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LEIGH PARISH COUNCIL

You are summoned to a meeting

At Leigh Village Hall

On

Monday 3^rd March 2008

At

7.30pm

AGENDA

 

1.Apologies ;

Present:

In Attendance:

2.Matters Arising from Last Months Minutes

3.CorrespondenceC.C.S. News & Views

Douglas Macmillan Hospice 2008 Spring & Summer Events

S.C.C. - Requirements for the Installation of Seasonal Attachments to street lighting equipment

S.C.C. - Lower Tean Bridge Refurbishment Scheme

S.C.C. - Proposed ‘Local List’ to validate planning applications

S.C.C. - A - Z guide to Planning Applications

S.P.C.A. Membership £259.00

S.P.C.A. Newsletter

4.PlanningApplications

1. Erection of single storey side extension. West Leigh Bungalow,Nobut Road, Leigh - Mr & Mrs Wilkinson

2. Erection of a rear garden room extension. 3 Bagots View, Church Leigh - Mrs I Wooding

Permits1. Change of use of agricultural building to B8 use for the storage of vintage vehicles - Mr D Heath

2. Certificate of lawfulness for storage of waste metals not exceeding 3 metres in height at ‘The Timber Yard’ Withington, Leigh - Mr C Wright

3. Erection of 2 storey rear extension. 3 Bents Lane, Church Leigh - Mr M Jakeman

5.FinanceMrs Lynn Whittingham - Clerks Salary - February 2008 £103.00

Community Account Statement - 240

6.Parish Matters7.Date and time of next meeting

Monday 7th April 2008 at 7.30p.m.

Hello this is Simon Bullen with a message to our members in Leigh

There has been a burglary at an isolated lock-up premises in Leigh,  2.30pm last Tuesday, when a large quantity of power toolsand other items  have been stolen.  See in the area was a Transit van with ‘GBS’ on the side and some sort of motif on the rear.  There is unfortunately no registered number on the vehicle.  Did you see the vehicle in the area, or know where it is from.
Crime number 15978.
If you have any information please contact the Police on 08453 30 20 10 or crimestoppers on 0800 555 111

ALL SAINTS FIRST SCHOOL

CHURCH LEIGH

NEWSLETTER

20th February 2008

Mr & Mrs Goodwin

Mr & Mrs Goodwin are proud parents of a baby girl, Molly who was born on 5th

February weighing 7lb 14oz.

We send them all our best wishes and love. No doubt she will visit school in the very

near future to introduce Molly to the children and staff.

Football Cards

These cards are not allowed in school, as too many arguments are caused. Please will

you remind children that they should not bring them, especially the boys in Years 3

and 4.

Usbourne Book Sale

Many thanks to the parents who supported Mrs Sarah Davies’s Book Sale. Due to

your sales the school had benefited from £102.93 worth of ‘free’ books. We have

been able to supplement our Guided Reading books with excellent quality readers.

Leap for Joy

Come along to our informal service at 4.00pm for all ages at All Saints Church this

Sunday. We will be praising, leap frogging and discovering beautiful words hidden in

water lilies. You will be most warmly welcome.

Clubs

Monday High Five - Mrs Clarke 3.15 to 4.15pm Class 3

Tuesday French - Madam Harman 3.15 to 4.00pm

Wednesday Choir - Mrs Omer 3.15 to 4.00pm

Dates

Thursday 21st February FLSA Meeting 7.30pm at Iona Raby’s house

Sunday 2nd March Mothering Sunday Service 11.00am

All Saints Church

Thursday 6th March World Book Day

Fancy Dress - Favourite Book Character

Prizes for Nursery, Reception, Year 1, 2, 3 and 4

Thursday 20th March Easter Service 2.00pm

Term dates

Are available at :

http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/education/schoolsandcolleges/Termdates and on the

school web site http://www.allsaints-leigh.staffs.sch.uk .

Best wishes

A Shaw

Headteacher

Alpha course -Saturday mornings

commencing with breakfast, from June 7^{th 2008}

 

We aim to start with breakfast at 9.00am and be finished by 11am - we hope this will enable those with busy working weeks and those with spouses and children, to try to juggle for a bit of time to attend and still have a big chunk of the day remaining.

 

Alpha is a well known introductory course to the Christian faith - what it believes and why - which is designed to appeal both as a refresher course for existing church members as much as an introduction to the Christian faith for those who are interested in finding out more about what Christianity believes and has to offer to those searching for meaning and purpose in life.

 

We successfully ran two Alpha courses in Leigh during 2007- those who participated would love to share something of their experience with you, which included great food, lively discussion and debate, all as part of the experience! If you would like us to put you in touch with any of the previous attendees we would be very happy to do so-or just chat to any of us informally.

 

We will share more detail at RENEW and in April/ May editions of the magazine but overall we would be really pleased to have another group to draw together for this growing experience.

 

Dominic Stone  01283 820030.

Nicky Grey 01889 502243

Bruce Barker 01889 502571

Phil Johnson 01889 502383 

 

ALL SAINTS CHURCH, LEIGH- ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS OF PARISHIONERS TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY 23^{RD APRIL IN THE CHURCH MEETING ROOM, COMMENCING AT 7.30PM}

AGENDA

ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDENS

Election of Churchwardens(Mr M Knobbs will be putting himself up for election again)2. Election of Deputy Church Wardens

(Mary Brown and Philip Whittingham may well put themselves up for election again)

(However, nominations welcome for both church and deputy churchwardens positionsPlease inform PCC secretary of names at least two week prior to date of the meeting).ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

1. Minutes of Last Meeting.2. Matters Arising.3. Confirmation of Revised Electoral Roll

4. Elections - Parochial Church Council.

- Deanery Synod Representatives - (Churchwardens?)

- Sides Persons

5 Appointment of Auditor

6. Annual Report - Circulated - including Annual Report & Accounts

7. Any Other Business of which due notice (not less than 14 days) has been given to the Secretary.Attendees requested to bring a plate of food, which will be pooled. Wine & coffee will be available.PCC Secretary, 24th January 2008

 

ALL SAINTS CHURCH, LEIGH

REVISION OF ELECTORAL ROLL

 

MARCH/ APRIL 2008

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

That the All Saints Church electoral roll is to be open for review between 1st March and Apri l 12th 2008

Under the Church Representation Rules persons are entitled to have their names entered on the roll, if they:

Are baptized and will be 16 years of age during the year 2008, (Those aged under 16 may not vote before their 16th birthday).Have signed a from of application for enrolment, and either3 Are members of the Church of England or of any Church in communion with the Church of England being resident in the parish, or (not being resident in the parish), having habitually attended public worship in the parish during the six months prior to the application for enrolment; or

Are members in good standing of a Church (not in communion with the Church of England) which subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity declaring themselves to be also members of the Church of England and having habitually attended public worship during the six month period prior to enrolment

 

Forms of application for enrolment can be obtained from the undersigned, and from the electoral Roll Officer, also named below. In order to be entitled to attend the annual parochial church meeting, and to take part in its proceedings, forms of application for enrolment must be returned by the April 12th, if you are not already on the electoral roll. The new Electoral Roll will be available for inspection in church from 19th April. Any error discovered in the roll should be reported at once to the PCC Secretary or the Electoral Roll Officer.

Dated this 24th Day of January 2008

 

PAT WHITTINGHAM, Electoral Role Secretary

FORMS AVAILABLE

By the South door entrance2. From the Electoral Roll OfficerMrs. Pat WhittinghamStoneyfields

Church Leigh

Uttoxeter (Tel 01889 502516)

All Saints Church, Leigh

 

For 4-11’s

HOLY SATURDAY WORKSHOP

22nd March 2008 10.00am-12.30pm

AT ALL SAINTS CHURCH

 

REGISTRATION FORMS AVAILABLE FROM

ALL SAINTS SCHOOL & THE POST OFFICE

From 15th March 2008

 

Bring completed forms to registration desk & a card box for your crafts

 

(one form per child )

 

Adults must accompany children to registration desk

Further details please contact Nicky Grey 01889 502243 or Jan Sumnall - 01538 722450

 

CLIVE BAGGALEY RUNS LONDON MARATHON FOR ALL SAINTS CHURCH, LEIGH

We are thrilled to announce that Clive will be running the London Marathon on April 13^{th 2008.}

This will be Clive’s 5th run in this 26 mile event.

 

Over the previous years Clive has raised over £5000 for Cancer Research UK and the Downs Syndrome Organisation .

 

This year Clive would like to raise money for something more local and had chosen our Church of All Saints, Leigh.

 

Please think about sponsoring Clive for this event -sponsor forms will be around at most Village events leading up to April 13th; in the Post Office and All Saints Church or contact Nicky on 01889 502243 to make a pledge.

 

Leigh Lines

Amazed by Grace?

Traveling around the world on pilgrimage and holidays, I find that I have the greatest respect for other faiths and their own journeys of seeking God. It is all too easy from our armchairs here in England to dismiss other faiths as errant, or worse still, to demonise them as a work of God’s enemies to destroy Christianity! The reality of my encounters with people from other faiths is that they are often more committed to a search for and an encounter with God than are many Christians, and that their faith, far from shallow or shadowy, very often gives them real hope and joy in that journey, and times of real encounter with God through their worship and prayers.

And yet there are some very significant differences that make Christianity unique from all other religions and which continue to draw people from a variety of other faith backgrounds (and none) to discover that Christianity somehow completes their own search. All faiths are not just journeys up the same mountain where we shall one day meet at the summit. The incredible success of the spread of Christianity throughout the world (and that spread continues at a breathtaking speed in some parts of the world) is that there is something about Christianity which completes and makes whole our relationship with God, whatever our faith or cultural background (and importantly becoming a Christian should never rubbish your own culture, language or traditions), and its all about a thing called grace.

 

Grace is essentially something that we receive for nothing - a free gift - in this case a free gift from God. In all the other major faith traditions of the world, there exists a duty to seek and find God for ourselves, and then to earn the right to receive blessing from God; by contrast, the Christian God is the only one who comes actively looking for us, who constantly comes towards us and looks for openings to break through into our lives, who loves us so much that he must come and search us out, and cannot just sit and wait until we come to find him. And then the gifts he has to bring are given to us completely freely, and with no strings attached.

Most people say that they believe in God still, and I believe that one of the reasons for that (despite relatively low affiliation to organised religion in this country) is that most people do experience God in some way in their lives. Can you in truth say that you have never felt the need to pray, or had an experience of God in some way - just one moment in your life when God has become meaningful to you? Surveys and experience tell me that most of us do - just as most of us also experience evil at some time in our lives as well (and its every bit as real I’m afraid). Those “moments of meaning” or “touching times” as they’ sometimes called are not a sign that God is far away and difficult to find, but on the contrary a sign of the God who is constantly looking for openings in the protective shells we build around ourselves, and who is simply standing waiting for us to open our eyes to him and see him for who he is. And grace means that there is nothing required of us but to be open to him and receive what he has to give - we don’ have to seek it out, earn it, find it or invent it - God is already there knocking at the door of our hearts and we have only to recognise him and let him in; and because God is love, there is absolutely nothing to be afraid of. I wonder, what gifts has God got for you if you were to welcome him in today?

 

One of the greatest fears that we have in our increasingly god-less society is the fear of death. It can feel as if life is just a one way ticket to the inevitability of death, and seeking happiness for as long as we can the only meaning we can attribute to that life. What God gives us in his grace if we let him into our hearts is a different sort of ticket - a return ticket back to life again - a promise that we will journey through death to live with him. And this is the wonderful message of Easter - we buy and eat our Easter eggs for no other reason than to celebrate that new life. Whether we like it or not, the Easter story is arguably better attested in history than almost anything else you can think of - the fact that Jesus accepted death willingly in order to demonstrate that death, in God’s love and purposes for us is not the end, and then rose again to new life on Easter Day is something that we must all wrestle with and seek to understand the significance of. And from the earliest times Christianity has also understood that in dying as he did Jesus also meant to take upon himself all the things which separate us so often from God - that we deliberately put up as a barrier, or just allow to accumulate.

 

The resurrection is a promise to all who know God and accept him that the death of the body is not the end of our existence, and for the Christian takes away the fear of death for it becomes only a transition from this mortal life to an immortal existence with God in his kingdom. It is clearly part of the plan that we find as much happiness and joy in this life as we can - but we can also own the promise that nothing in this life will compare to the completeness of joy that awaits us when our life’s journey is complete.

 

Recognising and accepting the God of love in this life also allows God to bring us some of heaven here on earth - as a free gift (back to grace) for his seeking us is not just in order to find us, but so that he can bind up our wounds and heal us, help us to wipe clean the slate of our past lives and walk free and forgiven - for no one is beyond the reach of his generosity and love. And our response to all of this grace? It should be our acts of thanksgiving and worship - saying thank you to God and giving him praise for all that he gives to us - for we love him only because he first loved us and sought us out and brought us home. When we receive from God what he has to give and express our love and thanksgiving in return we are simply learning the language of heaven and gaining a little bit more of heaven here on earth.

 

I find that grace quite amazing - and want nothing more than to pass on the blessing and the grace to as many as are willing to be open to God and receive what he stands waiting to give. There’s nothing to be afraid of and nothing to be ashamed of either, and a fullness of life to gain that makes the journey through this life far more joyful, and the promise of the next not just a distant hope but one upon which we can depend.

 

With every blessing as Easter approaches - may you find your eyes open to the glory and the grace that is waiting there just for you this Easter time, and may you meet with God and know his love for you to be both real and true. Dominic.

All Saints Leigh - March Magazine 2008

Sunday 2nd March: 11.00 am Mothering Sunday United Service led by the children of

All Saints School - all most welcome.

Sunday 9th March 11.00 am Passion Sunday - Holy Communion with JAM club

Sunday 16th March 11.00 am Palm Sunday - procession from the school with a donkey followed

by Family Service in the church.

Monday in Holy Week 6.45 am Meditation on Palm Sunday followed by breakfast at St. Mary’s

Church, Uttoxeter - open to all Area Churches.

Tuesday in Holy Week 6.45 am Meditation on Jesus cleansing the temple followed by breakfast as

above.

Wednesday in Holy Week 6.45 am Meditation on Jesus at Bethany as above

Maundy Thursday 6.45 am Meditation on the Passover as above

2.00 pm All Saints School end of term Holy Week/Easter service &

goodbye to Amanda Shaw - all welcome.

7.30 pm Passover Supper with stripping of altars at St. Mary’s Church,

Uttoxeter - open to all Area Churches.

Good Friday 6.45 am Meditation on the trial of Jesus plus Communion followed by

breakfast at St. Mary’s Church, Uttoxeter.

7.00 pm Good Friday United Service at the Pentecostal Church, Leigh

Holy Saturday 10.00 - 12.00 am Easter Children’s Workshop in All Saints Church. See details

elsewhere in magazine.

Easter Day 8.00 am Prayerbook Communion Service

11.00 am Easter Day Celebration at All Saints with Thatching of the cross

with flowers, blessing of Easter Garden, School and adult choirs

and Hand bell ringers. Finishing with children’s Easter egg hunt in

the church.

Sunday 30th March 11.00 am United service at Dodsleigh Chapel

Sunday 6th April 11.00 am Third Sunday of Easter Holy Communion & JAM Club

Readers List

March 9th	Old Testament Reading: Ezekial 37.1-14 New Testament Reading: Romans 8.6-11	John Carter Jan Sumnall
March 23rd	New Testament Reading: Acts 10.34-43 New Testament Reading: 1 Corinthians 15.19-26	Toby Collins June Williams

^{Holy Week Meditations}

Each year the Uttoxeter Area clergy arrange a series of Holy Week mediations for the people of the Uttoxeter Area churches as part of the devotional material available for this special time. The meditations are about 30 minutes long, and start at 6.45 am to allow people to go on to work afterwards if they need to. An optional breakfast is provided in the church afterwards for those who would like to stay. Getting to Uttoxeter St. Mary’s church for that time each morning may seem like a difficult thing to do, but my own experience is that the experience more than repays the effort and helps us to keep Holy Week as a special time in the Christian year. Anyone is most welcome to come to any or all of these. Do think carefully about joining us if you can.

Maundy Thursday Passover Meal

We will be holding a Passover Meal followed by a stripping of the altars at Uttoxeter St. Mary’s Church for people from all the Area Parishes again this year. This has always been popular with families as a way of experiencing and recognising the significance of Maundy Thursday in a social atmosphere together. Details and tickets from All Saints Church.

 

Church Leigh Bellringing 2008

 

Interested in a new hobby?

Want to take up Bellringing and help preserve an English Heritage?

 

All Saints Church, Leigh needs you!

 

We’d like to have a permanent Bellringing band

based at your local church again. There will be

an initial meeting to discuss training, and the

Formation of a Church Leigh Band at:

 

8, Lime Close, Church Leigh, Leigh,

Stoke-on-Trent. ST10 4PP

On Friday 14th March at 7.15pm

 

IF INTERESTED in participating please contact:

 

Phil Routledge 01538 753949

Or

Helen Leach 01889 502453

Or reply to the above address

 

 

All Saints School News

 

This will be my last piece for the parish magazine as Head teacher of All Saints School, Leigh. I have learned a lot since I have had the privilege of working here. It is a very complex job and has many facets that you are not always prepared for and have to respond to in a positive way if possible.

 

It is certainly challenging on all fronts and as someone wisely said to me, “It is a small school, but not a small job!”

 

I have on my desk a small, credit card sized piece of wisdom that I will share with you:

If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn

If children live with hostility, they learn to fight

If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy

If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty

If children live with tolerance, they learn to be patient

If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence

If children live with praise, they learn to appreciate

If children live with fairness they learn justice

If children live with security, they learn to have faith

If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves

If children live with acceptance and friendship

they learn to find love in the world.

All Saints is a special school and I hope the children, staff, parents and governors enjoy a secure and happy future.

Amanda

Have you any gifts/talents/practical skills or contacts that you could offer in the form of a promise? Do you fancy a great night out in a local venue? Would you like to support your local school in helping to raise funds? If you answered YES to these questions then…….

Invite you to…….

WHAT? A Promises AuctionWHEN? Friday 11^{th April 2008 at 7.30pmWHY? To raise funds for extra equipment and activities for the children of the school to enjoyJoin us by offering a promise, or by coming along and bidding for one or by doing both!}

If you feel able to donate a promise please fill in a slip and return it to Nicky Grey; Joanne Oakes, Leigh Post Office; Iona Raby; or Sue Ellis at the school. The closing date for promises is Thursday 20th March 2008

Entry includes a complementary glass of wine or beer and light snack. Tickets are priced £3 and are available from 31st March from the above contacts.

 

DODSLEIGH CHAPEL

SUNDAY 13th APRIL at 4pm

C H A P E L  A N N I V E R S A R Y  S E R V I C E

Service taken by REV.MICHAEL PARROTT

Followed by afternoon tea

Everyone is welcome to a Celebration Service of the 99th Anniversary. Thanks to many local benefactors, gifts and fund raising we have achieved the dreaded woodworm eradication. New lights, new song books and a fresh coat of varnish have freshened us through and put a spring into our step.

 

Please consider joining us for a family service with afternoon tea to follow. If you’ve never been before we promise you a warm welcome and a pleasant afternoon.  Perhaps you used to come to Chapel, were christened or married here but have not been for a while - come along and most importantly bring your family and friends.

 

In this year of HOPE we look forward towards our giant centenary in 2009 praising God for all the blessings he has fulfilled through worship, preaching and prayer on this holy site at Dodsleigh

 

 

 

Church Leigh Pre-School Playgroup News

March 2008

 

The Playgroup have been having a wonderful time with their ‘senses’ and discovering lots of new topics. They recent had a trip to the Post Office in the Village, where they discovered a range of objects on their walk from bulbs growing up through the soil, to the sounds of a digger and cars passing by. They particularly enjoyed buying packets of crisps from the Post Office and bringing them back to the Village Hall to see how they tasted and what they looked like!

 

Many thanks to all of you who donated your Tesco Vouchers, we collected 1072 vouchers and have ordered a BIG SPINNING TOP for the children to enjoy.

 

Our new member of the team, Jude Coleman is settling in well and the children love having her around, she is doing a fantastic job.

 

Please look out for our future events which we will be holding from a Film Night to a possible Salsa Evening and even possibly an Irish Night!

 

RENEW ‘08

Friday 23^{rd May - Monday 26th May}

Leigh Playing Field

 

Ever felt like there’s never time to catch up with friends and neighbours?

 

RENEW ‘08 provides a lovely opportunity to do this and will soon be here. With 2 GIANT MARQUEES planned this year and even more Carrot cake than last year - It really will be the place to be for Spring Bank Holiday weekend. All the village are invited to share in a feast of RENEWAL .

 

The Christians of Leigh want to celebrate the transforming energy of the Spring Season - let’s get together and find out all that’s good about Leigh in 2008 - make new friends and catch up with old ones, learn about what the churches are doing to celebrate our rural community, join in the art workshops, watch the fireworks or just chill!. Over the weekend there will be words of encouragement from visiting speakers including Bishop Gordon of Stafford, Rev Rob Mountford and Rural advisor Gordon Gatward not to mention the motorbiking evangelist, our gospel choir and band and much more.

 

The young people will be wise to note the dates in their diaries too as we’ll have kids club for the 10 and unders meeting throughout the weekend with a programme of games, crafts, songs and more. Meanwhile the teens can look forward to chilling in their own youth café and Saturday night will be young peoples Rock night when we welcome THE GENTLEMEN with support band on stage, together with more antics from last years comic team - Phil and Johnny!

 

The RENEW team have been considering a new event as an extra for this years weekend. This would be a village showcase to act as a shop window for all organisations within Leigh to promote their groups. Planned for the Monday 26TH May daytime - an open invitation will be extended to every group, facility, club to bring along a couple of representatives and a table top display. The café would still be open and the whole village will be welcome then to come and learn what activities are going on in their locality which may just be up their street but perhaps they never knew existed. If you fancy the idea and want to sign up your group please email / phone to confirm a level of interest.

brucebarker@btinternet.com

Jane & Bruce 502571

 

A special treat and an extra will be the opportunity to enjoy an evening of entertainment with Syd Little who we all knew so well as one half of Little and Large not so many years ago. He has compellimg stories to share of his lifes journey of ups and downs and we are thrilled to have been able to host Syd as our RENEW ‘08 Finale.

 

More details to follow soon but for now please be sure to book your diaries and tell everyone you know to do the same, as we know we have something for the whole village and we want to welcome you all.

 

RENEW COMMITTEE

502571

 

There will be sizeable expenses placed upon RENEW and it is the desire that this should be provided in the main as FREE to ALL. We hope you may feel called to support Gods plan to stage this special event for the community. Please can any donations be forwarded to Bernice Smallwood to Tanglewood, Upper Leigh, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 4NU Telephone 01889 502295 (as these donations may attract gift aid please enclose name and address details if you are a UK Tax payer and we’ll send you a form)

 

 

or tell us how you would like to help - 502571

Leigh & District W.I.

 

Four members were fortunate to attend New Years gatherings at neighbouring institutes.

The most talented group “Pebbles” entertained members at Kingstone with unaccompanied songs from around the world and the enjoyable eveining at Marchington was completed by the surprising arrival of a real life reindeer from the famous herd at Blithbury.

 

Craft meetings re-commenced on 17^{th January , members were discussing the choice of a new project while doing their own crafts. We are looking forward to our first bi-monthly lunch of 2008 on 5th March at the New Broom in Checkley.}

 

The Fiveways spring group meeting is on 28th March at Uttoxeter, the speaker will be Derek Poulson on “Dialects”

 

On W.I. Produce Day at the County Showground on 22nd April members will have the chance to see Jonathan Horseley N.A.FA.S, International Flower Demonstrator from Derby and Sheila Dibrah speaking on her life with Fred the steeplejack.

 

A taster day is planned for Denman College on 29th May - a coach will be provided.

 

The speaker for the February meeting was Panny Wheat on “The craft of the Silversmith”

Her talk was most interesting as she has been a lecturer at Stafford College for 32 years and had brought along tools for her demonstration and a large collection of her silverware.

 

Members were particularly interested as quite a few members have chosen the Silver Jewellery Course to study at Denman College this year.

 

The meeting in March is the AGM.

 

 

FLOWER ROTA

MARCH 23^{RD Mrs L Whitehurst and Mrs T Gallimore EASTER SUNDAY MARCH 30TH Mrs B Smallwood}

SIDESPERSONS ROTA

March 2nd	John Cope & Eileen Thorley
March 9th	Kath Tideswell & Jane Gore
March 16th	Frank Williams & Alan Bradbury
March 23rd	Yvonne Carter & Mary Brown
March 30th	United Service at Dodsleigh Methodist Chapel

^{SERVICES AT DODSLEIGH CHAPEL FOR MARCH 08}

2nd March	Mrs.C.EYRE	11am
9th March	REV.TINA SWIRE	6.30pm
15th March	MISS.A.MAKEIG-JONES	6.30pm Palm Sunday
23rd March	REV.M.PARROTT	6.30pm  Easter Sunday
30th March	UNITED SERVICE - REV.TINA SWIRE	11am

a up, ow at.
I wer out wokin ,yesdee an ad a plesant suprise , a skylark got up int field an started singin, y duna see many o them rind ere na dun ya. When we wer lads gooin rind bird nestin we used t lie ont grind an try an keep site o the larks as thee flew up int t sky but y owis lost site on em as thee went igha an igha even tho they cudst still ere em singin, thee used be rucks on em then but then as farmers got into early silage mekin it cut dine t nestin sites ft larks an other grind nestin birds like t curlew an peewits an thee seemd to die out rind ere, but now that farmins about ad it an the grind ina farmed like it were ow t grind birds seem t b comin back. But ont otha and nah t owd cowsheds an gon we duna seem av as many swallows an sparrows , whot used nest in em.
Getin bak t bird nestin , its band nah , now i duna no if  this is as guda thing as thee mek out . Wen we was lads we used know were evry nest int village was an if we ad oredy got one a them eggs we left em wel alone an let em get on we rearin t yung ens, nah adees yung lads  duna know one bird from anuther an thee are stuk in front er t tele insted a gettin out anstudiin t countryside a bit afore its all gon under rows er hise’s , Id like ft bet thees far more nests destroyed be bilders nah adees than thee eva was be lads collectin t odd egg.

Say y
Mukraka

LEIGH PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of a meeting

At Leigh Village Hall

On

Monday 14th January 2008

At

7.30pm

 

1.Apologies ; C.Astbury

Present: L.J.Ingram, J Beaman, P.G.Bailey, E.Durose, B.I.Smallwood, E Backhouse

In Attendance: L Whittingham - Clerk

2.Matters Arising from Last Months Minutes

E.D. has got the gate and post at his farm. JB has got a quote for fitting the gully gate. The fitting of gate from Mark Whitehouse is £150.00. Council agreed that the cost is quite expensive. JB to approach and see if he will reduce his price as the equipment is ready just to put in. Council agreed that if he will do it for £100.00 JB is to go ahead and ask him to do the work.

PGB has received a letter of thanks for the Christmas Meal. The cost of the OAP Christmas meal was £650.00.

Parish Precept Requirements 2008/09 - Council discussed expenditure and the amount required for the next precept. PGB proposed £6000.00 ED in favour. JB proposed £5500.00 , LJI seconded it BIS voted for the motion.

Audited Accounts - Clerk forgot Accounts

3.Correspondence

E.S.B.C, - Council Tax Base for 2008 - 2009 - EJB read out figures

E.S.B.C. - Electronic Consultations on Planning Applications - Council think that it would not be a good idea to stop having the paper copies of plans. Clerk to ask them to supply us with the equipment and we will gladly change.

Stafford Borough Council - Local Development Framework - Not applicable

C.C.S. - Staffordshire Voluntary Car Scheme Newsletter - Leigh not taking part in the car scheme as there was no interest from members of the public.

House Of Commons - Advice Surgeries - BIS to pin up in Post Office

C.C.S. - 2008 Diary Of Village Festivals and Events - May Ball 31^st May, Church Bizarre 29.11.08,Renew’08 Festival 23-26 May 2008-playing field.EJB to ask school about Strawberry Fayre.Clerk to fill in and return

Governments Office for the East Midlands-Publication of the Draft East - Midlands Panel Report - Not applicable

4.Planning

Applications

1. Change of use from agricultural building to B8 use for the storage of vintage vehicles (buses and cars). Stone House Farm, Withington, Leigh - Mr D Heath - No objections - Just is the entrance suitable for the Highways

2. Erection of a two storey rear extension. 3 Bents Lane, Church Leigh -

Mr M Jakeman. - No objections

5.Finance

Mrs Lynn Whittingham - Clerks Salary - Dec’08 £103.00 100995

Canon UK - Photocopying £34.43 100996

Leigh Village Hall Committee - Rent £60.00 100997

S.C.C. - October Grounds Maintenance £293.95 - EJB to ring about the maintenance costs as the playing field was being worked on in October.

RECEIVED

£400 00 from may ball on at an earlier date we have to pay £120.00

PGB paid £130.00 collected off OAP’s

£7.40 Photocopying money - BIS

6.Parish Matters

LJI has been checking the chains on the village green at Lower Leigh.

Clerk to talk to Dave Flowers about coming in and talking to us about prisoners coming into the village to mow the playing fields.

JB and LJI complaining about the state of Hot Hill and the ditches that Mr Gore has dug which divert the water to run on to the road. The ditch turns into the road and all mud is banked up to force the flow of water onto the road. Clerk to write to Highways.

JB complaining about the noise of the village Hall on New Years Eve. It was a private party. Clerk to write to the Village Hall and request that the noise limiter is repaired. PGB does not agree that the Parish Council should be involved. EJB will pass on the complaint without letters having to be passed on.

BIS requested photocopy paper and LJI will get a good price for a delivery as soon as possible.

7.Date and time of next meeting

Monday 4^th February 2008 at 7.30p.m.

 Hello this is Simon Bullen with a message for members in your area, with some good news for a change.

 You have 2 crimes on your are, one in Torrance Grove, and Elkes Grove. the good news is that an offender has been arrested for both offences. Elkes grove was where a car was broken into, and Torrence Grove is where the offender was arrested causing damage to a window, and on him was found property from the Elkes Grove crime…..Excellent And for all members can I also remind you all that the next meeting of Uttoxeter Neighbourhood Watch is 7.30pm this Wednesday 5th at Heath Community Center