The first teams run of bad form continued last Saturday (28th November) witha one nil defeat away to Knutsford, the reserves however were prevented fromseeing if there losing form from the week before had finished due to theregame been postponed. This Saturday (6th December) will see the first team away again in an almostlocal Derby […]
First off a correction from last week, because the reserves did in fact havea game, which was a 2nd round tie in the Junior Derbyshire Cup which sawthem beating Baslow 7 – 2, as opposed to last Saturdays (22nd November)first team Derbyshire Cup tie which saw them losing 5 – 3 away to SwanwickPentrich Road. […]
Apologies to anyone who tried attending the public meeting for TamesideHospital that was scheduled to take place last night (Monday), but due tothe unavailability of a number of the speakers the meeting had to bepostponed until some time in the New Year. Further details on the hospital are available fromhttp://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/ and as the hospital is […]
Rumours I'm not sure from where, are apparently circulating of plans todemolish the shops at Winster Mews. Rumours which after a quick double check with officers at both the Counciland High Peak Community Housing I can confirm are no more than that, withthere been no plans from either body at this time for anything like […]
Last Wednesday saw the annual general meeting of High Peak Community Housingalong with the normal board meeting, as I expected the current chair AgnesBradley was re-elected as chair, but there was no decision on electing avice chair with a decision been deferred until the next meeting in January. It was the first time I had […]
With reference to last weeks post on the Africa Day Event, a number of shortvideo clips of the African Drumming Demonstration including Tom Levitt MPand County Cllr Dave Wilcox dancing to the beat are now available athttp//www.youtube.com/anthonymck
It's good to hear news from Tom Levitt MP that talks are underway to look atestablishing a credit union for the High Peak. Efforts were tried a numberof years ago (during the time of Fr Michael Moore at St Margaret's) toestablish one on Gamesley, but at that time we weren't a large enough areato sustain […]
Don't forget that this Thursday (27th November) is Gamesley Festive Market,running from 5.30pm until 9.00pm on the shops at Winster Mews. Please comealong if you can. Next Wednesday (3rd December) sees a meeting of the Council's Audit andRegulatory Committee which amongst others items will be considering reportson the appointment of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor […]
Another trip over to New Mills on Saturday, for a session organised by TomLevitt on the theme of Community Empowerment. Along with around 25 representatives of local groups and bodies includingPat Wilson from High Peak Borough Council and Sharon McCambridge from HighPeak Community Housing we discussed for around 2 hours some of the issuesaround increasing […]
Saturday saw a trip to the St George Hall in New Mills for an eventorganised by Tom Levitt MP and Bakewell based charity Village Aid which sawschools and charities from across the High Peak come together to celebrateAfrica and its culture. Each of the organisations taking part had a stall to display their work andideas […]