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Andrew Richardson (OS 1982) presents Amazing Ashton Award

Tram driver Andrew Richardson (OS 1982) is an active member of the Tameside community and was recently honoured to present an Amazing Ashton Award. Read more about Andrew's community engagement here.
16 Dec 2022
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Andrew Richardson (OS 1982) presenting an Amazing Ashton Award
Andrew Richardson (OS 1982) presenting an Amazing Ashton Award

Old Stopfordian Andrew Richardson (OS 1982) is a tram driver with Metrolink and is heavily involved with activities and committees in the Tameside area, including running the Hyde Past & Present Facebook group, which has been going for over seven years and has amassed over 31.5k members.

Andrew tells us:

"I'm very active in my local community running a large Facebook group for Hyde (and some smaller groups). I help organise events and also compere them. This year Hyde Mela in the park attracted 6,000 visitors.  Hyde Christmas lights switch on over 500.

I've also done a regular column in the free About Tameside magazine for several years and presented on Amazing Ashton Awards for their recent event.  I regularly contribute to the Tameside Reporter newspaper and do outside broadcast interviews for Tameside Radio. I'm a Trustee on Hyde War Memorial Trust, a member of the Hyde Together (Town Team) and a POP management member community hub."

We're excited to see what's next for Andrew.

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