Tag: Christmas, Manchester
Diner offers free Christmas dinner to 90 low-income families
Infamous Diner in Manchester is to close its doors to the public on Sunday 20 December to offer free Christmas dinners to struggling Salford families. The scheme –...
4* Review: Mr Popper’s Penguins – The Lowry, Salford Quays
A popular new family musical begins its Christmas run at The Lowry: Mr Popper’s Penguins. Based on the book by Richard and Florence Attwater, this was also given...
Watch: GMFRS Christmas film highlights need to help older people
John Lewis eat your heart out – Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has created its own poignant Christmas video. The Service’s Christmas Wish is about...
Watch: Do you ‘read’ too much into buying Christmas gifts?
Christmas is the season of giving but it seems a lot of us are left stumped when it comes to answering the important question of “what to get?” at this time of year....
Passengers advised to plan for a busy weekend
Passengers are being urged to plan their journeys and allow more time to travel this weekend. As the penultimate shopping weekend before Christmas and with several...
Joiner transforms Irlam street into free Disney Christmas wonderland
A joiner in Irlam has used his handiwork to turn his home street into a Christmas-lit wonderland, with the help of some famous Disney characters. Howard Wellock, 37,...
Terminally-ill Lexi, 5, to get special Santa visit in Walkden
A severely ill girl from Walkden is to get a surprise visit from Santa Claus tonight as part of Worsley Rotary Club’s Santa Sledge tour of Salford. Lexi Chester,...
Holidays are coming: Coca Cola Christmas truck returns to Trafford Centre this weekend
Coca-Cola’s travelling trucks have become Christmassy icons since they starred in the ‘Holidays Are Coming’ television advertising campaign in 1995....
From tonight: Santa’s Sledge to tour Worsley, Winton, Walkden, Little Hulton and beyond
A certain red-clad man with a white beard and a jolly laugh will be touring parts of Salford in a specially-made sledge from tonight to spread a little Christmas cheer....
Salford Choral Society take on Handel’s Messiah for Christmas
Salford Choral Society will kick off festive celebrations in style with a performance of Handel’s epic ‘Messiah’. Featuring four soloists and more than...
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