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Your window on parish news and events Published by Greysouthen Parish Council Issue No. 26 - March 2019 Parish Council Jan Johnson Council Tax bills will soon be arriving Jan has lived in Greysouthen for the past through your letterboxes. Allerdale Borough two years, having previously lived in Australia Council, Cumbria County Council and the Po- where she spent most of her working life. She lice and Crime Commissioner are all proposing recently returned from a work assignment in increases in their respective precepts. However, the South Pacific, which sounds far more exot- there is some good news - the Greysouthen ic than it actually was. Travelling between Parish Council precept will not increase for the northern and southern hemispheres over the fifth consecutive year. past two years meant she has experienced And there is more good news - we have a four consecutive winters (even though she is new Parish Councillor. Jan Johnson was co - British by birth, Jan is still coming to terms opted onto the Parish Council in January, bring- with the weather - and remembering to wear ing additional expertise and knowledge to the gloves…). team. Jan has worked with many small rural Allerdale’s bin collection service will st and regional communities; she is an experi- change on 1 April. Purple bags will no longer enced facilitator, having worked with key gov- be used. Instead, the small green bins currently ernment, business and community stakehold- used for card and paper will be re -designated ers and the small business sector in pursuit of for glass, plastic and cans. Large blue top bins economic growth. She worked with a number will be issued for card and paper. The small of Indigenous Elders and their communities in green bins will be collected fortnightly and the Australia and volunteered regularly in south- large blue top bins will be collected monthly. ern Europe, helping students and young work- The black bins for non -recyclable items will con- ers with career development. She is hopeful tinue to be collected weekly and the large green that her skills will prove a useful addition to garden bins will be collected fortnightly. Al- Greysouthen Parish Council. lerdale recognises that not everyone will have Jan is a member of the Greysouthen W.I. room for an extra bin. Residents can request a and Soroptimists International, Cockermouth green hessian sack for paper and card, instead & District. of the blue top bin. Also, a black box is available Jan hasn’t mentioned that her sister has lived in for cans, glass and plastic. Collection days may Greysouthen for 19 years so in between her travels she change. At the time of writing the new collection has been visiting Greysouthen on a regular basis for many years. The Parish Council is sure that she’ll bring schedule was not available so look out for the a different perspective and set of skills which will be new schedules, which will be delivered to every invaluable in our work . home. For more information visit: www.allerdale.gov.uk/newbins or ‘phone 0303 123 1702. The Greysouthen Virtual Pub The Parish Council AGM (not to be con- The GVP is starting its 7th year. We con- fused with the Village Hall AGM on April 2 nd !) is tinue to have a healthy turn out, but everyone on Tues May 14 th at 7.15 preceded by the An- is welcome. People come and go as they nual Village meeting at 7pm. All welcome. This please. It is not a drinking club, non alcoholics is your chance to meet your councillors and ask come too! It is more important than ever that questions about their work. we keep this institution going with the sad de- Gwyn Lloyd mise of the Duke of Cumberland Pub closing at Bridgefoot. The future dates are : Fridays 1st March, 5th April, 3rd May, 7th June, 5th July, 2nd August, 6th September, 4th October, 1st November, 6th December. Bring £1 -00 and whatever you wish to eat and drink, from 8.30am onwards. Robin Lovegrove Ken Steel (Obituary) Anyone who lived in the village during the The Greysouthen Senior Citizen's Social 1980s and 1990s will remember Ken Steel. Sadly Club (aka The Old Folks) he died at the end of January. He and his wife, The festive season is long gone now but Janice, ran the village shop and Post Office, lived in Swallow Barn for a while, the Spinney in Barn- a lot of the villagers will still be remembering yard and finally in 1, Silecroft where Janice ran the "Old Folks Christmas dinner" due to not the Post Office over the counter in their utility only the copious, tasty meal and wine but also room. Ken was always involved in village affairs, the inspired selection for the entertainment. village hall committee, playing field committee (it The committee having been sworn to secrecy was always the playing field in those days) and before the event , the surprise when the cur- the Parish Council, serving as chairman for quite some time. He was instrumental in quite a few tains were swept back to reveal the 15 mem- improvements, including, if I remember correctly, bers of the Cockermouth Ukulele Orchestra leading the initiative for the Parish Council to ac- was palpable. A magic evening of unique, me- quire for the village both the village hall and the playing field from the Harris estate, and was also lodic, fun music from the 60's ensued with eve- instrumental, with the Parish Council, in the con- ryone singing along because we all knew the version of the pinfold from a rough semi -derelict words!! The Orchestra was called back to play area to the nice paved area it is today. He was the one who put forward the possibility of indoor many encores and I am sure they enJoyed bowls in the village hall, an activity still going themselves as much as we did. A great big strong. thankyou to the folk who decorated the hall in We kept in touch when they moved back to Scotland, and he always asked what was going such splendid fashion with all manner of on in the village and would ask about the people Christmas trimmings and sparkly trees creating he knew. He had a great affection for the area, a wonderful atmosphere for the diners. There and the village has gained much from his efforts during his time here. was a very positive feedback and we have to David Blaylock . thank Howard McCulloch for his hard work in arranging the entertainment and the whole evening. Which brings me onto the next event that Gentlemen’s Walking Group In early February, nine intrepid chaps and this diligent gentleman has organised for May 17 th . Namely "Fish and chips with a difference". two dogs tackled a snow clad Helvellyn. Soft, un- consolidated snow made the ascent slow going. Once again I am not allowed to reveal what that means, other than fish and chips is As the party trudged toward the summit, the cloud dispersed and Lakeland could be seen for miles in the only sustenance on offer! It will be an every direction. Pure magic. A wind -chill of minus evening do leaving the village in a bus at 4 thirteen degrees encouraged a quick lunch break o'clock. It appears that it has already proved to be very popular and hopefully we may and a swift descent. The homeward Journey was interrupted for post expedition rehydration at a tea not have to restrict the numbers due to the ca- pacity of the destination. Therefore keep in room in Braithwaite. A splendid time was had by all. The next walk will be in Langdale on 16 th touch with your collector, committee member March. or notice board for updates on the situation Gwyn Lloyd and we sincerely hope there will be no disap- pointed applicants. Meanwhile, once again many thanks for Note to Greysouthen Residents everyone's participation in the weekly tote with- out which this ancient village social tradition from Cllr Marion Fitzgerald Thank you to those who came to my recent would not exist. drop -in session at Greysouthen Village Hall. It is Ken Needham on behalf of the committee quite a busy time at Allerdale at the moment with the 2019/20 budget soon to be presented to a meeting of the full Council, not to mention the plans to build an 8000 capacity stadium in Work- ington. As an Independent councillor, I am in- terested to know what local residents feelings are about these issues. If you would like to discuss them or have questions about any other council related matters, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. 016973 43888 [email protected] NEWS FROM THE VILLAGE HALL Craft and Crumbs Since the last “Gossip” the Hall has seen a Craft and Crumbs is a new craft club set up flurry of use. The Christmas Events programme by two friends Sophie and Katie. We are both was a huge success with some fantastic wreaths keen knitter and dabblers in all thing sewing and seen adorning many village doors. Alongside this craft, but struggle to find the time to do any craft- event there was a Tea Dance, Carol Singing and ing as there was always something else that the over 55’s Christmas meal. A very special needed doing. So we decided to start the club so thanks goes to the people who took the time to we have the time to sit and tackle our proJects plan and coordinate these events.