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12 November
Poppy Display on Railings by Co-op - made from bottle bases.
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 11 November
University Hospital of North Midlands are to seek planning permission to build a multi storey car park on land now occupied by Grindley Hill Court Hilton Road. Residents are invited to make comments on the proposal before an application is made and can do so by registering to join a virtual event by registering on the UHNM website and clicking on the Project STAR button. The first event will be held on Tuesday 16 November from 12.15 to 13.15.  There will be two others - details of dates below.
The attached note gives more information about the need for the car park. You can go to the website at ​www.uhnm.nhs.uk and click on the Project STAR button. 
There is also a link on the Hartshill and Harpfields Residents Facebook page which takes you there.

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28 October
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27 October
The Winter Newsletter hs been sent to the printer. A copy can be seen on the website at on the Newsletters page - 2021 Newsletters. 

2 September
Canine Capers is back! Hartshill Park - Sunday 12 September.
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18 August
25 May
The Summer edition of the Newsletter is with the printer and will be available for distribution shortly. A copy has been posted to the Residents' Association website - hartshillandharpfieldsra.org - 2021 Newsletters page.

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13 April
Statement from the Hospital regarding noise from current demolition on the Infirmary site. The present work on the removal of foundations which is causing the problem is expected to be completed by the end of April.
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23 March 
The new Hartshill Post Office in Bargain Booze 449-451 Hartshill Road opens on Wednesday 5 May.

2021 News Updates

15 March
AS reported in The Sentinel today the University Hospitals of North Midlands have received finance to buy Grindley Hill Court on Hilton Road. The land will eventually be used to build a multi-storey car park once the finance for construction is available.
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11 March
Two litter bins, one by the Co-op and one in Cumming Street which were overfull have now been emptied. The Council tell me that bins are emptied twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays.  Any bins needing emptying should be reported to Environmental Client at EnvironmentalClient@stoke.gov.uk or by phoning 01782 234234 and following the options given. 
10 March 
Planning Application 66214/FUL to convert the former Coroner's Court into a dwelling house with five bedrooms (one on the ground floor) has been approved. This property had previously had an application to convert it into a pub/restaurant. 
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10 March
In the continuing absence of a physical Public Meeting the Residents' Association are holding an online Question and Answer Session on 22 March. The attached poster gives details of how residents can contact us with their questions.
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23 February
The year on the Newsletter has been printed as 2020 by mistake instead of 2021.
16 February
The Spring edition of the Newsletter has been sent to the printer. It will be delivered to residents in the next few weeks but it can be read on line on the website - hartshillandharpfieldsra.org on the 2021 Newsletters sub page under the Newsletter and News Updates heading.
29 January

Demolition of the Royal Infirmary site has begun and is expected to take 12 to 15 months. The last discharge of conditions of the original grant of permission against application 52893/OUT of 2014 were for the treatment and retention of certain architectural features relating to the history of the site. These are as follows:
Alfred Chew memorial - a Hanley wine and spirit merchant he left £10,000 to the Infirmary at his death in 1931.
Duke of Kent plaque - 1937 Opening of Radiological Department
Coat of Arms and plinth
Smith Hill Child memorial plaque - Smith Child endowed a ward in 1877 which became the Children's Hospital.
William Yates memorial plaque - gave £5,000 towards the initial construction,
King Edward VII Memorial and 4 foundation stones
3 Stained Glass windows in the Chapel