Twice a year, the Age-friendly Whalley Range network plan local walks following the route of the age-friendly community benches in Whalley Range – as part of International Older People’s day in October and to acknowledge the GM Walking Festival in May.
This year for our May walk we are celebrating the addition of 6 new benches – bringing our total across the ward to 18!
We are also celebrating the life of Bill Williams – who was the main campaigner for the benches and the Chair of our age-friendly network – and the Chair of Whalley Range Community Forum.
Bill was a vital and much loved community leader in Whalley Range and we all miss him.
Our walk will be on Tuesday 12th May starting at 11:00am – meeting at the JNR8 Youth and Community Centre and visiting some of the new benches – which sadly Bill didn’t get to see.
See the walk route below
A plaque commemorating Bill’s life will be attached to the bench on College Road, closest to his family home.
Members of the JNR8 over 50’s music group – the Happy Tuesdays – will be joining us on the day, playing some music at the bench outside the co-op on Withington Road and of course at the bench on College Road.
Please join us if you are free – or take a seat on Bill’s bench if you are passing, to reflect on Bill’s contribution to our Whalley Range community.
R.I.P. Bill
See Bill’s tribute page here:
Our walk is once again a chance to get involved in the fantastic annual Greater Manchester Walking Festival.
See link below for details of our walk and to search for other GM Walking Festival local and city wide walks.
https://gmwalking.co.uk/
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