Exciting News!

Please, please accept Peter's sincere apologies for his absence. He is away on business in Norway and has asked me (John) to post on this on his behalf.

I'm delighted to reveal that Peter's personal appearance will be taking place on Saturday 14th July at 7pm. Peter has booked a function room at The Britannia Airport Hotel (formally The Post House Hotel) on Palatine Road. Please be aware that the room only holds around 100 people and as such I recommend that you purchase your ticket in advance, as I suspect from the interest already shown we may have sold out before the night.

You are welcome to take photographs, but Peter requests absolutely no flash photography during the actual talk. If you'd like to have your picture taken with him, there will be ample opportunity after the event - there will be no additional charge for this.

To purchase your tickets, please send an email to peter.renshaw@rocketmail.com with "An Evening With" in the subject line. Payments can be made via PayPal (preferred) or by cheque. Strictly a maximum of 2 tickets per household (no exceptions).

A number of our readers have expressed interest in meeting up with Peter for a one-to-one session. He is happy to do this and will be running them after the main event detailed above. They will be allocated on a first come first served basis by prior appointment only and will be limited to 10 minutes per session. Simply send an email to the address above to book your slot.

Peter would also like to apologise to the many readers who have submitted comments to the website whilst he's been away. There are now well over a hundred messages waiting for approval and they will be at the top of his priority list when he returns.

John.

Update & New Photos

I would like to express a big thank you to all the readers that have emailed me with messages of support and to let me know how much everyone is enjoying the site. I've even had some offers from readers who would like to help out with the running of the site and this is something I would like to take further as I believe this is OUR site and the more people involved the better it will be. This is something we can discuss at my guest appearance that we be coming up towards the end of June / early July but for now I'd like to officially accept John's offer of running the sites picture gallery.

I'll keep this one short as I'm on a dial up connection and it is painfully slow but I'd like to leave you with a few photo gems of Northenden.

 

PS - I've had several offers from sponsor for the competition prize so the next competition should be ready for the weekend.

Competition Result

I apologize for the lack of activity during the past week. I've now moved house and still waiting for broadband to be installed. Thank goodness for mobile internet!

I've been overwhelmed by the response to the first competition (nearly 100 entries!) and I'd like to thank everyone for their support.

There were 13 differences in total and 3 people submitted correctly. The one I pulled out of my hat was Mrs G Davies who lives on Royle Green Road. You will receive your Waterstones voucher very soon.

I've also had countless messages regarding my personal appearance in the village. I'm still not able to confirm the exact date, but the end of June looks likely. If you are thinking of attending, please be sure to let me know as soon as you possibly can, as I need to book a suitable venue.

That's all for now, more soon!

Peter.