Middleton and North Manchester Guardian from Middleton, Greater Manchester, England • 13

13 Middleton North Manchester Guardian Thursday 14 October 1993 Haul mighty SUPER EURO-TROOPERS! MIDDLETON truck firm Stakehill West Pennine Trucks is continuing to achieve record growth across all sectors of its business with a rise in turnover of 30 percent in the first six months or 1993 In addition the com pany which employs 55 could never have guessed at how successful it was going to be We have 20 -girl cubs and there are already 12 boys waiting to sign up They will have their own packs but will share some activities" There are already two leaders for the group John Matthews and Sandra Shepherd of Rochdale Road and the boys should be up and running by the end of the month Anne said: "The emphasis will be very much on outdoor activity There will be a lot of camping sports and handicrafts like woodwork It is A BREAK-AWAY Middleton girls' cubs' pack is going from strength to strength Now the lads want in on the act! writes MARTIN PURDY It seems that the Boarshaw area contingent read the Guardian report about the girls' initiative and approached organisers Karen Alldritt and Anne Malone For the two Karen of Aylesbury Grove and Anne of Guildford Grove Boarshaw are affiliated to the European Scout Federation instead of the better known British Scouting Association Their troopers male or female can be recognised as all wearing dark blue instead of the traditional green and grey for the lads and sky blue for the guides The pair started the breakaway group after approaching the Scouts' Association to set up a Boarshaw Guide group They claim there was "so much messing about" involved they decided to go the European organisation and set up the female cubs Karen told the Guardian: "We about skills for life" Next up will be an Otters group for five to seven years-olds But that could be something that will not reach fruition until the new year Karen added: "All in all we haven't done too badly at all We are not a breakaway group as such We were just frustrated by the red tape when all we wanted to do was give the local children something positive to do" The groups meet at 630 pm on Monday evening at St John Fisher's Annexe on Stannycliffe Lane Interested parties can contact Anne on 061 653 0959 people and distributes Scania commercial vehi cles says orders increased by 37 percent in the same period Managing Director Alan Stubbs said: "We have a solid and loyal customer base enhanced through I mmm increased activity in the fleet business sector while our traditional customer base haulier and owner driver is continuing to receive increased inquiries" SEY NO MER Newsbeat DELAYS: THE M62 eastbound between Junction 14 Swinton and Junction 17 White-field will be closed from 10 pm tonight (Thursday 14 October) until 5 am tomorrow (Friday 15 October) The westbound carriageway will remain open although reduced to two lanes EDUCATE: PROSPECTIVE students their parents and teachers can visit Abraham Moss Crumpsall between 315 pm and 7 pm on Tuesday (19 October) to view facilities open to 16-year-old school leavers Information on courses PICTURED: One of the Mersey buses In Middleton Gardens yesterday L5015) Remanded GARY Gavin of Tunstall Court Blackley was remanded in custody until December when he appeared at court in Manchester accused of a series of alleged sex attack offences Judge Rhys Davies told defence counsel Stephen Hesford that he had ordered the case to appear in the court list last week expecting all probation and psychiatric reports to be available But after Mr Hesford said legal aid had been granted for another psychiatric report the Judge said: "Because of the great gravity and public interest in this case I will grant the application'' The full hearing was set for 2 December grants and finances will also be available THE LONG running 'bus wars' saga in Middle-ton and North Manchester has taken on a new dimension with the arrival of a fleet of Merseyside buses In what local operators see as a "retaliation move" against GM Buses Liverpool operators Mersey bus has set up a Manchester subsidiary and is now operating a circular service linking Middleton Blackley Harpurhey and Crumpsall with Rochdale Oldham Bury Prestwich and central Manchester It means that on the main route from Middleton to Manchester along Rochdale Road there are now eight separate operators vying for passengers Mike Dunstan head of Moston-based Bluebird Buses said the situation was getting "ludicrous" "It is yet another bus company trying to grab revenue from an already saturated market" "They are obviously retaliating against a similar move by GM Buses to operate Merseyside routes But this sort of thing is doing no-one any good and it can only lead to some companies going to the wall" A spokesman for the Merseybus subsidiary MTL (Manchester) said they were contemplating further expansion in Middleton and North Manchester but were not retaliating against GM Buses "It is more in the way of being a pre-emptive move" he said "There are no such things as 'areas' for bus companies With deregulation all that went by the board We want to stake our claim now" A spokesman for Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive said MTL was operating a purely commercial service and not subsidised 8TOUT: MIDDLETON brewer JW Lees put a smile on the face of real ale enthusiasts at the Bury Beer Festival yes terday (Wednesday) The Junction outfit provided cask Lees Archer Stout for the first time it is usually bottled NURSES: TWO thirds of the student nurses who finished the Project 2000 Guest spot A HOUSE in Beech Mount Harpurhey is to be converted into a guest house in a scheme before Manchester training course at North Manchester General Hospital last week have already found jods IM'UJH 48Sg "Squeezable" an TomatoKatchiip iff QCp 51b Chips 4ft 21b Oven Chips -890 Up 25oz Piccalilli 2lb Baby Roast "Lord- SllvoreUn Ontona Oft 1702 Chicks Oxo Granules lib Farm Frttea Microchips 880 12Cimoo6old nialB Ufa eJBUlI HKttO wtfnts Mp llbFlnocut Marmalade ft 34 HIHIMHIH 3ft ISozCadbarys BiscaltSalactkm JO Hj Hi JC Uli Hi XLJPiP 2lb 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