Alan’s Briefing 12/1/24

Hi Leaders and Supporters  Friday again, the weeks pass faster when you get older. Lets hope 2024 is better for all of us, if not there are many services in Tameside to help, mentally and physically plus abuse and debt. Shop, they took the…

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Alans Briefing 05/01/2024

Hi Leaders and Supporters, New Year has started I hope you have recovered from all the parties and events of last year, we are now in 2024 and hopefully it will be a great year for us all. Some of us may…

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Alan’s Briefing 29/12/23

Hi Leaders and Supporters. This will be my last briefing, what’s all that cheering? let me finish, for this year. Shop Update. Well after all the gales and rain on Wednesday the building is still standing. I went to check after the grandkids…

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Alan Leaders Briefing 22/12/2023

Hi Supporters and Leaders, Shop Report. Job stopped again last Friday, the next stage was the slates to come off the roof to check the trusses and purlins beams in the roof. There is another job now, removing about 30 pigeons and…

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Alan’s Briefing 15/12/23

Hi Leaders and Supporters, Shop Report While at 2/1 Christmas do on Saturday night I got a call that the shop had fallen down. I left, to find all the wooden hoardings were in the road due the lashing down rains and…

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Alan’s Briefing 8/12/23

Hi Supporters and Leaders, Christmas tree and decorations should be up by now, as there are only 17 days to go. I am not into Christmas cards at about £3 to £5 and a 2nd class stamp at 75p but as you need it…

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Alan’s Briefing 01/12/2023

Hi Leaders and Supporters, Shop news a miracle has happened this week the builders have been here everyday of the week for the first time. The i girders are in for above the shop windows and brickwork is now up to the…

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Alan’s Briefing Note – 17 November 2023

Hi Leaders and Supporters, Drive through Shop report, the builders have been on Monday this week and put up a girder in the shop to hold up the chimney breast for the two floors above. More bad news, a H&S engineer turned…

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Alan’s Briefing 3/11/23

Hi Leaders and Supporters, The big change over in ntemails happened last weekend so if your ntemail stopped working you need to contact neil.duncalf@ntscouts.org.uk our SASIT to get a new password. Those not on ntemails will still get scout information from me if relevant to your…

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Alan’s Briefing Note – 20 October 2023

Hi Leaders and Supporters, Remember my last week’s Shop good news, well it changed to bad news. As the new bricks delivered were metric, not imperial eg old, so they had to go back and the correct bricks came on Thur….

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