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New Waltham Village News Helping our community grow Edition This newsletter is published and distributed to every house and business August No.New 49Waltham Parish Council,within working New Waltham together by toNew improve Waltham our Parish community Council 2017 Parish Councillors for New Waltham Chairman Cllr. G. Williams 22 Albery Way, New Waltham Tel. 824050 Vice Chair Cllr. Ruth Barber 14 Savoy Court, New Waltham Other Members Cllr. George Baker 405 Louth Road, New Waltham Cllr. Roger Breed 9 Janton Court, New Waltham Cllr Julie Dolphin 8 Chandlers Close, New Waltham Cllr. Cyril Mumby 35 Dunbar Avenue, New Waltham Cllr. David Raper 17 Rutland Drive, New Waltham Cllr. Patricia Simpson 41 Peaks Lane, New Waltham Cllr. Rosemary Thompson 2 Martin Way, New Waltham Cllr. Joanne Welham 6 Greenlands Avenue, New Waltham Cllr. Anne Baxter 18 Sophia Avenue, Scartho Ward Councillors Cllr. John Fenty Tel. 07712 398656 Cllr. Steve Harness Tel. 07925 050706 Cllr. Stan Shreeve Tel. 07702 343340 MP Martin Vickers Tel. 01472 602325 for an appointment Martin holds a surgery at Waltham Library the second Saturday of each month 11:30 - 13:30 Parish Clerk Mrs Kathy Peers Tel. 01472 280290 Email: [email protected] Closing Dates for inclusion of items in Newsletter The newsletter is published quarterly in February, May, August and November. The closing date for the receipt of articles and advertisements is the 15th of the month preceding the publication. The closing date for our November newsletter is 14th October 2017 Please send articles, news and advertisements to the Parish Clerk at [email protected] New Waltham Parish Council, working together to improve our community 2 Notes from the Chairman These quarterly newsletters seem to come Details of how to book are via email: around very quickly, either that or I am [email protected] getting old. One of the projects we are looking at is the Anyway a couple of the parish councillors installation of a play area and fitness trail are saying they have had complaints that we at the pavilion and we are currently in the don’t print enough paper copies so we have process of preparing and submitting funding increased the print run this quarter by 100. It applications to organisations such as the Big would help if you have a complaint about the Lottery fund, Sport England and Tesco. We newsletter if you could log it with our parish will of course keep our community updated clerk – clerk@newwalthamparishcouncil. of any progress we make. com One of the negatives about the pavilion Priors Green Wildlife area and nature reserve extension is we have had to suspend the is looking wonderful and it now looks like we weekly young people’s Drop In although have managed to secure a couple of fallen our young people’s leaders will still continue tree trunks from the Brocklesby Estate which to engage with our young people via street will act as seating areas. We have appealed engagements on a Thursday evening. The for residents to come forward to reform the drop in has unfortunately been a victim Friends of Priors Green with little success so of its own success and has recently been the parish council has opted to link up with attracting young people from outside New either English Nature or the Campaign for Waltham possibly because they attend one Rural England for habit and management of our schools and travel into the village advice. We went through a spell at Priors to be with their friends. Once the drop in Green with youths lighting fires, the police re-opens anyone who doesn’t live in New have this in hand a we believe the parents of Waltham will be charged 50p to use the the offenders have been spoken with. facility and will need to be accompanied by a young person from New Waltham. Our building extension at the pavilion should be well under way by the time you Following an incident on St.Clement’s Way are reading this, we have already done some when a car exited the pavilion car park and groundworks and been able to reuse the struck a parked van it has been decided soil around the BMX track. The extended to move the swing barrier to allow the car facility will give the village another hall park to be locked off, opening and closing which will be available for things such a times will clearly be displayed and will vary children’s parties, exercise groups, dance according to the time of year. classes and a multitude of other things. The hall itself will measure approximately 14.5 The parish council are currently seeking metres x 9.8 metres and will have a vaulted engagement with NELC regarding taking ceiling, we are also installing a new kitchen. over maintenance of the village green It is hoped the building will be finished by which is becoming unsightly due to the the end of October. local authorities revised grass cutting programme. New Waltham Parish Council, working together to improve our community 3 Finally, parish councillors unlike NELC Valeries Italian, Cleethorpes councillors are all unpaid volunteers, they New Waltham Parish Council receive no allowances and generally do The Little Hair Shop. things because they care passionately Oriental Express, about New Waltham yet we still come in for Virgin Active criticism mainly from keyboard warriors who Councillor Dave Raper like to attack what we are doing either by e Buley Heating mail or through social media. We currently Lis Jenkin Floral Design have 5 vacancies on the parish council and Hirst Newsagents. New Waltham would welcome likeminded people who Premier store, New Waltham care about our community to join us. Cut Above Mucky Mutts Peaks Top Farm New Waltham Village Day Councillor Anne Baxter 2017 Raffle Prize Thank you LollyOlly Gingerbread House Pets at Home New Waltham Village Day organising group The Trawlerman would like to offer sincere thanks to all the John Turners butchers businesses, organisations and individuals Blakemore, New Waltham who donated raffle prizes which went Waltham Jubilee Flower Club towards making this year’s event such a success raising a total of £970.00 which will be used for a very good cause later in the year. Councillor Stephen Harness Merchant Navy Day Kathy & Nigel Peers The Parkway Cinema A &G Auto Repairs Pro Activ Teamwear Tesco – Cleethorpes Cyden Homes Peaches, New Waltham Sunday 3rd of September Rebecca Olley & Vida Will see the red ensign Blush Hair & Beauty The Rose and Crown raised on the village green The Point Plus, Cleethorpes at 10am. Councillor John Fenty The Jungle Zoo EYMS Band Lincs Inspire The Style Lounge Councillor Stan Shreeve JK’s Jewellery & Gifts Tillets of Seaview Street New Waltham Parish Council, working together to improve our community 4 New Waltham Village News General Election penalties by responsible parking. Well, the General Election is over (for now), Ward councillors continue to engage with and what a result it was. It is difficult to Highways on a number of matters affecting remember an election where the swings our roads, and we do see action. You can were quite so all over the place. For example help this process by reporting any issues the Conservative vote in Cleethorpes and regarding roads and potholes, as such Grimsby was at record high level, with reporting helps to initiate the repair process. Martin Vickers gaining his biggest ever This can be done by telephone on 01472- majority whilst elsewhere there were gains 313131, or on-line, by completing a form at by Labour, especially in metropolitan www.nelincs.gov.uk ‘Transport, Streets and London. The somewhat confused result Parking. Report a Pothole’. has led to all sorts of groups claiming the high ground – It’s anti Brexit (really?) – Its National Citizen Scheme anti Austerity (possibly). A record number The parish continues to support the of new, mainly young, voters registered as valuable National Citizen Scheme, and its a direct result of social media campaigns, boys and girls will be around the village and the influence of social media in future over the summer on a number of projects. elections will only further increase, which The scheme is a major success both for the all major parties need to recognise. One participants and for the areas it helps, so thing is clear, life continues and only the give them a wave when you see them. bookmakers won. Any bets on the date of the next election? Team Gazebo The full might of your Ward Councillor team Hedges and Verges demonstrated itself again at the recent very The grass cutting programme has been successful Village day. We erected the modified for this municipal year, and Gazebos stationed on the bowling green, cutting cycle modified from every 10-15 memorably chasing one across the green days to monthly. Whilst we have to give as it was taken by the wind before we had the programme a chance to work, we have chance to secure it. Our ability to work as seen our ward become unsightly. Ward a team comprising three foreman and no councillors are actively lobbying for action workers was a wonder to behold. However, to address this. The situation has been we are happy to support Village Day, and all compounded by the recent warm and agree that it was the best so far. wet weather, and we have seen hedges overgrow pavements. As we have urged Pavilion in the past, residents can help by pruning Finally, the Parish Council has made a great hedges, and perhaps cutting grass outside success of the Pavilion and playing fields their own properties as many already do.