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COGNEWS
September 20, 2024
Cheadle "Town" Clock at St. Giles the Abbot
Saving Time - The Story of our Town Clock
The Town Clock, which sits in the Tower of St Giles the Abbot Church, at the end of the High Street, is almost 200 years old. It was built in Cheadle, at number 41 High Street, better known today as our town's Butcher's Shop - Wooliscroft. There has been a butchers shop at number 41, for over 100 years.
The clock was purchased for a price of 62 pounds 15 shillings and 6 pence in 1825, and is still ticking away, giving accurate time some 199 years later. For over 30 years, the responsibility of winding the clock has been held by local resident and semi-retired engineer, Jim Plant. It's well worth stopping near the hour, to hear this wonderful part of local history in action. Sadly it's no longer possible to climb the tower safely, due to current health and safety regulations. St Giles the Abbot Vicar, the Rev, Garry Higgs is running events to raise funds to install an electrical winder for the clock. The cost of this is around £15,000. Visit our Events page for details of fundraising events.
Community News - In Brief
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Newsletters & Other Documents
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From COG
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From Governance
We believe that good communications should always be at the heart of everything we do as a community. Here you'll find Local Authority Documents which affect our town.
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From Members
All COG members are not for profit organisations, sometimes without the budget or structure to communicate information to guide their growth. This is a space for all members to share their important documents with the local community.
Should we host a Cheadle Swap Shop?
A lovely community activity popular in rural areas across Europe is a community swap shop. Essentially, if you have an item or service to swap for another item or service, you can list it. If we were to run this we would ask for a small donation (not essential) which then helps us deliver the site, train our people and bring better services to our town. What do you think, should we do it?
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You can see our draft idea on the link below and if you'd like to comment you can let us know here.​
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Looking for a service, group or charity in the Cheadle Area? You'll find them in our COG Members Directory.
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If you are looking for Cost of Living Support check out the Financial Support Page.
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You'll also find member activities and events throughout our pages under what's on or Events
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We meet every month and plan to make the group a force for good to improve all kinds of things for members and residents alike. There are significantly more benefits in working together than separately and we hope the group will be valuable to all our members.
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If you've not yet connected to COG we would encourage you to do so. You can share your activities in our activities calendar, share your events in our events section, and all kinds of other information which will help your group.
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