Community
Mary Fox Returns To The Radio
23 Aug 2010
6 Towns Radio, a side project that Tony and I are working on has had some good news today. We have managed to get the legendary Northern Soul & Motown presenter Mary Fox to present a show on our new station. We have been speaking with Mary for a few weeks and this morning we met and Mary agreed to join the team to present a 2 hour show each week.
I have just heard of the death of Peter Cheeseman the founding Director of the Victoria Theatre following a long fight against Parkinsons Disease. He was 78. Even from the distance of nearly half a century the importance of Cheeseman's pioneer work in community theatre and theatre in the round cannot be understated. There was a time in the 1960s when some of the work being produced at the Old Vic from its Hartshill site was of world renown.
Burslem based Titanic Brewery has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award in recognition of its growing estate of community pubs. The brewery has invested heavily in reviving “the local” by buying and refurbishing dilapidated pubs across North Staffordshire. Now its determination to buck the trend of pub closures has led to a position on the four-strong shortlist for the Publican newspaper’s Multiple Operator of the Year award. The winner will be announced at a gala evening at London’s
There was an article in Private Eye under the Nooks and Corners section on the fate of Tunstall Baths in this week's edition " More on the closure of Britain's swimming pools which sems to continue as spending cuts bite.
Blurton gets a reprieve - finally
02 Dec 2009
A run-down retail block in one of Stoke's forgotten communities is about to be rejuvenated in a £7 million project. Ingestre Square, in the back streets of Blurton, has been allowed to decline into disrepair over a span of years, and has been awaiting redevelopment promised for the last ten years. Now, finally, Kier Group (the contractor responsible for maintaining Stoke's social housing) Aspire Housing and the city council are clubbing together to regenerate the plot, with plans for new shops,
Community BBQ
13 Sep 2009
Following the successful Bar-b-que in June and The Big Lunch in July, Longton Community Church in Caroline Street Longton is Holding a Community Bar-b-que on Saturday 19th September at 12-oo til 3-00 Every one is welcome all food is free.
COUNCIL HOUSING RENT INCREASE TO BE CONSIDERED
08 Jan 2009
Stoke-on-Trent City Council will consider a 5.9% increase in council housing rent for 2009 at the full city council meeting on 29 January 2009.
Good news for the City, Operation Nemesis is set to continue in 2009. What a fantastic job they have done to rid the City's streets of the scurge of drug dealers, since its launch.
