TIVERTON
PARISH COUNCIL
EDITION 18
March 2001
Meetings
of the Parish Council are held approximately every two months and all residents
are invited to attend. The next meeting
will be held on Tuesday, 20 March 2001 at 8pm in the Village Hall.
Before the
start of each meeting an open forum is held at 7.30pm when those present can
raise matters of interest or concern with members of the Council. Agendas for these meetings are placed on the
notice board outside the Village Hall.
Please note that all parish
footpaths, including the canal towpaths, are closed until further notice under
the Foot and Mouth Orders.
We are sorry to be loosing
Debbie Thorne who has decided to resign as Parish Clerk. We wish her every success in the future. Anyone who is interested in being considered
for the vacancy should contact a Parish Councillor
J Farrell
FLOWER &
CRAFT FESTIVAL AT ST. JUDE’S 16/17 JUNE
2001 It is hoped that this
event will attract people from the community to participate in the Festival
weekend at our Parish Church. If you
can contribute information or would like to provide assistance in any of
the following areas please contact the following - Local History Frank
Latham 01829 260488 Crafts & Natural History Don Elsden 01829 732506 Stewarding (car park, hall, church) Bob Gardner 01829
260555 Sponsorship Bernard
Byrd 01829 260325 Further information
can be obtained from John Lloyd (01829 732502 ) or Revd. Trevor Davies (01244 332106)
A big thank you to everyone
who made the Tiverton 2000 event a success.
Anyone requiring mugs or photos please contact Janice Farrell on
732855. We have a few mugs still left
at £3 each.
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A traffic
survey in Tiverton in July 2000 indicated that the average speed through the
village is between 30 and 35mph, and a quarter of the traffic passing through
the village drives in excess of 40mph!
More
details will be published in the next edition.
Tiverton
Homewatch
We have had only a few incidents in the village since
our last report, the most serious being the apparent theft of heating oil from
a domestic tank. Other happenings include the taking of some garden equipment,
fortunately found abandoned nearby.
In neighbouring areas, a Royal Mail post box has been stolen
from Tilston Bank, an armed robbery took place in Newton, and a suspicious door
to door caller caused concern in Alpraham. This caller appeared during the
evening and stated that they were doing a survey of TV sets in use. The target
house is occupied by an elderly couple, The details given to the police were
enough for them to take an interest and to keep a watch for the persons and a
vehicle that was seen in the vicinity. The Tiverton Homewatch notified Chester
Division of the police at Dragon Hall, who are also keeping a look out.
In December, The Blue Lamp Campaign received reports
from the three divisional police commanders in the area around Tarporley. They
have recognised the local villages’ concerns on the lack of visible policing
and have put the following into effect.
·
Crewe and Nantwich. The
immediate introduction of a mobile police station calling on the rural
communities in that area, Bunbury, Spurstow, Alpraham etc.
·
Vale Royal and Congleton.
The division has successfully bid for a mobile police station. Currently, the
division currently does not have a rural police force.
·
Chester Division, which
covers Tiverton. The division has two rural police stations, Dragon Hall and
Mickle Trafford, and has a rural policing sector of an Inspector, a Sergeant
and 15 police officers. The sector operates from 7.a.m. to 4.a.m. seven days
per week. P.C. Ray Stockton is our beat officer, and he is stationed at Dragon
Hall.
Currently each division operates its radios on different frequencies, which is of particular interest to Tiverton as we live at the border of the three police divisions, but when the new deployment centre is on stream in 2003 a common frequency will operate over all divisions. Then the nearest officer to an incident will be deployed regardless of the division. This will be a great improvement on the current situation.
We are now coming up to Spring, so be very careful about
storing garden tools out of sight and in locked accommodation. The longer days
will also mean more door-to-door callers. Be aware and report anything
suspicious to Dragon Hall tel. 771293.
If no one is available your call will automatically be diverted to
Chester Police Station’s control room. Don’t think that the matter is too
trivial, report it!
Derek Marshall. Area Homewatch Coordinator. Feb, 2000.
Tiverton & District Garden Club.Meetings
The meetings are held in TIVERTON VILLAGE HALL at 8PM.. visists at 7:30pm
31 Mar SPRING SHOW
3 April Mr J Trinder: “The History of Cottage
Garden Plants”
1 May Mr D Cummings “The Shropshire Union Canal’s history &
wildlife”
Followed by Plant Sale
5 June Visit to Lower Huxley Hall
The Iron Lock, designed by
Thomas Telford, was installed in 1828. It
was a replacement for the original stone-built lock that had collapsed some
years earlier due to running sand in the strata beneath. In early summer last year it was noticed
that distortion had taken place in one side of the lock and two of the longer narrow
boats could not share. As a precaution,
it was decided to limit all boats to a single passage and to carry out an
inspection in the quieter winter months.
In January, barrages were
placed above and below the lock, and a team of British Waterways engineers
including divers made a thorough examination.
Some repairs were carried out and the canal re-opened.
In February, the canal was
completely closed from above the Stone Lock to Beeston Wharf, while more
permanent repairs and replacements take place.
This is expected to take about a month
Bill Povall