BRAMSHALL NEWS
The Butcher’s Arms—circa early 1960’s April 2020
COVID-19 ‘Coronavirus’ Community Support Information Edition
Send your stories, photos and news for the next edition of Bramshall News! May deadline is Thursday 23rd April 2020 Rev John, Bramshall News Interim Editor 9 Overcroft. Bramshall. ST14 5DE Tel: 565228. Email: [email protected]
Bramshall Village Community
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How to find your local PCSOs (Police Community Support Officers) details for your areas.
Log on to www.Staffordshire.police.uk website and enter your post code in ‘Find your area’. This will link you to your local policing team under the tab ‘your team’. This page will also allow you to contact your local officers if you have anything to report.
Bramshall News is also available to view on the Bramshall Parish website www.bramshallparish.org.uk
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Uttoxeter Rural Parish Council
The URPC has now successfully had the chicane installed in Bramshall. The site of the chicane was offered for public consultation and after listening to residents’ concerns about it being in the middle of the village, the site was moved and plans were put onto the website. The Parish Council have been advised that the chicane will take at least 6 months to show any signs of success, as currently drivers are still getting used to the fact that it is there. The Councillors have asked Staffordshire County Council to come and have a site visit, to see if more signage is needed for drivers and an update will be minuted once it has taken place.
To view all Parish Council minutes, please visit the Parish Council website https://uttoxeterruralparishcouncil.org.uk/
The Parish Council would like to thank all residents who took part in the public consultation, your views were invaluable and have ensured that the chicane is now sited in the location requested by residents."
Also, please be aware of the following: Hedge/Hedgerow cutting - You must not do any work which might harm nesting birds or destroy their nests. You’ll usually find nesting birds during the main nesting and breeding season from 1 March to 31 August. To look up the full guidance, please visit the government website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/countryside-hedgerows-regulation-and- management
Ginny Gibson PSLCC Parish Clerk
Bramshall & Loxley Parish Hall
Due to the increase in Covid-19 government guidelines and regulations, all classes and events at the Parish Hall are now suspended or cancelled until further notice.
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Covid-19 Village Support Group
Going to press, the following wonderful people have generously volunteered to help anyone in need during this coronavirus outbreak.
Jess Brough: I am available on Fridays and Monday evenings, this is my email address [email protected] Jennifer Brough - I can help mainly in the afternoon and evening
Alex Goldman: mobile 07879 642872 and I’m available evenings and Friday- Sunday (5 Overcroft)
Lizz Fields-Pattinson 07715 001840 email [email protected]
Colin & Pat Whittaker 01889 562467 mob 07817 459977
Amanda Wilkes: mobile 07973 837453 Home number 01889 560625 or email [email protected]
Ben & Jodie Mountford: 32, Mallens Croft (Mon, Wed, Sat & Sun)
Jodie & Miles Pilcher: 30, Mallens Croft
Lucy & Gareth Wilkinson: of Mallens Croft mob:07733 367801
Charlotte Whitehurst: Hurst Farm My number is 07814 028 734
Claire Robson: 3 Mallens Croft mobile is 07976 903188 (not Wed or Thurs)
John & SallyAnne Lander: 9 Overcroft 01889 565228 mob: 07706 058689
Holly Dickins: 8, Overcroft mob: 07583 819760
Megan Kendrick: Stocks Lane mobile: 07799 542604 - online shopping with Tesco and I’ve got a slot booked for Monday of the week after (30th)
Catherine Mann The Old Parish Hall mob: 07779 354005
Anne Plant (taxi driver) office number: 01889 569090 – for prescriptions & shopping
Carole Postlethwaite: Glebe Cottage email [email protected]
Jane Young: Bank Cottage mobile no. 07980 109981
Hannah Edwards: Stocks Lane email [email protected]
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Uttoxeter Community Support Group
There are some local businesses and organisations who have also offered services:
Old Saddlers Yard Cafe - Free delivery of homemade meals - 01889 562270
Edmonston’s Family Butchers - Free delivery of produce - 01889 567555
LH Aerials - providing help and assistance regarding TV related issues over the phone - 01889 560075
TLC Foods - Extended delivery times for its meal service - 07805 009 283
Ede Family Butchers - Free delivery of produce - 07818 433 925
Careline Calling - Part of St Oswolds Hospital in Ashbourne. Offering free befriending service - 01335 210 353
The Raddle Inn - Free Delivery within a 5 mile radius on all orders over £10.00 -
01889 507 278
Helping Hands Food Bank - 07548 687 632
Renew Church - help with grocery delivery & offering support - 01889 567016
Sams Free Range Eggs - free delivery on Thursday evening on all orders received before 5pm on Thursday - 07967 437 896
Uttoxeter Iceland will be opening 8am - 9am for over 70s this Wednesday morning.
Global Zero Waste Shop - offering Free delivery to Uttoxeter. Look them up and order online http://zerowasteshop.org
Denstone Farmshop - offering a delivery service on orders over £25.00 - call
01889 590050 and select option 5
LY Beauty - giving free back massages to all medical professionals - 07598
977108
Titerton Cheese - Will provide FREE home delivery of products (cheese & eggs)
- 07969 242687, email [email protected] or via social media.
Local Milkmen - Adrian - 01889 567652 or Clive - 07855 718553
JS Quality Meats - Free Delivery. Order before 10am - 01283 821123
Northgate Surgery is offering a prescription delivery service to their patients who are self-isolating or are unable to get out to collect their medications. Anyone who would like to take up the offer should telephone (01889 562010) and speak to our dispensary staff in the first instance please.
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Church News The Uttoxeter Area of Parishes Parish Church of St. Lawrence Bramshall Vicar Revd John Lander [email protected] 565228
In response to the current Coronavirus pandemic, the Church of England has suspended public worship, with the exception of weddings and funerals (subject to strict regulations, including numbers attending). This is an appropriate decision, but to offer a spiritual sanctuary St. Lawrence’s Church will be open for private prayer during the following times:
Saturday 10.00am - 4.00pm Sunday 10.00am - 4.00pm
It also hoped to ring the church bells for approximately 5 mins prior to what would have been the principal service on Sunday mornings as a sign of our continued unity in the Spirit.
APCM
The Annual Parochial Church Meeting has been postponed until a later date - to be advised.
World Day Of Prayer – this was held in church on the evening of Friday 6th March and this year we hosted the event for our area. A good number came along to hear the service specially written by the women of Zimbabwe. A big thank you to all who assisted with refreshments and help on the evening, it was very much appreciated.
Lent Lunch at 9 Overcroft - thank you again for those who turned up on the day (Wednesday 11th March) to enjoy a jacket potato and filling – we raised over £110 in very generations donations. Thank you.
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From the Registers:
Baptism: Sunday 1st March Stewart Thomas BLACKSHAW pictured with parents Kirsty & James
Baptism: Sunday 8th March Hugo James STATHAM pictured with parents Christine & Michael and big sister Lily
Memorial Service: Thursday 19th March Margaret Gladys TORR
Due to there being no services, in particular the 4th Sunday Worship when the monthly 100 Club draw takes; we took our bag of balls to Sargeant’s butchers shop and invited John & Ed to pick out the lucky winners printed below.
100 Club Results: March
1st No 40 Brigitte Kinch £30 2nd No 78 Jan Gregory £25 3rd No 14 John Whittaker £20 4th No 129 John Lowe £15
If you are getting fed up with singing ‘Happy Birthday’ through twice each time you wash your hands, try reciting the Lord’s Prayer instead.
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BRAMSHALL AND DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB
Matt Nichols gave a very interesting talk on all the different varieties of fruit grown on their farm. They now have a cafe on site so you can go and pick your own fruit and then relax with a hot drink afterwards. Was amazed to hear that they grow forced Rhubarb on the farm - this is a wonderful plant that is known to come from Yorkshire - a very small triangle around Wakefield. Being from Yorkshire I was somewhat surprised to hear that it was grown in Staffordshire !!! Matt seemed a very nice easy going chap and he showed some interesting pictures.
Sadly, along with government guidelines, the 2019-2020 programme has had to be cancelled. Never mind, we can all focus on our gardens and, perhaps, grow some vegetables for a change… every little helps!!
Fashion Show – Many thanks to all who turned up to view Tom’s wares on Friday 13th March. I do hope you managed to find a few bargains – he does aim to please on the sizes etc but of course it’s what is available at the time. We raised just over £100 and this has been split between Parish Hall funds and Church.
Friday 8th May & Saturday 9th May
Now postponed due to social distancing and isolation necessities.
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One Man, Many Lorries
In response to a request for information about the lorry featured on the front page of last month’s News Sheet, it was the intention to run a small feature on Mick Corbishley and his lorries- so let’s make a start.
The Bedford in this photograph on the right is a replica of Corbishley’s cattle trucks of the 40’s and 50’s. The green implement on the front of the truck bed is a straw chopper manufactured in 1874 by Bamfords in Uttoxeter. The yellow machine at the rear is a Bamford’s ‘Wuffler’ hay making machine.
The above photograph depicts a signal box being transported from its original site at the Hockley Road crossings to the Foxfield steam railway line. It is believed the move took place in 1980.
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Penny’s Recipe of the Month
Oven baked Chicken with Garlic and Parmesan Cheese
4 Chicken thighs and leg joints. 4 Cloves garlic. 2 eggs, 2 tbs. fresh parsley. 2oz fresh breadcrumbs, 1½oz fresh parmesan cheese, 2oz butter, 4 tbs. olive oil
Place chicken in flat dish, crush garlic and add to eggs, whisk well and pour over chicken joints cover the dish and place in fridge for 4hrs. Preheat oven to 350deg. Put a roasting tin with butter and oil to warm. Mix breadcrumbs, parsley plus parmesan on a plate- take chicken and coat in mixture, then place in roasting tin, baste chicken and then bake on high oven shelf for 20 mins. Turn chicken over and roast for a further 20mins before pouring off excess fat Pop chicken back in oven for 5mins then serve with green salad. Enjoy.
AS some of you know I do walk round the village around 8am most mornings - I am very kindly taken by my dog !! I have noticed since Christmas however the large number of dog poos that are being left on pavements, some on the way through the church yard and some on cut lawns walking up Stocks Lane. Dog owners do you really think it is safe to leave dog poos on pavements ? Have you ever trod in one and slipped ? Please for the safety and health of residents in our village pick up your dogs mess. Thank you
Penny Gilpin
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If you would like to borrow jigsaws up to 1000 pieces (to while away the hours) please contact Rev John or SallyAnne Lander 565228
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