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DIARY DATES Welcome to the second to keep you up to date The Parish Council notice newsletter from your Parish about the parish and also, boards are soon to be Council. by obtaining your email replaced and relocated to Blakenhall and District Village addresses, inform you of more convenient and safer The next meeting is Monday, Hall or Bridgemere School any neighbourhood events positions. There will be 19 November and every 15 November at the school, church or third Monday of every other Police Commissioner Voting village hall. We can notify month (Jan, Mar, etc). you of any alerts about local Please join us. Blakenhall and District issues too. This should be Village Hall Your Parish Council have live within the next few been working hard to ensure weeks. If you want to add Every Tuesday @ 7.15pm that East repair lots your email address to our Zumba of potholes along the lanes. database or raise any issues within the parish you can at As always, they are under Family Friday fun at pressure due to budgets and [email protected]. 9 November @ 6.30-8.30pm Blakenhall Village Hall time. Mill Lane has recently Please note your email Family Friday had resurfacing work and, address will only be used following a comprehensive one board in each village for parish information and 19 November @ 7.30pm survey of the A51, repair containing agendas, will not be passed to third Parish Council Meeting work is being carried out. minutes, news and room parties. Residents should report for your advertisements. St John’s Church issues to Cheshire East have Highways Department at David Lane, Chair of obtained funding to www.cheshireeast.gov.uk Blakenhall and District 11 November @ 11am receive 90% coverage of (click on Transport and Travel Village Hall, with some of Remembrance Day superfast broadband. You for highways faults or Waste the children from the area, can get more information and Recycling for waste at the Parish Quiz Night. 25 November @ 4.00pm at www.connecting issues). Their telephone Christingle cheshire.org.uk. numbers are 0300 1235020 Highways or 0300 1235011 16 December @ 6.30pm Waste/Recycling.

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Inside Story 3 There have been Lizzy Wilson and please come and join numerous events at the Carrie DeSilva who us for the next FAMILY hall, notably the Parish represented FRIDAY on Friday, 9 4 Inside Story Quiz Night in September. Hunsterson. November. All wel- Approximately come. This will usually be every first Friday of Inside Story 5 60 people came along We had a successful Blakenhall and had a fabulous time Family Friday where the month. and District with 13 teams of children played lots of Inside Story 6 4 battling it out for the games such as Wheel Zumba started on VILLAGE HALL nd Tuesday 2 October For information and trophy which, after a of Chocolate, Higher very close finish, was Lower Cards, Skittles, with around 15 eager bookings awarded to Hunsterson. Table Football, Air ladies getting fit for please contact: Hockey, Table Tennis Christmas. This Diane Well done to Janet and and Crafts. Everyone 10 week course runs 07899 851267 Nick Clowes, had a great time so until Tuesday , 4 December. Contact your Parish Council: [email protected] P.C. Web Site Soon More news from Doddington & District Parish Notice Board

Parish Council Vacancies THANKS PARISH COUNCIL 2 Blakenhall representatives 1 Hunsterson representative Thank you to Brian Sparkes of Charmian Brewin (Lea) Anderson Sawmills (01270 Janet Clowes (Doddington) Tel: Ralph Bason 520150) for the donation of Village Hall Vacancies wood and also to Jonathan Brian Connolly (Checkley) Shuker of JTS Joinery (07971 A young lady having fun at a 3 Committee members John Davies (Bridgemere) family fun night in our new 635656) who is making our Tel: Diane Brindley Village Hall. new Parish Council notice David Lane (Blakenhall) boards. Hobbies/Interests Chris Leighton (Checkley) Do you have a hobby or Thanks to The Original Art interest that you may want to Shop (see advertisement front Kathy Percival (Doddington) share with another resident? page), owned by a local Kieran Sawford (Bridgemere) You could be a rambler , businessman, who has runner, sewer, knitter, bead sponsored this newsletter. If Derek White (Bridgemere) crafter or card maker. you are a local business who 10% discount when you go to Lizzy Wilson (Hunsterson) one of these Original Art Shop [email protected] would like to sponsor or advertise please contact us at Ralph Bason (Clerk): locations: We may be able to help you [email protected]. Hanley, Trentham Derby contact like-minded people. 01270 567462 www.theoriginalartshop.net

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Hire Blakenhall & Bridgemere School district village hall for your next party There are places available in Development. LINK's work in or event. See over Primary School twice since the Nursery and Reception the Masindi District of Uganda, initially linking it to the school Classes. which is where Bridgemere's in 2004. Marongo made a partner school, Marongo is Did you know that there is a school uniform for the located, focuses on helping Friends of Bridgemere group? Bridgemere mascot, Gerald schools to monitor and Giraffe, which he has worn There is also a weekly improve their own per- ever since! Gerald will newsletter. formance. The Ugandan accompany her on this 280 schools really appreciate mile bike ride, hoping to meet Find out more on the school LINK's help and have risen up with his friends in Marongo. web site. from 63rd to 3rd best dis- She plans to create educational trict .in Uganda. You can BRIDGEMERE BIKE ACROSS material so that you can follow sponsor Jane on Bridgemere School UGANDA: Jane Dickinson, her trail across Uganda. She www.bridgemerece.cheshire.sch.uk www.virginmoneygiving/ Head Teacher of Bridgemere would like to thank anyone janedickinson1 (remember the School and Global Teacher for who has sponsored her in aid ‘1’ as there is another Jane LINK, has visited Marongo of LINK Community Dickinson on there too).

St John’s Church, Doddington

St John’s is tucked away off Bridgemere Lane in a The Rev Jules Walker (seen on the beautiful, tranquil setting. left) is now working at St John’s Church, Doddington with the Vicar, PARISH MAGAZINE Helen Chantry, following her ordination at Cathedral on Services are held Find out what’s going on in the Parish 1st July. Like Helen, Jules serves the at 11am each If you wish to subscribe to the parish three parishes of , Sunday and last and Doddington and has magazine please contact for around one settled well into the area. Originally John Evans on 01270 841463 or hour. from Helsby, Jules lives in our Vicar, Helen Chantry 01270 Wybunbury with her four teenage 811543. Everyone is made The Rev Jules Walker children, husband Drew and dogs www.stjohnsdoddington.org.uk to feel very wel- Charlie and Hetty, come.