Places
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Meadow View area update
Although the Meadow View area is the youngest neighbourhood of our town, it is also the most forgotten one. The…
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Energy cost crisis in… Shirebrook
The company that supplies energy to my home can’t be happy with me as a customer. From time to time,…
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A visit to Bolsover
Old Bolsover Town Council (OBTC) is the region’s leader in every respect. Most financially prudent, most active, biggest. The best…
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A visit to Barlborough
After a long break, I am returning to my series of comparisons between Shirebrook Town Council and other local Councils…
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BDC declares war on Scarcliffe Council
The post-apocalyptic landscape shown in the photograph illustrating this article is a view of the playground built by Scarcliffe Parish…
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Shirebrook at Glapwell Parish Council meeting
This article was supposed to be one of the series “A visit to …”, but what I heard and saw…
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A visit to Creswell
Sooner or later, I had to come across a Parish Council meeting where I was sitting and praying for its…
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Crematorium part 3
Some time ago, STC councillors received an invitation from BDC to take a trip to Hambleton Crematorium. This trip was…
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A visit to Ault Hucknall
Ault Hucknall Parish Councils (AHPC) is one of the smallest in Bolsover District. While going there, I thought that I…
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A visit to the South Normanton
After a very informative visit to the Withwell Parish Council meeting, this time, I went to South Normanton Parish Council…
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Labour Party-led council closing down Leisure Centre! (2012)
I dedicate this article to the internet trolls spreading fake news and misinformation about the alleged intentions of closing the…
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A visit to the Whitwell[EDIT]
[EDIT: sometime after publication of this article WPC councillor Karl Austin contacted me. He explained in detail a few issues…
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This toilet cost us £140,000. So far…
I was on Market Square yesterday, and I noticed two STC employees fixing a broken door at the public toilet.…
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Shirebrook crematorium part 2
Today’s STC meeting was attended by representatives of the BDC who made the first public presentation on a plan to…
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Shirebrook Crematorium[edited]
The residents of Shirebrook were again surprised by the transparency with which local government operates. This time, we were blind-sided…
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Blackhole? No! It’s a Shirebrook Leisure Centre!
Once again, S247 brings you a piece of information that would have remained in the shadows if there was no…
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Public footpath review (south of Shirebrook)
If you read my report after the last STC Operations Committee meeting, you know that the public footpaths legislation will…
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Storehouse – community food in Shirebrook
From time to time, the STC discusses an application for funding from various organisations. It’s called “Application for financial assistance”,…
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You can help to save the oldest trees in Bolsover District!
It’s unusual for S247 to write about issues of other areas of Bolsover District but this time we decided to…
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Confusing sign at Market Place entrance
Some time ago, one of S247 readers, wrote to me about an unusual problem he has. I don’t think I…
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