All Things Considered - Acoustic Session

All Things Considered - Acoustic Session A monthly session at The Ostrich Pub, Bury Old Road, for all musicians, poets, raconteurs, storytellers, listeners and watchers.

The THIRD Tuesday of every month

Last year, after I released my Double CD, I was surprised to find that many people no longer had the means to play music...
24/01/2026

Last year, after I released my Double CD, I was surprised to find that many people no longer had the means to play music CDs.
As a result, I have spent no time at all trying to promote my recording.
Now, however, the whole thing (40 tracks) is to be available on the Bandcamp website.
If you’d like to purchase the CDs to download, please go to https://martingittins.bandcamp.com/yum
There you will also find a second Album called ‘Encores and extras’ containing all the tracks we recorded that wouldn’t fit on the Double CD.

20/01/2026

Tonight we'll be remembering our good friend Rob Dunford, who died suddenly just after Christmas.
We'll be singing some great songs, reciting some great poetry and having a great chinwag about anything that takes our fancy.

We'll kick off at around 8.30,

Hope to see you there

The Ostrich, Bury Old Road, Prestwich

06/01/2026

Today I heard the sad news that one of our regulars at acoustic sessions, Rob Dunford has died. He was a familiar face at many folk and poetry events in Manchester and Salford, including the Old Pint Pot and my own acoustic session at the Eagle Inn, Salford, and more recently The Ostrich, Bury Old Road.
I have no details of funeral arrangements as yet.

20/12/2025

Hi everyone.
From our Christmas raffle we were able to send a donation of £30 to the Christie Hospital. Thanks for your support. [ I gift aided it in my name :-) ]

Donation Amount: 30.00
Transaction Id: F44B-0NRE-4NC00
Gift Aid: Yes

Thank you for your donation to Blood Cancer UK.

Your kind gift helps bring us one step closer to beating blood cancer.

21/10/2025

Who's playing out tonight? so far I have Me, Lynn Walton Rob and possibly Steve Woolley. Who else is coming out? 8.30pm at the Ostrich, near Heaton Park.

18/10/2025

GEOFF HIGGINBOTTOM MEMORIAL CONCERT - UPDATE.
Sadly, due to a variety of reasons, it has not been possible to get the proposed concert to work on the available date. Instead, I am working on the POSSIBILITY of holding a Virtual get-together via Zoom! which will give people the opportunity to celebrate Geoff's life and their involvement in it. At the same time I hope to set up an opportunity for anyone who so wishes to make a contribution to a charity collection, to be divided equally between The Christie Hospital and The MacMillan Nurses.
As soon as I have a firmer arrangement in place I will post here.
Thanks to those people who were able to commit to the original idea and I hope you will still be able to get involved in this alternative way.
Martin Gittins

03/10/2025

So far, the response to my earlier post about a Geoff Higginbottom Memorial Concert has been almost nothing. Only two people have said they will want tickets.
I feel it's unfair to the Ukrainian Cultural Centre to wait until a few weeks befor ean event and then cancel it, leaving them no opportunity to re-hire the venue.
Therefor, if I have not received a significant improvement in requests for tickets and for volunteers to perform by Saturday 18th October the event will not go ahead. Please see all details below.

GEOFF HIGGINBOTTOM MEMORIAL CONCERT
SATURDAY 15th NOVEMBER 7.30pm
UKRAINIAN CULTURAL CENTRE, SMEDLEY LANE, CHEETHAM
!PLEASE PUT THIS DATE IN YOUR DIARY!
Now is the time to commit to attending, so please let me know if you want tickets. I won't be using TICKETMASTER or any other ticketing app, I'll just be taking names and reserving spaces for the evening, so please don't leave it to the last minute.
Email me using [email protected] with your name, email address, contact number and number of seats required and I'll add you to the list.
If you want to book a table for a group (minimum 6, maximum 12) please specify that too.
If you would like to perform, I'll be allocating spaces on the bill on a 'first-come, first-served' basis, so you need to get in quickly, using the same email address.
All proceeds and any donations will be divided equally between Christie's Hospital and MacMillan Nurses.
PLEASE SPREAD THE NEWS OF THIS EVENT TO ANY FRIENDS OR FANS OF GEOFF'S WHO MAY WANT TO ATTEND.

23/09/2025

GEOFF HIGGINBOTTOM MEMORIAL CONCERT
SATURDAY 15th NOVEMBER 7.30pm
UKRAINIAN CULTURAL CENTRE, SMEDLEY LANE, CHEETHAM
!PLEASE PUT THIS DATE IN YOUR DIARY!

Now is the time to commit to attending, so please let me know if you want tickets. I won't be using TICKETMASTER or any other ticketing app, I'll just be taking names and reserving spaces for the evening, so please don't leave it to the last minute.

Email me using [email protected] with your name, email address, contact number and number of seats required and I'll add you to the list.

If you want to book a table for a group (minimum 6, maximum 12) please specify that too.

If you would like to perform, I'll be allocating spaces on the bill on a 'first-come, first-served' basis, so you need to get in quickly, using the same email address.

All proceeds and any donations will be divided equally between Christie's Hospital and MacMillan Nurses.

PLEASE SPREAD THE NEWS OF THIS EVENT TO ANY FRIENDS OR FANS OF GEOFF'S WHO MAY WANT TO ATTEND.

Regards,
Martin Gittins

We don't have this problem at The Ostrich, we have a lovely ground-floor room right next to the bar! Come on down and se...
15/09/2025

We don't have this problem at The Ostrich, we have a lovely ground-floor room right next to the bar! Come on down and see for yourself tomorrow night from 8.30pm.

THE OSTRICH 163 Bury Old Rd, Prestwich, Manchester M25 1JF

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Salford
M37DW

Opening Hours

8:30pm - 11:30pm

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