I hope you can join me again for the first time in over a year.

There is much maintenance / repair work required on Crompton Moor and the initial task is the access road drainage – spades being the tool of the day.

Please ensure you have your favourite hot & or cold liquids, warm clothing, appropriate footwear and a packed lunch (if required) to suit the weather on the day.

If you have any issues that you may wish to discuss prior to Sunday, 11 April 2021 please do not hesitate to email (on either address) or text / phone me on 07961107860.

For those of you that have not already done so, please could you let me know if you intend to join me on the day.

I look forward to seeing you in the Crompton Moor Car Park from 10.30 onwards on Sunday, 11 April 2021.

Thank you. Stay healthy, stay safe. Kindest Regards

Edward John Fulton (aka Ed / Eddie), Countryside Volunteer Ranger, (Mob) 07961 107860 [Calls may be recorded], (Text) 07961 107860, (Fax)  01706 661813. (E)  edward@edwardjohnfulton.uk 

Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!

Please note dates have changed from earlier advertised.

Activities for our young people funded by your local Liberal Democrat councillors.

A traffic safety scheme is to be introduced around Crompton House School which will include the introduction of a 20-mph speed limit on Grampian Way to Duchess Street; road humps on Duchess Street and Grampian Way;  Double Yellow Lines at the corner of Fraser Street and Duchess Street and a Puffin Crossing on Rochdale Road.

Work has already started, and Crompton Ward councillors we are working with residents to address any teething concerns that have come about as a result of the works.

We are asking if the 20-mph speed limit could include the top end of Trent Road to address speeding vehicles around St Andrew’s Methodist Church, Top Shops and of course St Andrew’s Pre-School – the scheme could also include Hawkshead Road.

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A government decision to force Councils to again meet in public after May 6 whilst allowing Parliament to meet remotely represents double standards on the issue of public safety and will needlessly endanger the health of any participants, says Liberal Democrat Group Leader Councillor Howard Sykes MBE.

“We all want full Council meetings to recommence in person at the Civic Centre when it is safe to do so, but now is too soon,” commented Councillor Sykes.  “We are still in the middle of a pandemic.  Many of our younger residents have yet to be vaccinated and those that have received the vaccine are mostly still awaiting the protection promised by a second jab.  It has proven entirely possible to take public questions and allow the public to view proceedings at virtual Council meetings during the last year.  It therefore seems sheer madness to endanger lives at this time when we could stay virtual for just a little longer and return to normality later this year.” 

The first meeting after May’s local elections will be the Annual Council held on 19 May.  Annual Council is usually the busiest of the year as it is the meeting where  the new Mayor is appointed.  This year is likely to be busier than usual as two new worthy Freemen of the Borough – Frank Rothwell and Kevin Sinfield MBE – and one new distinguished Alderman – former Liberal Democrat Councillor John Dillon will also be appointed. 

Councillor Sykes continued:  “Given the requirement for social distancing, such a meeting, that may be attended by several hundred people, cannot be held in the Council Chamber.  The only building nearby where this might be possible would be the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and even then, it would still be a logistical nightmare.  On this issue, any common-sense seems to have flown out of the Government’s window.  It is simply an unnecessary and unneeded distraction at a time when Oldham and other Councils should be working flat out to deal with the COVID-19 emergency and supporting residents impacted by it.”