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Raven Magazine 33 13/12/15 15:23 Page 1 No.33The Winter 2015 aven RThe quarterly magazine for the whole of Rainow G Village News G Social Events G Parish Council News G Clubs & Societies G School & Church Raven Magazine 33 13/12/15 15:26 Page 2 The Parish Council would like to wish everyone a very.... Happy and Peaceful Christmas and New Year All the Best for 2016 IMPORTANT Civic Service 2015 We would ask car The Service was held at Holy Trinity Church on owners not to park Sunday 27th September. The Vicar, Steve near the two Rathbone, led the service and Over Alderley Brass entrances/exits to the Band accompanied the hymn singing. estate when snow is Among the guests were The Mayor of Cheshire forecast. Apart from East Cllr Hilda Gaddum, the Deputy Mayor of making it difficult for Macclesfield Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones, Bollington residents to get out it gives the snowplough a more Town Mayor Councillor Angela Williams, Mr David difficult task! If at all possible, please use your Rutley MP and Poynton Town Deputy Mayor Cllr drives not the road. Sandra Horsman. The Mayor of Rainow, Mr Bob Thank you for your co-operation. Langstaff, presented Mabel Lomas with flowers in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the Winter Gritting Community of Rainow (see photo on centre page). Highways will be filling the grit bins and, if the The boys and girls from Beavers, Cubs and Guides weather is particularly wintery, depositing 1 tonne attended along with Rose Queen Emily Stringer sacks of salt mix at strategic locations in the parish. and her attendants to make the morning even The sacks will be dropped on the verge as they are more special. and the salt can then be spread from the sack. We Once again the Council would like to say a big have asked for the usual distribution and hopefully thank you to all residents who joined in to help we will be well covered for this winter, but should make the Civic Service such a successful event – you have an emergency then the contact number we could not make this possible without your help. for Highways is Tel: 0300 123 5020 or see their Thank you to all members of the Women’s Institute, website at www.cheshireeasthighways.org.uk Mothers Union and church members who provided Please note that salt from the bins and sacks is for cakes and to all members of the Parish Council use on the road and pathways ONLY. who made the sandwiches. Christmas Tree Please take a look at our fantastic Christmas tree in Trinity Gardens, (supplied by Mr and Mrs Hasler). A tree lighting and Christmas Carol ceremony was held on the 6th December with tea and cake provided by the church. Thank you to everyone who helped with the installation and decoration of the tree. Community Pride Competition 2015 Our Chairman John Cantrell and Councillor Carole Harvey attended the 59th Community Pride FREE Trees Competition in Ellesmere Port organised by Cheshire Community Action (photo on centre The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) are offering pages). There was a large gathering of Civic FREE trees through their Ovo Energy 2015 tree Leaders including Parish Councillors, Competition planting programme. In total 95,000 trees across the Judges and enthusiasts who had travelled from all UK will be planted. parts of the County. Community Tree Planting Packs involve Rainow did extremely well collecting a number of communities being provided with saplings and tree awards. In the Best Kept Village (1,001-2,500 guards to maintain the trees throughout their growth category) we reached the final five with Audlem process. The sapling packs and guidance information winning overall. We were also RUNNER UP in the are being made available to community groups, category for Best Community Newsletter and schools, clubs, parish councils, parks for planting in received a “Little Gem” award for the pond at the publicly accessible spaces across the UK. bottom of Sugar Lane. For the best community If you would like to order the trees, please use the link initiative the village community bus was awarded a below and complete the booking form to place your order. arish Council News £25 prize. Mr John Stagg was awarded Highly Commended as Community Champion (photo on http://book.tcv.org.uk/cgi-bin/event.cgi?id=324; centre pages). ran=144 2 P Cover photo by Colin Serridge Raven Magazine 33 13/12/15 15:31 Page 3 Vandalism The Parish Council would ask everyone in the Welcome to community to keep vigilant. Please do notify the Police of any acts of vandalism to property. Please note the contact numbers are listed below. Police non-emergency contact number Tel: 101 Parish Council contact number: 01625 850532 Rainow Maps and Walks Booklet The Rainow walks booklet is now available at the new price of only £1! The If you would like a copy of the booklet or a map, also for £1, then please Raven contact Councillor Richard Balment. Advertisers, request for…. Your Parish Councillors The Council are seeking advertisers to John Cantrell (Chairman) 422107 ensure the continuation of the newsletter. [email protected] If you are interested in advertising, then Alan Brett (Vice Chairman) 576108 please contact Councillor Carole Harvey [email protected] for more details. Richard Balment 573625 Rural Broadband – Not-Spots [email protected] Please see the separate article in this issue of the Raven. Katherine Beswick 573809 [email protected] Private suppliers of fast broadband (eg Vispa) need local relays in prominent locations within communities Ken Butler 433168 (eg churches, tall building, lamp posts…) to make local [email protected] distribution easier. Any support or ideas that you could provide to help with planning or suggestions on locations Geoff Cooper 574878 would be gratefully received, this could be in the form of [email protected] letters written to your parish council supporting the introduction of the service and explaining why superfast Sue Frith 573802 broadband helps your community, or you may know [email protected] people willing to volunteer to host relays on their property. Any and all help to ensure Rainow is fully Nathan Gabbott 576755 covered by fast broadband will be welcomed. [email protected] Annual Parish Meeting - 15th March 2016 Carole Harvey 573576 [email protected] This may seem a little in advance but, before we know it we will be working on our Spring Edition. Every year the Parish Mary Marsh 573508 Council holds an Annual Parish Meeting where all Rainow [email protected] Residents are welcome to come and raise any points they wish concerning life in the village and bring up any Adrian McGuinness 573408 suggestions they may have which could enhance the village. [email protected] It is important that Alan Taylor 575544 we know your views [email protected] so that we can act on your behalf Sarah Giller (Clerk) 850532 [email protected] so please do come along Cheshire East Councillor: Hilda Gaddum 01260 252456 Future Meetings and Dates for your diary 19th January 2016 16th February 2016 15th March 2016 (7.00 pm) – followed by the Annual Editorial Team for this issue: Parish Meeting 19th April 2016 Ian Brammer Sheila Brammer 19th May 2016 – Annual General Meeting Jim Kennelly Bob Langstaff All Meetings commence at 8.00 pm and are advertised on the Louise Leigh Raph Murray notice boards and the website. Design by Mel Wilcox (01625 576182) “Items included in the Raven do not represent the views of the Parish Council”. 3 Raven Magazine 33 13/12/15 15:43 Page 4 Flog it!! Adam Partridge tells another good story! dam Partridge brought his auctioneering skills and experience to the social event of the autumn at the end of September when Rainow ANSPCC and Mottram St Andrew Methodist Chapel worked together to produce an entertaining evening as a joint production. Mottram Village Hall with its first class facilities (including a well-manned bar!) was an excellent venue for what turned out to be a full house. After an excellent fish and chip supper from Foster’s of Alderley Edge, Adam kept his audience laughing as he drew on the more startling experiences from his career with would-be sellers and misguided bidders. After his well received talk, Adam needed no persuasion to hold an auction, ably assisted by Sue Frith and Jill Hilary. On this occasion the lots were all delightful embroideries from the hands of Ros Ford generously donated by her family. Bids from the audience flowed and the sale went along at Adam’s usual brisk pace. At the end of the evening the success was shown by the amount raised, with Rainow NSPCC’s share coming to £1,780. The many people who worked so hard behind the scenes to bring about this YOUR LOCAL SERVICE successful evening deserve special praise along with those who donated raffle prizes. The NSPCC and the Chapel would like to thank everyone who came to support the event and made it such an outstanding success. Keith Perriss Auctioneers assistant Sue Frith in action ith great regret the editors have to report the death of Keith Perriss in WNovember. Keith was a regular contributor to the Raven from its early days with articles and photographs and was also “Straggler” who devised many of the walks featured in the magazine and in the Rainow Walks Booklet. Like us, his fellow KRIV members will remember his meticulous attention to detail and his valued contribution to the life of the village.