I was sorry to hear about Dave Wilcox’s passing away over the weekend.Dave was a Derbyshire County Councillor elected at first for the Glossop West division in 1981 before changing following boundary reviews to the Etherow division in 2005, standing down in 2017.Dave was also the Borough Councillor on High Peak for the Padfield Ward […]
I’m disappointed to have heard via two of the groups currently using the Centre – that Derbyshire County Council have advised that from the end of March, they are shutting the Gamesley Youth and Community Centre on the ring road. I’ve not had any formal confirmation from the County Council so far, and I have contacted […]
This year, Derbyshire County Council are using some of the limited Bus Service Improvement Plan to support two services mainly aimed at tourists coming into the area.Now whilst you may possibly grumble that, given the limited funding, is this the best use of the money, that’s not the reason for the grumble.Both services will be […]
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 […]
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 […]
Following on from the announcement of the National Bus Strategy, Councils across the Country were asked to develop a Bus Service Improvement Plan to improve services in their area.The Government initially announced that there would be a £3 billion pot to revolutionise bus travel – but this was cut to less than half, with the […]
Signs have appeared at the former Samas Roneo end of Melandra Castle Road advising that the road will be closed between 8 am and 6 pm from 5/4/22 to 8/4/22. The works are listed on the One Network system as being on behalf of T-mobile and are presumable for the installation of the 5g mast. I’ve contacted […]
There will be a mobile coronavirus community testing van situated in Gamesley in response to high Covid infection rates in the area from Monday morning.