The official Biddulph 2015 calendar is now on sale. This year the calendar celebrates the achievements of Biddulph in Bloom and consists of 12 beautiful photos, of Biddulph and the surrounding area. The calendar costs £3:50 and can be purchased from Wains, Chapter 1, Birthday Greetings, Brammers, Mothershaws and Council Connect.
Keep up to date with events in Biddulph
November 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Banking on a roundabout to solve traffic problems
November 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A large roundabout could be built at the Bank Corner junction to solve Alsager’s growing traffic problems. As Alsager continues to expand the amount of traffic on the roads is leading to more congestion. [Read more…]
Grave concerns for Alsager
November 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
There are concerns that Alsager’s only burial ground could be full up in two years time. The Rev Toby May has warned that the burial ground in Church Road is running out of space and will soon reach it’s capacity. [Read more…]
Work starts on Alsager’s new fire station
November 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Work has started on the new fire station being built on the former Council yard in Brookhouse Road. The new station is part of a new major programme that aims to transform how fire and rescue services will be provided across Cheshire in the future. [Read more…]
Alsager’s Advent Calendar
November 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Alsager artists are contributing to one of the largest advent calendars ever seen in Cheshire. Throughout December, numbers will be displayed in shop windows of Alsager businesses, and on the appropriate date, an artwork will be unveiled. [Read more…]
AstraZeneca gives Christmas presents to families in need
November 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Staff from AstraZeneca’s Alderley Park site will again be bringing gifts to their Christmas party to be distributed to children and young people who could benefit from a donation of toys and gifts this Christmas.
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A new chapter for Kidsgrove library
August 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Library users and residents across Staffordshire will be invited to help shape the future direction of their local library in a major consultation.
As the way people use libraries continues to change, the county council has announced proposals to meet that shifting demand and safeguard the service for the future.
They would mean more services are available online while in some areas the county council is looking for communities to get more involved, and even take on and run their local library. The county council will also explore if partners such as police or health services want to share buildings with libraries, to provide more services in one place to local people.
Mike Lawrence, Staffordshire County Council’s cabinet member for Children, Localism and Communities, asked for a 12 week consultation on the future of the county library service. He said: “While communities love their libraries the way people use them is changing. We want to act now so that they remain relevant and popular for years to come. [Read more…]
Kidsgrove TESCO Community Champion given special award
August 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
North Staffordshire Community Rail Partnership has recognised the fantastic support and help provided by TESCO Community Champion Richard Evans to Kidsgrove station with a special award.
Richard, who is based at Kidsgrove TESCO, has supported his local station in so many ways in recent years: providing funding for gardening equipment for the station volunteers, and donations of plants for the station gardens; arranging with TESCO to provide lunch refreshments for station community days, and also rolling up his sleeves (and recruiting others) to help out at all station events.
The boost he gives to the station volunteer team through his unstinting support is immeasurable, as Faye Lambert, Community Rail Officer, says: “Richard is an absolute star for Kidsgrove. The help he provides to the station volunteers goes above and beyond his role for the store. [Read more…]
Royal Award for Mow Cop Residents
August 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Members of the Mow Cop Residents’ Association have been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK.
The award was made to the residents association for “Providing an increasing range of amenities, facilities and services for everyone in the local community for the last ten years.”
Mow Cop Residents Association (MCRA) put in a lot of time and effort into renovating the church hall at St Thomas’ which was in a state of disrepair and the church, who own the building, didn’t have the manpower and funds to keep up with the maintenance. The church hall has now been renamed the ‘Mow Cop Community Hall’ and hosts numerous clubs, including an art group, bowling club, line dancing and Zumba.
MCRA also organise the annual ‘Killer Mile’, a run up to the top of Mow Cop via the steep Station Bank ,which has become a favorite fixture on the calendar for runners for runners from all over the country seeking a serious challenge.
Two of the association’s 15 active members will go to the Queen’s garden party later this year to receive the award.
Clough Hall Photo Archive Project
August 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Clough Hall Technology School is getting a brand new school. This will be built on the current site and the old school buildings are scheduled for demolition.
This is an exciting development for the residents of Kidsgrove.
Clough Hall Technology School has been at the centre of the local community for many, many years. The old buildings may be ready for retirement but they hold generations of memories.
With your help we would like to preserve those memories so that they can be enjoyed by the whole community. We are hoping to build an on-line ‘Clough Hall School Photo Archive’ that anyone with an internet connection will be able to access. Did you or any of your family and friends attend Clough Hall Technology School as a child? Do you have any photos that you would like to share?
If you have photos in a digital format, you can email them directly to the email address listed below. If your photos are not in a digital format please contact us and we can arrange to have them scanned into a computer for you. If you have any other images of Clough Hall Technology School in different media formats, we may still be able to do something with them. We can convert 8mm cine-film, Super 8 cine-film and Hi8 video to digital!
Send all photos & any questions you might have to: oldschool@cloughhall.staffs.sch.uk