BORROWASH SHOPPING SURVEY




CLLR FRANK PHILLIPS
PHILLIP WHITT &
CLLR HOWARD GRIFFITHS

 

I loved the event that took place at Borrowash Methodist Church on the19th February. The local Labour Party held a community consultation event around a local shopping survey. Despite the rain tumbling down lots of local people popped in to view the presentation and share their views about the Village.

A good bakery shop was a favourite with many people with "Birds" their prefered brand. Many people felt they would like a Village Hall in the centre of Borrowash. A significant number wanted a gym/sports facility in the Village. More cash machines were mentioned by over 16% of respondents. My favourite idea was a Farmers Market which I think is really worth a try. Hopefully we can feed the survey results into the right quarters and get some positive action on the many issues raised by local folk.

Local residents Helen Clark and Phillip Whitt did fine work in collating the results and a proffessional job on the written report. Well done Ockbrook and Borrowash Labour Party.

ST LAURENCE'S LOSES VICAR

Father Simon Ellis of St Laurence's, Long Eaton, has let it be known he will be joining the Catholic faith. Several clerics have left the Church of England over various issues such as the Ordination of women and the Ordination of openly gay priests. Exactly why Father Ellis is moving on is not clear. However I wish him well and hope he succeeds in his future endeavours.
Thinking about religion I am reminded of a friend of mine who when in hospital for a serious operation, was asked what her religion was, she said "none." The nurse said "I'll put you down as Church of England dear." Hmmmm....

EREWASH LABOUR AGM

Dr David Scott,Phillipa Tatham,Clare Neill and Charlie Sarell

Erewash Labour Party held it's Annual General Meeting at The Memorial Hall in Sandiacre tonight, Friday 4th March. Charlie Sarell stepped down as Chair to take over the Secretaries role and Clare Neill was elected Chair of the Constituency with Dr David Scott remaining the Constituency Treasurer. Phillipa Tatham is the new Youth Officer.

Clare Neill said, "Following the By Election result in Barnsley members were even more determined to win back Erewash for Labour. The Coalitions cuts are unfair, too deep and threaten to choke off economic recovery. The Barnsley result shows that people are angry with the Government because of broken promises, unfair cuts and half baked policies. The up and coming local Elections will give people an opportunity to send a clear message to Cameron and Clegg that their policies are deeply unpopular and totally misguided."

PUMPING PARISHES

GOING GOING GONE

Erewash Conservatives, who love cutting Borough Services, have pumped millions of pounds into Parish Councils for the last eight years. It is purely coincidental that many of them are also Parish Councillors. Whilst us urban folk have to pay through the nose for Town Centre car parking, pay for a recycling bin, fore-go a visit to the Leisure Centre on Bank Holidays, manage without free dog bags, manage without public toilets, Parish Councils have had a purple patch at our expense. I wouldn't mind it so much if the same people hadn't been against Town Councils for Ilkeston and Long Eaton. Whilst their own Government is trumpeting "localism" two hatted Erewash Councillors (or should that be two faced?) are stopping Ilkeston and Long Eaton folk from even having a vote on the issue!