Google Street map has taken pics of Chester Green. See if you can spot anyone you know! An example is below!

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…can be found here.  The police are still after information about the attack, and can be contacted on 0345 123 3333 (the non-emergency number).

A new display of Derby Co-Op History, 2pm to 4.30pm, Little Chester Heritage Centre, St Paul’s Church, in Mansfield Road. Admission free.

Staff will host an open event on Saturday 4th April, from 4.30pm, where the public will be offered free hair consultations and complimentary nail file and polishes.

The salon address is 134 Mansfield Road, telephone number 01332 735927.
During the event, there will be the chance to win £150 worth of hair and beauty vouchers plus free hair consultations and complimentary nail file and polishes.

As most will have already heard, a serious attack occurred late Saturday night/early Sunday morning in the car park off city road in Chester Green. Currently, a 25 year old man is being questioned by police, but the 19 year old girl who was attacked is still critically ill in hospital. A 19 year old man was also injured in the attack. More details can be found at the evening telegraphs website, here. Lets hope the man the police have in for questioning is the guilty party….

There has been a number of incidents of cars being broken into in the last few weeks in Chester Green and across handyside bridge in the five lamps area. Please make sure that no bags etc. are on show in your cars, and please report any suspicious people hanging around cars at night! The police’s NEW non-emergency number is 0345 123 33 33.

I’m sorry to report that Gypsies have, yet again, broken down barriers in order to gain access to Darley Fields car park off Old Chester Road. The park rangers have informed the police. Let’s see how much of a mess they make of Chester Green this time….. 🙁

Chester Green Rainbow Guides has places available for girls aged 5 & 6 and a waiting list for younger girls.

We meet from 5-6pm on Tuesday (term time only) at Chester Green Community Centre, City Road.

Rainbows are the youngest members of Girl Guides (before Brownies).
Rainbow meetings are full of games & activities which allow Rainbows to think for themselves – it’s an opportunity to complete the Rainbow programme to look, learn, laugh and love, but mainly Rainbows have fun!

Membership of Girlguiding UK is voluntary and is open to any girl, regardless of faith, race, culture, nationality or any other circumstance, provided she is able to understand and willing to make the Rainbow Promise:

I promise that I will do my best to love my God and to be kind and helpful.

Fees (subs) are only £10 per half term.

Chester Green Rainbow Guides has places available for girls aged 5 & 6 and a waiting list for younger girls. Please phone for further info or to secure a place, or you could come to our next meeting.

For further information, please contact Thea (Badger) on 07912 656537 or
01332 209225

Aida engineering have submitted a planning application for the site of the Bliss factory on City Road to build 27 houses and 129 apartments up to 6 storeys high on the flood plain close to the edge of the river derwent.

Please could you spare 5 minutes to drop in to the –

Chester Green Community Centre
Old Chester Road
On Saturday 17th january 2009 Between 11.00am and 3.00pm

The Little Chester Residents Association need to hear from you so that we can represent your views to the city council.

Aida gave their plans to demolish the foundry building (apart from the front facade) and build 166(!) dwellings on the land on Christmas eve…..I can only imagine that they chose this date to hopefully get it through without anyone having time to question it.

The residents association are having a meeting on 5th Jan to discuss the proposals, but please post any comments here on the website.

I’ll not comment on them until after the LCRA meeting!

The plans can be viewed here and here.