Sandyford and Goldenhill

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Goldenhill Scouts Help Local Pensioners

Goldenhill and Tunstall Scouts are helping pensioners in Albany Street, Goldenhill to have their front gardens spruced up.

The project is to take place on Saturday 21st June between 9.30 a.m. & 11.30 a.m. where the Scouts, Cubs & Beavers are to clean board panels under windows, sweeping pathways as well as doing some weeding and litter picking.

Tony Porter, Scout Leader along with his assistant Julie approached S.A.G.E. for a worthwhile suggestion of where their help would be most needed, and it was agreed this project would be the best in respect to supporting the older residents in our community.

After S.A.G.E. members Anna Beck & Tom Simpson met up with the community in Albany Street, it was said residents are very excited at the prospect of young people wanting to help older people who are less able bodied to do the work for themselves.

http://tunstallscouts.co.uk/

Farewell to P.C. Ben Broughton

P.C. Ben Broughton has said his farewells as the P.C. of Goldenhill and Sandyford.

Ben said his time as Neighbourhood Officer for the past three years working with S.A.G.E. and residents, have been most enjoyable in the police service without question. He goes onto say I have not come across another residents association so efficiently run and well attended, which is something you should all be very proud of “it has been a pleasure to have been asked to attend S.A.G.E. meetings.”

S.A.G.E. wishes Ben all the very best for the future in his new role as Police Sergeant, and have thanked him personally for being helpful and supportive to local residents and the S.A.G.E. committee.

Speed Checks Called for by Goldenhill Residents

Sandyford & Goldenhill Residents Association are calling for traffic calming measures to take place in Kidsgrove Road, Goldenhill.

Goldenhill car crash, which happened in November 2013

The S.A.G.E. committee are aware of a number of accidents that have taken place in the area over several months but are unsure all of them have been reported.

Chief Inspector Adrian Roberts has been contacted by S.A.G.E. in respect to his thoughts of addressing the ongoing problem.

Councillor Martin Garner who represents the ward has informed S.A.G.E. he has already been in contact with the Chief Inspector, who arranged for the police camera van to visit the area several times last week. It is further reported that more visits by the camera van are planned for the area in the coming weeks.

It is believed a number of speeding offences have already been recorded during the time the camera van has visited Goldenhill.

http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Driver-crashed-vehicles-trying-avoid-dog/story-21090714-detail/story.html

Explosion Causes Disruption to Local Area

Picture taken by Paula Millward

An explosion to a substation in Burslem, caused disruption to Sandyford and Goldenhill in the early evening rush hour.

Houses and businesses in the area were without power for up to an hour. Staffordshire Fire & Rescue from Sandyford and Hanley attended the incident in Scotia Road, Burslem.

A number of businesses in the area were unable to operate a normal service, which included McDonald’s and Wickes until power was returned.

Local residents have reported how surprised they were at the scale of disruption, which has covered most of North Staffordshire and as far away as South Cheshire.

For more on this story follow the link http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Explosion-substation-Burslem-leaves-hundreds/story-21094270-detail/story.html

“Pottery Village of Sandyford”

The “Pottery Village of Sandyford” Nameplate has come back to Reginald Mitchel Way this week.

The sign which was hit by a vehicle earlier in the year, meant it had to be removed for safety reasons.

It’s new position on the highway has located it to the embankment side of the footpath, which keeps the nameplate further away from vehicles using the road.

Fire Brigade Union Announces Further Industrial Action

Fire Brigade Union has announced further industrial action this weekend. Everyone is urged to take extra care during this period.

Strike action is planned for:

Friday 2nd May midday – 5 p.m.

Saturday 3rd May 2 p.m. – 2 a.m.

Sunday 4th May 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

For more inforation on fire safety follow the link http://www.staffordshirefire.gov.uk/

Hello Duck!

Where does ‘duck’ come from?

Firstly the word “duck” as a term of greeting has nothing at all to do with the winged bird of the same name.

It is said to find its origin in the Saxon word ‘ducas’ which was meant as a term of respect; similar to the Middle English ‘duc’, ‘duk’ which denotes a leader, commander; from which comes the title ‘Duke’ and the Old French word ‘ducheé’ – the territory ruled by a Duke.

From these origins it became a greeting and then a term of endearment. This use of ‘duck’ as a greeting is not restricted to the Potteries; although the use here is very common. It is still used in many parts of what was Mercia. Even though they have very different dialects from the Potteries the greeting is used in the Black Country, in Derbyshire, as far east as Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire. In Yorkshire the main term of greeting is ‘luv’ but in Sheffield, which is close to the Yorkshire – Derbyshire border the greeting ‘Ey up me duck’ can be heard.

So don’t be offended if someone calls you duck, you now know that it is a term of respect and is no way implying that you a have a beak, feathers or that you make a quacking noise when you talk.

In Midsummer Nights Dream Shakespeare uses the phrase ‘O dainty Ducke: O Deere!” as a term of endearment.

This item was supplied by Anthony A Page for our perusal.

Street Games Session Cancelled

Unfortunately the “Street Games” Session planned for Friday 25th April at Goldenhill was canceled due to poor weather conditions.

The event which was planned between 5.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. was called off an hour and a half before it was due to begin because of continuous heavy rain.

The City Counil’s Street Games Team contacted Tom Simpson, S.A.G.E. Secretary prior to the session being cancelled, the main reason given was for children’s safety due to the grass being wet and slippery.

The Street Games Team are looking at putting on replacement sessions for the cancelled day, either 1 x 2 hour or a 2 x 1 hour programme for the young people to attend in the Sandyford & Goldenhill area.

S.A.G.E. and the City Council’s Youth Service Team would like to thank Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service for paying to hold the event for the young people who live in the area.

Drop-in Police Surgery

Drop-in Police Surgery, SATURDAY 26th APRIL, 2.30 p.m. GOLDENHILL COMMUNITY CENTRE, DRUMMOND STREET.

Come and discuss issues that matter to you in your community with your local officers.

It will be an ideal opportunity to get involved in setting police and partnership priorities.