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Jay Beard – “He’s a Sound Guy” – From the World Spotlight to the Local Stage.

Posted on June 7, 2015April 4, 2021 by Duncan Wright

“Will you remember us when you’re rich and famous?” It’s a question asked of many a musician as they start to get recognition, and in the case of the members of Manchester Band Elbow the answer is a definitive Yes.

elbow2 The point was proved recently when they asked their longtime friend Jay Beard (who was their sound engineer as they rose to fame) to step in and engineer two gigs on their current European Festival tour.

Glossopdale Trust Director & resident live sound expert Jay, who lives in Hadfield, Derbyshire with his family, has built his career in sound engineering, and is now training the engineers of the future in his role as Head of Live Sound at SSR in Manchester.

“Sound engineering is a practical skill, and whilst technical skills can be taught in the classroom, these need to be honed in the real world. That’s why SSR put such emphasis on links with the wider industry” explained Jay

Talking to Jay, it’s clear that he believes that these links need to go in many directions. For him stepping out of the classroom and onto the live stage at top festivals with band like Elbow, demonstrates his expertise, and allows him to maintain his skills at the top of his game. But it’s also vital to give the stars of the future (both bands and engineers) a chance to develop their craft in the real world.

It’s for this reason that Jay got involved with The Bankswood Inspire Festival in his home town of Hadfield.

“Bankswood Inspire is all about the music” explains Jay “On one level the festival is about providing an opportunity for up and coming bands and engineers to experience working on a professional stage, with a professional PA system. For festival goers that means they get to hear the breaking bands from the North West as they would hear the top bands playing at top festivals this summer. It’s a win/win situation”

Bankswood Inspire was started in 2010, when Jay got together with other local music enthusiasts with the aim to create a top community festival that showcases the best North West talent.

elbow “Although I love the buzz of being involved with Elbow at their big festival gigs, seeing the next generation of engineers making new bands sound great as they take the first steps in their careers together, excites me just as much” explains Jay.” I was there at that early stage in Elbow’s career, and my expectation is that bands playing Bankswood in 2015 will the headliners at big the European Festivals of the future”

In 2015, with the support on the National Lottery, Bankswood Inspire is going from strength to strength. With a new stage, upgraded PA system and some of the best “tipped for the top” bands in the region, Bankswood Park Hadfield will be the place to be for music lovers on 29/30 August.

Glossop Remembers the Town Hall

Posted on February 4, 2015April 4, 2021 by Duncan Wright

As part of our project to bring the Town Hall back to life, we asked a number of people who have sued the building in the past to give us their memories

Hopefully it will get you thinking about how it could/should be used in the future. We would love to hear your feedback.

Great turnout for Christmas events

Posted on December 9, 2014April 4, 2021 by Duncan Wright

Thanks to everyone who turned out for the Christmas in Glossop events over the past couple of weeks.

Both of the Glossopdale Trust events (Lights Switch on and the All is Calm performance in old Glossop) were packed out. With over 200 people watching All is Calm last Sunday Evening, Old Glossop Church was filled to capacity. Success of events like this go to demonstrate the need for a bigger venue in Glossop for this type of performance.

Together with the Christmas Market on 29th Nov and the Victorian Market on 7th Dec, hopefully you will agree that this was a great way for the community to get together to kick off the Festive season.

Thanks to Anthony McKeown for some great photographs from the switch on and Christmas market. You can see them here on his Flickr feed.

Christmas In Glossop 2014

Posted on November 26, 2014April 4, 2021 by Duncan Wright

This year,We have teamed up with other groups in Glossop (Totally Locally, Glossop Nightstop and the Glossop markets) along with High Peak Borough Council to bring a series of events to kick of the Christmas Festivities.

You will find details of all of these events on the www.whatsoninglossop.com website. but here is a summary of whats going on.

Download a PDF of the programme for Christmas In Glossop 2014

Autumn Newsletter

Posted on November 10, 2014April 4, 2021 by Duncan Wright

It’s been a busy summer since the spring newsletter back in March, with things moving forward on all fronts. We have had a number of outings as Bankswood Music, and the Halls project is moving forward steadily (if slowly).

One the down side, a lack of resources meant that we had to forgo running the Art in the Window Event in 2014, but we have hopes that it can rise again for 2015.

Bankswood music

Bankswood Music has had a number of outings this summer.

July, saw us working with HPBC and GALA to entertain the crowds with live music in Manor Park after the Tour de France when it skirted the town.

Later in the summer the 4^th Bankswood music festival joined forced with the Inspire Festival to create the Bankswood Inspire festival in Bankswood park, on the August Bank Holiday. A great weekend, which was blessed with great weather, and arguably the best line up yet.

Our final outing was just last weekend when again we brought live music to the annual Manor Park Bonfire Spectacular which was once again, expertly organised by the Glossop Round Table.

Glossop Halls

We often hear criticism for how slowly this project is moving. It is a large and complex project that can not be rushed, but rest assured it is moving forward, with some significant steps being taken over the summer.

Firstly, and very significantly, The Glossopdale Trust have now officially been named by HPBC as the partner organisation for the Halls project, and they have formally acknowledged their intention to transfer the Halls to us (subject to a workable & sustainable plan for the future of the buildings). This step has opened the door for us to apply for funding to support the project. This application is now in, and we are awaiting news.

We are currently starting work on quantifying the size of the project and looking for sources of funding, including the preparation of a submission to the Heritgage Lottery Fund.

As this project moves forward, we are very keen to involve the whole community in developing a future for these buildings. Looking to inspire this involvement, we have created a video exploring some of the history of the town hall through the memories of people who have used the hall in the past. This video will be available on Youtube and our website in the coming weeks.

Looking forward

Looking forward, we are heavily involved in the Christmas celebrations in Glossop, with events on 29^th November and 7^th December as part of the “Glossop at Christmas” event in the run up to Christmas. (More information can be found on www.whatsoninglossop.co.uk).

Looking further ahead, we will continue to work on the Halls project, are already starting to plan Bnakswood Inspire 2015, and resources permitting, would like to see Art in the Window Return next year.

As always, if you or anyone you know would like to get involved, or simply show your support, head along to www.glossopdaletrust.org.uk website and sign up.

Bankswood Inspire 2014 – Best yet

Posted on August 26, 2014April 4, 2021 by Duncan Wright

The Bankswood Inspire festival took Place over the August Bank Holiday weekend, and feedback suggests that it was the best yet.

Helped along by the beautiful weekend weather, this years festival saw over 15 bands perform on the 3 festival stages along with dancers, speakers and a puppet show to create a great atmosphere over the 2 days.

Thanks to everyone who supported the festival and came along. We would love to hear your feedback, good and bad, so that we can make it even better next year.

Watch this space for more photos as they come in and follow BankswoodMusic on Twitter and Facebook to keep up to date with news of next years festival.

Glossopdale Trust partner with HPBC to bring new life to Glossop’s Halls

Posted on July 10, 2014April 4, 2021 by Duncan Wright

After lengthy discussions and consultations, we are now delighted to announce that The Glossopdale Trust has been named as the preferred partner to work with High Peak Borough Council to bring Glossop Town Hall, Market Hall and the Municipal Buildings into community ownership, creating a vibrant heart for the town.

The Glossopdale Trust is a Social Enterprise with an open membership policy that was set up in 2012 with the objective of:

“Supporting the economic development of Glossop
through the promotion of music and the arts”

It was quickly identified that one issue was that Glossop lacked a central focal point, and that the Public Halls complex presented an ideal opportunity to create this. It was this thinking that led the Trust to open discussions with HPBC about a possible future for the halls.

The Trust has a vision that the halls will become:

“A NEW CULTURAL & COMMERCIAL CENTRE FOR GLOSSOP – OWNED AND MANAGED BY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF GLOSSOPDALE! NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.”

The decision by the Council to partner with the Trust brings this vision a step closer to reality.

The next step is to look at funding options for the project and, with this in mind, we have created a joint project board comprising key members of the Trust working alongside HPBC to develop a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund, and to explore other avenues for funding the project.

“These buildings are in desperate need of development, and we are keen to work with the community, and with current occupants to create a facility that benefits both them and the wider community of Glossop”, explains Duncan Wright, Chair of the Glossopdale Trust. “Our vision is to exploit the commercial opportunities presented by the Municipal Buildings and to work with the current occupants in the market to create a vibrant retail destination, integrating arts and crafts into an expanded high quality market, owned and run by the traders. We can then utilise the economic benefits realised by this plan to support the less commercially orientated community aspects of the complex.

The final part of the plan is to develop the currently derelict Town Hall into a modern, inviting community space that can be used for a wide variety of activities including music and drama performances, exhibitions, weddings, parties and other community events.”

The Trust is keen to engage with all members of the Glossop community on this project and anyone interested in getting involved, or wanting further information on the Trust’s plans for the Glossop Halls can contact The Glossopdale Trust via the website www.glossopdaletrust.org or email Duncan personally on duncan@glossopdaletrust.org.

Allez Glossop

Posted on July 7, 2014 by bsa_mar

The trust were delighted to be involved the Allez Glossop event in Manor Park yesterday.

We were asked by DCC and HPBC to add some music to the event which broadcast the Tour De France Stage on a giant screen in Manor Park as it swept over Holme Moss and into Derbyshire, before turning left over the Woodhead Pass to Sheffield.

Bankswood Music (Part of the Glossopdale Trust) organised music to entertain the crowds after the race had finished at 4:30 through to the close of the event at 7:30.

With 3 Local, North West bands performing:

The Curragh Sons
Victorian Dad
Rosie Arnfield & Paul Higham

It was a great foretaste of what to expect at the Bankswood Inspire Festival on 23rd & 24th August.

Spring Update 2014

Posted on June 4, 2014 by bsa_mar

It’s been quieter over the last few months, not surprising as most of our activity (Art in the Window & Bankswood happen at the back end of the summer), but nonetheless there has been a lot going on behind the scenes, and things are starting to build momentum again as spring kicks in. Not least with the Glossop Halls project, but more of that later.

Bankswood Inspire Festival

One of the notable developments over the past few months is that Bankswood has joined forces with the Inspire festival to create a great family friendly community music festival. The combined event will take place on the August Bank holiday weekend in Bankswood Park, Hadfield.

Those living around Bankswood park will also be pleased to know that one result of this merger will be that the fairground at the festival will be (quite literally) much smaller this year!

Tour de France comes to Glossop (well almost!)

We are delighted to be involved with an event around the Tour de France’s visit to the area. Although the cyclists will not be coming through our town, the plan is to create a spectator hub in Manor Park on the 6^th July (alongside Glossop’s annual Carnival) with giant screens for people to watch the race.

As part of this event, Bankswood Music (part of the Glossopdale Trust) is planning to put on a number of bands in Manor Park. Keep an eye on the Bankswood Music website (www.bankswoodmusic.com) for more details of this event as they become available.

Whatsoninglossop.com

We are also happy to say that we have recruited a new editor for www.whatsoninglossop.com. In the last couple of weeks, the management of the site has been taken over by Paul Beaumont, who will now be responsible for making sure the site is THE resource for finding out what’s going in in and around Glossopdale. If you have an event that you would like to promote on the site, either contact Paul on events@whatsoninglossop.org, or submit the event via the website.

Glossop halls

This project is also now starting to build momentum, and we are delighted to be able to announce that the Glossopdale Trust has now been named as the preferred partner for the transfer of 3 of Glossop’s iconic public halls (The Town Hall, Glossop Market and the Municipal Buildings) into community ownership.

We have a vision that these halls will become:

“A NEW CULTURAL & COMMERCIAL CENTRE FOR GLOSSOP – OWNED AND MANAGED BY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF GLOSSOPDALE! NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.”

The decision by the council to partner with us brings this vision a step closer to reality.

Anyone wanting to get more involved in this exciting project can either email us on info@glossopdaletrust.org, or contact us via the website

Autumn Update

Posted on November 19, 2013 by bsa_mar

There has been quite a lot happening over the back end of the summer with Art In The Window running throughout August, The Bankswood Music Festival at the end of August, and continued discussions with HPBC regrading the public halls in the centre of a Glossop.

Art in the Window

In its second year, the Art in the window event was bigger than last year with around 50 independent retailers in Glossop and Hadfield taking part, all paired up with some of the fantastic artistic talent form across the area.

Again the event was hailed a success by the shops taking part, with feedback suggesting that people had travelled to Glossopdale specifically for the event.

Plans are already in hand for 2014.

Bankswood Music Festival

Bankswood 2013 took place on the last weekend of August. This year the festival was organized in partnership between ourselves and the Glossop & Hyde district Round Table.

The weekend which saw 13 bands on 2 stages across the weekend, kicked off on Saturday morning with a soapbox race organized by the Round Table. Despite the unkind weather (especially on Sunday when the hot summer seemed a distant memory) the event was a success raising over £1500 which will go towards the running of Bankswood 2014.

These two events are now staring to become established in the local calendar, and we look forward to running them both again next year.

Bankswood Music were also on stage again at the Manor Park Bonfire, with Tony Auton and Jake Evans entertaining the crowds, and accompanying the fireworks, again ably supported by the Students from SSR in Manchester.

Glossop Halls

The other project that has been building momentum over the summer is in connection the Glossop Halls.

For those who are not aware, our objective is to work with the council with the aim of creating an opportunity to take the Halls in the centre of Glossop (Town Hall, Market Hall/Market Arcade and the Municipal buildings) into community ownership.

Although this stalled slightly over the summer with HPBC taking time to write their asset transfer policy, this is now in place, and has been passed by the council. We are now in regular contact with the council with the hope that the project will build pace over the coming months.

The Next Few Months

Over the next few months you can expect to see more of us across the town. We have already made our first foray into the big wide world with a stand in the rain at the Manor Park Bonfire, and you will find us in the Market Arcade at the Holly and Ivy Festival on 30th November, so feel free to come along to find out more about The Glossopdale Trust, and what we are up to.

We are also planning our AGM for 11th December, at Glossop Gasworks on Arundel Street Glossop. Look forward to seeing you there.