Parents and Child News & Updates
- 22nd June 2014
Festivals are a fantastic way to bring people together. Whether we are talking about music, film or food festivals, they all have this amazing power to bring a wide variety of people together under one collective interest. The summer is always packed full of great festivals to attend but there is one in particular you should be paying extra close attention to…
- 21st May 2014
It's often difficult to find out what's happening around town over the Bank Holiday so take a look here where we've pulled together just a few of our fantastic towns events and activities this weekend.
The East Lancashire Railway see’s the return of their award winning 1940s Weekend on 24th – 26th May. The popular event is back bigger and better than ever before with an array of activities for all the family including; vintage fun fair, wartime workshops, fabulous forties entertainment, line quiz as well as popular battle re-enactments.
- 22nd January 2014
Blind cords and chains do pose a risk for babies and young children - find out how to make them safe with Brighter Blinds and the "Make It Safe" campaign.
- 26th November 2013
I know it is November and you might be getting ever so slightly fed up of people going on about Christmas as if it were mid December, but just hear me out. The event I want to tell you about is so wonderful and magical that I want to give you plenty of notice to clear your whole schedule!
- 1st November 2013
Bonfire Night is literally just around the corner. It is so close that you can almost smell the smoke and hear the pop of the fireworks! Bonfire Night is a weird night, in the grand scheme of things, as we are actively encouraged to groom the pyromaniac inside us all and burning wood is a public spectacle!
- 30th October 2013
Going to the Pantomime, as a child, is the best signifier of a Christmas that is just around the corner. School is finished for a few weeks, they have written their letters (or emails) to Santa and all that is left to do is wait for that special day. What is better at getting you in the Christmas spirit and killing some time for the kids than a Christmas Pantomime!?
- 3rd October 2013
People talk about how Christmas is the ultimate time of the year that brings everyone together, and how Christmas is the ultimate time of celebration and joy to be enjoyed by all. I’m guessing those people have never experienced Halloween in Salford!
- 23rd September 2013
Beauty and the Beast comes to Bury this panto season. The Village Hotel are offering a family ticket worth over £45 to one lucky winner to see this fabulous pantomime.
- 1st August 2013
Our in-house film reviewer, Alex Ashton, takes a look at the recently released film The Wolverine and gives us his take on it...