http://iainroberts.4mp.org.uk Liberal Democrat councillor for Cheadle & Gatley Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:30:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The latest in my reports of Stockport's elections from 1974 onwards, 1994 was an important year for the Lib Dems and (although I wasn't on the scene) for me too, with hindsight. The Lib Dems won Cheadle ward for the first time, as well as taking Bramhall East and West. ... http://iainroberts.4mp.org.uk/2010/09/05/stockport-election-results-1994/ From Stockport Council: Stockport Council is launching a month long appeal to raise the profile of the flooding disaster in Pakistan to give the borough’s residents the opportunity to support the victims. The flooding has had a devastating effect on millions of people’s lives in Pakistan and funding is urgently needed ... http://iainroberts.4mp.org.uk/2010/09/05/stockport-council-backs-pakistan-flood-appeal/ From Stockport Council: Traditional pie-tasting and intriguing Town Hall tours are just some of the new events on offer in Stockport for this year’s Heritage Open Days, from Thursday 9th – Sunday 12th September. A pie-tasting event will take place at Stockport Tourist Information Centre on Saturday 11th September. John Titterton and ... http://iainroberts.4mp.org.uk/2010/09/04/new-events-for-stockport-heritage-open-days/ From Stockport Council: By the end of September, six people will have successfully completed the business training provided by Market Start and started a new life as a trader on Stockport’s fabulous and historic market. By Friday 4th September (the day before the Historic Street Market family event on Saturday 5th ... http://iainroberts.4mp.org.uk/2010/09/04/six-new-stockport-market-traders-through-market-start/ From the Council: Stockport Council is encouraging residents and businesses throughout the borough to save money whilst reducing their carbon footprint. The CarbON-CarbOFF initiative has been launched to help everyone in Stockport reduce the amount of carbon they produce, save money by being more energy efficient and become more environmentally friendly. ... http://iainroberts.4mp.org.uk/2010/09/04/stockport-residents-to-save-money-reduce-carbon-footprint/ From Stockport Council: Central Library will be partially closed from 4.00pm on Saturday 11th September and will reopen at 10.00am on Monday 20th September. The closure will allow the Information Library to be incorporated into the Lending Library on the ground floor of the building, which will provide easier access for customers ... http://iainroberts.4mp.org.uk/2010/09/04/stockport-central-library-temporary-closure/ I'd pretty much forgotten about the Total Politics blog awards, so it came as a complete surprise to find this morning that this blog has been voted the 29th top blog by a councillor. Ninety percent of the stories on this blog are very local, mostly relating just to my ward, ... http://iainroberts.4mp.org.uk/2010/09/03/thanks-for-voting-this-blog-the-29th-top-councillor-blog-in-the-country/ I was sad to hear this afternoon that former Liberal and Lib Dem MP for Rochdale, Sir Cyril Smith, has died. He was a larger than life character in many ways and will be sadly missed. More on Cyril at Lib Dem Voice. http://iainroberts.4mp.org.uk/2010/09/03/rip-cyril-smith/ Umbro, based at Cheadle Royal, has won the contract to supply football kits to all 23 English football teams up to and including the 2018 world cup (no, I had no idea there were 23 national teams either). As the Manchester Evening News reports Cheadle-based Umbro will manufacture the national side's ... http://iainroberts.4mp.org.uk/2010/09/02/cheadle-company-to-manufacture-england-kits-up-to-2018/ It looks like the Gothic pub near Gatley Green has closed - for now at least. I don't have any firm information on why, and I don't know if it's likely to re-open as a pub. Gothic's closure follows on from that of the Red Lion a few months back and leaves ... http://iainroberts.4mp.org.uk/2010/09/01/gatleys-gothic-pub-closes-its-doors/