Coffee Catch-Up: Christmas events, old theatres and Remembrance Sunday

Here is this week’s coffee catch-up, with some of the best stories from the Manchester World team over the weekend.

Transcript

00:00What should you do if you hate the Christmas markets?

00:02Hello and welcome to Coffee Catch-Up, the show where I'd usually be buying a coffee from a shop

00:06in Manchester and rating it, but I smashed my phone screen over the weekend so we've gone

00:09budget with a homemade one. Now Halloween is over and Christmas is on the horizon,

00:13much of Manchester's festive spirit can get caught up in the Christmas markets,

00:17but what should you do if you don't like the hustle and bustle of them?

00:20Fortunately, Sophia has your back with a couple of alternative events.

00:23Between the Trafford Centre Christmas Trail, the Victoria Battle Winter Fair,

00:26the Stockport Victorian Christmas Market, the Altrincham Light Switch-On,

00:29and the Put the Big Light On Festival, there are tons of great options.

00:33Sick of Miss Sophia, she's also done a wonderful piece on Manchester's Theatre Royal,

00:36which has now been vacant for 15 years. It's been on the Theatre Trust's at-risk register

00:41since 2013 and there's a real opportunity there to build something exciting.

00:44Finally, a feel-good piece from Patrick Hollis ahead of Remembrance Day.

00:47A 93-year-old army veteran has finally received his veteran pin,

00:52thanks to his apprentice social worker, Laura. It's a really heartwarming story.

00:56Please give all the articles a read and follow us at Manchester World for more.