All Things Stockport County

          Help the Hatters -at the Palace!   ( all images used in this article -courtesy of Angela Moore)   “What an amazing time I’ve had this season 24/25 following Stockport County. I’ve travelled up and down the country supporting my team & enjoyed every game. Plus, I’ve met some lovely people along the way, you know who you are.   ( Editor - thanks Angela!) Thank you Stockport County Football Club , can’t wait for the fixtures to come out and for the rollercoaster to start again.” So wrote Angela Moore on her facebook page at season`s end , but by 21 May this was what the hard working Help the Hatters activist wrote “Such a great privilege to attend a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace yesterday with John Gaskin, representing Help The Hatters.   ( Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service recipients in 2020)”.         Angela at the behest of the Lord Chancellor and HMK, had , with Help the Hatters supre...

           Is there a more overused word than than the word "community" ? this community that community, the meriad of various groups, sub groups, sub sub groups all pretty much designed to divide people into nice little catagories. Race, gender, politics, sexuality, physical/mental ability, class and probably a hundred more. Imagine landing from the planet Zog and asking to meet the leader of the community and then trying to understand the answer.       One of the joys of supporting a football club that truly does base itself in the community - all communities within its geographical reach, is that it does not really care what people are but who they are.  I have been priveledged enough to be able to contribute something back to our club at Stockport County over the past few years by way of volunteering my time both as a voluntary worker and secretary of "Help The Hatters" The group performs post match stadium clean ups, remedial repair...

          Swanbourne Gardens Project Nears Completion! Today was a chance for the committed team of Help the Hatters regulars to add finishing touches to what is resoundingly a job well done! So, grass was cleared of wind blown debris of all types, and the various plants we provided needed fussing over …….       the area previously doing a passable imitation of a jungle had a last manicure   plus a squirt or two of weed killer, window frames and other fixtures and fittings were washed down ...........         ...........and there was a final check on the items such as hanging baskets and a multitude of small items intended to make the facility more pleasantly user friendly for youngsters and their families who use the facility in trying times.           I was struck by the contrast twixt the exterior of the place now after Help the Hatters attentions…..      There`s still...