News Archive

Well, let’s see what has been going on….firstly I am so pleased to see that the new footpath leading up to the Village Hall has finally been completed – we originally requested this back in the year 2000!!!!...You see, it may have taken 7 years but if we nag hard enough and long enough eventually things get done!!!

You may have noticed the Police speed sensors in the village last week, this is because we have had a number of complaints about people speeding in these areas oblivious to the safety of pedestrians and children. If the results show that this is indeed a problem then we may be eligible for traffic calming improvements especially around the school area. In my opinion any measures that make our village a safer place especially for the children have got to be a good thing.

On a very positive note I would like to welcome our two new Parish Councillors onboard. We were pleased to co-opt David Hughes and Richard Kirton at the last meeting. We are particularly pleased to have someone now from Wallasea Island which is within our Parish. We still have one more vacancy for a Councillor, so if you are over the age of 21 and enthusiastic to be involved in making the Parish even better, we would be pleased to hear from you. The role however is unpaid so you would have to be prepared to give up your time freely and voluntarily, attend monthly meetings and sift through correspondence and general paperwork. If you are interested please come along to one of our meetings held the first Wednesday of each month (except August) in the Village Hall at 7.40pm. 

It has been great to hear from some of you with your views and ideas for the Parish. Obviously these things take time and we have to take all opinions into account before we can act. What some people see as an improvement others could see as a backwards step. However there are Government funds waiting to be claimed for Community initiative projects and it would be nice to see some of those funds coming our way. So please keep on writing to me or e-mailing me with your ideas about absolutely anything – after all so few people bother to let me know what they want the few that do contact me could be the ones to get everything they ask for!!!!