Two years ago today, I was on a side bit of ward 40 in Tameside Hospital recovering from cellulitis, sepsis and my admission gift of COVID.I only had limited ability to move and wouldn’t start relearning to walk for another few weeks.As well as getting my various ills curred and relearning to walk before my […]
This afternoon along with the Mayor of the High Peak, I signed a book of condolence to Her Majesty The Queen.I paid tribute to the Queen for her incredible life of service to her country and the Commonwealth and offered my condolences to her family.Books of condolence are available for people to sign at:Municipal Buildings, […]
237 Update 7/9/22TFGM has confirmed that the 237 Glossop to Ashton Under Lyne service will continue after October.They advise that it will continue to run to broadly the same timetable, and it will continue to be operated by Stagecoach.The new contract is due to run for just over two years (the same as the 341) […]
September 2022 Bus Time and Fare Changes: The start of September will see some changes to bus fares and bus times on several services.Bus TimesFirst, the easy part (in our patch, at least) is the 237, which changes from its current summer timetable back to the regular timetable.The change takes place on Sunday 4th, September, and […]
August 2022 Councillors Shoppers Surgery: Tomorrow is the last Saturday of the month, so it’s time for this month’s Glossopdale Labour Councillors Shoppers Surgery. The surgery runs from 10 am until 11.30 am in the open air across the road from the Glossop Market Arcade.In addition to myself, there will be a number of the other Glossopdale […]
As flagged a few weeks ago, TFGM (Transport for Greater Manchester) and DCC (Derbyshire County Council) have started a retendering exercise for the 341 Glossop, Gamesley to Hyde service. TFGM has advised some further details on the tender currently out for the service, which, subject to receiving an acceptable price, they would be looking to award. The […]
Throughout the last few weeks, there has been concerning news about the future of several local bus services.The bus services concerned are:237 – Glossop to Ashton Under Lyne via Hadfield and Tintwistle (Stagecoach)341 – Glossop to Hyde via Simmondley, Gamesley and Charlesworth (Stotts)358 – Hayfield to Stockport via New Mills (Stagecoach)The companies currently running these […]
From 22.00 (10 pm) until 7 am from Monday 18th July until Friday 22nd July, the A626 Glossop Road, which runs from the junction with the A57 at the former plough inn up to Charlesworth, will be closed at Gamesley Bridge.The works are badged as been by Network Rail and are to facilitate bridge examination […]
From Sunday 24th July, the 237 Glossop to Ashton Under Lyne service is changing to its summer timetable.What does this mean?The most significant change is that the daytime service will change from every 20 minutes to every half hour, along with changes to the early morning and afternoon / early evening journeys.The evening journeys after […]