A few months back I mentioned Via Michelin as a route planner with a cyclist option – I ran a few tests and it seemed to manage a fairly respectable job. Here’s another one, and it claims to do a bit more.  It’s from Transport Direct and covers quite a few towns and cities including [...]

07/05/92         1992         Stockport                   Bredbury         (11656) @ 1               vote share Wilson M.* LD   2368 54.9 Orton P. Ms. CON   1200 27.8 Humphries S. Ms. LAB   [...]

 Pam and I would like to congratulate the Cheadle Green Focus Group, Village Partnership and everyone else involved in this celebration, and enhancement, of Cheadle Green. Celebrate the 200 year anniversary of Cheadle Green, discover the history of Cheadle Hall and view the improvement project. Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th September from 11am to 4pm [...]

Pam King and I are continuing to look into the smells coming from Longley Lane tip in the last few weeks. We thought the problem had been cracked last year when a new building was put up to hold green waste, along with odour suppresant sprays. Right now Viridor Waste, the company that runs the [...]

Here are the dates for the Primary School cross country races this season. All the meetings start at 10am, at William Scholes Playing Fields, Gatley. The league is free to all schools. It’s been in existence for 35 years and around 300 runners come to each race meeting. For more information contact Ian Burnett on [...]

Stockport Cats Protection rescues and rehabilitates cats and kittens and have been based on a farm in Bramhall for the last 19 years. Now they need to find somewhere new, or they may have to close. They’re looking for a small area of land to rent or buy where they can set up 6 cat [...]

As you may know, fly-posting has been a problem particularly on the now closed George & Dragon pub in Cheadle. Because it’s a privately owned building, it’s more complicated to get it removed. I wrote to Punch Taverns, who own the pub, asking if they would remove the fly-posting or, failing that, authorise me to [...]

The latest in my reports of Stockport’s local elections from 1974 onwards.  1991 looks like the year nothing much changed.  The only exception I’ve spotted is John Ashworth regaining his council seat in Edgeley, having been edged out in 1990. My namesake Ian Roberts was re-elected for Cheadle, John Pantall was safely returned in Cheadle [...]

Like many councillors, not to mention members of the public, I’m not too enamoured with the planning system and its many faults and frustrations, but credit where it’s due – it can do the job. Two recent examples in Cheadle: an advertising hoarding had been erected on the side wall of the Village Deli (next [...]

Our local police will be at Massie Street Car Park on Monday 23rd Aug from 9am with their ‘Have Your Say’ Van. This helps the police engage with the community and identify issues using Have your Say cards. You tick up to three of 20 priorities and, if you’re able to you want to, provide [...]