Pinxton Parish Council - Bolsover District Council
Transcription
Pinxton Parish Council - Bolsover District Council
Pinxton Parish Council NEWSLETTER Issue 14 Pinxton Village Hall for Hire! WHAT’S ON AT THE VILLAGE HALL MAIN HALL Mondays Chair Based Exercise Class 10.30am to 12.30pm St John’s Ambulance 6.15pm to 7.45pm Tuesdays The main hall is available to let on Tuesday evenings. Why not choose Pinxton Village Hall as the venue for your next special event? The hall offers great facilities including a large main room which can seat up to 200 people; a smaller room that would suit up to 30 people; a spacious bar area; full catering kitchen; full wheelchair access and disabled toilets. The hall is also fully licensed for liquor, theatre and entertainments making it a fantastic choice of venue for wedding receptions or birthday parties – all day hire costs only £105! Pinxton Village Hall also makes an ideal venue to hold a dance or fitness class or a business meeting, aswell as being a great place to meet up with friends. With £15,000 worth of improvements since 2011, the Hall is maintained to the highest standards and is the centre of village life, ready and able to be used for all the community’s needs. For further information please telephone 01773 580046 or email: [email protected] Wednesdays and Fridays Toddlers 9.00am to 11.30am The main hall is available to let on Wednesday evenings. Thursdays SNaP Club 5.00 pm to 9.00 pm 1st & 3rd Thursday’s Fridays Bingo from 7.00pm to 9.00pm SMALL HALL Mondays Yoga 6.30pm to 8.00pm Tuesdays Benefits & Tax Credit Advice 1.00pm to 3.30pm Just Good Friends 6.45pm to 9.00pm Wednesdays Ladies Section 1.30pm to 4.00pm 3rd Wednesday in the month Craft Club 7.00pm to 9.30pm 4th Wednesday in the month Fridays Mind 9.30am to 2.30pm Saturdays Tai Chi 10.00am to 11.30pm Parish Council meetings are held in the Village Hall at 7.00pm on the second Wednesday of every Month. The Parish Council Office is open to deal with Parishioner matters Monday to Friday 9.00am to 11.00am. A 24 hour answerphone service is available on 01773-580046 E-mail address: [email protected] Website: www.pinxton-pc.bolsover.gov.uk 1 PINXTON PARISH COUNCIL INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 1st APRIL 2012 TO 31st MARCH 2013 Year ended Budget Actual to 31st 31st March 12 2012/13 March 2013 £ £ 158,200 158200.00 0 353.70 £ 144202.00 375.72 INCOME Precept Interest on Investments 15476.86 Village Hall 18000 12638.84 6191.82 Rents 4030 3697.93 7945.00 Cemetery 5000 9083.00 10480.65 Recreation Ground Lettings 8600 8598.84 0 41.53 354.65 Miscellaneous 800.00 Donations re Fireworks 72429.00 385.00 258640.70 600.00 Grants 0 11981.00 DCC Maintenance 0 385.00 Insurance Claim 0 879.00 TOTAL INCOME 193,830 206458.84 EXPENDITURE 14566.70 General Administration 17750 14934.26 91242.62 Salaries and Wages 94200 91387.27 Section 137 Payments 1000 836.00 23775.48 Loan Interest and Principle 23780 23775.48 16742.28 Village Hall Running Costs 18000 13346.25 21019.53 Recreation 20400 21156.16 4628.24 Cemetery 1000 3945.20 Closed Churchyard 1000 Properties Repairs/Renewals 3000 1384.01 Village Hall Events 2500 1312.53 Dennis Mower & Strimmer 5600 4956.13 300.00 0.00 5608.96 0.00 62000.00 Hilltop Recreation Area 1119.33 Tractor 2011/12 18682.16 Village Hall Improvements 8355.40 Elections 5241.37 Community Projects, Fireworks, etc 273282.07 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 0 5600 5350.00 193830 182383.29 91872 77231.54 GENERAL FUND 2 91872.91 Balance brought forward 258640.70 Income 193,830 206458.84 273282.07 Expenditure 193830 182383.29 -14641.37 Surplus or Deficit[-] in year 0 24075.55 77231.54 BALANCE 91872 101307.09 BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH 2013 Year ended Budget Actual to 31st 31st March 12 2012/13 March 2013 Year ended Actual to 31st March 12 31st March 2013 £ 60385.00 0.00 CURRENT ASSETS £ Debtors Payments in Advance 2848.97 V.A.T. recoverable 1212.63 35983.56 Investments 38497.87 40014.01 Cash at Bank 61596.59 139231.54 TOTAL ASSETS 101307.09 CURRENT LIABILITIES 62000.00 Creditors Receipts in Advance 62000.00 TOTAL LIABILITIES 77231.54 NET ASSETS 0.00 101307.09 Represented by:77231.54 General Fund Reserve for play equipment 77231.54 91307.09 10000.00 101307.09 New Chairman at the Parish Council At the last Annual Parish Council meeting Mr Norman Taylor was unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Council. Mark Hinman was elected Vice Chair. Parish Councillors are volunteers who work together to serve the community. The Parish Council is responsible for: The Cemetery; the welfare sports facilities (football pitches, including ‘the tops’ bowling green, multi play area allotment gardens and car park; Wharf Road Recreation Ground; the play area (Hilltop); former reservoir site; War Memorial and memorial garden (Greyhound Corner) and the Village Hall. One of the Council’s main responsibilities is to represent parishioners relating to services provided by Bolsover District Council and Derbyshire County Council. The first item at all Parish Council meetings is to receive parishioner representations. Any parishioner who has a query or problem with local government services in general can get advice from the Clerk of the Council (telephone 01773 580046) Monday to Friday 9 – 11 a.m. THE COUNCIL IS CURRENTLY BUILDING A NUMBER OF LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF EVENTS IN THE PARISH. LOOK OUT FOR NEW EVENTS COMING SOON! PSCO to update Twitter followers Residents in South Normanton and Pinxton can keep up-to-date with the work of their local police after a new PSCO has taken over the account. Marion Jeffrey, who joined the South Normanton and Pinxton Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team in October last year, has volunteered to keep in touch with the @ SNormPinxtonSNT followers. PCSO Jeffrey will be sending out short messages whilst out on patrol, with information about where she is, local policing issues and offering crime prevention advice. Marion takes over the account, which Pictured: Marion (Maz) Jeffrey. has more than 120 followers, from PSCO Vicky Hill, who has moved on to cover the Heanor, Shipley and Smalley area. She will also be able to interact with followers and upload photos from any events she attends or from her patrols. PCSO Jeffrey said: “It is such a great way to keep in touch with the local community. I’ll be able to update followers with information about my patrols and any issues that are affecting the area. “People will be able to send me messages which I’ll be able to reply to, which makes the account an additional tool for me to be able to communicate with local residents.” Derbyshire Constabulary launched its own twitter profile in 2009, using it to share information, news and appeals with the public, and is followed by more than 19,100 people. In total there are 30 Safer Neighbourhood policing teams who have taken to Twitter to update residents about their activities, and three are in the Amber Valley Area. Remembrance Sunday Anyone, or any Group wishing to order a poppy wreath for Remembrance Sunday please contact: Brenda Kelly 01773 812533 Closing date for orders is Friday, the 27th September, 2013. All wreaths to be delivered or collected by the end of October. 3 St Helen’s Church.... What’s On! Older People’s Forum – Bolsover and District If you are 50 or over, you are like us. We are interested in what is happening in this fast changing world and things that will have an effect on us as we grow older, such as: how to remain in our homes; who to contact should we need help or support; what services are available to us either in an emergency or on a more routine basis; how to keep well and warm, something we all need help with in these days of spiralling fuel bills! These are only a small example of the topics we explore and learn about at our open forum meetings which are friendly and informal with a warm welcome to all our members old and new. This is how a forum gets off the blocks, there is a small committee who are volunteers that meet once a month and are elected by you, the members. The committee organise the topics and speakers for the open meetings, the also seek funding and manage other organisational matters. As we are Bolsover and district we cover the area of the district council, so that means South Normanton and Pinxton, Creswell and Whitwell, Bolsover and all places inbetween – which means we try to have meetings around the district in places such as Shirebrook, Creswell, Doe Lea and South Normanton, in fact any place where we can hire a big enough room to accommodate our numbers (often in excess of one hundred people). Community Transport buses and taxis can be pre-booked, and on arrival there is registration and a welcome cuppa’! Our speakers are often experts in their fields, and exhibitors sometimes give away free samples or small gifts. If it is a full day meeting we give a free lunch, we also have full wheel chair access if required and carers are welcome too. Look for our posters advertising our next event and you will be well on your way to having an informative, lively and sociable time. For more information contact Jo Marples 01629 532466 or June Grifiths 01246 825049. 4 HS2 to skim past the region Super fast trains could be skirting just east of Pinxton and Selston by 2032 according to maps released of phase two of the controversial HS2 high speed rail line. The proposed route goes north from Birmingham along two branches, with new stations at Toton near Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester. If the preferred £32 billion project is approved it will run alongside the M1 as it passes the two villages. Leader of Derbyshire County Council Councillor Andrew Lewer has initially welcomed the plans, “We welcome the idea that the East Midlands station will be Toton. It will impact on Derbyshire in a number of ways, though, and we recognise some residents will have concerns. PINXTON’S FORGOTTEN GEM – PINXTON OR WYNN’S CASTLE There are not many villages that can boast they have a castle. Pinxton can but its importance has been long forgotten. This is probably because it is not the traditional perceived castle of the middle ages. Pinxton (or Wynn’s Castle) was one of about 400 ‘motte-and-bailey’ castles that were built in strategic places throughout the country shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066. Motte-and-Bailey castles were popular because they could be quickly and easily constructed with local labour in a matter of months. Earth extracted for the water defences was used to construct the higher bailey and the even higher motte on the top of which the keep would be constructed. A typical motte-and-bailey It is surprising how castle similar to Pinxton Castle effective they were. Pinxton Castle is a registered National Monument. Some excavation work was carried out on the site in the early 1950’s when a number of medieval artifacts were found. A green glazed pan tile can be seen in the Museum on Victoria Road (Sundays 2 – 4.30 pm). is probably the reason why it has come down through ages and is still known as a castle. There may well be a connection between this site and the fondly remembered ‘Barney Castle’ at the Toll Bar. People today remember Barney Castle as the old Toll Bar cottage which before it was demolished was converted into a shop. The original Barney Castle actually stood on the opposite (Pinxton) side of the Toll Bar. It was kept by a man called Barney (probably a nick-name) but why castle? The building itself probably went back to the sixteen hundreds and may well have been built with the stone that once defended the proper castle. The site of Pinxton Castle as it looked in the 1980’s According to a report by English Heritage in 1993 the site is extremely well preserved with original foundations still intact below the service. It is also rare because it had a double moat system of water defence. This was provided by a spring which rises on adjacent land and which provides the source for the Maghole Brook. In the Middle Ages the fortification was provided with a (probably crenellated) defensive wall. This The former toll cottage – the last known building to be known locally as ‘Barney Castle’. The above information has been provided by Norman Taylor on behalf of the Pinxton and South Normanton Local History Society. The Society meets on the fourth Monday in the month (7.15 pm) at the Post Mill, South Normanton. One of the main objectives of the Society is to preserve the heritage of Pinxton. If you have any old family photographs you would like to have preserved for future generations please contact Norman Taylor (01773 863743) these can be scanned in a few seconds without leaving your sight. If you prefer you can maintain copyright. 5 Donations this autumn! As the sun sets on the summer season and we begin to think of battening down the hatches for the approach of winter, maybe now is the right time to inject a bit of springtime into the house! Pinxton residents embarking on a bit of an autumn clearout will find the volunteers at SNaP Development Project’s Chari-tea Shop on Wharf Road more than happy to welcome unwanted clothes, toys and bric-a-brac with open arms. Sales of these items, along with books and DVDs, go towards raising funds for the Project’s Youth Team to set up and run activities for young people in the village. Over this summer’s school holidays, members of the Team engaged with a number of local young people on Wharf Road recreation ground every week to play games and other sport activities as well as to talk through and tackle any issues the young people were facing. More activity is planned! People calling into the Shop with donations, or to have a bit of a browse, can also fight any chill in the air by supping on a warm cup of tea or coffee and having a bit of a natter. Maybe about the weather! Dementia Day Services Our day care centres are popular as they allow carers to have regular breaks knowing that their relative is in safe hands. It also gives an opportunity for those attending the centre to socialise with others, and take part in a planned programme of activities carried out by friendly and experienced staff. Activities include sing-a-long/ exercises, group games, dominoes/ cards, nail sessions, bingo, quizzes, cake decorating, memory prompting activities and many more. Transport is provided between accommodation and the centres. During the day a two course meal is provided and support given to those who need assistance to eat. Hot and cold drinks are also provided and personal care is given to those who need it. Referral to the scheme is usually via a professional working in Health or Social services, but a private referral can also be made. There is a daily charge of £10, although in some cases additional charges may apply. On receipt of a referral the organiser will make a home visit to discuss individuals needs and make an assessment. You can get further information from the Mind office in Mansfield, on 01623 658044, ore visit their website www.centralnottsmind.org The Day Care Centre for Pinxton is held at the Village Hall on Fridays between 9.30am and 2.30pm. 6 Want to get more involved? SNaP Development Project always needs more help!! – more volunteers, more donations, more ideas on where the funds raised should be spent, more info for the community notice board. If you want to know more or help out, please contact our office on 01773 510882 or email [email protected] Alternatively, call into the shop to speak to one of the volunteers and have a look at what’s in store! In Brief... We are pleased to say that Pinxton Allotments have undergone a facelift. Mr B Simmons (pictured) is one of the allotment holders. He has spent a long time refurbishing and improving his plots and is now harvesting the rewards. All Our Yesterdays! Pinxton Events Team are holding an event on SATURDAY 26th October 2013 Village Hall 11am – 4pm Live Music, Afternoon Teas, Vintage Cars, Pinxton History Display, Craft Stalls – a really wonderful and exciting day out!! We are aiming to bring together our community, and celebrate the rich and varied history of Pinxton Village – come along and pay a visit – we think you will be pleasantly surprised! Introducing the “New Pinxton Events Team” We are a newly formed group in the village called “Pinxton Events” and have been challenged with the task of bringing some fun & pride back into Pinxton. Our first event is a Heritage day call “All our Yesterdays…” being held on Saturday 26th October 2013 at the village hall. Doors open at 11am with an official opening at 12noon, running throughout the afternoon. There will be live music from the very popular entertainer Johnny Victory; Traditional afternoon tea will be available from 11.30am till 3pm, Craft Stalls, Classic cars and “A Trip Down Memory Lane” with pictures & memorabilia, Pinxton Pottery and much more. There will be entertainment for the children and we would love for the children to come in fancy dress as it is so close to Halloween. There is a face painter and circus act coming too. Entrance is free on the day & any monies raised will be put back into organising other village events. We already have plans for 2014 bubbling away but we need the support and backing of the people of Pinxton. We would also love to hear from you if you have any ideas you want to put forward to us drop us an email at [email protected] or find us on Facebook at Pinxton Events. We have had some great support already from businesses within the village and the surrounding area. So please do come along and have a great afternoon with us we look forward to seeing you. 7 LANTERN PARADE ON TUESDAY, 10th DECEMBER 2013 Come along and join us for a Lantern Lit procession through our Village. The lighting of the lanterns will commence at 6.00pm and the Parade will leave from the Village Hall, Kirkstead Road, Pinxton at approximately 6.15pm LANTERNS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED (CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT) Looking for a new home? Bolsover District Council has information about properties to let in Pinxton and elsewhere in the District of Derbyshire and details can be seen at the Village Hall, Pinxton. Dog Poo Bags – free of charge from the village hall. Help us to keep Pinxton tidy. WE NEED YOU!! We are looking for stories of Old Pinxton for a planned Heritage Event. Do you have any great memories you would like to share? Are you the lady who was a maid at Brookhill Hall? Do you have any old local information ie. posters, advertisements, photos etc? Can you remember Pinxton during the War? We are after interesting memories – any year any event. email us at [email protected] or contact Brenda Kelly 01773 812533 www.pinxtonevents.blogspot.com 8 Community Fruit and Veg Scheme Pinxton Community Garden PLEASE NOTE During the Winter months the Fruit and Veg scheme will be based at the Pinxton Youth and Community Centre – opposite Pinxton Nursery. Price List Vegetable Bag £3.20 Fruit Bag £3.20 Salad Bag £3.20 ‘Gold Bag’ £6.00 OAP Bag £5.00 We also sell free range eggs, mushrooms and jacket potatoes. Orders must be placed by 12 noon on Wednesday for collection the following Friday. Money must be paid at the time of ordering. Garry can be contacted on 07913572468 PINXTON PARISH COUNCIL FLOODLIT MULTI-PURPOSE SPORTS PITCH AVAILABLE FOR HIRE CHARGES – ALL GROUPS FOOTBALL £15.50 PER HOUR FLOODLIGHTS £5.50 PER HOUR FOR FURTHER DETAILS CALL PINXTON PARISH COUNCIL ON: 01773 580046 1.30pm – 3.30pm 9 10 Pinxton Couple Celebrate Diamond Wedding Anniversary Pinxton Parish Council would like to share in the good wishes extended by family and friends to Arthur and Maureen Bentley, who have just celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary. The couple met at St Michael’s Church Hall dance in South Normanton when they were both teenagers. Arthur said: “There were boys on one side and girls the other, and lots of pointing. I didn’t know whether to ask her to dance or not. But I did and I remember us dancing to Jimmy Young’s song Teenagers in Love and here we were.” Maureen was only 16 but two years later the couple were married on 5th September 1953 at St Michael’s Church. “It was a memorable year not just because we got married but also because it was the Queen’s Coronation, the year Edmund Hillary climbed Everest and when Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, died,” remembers Arthur who sang in the church choir where Maureen served as a Sunday school teacher. Their wedding reception was held at Hillcote Church Hall. The couple lived in Westhouses before buying their first home in South Normanton a year later. They lived there until 1970 when they moved to Pinxton. Arthur began his working life as a mining engineer at Blackwell Colliery and spent 10 years at the pit until he switched careers and retrained as a teacher. “I preferred people to machines,” added Arthur. He Free legal advice for residents in Derbyshire. Derbyshire residents will now be able to get free legal advice from one of the nine offices throughout the county – Alfreton, Bolsover, Buxton, Chesterfield, Clay Cross, Ilkeston, Matlock, Ripley and Staveley. Thanks to funding from Derbyshire County Council, Legal Aid Agency and the Big Lottery Fund (Advices Services Transition Fund), the Law Centre is able to provide free legal services across Derbyshire. Chesterfield Law Centre, a registered charity, has a team of solicitors and advisers who provide free legal advice on a range of housing and employment issues to tenants and employees such as prevention of homelessness and evictions from rented and mortgaged properties, redundancies and dismissals. worked briefly in Mansfield before becoming head of science at Selston’s Matthew Holland School. Meanwhile Maureen was busy raising their two sons, Stephen and Peter. When they grew up she returned to study for a degree in education going on to become a primary school teacher at Bagthorpe. Maureen added: “I even did a spell as a supply teacher at Matthew Holland with Arthur.” They put their successful partnership down to maintaining a sense of humour over their six decades and having a strong foundation filled with caring family and friends. St Michael’s Church has remained at their heart ever since, with time spent as wardens, choir members and also youth club workers. “At one of our celebration parties some of our old youth club members came along and it was wonderful to see them again,” explained the couple whose house is filled with cards and flowers from family and friends as well as a momento from the Queen. In their retirement and after Maureen had a serious operation, it caused the pair to re-evaluate and pushed them to travel more. “We have now been all over the world from Canada to New Zealand and Australia,” remembers Arthur. “And we will be revisiting Venice and the Adriatic soon for a cruise to celebrate our diamond year.” THE ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE at ST HELEN’S CHURCH, PINXTON The Service will start at 10.45 am on Sunday 10th November 2013 and will be followed by the laying of wreaths at the cenotaph. Everyone welcome to attend. For free advice on employment, housing and homelessness matters, contact freephone 0800 707 6990. 11 Pinxton Parish Councillors Councillors Councillor Mrs B. Kelly, 2 Ash Close, Pinxton, Derbyshire. NG16 6LU 01773 812533 Councillor D. Kelly, 2 Ash Close, Pinxton, Derbyshire. NG16 6LU 01773 812533 Councillor T. Alexander, 30 Platt Street, Pinxton, Derbyshire. NG16 6NX 01773 775406 Councillor Mrs M. J. Dooley, 94 Church Street West, Pinxton, Derbyshire. NG16 6PU 01773 860937 Councillor P. Handley, E-Mail: [email protected] Councillor M. Hinman (Vice Chair), 120 Station road, Selston, Nottingham. NG16 6FH 07989747581 Councillor Mrs. V. Meredith 63 Alfreton Road, Pinxton, Derbyshire. NG16 6JZ 01773 409017 Councillor Mrs. C Potter, 47 Storth Lane, Broadmeadows, South Normanton, Derbyshire. DE55 3AA 01773-580723 Councillor I. Smith 25 Woodfield Road, Pinxton, Derbyshire. NG16 6JQ 07525 091400 Councillor R. A. Street, 91 Wharf Road, Pinxton, Derbyshire. NG16 6LH 01773 810712 Councillor N. Taylor (Chair), 2 Hilltop Road, Pinxton, Derbyshire. NG16 6QJ 01773 863743 Councillor P. Wilson, 9 Park Close, Pinxton, Derbyshire. NG16 6QQ Bolsover District Council Representatives Councillor Mrs. M. J. Dooley, 94 Church Street West, Pinxton, Derbyshire. NG16 6PU 01773 860937 Councillor D. Kelly, 2 Ash Close, Pinxton, Derbyshire. NG16 6LU 01773 812533 Derbyshire County Council Representative Councillor J. Coyle, 24 Turnley Road, South Normanton, Derbyshire. DE55 2FB 01773 782654 Parish Clerk Marion Knight Pinxton Village Hall, 3 Kirkstead Road, Pinxton, NG16 6NA 01773 580046 E-mail: [email protected] Parish Council Office – Open Mon to Fri 9.00am – 11.00am 3 Kirkstead Road, Pinxton, Derbyshire, NG16 6NA www.pinxton-pc.bolsover.gov.uk 12 Hearts of Gold Pinxton Village Hall Thursday 12th December, 2013 at 7.30pm There will be a carol service with Shirebrook Miners Welfare “B” Band, everybody is welcome and light refreshments will be served. The Hearts of Gold event last year was a wonderful evening with a total of 105 gold hearts being purchased and hung on the tree. Readings from loved ones were read out and Christmas Carols were sung. This year the Events Committee is to purchase 200 tea lights which will be lit on the evening in memory of loved ones. Anyone who has lost a loved one in the last year and wishes to have a tea light lit and the name read out from the Book of Remembrance on the evening, or anyone who purchased a heart last year and would like it hung on the tree this year, are very welcome to do so at no cost. For further information please contact Mrs Brenda Kelly 01773 812533 before Thurs 14th November. INFORMATION & HELP For POLICE dial 101 in an EMERGENCY dial 999 For information and help on the following services call the appropriate authority: Benefits, Council Tax, Car Parking, Bus passes etc Bus Shelters Dog Wardens Education Environmental Health Footpaths Highways Planning Permission Refuse Collection Street Lighting BDC BDC BDC DCC BDC DCC DCC BDC BDC DCC BDC – Bolsover District Council The Arc, High Street, Clowne, Derbyshire, S43 4JY 01246 242424 www.bolsover.gov.uk DCC – Derbyshire County Council Derbyshire County Hall, Matlock DE4 3AG 08456 058058 www.derbyshire.gov.uk This Newsletter has been funded by Bolsover Local Strategic Partnership If you would like to submit an article or place an advert in the Newsletter, please telephone the Parish Council Office on 01773 580046