'My crystal chandelier shop and home is going to be subject to an onslaught of horrendous noise'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSelf-confessed eccentric Val Martin has been selling historic crystal chandeliers imported from the great houses of Europe from the antique shop she also calls home in Hale village for nearly 40 years.
But the dog-loving 82-year-old says she may be on the verge of quitting as she faces being sandwiched between two venues offering live music and an 'onslaught of horrendous noise'.
Val's Pomeranian pooch runs round the luscious south-facing garden of her quaint four-storey property on the edge of the village centre. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features "I never imagined ever having to leave here," she said. "I've been here 38 years." Trafford council’s licensing sub-committee agreed last night (Wednesday August 9) for the new owner of a bar to be known as Hale Tavern on Ashley Road until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays and until midnight from Sundays to Thursdays in premises that were once an Italian restaurant - right next to Val.
And on Monday (August 14), an application to turn the vacant former Spanish restaurant on the other side of Val’s ‘Porcupine’ shop into an eatery called La Bandara, also offering live music, will be decided by the same sub-committee.
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