Improvement works at Haughton Green Park

After many months of Mums like myself complaining, emailing, telephoning attending meetings... to Tameside Council regarding improvements to Haughton Green Park, it seems that we now have in writing a response and a positive start to making our park better! Please see letter below.
 Dear Eleanor, ....The start date for the various improvement works at Haughton Green.  

Contractors will be on site from Wednesday 24th September.The proposed work includes:

 *Creating a hard standing area under the notice board at the main entrance

* Removal of  the old wet pour tiles and re surfacing with tarmac

* Removal of the old  notice board posts

*New safety surface and guard rails to the existing slide. We did consider removing the slide but the costs to do this would be prohibitive. The contractors are confident they can re vamp the old slide

* The floodlights around the MUGA have had replacement lamps fitted recently as the existing lamps were corroded.

*Cleaning and painting of the gates and fencing to the main entrance – this will start this week

During the winter months we will be looking at native tree planting to soften the fence lines and create a diversity of habitats.  The dead memorial tree will also be replaced during this period.

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you wish to discuss the above or any other matters.

Deborah Kaufmann - Tameside Council

Eleanor Simmons - Community Repoter

MACULAR DEGENERATION

Last year we had some good weather and this year has been even better, so you may have lost weight, because you have eaten more fresh fruit and vegetables and taken more walks instead of driving. You should be feeling a lot healthier and fit to face the winter months.

DON’T NEGLECT YOUR HEALTH, limbs need moving with exercise, your body is like a motor car, don’t let it stagnate, and always put the correct fuel in, you know what happens when you put petrol in the tank instead of diesel (the “green” fuel). It seems that “greens” are the best for humans too!! Your eyes benefit from eating green vegetables especially kale, which is full of antioxidant.

Don’t think that because you can go to the opticians for new “specs”, that is all that is needed, your eyes are your jewels! Look after them. Macular Degeneration affects half a million people in the U.K and develops very slowly, causing loss of vision, and it is very frustrating.

There are Macular Society meetings all over the U.K and Ashton meetings take place every other month, and is run by “Tameside Sight”. If you would like further details, then ring Elsie Swainson on 0161 336 7374 who is a volunteer speaker if needed.

By Elsie Swainson

Community Reporter

Denton Community News Leaflet

After a long absence due to funding difficulties, we are pleased to announce the re-launch of your community newspaper, under the new title of DENTON COMMUNITY NEWS, formerly the Denton South Community News.

If you have any stories, poems, information about group activities, walks or general news, they can be e-mailed to us at denton.community.news@gmail.com or left at reception at the Haughton Green Centre, Tatton Road, Haughton Green.

We are hoping to have your newspaper available to be viewed on line from the beginning of October - depending on material being sent in. A limited number of printed copies will also be available from the Haughton Green Centre, Doctors Surgery, Dentist, Libraries within Denton, Residential Homes and other venue’s yet to be determined. Printed copies will also be available on request, but to keep costs down there will be a charge of 20 pence per copy delivered locally.

We can also be found on Facebook and Twitter and also have a blog.

www.facebook.com/dentoncommunitynews

https://twitter.com/denton_news

http://dentoncommunitynews.blogspot.co.uk/

We are also reserving a space for adverts which will be at a nominal charge to help fund the newspaper, details on request.

We would like to thank all our readers for their support in the past and hope that at some point in the future we will be able to get funding which will allow us to produce more copies of the newspaper.

The Denton Community News Team