Limpley Stoke Issue No 17 July / August 2019 news
ork is due to start on Monday, July 1 on construction of a footpath at the rear of the lay-by area adjacent to The Galleries will be replacing WWinsley Hill canal bridge. The path, which will connect flooring, cupboards and some with the existing footpath, will make it safer for people walking to equipment in its popular café from and from the canal. To accommodate it, the lay-by will be reduced in Sunday, August 4, for which width, the carriageway area resurfaced and road-side vegetation on enthusiastic helpers are needed. the bridge removed. Field access will remain. So as to complete the project in just one week, organisers are Work is looking for people who can expected to commit to anything from a few take three hours or even a whole day. weeks to complete. For This could be an opportunity for those not able to volunteer on a operational and regular basis but who would like to safety reasons, help with this stand-alone the lay-by will community project. The café team be closed and will feed you from an as yet secret parking will be location. temporarily unavailable. Want to know more? If so, email Traffic [email protected] or leave movement will your contact details at the café. be controlled via two-way, temporary signals. Further details from Martin Rose: 0300 456 0100 /integrated.transport@wiltshire.gov.uk. Winsley Hill Traffic Action Group (WHTAG) was instrumental in bringing about the new footpath. The group was set up in 2016 Freshford & District to address concerns about traffic near the canal entrance on the Horticultural Society Show is on busy B3108. One of its main issues was the lack of footpaths over Saturday, August 31 from 2 to the canal bridge and between the canal and river bridges. 4.30pm at Freshford Memorial WHTAG chairperson Dr Trisha Waters said: “The idea for Hall. The show is open to all improving pedestrian safety on the Limpley Stoke side of the canal Freshford, Limpley Stoke, Hinton came entirely from WHTAG. The group attended Winsley Parish Charterhouse and Westwood Council meetings, where I spoke on the matter, and WPC were residents. very supportive. We were involved with them in the negotiations Refreshments, home-made cakes when the plans were being drawn up by Wiltshire Highways.” and raffle will be on offer. The highway improvements are being funded by Wiltshire Schedules and entry forms are Council, Bradford on Avon Community Area Transport Group, available from the Galleries Shop Winsley Parish Council and Limpley Stoke Parish Council, which or can be downloaded at has contributed £2,500 towards costs. freshfordvillage.com. Wiltshire Council has set up a climate change task group, with the aim of making the county carbon neutral by 2030. Councillors from all parties got together for the first time in June to address ways to make Wiltshire more environmentally friendly, following a UN report that said urgent changes are needed in the next 12 years.
© Canal & River Trust River & Canal © Meanwhile, Air Quality he Canal & River Trust Management Areas (AQMAs) T(CRT) is asking people to have been put in place in towns help keep towpaths and across Wiltshire where poor air riverbanks clear of plastic waste quality has been measured, due to by taking their rubbish home. Bradford on Avon has been high levels of nitrogen dioxide The charity, which looks after awarded Plastic-Free being pumped out from vehicle 2,000 miles of canals and rivers, Community exhausts. Town officials have including the Kennet & Avon Status by called for urgent action from Canal, has published detailed marine Wiltshire Council to improve the analysis of plastics and litter conserv county’s air quality. According to found in its waterways, including ation the Wiltshire Times, Bradford on in Wiltshire. charity, Avon, where Market Street and Surfers Masons Lane are among the It costs the CRT more than Against county’s most polluted roads, £1million to clear up over 24 Sewage, was declared an AQMA as long million pieces of litter a year. in ago as 2001. Around 80 per cent of the plastic recognition of the work it has in our oceans comes from litter done to start reducing the impact dropped inland. CRT research of single-use plastic on the shows that 1,562 items of plastic environment. leave one of our canals or rivers Part of Woods Hill will be and head to the sea every day. To qualify for recognition, closed temporarily to all traffic That’s more than 500,000 items seven local businesses had to on Wednesday, August 14 each year. prove they had made concerted from property No 9 for efforts to implement change and, approximately 100 metres in a Peter Birch, the Trust’s having done so, have earned the southerly direction to enable national environmental policy status – the first in Wiltshire – Wessex Water to carry out a adviser, says: “If everyone who for the community. The seven supply separation. visited one of our canals or rivers plastic-free heroes of Bradford The work should take one day picked up just one piece of on Avon at the time of to complete, depending on plastic, they would be clear assessment were: Christine’s weather conditions. Access will within a year.” Sustainable Supermarket; Swan be maintained for residents and To find out more, and to Hotel; Brown’s Hardware Shop; businesses where possible, download your free Plastics Woolley Grange Hotel; although delays are likely. Georgian Lodge; Iford Manor; Challenge Pack, visit the website Further information: Brian and The Cheese Shop. at https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/ Freegard (Wessex Water) on news-and-views/features/ 03456004600. plastic-and-litter-in-our-canals. Domestic waste/ he Hub @ BA15 in An attempted burglary at a black box: Bradford on Avon provides Freshford property last month T Monday, July 1 vital help for low-income was foiled by good security measures and the response of Monday, July 15 families and homeless people in Monday, July 29 the town and surrounding area. neighbours. Monday, August 12 At the start of last year’s The owners, who were away Monday, August 26 school holidays, co-ordinator from home at the time, were Avril Clarke had to make an alerted by a phone call from a Green bin: urgent plea for donations to the family member several miles Wednesday, July 3 charity’s food bank when away informing them that their Wednesday, July 17 supplies started to run out. house was under attack, after Wednesday, July 31 People were quick to respond to an exterior camera with a Wednesday, Aug 14 the appeal and The Hub was mobile phone link had Wednesday, Aug 28 able to help families and also activated an alert. Live pictures Plastic / cardboard: restore stocks to normal levels. showed three would-be Monday, July 8 burglars attempting to force This year the charity is once Monday, July 22 open the garage doors, again on course to provide 50 Monday, August 5 followed by the sound of the boxes of food to help families Monday, August 19 burglar alarm siren. Police over the school holidays, thanks arrived within 25 minutes and to the generosity of local carried out a detailed search of Useful numbers people. the house and immediate Transport Link 07714 16 92 16 Power supply emergency 105 If you would like to donate to surroundings. The doors were Police (non-emergency) 101 the food bank, there is a found to be secure and did not Bradford on Avon Police: collection point at the Bradford fail under the initial attack. Andrew MacLachlan on Avon Sainsbury’s store. The 0752 897 2236 Police advice to everyone, Hub says it has enough andrew.maclachlan@wiltshire. particularly to anyone going on donations of pasta and baked pnn.police.uk holiday, is to make sure your beans to be going on with but Wiltshire Unitary Councillor: house is securely locked while tinned vegetables and tinned Johnny Kidney 07805 236 480 you are away and to leave fruit are always welcome. [email protected] some lights on; tell your ● http://www.boahub.co.uk neighbours your ‘away’ dates; Editor: Limpley Stoke News Sheena Broadhead and consider investing in a Bath Food Bank 01225 723404 burglar or CCTV system. Cost- The Galleries Shop has a [email protected] effective security installations collection point for donations can relay ‘live’ alert details to LSPC Clerk: Bryony Kohn to the Bath Food Bank. This 01225 723749 your mobile or tablet. month the bank would [email protected] welcome the following items: MyWiltshire app: potholes, road fruit juice (long-life, UHT); Give me a break! issues, blocked drains, grit bins tinned rice pudding; chocolate; www.wiltshire.gov.uk/ tinned fruit; coffee; is now mywiltshire-online-reporting or phone 0300 456 0105 sponge puddings; and taking its summer break but instant mash. will be back in September. If you have any Please note: items close to suggestions for their 'best before' date, pre- inclusion in opened or with damaged future editions packaging cannot be of the News, accepted. contact me at Mobile library monthly visit: sheena.broadhead@tiscali. ● https://bath.foodbank.org.uk Thursday: July 11 / August 8 co.uk. 10.00-10.25am 01225 463549 Uplands Close, Midford Lane Mini Book Festival Saturday, July 13 from 10am Free Mini Book Festival for chil- dren and young people, based in ‘Royal’ garden open weekend Bradford on Saturday, August 3 and Sunday, August 4, 11am-4.30pm Avon Library, timed to coin- he gardens at Middlewick House, former home to the Duchess cide with the Tof Cornwall and now owned by Pink Floyd drummer Nick annual Summer Mason and his Reading Chal- wife Annette, lenge (for chil- will open in aid dren aged 4 to of two local 11). Rare opportunity to join a charities. team of authors and illustrators. This is the fifth Jam-packed programme of activi- year the Masons ties on the theme of space travel, have opened including storytelling, writing, their gardens in drawing and workshops. Books Corsham to on sale all day. Have them signed raise money for and meet the authors. local charities, All events are FREE but you with £85,000 need to book in advance: email being raised in the past four years. This year’s proceeds will be split [email protected]; between Wiltshire Air Ambulance and Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust. phone 01225 863280; or drop in. As well as the beautiful gardens and Nick Mason’s classic cars, Full details available at there’ll be artisans and traders selling everything from plants to art. www.boambf.wordpress.com. Refreshments, cakes and barbecue. Entry £7, under-12s free. Sat Nav: SN13 0PX Moulton and the Mini Friday, August 16, 7.00–8.30pm Cream tea party Moon landings Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Friday, July 12, 3-5pm July 24 - August 30 the iconic Mini and the key engineering contributions of The Elms Cross Vineyard, near Hall’s last resident, Dr Alex Westwood, is the venue for a Moulton, close friend and cream tea party and bring-and- engineering partner of Sir Alec buy table in aid of Breast Issigonis. Moulton played a highly Cancer Support, organised by significant part in the development of former Limpley Stoke resident, the innovative Mini, including the Pauline Bates, and Gurli design of its rubber suspension Klingenberg. Entry by £10 system, key to its phenomenal donation (cash or cheque) on success. Guest speaker, Peter Barker, head of the Design & the day. Tickets are not being Communication School at Plymouth issued so, if you’d like to College of Art, worked with Dr Alex attend, please email Image courtesy of eyeronic-Ts Moulton in the 1980s. [email protected] Bath’s Herschel Museum Venue: The Hall, Holt Road, BoA by 9 am on Tuesday, July 9 so celebrates the 50th anniversary of Tickets: £10 plus booking fee from that catering requirements can the Apollo moon landings. Moon- http://www.bradfordonavon.co.uk/ev be finalised. Sat Nav: BA15 inspired books, crafts and lots of ents/event/moulton-and-the-mini-a- 2AL. Signposted parking. lunar fun. talk-by-peter-barker/.
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