A Younger Colin Bithell

Cllr Colin Bithell Remembered

Found on Facebook Broughton. I used to meet Colin in The Maelor in 2014. We were both not in very good shape. I would bump into him in the corridors and have a chat.

Colin Bithell Remembered

http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/152369/long-serving-penyffordd-council-member-remembered-as-a-lovely-man-.aspx

Colin Bithell RIP

Colin has died this afternoon at his home. Thoughts to his family and friends.

Cllr Colin Bithell

This morning I bumped into Colin in the Post Office. I had a 5 minute conversation with him.

See ! I'm not all bitter and twisted.

Over the last 10 years Colin has suffered great loss.

The experience of Colin makes me wonder about a living god
How could God be so heartless.
He needs an apology from his god

I hope Colin is comfortable in his present circumstances.

Cement Dust Monitoring Removed

Cllr Colin Bithell in The Leader

Link http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/131467/padeswood-cement-firm-under-fire-for-closing-monitoring-station.aspx

Nigel Jones' family turn on the Xmas Lights

Cllr Colin Bithell, chairman of the Penyffordd Community Council, said it was absolutely perfect to have Mr Jones’ family light up one of the new trees.

“They were Nigel’s idea,” he said. “The family were overjoyed to do it.”

Penyffordd will have three trees with the main one under the village’s Millennium clock.

Cllr Bithell said Mr Jones had suggested a tree would act as a central focal point for people to gather around and sing carols.

He said his friend had also been keen to help the council find ways of saving money.

“The lights were costing £4,000 each year, which was a lot for a small community,” added Cllr Bithell. “We thought it was a wonderful idea.

“We’re going to have three trees with this one in the middle of the village, under the clock – somewhere all the villagers can meet.”

Mr Jones’ daughters, Anna and Claire, son Rhys and grandson Cayo Jones attended the ceremony to switch on the lights.

Full story in The Leader

Tom not happy at being side lined

At 86 years old Tom its time you packed up.

Penyffordd residents are telling you so. Can you not see this?

Cllr Colin Bithell and other cllrs see sense on the issue.

The nuts and bolts (detail) are in The Leader.

I should point out that Cllr Tom Jones OBE ( aged 86 and half ) was head school governor at Penyffordd Junior School before the amalgamation was announced.

Last time I looked Tom was also a governor at Castell Alun at Hope our school for over 11's

Cllr Colin Bithell for Hawarden Airport Expansion

in The Leader

There will be plenty  more like Colin who wish to turn our environment into a crap hole.

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Regional Airport Searches

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/8977992/Local-airports-to-double-their-capacity-in-next-40-years.html

"A spokesman for the Campaign to Protect Rural England added: “It is not just that airport expansion of this scale would trample over villages and sprawl across Green Belts. All the extra flight paths needed would criss-cross the countryside so much that by 2050, trying to find tranquillity in much of the English countryside could become as hard as looking for a needle in a haystack.”

http://www.aef.org.uk/downloads/AW_Regional_Airports_Paper_Sept2009.pdf

http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/

http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/?page_id=4775

Chairman Tom's Internet Rules

This is how Tom and Colin would wish things to be.

Be aware of the comments section it's totally uncensored

Link http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-28/china-passes-law-legalizing-deletion-internet-posts-or-pages-containing-illegal-info

Xmas Notes

A happy Xmas to all those at Hanson Cement. Today the water vapour plume from the chimney pushing into the atmosphere. It irks Cllr Colin Bithell a lot that today Xmas day Hanson will be producing 100's tons of cement whilst one man sits at the controls running the whole show.
It's the one man bit he doesn't like. That of course along with the rest. More on Cllr Bithell and his mates nearer the new year.

If chimney activity at Hanson be the indicator of British Industry we are on an upsurge. Emissions from Hanson have been daily for the last two or three weeks. This sort of activity has not been seen in the last two or three years

Father Xmas seen out for his morning jog. The photo opportunity missed.

Today I am excused visits to relatives ( or they to us ) who are mostly dead or living in a foreign land. A day of good food, a little wine, a time for reflection for the coming year.

This morning's dog walk on Pen Llan y Gwr. ( It's the mountain behind Y Hob.) From which can be seen the Wirral and Mersey Estuary, Liverpool City Centre, Jodrell Bank, Snowdonia. Well judged as this afternoon is a bit damp.

Coming up: Clive shoots himself in the foot.

Village Grant Time Again

Thank you to Scribe Nigel who has pushed the grant form through the door for the Penyffordd Wine Circle. Last year the hand outs were a farce with councillors getting revenge for my intransigence.

My continued protest on speeding traffic, etc.

Grants are handed out by Penyffordd Community Council to local groups. This is part of national governments attempt to halt the decline in local social cohesiveness which by the way continues to slide down hill rapidly.

May I suggest the following.

1. Grants are handed out on an equal, transparent and fair basis.

2. If you wish to use alcohol as an excuse for blocking grants please consider doing this across the board. ie Red Lion groups and Pontblyddyn Cricket Club which are based at licensed premises.

3. The voting for one's own groups by cllrs be it religion, youth or otherwise should be stopped as it is unfair and not allowed at county or national level.

postscript: I think the term used is " vested interests " .


Penyffordd Wine Circle could be described as the following.

A group of mainly Penyffordd residents who meet monthly who have an interest in wine and food. Previous meetings have included talks by the Erddig Head Gardener, a local beekeeper, food and drink grown in various regions of the world. Recently Ludlow Food Festival was visited.

Penyffordd Wine Circle use the Penyffordd Institute and pay money annually for the Institute's upkeep.

Notes: Cllrs Tom Jones, Colin Bithell and Clive Weed are community cllrs and are also members of the Penyffordd Institute Committee.

Last year I wrote to the Penyffordd Institute Committee condemning Cllrs Jones and Bithell for recommending Penyffordd Wine Circle should not receive any further grant money.

postcript: I got an email back saying if Institute Committee members wanted to stick the boot in to a group that had used the Institute for 25 years it was ok and above board !

Lets hope this does not arise again and that sense and fair play will prevail.

Cllr Colin Bithell on Facebook

With that well known local figure Cllr Arnold Woolley

Link 

http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/114175/padeswood-factory-cancer-probe-cost-taxpayer-500k.aspx#.T_q7Rpzu27I.facebook

The New Penyffordd Community Chairman Council

as predicted by Penyffordd District is Cllr Tom Jones.
Vice Chairman Cllr Colin Bithell.

A thank you to Scribe Nigel for supplying the answers.

Penyffordd tells Tom Jones where to go

Well done Cindy Hinds, a brave woman.

Tom's man Colin Bithell resoundingly defeated. Will county council results be translated at community council level?

Perhaps the electorate were sick of having no doctors surgery, little investment in youth facilties, the ignoring of A55 Warren Bank making the centre of Penyffordd a large short cut for through traffic and HGV.

Perhaps it was the fielding of candidates that were too old and decrepit.

ps. Tom Jones will STILL be chairman of the new Community Council. Perhaps Clive Weed might have something to say about it, maybe not !

Link http://cyfarfodyddpwyllgor.siryfflint.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=4&RPID=71366&LLL=undefined

Has Colin Bithell broken electoral law?

Colin Bithell this morning was sitting with polling staff  IN the polling room.
He was not standing outside the polling room as they normally are.

I read elsewhere that tellers who work for candidates are NOT allowed in the polling room.

Commenters complain that they found this situation intimidating.

More here in the comments section.

http://penyffordd-district.blogspot.com/2012/05/election-intell.html

Election Intell

Apparently Colin Bithell's on the door at the polling station already. I've lost our polling cards, you don't need them though. Might be asked for driving license or some other form of proof.

Penyffordd in the scheme of Flintshire Politics

The Independents want a David Williams + Colin Bithell ticket
Labour want a Cindy Hinds + A N Other ticket

2008 - 2012 Flintshire controlled by an Independent, Cons, Lib Dem  Coalition

Pre 2008 Labour controlled

Should Penyffordd Ratepayers subsidise drinking clubs

I am indebted to the attack dog who last night added interest to a quiet evening. I wonder whether the person was an ex wine circle member on the wrong medication or on too much sherry? We recently had someone leave and then tell anyone who would listen that we had closed down! lol

And to those who will listen Penyffordd Wine Circle is mainly food and social orientated. No one is sloshing bottles of wine down their necks. It's a mid week meeting and there's work next day.

Note: Each year Penyffordd Community Council are given money by FCC to distribute amongst social, sport and other groups within the village. This is law as laid down by WAG ,FCC or Westminster.

Anyway to the issue.

A few months ago Tom Jones and Colin Bithell abused their positions as councillors to recommend that Penyffordd Wine Circle receive no grant money now and in the future. No reason given, such is their arrogance. All the other councillors sat around the table saying nothing. ( cronies and lemons )

Apart from Cllr Jones and Bithell abusing their positions as cllrs  the subject requires serious debate.

1. Should grant money be awarded to such groups as the temperance related Red Lion Strollers Football Club or the Penyffordd Council Clerk's favourite watering hole Pontblyddyn Cricket Club.

If councillors object to the Wine Circle receiving money I object to other drink related groups receiving money.

2. It also raises the issue of Penyffordd Community Councillors awarding grant money to groups they and their mates have a vested interest in. It's against councillor code in my opinion.

And for those who are going to get hot under the collar. It's your mates Colin and Tom who started this ! Blame them.

Flintshire cement factory report ‘does not tell full story’

Colin Bithell commenting in fairy dust in The Leader.
http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/112110/flintshire-cement-factory-report-does-not-tell-full-story-.aspx

Fact: Colin Bithell decided that 2000 speeding cars in Chester Rd in 2007 was not of interest.

Colin Bithell has no interest in child safety in Chester Rd. He's more concerned with parked cars in his cul de sac ( that's in the minutes)

If your going to comment can you use some council minute or something to support your argument.

Penyffordd Community Council will of course punish me for my intransigence. Traffic calming for Chester Rd will be cancelled. Just you watch. There's people commenting on here who live in cloud cuckoo land.

I wonder if any Labour supporters in the village think Tom Jones and Colin Bithell such outstanding people.

Politics happen in Penyffordd.

There is a lot of naivety on here at the moment.