Brindley Ford Community Residents' Association
'Neighbours Helping the Neighbourhood'
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email: brindleyfordra@hotmail.co.uk
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Residents Association meeting
Tuesday 9th April @ 7.00 p.m.
Brindley Ford Methodist Church.
Everyone is welcome to attend
'Neighbours Helping the Neighbourhood'
Lest We Forget
On Remembrance Sunday 11th November members of our community met at our cenataph for a time of remembrance. Poppy wreaths were laid on behalf of:
Staffordshire Police,
Fegg Hayes Sports and Social Club
Brindley Ford Community Residents Association
members of the community also laid their own tributes.
Our thanks go to members of our village church for organising the service. Also to the police authority for their support and diverting the traffic.
1914 - 1918
TO THE GLORY of GOD
AND A LASTING MEMORIAL TO THE MEN OF THIS DISTRICT
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
AND A THANK OFFERING FOR THOSE WHO RETURNED
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ERECTED BY THE CONGREGATION AND FRIENDS. 1922
Recently we have been handed a brass plaque with the inscription shown above. Prevously it was mounted in St. Chads Church. Members from our village church have kindly agreed to look after it for the community. Due to the high amounts of metal theft, also people collecting war memorabilia it was considered unwise to relocate it to the cenataph.
www.midlandsheritage.co.uk/war-memorials/1472-brindley-ford.html this site shows clear pictures of many of the names listed on our war memorial
Do you remember to check your fire alarms?
for a fun reminder check this out...
http://youtu.be/m0qOCBNwT-A
Did you know that there is a Youth Club in Brindley Ford???Why not give it a try...
Monday nights during term time young people come along to the Methodist Church here in Brindley Ford to enjoy time together and fun. We have 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
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Are you concerned about speeding in your area?
Would you like to be a volunteer for Community Speed Watch schemes
in the Stoke on Trent area?
Community Speed Watch teams use hi-tech radar speed equipment at pre-identified locations to track speed whilst noting the registration number and make of offending vehicles.
To set up a Community Speed Watch campaign we need about 6 local residents to volunteer. Once the team has been put together they will be trained by Staffordshire Police on how to use the laser speed equipment. They will be provided with hi-visibility vests and Community Speed Watch signs for safety.
Offenders caught by the Community Speed Watch campaign are issued with an advisory warning letter requesting that their speed be curtailed. If the same vehicle is caught on a second occasion by the Community Speed Watch campaign a more strongly worded letter is sent and third time offenders will be dealt with appropriately by Staffordshire Police.
Any local residents who are concerned about road safety and would consider volunteering for a Community Speed Watch in their local area please contact
Karen Stevenson, Watch Liaison Officer: Tel: 01785 233359
Together Staffordshire Police and community volunteers can make a difference.
Gardeners Rest
7 Fisher Street, Brindley Ford,
Stoke on Trent
Come along to your friendly local community pub to enjoy a drink of Real Ale or Cider in front of a warm fire and when the weather gets warmer relax in our child friendly Beer Garden.
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.
Sunday Services
6.00p.m. on Sundays,
10.45a.m. on second Sunday in the month All Age Worship
'Snack and Chat' meet on the 2nd and 4th 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 14th 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.
‘The memorial was unveiled on Saturday 14th 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.
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.