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Picturesque Ramsbottom is a natural place to find artists and people who appreciate natural beauty and serenity. John Hassall is one of those people. His art career started years ago, when he drew churches, bridges and local landmarks in Ramsbottom and sold them door to door. He sold about 4,500 of these. “This was just work to keep crusts on the table,” he said.
What was your favourite toy when you were a child? The scalectrix set in the spare room was my pride and joy for a number of years, slowly transforming from a simple loop track with two...
A Ramsbottom condiment is making such a splash on dinner tables, the business behind it needs to invest in bigger premises. Grandma Entwistle’s Lancashire Sauce is stocked in more than...
The Ramsbottom Pool League has been running for over 25 years since it was established by Bill Talbot, who remains an active member of the committee today. League matches take place at...
Santa Claus is coming to Ramsbottom, sleighing down Peel Hill and sending Christmas merriment across the village. And Ramsbottom is celebrating the festivities with St Nick, with a full...
When I was at school I had a bit of a love-hate relationship with cross country running. Some days it could be a liberating experience whilst on others the only thing I ever wanted to do...
As part of Bury Focus’ 'Spotlight on Radcliffe' this month we have been visiting schools in Prestwich to meet the new reception class children.
Centuries ago, children in Radcliffe would live on the top floor of the factory they worked at, possibly hundreds of miles away from their parents. Nowadays, parents in Radcliffe...
Rotary Clubs are part of an international organisation which was established to bring together business and professional leaders, to encourage vocational ethics, humanitarian services, and...
Britain has a proud boxing history full of fighters who have taken on the best in the world and won, from Ken Buchanan and Howard Winstone to Lennox Lewis and David Haye. These are household names for anyone who knows their boxing, but once upon a time they were just a kid from the local boxing club who caught the coach’s eye. All great champions are made somewhere and...
As part of our Spotlight on... feature, Ted has had his photo taken somewhere in the borough of Bury. Last month Ted stopped for a rest in Heaton Park in Prestwich. This month as...
Radcliffe was first settled in around 6,000BC, during the Mesolithic period. Stone-age remains, such as rows of sharpened timber an axe-hammer were found near the North bank of the River...
Lions are not something you would expect to see out on the streets of Prestwich. For most people they are something you watch on the Discovery Channel in the company of a dead zebra and...
As the biggest park in Greater Manchester and one of the largest of its kind across the whole of Europe, Heaton Park has an impressive reputation to live up to. Visitors come from around...
As part of Bury Focus’ 'Spotlight on Prestwich' this month we have been visiting schools in Prestwich to meet the new reception class children. With half term coming up it seems that...
The Cheese Place is tucked neatly into the Longfield Suite in Prestwich and has been open since July 2009. It sells a huge variety of cheeses, none of which were made in a factory, and has...
Prestwich is a hotbed of unexplored cafes and restaurants, and sometimes stepping into one feels like stepping out of Manchester and into the countryside. Time for Tea is such a place....
As part of Bury Focus’ monthly feature ‘Spotlight on...’, Ted, the office bear, has been visiting locations across the borough. Ted's journey saw him stop off for a couple of rests in...
As part of Bury Focus’ Spotlight on Prestwich this month we thought it would be interesting to give readers an insight into the life of Prestwich’s councillors, reporter Kevin Burke has...
