TIVERTON &
TILSTONE FEARNALL
PARISH NEWS
MAY 2003
Firstly a warm
welcome to the residents of Tilstone Fearnall. The new Parish Council will be
known as Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall Parish Council with effect from May 1,
2003. Unfortunately no nominations were received in time for the May elections
for the new Parish Council seat to represent Tilstone Fearnall, so the Tiverton
Parish Council members will represent that Parish until an appropriate
candidate is forthcoming. The Clerk to the Parish Council will furnish details
of nominations on request.
Following our repeated lobbying and representations, the
Highways Department have now installed the revised and new road signs that we
requested, and have reinstalled the antiskid surface under the railway bridge,
and have replaced the over-height signs. We still await their investigations
regarding the widening of the A49 at the junction with Huxley Lane, to give
some protection to vehicles turning into the village. The road markings on the
A51 at the Red Fox corner are still outstanding and we continue to press for
alterations to be carried out, together with a pedestrian phase to the traffic
signals.
In spite of our continual reminders to Power Systems there
is still remedial work to be carried out to the verges and grassed areas, and
for the poles to be cleared of redundant accessories. This is in spite of our
letters of complaint and their non-attendance at scheduled meetings. This is a
very unsatisfactory situation and we will continue to press them until we are
satisfied.
It has been noticed that some vehicles are being parked on
the grass verges in the village, and in consequence some of the grass is becoming
rutted and giving an unkempt appearance, we would ask you to make every
endeavor to stop this practice.
We must applaud the efforts being made by residents to keep
the roadsides throughout the village area free of litter, that includes Cribb
Lane and Pudding Lane, and for cutting back the hedge leading down to Beeston
Brook and for the ladies who have trimmed the pavement edge at the western end
of Huxley Lane. Well done.
If you notice any large items of litter dumped on the
roadside, please ring Chester City Council’s Street Cleansing Department on
01244 402477, and they will deal with it very quickly. The Fire Brigade have
asked us to report any abandoned vehicles to the same telephone number as there
is a danger of fire.
This is my last Chairman’s Newsletter, as a new Chairman
will be appointed in rotation at the AGM. Thank you for your support, believe
me the job is no sinecure.
Derek Marshall, Chairman 732217.
Tiverton Village Fete
Following the village fun day for the Jubilee in 2002 it was
generally agreed that we should make this a yearly event. The team went into action some time ago and
agreed a date of Saturday June 28th, which was also agreeable with
the Hockey Club who has again offered their grounds and clubhouse
facilities. Last years event was
entirely self funding so no charge is anticipated for entrance, but we will be
selling “lucky” programmes again giving you all the details of the days events once
these are finalised. We will be calling
at each house in the area and trust you will support us with your 50 pences.
Chris and Maggie Cox will be in charge of the sports again
and will also liase with the hockey club.
Lots of fun for the children too with bouncy castles and fancy dress and
a picnic later in the afternoon. Wet
weather arrangements will be made just in case but we have ordered fine weather
for the day!
The very successful barbeque will again be in operation run
by Diane and Rowena, and the tombola will be as good as last year at least if
you are as generous as you were then.
Everything welcome large or small.
As the Marshall’s at The Quadrant opposite the Village Hall have
volunteered to take on this task any items can be left there or at Audrey’s
porch at 2 Castle View if more convenient.
We can also pick up when delivering event programmes.
We have again booked “The Kads” dance band for an evening
dance and social in the Village Hall in the evening. The landlord at The Beeston Castle is providing refreshments and
drinks will be on a bring your own basis.
Tickets (over 16s) will be on sale with programmes at 3.50 each and
limited in number. Entrance will be by
ticket only so do get your orders in for this popular event.
Audrey Povall
733520
(or contact Roger Cheshire on 732059 or Clare Gregory 732517)
The Tiverton Annual Parish Meeting will take place at 7.30pm
on Tuesday 13th May in the Village Hall, this is an opportunity for
all residents within the Parish to raise any matters of interest, though
arranged by the Parish Council this is not a Parish Council meeting. It will be followed by the Parish Council
Annual Meeting. Items on the agenda will include, election of Parish Council
Chairman and Vice Chairman the approval of accounts for the year 2002 to 2003.
The new Parish Council notice board has now been erected beside the telephone box.
Here you will find posted the full agenda for the next meeting together with
minutes from the previous meeting.
There will not be an election on May 1st
since only the existing eight members of the Tiverton Parish Council (Roger
Cheshire, Janice Farrall, Derek Marshall, Audrey Povall, Liz Scott, Andy
Thorne, Dave Wake & Ann Wright) were nominated they automatically form the
new Parish Council. Unfortunately no valid nomination forms were received on
time for the representative for Tilstone Fearnall, therefore this place will be
filled by co-option at the meeting of the new Parish Council on Tuesday 13th
May.
The next coffee morning for Mothers and
Toddlers will be held at Clare Gregory’s house, Tiverton Hall on Monday 19th
May at 9.30am –11.30am. Please feel
free to come along and get to know some other local Mums. You can phone Clare on 732517.
On 22nd April Alf went
missing. He is a 24 inch high Lurcher,
a neutered male, 8 years old with brown eyes, grey rough coat with white blaze
on chest. He was wearing a greyhound
type collar which has a deep cut in it together with a name disc. If you have any information regarding Alf or
other Lurchers who have gone missing please contact Dave Stubbs on 732631.
Guided
Walks on Local Footpaths
Did you
know that the parish of Tiverton encloses 1691 acres of land and 14 acres of
water? Within those 2.66 square miles
lie 21 km of footpaths, most of which are in very good condition but receive
very little publicity. After many months of negotiation, the Parish Council has
recently secured funding from Leader+ to prepare a walks guide for the
parish. Work has started on the guide
and publication is due for Aug/Sept.
To
publicise the routes, there will be a series of guided walks on the following
dates: Weds, 21 May; Weds, 4 June; Tues, 17 June and Tues, 8 July. Meet at Smithy Green, junction of A49 and
Huxley Lane (GR 553602) at 7:15pm
For more
information, see village notice boards or from Steve Armitage, 732167