Penyffordd Politics

Last local county council election in 2008 three candidates stood.

1. Cllr Colin Bithell  (Ind)  622 votes
2. Cllr Cindy Hinds (Lab)  630 votes
3. Cllr David Williams (Ind)  629 votes

Two positions were voted for so Cindy and David got in much to the disappointment of Colin who if he had got in would have been a county boss in the new Independent administration.

The result was so close that more than one recount was required.

Cllr Colin Bithell got what he deserved. My prospective community councillor election sheet criticised him for his negligence of Chester Rd environment. I like to think I played a small part in his downfall.

Cllr Tom Jones has been a major force in Penyffordd politics, Colin Bithell being his man. I presume David Williams represents a substantial group who are fed up of the Tom Jones spend no money policy. ( also no vision for the village)

No idea who is going to stand in 2012, no one tells me anything but there will be David Williams, one from Tom Jones' camp and one from Labour.

Cllr Cindy Hinds ( Lab) is luke warm on Chester Rd environment so far. I have an email in which she says there is not much speeding traffic. ( I say still over a 1000 a day breaking 30 mph, prove me wrong get FCC to do a survey with the results made public) ( we could also have a survey on how much HGV is using the village. )

Do we have anyone else in the village who is fed up of  the Cllr Tom Jones gang of Independents. There's me I'm fed up with living on an unpoliced road that is a major short cut for lorries and village outsiders.

That's how people get started in politics when they see poor administration by the incumbents. Where David Williams will stick to the rules I won't. The sheet of 10 independents standing for 12 positions is an afront to local democracy used by Tom Jones to keep new faces off the committee. It should be banned. Tom invites new people to stand who he thinks will toe the line , who are meek and mild.
Not much effort required in standing just supply a photo and a few details and a tenth of the printing costs.

Penyffordd is a major short cut because a Labour led Flintshire County Council and a Labour led Welsh Government Assembly decided so.

The current Independent led Flintshire County Council are quite happy with Penyffordd being a short cut. Cllr Tony Sharps of Northop Hall who is in charge of  Flintshire roads to be sure would not put up with the current traffic arrangements in Penyffordd. Northop Hall has major speed bumps at each end of the village.

Independent led Penyffordd Community Council? Oh! they wrote a few letters in protest.

If anyone thinks any of the above is wrong please comment and put me right.
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Current issues in Penyffordd district which will shortly reach over 6000 residents

1. Insufficient sports facilities for the youth
2. No proper health centre within the village.
3. Better online communication by Penyffordd Community Council required.
( minutes and agenda)

There is of course my issue that we are used as a speedy rat run in the village centre for outsiders and HGV. We have a bypass using the village should be made very awkward for through traffic.

A Summer's Evening Walk

 

5 miles away from Penyffordd is Nant y Ffrith. This is the living room of an abandoned lodge that was part of the Nant Y Ffrith estate. Which fell into disrepair was used to store explosives during the second world war then demolished later.

The woods cover from Ffrith to  Bwlchgwyn with a river running along the bottom. There is also a path up to the top of Pen llan y Gwr from where you can see Snowdonia , the Wirral, the Pennines, Liverpool and beyond.

First sight of horse flies tonight. Avoided two that were looking for a meal. 

Flintshire and Wrexham councils have details of walks in the area.

CBM Howie Williams

This afternoon I have had a visit from Howie.The first part of our meeting was the discussion of an irate email I sent to a firm over my perception of their drivers behaviour in our village last week. I admitted to the wrongness of words.

I have apologised to the firm concerned with a copy to those on the original email list.

We also discussed June 2008 Chester Rd traffic speed data that Howie was given by another agency and which Howie used in his report to Penyffordd Community Council.

Since I was given after numerous requests (inc a meeting in Cllr Woolley's office) a crippled redacted copy of the data Howie was quoting from I knew what he was saying was wrong.
My blog will be edited to reflect this.

I have agreed that my actions are a negative and will not get any where.

My aim is a village centre where traffic cannot hammer through at any time of the day or night. An HGV free village except for access. Civilised streets, we have a bypass.

I have previously told Council Leader Arnold Woolley that I believe Flintshire County Council are being highly selfish by using Chester Rd to support the  Flintshire trunk road system.
The new A55 Warren Bank exits adding to the problem as thought.

I hope my elected representatives see my vision as worthwhile where OAP's can walk across the road and school children can bicycle to school through the middle of our village, a compulsory 20 mph.

What's good enough for Rossett is good enough for us.

Come the next local elections I will stand for county and community council if I see no improvement.
I have little confidence in Flintshire Highways as I see them as anti community, anti road calming and pro vehicle, we shall see.

Other discussions included Howie's new role in NWP. From now on he will cover an area from Saltney to Denbighshire I think its called Flintshire.

I couldn't understand why all the traffic was doing 30 mph whilst I talked to Howie. A quick look up the street saw the answer Howie's police car..............

I wish to thank Howie for the visit and talk.

Colin Hughes
Chester Rd.

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keywords: Neal Cockerton,
Head of Highway Assets.

postscript: In a future blog I will discuss Doppler effect technology used by councils to measure traffic. Since discovering the device they use on a lamp post near my house I have seen such devices in Derbyshire on well known biker roads.

Saturday morning - bustling Chester Rd

I'm doing something this week on the outside of the house. It's been driving me nuts with all the speeding traffic. I forgot how crap Saturday morning is. Short cut traffic hammering through to such places as Broughton Retail Park and Chester.

Chester Rd has been stuffed by the Labour led Flintshire County Council and the Labour led Welsh assembly Government. We are now a very speedy short cut for Warren Bank A55 exits. We should have been protected.

Does Saturday have 4000 vehicles through Chester Rd now?

Just a big short cut for everywhere courtesy of the above.

I hear the Penyffordd Community Council might have written a letter or two in protest. What was former County Cllr Colin Bithell doing whilst all the above was being planned. Swanning around Shire Hall?

keywords: Carl Sargeant AM Transport Minister

Enthusiastic gardening in Broughton

Link The Daily Post

Partly caught out by the smell. You can get something on Ebay to take the smell away. If you look on Ebay under the term "hydroponics" you can see what sophisticated equipment is available, the industry is multi million, people grow the stuff in their airing cupboards, lofts and greenhouses. Yes I have an interest in hydroponics, no I don't smoke and don't do drugs beyond a couple of bottles of beer.

Wood Lane Farm 234 house development update

I understand that there are currently issues with the footpath people. The nearby footpath behind the butchers has been the site of much anti social behaviour over the last few years. Solutions to the anti social behaviour have been stymied by the footpath brigade.

One would presume footpaths between houses on the new development will cause similar issues..

Penyffordd Bypass issues on the above development
Question - Who would want to live next to a 60 mph bypass that has 20 or 30,000 vehicles a day. A percentage have illegal exhausts especially at weekends. Noise mitigation does not currently include a lowering of the speed limit which would also be beneficial to those of use who live in the middle of the village. Those next to the bypass are to get better double glazing and wooden fences.

Vehicle Pollution.   Some of our councillors always happy to kick Hanson Cement but don't say anything about particulate emissions caused by vehicles on the bypass. What are the levels that will be ending up in gardens of proposed houses that will be next to the bypass?

Chester Rd Speed Rat Run

Still continues unabated, unpoliced over 5 years after it was brought to the attention of Penyffordd Community Council who said speeding was nothing to do with them. This is still the case.  

Time for Cllr Tom Jones OBE and his cronies to go.

Lorries

I have been in the front garden today. I am of the opinion that lorries taking short cuts through the village has increased many 100's of percent since the A55 Warren Hall exits have been opened.

It's depressing really. An email sent to Carl Sargeant AM Transport Minister pointing out the vandalism wrought on Chester Rd by the WAG.

Energy

 

Mark Tami MP last week  said we had to go the nuclear path for energy. I'm with Mark on this, windmills are just a token unworkable effort. 

Closer to home we here at Chester Rd have gas and electric bills of £1400 per annum. Our house has solid walls and I'm a hot house flower.

When the utilities were privatised we were told they would compete with one another. Instead they all act as a cartel raising the prices by as much as they can get away with.

So just as our country should not rely on countries such as Russia and Iran we at Chester Rd are not going to totally rely on the robbing utility companies. So its forward with a wood  burner, 4 inch thick Kingspan, a 12volt led battery lighting system, solar powered hot water and electricity.  

REUK one of my favourite night time reads.

Airbus flying high

New orders anounced in The Daily Post

My blog makes more money than The Guardian

I kid you not. Dead tree media (paper) is in terminal trouble and has been for sometime.The Guardian master company lost £33m this last year. I think it was near £40m the year before.
The TimesOnline  behind a paywall is suffering having lost nine tenths of its online audience.

My blog has just made £60 in six months.

Local newspapers are also haemoraging  cash through lack of advertising care of Google, Ebay and other online companies.

One way forward is for government to pay to keep newspapers going. It is vital that local papers keep going but perhaps they would be afraid to bite the hand that feeds.

Fearful times ahead for traditional media.

The way forward perhaps is local blogs like mine but much better. All the community having a say and contributing.

Link Riches to rags 

Alison has a mixed bag

Link Alison Halford

Penyffordd Carnival weather update

So far so good, just over an hour to opening time and no rain. According to the forecast there's a chance of rain and hail.

According to the rain radar above we may miss it however, everything on the map above is moving up and slightly to the right. The weather in S Wales may not get here if at all till tea time onwards.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html

So it's the Penyffordd Carnival tomorrow

The Met Weather forecast is thus at this moment

Saturday:

Some sunny spells and scattered heavy, blustery showers, with a risk of hail and thunder. Winds will tend to ease during the afternoon, with showers tending to fade by evening. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Updated: 1526 on Fri 17 Jun 2011

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Two years ago I offered to help clear up. I took my car over which has the seats removed . I transported a small marquee from the top field to the bottom field and helped put stuff away. John Martin was very appreciative the same could not be said for the chairman and others. Not sure what their issue was.

Anti Social Behaviour

I've had a comment published in The Leader today. The wording not very well thought out but the bottom line was why do we get involved in situations all over the world when we can't sort out our own problems. Anti social behaviour by youth and others is an ongoing problem that gets worse in summer.

Why is it tolerated? The youths should be given one opportunity to right their ways and if not the full force of the law should be applied to make it as uncomfortable for them as possible keeping in mind we live in a civilized society.

More respect for teachers and police and less trouble for us. This softly softly approach is wrong. The anti social youth just laugh at us.

Waste discharge on Blackbrook farm land further

There are two comments on the blog I did. One from Kerry Wilson and one from Trade Effluent Services. Thanks very much for the comments. The bottom line will be what the community think of the smell should it come in our direction.

Link
http://penyffordd-district.blogspot.com/2011/06/obnoxious-smell-coming-shortly.html

Penyffordd Clrs hide their email addresses

Three councillors volunteer their email addresses, the other nine either hide theirs or do not have one. It would appear they that hide email addresses stand for council on their terms and not that of the community. This shows the underlying sickness in our local democracy distorted by the "sheet of ten".  There are 12 places for community council. Last election 10 of them stood on one sheet. You have to be asked to get on the sheet. No need for traipsing the streets, spending £200 getting leaflets printed and published, talking to people just hand your photo and a few details over to Clr Tom Jones and Cllr Colin Bithell and the jobs done.

I wonder how many older residents are "helped" with their postal vote. The odds are stacked against a fresh face who is not part of the weary old pack.

The two current councillors who did not stand on the sheet of 10. Cllr Cindy Hinds quite obviously as she is Labour and the sheet of 10 are "Independent" ie do as Tom says. Also Cllr David Williams who is Independent had separate literature printed.

Three councillors who freely publish their email addresses

1. Ind  Cllr Linda Vidamour
2. Lab  Cllr Cindy Hinds ( County)
3. Ind  Cllr David Williams (County)

Denbighshire roll out traffic calming measures

Wrexham Borough are well advanced.
Flintshire appears to be sitting on its hands

in The Daily Post

and another with Eric

Friday Night comes early

 Nothing much happening in Penyffordd

An obnoxious smell coming shortly?

 

The above tanks most probably full of human poo. Sponsored by the government. Trade Effluent Services look like they are going to spray the fields of the deserted Black Brook farm with processed human waste. One would think processed would make the substance benign, this is not so. 

There are various ways of spreading this stuff. 

The best way is for it to be injected into the ground. The contractors prefer to spray it on the top as this is the easy way. I have had to wade through this stuff that covered a footpath. It had also polluted the water courses which is illegal.

You would be surprised how many human made substances survive the trip from a house waste system  through the sewage works. Hormones, contraceptives, medicines, etc

The wind is currently blowing from Black Brook Farm towards the villages of Penyffordd and Penymynydd.......................... 

To Chirk Carboot

Alternative title - The Calm before the Rain.
There 8.00 am back 9.15 a bit wet.
The rain as shown moving up at a rapid pace.
Started coming up last night from Lands End.

Couldn't believe how many car booters were still there.
Always best to look at the Met rain radar to see what's happening.
Sometimes Snowdonia takes all the rain from Ireland
but not this lot coming up from the south.

Just a Reminder

These two who bankrupt the country trying to make the oppositions unelectable. These two should be locked up in the Tower till they die. You may have quite a few years to mull over this pairs sacrifice of our country for personal ambition.

Full story in The Mail

The State of the Economy

Anyone who does business will be feeling the ongoing current situation which is still not being felt by public services (government spending continues to rise.)

Sales of Argos electrical goods down 25% March / April.
These figures are grim and show what a state private business is in. I thought Ipod's were immune it would appear not.

"The news co-incided with a major survey showing that 40pc of consumers – equivalent to 20m people – have made "significant" spending cutbacks in their daily lives since the turn of the year."

Link Telegraph

Baked Bean Crime

I kid you not.....................
A can of beans ( Heinz) thrown all over a car in the row.
I put the can in the bin, couldn't work out what a can of beans open quarter full was doing in my drive.

Now I know why..............but not if you know what I mean.

Reported to Howie.

Chester Rd rumble strip completion 4 years later

An email to Neal Cockerton, Head of ........................

Hi Neal

I see your workmen are putting down the second half of the rumble strip.

This is most welcome.

The initial half measure done 4 years ago indicative of the half measures many cllrs in Penyffordd feel about village safety and environment.

You should try the old road between Abergele and Llanddulas

some time. If you miss the 30 mph sign and go over the rumble

strips too fast they shake your car to bits.

Can we have a similar upgrade if the scumbags continue speeding?

We do of course have a by pass for through traffic

Colin

Penyffordd distict

postscript: That gentle, just mere tokenism.............................. 

1984 continues to arrive

Apparently such practices as keeping a personal diary and having opinions will land you in serious trouble.

Link The Leader

Penyffordd & Penymynydd Carnival

18th June 2011 

Gates Open 1 - 4 pm

Admission
Adults £1, Children 50p

My flag has gone

When we had the strong winds a blue tarpaulin got stuck up the telegraph pole outside the house. For the last two months it's been trying to rip the cables off the post.

Some locals think I put it up there, this is not so. I would imagine it has been winding up Penyffordd councillors. Should the speeding traffic continue I will have various items blowing in the wind which will stay until the speeding traffic is stopped be it one year or five.

A walk in Nant y Ffrith

More Action from Gosafe

In Chester Rd at 2pm. Many thanks. The scumbags hammer passed 7.30 to 9.00 am fellas.

copied to Carl Sargeant AM Welsh Transport Minister

Cllr Linda Vidamour successes

Perhaps I'm being a little unfair. Clerk Nigel's usual practice with council agenda was to put the agenda which could run to eight pages in the notice box which is locked with just the front page showing. All the interesting stuff hidden. After me asking about three times Clerk Nigel now spreads the agenda across the inside of the glass fronted notice board.

The water stained, sun faded remaining notices a testament to what the community council thinks of residents. Where mushrooms are kept springs to mind.

There's nothing on the telly

but when there is it's all on at once. Tonight Dan Cruickshank on the final look at a British house  never seen by the general public, second to last one of six. Also on at the same time on BBC4 A Confusion of Names, a fascinating programme on Botany.

Links
BBC2
BBC4

postscript: Dan was class, a national treasure.

Penyffordd Goal Keeper moving up

TALENTED ten-year-old goalkeeper Jack Atkinson will get the chance to line up against Real Madrid.
He said: “I played in defence or midfield, but then I gave it a try in goal and I made all these saves. They asked if I wanted to be the goalkeeper for Penyffordd and it just went from there.

Link Flintshire Leader

A Memo to Inspector Iwan Jones Neighbourhood Policing Inspector for South Flintshire

cc Chief Constable

Congratulations Iwan,

On your new position as Neighbourhood Policing Inspector for South Flintshire. I hope you do better than your predecessor Inspector Martin Best who has consistently ignored the 1000+ speeders a day that hammer through our village.

If you want proof of this ask to see data held by Neal Cockerton. Don't rely on our CBM who was found lying to our community council over traffic speeding levels. Talking of lying, Inspector Best also lied to the Flintshire Chronicle over the same.

Best wishes

Colin Hughes

Penyffordd

Wanting to see elected representatives do their job instead of pretending......

What are actually NWPA for?

keywords:  County Inspector Darren Wareing 

Lowering of crime - Council meeting further......

Cllr Linda Vidamour referred to the excellent news with regards "the propaganda" ( my words) put out by the previous Inspector Martin Best.
(Linda forgets the 1000+ speeders a day through the village that endanger child life) 

Crime figure reductions previous 12 months ( I presume Flintshire)

All Crimes reduced by 11.1%
351 fewer victims of crime
Serious aquisitive crime reduced by 32.5%
Violent crime by 5.3%
Vehicle crime reduced by 33.7%
Theft from vehicles a staggering (GNI's words)  47.3 %
Anti social behaviour reduced by 11%

So all the above figures have been reduced by CBM's driving around our ward and others, being extra dilligent and hard working, stopping or reducing  crimes.
BULLSHIT !

I think NWP have very little to do with the above data outcome. It has more to do with an unexpected side effect of the credit crunch. How long it will hold is another matter. I think police should stop acting like politicians.

keyword NWPA 

North Wales Police need to do better

In the council meeting Cllr David Williams mentioned during the item on Police Liason that vandalism which he had reported in the previous week had resulted in no communication from NWP.

Nothing new there then.....................

postscript: It was pointed out that Howie rarely attended council meetings.

Cllr Linda Vidamour Chair Penyffordd Community Council 2010 - 2011

I consider Linda one of the best councillors we have, intelligent and dilligent, hard working, giving up time to be a councillor despite having limited spare time.

I hope these comments below will not discourage. They do however for the sake of Chester Rd residents need to be said.

Failures.

1. Chester Rd rat run happens every work day morning, in my opinion many 100's of vehicles hammer through the village every morning. This has been purposely ignored by Linda and for that matter every other Penyffordd Cllr.
( We still have over 1000 speeders every day and have done for over 4 years)

There has been some sort of agreement between PCC that Linda is chair of that CBM Howie Williams did not have to traffic police Chester Rd which is a major route to school , is used by many old age pensioners.
Gosafe have never been pushed to attend.

2. Communication with the village still remains in the stone age.  We should have agendas and minutes of meetings online. At present there is a hand scrawled letter from Clerk Nigel on the notice board, its all a disgrace.
The bottom line is that the community council treat residents like mushrooms until they need the votes. ( I must add that Cllr Hinds and Williams do produce news letters. )

I could set up a free blog that could be bolted onto the malfunctioning community website in half an hour. What it involves is Cllr David Williams doing his job properly and Clerk Nigel joining the 21 st century.

( My offer is always refused )

The Origins of PACA

which stands for Penyffordd Area Community Association. One of our previous CBM's Ian Millington referred to the lack of provision of facilities for young people in Penyffordd. This then led to individuals and groups within the village forming PACA.

Elected representatives included the late Councillor Derek Darlington, Cllrs Cindy Hinds, Edwina Davies. Also CBM Ian Millington and the current chairman Steve Johnstone and many others.

This has led to the generation of funds and building of an all weather games area * near The Millstone. The construction of a community garden and the successful fight against FCC to keep the youth club open.

CBM Ian Millington should be highly commended for setting off the above chain of events.

The above information was gleaned from a letter sent to Penyffordd Community  Council by Steve Johnstone in the Penyffordd Community Council minutes.

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Penyffordd District comment

* The construction of the multi user games area was not without issues. Some Independent Councillors were minded to criticise its construction to try to make political points. These councillors would be the same cllrs that have sat on their hands for years doing bugger all for the youth of the village. I know who they are too but will refrain from mentioning them at this time. Clue - they are all over 70 years of age and male.

Internet Browsers do my head in

A pleasant Sunday, quiet. No bypass noise, little traffic through the village.
( there's still speeding though lol)

What I want when I go online is a fast reliable service. What I get is hanging browsers that mess around for minutes.

So gone are : -

Google Chrome. Best browser but uploads data from your computer without permission each day. I've unloaded Chrome but it's still uploading data back to Google headquarters.
Currently about 23 mb a day. Has been as high as 60+ mb per day. This ads up when you are limited to 10 gig then get penalties.

Mozilla. Latest version is supposed to be 6 times faster. Have just closed it after hanging for 2 mins.

Explorer. It keeps asking me stuff. Why can't it just do what you want?

Opera. I'm going to give this a try

Food Standards Agency gives ‘sub- standard’ hygiene ratings to 13 Flintshire businesses

Guess who is on the list? This is a little unfortunate as the new chap has just taken over. Work has been done recently which I think is due to the above. I have an issue with fan noise and odour but that's a separate issue currently being looked at by FCC.

Link Flintshire Chronicle

Hottest night of the year

The local idiot has a fire going so we have to close all windows. I reckon he does landscape gardening and brings the rubbish home to burn at night. Two more fires and I'll report him.
Will give him a chance first with a note through the door.

Alison Halford - A Life so Far

Link Museum of Liverpool

Rubber Fetish

 

Here in a supposed area of outstanding beauty. Charlie with his favourite chewing material. Happiness is a big chew on a rubber tyre.

The mind boggles

A blue sky today, a school holiday so traffic seems to be halved, no frenetic dash before school opening. I have a mechanism that shows certain information about who looks at the site. For instance the Welsh Ombudsman office look because I have an Alison Halford Link.
Someone in Turkey has taken the trouble to translate my blog into Turkish this morning.
The mind doth boggle. Some Penyffordd news of substance coming up shortly. Clerk Nigel has posted the minutes of last Wednesday's council meeting through my letter box.

If you wish for a small sum of money you can have council minutes delivered or you can read them in the Post Office. They are hidden in a draw near the till with previous copies, that's if someone hasn't borrowed them.

Penyffordd proposed housing development in The Leader

 Penyffordd councillor David Williams said they had been left as a “commuter village”.
He said: “As far as I’m concerned we’ve been victims of development for the past 30 years with no investment in recreation or community amenities.”
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Well said David.

Link The Leader

My comments before some idiot deletes them.

1. This will make Chester Rd the biggest rat run in Flintshire
2. An extra 1000 vehicles a day through the village centre. Chester Rd returned to being a trunk road in all but name.
3. The proposed houses next to the bypass will have tremendous amounts of traffic noise including the racing bikers who hammer along at 120 mph at the weekend with illegal exhausts.
4. Question. How do vehicles from 280 houses get out of ONE junction between 8 and 9 each work day morning
5. Why do 5000 residents of Penyffordd have no flood lit football and no medical facilities? Time for Cllr Tom Jones to retire.Should have gone 10 years ago.
6. Penyffordd councillor David Williams said they had been left as a “commuter village”. He said: “As far as I’m concerned we’ve been victims of development for the past 30 years with no investment in recreation or community amenities.” Well said David.
7. 30 years with no investment in recreation or community amenities. 30 years of Cllr Tom Jones................. Time to go Tom

The Flintshire Chronicle are also covering the story for Thursday

Alison discusses Flintshire County Council politics

The only blog on the inside.


My question on The Leader comment section finally answered by Alison.
Why did Labour abstain?
Answer " A fly on the wall admitted there is no way Labour wants to resume government with only a year to go before the next election."

link Alison Halford

Village Pest

Apparently that's me. So says a commenter
Not brave enough to put a name down though.

I presume the above came after an email sent to specific people this morning.


Seems fighting for a safe environment is an issue for someone.

postscript: I find the general outlook for environment in the village depressing.

Why should we have speeders, it's still over a 1000 a day.
Why should we have through lorries.
Why should bikers tear along the bypass at 120 mph with illegal exhausts
Why should we have a 1000 vehicles using the village as a short cut everyday.

Yes the commenter is right. I should leave the place it's full of little people.

No environmental ambition just happy to be the biggest speediest short cut in Flintshire.

Further postscript. Thank you for the encouragement Ann. My email tresmegistes@gmail.com

Penyffordd Fluffies hit Broughton and Bretton Carnival

in The Flintshire Chronicle.

Running a Business by Committee , not the way to go

The struggle to find a lasting solution to Wrexham FC continues. A lot of Penyfforddians support Wrexham. Owning a football club in UK appears to involve burning money in large amounts. Sky Sports have so unbalanced the sport where Premiere League get nearly all the spoils and those below are left with the crumbs on the table.

I wish the club well but fear there will be tears before too long.

Link Daily Post

Woe is me

Council Ward Boundary Changes for Flintshire

to be put in place for 2016 instead of 2012.

Source Treuddyn News - Cllr Carolyn Thomas

The roads are busy

around Chester. Whatever you do do NOT approach the A494 to Queensferry from the M56. Tailbacks building by the second. The road system in the area remains a dog's breakfast due to Aston Hill two lanes.

Links

BBC NE Wales Travel News

If you wish to see the chaos

postscript: Bikers hammering along the Penyffordd By Pass with illegal exhausts as per normal. What speed? 120 - 140 mph ?

Blogger is messing around

Service will be resumed shortly. We have three computers, blogger malfunctions on two out of three. Well done Google.
Two machines working now. That will have to do. The fix is to remove all cookies, cache and temporary files.
Which is not very good on a working machine. This fault is experienced by tens of thousands of bloggers, Google should not mess us around like this

Driver attitudes

This morning I have had a driver shake his fist at me because I had the temerity to point at him speeding. This of course is the same attitude as drivers getting mad at funeral traffic slowing them down. This scumbag behaviour needs stamping on. Our CBM Howie Williams on strike won't do the speeding rat run. This with councillor approval?

Alison superfluous to requirements

with not a word of recognition.

Read further Alison Halford

Bulldogs stolen in Dobshill again

read further in The Daily Post

Support for Council Leader Arnold Woolley from an unusual source

A letter by Gareth Williams in The Flintshire Chronicle May 19 2011


Leader deserves a bit of moral support

Following on from recent reports regarding the AGM at Flintshire County Council and the re-election of council leader Arnold Woolley.
Your report suggests Cllr Woolley was not really flavour of the month but still managed to get re-elected as the leader of the council, with only the controlling groups supporting him.
Well nothing new there then. It always happens that way, controlling group members supporting their own and opposition groups either abstaining or voting against..
The opposition should have put up an alternative leader; otherwise shut up ans get on with the business of delivering council services.
I worked along side Cllr Woolley for several years, and while we agreed to disagree on many occasions he did always try to do his level best. You can't ask for more.
I'm not aware of failing services in Flintshire. Some could do better; and there will always be a need for service improvement, but many are excellent and others continue to improve.
What has really ticked me off - and, I suggest, many other people - is some of the comments made from the opposition councillors, who should know better

Gareth Williams , Mold

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Gareth Williams stood for Labour in Buckley Bistre East in 2004 and was elected with 485 votes.
He failed to get elected in 2008

Will he be standing in 2012 as an Independent given the above letter contents?

Links

Flintshire Elections 2004
Flintshire Elections 2008

Upcoming Reality for Penyffordd

Saint Vince Cable talks sense in The Guardian.

Today I have reached the grand old age of 57.

Birthday wishes. 

To live in a village centre community with a bypass and not a massive unpoliced short cut designed by the Welsh Assembly Government with Flintshire Highways.
IMO speeding is still over a 1000 a day cllrs.

Postscript:  I forgot this is supposed to be our last day on this earth.
Hold you're breath at 6 pm tonight for the big rapture

Link Stupid Bastards

Secret Meetings

There was a meeting Wednesday night in the Institute over the 234 house Wood Lane Farm development. I live on Chester Rd that will have extra masses of traffic with the above development. Where were notices put up?
I am told about 20 residents turned up. A developers and council's planning dept dream?

Not everyone uses the post office or the Spar. It would have been quite easy to have a sign on Chester Rd next to the Institute or perhaps an email broadcast.

Peddling lies on blogs

Lord Judge in The Guardian

Gosafe visit Chester Rd

Right place guys but wrong time. The morning rat run has elements that fly past our new lolly pop man.

Single Handed Sailor

The Leader comments section

is becoming a joke. A valid comment about Penyffordd environment removed. Will the Leader put it back up?

postscript An email to The Leader ignored. So much for debate.

But...........................................

Mark Isherwood AM wants cement dust cancer link questions answered

Read Walesonline

Hanson Cement ‘not causing cancer’ in Flintshire

in The Daily Post

Alison Halford on Flintshire County Council social housing

An excellent  view of the issues from the inside.

Link Alison Halford

keywords: Clare Budden, WAG,

Penyffordd History

This used to be up Chester Rd. It was used during the WW2 as an aircraft  monitoring post. The site has now been leveled but it is believed the monitoring room underground still exists.

Link Royal Observer Corp

Penyffordd Environment

This afternoon Public Health Wales have been at Penyffordd British Legion to publish results over health fears regarding emissions from Hanson Cement. The outcome being that no cancer clusters have been found in Penyffordd and district. Lifestyle choices ie. ( drinking, diet and smoking ) playing the most significant role.

Quote from Penyffordd Community Council

" In a letter to Mrs Hart last April, Penyffordd Community Council clerk, Nigel Jones said it is a "known fact that there has been an increase in the cases of various cancers" within Penyffordd and nearby areas Penymynydd, Padeswood, Buckley, Leeswood and Hawarden."


It would appear not to be so.

"Professor David Russell, head of the centre, said: “Air quality relating to particulate matter is  good, comparing favourably with other parts of the UK. It is comparable with air quality in a typical rural community or small town in the UK".



Read on in the links below.

Links
 BBC NE Wales
Walesonline
Flintshire Chronicle


Postscript: I consider noise from Penyffordd By Pass more of an issue. As far as I am concerned this is the elephant in the room environment wise that is never acknowledged. Has anyone ever asked about vehicle emissions off the bypass?

Further postscript. The recent "fallout" from Hanson Cement could not have been them as the plant was not even operating during the alleged incident time frame.

Carl Sargeant AM retains Local Government position and gains Transport

Links
BBC 
Cabinet Profiles

keywords: The Welsh Government, Carwyn Jones AM, First Minister,

Welsh Police and Crime Commissioner rethink - Russell Roberts WLGA Deputy Leader

cc Chief Constable Mark Polin

Morning Russell,

I read in the Daily Post that you are against change with regards Welsh Policing.

You say current arrangement are strong enough.

Might you suggest a way forward with regards the community where I live?

We have over a 1000 speeders a day through the village. NWP know this and will do nothing. They even get inspectors and CBM's to tell lies ( downplay) to local councillors and the press.

As you are aware making complaints to police on such matters is a waste of time.

NWPA seem to have decided that speeding through N Wales communities is an acceptable pastime.


The current level of accountability by NWP to those who pay their wages a continuing disgrace.

Colin Hughes

Penyffordd District

Link  Daily Post

Cllr Arnold Woolley retains Flintshire County Council leadership

" But many councillors refused to support him, including the New Independents, who voted against his leadership and the entire Labour group, who abstained from the vote."


So why did the Labour group abstain?


Link Daily Post 

Chester Rd half a rumble strip - quarter measure traffic calming

In September 2007 the above was installed. It is general practice by highways departments to put these rumble strips across both sides of the road. In the above case only traffic coming into the village had  " a reminder" that they were entering a community. Some motorists avoided the rumble strip by going over the other side of the road.

This is now going to be put right. Many thanks.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/sanction_of_traffic_calming_rumb

Link Neal Cockerton Linkedin


keywords: Neal Cockerton, assets, Linkedin, Head of Assets and Transportation at Flintshire County Council,

Police chief faces sack after admitting gross misconduct

Pity ours can't get sacked at the moment for allowing our morning rat run to hammer through each day.

Link Yorkshire Post

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Morning Chief Constable

Traffic currently hammering through Chester Rd Penyffordd with your full permission.

Your non action also backed by NWPA, Penyffordd Community Council, Mark Tami MP, Carl Sargeant AM.

Will a police commissioner make any difference?

Seems another CC is going.............................

http://penyffordd-district.blogspot.com/2011/05/police-chief-faces-sack-after-admitting.html

Time for change?

Colin Hughes

Penyffordd

Penyffordd Pensions

So you think saving may help for your retirement. Some troubling figures in the article below. Gordon Brown of course buggered it all up. The comments section enlightening.

Link Telegraph

Penyffordd and district houses sold, for sale and to rent

Sold

Postcode	Address	Price	Date	Profit/Loss
CH4 0JD	65, Hawarden Road	£170,000	11/02/2011	more details
CH4 0JJ	14, Hillside Road	£155,950	28/03/2011	more details
CH4 0XD	21, Coed Y Graig	£210,000	26/11/2010	more details
CH4 0HR	31, West View	£158,000	11/03/2011	more details
CH4 0HR	18, West View	£140,000	08/02/2011	more details

Discounted Properties

Address	Type	Beds	Price	Listed On	Reduction
Little Mountain Road	Detached	4	£275,000	20-07-2010	5%
Chester Road	Detached	4	£399,950	19-01-2010	6%

For Sale

Address	Type	Beds	Price	Listed On
Hawarden Road		3	£124,950	14-03-2011
Hawarden Road	Detached	4	£300,000	18-01-2010
Corwen Road		4	£220,000	23-04-2011
Well House Drive	Detached	4	£250,000	21-01-2011
Penymynydd Road	Detached	3	£184,950	13-04-2011

Chain-free property for sale
Below are properties nearby that are available 'chain free'. These are often properties that have been repossessed, but will also include property where the seller is not buying a new home or has already moved out.

Address	Type	Beds	Price	Listed On
Hawarden Road, Penyffordd, Flintshire		3	£124,950	14-03-2011

Property for rent
The list below shows properties for rent near you - select any property for more information. To view more results in your area, click here.

Address	Type	Beds	Rent (pcm)	Listed on	Implied value*
Abbotts Lane	Detached	5	£1,295	25-01-2011	£320,346
Wrexham Road	Detached	3	£875	12-04-2011	£216,450
Chester Road		3	£625	18-06-2010	£154,607

Penyffordd Tennis Club Open Day

Penyffordd Tennis Club Open Day

8th May 2011

Click image to read

Also

Junior Tennis Camp

June 1st 10am - 1600 pm

Further information contact timhadynjones@yahoo.co.uk

Lisa in Maelor A&E last week, she's been fighting lol

First class facilities and first class doctors and nurses.

Mark Isherwood retains Welsh Assembly regional vote 2011

Link BBC NE Wales

Carl Sargeant wins Alyn and Deeside

Link BBC NE website.

Assembly Regional Election results Alyn and Deeside

Labour 9,749
Conservatives 6,018
Plaid Cymru 2,042

in The Flintshire Chronicle

Welsh Assembly Elections Live

on Walesonline.

Flintshire votes are being counted the morning after.

Link Guardian 

To the Polling Station

Two crosses and a yes or no required. Took ages to find the party vote I wanted. The AV question was rigged against the "NO Vote". There are ways of asking questions on polling slips. I wanted to vote no as I don't want parties that have small votes having influence. I hope the pro Av'ers get a good hiding. The question was put unfairly.

Penyffordd Community Council met tonight

The usual favourites minuted from last month, Penymynydd Rd, Penymynydd vehicle access. The footpath behind the butchers, Hanson Cement.

Speeding on Chester Rd? Don't be daft.*

* Highways are currently looking at Chester Rd. Is it still a 1000+ speeders a day Highways?
They are scared stiff about letting us have the data.

We shall see.

Wood Lane Farm development 234 houses

I am told there are details in the post office regarding who to contact over the above. One woman was heard complaining about traffic volumes. Those who live in phase one of the above are in for a rude awakening. Us in Chester Rd could get an extra 1500 vehicles a day on top of our 2800.

I have made my objections. They should appear online shortly. I see the deadline for objection has been extended to Thursday. Letters went out a week late to residents living in phase 1. Then the ending included two weeks of Easter holidays where one can't check proper traffic levels coming out of Phase 1. A variation on burying bad news?

St Mary's Park Mold raised a big stink over 50 extra houses worth of traffic coming past their houses. Will Penyffordd residents do similar on something of a much larger scale?

You can fill your objection in online below.
Link http://www.flintshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/english/!ut/p/c5/hY5LT4QwFIV_0r19wixLSxAjHRhaZNgQknlkiDAYCYn8eokujAv1nOWX84AGNo_dcrt28-0-di9QQyNbwnmsi5gSdEYhNbmtRBohpmzjR9mis3tGJCehIAGmodfJwRcktOKf9DPUyNuyD6fsfa6fVr24fi0wW_36ZkqcjabWmvxUHXyk1DBWr8mWaX62ehYgdVJGu72giPjF__r0yX-RQrAP9-EMR2iC75XERQzp4y7nQa4YLQVMg1-m-KI_ALT8pBc!/dl3/d3/L0lDU0NsQ2xJSkpncHBpUW9LVVEhL29Gb2dBRUlZSWhBTVlvU2tJTVpEZ2lJQUNBT1NnSUVvSzBiUmxhQSEvNEMxYjlZQS1JTmI4MnZTRUpUREVTWkNKU2lBIS83XzE0NEVDUUUyMUdUQjMwMko5UDQ3UEEzMlM1L3ZpZXcvbm9ybWFsL05GVDFVMjk1ODAzMjIvMTY1NjA5MjExMzkyL3VuaWQvMUNFNUI5RERCODZBM0JCOTgwMjU3ODgwMDAxNzk4ODc!/