday 29th Aug 2015 –Saturday 5th Sept 2015 Every Thursday Weekend break including visit to Contact Pam to Chelsea Flower Show 2015 express interest asap Walk: Nostalgic Nantwich Walk: Hawarden Hike Walk: Butterton Bimble Activity holiday in Guernsey Fully booked Mottram Jive Club 3 Sunday 1 March Bolton Lakes (3 Ressers Walk) Grade 4 – Moderate 8 miles 3½ hours On this walk the going is easy with little climbing. Leaving the car park, we follow the Witton Weavers Way to the weir at the western end of Turton & Entwistle Reservoir, then take a path past Fox Hill along the northern shore, before joining the Weavers Way once more. We stay on the Way which meanders along the full length of the eastern edge of Wayoh Reservoir & goes through Turton Bottoms to the bridge at Jumbles Reservoir. Still following the Way, we cross the bridge & head north into open country passing Clough House Farm en route back to our starting point. Bring liquid refreshments and some food. Waterproofs and walking boots are essential. A walking pole would also be handy. After the walk we’ll have an optional meal at the Chetham Arm’s pub in Chapeltown. Thursday 5 March The PLAZA, ‘Love’s Labour’s Won’ (also known as ‘ Much Ado about Nothing’) By William Shakespeare Tickets: £15 (£13 concs) Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company from Stratford-upon-Avon Get the buzz of Stratford, at Stockport prices!!! -----------------Note: This play follows on from ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’, in our programme on Weds 11th Feb. Shakespeare’s comic romance plays out amidst the high spirits of a post-war house party in 4 Friday 6 March autumn 1918. As memories of the trenches give way to a life of parties and masked balls, Claudio and Hero fall in love, while Benedick and Beatrice reignite their own altogether more combative courtship. ---------------------------Note: Free on-street parking after 6pm. Please pay for the period before 6pm to avoid fines. The PLAZA, Jessie Matthews Double Bill Showing 2 of her Classic Films: Gangway(1937) and Evergreen (1934) ‘Tea and Talk’ Tickets: Tea/talk and film - £11 Film only: £6.50(£5.50) A rare opportunity for a ‘Tea and Talk’ event at the Plaza, to accompany selected classic films, presented by an expert guest speaker. At 6pm in the sumptuous surrounding of the Plaza’s Art Deco Café Restaurant, Plaza Director David Blake will be hosting again one of his informative and fascinating talks, which focuses this time on Jessie Matthews (1907-1981), star of the above double bill; also of the radio serial Mrs Dale’s Diary. At the same time, we will be served with a special afternoon tea. All very elegant. Then we go into the auditorium to see the film. -------------------Tickets for the Tea and Talk at £11 include the tea, talk and film. Note: Free on-street parking after 6pm. Please pay for the period before 6pm to avoid fines. 5 Sunday 8 March Marple Walk Grade 3/4 –Easyish/Moderate 4 miles about 3 hours Many members of Cascade are away in Edinburgh over this weekend but if you are at home and free on Sunday,join me for some fresh air and beautiful scenery on this varied walk. The walk takes us along the Macclesfield Canal and then the Peak Forest canal tow paths, across fields and alongside the river Goyt to Compstall. At Compstall we shall stop for drink/nibbles/toilets before returning through Brabyns Park. Some sections are going to be very muddy. There are some steepish sections. Waterproofs and walking shoes/boots are essential. Bring a drink and some nibbles to snack on. After the walk, we will eat at the Ring O Bells which serves excellent food. Friday 6 March to Monday 9th March 2015 Edinburgh City Break Mercure Hotel Princes Street Edinburgh Cost: £49 pppn shared room £69 pppn single room You couldn’t get more central in Edinburgh than that! The Mercure is a good value 3 star hotel with all the usual comforts plus a view of the castle from the dining room. This is a three night break to chase away the winter blues and we won’t be short of things to do. We can organise a tour of the Royal Yacht Britannia, Holyrood Palace or the Castle. We can do a walk up Arthur’s seat, Edinburgh’s own volcano or take a train ride across the Forth railway bridge. You can take your choice from the many galleries, museums and places of historical interest and the shops are close by. 6 Wednesday 11 March “La Traviata” At Cineworld, Parrswood, Tickets £19.30 (£15.50 conc.) Verdi's masterpiece of love and death, morality and sacrifice, is filled with compelling characters and instantly recognisable melodies. Brought up to date in a modern setting. A wonderful story and a perfect introduction for anyone who has never been to an opera before. This performance by the English National Opera is broadcast live in stunning multi-camera HD from the London Coliseum. Friday 13 March ‘HAIRSPRAY’ THE BROADWAY MUSICAL Performed by Romiley Operatic Society Stockport Plaza Cost: £15 (£13 concs) The songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues. In 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Deane Show. When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight, and meets a colorful array of characters. She then launches a campaign to integrate the show. Hairspray is a social commentary on the injustices of parts of American society in the 1960s Romiley Operatic Society are a very good amateur society with an excellent reputation. Stockport Plaza is easy access for public transport, train and bus, and on-street parking near the Plaza is free from 6pm. 7 Friday 13 March Jeff Warner Bollington Folk Club Dog and Partridge, Palmerston Street, Bollington SK10 5JX www.jeffwarner.com www.broombezzums.com Directions: Take A523 South and turn left at Legh Arms, Adlington. After 1.2 mile turn right onto Sugar Lane. After passing pub (Vale Inn) you should find parking space on street. Continue walking up hill to find D&P. Tickets not bookable – turn up early at this small venue to get a seat. Cost varies £5-8 on night Saturday 14 March Bolton Octagon Theatre HINDLE WAKES Cost: £12 (for group of ten) Set in a fictitious Lancashire mill town, this is a comic look at family conflict during wakes week, set just before the outbreak of WW1 This matinee is an ‘Investigate Day’ when we will have opportunity to discuss the play afterwards with the cast and director. Sunday 15 March Stonehenge (of the north) from Monyash Grade 4, Moderate, 6 miles & 3.5 hours Rated as moderate though I’m on the level when I say much of this walk is on the level. Hope that doesn’t leave you feeling flat. But we're heading for Arbor Low stone circle, that should give you a lift. 'Arbor Low is the finest Stone Age 'henge' monument in the North of England, a site of 8 unique archaeological and cultural interest' (not my words). It's impressive; though all the stones are now lying flat - it's that word again. It dates from about 2500 BC. Route: The walk starts from the attractive village of Monyash, from where we proceed for a few hundred metres to the head of Lathkill Dale. (WC facilities here). Lathkill is one of the prettiest dales in the Peaks; that's a pity because we will leave it after about a mile, and head up Cales Dale towards Arbor Low. We then find our way through open farmland to the ancient site itself. There is a coctlleion tin outside the adjacent farm - so please bring some change. Our return will be via a different route, pretty in its own way, though, of course, not as pretty as Lathkill Dale. Never mind. Monday 16 March Reading Group Meeting This month’s read is The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist By Robert Tressell The story follows the misfortunes of a group of painters and decorators in the south of Edwardian England. They are poor, they are unhappy, they are exploited and they ironically cling tightly to their right to remain in this state. The overarching questions posed in the book are -what are the causes of poverty, why do those oppressed willingly accept the values of the oppressors and why do they not rise up in revolt and take issue with the system that disadvantages them? Tressell himself was a workman and his richly detailed account of working class life in Edwardian England is drawn from first hand experience. A book that makes powerful and moving reading. 9 Wednesday 18 March Sale Waterside Arts Centre FILM GONE GIRL (2014) With Oscar nominated actress Rosamund Pike A mystery about a man whose wife has gone missing and the suspicions pointing to him soon after. Sale Waterside Arts Centre is opposite Sale Metro Station. Multi storey car park in nearby Broad Road Friday 20 March Ten Pin Bowling in the afternoon 14, The Orient, The Trafford Centre, M17 BED Cost £11.99 for two games Enjoy an afternoon of ten-pin bowling in good company. Friday 20 March Rozafa Greek Taverna Stockport EARLY DOOR MENU – 2 COURSES FOR £11:50 New members especially welcome! A return visit to this cosy restaurant where the food has always been delicious. There is a good selection of dishes to choose from & the staff are friendly & helpful. 10 Friday 20 March Garrick Theatre – Altrincham Buddy Holly Rock N Roll tribute night Steve Taylor is an accomplished singer/songwriter. Together with The Bootleg Crickets, they recreate the sounds and songs of the rock and roll music of Buddy Holly. The show takes you back in time with fantastic music and great atmosphere. Oh Boy! Saturday 21 March That’ll be the Day! The Jaywalkers AT SALE FOLK CLUB United Services Club, Southern Rd (off Mersey Rd) M33 6HQ *CHEAPEST BAR IN TOWN and SPECIAL HOT POT SUPPER for only £3.50 To reserve tickets [email protected] or Text 07710 422192. If you feel like coming on the night just ring or text the hotline above Tickets £9.00 If you like Bluegrass music you are in for a treat. The summer of 2012 saw The Jaywalkers – BBC Young Folk Award finalists 2009 – cement their place as one of the most exciting, virtuosic and entertaining young bands working on the British folk scene. June 4th saw the eagerly awaited release of their 2nd album – Early for a Thursday – but their busy summer was already well under way, with the band performing at over 24 festivals, from the farthest reaches of the A9 in North Scotland to the Southern tip of Swanage and an Eastern-most point of Broadstairs (and many places in-between). There was just enough time to fit in a quick trip to Europe, where the 11 band were placed 3rd at the European World of Bluegrass in Holland (making them the 3rd best Bluegrass band in Europe…or, that’s how we say it anyway). www.jaywalkers.co.uk Sunday 22 March Jenny’s Carvery Restaurant Britannia Hotel, Portland Street, Manchester, M1 3LA (Downstairs on your right as you enter the Hotel) Price £6.50 for 3 courses! The Hotel has a wide "fairy tale" main staircase with bridged type secondary rises repeated several times up the building, all topped by a mirrored ceiling. Viewing is essential to appreciate this jewel and - unlike most other things in the Hotel - is free to view. Sunday 22 March Walk: Ollerton, Cheshire (Grade II) 4 miles Meal: Dun Cow For further details, please contact Jan/ see website. Monday 23 March Royal Exchange “Hamlet” Cineworld, Didsbury Cost: Adult £10.40, Senior £8.42, Unlimited Card £5 Plus 50p booking fee per ticket From its sell out run at Manchester’s Royal Exchange comes this unique and critically acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with Maxine Peake in the eponymous role. Running time: 200 minutes 12 Friday 27 March Dining at ‘La Maison’ Sale Moor Enjoy fine dining and pleasant conversation at this highly recommended restaurant. Choose from either the ‘Early Bird’ menu (2 courses + glass of house wine or soft drink for £12.95) or the à la carte menu. It would be very helpful if you could bring some loose change to help settle the bill. Saturday 28 March DAY OUT IN OLDHAM Dare you leave Cheshire and have a day out in Lancashire?! If so, it couldn’t be easier to get the Metro to Kings St. Oldham, for the start of our day. Our first visit is to George St. Chapel. A fully restored, charismatic Grade II listed former Independent Methodist Chapel. (www.georgestreetchapel.com) We will then have lunch at ‘The Up Steps Inn’, a Weatherspoons pub in the heart of Oldham, offering good food and drinks at reasonable prices. To make the most of the day, either shop in Tommeyfields Market, or visit Oldham Coliseum to see ‘Ghost – the Musical’. Oldham Coliseum details: Fairbottom St. Tel 0161 624 2829 -------------------Cost: George St. Chapel - £3 Lunch – various Theatre - £16 (no concs.) No booking fee. 13 Come to all or any of the events listed. Contact me if you need further info or directions. Start: Metro Kings St. Oldham. Saturday 28 March . Favourite Foreign Films Evening You are invited to join me in my sitting room to watch a foreign film – with English subtitles – and discuss. Another Spanish film. This one is dramatic and very thought-provoking, while being also a very good evening’s viewing. “Tambien la lluvia” (“Even the Rain”) A Spanish film from 2010 by Icíar Bollaín, The film is about Mexican director Sebastián (Gael García Bernal) and executive producer Costa (Luis Tosar) who travel to Bolivia to shoot a film depicting Christopher Columbus’s conquest. Sebastián and Costa unexpectedly land themselves in a moral crisis when they and their crew arrive at Cochabamba, Bolivia, during the intensifying 2000 Cochabamba protests, which their key native actor Daniel (Juan Carlos Aduviri) persistently leads. This story within a story is based on true facts. It reveals the story of the “water wars”, the indigenous protests against the privatization of their water supply by multinationals, and parallels the Spanish conquest and exploitation of the New World. Interesting stuff! Brilliantly filmed. Tea/coffee/biscuits supplied. (50p donation appreciated) 14 Sunday 29 March . Chesham & Cheesden Valley Vantage Points Bury. Grade 3 moderate 5 miles. ‘The Forgotten Valley’ is how Bury History Society’s booklet describes the Cheesden Valley, & it is hidden away beyond the M66, the deep clough sees few visitors yet once its 14 cotton mills provided work for over 2000 people. Nearby by Chesham was the home of several wealthy cotton masters. Their mansions in the woods are now gone but the stately beeches and turkey oaks remain. If you came on my ‘Cheesden Valley Curves’ walk in August 2013, this is the walk next door with only a short overlap. The car park is free . Please car share where possible as the Pub car park fills up fast. Waterproofs, walking shoes/boots are required especially after rain as the ground may be boggy in patches and a ‘head for heights’ is needed as the path is briefly high & narrow. Bring some nibbles & drink to put you on as we’re having a pub lunch afterwards nearby at ‘The Swan & Cemetery’ an excellent refurbished pub which is on the homeward bound drive. See ‘swanandcemetary.co.uk’ for details. 15 Tuesday 31 March “Drink & Chat” The Mersey Farm Ashton on Mersey, Sale, Would you like to join me at the above venue – all welcome! It is a ‘turn up on the night’ event, although it would be appreciated, of course, if you could let me know if you are coming so that I can look out for you. Arrive by 7.30pm if you would like to have a meal first. Wide range of tasty meals to suit every taste and appetite. (see website) Join us from 8.30 onwards for a convivial evening! Note: This is now a regular event!!!!! ‘Drink & Chat’ nights every last Tue every 3 months. Next dates to put in your diaries: Tues June 30th and Tues Sept 29th! Wednesday 1 April “April Fool's Day Walk - The Incredibly Serious Tour” Led by Jonathan Schofield (pub walk fame!) Cost £8 Jonathan’s description of walk: “There will be no fun on this tour, no laughing and being silly. It's time to forget all the childish behaviour associated with this incredibly important day. The guide guarantees to fail to refer to the most farcical, ridiculous, stupid, side-splittingly funny episodes and stories of Manchester life. There will be no visits to places of public amusement, no ridiculous prizes given away. There will be no fun. By order. 16 The tour will be the very model of the perfect old-fashioned tour, because LIFE IS SERIOUS and we must maintain STRAIGHT FACES AT ALL TIMES.* Right you've been told. *The guide reserves the right to deviate from the description above. What is guaranteed is a 6pm start on Wednesday 1 April, a price of £8 and a meeting point outside Marks & Spencer on Market Street.” Sunday 5 April Goyt Gait Whaley Bridge Grade 3 – easyish (6 miles - about 3 hours) Walk Route From the car park we walk down to the River Goyt then follow the river to the tiny hamlet of Taxal. We climb out of Taxal towards Taxal Moor then head south, eventually crossing the dam at Fernilee reservoir. After crossing the dam we follow the river again before climbing through fields back to our starting point. Good walking boots and waterproof clothing are necessary and a walking pole would be very useful. Bring a snack and drink if you like. 17 Friday 10 April . Monday 13 April Singles Only New Members especially welcome Meal at Boathouse, Sale Water Park (formerly called Deckers). 2 courses ₤9.95 3 courses ₤11.95 Reading Group Meeting This month’s read is The Invention of Wings By Sue Monk Kidd This is a story about freedom, the thing so abstract when you have it, and so real when you're born without and crave for it. The novel starts in Charleston at the beginning of the 19th century when the reader will meet Sarah, a girl born into a wealthy and influential family, and whose father is a judge on South Carolina's court. On Sarah's eleventh birthday, she will receive a gift from her father, her own waiting maid named Helpful, whose real name is Hetty and who is burdened with slavery life. When the two girls meet there begins a relationship that will eventually become anything but what her father had in mind when he gave Sarah her maid. 18 Thursday 16 April NT Live “The Hard Problem” Cineworld, Didsbury Cost: Adult £16.25, Senior £14, Unlimited Card £7.20 Plus 50p booking fee per ticket Nicholas Hytner directs Tom Stoppard’s eagerly anticipated new play. Saturday 18 April Ken Dodd at Stockport Plaza, 5 (+mine!) tickets booked Cost: £20.50 Comedy legend, national treasure and patron of The Plaza, Ken Dodd returns to the North West’s home of live entertainment for a tattifelarious evening of laughter and songs presented by the king of comedy plus special guests. I’ve not seen him before. Everyone tells me to bring sandwiches and a flask as he goes on and on and on and on and ……… we have been warned. Can’t wait! Free on-street parking from 6pm. 19 Saturday 18 April “Soul Legends” at The Waterside Arts Centre, 1 Waterside Plaza, Sale Cost: £22.50 (no concessions) Talented singers and musicians, choreography and costumes, performing the music of soul legends Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Lionel Richie, Barry White, Wilson Pickett, Earth Wind and Fire, George Benson, Edwin Starr, etc. (A seated show) Saturday 25 April MET Opera “Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci” Cineworld, Didsbury Cost: Adult £17.42, Senior £14, Unlimited Card £7.20 Plus 50p booking fee per ticket Sir David McVicar directs an evocative new production of this magnificent versimo double bill. 20 Friday 15 May Wilmslow Green Room “Entertaining Angels” by Richard Evertt Cost: £9 As a vicar's wife, Grace has spent a lifetime on her best behaviour. Now, following the death of her husband Bardolph, she is enjoying the newfound freedom to do and say exactly as she pleases. But the return of her eccentric missionary sister Ruth, together with some disturbing revelations from the past, forces Grace to confront the truth of her marriage. With sharp-edged comedy and probing wit, this absorbing play asks whether God can be trusted to do anything right at all, or is the whole thing a divine exercise in trial and error? Friday 22 May – Sunday 24 May 2015 Weekend Break with National Holidays including Chelsea Flower Show 2015 Cost: £199 Join us for one of the ultimate events in the gardening calendar, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Stroll around a wonderful array of inspirational gardens and admire the vibrant horticultural displays on this three day break. Included in the holiday are: ▪ Coach travel with reserved seating ▪ Two nights dinner, bed and breakfast ▪ All bedrooms with en-suite facilities ▪ Visits to London and Royal Windsor ▪ Inclusive admission to The Flower Show 21 Saturday 29 August 2015 to Saturday 5 September 2015 Activity Holiday in Guernsey, Channel Islands Pandora Hotel Hauteville, St Peter Port Maximum 25 places Cost for 7 nights half board per person: £359:00 A comfortable 2 star hotel conveniently situated in an elevated position within ten minute stroll of the centre of St Peter Port, its harbour and bus terminus. We will be organising various trips during the week – walking, cycling, and visiting Sark, Alderney & Herm. Details of these advised nearer the time. A reminder that members are responsible for arranging their own Travel Insurance for this holiday which should include cover for cancellation & medical expenses as Guernsey’s Health Service is not part of the UK NHS. 22 Every Thursday 7.30pm to 11.00pm Learn to Dance at Mottram Jive Club The Village Hall, Mottram St Andrews, SK10 4QP www.mottramjiveclub.org.uk Cost: £6.00 Guests, £5.00 Members The ideal place to enjoy a full evening of dancing to music played by either resident or guest DJs. The evening includes two varied lessons, one to suit beginners & the other for more experienced jivers ... and you don’t need your own dance partner. The lessons are designed in such a way that you will dance with a range of dance partners of varied abilities and have fun jiving in totally relaxed and friendly surroundings. There is a licensed bar and free parking. Directions: Take the B538, the Wilmslow to Prestbury Road. After approximately 2 miles from Wilmslow, look out for a diagonal road to the right (as the B538 bends left) which takes you up a hill and into the village of Mottram St Andrews. The Village Hall is on the right, as you pass through the village. 23