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Coronavirus Issue 182 - Autumn 2020 What’s where: Page 2 Editorial, Halkyn Community Council, Halkyn Christmas Party 4 Danny the Donkey, Halkyn Cricket Club. 5 Hannah Blythyn M.S. 6 Halkyn Kids Club 7 Capel Bethel y Nant, Rhes y Cae & Moel y Crio Show, Chapel Services. 8 onwards - Advertising. Holywell Museum Here at the Holywell Museum (bubbling allowed) we have been busy preparing exhibits and hope that by now we are in restricted opening (no cafe yet) back up and running. We have quite a few new additions and have been working on a 'living room' which we hope you will enjoy and will evoke some happy memories for you. We also have a dressing table display with some vintage costumes, kitchen and washday corner and an 'Homage to the NHS’ exhibit Still hoping to start up the 'Reminiscence group’ and craft sessions. Also we are offering to help anyone who wishes to write their family stories for their loved ones - to organise your ideas and help you to write it up. Another new idea is "A Holywell House through Time" - did you watch the TV programme? Can't guarantee the presenter (shame) but maybe your house has had many owners and has an interesting history you would like to share with us - we would love to have it included in our archives. You don't have to wait until lockdown is over to get involved in the family stories or the house through time project - if you are interested please call me or email me and we can start go get the ball rolling on those ideas. If you have anything to contribute - possessions to lend or talent and experience to add to ours and would like to get involved with our happy band of volunteers please get in touch with me - Andrea on 01352 711240 or [email protected] I would love to hear from you. Please submit items by November 1st for issue 183, which should be out in December 2020. You can email items to [email protected] If you have any questions you can call Jack McIntyre on 01352 780 377 Page Editorial Halkyn Community Council Once again we have taken the decision to Criminal Offences Reported Within the Community publishing this edition on-line only. Again we would therefore be grateful if readers would please The following offences were reported spread the word that there will be no paper copies to the Community Council by North delivered this quarter. We appreciate that some of Wales Police: our usual readers may not have online access, but Halkyn - 1 x Drink/Drug Driving – we have to consider the practical issues of male tested positive for cocaine and arranging printing and delivery which involves a cannabis at the roadside. 1 x large number of volunteers. Criminal Damage – BT telephone exchange by kicking the door panels. Given the lockdown and restrictions, many events 1 x Interference with Motor Vehicle – have been cancelled or postponed so this also Pant y Gof area - dents on both impacts on the amount of content available to us. sliding doors. 1 x ASB Environment – off road bikers on the mountain had been unloaded As with the last online edition, we have also taken from vans; Officer caught up with vans and took details. 1 x ASB Environment – 4x4 Nissan sighted driving over the decision that there will be no charge to the Halkyn Mountain; caller videoed vehicle and was able to advertisers appearing in this online edition. Many capture VRM; Section 59 ticket to driver/owner of the of the adverts have been placed in advance and vehicle and provided words of advice regarding driving not all advertisers will be currently able to operate on common land. 2 x Suspicious circumstances – normally. suspicious white Transit van in the area driving up farm tracks/drives and asking about scrap metal. 1 x As always welcome new contributions. Dangerous Dog – sheep has been found with injuries consistent with a dog attack; no witnesses/CCTV and These continue to be challenging times and we unknown suspect animal; rural crime team dealing. 1 x hope everyone stays safe and well. Arson - Two teenage males seen to be setting fire to a tree stump near to disused quarry in Milwr area. 1 x Dangerous Dog - Suspected dog attack on sheep With best wishes, resulting in death of a sheep. 7 x Dangerous Driving - Reports that a car had been driving at local walkers/ The Editorial Team families whilst they were walking around the Halkyn area. Vehicle registration details were provided. 1 x Anti-Social Behaviour - group of youths reported to have Halkyn Pensioners been seen going into the Old Milwr Quarry. Christmas Party Pentre Halkyn - 1 x Wounding – road rage incident involving two vehicles on A55 near Pentre Halkyn – As one of the organisers of the Party each year I male used a hammer to assault the other vehicle driver. have been making some enquiries and it seems 1 x Suspicious Circumstances – 3 x males viewed on that due to COVID-19 this year we will not be in a CCTV by owners of building from their home address - position to go ahead with our usual yearly two were arrested and taken into custody. 1 x Criminal Christmas Party at the Blue Bell Inn. Damage in Allt y Plas - car had been scratched 3 times since November. 1 x Theft From Motor Vehicle – back Jane Carney door of work’s van forced open and £700 worth of tools stolen from work van in Springfield Hotel car park. 1 x Suspicious Circumstances – suspicious male walking through Pentre Halkyn at 02:48am wearing all grey and looking into people’s houses. 1 x Suspicious Circumstances – stolen campervan, tracker followed by The Halkyn Mountain News Editorial Team Roads Policing to area near Springfield Hotel; does not accept responsibility for, campervan recovered. 1 x Suspicious Circumstances – nor necessarily agree with, any of the views reports that 4 persons were acting suspiciously in the expressed, statements or claims made in articles doorway of the Community Centre on Allt y Plas; or advertisements herein produced. individuals moved on and no damage was found. 1 x The Halkyn Mountain News will be available to Suspicious Circumstances – suspicious vehicle in the read or download in full colour vicinity of The Nant, possibly a dark colored Toyota from the Halkyn Council & Community Website - Corola at 02.00am. 1 x Arson – at 15:00hrs a group of halkyn.org.uk youths set fire to a sleeping bag at the back of a residential property which spread to the fence panel. 1 The sender of any article and/or pictures that they x Drink/ Drug Driver - Male stopped on A55 near to do not want to appear on the website must tell Springfield Hotel and provided positive drug swipe; male the editors when submitting the article and it will arrested and taken into custody. 1 x Anti-Social be removed from the website version. Behaviour - 6/7 males on scrambler bikes on grazing Page 2 land. 1 x Anti-Social Behaviour - group of people the following planning applications, which had been swimming in Pant Quarry; offenders were moved on by received from Flintshire County Council: security. 1 x Suspicious Circumstances - 3 males suspected to be breaking into Pant Quarry. 1 x Anti- (1) Application number 060909 – for a replacement Social Behaviour – Pant Quarry, 5 vehicles and 10 dwelling beyond settlement boundary at The Shack, males swimming in quarry pond; Police patrols Windmill, Pentre Halkyn. (2) Application number: increased in area. 061032 – for a two storey side extension to existing dwelling – for a detached garage, at Warren Bank, Rhosesmor - 1 x Dangerous Dog – dog has been off Wern y Gaer, Moel y Crio. (3) Application number: the lead on common land and has been worrying sheep; 060579 – for the creation of a track to provide vehicle Rural Crime Team involved and dealing with incident; access, at Nant Cottage, the Nant. (4) Application LEAD letter issued to owner of the dog. 1 x Burglary number: 061256 - for approval of details reserved by Dwelling – rear window smashed and untidy search of condition no's 22 (Restoration Scheme) and 23 unoccupied property. (Aftercare Details) attached to planning permission reference no 98/20/01239, at Tarmac Central Ltd Pant Rhes y Cae : No reported criminal offences. Quarry, Halkyn. (5) Application number: 061181 – for erection of rear single storey extension and attached Vehicle Activated Signage (VAS) in Pentre Halkyn: garage to side of dwelling, at Bryn y Maen, Buxton Councillor Colin D’Arcy brought to the attention of Lane, Pentre Halkyn. (6) Application number: 061227 – Councillors, the concerns of himself and residents in for extensions to roof space and side of dwelling, at Ty relation to speeding traffic in the Pentre Halkyn area. Groes Faen, Moel y Crio. (7) Application number: Whilst the Community Council have agreed, in principle, 061342 – for erection of two storey side extension, at 10 to install Vehicle Activated Signage, the County Council Cae’r Onnen, Pentre Halkyn. have been asked to place ‘monitoring tubes’ in various areas of Pentre Halkyn. This will identify the areas for The Community Council response to the above priority installation, including the current traffic usage in applications can be found in the Council Minutes - which the Village. can be viewed on the web site address below. Street Scene The following planning decisions have been received The following items of concern have been reported to from Flintshire County Council: Flintshire County Council: (1) Application number: 060749 – for single storey rear B5123 Road - travelling from St.