Newton & Earlestown Gossip

a story in the Star sates that Earlestown Town Hall is to close

well whatever they are building there it is certainly big, the construction is now much higher than the surrounding fence

bet the traffic along park road south is murder at the moment

RodBell wrote:Just speaking with resident on opposite street to Curzon she tells me they have been given another 3 years planning permission.

Disgusting.

they should at least make them pull it down and clean up the site, surely its in a dangerous condition?

Found this while browsing for any latest news on the parkside planning application...

http://proparkside.blogspot.com/

I saw there were some notices about planning applications linked to the parkside site in the star a week or two back, hopefully things are starting to move

That local councillor speaks with something of a forked tongue..In her leaflets she slips through your front door she is against the development yet her group on the council are in favour !! It all depends who she is speaking to. I see it's all kicked off again in the local press :shock: :shock: :s...

I was wondering how could we get more people here to keep this place going. I like it you see. :D I will try to mention it alot more to people but I know sod all people in Newton. Most of my friends live in Derby. Since the Guardian went down the pan we don't really have anywhere to advertise the f...

I used my Nationwide bus pass(eat your hearts out you nippers) the other day which meant I could admire the passing scenery. Looking out across Newton Lake I was amazed to see so much rubbish in it. For an investment of only a few hundred quid a boat could be obtained and the lake kept clean by vol...

stopped due to finding roman archology ,a dig has to take place to determine its value if built at all if a major roman find ,same happed at alder root golf club when they wanted to extend the golf course a major roman find as been found there . They found the remains of a roman road in nearby Lath...

hi with reference to hazels mention of pinetree building flats on the corner of borron road !!! Has anyone ventured down there recently? Its a double parked littered disgrace The contractors are using the new cul de sac estate as a free car park and the pavements too The police have been out and pu...

Woman at work got stopped and asked * Postcode you left from * Postcode your going to * Time you left location * Time you expect to arrive * Purpose of your visit How odd. Perhaps they think the miners strike is back on? All sounds a bit big brotherish, the purpose of a census at Vulcan has me baff...

I noticed the Census people on the A49 outside Parkside yesterday and today they are outside the old Vulcan works (well it's gone now but you know what I mean). I saw them outside the parkside gates yesterday, they just seemed to be counting the cars and noting the make of car.Wonder what it's all ...

Is the council responsible for removing rubbish from Newton Lake? There seems to be two gas bottle sticking out of the mud like unexploded world war 2 bombs I'm going to send a request to have them moved via the council's contact centre online, just wondering if it was worth it?

nothing too dramatic in the council response.Some early negotiations that the primary care trust might want to use the town hall and invest a bit of money in it, no mention of the clock as I recall. I won't be holding my breath for the outcome of the negotiations.

RodBell wrote:KFC?

Make the residents of the High Street very happy.

Imagine that...it has been mooted that KFC is coming to N-Le-W for years perhaps this is it?

make mine a bargain bucket