High Legh Community Association THE VILLAGE HALL . WEST LANE . HIGH LEGH . NR KNUTSFORD . CHESHIRE SPRING 2020 Issue 151 CHERRY BLOSSOM IN HIGH LEGH Thank you to Julia for the wonderful picture of the Cherry Trees in your garden. There has been a magnificent display this year HIGH from all the spring bulbs planted around High Legh by volunteers. Thank you to LEGH everyone who contributed to the Village Improvement Exercise – school children and NEWS older volunteers – the results of your efforts have been enjoyed by many people during This Newsletter is our daily ration of exercise. written, published by High Legh community This is an unusual e-version of the High Legh Newsletter volunteers – written and published by High Legh people to celebrate the wide range of interests and skills within our small Download from community and help us celebrate the good things that www.highlegh.org.uk have happened and are happening. Thank you to all contributors. 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Thank you to all the additional contributors to this 756171 or email surprisingly newsy edition. jennifer.pearce@ talktalk.net Thank you to so many High Legh people for all the great work you are doing to keep us safe and look after our NHS. I have been told of High Legh people feeding cake and other comforts to friends and relatives working in Deadline for the hospitals including Rochdale, Liverpool and Manchester plus more local hospitals. It is acts of kindness that will Summer Newsletter is help us all cope with the impact of this terrifying virus. Sunday 28th June Jenny Pearce Editor Tel: 01925 756171 or Produced by Mustang Marketing 01925 754766 Email: [email protected] www.mustangmarketing.co.uk The opinions expressed are those of contributors, and not necessarily those of HLCA. Page 2 ©High Legh Community Association 2020 | Registered Charity No 511391 • KITCHENS • BATHROOMS • BEDROOMS • HOME STUDIES Over the past 35 years Merilyn has been harnessing her skills and resources to bring innovative and inspirational designs to her clients. Her experience and that of her design team ranges from one-off pieces to whole house projects. Merilyn’s unrivalled passion and ability to understand her clients’ needs and aspirations is a breath of fresh air. BESPOKE | LIFESTYLE | INNOVATIVE | INTERIORS 64 Telegraph Road, Heswall, Wirral CH60 0AG T: 0151 342 2144/7 M: 07773 540888 E: [email protected] HIGH LEGH SCHOOL PTA Back in February, before the virus came, the PTA were planning a ‘Tea, Cake and Company’ event in the school hall for school children to serve afternoon tea to local residents. A sponsored Colour Run was also planned to raise money for a new sports multi-use-games-area. So many events have been put on hold as High Legh residents hunker down in their homes, but it’s amazing to see High Legh community spirit still shining through. Since the school gates closed on 20th March, a group of parents have set up an NHS Support Group to send home-baking, toiletries and uniform wash bags to local hospitals including the MRI and Wythenshawe. We’d like to continue donating over the next few weeks and months. If you enjoy baking or sewing and have some time to help, please get in touch with Emma Greenwood ([email protected]). Emma can give you more details of how to get involved. Donations can be delivered to certain drop-off points in High Legh, and local doctors/ nurses will take donations into work. Already the donations have brought smiles to the faces of many NHS staff who are working so hard and selflessly. Page 4 ©High Legh Community Association 2020 | Registered Charity No 511391 We’d also like to thank all the parents and children who helped serve refreshments at the High Legh 10K Race at the beginning of March. There were many visitors to the school that day who said how much they appreciated the warm welcome they received. Here are some photos of the day - they capture the High Legh community spirit which, despite current social distancing, is just as strong. Best wishes for 2020, Rebecca Booth and Emma Openshaw (Co-chairs of High Legh PTA) To keep in touch or contact the PTA: https://www.facebook.com/HighLeghPrimarySchoolPTA or email [email protected] ©High Legh Community Association 2020 | Registered Charity No 511391 Page 5 Page 6 ©High Legh Community Association 2020 | Registered Charity No 511391 ©High Legh Community Association 2020 | Registered Charity No 511391 Page 7 HIGH LEGH SUNDAY TEAS Easter Sunday would normally see the start of the High Legh Sunday Teas season and we would be looking forward to sandwiches, homemade cakes & puddings, scones, pavlovas and many more tempting delights. Teas are an opportunity for the various groups and charities from High Legh and the local area to display their baking skills and earn funds for their organisation. Sadly, like all events and gatherings, Sunday Teas have been postponed, and will not start again until the government restrictions are lifted and life gets back to normal. Afternoon tea was introduced into England by Anna, the seventhSTAY SAFE! Duchess of Bedford, in the year 1840. The Duchess would become hungry around four o’clock in the afternoon and started to take a pot of tea and light snack privately in her rooms and then she started to ask friends to join her. It proved so popular that the Duchess continued this when she returned to London where it was soon enjoyed by all fashionable society. Afternoon Tea is still a very popular activity which can be served simply at cafes and Village Halls or extravagantly at the Ritz and Claridges. I hope that in the forthcoming months you can all enjoy afternoon tea privately in your own rooms as originally taken by the Duchess of Bedford. 200 Club THEWINNERS 1 £75 125 J.Young 2 £50 15 M. Henderson in 3rd draw on 3 £25 199 R. Jesudason 4 £25 175 Ann Woolf 5th March are 5 £25 66 R. Lancaster If you are interested in joining then please contact me, Trish Adams [email protected] 01925 755983 ©High Legh Community Association 2020 | Registered Charity No 511391 Page 7 COFFEE & FRIENDSHIP To all supporters of the Coffee and Friendship mornings we would like to say how sorry we are that due to current government directives we are not able to host the very popular coffee mornings. We hope you are all well and not finding the stay at home rules too restrictive. Is this the time to take the opportunity to do some overdue household jobs? For those who need help at this difficult time, the High Legh Street Champions Scheme is in place – see details in this Newsletter. We look forward to seeing you later in the year. Best Wishes Doreen & Trish Mike Walker It is with deep sadness that we report that Mike Walker passed away on 20th March. Over a period of four years Mike was Chair of the Village Hall Management Committee and then joint Chair of the High Legh Community Association Committee (CAC) before resigning in September 2019 for health reasons. We have Mike to thank for a lot of the improvements and innovations at the Village Hall and our lovely kitchen is just one example. Mike had a vision for the hall that would make it an attractive and valuable amenity for the Village and supported by a dedicated team he brought these ideas to fruition. Mike was proud of what he had achieved and has left a lasting legacy for the people of High Legh to enjoy. Mike was a valued friend and inspirational colleague of all of us on the CAC and he will be greatly missed. From Trish Adams on behalf of High Legh Community Association Doreen, Caroline and Lindsey would like to thank all our friends for the cards, flowers, plants, letters of sympathy, food and bottles of wine we have received at this difficult time. Mike was a wonderful and supportive husband and a very proud father. As we were only allowed a very small funeral, once the Village Hall is opened again we will have a celebration of Mike’s life. Page 8 ©High Legh Community Association 2020 | Registered Charity No 511391 ©High Legh Community Association 2020 | Registered Charity No 511391 Page 9 OUR VILLAGE HALL IS NOW CLOSED UNTIL GOVERNMENT ADVISE US IT IS SAFE TO REOPEN TO RESUME ALL OUR MANY ACTIVITIES Here are some messages of support from regular users of High Legh Village Hall PILATES Wishing all my clients wellness and to take care of themselves and each other. Penny Mind The Step are an Appalachian Dance team that practise on Sunday MIND THE STEP evenings at the Village Hall from 7.30pm.