Being a School governor at St Margaret's was the theme of the week last week with a meeting of the buildings and safety committee on Tuesday night and a meeting of the full governors on Wednesday. Further good news was reported following the recent OFSTED inspection with a strong performance in the SAT's and a […]
Most local residents on the estate should by now have received a leaflet with regard to tomorrow’s ‘skip drop’ which has been organised by High Peak Community Housing as part of a ‘rubbish’ amnesty to help clean up the estate. The skips will be able to take any waste excluding electrical items, fridges / freezers, […]
Yesterday saw the second anniversary of this blog, which was first started in 2005, and whilst not all the topics covered may be interesting, I do hope that readers of the blog find the contents useful. Whilst I don’t usually attend that many concerts or gigs, this week will see me attending two, with Tori […]
The next councillor’s surgery will take place on Saturday 14th July from 11.30 until 12.30 in the Gamesley Residents Association Office on Winster Mews, when Tom Levitt MP will again also be present.
Last Friday night saw a meeting of the High Peak Labour Party, this month at the Old Hall Hotel in Buxton. As usual a wide range of issues up for discussion including an interesting discussion on the deputy leadership election, with the result causing a little surprise to some in the room given that at […]
Last Wednesday saw a meeting of the Audit and Regulatory Committee, which as I’ve previously commented might not sound like something exciting, but it dose have an important job to do. The meeting considered reports on the draft statement of accounts, the audit and inspection plan from the Audit Commission, along with a number of […]
As mentioned recently the smoke ban for England took force on the 1st July 2007 and the various health experts are all hailing this is been a big step forward towards a healthier population. Now whilst surveys are showing that the public support the smoking ban with many believing that going smokefree will have a […]
Thankyou to those who have replied with issues or areas to cover during Wednesday walkabout. Don’t forgot the walkabouts take place covering different areas of the estate on a monthly basis (usually on the last Wednesday of the month), so even if we’re not covering your patch on this months walkabout please let us know […]
Well after the various weeks of campaigning a new deputy leader has been elected in the form of Harriet Harman, not my first choice and quite possibly not a lot of other people’s but with the ‘odd’ system we use, it tends to see the candidate who has gained the least ‘opposition’ in the campaign […]
Next Wednesday (4th July) will see an estate walkabout take place on the section of Gamesley between the Centurion and Hollins Lane. The walkabout’s aim to look at any issue’s within that particular area from street cleaning, grass cutting, anti social behaviour, untidy gardens and any other concerns that local residents have. The walkabout will […]