Thursday 11 June 2009

SHED THIEVES STRIKE ON NEW ROAD, TINTWISTLE.



Local police are urging residents to be vigilant following the theft of three mountain bikes from a garden shed on New Road, Tintwistle. It is thought the thieves struck on the 7th or 8th of June. The disturbing news follows in the wake of a spate of burlaries that has hit the village during recent recent months.

Derbyshire Constabulary want to hear from anyone who has or thinks they may have information about the incident. Their Crimestoppers number is 0345 123 3333. Anyone with information should quote the Crime Reference Number 331 0909.

Saturday 6 June 2009

HADFIELD CARNIVAL - full details





Hadfield Carnival 2009 features the American Civil War Society

This year's Hadfield Carnival, which takes place Sunday June 7th on Newshaw Lane, starts with a Parade at 12.00am from Newshaw Lane Park, with Arnfield Brass, striking up the band and leading the procession.


The afternoon's entertainment include a pet show, fairground rides, Punch & Judy, a bucking broncho, childrens races and a coconut shy. There will be music from local bands, Rapture, Steve Roberts, Ben Stafford, Chordwainer and Daughter of Janus.


The theme and focus of the carnival will be a re-enactment of a Civil War Battle, courtesy of the American Civil War Society, replete with cannon and musket fire. It is advised that animals should therefore be kept well away once the pet show has finished.


There will also be craft stalls, a cake competition and a Tug of War Competition to end the days events. The timetable is as follows:

12.00am - Parade
12.30pm - Pet Show plus local bands commence playing.
1.30pm - Children's races.
2.30pm - Civil War Re-enactment.

Hope you can make it and that the rain stays off. Should be fun.

Thursday 4 June 2009

TINTWISTLE CHILDRENS GALA



Tintwistle Childrens Gala 2009 will be held on Saturday 27th June.
It will be preceded on Wednesday 24rth by the annual running of the '
Round the Resers Race'
, full details of which can be found here:

http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2009/eftintwistle.pdf

For those of you who do not have the latest version of Abode Acrobat reader, the link may not work, so the relevant details are as follows:

Round the Resers Race, United Utilities Offices, Woodhead Road, Tintwistle, Glossop, Derbyshire SK13 1HS (late entries, toilets etc. at Community Building, New Road, Tintwistle - see map on entry form)Undulating 5 mile run on paths and tracks in the scenic Longdendale Valley along a traffic free route.2009 entry fees: £6/£8 +£1 on the night (pay "Tintwistle Children's Gala") c/d 23/6/09. Collect your numbers on the night.Contact: Gwyn Davies, 2 Roe Cross Farm, Old Road, Mottram, Hyde SK14 6LW - tel. 01457 7673131999 - 2006 Entry form: Acrobat .pdf (305k)


The gala itself takes place on Saturday 27 June. A procession will wend its way along Conduit Street and around the village from 11.30am, ending up on Sexton Street playing fields.


Wednesday 3 June 2009

ARNFIELD BRASS BAND - schedule



The full schedule of Arnfield Brass Band , whose next gig is the Hadfield Carnival can be found over at their website:

http://www.arnfieldbrass.co.uk/engagements.htm

Monday 1 June 2009

DIG HADFIELD - Next Meeting Tuesday



Recently formed allotments campaign group, Dig Hadfield, will hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday 2nd June at the Victoria Inn, Brosscroft at 7.30pm. If you are interested in the work of the group but are not able to attend the meeting, you can catch up with them at the Hadfield Carnival, on Sunday 7th, where they will be holding a plant sale and signing up new members.

The next meeting of Tintwistle and Hadfield Residents Association will be an A.G.M. Details of time and and venue will follow as soon as arrangements are in place.

Sunday 31 May 2009

HADFIELD CARNIVAL - Sunday June 7th

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The carnival season has begun which can only mean that Summer is just around the corner. In fact it's been such a glorious weekend that maybe, just maybe, it's already begun in earnest but don't say it too loudly.

Next Sunday June 7th is the date for the Hadfield Carnival, so put it in your diary and keep a few hours spare in the afternoon. The fun commences at midday and the theme for this year is the Wild West. Anyone bringing pets along to the Pet Show (from 12.30pm) are advised that it would be wise to take them home soon afterwards due to the fact that there will be noise (presumably from replica guns) which can be quite loud and scary for some animals.

I should mention that there will be a parade from Newshaw Lane at 11.30pm and that there will be fun for all the family but no need to say anymore as the leaflet says it all really and there is a contact number at the foot of the leaflet, in case of any queries. See you there.

Tuesday 21 April 2009

LIDL SYMPATHY FOR FOODSTORE PLEA

Does anyone remember this publicity stunt from way back last May 2008? (see image below)

It was an Open Day organised by supermarket chain Lidl to explain to potential customers their plans for a new foodstore at Brookfield on the A57 on the former Wild and Hallam showroom.

They were quite literally giving consumers a taste of what Lidl had in store for them.

Curiously the flyer begins with the words "we will shortly be submitting a planning application..."

Well almost 12 months later and after withdrawing a previous application Lidl finally submitted and had their application considered by the Development and Control Committee last night at the Council Offices in Chinley.

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May our blog be the first media channel to inform local residents that the committee made a UNANIMOUS decision to REFUSE the application, for reasons which I will set out below.

To begin with it is perhaps not a wholly surprising verdict given that the Officers recommendation was to refuse anyhow. However, this committee has sprung a few surprises in the past and indeed later that evening went on to overturn the Officer's recommendation to refuse 6 additional storage silos in Whaley Bridge.

So nothing can be assumed until questions have been put, debate has taken place and the arguments won or lost in the battleground of council chamber.

This is where Lidl perished.

Adrian Fisher, Chief Planning Officer for HPBC stepped up to the plate first, explaining the technical reasons why the application could not be supported. The technical issues involved can be summarised as follows:

Loss of Employment Land
Impact on Existing Town Centres
Residential Amenity
Highways Impact
Flood Risk
Visual Apperance

From the list, Flood risk and Highways Impact were clearly the most important considerations, since what was being proposed here was a food store and it seems fairly obvious to most people that an area that is prone to quite severe flooding at times is perhaps not the best place to store food! Indeed the Environment Agency had already weighed in with their objection on flood risk grounds.

Similarly, one wonders how long motorists trying to access the store from the opposite lane would have to wait for a break in the traffic and what length of queues they would have built up in doing so were the application allowed.

Puzzlingly, none of this seemed to worry the County Highways Chiefs over in Matlock, who saw no reason to object to an application that needed 70+ parking spaces, which is close to the Woolley Bridge bottleneck on a road that is almost at capacity!

Tied in with this fact was the issue of how a food store here would affect the town centre of Glossop and other food stores in Hadfield. The strategy being adopted by the council is to try and make the town centre attractive for shoppers and to try and create a hub where shoppers can satisfy their needs in a single trip.

It was suggested by Mr Fisher that out of town stores such as this would undermine the viability of the town centre, therefore undermining all the work that has been done so far to revitalise and regenerate designated retail zones. In particular, Woods Mill was cited as a far more appropriate place for a development of this size and nature.

TO BE CONTINUED........