cheadle Archives - Times Echo and Life

January 21, 2021

“Town has so much history, wildlife and eccentricity within it”

MANY more folk are taking up walking as a daily exercise, especially now that we are in our third lockdown. Here, Cheadle resident Sue Evans shares her experiences of urban walking around the Moorlands town.

Boundary review is now underway

Parliamentary constituencies are set to be reviewed over the next few years. Following the passing of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 in December 2020, and the publication of the relevant Parliamentary electorate data in January 2021, the Boundary Commission for England has now begun a new review of all Parliamentary constituencies in England.

Community venue roof project makes progress

A project to repair the roof of a much-valued community venue is making good progress. The Guild Hall in Tape Street, Cheadle is currently having works carried out to revamp the building's roof.

Cheadle music maestro set for North America tour

A successful music artist from the Moorlands is planning to tour North America and Ireland when travelling is permitted once again. London-born Seamus Fitzsimmons, who lives in Cheadle, has had three number one hits in the Irish Country charts over the past 20 years, including his most recent single ‘I Wanna Be.’

Jail sentence for racial abuse

A Moorlands man has been jailed after racially abusing a shop keeper in his home town. Steven Bradshaw, aged 43 of High Street, Cheadle, has been sentenced to ten months in jail after verbally and physically abusing a shop assistant last Summer.

Share memories and donations for community venue

A Zumba instructor is appealing for memories from the community of their time at a much-valued venue where she normally holds her classes. Maura Frith is making the appeal as part if a fund-raising drive to help pay towards the cost of repairing the roof of the Guild Hall in tape Street, Cheadle.

The 13-year-old star lighting up the Moorlands

A teenager from the Moorlands has become the talk of the town after his festive initiative blew up online. In November, 13-year-old Dainton Campbell from Cheadle decided to create a lighted Christmas star made from coat hangers and fairy lights in the hope of selling them on to fund his Airfix model obsession.

Thanks for supporting town’s foodbank

A supermarket and a dentist have both been thanked by a charity for their recent donations. Morrisons supermarket in Cheadle has been supporting Cheadle and District Foodbank from the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown.

Council şet to invest in leisure centre

A council is set to invest more than £25,000 in helping to provide a special facility to allow disabled users to access and use leisure facilities in the Moorlands. The funds for the facilities at the South Moorlands Leisure Centre in Cheadle, if approved, are set to come from a Staffordshire Moorlands District Council (SMDC) pot of cash named as discretionary Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG).

“We have lost one of Cheadle’s true characters”

Tribute has been paid to a much-loved character in the Moorlands. David William Byatt, who was known as Sam, sadly passed away at the age of 55, on December 1, at his home in Cheadle.

“I really cannot thank everyone enough”

A family has been overwhelmed by the support they have received from a Moorlands community following a house fire which destroyed most of the family's possessions. The fire at a property in Dovedale Close in Cheadle happened on Saturday, December 5 and saw many of Jen Marie and her children's possessions destroyed by the blaze.

MP takes lack of consultation concern to House of Commons

A member of Parliament has taken his concerns surrounding the ‘lack of consultation’ regarding a project to revamp a Moorlands town to the House of Commons. The concerns raised by MP Bill Cash last week surrounded the controversial Cheadle Town Centre Projects initiative which is being implemented by Staffordshire Moorlands District Council.

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