Village news
Sutton Bonington Mike Elliott 0115 937 6506 elliottnews@btconnect.com
WHIST CLUB REPORT. The regular meetings of the Sutton Bonington Whist Club who meet in the Library of the Village Hall on Monday evenings throughout the year - except on the first Monday of the month – continue to be very well supported, to make it one of the best such groups in Nottinghamshire.
In the annual report of the Club information is given that since mid -January last year, thirty-three whist drives were held with an average of twenty-four players attending each. The New Year’s Whist Drive was held on 11 January. It was well attended with thirty-nine players taking part, eleven fewer than the previous year.
Throughout 2015 and 2016, funds raised by the sessions funded a wide variety and many projects for St Michael’s and St Anne’s churches including purchase of Nativity figures and meeting Auditors expenses, sound system spares, electrical light spares, replacement Panasonic Sound System, refurbishment of 4 No Flower pedestals,
a replacement safe lock, building materials, cleaning tools and Choir Pew seat runners at St Anne’s Church. In all the costings totalled about £800
Organisers say currently they are arranging for, and funding, the replacement of the Notice Boards at St Michael’s Church which they hope will be done during this summer.
The charge for attending the weekly drive is £2.00 entrance fee and usually each week there are six Whist prizes on offer, as well as four Raffle prizes, two Highest half prizes and a Consolation prize, thirteen in total. There is also a “13 Kitty” which was won three times during 2016. We paid £16.50 for the hire of the Library to hold the weekly Whist Drives and paid £24.75 for the hire of the Hall for the New Year’s Whist Drive.
The club say they are very grateful to their tea lady, Beth, who turned up throughout the year to provide the refreshments at halftime, to the many people who gave prizes and refreshments at the New Year’s Whist Drive and to all the players who turn to support them each week enabling them in turn to support our lovely churches.
ORANGERY PLANS. Rushcliffe Borough Council has confirmed that the planning permission for an orangery at St Anne’s Manor in Sutton Bonington was refused – and then because a re-submitted application showed the proposed development was a smaller scale than the original application. An orangery was included on the application plans for 16/02642/ful, but the Borough Council requested that the Orangery be removed from the application.
The parish council were told the Orangery was then revised in size and scale and was granted under ‘permitted development’ and therefore, no application for planning permission was required.
The application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for the cinema and gymnasium is still with the Rushcliffe Borough Council legal team. The parish council said it hoped to obtain more information on Certificate of Lawfulness and Permitted Development to be obtained.
VILLAGE SHOW. Plans are progressing well for this year’s village show at Sutton Bonington which this year will be the 31st being held in its current form.
The show is easily the largest in the area and the biggest Sutton Bonington event and attracts thousands of visitors to its site on the village playing field.
As a village, Sutton Bonington is a medium sized one on the borders of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire and over the last 30 years it has put itself on the map by hosting its one day Show which boasts many attractions for all the family including one of the best local Horticultural Shows in the area.
And the hard work in staging the annual event means each year profits are donated to local groups and charities together with a main charity which in recent years has been the Nottingham Breast Institute.
For the 2017 event there are new main attractions in the Sheep Show and The Quackpack. In addition, the show will be attracting many high-quality exhibits, country foods, trade stalls and crafts, together with the everpopular Birds of Prey, Terrier racing and much more.
The show will as usual officially open at 10am on the village playing field with entry for adults being £6.00 and Children (5 to 16) and OAP’s £4.00. Car parking is free.
JEWELLERY IN SCHOOL. Sutton Bonington Primary school headmaster Mark Brumwell has given another reminder to parents in regard to the question of jewellery wearing in school.
In a message, he asked parents to please ensure that their children adhere to the school policy of not wearing jewellery in school.
“For those with pierced ears, I’ve noticed several children ignoring the ‘plain studs only’ rule. Now that this reminder has gone out, full compliance will be greatly appreciated!”
Mr Brumwell ays the wearing of watches is encouraged as it helps children to practise telling the time.
TALK ON NEW STANFORD HALL CENTRE. Sutton Bonington members of the successful Soar Valley U3A group were among those attending a General Meeting at Normanton on Soar Village Hall when the speaker was Luke Wigman who gave a talk on the new Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre, which is under construction at the Stanford Hall site.
Soar Valley U3A (University of the Third Age) provides relaxed learning and leisure activities for retired people in the area. For more information, phone Membership Secretary Lorna Orton on 01332 811030 or visit their website: www. u3asites.org.uk/soar-valley.
ANNUAL GARDEN WALKABOUT. Its annual garden walkabout time again in Sutton Bonington this weekend, and organisers of the event, now in its 35th year of raising funds for Cancer Research UK, are hoping for the usual influx of visitors to the village as well as a good turnout of residents themselves.
The open gardens are not confined to just Sutton Bonington, and there will be some open in nearby Kingston on Soar, with some 30 in all being available for visiting.
There will be a number of stalls operating in the village, selling plants and bric-a-brac, as well as there being a tombola and a prize draw.
The gardens will be open on both Saturday and Sunday from 2pm to 6pm and the aim of the Friends Group, who stage the event,
is to top the profit figure of recent years which has usually been well over £6,000.
A programme costing £4 per adult admits to all gardens.
Burton on the Wolds, Cotes and Prestwold
BURTON ON THE WOLDS, COTES AND PRESTWOLD PARISH COUNCIL.
From the meeting of the Parish Council on June 6, 2017. Owl theft! On the 5th June 2017 at around 11.30 p.m., our iconic wooden Owl sculpture was stolen from its plinth at the Village Hall. The thieves were seen leaving the scene in a dark coloured ‘Y’ reg Freelander or similar. If anyone has any information or CCTV please contact Loughborough Police and help us to get our owl back to where it belongs! Thank you.
Free Defibrillator awareness event – Saturday July 29, 2017
Would you know how to access and use a defibrillator if someone had a heart attack? This FREE SESSION aims to make you aware of the processes and procedures for using public defibrillators and current CPR.
There will be a free defibrillator awareness event at the Village Hall on Saturday 29th July 2017 from 2pm until 4pm. All welcome. Phone kiosk refurbishment The internal refurbishment of the telephone kiosk has been completed and the shelving is ready for donated books. Please feel free to donate and borrow books from this new village amenity. The external refurbishment will be completed when weather permits. Suspension of dog waste bags The free dog waste bag provision has been suspended due to the abuse of this facility. This was instigated as an emergency measure to alleviate the dog mess problem in the village however it is the dog owners responsibility to purchase day to day dog waste bags.
Police Report There were no reported crimes in the parish in May.
Parish Council Meetings The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 4th July at 7.30pm in Burton on the Wolds Village Hall.
There is a 15 minute section at each Parish Council meeting where you are welcome to speak if you have any questions or comments.
Stephanie Massey, Parish Clerk E burtonclerk@gmail.com www. cotesprestwoldparishcouncil.org.uk
Long Whatton and Diseworth
Mike Elliott 0115 937 6506 elliottnews@btconnect.com
WEDDING WEEKEND. A special event is being staged in Diseworth St Michael and All Angels Church over the opening weekend of July, taking the form of a wedding weekend.
It is being held on Saturday, July 1, from 11am – 5pm, and Sunday, July 2, from 11am – 2.30pm.
Admission either day is £2. Light refreshments served throughout the weekend with special cream teas being available on the first day.
There will be displays of wedding flowers, photos and wedding dresses, and on the second day there will be a wedding lunch in the Village Hall, and is the afternoon at 3.30pm a service for everyone, but especially for those who were married in Diseworth Church.
If there is anyone will to sponsor a flower arrangement in the church their support would be appreciated.
Anyone who was married in the is being asked if they would be prepared to loan their wedding dress for display.
The church says they are trying to contact all couples who was married in the church but who no longer live in the village.
If there is anyone who can be traced they should please contact Sue Bird (s_bird02@ yahoo.co.uk) with their contact details.
Willoughby on the Wolds
PARISH COUNCIL REPORT. Parish councillors at Willoughby on the Wolds have been thanked by chairman Coun. Andy Edyvean for their work and enthusiasm over the past year.
He said their time and contributions over the past year have been very much appreciated.
“I’m pleased to report that we have an engaging and caring team that genuinely want to see that matters of issue to the parish are aired and hopefully outcomes achieved,” said the chairman.
“Over the course of the year we have had representations from community members and I thank those residents who take the time to come to meetings and have their say. We are not alone among Parish Councils wishing sometimes that we would see more members of the public participating in meetings and I’d like it to be recorded that this would be a welcome thing.”
From his perspective Coun. Edyvean said Willoughby remains a good place to live with a strong sense of Community feeling. “Village functions continue to be popular and I’d like to record a thank you to all those involved in organising community events whether they be to support specific groups like the Pre-School Group or Friends of Willoughby School through to events like the Run Around Supper which raise money both for the village and other local charities.
“I’d also like to thank the organisers of both the Pub Night and the Village Breakfast, community events that grew out of the Village plan some years ago.
“Both events require a lot of hard work and dedication to continue to attract residents and I’m pleased to say friends of residents from outside the village.”
Last year Coun. Edyvean reported that speeding had been raised as a concern particularly on West Thorpe “It is clear that Speeding is not a concern for the police particularly in rural areas, so whilst we were able to get the local police to meet with us they are only able to offer support in the context of community speed watch teams.
There was no interest expressed by sufficient numbers to start such an initiative.
The Parish Council continues to be frustrated that our representations for improvements to West Thorpe Cross Roads do not yield the results that we want, we do however have the opportunity to install additional signage which we hope if approved will reduce the number of accidents and near misses on this junction. “
The chairman said County Councillor, John Cottee has been able to get the highways officer from the County Council to visit the Parish and it is hoped that this will lead to a concerted effort to improve the roads where potholes have become a significant problem. “I was interested to see in a recent local news report that the budget allowed by Notts CC for pothole repairs was only £2.5m compared with over £7m for Leicestershire and a similar amount for Derbyshire. I suspect that following the recent County Council elections we will see a marked improvement in the resources allocated to maintaining our roads.
“The largest amount of expenditure from the Parish precept this year was an unexpected amount of nearly £5000 due to work required to remove asbestos found in the renovation of the village hall floor. The Parish Council had made some allowance for expenditure to support the new village hall floor installation and the village hall committee should be congratulated for managing to find the funds required for this project through grant applications.
“As the allowance made in the precept for the floor project was not required we were able to cover the unexpected need to deal with the asbestos problem.
“The community park continues to thrive and it has been great to see some new equipment for adult fitness training installed, the villages very own outdoor multi gym. I am pleased that the Park committee continues to actively raise money to maintain and improve this great facility for the village and the Parish Council is pleased to offer help from time to time.”
The council once again had a successful community litter pick to which about 20 residents offered their support, and the chairman said he thank them all and particularly Jenny Oldham who organises this and other collections throughout the year.
“What a pity it is that as a society we have people who think nothing of jettisoning their debris on the roadside, anyone would think that they had no waste disposal facilities at home.
Finally, I would like to thank Mike Elliott our Clerk for his ongoing work to keep us running smoothly.”