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COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

                                                       ADVICE BUREAUX
                            The Rt.Hon. Gerald Kaufman M.P.
                                                                            2002
                                  Fridays   7 pm to 8.30 pm   Saturdays   10 am to 11.30 pm

   Friday               19th  July              Gorton Community Forum 21 Old Hall Drive Gorton
   Saturday           20th  July              Levenshulme Neighbourhood Centre
   Saturday            3rd   August         Gorton Labour Club
   Saturday           10th  August         Longsight Library
   Friday               30th  August         Gorton Community Forum 21 Old Hall Drive Gorton
   Saturday           31st  August         Anson Residents Association, 38 Meldon Road Longsight
   Friday                4th   October        Wilbraham Primary School
   Saturday            5th   October        Gorton Labour Club
   Friday                 1st   November    Gorton Community Forum 21 Old Hall Drive Gorton
   

                         GORTON NORTH COUNCILLORS
                                            WENDY HELSBY
                                               (0161 285 3839, email  w.helsby@ntlworld                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                JACKIE PEARCEY
                                            (0161 336 0468 email jackie@compuserve.com
                                                                 IAIN DONALDSON
                                                     (0161 231 6869 email iaind@cix.co.uk
                Every Friday  7 pm to 7.30 pm Gorton North Neighbourhood Office Garrett Way
  The Second and Fourth Saturday of every month 11 am to 12 pm Gorton North Neighbourhood        Office.  The Third Saturday of every month 11 am to 12 pm Aspinall Church Hall Reddish Lane
The First Thursday of every month 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm St. George's church Hall Abbey Hey Lane
The Third Thursday  of each month 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm Emmanuel Church Hall Blackwin Street

                         GORTON SOUTH COUNCILLORS
                            James Ashley, John Bridges, Simon Ashley
    The Second Tuesday of every month 2 pm to 3 pm Gorton Community Forum 21 Old Hall Drive
               Every Thursday  7 pm to 8 pm Gorton South Neighbourhood Office Mount Road
               Every Saturday  11 am to 12 noon St Marks Church Hall Barlow Road Levenshulme
     These advice Bureaux are open to all residents of the area and are free.
                                                      No appointment is required.

                                          ARDWICK ADVICE SESSIONS
                                                         Mondays 7 pm to 8 pm
                                                         (except bank holidays)
                    Shakespeare Centre Stockport Road Manchester M13 9BN

DID YOU KNOW?
That in 1237 the earliest reference to Gorton and Openshaw, spelled "Openshae", appears in a list, dated 1237 to 1238, of townships which had to pay a tax known as the "30th".
In 1320 for the first time in the history of Gorton the names of Gorton people were recorded. This was a survey of the manor of Manchester made in 1322. They are: Henry the Reve, Geoffrey of the Abbey, Thomas of the Olres (Alders), Hugh of the Abbey, Emma the Widow, Hugh son of Richard. There is a reference in the survey to a flour mill in Gorton and a peat moss in Openshaw.