Penyffordd Community Council Website

Penyffordd and District Community Council now has its own official website. I think Cllr David Williams has brought it all together. The front page looks pleasing with a photo montage at the top. Progress into the 21st century. It will be interesting how long it takes for it to appear on Google searches.
It took me 9 months to get Lisa's commercial site to be indexed on Google. To get onto the first page of a Google search is a very large task. Internet firms will pay £100's of thousands to get to the top of the first page. So there has been great cheating by "black hat programmers" to get certain webpages to the top. Google's search algorithm is one of the best kept secrets in the world.
Lets see how long the website takes to be seen by Google.

Just to be little there is a spelling mistake on the first page.

It says I can advertise on the site. Since David does not even answer my email's I think this will prove difficult.

My website is free, easy to use with the likes of Cllrs Linda Vidamour or Cllrs Cindy Hinds or David being able to put stuff on every day where the Penyffordd Community Council's new site although prettier than mine will cost money on a monthly basis ad infinitum (might be wrong we shall see) . Updating the site will have to be done by a programmer of html.

I did offer to do one for free and turn it over to the Penyffordd Community Council..................

I thought I'd have a look at prices for the website but the owners are just setting up although they do say they are carbon neutral. I find this hard to believe given all the waffle (most probably wrong on that bit) they manage to put on the main page. It looks like Penyffordd Community Council is their first customer. (wrong see below)
Good luck SequentialDesigns.

Link http://www.sequentialdesigns.co.uk/

Postscript:
Second time in 14 days I jump to conclusions that are not correct
Paul Grant is owner of Sequential Designs. Paul has done work for many companies.

Paul says " we have designed websites for many companies and also been responsible for several of the graphics seen at the Wimbledon Championships 2008 as well as many LTA events, see http://www.crosssports.co.uk for one of our latest websites, if you look in its gallery of wimbledon you will see the graphic design dotted around the Wimbledon grounds we completed last year - just one example of a recent client of ours."

Paul is doing the website as a favour for Cllr David Williams.

Penyffordd Community Council Meeting April 2008

Lisa normally goes but a bad back has put her out of kilter. Now that we are in the digital age it is possible with a few mouse clicks to forward dates to all interested parties. There are kids screaming and shouting on the main road. Whilst the councillors will have been in the meeting about 100 speeders wil have gone passed their meeting room. Will speeding in Chester Rd make it onto tonight's agenda?
Will my meeting with Edwina be discussed.
As usual Clerk Nigel hides the agenda at the Post Office. This came in handy the other month when Cllr Colin Bithell was trying to get Flintshire County Council to take me to court for slander. The agenda items being 15 and 16.

Double Standards at Flintshire County Council

cc: Arnold Woolley Council Leader; Cllr Cindy Hinds ; Mark Isherwood AM ; Carl Langland ; Oldfield, Alun (A/Insp 1371; North Wales Police, Chief Superintendent Ruth Purdie; AM Sargeant, Carl ; Mark Tami MP; Cllr Linda Vidamour ; Cllr David Williams.

Hi Leader . A letter for consideration.

Re Speed Humps plan to halt dangerous drag racing.

I read in The Leader that Flintshire County Council's Director of Environment Carl Longland is considering speed humps to stop illegal drag racing where vehicles compete over a fixed distance in Deeside and Flint. Here in Penyffordd we have rat runners who hurl through Chester Rd each morning by the 100 on a major route to school. At weekends we have motorcyclists doing 140 mph along Penyffordd By Pass which due to illegal exhausts can be heard for miles. Cllr Tony Sharps Head of Roads meanwhile sits behind 20 mph humps in his village of Northop Hall.

Are double standards being applied here? Northop Hall all tied down and Chester Rd Penyffordd a major route to school as open as the A55.

The constant refrain is we have no money but Carl Longland manages to find money for roads that are not centres of communities at the drop of a hat.

regards Colin Hughes

Penyffordd District

Link The Daily Post

I'd put the Leader link down but can't find it. The Daily Post and Chester Chronicle ignore any letters I send. Perhaps the letters aren't good enough. lol

Postscript. Cllr Tony Sharps in Friday's Leader says the money needing to be spent could have been put towards better use on safety in other parts of the county. Quite right Tony.

keyword: Colin Everett

The Chief Constable scorns North Wales communities

In The Daily Post Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom scorns the lack of residents who attend neighbourhood forums. It would appear I am a "grouser". He criticizes those who go on about dog fouling. I know a Buckley councillor who puts dog fouling at the top of his priorities.

North Wales Police have been amateur in the way they arrange meetings if Penyffordd is anything to go by. Here a leaflet would be put up the day before a meeting. Most people have busy lives and next day is too near the event.

Residents in communities tend to get on with their own lives. The only time they will go to a forum if they know about it is if they have issues.

The main issue in Penyffordd as far as I know is outstanding with no improvement. ( this is not speeding cars)
Over a 1000 speeding vehicles through the village centre each day, the police do not want to know.
I don't go to the neighbourhood forums as CBM Chris Pullen took speeding off the list. He has as far as I know never asked Flintshire County Council to look at the speed data for Penyffordd.

Here's his say on the matter The Daily Post

Policing Pledge

A few residents in Penyffordd maybe interested in this.
Will it make any difference?
In my case there are over a 1000 vehicles a day that speed through the village.
Also North Wales Police will not support an HGV ban even though we have a bypass

Link Direct.Gov Uk

Goings on at Shire Hall March 2009

Alison has changed the web colours from the lime green so it is now possible to read the blog without risking a headache.

Link Cllr Alison Halford

Union dismay at Airbus job cuts

Link Walesonline.

Apologies

An unreserved apology to Cllrs Edwina and Stan Davies for comments made in the link below. I added 2 + 2 and came up with the wrong conclusion. Comments made have been edited out. A lesson for me to learn.


Link http://penyffordd-district.blogspot.com/2009/03/chester-rd-speeding-update.html

Environment Agency Newsletter March 2009

Penyffordd drop-in sessions
Two drop-in sessions were held in
Penyffordd Memorial Hall on 30th September
and 1st October 2008.These gave a chance for
people living near the Castle Cement plant to
find out what we were doing and to raise their
concerns with us.People who attended said
they wanted the ability to contact us direct if
there is a pollution incident and also for us to
provide an update on our work in the area at
least once a year.
If there is a pollution incident contact us on our
24 hour incident line 0800 80 70 60 and we will
investigate.

Penyffordd drop-in sessions
An update on Castle Cement

During 2008,odour became a concern for some
people.The temporary nature of this type of
complaint makes it difficult to investigate.We
will continue to work with Castle Cement to
identify all possible causes of odour.We have
also identified other sources of odour nearby
including burning of cables and rubbish and
landspreading.

Complaints about noise and dust were
significantly down in 2008
Numbers of complaints 2007-08
Site audits.
We recently carried out audits of Castle
Cement's management system and their
arrangements for monitoring emissions from the
site. The management system audit was carried
out jointly with the Health &Safety Executive.
We examined how they manage risk,comply
with their permit,how well they monitor
airborne emissions and how to improve
environmental performance.
The control room at Castle Cement
In general the audits showed the site complies
with the permit,has effective systems to control
environmental risks and the people working
there have a positive attitude towards
environmental performance. They also showed
that some management systems need to be
reviewed to make sure they continue to
improve.
Arrangements for monitoring emissions to air
from the permitted release points were generally
satisfactory although some further information
on the calibration of the monitors has been
requested.
We have completed our investigations into the
noise,dust and fire incidents of 2007 and the
file is currently with our legal department.
For more information or if you wish to provide
comments or suggestions relating to the content
of future newsletters please contact Julia Frost
on 01244 894558 or email
julia.frost@environment-agency.wales.gov.uk.
www.environment-agency.gov.uk

Will your child or grandchild be next?

Arrests after cyclist boy's death

Link The BBC

With over 1000+ speeders through Chester Rd Penyffordd every day the above scenario is a distinct possibility. We had a near miss last year a young girl on a green bike, most councillors have no interest in village safety whatsoever. I cannot think of any other village road that is as fast as Chester Rd.

Wrong priorities - child safety relegated below pathwork

cc Chief Superintendent Ruth Purdie and Inspector Alun Oldfield.

I tend to stay away from the road. I live in the back of the house and spend most of the day in my greenhouse which is an extra 75 yds from Chester Rd. I understand CBM Chris Pullen has deigned to visit Chester Rd and opines that there isn't much speeding traffic.
Today I have decided I have had enough of some mature leylandii so I have been around the front of the house loading cuttings into the car. Traffic continues to hammer through the village every minute or two. Why should it not? We have no speed camera, Arrive Alive have given up, CBM Chris Pullen has no interest what so ever in speeding the road is wide open with no traffic calming. I'm sure over a 1000+ speeding vehicles each day will not even reach the pages of his next village audit.

This portion edited out.

FCC seem fine adding to Penyffordd pathways but have no interest in child safety.

Village safety appears to have been forgotten......................

Community Policing a sham....................................

North Wales Police currently refuse to back an HGV ban even though we have a bypass.

Flintshire County Council refuse to cough up the speeding traffic data allowing agencies to sit on their hands.

Will Peter J Evans of Flintshire County Council Scrutiny do his work properly or will he side with the agencies of Flintshire County Council, North Wales Police and Arrive Alive who conspire to do nothing thereby endangering Penyffordd children and OAP's? Our village environment trashed everyday by unwanted speeders by the 1000.

Internet Problems

I hate these. We have 2 or 3 machines networked then out through a BT 205 box. Internet is off.
Well it isn't really as 2 emails have crept through. Web browsing will not work.

The BT box says we are synchronised.

The dreaded phonecall. The person of course is of foreign extraction and English is not her first language. So she has Lisa try various ping tests. Looks impressive but shows nothing is wrong.
This goes on for 30 mins. So she passes us onto a different department. The man on this end says it will cost £25 if they fix it. We decide to decline.

So still no internet

Before ringing BT I have restarted the computer, turned off BT box for a few minutes.
So I have the idea of turning network box off.

Put this back on after a minute, hurray we have internet.

How does a network box allow 2 emails through but no browsing?
We keep a spare BT box adsl modem after years of problems.

Briefing - Penyffordd Community Council Meeting March 2007

Cllr Edwina Davies not present.
CBM Chris Pullen no report - council moved meeting date.

Cllr Cindy Hinds brought up the issue of having a PCSO part time. This has been discussed previously and voted out. Council is to write to Chief Superintendent Ruth Purdie to discuss this further.

Cllr David Williams has been working on a Penyffordd Community website. It continues to trundle on to completion. Costs yet to appear. Our's costs us £20 a month, plus web domain name charges plus me who puts stuff on our commercial website for free. http://www.ladylisabooks.com/

Discussed a review of the electoral arrangements for Flintshire. ie which houses are in Penyffordd and District electoral ward. It was decided to get the definitive map from Flintshire County Council. We currently have the issue where half the houses on Wrexham Rd are in Penyffordd and the other half in Hope.

Quite a lot of issues discuss correspondence between FCC and councillors. It is not seen by residents.

To be continued........

Time to buy our red wine from England?

Link Wales on Line

Flintshire County Council and Speed Limits

In the the Flintshire Leader tonight Treuddyn residents protesting against the 60 mph speed limit passed their village. The road is the A5104 the same one that is our Penyffordd By Pass. I travel from Penyffordd to Treuddyn most days. Tonight I was nearly taken out by a Volvo driver between Penyffordd and Pontybodkin on the bends, 3 foot over the white line, its a dangerous stretch of road.
From now until late Autumn this road will be race practice for many 1000's of cars and motorcycles. Motorcycles are allowed highly illegal exhaust systems and 100mph speeding with impunity.
North Wales Police seem impotent to deal with speeding or illegal exhausts in North Wales.

Arrive Alive and Flintshire County Council will not share data with communities.
They hide their gross efficiency by hiding the true statistics.
The system for getting Arrive Alive shrouded in secrecy.
Their qualifying system a load of bull.

In The Leader it says Treuddyn have been trying for 15 years. What is it about Flintshire County Council and speed limits?
Is it not time for communities to have the ultimate say on speed through their communities whether it be 20mph or 70 mph.

Lord of the Manor?

About 2 weeks ago I wrote an email to County Councillor David Williams asking him about his efforts in stopping over a 1000 vehicles speeding through the village everyday.
He has of course ignored my email.

Is their grounds over his conduct?
Perhaps.
David thinks he can do what he likes.
He forgets he signed up to work for us.

Vandalism in Chester Rd Penyffordd

Click to enlarge. Carried out Wednesday night, Thursday morning.

Airbus Parent Company spells out the financials for 2009

Link FT

Carnage on the roads continues

1. Two funerals in Angelsey this week after a young man hit a tree with 4 occupants in the car.

2. Vehicle leaves road at Rhydymwyn 54 year old male killed the day before yesterday.

3. Five killed on the Wirral including a 6 year old from Wrexham

Tomorrow night Penyffordd Community Council meet. We have over a 1000 vehicles speeding through the village everyday. Speeding is usually ignored by most councillors and CBM Chris Pullen.

Is this carnage not a wake up call?

North Wales Police are talking tough about speeding. Are they just smoke and mirrors though?

Is it not time for action from Flintshire County Council and the Welsh Assembly?

Penyffordd Community Council continues to sleep walk with regards village safety.

Penyffordd to have it's own official website?

Penyffordd Community Council on Wednesday has an item on the agenda about a community council website. As per usual Nigel the clerk puts the agenda on the notice board showing the first page and hiding the others.
Hope Nigel's dog has fully recovered after it's recent vehicular altercation.

Recent House Sales in Penyffordd

Sales recently added within 500 metres of CH4 0LS
• 25, Hazel Drive, Penyffordd, CH4 0NF - Sold for £145,000 on 23-01-2009
• 17, Bilberry Close, Penyffordd, CH4 0LT - Sold for £87,000 on 19-12-2008

In future I will have figures for most of Penyffordd. One wonders if the Billberry Close sale was a distressed sale.

Enterprise blossoms in Penyffordd

One young gentleman is buying sweets in Penyffordd Post Office for 5 pence and selling them for 7 pence at school. A good profit margin with few overheads.

Play Area to be built

on over grown land at the side of the Millstone. The new facility will consist of a sand/play area and community garden and allotment.

Ref. The Leader

Castle Cement to go

They are going to call it Hanson Cement instead. I think Hanson are to run Heidelberg's cement interests in the UK.

A Letter published in today's Leader

Dear Leader

A letter for consideration.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

So Martin Phillips feels we have gone too far with CCTV. I see none of the main political parties
promising to dismantle our "Orwellian Nightmare" system as he calls it or to guarantee the proper use of data collected.

CCTV does have community benefits, it acts as a deterrent, it stifles criminal movement. It can gather evidence that can be

used in prosecution of anti social behaviour. There are times when witnesses are too fearful to give evidence, CCTV circumvents

this issue.

In the near future I hope communities will make full use of technology available. North Wales Police, local councillors
and communities have the tools to drive anti social behaviour into the ground if managed properly.

It could be an electronic neighbourhood watch.

Communities could have local networks of cameras guarding their streets and properties. With the use of camera networks,

police bodycams, emails, text, Blackberries, Facebook and Twitter to give full communications with our CBM's we

communities have the power to turn our CBM's into RoboCop.
The future does not have to be 1984 if the politicians have the foresight to see this and make laws to satisfy the electorate.

Colin Hughes
Penyffordd District

Many Thanks Evening Leader

The letter started out in the shape of wanting covert speed cameras in Chester Rd but had to take it out as it was too off topic, never mind perhaps another occasion will present itself. Still over 1000 vehicles speeding through Chester Rd, Penyffordd each day.

keywords. Inspector Alun Oldfield, Chief Superintendent Ruth Purdie.

An email to Flintshire Community Safety Partnership

Dear Flintshire Community Safety Partnership,

I read with interest that you are to hold a public meeting

in the Alyn and Deeside Room at County Hall about Community Safety today. ( correction Tuesday March 17th 5.45 - 8.00 pm )

I understand that Cllrs Cindy Hinds and Linda Vidamour from Penyffordd

will be attending. (not so they are going to a neighbourhood forum) ( all these meetings lol)

As you hold data that shows Chester Rd, Penyffordd to have well over

1000 vehicles a day that speed through our village perhaps you might

wish to discuss with Cindy and Linda actions to be taken to stop this daily gross abuse of our village that has its own by-pass.

regards Colin Hughes

Chester Rd Penyffordd.

A Major Route to School.


keywords: Colin Everett Chief Executive, Hugh Jones, Safety Officer, Gerraint Jones.

Alcohol

In The Independent

Healthy living: There's always been something about the tone or manner or nature of health advice that didn't chime with the claimed intent. You can almost believe what you want. Studies say that red wine halves the risk of cancer, or doubles it. That alcohol causes dementia, or prevents it. That it's a life extender, or a life shortner. It's a lucky dip.

But the number of recommended alcohol units has been falling inexorably since the idea of units was invented. If you consume, oooh, 100 units a week, you get some quite judgmental looks. That's the only constant.

A hundred units is probably a bit much, but I find it better than abstinence. When I gave up alcohol entirely for a couple of years I wanted to die.

It was the boredom. The undifferentiated day. The watchfulness. Perpetual sobriety simply doesn't suit some people. It would definitely be a life shortner in my case. So when reports came through last week that two glasses of wine a day increases a woman's chance of breast cancer by 12 per cent ... I decided not to believe it. I know nothing about statistics, or epidemiological research, or cancer – but I just don't believe it. Maybe it's the researchers or maybe it's the news editor that reported it. But I'll bet my whole life savings that it's baloney. Anyway, I've decided to be one of those people who live as long as they want by doing what they like.

Simon Carr

Link The Independent

McClean's continue with Meadowslea

Building starts again. There is a crane putting scaffold up and men working on the service road.

Would I commit millions of pounds in this property downturn which is currently not at its bottom?

Brave People.

My Crime Reference Number Arrives

A few weeks late but....never mind. I think you should always report crime so that a true picture is built up. I had my windscreen and rear wipers broken off. Pretty effective especially when you go to get in the car and its raining. The previous weekend my doorlocks were damaged in a separate incident.
Whoever did this knows how to damage cars. Its targeted at me because of my stance on speeding cars passed the house which is in the middle of the village or my views on various councillors. Take your pick.
If there is a next time they will be on infra red video.

Police Forum Thoughts

Lisa went to the Neighbourhood Forum in the Penyffordd British Legion. Well worth going even if the meeting got a bit mobile. CBM Chris Pullen in charge. Present were County Councillor Cindy Hinds and Councillor Linda Vidamour. NOT PRESENT were all the other councillors.

The last neighbourhood forum before the local elections saw numerous councillors present.

Chris gave some good ways of dealing with issues, he is a good for the village community. Chris and myself do not however share mine and Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom's view on speeding through villages.

Also good for the village are Cindy and Linda.

If you want to find out what's going on in the village the forum is the place to go. Next door to me 2 laptops and a mobile phone have been stolen. This has resulted in a change of strategy with regards my back yard security.

Chief Constable Richard Brunstron definitely leaving

this year. So says our village CBM.

All change at The Red Lion

The current landlord of The Red Lion is moving lock stock and barrel to The Swan in Higher Kinnerton. He is taking all his staff with him.

Police Neighbourhood Forum

Tonight in the Penyffordd British Legion. Will speeding traffic be on the menu?
North Wales Police want Penyffordd Community Council to help pay for a cycle for CBM Chris Pullen.
Chris is over 6ft 4ins and about 16 stone. The cycle is a bad idea I think.
If NWP want a better street presence would it not be better for him to park his car ( wrong on that one, only has a vehicle if one is available in the fleet) and walk around? Chris also has a little office in The Spar. Although there will not be a list of times he will be there due to operational reasons.

Airbus to cut production

Today, Airbus said it was cutting production of its A320 family of planes, which includes the A318, A319, and A321, from 36 a month to 34 from October 2009.

Link Wales On Line

Dobshill Speed Reduction Petition

This last week Cllr Cindy Hinds has spoke at Flintshire County Council in support of a reduction from 60mph to 30 mph. Cindy has supported Dobshill folk in their fight for a reduction in the speed limit for some time.

I myself feel communities should have far more say on local speed limits. In fact we should be able to adjust speed limits ourselves. Its like pulling teeth without anaesthetic dealing with Shire Hall. I have spoke to various residents throughout Flintshire on this matter they all have similar experiences. I know of places where people have been killed and they will still not see sense.

The Cure

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body — the producers and consumers themselves.

Herbert Hoover

An email to Carl Sargeant AM - Speeding in Chester Rd. Penyffordd.

cc: Cllr Arnold Woolley ; Cllr David Williams ; Cllr Linda Vidamour ; Mark Stewart Airbus HR Director; Cllr Tony Sharps; Oldfield, Alun (A/Insp 1371) ; Evening Leader; Carl Langland ; Hugh Jones FCC Road Safety; Cllr Tom Jones ; Mark Isherwood AM; Cllr Cindy Hinds; Cllr Patrick Heesom; Geraint_Jones FCC Road Safety; Colin Everett Chief Executive Flintshire County Council; Arrive Alive.

Dear Carl,

Hope you are well

Emails have been a bit light but the problem still persists.

Rat runs each day, wholesale speeding by shift workers, holidaymakers and shoppers ripping through at the weekend.

One of the lesser known benefits of the credit crunch is that it has had a reasonable positive effect on speeding.

Less vehicles, less speeding.

We could of course get Hugh Jones ( Road Safety FCC) to do traffic measurements

to prove my theory but FCC are very shy on sharing the benefits

of technology, part of which I have paid for.

I hope the article in today's Daily Post is a sign that attitudes are changing.

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2009/02/17/new-traffic-officers-could-tackle-a55-queues-55578-22942061/

We do however still have a councillor or two signed up to keep us as a trunk road.

Home Zones appear to be beyond their comprehension.

Perhaps I should have chosen a cul de sac 30 years ago?

Perhaps they will change their minds or retire?

regards Colin Hughes.

fighting to live in a village and not a short cut race track, we have a bypass!

ps Have Arrive Alive been disbanded? Haven't seen a van for a month or two.

20 mph progressing?

In The Daily Post

The report also recommends that the Welsh Assembly Government should review its policy on 20mph zones.

Children are by far the worst victims of urban road accidents. AMs want the government to look at the impact of schemes such as play or home zones in Northern Europe.

A high-quality driver education programme for schools should also be considered, the committee said.

Link The Daily Post

Penyffordd Community Council Circa ?

Councillors Top Row from the left. Tom Jones CBE, Joe Davies, Sam Shone, Stan Davies, an other.
Bottom row left to right. Margaret Jones, an other, Joe Bell, GNI Jones (Clerk to the Council), Edwina Davies.

an others to be accounted for.

Penyffordd Panto 2009

Photographs can be searched for and purchased here using the search words Penyffordd and Panto . The Evening Leader

Well done to those who organised the event and those who supported the panto.

Houses sold recently within 500 metres of Penyffordd Post Office

Sales recently added within 500 metres of CH4
• 15, Fammau View Drive, Penyffordd, CH4 0JQ - Sold for £120,000 on 28-11-2008

Penyffordd Community Council February meeting tonight at 6.30 pm

In the Penyffordd Institute. Members of the public are welcome but cannot normally say anything.
Although you can always grab a councillor after.

The Millstone new telephone number

The Millstone telephone number is 01244 548824.

Mr Fox in a garden

Lambing season starts, proud mum with triplets just born minutes before

Click to enlarge

The Mold Riots 1869

The Leader have an article by Rob Bellis on the Mold Riots. Miners were that mad at a mines manager called Young who was lowering their wages that they marched him from Leeswood to Penyffordd Station where he was bundled on a train to Mold.

The resultant riot saw soldiers firing shots into a rioting crowd which claimed lives.

Link The Leader

A Country Walk in the Snow

Weather Outlook

Looks like S Wales, SW England, Ireland and Scotland are getting rain, sleet, hail and snow.
But not us.........for now. Bad weather is not reaching above Mid Wales.

Postscript. Looks like some on its way this afternoon.

The Bin Men play a fast one?

Flintshire County Council Refuse Department normally come by at lunch time. Today they are passed at 9.30am before Lisa has got the bags out. Must be part of the new landfill strategy.......................

Or are they coming back as everybody's bags are outside?

Postscript: Yes they do.

Its snowball time

Our village youth (about 15) ( 2nd Division in terms of being bad) have been outside the house for the last hour or two (It's 8 pm ish) . Cars and lorries are getting bombarded with snowballs. As are my windows and others in the row. Is it time to call the police?
With the roads being like they are snowball troubles must be a bit down the list.

The side roads are treacherous. Brain deads are coming down Penymynydd Rd and not stopping at the end. One idiot ended up in the front of a lorry on Chester Rd, good job the lorry could brake.

Cars are travelling too close. Its best to stay off the roads leave the idiots to it.

Lisa has to take the dogs for a walk so she has to pass the snowball mob. At the time they were bombarding some motorist going up Penymynydd Rd. They are not quite sure of straining bull terriers on leads. So Lisa is let off with only one snowball. They shout comments at Lisa which would suggest some of them were the youth who climbed on the Legion roof last year.
For people without a couple of savage dogs this group are intimidating.

Batten down the hatches global warming set to continue

Snow and freezing weather threaten to shut down Britain

Arctic blizzards are set to cause a national shutdown tomorrow as forecasters warn of the most widespread snowfall for almost 20 years.

Link The Sunday Telegraph

Sunday Walk

The dog has a fascination with horses if controlled he will lick a horse.

Mr Crocodile at Plas Uchaf Hall lying on top of the gargoyle wall.

Outside Llanfynydd a War Memorial

An old Lime Kiln near Bwlchgwyn near Werngate Farm.
The owner of farm was very friendly.
We talked about mining rights in the area. He directed us to the lime kiln.
Its nice to meet people who will give you the time of day. There are too many millions of social cripples in this world who have never been taught on how to socialise.

A gargoyle at Plas Uchaf Hall outside of Llanfynydd. There are about ten of them in the wall, a lovely house, the use of a stream through the property very imaginative.
That's an arm or a leg he or she is chewing!

Letter - Time to put communities before speeding motorists

Dear Leader

A letter for consideration.

Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom is to be congratulated for showing leadership with regards mounting traffic issues in North Wales. In particular his view on 20 mph zones in communities is most welcome. A sizeable element of the motoring public still

refuse to respect communities that they drive through thereby causing danger and unwanted noise pollution. It would be good if our

political leaders can take on board what the Chief Constable advocates and make our communities more safe and environmentally

friendly.

regards Colin Hughes

Chester Rd Racetrack, Penyffordd.

The Chief Constable backs 20 mph in villages

SPEED limits throughout Wales should be slashed to 20mph, controversial North Wales chief constable Richard Brunstrom told AMs yesterday.

He believes some of the most dangerous roads are in urban areas where children need protection from speeding drivers.

Wales should follow the example of Scotland and make widespread use of tougher limits, he said.

“We have a much bigger problem, particularly with child casualties, in built-up areas,” Mr Brunstrom said.

“We don’t use play-zones, street-zoning... which is commonplace in much of northern Europe. We scarcely use 20mph limits.

Full article here. The Western Mail

What goes on at Shire Hall Part Two

Cllr Alison Halford ( Conservative) for Ewloe has a blog which is interesting to read. The blog colours do however need changing as the blog colours are very wearing on the eye. So we have a blog from Cllr Arnold Woolley (Independent) and one from Alison. All we need now is one from Labour and the Lib Dems for some balance. Perhaps they are already out there..............

Link Alison's Blog, Arnold Woolley,

Chief Constable Brunstrom lays it out

Mr Brunstrom presented a draft manifesto for policing the roads to the Assembly’s enterprise and learning committee. It warned police will make full use of anti-social behaviour laws against nuisance drivers.

Roadside cameras will be overseen by a new single body for the whole of Wales from April.

The document says police will try to reduce road deaths through educating drivers, but adds: “We will also be resolute in enforcing legislation in relation to speeding, drink/drugs driving, seat belt and mobile phones.”

Mr Brunstrom, the road policing head of the Association of Chief Police Officers Wales, said the manifesto was aimed at police officers to help them focus on ‘what needs to be done’.

Read whole article The Daily Post

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Inspector Alun Oldfield not so resolute with regards speeding for Chester Rd, Penyffordd.
In fact he doesn't want to know.

Gaucho not

The other day I took a picture of the dog with some horses ( here). I don't like having much to do with horses, they are big and can be unpredictable.
Cue forward to today. I am standing in a field of mud, horse manure and urine that is a foot deep. I have hold of an aluminium gate. Next to me is a horse (the brown one in the link) that has put its hoof through the gate structure and its hoof is trapped in the gate. Its hoof has to be kept in the air due to how its leg is trapped.
Health and safety issues. If the horse panics it will break its leg and possible damage me. I have tried to release hoof from gate but it will not budge. A sense of helplessness pervades.

The owner thankfully arrives with a farmer who has a hacksaw. The lady steadies the horse, I hold the gate, farmer hacksaws through gate and horse is released.
The lady owner has been there before me and gone for help.

This is me in the aftermath the photo does not do justice to the amount of mud I have on me. A foot of mud up my trousers, my hands caked in mud.
I do not want anymore adventures of this kind...................

Request for FOIE's to Flintshire County Council

have all been "lost" apart from one. This involves giving me traffic data which they are loath to do.
Up to recently they never acknowledged my FOIE's. Now you get a robot reference number. They have an online form to fill in your request.

The problem being you do not get a copy of the FOIE you have sent. I took to copying FOIE's to the blog and email copies to Penyffordd councillors. This of course is no proof that Flintshire County Council received my FOIE's.

So do I start again? I have all the requests I asked about. I just do not have the proof that Flintshire County Council received the requests.

The new robot system of course now proves they have received the request.
Or has the robot system been in place all along?...................................

Hello

Firebrigade in Terrace Lane

Last night at 8.00pm. Someone had set fire to some rubbish in a field.
Its made The Leader today.

What goes on at Shire Hall

Here is Flintshire County Council Leader Arnold Woolley's view of what goes on at Shire Hall, Mold.
Not too many dates flying around so you need to make sure what year Arnold is in when discussing Shire Hall issues.

Link Arnold Woolley News

More councillors sorry I mean Emu's

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Nick Owen of Penyffordd in The Daily Post

About 85 apprenticeships are on offer this year across Airbus UK’s two sites at Broughton and Filton, near Bristol, which together form the centre of excellence for wing and pylon design and manufacture for Airbus.

Nick Owen, a former apprentice from Penyffordd, said: “I joined Airbus in 2003 as a craft apprentice after completing my AS levels.

“I gained hands on skills and experience whilst completing the craft apprenticeship, then transferred to a higher apprenticeship.

“Airbus has encouraged me to continue learning and I am now in the final year of my B.Eng aeronautical engineering (manufacture) degree, as well as being a fully qualified product assurance engineer.”

Read the rest The Daily Post

keyword : HR Mark Stewart

A Letter to the Road Haulage Association

Road Haulage Association,
Roadway House,
35 Monument Hill,
Weybridge, Surrey KT13 8RN,
Telephone: 01932 841515,
Facsimile: 01932 852516

Dear Sirs

I live in a small village called Penyffordd nr Chester we have a bypass. Each morning scum bag lorry drivers speed through our village. Is it possible to inform your members that are situated
around Penyffordd that the speed limit is 30 mph? This limit finishes half way up the hill.

I write this letter as North Wales Police, Arrive Alive, Cllr David Williams and numerous community councillors will do nothing to stop this daily rat run.

regards Colin Hughes
Chester Rd Penyffordd.

An email to Arnold Woolley Leader of Flintshire County Council

Tom and Colin

Hi Arnold,
Excuse the familiarity, we are however now 21st century and I'm sure its all right with you.
Just read the letter in the Leader congratulating you on your "malaise routing out" at at Shire Hall.

At this end my wife is looking at malaise ( ie the speed protest office). Lisa says I need to buckle under and do more work with this credit crunch coming. Never mind the 1000 odd cars racing through the village everyday.

I've had a little look at your bio. I think this internet stuff is great, my Cllrs Tom Jones and Colin Bithell however want it buried. On your bio it looks like you had a bit of a rough time in East Africa.
I've been to East Africa too. Laurenco Marques, Dar es Salaam and Mombasa. The Day and Night club in Kilindini Rd, Mombasa was the place to go. I suppose however you would be more inclined to be visiting such a place for law enforcement purposes.

Anyway onto my little problem. I'm up against the wall with regards FOIE with Flintshire County Council. I have made about 10 requests nearly all ignored. The first one was for digital traffic data for Chester Rd, Penyffordd taken by Road Safety Officer Hugh Jones. The second one was after Charlie (roads) told our meeting he had no money for traffic calming then spent rather a lot on Tony's patch to make it easier for the suicide drivers from Connah's Quay to go faster.
The other requests are all variations on the speed data theme.

My only request that made an impression was when they told me they had changed the software so I couldn't read the data. Now there's an added waste, spending money to avoid FOIE's.

Can you ask what happened to my 10 FOIE's. If I can have the speed data I can then show your mates Cllrs Tom Jones and Colin Bithell all the traffic that speeds through Penyffordd each day.
Tom, Colin and Cllr David Williams are all burying their heads in the sand over all this traffic. Hope you like the photo, they are called Tom and Colin and live on Hope mountain.

regards Colin Hughes
Chester Rd Race Track Penyffordd

ps. FOIE office wants sorting big time as they do not know the rules with regard FOIE notification, answering within the time limits and dealing with objections to their answers, that is of course when they deign to acknowledge them.


Link Arnold Woolley

Email Traffic Update to Cllr Tom Jones

Hi Tom

Another standard working morning for Chester Rd

Traffic ploughing through the village as usual

During the trip to school for children as well

You mention in Penyffordd Community Council meeting minutes

January 09 that there are no traffic issues for Chester Rd about 5 times.

Arrive Alive, North Wales Police, Flintshire County Council, Cllr Cindy Hinds, 9 Chester Rd

residents including myself know different.

There are over a 1000 speeding vehicles through Chester Rd everyday.

When are you and your cronies* going to wake up?

regards Colin Hughes

Penyffordd District

* includes Cllr David Williams

copied to blog fo all to see.

Leaving Holes Undug, Paper Unprinted

The foolishness of printing money.

Link The Ludwig Von Mises Institute

Penyffordd Community Council remain firmly fixed in the Stone Age

A request for digital council minutes has been turned down by the committee.

To Pensarn in the cold

Click images to enlarge

Bullies in Need are a rescue organisation who re home Bull Terrier Breeds.

Time to Leave?

As Grasshopper said to the Master in Kung Fu. Penyffordd used to be a fairly quiet place. Although I do remember it being hard to cross Hawarden Rd before the bypass. Chester Rd and Hawarden Rd are currently used as a race track by more than a minority.
Airbus of course are a major culprit with their employees racing through with illegal modified exhausts.

Currently Chester Rd gets nearly 3000 vehicles a day. I calculate at least a third speed.
After the credit crunch is over it will be 6/9000 vehicles a day with Warren Hall Business Park, Broughton Shopping Park extension and the new Warren Hall A55 exit.

The number of buses and lorries that drive through Chester Rd is considerable. You can see 4 buses in a minute some mornings. Flintshire County Council have shafted Penyffordd. They build a bypass then continue to use the old main road (Chester Rd) as an alternative trunk road.

Cllr Tom Jones and Cllr Colin Bithell can't see why I complain. They pat themselves on the back planting daffodils every where whilst letting traffic fly through the village endangering children and residents. Penyffordd Community Council should be pressing North Wales Police to do their job properly.

Penyffordd does have decent councillors but they are in short supply.

Cllr David Williams perhaps promised something being younger. I remember my first email to him. I said there was a lot of speeding traffic through the village. He wrote back saying he had loads of issues on his hands and no one had complained to him about speeding in Chester Rd.
Hardly an understanding county councillor. Then later on it turns out he had attended 3 out of 15 county council meetings.

The road by the Chemist looks nice to live is but a bit dear and none up for sale. Or perhaps somewhere out of the village. Yes! I hear them say.

So we shall see.

keywords Mark Stewart HR Airbus, Inspector Alun Oldfield,

Houses sold in Penyffordd

There have been no recent sales added within 500 metres of CH4 0_ we have widened your search region to CH4 0
• 14, Leyland Drive, Saltney Ferry, CH4 0BG - Sold for £100,000 on 12-11-2008
• 17, Somerford Road, Broughton, CH4 0SY - Sold for £126,500 on 07-11-2008
• 4, Queensway, Broughton, CH4 0NX - Sold for £89,000 on 05-11-2008
• 13, Wynnstay Road, Broughton, CH4 0RE - Sold for £75,000 on 29-10-2008
• 23, Mold Road, Broughton, CH4 0PQ - Sold for £113,000 on 21-10-2008
• 36, Berwyn Avenue, Penyffordd, CH4 0HS - Sold for £175,000 on 10-10-2008

Link OurProperty.co.uk

So you think you drink and have sex too much

Link The Independent ( not rude)

Cllr Colin Bithell in The Daily Post

Welsh College of Horticulture, in Northop, merges with Deeside College.
Link here

Cllr Tom Jones and Cllr David Williams try to get North Wales Police to gang up on Blogger (me)

Click to enlarge minutes past by Penyffordd Community Council at their January 09 meeting.

Last week we had Penyffordd Community Council trying to get Flintshire County Council to get me shut up with their lawyers, FCC said no way its illegal. Now we have also the following.

My comments ( CNH) against points made below taken from December 2008 minutes.

1. Cllr Tom Jones " Penyffordd Community Council is still being harrassed. The facts do not support the allegations. (regards Chester Rd speeding)
CNH reply. This is a falsehood Cllr Tom Jones. Flintshire County Council and Arrive Alive have the data to prove you are talking through the seat of your pants.

2. CBM Chris Pullen said the problem wa sno near the levels claimed. Several measures has been put in place that had greatly helped the situation.
CNH reply. With an answer like that Chris you should become a politician. If you have seen the data you know it is bad. If you haven't seen the data you should have done.

3. Cllr Tom Jones said he didn't mind being criticised if it was based on truth, but this was not the case.
CNH reply. A complete falsehood Cllr Tom Jones. FCC and Arrive Alive Partnership should hand out the full data but the cowards will not. They let Penyffordd Community Council and North Wales Police hide behind your false statements, or perhaps you are just mistaken :).

4. Cllr Tom Jones suggest to CBM Chris Pullen that they both North Wales Police and Penyffordd Community Council could work together against these.
Cllr David Williams opines that NWP do not wish to do anything about me.
CBM Chris Pullen rightly replies that North Wales Police are a public body and are open to criticism..
Cllr Tom Jones says that Penyffordd Community Council are a statutory body and should not be subject to false criticism.
CNH replies. The criticism as already mentioned is not false. It is a fact. Flintshire County Council and The Arrive Alive Partnership hold the data that show you no idea whatsover on what you say.

18 months on Arrive Alive, North Wales Police, Cllr David Williams, Penyffordd Community Council and Flintshire County Council continue to ignore over a 1000 speeders through the centre of our village which is a major route to school.
Airbus a major polluter of our village environment.

Flintshire County Council, North Wales Police, Arrive Alive Partnership, Cllr David Williams and Penyffordd Community Council working in collusion against the interests of Penyffordd residents.

The Proof in Hugh Jones' magic box. Click here.

keywords: Cllr Tom Jones, Chief Superintendent Ruth Purdie, Inspector Alun Oldfield.

Out for a walk in Nant y Ffrith

The pigs are being moved to Nant y Ffrith woods, they are supposed to be following the van.

Rob Didier's pigs.

Link http://www.orchardpigs.co.uk/about.php

To Beaumaris, Anglesey

Puffin Island and lighthouse.

Penyffordd Community Council Meeting January 2009

To the Meeting
We turn up dead on 6.25pm so that we don't have to put up with too much awkwardness.
I am at war with the council over its refusal to deal properly with a 1000+ speeding cars each day through the village My last letter published in The Leader on our unique method of choosing councillors not helping matters. All Cllrs are there excluding Cllr Cindy Hinds and Cllr David Williams. David has developed into a fine art turning up late, whether it be 10 minutes or an hour

Meeting is started prompt by Chairman Cllr Joe Bell by 6.40pm everyone is in place.
Lisa, Red Den and myself sit facing Cllr Joe Bell the plus point that you do not get the
icy stare of Cllr Colin Bithell the minus point is the icy draught from the ducting under
our chairs that chops you off at the ankles.

Item No. 2 Minutes.
Various minutes are discussed. At one point Dennis who is not part of the meeting makes a point which is immediately jumped upon by The Chair Cllr Joe Bell who tells Dennis to "shut up." Cllr Stan Davies pipes in shouting "get out!" Dennis is out of order as he knows but so is Stan and the chairman Cllr Joe Bell. What should have been said by the Chair ' members of the public are not allowed to speak and will have to leave the room if it continues.'

Item No 3. Matters arising from minutes. One Item of the minutes discussed was action against me Colin Hughes for material I have put on my blog.
Cllr Hines informs the meeting that she will not go along with this item as it is illegal.

Item No 4 Police Liason. CBM Chris Pullen informs meeting there is little criminal activity in Penyffordd. One councillor reminds Chris of a recent break in which is then discussed. I had my car damaged for the second time a month ago. I have emailed Chris twice to which he has not replied. This is one method how North Wales Police keep crime statistics low. Cllr Colin Bithell is to be applauded for his continuing pressing of North Wales Police over anti social behaviour in the village. Chris says he awaits " metal mickey" the webcam that can be put in street light posting. I heard this said 6 months ago.

Item No 7. Penyffordd Community Council asked the WAG about whether County Councils can impose its own restrictions without consent from Cardiff. The correspondence was passed around After this item I still didn't understand the answer.

The facts are the following Wrexham Council has 20 mph compulsory limits all over Wrexham
Queens Park is nearly all 20 mph compulsory.
Flintshire County Council has compulsory 20 mph speed limits in Shotton.
FCC will make any feeble excuse to avoid the above. Perhaps its a matter of who is going to pay for it.

Item No 11. I have asked for digital copies of Penyffordd Community Council minutes which are public domain. Nigel has been around to the house we have discussed this. Cllr David Williams proposes that this is not allowed. This is the luddite you have elected residents.

Cllr Tom Jones proposes that it is allowed but kept under review.
I think Tom's proposal wins through. The above item took over 20 minutes. Anyone who is computer literate knows that folder copying is a secondary process that once set
into motion would take a few minutes. all files would be kept in a folder so it would just be a matter of copying the folder to a CD. It was also discussed that this mat set a precedent for 100's of people to ask for a digital copy and that this would add greatly to Nigel's workload. Again those who are computer literate relise that this isn't so.

Any Other Business.
School Governorship. The impressive Cllr Margaret Jones brought up a letter that had been sent by Cllr David Williams to all those involved. Cllr Margaret Jones pointed out that many people sent the letter were extremely upset and angry over its contents.
At present we have a new Head Teacher at a Penyffordd school who is going to be subject to an OFSTED inspection and is currently without governors to support her.


Cllr Linda Vidamour valliantly persists with the dangers of Lower Mountain Rd where cars hurtle through. The legal limit is 60 mph. I do not walk along this road it is highly dangerous, it is a single track in many places. It needs lowering to 30 mph and the police need to hammer Airbus and Raytheon shiftworkers.
More councillors are needed that are in the Linda Vidamour mould.

Item 16
Mr. Colin Hughes - The Clerk will report any information received from the Monitoring Officer with regard to what is considered to be false reports and information put out by Mr. Colin Hughes.

Cllr Tom Jones moved that the item be deleted. Cllr David Williams agreed saying my actions were politically motivated. Cllr Colin Bithell was much aggrieved by my blog. Cllr Bithell should read what Guido says about our Prime Minister. A vote was taken on Tom's proposal which was carried. Cllr Colin Bithell abstained. Cllr Stan Davies did not vote.

During the above debate Cllr Colin Bithel declared that Cllr Cindy Hinds is not subject to any criticism from myself.
As Cindy is well aware this is not true. I criticised Cindy for saying in her newsletter that traffic matters were better. This I think referred to the Vounog but was not specified..

Chairmain Cllr Joe Bell declares meeting closed.

I chat to Cllr Edwina Davies outside in the smoker's room afterwards. Edwina always pleasant.
I currently have a toadying letter on the launching pad regarding comments made by Cllr Tony Sharps that well known Labour councillor with regards public transport not turning up.

Penyffordd Panto 2009

Sleeping Beauty at The Institute on February 6th, 7th and 8th.

Adults £4
Children £2.50
OAP £2.50
Family £10

Tickets from the fragrant Mary at Penyffordd Post Office.

No time mentioned, will get back.

Penyffordd Community Council Meeting January 2009

The Prologue

1. Cllr Cindy Hinds was away when the December 2008 meeting took place.
2. Before going away Cllr Cindy Hinds had secured an agreement with Cllr David Williams over the selection of governors in schools attended by Penyffordd district children.
3. Clerk to the Penyffordd Community Council GNI Jones had visited me to discuss my request for digital copies of Penyffordd Community Council minutes.

4. The Penyffordd Community Council agenda posted in the cabinet at the Penyffordd Post Office showed up to Item 5. The rest was obscured from view. Lisa had to get Mary to open cabinet to photocopy the agenda which had 14 items.

5. Missing from the agenda but showing on councillors agenda were item 15 which was to ask members of the public and press to leave.
6. Item 16 ( also missing) about me ( Colin Hughes) was then to be discussed in private.
7. Prior to this meeting Clr Cindy Hinds had raised with Flintshire County Council Monitoring Officer Barry Davies the legality of having a Penyffordd Community Council secret meeting to discuss me a resident because of my blog content and letters to The Evening Leader.

I personally have the idea that Cllr Colin Bithell wants me prosecuted for libel. An action he seems unwilling to do on a personal basis. In the old days the likes of Robert Maxwell would issue legal proceedings in an attempt to stop media stories.

8. In a rare email 2 days before the meeting Cllr David Williams accuses me of being a Labour Activist.

9. Dennis "Red Den" Parry rings me up on the morning of the meeting to say he is going to attend the meeting as he feels Item 16 is illegal. I tell Dennis that I will attend too. The plan is for us two to stay seated ( Lisa to leave) when members of the public are asked to leave before discussing Item 16. It would them have been up to Penyffordd Community Council to end the meeting without discussing Item 16 or to call North Wales Police to remove us from the building.
This would raise the stakes and make us more visible than Klaus.

to be continued....

An email from Cllr David Williams

Hello Colin – and the unfortunate recipients of his junk mail. I was just having a New Year clear out when I came across his Christmas message. On this occasion I am glad I had a look, and would like to thank Colin for finally coming out of the closet and making the veiled admission that all this stuff he bombards us with is part of his broader political work as a Labour activist.

He is clearly well assisted by certain individuals, and sadly (and hopefully unintentionally!) more recently by the Leader. This has been obvious for a long time now, but the typical slant on who he compliments and who he criticises shows a clear bias displaying exactly what he is about. He thanks Cindy, Carl and the Leader, then goes on to question what I have done and as normal, attacks everybody else not linked with the Labour Party. He also claims to have missed my sheets from the meetings, (all five of them!) and knows very well that they are with the minutes in the Post Office for anybody to view, but prefers to make demands of personal digital copies and make his usual threats of ‘Code of Conduct’.

Of his gratitude to those mentioned, I must agree, these are very committed and hard working people who I have the utmost respect for. I am not too sure what they have achieved on the speeding front, but would never question the effort they put in. As for him not knowing what I have done, he knows full well that it was my efforts that gained the count down sign, the flashing signs and the rumble strips. Still not enough, but more than anybody else has achieved.

As for my other contributions, if Lisa had reported back to him from meetings accurately, he would also know about my efforts for Dobshill in getting Dave Faulkner to visit the area and accept the problem to start doing something about it, the proposed improvements for crossing outside Hope Green nursery, moves to improve road safety outside Stepping Stones nursery and my push for village 'access only' signs. There is also the proposed improvements for the Millstone junction, the improved and safer pavement at Watts road, the speeding survey that has now gained Corwen/Rhos road more recognition with action in hand, (incidentally, the same survey that Colin received, put on his blog, then three days later e-mailed me demanding a copy and threatening me with code of conduct!). Colin knows all this but his politics clearly comes first.

Unfortunately the Leader has assisted him recently by printing his nonsense letters, including the one over governors which I was obliged to put readers right over. The Leader printed my response, so Colin responds again by thanking me, and then continues with a barrage of inaccurate abuse of the Independents and personal attacks on respected individuals. I attempt to put the record straight again but the Leader decides not to print my response and the truth!

As I have stated, I have no ambitions in politics or as a councillor, and not too sure how long I will be able to keep up the pace of teaching and Council work. I was elected because people know how committed I am to improving my village, and if I find that I am not serving my community to the standards I set myself, I will step aside. As anybody who has approached me for help will testify, when a request has been made of me I have responded by return gaining many successes. Colin no doubt, will throw the fact that he did not get Dave Faulkners letter for several weeks after I received it, and choose to ignore the fact that I informed him of the content straight away. He prefers to neglect the fact that I did not pass on a copy immediately as it arrived two days after my fathers’ stroke and I forgot to drop it off for him!

Colins final statement of having pride on where he lives is laughable. It is obvious how little pride he has in his village where he has done nothing to help our community or environment in the thirty years he has lived here. His constant ridiculing of myself and others not associate with the Labour movement really does show what his real aims are, and has nothing to do with speeding or helping our village!

Have a very Happy New Year, especially the committed and respectable members of all political persuasion who genuinely try to make a difference, who I have the utmost respect for.

David Williams.

No comment needed David. ( Labour Red me ?) Happy New Year to you and your relatives, Dad seems to have recovered well. Hope you keep 1000+ vehicles a day speeding through the village at the top of your priorities.

ps. I note with interest that North Wales Police crime map says that Penyffordd has no problems. I hope you will inform Inspector Alun Oldfield that this is not the case.

An email to the Flintshire Leader

Hi Leader

I see both yourselves and myself are to be excluded from Item 16 on this Wednesday evening's Penyffordd Community Council meeting.

http://penyffordd-district.blogspot.com/2009/01/penyffordd-community-council-get-silly.html

It seems the council do not like views held which may be more enlightening than the sterile minutes churned out each month.

Do you Leader get the monitoring officer look at your newspaper?

By the way Tom, how's my request for passed Penyffordd Community Council Meeting Minites going? It seems to have slipped between the floorboards, perhaps its just Xmas.

regards Colin Hughes

Chester Road Racetrack

ps. Penyffordd Community Council. Have you given up on the 1000+ vehicles* that speed through the village each day? The fastest village road in Wales? You lot are a disgrace. You should be pushing NWP, Arrive Alive and FCC to do their job.

1000+ vehicles equals 1000+ anti social behaviours each day. All those behind Item 16 should resign. They are not fit for purpose.

Penyffordd Community Council get silly

Here in Penyffordd we have over a 1000 speeders* a day who put our children and residents lives at risk and what does our parochial moribund community council do.
They do this.

Community Council Agenda - No. 16 - It states to exclude the public and press from the following item - Mr. Colin Hughes - The Clerk will report any information received from the Monitoring Officer with regard to what is considered to be false reports and information put out by Mr. Colin Hughes.

They can't stomach Penyffordd public knowing what truly goes on in this village. Cllrs Colin Bithel and Joe Bell's recent stirring up over the MUGA an example of how petty these councillors are.

Do Parliament or The Welsh Assembly Government have a monitoring officer?


Link Cllrs messing around

North Wales Police costs rise

for Penyffordd community. Around 5%. Cllr Tony Sharps is unhappy at county level. Theoretically we have CBM Chris Pullen for 20 hours a week. The net result is far removed from reality. Chris has alternative activities far removed from Penyffordd.

1000+ cars speeding through village, North Wales Police not interested.

Link The Evening Leader

keywords: Eastern Division, Inspector Alun Oldfield, Chief Superintendent Ruth Purdie.

Houses for sale in Penyffordd District

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