Tuesday afternoon was spent in the GRA Office, attending a consultation event, organised by High Peak Community housing (the ALMO) and the Council, on the theme of building more houses on the estate. Two schemes are been suggested, one for the Burbage area of the estate and one for the Hurdlow area of the estate. […]
Monday night saw the Jericho projects latest AGM, from which it would appear that the future direction of the project, whilst not entirely clear, is at least somewhat more clearly defined. The café, which for the last few years has been the mainstay of the project, is set for a renewal with efforts currently underway […]
This week started with a meeting of the Gamesley on the Go Board, which I chaired due to the absence of our usual chair. The work of the board is now ending with the end of the SRB project, and the forthcoming transfer of the healthy living center work to the Community Center’s board. Items […]
Monday saw a meeting of the development plan select, which reviewed for the final time reports on the Glossop and Old Glossop Conservation Area Appraisals, along with a starting report on landscape character throughout the High Peak. Tuesday was the months meeting of the Council’s executive, which included reports on the budget, parish grants, toilets, […]
Well done to Gamesley FC, who this week (Saturday) beat Glossop North End Reserves 5 – 0, unfortunately the Gamesley Reserves got beat 4 -2 by Golborne Sports Reserves. This now leaves Gamesley third in the league, 6 behind the league leaders, but with 4 games in hand. No league action next week for Gamesley […]
Anyone living near the shops on Winster Mews, will have noticed the appearance of a number of containers on the ‘green area’ next to the pay phone, across from the shops. The containers are there for the forthcoming building work that is been done on the shops by High Peak Community Housing (ALMO), which will […]
As anyone that attends any of the various political party conferences could tell you, over recent years there is a heavy police presence, ensuring that the conference is secure, and that the risk of any sort of security problem is reduced. The fish and chip link is in relation to the Saturday evening of the […]
Spring conference day two (Saturday) Saturday of the Spring Conference started with speeches from Diane Holland on the NEC and Peter Watts, the Labour Party’s new general secretary. The conference then moved on to Hazel Blears who spoke on the Party renewal project, and partly on warming the audience up for John Prescott. John Prescott […]
This years Spring Conference is taking place in Blackpool and started off with a study tour looking at regeneration issues around Blackpool and what the Council has done to solve these issues. The main conference itself started with an introduction from Sir Jeremy Beecham, followed by the daughter of the Lord Mayor of Manchester who […]
For ‘normal’ business this week finished on the Thursday because along with Hadfield Councillor Vicky Mann, and Constituency Chair Alan Barrow, I am attending the Labour Party’s Spring Conference in Blackpool. More update to come on this during the weekend. Thursday evening saw a meeting of the High Peak Labour Group in Chinley, a wide […]