The morning of Saturday 27th May will see this month’s Glossopdale Labour Councillors Shopper’s Surgery. The Councillor’s Shopper’s Surgery takes place from 10am until 11.30am in the central Glossop location of the Glossop Market Arcade. Available at the shopper’s surgery will be High Peak Borough Councillors Graham Oakley who represent Whitfield, Godfrey Claff and Damien Greenhalgh […]
Residents living on Glossop Road, will shortly be receiving (or will have received already) a leaflet from Nexus planning, regarding proposals from Countrywide and the Casey group to build 154 new houses on the land that is currently the former Samas Roneo warehouse, and the fields either side of it. As locals may be aware […]
Last Thursday evening, saw this year’s High Peak Borough Council Annual Council and Mayor Making meeting, meaning that a new mayor would be taking over from Cllr George Wharmby who has held the chains of office for the last 12 months. For the new Mayor and first citizen of the borough, I was pleased to […]
This year sees the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of the Co-operative Party. The Co-operative party was established to ensure that the Co-operative movement had a voice with the powers that be, a voice that would be arguing for co-operative values and ideals to be included where possible and practical in everyday life. In the […]
I was shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of John Hallsworth. John was a councillor for what is now part of the other Cllr Mckeown’s Hadfield South ward, for 20 years from 1983 to 2003, included 8 years as leader of High Peak Borough Council. As a new councillor in 1999, the education […]
Tomorrow (Thursday 4th May 2017) sees the county council elections, and for the first time in my lifetime, there’s will not be a Wilcox standing for election, with our current county councillor Dave Wilcox standing down. To replace Dave, in our neck of the wood or the Etherow electoral division as it is know for […]
This coming, Saturday (29th April) morning will see this month’s Glossopdale Labour Councillors Shopper’s Surgery. The Councillor’s Shopper’s Surgery takes place from 10am until 11.30am in the central Glossop location of the Glossop Market Arcade. Available at the shopper’s surgery will be High Peak Borough Councillors Graham Oakley who represent Whitfield, Godfrey Claff from Howard […]
For the Easter 2017 Bank Holidays, please note the following with regards to local buses : Good Friday Gamesley – High Peak Buses are running a Saturday service which means only the 341 / 202 is running to Saturday times. Glossopdale – Stagecoach Manchester – 236 / 7 are running a Sunday service. High Peak Buses are […]
As previously advised with effect from Monday 24th April there will be changes to the times of the 341 / 202 Glossop to Hyde via Simmondley, Gamesley, Broadbottom and Hyde Hospital service. The changes are intended to improve timekeeping for the service with most journeys been given additional end to end running time and additional […]
Locals, especially anyone who has travelled on the train from Glossop to Manchester will be aware of the tree and land works that are currently ongoing on land to the rear of the Bluebell Pub / Orchard Drive. Unfortunately, despite a variety of rumours circulating locally, the works are not (at least as far as […]
