Barrels help clean-up team to bloom

A VILLAGE clean-up team is blooming after more than 30 people have joined.

Since last spring a group of residents in Kingsley have formed the Kingsley Clean Up campaign that has seen residents joining forces to take part in efforts to improve the appearance of the village.

This has seen litter picks, weeding, hedge cutting, cleaning bus shelters, signs and bins as well as identifying areas that need improvement.

One area identified was the planter barrels around the village several of which were getting dilapidated while others did not have anyone looking after them.

A bid was submitted to county councillor Mike Worthington and district councillors Elsie Fallows and Ivor Lucas asking that they pool their community funding resources.

This has seen 10 new barrels purchased along compost and plants to go in them. Barrels in Ainsworth Avenue, Hazles Cross, Hollins Lane, and Church Street have been replaced.

New ones have or will be sited on Barnfields Lane, The Green junction with Johnson Crescent, and at the site of the decommissioned phone box on High Street.

In addition, two residents have volunteered to look after barrels on Holt Lane.

Villager Sue Hordern, the inspiration behind the clean-up campaign, said: “We are really grateful to the councillors for supporting the local community. These barrels will bring a splash of colour to the village.”