On Aug 28th Harry and Diane attended their last service before moving from Sale to their new home in Cheshire. Harry has recently retired as Church Warden after many years service and Diane has also been involved at St Paul’s for many years with the Guides and as a Trustee. They will not be too far away and they will be welcome back anytime. The photo below shows the special blessing they were given at the end of the service.

St Paul’s are holding an organ concert on Sunday afternoon as detailed in the poster below.

Please find below details of this event on 29th August.

Please see the link below for details of this year’s Heritage Open Day.

On Saturday 10th September, 10am to 5pm, St. Paul’s Church on Springfield Road, Sale M33 7YA we will be throwing the church doors for Heritage Open Day, part of the national Festival of History.

Highlights of the day include guided tours of the Church Tower, a rare collection of old aerial photographs of Sale, a display of vintage domestic bygones and for those who enjoy watching “Who Do You Think You Are” a unique opportunity to view the Parish Registers. 

Victorian Afternoon Teas, delicious home-made cakes and sandwiches, plus bacon butties etc…will be available throughout the day in the Church Hall with Sale Handbell ringers playing from 11:30am to 12:30pm, professional Harpist Elfair Grug playing from 12:30pm to 2:30pm. There will be performances from Traditional Morris Dancers, Bollin Morris at 1:30pm and Sale Brass Band will be playing from 3pm.

A traditional Punch and Judy Show will entertain all the family, plus Sale’s most famous resident Professor James Prescott Joule – the Father of the International Unit of Energy – will be making an appearance!!! and telling us about some of his most exciting experiments!!

Please come along…………………..

After a three year delay due to Covid the “annual” bowls evening finally got underway on Aug 18th at the Linden Club. We were joined by members of the Sale Rotary club and eighteen people attended.

A splendid supper had been provided by Carole and Jean (with Eric “timing” the cake). The forecast had been for rain throughout the evening but shortly after 6:30pm the rain cleared and we were able to both bowl and eat outside. The four semi-finalists were Brian, Garry, Eric and Barbara from the Rotary Club. Eventually Brian won the final against Barbara.

The slideshow below shows photos taken during the evening.