Re: Wakefield Express article : Thu Dec 07, 2023 4:24 pm  

phe13 wrote:

Was strange how they used to die in alphabetical order.

Badum tisch.

Re: Wakefield Express article : Thu Dec 07, 2023 6:02 pm  

Not the same since it changed from a b&w broad sheet. The last time I looked there were pages and pages of adverts and puzzles with very little actual local news apart from a usual double page spread about what's going on at Pinderfields. As someone said , not even produced in Wakefield for years. The Trinity news all seemed to be gleaned from The League Express anyway.

Re: Wakefield Express article : Thu Dec 07, 2023 6:09 pm  

Express Sport was local when Frank Jeffries was the long standing reporter. Young John Fieldhouse was the last local reporter I can recall. Both regulars, with other Express staff, in The Mitre on Southgate.

Re: Wakefield Express article : Thu Dec 07, 2023 6:37 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

Express Sport was local when Frank Jeffries was the long standing reporter. Young John Fieldhouse was the last local reporter I can recall. Both regulars, with other Express staff, in The Mitre on Southgate.

Steve Heptinstall took over from John Fieldhouse, Steve was an Eastmoor lad and was the last local sports reporter at the Express as far as I know

Re: Wakefield Express article : Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:28 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

Steve Heptinstall took over from John Fieldhouse, Steve was an Eastmoor lad and was the last local sports reporter at the Express as far as I know

Good info. I lost touch with the Express lads when The Mitre got closed as part of the pre Ridings demolition. JF would get me in to some away games free on his Press card, if the gate people were easy going enough. Unbelievably a lot larder getting in that way than when Michael Hunte lent me his players pass when he travelled with the team.

Re: Wakefield Express article : Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:10 pm  

I would like to know @ what stage if the council says it's their money is there a time limit ie, 3 or 5 yrs or
10 yrs.
What puzzles me is that 106 agreement was given by the vendor of York court to provide a ground etc to wakey T, & not to the council coffers for them to generally fill their coffers & distribute as owners of that money, yes legally they operate the 106 etc.
Further more, lot all the other 106 agreements for all specified things like roads, buildings & any other property, does that mean they monitor their money to those schemes & own them & control their value & use as they see fit, at what stage does control & ownership cease ?

Re: Wakefield Express article : Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:37 am  

Start@1873 wrote:

I would like to know @ what stage if the council says it's their money is there a time limit ie, 3 or 5 yrs or
10 yrs.
What puzzles me is that 106 agreement was given by the vendor of York court to provide a ground etc to wakey T, & not to the council coffers for them to generally fill their coffers & distribute as owners of that money, yes legally they operate the 106 etc.
Further more, lot all the other 106 agreements for all specified things like roads, buildings & any other property, does that mean they monitor their money to those schemes & own them & control their value & use as they see fit, at what stage does control & ownership cease ?

Their job is to ensure the money collected from developers is used for the purpose it was intended, in this case funding for new facilities. It is not their money or investment.

The real story is why so much of these S106 payments has not been allocated for the purpose it was asked for?!

Re: Wakefield Express article : Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:09 am  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

Their job is to ensure the money collected from developers is used for the purpose it was intended, in this case funding for new facilities. It is not their money or investment.

The real story is why so much of these S106 payments has not been allocated for the purpose it was asked for?!

So are you saying we are been screwed again ?

Re: Wakefield Express article : Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:33 am  

The Avenger wrote:

Steve Heptinstall took over from John Fieldhouse, Steve was an Eastmoor lad and was the last local sports reporter at the Express as far as I know

It's Stuart Heptinstall fwiw, born on Portobello moved onto Eastmoor when he was about 4 year old, lived on park Lodge till he married a Stanley lass one of the rugby playing family the Lindley's,
Well known around Stanley, Stuart was well known Wakey councilor and deputy chairman and did his fair share trying to get trinity the new ground at Moorehouse.

Re: Wakefield Express article : Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:20 am  

alegend wrote:

So are you saying we are been screwed again ?

Wakefield Trinity? Other than not getting what was originally promised, no. The wider public? Yes.