Big up to the Chesterfield Massive…
April 1, 2007 by owersby
… or whatever. Out with Paul Holmes, Helen Walsh, Ian Openshaw, Kevin Maher and Austin Rathe yesterday (I hope that bit of outrageous blog-pimping fits on the Lib Dem Blogs feed…)
Have to say the response on the doorstep was very positive so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that award winning Chesterfield Council stays the right shade of yellowy-orange after May 3rd.
But the reason I really enjoy canvassing is the chance to discover something you didnt know before. So special thanks to Mr W of Brimington Road who told me all about nearby Tipton Colliery and the house on the hill bought by Robert Stephenson so he could watch is steam engines travel along the the rail line at the bottom of the valley.
And the sun shone too!
I remember knocking up in Brimington on polling day 1997 when, against a massive national swing to Labour, we were almost unique in getting a fairly substantial swing away from them.
The Chesterfield Lib Dems are a fantastic and inspirational bunch and I miss them.
Glad you had a good time out there. With your help, Brimington soared to the top of this week’s canvassing league table. I’m not so fond of canvassing, myself.
I think it’s probably Tapton colliery, not Tipton.
Ha ha not sure they will forgive me for moving Tapton to the West Midlands… oops!