Oct-Dec 2018 www..gov.uk & SAUGHALL

SHOTWICK PARK Meetings this quarter: Surgeries: PARISH COUNCIL Nov 12 & Dec 17 Nov 10 & Dec 15

Welcome to the Parish Vernon Institute News repairs to the roadside Council Newsletter wall, and the painting of which we hope will give Chris Harman, all walls that had been you an idea of where Chair of the VI rendered. In addition, your money is going It has been a new guttering and some and how the Council busy summer roof tile repairs together spends its time. Wider at the VI. A with some long overdue topics of community long overdue tree maintenance. We interest are also facelift for our will also be painting the covered. village landmark to rear of the tearoom now restore it to its previous that the trees have glory and hopefully been removed. Interested in Joining preserve it for many the Parish Council? years to come. I would like to thank

Parish Council elections Peter Young for project I hope you all agree it will take place in May managing the looks stunning now it has 2019 with all twelve refurbishment from been freshly painted and places available. There concept to completion it’s black & white again! is the opportunity for and Jenny Young for residents from Saughall her support obtaining The project has taken a and local business contractor quotes. Our great deal of planning owners to stand. thanks go to the main and preparation as well Parish Councils make contractors involved, as money to fund the all kinds of decisions Bell Stone Masonry, for renovations. We had the covering issues such as managing the works support of WREN and the planning, local crime, very effectively. We Parish Council along with management of open would also like to thank VI funds to finance the spaces (such as Jubilee you, the residents of largest project on the VI Fields), and the delivery Saughall, for your since the clock tower was of better services and patience while the road erected in 1920. facilities. Parish was closed – but I think

Councils also negotiate you would agree it was The project involved the with the local authority worth it. replacement of all the and the police, amongst render on the main hall others. If you would like WREN is a not-for-profit and clock tower (we to know more then business that awards completed the please feel free to grants for community replacement of the contact any one of us conservation and render on the small hall (contact details heritage projects from at the start of 2017), new overleaf.) Details about funds donated by FCC double-glazed windows how to stand for Environment through throughout the main hall election will be given in Landfill Communities and snooker room, the next issue. Fund.

Local Crime for general queries and World War I advice Centenary Unusually long waits www..police.uk/c Commemorations have been occurring on ontact/general-enquiries/ the 101 line. 101 should - Contact an Officer As a sign be used to report a crime Form For contact with a of respect, that has already taken named officer on your there will be place, or to pass on case two Remembrance information about a www.cheshire.police.uk/c Services at the VI War crime. Alternative contact ontact/contact-an-officer/ Memorial on 11th methods include: November – one at - Face-to-face contact at 999 should be called 11am and one at 2pm. your police station or with when there is a threat to As a visual display of your PCSO life or a crime is in our support of this - General Contact Form progress. special anniversary, large poppies are to be attached to City Walls / Saughall from vPPG members will lampposts along the

Medical Centres be by e-mail. vPPG main thoroughfares in members will receive the village. Thanks to Adie Salter – Practice copies of all formal PPG Alan Bailey for this Manager meetings in addition to www.citywallsmedicalcen inspired idea. receiving information and tre.co.uk progress reports on new The Practice aims to Highways Issues initiatives and patient ensure that all patients suggestions. Applications receive high quality care Please pass any to join the vPPG can be and we welcome any concerns you have made at the Surgery or feedback from patients. about local traffic to on-line from the CWMC We have developed an the Highways Working website. active “Patient Group (details

Participation Group” overleaf) Passing Feedback to (PPG) comprised of a To report issues such the Parish Council small group of City Walls as potholes, flooding, If you prefer, please patients who work with missing signs etc. to could you contact Mike Surgery staff on various CWAC go online: Johnson initiatives to provide https://maps.cheshirewe ([email protected] solutions to possible standchester.gov.uk/cwa ov.uk, phone / address areas of concern. Please c/faultreporting/ overleaf) with any or phone: contact Reception in your feedback you have 0300 123 7036 or the Surgery for details. regarding Saughall or Street Scene Team on With such a large patient City Walls Medical 0300 123 7035 population (16,500 Centre, good or bad. As a approx.) we have Parish Council it is introduced a Virtual important that we monitor Bus Service Patient Participation services in the village. To Group (vPPG) which do this effectively we Please let the Parish enables all patients to need to have as much Council know about “Have their say”. feedback as possible. any problems related Communications to and to the bus service.

Computer Skills Flowers in Saughall 5000 purple crocus corns Like it or not, Planters and donated many people There are them to the village. This and organisations now now six gesture is in support of communicate over the Parish Rotary International’s Internet. If you would Council campaign to eliminate like to acquire more Planters in polio worldwide with the computer skills, then Saughall – two by the bus strapline ‘Purple for there are various terminus, two at the end Polio’. groups in that of The Ridings, and two Public Grass Areas A can help. For example, at the end of Saughall resident would like the the Here and Now / Hey. We are very grateful Parish Council to Digital Buddies project to those who have consider making more based in the volunteered to help look of the large grassed Storyhouse. You can after them: Gill Whitaker, areas in Saughall. call Alan on 07932 Candice Quinn Harding, Suggestions are 556062 or Heather on Gillian Amos, Peter wildflowers, woodland. 07958 611618 or email Young, Howard Jennings, We are considering digitalbuddieshereandn and Anna Manning. Saughall Hey, [email protected] This is Further planters will be Greenway, Maplewood a thriving project and considered, so if you Grove, and Anvil Close. home visits can be have a location in mind If you have any ideas arranged. and a couple of for uses for these volunteers then please areas, ideas of further locationss, or would like Our CommunityCommunity contact Anna Manning to add your support, (contact details opposite). please contact Mike Many people Saughall Rotary Club have bought Johnson, see opposite have good connections mike.johnson@ with their local Footpaths saughall.co.uk community. This often means that if they need In July the Flu Jabs help for some reason footpath beside (e.g. illness) and don’t House Please remember that have family living was converted from a flu jabs are available at nearby they have permissive path to a the Medical Centre and people to call on. Public Right Of Way, at Saughall Pharmacy. However, if you are thanks to the efforts of finding it hard to Alan Bailey. The former Next Issue: Jan 2019 manage on your own or is a path whose use is know of someone in the allowed by the If you would like village who could do landowner and the latter anything of community with some help, then is a path that anyone has interest included in the please contact Anna the legal right to use. next issue, then please Manning (details Improvements will now contact Anna Manning opposite) and she will be far easier to be make: (contact details do her best to link you this is an important opposite) by December with support. development. 13th

Making Contact with the Parish Council public and local Parish Council Meetings are open to the organisations an public and there is a opportunity to Parish Surgeries are public forum during each participate in a full held on the Saturday meeting. Council meeting. The Council before each full meeting meetings take place gives a report on the enabling you to come and every six weeks, usually work carried out during talk directly with in the Vernon Institute, the year. Residents councillors. Surgeries are from 7-9pm. Dates at the can give views on any normally held outside the top of this newsletter. matter which affects the Co-op. Dates at the top of community. this newsletter An Annual Meeting is Refreshments are held in spring, giving the usually provided.

Parish Council Working knowledge about your Howard Jennings, Groups query Janette Knox Field Inspection Group Communications You can contact any Jenny Young, Peter Group councillor or the clerk Young, Andrew Alan Bailey, Dennis using the details below. Holman, Andrew Some of us belong to Highways Group Warrington, Anna specific working groups Brian Kerr, Mike Johnson, Manning and so may have more Dean Taylor-Pogue,

Parish Councillors (Chairman Peter Young, Vice Chairman Alan Bailey) Email addresses all take the form [firstname].[surname]@saughall.gov.uk

For example: [email protected], [email protected]

Peter Young Alan Bailey Dennis Holman 01244 880 685 01244 880 453 01244 881593 62Peter Hermitage Young (Chairman) Rd, CH 1 6AQ 182 Hermitage Rd, CH1 6AF 8 The Ridings, CH1 6AX 01244 880 685 Howard62 Hermitage Jennings Road, Mike Johnson Brian Kerr OBE 07949CH1 6AQ 377 943 07778 016 792 01244 880 347 peter.philip4848@ Copperfield,gmail.com Church Rd, 11 Fox Lea, 33 Greenway, CH1 6EN CH1 6EE CH1 6EG Janette Knox Anna Manning Dean Taylor-Pogue 01244 881 259 01244 880 675 01244 881 556 7 Rosewood Grove, Copperfield, Church Rd, 25 Greenway, CH1 6AN CH1 6EN CH1 6EG Jeanne Storrar Andrew Warrington Jenny Young 01244 880 226 01244 880 418 01244 881133 Hey House Farm, 6 Worsley Avenue, 212 Hermitage Road, Fiddlers Ln, CH1 6DH CH1 6BG CH1 6AE

Parish Council Clerk: Shirley Hudspeth [email protected] Cheshire West & Chester Councillor - Brian Crowe: Glebe Farm, Coalpit Lane, Mollington, CH1 6JL 01244 851 384 [email protected]