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Wendy Cheryl Zara Lisa& Giselle sitting down |
This
evening we had all the girls, Wendy, Cheryl, Zara & Lisa from
TransfiXed visiting us to show off their wares and their skills. |
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Mary & Cheryl |
During
the evening they did lots of people's nails, including a manicure
which was very luxurious, plus a number of makeovers and lots of
advice and titivating on wigs.
Their business is going to open shortly in Ashton and we are all invited to their opening week. I will let you know the exact dates when they are fixed. |
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Gill |
Gill,
on the left, has had a week off work and has been visiting Blackpool
for a few days. She is passing through Manchester and staying
over before heading back to her home in the Cambridge area. She
gets up here whenever she can but the next time may be after christmas. |
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While
this talk was going on the other two girls went back to Napoleons
by themselves, so I decided to go and check that they were OK before
going to the station. In Napoleons I also met Andrea, who had not
had time to dress this evening, so she offered to come with me to
the police as an escort. This was just as well because when we got
there, it was impossible to park anywhere but on double yellow lines.
Andrea went into the station to ask what we should do and was told
that as long as she stayed in the car while I was inside it would
be OK. I am very grateful to her because it took around 45mins to
get the statement written and a photo taken of the damage.
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The
chap spent the night in the cells and was charged and fined £80
the following morning. He had been ejected from a taxi in Bloom
street because he was drunk and arguing with his girlfriend and
he had assumed that my car was a taxi so he kicked out at it. Later
on thursday I took my car to the body shop I have used a few times
before and the proprietor looked at the car, then wandered off and
came back with two large rubber suckers and proceeded to pull the
bumps straight back out again. We couldn't even see any scratches
in the paintwork, so I was very lucky. He wouldn't even take any
money for doing it, so if you want a good body shop I know where
one is.
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Before
going in to the Rembrandt this evening to pay for our changing room
and get changed I decided to call in to AXM to check on the state
of the changing room. Having not seen the thread on the forum about
it, I was a little taken aback to find it well boarded up and a
notice saying that it had been taken back by the landlords as the
rent was unpaid for several months. This is not good news as it
seems likely that it may not reopen again and if it does what are
the chances that the new owners will keep the changing room facility
open? Also, what will happen to the fittings that actually belong
to the TV community as a whole, if it ceases to be available in
the future? We will attempt to find out as things progress.
Meanwhile our changing room on wednesday evenings is available for people to use from a 2 pm till 11 pm. If you wish to use it before we open at 7 pm then come along to the club and have a word with me and I will tell you what you have to do. |
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It
started off as a quiet evening, but, as has been happening for many
weeks now, it built up to another busy night with 8 more people
joining. Rachel, lottie and Alison came along early with a collection
of clothes that they no longer needed which they were giving away
in exchange for a donation to a children's charity. Lottie is also
doing a Bungie Flight for this charity a week on saturday and was
collecting donations and signatures to support her in this. She
collected some generous donations to get her going so good luck
with this Lottie. If anyone else wishes to donate then I will pass
on any donations given to me.
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Below
are some pictures I took during the evening showing three of the
tables in the bar.
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Kirsty, Rachel, Alison & Teresa |
Stella, Fay, Kerry & Pauline |
Emma, Lisa, Diana, Lynette & Kay Denise |
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Teresa
on the right of the first table has rejoined us after a long absence
as has Emma on the third table, so welcome back to you both and
I hope you come back a lot sooner this time. The group on the right
hand table are also members of the Angels who come in to the club
after having a meal out in the village. Lisa is the active organiser
of this group who we regularly see in Eden where we eat before starting
here at 7 pm.
I was also delighted to welcome back Laura who I haven't seen for about two years, when she used to come along with her partner Monica. They have been very busy setting up a home and now Monica is about to have their first child, so congratulations to you both and I hope we see you again soon. Dont forget that next week we have the girls from RefleXion coming along and the following week is our "Little Black Dress" evening. |
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First of all I was delighted to welcome Selena who was visiting Manchester on business from down south and was very happy to find a place where she could meet people and make some friends. I introduced her to Fiona who was sitting by herself in the window and they both seemed to hit it off very well. When I went back to see how she was getting on they were deep in conversation so I quickly left them to it. Later in the evening Fiona took Selena out to show her around the village before Fiona had to go. Selena came back in afterwards to say thank you and assured me that she would be back when she was next up here. Lisa on the right told me that this evening was her first anniversary of visiting Concord and she had bought a new dress to celebrate, very nice it looked too. |
Lisa |
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long after that, Gwen and Linda came in which was fantastic as we
have not seen them since March and I was beginning to wonder if they
were alright. Gwen has not been well but she assures me that they
will return very soon and join Manchester Concord. |
Gwen Debbie |
Debbie
on the left came in early in the evening to ask about the club as
she had come along with her new partner, who was waiting downstairs,
while she found out where she could get changed and could we keep
her partner company while she got ready.
She went and fetched her and then went off to get her bag before changing. |
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partner was a very chatty lady who was comfortable in the club talking
to new friends while Debbie got changed. Debbie
told me that she had first met me when she came to Concord while we
we meeting in Bloom's Hotel just after we first left the Rembrandt.
She had only come a few times during that year before she had to stop
as her then partner was not very happy with this activity. Since then
they are divorced and she met her new partner only a few months ago.
She has encouraged her to to come out again which is very good as
she can see how much it means to Debbie. I hope we see a lot more
of them in the coming months. It later turned out that Gwen had also
joined Concord at around that time so I introduced Debbie to her,
but they didn't remember each other. |
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Stella |
Stella on the left joined Manchester Concord some time ago now and manages to get here when she can. It is the number of people like her who can only get here occasionally who help to add to the colour of the club as we always have a different mix each evening. Brydie, on the right had got dressed up for an evening out on the town, so we had to have a photo. I'm jealous of those tights. |
Brydie |
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Debbie
and Shirley have been coming at regular intervals for some time
now and I was really pleased to see Shirley come in this evening
looking so Glamorous and really back to her old self. It is also
really good to see them both getting on so well with many of the
newcomers to the club and helping to add continuity to the group.
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Debbie and Shirley |
This
evening we had a welcome visit from Vicky and Margaret from Max
Factor at Boots in Market street. They came with samples of their
new make up ranges to show people and were also willing to give
make up advice. During the evening several people, including myself,
had their make up done by them, which was an enjoyable and enlightening
experience. I was up in the changing room along with Estelle earlier
in the evening when Estelle suddenly found that she had left all
her make up at home. Disaster, but no, I suggested that she took
the opportunity offered this evening, to have her make up done by
Vicky, so this she did and was very happy with the outcome and the
advice she got.
Thank you both, Vicky and Margaret, for giving us your time and expertise, Mary |
Estelle |
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This
evening Elaine was unable to attend for personal reasons but we
were lucky to have a very competent stand in, in the shape of Jan
who has decided to start visiting us again at intervals to keep
up with friends she has missed since she stopped coming when she
got her new flat. She quickly agreed to step in and take the money
during the evening which was a great help.
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Jeanette |
Jeanette on the left came in early in the evening for a quick drink and to donate some shoes that she no longer needs, to the club. (These will be available next week to anyone that wants them. We would appreciate a small donation). She was dressed very appropriately, ready to go to work at Napoleon's as a barmaid where she now does several evenings a week. On the other side Jessica was dressed to kill, ready for a night out on the town. It is great to see people able to relax and enjoy who they are. |
Jessica |
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Bella |
A
small group were playing with my camera during the evening and
these last two pictures came from those efforts. Finally,
this week I had an email from Milli who is one of our occasional
members. She wanted people to know that she works at the Thistle
Hotel Haydock and joins us when she can! |
Emma |
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This evening we had our first musical entertainment evening that was set up by Hazel, with three musicians from the club to entertain us and Alison as the commere. The singing and playing was expertly provided by Vida, Gigi and Marianne who each gave us a great show. Thank you all very much. This email from Vida the following day I think says it all:- Yes it was a great evening. What’s nice is that we all contributed in our ways to make it happen – I think that’s a strength of Concord and I’m sure we’ll all carry on inspiring ourselves and others with our special blend of support and fun! Everyone seemed to have a good evening, which is what counts, and there will be many more to follow. Thank you Hazel for having the vision, and guiding us all
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Vida |
Gigi |
Marianne |
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The
evening was very well attended with standing room only right up
to after 11 pm. Among others I was delighted to welcome Paula and
Dawn from way back when I first came out and who came along tonight
and joined the club to show their support.
Below are photos of some of the people who came this evening. I am only sorry that there isn't room for everyone. |
Paula & Dawn |
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Ashley Tina |
Hazel & Paula Ivy |
Sarah-Louise
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Bella |
Holly and J Estelle,Sue,Emma & Alison |
Abi |
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During
the evening I spoke to Tracy who recommended a Light Therapy lady
called Claire who runs a clinic in Cheadle doing hair removal and
is offering a significant discount to T-girls and also to Sarah
who went along to Tintz and Tongz and had her own hair cut in a
feminine style and was delighted with the service she got. She left
feeling on top of the world. Details of both these will appear on
our recommendations page.
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Finally,
we have now fixed the dates for our Christmas party and all the
entertainers this evening have agreed to come along on wednesday
the 17th of December and give us another rousing evening along with
some Karaoke and disco from Alison. We hope to make it a longer
evening and include a free buffet for all our members.
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Jeanette |
Back
from my Holiday, refreshed and ready for the fray. My thanks to
Elaine for holding the fort on her own last week, she is a star.
I was delighted to see Alison and Jeanette come in early in the
evening, they are good friends and often appear together. Jeanette
had brought along a number of items such as shoes,boots and wigs
etc that she no longer needs and was offering them all to anyone
that wanted in return for a small donation to the club. She raised
over £26 during the evening and made a number of people very
happy, so thank you very much Jeanette. The lady on the right is
Michelle who got one of Jeanette's wigs and it looks superb on her,
so she was very pleased and gave a generous donation.
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Michelle |
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Milli |
It was a busy evening again tonight with a lot of people here who only come occasionally so here are a few that took my fancy. Rachel above always comes with her partner Lottie and is becoming quite a regular which is very encouraging. We had the girls from Totally Transformed here as well selling their jewelry and that went very well as they bring a great variety with them. |
Michela |
Rachael
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Shaffire |
Towards
the end of the evening Shaffire and Trixie came in for the first
time just to see what the club is like. As you can see from the
picture on the left Shaffire has a way of getting noticed with
that fantastic hair style that she created herself. Wow! If any
of you saw the Gay Pride parade Shaffire took part dressed up
as Amy Winehouse in a totally over the top outfit looking really
glam. |
Trixie, Mary & Shaffire |
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Finally dont forget that next week we are having some musical entertainment from Gigi, Marianne and Vida with Alison as Commere so do come along and enjoy the evening, Mary PS, Eight more people joined the club during the evening so we are now up to 144 members. |
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Julie from Frillys |
First
of all I would just like to remind everybody that Mary and myself
meet at Eden for a meal between 6pm and 7pm on Wednesday evenings.
If any of you would like to eat at this time or just want a drink
then you are most welcome to join us. Apart from Lisa who has become
one of the regular 'early birds' it was also nice to have Lucy join
us for a meal. Lucy had travelled up from the Midlands to spend some
part of the evening with us and to help to promote the 7th Annual
Midland Tranny Get together held on 10th and 11th October at Walsall.
If anybody is interested in this event then please see me (Elaine)
for more details.
It was nice to see Julie once again from Frillys. For those of you who don't know Julie, she runs a shop and dressing service for TV's in Droylesdon. |
Lucy & Julie |
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Finally, I think everybody noticed that somebody was missing! It was one of those very rare evenings when Mary was absent but 'with leave' on a weeks' holiday in France. Wednesdays are never the same without Mary but she will be back with us on the 10th suitably refreshed and hopefully having a bit more sun than we have had here! Elaine. |
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I
had a bad start to this evening when someone decided to do a U turn
from a parked position just before I was about to pass them. There
was nowhere for me to go to so we finished up with two crunched
cars. My airbags went off very effectively and luckily no one was
hurt, so I was able to get my car taken to a garage and then carried
on to the club only about an hour and a half later than usual.
Lisa, who runs the Angel's meals in the village, very kindly, offered to run me home at the end of the evening so in the end I was still able to enjoy the rest of the night. We had Suzy and Julie from www.totallytransformed.net visiting us this evening showing a very wide range of jewelry at reasonable prices. They enjoyed themselves so much they are coming back in two weeks time on wed september the 10th so come along and get some really nice stuff. |
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It
was quite a busy night again with several new people visiting us
for the first time and by the end of the evening 7 more people had
joined Manchester Concord bringing our numbers up to 135 in just
5 months.
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Wed 20th August 2008
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I
was delighted to welcome Raymond back again but this time as Shirley.
This is the first time she has been out as Shirley in Manchester
for over 10 years, welcome back. She came in with her friend Debbie
and they sat by themselves at the end table in the bay window. A
bit later on Marie and Donna came in, got themselves drinks and
went and sat at a table in the middle of the bay. I could see both
these pairs sitting by themselves so thought it would be a good
idea to introduce them to each other. I asked Shirley and Debbie
if they would mind and they said, of course not, so I went and asked
Marie and Donna if they would like to join the others. They said
OK so they then joined them at the corner table. About an hour later
Marie spoke to me as they were leaving to go round the village and
said thank you for introducing them, they had had a lovely conversation
and had exchanged phone numbers and they were going to visit Shirley
at her home some time soon. I do like it when people click with
one another. Raymond spoke to me later and said they had thoroughly
enjoyed their conversation.
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Abi |
Abi
on the left has been coming to the club for a few years now as
an occasional member who always manages to look elegant. It is
always a pleasure to talk to her. |
Shirley |
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Dont forget that next week the 27th of August Suzy and Gloria from "totally transformed" will be selling jewelry here. |
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Wed 13th August 2008
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Lisa |
It
was quiet at the very start of the evening so we thought we would
use the time for a few photos. I took four of Lisa and here is the
one she liked best. As I was wearing something different I had myself
taken as well. Lucy was with us for our evening meal and Paula came
in very early on so here are the three girls Paula Lisa and Lucy
together.
Paula had come in with a very serious look on her face and handed me a letter addressed to miss Legs Mary. When I opened it I found it was from her wife asking permission for Paula to be absent from the club while she takes a holiday. I really dont think we should allow this sort of skiving off but I suppose we will have to let her go, just this once. |
Mary |
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Tracy & Elaine
Rosemary |
Pauline Alison & Estelle Elaine
in the top left picture only joined us about two weeks ago and this
week came along with her wife and they both enjoyed the relaxed
atmosphere of the evening meeting and talking to several new people. |
Trixie Rachel & Molly
Paula |
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Rosemary
above has been a member from the beginning but can only get to the
club occasionally. Paula above on the right is a relative newcomer
who is wearing a very striking outfit which looks great on her.
Later in the evening Suzy and Gloria, two genuine girls who run
a business called "Totally Transformed" came in. They
had some samples of costume jewelry with them and asked if they
could come along one evening to sell items like this at the club.
We agreed that they could and have arranged for them to come in
two weeks time on the 27th of August. See coming events for details.
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Wed 6th August 2008
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Following
our White Dress theme night last week and Debbie with Virgin Vie
the week before, I was expecting a quiet week; but no, it was
as busy as ever, from early evening till 11 :30, long after we
usually finish it was still busy. I really can't thank you all
enough for the encouragement it gives the committee to keep going. |
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I
was pleased to see Raymond again, along with Debbie and Christine
who was visiting from Scotland. It turns out that Christine and
Debbie used to live in the same street in Northwich 20 years ago
and they haven't met since then until they both came to the club
a few weeks ago. Later in the evening Estelle gave me an envelope and said have a look at this when you have a moment. It contained a list of 50 different suggestions for theme evenings here at the club that she had put together as a brainstorming exercise. It is very comprehensive and as we really do want to carry on these type of evenings every few weeks, just to add a bit of extra interest, I think I will start a new thread in the forum with this list and get your comments about them. We will then try to use the most popular ideas. This will also be a channel where you can input your own ideas as well. We would like to have a theme evening about every 6 weeks so we would need say 8 a year. Thank you very much Estelle, you are a gem, you have actively supported each special evening we have run so far. Any group would be pleased to have you as a member. The next special evening being planned will be a live entertainment from some of the members of the club on the 17th of September. Watch the events page for details. |
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Wed 30th July 2008
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I had a letter earlier this week from a new girl called Elaine who had been out in Manchester for the first time last Saturday. She had found out about Manchester Concord and was writing to say that she was looking forward to coming along with her wife in their white dresses. Unfortunately they couldn't manage the white dresses but here they are on the left in fantastic matching outfits all ready to join us. They spent the whole evening making new friends and before they left Elaine became a member of the club. So welcome Elaine life is just starting for you, have fun. This evening was our white dress and Hat theme night so here below are as many pictures that I have been able to get hold of. This time we didn't take a group picture so these are mostly individual photos. |
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Elaine & Mary |
Bev |
Hazel |
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Kathy & Sarah |
Bella, Fay, Jenny & Molly |
Jenny |
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Kirsty |
Lisa |
Paula |
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Elaine |
Hazel |
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I
was very pleased with the number of you that made the effort to
find a white outfit but I am sorry that we didn't manage to take
a group photo. It was such a busy night that it got left out. Another
8 people joined the club bringing our numbers up to 118 people.
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Dont
forget that we now have a Forum on this website just for you, the
members, so do join, have your say and find out a lot more about
the other members.
The website now has a section that is intended to contain articles written by our members for help or amusement. I put up the first article by Abby two weeks ago and have just put up another by her. I am hoping that some more of you will now come up with articles that you think would be of interest to the other members, good luck, Mary |
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