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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Super Tony to the rescue
It wasn't so long ago Flintshire councillors were griping over out of ward interference by Cllr Klaus Armstrong Braun.
These rules of course are for Klaus only. Big beasts such as Cllr Bernie Attridge and Cllr Tony Sharps operate across Flintshire with impunity.
Super Tony has waded into the proposed gypsy site at Ewloe. Is this a fight against officers or are we getting near an election?
Read further in The Flintshire Leader
Tony's the one who thinks cars can hammer around Flintshire excluding Northop Hall where he is councillor.
These rules of course are for Klaus only. Big beasts such as Cllr Bernie Attridge and Cllr Tony Sharps operate across Flintshire with impunity.
Super Tony has waded into the proposed gypsy site at Ewloe. Is this a fight against officers or are we getting near an election?
Read further in The Flintshire Leader
Tony's the one who thinks cars can hammer around Flintshire excluding Northop Hall where he is councillor.
Dirty brown drinking water last night
Left tap on all night now clear.
postscript: Not quite. Dirty baths until cold and hot water tanks change water.
postscript: Not quite. Dirty baths until cold and hot water tanks change water.
The Internet is changing our brains
It changed mine quite some time ago. You have a question or project so you look on the net at all those that have struggled with your issue before you.
My current project to halve my energy bill inside a year has a very rich vein of knowledge on line
Some net knowledge is plain wrong. It's a matter of sorting the wheat from the chaff.
Apparently Facebook alters how various parts of the brain function.
I don't do Twitter of Facebook for various reasons.
Here's the story.
My current project to halve my energy bill inside a year has a very rich vein of knowledge on line
Some net knowledge is plain wrong. It's a matter of sorting the wheat from the chaff.
Apparently Facebook alters how various parts of the brain function.
I don't do Twitter of Facebook for various reasons.
Here's the story.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Italian and Sicilian Cuisine comes to Penyffordd
At The Millstone
Telephone 07590 753 884
The Capo Di Silva restaurants are around other parts of N Wales. Try this for a menu.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Penyffordd district houses for sale and rent
Discounted property for sale
Are you interested in snapping up a bargain? Below are properties for sale where the asking prices have been reduced - simply click on any property to find out more. Search for all reduced property near ch4-0ls by clicking here.
Address Type Beds Price Listed On Reduction
Hawarden Road 3 £114,500 14-03-2011 8%
Hawarden Road Detached 4 £275,000 18-01-2010 8%
Coed Y Graig 0 £120,000 20-06-2011 20%
Little Mountain Road Detached 4 £300,000 13-05-2009 9%
Little Mountain Road Detached 4 £245,000 20-07-2010 16%
Other property for sale
The list below shows what is currently on the market for sale near you. To search for more property on the market click here.
Address Type Beds Price Listed On
Hawarden Road 3 £114,500 14-03-2011
Hawarden Road 4 £300,000 11-05-2011
Hawarden Road Detached 4 £275,000 18-01-2010
Penymynydd Road Semi-D 0 £140,000 08-08-2011
Allerton Close 3 £200,000 30-07-2011
Chain-free property for sale further afield
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
Chester Road, Dobshill, Deeside, Flintshire, CH5 Semi-D 3 £142,500 09-08-2011
Hewitts Lane, BUCKLEY 2 £85,000 19-09-2011
Brittania Road, Leeswood, Flintshire 3 £125,000 01-09-2011
Wellington Road, Broughton, Chester CH4 Semi-D 4 £200,000 23-08-2011
Ewloe Place, Buckley Terrace 2 £89,950 20-09-2011
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*
Wrexham Road Detached 3 £875 12-04-2011 £224,855
Chester Road 3 £625 18-06-2010 £160,611
Drury Lane Flat 1 £395 12-04-2011 £101,506
Drury Lane Flat 2 £550 23-02-2011 £141,337
Drury Lane Terrace 2 £500 23-05-2011 £128,489
*This is the current value estimate that is implied by the rental price and by typical rental yields in the area.
From all of us here at Mouseprice.com
Are you interested in snapping up a bargain? Below are properties for sale where the asking prices have been reduced - simply click on any property to find out more. Search for all reduced property near ch4-0ls by clicking here.
Address Type Beds Price Listed On Reduction
Hawarden Road 3 £114,500 14-03-2011 8%
Hawarden Road Detached 4 £275,000 18-01-2010 8%
Coed Y Graig 0 £120,000 20-06-2011 20%
Little Mountain Road Detached 4 £300,000 13-05-2009 9%
Little Mountain Road Detached 4 £245,000 20-07-2010 16%
Other property for sale
The list below shows what is currently on the market for sale near you. To search for more property on the market click here.
Address Type Beds Price Listed On
Hawarden Road 3 £114,500 14-03-2011
Hawarden Road 4 £300,000 11-05-2011
Hawarden Road Detached 4 £275,000 18-01-2010
Penymynydd Road Semi-D 0 £140,000 08-08-2011
Allerton Close 3 £200,000 30-07-2011
Chain-free property for sale further afield
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
Chester Road, Dobshill, Deeside, Flintshire, CH5 Semi-D 3 £142,500 09-08-2011
Hewitts Lane, BUCKLEY 2 £85,000 19-09-2011
Brittania Road, Leeswood, Flintshire 3 £125,000 01-09-2011
Wellington Road, Broughton, Chester CH4 Semi-D 4 £200,000 23-08-2011
Ewloe Place, Buckley Terrace 2 £89,950 20-09-2011
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*
Wrexham Road Detached 3 £875 12-04-2011 £224,855
Chester Road 3 £625 18-06-2010 £160,611
Drury Lane Flat 1 £395 12-04-2011 £101,506
Drury Lane Flat 2 £550 23-02-2011 £141,337
Drury Lane Terrace 2 £500 23-05-2011 £128,489
*This is the current value estimate that is implied by the rental price and by typical rental yields in the area.
From all of us here at Mouseprice.com
Chief Constable Mark Polin's pathetic answer regarding bikers in The Daily Post
Biker speeding is at epidemic proportions on N Wales roads.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2011/10/17/q-a-with-north-wales-chief-constable-mark-polin-55578-29605378/
A reader asks the CC
Q What does Mr Polin intend to do about the influx of bikes that North Wales has to endure every weekend? We live on the A525, just past Bwlchgwyn on the Wrexham to Ruthin Road and we are constantly asking the police to do something about the speed of bikers that pass our home. On average a bike passes at speed every three minutes on Sundays in the summer and the danger this presents to residents leaving their drives is horrendous.
(from Sheila Brownhill,
Bwlchgwyn, Wrexham)
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The Chief Constables slime ball answer to their predicament which in no way solves their or many others issues over the bikers. All our politicians cowardly hiding behind the sofa on this.
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A North Wales has long been popular with motorcyclists. We use a mix of enforcement, engagement and education to try to ensure they use our roads sensibly and with respect for other users, as well as those who live alongside popular routes. We take a proportionate approach to enforcement, using unmarked cars and bikes on problematic routes, supported by our GoSafe speed enforcement vans. We also work with BikeSafe to get safety and consideration messages across to motorcyclists and together with our partners evaluate engineering solutions for our roads.
I'm pleased to be able to say that motorcycle casualty levels are down from 144 to 117, 18.75% down from January to September this year, compared with same period last year. Motorcyclists as a group are extremely vulnerable, and we will continue to target high-risk routes at various times of the day to deter inappropriate behaviour by all road users.
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Penyffordd District quote. Casuality levels will be down due to less drivers using roads due to credit crunch. Note the Chief Constable is a biker. No policing of exhaust levels either. An FOIE on the amount of bikers caught speeding would be interesting to read.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2011/10/17/q-a-with-north-wales-chief-constable-mark-polin-55578-29605378/
A reader asks the CC
Q What does Mr Polin intend to do about the influx of bikes that North Wales has to endure every weekend? We live on the A525, just past Bwlchgwyn on the Wrexham to Ruthin Road and we are constantly asking the police to do something about the speed of bikers that pass our home. On average a bike passes at speed every three minutes on Sundays in the summer and the danger this presents to residents leaving their drives is horrendous.
(from Sheila Brownhill,
Bwlchgwyn, Wrexham)
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The Chief Constables slime ball answer to their predicament which in no way solves their or many others issues over the bikers. All our politicians cowardly hiding behind the sofa on this.
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A North Wales has long been popular with motorcyclists. We use a mix of enforcement, engagement and education to try to ensure they use our roads sensibly and with respect for other users, as well as those who live alongside popular routes. We take a proportionate approach to enforcement, using unmarked cars and bikes on problematic routes, supported by our GoSafe speed enforcement vans. We also work with BikeSafe to get safety and consideration messages across to motorcyclists and together with our partners evaluate engineering solutions for our roads.
I'm pleased to be able to say that motorcycle casualty levels are down from 144 to 117, 18.75% down from January to September this year, compared with same period last year. Motorcyclists as a group are extremely vulnerable, and we will continue to target high-risk routes at various times of the day to deter inappropriate behaviour by all road users.
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Penyffordd District quote. Casuality levels will be down due to less drivers using roads due to credit crunch. Note the Chief Constable is a biker. No policing of exhaust levels either. An FOIE on the amount of bikers caught speeding would be interesting to read.
Speeding ad nauseum..................
The last word on this issue for a few weeks (I also tell fibs)
1. Top of Penymynydd Rd Penymynydd Access Only. Short cutters have been booked.
This is long and ongoing. I had a mate get booked here 30 years ago.
Will White Lion development put a stop to this? White Lion development of course will have severe traffic calming and rat run?
2. Outside the White Lion ( now deceased) Apparently 40 drivers have been booked for speeding. ( its very near a school, very dangerous.)
3. Thank you to The Flintshire Leader for publishing my letter last Friday. The contents that are on another machine will appear shortly.
1. Top of Penymynydd Rd Penymynydd Access Only. Short cutters have been booked.
This is long and ongoing. I had a mate get booked here 30 years ago.
Will White Lion development put a stop to this? White Lion development of course will have severe traffic calming and rat run?
2. Outside the White Lion ( now deceased) Apparently 40 drivers have been booked for speeding. ( its very near a school, very dangerous.)
3. Thank you to The Flintshire Leader for publishing my letter last Friday. The contents that are on another machine will appear shortly.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Thank you Gosafe
for attending Chester Rd today. You have 3 sets of traffic data for Chester Rd you know when the issues are yet you turn up when traffic will be at its minimum and also at its most well behaved.
Do Penyffordd cllrs ask you to turn up when the village is quiet?
Airbus workers are the worst. Why are they immune from not having to do the speed limit?
You could always shut me up by doing a speed survey ( our cllrs are scared of surveys) and showing everybody rather than hiding it. There is no advantage to me telling anyone the equipment is set up on Chester Rd is there?
As unaccountable as ever, classic sign of a Quango. Paid by us but which over which we have no control.
Emailed to Gosafe and Carl Sargeant AM Minister for Welsh Roads.
keyword: keystone cops
postscript. I have written to the Gosafe representative for Flintshire. I have protested at the "pretending" to do the job. Time to get serious.
Do Penyffordd cllrs ask you to turn up when the village is quiet?
Airbus workers are the worst. Why are they immune from not having to do the speed limit?
You could always shut me up by doing a speed survey ( our cllrs are scared of surveys) and showing everybody rather than hiding it. There is no advantage to me telling anyone the equipment is set up on Chester Rd is there?
As unaccountable as ever, classic sign of a Quango. Paid by us but which over which we have no control.
Emailed to Gosafe and Carl Sargeant AM Minister for Welsh Roads.
keyword: keystone cops
postscript. I have written to the Gosafe representative for Flintshire. I have protested at the "pretending" to do the job. Time to get serious.
Penyffordd Bat House
Bats were found in the old Meadowslea hospital. This is their new home. There are slits in the walls for entry and exits.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Carry on taking us to the cleaners
That's the energy companies and the government . Mixed in with energy bills are the green taxes to pay for inefficient generation such as windmills and loads of extra money to prop up the bankers.
Will the watchdogs do anything, not really. Over paid non jobs.
Who will suffer? The poor and the elderly..
" It emerged yesterday that recent price hikes have increased the profit margins enjoyed by Britain’s big energy firms to £125 per customer a year from £15 in June."
read further Walesonline
Will the watchdogs do anything, not really. Over paid non jobs.
Who will suffer? The poor and the elderly..
" It emerged yesterday that recent price hikes have increased the profit margins enjoyed by Britain’s big energy firms to £125 per customer a year from £15 in June."
read further Walesonline
The Milky Bar Kids are coming to town
and will be in the Penyffordd British Legion on Friday 4th November between 1 and 2 pm. (Mark Tami MP and Carl Sargeant AM, Assembly Minister for Roads and Communities.) to look at your concerns and issues.
I have been to see them about speeding through the village. They have helped not at all, although they do know WAG have vandalised the village by not protecting us against A55 Warren Bank traffic
They are however up against the dark forces of evil, Flintshire Highways and North Wales Police who stand in the way of any community who want serious speed reductions.
Since Flintshire County Council are doing a large foot dragging exercise with extremely high Olympian qualification bars for compulsory 20 mph zones is it not time for Carl to get serious, he is after all head of Welsh roads.
All this red tape to justify simple community decisions needs to be swept aside. Here's something to make your name Carl.
Are you for the "Jeremy Clarksons" Carl or are you for long suffering Welsh communities? Flintshire Highways and NWP want a good kick in the pants. Are you the one to do it? You have the power, use it for the good of communities.
ps I am of the opinion that police kill more people on British roads than the supposed blood bath that would happen with a reduction in speed limits through communities. ( What other excuse do police have for their foot dragging apart from the fact they currently have the power to do so?)
I have been to see them about speeding through the village. They have helped not at all, although they do know WAG have vandalised the village by not protecting us against A55 Warren Bank traffic
They are however up against the dark forces of evil, Flintshire Highways and North Wales Police who stand in the way of any community who want serious speed reductions.
Since Flintshire County Council are doing a large foot dragging exercise with extremely high Olympian qualification bars for compulsory 20 mph zones is it not time for Carl to get serious, he is after all head of Welsh roads.
All this red tape to justify simple community decisions needs to be swept aside. Here's something to make your name Carl.
Are you for the "Jeremy Clarksons" Carl or are you for long suffering Welsh communities? Flintshire Highways and NWP want a good kick in the pants. Are you the one to do it? You have the power, use it for the good of communities.
ps I am of the opinion that police kill more people on British roads than the supposed blood bath that would happen with a reduction in speed limits through communities. ( What other excuse do police have for their foot dragging apart from the fact they currently have the power to do so?)
Friday, October 14, 2011
Wood Lane Farm Application Further
The planning application has been amended.
It is here.
If you have made objections they need to be restated or new comments made.
You have 12 days to make your views known (26/102011)
If you follow the link it can be done online.
It is here.
If you have made objections they need to be restated or new comments made.
You have 12 days to make your views known (26/102011)
If you follow the link it can be done online.
North Wales Police Brass Neck
NWP traffic policing in N Wales is just about non existent. A former bobby let out of the bag that former Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom decimated the traffic division.
Gosafe are supposed to do NWP traffic policing but are just a bit beyond the joke stage. They are unaccountable to communities, they hide their speed data. I take Gosafe as a marker of how awful the Welsh assembly Government are.
Any alteration of speed limits NWP have to poke their nose in. I am of the opinion if they object you have no chance.
Here is the agency that allows wholesale speeding by bikers all over N Wales at the weekend. No traffic policing between 5 at night and 10 in the morning. An agency that will not police vehicle exhaust law demanding a say in matters involving communities but have all but withdrawn traffic policing.
They have just turned down a communities plea for 30 mph. Instead they have insisted on 40 mph which is double the noise in decible terms.
This community lives between two roundabouts that are three hundred yards apart. All traffic has to stop at the roundabouts.
Altering the speed limit to 30 mph is a no brainer
NWP are luddites. They stand against better environments in communities. Traffic policing and its funding should be removed from them altogether. I like to think they are better at other forms of policing.
keyword: Keystone Cops.
Gosafe are supposed to do NWP traffic policing but are just a bit beyond the joke stage. They are unaccountable to communities, they hide their speed data. I take Gosafe as a marker of how awful the Welsh assembly Government are.
Any alteration of speed limits NWP have to poke their nose in. I am of the opinion if they object you have no chance.
Here is the agency that allows wholesale speeding by bikers all over N Wales at the weekend. No traffic policing between 5 at night and 10 in the morning. An agency that will not police vehicle exhaust law demanding a say in matters involving communities but have all but withdrawn traffic policing.
They have just turned down a communities plea for 30 mph. Instead they have insisted on 40 mph which is double the noise in decible terms.
This community lives between two roundabouts that are three hundred yards apart. All traffic has to stop at the roundabouts.
Altering the speed limit to 30 mph is a no brainer
NWP are luddites. They stand against better environments in communities. Traffic policing and its funding should be removed from them altogether. I like to think they are better at other forms of policing.
keyword: Keystone Cops.
Internet Difficulties
All day the internet has been highly intermittent. Outlook Express not down loading messages. 15 restart computers and modem to try to clear things.
20.20 hrs suddenly we are going like a train on speed.
BT do my head in. World class company? P*ss poor ex public monopoly and still behaving like one.
20.20 hrs suddenly we are going like a train on speed.
BT do my head in. World class company? P*ss poor ex public monopoly and still behaving like one.
Do the Daily Post know what day it is?
Quality reporting here in N Wales.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2011/10/13/first-minister-carwyn-jones-to-open-new-factory-at-airbus-55578-29589069/
WALES’ First Minister Carwyn Jones will officially open the new north factory at Airbus Broughton today.
DAVID CAMERON opened the new £400million Airbus factory yesterday and thanked the plane maker for safeguarding thousands of jobs for decades to come.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2011/10/14/pm-opens-400m-broughton-factory-safeguarding-6-000-jobs-55578-29592994/
postscript: Perhaps for security reasons they couldn't say the Prime Minister was opening the factory so they used First Minister Carwyn Jones as a decoy !
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2011/10/13/first-minister-carwyn-jones-to-open-new-factory-at-airbus-55578-29589069/
WALES’ First Minister Carwyn Jones will officially open the new north factory at Airbus Broughton today.
DAVID CAMERON opened the new £400million Airbus factory yesterday and thanked the plane maker for safeguarding thousands of jobs for decades to come.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2011/10/14/pm-opens-400m-broughton-factory-safeguarding-6-000-jobs-55578-29592994/
postscript: Perhaps for security reasons they couldn't say the Prime Minister was opening the factory so they used First Minister Carwyn Jones as a decoy !
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Airbus 350 Wing Factory now open
This is the Beluga aircraft we see most days.
A section of the new carbon fibre wing arrives from Germany
Links
I served my apprentice at Hawker Siddeley. Jack Garston was MD
Later I returned and worked on Airbus wings 300 and 310.
My background is light alloy machining pre cnc
Although I do fancy building a cnc machine. You can get the bits on the net for a diy project. CNC is where the computer directs the machine to make the part. CNC machines at Airbus are two cricket pitches long
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