The Italian job was kept in the family
●●10 YEARS AGO
NOT every town could brag about having a little corner of Italy in their midst.
Thankfully the legacy was set to continue.
When the owners of Bertoni’s restaurant in Shaw opted to jet off to a new life in the sun it was their father Toni Ceceri who was at the front of the queue to take it off their hands.
So, true to the great Italian tradition, the restaurant stayed in the family.
Toni and his wife Kat reopened the restaurant, which specialises in Italian food. Both husband and wife came with the right credentials.
Toni was a former manager of Mario’s in Oldham, while wife Kat was a qualified hotel and catering manager. TALENTED stylists, nail technicians and beauticians generously gave up their time to raise money for breast cancer charities.
During a week of funfilled activities at Hopwood Hall College hair and beauty students dressed to impress and wore their favourite pink clothes throughout their sessions at Image Salon.
Students and staff donated £2 each to Breast Cancer Care and clients also contributed to the fund-raising by purchasing raffle tickets.
Rebecca Lee, lecturer at the college, said, “In the industry that we work in, I think it’s very important to support cancer charities because we are in constant contact with the public and all know someone who’s been affected.”
Rebecca said their efforts raised around £250. AN annual tenants’ fun day at the Town Hall was hailed as a ‘resounding success’ with more than 100 residents participating in a range of activities and celebrating community diversity.
The event was organised by Rochdale Boroughwide Housing and delegates also gathered for the organisation’s annual conference.
People of all ages were able to test their creative skills and one of the most popular workshops was a lively Bollywood dance class which gave tenants the chance to emulate their glamorous heroes and heroines.
Gareth Swarbick, acting manager director of the organisation, said “Staff worked extremely hard to ensure that this event encouraged different sectors of the community to take part.” SHOCKED at the plight of children across the globe, a group of teenagers got to work to raise cash for the charity Unicef.
The Falling Park High School pupils had been researching child trafficking and were shocked to learn that 1.2 million children worldwide were affected, with many ending up in the sex trade or even as ‘slave’ workers.
So a group of students packed bags at Asda supermarket and raised a total of £190.
They also started raising awareness of the issue by handing out pamphlets to pupils.
Teacher John Meara said: “Spurred on by the importance of issues regarding human rights, especially the rights of children, the students are also going to start a Unicef group at Falinge Park to continue raising awareness and funds for the various and important campaigns the charity runs to help those less fortunate.” MORE than 170 people attended a presentation evening for students who achieved a 100 per cent pass rate in an assessment of their spoken English.
Forty students from Spotland, Heybrook, All Saints and Greenbank Primary Schools and seven from Falinge Park High School were judged by the English Speaking Board on their presentation skills, reading and research and use of information.
The board, which promotes and assesses spoken English, tested Key stage 2 students from the primary schools and Year 7 students from the high school. They had to prepare a presentation on a subject of their choice, learn a poem by heart and deliver it to an audience and read two pages from a selected book.
The aim was to provide children with the skills they needed in later life, in jobs and presentations. WARTIME spirit was revived at Littleborough Cricket Club.
Revellers in vintage costume bopped and jived the night away to music played by DJ GI Jive at a 40s night organised by Littleborough Business Association.
More than £250 was raised for the LBA.
Tracey Glover, from the Association, said: “It was a cracking night and there were some fantastic costumes there.”