Last night we attended the Farewell Service in Manchester Cathedral for Bishop Nigel, who is retiring, it was a lovely, funny & moving service, but that's not why I am blogging.  On our way into the Cathedral I could not help but see a notice advertising a Christmas Sing Song in Manchester Cathedral, talk about imitation being the sincerest form of flattery.  Our's comes first.  This Saturday 1st December, 5 pm. inside St Thomas, Buckingham Road, (it's got a roof, so no rain this year) following on from the Christmas Market.

The list of stalls for the Saturday afternoon market in and around St Thomas  Heaton Chapel is starting to look  really exciting,  you will be able to purchase all your Christmas cards, both to support charities & lovely handmade ones, buy all your presents, toys, jewellery, toiletries & lots of other goodies, eat Pixie Bakery's delicious cakes, (if she brings choux buns you will have to fight me for them) & all the while be serenaded by Alligator Music.

So the Christmas Market around the Church will start at 3 pm, inside the Chuch we will have a couple of stalls, including Pick a Pot n Paint, who will be helping you all paint your own tree decorations.  Food & drink will be availble courtesy of Littlewoods & the Ladies from Heatons Fundrasing Group on behalf of Cancer Research.

Father Christmas is due to arrive at 4.30 pm & the Sing Song will start at 5 pm.  Inside out of the rain or snow or hail or anything else the great British weather attempts to throw at us.

The 4 Heatons Traders Ass

Fabulous

CHRISTMAS BALL

SATURDAY DECEMBER 8^TH 2012

DELICIOUS FIVE COURSE MEAL

FANTASTIC ENTERTAINMENT

7-30 for 8pm

FEW PLACES LEFT

ONLY £35 per head

Contact TRISH 07950 038855

Where has the time gone, in just twelve days time it will all be happening outside St Thomas Church Heaton Chapel & all the Shaw Road participants will be recovering from the party the night before.

So what exactly is happening in Heaton Chapel & why has it moved to the Church?

Every month, I co-host a Social Media workshop for the members of the Four Heatons Traders Association. The idea of the workshop is to help local businesses use Twitter and Facebook for their business - that doesn't mean showing them how to flood their Social Media accounts with adverts. Quite the contrary! The idea of Social Media is to be social. It's a new way to interact with your customers, potential customers, associates and friends.

Hello Again,

The owner of Feathers And Dusters, Sharon Russell (that's me!), was lucky enough to have had the privilege of meeting Team GB Taekwondo Olympic Gold Medallist, Jade Jones, and also a Team GB Taekwondo Olympic Bronze Medallist, recently. I was taking my daughter to an event at Greater Manchester Sports - my daughter was invited because she is an up and coming tennis player. We were also fortunate to see some young future sports stars competing, and we hope to see them in action at the next Olympics in Rio in 2016!!  

Hi Everyone,

Just to tell you a bit more about Feathers And Dusters. We are based in Heaton Chapel, and so we work extensively around the 4 Heatons, and will be happy to come to your home or business to give you a quote for cleaning, ironing or other help you may need.

We are also delighted to be associated with Age UK - we are proud to be at the top of their list of recommended cleaning and home help providers.

Hi, very first blog, so here we go!

If you're on Facebook, you will have seen them: unsolicited posts saying "like in 3 seconds and watch what happens" or "like if you think cruelty to children is wrong" or some other compelling reason why you should join the tens-of-thousands of people who have Liked before you. The post always comes complete with an intriguing photo or a disturbing one of a child in distress. But before you go ahead and press "Like", either out of intrigue or an emotion of compassion/anger/sadness, you should STOP and THINK about exactly what you are Liking.