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Barlaston Parish Council Gareth Jones ( Chairman ): Whistlers, 6 Tittensor Road, The Heron Barlaston, ST12 9DN. Tel: 01782 372349 [email protected] www.barlaston.org.uk Neil Hemmings ( Clerk ): 23 Find us on Facebook: Barlaston Parish Council Park Drive, Barlaston, ST12 Twitter: @barlastonparish 9DW. Tel: 01782 372684 Issue 3 February 2013 [email protected] Sarah Broome: 20 Old Road, Barlaston, ST12 9EQ. Tel I am delighted and whilst there will be Patrick Linehan has agreed 01782 372420 that the some formidable to Chair the Committee [email protected] P a r i s h competition there is no and I am sure that he will be Tony Dodd: 4 Portland Place, Council has reason why the Village looking for support from Barlaston, ST12 9BH. Tel: agreed that should not impress the across the village. The 01782 373228 the Village judges again. The whole of Diamond Jubilee [email protected] should re- the village will be entered celebrations showed how Sara Fearns: The Spinney, enter the Staffordshire Best and a map is being prepared the village could respond Longton Road, Barlaston, ST12 Kept Village competition which will outline all the key when asked to. 9AA. Tel: 01782 373188 after a gap of fifteen years. features of the village which [email protected] Historically Barlaston has will be given to judges. I am Gareth Jones: Chairman of Paul Fisher ( Vice Chairman ): done well in this competition very pleased that Councillor Barlaston Parish Council. Catnip Cottage, The Green, Barlaston, ST12 9AF. Tel: 01782 454501 Barlaston Re-enters Best Kept Village Competition [email protected] Following on from the success of the Steve Hall: 1, Lakewood Drive, Diamond Jubilee celebrations which Barlaston, ST12 9BH. Tel: 01782 373029 generated so much community spirit and [email protected] pride in our village it was thought appropriate to enter the Best Kept Patrick Linehan: Wallbrook Village competition this year. Cottage, 31 Longton Road, Barlaston. Tel: 01782 372878 The BKV is primarily about community [email protected] involvement, caring for the environment, Ian MacMillan: 19 Old Road, pride in the village and that indefinable Barlaston, ST12 9EQ. Tel: element 'tender loving care' a quality 01782 373096 frequently and sadly now eliminated from [email protected] our busy daily lives. So let us now Viv O’Dunne: 31 Meadow attempt to resurrect it. To quote the old cliché, ‘It's not the winning ( although that would Road, Barlaston, ST12 9EJ. Tel: be most satisfactory) – it's the taking part’. 01782 351154 [email protected] Barlaston was one of the original villages to enter back in 1956 and we entered every year Elaine Philpott: Ivy Cottage, from then up to 1991. The last time we entered was in 1997 so a further entry is now long Canal Side, Barlaston, ST12 overdue. 9DZ. Tel: 01782 372192 [email protected] It is worth remembering that the competition is not about the prettiest village although John Russell: 40 Old Road, Barlaston would score heavily on that count, but the best kept. It really means that all of us Barlaston, ST12 9EQ. Tel: should strive in a diversity of ways however seemingly insignificant to keep our 01782 372992 environment clean and tidy. In an ideal world the village would be liberally sprinkled with [email protected] hanging baskets and front gardens would look like exhibits from the Chelsea flower show Borough Councillors for but this is neither feasible nor realistic and indeed there already exists some lovely gardens Barlaston and Oulton in the village displaying a considerable amount of all round pride. Lynne Bakker Collier: The Bungalow, Old Road, Oulton The requirements for the BKV are more about Heath, Stone, ST15 8US. Tel: keeping the garden tidy, the hedge clipped, the 01785 813473. surrounding areas free from litter and unnecessary debris also addressing any dog Gareth Jones - see above fouling issues particularly along the canal and on County Councillor for the cricket ground, areas which seem to Stone Rural generate more complaints. Ian Parry Tel: 01785 276015 The Parish Council intend to help 'prime the E-mail: pump' by organising some [email protected] ...continued on p.2 Page 2 The Heron Barlaston Re-enters Best Kept Village - Get Involved! ...continued from p. 1 planting of public spaces for all to enjoy, including any features and signs – 10 marks. The overall cleanliness visitors to the village. absence of litter, dog fouling and evidence of community effort – 10 marks. The war memorial, village green and Our entry will be in the BKV large village category playing fields – 15 marks and so on. which was won by the village of Haughton last year. They also won in 1963, 2000, 2004 and 2011 so the competition is fierce you might say. It’s my intention to have a launch meeting for the BKV to enable all villagers willing and able to support and participate in our campaign to come forward with ideas and/or offers of help as this would be a most welcome contribution The village school and indeed all children in the village will be encouraged to enter the supplementary childrens' competition. There are three categories for the children :- The panel of judges will visit each village once in May • best poster 5-7 year olds and once in June. The marks will be aggregated and will go forward to the district finals for judging in late July. • best poster 8-11 year olds The best village in each district will receive a framed • a competition based on the theme of the certificate and the best overall village will receive the Remembrance of the two world wars, for 11-16 sponsor's trophy together with £200 towards a specific year olds through a submission of a poem, project to be approved by the sponsor. painting or essay. We hope that all will agree that this is a very It is hoped that the latter will serve to cement an worthwhile exercise and it can only help to make our understanding of an important piece of history and also already handsome village an even better place to live create further understanding of what grand parents and and enjoy. Come on Barlaston lets go for it! We've great grand parents endured during the two wars. everything to gain and nothing to lose if we all When judging takes place, marks are awarded out of contribute in whatever small way we are able. 100 and tidiness is key . The tidiness of the church, chapel and burial grounds carries 8 marks, the Please contact me on 01782 372878 or email communal buildings and the village hall carries 8 marks, [email protected] if you’d like to be the telephone boxes, bus shelters, seats, benches village involved. Cllr. Patrick Linehan News from the Environment Committee Ivyhouse Stores. the Borough Council we reiterated the consequences of this anti-social We reiterated behaviour to dog owners out for the fact that their morning stroll along the canal Toxocariasis, towpath. caused by dog mess, can cause Anyone who does not clean up after serious illness their pet will be issued with a £75 and blindness; fixed penalty notice or face young children prosecution with a fine of up to are particularly susceptible and for £1,000 . This includes those people this reason alone we urge you to that pick up the dog mess and then report any incidents of dog fouling The majority of dog owners clean up proceed to throw it into the to the enforcement team at Stafford after their pets - those few hedgerow. Borough Council, via their website, irresponsible owners that don't will or by calling, anonymously if you face a fine. This was the message we Our awareness campaign was like, 01785 619000. were trying to get across to dog featured in the Sentinel, The walkers when we assembled at the Newsletter and in the Stone There really are no excuses: Plume car park on a cold December Gazette. We publicised the fact that we want people to clean up morning at the end of last year. there are free dog waste bags after their dog! available from KC-K9’s and Along with a representative from Scoop it! Bag it! Bin it! Issue 3 Page 3 Communication interact with, and retweet information from other community groups in the area .. Here are a few It’s vital that news from come and give us your favourites! around the village is views at the Open Forum, available to everyone. Our interact with us on @Barlaston_1873: celebrating 140 years of our school village survey revealed that Facebook and now you can @SARhomes: Stafford & Rural Homes ‘The Heron’ was your most follow us on Twitter. favoured source of @BarloCC: Barlaston Cricket Club Barlaston is one of the first, information; as editor that if not the first, Parish @bakerbus: vital service updates, especially in winter! was extremely welcome Council to have a Twitter @NTDownesBanks: news and beautiful photos news. account in Staffordshire. @StaffordBC: information from the Borough Council Between ‘Heron’s‘ you can Twitter is a real-time update yourself by looking information network that @barlastonhall: News and events from the Village Hall at our website, read the connects you to the latest @bitofstone: excellent timely news resource for Stone Chairman’s blog, read our stories, opinions and news- and surrounding area (on the web too monthly update in the it’s what you find alittlebitofstone.com) Church magazine, see interesting. If you have an notices posted on the account, follow us @Staffsnews:community news from the Stone boards around the village, @barlastonparish . We Newsletter Viv O’Dunne WWRD Development Wedgwood and their environmental testing now to bring the site up to planning authority development team were completed in respect of, standard will be part confidence that the scheme delighted to have been highways, ecology, funded by “enabling submitted would be the given the opportunity to landscape, drainage, trees, development”.