times Biddulph THE FREE LOCAL JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018 No. 68 Biddulph Moor Bonfire & Funds needed to ease Fireworks Spectacular school run traffic chaos The Biddulph Moor Bonfire & Fireworks Committee with repre- A church next to Knypersley First School have agreed to their sentatives from the community including Biddulph Moor Village car park being used to help ease school run traffic chaos but need Hall, the Parents Association of Moor First School, Oasis Church £10,000 in order to do so. and Biddulph Moor Scout group, are once again, holding their Every morning and afternoon Bonfire & Fireworks Spectacular. Newpool Road, Tunstall Road and Meadowside get dangerously con- The event will take place on Saturday 3rd No- gested and chaotic while parents vember at Biddulph Moor Village Hall on Hot drop off or collect children as the Lane, Biddulph Moor and gates will open at school has no parking for parents. 6:00pm. The Life Stream Church in New- The highlight of the evening will be a fireworks pool Road adjacent to the school There’s traffic chaos during the display by a professional team who have pro- has a large car park and have agreed school run in Newpool Road vided displays for the Runcorn Bridge Anniver- to let the school have a key to open it to be used by parents during the busy sary and other high profile events including those at Cholmondley Castle school runs but the church have been informed by their insurers that they and Tatton Park. The display will include a range of spectacular professional need to improve the standard of the car park surface before allowing this to fireworks that are not available to the general public. happen. This year there will be a new attraction featuring an exciting performance The church have been doing some ground works but need another £10,000 of stilt walking and fire eating, produced by Stage Invaders, to entertain the to finish. They had hoped to be able to complete the work before the start of crowd prior to the display. term but due to circumstances were unable to do so. Pastor Mark Holdcroft In addition there will be a children’s disco and fairground rides that will ap- said, “We hoped to resurface it by this September with more crushed stone. How- peal to young children. As usual a wide selection of delicious hot food and a ever, problems with one of our buildings and our minibus has meant we are not licensed bar will be provided. yet in a position to do so. We still intend to complete the plan, we need to do so for our own use as a church anyway. Once it is completed we intend to allow the Tickets can be purchased in advance with a discount on all tickets purchased school to use it for pick up and drop off.” on or prior to Thursday 1st November. Tickets will also be available on the gate. 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Biddulph in Bloom has continued to maintain all of the Biddulph Doctors and Biddulph Valley Surgery flower displays to the best of our ability given the trying We also add regular updates to our Facebook page: ‘Biddulph Town Council’ or Twitter ‘BiddulphTC’. Please note that both practices will be holding designated weather situation. flu clinics throughout September, October and November, Happy Birthday Fresh Food Friday! Neighbourhood Plan It has needed every ounce of our energy and time in our efforts to present the town to its best. I as Chairman wish to thank all the voluntary groups, vol- 2018 including some Saturday mornings. Please contact It is now 12 months since we started The Neighbourhood Plan Working Group has identi- unteers and the people who support us for their continued support and hard the surgery to make an appointment. Fresh Food Friday on the steps of fied that the emerging Local Plan has not included work. We shall know the results of the competition on the 20th September the Town Hall every Friday. The some of the areas that we love as being ‘Local Green Don’t delay-book today. and we will report in the next Biddulph Times on the position. aim was to provide opportunities to Spaces’. This gives them added protection if we can Members of our Patient Participation Group have buy products that are not available demonstrate: kindly volunteered to help the practice elsewhere on the High Street, such STOP PRESS STOP PRESS STOP PRESS a) They are close to the community they serve; The emerging Local in assisting and directing patients whilst as fish and fresh fruit and vegeta- b) They are special to the community, e.g. they are Plan has not included Gold for Biddulph they are queuing for these clinics. Staff bles, and to encourage people to re- some of the areas from both surgeries would like to thank recreational areas or have historic significance; and that we love discover the High Street. Please continue to shop Biddulph in Bloom were awarded Gold in the members of the PPG for their help c) They are local in character and not a massive tract of land. locally and support the town centre. The Heart of England in Bloom and were with this matter – much appreciated. The Artisan Market is a great opportunity to start If you want to protect an area that is close to you, please email or call the the large town category overall winners! your Christmas shopping! The next dates are: 5 Town Council and we will work to include this in the Neighbourhood Plan. Mr and Mrs Simon Hall were Awarded the Horticultural October, 2 November and 7 December. If you haven’t been able to attend a ‘Town Tour’ yet, the next dates are: Biddulph Calendar 2019 Excellence Award for the Heart of England. Biddulph Wednesday 3 October- 1.30pm Dementia Cinema have been asked to represent the area in The National in Bloom for 2019. The Biddulph Calendar Tuesday 9 October- 4pm Thank you and congratulations to all the volunteers who worked so hard, Hilda 2019 will available from The next cinema session for people who experience dementia and their car- Saturday 20 October- 10am ers will be on Tuesday 2 October at 10am. We will be watching ‘The Sound the Town Hall and locations The aim of these sessions is to look at the High Street and what features of Music’ with a suitable interval for tea and cake. The lighting is appropriate WW1 Commemorations throughout Biddulph dur- and there is comfortable seating. Please call us if you would like to attend we would want to protect and how we want the space to work better in the and to discuss your requirements. future. A Working Group has coordinated Bid- ing October. Useful Information dulph’s commemorations of 100 years The calendar would be a great gift Christmas since the end of the First World War. Here are the telephone numbers of the other Councils in the area: for family and friends with photo- The Christmas Lights Switch-On in the Town Centre will be on Saturday They have put together a programme of events graphs of Biddulph’s beautiful scen- Staffordshire Moorlands District (Council Tax, bins, Environmental Health) 24 November. The Biddulph Moor community will celebrate the following taking place which lists the activities over the ery. 0345 605 3010 week, on Saturday 1 December. In the town centre, there will be a lantern coming weeks. parade, entertainment, fairground rides, stalls and the ‘man in red’ will be Staffordshire County Council (Highways, Social Services, Libraries) 0300 Be fast though as last year’s calen- Please see leaflet for full details. joining the Mayor to turn the lights on at 6pm. Add these dates to the diary! 111 8000 dar sold out quickly! 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