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USEFUL NUMBERS CHURCH

!"#$%#&$'()*+$(,$-*+(./$0#1/.23,$$Tel: 01782 397073$ Audrey Stringer 01889505638 or Sue Stubbs 01889505203 PARISH COUNCIL Meeting on the 4

th Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm

Parish Clerk is Mrs. Helen Howie. Contact number is

01782 398458 or email [email protected]

HILDERSTONE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE

President Mrs Pat Saul 01785 812580

Meeting 2nd

Tuesday 7 30 pm in Village Hall

HILDERSTONE VILLAGE HALL

Bookings: 07810332559

Debbie Brition

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

Ash Connor area Neighbourhood Watch Stone 01785 234129

Sue Stubbs Hilderstone co-ordinator 01889 505203

DOCTOR Cumberland House, High St. Stone 01785 813538

Mansion House Surgery, Abbey St. Stone ST15 8YE 01785 815555

STAFFORD HOSPITAL

Casualty 01785 257731

POLICE

Urgent/Emergency 999

Non-Emergency number 03001234455

Stafford County council 01785 854485 8am-6am

Clarence Road (road repair and lighting) 03001118000

Street scene (fly tipping rubbish) 01785 619401

Stafford Borough Council 01785 619000

Staffordshire Crimestoppers 0800 555 111

Staffs. County Councillor: Ian Parry Telephone: 01785 276015 Email: [email protected] Staffordshire county council

Stafford Borough Councillor Cllr Andrew Harp Tel 01889 505400 ALL COPY IN BY THE 8

TH OF THE MONTH PLEASE

Editor Sue Stubbs tel. 01889505203 or

Email:- [email protected]

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In the New Year we have an evening with Gail Morecambe (20th January) daughter of the well - known comedian Eric Morecambe, from the duo Morecambe and Wise. More details later on.in this magazine.!)

Advent 2017We will be holding Advent Quiet Mornings on 5th

December at Christ Church and 19th December at St Nicholas at

10am. All welcome. We will be holding short Taize style services on

the 3 Saturdays of Advent at 5pm in Christ Church on 9th and 23rd

December and at St Nicholas16th December. All welcome.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

3rd December Advent Sunday

12th December Village Christmas Party 7.15 for 7.30 in the Village Hall. .Tickets from Jean Jones 01782 395622 or Hazel Woodward 01889505263

24th December Christmas Eve

25th Christmas Day

1st New years Day

20th January An evening with Gail Morecambe

Last year we were pleased to receive a number of generous donations

to support the production of our Parish Magazine. The Magazine

production year runs from June until July the following year. If you feel

you can donate towards this please contact:-

Phil Davies on 0889 505725 or Sue Stubbs on 01889 505203 and we

can arrange to collect your donation.

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Hilderstone Parish Council Increase in Parish Council Charge A significant increase in the Parish Council charge

is likely in the next two to three years. This is due

to increasing village maintenance costs and also recent County Council cutbacks which have

resulted in the complete withdrawal of County

Highways environmental services to parishes.

Hilderstone Parish Council relies solely on the

Parish Precept for funding. This is the monies

collected from you, the village residents as part of your local council tax payment. The Parish Council

has always operated on a very small budget and

has been very careful about how the precept is spent. In 2017-18 the precept which the Parish

Council received was just £7,807 for the whole

year! Over the past 7 years the average increase

in the precept has been 2.3%. Currently the Parish Council is considering increasing the

precept next year by 10%. This would increase the

charge to an average Band D property by £2.27 per year from £27.20 to £29.92.

Members of the

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The Parish Council feels that village maintenance

is important to residents’ general sense of well-

being and if some of the jobs previously undertaken by the County Council are not carried

out, the village will soon look and feel run-down.

The Parish Council hopes that you will agree that a larger than average percentage increase, but a

relatively small actual increase in your annual

Parish Council charge is worth it in order to

maintain our village and surrounds to a good standard.

The Parish Council end of year accounts and meetings minutes are published on the Hilderstone

Village website. Budget discussions take place

annually at the October and November meetings and are recorded in the minutes. Members of the

public are always welcome at any of the Parish

Council meetings and can comment on any aspect

of its work, budget setting or raise local issues either at the meetings or via the Parish Clerk by

email or in writing.

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Local Development Plan

At the Parish Forum on 28th September 2017

Stafford Borough Council informed parishes that although the current adopted Local Development

Plan is in force until 2031, the Government

requires local authorities to carry out regular

reviews to ensure that future development needs are met. Stafford Borough Council started a review

process in July 2017 and have launched a series

of public consultations. The current public consultations are:

Call for new Sites – the Borough Council is asking land owners and stakeholders to suggest

sites that they consider to have development

potential for new housing, employment and other

uses beyond 2031. The Call for Sites exercise ends on Monday 8th January 2018 at 5.00pm.

Call for Local Green Space Sites – the Borough

Council is also inviting applications for Local Green Space designations beyond 2031. The deadline for

this is also Monday 8th January 2018 at 5.00pm.

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If you are interested in becoming a

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the Parish Forum on 28

The current public

More details and the documents relating to these public consultations can be found on the Stafford

Borough Council website at:

www.staffordbc.gov.uk/forwardplanning

Parish Councillor Vacancies

Two of the Hilderstone Parish Councillors have

indicated that they will stand down from the Parish

Council at the next Parish Elections in May 2019.

They are however willing to stand down before this if any local resident wishes to become a parish

councillor. If you are interested in becoming a

Parish Councillor please contact the Parish Clerk in the first instance for more information. Contact:

Mrs Helen Howie, 01782 398458 or email

[email protected].

Hilderstone Village Information Network (VIN) -

What is it and how does it benefit you ?

The concept is very simple - through a single

interactive portal, it enables groups and villagers

“originators” (being only those within Hilderstone Parish) to notify others about forthcoming events

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or things of community interest. Over 70 individuals or households have so far opted to be

on the system.

The system distributes an e-mail to you, “the

subscriber” giving information on things that are

happening in the Village e.g. a Film Night, a Quiz, a Concert. The system is also used for reminders

that an event is imminent - in other words, the day

before a film you will probably receive a reminder

that it is being shown the following day. Main stakeholders such as the, Village Hall, Parish

Council, Church etc, have their own access to the

network, whilst anybody can have access for a specific notice or event. As well as keeping

Hilderstone residents better informed, it is hoped

that the Village Information System will help to increase resident participation in village events

and build a better community spirit.

It's ability to rapidly reach the community has already been proven. The new publican's decision

to enter into a lease and re-open “The Roebuck”

was significantly influenced by the large number of Villagers who called by when he visited the village,

a

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at short notice, in early August to gauge support. The big turn out of villagers would not have been

possible in the small time window presented to

us without the network.

Joining, (Subscribing) is simple - just send

your email address to :[email protected], ask to be added

to the VIN and that's it. If you decide you no

longer wish to be informed of what is going on you

can always unsubscribe in a similar manner.

Security - the distribution system details are held

in a private database that isn't shared or accessed by anyone else. Only an email address and

associated name are stored by the system. VIN

will not share or pass on your e-mail address to any parties outside the network. For the record,

The Village Information Network is not intended for

personal or commercial gain by individuals, or 3rd

parties, or for political purposes.

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Hilderstone Village Website A reminder that the village website is another

community information resource that all villagers

can use to advertise events and activities. It would also be wonderful if organisers could use the

website to share the success of an event with the

rest of the village with photographs etc.

The village events diary will soon need filling up for

2018! If you are planning on running an event in

the village in the coming year, please remember to get the date and details on the website as soon as

possible to ensure that your event is well attended.

Existing organisers can contact the website administrator directly, new event organisers should

contact the Parish Clerk in the first instance.

Contact: Mrs Helen Howie, 01782 398458 or email

[email protected].

Website address: hilderstonevillage.org.uk

Winter Highways Maintenance

It is n

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If you are planning on running an event in

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Winter gritting routes and general winter safe driving information is available on the County

Council website www.staffordshire.gov.uk

The village salt bins should already have been

replenished, but please note that this salt is for use

on the public highways only. It is not for use on private drives and such usage is classed as theft.

Please remember that members of the public can

help with road maintenance and safety by reporting potholes, broken streetlights, blocked

road gulleys, fallen trees/branches etc to the

Highways Hotline on 0300 111 8020 (local rate) or email [email protected].

Highways problems can also be reported via a free smartphone and tablet app called Mystaffs

and further information on this can be found at:

www.staffordshire.gov.uk/mystaffs-app/mystaffs-

app.aspx.

And finally! The Parish Council would like to

wish all its residents a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Hilderstone Village Christmas Dinner

will be held on:

Tuesday 12th December 2017

In Hilderstone Village Hall at 7.15pm for 7.30pm

A sit down meal with free entertainment.

Tickets £9 per person now available from Hazel

Woodward 01889 505263 and Jean Jones 01782 395622

All welcome.

Please help to support the Hilderstone village community

spirit by joining the dinner party!

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COUNTRYSIDE WATCHER LICHEN IN DECEMBER LANES

As I walk down the lane looking around I remember that not many animals are seen in the lanes in December. They are very hungry and spend their time hunting. Moles have been hard at work. Along one long stretch of verge are some very tall, black molehills. They must have been digging some new tunnels with their large, shovel-like front teeth, throwing the loose soil behind as they went. I expect the Moles fond some tasty Earthworms for their larder. Moles often have stocks of Earthworms. They bite through the Worm’s nerve centre making it impossible for them to move, let alone escape. So they stay there until the Moles are hungry enough to eat them!

At this time of the year many greyish-green Lichens can be seen in the lane. Today, there are more Likens growing in clean air places. They do not like exhaust fumes or factory smoke. Lichens look just like other plants but, they many be growing on trees or walls. They are often flat and brightly coloured. Lichens are in fact two plants mixed together. One is a straightforward green plant, Alga. Alga can make its own energy and keep up the food supply. The other is a Fungus that collects rainwater for the whole plant. The Alga can live alone, but the Fungus would die without it.

Lichens grow on rocks, stones, roofs, soil, bushes and trees where other plants cannot exist. In the lane I see the bright green, leafy, Lichen Evernia. It is on the bare Hawthorn branches in the hedge. On the roots and trunk of an old Oak tree growing out of the hedge bank, I see a very pale green, powdery encrusting Lichen, Scribble Lichen.

When I go down the lane at Christmas time I think of the Holly and Ivy associated with Christmas, though their use goes back much earlier. There are still some Holly berries at the top of the trees, but only few on the hedgerow. There is still an old tradition that when hedges are trimmed each year, the Holly trees are left standing to grow above the hedge. They rise tall and triangular against the winter sky. It is the trees that are still decorated with scarlet berries.

At dusk on New Year’s Eve, I see a Barn Owl in the drumble. They usually roost there. I suspect that it was starting its night-time hunt. I have not heard the Barn Owl’s wonderful, eerie shriek for along time. It comes from the beautiful, white, heart-shaped face, white breasts and golden body, wings and head. I am glad that Barn Owls are still around.

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WINTER ELEGANCE & MUTE SWANS

It is January, Nature’s month of preparation. Looking at the lane, it is wonderful to think that there is so much buried treasure waiting to be revealed. There is so much dormant life under the soil. There are roots and bulbs, and on the tree branches, leaves and blossom. However, the riches of Spring are all stored away for the moment.

So I stand still in the lane and lift my face to be bathed in winter sunshine. I then turn in a complete circle, gazing at the views as I do. All I could see was a delicate tracery of bare, black tree boughs against the winter blue sky. Winter is the time when the form and shape of trees can be clearly seen. Shape at this time is more important than colour. There are many shapes. Tall Poplar branches reach up to the sky. There are spreading Ash and Oak trees. Birch trees droop and the Weeping Willow branches hang down to the ground.

A pair of elegant Mute Swans drop silently down on to the pool behind the trees. Swans are Britain’s largest birds. These Mute Swans look so graceful gliding in the water, though I know they are really bullies where smaller birds are concerned. Finding food can be difficult for Swans in Winter. Often they fly to ponds near farms for a share of the grain thrown to hens.

Mute Swans have a deep orange colour on their bills. When they are swimming their necks are gracefully curved with the bill pointing downwards. Unlike the Bewick and Whooper Swans who swim with erect necks. They have longer tails than other Swans, usually turned upwards. When a Mute Swan is annoyed, it arches its wings over its back. Other Swans do not.

Male Mute Swans are called ‘Cobs’. Females are ‘Pens’. They are similar to each other. In the breeding season, the males defend a large expanse of water, aggressive to all who go near. Their enormous nests, made of large heaps of sticks and plant life, are built on the ground. Mute Swans mostly eat water-plants, including amphibians and small fish. Mute Swans are not completely mute. They make a loud hissing noise if anyone goes too close to their nests. Very sadly many Mute Swans die of lead poisoning.

However, watching these gliding Mute Swans, I stand and smile at those elegant birds.

Sheila Harvey

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Children’s Christmas Wordsearch

Words to find are:

Star Angel Mary

Joseph Shepherds Jesus

Tree Kings Presents

Candles Baubles Lights

B T H T R E E K L B P X

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Fund Raising Events 2018

Thank you to everyone who helped with this years event. We need to do

more events next year and I need fresh ideas and help, if you can help

please contact Phil Davies on 01889 505725. All ideas will be

considered, I especially need help for the Summer fair. I would also like

to have a grand draw sometime next year could anyone help with this?

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Angel Mary

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Cooks Tips

Alcoholic Chocolate Truffles

INGREDIENTS

800g of milk chocolate

1/2 a pint of double cream

roughly 2 shots of spirit

toppings - cocoa, sugar strands etc.

METHOD

Place a good sized bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, break the

chocolate into the bowl and add the spirit. (Any type of whisky or

brandy will do, although an orange liqueur complements the chocolate

well, but the choice is entirely up to you.)

Do not be tempted to stir the mixture until it has completely melted.

While the chocolate is melting, heat the cream in a saucepan until just

before it starts to boil then take it off the heat.

Remove the bowl from above the saucepan, add the cream to the

chocolate a little at a time and stir well in.

Leave the mixture to cool (you may have to put it in the fridge for a short

time)

When the mixture is cooled it will have thickened but should still be soft

enough to work with. Roll the chocolate into the size of truffles that you

want and then roll them in the topping of your choice.

These truffles keep very well in the freezer but otherwise must be stored

in the fridge because of the fresh cream.

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“Give me Sunshine”

An evening with Gail Morecambe

Living in the Shadow of Eric

On Tuesday 30th

January 2018

Cost £20 per person to include 2 course meal

Venue : Fulford Village Hall

Starts at 6.30pm for 7pm

Tickets now available please contact Phil Davies on

01889 505725

All profits to be divided between Christ Church, Hilderstone

and St Nicholas, Fulford

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Hilderstone Christmas Concert

Friday 22nd

December 2017

In Hilderstone Village Hall

From 7.30pm

Tickets £5 each

Join us for an evening of song and merriment

All proceeds to be shared between

Hilderstone Village Hall

Christchurch Hilderstone

Douglas Macmillan Hospice

Tickets available from Concert members.

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Trained and Licenced Mole Catcher

Equine Paddocks, Agricultural Land and Domestic Gardens

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USEFUL NUMBERS CHURCH

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th Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm

Parish Clerk is Mrs. Helen Howie. Contact number is

01782 398458 or email [email protected]

HILDERSTONE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE

President Mrs Pat Saul 01785 812580

Meeting 2nd

Tuesday 7 30 pm in Village Hall

HILDERSTONE VILLAGE HALL

Bookings: 07810332559

Debbie Brition

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

Ash Connor area Neighbourhood Watch Stone 01785 234129

Sue Stubbs Hilderstone co-ordinator 01889 505203

DOCTOR Cumberland House, High St. Stone 01785 813538

Mansion House Surgery, Abbey St. Stone ST15 8YE 01785 815555

STAFFORD HOSPITAL

Casualty 01785 257731

POLICE

Urgent/Emergency 999

Non-Emergency number 03001234455

Stafford County council 01785 854485 8am-6am

Clarence Road (road repair and lighting) 03001118000

Street scene (fly tipping rubbish) 01785 619401

Stafford Borough Council 01785 619000

Staffordshire Crimestoppers 0800 555 111

Staffs. County Councillor: Ian Parry Telephone: 01785 276015 Email: [email protected] Staffordshire county council

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TH OF THE MONTH PLEASE

Editor Sue Stubbs tel. 01889505203 or

Email:- [email protected]

HILDERSTONE VILLAGE HALL HIRE CHARGES

Information for Hiring Hilderstone Village Hall

With effect from June 1st 2015 it will be a set fee for all of the facilities of

the hall, which are as follows:

Hilderstone Residents: £15.00 per hour

Non Residents: £19.00 per hour

We can also offer special rates for Parties, and regular users of the village

hall. Please feel free to discuss with the booking secretary what your

requirements are.

All bookings should be made through the Bookings Secretary:

Debbie Brition, Tel: 07810332559 Monday to Friday or email :-

[email protected] Post Code ST15 8SF

Village Hall Key Holders & Contact Details

Mrs M.Wareham (Key Holder & Caretaker)

Tel: 01889 505488

Pat Cowan tel 01889 505069

To use The Village Hall Notice Board email

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Prize £25 No 46 Bill & Ann Holmes

4th

Prize £10 No 42 E J. Cheadle

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Prize £10 No Tom & Lisa Hammond

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Services

December

3rd 11.15am Family Communion

10th. 11.15am Holy Communion

17th. 11.15am Holy Communion & Messy Church

24th 4pm Crib Service! 9.45pm Holy Communion for

Christmas Eve!

31st 11.15am Holy Communion United Service @

Hilderstone

Advent 2017

We will be holding Advent Quiet Mornings on 5th

December at Christ Church and 19th December at St

Nicholas at 10am. All welcome.

We will be holding short Taize style services on the

3 Saturdays of Advent at 5pm in Christ Church on 9th

and 23rd

December and at St Nicholas 16th

December. All welcome.

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