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Bikers rev-up support for cancer charity at sixties-themed event

Features Bob Alston - 06/08/2020

Bikers in Tameside have been showing their support to a cancer charity - raising £400 at a sixties-themed afternoon. The bikers - the Globe Café...

Local artist paints Salfordians living through the pandemic

Lifestyle Community Contributor - 04/08/2020

TAMG reader, Philip Westcott from Salford, shares his experiences of creating art during the pandemic: “Art can have a very therapeutic effect during this pandemic...

People needed for research on long-term physical health conditions

News Community Contributor - 04/08/2020

Manchester Metropolitan University are looking for Greater Manchester residents over 65 to participate in research around ageing in place with long-term physical health conditions. PhD...

Improve health and happiness through laughter and creativity

Features Ruby Fatimilehin - 04/08/2020

Robin Graham has been leading laughter sessions that increase wellbeing and support the local community. As director of Feelgood Communities CIC, Robin has over 20...

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Improve health and happiness through laughter and creativity

Features Ruby Fatimilehin - 04/08/2020

Robin Graham has been leading laughter sessions that increase wellbeing and support the local community. As director of Feelgood Communities CIC, Robin has over 20...

Mind Yer ‘Ed: I’ve been trying new things and rediscovering old talents during lockdown

Features Andrea Maria Petrie - 04/08/2020

As part of our new Talking About My Generation mental health series: Mind Yer ‘Ed, our reporter Andrea Maria Petrie spoke to Pauline Smith...

Call for women to join Greater Manchester gender equality panel

Bolton Jodie Smith - 30/07/2020

There are only a few weeks left to join a new panel that will help to help combat inequalities that women and girls are...

Bolton charity pays tribute to campaign ‘powerhouse’ who started Clare’s Law

Bolton Kirsty Day - 28/07/2020

Campaigner Michael Brown, who fought for a law change after his daughter was murdered by her ex-partner, has died aged 76 after a short...

Grafton Centre welcomes back members as the door open to a new normal

News Bob Alston - 23/07/2020

Our Tameside Reporter Bob Alston is back volunteering at the Grafton Centre - where members have been welcomed back with open arms. Here he...

Creative Care Kits are helping to combat loneliness during lockdown

Lifestyle Ruby Fatimilehin - 22/07/2020

Creative Care Kits have been distributed to 16,000 older people across Greater Manchester as part of an initiative to combat loneliness and inspire creativity...

Art & Culture

What A Strange Year

Poetry Corner Community Contributor - 06/08/2020

What a strange year up to now this has been, It’s opened our eyes as to what we have seen. We had our instructions and a...

Manchester

Poetry Corner Community Contributor - 05/08/2020

Manchester-based poet Mark Quinn (otherwise known as The Mancunian Poet) has shared this exclusive poem with Talking About My Generation, which will be featured in...

Our Talking about My Generation Top of the Pops

Features Kirsty Day - 05/08/2020

You have probably already guessed it but our newsroom is filled with music fans, so we have decided to start our very own Top...

Local artist paints Salfordians living through the pandemic

Lifestyle Community Contributor - 04/08/2020

TAMG reader, Philip Westcott from Salford, shares his experiences of creating art during the pandemic: “Art can have a very therapeutic effect during this pandemic...

People needed for research on long-term physical health conditions

News Community Contributor - 04/08/2020

Manchester Metropolitan University are looking for Greater Manchester residents over 65 to participate in research around ageing in place with long-term physical health conditions. PhD...

Bolton’s Octagon launches summer of free creative events for over 50s

Bolton Grace Dyke - 04/08/2020

The Octogan theatre's 'ReAct' project is running lots of activities this summer - with some of the North West's most exciting artists getting involved...

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Keeping Moving

Podcasts Kirsty Day - 07/07/2020

In this episode, Jean, Bob, and Pauline talk about how, despite the restrictions of lockdown- we've managed to keep moving - from rediscovering local...

Life In Lockdown

Podcasts Kirsty Day - 21/04/2020

Our reporters - Bob from Tameside and Jean from Chadderton - caught up with each other this week to present to you a very...

Volunteering

Podcasts Kirsty Day - 07/02/2020

Bob, Christine and Tony tell us why they volunteering, how they got into volunteering and how it has changed their lives. Not one to...

Retirement Talk

Podcasts Kirsty Day - 21/01/2020

In this episode of Changing The Record, our reporters discuss their varying experiences of a massive life change that faces us all - retirement.

Active Ageing

Podcasts Kirsty Day - 21/01/2020

Episode 2 of the Changing The Record podcast looks at how to stay active as we age - hearing from views from different people...

Features

Bikers rev-up support for cancer charity at sixties-themed event

Features Bob Alston - 06/08/2020

Bikers in Tameside have been showing their support to a cancer charity - raising £400 at a sixties-themed afternoon. The bikers - the Globe Café...

Our Talking about My Generation Top of the Pops

Features Kirsty Day - 05/08/2020

You have probably already guessed it but our newsroom is filled with music fans, so we have decided to start our very own Top...

Improve health and happiness through laughter and creativity

Features Ruby Fatimilehin - 04/08/2020

Robin Graham has been leading laughter sessions that increase wellbeing and support the local community. As director of Feelgood Communities CIC, Robin has over 20...

Mind Yer ‘Ed: I’ve been trying new things and rediscovering old talents during lockdown

Features Andrea Maria Petrie - 04/08/2020

As part of our new Talking About My Generation mental health series: Mind Yer ‘Ed, our reporter Andrea Maria Petrie spoke to Pauline Smith...

Mind Yer ‘Ed: Feeling in control and keeping in touch is helping me in lockdown

Features Jodie Smith - 21/07/2020

As part of our new Talking About My Generation mental health series: Mind Yer ‘Ed our reporter Jodie Smith spoke to Paul Sherlock from...

Minding Your Mental Health: How taking on new learning in lockdown helped me cope

Features Ruby Fatimilehin - 21/07/2020

During lockdown, Sylvia Edwards completed an online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) course which consists of 60 hours of lessons. The 75-year-old from Worsley decided to...

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Memories of Oldham: 52 years later I’m still in the house I was born in

Letters Kirsty Day - 09/06/2020

In reply to a Letter from our Editor: Is it an age thing? PART 2 - June 9, 2020 Dear Editor, I think the editor Bob...

LETTER FROM OUR EDITOR: IS IT AN AGE THING? PART 2

Letters Bob Alston - 07/06/2020

At the end of my last letter, I said my next real milestone was going to school for the first time, so this is...

Childhood Memories of Ashton-on-Mersey

Letters Bob Alston - 03/06/2020

In reply to the letter from our Editor - Is it an age thing? When I look back, I was very lucky to grow up...

LETTER FROM OUR EDITOR: IS IT AN AGE THING?

Letters Kirsty Day - 28/05/2020

As I get older I find myself looking more in the past that I do in the future! Is this just me or is...

We can all help to protect our NHS

Letters Community Contributor - 18/05/2020

Dear editor, Re: Trade Talks taking place with the US now. This is something that affects us all, and could have a seriously detrimental impact on...

Nostalgia

Remembering Trafford Park Hotel: Childhood memories, finding love and ghostly guests

Manchester Andrea Maria Petrie - 03/08/2020

On Third Avenue down in Trafford Park, there stands a building unlike any other around it. Towering above the rest, the first thing you'll...

Aztecs, Parma Violets and Spiras: Survivors and relics of confectionery history

Foodies Ted Peskett - 30/07/2020

Here are some of the most adored chocolates and sweets from last 100 years. Some have survived and some have been sentenced to confectionery...

Memories and the history of Manchester’s Windrush Generation

Nostalgia Ted Peskett - 03/07/2020

On the morning of June 22, 1948, the HMT Empire Windrush pulled in to Tilbury docks, Essex, carrying 802 hopeful Caribbean migrants on board....

The cast of Corrie returns to the cobbles and we take a trip down memory lane

Manchester Andrea Maria Petrie - 22/06/2020

The Coronation Street cast has returned to the cobbles after being in lockdown. Over the past few months, the show had relied on its...

Love Me Do….The Beatles & Roy Orbison gig that rocked my world in Manchester, 1963

Manchester Pauline Smith - 11/06/2020

Radcliffe reporter, Pauline Smith, shares treasured memories of seeing the Fab Four perform in Manchester in 1963. Becoming a teenager in 1961 was really a...

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