Brindley Ford Community Residents' Association

'Neighbours Helping the Neighbourhood'
 

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Contact: Michelle Brown (chair)
Tel: 01782 518417
email: brindleyfordra@hotmail.co.uk
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Next Residents Association meeting is on 13th March  @ 7.00 p.m.

Our guest speaker is Deb Johnston 

from the Safer City Partnership

Come along and share your concerns with Deb.

Venue: Brindley Ford Methodist Church, Outclough Road (A527),

entrance at back by car park.

All meetings start at 7.00 p.m. unless otherwise stated,

ending  around 9.00 p.m. and are open to any residents of Brindley Ford to attend.

(following meetings are 8th May, AGM 10th July)

Hip Hip Hooray...Work on our new community playing field  has finally begun.  Monday 13th February will go down in the history of Brindley Ford Community Residents Association as a victory for the village. After years of feeling like we were on a helter-skelter; believing we were having PlayBuilder money, consultations done, plans drawn up, completion dates given, our funding was withdrawn due to government cuts, and we were back to square one again.   Our thanks go to all our councillors past and present (Peter Kent-Bagguley, Janine Bridges, Tony Fradley and Ann James)  for helping us to get funding.  

See plans of new play area on the village notice board in Bridge Street.

Watch this space for future developments... date for your diary...Saturday 9^th June  

Our village church  is situated in the centre of the village on Outclough Road (A527) opposite the war memorial.  Parking is available at the rear of the building. The members of Brindley Ford methodist church offer a warm welcome to join them.

'Snack and Chat'  meet on the 2^nd and 4^th Thursdays' of the month between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.  While enjoying a cuppa and some toast or fruit loaf, relax and enjoy a social time chatting about the old school days (Irene was a cook at the village school for many years) or anything else that takes your fancy.  Donations of 50p are going towards purchasing some more chairs.   

There is also an active  Junior Citizens' Club  who meet Monday nights between 6.30 p.m. - 8.15 p.m. during term time. 

Subs are 50p and they have a good tuck shop too.  Aged 8-15 anyone interested in finding out more about JC's contact Andy or Gillian 01782 514498

Mow Cop Ladies Choir

Have been invited to sing at Brindley Ford Methodist Church on Sunday 29th April at 6.00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend, and tea and biscuits will be available after the service.

This is just one of 6 engagements the choir have before their summer recess.  At present they are looking for two new members to join them, a soprano and a contralto, to bring their numbers back up to 14 members.  So if we have any budding songbirds out there who would like to get involved speak to Stan Paddey or email yeddap38@yahoo.co.uk.  The type of music that they sing is not all religious, they also include in the programme songs from the shows,  but they try not to be too ambitious.  Rehearsals are on Tuesday evenings at Mow Cop Methodist Church at 7.30 pm.  Their aime is to bring pleasure at no cost to people at various venues ie,churches, care homes, community centres and fund raising efforts, while at the same time enjoy themselves.  

 Brindley Ford War Memorial

Lest We Forget 

‘The memorial was unveiled on Saturday 14^th April 1923 by Private T. Harding, who had been severely wounded in the war, with the Mayor and Mayoress of Stoke-on-Trent, Cllr & Mrs F.T.H.Goodwin, amongst the large number of people attending the service of dedication.

 

A picture postcard commemorating the day shows the memorial garlanded with wreaths, the stone wall along the front as it is today but interestingly, iron railings along the left side and along the back of the site. The right hand side is not seen in the photograph. Presumably those railings were sacrificed during the 1939-41 war. This is a beautifully poignant memorial to the bravery of almost 200 men from Brindley Ford and I am pleased to have been instrumental in bringing back its iron railings'.

(captions taken from Brindley Ford RA Newsletter April 2011, article written by Peter Kent Baguley)

 

In 2002 Peter Kent-Baguley (then Councillor) with the support of fellow ward councillors, secured funding for the cleaning of the entire monument and the re-cutting and re-painting of the inscribed names, and in 2011 the privet hedge around the war memorial was removed and replaced by a kerb on which new attractive iron railings were fitted.  The memorial is now clearly visible from the road. On Remembrance Sunday members from the village church lead a time of remembrance at the monument, and wreaths are laid.

Anyone interested in reading the names on the monument can find them clearly displayed on pictures showns on www.midlandsheritage.co.uk/war-memorials/1472-brindley-ford.html.  These pictures show the hedge that has since been replaced by railings.

Streets included in Brindley Ford

Finch Street, Barmouth Grove, Outclough Road, Fisher Street, Bridge Street, , Bull Lane, Handley Drive, Lally Place, Finch Place, Hugh Bourne Place, Patrick Place, Terence Walk, Beatrice Walk.

No cold calling zone:

Handley Drive, Lally Place, Finch Place, Hugh Bourne Place, Patrick Place, Terence Walk, Beatrice Walk.