PARISH COUNCILLORS’ CONTACT DDDETAILSDETAILS How does your Garden Grow? One Voice Flockton Lin Holroyd , 11a Hardcastle Lane, Flockton, . WF4 4AR Tel: 01924 848780, Email [email protected] Or more particularly your sunflower! Parish Jimmy Paxton , 7 Park Side, Flockton, Wakefield. WF4 4AD Tel: 01924 848445 Kirkburton We are all looking forward to seeing the Michelle Atkinson , 7 Dob Royd, , . HD8 8AU. Tel: 609588, results of this year’s Sunflower Competition Council Newsletter Email [email protected] Issue 22 August 2009 . Derek Hardcastle , The Manse, 95 Road, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield. Judging/Prize Giving Saturday 12 September HD8 0LF Tel: 07779 628147 Email derek.hardcastle@.gov.uk John Heward , 26 Hall Lane, Highburton, Huddersfield. HD8 0QW Tel: 317684 at The Hub in Kirkburton by Graham Porter, Email: [email protected] Geof Hickey , The Watermans Cottage, 1 Low Gate, Kirkburton, Huddersfield. HD8 Huddersfield Examiner’s Gardening Expert. 0SE Tel: 604390; Email: [email protected] Brian Moreton , 13 Burton Royd Lane, Kirkburton , Huddersfield HD8 0TU Children from Year 3 in all the schools within the Tel: 605125 Email: [email protected] Kirkheaton Parish were given pots, seeds and compost and are Keiron Dunn , 31 The Paddock, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield. HD5 0ER Tel: 317718, now competing to grow the flower with the widest Email [email protected] Eric Hutchinson , 34 The Paddock, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield. HD5 0ER head. Tel: 546664; Email: [email protected] Alison Munro , 27 Penistone Road, Fenay Bridge HD8 0AP. Tel: 323045, The winner from each school will receive a gift Email: [email protected] Peter Rock , 20 Cranwood Drive, Waterloo, Huddersfield. HD5 9YH voucher to spend in Kingsgate, and there will be a Tel: 428428; Email: [email protected] prize for every participant. So keep watering and Lepton feeding and let’s see if we can set a record! Richard Burton , 12 Woodland Avenue, Lepton, HD8 0HZ Tel: 316492; Email: [email protected] Peter Cunnington , 67a Highgate Avenue, Lepton HD8 0EE Tel: 602499 * * * * * * Email: [email protected] Sharon Dunford , 106 Rowley Lane, Lepton, Huddersfield. HD8 0EH Tel: 608959 Environment Fayre – Saturday 12 September Cllr Robert Barraclough ( Chairman) joins in the Email: [email protected] celebrations at the Post Office opening. John Hirst (Vice Chairman), 5 Sycamore Close, Lepton, Huddersfield. HD8 0EP at The Hub in Kirkburton 11 am - 4 pm Tel: 324065; Email: [email protected] , Sylvia Murphy , Thornes Farmhouse, 5 Thornes Fold, Knotty Lane, Lepton, Free Entry! Welcome to Shelley Post Office Huddersfield HD8 0ND Tel: 602841 Lepton and Whitley Upper Energy Powerpacks available at a reduced cost Adrian Cruden , 107 Edge Lane, Thornhill, , Wakefield. WF12 0HB Parish Councillors are delighted with the Tel: 07812 187524; Email: [email protected] of £10 each – Monitor and reduce your use of Cassandra Whittingham, 32 Bedford Avenue, Grange Moor, Wakefield. WF4 4EL electricity – Reduce your bills and Save the introduction of the Post Office, making all the Tel: 07813 184469 Email: [email protected] Shelley Environment at the same time. work put in by the Parish Council, Community Helen Barraclough , 35 Park Avenue, Shelley, Huddersfield. HD8 8JY Association and Post Office worthwhile. The Email: [email protected] Tel: 07979 646092 Displays by Kirklees Environment Unit and Malcolm MacDonald , 45 Westerley Lane, Shelley HD8 8HW Tel: 609032; Post Office is now a regular feature of the village Email: [email protected] Local Environment Groups hall, providing another important service for the Shepley Vacancy people of this area. Mark Sykes , 50 Marsh Lane, Shepley, Huddersfield. HD8 8AP Tel: 602212 Email: [email protected] John Taylor , Croft Head Cottage, 12A Station Road, Shepley, Huddersfield. Competitions and quizzes for Early indications are that it is being well HD8 8DG Tel: 609682; Email: [email protected] children and adults . / supported. But it can only continue on a Robert Barraclough , (Chairman) 17 The Village, Farnley Tyas, Huddersfield. HD4 permanent basis if it is well used, so please 6UG; Tel: 664826; Email; [email protected] Andrew Cooper , 76 Brockholes Lane, Brockholes, . HD9 7EB support it when you can. It is open on Mondays Email: [email protected] Tel: 667519 or 07721 3448619 Graham Porter will be on hand to give gardening tips and advice . and Tuesdays between 9.30 am and 12.30 pm Printed and published by Kirkburton Parish Council, Burton Village Hall, and on Thursdays between 1 pm & 4 pm. Northfield Lane, Highburton, Huddersfield HD8 0QT. So we’ll see you there! . .

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