Brindley Ford Community Residents' Association

'Neighbours Helping the Neighbourhood'
 

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email: brindleyfordra@hotmail.co.uk
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Can you help?   Our event is on Saturday 9th June

Do you have any spare bottled items that we can put on our tombola stall?   We are looking for donations ASAP of

purfume,  shampoo, drinks (Alcoholic,wine, pop and soft drinks, cordial etc.), ketchup, sauces, body lotion, bubble bath,

shower gel, fabric softener anything useful.

• Our cake stall is hungry!  can you bake a cake to help fill our table? 

• Our 'Pull-a-string' is always tempting for young children.  Small chocolate bars, tubes of sweets etc.  are needed ASAP, do you have a few to spare?

• We are going to raffle a food hamper do you have anything to donate?

• Could you help us to set up on the day?

Donations can be left at 5 Finch Place, Brindley Ford.

tel: 01782 517543   www.brindleyfordra@hotmail.co.uk

Brindley Ford Diamond Games

Brindley Ford is holding a ‘Field Day’

Saturday 9th June @ 12.00 noon till 4.00 p.m.

Come along and help us to celebrate

 Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee, the Olympic Games

and our new playground.

Brindley Ford Community Residents Association has joined forces with

to organise our own Diamond Games event to provide fun for all the family.

The new Fisher Street playground (A527) is the venue.

Come along and join in the fun with -

Games and races organised by Cadbury ‘Spots V Stripes’

B-B-Q provided by Packmoor Scouts

Bouncy Castle...Crafting Fun...Face Painting...Tombola...Pull-a-String

Plant stall...Cake Stall...Refreshments. 

Why not bring a picnic if the weather is suitable.

Our thanks also go to ASDA Tunstall for joining us on the day

and  for their support on behalf of Fields in Trust.

Fun for all the family

Saturday 9th June

If you would like to offer to help on the day

or donate cakes, chocolate, plants or bottles for tombola

or require more information

please Tel: 01782 517543 or email brindleyfordra@hotmail.co.uk

Please note that prizes of alcohol will only be handed over to responsible adults.

If anyone under 18 wins anything alcoholic it will be held back until an adult comes to collect it.

Walking...cycling...

Families who enjoy walking or cycling along the Sustrans 55 Cycle track, why not stop off and enjoy time at our new playground. Parents are now travelling into Brindley Ford by car to enjoy some quality time with their children enjoying the new play equipment...Please treat this area with respect, there is a small litter bin by the seat and a larger one by the barrier to the main road.  A dog bin is also provided by the barrier and more are sited around the village.  Nearby there is a village shop in Bridge Street and the Gardeners Rest Pub in Fisher Street.

 Come along and join us for our Diamond Games event on 9th June between 12.00 noon and 4.00 p.m.

Ward Budget spending 2011/12

All Councillors were given a dedicated budget of £5,000 each to address local priorities and issues within their wards, as identified through their local communities.

This is a Councillor-led process, and it is the responsibility of Ward Councillors to promote its availability and encourage individuals and groups to submit suggestions for proposed projects and needed work within their Ward. For more information please contact your Ward Councillor(s).

Our thanks go to Great Chell and Packmoor ward councillors Ann James and Jan Bridges for using their allocated funding for the benefit of people in our local area.  The information below is taken from Stoke on Trent City Council website and is available for public viewing.

Breakdown of ward budget spending by Councillor Ann James

Breakdown of ward spending by Councillor Jan Bridges:

Be aware...

The police have passed on this information to warn local residents to be on their guard.

There has been a white van seen  traveling around Stoke on Trent and selling wet fish. They are targeting areas with lots of elderly residents. 

They are charging extremely high prices for the fish

If you regularly buy from the same supplier don't worry, but if you see someone new in the area selling fish be very cautious.  The vans registration number can be phoned through to the police tel: 101.

Responsible Dog Owners Always Remember to SCOOP THE POOP

Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s Environmental Crime Unit is to consult on whether to introduce dog control orders in the city.

Over the next month the team will be contacting dog owners, community groups and other organisations to gauge their opinion on whether orders are needed in the city, as well as inviting comments from the public.

If this pre-consultation highlights a need for dog control order, a full consultation will be held to determine where they should be put in place, and if the costs of the current fixed penalty charge of £50 should be increased.

For a dog owner, a control order may cover one or more of following for a particular piece of land:

• Failure to clear up after your dog has fouled.
• Allowing your dog to enter land where dogs are excluded.
• Not putting, and keeping, a dog on a lead when directed to do so by an authorised officer.

• Keeping your dog on a lead in an area where dogs are not allowed to run loose.

Breaching these regulations could lead to a fixed penalty of between £50 and £80. Failure to pay the fixed penalty could result in a prosecution of up to £1,000.

Anyone wanting to contribute to the pre-consultation can email dogcontrol@stoke.gov.uk or contact the Environmental Crime Unit on 01782 234 234.

Queen Elizabeth II Fields in Trust

As part of our Jubilee celebrations Brindley Ford Community Residents Association have applied to Stoke on Trent City Council to have our playground field nominated as a Queen Elizabeth II Field in Trust.  This is a challenge to get 2012 public open spaces protected to commorate the queens 60 years on the throne of England.  If successful it would prevent any future building developments on the land.  Keeping it protected as open space for the community of Brindley Ford.

For more information go to www.qe2fields.com  post code ST8 7QJ

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Unable to miss

the changes in our landscape

If you travel along the A527 between Brindley Ford and Fegg Hayes it would be hard to miss the work that has been happening on the old Verdun House site and in the fields next to it.  The City Council now has a High Court injunction to prevent the work continuing.

Our village church  is situated in the center 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.  Ages range from 8-15 for more information contact brindleyfordra@hotmail.co.uk

 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 shown on www.midlandsheritage.co.uk/war-memorials/1472-brindley-ford.html.  These pictures show the hedge that has since been replaced by railings.

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Charity Bag Collections

 

Many charities legitimately collect unwanted clothing through the use of collection bags to raise funds for their cause.  However, there is increasing concern amongst local residents regarding the number of collection bags being distributed and the legitimacy of these collectors.

Many of the bags that come through your letter box will be genuine.  However, some will be companies who will sell your goods on for profit.  As long as they detail this somewhere on the bag or flyer, they are not breaking the law.  There have also been incidents where bags left on driveways for collection have been stolen before the charity has chance to pick them up.

Charities report losing upwards of £3million each year through theft of clothing and bogus collections.  Evidence suggests that a lot of clothing ends up being sold abroad.

So, rather than leaving a bag of unwanted items on your driveway for collection it is worth considering donating items directly to a charity shop of your choice.  If you have a lot of items, or are unable to get to a shop, many will collect from your home.

You can also check out an agency before donating clothing, by contacting the Charity Commission on 0845 300 0218 or look at www.charity-commission.gov.uk   They will be able to tell you if the agency is a legitimate charity, or a profit making company.

If you have concerns about a clothing collection operating in your area, please report this to Consumer Direct on 08454 04 05 06.

 

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.

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No cold calling zone:

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