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GLOSSOP GAZETTE
Issue 4, 23rd November 2012. Glossopdale, Longdendale, Hayfield and Broadbottom, but nowt past Mottram Moor
280 tonnes of highly toxic
TDI stored in Dinting
Residents unaware of TDI Offsite Emergency Plan
A Dinting resident was alarmed to find out that
he was living in a Detailed Emergency Planning Zone and that up to 280 tonnes of a highly
toxic chemical were stored over the road. After
noticing a persistent smell, Mr. Shaw got suspicious. "After making some enquiries, I was put
in contact with the Environment Agency who
then put me in contact with Derbyshire
County Council's Emergency Planning Committee. They informed me that Carpenter Ltd
had come under a Tier 1 COMAH (Control of
Major Accidents and Hazards) licence in 2007
Howardtown is
‘hugely dangerous’
say visually
impaired group
Paul Kiddy, chairman of Glossop's Visual Impairment Group described Howardtown Mill development as "very difficult for visually
impaired people to navigate around" and "very
badly planned for people with sight loss". He
highlighted the very narrow pavements at the
entrance to the site from Victoria Street that
have no raised curb to differentiate them from
the road. "Many people tap along the curb ending to keep on the pavement, but when they are
flush with the pavement it is hugely dangerous.
I have ended up on the road several times.
But Mr Kiddy reserved his greatest contempt
for the tactile pavement areas that lead visually
impaired people to big metal signs, lampposts or
areas with no pavement. "They are just there to
fulfil planning requirements and the safety of
visually impaired people doesn't seem to have
been considered. The obstacles are extremely
dangerous and it is only a matter of time before
there is an accident or worse".
The pavements at Howardtown may be a disgrace to Glossop, but Mr Kiddy was enthusiastic
about the tactile pavements that have been installed in many parts of Glossop, largely due to
the ceaseless efforts of Councillor Jean
Wharmby. "She has done loads of work getting
tactile pavements all over Glossop. She really
pushed it. It has made a huge difference".(page 2)
Curmudgeon joins
the Glossop Gazette
"As you may know, for the last
two and a half years I have been
writing a weekly column in The
Tameside Reporter & Glossop
Chronicle. Unfortunately, for
stemming from planning approved by High
Peak Borough Council in October 2006. She
also informed me that there was an offsite plan
to deal with emergencies at the factory. I put a
request under the Freedom of Information act
to obtain a copy". The Detailed Emergency
Planning Zone encompasses approximately 850
people and the Extended Area of Risk approx
11,700 people. Mr Shaw believes that many people living and working in the area are unaware
of the plan.
In 2006 High Peak Borough Council granted
Tameside should
give Glossop
Chronicle back to
Glossop
New Charter have no interest in Glossop and
unless they are planning to take over all the
council houses here they should give Glossop’s newspaper back to Glossop, according to
the editor of the Glossop Gazette. “There’s
more than enough going on in Glossop to
filll a newspaper without all the Tameside
stuff. It’s not relevant to Glossopdale or Longdendale. The Glossop Chronicle should be
about Glossop. New Charter doesn’t need it,
but Glossop does”. New Charter took over the
Tameside Advertiser and the Glossop Chronicle last month after the papers stopped publishing for the first time in almost 160 years.
In March 2000, Tameside Council transferred
all its remaining council housing to New
Charter, who also own Tameside Radio. They
have also acquired housing in Nottinghamshire and Oldham.
There are many politicians on the board of
New Charter. including the chair of Droylsden District Assembly and the Executive
Leader of Tamesdie Council. The Tameside
newspapers do not give their councils a hard
time, unlike the Glossop Gazette.which likes
to expose their weaknesses.
some inexplicable reason that
ended when the new owners took
over! It may have had something
to do with the criticism I had
been pouring on their friends on
the council! However, now having taken residence on the internet, I have now ‘got my own
blog’ from which to base my erudite musings
http://musingsofcurmudgeon.blo
gspot.co.uk/
Curmudgeon's first column for
the Glossop Gazette will be in
Issue 5. - more on page 2
foam manufacturers Carpenter permission to
store 130 tonnes of the highly toxic chemical
toluene diisocyanate (TDI). In 2010 they
granted permission for Carpenters to increase
storage to 280 tonnes, together with 246 tonnes
of other toxic chemicals. According to the International Programme on Chemical Safety
"There is sufficient knowledge about TDI to
classify it as a very toxic compound, when inhaled, and it should be treated as a potential
human carcinogen and as a known animal carcinogen. Consequently, the greatest priority
Copper jugged over
terrible parking
refuses to pay for
kippers
should be given to safe methods of use, and the
education, training and supervision of operatives, together with state enforcement of legislation by an effective inspectorate. Special
attention should be paid to the prevention and
adequate treatment of unscheduled releases
and spills.
Mr. Shaw’s greatest concern is that if there were
to be a major fire at Carpenter, a huge smoke
plume would be produced which would drift
over the entire area. More on page 2.
In this edition of Glossop Gazette
The policeman who parked on a
pavement over double yellow
lines while he went shopping
for doughnuts in Simmondley
refused to pay for the kippers
which won him “Glossop’s Worst
Parker” for the Summer of 2012.
Read all about it on page 28.
Japanese knotweed at Slatelands
Huge turnout for Melandra Day
Dr Boylebodie’s Horoscopes
Glossop’s secret bakery
Horseracing in Glossop, nearly
and lots more,
but nowt past Mottran Moor
Rediscover the
heart of Glossop
on page 12
League of Glossop
Gentlemen: “well fit”
page 8
Veterans unite to
remember victims
of war
page 8
Benefactor rescues
Glossop Gazette
An anonymous reader has
helped to print this edition of
the Glossop Gazette and we
have dropped the cover price
to the extent that future editions will only be possible if
they are financed by advertisers.
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
News
TDI and Carpenter: What do we know?
Toluene diisocyanate is used in the manufacture of
polyurethane foams and is classed as “Very Toxic” in the
UK and “Extremely Toxic” in the USA.
Carpenter are allowed to store up to 280 tonnes of TDI.
Because of the risks involved the site comes under Tier 1
COMAH (Control of Major Accidents and Hazards) licence and the company were obliged to prepare an Offsite Emergency Plan in case of accidents. Mr Shaw
obtained a copy of this through the Freedom of Information Act. The Glossop Gazette has seen the report
and noted that HPBC are not included on the circulation list. According to Bob McKeown, HPBC councillor
for Hadfield South, "With reference to the planning applications in relation to tier 1 licence in 2006 and 2010,
from the details on the borough's website, neither of
those applications were dealt with by the development
control committee but by
delegated decision by the
council's planning officers". We have asked all
councillors to comment
on this in the next edition. Nobody at Carpenters was available for
comment when we went
to press.
GLOSSOP GAZETTE
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Editorial Team:
Daniel Bennett
Sekki Tabasuares
Alison Chabloz
Contributors to Issue 3:
Paul Marsh
Emma Chrystie-Lowe
Tom Swindell
Hayden Larder
Peter Simon
Gerrard Glossop
Rosie Arnfield
Penny Wilson
Steve Roberts
Jay Watson
Daniel Bennett
Davie Jones
Lauren France
Jessie Smith
Kev Cannon
Derek Slack
Dr I Boylebodie
William Westhead
Sekki Tabasuares
Simon Parkin
Alison Chabloz
No. 6
Sean Wood
Aquarian Kath
Dave McNally
Alex Byrom
The Glossop Hyde and
District Roundtable would like to
thank everyone who helped make the bonfire a success. The people are the Scouts, Guides, Glossop
Mountain Rescue, Hollingworth Juniors, Hadfield
Hall, Hadfield Carnival, Glossop Soul, Garry Parvin,
the 41 Club, Glossop Rotary Club, Glossop Network
for Business and everyone else who came along
and offered their services: the Mayor Pat Jenner,
the HPBC Leader Caitlin Bisknell, Tintwistle
Band, Bankswoodberry and the bands.
We would like to thank NEP Parcels and Scapa
Tapes for the donation of the Pallets, Merseybank Day
Nursery for making the Guy, Trace Basements and
Quinlan Autos for the loan of vans, all the stall holders for attending, Paul Farrell from HPBC for arranging for the park to be swept, HPBC and DCC for their
help with event planning and finally all the people
from the Glossop and surrounding areas for attending. Here’s to another excellent bonfire in 2013.
Many Thanks.
Simon Capp
Chair of The Glossop Hyde and District Roundtable
A Beech tree cut down on
Queen’s Drive recently (see Issue 3) was not
covered by a tree protection order, High Peak Borough Council have revealed. Mystery surrounds the
destruction of the tree. The Glossop Gazette has requested that HPBC investigate the possibility that
damage to the tree's root system constituted a breach
of regulations, but no response had been received
when we went to press. There are probably many important trees in the area that are not protected by
TPOs, but because no map is available nobody knows
which ones they are.
The branches of the crack willow cut down in Simmondley (see Issue 3) will be keeping Glossopians
warm well into 2014. A number of residents, including
a contributor to the Glossop Gazette, salvaged the
wood, of which there was a copious quantity.
Glossop supporters of the Rainbow
Trust Children’s Charity held their annual craft fair at the Cricket Club on North Rd on Saturday 17th November
to raise vital funds for
the work of the charity. Deborah Gregory
and Lorraine Chadwick, who have been
raising money for the
charity for the last
four years, were overjoyed that the event
was so well attended.
What was also wonderful was that almost all
the stall holders come
from the Glossopdale
area and the craft
work was of such high
standard. There were
stalls selling delicious
cupcakes and scrumptious truffles and Christmas decorations; there was
picturesque photographic work of the Peak District,
beautiful handmade jewellery, pyrographic coasters
Howardtown “dangerous” from cover
Damian Flood, Managing Director of Red Partnerships who have developed the site with Peveril Securities said:"As previously stated we have inherited much
of the work undertaken by a previous developer
therefore we cannot carry the blame here. I have offered to meet with anyone who wishes to on site to review what we may be able to do to improve the
situation and that offer remains. We are constrained
by statue and planning regulations but we are willing
to be flexible where ever possible"..
Business at the site have also strongly criticised the
lack of footpaths in the development, with two exasperated local business owners saying that their concerns about pedestrian access to the site have been
complete ignored.
More next week!
and bookmarks, hand stitched toys, decorations and
bags, among many other things. Those who came to
browse spoke highly of the quality of the gifts and the
atmosphere. The Craft fairs themselves have now
been at the cricket club for
three years and are becoming more popular every
year. Deborah and Lorraine would like to thank
stall holders and browsers
on behalf of the Rainbow
Trust children’s charity for
supporting the event. The
Rainbow Trust supports the
families of children with
terminal or life threatening
illness. The Denton base
was opened a few years ago
to provide support for families in the North West of
England. If you would like
to know more about the
work of the Rainbow Trust
or would like to find out
how you can get involved, they can be found on Facebook or www.rainbowtrust.org.uk or by phoning Kate
on 0161 336 4767.
Curmudgeon joins the Glossop
Gazette
According to New Charter, they gave an undisclosed
sum of money to save the papers from closure but do
not own them. According to New Charter, decisions
about removing columnists have nothing to do with
New Charter but was decisions made by the newspapers themselves. The newspapers belong to Piccolo
Communications, a company founded on 20 August
2012. The company has two directors: Martin Frost and
Ian Monroe, who happen to be the Chief Executive
and Finance Manager of New Charter Housing Trust..
Much more on this story next
week!
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
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14% of Derbyshire turns
out for PCC elections
Six percent of the Derbyshire electorate
landed DCC councillor Alan Charles the
£75,000 a year job of Police and Crime Commissioner. Labour swept to victory in the PCC
election, winning 44% of the 14% turnout. The
losing vote was divided between Conservative
Simon Spencer (25%) David Gale of UKIP
(16%) and Rod Hutton the Independent (15%).
2.9% of papers were spoiled. The proportion of
Glossop that turned out cannot be extrapolated from the overall figures, but Derbyshire
recorded one of the lowest turnout rates in
the country and staff at polling stations were
well equipped with reading materials.
The election of Alan Charles, whose promise
to make tackling wildlife crime a priority, is
sending shivers through some parts of town,
marks the end of a dramatic campaign that
saw Mr. Charles step down from the election
only to be reinstated again, over the question
of whether juvenile convictions for imprisonable offences would bar people from becoming a police and crime commissioner.
Mr. Charles has been a DCC councillor for
over 20 years. In the last edition of Glossop
Gazette the electrician related how he saw a
police officer engage in an unprovoked attack
on a member of the public, and tells how his
job will represent a rise in income.
Mr. Charles has stated his opposition to the
elections and reforms, and as Derbyshire’s
new Police & Crime Commissioner he has
promised:
To fight against further cuts beyond the 20%
of in Derbyshireís police budget.
Keep policing public in Derbyshire “If there
are efficiencies to be made I will make them
in-house and reinvest cash savings back into
policing Derbyshire”.
Sustain community policing across Derbyshire ñ and work with local community
safety partnerships to find local solutions to
local anti-social behaviour problems.
Stand up for victims, vulnerable people, and
take seriously domestic abuse and work with
victims to improve the experience that future
victims receive from the police and criminal
justice system. I will ensure that robust procedures are in place to protect families and
sufferers of domestic violence and hate
Historic Coat of
Arms to be Restored
Glossop Heritage Trust Chair Tony Wright told members at its Annual General Meeting on 14 November
that the Trust had given instructions to its contractors to
start the refurbishment process of the historic Coat of
Arms on the frontage of Cohens Chemist.
Following lengthy negotiations with Cohens Chemist,
the Coat of Arms will be removed to enable the Trust to
restore it.
The Coat of Arms is a “Warrant” granted by the Duke
of Norfolk in the mid 19th century. The present Duke
has given it to the Heritage Trust’s custody. His only
condition is that after restoration it be displayed on a
building with which his family has connections. It is believed to be the only example of a Ducal Warrant in the
country.
The Trust has secured limited grant funding for the
restoration of this unique piece of Glossop’s heritage
from the Cleary Fund, a national charity administered
by the Georgian Society which has expressed interest in
the Warrant. Trust Director Mike Brown said “The
restoration process will take some months but we want
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crimes.
Work with mental health, drug and alcohol
abuse organisations ñ to explore ways to aid
life improvement and prevent entry to the
criminal justice system.
Plan safer roads for safer communities ñ
working with road safety professionals from
the police, council highways and aighways
agency teams
Tackle wildlife crime and cruelty towards animals - working with RSPCA in developing effective prevention strategies.
Ensure a great place to work and provide
great service to the public ñ offering a high
quality worthwhile career and maintain the
highest standards.
Ensure residents see value for money in their
police services ñ by constantly looking for
better ways to provide this most essential of
public services.
Give an absolute commitment not to outsource or privatise police support services and
to buy UK goods wherever possible.
The Glossop Gazette offered Mr Charles a column in the Glossop Gazette so that he can
keep us informed on what he is going at this
end of Derbyshire, and he has accepted. Send
your questions to us and be assured of a
timely response.
This week we asked Alan Charles:
In the context of to your pledge to Tackle
Wildlife Crime and Cruelty Towards Animals
we would like to ask:
1. How police and public can address problems relating to dog nuisances (feces and
fierce dogs) and balanced with rights of responsible dog owners on a tiny budget with
many other priorities?
2. How the police and public can tackle crime
against protected wildlife such as bats on a
tiny budget and with many other priorities?
Answers in the next issue of Glossop Gazette
to conclude it as soon as possible. When the Warrant is
in our care, we will appraise its present condition and
take expert advice on its restoration.”
Tony Wright said “We are very grateful to Crofter Construction for their help in the preservation of the Warrant, and to Derbyshire County Council for its grant in
connection with its removal. This project has been one
of a number of projects carried out by the Trust in what
has been a very active year.”
The Trust, which is supported by High Peak Borough
Council has run a number of highly successful and well
attended open evenings during the year. The last one in
September was on the subject of the Co-operative Society in Glossop Hadfield and the surrounding villages.
The next open evening on a date in April 2013 will be on
the subject of the Howard family and its influence on
the district again using the Trust’s extensive archive of
photographs.
The Trust has closely participated in the Council’s
“Open Halls” consultation and continues to deal weekly
with numerous enquiries relating to our heritage.
The Trust can be contacted through its website
www.glossopheritage.co.uk which also contains details
of how to become a member.
Left: The warrant still in place earlier this week. It has now been removed.
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November, 2012
News
Ask your councillor
Every week the Glossop Gazette will ask our elected representatives
questions to enlighten the public. Councillors can choose to reply and
have their answers printed, or they can ignore the questions.
Answers from
High Peak Borough Council
Councillor Anthony McKeown
Party : Labour
Ward : Gamesley
1. I understand the access arrangements are difficult, but are in line with what was recommended by
the county highways through the planning process.
In addition in some places of the site, they don't appear to placed things sensible with at least one signpost been in the middle of a path - however as the
development is still been worked on at current I
would hope that the developers will be willing to
work with locals to put in place any improvements
that can be suggested.
2. Japanese Knotweed is a problem in some places
across Glossopdale, in terms of actions locally to remove it, I'm aware that the borough council has
plans in place to remove it for when any is identified on council land, and that a discussion has recently taken place with officers from the council
around what things the council can look at to help
individuals and local groups be able to tackle the
issue elsewhere in Glossopdale.
3. As far as I am aware the old council chamber /
currently development control offices have been in
use as offices for some time, and from details from
officers there is no air conditioning. Whilst there
may be a number of alternative uses that this part
of the building could be used for, in the current financial climate it wouldn't make sense to stop
using this part of the building, if it would incur additional costs to rehouse the staff that work there.
Councillor Victoria Mann
Party : Labour
Ward : Hadfield North
1) I am been made aware of problems with this access and it is vital that Glossop facilities should be
available to everyone. This is an issue does need to
be addressed, and the Council should be looking at
solutions.
2). I recognise that knotweed is a voracious weed,
that can cause real damage to buildings. I have not
had any concerns about knotweed raised in Hadfield, but, If a problem arises on council land ,
members of the public can contact the council regarding this issue.
3) As far as I am aware, there is no air conditioning.
As Glossop has many older buildings, it is likely
that many buildings are not air conditioned. My office at work isn't air conditioned, although I have
managed to get hold of a fan for when it's really
tropical (not a big problem in Sheffield!) In terms
of usage, I think this is a good use, as we are not
paying rent to accommodate development control
at a different venue.
Councillor Godfrey Claff
Party : Labour
Ward : Howard Town
1. The detail of the entrance to the Mill is a Derbyshire County Council responsibility as the highway authority. As is normal planning procedure,
they were consulted on this at the planning stage
some years ago. The issues around the entrance
would have had to have been approved by them for
the mill development to go ahead. You will need to
address your question to them.
2. I am aware that Japanese knotweed is a problem
in Glossop and has been for some time. The Borough and the County Council take precautions to
eradicate it when it is found on land they own. It is
up to other land owners to take their own precautions. The regulations concerning Japanese
knotweed relate to the disposal of the plants that
are cut down. They should be burned or disposed of
in ways that do not allow the spores to spread.
3. The current use of the old Council Chamber,
which has been used as office space for many
decades, is an appropriate use for the space. It is office space that the Borough Council owns and
therefore is no cost to the residents of High Peak in
terms of rent. Moving the Planning Department at
the present time would incure a cost to the Council
Tax payer of some tens of thousands of pounds per
year. This does not seem to be a sensible thing to do
at a time when the Council is facing huge cuts to its
budget through cuts to its Government grant; 27%
over the past two years with a cut of 15% forecast
for next year amounting to a total cut in the Council's budget of over £3 million.
Councillor Pat Jenner
Party : Labour
Ward : Tintwistle
NO ANSWERS - see Cllr Jenner’s answers to last
issue’s question on the letters page and statement
on knotweed on page 5.
Councillor John Haken
Party : Conservative
Ward : Simmondley
NO ANSWERS
Councillor Graham Oakley
Party : Labour
Ward : Whitfield
NO ANSWERS
Councillor Chris Webster
Party : Independent
Ward : Old Glossop
1. Access High Peak, the disability group, are currently awaiting a response from DCC Highways
with regard to the unacceptable access to the
Howardtown Mill Complex. Little or no consideration has been given to safe pedestrian access to the
site and in fact Access High peak have been extremely critical about the actual entrance. Pedestrians are now sharing the main access to the site with
cars, delivery vans and 44 tonne HGVs. Dai Larner
has assured me this was authorised by HPBC when
the initial application was submitted. I have queried
this and as yet have not received any response from
DCC. I have made HPBC and DCC Officers aware
that they are now aware of the issues and that either authority could well be held responsible if (and
when) a serious accident occurs.
2. I believe you have met with Les Latham from
our Parks Department to discuss the problems with
Japanese Knot Weed. I have been kept in the loop
by Les and hopefully, we can move forward with
the issues raised.
3. The old Council Chamber at Glossop, currently
occupied by our planning officers is not equipped
with air-conditioning.
Councillor Robert McKeown
Party : Labour
Ward : Hadfield South
1. As a non driver I am aware that there are some issues with the access, however as the development is
not yet completley finished I hope that some further improvement will be made during the work to
be completed and groups such as High Peak Access
to be involved to ensure what improvement can be
made are made.
2. I am aware of some problems across Glossopdale
which in some places has been present for some
time, where it's on borough council land action has
been taken to eradicate it, however in some places
its on private land and I understand a meeting has
1. Are you aware of problems with pedestrian and disabled facilities at
Howardtown Mill? How did it happen and what can be done to fix it?
2. Are you aware of Japanese knotweed problems locally and what has
been done to control it?
3. Development Control currently occupy the old council chamber in
the Municipal Buildings. Does their office have air conditioning and
can you think of better uses for the room?
taken place recently with the council to look at if
there are ways to remove it from Glossopdale completely.
3. I'm not aware of any air conditioning in the development control office, in terms of better uses at
the current moment in time (as it has for the last
few decades) the building is used as offices as such
it’s a good use.
Councillor Colin Peter Waude
Party : Labour
Ward : Howard Town
1) I am aware of problems with this access. This
issue does need to be raised, and the Council
should be looking at solutions.
2) I have received no complaints about knotweed. If
specific problems arise, members of the public can
contact myself, or other Councillors and we endeavour to address the issue.
3) As far as I am aware, there is no air conditioning.
In our austere times though, it does make sense
that the Council uses all available space, rather
than paying rent out.
--Councillor Caitlin Bisknell (Council Leader)
Party : Labour
Ward : Stone Bench
1. I am aware from fellow glossop councillors hat
concerns have been raised about the shared vehicle
and pedestrian access from Victoria Street. However, these plans, like all planning applications,
were subject consultation with statutory bodies
such as Derbyshire County Council as the highways
authority and members of the public and any views
will have been considered as part of the planning
process. However, it may be that in the light of experience changes to the scheme should be considered.
2. I know that there have been problems with Japanese knotweed in Glossop for some time. When it is
found on land which the borough council owns we
do take steps to deal with the problem. It is up to all
land owners to take their own precautions. I understand that regulations concerning Japanese
knotweed refer to the disposal of plants that are cut
down which should be burned or disposed of in
ways that do not allow the spores to spread. I further understand that although HPBC is unable to
offer financial support it has offered to assist the
Glossop Knotweed Watch in raising awareness of
the problem and by contacting other agencies who
may be able to help.
3. As you say the former Council Chamber is currently used by development control staff but has
been used as office space for many years. I do think
it is reasonable that the council uses space in its
buildings as offices, rather than paying rent for offices elsewhere, particularly given the scale of grant
cuts that the council is facing from Central Government which have seen a loss in funding of £3million over the past two years with more expected in
the Chancellors Autumn Statement on December 5.
As part of the recent Open Halls consultation residents views about the future use of all the town's
public halls - including Municipal Buildings - were
sought. Discussions are continuing about these
halls and I do not rule out the possibility that in the
future alternative uses may be agreed. However,
given the financial constraints on the borough I anticipate that it will continue to use space in its
buildings as office space for its staff. The room does
not have air conditioning.
Councillor Edward Siddall
Party : Labour
Ward : Hadfield South
1. I am not aware of any problems. It has been built
in accordance with planning approval and building
regulation as far as we are aware
2 Any Knotweed on our land is treated 3 times a
year by means of applying Glyphosate until the
stand is eradicated. I Believe you have attended a
meeting about knott weed with the council so you
aware of our treatment programme. It can take several years to clear a stand of knotweed.
3. There is no air conditioning and the public have
already been asked for their views through the
Open Halls consultation. It would not be cost effective to move planning.
Councillor George Wharmby
Party : Conservative
Ward : St. Johns
NO ANSWERS
Councillor Julie Ann McCabe
Party : Conservative
Ward : Simmondley
NO ANSWERS
Councillor Jean Wharmby
Party : Conservative
Ward : Dinting
NO ANSWERS
Councillor Garry Lawrence Parvin
Party : Labour
Ward : Old Glossop
Late replies, published next issue
Councillor Ellie Wilcox
Party : Labour
Ward : Padfield
1) My constituents have not raised this issue with
me, but if there are access problems, then Derbyshire County Council need to look at how to resolve these. DCC would have been fully consulted
during the planning stages, as they are the Highways authority who deal with roads and pavements.
2) Again, this has not been raised with me directly,
but my understanding is that DCC and HPBC deal
responsibly with knotweed when it's found on their
land. Private land is the responsibility of the land
owner. I don't know how the problem occured, but I
know that knotweed needs to be disposed in a way
that stops the spurs from spreading.
3) I don't know if Development Control have air
conditioning in their office. If they do, judging by
our gloomy summers, it's probably very rarely
used! Housing Development Control within our
buildings helps save money, as we don't have to
cover expensive rental costs elsewhere. I would
also like to make the point that everybody should
be entitled to a decent working environment. The
Municipal Buildings are not remotely luxurious,
but they do offer our hardworking staff a comfortable office space. Additionally, the town centre location of the Municiple Buildings means that it's
easy for the public to access.
Answers from
Derbyshire County Council
Councillor Dave Wilcox
Labour, Etherow
NO ANSWERS
Councillor George Wharmby
Party : Conservative, Glossop North & Rural
NO ANSWERS
Councillor Jean Wharmby
Party : Conservative, Glossop South
NO ANSWERS
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
News
If you have a question that you think our local councillors
should answer, or if you can
suggest illuminating Freedom of Information requests that we
should submit, please tell the Glossop Gazette!
Councillors tie a knot in it
Weed rather knot speculate about why so few
councillors have answered our questions in
this issue, but since the first issue of Glossop
Gazette overall response to our questions has
been excellent, with only one councillor failing to ever ever provide answers, and only a
few regularly ignoring them.
Some councillors routinely ignore our questions, but most take the time, and their answers are highly informative. On last week's
question of the closure of the Victoria Hall, a
large number of councillors repeated the incorrect statement that changes in disabled
legislation meant it could not remain open.
But the legislation was never intended to
close down public buildings, as demonstrated
by the Friends of Hadfield Hall and the tens
of thousands of buildings in the country that
remain open. When groups were told that
they must vacate the Victoria Hall because it
did not provide disabled access they were
wrongly informed. But even now, years later,
many councillors still believe it.
On the question of Japanese Knotweed the
answers reveal a level of ignorance that is
quite disturbing. No councillors are brave
enough to admit that neither council has a
plan to tackle Japanese knotweed, a few suggest that a single council employee is responsible for the entire local invasive plant
strategy and one admits that the council mow
it down in an attempt to control it. But the
people of Glossop have been no less lax in
their duty to control the plant. The easiest
people to blame will probably be United Utilities, who have allowed a huge stand of the
Japanese knotweed to develop along the
water outlet at Swineshaw Reservoir. The
truth is that the town is heavily infested with
the plant, that properties infected with Japanese knotweed are being sold (whether the
buyers are aware we do not know), and that
some properties cannot be sold because of
problems associated with the plant. Cornwall
Council took early action controlling Japanese knotweed and have had great success.
Glossopdale and Longdendale have ideal topography to efficiently eliminate the plant,
but nobody has ever made any meaningful effort to control it. Both councils, and lots of individuals, have made the problem worse by
cutting the plant down and spreading infected material in an illegal manner.
Ironically, the UK's leading specialist in the
identification, removal, control and eradication of Japanese Knotweed and other invasive
species is based in Glossop.
Effective control of knotweed in Glossop is
possible, but it would require United Utilities,
High Peak Borough Council, Derbyshire
County Council and specialist local businesses to recognise the problem and cooperate with local landowners, and problems with
land ownership and trespass would have to be
ignored.
Statement from Councillor Pat Jenner:
“I would advise that after looking into the situation on West Drive, this matter was
brought to my attention about 18 months ago by a resident on West Drive after which
representations were made to Les Latham's department at the Borough Council. I was
informed that the H.P.B.C. were aware of the plant and had to investigate the West Drive
infestation. Regular checks are made over the year with spraying of Glycophosphate 3
times a year to try to keep this invasive plant in check. Recently it has been cut back
but before that the West Drive infestation area had been maintained and mowed around
the periphery on a regular basis to try and keep the Japanese Knotweed in the confined
area. I know that this plant is a danger to humans and animals and can be invasive if
not kept in check. H.P.B.C. have instigated a Japanese Knotweed Watch and are asking
people to report any colonies they find direct to H.P.B.C. or log suspected infestations
on the Borough website. Les Latham's department will be finding out about any expertise in dealing with this invasive infestation and has contacted DEFRA. on the problem
as there are several infestations over the Borough and on private land. it is a problem
which has to be dealt with urgently. Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.
I now know more but not enough about Japanese Knotweed. .
Pat Jenner. Councillor for Tintwistle and Hadfield. H.P.B.C.”
Japanese knotweed is a highly invasive
plant that is very difficult to get rid of. It
is illegal to do anything to cause it to
spread, and neglect of treatment leading
to infestation of neighbouring land can
make the owner liable under law. Glossop
is very well known for its Japanese
Knotweed, but for all the wrong reasons.
Are you you unable to sell your house or
develop land because of Japanese
knotweed? Does your neighbour have it?
Learn to recognise this nasty plant before
all the leaves fall off and inform your local
councillors of all outbreaks. Don’t forget
to tell the Glossop Gazette too!
Questions for councillors in next issue:
1. Should the decision to store potentially catastrophic
quantities of chemicals in Glossopdale and Longdendale
(i.e. Tier 1 COMAH) be the responsibility of a designated
planning officer or democratically elected councillors?
2. Does HPBC treat Buxton better than Glossop?
3. Was it a mistake to grant permission for development
HPK/2012/0502 without any bat surveys when HPBC was
aware that the site is next to a bat roost? Why haven't lessons been learned?
Theodolite nicked in Hadfield
Candle lit vigil in Norfolk Sq
Glossop Art Trail
Police in Glossop are appealing for information after specialist
equipment was stolen from a Citroen Berlingo van sometime
between 5pm on Friday, October 26 and 8am on Monday, October 29, parked on Thorncliffe Road, Hadfield. Thieves stole
a Leica Total Station TCR 805 theodolite, which is used for
topographic surveying. It is green metal with a telescopic lens
and was in a red box. Anyone with information about the
theft is asked to call Derbyshire police on the non-emergency
number 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
On Sunday 25th November, High Peak Women’s Aid will be
holding an hour long event including a candle lit vigil to remember the two women each week who loose their lives because of domestic abuse. This event marks the United Nations
16 days of Action that take place around the world, beginning
with the International Day of Elimination of Violence Against
Women on the 25th November. Join us in Norfolk Square Glossop from 5.30pm to 6.30pm where there will speakers, poems
and music.
This Christmas, Glossop artists are opening their studios over
the weekend of 3rd and 4th December to provide an exciting
opportunity to view their work and shop for original and affordable gifts for Christmas.
http://www.glossoparttrail.co.uk/
More details on page 31 of the Glossop Gazette.
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
Glossop History
Derbyshire and the
Victoria County History
Glossop and District Historical Society’s next meeting on Friday November 30th will feature a talk by Philip
Riden of Nottingham University’s History Department on “Derbyshire and
the Victoria County History.”
The Victoria County History or
“VCH” is not just the massive centuryold tomes you find on reference library shelves, but a living project
which continues to sponsor research
with the aim of creating a comprehensive history of every parish in the
country. Philip is the VCH editor for
Derbyshire and will talk about some
of the work which has been and is
being done in the county and how the
project might assist historical research
in the Glossop area.
The meeting is at 7.30 at the Central
Methodist Church, Chapel St Glossop
and all are welcome.
Extracts from The Victoria history of
the county of Derby (1905)
source: http://www.archive.org/details/victoriahistoryo01pageuoft
Townies come to grief on hills, again
Glossop Mountain Rescue Team were called
out Saturday afternoon 17th November to a
group of walkers requiring assistance. The
group of six university students had contacted
the police requesting Mountain Rescue after
becoming unsure of their location and route
down from the northern edge of the Bleaklow
moorland in the failing light. The team was
immediately mobilised and headed into the
reported area from the Torside visitor centre.
Following a short search the walkers, visiting
the Peak District from Oxford, were quickly
located in the Wildboar Clough area. Following assessment by the teams’ trained first
aiders, the uninjured casualties were walked
off the hills and back to their vehicles at Torside car park. The three and a half hour rescue, involving 23 members of the Glossop
team, was successfully completed at 19:45
At approximately 3pm on Sunday 18th November a Glossop team member came across
a lady at Mossy Lea, who had fallen approximately eight feet off a wall and was lying in
pain on the banking below. Passers by were
with her but stated that two calls had been
made for an ambulance and they had been
waiting an hour. The lady was very cold and
concerns were raised that she was becoming
hyperthermic.
The Glossop team were called out and assistance was given however the ambulance appeared as the main body of the team arrived
on scene.
Around 5pm on the same day, the team were
called upon again, this time to search for a
group of three female walkers who had become lost in the area of Didsbury Intake on
Black Hill. The team used the SARLOC system to quickly narrow down the area to
search. All three were found soon afterwards
and walked to safety. The team were stood
down at 7.30pm.
Lantern parade and festive market in Hadfield
Heritage Trail gets a boost thanks to local support.
Hadfield will be lit up by a seasonal Lantern Parade
and the sound of music, and enjoy a Christmas
Market, on Friday evening December 7th, organised
by Hadfield, Padfield & Tintwistle Heritage Group.
Thanks to generous funding from a number of
local organisations a series of lantern-making workshops will shortly be taking place in local schools.
In addition local residents are invited to get involved by coming to one of two public lantern-making workshops at Hadfield Hall on Saturday 1st and
Sunday 2nd December. High Peak Community Arts,
whose involvement with lantern events and parades
is well-established in the area, are running lanternmaking workshops at Tintwistle, St. Andrew’s Hadfield, St. Charles Hadfield, and Padfield primary
schools. Funding is being provided by High Peak
Borough Council’s Initiative Fund, Derbyshire
Leadership Fund, High Peak Community Housing,
and the Heritage group themselves, as well as
Dolly’s Café, The Spinners Arms, and The Anchor,
all in Hadfield.
The evening event on December 7th, organised
jointly by the Hadfield, Padfield & Tintwistle Her-
itage Group along with Friends of Hadfield Hall,
aims to raise the profile of the new Hadfield & Padfield Heritage Trail, opened to great acclaim earlier
this year. There will be a festive market with craft
stalls, food and drink stalls, and musical entertainment, all based around Hadfield Hall and the community rooms at the junction of Railway Street and
Station Road.
The lantern parade will assemble near the War
Memorial and at approx. 6 p.m. The event will then
culminate the switching on of the Christmas tree
lights at around 7p.m. It is hoped that a local
celebrity will switch on the lights on the Christmas
tree, kindly donated by United Utilities.
Chair of the Heritage Group Joy Hallsworth said
"We want to follow on from the grand Heritage
Trail opening in May with another great event. This
will be the first time, to the best of our knowledge,
that the villages have held a lantern parade. We
hope that people take part in the workshops, and
that local residents will come out to support all the
children taking part in the parade, and enjoy the
fun of evening".
GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
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Friends of Glossop Station
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
News
Glossop Gentlemen FC
They say that football is a gentleman’s
game played by hooligans but a Glossop
five-a-side session launched on 15th November is aiming to bring courtesy back
to the beautiful game and contribute to
the health and wellbeing of it’s participants and the wider community into the
bargain.
The new session, which takes place every
Thursday from 11 am at Glossopdale
Community College’s Hadfield site and
goes under the name of Glossop Gentlemen FC, is aimed at getting inactive football fanciers moving by offering them
some gentle physical activity in a social
setting. The programme, which grew out
of the WellFit Gamesley project run by
the Cottage Lane surgery of public health
advocate Dr Alan Dow, was launched with
a game of Walking Football which involved High Peak MP Mr Andrew Bingham, Chair of Derbyshire County Council
Councillor George Wharmby, local Derbyshire and High Peak councillor Jean
Wharmby, the High Peak councillor for
Gamesley Anthony McKeown and Glossopdale Community College principal
Steve Playford.
The five-a-side soccer session for men,
and indeed women, who prefer their physical activity at a manageable pace is being
run by local social enterprise WellFit
Health & Wellbeing CIC as part of their
bid to get inactive people just a little
more active and is directly funded by Derbyshire County Council through their
Sport Action grant scheme. WellFit Director Mick Owen explained: “We started
running what we called Slipper Soccer
sessions indoors as part of WellFit Gamesley which we launched back in May. We
found that the space and the surface available were too restrictive so, with the help
of a Sport Action grant from Derbyshire
County Council and the support of football development officer Leanne Pace at
the college, we have moved to the 3G
pitch and opened up the session to anyone
who can attend. The surface is perfect for
older knees and ankles and we have far
more room.”
The sessions, which run from 11 am to
noon every Thursday till Christmas, will
be led by FA coach Jake Connor from St
Philip Howard Sports Centre and will initially start at a walking pace to accommodate anyone recovering from injury or
using the sessions to improve their basic
health. “We don’t rush around swearing
and shouting that’s for sure,” said Connor.
“The games are played with elegance and
craft. Think Matt Le Tissier, not Wayne
Rooney.”
Andrew Bingham who is vice chair of
the All Party Parliamentary Group on
Sport was enthusiastic: “Its really great to
see the power of sport being used to get
people active. Football is the national
game and initiatives like Glossop Gentlemen give people who are less active the
chance to enjoy it at a more appropriate
pace. The coaching was excellent, the banter tremendous and the whole experience
was a real tonic. I hope to be back”
After playing for a full 45 minutes Councillor George Wharmby was full of praise
for the concept; “I thoroughly enjoyed the
session and didn’t realise how much exercise I was doing. I think I used as many
muscles laughing as I did chasing the
ball. I am glad Derbyshire County Council’s Sports Action Grant funding is able to
support a community-led programme
such as Glossop Gentlemen which is improving public health and contributing to
individuals’ sense of wellbeing.”
Councillor Anthony McKeown who is
deputy leader of High Peak council and
executive member for community services which includes sport and leisure was
also pleased with the session: “It is good
to see local initiatives like WellFit Gamesley developing to meet the needs of the
community. Public health isn’t all about
medicines and operations its also about
being active, being sociable and being
part of the community. Glossop Gentlemen and the rest of the WellFIt Gamesley
programme is a good example of the
neighbourhood approach to providing opportunities which will help combat health
inequalities in the High Peak.”
Above: Glossop Gentlemen FC: Keith
Clegg, Councillor Jean Wharmby, Glossopdale College principal Steve Playford, Andrew Bingham MP, Councillor
Anthony McKeown, Councillor George
Wharmby, David Jones.
Front row. Football Development Officer Leanne Pace, St Philip Howard
Community Sports Development Officer Emma Champion, High Peak BC's
Leisure Services Team Leader Chris
Nightingale, Glossop Gentlemen's
Coach Jake Connor.
Right: Sergeant James , Sergeant Tracy
Watson (RAF), Bob Wilkinson (Pacific),
Steven Hartle and Rod Allard at
Charlesworth Centotaph, 11th November 2012
Community craft fair raises
funds for much-needed lift
Friends of Hadfield Hall held a Craft Fair in
the community rooms in Hadfield on Nov 3rd.
With over 200 people coming through the door
and profits of approx £300 the successful day
helped swell the funds to install a lift at the Library building, along with other improvements
at the now popular village venue.
Visitors enjoyed browsing a wide range of stalls
selling locally made crafts. The all-day cafe did
a roaring trade selling home-made cakes and
hot soup at lunchtime.
Friends of Hadfield Hall are grateful to all those
who generously provided prizes for the raffle Councillor Ellie Wilcox, wood-turner Charles
Woodward, Tiger Lily florists, and Liz Armstrong.
The next Hadfield community event will be a
Lantern Parade and Christmas market on Friday
evening December 7th - more details to follow
very soon.
For more information please contact Joy
Hallsworth, Chair of Friends of Hadfield Hall,
on Glossop 865236.
Pudding, chips and gravy, Glossop Market Cafe
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Massive turnout for
Melandra Day
Glossopdale and Longdendale Archaeological
Society (GLAS) are delighted with the public
response at Roman Melandra Day, when over
400 people flocked to discover more about
the Roman fort on this important local heritage site.
The children's corner was a hive of activity,
where Roman style pots and lamps were
made, finds washed, coin rubbings taken, mo-
saics designed and drawings coloured.
There is obviously a great deal of local support for the society's Heritage Lottery Fund
application for a community archaeology
project for the fort, to be called 'Rediscovering Melandra'. This is the first step towards
long term plans to conserve and manage the
site as a resource for education, tourism and
the community. Glossopdale and Longdendale Archaeological Society’s next meeting is
Tuesday 4th December at the George Hotel,
Glossop, 7.30pm. The meeting will include a
film of the Melandra Day events.
News
Glossop's Secret Bakery
The Shrewsbury Street Bakery is one
of Glossop's best badly kept secrets. It
gets its name from its location just
off Shrewsbury Street on Wren Nest
Terrace (SK13 7AN). Two generations
of the Platt family had run the bakery, and when Stanley Platt retired in
1982 the current owner took over.
Graeme Pomfret started working at
the bakery on Saturdays when he was
14, gained his City & Guilds at Tameside College and took over the bakery at the age of 21. He remains
faithful to Stanley's bread recipes and
many of his bread tins are imprinted
with names that were once seen
Bruce Kent
talked to a packed meeting at
the Central Methodist Church on
November 9th 2012. He delivered
a short and upbeat presentation
in which he pointed out how
many former warring countries
were now so integrated economically and socially that war between them was impossible. His
passion and anger at the waste of
life and resources in combat remains undiminished. He was particularly impressed by the men’s
toilets in the building, which
sponsor a similar toilet in equatorial Africa.
Saint Luke’s School
sat on rows on wooden chairs, at
desks with inkwells that had no
I was at the school in the 1940s.
ink. Someone who sat behind me
I don't remember much about
kicked my chair a lot. He shall
the interior of the building exremain nameless but he knows
cept that the windows were set
who he is.
too high to see out of, and there
I remember Miss Merry teachwere open fires in the infant
ing us to read and to recite timeclasses. I liked the outside of the
tables in a sing-song voice.
building - the colour and texture
In an older class I remember
of the stone and the way the indidoing an oral arithmetic test.
vidual stones were shaped. The
Each time we got an answer
lavatories were in a long, low
wrong we were hit once on the
building at the bottom of the
palm of the hand with a cane. It
playground. I don't think they
didn't hurt much but some of us
had any flushing mechanism and
had quite red hands by the end of
I didn't like them at all.
the day.
There were separate playgrounds
My teachers were good and
for the boys and the girls. The
though strict, were generally
boys seemed to play football all
kind. I enjoyed my years at St
the time and were very noisy. The
Luke's (except for the lavatories)
girls played skipping, hopscotch
and have happy memories if it.
and a very formalised game
whose details I don't remember.
Glossop Pensioner
It involved negotiations between
a king and the people of Barbary
and ended with the breaking of
the gates of Barbary. In class we
everywhere in Glossopdale.
The Shrewsbury Street bakery has
operated since at least 1890, when the
original bread ovens were first installed. Originally designed to burn
coal, the ovens are now oil fired and
although they remain in working
condition their poor fuel efficiency
means they are only used as emergency backups to the electric ovens.
"If I turn them on at 10:30 in the
evening they are ready to bake bread
between 5 and 6am the next day.
They didn't just bake the bread, they
kept the whole bakery really warm".
The original mixer is also still func-
tional and there have been regular
school visits to the historic bakery
since its 99th anniversary in 1989.
As well as traditional loaves (white,
brown, wholemeal, granary) the bakery produces rye bread (to order),
Yorkshire recipe teacakes (aka
muffins), wholemeal teacakes, fruit
teacakes, iced buns (fondly remembered by many generations of school
children and still very popular
today), flapjacks, scones, almond
slices, fruit and savoury pies and lots
more. Flour and yeast are also for
sale.
Bread is available from about 8am
until 12.30pm every day except
Thursday and Sunday. Shrewsbury
Street Bakery has been delivering locally for over 120 years, but these
days a fully motorised vehicle is
used.
Graeme combines baking with
being a DJ, but rarely works for
adults because they stay up too late.
He is also a keen amateur meteorologist and is always on the look-out for
an old Turog sign.
Tel: 01457 868070
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Glossop Wildlife
GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
Glossop Knotweed Watch - Slatelands
Tim Garner in front of a huge stand of Japanese knotweed growing on Slatelands Road and (below) On
Glossop Road 79x103cm. See more of his work at http://www.artzu.co.uk/category/paintings/tim-garner/
Letter From Frank Ackley, Old Glossop Residents Association to
HPBC. Councillors’ comments in the next issue.
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Like Old Glossop Residents Association, Glossop Bat Group has
had trouble getting HPBC Development Control to communicate with
them, despite cataloging evidence of a long series of catastrophic
failures in their duty to protect European Protected Species. In desperation the chairman of the bat group started a newspaper and
then wrote to every HPBC councillor in the area (see the letter on
our website www.glossopgazette.com) at 6AM last Thursday. By
9.19AM the Bat Group had access to an area they had been asking
about since June and at 10AM an officer from Development Control
made contact with information; the first time since November 2011
despite dozens of emails. Let's hope the power of the press works
for OGRA too.
GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
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Lifestyle
Gawpin’ Up with
Davie Jones
Capricorn December 22nd-January 19th.
Like their symbol the mountain goat Capricorns
are steady and sure footed, they never take a step
backwards if they can help it. Capricorns have a
quiet dignity and are generally well respected. In
childhood they are shy, born with tremendous ability but little self confidence, it is quite usual for a
Capricorn to accomplish more after their 25th
birthday although for some its as late as 28 than
they did when they were younger. Are you a Capricorn or do you know someone who is? It is sometimes said that this sign is old when it's young and
young when it's old. Capricorn always knows the
best person for the job. Car repair they know the
best mechanic: Need a decorator they always know
just the man: Gardener? the same. Instead of feel-
19 Nov 2012
Orion the Hunter is gradually making his way across the winter sky, now he has risen above the horizon by 9pm.
Jupiter continues to loiter in the constellation of Taurus, the
Galilean moons forever performing their dance around Jove
for his, and our delight.
To the West, around 9pm, you'll see the bright star Vega, in
Lyra, and to the left of Vega, the four stars of the lyre, forming
a rhomboid, or collapsed rectangle. With a modest telescope,
you should be able to pick out the Ring Nebula, M57, it appears as a faint doughnut between the to furthest left stars of
Lyra. It maybe that the dreaded light pollution of that conurbation which is Manchester may thwart some attempts at the
Ring, but not to worry, this supernova remnant isn't going to
disappear anytime soon, and can wait until it is in a more
favourable position in the summertime.
We have a few conjunctions coming up, on the 20th November, the Moon is in conjunction with Neptune and on the 23rd
of November, the Moon and Uranus, although you will need a
decent telescope to locate Uranus and, indeed, Neptune. Far
easier for most, on the 27th of the month, Venus and Saturn to
the East in the morning sky. Rising shortly after 5am and visible until the sky has become light, this pair will look wonderful through binoculars or using a low power telescope.
Just after midnight on the 28/29 th, the moon will be joining
Jupiter in Taurus, again, this should work very well with
binoculars or a small, telescope.
Looking ahead into December, the last quarter on the 6th
marks the end of the moons overwhelming glare for a few
weeks, allowing us to try for those illusive DSOs.
Above: Jupiter and moons, 29 Oct 2012
Left: Gibbous moon, 4th November 2012
ing yourself used by your Capricorn friend be flattered to be asked to bake a cake after all they think
you are 'The Best' or you wouldn't have been asked!
Clocks and watches are the loves of their lives.
Young Capricorn children, once they can tell the
time like to wear a watch. Older ones have several
watches and usually have a clock in every room of
their house.
Are you born on the day that the Sun changes
signs. Astrologers call this 'on the cusp' well as a
rough guide if you are a lark (you get up early)
you are the former sign ie Libra but if you are an
owl (you stay up late) you are probably Scorpio.
Aquarian Kath.
Doctor Boy lebodie’s GlossopHoroscope - Glossop’s Premier Clairvoyant
Aries
A journey somewhere new is imminent. You hope
it isn't somewhere with high walls and barred
windows but not all your friends and family feel
that way. Cheat them out of any potential satisfaction by disowning them or owning up voluntarily.
Taurus
Do you own a blue tie or scarf with pink flowers
on it? Any neckwear that fits this description
has the potential to tighten lethally this week in
a freak accident. Put it straight in the bin, or
safer still, burn it.
Gemini
Are you the loudest person on the train? If so,
let's hope somebody gives you the slap you deserve so badly. But if it isn't you, prepare to be
the victim of gross injustice and get contact details of all witnesses before the event.
Cancer
You've never been militant, you've never supported any group or organisation on international blacklists. But this week will test your
moderate inclinations like never before. Think
carefully before offering your support. Extremism is rarely the answer.
Leo
You have all the financial acumen of Bob
Cratchitt. But if you think that honesty will win
in the end, you've been reading the wrong Victorian novels. You need to think "Old Curiousity
Shop" rather than "Christmas Carol", Barnaby
Rudge not Tiny Tim if you don't want to end
your days in abject poverty. Consider picking a
pocket or two (beyond Mottram Moor, please).
Even if you don't get away with it, you can be
sure that Her Majesty will keep you warmer and
better fed than all your honourable intentions.
Virgo
Who ate all the pies? Probably you. There are
worse vices than gluttony but not ones that can
be practised in bakeries without somebody reporting your behaviour to the police. When people berate you for eating more than your share,
ask them if they would prefer it if you gave in to
your pyromaniacal tendencies.
Libra
As you get older, your opinions progressively become more reactionary. Is this the benefit of experience or the curse of increasing cynicism? Are
things really getting worse or are you becoming a
less pleasant person by the day?
Scorpio
You have a secret admirer. But only one, and
they are not very nice, maybe even a vile psychopath. Discourage this admirer by any means
necessary.
Sagittarius
Unless you have serious health issues, you would
do well to stop feeling sorry for yourself and cease
complaining immediately. You will never be rich
and you're even less likely to wake up and find
yourself in the body of a Greek deity. Does it
matter? Not a bit. You are wealthy in other
ways.
Capricorn
Capricorns are morally bankrupt at the best of
times but you really scrape the bottom of the
barrel this week. Nobody can believe the depths
you will stoop to. Is this how you want to be re-
membered, as an unhappy soul who was caught
sprinkling Cantarella?
Aquarius
.Everytime you turn on a TV set or a radio, you
get the feeling that it should be you being broadcast all over the world. You take the triumph of
self esteem over excellence to new and dizzying
heights.
Pisces
Have you ever suspected that your nearest and
dearest might try to do away with you in a
manner the authorities would never suspect? A
meal laced with deadly but hard-to-detect toxins
for example? It's unlikely, but you might be advised to test offered meals to a family pet at least
an hour before accepting.
Doctor Boylebodie is the pseudononym of a local
fortune teller who “tells it like it is”. All predictions for entertainment purposes only and neither Dr B nor the Glossop Gazette will take any
responsibility in the event that advice is followed
or events do not occur as predicted.
Dr B regrets he cannot enter into correspondence
with readers.
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
Special Feature
Glossop Market:
Arcadia News
Double Four Records
UNO
A & C Shoes
THE history of Glossop Market goes
back many hundreds of years. It’s
likely that it began in Old Glossop,
with traders selling butter round the
market cross, but it has been operating
in its present location in the town centre for 167 years, having been established in July 1845, the seventh year of
the reign of Queen Victoria.
The market remains one of Glossop’s
gems, with three connected yet distinct
marketplaces to explore – the Indoor Market, Outdoor Market and the Market Arcade.
Together they make up a community of
friendly traders, each with their own expertise and individuality. Each stall presents a huge variety of distinctive items at
extremely reasonable prices, from everyday necessities to glamorous luxuries and
quirky one-offs.
Geographically the market is right in the
centre of Glossop, at the heart of the town,
and just like a heart it pulses with energy
and the rhythm of market life. What’s
more, each trader has put a huge amount
of love and passion into their particular enterprise, and when taken as a whole this is
reflected in the cheerful, helpful and welcoming atmosphere. These are not employees working for some big corporation;
they are individuals, each with their own
speciality that they are offering to the
shoppers of Glossop. You can predict fairly
accurately what you might find in a big
name store, but Glossop Market is full of
delights and surprises just waiting to be
discovered.
Let’s explore, entering through the Market Arcade from Norfolk Street, by the bus
stop, and see what and who we’ll find.
Maggie’s Cards
The Market Arcade is home to half a dozen shops and
one large open stall, which faces you on entering. With
its colourful display of wrapping paper and cards for absolutely every occasion, Maggie’s Cards offers a superb
range of cards and gifts. Helium balloons are a speciality, perfect if you’re planning a party, and there’s
free delivery with five sets
of balloons. The cards are
varied in style and many
have words appropriate to
specific occasions and sentiments. You can even
buy just one card to send
to all the family to save
on postage this Christmas.
You might hear the tones
of a favourite song drifting over from Double
Four Records and be
Maggie Bailey
tempted inside to add to
your CD collection. As
well as a vast choice of music from all genres and eras,
there’s also a range of DVD’s, and the shop operates a
used CD/DVD exchange scheme. With much music-buying now done on the internet, shops like Double Four
Records are becoming a rarity, but its well worth stepping inside as they cater for every taste and there are
many bargain discs to be found.
For 20 years Sheila Jagota of UNO has been helping
local women keep
their wardrobes
stocked with fashion
garments, many of
which are classics
that stand the test of
time. With keen
prices that beat
those in the city
centre, there’s something for women of
all ages and sizes in
this shop, as well as
accessories. “It’s a
nice little community here in the Arcade”, comments
Sheila. “We all work
well together.”
First on the right
as you enter the Arcade is Arcadia News,
News a busy
newsagent and tobacconist run by Frank Pollitt, who
took over the business three years ago. In addition to
newspapers and tobacco products, the shop sells drinks
and confectionary. An array of large jars contain all
kinds of sweets sold by weight. Take your pick from
Coltsfoot Rock, Treacle Toffee, Barley Sugar and many
other old favourites, or why not choose a bag from
Frank’s ‘Sweets of the Week’ selection?
If you treated yourself to a stylish outfit from Uno, then
simply cross over to the other side of the arcade to find
some shoes and a bag to match in A & C Shoes.
Shoes Carole
Armstrong has run the shop for 17 years and has great
skill in selecting an attractive range of fashion
bags and ladies shoes.
Each bag is individually
chosen and is guaranteed
to be a one-off for the
shop – so there’s no danger of going to a Glossop
party and finding a friend
with a matching bag! A
& C Shoes also sells wedding shoes for bride and
bridesmaids at a fraction
of the cost in bridal
shops. Plus if it’s slippers
you’re after, you’ll find
Carole Armstrong
some cosy slip-ons perfect for winter evenings at home.
Niche Markit is to be found in the Market Arcade and
on the Outdoor Market. It’s a family concern run by
Janet Spencer and Rick Young and sons. In the Arcade
shop you’ll find new electrical items such as irons, cameras, mobile phones and games consoles, as well as toys
and a beautiful selection of ornaments for the home.
The shop sells both new and used items and will also
Arturo with Andre, Becky, Vicki, Sam, Ella and
Terri
buy.
Italian-born Arturo originally hails from Naples, but
settled in England and opened his hair salon, Arturos,
Arturos in
Glossop 32 years ago. Eight years ago his son Andre took
over the business, while Arturo still offers his finelyhoned haircutting skills every Thursday and Saturday.
The team of stylists are a friendly, happy group, always
providing plenty of smiles as well as expert family hair
cutting, setting and colouring.
This month, stylist Becky is offering a half-price cut and
blow for just £10, with a re-style for £13. Call in and book
your appointment with Becky for a Tuesday, Wednesday,
Friday or Saturday in November.
Niche Markit
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Special Feature
the HEART of Glossop
G L O SS OP ’ S OU TD OO R M A R K E T
The outdoor market is the most visible of all the trading areas, with several approaches, including from the
main Council car park. The group of
friendly traders create a real feeling
of community and would love more
people to come along and discover all
the fine things they have on their
stalls. Why subject yourself to the
predictability of the supermarket
when you can make your shopping
experience much more sociable and
interesting? Let’s wander round and
see who we’ll find.
The whole nation knows Adam Corbally
from his exploits on the TV show ‘The Apprentice’, but Glossopians knew him first as
an enterprising
youngster, when
he set up his fruit
and vegetable delivery business
and then took on
a stall at Glossop
Market. His
brother Jack is
equally personable and will
serve you with a
characteristic
Corbally smile.
Jack Corbally
We’re approaching the season
when our garden birds are even more appreciative of any help we can give to help them
survive the winter, and Goodies for Buddies
can supply the specialist foods they need, as
well as pet food and accessories for all domestic animals.
Elizabeth
Walker,
who runs
the stall
with her
parents,
says that
the stall
stocks
everything
Elizabeth Walker
they would
feed their
own animals, and they can order anything by
request. The family has traded at the market
for the past three years and are very happy
with the arrangement. “I don’t know why
more people don’t start their business here,”
she says, “It’s minimum risk, low rent and
much less boring than being in a shop – you
can wander round and talk to everyone.”
Pam Alderton of Bookworm,
Bookworm which sells
hundreds of pre-loved books, has made sure
that anyone with access to the internet can
keep up to date with the latest market news.
She’s been writing a blog since May this year,
which can be found at www.glossopoutdoormarket.blogspot.co.uk. It’s easy to find your
Niche Markit
way around, has some great pictures and details of the traders, as well as news of any special markets coming up, such as at
Christmas. Pam is the secretary of the Glossop branch of the National Market Traders
Federation. She takes people on work experience to give them a taste of market life.
Next to Bookworm you’ll find Niche
Markit,
Markit run by Rick Young. With a large
cabin and several tables, Rick and his partner
Janet sell a mixture of new and pre-loved
items, from pushchairs to chimneas, table
lamps to settees. They also specialise in
house clearances. Rick remembers being really excited coming to the market as a young
boy and is sad that it seems youngsters are
no longer introduced to it as a way of shopping, but hopes that once they’ve discovered
it, they’ll be hooked.
One couple who have certainly been hooked
on Glossop Market for the past four decades
are Kevin and Gill Chadwick, who are now in
their 43rd year of trading. Their stall, Kevin
& Gill’s,
Gill’s has never lost its popularity, for
who can resist the boxes full of tasty goodies
such as chocolate cakes, biscuits, jam tarts,
fruit cakes, gateaux, crisps, teas and sweets,
and all at fabulously low prices!
You can always find surprising and interesting things on the Outdoor Market, and recently up popped a group of researchers
from Leicester University, working with
High Peak
Community
Arts collecting
stories about people’s experiences
of living in Glossop, finding out
how it has
changed over the
past 60 years. If
you would like to
Rick Young
be involved in
this project and contribute your own memories of the Glossop community in days gone
by and how it has changed, then email
jan@highpeakarts,org.
Time for a hot snack and a drink, and where
better than Perfect Potato,
Potato with its satisfying
jacket potatoes with assorted fillings, or perhaps a hot dog or a burger? Vanessa Manders has run the van for 7½ years, but the
business has been
reliably serving
Perfect Potatoes
for over twenty.
Just opposite the
potato van on Fridays you’ll find
TM Pictures,
Pictures run
by father and son
team Tom and
Kevin and Gill
Mark Taylor, proChadwick
viding a customised framing service, as well as selling
ready-made frames and a selection of prints.
There are bags of good reasons to choose
Glossop Market as a regular shopping destination, one of which is without doubt the
amazing bargains you can find. Brian’s Bar gains lives up to its name, with quality bedding, underwear, socks, duvets, thermal wear
and toys. Brian himself has travelled the
world in his career, but is now semi-retired
and more than happy to settle and enjoy the
atmosphere at Glossop Market. His faithful
companion Sid the dog is also clearly happy
to help with minding the stall, and has made
many human friends on the market.
He’s not the only animal to be found –
make your way to The Plant Stall run by
Jean and Les White. There you’ll meet Eric
the Elephant, who was rescued from a skip
and is now presiding over plant sales, along
with his friend
the dancing ostrich. “We’ve
put him there to
get the children
interested in the
plants,” explains
Les, whose
cheerful nature
is definitely infectious.
The most recent trader to
Vanessa Manders
join the throng
is Valerie Fuggle, who moved to the area from London in
January and had a stand selling her beautiful
handmade jewellery at the Jubliee Farmers’
Market in the summer. She enjoyed the experience so much that Val’s Gems is now an
established part of the market, selling attractive silver and gemstone jewellery at very
reasonable prices.
“Why not visit Jo or Kelly, and get some good
grub in your belly?” So reads the sign on
Kel and Jo’s café,
café which has a steady stream
of people enjoying home-cooked, locallysourced food, including breakfasts, burgers,
cornbeef hash, pork and black pudding muffin and all kinds of other goodies, including a
tempting home made winter soup, perfect for
those chilly Glossop autumn days.
Nicky and Charlie Coady and their daughter Natalie have charge of several tables and
a cabin, with freestanding rails of clothing,
shoes, gothic ware, watches and costume jewellery, as well as some spooky Halloween
items. At two years old, Natalie’s daughter
Ashleen would almost be the youngest market trader, if it weren’t for the fact that Sid
the dog is just a year old. The age of Eric the
Elephant is as yet unestablished.
An array of attractive, colourful scarves
Valerie Fuggle
regular customers.
Dave Green of The Key Cabin is enthusiastic about Glossop’s Outdoor Market, but emphasises that more people are needed both as
traders and customers. The Key Cabin will
cut any key, engrave trophies and other commemorative ware and has a comprehensive
range of tools and DIY requirements. Dave is
a qualified locksmith so can make any key or
lock as well as providing a lock repair service.
The Market has added vibrancy every second Saturday of every month when it welcomes traders for the Farmer’s Produce
Market. There you’ll find everything from
Pam Alderton
Dave Green
locally brewed beer to home made marmalades, cupcakes, soaps, jewellery, Greek
specialities and locally reared meat.
The Outdoor Market community always welcomes new faces with different things to sell,
as do the customers. There are currently
some good opportunities for budding entrepreneurs who’d like to start their careers by
opening a market stall, or enjoy an extra interest in their retirement, as there are several
empty tables waiting for new traders. There’s
even a ‘Try Before You Buy’ scheme – set up
your stall at just £10 for a day’s hire and see
how you do. Contact High Peak Borough
Council at [email protected] or telephone 0845
1297777 or 01298 28400 to make enquiries.
The positive energy behind the market
comes from the ground up, from the traders
themselves, and is a testament to true enterprise, along with their wish to offer the best
goods and services at the keenest prices to
the shoppers of Glossop.
So as a Glossop shopper, why not explore the
market and enjoy a leisurely browse? You’ll
probably come away with more than you bargained for, and it’s sure to be a bargain!
Finally, special mention must be made of
David Shaw, who has been Glossop Market’s
caretaker for the past eight years. He good
naturedly, unobtrusively and practically
keeps this gem at the heart of Glossop in operation, ensuring that the traders have what
they need to help their businesses run
smoothly.
greets you at Stephanie’s,
Stephanie’s where Stephanie
Maher sells ladies clothes, fashion handbags,
scarves and accessories. The Italian clothing
is very stylish and sells at very reasonable
prices. Not surprisingly, Stephanie has many
Sid minds the stall
Kelly and Cheryl
Tom and Mark Taylor
TM Pictures
Brian’s Bargains
Stephanie’s
Kevin & Gill’s
Paul, Jan and Emily
Community in Glossop
Jean, Les and Eric of The Plant Stall
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Special Feature
Glossop’s Supermarket
Pure Supplements
The Bag Stall
Cut Price Corner
Cosmetic Corner
Deck of Cards
continued from page 13
Valerie Logan is a
real ambassador for
Glossop Market,
and in September
2012 was appointed
chair for the Market
Traders. “This is a
very good place to
come shopping”,
she says, “with
everything under
one roof. This is
the original concept
of a supermarket,
and is wheelchair
Valerie Logan
accessible with easy
parking just outside.
The traders really know their stock and can give advice
and a really good service. It’s an ideal way to start if
you’re thinking of setting up a small business – just think
of something you are passionate about and give it a go.
You’ll find you get a lot of support from the other traders
who will help you develop your business.”
Valerie is a qualified reflexologist and masseur, and
three years ago took over the stall Pure Supplements,
Supplements
which sells health supplements and remedies, and dried
medicinal herbs. “I’ve been brought up with these remedies”, she says, “and I’m quite passionate about them. If
we look back over the history of medicine, a lot of the
pharmaceutical industry came from these original preparations – such as using willow bark for aspirin. A number
of remedies may be things you’ve grown up with, like sarsaparilla, malt and cod liver oil.” Valerie was introduced
to the stall several years ago by her own doctor, who
recognised the health benefits that many of the supplements can bring. Pure Supplements also sells essential
oils, Bach Flower Remedies, Jan de Vries Flower Essences
and over 70 different herbal teas.
As much as discovering many useful and interesting
goods, it’s meeting the traders that makes Glossop Market such a rewarding place to spend time.
You never know who
you’re going to meet,
for example. John Aston
had an illustrious career as a professional
footballer from the age
of 16, playing first for
Manchester United in
the 1960’s, then transferring to Luton Town.
Since his footballing
days were over, however, he’s been happily
John Aston
settled running The
Pet Stall for the past 35
years. Part of a family business, the stall sells a comprehensive range of petfood, treats and accessories for all
your furry and feathered friends.
Facing you as you come into the indoor market is Robin son’s Butchers,
Butchers now run by very friendly butcher Peter
Saddler, who has been there for 12 years. It sells every
kind of fresh meat, black puddings and delicious traditional sausages. All the meat is English, apart from a
very good cure of Danish bacon.
Some stalls on the market have been fixtures for more
than half a century, such as The Bag Stall,
Stall to be found
immediately on your left as you enter from the Arcade.
Run by David Wilde for the past six years, it sells cases,
On the Wall
Family Footwear, run by Jennifer Kelly
Corner you’ll find a
fabulous choice of
make-up, along with
hair accessories,
scarves, make-up bags
and glamour eye
lashes. There are
other items if you’re
in a party mood, like
glitter hair and body
spray and fun tattoos.
It’s also a great place
to go to find perfect
Chris Warren
Christmas gift sets for
Peter Saddler
both men and women.
When people find a delicatessen they like, they tend to
become regular customers, and as The
bags and purses, holdalls, backpacks, evening bags,
Market Deli sells suleather bags and purses - all smart, serviceable and very
perb cold meats and
reasonably priced.
pates, as well as vegeCut Price Corner is just what it says – a corner stall
tarian pies, it has many
where you’ll find household goods at knock-down prices.
returning patrons. It’s
Whether you need kitchen foil, cleaning products, dealso known for stockodorant, kitchen roll, dishcloths or assorted hardware,
ing fresh bread from
you’ll find it here.
the prize-winning BarLook across the way and you’ll see Norman’s,
Norman’s which
bakan bakery in Chorlbuys and sells gold and silver jewellery, antiques and colton. With a selection of
lectibles – also buying broken jewellery and old watches
coffee beans that can
and with a good repair service.
be ground for you on
Jennifer Kelly can claim to be the longest-serving individthe spot, home-made
Sally Connor
ual on the market, having worked there for 32 years.
chutneys and jams, a
She’s seen a lot of changes while selling shoes and boots
range
of
pasta
and
90
different
herbs
and spices, The
from Family Footwear, but still enjoys being on the
market in spite of it being much less busy than in former Market Deli is a firm favourite with shoppers.
If you’re stuck for a birthday card or a gift for a new
times. “There used to be a bakery, greengrocer and
baby, then call in at Deck of Cards and have a browse
butcher at the heart of the indoor market”, she relates,
around. You can find cards for all ages and occasions,
“but interesting new stalls are starting to come in and
plus wrapping paper and eye-catching balloons that can
bring some life back.”
be filled with helium while you wait.
The most recent, as well as being the youngest, of those
Make your way round the corner and towards the centre
newcomers is Rachel Hawley, aged 18, who has brought
fresh flowers into the indoor market on her stall Flowers of the indoor
market and
from the Heart High Peak.
Peak She opened on Thursday
you’ll find a stall
November 8th and was grateful for all the help she had
that could help
from Dave the caretaker to get everything organised.
transform a
Rachel has wanted to be a florist ever since she was five
room in your
years old, so this is a dream come true and has been
house in a short
made possible by the
space of time.
ease with which she
There’s nothing
has been able to rent a
like a new carpet
space in the market.
to spruce up your
She loves the atmossurroundings,
phere: “Really nice
Ken Barton
and Ken Barton
people walk past and
Roll
End
Car
of
talk to you”, she compets can bring his expertise to measuring, estimating and
ments, “and it’s less
then
fitting the carpet you want. There are plenty of
isolating than being in
samples to choose from and some real bargains to be
a shop on your own.”
had, including some attractive rugs with car, guitar or
Rachel takes orders for
Union Jack designs for under £30. Carpet prices range
Rachel Hawley
wedding flowers and
from £2.99 to £55 a square yard.
other occasions and
Just across the way, On The Wall is also run by Ken,
also sells silk arrangewhere he sells decorating sundries and lighting accesments and candles.
sories.
To your right as you walk in from the arcade you’ll find
Spec Save,
Save run by Chris Warren, who has been in the
market selling reasonably-priced spectacle frames for 20
years. Customers can bring in their prescriptions, choose
some frames and pick up their finished glasses within the
week.
Chris’s other interest is in cosmetics, and at Cosmetic
The Muffin Stall
Made Just 4
Friendly staff of Parker’s Cheese Stall
Glossop Market Hardware
& Toiletries
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Special Feature
Jan’s Jewellery
The T Shirt Printer has
been on the market for
just three months, but the
business has been established for seven years.
Paul Pennington is very
pleased with his move into
the centre of Glossop,
where more people can
see the original designs he
produces on t-shirts, hoodies, sweats and bags. The
business specialises in customised one-off designs - you can bring in a photograph
in any format and have it printed on a garment for as little as £8.50. All the clothing is 100% cotton from major
brands such as
Fruit of the
Loom.
If you need a sit
down at this
point, then where
better than The
Market Café,
Café
which will serve
you everything
from an excellent
cup of coffee to a
satisfying meal.
Meat and Potato
Donna Bray and staff
Pies are a speciality, with different
fillings also available each day, such as Cheese and
Onion, Chicken and Leek or Minced Beef and Onion. All
the food is freshly prepared and there are so many regular customers that it sometimes seems like an informal
luncheon club.
While enjoying your meal you can gaze across to Glos sop China & Glass and start thinking about which gift
to buy that special person in your life for Christmas. Its
shelves glitter with gleaming glass and delicate china ornaments to grace any mantelshelf or cabinet, along with
mugs with attractive designs, dream catchers, animal
models and artificial flowers.
Perhaps you’ve found a beautiful vase or statuette, but
don’t have the right piece of furniture on which to display it. RockEco could provide the perfect answer. It
sells eco-friendly furniture, recycled antique pieces and
handmade sewn items. Britt Harffy has taken the plunge
and has been trading as RockEco for just six weeks. She
appreciates the affordable cost of setting up in the market and wanted to test the response of customers, which
has been very good and encouraging. She used to be an
accounts manager but has always practiced handicrafts at
home and once her son was born she decided to do it full
time.
On the walls of RockEco you can admire intricate pictures made with wool by local textile artist Agnes Taylor.
It’s a hobby that she does for the love of it, and this love
is reflected in her beautiful woollen collages of the Peak
District countryside.
There’s still more to explore in this warren of wonderful
wares, and you might like to find yourself or your partner something new to sleep in from Ted’s Stall,
Stall now run
by Peter and Barbara Compston who took over the stall 13
years ago. As well as sleepwear and bed linen there’s
ladies and gents’ clothing and lingerie, all at excellent
prices.
It’s an Aladdin’s Cave of wool in the little cubby hole
next to Ted’s Stall, which is home to The Wool Stall.
Stall
You wouldn’t believe how much Carole Blanchard has
managed to squeeze into a limited space. Golden trim-
John of Laptops Repair with a customer
mings hang from the ceiling, there are stands of haberdashery, walls full of knitting patterns, zips galore, ironon motifs, curtain tape, knitting needles, dolls for
dressing, soft toy patterns – it’s a handy-person’s paradise.
Carole took over the stall 14 years ago, and herself is a
knitter, so she knows just how addictive it can be. There
are some beautiful unusual yarns for making scarves,
and soft baby wools.
Daisy Chain has been operating for eight months and
sells striking Goth clothing for those who like to stand
out from the crowd.
On the other hand, if you’d rather go to a party in disguise, then Glossop Fancy Dress will have just the costume for you, or will be able to order it. Whether your
theme be Hawaiian, Mexican, Police, Horror or many
others, it can cater for your most outlandish ideas. It also
sells toys, jokes and Snazaroo face paints and can order
costumes for groups at just 24 hours notice.
Just opposite Family Footwear is Modern Fashions,
Fashions
where many regular customers visit stallholder Selina,
Do you remember eating Fruit Salads? Not the kind in a
bowl with pieces of
apple and orange,
but the sort you
suck on as you
come home from
school. You’ll find
these and other
favourite sweets at
The Sweet Stall,
Stall
run by June and
Barry Ollerenshaw,
Jan Mistry
which will weigh
out whatever you
want from the huge jars of assorted humbugs, bonbons,
jellies and mints. Whether you want a bag of toffees or a
special box of sweets for a gift, The Sweet Stall will be
able to supply.
Peter Parker of Parker’s Cheese Stall says they have
‘the best selection of cheese in the area’, and when you
Barbara and Peter Compston of Ted’s
Stall
Modern Fashions
Natalie Dawson
Glossop Fancy Dress
knowing she’ll be able to provide them with exactly the
right tights, stockings or socks to match any outfit.
There are also some attractive scarves, children’s gloves,
hats and dresses. One customer, Diana Virgo, found the
perfect boot tops to go with some purple boots she had
just purchased from Family Footwear across the way, and
kindly modelled them for the Gazette.
Made Just 4 u does just what it says. If there’s a particular saying that you find meaningful or amusing, or that
is appropriate for a friend or member of your family,
then Ruth Muggleton will lovingly paint it onto a hand
cut pine plaque to hang on the wall. Ruth set up her stall
after retiring in May 2012, having previously had stands at
craft fairs in her spare time. She makes personalised
home accessories and gifts and has taught herself many
painting techniques to produce the very attractive items
that she sells.
Jan’s Jewellery sparkles and shines, and draws many
people in to admire and buy not only jewellery but also
scarves, fascinators, hairpieces, tiaras, gloves and children’s trinkets. It’s inspiring to see such a wealth of
glamorous items right here at home on Glossop Market.
Mary & Moo sells items for mother and baby.
Has your laptop frozen or is its memory full? John of
Laptops Repair will soon identify and sort out your
problem. He has 40 years experience working with computers, which is almost as long as they’ve been around
for, so you know you’re getting the real deal, but for a
very low cost. He also sells refurbished laptops.
Glossop Indoor Market Hardware & Toiletries has a
plethora of useful household items, such as cleaning
products, kitchenware and vacuum bags. They can also
order anything you want. Jan Mistry and her family used
to have the corner cabin on the outdoor market, but has
been on the indoor stall for a few years now, also running
the stall next door selling a wide range of picture frames.
Glossop China & Glass
see the wealth of dairy produce laid out before you, you
can well believe it. From the crumbliest Cheshire to the
strongest Blacksticks
Blue, the variety of
cheese at Parker’s
will ensure that your
cheeseboard is always
topped up with the
tastiest morsels.
Don’t forget the cold
Ruth Muggleton
meats, too – they
happy customer
cook all their own,
Made Just 4 u
Diana Virgo
ready for slicing to
order.
If you think perfectly-shaped eyebrows can be achieved only with a certain amount of
pain, think again. Sidra Mirfin of Sidra’s Threading
Station says that all her customers say there is no pain at
all when she treats them. “They all say I’m the best
threader they’ve had.” Sidra has seven years’ experience
making people more beautiful by removing unwanted
hair with her skilful threading technique. She will also
do eyelash and eyebrow tint.
It’s almost time to step outside into the November sunshine and have a look around the outdoor stalls, but you
Brit Harffy of RockEco
can’t leave the indoor market without picking up some
bread from The Muffin Stall,
Stall so collect a loaf and some
of the first class oven bottom muffins for which they are
famous. There are traditional Lancashire as well as Backstone muffins, all hand turned half way through their
baking. The Muffin Stall also sells freshly cut and madeto-order sandwiches, as well as a choice of simply
scrumptious cakes.
The Market Cafe
Carole Blanchard
Wool Stall
Ian Easton of Glossop
China & Glass
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Art
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
Jack Theobald
Will Collins
From top left, clockwise:
1-3 Jack Theobald, Volcrepe
4. Jack Theobald, Hawkshead
5-6. Will Collins, Volcrepe
7. Jack Theobald, Hawkshead
8. Will Collins, Hawkshead
9. Jack Theobald, Volcrepe
10 (centre) Jack Theobald, Hawkshead
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
Special Features
Tintwistle to Crowden
via Robinson’s Moss
The walk starts in Tintwistle and ends on the
public car park at Crowden. I had parked my
car at Crowden and was dropped off in Tintwistle on Arnfield Lane about mid day. My Jack
Russell, Ruby, was anxious to be going as we set
off along the lane that now forms part of the
Pennine Bridleway. It had been some years since
I was last there but it was timeless and as far as
I could recall very little had changed. I fol-
lowed the course of the cobbled lane as it
wound between two dry stone walls then dipped
downhill towards Arnfield Brook and a row of
cottages on the right. After a few meters a footpath left the road leading to the side of the cottages and a farm gate that allowed access into
Arnfield Clough, the waters of which drain into
nearby Arnfield Reservoir. The Clough itself is
less than 4 kilometres long draining off Robinson’s Moss (501mts/1,643ft) which is a huge peat
mire plateau further rising up to the Trig Point
on Featherbed Moss (541 mts/1,774ft) over 2 kilometres away.
It was raining heavily as we began the gradual
ascent up the clough but whatever the season
or the weather, this particular clough is quite
beautiful, the Autumnal colours only grace it.
For about a kilometre the left flank of the
clough holds naturally occurring deciduous
trees that mix with conifers until the
340mts/1,115ft contour line after which the
conifers proliferate. When Arnfield- Brook is in
full spat, as it was at the time, it forms a series
of white foaming waterfalls that can be heard
quite clearly in the silence. By contrast the right
flank of the clough paints a bleaker picture as
its heather and coarse moorland grasses gradually sweep up between rock outcrops to form
Tintwistle Low Moor (343mts/1,125ft) a large peat
mire plateau from which Robinson’s Moss and
Featherbed Moss are accessed.
The broad track stopped abruptly at a low man
made wall built of large stone blocks set into
the side of the hill. At this point we were to
leave Arnfield Clough via its right flank to top
Tintwistle Low Moor. Here the path rose steeply
and the exposed bedrock was greased by water
and semi-liquid peat that called for great care.
Looking back into Arnfield Clough, even on a
cold, wet and rainy November day, the odd
grouse could be heard delivering its ‘go-back,
go-back, go-back’ call and in the distance the
bleating of the odd sheep. Had a brass band
gently struck up with Dvorak’s New World Symphony Number 9 (The Hovis Tune) it would
have been in complete context with the setting............apart from the rain!
The path led to a line of one meter high stone
pillars that headed off towards Tintwistle in the
South and a disused reservoir in the North. The
pillars once supported cast iron piping that now
lay in sections on the ground amongst the grass
and heather. The disused reservoir, about 3 meters deep and maybe 15 metres square, was large
enough to warrant inclusion on the modern day
1:25 000 scale OS Explorer map at GR SK032989
and before that the 1875 OS map and 1910 OS
map on which it is marked ‘Tintwistle Water
Works Company’. There are several other small
disused reservoirs of a similar size further along
the path marked on the map as Robinson’s
Reservoirs that were once linked by underground pipes to feed water to Tintwistle. Today
the reservoirs go largely unnoticed by hill walkers and fell runners and the semi-exposed pipes
are little more than a trip hazard.
The heavy rain had turned the main footpath
into a morass of clinging peat and I was pleased
to leave Tintwistle Low Moor as it gradually
gave way to the firmer approaches to Tintwistle
Knarr (460mts/1,509). I was aware that to my left
was the crash site of an Avro Lancaster bomber
that had flown into the side of the hill on 22 December 1948, killing all seven crew members. I
had the co-ordinates so I set my compass and
450 meters later, after an exhilarating trudge
through knee deep heather up yet another
slope, I was standing by a forlorn looking
wooden cross on the flank of a rain soaked hill
with a breaking mist rolling over it.
The cross was leaning against a large boulder
and had a staple partly hammered into it, presumably to place a flower or some other token.
All that remained of the plane was the undercarriage, chunks of the engines and pieces of
twisted aluminium carefully arranged in front
of the boulder. I have seen a number of aircraft
crash sites in the Dark Peak area over the years
but the fatal crashes are quite moving, particularly those of military air crew from the World
War II period who may have survived hostilities
only to die in peace time during an error of navigation. I placed a sprig of heather through the
staple on the cross and continued my journey.
The views over the Longdendale Valley were
spectacular as I topped the edge of the moor.
The mist had blown off, the rain had stopped,
the sun was trying to make an appearance and
the blue skies held some spectacular cloud formations, but it remained cold. I followed the
edge around the 460 mts mark until I rejoined
the main path above a crag named Lad’s Leap.
Here a water course drained off the moor into
Coombes Clough, a steep ‘V’ shaped rocky cleft
in the hillside. Lad’s Leap was a popular rock
climbing crag some years ago known as Millstone Buttress and was first mentioned in 1938
when its climbing routes were published in the
Rucksack Journal. Other climbs were opened up
during the late 1940s and again in the 1960s but
by the 1990s, when I was packing rock boots and
a rope, it had become neglected.
Crossing the crashing water course above
Coombes Clough required care. After travelling
upstream for a few meters I managed to join
Ruby on the other bank. From here the route
became easier as the deep heather, peat bogs
and slippery rocks gave way to firmer ground
and wheat coloured moorland grasses. I put my
map and compass in my jacket, but vigilance
was still required. Numbers of individuals have
had a great day on the hill and are walking off
in high spirits when BANG.......they’ve slipped
and fallen heavily! A damaged ego, muddy
hands and a bruised bottom can be the norm,
but equally the number of serious injuries
caused by a simple slip is surprisingly common
due almost entirely to a momentary lack of
concentration. As Edward WHYMPER (18401911) the Victorian mountaineer once wrote ‘…
Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and
from the beginning think what may be the
end…’
Returning to the job in hand.........the path into
Crowden becomes well worn in parts as it leads
you across the moor, over the edge and then
down the hill passing some quite large boulders
lurking in the grass. After climbing over a couple of stiles you eventually arrive to the edge of
the conifer plantation leading to the car park of
Crowden Outdoor Education Centre. From
there cross the bridge over Crowden Brook and
onto the path at the side of the Caravan and
Camping Club site. From here it’s a simple
stroll through the woods onto Crowden public
car park. It had taken three and a half hours allowing for my detour to the crash site, but poor
weather and conditions underfoot had played
their part in lengthening the day, a consideration that can sometimes be overlooked.
Ham and mustard sandwiches were on the
menu. Sitting in the comfort of my car and relaxing to Andrea Bocelli singing A Mio Padre, I
thought how many times I had passed through
Crowden or camped there overnight during the
past thirty years or so. After a day’s walk it is
customary to have a pint but the Commercial
Inn that once served the hamlet had long gone.
It stood about 150 meters away on the main
road towards Tintwistle on the banks of Crowden Brook but all that remains today are a couple of retaining walls. The Cheshire Tithe Map
for 1836-1851 shows the building and lists it as a
‘house’ owned by a Thomas HOWARD during
the 1840s. By 1875 it was shown on the OS map
as the Commercial Inn and again on the 1910
OS Map but quite when it stopped trading I
know not. I wondered how many ‘navvies’ had
passed through its doors during the construction of the reservoirs and the now dismantled
Manchester to Sheffield railway on the other
side of the valley.
Conversely, over many generations, how many
hill walkers and pioneer rock climbers had
dodged the gamekeeper and his henchmen (and
a beating in some cases) to call in for a pint
after a day in the hills defying the Draconian
trespass laws. Fortunately times have changed
thanks to such notables as George Herbert
Bridges WARD (1876-1957) the leader of the little remembered Mass Bleaklow trespass of 1907,
and Benny Rothman (1911-2002) the leader of
the Mass Kinder Trespass of 1932 (I had the
privilege to meet Mr Rothman at Hayfield in
1998). Both men agitated for access to the hills
for many years. Today we enjoy the open countryside and our National Parks as never before,
thanks to their efforts and the like minded souls
who followed them.
Map:
OS Explore Map OL1. The Peak District.
Dark Peak Area. Scale 1:25 000
Distance: 5 kilometres + exploration time
Time:
2.45 hours plus + exploration time +
butty stop + contemplation time
Ascent: 350mts + exploration time
William Westhead
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
Special Feature
How horse racing might have come to Glossop
Horse racing in Manchester started on
Kersal Moor in 1687 and continued there
until 1847. On or before that time, the
Manchester Racecourse Company was
formed and one of the founders happened to be an ancestor of mine. The
company took on a lease of land at Castle Irwell from the Fitzgerald family who
lived in the house of that name.
In 1867, however, a John Fitzgerald succeeded to the land and because of his religious views refused to renew the lease.
The company therefore moved to the
New Barns course which occupied land
where later the Salford docks were built.
The Manchester Ship band was being
built about that period and the racecourse was needed to build the docks expansion.
The racecourse needed to look around
for a new course. My great grandfather
was one who was looking for a new
course, being local to the area around
Glossop. The place to be chosen was the
Mossy Lea area adjacent to Shire Hill.
The idea was that the finishing line was
to be somewhere near to the Tanyard and
that a grandstand was to be built on the
slope of Shire Hill, presumably below the
present tree line. The exploration went
further than one might suppose, because
a local solicitor was employed in the ex-
Partington Panto time
Double helpings of Christmas treats this year! Partington
ploration. I have heard that exporatory
digs were undertaken to establish the
suitability for a grandstand building.
It hardly needs saying to those who
know the area that ultimately it must
have been realised that the whole process
was not really feasible. In any case in
1896, Castle Irwell house was pulled
down and in 1901 the racecourse relocated to its former home where it remained until it shut down in 1963.
Central and District fronted by Edward
du Cann MP purchased the land, on
which it proposed to build new houses. A
change in political complexion of Salford
City Council resulted in a compulsory
purchase order being slapped on the
land. It now of course houses Salford
University.
Derek Slack
Images courtesy
of John Slusar at
www.greyhoundderby.com
Dickie Lines in 1940s fundraiser at
Partington Theatre, Friday 23rd November sees a one-night
only one-man show by acclaimed songster Dickie Lines. The
alter ego of actor and impressionist Roger Downing will be
performing a 1940s night of nostalgia in aid of Partington’s
refurbishment fund. The show starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are
free but a fund raising collection will be held. Book your seat
early and enjoy a night in the clubroom with a nice cold
drink and a hot show. George Formby, Noel Coward and Feldwebel Gruber from ‘Allo Allo’ are rumoured to be on the bill!
So, we’ll meet again -leaning on a lamp post - underneath the
arches – we’ll see those bluebirds over the white cliffs of
Dover, where we’ll be falling in love again...Ring 01457 865859
to reserve your tickets!
Panto time is only a week away and it's all about Santa.
'SANTA CLAUS - The Panto' hits the ground running next Saturday 1st December.
The wicked but ever so slightly dotty Snow Queen hates
Christmas. Teaming up with spiteful Jack Frost she plans to
scupper the whole jolly enterprise. But she's reckoned without
loveable warm-hearted Dame Mary Christmas. Along with a
hearty band of elves and fairies she takes on the baddies.
Will she win? Or will Christmas be cancelled? There's only one
way to find out!
Tickets are on sale now. The booking office is open at the theatre on Henry St. - Saturday 10am – 12 noon and Monday,
Wednesday and Friday 11am – 12 noon. Or ring 01457 866145
10am – 6pm each day except Sunday.
Pictures by Hannah Lewis
Glossop 160 years ago
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Glossop Life
GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
What's 'appenin t'Glossop, auld lad
Ahl tell thi, if tha's getten time
It's bein' pinched, brick by brick
Wi'out any reason or rhyme.
It's all bein' shifted to Buxton
Away and o'er yon hill
Even t'seats from t'cemetary
Wheer I sat when a altered mi will.
Tha'll see as Town 'as 'ad a facelift
And th'Arcade now looks really well
But they say t'work were over expensive
So wi might 'ave to sell Town Hall as well.
Th'owd Woods Baths is still open
But Management's 'ad to be cut
So t'kids'll aft swim after dinner
Let's 'ope they've not 'etten too much.
Let's face it though, Council is generous
Wi t'Tourist Office open o'neet
They're swarmin' in from all o'er t'orld
To see t'chimney rise three hundred feet.
From: Illustrated London News, 25th September 1852
Born and Brud - Gerrard Glossop
Does Buxton rob Glossop?
Are you thick or what?
I'm reet optimistic me. Folks are always saying ow worse it's
gerrin, but most ut time I say it's gerrin better. No kids up
chimneys, no bull baiting, no wife auctions, clean air, no
plague. Only 30 years ago the police round ere were a right
bunch of.... (following phrases deleted on legal advice) that
lad would have disappeared in the middle of the night for
publishing that picture and now he gets fed fish. Plus, we now
have a £75,000 a year councillor to keep the police on the
straight and narrow just like a county council. It's all gerrin
better, or so I thought. But, when I read the poem what Mr
Warhust revived, I ad fut reconsider. Happen one thing is gerrin loads worse: ow Buxton robs Glossop.
Now tha knows that Glossop is easy biggest town int Peak
District. Population of Glossop is almost twice the population
of Buxton. Glossopians have direct links to major cities and
an airport, Buxtons spend five months of the year in total isolation. Glossop is bigger and placed better than Buxton, so
why don't we have a museum and an art gallery? Why is their
market all dolled up like a million pound Victorian seraglio
when ours looks like a 1970s inner city precinct? Why don't
we have a posh cafe and a tourist information centre? Why is
it that if every Buxton decides to go tut opera ont same night
they will only be 3 to a seat, but if Glossopians try it all 40,000
of us will be squeezed onto nothing at all and die. Why? Coz
Buxton robs Glossop. Are public buildings derelict in Buxton?
Nay. Ave they only got one nice building what public ave
been barred from going in for 30 years? Nay. As Buxton had
millions of pounds to renovate its buildings. Aye. Does Buxton expect millions more to do up some other buildings? Aye.
Why has Buxton been so well invested in by Eye Peek Borough Council while Glossop has just been left to rot? Coz
Buxton robs Glossop. Ow many times do you need tellin?
Buxton robbed us of all that stuff int poem and more. Where's
our bronze age burial urn wot were int paper tother week?
I'm telling thi, it's in Buxton. Where's stone from Melandra
wot the Romans wrote on? Buxton. Where's all weaponry
from Castle Hill? Where are all the cobbles off Glossop
Streets? All in Buxton. Where's our picture by John Sergant?
They won't tell thi, but all Glossop knows it's in Buxton.
Buxton has taken over Glossop int past. Th'earliest documented were when Limestone Brigantines from Buxton betrayed the Glossop Millstone Brigantines to the Romans.
Mouselow Castle were destroyed and all Glossop treasures
carted south. That were it for Glossop fut next 1800 years. Abject slavery. Peveril and other Buxtons ruled Glossop with a
fist of iron, robbing it all the time. For a while in th'1800s
Glossop were making things, and sitting in opera houses,
aving spas and drinking fancy water went out of fashion.
Glossop got its independence back and it weren't till 1974 that
Buxton sneaked back in. They took down the Glossop flag
and burned it. They took over the Municipal Buildings, ripped
out the council chambers and mayor's parlour, dumped what
they didn't want in the town hall, hid the building from public view and spent the next 30 years making Buxton beautiful. By then all the public buildings in Glossop were derelict
and the only development there had been in Glossop (housing estates) were so badly planned they were rumoured to be
sinking intut swamp . This year they offered to give the buildings to the people of Glossop to run themselves. All except
the one they had spent over £1 million doing up in the 21st
century. They kept that so well hidden there were ardly anyone left alive who could remember it Around that time they
found that among the debris they had left int Town Hall were
a picture worth over £100,000. You can be sure it were ont
road to Buxton faster than thi can say "freedom of information act".
I've not seen a Glossop flag since before I retired. I won't be
surprised if there's no such thing anymore. Anyhow, I know
that if I ad one and I wanted fut fly it off me ouse, High Peak
Borough Council would charge me £1000 to ask permission
fut fly it and then say nay. Why? In case a bats flies into it and
urts itself... (rest of paragraph deleted on legal advice).
If you ever have pleasure of going to Buxton don’t forget to
thank them for taking care of our treasures so well. Appen
one day we’ll be over fut fetch them back.
In t'Park owd men are bowlin'
But many a wood goes astray
Because o' t'greens up and down bits
Sin' t'maintenance 'as gone bi' the way.
Them grand owd wrought iron gates
As once stood at Manor Park' entrance
The've disappeared o'er to Buxton
We don't know what's 'appened to 'em
since.
Tha knows th'Oward Park greenhouse
Weer t'flowers were nurtured wi'care
Well aw that were shipped o'er t'Buxton
It were costin' too much t'keep it 'ere.
But ne'er mind. Owd Lad, when tha snuffs
it
Tha can be as certain as 'ell
Tha canna bi locked out o' t'cemetary
'Cos they've tekken them gates as well.
So, lad, if tha wants to see Glossop
It's I' Buxton tha'll 'ave to seek
Just one o' t'misfortunes we've suffered
Since we were took o'er by t' High Peak.
Retrieved and submitted by Melvin
Warhurst
School Reunions
Old K’s reunion (Kingsmoor School 1927-1956).
10-12th May 2013, Queens Hotel Cheltenham.
Contact: Graham Frost [email protected]
Phone: 01234 406359
Glossop Comprehensive Class of 84 Reunion.
Saturday 26th January 2013, 19.30 at Glossop
Rugby Club, Hargate Hill Lane SK13 5HG.
This is for people who were at Glossop School
between 1979-1984
Find the Facebook page or text 07786565977 for
more details.
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November2012
Births and Deaths
Stuart Michael Wilson.
The death occurred at his home in Stalybridge on the 13th November 2012 of
the late Mr Stuart Michael Wilson aged 48 years of Stalybridge. Stuart will be
very sadly missed by all his family and friends. The funeral will take place on
Friday 23rd November 2012 with a service at St Mary's CE Church, Hollingworth at 1-00pm and will be followed by a committal at Dukinfield Crematorium at 2-00pm. Family flowers only lease but donations if desired to Help
for Heroes. Arrangements Arthur Worsley Funeral Services Limited, Hadfield. Tel 01457
852381.
www.arthurworsley.co.uk
Mark Collier
The death occurred suddenly at his home in Whitfield Glossop on the 18th
October 2012 of the late Mr Mark Collier aged 44 years. Mark leaves his very
loving family and will be very sadly missed by all who knew him. His funeral took place on Monday 19th November 2012 with a service at St Mary’s
RC Church, Glossop at 10.00am followed by an Internment at Glossop
Cemetery at 11.00am.
Arrangements Arthur Worsley Funeral Services Limited, Hadfield. Tel 01457
852381.
Public Notices
Acknowledgements
Margaret Mary O’Brien.
The family of Mrs Margaret O’Brien would like to thank all relatives, friends
and neighbours for their messages of sympathy and cards of condolence received at this sad time, to Father Don for his comforting ministrations, to
Terry Walsh for singing and playing the organ. Special thanks to all the staff
of the MAU Ward at Tameside General Hospital, to Windyharbour for their excellent catering facilities and finally to Jason, Julie and all staff at Arthur
Worsley’s for all their help, kindness and compassion at this difficult time.
Arrangements Arthur Worsley Funeral Services Limited, Hadfield. Tel 01457
852381.
Ivy Jones.
The family of the late Mrs Ivy Jones would like to thank all family, friends
who attended the funeral service for Ivy, Special thanks to all the professional care from Apex Care, Pennine Care and Stamford Court Nursing
Home she received, to Windyharbour for their excellent catering facilities
and finally to Jason, Julie and all at Arthur Worsley’s for the funeral arrangements.
Arrangements Arthur Worsley Funeral Services Limited, Hadfield. Tel 01457
852381.
www.arthurworsley.co.uk
Brian William Hancher
The family of the late Brian Hancher would like to thank everyone who has
supported the family through this difficult time and for all your kind cards,
messages and donations from the family, friends, St.Phillip Howard Catholic
School, Four Inns and Hadfield Garden Society. Special thanks to Rev, Keith
Sandow and all at Arthur Worsley Funeral Funeral Services for the care and
efficient arrangements. Arrangements Arthur Worsley Funeral Services Limited, Hadfield Tel 01457
852381
Images by William Binns
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
Glossopdale Community College
Top Gear Live
As the lights went down in the NEC arena, the
air smelt faintly of burnt rubber and exhaust
fumes. For the past hour I had watched power
sliding, hot hatchbacks and half cars skid
their way around the track, the stig had made
his grand appearance and now for the highlight. When the lights came up, the Top Gear
Stage sat in the middle of the arena and the
boys were seated with grins of delight on
their faces. Beginning with a preview into the
new bond special, the bond cars used in the
episode were driven out into the ring, as to be
excepted, James and Jeremy bullied Hammond about the fact that he had made the
‘best episode of all time’ without them. There
was the childish games, in this case Motorcycle Polo and bowling with cars, these were
side-splittingly funny, the crowd looked on as
Jeremy learned to ride a Motorbike in the
middle of a polo match and May learned not
to play any game that Hammond called ‘fun’.
The immensely popular episode where Jeremy drives around a set course in a Mercedes and a Porsche whilst being shot at by
laser snipers was revisited live. The Stig drove
the fastest road car ever and Jeremy drove a
convertible purple and yellow g-wiz, quite a
sight I can tell you, the army battalion were
welcomed back and an indoor course was constructed around the arena. A new world
record was also set that night as the stunt cy-
clist for the Top Gear show was set up against
the deadly 720(for those who don’t know what
a 720 is a double loop the loop), all went well
and a record was set.
Earlier in the day, the hall which was adjacent
to the arena was crammed with every kind of
motorsport stall you could think of, car cleaning devices, car graphics, seat covers, you
name it, it was there. There were also racing
minis and porsches for people to sit in with all
rally gear still in place. The highlights of the
hall were the features from the show, the cool
wall was there in all its glory and the tv set
was open for people to sit in. Best of all
though, without doubt, was the Top Gear special cars, they had the improved mobility
scooters and Jeremy’s Technicolor dream car,
the indestructible Toyota Hilux made its appearance too.
Skyfall
is the latest addition to the Bond saga. An action packed thriller commemorating fifty
years of Bond. It has everything a bond film
needs, cars, explosions, locations and just
about anything you require. Critics are saying that this film is five out of five, is it…
probably.
In this film Bond has to solve a problem
that sent the whole of M.I.6 into jeopardy. A
mysterious, unknown enemy has stolen a
hard drive that contains the names, locations
and any desirable information about every
one of their agents. This compromises the
safety of all M.I.6 operatives. By doing this
the enemy had to have passed the highest of
security and hacked the most secure computer in Britain. This causes pandemonium
for the country. The film covers the main
plot of how James has to solve and resolve
the problem. However, the real story tells of
007’s loyalty to M as her past comes to haunt
her. Bond must track down the cause no matter how personal it becomes.
Throughout the whole story everything is a
mystery. In every turn the plot becomes
clearer and clearer. The writers (Neal Purvis,
Robert Wade and John Logan) created an inAll in all the day was a fabulous day out and
one that was well worth its price in gold, even depth and intricate story line. It held host to
all unexpected twists and turns, detailed and
for me, a teenage girl who knows very little
about the inside of cars, this show was individ- in-depth characters you can relate to. Compared to other James Bond films the story is
ual and so side-splittingly funny so much of
much more gripping. You feel for characters
the time that the day after I couldn’t talk!
in this film. You want them to come out on
Rating- 10/10
top and you are with them all the way. However, in previous films the characters were
Jessie Smith
two-dimensional. You were refused a back
story you could connect with, consequently
repelling emotions for the characters. The
plots were linear; you knew what could happen and what would happen. Each film was
very much the same. In Skyfall, however, it
pays a bigger testimony to the books rather
than the films. The writers begin to give
back stories to the characters that were once
refused them. They give detail into Bond’s
childhood, about how his parents died and he
was orphaned. It gives you the essentials to a
gripping story. They do however, commemorate the previous films. The writer does this
through the medium of humour; clever and
quirky at that. The film is riddled with this
humour adding a more light hearted approach to the film, it does not, however, remove the drama of the story. For those of you
who care greatly for the aesthetics of the
film and the cinematography, wonderful is
all I can say.
The film is a celebration, an anniversary,
something to enjoy and watch; however,
there is a deeper meaning past the story. A
metaphor is implied throughout the entire
film. When sky falls. When everything we
know and understand breaks and crumbles
before our eyes. When all we hold dear disappears and we are left in the unknown. When
the sky falls. This film is a constant portrayal
of the metaphor straight from the title. I cannot give details due to the nature of the films
plot, but after watching it becomes strongly
apparent. Throughout the film chaos and anarchy is ridden. Confusion, arrogance and a
hero is what comes of this.
This film is a great tribute to fifty years of
Bond films. The film is quirky and a great experience. It’s an action packed, in-depth story,
wonderful visuals and an awesome film. It
ticks all the boxes a Bond film needs; the
gadgets, the villains, the location and the
cars. The film is gripping, finally with back
stories. You want to watch the film, you want
to love it and you can. I urge all fans to go
and see it. If you are not a fan, you must still
go and see it. If you liked the previous films,
or any other action thriller, then this is the
film for you. Thanks for reading and I hope
you enjoyed this review.
Matthew Bate Yr9
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November
Velodrome
You may think that Glossop is a small
town in the countryside with not much
to do. However, there are much more
adventurous and exciting things to do –
especially in the holidays. You have the
leisure centre, the swimming pool and if
you want to venture out a little further
there is the National Cycling Centre and
so much more. Whether you want to
stay local or venture a little further away
there is a lot to do.
In the heat of the Olympics, my brother
and I visited the Velodrome in Manchester. It was an amazing experience and
one not to be forgotten easily. The Velodrome was built for the Commonwealth
Games in 2002 and cost £9.5 million to
build. That is a lot of money. In the holidays they run a one hour taster session
in which you get to experience riding on
the Velodrome. In this session you get
to ride on £1200 pound bikes, get some
practice and then have a time trial on
Glossopdale Community College
the track. All this on the same track as
Chris Hoy. Yeah you heard me right. It’s
the same track that the whole of the
British Cycling team train on and you
can even go and watch them for free.
from football, to squash, to climbing and
all at low prices. They also, however,
offer a small green card you can register
for. This card enables you to use any unbooked court for free for up to two
hours. Personally I have used this perk
many times with my mates. The Glossop Swimming baths also offer activities
all year around. Now I'm giving all you
fellow teens some ideas of things to do
in the holidays when you’re out of school
but why not go back? Glossopdale and
Philip Howard both offer a range of activities to do in the holiday, from trampolining (St. Philip Howard) to football
on the astro-turf (Glossopdale Community College).
So have you changed your mind now?
Have I changed your mind? Admit it
anyway, I bet you didn't realise that
there was so much to do and at such affordable prices. I certainly didn't know
there was a Velodrome just over the hill
and would have never thought it be so
cheap. So next holiday don’t sit at home
moaning that you’re bored; you don’t
have an excuse any more. Thanks for
reading and I hope you enjoyed it.
Matthew Bate Yr9
The Nation Cycling centre is excellent
value for money. That taster session I
was talking about was only £6.50 and
they also offer a lot for free. You can
watch many tournaments for free and
even the British Cycling Team.
However, if you don’t want to venture
out of town or you simply can’t for any
reason there are a lot of affordable
things to do here. First of all you have
the leisure centre. In the holidays they
always host a range of activities to do
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Idaho
Ramblings
It has only been by leaving the UK and returning periodically
to visit that I realized just how much tea the British drink; it
really is a huge amount. Pop round to anyone’s house and
you spend the entire time with a teacup in your hand; well
about half the time, the rest you spend in the loo! Conversely
the Americans drink a lot of coffee; some of them seem to
spend the equivalent of the GDP of a small African nation
each month at Starbucks.
I have come to the conclusion that the reason Americans
prefer coffee to tea is that the tea is so atrocious over here that
no one in their right mind would choose to ingest it rather
than, say, dishwater. Conversely, as coffee in the UK tends to
be instant, I can understand why no one who has ever had
‘real’ coffee would entertain the idea of drinking it. As a digression, when we travelled in South America we found that
we were often given instant coffee, which I found confusing
when sitting in the middle of a large coffee plantation commonly known as Ecuador – perhaps they ship it all to Seattle.
One also has to be very specific when ordering tea in an
American restaurant to order ‘hot tea’ otherwise you will get
iced tea – not an unpleasant drink, just not what you have in
mind necessarily. In the South it will be sweet tea, which is really, really sweet, enough to make your teeth ache and quite
possibly rot and fall out right there at the table.
Anyway, American tea is horrible – not just poor, but truly
bad. This is for two reasons; the first is that the normal brand
available in most homes and restaurants is, I can only assume,
made from ground up grass clippings that were once shown a
photograph of a tea plantation. It’s possible to buy British
Blend, which can be coaxed into making an acceptable brew,
but the dusty boxes are generally way down at floor level on
the supermarket shelf. Some restaurants do carry a range of
teas, but mostly of the fruity and herbal variety, none of which
are suitable for making a good cup of builders’ tea.
The second reason that the tea is so dreadful in the States is
the lack of understanding that tea requires properly boiling
water. Order a hot tea in a restaurant and typically you will be
brought a cup of warm water and a teabag, separately. Ask for
tea in someone’s home and they will heat the water in the microwave, often with the teabag already in there. Most American homes don’t have a kettle, let alone an electric kettle; you
can buy them here, but they are not common and due to the
puny 110V supply they boil water at glacial speed.
Maybe the aversion to tea stems from the Boston Tea Party
and it will take another 230 years before the Americans learn
how to make tea again. In the meantime I’ll stick to smuggling in boxes of British tea and conducting a one-woman
campaign to re-educate the colonies in the art of tea-making.
Cathy Rushton
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
Glossop Food
Rosie bakes it!
Salted Caramel Tarte Tatin
This tarte has only five ingredients and oh...
my... word despite the slightly "rustic" appearance, it is the best pudding I have ever had
(yet another recipe posted to me by my
mother). I used pre made puff pastry to save
time (and my sanity) so the hardest part about
this tart is the caramel. If you haven't made it
before or if you don't have a sugar thermometer it might take a few attempts to get it right
but it's definitely worth it. This is one of those
surprise tarts that you cook upside down and
turn out afterwards.
Ingredients
8 sweet apples (braeburns work well)
200g golden caster sugar
50g unsalted butter
1/2 tsp ground sea salt
375g ready rolled puff pastry
Plain flour for dusting
Lemon & Blackberry Slices
cold water to stop it.
Take the caramel off the heat and stir in the
butter, watch it fizz! Sprinkle in your salt.
Next, add all of the apples with the core side
face up and cook in the caramel for a further
5 minutes on a low heat. When the apples are
completely cool, lay your sheet of puff pastry
over the pan and cut it into a circle leaving
about an inch extra all the way around. Gently tuck in the excess pastry around the apples.
Cook at a 220C oven for 30 minutes or until
the pastry is golden brown. Remove from the
oven, leave for 5 minutes, then tip it out upsidedown onto a serving plate. Eat hot or cold
on it's own or with icecream.
A layer of lemon pastry, a layer of jam, a
layer of frangipane with blackberries stuffed
all over it, not forgetting a generous sprinkling of delicious crunchy almonds. These
slices are light yet have just the right amount
of decadence to fill that "I need cake" hole.
They'll also fill your house with a wonderful
lemony scent.
Ingredients
Peel, core and cut the apples into halves, then
set aside. Don't worry about them going
brown. Put the sugar into a 20cm ovenproof
frying pan with 50ml water. Melt the sugar
over a very low heat until it is completely dissolved , stirring constantly. Once it has
melted, turn the heat up and boil for 5 minutes or so until it is a rich, golden, mahogany
colour. If it looks like it's about to burn,
quickly shove the base of the pan in a sink of Both recipes have been adapted from Delicious Magazine
Rosie’s Hot Tips:
Keeping a cake from drying out is a
frustration for many cake bakers. If you
know that your cake will not be eaten
within a short period of time, you can
also add half of an apple to the cake container to help maintain the moisture (it
does work, honest). Storing the cake in
the refrigerator will keep the cake fresh
longer and the apple will keep it from
drying out.
Next issue... Rosie's Ultimate Brownies
The Ariel Leader:
Ahead of its time
USU 961
On the 1st of April 1989, Peter Healey took hold
of a 1963 Ariel Leader. It had a little wrong with
it--it had the wrong handlebars, the wrong headlamp and front mud guard. So how had this happened? Well, the original owner had used it for
racing. The Leader was stripped of its metal
bodywork. The tank and seat were replaced with
fibreglass. This was to give the bike more speed
due to a 50 pound weight reduction. When the
original owner had finished thrashing it, he
passed it on to his aging uncle. The old man had
tried to restore it himself but he was a bodger
who wasn't interested in its historical value. In
fact, he was a seasoned virtuoso of ad hocism. A
testament to that is his solution for stripping the
paint from the motorcycle. Most people would
have had the bike shot-blasted or used an off-theshelf paint stripper but not him. This pensioner
built a bonfire and pushed the bike into it to remove the paint--quite bizarre but true.
Peter worked night and day on a full nut-andbolt restoration which took him just under 9
months. All the vehicle required now was its
M.O.T. The bike was taken to Failsworth Scooters
run by the infamous Oily Bernard (apparently
his overalls walked the streets of Failsworth Market between the hours of 12 and 3 am). So for the
first time it was ridden. He gingerly navigated
the motorcycle to the garage finally pulling a uturn outside the shop where Oily Bernard gracefully prized his cigarette from his
For the pastry base:
175g plain flour
1/4tsp salt
50g icing sugar
100g unsalted butter, chilled and cubed
Zest of 1 large lemon
1 egg yolk
1 1/2tsp lemon juice
For the Filling:
125g unsalted butter at room temperature
125g golden caster sugar
Zest of 2 lemons
2 large eggs
25g self-raising flour
175g ground almonds
150g fruit jam, blackberry if you have it
200g blackberries
40g flaked almonds, lightly toasted
nicotene-encrusted lips and proceeded to blow
smoke rings up into the air, not unlike an old
pre-war side valve Austin 7. Bernard's eyes rolled
back into his head and then, staring right
through him, he uttered something that Peter
still vividly recalls: "They were a load of crap
these, weren't they?"
Ariel had been producing some of the best
British motorcycles for 50 years, since the turn of
the century. Suddenly, in 1956, they stopped production of its many motorcycle products to produce just one: the Leader. This was decided after
Ariel ran a survey to determine what motorcyclists actually wanted from a bike. It was revealed that bikers were very unhappy with the
level of weather protection. Suggestions included the ability to carry items when travelling
to work or touring, as well as an enclosed engine, as at the time these machines were very
dirty. One would often come home with pants
covered in oil. Another concern was somewhere
to keep your riding gear secure (helmet, gloves,
waterproofs).
In 1954, Ariel's chief designer was a man called
Val Page. He penned the Leader and it can't be
stressed enough how functionally futuristic it
was for its time. Forward-thinking design elements include a fuel tank that was below the
rider's seat which modern motorcycles have
adopted for mass centralisation. Where the fuel
tank normally would be, there was a luggage
compartment which we have seen recently in
the likes of BMW Scarver and Aprilia Mana.
These innovations were found on the Leader 50
years prior. Other modern components were a
bolt-on windshield deflector and a dashboard
with a mechanical 8-day clock by Smiths. Due to
Preheat the oven to 180C or 160C for fan
ovens. For the base, sift the flour, icing sugar
and salt into a bowl then rub the butter and
lemon zest in until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the lemon juice and egg yolk
until it starts to form a ball. Knead it with
your hands until the pastry is smooth.
Grease and line a 20cmx30cm baking tin. Roll
out the pastry to the exact same rectangular
size then lay it in the bottom of the tin. Prick
it all over with a fork then put in the fridge to
cool for 15 minutes. Bake it blind for 15 minutes then leave to cool a little.
Meanwhile, make the filling. Cream the butter & sugar together with the lemon zest until
pale and fluffy, then add in the eggs one at a
time. Gently fold in the flour and ground almonds.
Spread the jam over the pastry base, followed
by the almond filling. Gently press the blackberries into the mixture evenly, making sure
that each slice is going to get a good amount
of berries in it.
Bake it for 10 minutes, then quickly give it a
good scattering of toasted almonds all over
the top, before returning it to the oven for a
further 35 minutes or until golden brown on
top. Leave it to cool, slice, share (yes you
heard me, share!).
vibration, this clock wouldn't actually run when
the bike was in motion.
In 1955 when designed, it cost £1,000,000 in
tooling. Due to the massive expense, naked versions of the Leader were also produced called
the Arrow and the Sports Arrow. These were
made in an attempt to get the most out of the
expensive tooling.
The Leader was the first British bike to have a
brakelight operated by the front brake lever. Up
to this point, all British bike brakelights had
been operated by the rear brake pedal. The bike
also had trailing link front forks which gave impeccable handling, with a fully enclosed chain
case and built-in faring and streamlined panniers. It even had a height-adjustable light for
when carrying a pillion or heavy luggage or
both--another modern feature. The Leader was
also highly efficient; it returned 70 mpg at 60
mph and was fast enough to keep up with a 250
sports bike of the time.
Just to finish, Peter returned to his prize Ariel
one afternoon to discover a small child abreast
the motorcycle, clutching a 10p piece. Quite horrified and expecting him to gouge the paintwork
at any second, Peter approached him cautiously
as to not scare the creature into a violent act of
vandalism. "What do you think you're doing?" he
said to the child. "I can't find a slot for my
money, Mister," was the reply. Peter realised that
his bike had been mistaken for a child's ride. He
carefully lifted the boy off the bike by his ears
and then returned him to his spectacularly confused mother. Be seeing you.
No.2
GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
I was gratified to see that, in response to your questions about DCC's ill-advised plan to relocate Glossop
library, the majority were firmly opposed to it; the
exceptions being those councillors whom we had
elected to defend our rights and wishes at County
level but choose instead to toe the County Council
line. With regard to the general population of our
town I have yet to meet anyone who is in favour of
the scheme.
Yet,it seems, the County Council continue, arrogantly, to defend their scheme, arguing that the Library as it is now located is not fit for purpose. On
what evidence do they base this assertion? Have they
solicited the opinions of those who regularly use the
Library? Well, my wife and I use the Library regularly and have never been asked for our opinions, so
the answer must be No. Can they provide written evidence from anyone in the town that they would welcome such a disruptive move? I hardly think so or
we would have been made aware of it. Moreover,
such a move, instead of an improvement, would be
greatly disadvantageous to the Library users in a
number of ways. First, at its present site, the Victoria
Hall is in a quiet area and there is ample car parking
adjacent to it--a very important point for the elderly,
whereas the site proposed for the new Library is at a
quite dangerous crossroads with views often severely
restricted by parked vehicles; and as for the availability of adjacent parking, there just isn't any.
Finally, if the scheme is allowed to go ahead, they
are betraying the trust of those local industrialists
who generously gave the building to the people of
Glossop to provide for them a free public Library
and Reading Room, together with a large hall for
various functions. The scheme is a totally misguided
use of public funds and the money should be applied
to making the present building "fit for purpose2, at
much less cost! It is hoped that when the plan comes
up for approval, our Local Council will support the
wishes of the populace and turn the application
down.
Mel Drew, Glossop.
mental about it and the siting of new library if it
is very nearby makes any difference in terms of travelling time, so Glossop wont be loosing
anything gaining a lovely new place,
Al, Carbolton Grand Hall, Glossop
ering around 250,000 pieces of literature and talking
to local residents by knocking on their doors and in
Town and City centres, getting across my policies
and commitments about how I will keep Derbyshire
safe. I could not have had a better or more talented
team!
Great stuff --all the best with your enterprise. I'm a
My one regret at last week’s success is that I will be
70+ oap from Glossop who lives part of the time in
standing down as a Derbyshire County Councillor
France but I saw your daft car in Simmondley Vilnext May, having represented by home community
lage this afternoon when you delivered the first edi- of Killamarsh for 20 years. I am not going to resign
tion
immediately because to do so would leave Killaof the Glossop Gazette. Even your pics of the Glosmarsh without a County Councillor until May 2013.
sop school band was good to see ---two of our kids
There could not be a by-election because we are
were there -- they went to Belley in France with the
within six months of the May election. However I
Jacks & the younger one went (with the band) to the have written to the Chief Executive saying that I will
mid west of the USA. They were farmed out with
not accept any allowances from the County Council
local families & our Louise was farmed out to a fam- during this period.
ily ( posh mid west with a dad who had a private &
There are of course a great many questions to be
took the 2 girls on a flight over the state!!
asked about how the new role of Police & Crime
David Ashton
Commissioner was set up and how the elections have
been managed by the Government and along with
Re. Japanese Knotweed
most people I hope that the Electoral Commission’s
Every day I walk my dog along Wooley Bridge Road investigation will identify where poor decisions were
and down by the River Etherow. Some thoughtless
made and how the next PCC election in 2016 can be
person has cut down knotweed in their garden and
vastly improved.
dumped the cuttings over the side of the river. These I am now looking forward to performing my duties
cuttings have now sprouted and will travel all per
and meeting Derbyshire communities over the comthe area by the river.
ing months.
Mrs Valerie Rowell, Hadfield
Yours sincerely
Alan Charles
I am writing to send my congratulations on produc- Derbyshire Police & Crime Commissioner
ing a fine first issue of the Glossop Gazette. It has
been a most interesting read with some very inform- Apologies. I have been struggling to get access to
ative articles. I am particularly pleased that we now
this account- now resolved. Belatedly then, my reseem to have a local newspaper that is delivered with sponses are:
"attitude" and does not shy away from controversy.
1. Whilst the Town Hall has not been in public use,
Keep up the good work and many thanks. PS Loved funding from the budget has been used for spot rethe horoscopes!
pairs, but no overall regenerative program. In a pePeter Blake
riod of austerity, and with the council facing further
Glossop
reductions in income in the form of Council Tax
freezes, it is crucial the council directs funds in it's
May I through your columns thank the 57,248 Derbudget to where it is needed most. Although desirbyshire residents who voted for me to become the
able, the restoration of the Town Hall, sadly, would
Dear glossopgazette@gmail, I do not want my name county’s first Police & Crime Commissioner on 15
be unjustifiable, when people in the Borough are
or address published incase i am victimised but I dis- November? Notwithstanding the low level of interstruggling.
like the old library building very much, the whole
est in the election I feel very humbled that so many 2. The upper portion of Victoria hall was closed bebuilding smells damp, may create a backward impeople, from the High Peak through to South Dercause it is not suitable for public use at present. The
pression to visitors,in my opinion costs taxpayers
byshire, from Brassington to Bolsover, have supbuilding is not deteriorating in this area, as I undermoney to maintain and repair, therefore in my opin- ported my candidacy for this important new role.
stand it, but again, justifying refurbishment at this
ion unhealthy and dangerous, dirty looking floor
Having placed their trust in me to keep Derbyshire
time would be difficult, and unfair. If DCC reverse
and walls and in my opinion difficult to access , the
as one of the safest and best places to live in the
their unpopular decision to relocate Glossop Library,
door is awkward with its tiny metal handle, just think country I will spend the next three and half years
the £2m of funding they have set aside could be used
of the disabled/buggies etc, and is i think unsuitable dedicating myself to doing exactly that.
to bring the whole of Victoria Hall back into public
in my opinion for keeping books/computers, the roof I also give my total gratitude to the 2-300 supporters use.
or spire looks warped to me, the old building can al- who have worked tirelessly with me on my success3. Clearly, the process around the identification and
ways be used for something else if people are sentiful campaign. They have tramped the streets delivprotection of bats has not been as robust as it could
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Letters to the Editor
have been. There is a lot of rhetoric around 'learning
from mistakes'. I would very much hope that those
learning outcomes are implemented.
Councillor Colin Waude
re. The Tip. Why is it that the most basic form of recycling is not available to the people of Glossop?
I remember a time not that long ago when if you
spied some item on the tip that would benefit your
life you could take it home with you but this has
changed. No longer are you allowed to take these
useful castoffs. Why is this? Is this another example
of embalming us in cotton wool? Is it possible that if
I was to phone the council and enquire, I'd find that
you were never supposed to take stuff from the tip in
the first place? Whether that's the case or not it's the
status quo now, so what's to be done?
If this is a health and safety issue, then surely a
waiver could be established for us recyclers. So, Glossop, what has happened to our make-do attitude? Is
this all down to vanity? New mobile phone every
year, keeping up with the Joneses and forced obsolescence--where will it all end? Surely when it comes to
the environment and non-renewable energy it is better to ride a secondhand bicycle from the tip and
have it overhauled for a fraction of the price as a new
one but then there's no tax on secondhand goods, is
there? Remember the car scrappage scheme; who is
benefiting from this? A fellow Glossopian told me recently that High Peak Council didn't voluntarily implement a recycling policy until forced to do so by
government policy. He also said that HPBC was
Number 7 of the top worst recyclers in the country.
There are other ways to obtain products you require. You'll find many things you need in good
working order on window cards, in magazines, papers, car boot sales, house clearances and of course
the Internet. If you really want to go green, don't buy
any new consumer luxuries especially cars. A second-hand vehicle has had its moment of peak pollution when it was constructed. Next time vanity gets
the better of you and you're in the showroom imagining how people will be talking about you and your
new go-cart, think of the impact on your environment and be very aware that you and the earth are
symbiotic. You are not a disconnected entity. If the
planet gets sick, so do you. It would be prudent to try
to imagine the world beyond you and your own lifetime.
A concerned local
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
Glossopdale Sea Angling Club
has been around for more than 20 years,
offering good value fishing trips to its
members.
We set out a variety of trips, mainly fishing the North East coast (Hartlepool,
Whitby) and Wales (Rhyl round to Pwllheli). We do occasionally go further
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We pick good skippers (trained and licensed) on good boats (certified by the
Marine Safety Agency) and the best tides
at the right time of the year (somebody
should tell the fish!).
There are distinct benefits from joining
our open club:
We are not confined to Glossop, we have
members from a wide local area (eg
Stalybridge, Ashton, Woodley).
-we carry full third party insurance
-we have good quality club tackle, including special clothing, for people who want
to give sea angling a try
You get to keep the fish – it’s probably
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way to catch fish, and it’s good fun too.
We are looking for new members. If
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Keeping it wheel
Following the outstanding success of GB cycling teams in last summers Olympic and
Paralympic games, more and more people
have been inspired to cycle, and are taking to
two wheel as a primary mode of transport. Its
the perfect way to travel, not only is it green
and environmentally friendly and is an excellent form of cardio vascular exercise, its
cheap and economical, but more importantly,
it is a perfect way to explore our towns many
interesting and scenic areas.
Unfortunately,there are some pitfalls and, not
to put too fine a point on it, many potholes
for the unwary cyclist to navigate. Many of
our secondary roads are pitted with what can
only be described as craters, and the primary
roads are a terrifying experience for many
novice and experienced cyclists alike. Anyone
who has had the unfortunate experience of
cycling on our main roads will share my concern. Its imperative to stay safe, and to highlight these concerns, I will be pointing out
some of our best and worst roads.
The cyclist of any ability should at all times
avoid Woodhead road (A628) .The death defying sprint from Crowden into Tintwistle is a
truly terrifying experience for cyclists, and is
best left to those who are paid for such life
threatening stunts. Heavy goods vehicles run
bumper to bumper with scant regard for for
any life form within inches of their oversized
wheels. There is absolutely no point in disputing the territory. In this instance, truck is
King, and if you find yourself cycling in this
neck of the woods, you would be well advised
to take the alternative route into glossop via
the B6105, (confusingly, also called Woodhead
Road). Take a few minutes here to catch your
breath and give thanks that you are still alive
and marvel at the views over Torside reservoir and Glossop Sailing Club, at what is arguably one of our towns most picturesque
vistas. Another section of main road where
the cyclists need to be particularly vigilant, is
the short section of the A57 between Dinting
Arches and Brookfield. You will find yourself
hemmed in by heavy traffic and will need to
negotiate overhanging foliage and brambles
protruding onto the road and into your path.
“The death defying sprint
from Crowden into Tintwistle
is a truly terrifying experience
for cyclists, and is best left to
those who are paid for such
life-threatening stunts.”
This is a particularly dangerous section of
road for cyclists, and you may be better off
dismounting and walking this short
section.Possibly the worst maintained section
of road in our town is Turnlee Road. The section from the junction of the Chunal down to
Primrose lane is in parts appalling. It is pitted
with craters and sections of it are visibly disintegrating.
It is a chilling fact that poor highway maintenance is a contributory factor in accidents
involving cyclists on our roads. According to
data from the Royal Society for Prevention of
Accidents (ROSPA), nearly 20,000 people are
killed or injured on our roads annually, and
shockingly, a quarter of them are children.
These figures only represent those reported
to the police. And whilst the figures recording
fatalities may be accurate, many more minor
injuries go unreported. The true figure of cyclist injured on our roads is thought to be, according to the same source, as many as 60.000
per annum. That is over 164 per day across the
UK. Clearly, this is shocking by anyones standards, and everything possible should be done
to protect our roads most vulnerable users.
Here are some sobering statistics from
ROSPA
I’ve had my 62’ Ford Zephyr 4 Mk3 for
just over two years, nicknamed ‘the Judge.’ The
name originated to the fact it has no seatbelts, leading my
friend to guffaw that If you crash, it’ll sentence you to death.
It’s got a 1,703 cc 104 cubic inch engine, taken from the old
consul model, it’s got a 4 gear column change and enough
Around 75% of fatal or serious cyclist accidents occur in urban areas
Around half of cyclist fatalities occur on rural
roads
75% happen at, or near, a road junction
80% occur in daylight
80% of cyclist casualties are male
Almost one quarter of the cyclists killed or injured are children
Around three quarters of cyclists killed have
major head injuries.
So, what duty does the local highway authority owe you for the conditions of the road? especially, if you are involved in an accident
due to poor road surfaces.
“It owes you a duty of care for roads maintainable of public expense. These roads are
the responsibility of highway authorities and
they are responsible for maintaining the
highway”
However, Section 58 of the 1980’s Highways
Act gives a highway authority a defence: that
it is not liable for the consequences of a matter if it can prove that ‘such care as in all the
circumstances was reasonably required to secure that part of the highway, to which the action relates was not dangerous for traffic’.
Unfortunately for the cyclist, this translates as
having to tolerate poor road surfaces, since
when it comes to roads, all things are not
equal. The local authority has no legal obligation to improve roads, only to reasonably
maintain them.
But its not all bad news. We are lucky
enough to live in an area of outstanding natural beauty. Take full advantage of the many
off road cycle routes, which offer a much
safer experience for recreational cycling, especially for children. The longdendale trail
will be well known to many local residents,
but it is just a small section of a much longer
route, the Trans Pennine Trail (National Cycle
Route 62), which runs from Hull to Southport.
It is easily accessible at many locations
throughout the town. Following the trail East
from Hadfield you’ll enjoy the dramatic
room to fit 6 people and
a couple of more in the
boot and they were built
in Dagenham between
1962 and 1966, my model
was one of Ford’s show
cars.
It’s in fantastic condition and I purchased it
from a chap in Sheffield,
who was sad to see it go.
I worried it might have
been the gangster’s old
motor when I found a
rather old hammer
under the plush seat. It
turns out that if it gets a
bit cold I had to whack
the starter motor with it.
Within the first week of
ownership I was under
‘the Judge’ with a light
in one hand and an old
‘P. Olysager Motor Manual’ in the other. It
turned out the starter motor was fine, apart from the 50 years
of muck and sludge inside. I cleaned it out, fitted it with new
brushes. The hammer then went in the garage, waiting to kill
again.
Driving it is a dream; you’re basically driving a couch. It’s
not the fastest car in the world, top speed is around 70mph
Glossop Lifestyles
scenery of Longdendale, where the former
Woodhead Railway takes the TPT through the
Peak District National Park. Passing moors
and reservoirs the Trail eventually reaches its
highest point on Windle Edge. At a staggering
(435m/1427 feet) above sea level, it is the highest point of the entire 350 mile trail, it is an
easily accessible ride that is well worth making,with a view to truly admire that is second
to none.
If you are going out on your bike
this week make sure before setting off to:
Check your brakes and tyre pressure
Check your lights
Always wear a helmet
Wear reflective clothing
Keep safe
Above all, have fun
Joe Kelly
and that’s pushing it. But who needs speed when your riding
in style, for general 40mph roads it does the job. No-power
steering makes it a bit of a pain to park and you need muscles
to turn it in a tight situation.
I should mention that this year is the 50th anniversary of this
car and really you have to ask the question, how can a car really last 50 years? Well, it’s a simple machine; it doesn’t have
the speed and safety of modern cars, but it’s very DIY friendly
and doesn’t cost a lot for new parts.
Now I never had any real interest in cars, modern machines
bore me. But I love the eccentricities of these old cars; there
are buttons and levers that I don’t know what they do. A car
used to be a symbol and almost an extension of ones style; it’s
hard to get excited over a VW Polo or Ford Focus.
The car was also used as a focus point in the music video for
The Systematics single ‘IT HURTS’, a dark tale of small town
heartache, which I directed.
The film recently won a film award for the London film
awards ‘Film The House,’ came second at the Glossop People’s
film festival and lent it’s name to my production company
‘Red Zephyr Productions.’
If you want to get from A – B in a silent, safe, fuel-efficient
style, buy a modern car. If you want to turn corners like The
Sweeney – even though your going 10 miles an hour – and
have the excitement of having a 6ft wide, low riding, fuel guzzling mean machine, get a Ford Zephyr.
George Wharmby
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Kipper prize lands
Simmondley policeman in
hot water
Entertainment
Jugged: All we know about the anonymous officer who parked this way to shop in Simmondley Co-Op is that he is a man. But not man enough to pay for the kippers.
Have you seen local parking even worse than this? Send your pictures to the Gazette and help
make Glossop a safer place while helping yourself to the kipper prize!
Rules: The competition is open to anybody. The editorial team’s decision will be final. Kippers
(or cash equivalent) can be collected at Bradleys on High Street West, on receipt of the winning
notification. Photographs must clearly show the location of the bad parking in Glossopdale, and
no entries beyond Mottram Moor will be considered. Send your entries to
[email protected]
Left: Meet Fishface, he’s the mascot of the Glossop
Gazette and he will be monitoring bad parking,
dog fouling and other antisocial behaviours and
misdemeanours. Fishface rewards the good with
kippers and the bad with public disgrace.
Below and right: Glossop Police in the mid and
early 20th Century in Glossop Council Chambers
and on Norfolk Street.
GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
Prize winner Simon Kennington
collects his kippers from Lee
Bradley at Bradley’s fishmongers
on Glossop High Street.
After the award ceremony
Simon issued the following statement:
“I spoke to Sgt Pope from Glossop police station, she told me
that she had found out which officer parked on the double yellows and confirmed that they
were NOT on an emergency call
as they had first stated.
The officer has had disciplinary
action taken against him and
points added to his police license. Sgt Pope has also forwarded on her account to the
divisional headquarters. She has
said the officer is sorry for his actions, as the photo was taken
back in July he doesn't remember the incident, but he did however that he does his shopping at
that co-op so he doesn't doubt it
was him. Sgt Pope apologized to
me on behalf of the officer and
Derbyshire constabulary.
I would like to take this opportunity to state I DO have every
confidence in the police on the
whole and I appreciate the work
they do (my brother in law is
currently serving with the West
Midlands Police and my mum's
cousin used to be in the CID) I
just don't think they should be
above the law themselves as was
the case in this incident.”
Glossop Gazette. More local than the Duke of Norfolk.
Advertise in it or lose it. From £4.50
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
Glossop Music
Sounds like Glossop: Open Mic – A Survival Guide
I often get people in Peak Sounds buying
strings or a guitar who say they’ve never
played in front of an audience because they
are too nervous, believe they aren’t good
enough or don’t know how to go about it.
Therefore, as an open mic survivor and sometime host, in this column I’ll have a look at
the open mic phenomenon and how you can
get involved. The advice is primarily aimed at
singer-guitarists but should be applicable to
all.
Open mic is a night (usually) when the stage
is thrown open to anybody who wants to play
a song and grew out of the big acoustic revival of the late 90’s and bearing some resemblance to the earlier folk movement’s singer
floor spots. They’ve kind of replaced the
dreaded (to me) jam nights. Some open mic
events are purely acoustic with no amplification allowed, others have a full back line of
amps, drums etc. and yet more might be a
session where everyone joins in as best they
Ukulele Corner
Two Ton Tessie
Born Teresa O'Shea in Cardiff South
Wales on 13 March 1914, Tessie O'Shea
made her solo debut at the Bristol Hippodrome at the age of 12 and worked for
the rest of her life. While appearing in
Blackpool in the 1930s, O'Shea capitalised
on her bulk and girth by adopting "Two
Ton Tessie from Tennessee" as her
theme song. A decade later she was a frequent headliner at the London Palladium, and following the decline of
variety theatre, she established herself as
a hit recording artist in the late 1950s. In
1963, Noël Coward created the role of
fish and chips peddler "Ada Cockle"
specifically for her in his Broadway musical, The Girl Who Came to Supper. Her
rendition of traditional Cockney tunes
charmed the critics and helped win her a
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in
a Musical.
But Two Ton Tessie really shot to fame
at the age of 50, after appearing as a
can. Some evil open mic nights are like competitive musical knife fights but they are extremely rare so we’ll ignore the little rascals.
Around Glossop we have a number of open
mics and I list those I know about below.
Here, gentle reader, is my guide.
1). If you are nervous and unsure, just go
along to the night and observe what goes on.
You’ll find that open mics accommodate a
wide variety of skills and styles. Watch and listen, you’ll learn a lot.
2). If you can identify the organiser (usually
the stressed looking one) ask about how the
evening is run and what its rules are. Sometimes names will be written on a board on a
first come first served basis others might be
more random. You may get a short sound
check or you might just plug in and go.
3). Be as prepared as you can be by practicing
beforehand.
4). The first time you play you might mess up.
DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THIS! Open mics
are as much a stage for the newcomer as they
are for the well-trodden pro trying out new
tunes. In my experience these places are very
forgiving and supportive.
5). If your nerves start to get the better of
you, take a deep breath and persevere. You
would be amazed at the number of skilled
musicians and household names who have
been in your shoes.
6). Don’t expect to play more than 2 or 3 songs
and if your song is a very long one you might
only be allowed that one. Stay disciplined and
remember that it’s not your gig.
7). Don’t play your songs and leave. It is extremely bad manners to up and off after your
spot. If you really have somewhere else to go
perhaps you should wait for another night.
Also, you might miss out on some fantastic
music and maybe a contact that will prove
important to you in the future. These are social events after all.
8). Don’t play Wonderwall as the cabaret po-
lice will get you on the way home.
9). Be nice, although that’s a general rule for
life I suppose. Sometimes, particularly in
pubs, the audience might be made up of customers who have turned up for a drink and
have no interest in the open mic. Shouting at
them will not work. Some funny lines will
help though.
10). Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.
You might not be great at first but you will
get better, you will meet many talented and
good looking people and you will have fun.
Monday. The Globe, Glossop. Session.
Tuesday. The Queens, Old Glossop and Prince
of Wales, Milltown. Acoustic.
Thursday. Oakwood. Informal
Various. Glossop Acoustic Club at the Jubilee,
Simmondley. www.glossopclubacoustic.org
Sunday. Moon and Sixpence, Glossop. First
Sunday of each month. Full back line.
They call her Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee
Holds ten sweeties up on her knee
When she does, all the fun begins
When they play tennis on her doublechin
The tide rose up and made the town a
wreck
Steve Roberts
guest on The Ed Sullivan Show with the
Beatles, drawing the largest audience in
the history of American television and
rocketing her to stardom in the USA.
Two Ton's ukulele technique was superb.
Few people are able to hit strings that
hard. Her split strokes and fan strokes
were particularly masterful but there is
surprisingly little footage of the artist at
work prior to her 1960s bolt to fame. Existing footage indicates that she was at
least as good a uke player as George
Formby in the mid 1930s. Unfortunately
the artists never recorded together.
Two Ton died at her home in East Lake
Weir, Florida on 21 April, 1995.
The critics wrote:
"Miss O'Shea, a large woman draped in a
loosely fitting electric blue gown, bubbles with enthusiasm and unflagging energy as she sings, prances, chatters glibly
and even bangs away on a banjo , sustaining momentum that is high gear
from the moment she enters.." The New
York Times, October 8, 1976
"...a whirling blonde dervish in frenetic
abandon..." Winnipeg Tribune
"Exuberant, ebullient, effervescent even elephantine" - Denis Gifford in The
Independent, 25 April 1995
"Two
Ton Tessie
(from Tennessee)"
(Lou Handman / Roy Turk)
Down in Nashville, Tennessee (oh yeah)
There's a sight you oughta see (oh yeah)
But as long as you can't get down there
I'll tell you all, so listen to me
There's a girl named Tessie Town (oh
yeah)
And she weighs about four hundred
pounds (oh yeah)
She's fat and fair, but she don't care
'Cause the boys all hang around
They all answer to her demands
And bring her tires for wedding bands
Well, I just got a little inside tip
They promised her a nightclub on her
hip
Yeah, Two Ton Tessie from Nashville,
Tennessee
(She's from Tennessee)
(Every time she struts around) Uh-huh
(She puts on an extra pound) Is that
right?
(But it doesn't seem to worry her)
(The weight is making Tessie reknowned)
(Is a-trying to reduce)
(And she's got a good excuse)
(Fat and fair, but she don't care)
('Cause the boys all hang around)
(They call her) Two Ton Tessie from
Tennessee
Goes in swimming up to her knee
Once she went in to her neck
She was hit on the railroad track
Engines hit her and bounced right back
Her appendix had to come out fast
They couldn't operate, so they had to
blast
On Two Ton Tessie from Nashville, Tennessee
(She's from Tennessee)
On a streetcar I heard 'em say
Six men gave her a seat one day
All the baseball players have stopped
their gym
They run around Tessie just to stay in
trim
Two ton Tessie from Knoxville, I mean
a-Memphis
Oh-ah, Nashville, Tennessee
(She's from Tennessee)
A-that's right!
Recorded by:
Mickey Guy's Hottentots - 1926
Tessie O'Shea - 1933
Tiny Hill & His Orch. (vocal: Tiny Hill) 1940
Ray Charles & The Raelettes - 1964
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
Sports
Dart and dominoes
(cont from back page 32)
Bob Broadbent
blasts New Inn title
hopes
With champions and league leaders Palatine not being involved in league action
this week all eyes were focused on New
Inn who travelled to unfancied Cheshire
Cheese, in what proved to be the match
of the week.
Hoping to gain ground on Palatine in
the title race, New Inn turned up confident but left with their title ambitions
taking a serious blow, despite racing into
a massive lead. First up, Cheese's Alan
Whittaker could not stop the charge of
Rhodes who smashed two quick fire doubles to win his match and put the visitors
1 up. Mark Coupe destroyed Pete Ratcliffe in similar style and Joey Grantham
lost out to New Inn's Peter Davenport,
giving the visitors a 3-0 advantage in the
race to 4.
Geoff Wallis started the comeback, seeing off McGrath to give Cheshire a glimmer of hope. The Devonshire's were the
next to shine; previous individuals champion Paul Devonshire clinically dispos-
ing of A. Davenport before Phil Devonshire levelled the match against Stuart
Bird to set up a thrilling decider between
Cheshire's Bob Broadbent and New Inn's
Greg Sheldon. Broadbent, like the Banquo at the banquet emerged uninvited to
spoil the New Inn party and take the accolades, to complete a superb comeback
from the brink of defeat, nailing 2 doubles to leave the visitors shell-shocked.
Cheshire Cheese also got the better of
their opponents on the dominoes table,
winning by 3-2 despite Graham Rhodes
and Stuart Bird's valiant efforts for the
away side.
Glossop North End 3 Ashton
Athletic 0
For the second time in as
many weeks Glossop
North End faced a side
with a new manager and
all of the unknowns that
brings. Jimmy McBride
brought his Ashton Athletic side to Surrey Street
looking for a change of
fortune but it was not to
be as the Hillmen dominated the match and ran
out comfortable winners.
Again there were a couple of changes in the GNE
line-up with Jake Williams taking over from Sam
Marshall on the right of midfield with Nick Allen
and Danny Browne taking the full back slots. Mark
Battersby returned up front having missed the
mid-week Derbyshire Senior Cup victory over Whaley Bridge.
On a pitch softened by significant overnight rain,
GNE were in the ascendancy from the off and
could easily have been 3-0 up in the first five minutes as chances came and went, two of them falling
to Battersby.
Ashton Athletic weathered this early storm and
looked to play constructively through midfield but
their moves invariably broke down and the Hillmen continued to show the greater goal threat.
The one opportunity of the first half for
the visitors came in the 33rd minute
when forward Godfrey Umokoro-Emu
set off on a strong run from midfield,
beating two defenders, only to loose control of the ball at the vital moment as he
shaped to shoot with only Ben Proctor in
the GNE goal to beat.Half time arrived
with the match scoreless and the home
crowd hoping that GNE would not rue
those missed chances early in the half.
Tintwistle thrash Peak Dale in
Derbyshire Cup Showdown
Tintwistle Athletic, Match
Reports
Tintwistle Athletic 1st Team beat
an unbeaten Peak Dale 4-1 in the
2nd Round of the Derbyshire FA
County Cup. Chances were few
and far between early on but
when the breakthrough came Devlin took advantage of a defensive
error, only for the liner to rule a
dubious offside, meaning it was 00 at half time. Athletic stepped up
their attack in the second half and soon found themselves on the
score sheet when Burns converted from the spot. Substitute Paradiuk
carved open the Peak Dale defence once again with a decisive pass
which was inch perfect for Crossland to strike home. Crossland was on
the score sheet again to put Athletic 3-0 ahead when he followed up a
shot, spilt by the Peak Dale keeper. Athletic took their foot off the gas
allowing Peak Dale to get what turned out to be a consolation goal.
Grahamslaw put the game to bed when he nodded home from a corner. Athletic are through to the 3rd round.
Tintwistle Athletic Reserves progressed in the League Wray Cup
against Santos at the weekend with a 2-0 win. Two long range efforts
from Howden and Coomber were enough for the away side were comfortable despite some last minute changes to the line-up. Good performances were put in by Worrall and man of the match Stock.
Tintwistle Athletic U18s unfortunately went out of the cup at the
weekend to a strong Woodford side, losing 4-1. Despite going one nil
up through Holmes and missing a couple of other chances to go further ahead the away side were slowly overpowered as the older and
physically bigger home side came out as deserved winners. This was
not a poor performance from the away side and despite the scoreline man of the match Symons and Thompson stood out in this well
contested fixture.
Tintwistle Athletic U16’s lost 3-1 away to Ashton. Damon Worsley
scored Athletic’s consolation goal with the only shot on target when
he headed home in a goal mouth scramble. Man of the Match was Jordan Ellis.
Tintwistle Athletic U13’s look to be turning the corner despite a 7-3
loss at Clayton Villa. Athletic took the lead, before the home side
fought back, with a few goals coming in controversial circumstances.
Two late goals restores some pride. Ben, Elbin and Jonny were the
goalscorers. Elbin and keeper Elliot were man of the match.
Under 12's breezed through to the third round of the league cup with
an emphatic 8-0 win over FC Bluestar Comets. Leading goal scorer
Mullen stuck four in with the score line added to by Charnock (2), O'Donnell and Brelsford.
Tintwistle U8 were in action in a local Derby this weekend playing
Hollingworth. We lost the first game 2-0 despite the scoreline being
level at the break In the second half Hollingworth capitalized on a
couple of errors and finished the stronger, 2-0 the final score.
The second game saw the Tintwistle players collapse in the first half
and resort to ball watching and ball chasing allowing a much more
disciplined Hollingworth side to effectively kill the game by half time.
The second half saw a stunning display from Tintwistle keeper Kai
who frustrated Hollingworth with quality save after quality save. The
second half saw a far brighter display from the two Luke’s at the back
and some attacking play was rewarded by a well taken consolation
from Drew.
Tintwistle Athletic U7’s had a local derby clash with Hollingworth.
Athletic found themselves behind early on. This woke them up and
with Sam & Ben putting in some good challenges at the back &
Matthew’s presence in Midfield, Athletic got a hold in the game and
Jake was soon on the score sheet for the equaliser.
Alex Byrom
Any possible nervousness was dispelled within
three minutes of the re-start when Dean McGregor
cut into the area from the right hand side, beat
Ashton Athletic defender Michael Burns, and
calmly steered the ball past Hayden Buckley-Smith
in the Ashton Athletic goal to register his first goal
since early September. Just reward for some good
performances which had been missing the final
touch. Flying winger Marshall came on as a substitute for Nathan Bond and immediately set about
making it an uncomfortable afternoon for Ashton
Athletic full back Chris Rogers. Just before the
hour mark, Battersby made things comfortable for
the home side as he rounded Buckley-Smith to slot
the ball home. GNE did not sit back but continued
to push forward. In the 73 minute the scoring was
completed as Marshall stormed down the right
wing yet again, his cross found Battersby in the
penalty area and his fine right foot shot left Buckley-Smith clutching at thin air. The game degenerated into a flurry of late tackles, punished with
cautions by the referee, until the home side resumed control and played the match out to register a comfortable victory.
Final Score: Glossop North End 3 Ashton Athletic 0
GNE Team Proctor, Allen, Browne, Jones, Lugsden
(Bockarie), Bond (Marshall), Williams, Oakes, McGregor (D) (Johnson), Battersby, Connolly.
Stewart Taylor
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Friday 23rd November
An Evening with Roger Downing at Partington Theatre. 7:30 PM
Free Admission
Ring 01457.865859 to reserve your tickets.
Saturday 24th November
Journey into Advent
2:00 to 4:30 pm, at Chisworth Methodist
Church
A short advent retreat led by John and Jenny
Cooper
Zion Christmas Fair
11:30 am to 1:30 pm, Zion Methodist Church
Stalls and lunches available
Glossop & District Golf Club Winter Ball.
Bond themed night
Tickets: £27.50 per head
Dress code Dinner suits or lounge suits. Call
John Walmsley on 07717 290490 or e-mail
[email protected] for more information.
Craft Fair at Bradbury Community House
10:00 to 2:00 PM
Free Admission with available refreshments
Le Havre by Peak Film Society
7:30 PM Partington Theatre
Doors open at 7:00 PM
Rory McLeod at The Globe
8:00 PM Doors open at 7:30 PM
Johnny 5th Wheel and The Cowards at the
Oakwood 8:30 PM Tickets: £4 Call
01457.857.974 for more information.
Sunday 25th November
Glossop & District Golf Club Sunday Carvery
Please ring the Clubhouse on 01457.865247
and speak to Stuart or Janet to book.
Wednesday 28th November
Fashion & Bring & Buy Evening At Glossop
Cricket Club
7:30 PM, North Road
Tickets: £3 entrance fee
Bring one unwanted fashion item and buy
whatever you like. All items £1! Also, there
will be a sale of Christmas gifts, crafts and
jewellery and a tombola stall.
Friday 30th November
Live Music & Entertainment in Norfolk Square
5:00 PM
Join with the community of Glossop and meet
our real reindeer, enjoy the local charity trestle market, sample our mince pies and mulled
wine and enjoy childrenís rides and sumptuous hot food.
Glossop Old Band at the Glossop Market approximately 6:00 PM
Carols for the switching on of the Glossop
lights
Glossop Rugby Club
Man v Hotdog, Hotdog Eating Contest 6:00
PM, RUFC Hargate Hill Lane. Doors open at
5:30 PM
Tickets: £1 entry for spectators, £10 to enter
(10 places available)
Call 07912.654901 or e-mail
[email protected] to enquire/book a place.
An Evening of Storytelling
7:30 PM, Partington Theatre
Free Admission
Call John Cooper on 01457.852740 or e-mail
[email protected] for more information
The Curragh Sons at Va Bene
8:00 PM, 12 Norfolk Street
Free. Call Va Bene on 01457.863.333 for
more information.
Saturday 1st December
Hollingworth Christmas Fair at Hollingworth
Methodist Church
Music and Entertainment at Glossop Christmas Market
10:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Call 0845.129.7777 for more information.
Glossop Old Band, Glossop Festive Market
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Santa Claus ñ The Panto
(1st to 8th December)
Starts at 7:15 PM at the Partington Theatre
Tickets: £8 or £6 (concessionary)
Call 01457 866 145 for more information.
The Bar Steward Sons of Val Doonican at
The Oakwood Doors open at 9:00 PM
Tickets: £5 on the door Call 01457.857.974
for more information.
Friday 7th December
Quiet Loner at The Oakwood
7:30 PM
Tickets: £5
Call 01457 857974 for more information.
Saturday 8th December
Glossop North End v AFC Liverpool
3:00 PM Surrey Street
King Twit + Support at The Oakwood
Doors open at 9:00 PM
Tickets: £3 on the door
Call 01457 857 974 for more information.
Glossop & District Choral Society Concert
The Parish Church, Old Glossop
7:30 PM
Tickets: £6 (accompanied children are
free)Tickets also available at Bay Tree Books,
High Street West
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GLOSSOP GAZETTE, 23rd November 2012
Sports
Glossop and District Darts and Dominoes League
Wilson's men
battle back
from brink
Duncan Wilson's Corner Cupboard
side came back from the dead, to
snatch victory against Hadfield Con
Club, with Norman Elliot taking the
acclaim.
With Dave Flavels Hadfield outfit racing
into a 3-0 lead it looked as though Cupboard's night would end early but with a
fantastic twist in fortunes, Cupboard rallied to level the match at 3-3 before Norman Elliot took to the oche and calmly
kept his nerve and composure to beat
Hagues and seal the victory 4-3.
Over on the dominoes tables there was
more excitement where Duncan Wilson
and Aidy Custance held their nerve to
see off Thom Gardner and Bill Lowery in
what was nearly the greatest comeback
of the week. With Wilson and Custance
needing just the 1 point, Lowery and
Gardner needed a staggering 42, just
losing out with only 3 points left on the
table. It was all to no avail as Corner
went onto win 3-2.
Elsewhere, Neal Brights Tintwistle Liberals got the better of Tintwistle Cons in
this weeks derby match, with Neal himself throwing a superb 15 dart leg and
Roy Ovens throwing an impressive 14
dart leg to give the Liberals a comfortable 5-2 victory in the darts. Tintwistle
Cons gained some sort of revenge by
snatching the dominoes contest 3-2 with
one match seeing both teams scrapping
it out in the “dead hole.”
Corner Cupboard (2) continued with their
slump in form, losing out to Hollingworth
Cons by 4 legs to 3. Hollingworth went
into a 2-0 lead before Joey Szemberski
continued his unbeaten run this season
to pull a leg back. Adam Humphries levelled the tie but Cupboard (2) captain
Gaz Edwards despite winning his match
had to watch on as Hollingworth saw out
the match to win 4-3. There was more
woe for Cupboard (2) as they had to give
away the dominoes match through not
having enough players. Despite racing
into a 2-0 lead through
Edwards/Humphries and
Szemberski/James, they were not able
to hang on as Hollingworth levelled and
took the match on the default ruling, 3-2.
Glossop travelled to Anchor and came
away with a 5-2 win. David Fisher beating Stevie Mettrick in the opener before
'Art' Aldous put the visitors 2-0 to the
good with a mesmerising display over
Barry Murphy. Anchor pulled a leg back
with influential captain Keith Tetlow encouraging from the sidelines helping
Pete Gilson see off the attentions of
Glossop's 'Long' John Blackhurst. Glossop soon put the game to bed as Teddy
Barlow, Paul O'Neill and Mark Hinchliffe
beat Mick Coxon, Peter Allsop and J.
Mills respectively to put them into an
unassailable 5-1 lead. Davie Oetting
beat McNally in the final game of the
night to close proceedings. 5-2 Glossop.
Dave McNally
Glossop's seven goal victory
pleted his hat trick.
SMJFL U-13's CUP
Sunday 18th November
CHEADLE HEATH NOMADS 2 GNE Development 7
Away from the pressure of the foot of the table the
lads were able to relax and had already squandered two
good chances before Alex Calland linked well with
Strogen who weighted his pass perfectly for McNamara
to open the scoring. Good work by Kyle Logan then created an opening for Calland to increase the lead. Strogen then got in on the act with a great run and shot
made it 3-0 on 20 minutes. Nomads came close when a
quick break ended with a chip that dropped just wide of
the post. A Glossop corner was then only half cleared
and Archie Cannon fired a fine shot into the bottom
corner for 4-0. Another quick break earned Nomads a
goal to give them hope, and both sides came close before a superbly taken free kick brought them right
back into the game just before half time.
The next
goal was going to be crucial, and it was Luke Forrester
who got it for Glossop with a magnificent twenty yard
lob which settled any Glossop nerves. A free kick by
Forrester was then met by McNamara who made it 6-2,
and Glossop saved the best for last when man of the
match Matt Strogen brought the ball under control and
played the pass of the season to McNamara who com-
TAMESIDE LEAGUE U-13's
Saturday 10th November
ARDWICK v GNE
The Glossop team,officials and parents turned up at
Blocksages early on Sunday morning for what turned
into a farce.With the lads raring to go, the game was
postponed, not because of any adverse conditions, but
because the home club had lost the netting! It is not
known yet whether the game will be awarded to Glossop or if it will be played at a later date.
Sunday 17th November
PRESTWICH v GNE
Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch
SMJFL U-13'S DIVISION 1
Sunday 11th November
STOCKPORT JUNIOR BLUES 8 GNE Development 2
In a game where SJB's were favourites to win, Glossops cause was not helped by a mixture of bad luck,bad
challenges and bad refereeing decisions. Ross Mullett
stood in for goalkeeper Sam Ekgren after he turned up
at the game with a broken finger. Glossop started
brightly but were undone on ten minutes when a good
cross was met by a mishit shot that had Mullett wrong
footed. The second followed shortly after when some
quick passing created space through the middle. matt
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Strogen came close for Glossop before a terrific strike
made it 3-0. Strogen then hit an equally good shot from
the edge of the area to reduce the deficit. The half time
whistle was five minutes overdue when the referee allowed SJB's to retake a corner kick that had originally
gone out of play- inevitably the fourth goal came from
that before the ref eventually looked at his watch and
blew for half time.
Glossop were competing well at the start of the second half, but a disturbing challenge on Mullett left the
keeper groggy and when Lee McNamara came off for
treatment' Junior Blues took advantage of the extra
man to make it 5-1. They soon made it six before the
keeper was eventually withdrawn from the fray. Glossop rallied and made some good chances before McNamara latched on to a free kick to make it 6-2. Thomas
Davis then had to be replaced when he came off with a
broken bone in his foot and the second stand in keeper
of the game Luke Forrester was beaten by two more
great strikes that gave the game a cruel scoreline. Ross
Mullett was awarded the MOTM for his bravery