"High Peak is a mixed seat in a wild and beautiful corner of the southern
Pennines which also includes some old industrial towns on the edges of
Greater Manchester."
Jonathan Haggart ponders the High Peak election in his blog, Haggis in Ponderland.
The Guardian's John Harris was
filming in Sheffield Hallam and High Peak, briefly interviewing
Conservative candidate Andrew
Bingham and Labour candidate Caitlin Biskell
about a hung parliament. You can see the video here.
In High Peak, one
person does not really have one vote, they have the equivalent of 0.651
votes, according to the Voter Power Index.
That's 2.58 times more than the UK average. 59% of those who voted in
2005 did not vote for the winning candidate.
Old
Glossop micro Howard
Town Brewery has produced the ultimate 'party'
tipple - a new ale called Hung
Parliament. Brewery boss Tony Hulme,
whose Wren's Nest bitter picked up the Champion Ale award from the
Society of Independent Brewers two years ago, says of the reddish beer
made from Challenger hops: "This is a labour of love, liberally hopped
and with a conservative fruitiness." At a quaffable 4.4% it won't
leave you befuddled about the issues on Thursday, May 6.
The beer is available on draft and in bottles from real ale pubs like
the Moon and Sixpence in Bernard Street, the Wheatsheaf in Old Glossop,
the King's Arms in Salford and the Crown Inn in Stockport. More
information from Tony on 01457
869800 or 07939
224027.
The Peels Arms
in Padfield is the Glossop
winner in City
Life's Pub
of the Year competition. The pub now
competes with winners from 15 other areas around Manchester for the
overall title. To vote for the Peels Arms text POTY B to 82540 by Sunday, May 9.
Namibian
boxer Ali Nuumbembe
- who won and lost the Commonwealth welterweight title while he was
living in Glossop in 2007 - lost his WBO African welterweight title when Jerry Nekhubvi from South Africa knocked him out at the Windhoek Country Club on Friday (April 30).
Details here.
Ian Mann raised £853for the Stroke Association by running the Vancouver Half Marathon on Sunday (May 2) in memory of
his late father, Reg Mann
(right), the Glossop councillor who led the campaign against the Ferro
Alloys chimney. You can still sponsor him here.
The new Primary Care Centre
in George Street, which is due to open in July, will not now provide
minor surgery and a minor injuries service as originally planned.
Tameside
and Glossop NHS says: "Details of services are
still being finalised and are as yet unconfirmed. However,
they are currently scheduled to include district and school
nursing, dietetics, speech and language therapy, children's services,
optometry, orthoptics, retinopathy screening, health visiting, sexual
health and primary care mental health, amongst others. There will also
be a community room for the use of local individuals and groups,
forming a communal hub for the people of Glossopdale. Built in close
consultation with the public, the centre is tailor-made to suit local
needs."
Gamesley
Sports and Community
Centre on Melandra Castle Road launches a brand
new fifteen-week 5-aside
league on Monday,
June 14 at 6.00pm.
This is
open to any age group
from 16 years plus. All
games will be
played on the Astroturf playing surfaces at the centre and will be
overseen by
fully trained staff. Register
your team now by calling 01457
869145 or visiting www.hpch.co.uk.
High Peak Community Housing
has now taken over the day to day management of the community centre.
If you have any ideas for what you would like to see at centre, call
them on 01457 869145.
A recent survey by ActiveFat
showed most people have no idea that too
much fat around the waist puts them at increased risk of
cancer,
diabetes and heart disease. 97% of people were unaware of a
link, although 71% of people admitted they had an expanding waistline.
Women are at risk if their waist measures more than 80cm (31.5 inches),
while men are at risk if they go above 94cm (37 inches). In Tameside
and Glossop, around half the adult population (120,940) are overweight
or obese, leading to a range of health problems. Weight
Matters is a completely free
service
available to local people who need to lose those unhealthy extra
pounds. Call 0845 053
3302 to find your nearest course.
Glossop and Hadfield Mencap Society
now has a weekly blog describing
all the activities which its Glossop
Gateway Club undertakes. Details here.
High Peak borough
council leader Tony
Ashton has supported a cover-up
of one of the most serious cases of dishonesty in High Peak public
life, according to the High Peak
Transparencyblog.
John
Mettrick's butchers on High Street West is
offering double reward
points until the end of May.
Milton
Pena, the orthopaedic surgeon who raised concerns about
standards of care at Tameside Hospital, has launched an online petition calling for
legislation for a national nurse/
patient ratio of 1:7, according to Amanda Crook in the Manchester
Evening News. The ratio can currently be one
nurse to 30
patients. You can sign the petition here.
Doctor urges limit on number
of patients per nurse - Nursing
Times
Tameside
LINk is organising a public meeting to
consider how care at Tameside Hospital can be improved on Wednesday, May 12 in
the afternoon. Details here.
photograph
by Jim Lockwood / GNE
Dave Young of Glossop North End shields the ball after
attempting to go past Paul
Socha of Atherton LR
Glossop
North End beat Padiham 0-2 away on Wednesday (May 5). But they lost 1-0 away to
Congleton Town on Saturday (May 1) and 4-1 away to Atherton
LR on Thursday (April 29). They
play
Nelson away on Saturday,
May 8 at
3.00pm in the last match of the season
The Partington Players
present J B Priestley's
Time
and the Conways, directed by Ken Redfern, at the
Partington Theatre in Henry Street from Monday, May 3 to Saturday, May 8 at
7.30pm. Details here.
One of Priestley's time plays, based on the theories of J
W Dunne, it follows the fortunes of one family
from 1919 to 1938 and back again.
SR Promotions present An Audience with Tony
Auton at The Oakwood in High Street West on
Thursday, May
6 at 8.00pm. A fantastic night of high power, melodic and
skilfull rock'n'roll from the wonderful Tony Auton and his band.
Something else is happening on this day too, so after you've decided
the future of our country come and have your soul cleansed.
£3 in advance from The Oakwood or The Peak of Health on
Norfolk Square or £4 on the door.
The Mother Black Caps
- a post punk band from Manchester who deliver a meaningful blend of
Gang of Four rhythms, atonal guitar solos, insightful lyrics and
powerful vocals - play The Oakwood in High Street West on
Friday, May 7
at 8.30pm. £3. Details here.
The
Friends of Glossop Station have a Teddy Bears Picnic
on Saturday, May 8
from 10.30am - 12.30pm, with free
train travel between Glossop and Broadbottom.
The Samuel C Lees Trio featuring Eva Gray plays the Bulls Head in Old Road, Tintwistle [SK13 1JY] on Saturday, May 8 at 8.30pm. Details here.
Glossop Rotary Club
has a car boot
sale at the Fauvel Road playing fields on Sunday, May 9 at
8.00am. A pitch is £8. Details on 01457 859171.
Mr
R G Lomas opens his garden at Cloud Cottage, High Lane, Simmondley [SK13
6JN]
for charity on Sunday, May 9 (and on Sunday, May 16 and Sunday, May 23)from 2.00 - 5.00pm as part of the National Gardens
Scheme. Species and hybrid rhododendron with a wide variety of shrubs.
They have extended the Japanese-inspired garden by diverting a stream
to make six ponds. £3. Refreshments available. Details on 01457 862033.
The NWCFL Reserve Division Cup
Final between Glossop North End Reserves and Padiham
Reserves is at North End's Surrey Street ground on Monday, May 10 at
7.45pm.
High
Peak Radio's final Football
Fantime
of the season on Wednesday,
May 12 at
7.00pm
looks back at the highs and lows with Glossop North End's Steve Young and Terry Hincks as the
guests. You can listen on 106.4 or 103.3 FM or online here.
The Derbyshire Aggregates Levy
Scheme has £227,360
available for community and
environmental projects. Details here.
Call the
Derbyshire Environmental Trust on 01629
538614 / 539182
or email det@derbyshire.gov.uk.
Closing date is Friday,
May 14.
Glossop
Business Network has a Ladies Networking Evening
at the Cafe Jericho in Winster Mews, Gamesley on Friday, May 14 at
7.30pm. Details here.
The
Lift Global Music Festival 2010, which was to
have been held from Friday,
May 14
to Sunday, May 16,
has been cancelled
because of the closure of Glossop Town Hall.
The opening concert on Friday,
May 14 - a specially commissioned
collaboration between legendary sax player Gilad Atzmon,
brilliant singer Sarah
Gillespie and the Glossopdale
Community College Swing Band - will still go ahead at Glossopdale
Community College.
The evening at the Town
Hall on Saturday,
May 15 was to have featured the legendary Adrian Sherwood
On U Sound System with Little Roy and Brother Culture
(another major
coup for The Lift!). They have kindly agreed to move this to later
in the year when it is hoped that the remedial work to the Town Hall
will
have been completed.
The performances at The Globe on Sunday,
May 16 will also be rescheduled. Details here.
The
Friends of Manor Parkare
running a
competition
to design a new logo
with three categories - under 12, 12 - 18 and 18+. Send entries to Val Bowden, 3 Regent
Street, Glossop SK13 8QD by Saturday,
May 15.
John B Major offers Satisfaction
at The Oakwood in High Street West on
Saturday, May
15. Sixties garage, Freakbeat, Northern Soul, Motown,
Stax, R'n'B, 70s Glam, Rock'n'Roll, mod sounds and Funk from
the desk of Rook and the Ravens' drummer.
Former Monkey Swallows the Universe vocalist Nat Johnson
returns to the Globe in High Street West with her new band The Figure
Heads on Saturday, May 15
at 8.30pm. £4. Details here.
High
Peak borough council plans to expand the Charlesworth and Holehouse
Conservation Areas after independent character appraisals
- Charlesworth here
and Holehouse here.
Residents can have their say in a public consultation running until Friday,
May 21. Details here.
The producers of ITV's Britain's
Best Dish
are looking for people to take part in the fourth series. They are
holding auditions in Manchester on Saturday,
May 22. If you're interested, call 0871 6266222 or
email bestdish@itv.com before 12
noon on Friday,
May 21.
Glossop
Business Network has its next
lunchtime
meeting at Glossop
Business Centre (opposite the Grapes) in High Street West [SK13 8ER] on Friday, May 21 at
12 noon - 2.00pm. Our aim is to help us grow
business and help Glossop businesses to develop and gain support from
like-minded people. It's informal, with the opportunity to introduce
your business with a short 'infomercial' if you would like.Contact Barbara
on 07764 821521
or Kathy on 07818 044768
orinfo@glossopbusinessnetwork.co.uk
There
will be an evening of
storytelling at the Partington
Theatre in Henry Street
on Friday, May 21
at 7.30pm. A relaxing evening of stories and poems - bring one of your
own, or just come to listen! Sponsored by George Street Books. Details from John Cooper (jcooper@glossop.co.uk).
The Glossop
Folk Train
leaves Manchester Piccadilly at 1848
(6.48pm) on the fourth
Thursday
of each month, with some of the best of the
region's folk musicians performing live on the train all the way
through Ashburys, Gorton, Guide Bridge, Flowery Field, Newton for Hyde,
Godley, Hattersley, Broadbottom and Dinting to Glossop.
Here
the action moves to Glossop
Labour Club
in Chapel
Street for liquid
refreshment and more live entertainment. Food can be ordered on the
train and the club is fully accessible to wheelchair users.
Return
is on the 2139 (9.39pm) train from Glossop, arriving into Piccadilly at
2212 (10.12pm).
There is no
charge
for the event - just the price of your ordinary train or Wayfarer
ticket.
The
performers on Thursday,
May 27,
will be Last Call
with their own brand of country blues.
High Peak Community Housing
marks National
Neighbours Day with penalty shoot outs, basketball, a free
raffle, lucky dip, face painting and refreshments at Whitfield Ball
Court on Friday, May 28
from 4.00 - 7.00pm.
Come Together has a Night of Mayhem at The Globe in High Street West on Friday, May 28 from 9.00pm. Free. Details here.
The aim is to climb the three highest mountains in the UK - Ben Nevis
in Scotland, Scafell Pike in the Lake District and Snowdon in Wales -
within 24 hours
to raise £5,000 for Agapao International in Uganda.
You can sponsor them here.
Seven Glossop artists
will be opening their studios to visitors free
on the Spring Bank Holiday Weekend (Saturday,
May 29 - Monday,
May 31) as part of Derbyshire Open Arts.
Three textile artists - Joanne
Bleaden, Carole
Greaves and Linda
Irving - will show their work at Skeins, 184b High Street West. And
you can visit the studios of painter Tracy Emma Cupitt
at 1 Fitzalan Street; ceramicist Adrian
Holt at 66 Surrey Street; painter Simon Parkin
at 43 High Street East; and stained glass artist Wendy Smith at Flatt
Farm on Cliffe Road. A brochure is available from Glossop Library in
Talbot Street or online here.
The
Peak Film Society presents Laurent Cantet's
2008 film The
Class (Entre les Mures)
at the Partington Theatre in Henry Street
on Saturday, May 29
at 7.30pm.Stars François
Bégaudeau playing a version of himself
as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough
Parisian neighbourhood. Certificate 15.
Details here.
Glossop
artist Jean Hobson
has an exhibition
of paintings and drawings of Manchester at the City Inn, 1 Piccadilly Place,
Manchester [M1 3DG] from
until Monday,
May 31.
Local artist Jean Hobson is
inspired by change - City
Life
The Powderkegs
border morris side play The Globe, 144 High Street West on Wednesday, June 9 at
8.00pm.
The
Derbyshire
Open Art Competition 2010 is inviting amateur
and professional artists to submit up to two works on a
Derbyshire
theme by Saturday, June
12.
Prizes totalling almost £2,000 - including a £750
first
prize - are up for grabs. Selected pieces will go on display at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery from
Saturday,
June 26 to Friday,
September 3. Details here.
For more information call the museum on 01298 24658 or email
buxton.museum@derbyshire.gov.uk.
The Glossop / Bad Vilbel Twinning
Association, which is planning a trip to the
twin town near Frankfurt in August, is having a Bavarian Beerfest
with the Glossop Old Idleburgers Oom-pah Band at The Band Room in Wood
Street on
Saturday,
July 10 at 7.00 for 8.00pm. Details here.
Glossop Rotary Club's
Glossop Jog
is on Sunday,
October 3. Entries can be registered now with Barrie Powney on 01457 862107 or via
email to brenp@talktalk.net.
Bradbury Community House
in Market Street [SK13 8AR] has a
craft
fair on Saturday, November
6 from 10.00am - 2.00pm. Admission is free and refreshments
will be available. Tables are bookable at £8. For
more information call 01457
860007.
Tom
Ritchie Sr
has
photographs of Glossop on flickr.
Mike
Sanders
has a
collection
of links to websites relating to Glossop here.
Jonathan Haggart
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Glossop micro 
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group 
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