A BBC television crew is filming a new drama with the working title The Choir Project on the moors above Monks Road. The series of six one-hour episodes is written by Debbie Horsfield (writer of Cutting It and Sex, Chips and Rock'n'Roll), who lives in Broadbottom.
It stars Richard Fleeshman (above) and Sarah Lancashire (left) - and local extras - and will be shown on BBC 1 in late January 2009. And Glossop's Chris O'Hara is the music arranger.
Glossop North End beat New Mills 3-1 in the Derbyshire Senior Cup at Surrey
Street on Wednesday (November 19).
They play Runcorn Linnets away on Saturday,
November 22.
Glossop North End
beat
Biddulph Victoria 4-0 in the second
round
of the FA Vase
at Surrey Street
on Saturday (November 15).
The
Longdendale
bypass
scheme has now cost £16,000,000
(compared with £15,000,000 in May), the nomottrambypassblog
reports.
High
Peak borough council is arranging to meet people who
petitioned for
more
allotments in Glossopdale.
John
Haken, executive councillor for environmental services,
said:
"The council has already recognised the importance of access to local
allotments in Glossopdale and we sympathise with residents who are on
our waiting lists... We will be working closely
with the residents to
identify possible sites so that together we can establish more
allotments in the Glossopdale area." Details here.
Members of the newly-formed Glossopdale
Action For Allotments (GAFA) presented a
petition with more than 450 signatures to Phil Wiggins, of
High Peak Council's parks department on Friday, November 7. They have a
blog here.
Phill
Booth
from Chapel Street, who runs Glossop's one-man aid organisation, English
Effort To End Poverty (EETEP), reports on the progress of the
new children's orphanage in Coimbatore in India. EETEP
needs £6,500 to complete the project and there's
a 'Heroes and
Villains' themed night at The
Globe on Saturday,
November 22
at 8.30pm to raise funds. £3. Details here.
The
Rent
Service's promised review of Local Reference Rents
for Glossop is likely to take place in the next couple of weeks,
according to the Buxton
Advertiser.
But High Peak Labour MP Tom Levitt says the law will have to be changed - and that could take until January. Details here.
Grant Kershaw, 16, from
Hollingworth and a music student at Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form
College, has won the Beat 2008 Young Drummer title as
the best young drummer
in the country, according to Brian
Lashley in the Manchester
Evening News.
Namibian
boxer Paulus 'Ali' Nuumbembelost his bid
for
the WBF world welterweight title on a seventh
round technical knockout to unbeaten
champion Bongani Mwelase in
South Africa on Friday
(November 14).
Ali,
who won and lost the Commonwealth welterweight title while he was
living in Glossop last year, had to surrender his WBA
Pan-African
welterweight title to take part in the challenge.
NHS Tameside and Glossop
has launched a new dental
access scheme. Just call 0844 8111020 and the
team will find a dentist and book an appointment. Details here. And
a new dental access centre is due to open at Gamesley clinic by the
end of the year.
The
East
Midlands Regional Assembly has told High Peak
borough council that 308
new homes a year
must be built in the borough over the next 18 years. The 5,500
additional homes would be equivalent to a town the size of Whaley
Bridge and Chapel-en-le-Frith combined. Details here.
High
Peak
borough council will receive a £274,378
grant from the
Department
of Communities and Local Government because of its record in housing
and planning. This (above) is the image they use to demonstrate it.
Details here.
Glossop police are
using hand-held mobile
fingerprinting devices to target travelling criminals and
keep officers on the frontline for longer. Details here.
Glossop Leisure Centre
is offering supervised personal
exercise courses for young people aged 11 - 15 this
winter. £60 for eight weeks. Details here
or call Lee Forsyth
or Jonathan Burgreave
on 01457 842272.
The
Northern Way, an economic development
partnership of the three northern regions, has published a paper saying
that the Woodhead route
"remains a viable option for a trans-Pennine rail link". Details here.
The
Tame Valley Stompers play Glossop
Cricket Club in North Road on Thursday, November 20
at 8.15pm. Glossop police are
planning a clean sweep
in Hadfield from Friday,
November 21 to Sunday,
November 30, according to the Glossop
Chronicle. The fire service, clean-up team and
pubwatch will also be involved.
Glossop Co-op in
Norfolk Street has
free lung testing
as part of the British Lung Foundation's Breathe Easy campaign on Friday, November 21
from 10.00am - 3.00pm.
Glossop
Business Network has its next networking
lunch at Va Bene Italian
restaurant in Norfolk Street on Friday,
November 21
from 12 noon to 2.00pm. Details on 07764
821521.
The new play equipment on
the Brosscroft play area in Hadfield will be officially opened by
Councillor Andrew Bingham
on Friday, November 21
at 2.30pm.Glossopdale Community College
has auditions
for Glossopdale's Got Talent in Hall 1
on the Talbot Road site on Friday,
November 21 from 3.00 - 6.00pm.
Central
Methodist Church in Chapel Street presents The Duchess,
Saul
Dibb's chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana,
Duchess of Devonshire, starring Keira
Knightley and Ralph
Fiennes on Friday,
November 21 at 7.00pm. Details here.
Glossop
Cricket Club has its annual sportsman's dinner
on Friday, November 21 with
England and Wales off-spin bowler Robert Croft
(left) and comedian Barry York
(right). £30.
St Charles School Hall in
Hadfield presents The
Crows (ex-The Three Crows) in concert on Friday, November 21.
Details on 01457 855837.
The Virginmarys play
The
Moon and Sixpence in Bernard Street on Friday, November 21
at 9.30pm. Free.Gaia
from Barnsley had to pull out because their drummer has been injured.
The Tony Auton Band
plays the Bulls Head in Hayfield on Friday,
November 21 from 9.30pm. Free. An amazing small room, it's
like having your favourite artist playing for you in your own front
room.
High
Peak Labour MP Tom
Levitt has an advice surgery at
Glossop Tesco on Saturday,
November 22 from 9.00 - 10.00am. Derbyshire County Councillor Roger Wilkinson and High Peak Borough Councillor Jacqui Wilkinson will also be there.
Glossop Amnesty has a greetings card campaign - where you can send cards to prisoners of conscience - at Bradbury Community House in Market Street on Saturday, November 22 from 10.00am - 2.00pm.
All Saints Catholic Church
will hold its annual Christmas
Fair at Glossop Town Hall on Saturday, November 22
from 10.00am - 3.00pm. Usual attractions including
the Grand Prize Draw, tombola, bottle stall, cake stall, bric-a-brac,
raffle, not forgetting the superb café. Admission charge applicable.
Proceeds for parish funds.Longdendale Community Language
College in Spring Street, Hollingworth has an International
Winter Market on Saturday, November 22
from 10.00am - 2.00pm. A wonderful start to the Christmas festivities.
Lots of stalls and activities. Adults £1, children 50p.
Glossop artist Ghislaine Howard
opens her studio and gallery in Oak Street [
SK13 7AP ] on Saturday, November 22
from 2.00 - 6.00pm and on Saturdays and Sundays between 11.00am and
4.00pm
until Sunday, December 21
showing paintings by Ian
Mood which are inspired by the changing landscape glimpsed
from the train on the journey between Broadbottom and Manchester.
Tony Auton
plays The
Moon and Sixpence in Bernard Street on Saturday, November 22
at 9.30pm. Free. "After last time - with him saying the Moon and
Sixpence was his all time favourite place to play and he loves playing
for everyone who comes down to listen - was very special coming from
someone who is so clearly on top of their game. With a new CD in his
hand, a band that is simply amazing and Tony who makes it all look so
easy it's just one of those nights that have to be seen to be believed."
- Rae Leeson
Chaplins Pantos stage
Dick
Whittington at Gamesley
Community Centre on Sunday,
November 23 at 3.00pm. Adults £4, children
£3 (£1 off for Gamesley residents). For details and
booking call Kirsty
Gambles on 01457
869145.
Colin Wakeford,
Jason
Johnson and
Keeley and Joe
compete
for
the audience's vote to win
£50 in the tenth winners' heat of the Sounds Unplugged
acoustic night at The Moon and Sixpence in Bernard
Street on Sunday,
November 23 at 8.00pm. You have to be in at the start to
vote!
The Partington Players
present Craig Warner's
thriller, Strangers
on a Train, from the novel by Patricia Highsmith,
at the Partington Theatre in Henry Street from Monday, November 24
to Saturday, November 29
at 7.30pm. Andrew Wilson
directs. Details here.
Dig!
Hadfield, a new group campaigning for allotments in
Hadfield, will meet at the New Lamp on Bankbottom on Tuesday, November 25
at 7.30pm (tbc). They have a blog here.
Glossop Action for Local Older
People meets at Bradbury Community House in Market Street
on Wednesday, November 26
at 2.00pm.The Hands On! youth project has a pub night for 14 - 17-year-olds at Edwards Wine Bar in Hadfield on Wednesday, November 26 from 6.00 - 10.00pm. Disco and pub quiz. £1.
Gamesley's fourth Festive Market will
be on the Winster Mews car park on Thursday,
November 27
from 5.30 - 9.00pm. Stage, music, singing, stalls, Christmas trees,
Father Christmas, fabulous stalls and goods, reindeer and lots more!
Details here.
Traders interested in having a stall should contact Groundwork Gamesley
on 01457 858035.
The
Glossop Folk Train
leaves Manchester Piccadilly at 1849 (6.49pm) on the fourth Thursday of
each month, with some of the best of the region's folk musicians
performing live on the train all the way to Glossop. Here
the action moves to Glossop
Labour Club
for liquid refreshment and more live
entertainment. Food can be ordered on the train and the club is fully
accessible to wheelchair users.
Return is on the 2139 (9.39pm) train from Glossop,
arriving into Piccadilly at 2212 (10.12pm). There
is no charge
for the event - just the price
of your ordinary train or Wayfarer ticket.
The performers on Thursday,
November 27
will be Albireo
(above) playing lively ceilidh and American dance.
Details here.
Glossop's award-winning butcher John Mettrick has a Christmas tasting evening - with wild boar, goose, turkey, pork and game - at his store on High Street West on Friday, November 28 from 5.30 - 8.30pm. Tickets from the shop.
Glossop's
Christmas
lights
will be switched on in Norfolk Square on Friday, November 28 at
6.00pm. Glossopdale Community College Band will play festive tunes
whilst Glossop Mountain Rescue Team will bring Father Christmas on his
sleigh. The square will be filled with a fun fair and plenty of
refreshments will be available - including free mince pies and mulled
wine.
Glossop
artist Simon
Parkin has an open studio at 43
High Street East [ SK13 8PN ] on
Saturday,
November 29 and Sunday,
November 30 from 2.00 - 9.00pm. Details here.
The Red Ramblers'
next walk is on Sunday,
November 30. Meet at Glossop
Labour Club in Chapel Street at 10.00am for a car share.
Six-mile walk along the river Alport from the Ladybower dam, along the
Alport valley to Alport Castles (left), over to
Hagg Farm and return; led by Bill
Buckley - brush up on your Labour history, especially the
life of Hannah
Mitchell. All welcome. Don't forget butties and
waterproofs.
Cold
Flame acoustic
play The Junction Inn on High Street West on Sunday, November 30
in a free concert starting at 4.00pm which will also feature young
blues guitarist Tim
Malkin and singer-songwriter Brock.
Glossop
artist Jean Hobson
has a winter exhibition
of recent paintings, prints and drawings - including new pictures of
Glossop and Manchester - at Gifted, 31 High Street West,
until the end of November.
Glossop Operatic and Dramatic
Society will present the traditional family
pantomime, Little
Red Riding Hood, at Stage One in Glossopdale
Community College from Tuesday,
December 2 to Saturday,
December 6. Carole
Wilson directs. Tickets from Bay Tree Books on High Street
West at £8 (concessions £6)
or call 01457 862512.
No concessions on Friday or Saturday evening, but all seats cost
£5 on Tuesday evening.
The society will stage the rock musical Return to the
Forbidden Planet in April
2009. Auditions on Sunday,
December 7. Details from Kate Stocks - email rttfp@g-o-d-s.org.uk.
Glossop
Business Network has its next networking
breakfast at Talbot House in Talbot Road on Wednesday, December 3 from
7.00 - 9.00am. Details on 07764 821521.
High
Peak Borough Council and Derbyshire County
Council have a 'Nappuccino'
session at Central Methodist Church in Chapel
Street on Saturday,
December 6
from 10.30am - 1.30pm. Nappuccinos
are aimed at new and expectant mothers and fathers
who want to find out more about real
nappies. There will be samples on display, a
demonstration, and
an expert to answer questions. The Derbyshire
Real Nappy Incentive Scheme offers £25 cashback on
washable nappies and aims to reduce the
quantity of nappies being sent to landfill sites.
Shire Hill Lian Gong
Shi Ba Fa Association and Yong Nian Taijiquan (UK)
presents a training day
at The Studio in Surrey Street on Sunday, December 7.
Two sessions from
9.00am - 12 noon and 1.00 - 4.00pm. £15 per session
(concessions £12). Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa
is a comprehensive set of health exercises based on traditional Chinese
medicine, and directed at relieving stress and pain and encouraging
flexibility and muscular toning. Booking at The Studio or online at www.yongnian-taiji.co.uk.
There's a Christmas
Audience with Cold Flame at the Partington Theatre in
Henry Street on Sunday,
December 7
at 1.30pm for 2.00pm. Details here.
Tickets - adults £3, children £2 - are now
available from Bestsellers
Bookshop in the Market Arcade. Call 01457
864525 or call in.
All Saints Catholic Church
will host its annual Concert
of Festive Music with Glossop
Old Band on Tuesday,
December 9 at 7.30pm. The Mayor and Mayoress of High Peak
will attend. £5 including mulled wine
and mince pies. Proceeds will be split between the church and the band.
Tickets from Kathy Ford
on 07818 044768,
the church or the band room.
Save Swallows Wood has its Christmas party at the Bulls Head in Tintwistle on Thursday, December 11 at 8.00pm.
How Far is it
to Bethlehem? A carol service
at Central Methodist Church in Chapel
Street on Tuesday, December 16
at 7.30pm. Traditional carols for all to sing, with items by the choir
and friends, followed by seasonal refreshments. Celebrate the Nativity
and support destitute children in the lands of the Bible today by
giving to the collection.
The
Peak
Film Society presents Tim Burton's film Sweeney Todd,
based on the Broadway musical and starringJohnny
Depp, Helena
Bonham Carter and Alan
Rickman, at the Partington
Theatre in Henry Street on Saturday, December 20
at 7.30pm. Details here.
The Lift Global Music Club
presents The
Destroyers at
Glossop Town Hall on Saturday,
December 20
at 8.30pm. £12 on the door, £10.00 in advance
from Rick
on 01457 853821 or Stan
on 866357.
Derbyshire
County Council is asking people to say what they
think about the changes introduced six months ago to the Gold
Card. Questionnaires are available online here
or call 08456 058058.
Closing date is Friday,
February 6, 2009.
Alison Hibben is organising an It's a Knockout event on Glossopdale
Community College's playing fields on Fauvel Road on Saturday, June 13,
2009. To enter, you need a team of 10
adults willing to pay £35 each to get wet to
raise funds for the charity of your choice. Details here or
from Alison on 01457
860613 or 07789
571926 or email alison.hibben@britishgas.co.uk.
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