Town Hall Sessions : In year’s past as it’s almost the August bank holiday weekend, I’d be highlighting Glossop’s answer to Glastonbury, but without the need for tents or camping (unless you really really wanted to) with the Bankswood Festival, however this year for reasons more eloquently explained here and in support of the wider Glossop […]
Bank Holiday Buses / Glossop Local Link Reminder : Monday (28th August) sees the last of this year’s summer bank holiday’s, which means that local buses, are a little differently with just the Glossop Local Link, 236/7, and 61 running. For us locally (on Gamesley) it means there will be just the Glossop Local Link running […]
This coming, Saturday (26th August) morning will see the August 2017 Councillors Shopper’s Surgery. The Councillor’s Shopper’s Surgery takes place on the last Saturday of the month, from 10am until 11.30am in the central Glossop location of the Glossop Market Arcade. Available at the shopper’s Councillors surgery will be High Peak Borough Councillors Graham Oakley […]
Bad news for users of Glossop Station and potentially residents of streets nearby the station, with the news that from Tuesday 29th August parking charges will be introduced for the station car park. The unwelcome bank holiday return present will see a charge of £3 per day introduced – with no details at current of […]
Back to the Stotts, apologies for mauling a classic film title, but it seems appropriate for the news that from the 30th October, the 341 Glossop to Hyde service, will be returning back to its former operators with Stotts taking over from High Peak Buses. From the details seen so far, the service will mainly […]
On Monday, a family on Tissington suffered a devastating house fire, early reports advised that the fire was caused by an electrical fault, however officers at the council have since advised that the fire brigade have reported that the fire was not caused by an electrical fault. Thankfully I’m advised that there were no injuries […]
Blog 12th birthday / A brief reminder : Just a brief note to highlight the passing of the 12th birthday of the start of this blog, and as is usually noted in this annual post whilst not all the topics covered will be the liveliest or sometimes the most interesting of issues, I do hope […]
Have your say – local issues survey : Whilst many folk may be heading away for the summer, I’m hoping you will be willing to spend a few minutes of your time on our local issues survey. As your local councillor, it is really important to hear about the issues that matter to you, and […]
This Wednesday (2nd August), you will be able to take an easy visit to the ‘Wild West’ just by going down to the shops at Winster Mews, which for one day only will be converted to a little piece of the ‘Wild West’ for this year’s ‘Meet the neighbours’ which is on from 12.00noon until […]
This coming Wednesday sees a meeting of the Council’s Community Select Committee, amongst the items it will consider is one on changes and updates to the tenancy agreement for council housing tenants. The proposed changes are required to both up-date issues within the tenancy operationally and legislatively whilst also maximising the Council’s ability to proactively […]
