SIDDINGTON The October report of Capesthorne and Siddington WI Tuesday 13th October 2020
Following our last 'meeting in the car park', we are back to Zoom this month. Our speaker was Jenny Gibb, the chair of Wilmslow Wells for Africa. From the beginning in 1984, they have raised 1 million pounds, from the open gardens (virtual this year), Soup Days, Bridge drives and quizzes. They have supported over 800 PARISH NEWS projects in 18 African countries. This includes protecting mountain springs from pollution, creating hand dug wells, boreholes and NOV EMBER 2020
reservoirs. Teaching, maintenance, hygiene and improving sanitation is an essential part of their work as over 900 children still
die every day from waterborne diseases. We continue with the villages of discussions about sponsoring a project such as a well or toilet to mark our 90th year, meanwhile we have bulbs to plant at the end of MARTON, SIDDINGTON, the month. EATON , HULME WALFIELD,
The CFWI talks have continued on the theme of inspirational women, (I SWETTENHAM, CAPESTHORNE missed two whilst away). This week we heard Wendy Mitchell who at the age of 58 developed early-on-set Alzheimer's. She talked of how she uses coping methods for everyday life, such as putting pictures of contents on cupboards, taking off doors to see where they lead and for vision she needs marked edges. Her 'new' friend is Alexa, who will switch on lights and give reminders. Wendy had to move from York and her job in the NHS to a quiet village as noise hurt her ears and she now has hearing aids. This is common with dementia as are changes in taste, going from liking sweet foods to preferring savoury ones and with others it is opposite. She is articulate but others are not, she says, depending which cells are affected. In 2018 she wrote a best- selling book called 'Somebody I Used to Know'. Of it she says, "it's about life, loss of old and birth of new me, adapting to a new world filled with hope and laughter." In 2019, she was awarded an Honour degree of Dr.of Health from the University of Bradford for her contribution to research and this week is to talk to 400 GPs.! There was so much more to Wendy's talk, that I will need to read the book. Next month on Tuesday 10th Nov. will be our AGM, and talk via Zoom, by James Smallwood a specialist flower Grower and Shower of Auriculas . Jennie Smith 24 SIDDINGTON CONTACTS Fran. with Winston
Vicar: The Revd Ian Arch 01260 224447
Church Office: [email protected] Frances Goodfellow held special guest Readers: Doug Wisener 01260 274062 Diane Wisener 01260 274062 Winston the Cockerel all the way through the Howard Lawton 07798 828740 Service and his ‘Interview’. Reader Emeritus: Raymond Rush —————————–- Churchwardens, Marton Barrie Nolan 01260 224076 Generous gifts of Becky Barrow 01260 280170 goods rather than Churchwardens, Siddington: Brian Chesworth 01477 571414 produce were taken by Janet Billington 01260 224283 ‘car boot’ to the food Churchwardens, Eaton: Helen Boxford 01260 224037 . bank., Storehouse. Lynn McHugh 07881 935306 ————————— Deputy Churchwardens: Rebecca Ellston 01260 278952 (Hulme Walfield) David Morris 01260 273154 Thank you All! Churchwardens, Swettenham: Geoff Leech 01477 571889 ——————————— John Gregory 01260 224902 The largest congregation since early in the year at All Saints gathered in Treasurers: Marton: David Worth 01260 224 466 glorious sunshine to celebrate Harvest.
Siddington: John Smith 01260 224790 Around 40 people of all ages (socially distanced, of course) enjoyed harvest Eaton with Hulme Walfield: Paul Hibbert 01260 278850 hymns, supported by music from Sheila and Barbara on electric piano and Swettenham: Geoff Leech 01477 571889 flute. Magazine:
Editors: Annabelle Birtles-Brown
Jennifer Morris
Swettenham Copy: Hilary Andow
Peter Kent Copy for the December magazine should be received by Friday 20th November
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Siddington Outdoor Harvest
Meals on wheels……
22 3 Dear Friends, SIDDINGTON Although the saying, ‘it is better to be born lucky than rich’ was Our Rural Dean, the Rev’d Steve Clapham, said a wise thing in a recent meeting of our clergy chapter (on Zoom of course!) He remarked that when designed to apply to people it has certainly worked for all our the first wave hit us in March and April it was an acute crisis – it was a new Church activities and services this year. Our Outdoor Harvest was emergency which, despite the tragedies, was energising. We banded together no exception! After a chilly start the sun came out, in beautiful, to look after neighbours and friends. We painted rainbows and clapped for our carers. We learnt to use Zoom, and to teach and worship online. We even, cloudless blue glory; warming the safely distanced congregation to some degree, got behind our national leaders. Now, as the second wave is sitting in amongst the newer gravestones. At least two of the upon us, we are experiencing a chronic crisis. We are tired of it already, and it ladies were able to choose to sit close to their late husbands, all in stretches ahead of us for an uncertain length of time. We are no longer natural perfect harmony. There was, in the still sky, a pale whisp energised. We are depleted. We are tired and fed up. We are disagreeing with of crescent moon far, far away. Heavenly. one another, and even our national leaders seem unable to work together, let alone get us all behind them. Living with a chronic crisis is not easy – in my The cracked rafter in church has been mended, plated and life I see so many people who live with chronic disease, or disability, or strengthened to its upright joining timber. All the sturdy emotional stress. None of them would choose it. But they have in many ways scaffolding has gone and visitors, able to have access again, say shown me wisdom. To live will with chronic trouble, acceptance of the how beautiful the building is inside and out. Lovely even without situation is the first step – being honest about what they can do, and admitting what they can’t. And the second step is to pace themselves. To be honest that the usual flowers, fruit and corn adornments. their lives are limited, that they cannot do all they would wish in life – and so to choose what will be enough. I’m not very good at following their wisdom, Corn Dollies will decorate the church next year all being well, especially as but I am trying. I find that reading the Psalms in daily prayer helps me to be it is our 500th anniversary, one visiting couple even volunteered to come honest about where things are, as I share in the words – the cries of despair and help with the task of placing these. and the calls of hope – of people just like us, though they lived thousands of years ago. And I am trying to be realistic about this coming winter. Perhaps As autumn is colouring the countryside the falling and fallen leaves are we will be able to support each other with smalls goals for each week. Little whisked about to swirl and twirl in dramatic dances, we enjoy rustling things to focus on and to get us through. And for the little things I am through them. Some end up on Guy Fawkes Night bonfires (Not perhaps thankful. I must thank our magazine teams for making these happen, and this year!) and others when wet, form, for the ‘lucky’ gardener, valuable giving us a little focus for our community life. A particular thank you this compostable mulch to suppress weeds. time to Peter Kent, who has joined the team to bring us an article each month from around the benefice. Magazines are now available from our app and by From the notices you will see that we do hope to gather for a Remembrance email as well as in print. If you want to change how you receive it, please let Service and with ‘luck’ the weather will kind to us. us know. And so it is November. We are hoping to have Acts of Anyhow we are both ‘rich’ and ‘lucky ‘to live in the countryside which does Remembrance in each village – regulations permitting. They will be shorter, and perhaps outside, so that we can have a few more present. Our usual All have many advantages over more built up areas.
Souls’ Services will however be online this year, not in person. Not as we May God Bless You All. would have wished, but they will be enough for this year. Do take care, and Ray Rush try to be kind and keep smiling, Ian. 4 21 MARTON MARTON ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS . LAND SCAPE 2 KEEPING IN TOUCH
Hello All, The quickest way to find out what’s going on locally is to I hope you are well and continuing to cope with these difficult install the Rural Daneside Churches app on your smart times. It feels like Autumn is upon us now and the leaves are phone, if you have one. Go to your phone’s app store and changing quickly, although there have been groups of swallows & search for “School Jotter”. When you’ve downloaded it,
you can search for Rural Daneside Churches and choose house martins passing through over the last week – sensibly migrating back south to better weather I expect to see the winter which church(es) you want to hear from. We have a YouTube channel – Rural Daneside TV, where migrants - particularly redwings & fieldfares in the next week or you can see our ministers talking to you. Go to YouTube so. and search for Rural Daneside Churches. In the last edition we talked about local landscape, geology and Subscribe, so that you get notice of new videos. the shape of the land (together with climate) have a controlling We have Facebook pages: impact on soils and vegetation. As a result of the varied nature of @eatonandhulmewalfield @martonvillagecommunity the glacial deposits in Marton our soils are quite varied. @SwettenhamChurch @RuralDanesideChurches Technically they are Brown Earths—the ‘standard’ British soil, but @wackyworship.
if the soil forms on sands the better drainage leaches away nutrients making Instagram, a way to share images rather than news: a ‘hungry’ soil that needs lots of muck and fertiliser, these are called Acidic @ruraldanesidechurches. Brown Earths. In Marton, they are more frequent East of the A34. In areas where there is clay, fertility is higher, but the drainage is less good and soils can waterlog either seasonally, in winter or possibly throughout the year. Don’t forget the basics – our webpages: These soils are called gleys and as many local farmers know, need The up-to-date websites are hosted by A Church Near You, the Church of England’s facility. To see the list of all our extensive drainage. In Marton they are more common on the lower land West of the A34.These soils, with good management make fertile churches and find your way from one to the other: agricultural soils particularly suited to growing pasture grass. However, if www.achurchnearyou.com/church/12764/benefice/ the landscape of Marton was left to go wild again, these soils would allow If you don’t have a smart phone and don’t have a Facebook the landscape to revert to deciduous woodland with mainly of Oak trees - account, are you happy for us to use email? imagine a forest made up of the mature Oaks we see in hedgerows today, Please send your email address to but with alder and willow trees in the wetter areas. This was thought to be [email protected] the vegetation in our part of the world four to seven thousand years ago, but If you don’t have access to the internet at all, please let us know if we can phone you with news. Phone 01260 it was then populated by bears, wild boar, lynx, wolves, deer and very few people. 224447 to give us your name and number.
Best wishes, John Percival
20 5 MARTON CHURCH SERVICES IN NOVEMBER Marton and District CE Aided At the time of writing the services planned are as follows – subject to changes if further lockdown occur Primary School
Contacts 01260 224482, e-mail: admin@marton.cheshire.sch.uk MARTON st nd 1 November: 11am Parish Communion Christmas Lunch - Wednesday 2 December th 8 November: 10.45am Remembrance Dear Friend th As you will know Christmas lunch is something of a tradition at 15 November: 11am Morning Prayer 22nd November: BCP Communion Marton school; it’s a date we plan. Given the extraordinary year we have all found ourselves in … we’d still like to make sure our SIDDINGTON Christmas lunch is pretty special and we hope therefore you can 1st November: 8.45am BCP Communion join us 8th November: 10.45am Remembrance We will still follow good hygiene recommendations and children 15th November: 8.45am BCP Communion will eat their lunches in classrooms as they have been doing since 22nd November: 10am All Age Service September. The hall will be used by adults who wish to join us.
EATON A Christmas buffet will be served (Turkey and trimmings, bread rolls, roasties and Christmas pud) so you can help yourself from 1st November: 9.45am All Age Service 12pm 8th November: 10.45am Remembrance We do hope you can join us! 15th November: 9.45am Communion
22nd November: Communion
HULME WALFIELD Home-made Christmas Cakes £20 th 8 November: 10.45am Remembrance 29th November 10am Benefice Service Izzy and Barbara Arch are making cakes again this year. They are 6” square: rich fruit cakes with brandy, marzipan and regal SWETTENHAM icing decorated by Izzy. They’ll be delivered in time for Christmas, 1st November: 4pm Evensong th boxed. 8 November: 10.45am Remembrance 15th November: 4pm Communion Proceeds to help Izzy go to Poland on a Scout camp next summer. 22nd November: 11.30am Morning Prayer To order, please contact: e-mail [email protected], 29th November—Joint Benefice Service, 10am, Hulme Walfield or call/text 07799 093859
by mid November please.
6 19 MARTON REQUIREMENTS WHEN ATTENDING SUNDAY WORSHIP utumn is well and truly here, October being a perfect month to A · If you have the following symptoms, please do not attend services: Coughs, watch foliage change from green to reds, copper and golden shades dry throat, high temperature, loss of taste or smell, or generally feeling which I feel must be an artist’s paradise. As the clocks go back one unwell. hour dark nights come in unfortunately, but lighter mornings make · It is mandatory to keep face covering on at all time during the service. earlier starts easier for a while. · On entering the church and before leaving the church, please use the hand
sanitiser provided by the Door Person. Remembrance is the next important occasion and the vicar will be · On entering the church, please go directly to the available designated pew informing us of Remembrance Sunday Services. and only share the pew with people from the same household or bubble.
· Please chat to your friends from your pew and not in the aisle. At the end of The Harvest Festival Service took place in church on 4th October, the service please leave directly from your pew and do not linger in the although it was more low key than usual, owing to circumstances, aisle or inside the church. coffee was served afterwards. · Please do download the Service booklet onto your smartphone or tablet and bring with you to the service. If you do not have the facility to download Magazine Subscriptions are now due £7.00 collected or delivered the Service booklet, there will be some re-usable Service booklets at the and £14.00 for the postal service. Please forward by hand or post church for you to keep and bring back each time when you attend service. to: · For the time being, until further notice, there will only be 2 Orders of Mr & Mrs B Nolan, 5, Oak View, Marton, Cheshire, SK11 9JF. Service which will be in your Service booklet.
We send our thoughts, prayers and best wishes to Mrs Rachael Percival · There will not be a collection during the service, but a collection vessel will be placed at the entrance for you to deposit your money or gift aids and Mr Ray Bayley who are both quite poorly at this time. envelope in. For those who used to contribute weekly on a Sunday, please Progress is being made with the alterations at the Davenport Arms which contact your Treasurer and arrange for a standing order to be put in place, wishes to be reopening soon. We hope the Covid-19 situation will ease in if you wish to do so. the weeks & months ahead!
ZOOM SERVICES – MIDWEEK Pump Cottage which belonged for many years to Peter & Sheila Buxton Tuesday at 5pm: Evening Prayer has been renovated and has a new family living there. We welcome Thursday at 10am: Holy Communion Cameron, Courtney and their young Baby and wish them every happiness The service will follow the order in the Covid Season Prayer Book or Home in their new abode, for the years ahead. Prayer Book in our Newsletters section of the app. You will need either a landline or a zoom account to join us, but the number So, finally, I hope you all stay safe. or link will be the same every time. Best wishes, Meeting ID: 856 4816 0763
Call 0203 051 2874 and enter Meeting ID when prompted Liz Nolan https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85648160763
18 7 SWETTE served to the players. A mammoth raffle took place and everyone Marton and District C.E. (Aided) Primary School School Lane, Marton, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9HD enjoyed the evening. The magnificent sum of £422.00 was raised
Tel: 01260 224482 E-mail:[email protected] for church funds. Head Teacher Mrs N Deakin, NPQH, B.Ed (Hons) November 2011- It was on 26th November 2011 when history was made at the Swettenham Club. Laughter could be heard all around the parish as several brave and talented acts took the stage as part of Dear Friends SWETTENHAMS GOT TALENT. Some of the performances are NHAM Already we are in October and the school grounds are changing with the still talked about to this day. Stuart Goostrey and David Giles abundance of autumn colours. I always enjoy all the seasons at Marton but version of ‘Whispering Grass’will go down in history. there is something vey special during this time of the school year! Our last church social was the Plough supper back in March, who Each class is preparing to video themselves for a Harvest Collection of songs would think then that it would be the last social occasion. We had and poems and these will be sent to families to watch online. We are finding several events lined up all to raise money for Church but nothing creative ways in which to still encourage and maintain all the special events at took place. Not only have the finances suffered, but the social side school given Government guidelines. has suffered too, as the church events were a chance for people to We will once again be collecting all Harvest gifts for New Life Church’s get together for a catch up. Lets hope that things get back to normal Storehouse as we know this year more than ever, many families are relying on in 2021. food support at home. We will take lots of photos when their van nicknamed ‘love thy neighbour’ arrives at school to collect our donations. We held our first Friends and Family (PTA) Zoom meeting this week and it was good to see and hear so much enthusiasm for the year ahead. We are so Parkers ponderings blessed to have such great support at school and such generosity. We are now planning our first online Family Quiz night for November. We are also A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband. promoting The School Lottery, please search for Marton School if you would Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen. "Careful," he said. to try your luck and at the same time support school. For £1.00 a week this is "CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! such fun! Oh my Goodness! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! This week we have been discussing the big ‘C word’ … not Covid but Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my GOD! Christmas and I am pleased to tell you that we are still looking forward to WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to several December traditions and have been busy planning: Christmas lunch, STICK! Careful . CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Children’s parties and the ever popular Christmas Shop where children can buy Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind? their own special Christmas presents for their families and friends. We will Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use also once again take part in East Cheshire Hospice’s annual fundraiser, which the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!" is a Reindeer Run and will take place at school on Friday 11th December. The wife stared at him. "What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?" With best wishes for a very special Harvest The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels Mrs Nevin J Deakin like when I'm driving."
8 17 SWETTE THE NEW ROUTINE AT MARTON SCHOOL – BUBBLES AND UNISEX TOILETS
Happy days are here again at Marton School where the school’s 161 pupils have settled enthusiastically into a post-lockdown routine. Says Head Teacher Nevin Deakin, “I was devastated at having to close the NHAM school for lockdown, so I was eager to support our school family back to school while also being very aware that most families and children would feel anxious if they arrived back on the first day to find playground markings and signs such as those asking parents not to enter the school. MACMILLAN SUCCESS “So I introduced a ‘welcome back picnic’ the day before school started and As the advert said, ‘Nothing stops a Macmillan coffee morning’, not invited all our families to come together in our beautiful grounds where staff even Coronavirus. As the 26th September got closer the annual event could confidently encourage social distancing, chat to parents and children, which usually is held at Lower Welltrough Farm, Lower Withington allay any concerns and offer further support to pupils. This meant that our was in doubt, but as government regulations changed and only 6 official school start day was seamless, as the children had already seen the people could gather indoors in was decided that if the people couldn’t come new measures in place.” for cake, the cakes would go to the people. Deliveries were made over Marton, Lower Withington, Scholar Green, Swettenham and surrounding School life is undoubtedly different now, so how have the pupils reacted? areas as word spread, everyone wished to support the event. It was a great Says Mrs. Deakin, “We are fortunate to be able to give each year group class effort by all and raised over £3605.00 for Macmillan. There are too many ‘bubble’ its own toilet, and even though some pupils found the idea of unisex people to thank but it was Karen and Jodie Robertson who rallied the troops toilets ‘different’, they now reassure me that they like it. We can’t use the and organised everyone. Let’s hope next year we will be able to gather school hall for meals, but although some pupils miss it they now find they together for this event. can eat quicker and then have more time in the playground, so they are quite happy!”
All in all then, has everyone settled well into the new routine? Glancing back to…. “I am extremely proud of both children and staff”, says Mrs. Deakin. “Their November 1990 - When a Cheese and Wine evening was held at the home of resilience and enthusiasm have been evident, and it has been remarkable how Joyce and Tony Crane. A mouth watering array of cheeses, salads and an well they have settled back into school life after being at home for so many assortment of savoury preserves accompanied by excellent wines were months”. enjoyed by all. Joyce had donated a watercolour of the village which was auctioned off and raised £40.00. A raffle also took place during the evening, The Covid19 situation has inevitably led to management challenges, with the total amount raised was £280.00 for church funds. lengthy risk assessments being prepared and shared with staff and chair of November 2000 - When John and Margaret Gregory hosted a Supper and governors, and forwarding of updated information to parents while trying to Whist evening at Pitt Farm. Every inch of room was required to minimise the risk of ‘data overload’. School Improvement Priorities (SIPS) accommodate 12 tables for the whist drive. An excellent supper was were split into Covid19 and academic sections.
16 9 “The well-being and emotional support of pupils and staff remained, and will SWETTE remain, our priority”, says Mrs. Deakin. Flowers
Nov 1st Nov 8th Nov 15th Nov 22nd Nov 29th “Much has been said about 2020 being a ‘trying year’ but I am seeing so many positive things; a whole school community all working for the greater B Davies Poppies B Davies L Millward Vacant benefit of our children, a staff with completely shared values and vision, the introduction of remote learning and how effective this can be, and a new way NHAM of engaging with families with the introduction of parents’ evenings via Zoom. REMEMBRANCE DAY Do try to come and join in at the service of “We started last school year by celebrating the school’s 50th birthday, when Remembrance being held on Sunday 8th none of us could have predicted just how remarkable this year would be, but November at 10.45am. It is planned to start it’s wonderful to be back at school – in fact we even gained 12 pupils during the service outside by the monument and if lockdown, something I am very proud of!”. the weather is kind to we may remain outside. So come prepared with warm coat, and brolly. Don’t be put off by the thought of the weather conditions, as the servicemen and women who served our country didn’t have the option. This is the day when we remember and show our respect and thanks for the sacrifice they made for us.
Thoughts from our roving reporter
How often do you hear people say ‘the good old days’. How good were
they?. When I was seven I was going 2 miles to school on my bike when we got to school some of the older boys had to carry water from a spring in
large buckets, at home no running water, no electricity, no telephones. On getting older at 14, I left school and started work, 6am to 6pm in all weathers. In 1946 we got running water, if we wanted to go the pictures or a local dance we had to cycle. If you wanted to leave early and take a girl
home you had to lift about 10 bikes up because they were in one big pile. Looking back they were wonderful times, but would we want to go back to Flashback – part of the school’s 50th birthday celebrations at the start of the those times with no electricity which would mean no telly. I think there 2019/20 school year, but who could have envisaged what the following twelve would be a few complaints if we did no home electricals, no NHS, look months would bring? back with nostalgia, but were they the good old days? Article by Peter Kent
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EATON WALFIELDHULME & EATON WALFIELDHULME & GARDENER’S CORNER PARISH NEWS
The weather continues to be very wet, so it is too wet for ROBIN’S BANK tidying up for the winter. Fruit trees and soft fruit canes may be planted, along with winter bedding plants and hanging baskets.
The Gardener.
NATURE UPDATE Here at Holly Cottages we have a pheasant coming at dusk to roost in a hawthorn tree, he is a bit noisy at times!! Also a flock of long-tailed tits arrived and finished off the last few damsons. The small but dedicated band of volunteers are back at work at Eaton, clearing and planting up Robin’s bank, which runs down the Macclesfield Road from the Millennium field to the Plough. You NOVEMBER may well recognise George, Rob and trailer, Alan, Sue, John (plus plant), Kate with unwanted oak branch, and Gill. Photo taken by our horticultural consultant and fellow volunteer Pam. Our ambitious target is to clear most of the weeds and ivy, expose more of the
shrubs already growing, and plant up the gaps to create year-round
colour. Robin often planted donated shrubs from residents’ as well as customers’ gardens, and we will continue in this vein, as well as propagating from cuttings of shrubs and indeed herbaceous plants of our own. We meet up, unless the weather is really atrocious, once a week, and would be happy if any other enthusiastic volunteer would like to join in. It doesn’t have to be every week, and there is enough ivy to clear to keep us going for a good while. We have been fortunate in receiving a grant from the Parish Council to enable the wooden posts and rails holding the soil back to be replaced, and have put the balance towards a ton of Shenton’s planting compost. I have also had a few donations from friends in memory of Robin. The EVAF is purchasing some more Allium and Daffodil bulbs which John will be planting in the next few weeks. Contact Kate- mobile: 07871 285940, email: [email protected] if you would like to join us. 14 11 EATON WALFIELDHULME &
EATON PARISH COUNCIL – UPDATE REPORT EATON HULME & WALFIELD This report will be on the council website — www.eatoncheshire.co.uk and also on the notice board. The next The council has given very serious consideration to the white paper council meeting will again have to be by zoom and this will be on 3rd put out by the Government for consultation on loosening the planning November at 7.00 pm. Link information will be put on the website in conditions for housing. The consequences of this could have a very good time. serious affect on our Neighbourhood Plan and the council have written to our MP David Rutley asking him to raise the matter before any Dorothy Waite, clerk and rfo- 276385- [email protected] decision is taken on revised planning. We have also contacted neighbouring councils advising them of our action and asking them to take a serious look at the implications of the Government plan. We Thank You will keep residents aware of any developments. We would like to thank our friends at St. Michael’s for the flowers and cards we received for our special The completion of the Link Road has been put back to January 2021 birthdays, this was following our September Service. as a consequence of the Covid 19 outbreak. We have been in touch As there is no singing at present, David played Happy with highways on the condition of the footpath beyond the contact Birthday, thank you David. Later in the week our point with the link road and down to Eaton Bank School and also from thanks to lots of friends who called with gifts and the Church to the link. The path is very narrow and close to the road cards, it poured with rain, everyone kept to the social and we have asked highways to look at this and improve safety for the distancing complete with masks and umbrellas, again young people walking to school. thanks to you all. The council is in communication with Cheshire East on the drainage Brenda and Margaret.
problem occurring on the A536 and also on School Lane. We will keep in close contact until we have a response and solution to the problems. From the Treasurer:
We are again thankful to Tarmac for their continuing support on the Donations to the Eton & Hulme Walfield magazine are very welcome. If you wish to pay by cheque, please make them payable to Miss maintenance of the play equipment in the park. Although we cannot have face Brenda Thorley, 1, Holly Cottages, Somerford Booths, Congleton CW12 to face liaison meetings our contact through Daniel at Tarmac is excellent. We 2JX. have been asked by a resident to look into the possibility of repainting the village sign on the Plough green and this we will do when other urgent matters Eaton Flower Rota for November have been gone through. If anyone knows how to help with this, please contact the council. Also, the display of dahlia in the raised beds has been really good, Oct 25th / Nov. 1st Dorothy Waite Nov 8th / 15th Mary Hibbert so hopefully when they are taken by the frost we will have a spring seasonal Nov 22nd / 29th Irene Sefton spring display to replace them. Also a big thank you to Kate and her team for Many thanks to all those who kindly provided flowers during October: to the maintenance work on the bank. Lynne McHugh, Carole Bonner and Dorothy Waite.
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