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Cakes in the Park… 4 Aug 2013 | 06:25 pm
And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon, located on Burton Road, West Didsbury has been expanding in quite a few ways recently. New additions the menu, including a good range of gluten free options, a we...
What a load of rubbish… 6 Jul 2013 | 11:13 pm
Spurred on by Prestwich Life and a recent community clean-up in which they were involved, we joined forces with West Didsbury Residents’ Association, to do a similar event in West Didsbury. Although t...
Little Italy in West Didsbury… 5 Jul 2013 | 10:28 pm
Looks like Azzurro,West Didsbury picked the right weekend to launch their Friday & Saturday daytime opening. With temperatures like the Italian Riveria, what better way to enjoy a late Friday lunch, s...
Standing Up For Withington… 3 Jul 2013 | 12:21 am
We’re probably all well aware of the recent news about Withington Baths & Leisure Centre – earmarked for closure, massive public campaign in support of the plan to convince the council to reconsider, ...
Guest Blog Post – Flashtag Writers Short Short Story Slam 1 Jul 2013 | 08:55 pm
We’d like to say a very big thank you to Didsbury’s Izzy Bowen, who popped along to The Albert Club on Friday evening, for the Flashtag Writers Short Short Story Slam – a Didsbury Arts Festival compet...
A Very Spooky Tale… 26 Jun 2013 | 12:46 am
In my previous life, as an English teacher, I’ve sat through a fair few performances that, shall we say, didn’t quite have me on the edge of my seat. However, on Saturday evening, at The Parsonage, H...
The Violet Hour Comes Of Age… 23 Jun 2013 | 07:58 pm
For quite a few years, the above was a familiar sight on Burton Road, West Didsbury. What had been Hibberts – a butcher’s shop – had fallen into rack & ruin. People came and viewed it, shook their hea...
Didsbury Arts Festival is on it’s way… 17 Jun 2013 | 10:58 pm
On Saturday 22nd June, the annual Didsbury Arts Festival returns and this year promises to be the best yet. With most events being completely free of charge, there’s absolutely no reason not to indulg...
Didsbury Festival 2013 9 Jun 2013 | 01:51 am
Unbelieveably, the sun has shone on Didsbury for the last few days – and looks set to continue to do so, for a little while longer – and that was very good news for Didsbury Festival. Whilst some peop...
Oh Manchester, we do *love* you… 3 Jun 2013 | 06:25 pm
For one reason or another, we didn’t make it into Manchester this weekend, for the “Wish You Were Here” themed Manchester Day parade. From what we saw via twitter, looked like a great day, although no...
