Stuart.C

This is what I posted on this Political thread in February this year, Page 125, when the subject came up,, I was aware of talk of proposals for the East Midlands amalgamation and now assume that I must have thought that others, not the residents would be making the decision. I must have been asleep between November 2022 and Jan 2023 as I don't remember any mention or any contact by anyone or by letter of any link to the consultation website, which I've just found. Obviously the Have your say section has now been disabled / removed. https://www.eastmidlandsdevolution.co

Mary, yes there was a consultation to see if the Notts / Derbys residents wanted to join forces and have single East Midlands Mayor. A public consultation on East Midlands devolution, carried out between November 2022 and January 2023, showed strong support for the plans among local residents, businesses and community groups. There were 4,869 responses to the consultation overall, from members of the public and people answering on behalf of an organisation. The number of responses was higher than similar consultations on devolution in other areas.

The houses bottom right were prefabs originally. Headstocks pub bottom left. Phoenix Park the grassy area at top of picture.

DJ, Todays headline appears to be that Angela Raynor is now also being investigated re whether she correctly gave her main residence address for the electoral register.

Park Row / Derby Rd junction, past and present. And they'll about the scrap the island and make it a junction, or may have already started.

Yes Jill. B&P were no 48 to 60, that's from Derby St to the Strathdon, all the block in the below link. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.955151,-1.1579491,3a,90y,40.4h,99.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTT8VRgknJEtQNWRkZqSIcw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

This is what happened to Clarendon, no longer fit for purpose, too expensive to heat and to maintain. So replaced with a new building to be used as a school. Clarendon moved to a new site in Broad Marsh as part of a merger of most of the Nottingham and surrounds Colleges, now all called Nottingham College.

Just been reading Bluecoat history, think it was written a while ago,, The Blue Coat School This was founded in 1706, but the present building, which stands at the foot of the High Pavement, was erected in 1723, on ground given by Mr Wm. Thorpe, a benevolent attorney. It contains a large school room, and a suite of apartments for the residence of the master, who has 100 guineas a year, and he is allowed six tons of coals annually for the use of the school. Two statues, in niches at the front of the building, represent a boy and a girl in their school costume. The charit

Archway Trust, who own / run or whatever, Bluecoat have been given a short lease on the old People's College building on Maid Marian Way for temporary use for their 6th form. The space that frees up at Bluecoat is being used for start up pupils for the new Free Secondary school being built on the old Clarendon site, should be finished this year. When the new Clarendon (not called that) building is open, start up pupils will move and Bluecoat get their 6th form space back. Whether Archway will run the Free School I know not. Edit,, yes they will be, to be calle

Update. B&M have now taken the old Bulwell Wilko and are due to open in June this year. Presumably the small B&M opposite will close.

For someone with a Frozen pension, it wouldn't apply. Cut and pasted from Commons Library,, The government is legally required to increase the basic and new State Pension each year at least in line with average earnings. The 'triple lock' is a commitment, beyond this legal requirement, to increase State Pensions by whichever is highest of average earnings growth, CPI inflation, or 2.5%.

Page 7 on this link sort of expains the Frozen situation. http://frozenbritishpensions.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-Feb-ICBP-NPC-Pamphlet.pdf

Panic over,, All affected shops are back online and trading.

Apparently the born after 6th April 1951 scheme was brought in to make it simpler to calculate, but on average make it so that the new scheme doesn't make anyone better off than they would have been in the old scheme. But as is usual it's not as simple as black and white and the Petitioners, just as Politicians do, have chosen to cherry pick to suit their needs. They've only taken the amount paid out in the old scheme verses the new scheme without taking into account anything else. Not everyone will get the full amount, £221 ish, in 2024, just as not everyone gets the