This coming Saturday morning (24th June) will see this month’s Glossopdale Labour Shopper’s Councillors Surgery. The Shopper’s Councillor’s Surgery takes place 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 who represent Whitfield, Godfrey Claff and […]
Bank Holiday Monday (29th May) Gamesley – Local Link only – for details click here Glossopdale – Stagecoach Manchester – 236 / 7 are running a Sunday service. High Peak Buses are running a Sunday service. Bus Fare Increase High Peak Buses are offering you a bad return from Monday’s bank holiday, with a range of […]
This Saturday (20th May) sees this years Glossop Car Show, taking place in what will hopefully be a warmer and sunny Manor Park than last year, from 11am until 4pm. The show is arranged by the Glossop Vehicle Enthusiasts Club and will feature a huge range of classic cars, motorbikes, commercial vehicles, modern classics and much more. For […]
Despite concerns raised since the end of March around proposals to raise taxi fares in the High Peak, at last weeks full council meeting the ruling Conservative group gave the go ahead to proposals to increase fares. With effect from 1st June, if you get a taxi from the rank or use one ‘on the […]
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 […]