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The Alnmouth Village Newsletter No 135 The Alnmouth Village February 2021 Newsletter [email protected] The end of a good day’s Alnmouth work! Parish Stalwarts of the Burgage Councillors Holders took on a big project David Denton to get the New Year started. (830219) With help from the operators of a very large machine they Nora Dymock not only reduced Christmas (830739) trees from homes around the Susanne Gair village to chips, but they also (830323) spent several days clearing the flat ground by the Battery Mac McHugh Vice-Chair on Bracken Hill. A century (830584) ago, it was the site of a Hostel and Tea Room, and the area Eddie McKee now looks much more like it (833786) did in the postcards of old. George Ternent (830444) Donald, Mac, Neil and company – some younger and Simon Walford some even younger - at work (833774) Shaun Whyte The Burgage Holders of Alnmouth Common like to work Chair closely with both local and national environmental groups (830028) and Government agencies in an effort to promote natural Ed Williams habitat encouraging species of wild life to flourish on the (830911) common. Conservation improvement in the marsh area has been another recent such project. Vacancy Parish Clerk Covid – the good, the bad and the ugly Lesley Long (606841) Lockdown is going to continue for sometime and school children are mostly working from home throughout the month. It is hard work for everyone and whilst immunisation seems to be going clerk@alnmouthpari shcouncil.org.uk on apace, we must continue to help and support everyone in the community. Mon, Wed & Friday The Parish Council have been alerted by the police to all sorts of scams, including people 2pm - 4pm pretending to offer vaccines for sale and others purporting to be law enforcement and claiming The Newsletter is there are issues with their would-be victims’ National Insurance number. If you receive a call edited by like this, do not transfer any money, give any personal details, or purchase any type of Simon Walford, vouchers. You can report on the Northumbria police website and talk to them on 101 if you and published by the Alnmouth are worried. Parish Council. Age UK Northumberland have a slightly different helpline. It is a free telephone friendship service for people aged 60 and over. Would you or someone you know like to talk to someone every week? The Friendship Line will match you with a trained volunteer who shares your interests and will call you once a week for a friendly chat. To receive a free and confidential call, contact: 01670 784 800. In the Village help is always at the end of a telephone Tel 830323 or mob 07798 526891 or [email protected] Organisations GRANTS FROM THE PARISH COUNCIL and Activities: Alnmouth Parish Council The Parish Council has a limited fund available, the size of which is based on Next meeting on Zoom on the number of residents in the Parish who are on the electoral roll. Tue 9th February . Contact our Clerk for access codes. Any organisation or group applying for a grant from the fund, must demonstrate that the reason for their application will benefit some or all inhabitants of the St John the Baptist Church Parish. During lockdown the The grant cannot be awarded for the benefit of an individual or for political, church will be closed until further notice. religious or race-related causes. See Church Noticeboard for more details or go to: www.alnandcoastland.org To express an interest in applying for a grant and to receive an application form and guidance notes, please email the Parish Clerk by 28th February Alnmouth Methodist Church Services [email protected] Services may resume shortly Details and an Application Form can also be downloaded from the Parish Alnmouth Women’s Council website at https://www.alnmouthparishcouncil.org.uk/policies Institute (Janis Crook 603430) Alnmouth Autumn Club (Caroline Martin 830798) A Historical Map to guide visitors - A SECOND CHANCE TO HELP! Alnmouth Camera Group Meets on the 2nd Tuesday Ian Hall of Alnwick Civic Society recently described to the Parish Council how (Terry Collinson 830228) the society is working with the Historic Towns Trust to produce a tourist Alnmouth Village Golf information map which will guide people around the town and describe some of Club the key historical features. The aim is to produce a map with Alnwick on one side Full and Social Membership available. and the port of Alnmouth on the reverse. If you are interested in the history of (Clubhouse 830370) our village and might like to join the project, please call Shaun Whyte on 01665 Chapel Art Group 830028 Rock Solid Alnmouth River Aln Boat Club Three interesting things to spot as you potter about Riveralnboatclub.org the village… (George Ternent 830444) Alnmouth Football Club The camping huts at the far end of Bracken Hill have their very www.alnmouthfc.com own library! Little Free Library littlefreelibrary.org is a Alnmouth Community relatively new venture to encourage reading and the exchange Rowing of books. You can take a book and leave a book so the library Secretary: Fay Falconer is self sustaining. You don’t have to be staying at the huts to 07947 514539 join in and it costs nothing. There are more than 100,000 of Secretary@alnmouthrowin these little libraries scattered all over the world. g.org Alnmouth Burgage Holders www.burgageholders.co.uk Alnmouth Croquet Club (John Howie 714963) Hindmarsh Hall As you walk up the hill towards the cemetary and Foxton, you All enquiries to may perhaps have seen this green cabinet. It looks like [email protected] See the HH website and telephone infrastructure but the label suggests something calendar more esoteric. The British UFO Research Association Hindmarshhall.com (Bufora.org.uk) is real enough but what is really inside the cabinet? Is someone just having fun with a labelling machine or is the village part of a UFO research project? Contact the Newsletter And finally… Please make sure to let me know of potential items of interest Putting in appearances all around the village, these little fellows [email protected] have a helpful message for us all. There is bound to be more sunshine in February even though our lockdown is not quite Anything for March to me before Tuesday 23rd going to be over. February please. .
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