Yesterday I spent an hour on the meadowland area of Gatley Carrs. The hay baling machine had broken so we went along to gather the mown hay the old fashioned way – with rakes and pitchforks (though the Stockport Council truck was a little more modern). Thanks to everyone who came along to help.  A [...]

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A full list of police officers in our area, along with how to contact them, can be found on AboutMyArea. One of the items on yesterday’s Cheadle Village Partnership was crime.  Unfortunately, there was no police representative present but we discussed anti-social behaviour, vandalism and suspicions of more serious criminal behaviour in the Oak Road [...]

My first Cheadle Partnership meeting kicked off with a talk from Steve Burns on Boost for Business in Stockport. Steve, who’s impressive-sounding title is “Head of Regeneration, Economic Development and Tourism”  was talking about how Stockport Council is looking to spend nearly a million pounds on supporting and boosting local businesses. Where’s the money come [...]

Here’s the poster for a Manchester Airport Community Outreach event in Edgely on 5th October.  Looks interesting – click on the thumbnail to see the details.

See what Stockport’s doing for Black History Month, October 2009.

Manchester Harriers and A.C. Primary Schools Cross Country League All meetings start at 10am on William Scholes Playing Fields, Gatley.  There are about 300 runners at each race meeting.  For more information contact Ian Burnett on 0161 485 2155 or email i.b.burnett@googlemail.com. Saturday 10th October 2009 Saturday 7th November 2009 Saturday 16th January 2010 Saturday  [...]

I was very pleased to attend the official opening of the new pavillion on Scholes Field.  It’s a great resource that’s taken a lot of time and effort to bring about. The pavillion includes a room that we hope will be available for booking by community and private groups – the details are still being [...]

Great news – Gatley’s butchers is opening again.  The new owners already have a butchers in Cheadle.  Best of luck to the new owners.

I attended the meeting of the Acorn, Ash and Chestnut Avenues Residents Association at Cheadle Library yesterday evening. Among discussions of anti-social behaviour (not too much at the moment, thankfully) and dog mess there were a couple I’d like to mention in more detail. Young people in the area are currently being consulted over whether [...]