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Leek's original cattle market.

Friday, February 05, 2010

G OOD grief. I can't believe it. It's 50 years since the cattle market moved from Haywood Street down to Junction Road.

I can still see it as though it were only yesterday: I can hear the sounds of the animals, the indecipherable voices of the auctioneers, and the...

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A gritted Moorlands House car park.

Friday, January 22, 2010

I T ALL makes absolute sense, and so very simple – a stunning idea, thought through by genius: Don't grit the majority of the Moorlands' side...

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Charlotte Atkins: Canal breach demonstrates importance of maintaining waterways

Friday, November 20, 2009

THE major breach in the Leek arm of the Caldon Canal last week demonstrates the importance of the role British Waterways plays in maintaining our...

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Browne Sauce: I'm getting steamed up at latest rail idea

Browne Sauce: I'm getting steamed up at latest rail idea

Friday, October 16, 2009

I WOULD not want you to think I'm becoming an anorak in my old age, but I have to report that I made a special journey on Saturday morning to see a...

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View From The Monument: "Do we never learn our lessons?..."

View From The Monument: "Do we never learn our lessons?..."

Friday, October 16, 2009

IT LOOKS as though the writing is on the wall for yet another of our great institutions: Royal Mail is dying. It has been ill for quite a while,...

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Joan Walley: Voluntary action is thriving in North Staffs

Joan Walley: Voluntary action is thriving in North Staffs

Friday, October 16, 2009

YESTERDAY I was pleased to speak at the annual conference of Voluntary Action Stoke-on-Trent (VAST). This organisation is one of a number that aim...

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Doug Pickford: "I duly boarded Flight 18 that had landed at Leek airport"

Friday, October 16, 2009

I T WAS a wise person who first pointed out we are not aware of what's on our own doorsteps. Take, for instance, what goes on in the Market Place of a...

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Joan Walley: Reports back from the Labour Party Conference

Friday, October 09, 2009

LAST week I attended the Labour Party conference in Brighton. The last conference before a General Election always receives considerable attention as...

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Charlotte Atkins: CAB is vital – and free

Friday, October 09, 2009

LAST month marked the 70th anniversary of the creation of the first Citizens Advice Bureau. It opened its doors for the first time just one day after...

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Doug Pickford: The benches of Leek are a Twittering post for any news

Friday, October 09, 2009

W HAT is the point of social networking sites or Twitter when we've got the benches on the corner of Derby Street and Ball Haye Street? It's where...

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