Thursday 4th November will see this year’s Gamesley Community Bonfire and Firework’s Display. As with previous year’s it will take place at the back of the shops, but as with previous years, to make the event a success we need the help of volunteers to work, both on the night and to help us put […]
Tomorrow morning (17th September) sees this month’s councillors’ surgery, which as opposed to the usual regular Saturday morning surgeries is being held this Friday. The surgery will run from 9.00am until 11.00am at the Gamesley Residents’ Association office on Winster Mews (pictured left), and this month there is no particular theme but if you have an complaint, comment or […]
Image via Wikipedia I understand from details from the council, that there may be movement on the issue of the bridge with the likelyhood that subject to the various regulations, within the next 3 to 4 weeks a ‘bailey bridge‘ with a high enough weight limit for the vehicles needed to operate the tip will […]
Just for the avoidance of doubt for anyone, that has heard me say it, I am in no way responsible for the save the Ferro Alloy’s Chimney letter in this week’s Glossop Chronicle. Although I have on occassions joked that at some point we would see a save the chimney group being formed, I did’nt […]
This Friday (10th September) will see the launch of the Glossop Wellbeing Assessments, with a free event in Glossop Market Arcade between 10.00am and 2.00pm.The assessments are being done by Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind, and are based on the five ways to wellbeing model, and the assessments are ‘aimed to help people look at […]
Image by AnthonyMck via Flickr Gamesley FC’s first team have got off to a bit of a rough start this season, with a number of defeat’s and draws so far including a 6 – 1 drubbing at the hands of Styal. The team however may well be bouncing back from that as last Saturday’s (4th […]
Well the votes are now in for this year’s total politics annual blog poll, and a big thank you to those of you who have voted for the blog, as I’m up 14 places from last years 26 to just outside the top ten at number 12 this year.As with last year’s poll there’s still […]
Labour Party members across the country will have from this morning started to receive their ballot papers for the leadership and other party elections taking place at the moment. From early on in the leadership elections I have being minded to support Andy Burnham, originally as a token gesture as the only candidate standing and […]
This coming Tuesday (7th September) sees the next meeting of the Gamesley and Charlesworth Safer Neighbourhood Team, starting at 1.00pm in the Gamesley Residents Association Office on Winster Mews. Amongst other things the meeting gives local residents an opportunity to meet with the local police and discuss issues in the area along with an opportunity […]
A few weeks ago I took part in a walk round of the Melandra Castle (or fort as it should be) (the real one not the pub) with representatives of the Glossop and Longdendale Archaeological Society (GLAS), along with representatives from English Heritage and the Council looking at concerns over the site, and what works […]