More information about the A378 road closure for roadworks

The current proposal is to finally complete the A378 Mile Head drainage improvement scheme, starting from Monday 3 February – Friday 21 February 2020 with the upgrade of 270metres of highway surface water drainage pipe in the carriageway. Unfortunately, due to the nature of this type of work, a trench will have to be excavated … Read more

New Images

I have added 23 new pictures of local birds taken by Laurie Burn and one by Steve Cutts welcoming in the New Year. See Birds   and    Midnight    respectively.    

Website Maintenance and Old Posts

I am in the process of cleaning the website of old Posts in preparation for it being handed over to a commercial organisation. In the process I have restored some previously binned Posts. I understand that you are received numerous notifications of these restorations. Clearly the website is treating these as new Posts. I was … Read more

Bellringing in support of Notre Dame

You may have heard the muffled sound of church bells yesterday? Did you know they were in support of Notre Dame? 5 ringers were able ring for 7 minutes, alt a time more convenient to them. Here are a couple of links if you would like to know more.   https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-offers-solidarity-and-support-after-notre-dame-fire https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/latest-news/archbishops-ask-cathedrals-and-churches-toll-bells-notre-dame

Vacancy on the Parish Council – would you like to fill it?

There were 6 nominations to fill the 7 Parish Council seats so there is a vacancy that will be filled by co-opting a suitable candidate at the next meeting on 7 May 2019. Some details are given below: QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTION AND HOLDING OFFICE ARE: Must be UK citizen or qualifying Commonwealth or EU citizen … Read more

Medal Display – Lance Bombardier (Albert) George Chorley

“ The Medals of Lance-Bombardier (Albert) George Chorley” The Medals of Lance-Bombardier George Chorley were purchased following a Crowd Funding campaign in the Village last Autumn, and were then professionally restored and framed. To complement them, a picture was then produced which includes a photo of the Village War Memorial, surrounded by the names and … Read more