Issue 76 July 2017 ALKof the OWN T T‘Helping make Dunstable a Better Place’ Cheers! Raise your glass to a summer of fun, including... PLUS INSIDE An 8-page Souvenir Supplement Commemorating The Queen’s Visit to Dunstable www.dunstable.gov.uk DUNSTABLE TOWN COUNCIL Meet the Councillors CENTRAL WARD ICKNIELD WARD Cllr Patricia Russell Cllr Lisa Bird Cllr John Chatterley Cllr John Kane Cllr Gloria Martin Cllr Sid Abbott Cllr Nigel Warren 44 Mayfield Road 124 Chiltern Road 36 Roslyn Way 2 Ripley Road 70 Crabtree Way 3 The Paddocks 41 Lowry Drive Dunstable LU5 4AP Dunstable LU6 1ET Houghton Regis Luton Dunstable Friars Walk, Dunstable Houghton Regis 07717 192398 01582 478078 LU5 6JY LU4 0AT LU6 1UR LU6 3FQA LU5 5SJ 01582 867536 01582 510048 01582 666910 01582 947345 01582 864396 Cllr Pat Staples NORTHFIELDS WARD Mandelay 10 The Paddocks Dunstable LU6 3FQ 01582 650018 MANSHEAD WARD Cllr Emma Simmons Cllr Terry Colbourne Cllr Jeannette Freeman Cllr Steve Elliott 27 Pipers Croft 70 Crabtree Way 77 Hillcroft 43 Beech Green Dunstable Dunstable Dunstable Dunstable LU6 3JZ LU6 1UR LU6 1TT LU6 1EB 01582 933591 01582 666910 01582 756060 01582 639241 WATLING WARD Cllr Des Moffatt Cllr Eugene Ghent 44 Longfield 1 Fox Dells Harpenden AL5 1QF Dunstable LU6 3LD 07947 221156 01582 703036 Cllr Jessica Castle c/o Dunstable Town Council, Grove House, 76 High Street North, Cllr Peter Hollick Cllr Liz Jones Cllr Claire Meakins Cllr Ann Sparrow Cllr Andy Whayman Dunstable LU6 1NF 1 Carlisle Close 82 Jeansway 11 Bernard Close 23 Staines Square Birch House Dunstable Dunstable Dunstable Dunstable 32a Bull Pond Lane LU6 3PH LU5 4PP LU5 4HL LU6 3JG Dunstable LU6 3BJ 01582 665133 01582 472044 07583 888001 01582 602386 07905 100932 Dunstable Town Council Committee Membership Finance and General Purposes Community Services Grounds and Environmental Councillors Gloria Martin (Town Mayor) Councillors Gloria Martin (Town Mayor) Councillors Gloria Martin (Town Mayor) John Kane (Deputy Town Mayor) John Kane (Deputy Town Mayor) John Kane (Deputy Town Mayor) Andy Whayman (Chairman) Pat Staples (Chairman) Liz Jones (Chairman) John Chatterley (Vice-Chairman) Steve Elliott (Vice-Chairman) Sid Abbott (Vice-Chairman) Sid Abbott Lisa Bird Lisa Bird Terry Colbourne Jessica Castle Eugene Ghent Jessica Castle Steve Elliott Peter Hollick John Chatterley Liz Jones Terry Colbourne Jeannette Freeman Claire Meakins Jeannette Freeman Peter Hollick Des Moffatt Eugene Ghent Des Moffatt Patricia Russell Claire Meakins Emma Simmons Ann Sparrow Patricia Russell Ann Sparrow Pat Staples Nigel Warren Nigel Warren Emma Simmons Andy Whayman Dunstable Town Council facebook/dunstablecouncil DISCLAIMER: Whilst every care has been facebook/grovecornerdunstable taken in compiling this publication and the Grove House, 76 High Street North, Dunstable LU6 1NF facebook/creaseypark statements contained herein are believed to be Tel 01582 513000 correct, Dunstable Town Council cannot accept @dunstabletc @dunstableevents responsibility for any inaccuracies and do not Email [email protected] Web www.dunstable.gov.uk @dunstabletown @creaseypark Opening Hours 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday @prioryhouse @bennettssplash endorse any particular products. Welcome DUNSTABLE TOWN COUNCIL The Mayor’s David Welcome Ashlee Councillor Gloria Martin Town Clerk and Chief Executive It is a great pleasure to be writing in the Talk of the Town Welcome to the summer edition of Talk of the Town. for the first time since being appointed to the historic office of Town Mayor of Dunstable. By the time you read this the Council will have opened its new Bennett’s Splash and Splashside Café in Bennett Memorial The Town Council have arranged a packed programme of Recreation Ground. This new £550,000 facility has been part funded by Central Bedfordshire Council through its Market events over the coming months and I look forward to seeing Town Regeneration Fund and is another great example of how, as many of you there as possible. Look out for the two new by working together, both authorities create tremendous value events, Priory Pictures on 24 June and again on 5 August, for the Dunstable council tax payer. This new facility will be there will also be a return of Proms in the Park on 9 September, open 7 days a week until September and should provide hours which proved popular last year. of enjoyment for families in Dunstable. The service for older people has also expanded this year with The annual events programme is also in full swing with the two new initiatives being provided by the Town Council; a Big Council already having staged St George’s Day, Around the Lunch which took place on Tuesday 6 June for residents World, the Classic Motor Rally, Dunstable Live and the first aged 65 and over and 10 free coffee mornings throughout showing of Priory Pictures. Party in the Park is imminent with the year at various locations across Dunstable for those aged Toyah headlining and please make a note in your diaries for 55 and over. At the coffee mornings and Big Lunch there will the Dunstable Beer Festival taking place on the new dates of Thursday 17, Friday 18 and Saturday 19 August. be advice and information available on different topics as well as the opportunity to socialise and meet new people. In addition to this the Council will soon be launching the children’s summer activities programme featured later in Our own Dunstable Town Band started the season of Sunday this edition. Running from 2 to 24 August, this programme of Band Concerts in Grove House Gardens on 25 June, please activities offers a range of free and value for money activities come and support the rest of the bands playing this summer. for young people of all ages. Full details of all our events are available on our website. The Council is also continuing to promote and develop www.dunstable.gov.uk Dunstable Market so please visit the Market every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and look out for our special Themed I have chosen as my charities this year, Dunstable and Markets every second Saturday of the month and our Creative District Scout Council, Hospice at Home Volunteers and Craft Market every third Saturday of the month. South Bedfordshire Dial a Ride, all organisations that I have been personally involved with. I have a programme of charity I hope you enjoy the special commemorative pull-out of the events arranged to support these worthwhile causes during Royal Visit that took place in April this year. This feature was produced in collaboration with Central Bedfordshire Council my Mayoral year. These and many more worthwhile charities who did a fantastic job in organising the visit. in Dunstable rely on the goodwill of volunteers, unsung heroes, who give their time for the good of others. I really believe the new A5-M1 Link Road and Woodside Connection are already starting to have a positive impact on the I have taught and provided First Aid support at many events town and with the other regeneration work the Council is working during my life, and I wish to promote the idea during my on with Central Bedfordshire Council the future is looking bright Mayoral year that a knowledge of first aid is an essential life for the town and the town centre. September should see the skill. To this end I am calling on all youth groups in Dunstable start of implementing the High Street Improvement Scheme to invite me to visit them, when they have young people who with a number of retail units in the town centre benefiting from have achieved this important skill, so that I can personally investments made by Central Bedfordshire Council and retail recognise their success. partners to improve the look of the High Street. I hope you enjoy this edition of Talk of the Town and please The Town Council is working hard to make Dunstable a better feel free to comment on any of the Council’s services using place to live and work, the A5-M1 and Woodside links are the comment form at the back of this edition or by visiting our now open and we look forward to the de-trunking of the A5 website www.dunstable.gov.uk or following us on Twitter and and all of the opportunities that this will bring. As I write this Facebook article Bennett’s Splash is being built, let us hope for good weather so that we can all enjoy the summer events. Happy reading! TownCouncillor Mayor of Dunstable Gloria Martin TownDavid Clerk and Ashlee Chief Executive HELPING MAKE DUNSTABLE A BETTER PLACE 03 DUNSTABLE TOWN COUNCIL NOTICE BOARD News, Announcements and Items of Interest for Residents of Dunstable New burial and memorial options Sponsor an Ale! now available at Are you a local business or organisation and don’t Dunstable Cemetery have much marketing budget? Then this is for Have you recently been bereaved and are unsure what to do with the cremated remains of your loved one? you… sponsor an ale for Sanctum vaults provide the ideal opportunity to place £60 and get tonnes of your loved one's cremated remains in a small above advertising to over 40,000 ground stone chamber with a personalised plaque and a people. This is a great place for flowers to be laid. opportunity to advertise to your local community, The new memorial kerb plaque garden area at Dunstable definitely not to be Cemetery also provides an opportunity to place a missed. memorial plaque on a polished granite kerb around an attractive feature Contact [email protected] flowerbed. or phone 01582 891406. Big Thanks from Dunstable’s Big Lunch The unpredictable British summer weather did not deter people from enjoying a special day out.