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TOM LONG’S POSTThe Monthly Newsletter of
Minchinhampton Parish Council
Minchinhampton Parish Council. Serving the Local Community
COUNCIL SNIPPETSThe March meeting of Minchinhampton Parish Council formallyapproved the change in status of Minchinhampton MarketHouse to that of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.The Market House Trustees’ representative, Tim Mowat, toldthe meeting that, as current custodian trustees, the councilhad to be involved in the change, which would give the MarketHouse Trustees many benefits, especially when fund raisingand applying for grants.The council then moved on to consider an application for agrant from the Market House which had suffered the break-down of its aged heating boiler earlier this year. After discus-sion, the council agreed to the early release of the full £5,000in its budget for 2019-20 for the Market House, not howeverspecifically for the boiler, and on condition that the MarketHouse Management Committee covered its annual insurancepayment itself in December.Recommendations from the Traffic and Parking AdvisoryCommittee were supported, including that car park signageshould be improved in central Minchinhampton, and that theBell Lane car park new surfacing be completed.Gloucestershire County Cllr for Amberley Steve Robinsonannounced that community groups should contact him if theymight benefit from a small grant from the Growing OurCommunity Fund. Similarly any small improvements to pathsor signs that Amberley people could recommend might besupported from the Highways Local budget if, again, residentsgot in touch with him. Councillor Robinson also reported thatthere are plans to upgrade the surface of the path along theold railway line between Nailsworth and Stroud.After the furore over the appearance of traffic lights, scaffold-ing and no-waiting cones in Bell Lane, the council had investi-gated and found highways officials had licensed all themeasures while The Crown Inn restoration is underway. Thelights and scaffolding have permission to be in place from 18thMarch, 2019, until 10th May, 2019.Similarly Culver Hill in Amberley will be closed from its junctionby the primary school to Littleworth from 6th-23rd April, 2019,for the remaining water main installation.
AMBERLEY LITTER PICK
A huge ‘well done and thank you’ to the volunteers who turnedup for the Amberley litter pick. They collected 17 bags ofrubbish, pictured above. The majority of rubbish, comprisingmostly glass bottles and cans, was retrieved from Culver Hilland Bear Hill; included was a car seat!It is actually most disappointing that so much rubbish had beenleft lying around in the countryside - terribly damaging to theenvironment and horrible to look at.
APOLOGIES FOR THE WRONG YEAR BEING PRINTED ONTHE PAST TWO ISSUES OF TLP. Clerical error!
HELICOPTER PAD FOR TOWNCENTRE?There are rumours of plans to replacethe cross in the town centre with alanding pad for helicopters.These come after repeated confusionby visitors and locals alike as to whichway they should drive round the cross:is it a roundabout or not?
One local, who did not wished to be named, said: “It will makea lot of sense to install a helicopter pad so that more richpeople can visit the town. Oncethe Crown Inn re-opens, there willobviously be a need for such afacility.”The aim would be to complete allplans for this by April 1st 2020.
Working for Amberley, Box, Brimscombe and Minchinhampton
TRAFFIC AND PARKING SURVEYSUMMARY
A big thank you to all those of you whoresponded to the parking survey recentlyundertaken by the Parish Council. There werea lot of interesting answers and good sugges-tions for how to tackle parking in the town.The Parish Council is now embarking on thefirst steps towards analysing this and improv-ing matters in the town centre.From the results it is clear that the require-
ments of residents and those of visitors are very different, butthat both share the opinion that parking in the town is oftendifficult and that the situation is not helped by illegal parking,especially near the junction of the High Street and West End.The Parish Council was interested in finding out what peoplethought of a 3 hour time limit on the High Street. This elicited alargely negative response from residents and businesses, butvisitors were more favourable.As a first step the Parish Council has undertaken to improve theBell Lane Car Park by resurfacing the half that is currentlymuddy and full of pot holes. This will be surfaced with a cellularmatrix, like the existing surface on the rest of the car park, andthis should cut down on mud and water run off. The lighting ofthe access to the car park will also be improved on Bell Lane(lighting on the common is not possible) and signage to the carpark from the centre of the town will also be made clearer.Other possible improvements are still under discussion.
DOG MESS - AGAINThe Parish Council has received repeatedreports of dog mess on and
. If you walk your dog there,PLEASE pick up what your dog leaves onthe pavement.If you see someone failing to do this,please report them to the District Council
- ideally with photographic evidence as then action can betaken against them.
NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR THEJIM GREGORY AWARD
Nominations are requested for a recipient ofthis award – someone in the parish who hasperformed particularly noteworthy communi-ty service.Individuals or organisations should be nomi-nated for their outstanding voluntary service
in the community. The trophy, in memory of the late localPC Jim Gregory, has been sponsored by his family, who willbe represented on the judging panel by of members of theParish Council.
The award will be presented on May 13th at the Annual ParishAssembly, to which all nominees will be invited.
Please submit, in writing by ,the name of the nominated person or organisation togetherwith the reason for the nomination (in no more than 100words). Judges may contact shortlisted nominees for furtherinformation.
NEW PARISH NOTICE BOARDThe Parish Council has replaced the old, dilapidated noticeboard on the wall of the Cotswold Club. If you would like topublicise an event which is of interest to the general public,please deliver a copy of a poster (not more than A4 size) tothe Trap House.Please note, this is not for the promotion of commercial events- just charitable fund-raisers, meetings etc.
AMBERLEY COW HUNT 2019Sat 4th & Sun 5th May 1-5pm
To celebrate the forthcoming arrival of thereal cows to the surrounding NationalTrust Common, wonderfully dressed up(wooden) cows will appear in various placesaround the village of Amberley and the sur-rounding common.
● Follow the trail and enjoy the cow hunt quiz.● Visit the tea tent● Face painting● Children’s activities
Funds raised go to help the school as well as the ‘Send a Cow’charity which provides livestock for families in Africa.
SCARLET HOUSE EVENT “Chocolate Talk and Tasting”
23rd April, 2pm to 4pmBy Laurence Trackman,
Director of Chocolate from the University ofHappiness.
Scarlet House Care Home, 123 Westward Road,Ebley, GL54SP
COMMUNITY WELLBEING SERVICEThe Community Wellbeing Service – Stroud and Berkeley Vale is afree, confidential service for anyone over 16yrs. The aim of theservice is to connect people to local organisations and groups thatcan help improve general wellbeing and meet wider social needs.They have a number of volunteer roles, including befriending,administration, transport, group organisers, welcomers, activityfacilitators and much more. They provide training, support and adedicated Volunteer Co-Ordinator to ensure you are fullysupported every step of the way.They hold regular Volunteer Coffee Mornings for existing andinterested volunteers. Why not pop along to their next meetingon Thursday 4th April from 10am – 11.30am at the IndependenceTrust Offices, 1st Floor, The Cross, Parliament Street, Stroud, GL52HL.0345 863 8323 (press option 2) www.independencetrust.co.uk
To include your event in What’s On listings, email: [email protected]
WHAT’S ON GUIDE APRIL Mon 1st Parish Council Traffic & Parking advisory Group 7pm, Trap House Fri 5th “Minchinhampton Remembers”, Market House 7.30pm Sat 6th “Minchinhampton Remembers”, Market House 2.30pm / 7.30pm Sat 6th Thames Head Singers 7.30pm, Parish Church Mon 8th Parish Council Planning meeting, Trap House 7pm Tue 16th Box Gardening Club -
Fri 19th Good Friday; Parish Council office shut Mon 22nd Bank Holiday; Parish Council office shut Fri 26th Nkokoto Link AGM, The Hub 7:30 pm Mon 29th Parish Council meeting Trap House 7pm
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FAREWELL TO THE ASSISTANTPARISH CLERK
Angie Ayling is leaving the Parish Council office after 3 ½ yearsas assistant parish clerk. She is moving on to a voluntary rolewith Ramblers Walking Holidays, leading tours firstly in theUK and possibly elsewhere in the world in the future. She isnot, however, leaving the town and will continue to edit thechurch parish magazine and lead the bell ringers.Her replacement at the Parish Council is David Haines, wholives in the parish. He will be in the office on Monday,Wednesday and Friday mornings while Jo Barber, the clerk,will continue with her usual Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
COWS AND DOGSAt the February Council meeting,it was reported that five calveswere lost last year due toNeospora, which causes cows toabort. Neospora is transmittedthrough dog faeces and can livefor months on the grass.In addition to this, dog owners
continue to use the cattle troughs to wash their dogs and eachyear inches of mud from this practice has to be removed fromthe troughs. The graziers are exploring replacing the currenttroughs with ‘super troughs’ which would beboth badger and dog-proof as well as bigger.Please clear up after your dog on the commonas well as on pavements, for the sake of cowsand pedestrians.
Don’t forget the weekly community coffeemornings, each Monday in the CotswoldClub in the High Street at 10am. A greatchance to meet up with friends old and newand have a chat.
MINCHINHAMPTON PLAYERSPRESENT
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A one-act play written by Alan Vaughan, followed bypoetry, prose and song.
Friday 5th / Saturday 6th April7.30pm (2.30pm Sat matinée)
Tickets £10 from Market Stores
MINCHINHAMPTON PARISH COUNCILThe Trap House, West End, Minchinhampton GL6 9JA
Office Opening Hours: 9.00 a.m. to 12. 00 p.m. Monday to FridayTel: 01453 731186 email: [email protected]
Website: www.minchinhampton-pc.gov.ukClerk: Jo Barber Assistant Clerk: Angie Ayling
Details of the 15 Councillors representing the 5 wards can be found on the Parish Council website
FOR TOM LONG’S POST EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING PLEASE CONTACT:[email protected] or 01453 731186
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THE THAMES HEAD SINGERSRossini – Petite Messe Solennelle
Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton,Saturday 6th April ,7.30pmPart of the popular ‘Music @ Minch’ concert series, Rossini’sfamous mass is directed by Andrew Hopwood with the ThamesHead Singers and invited soloists.Tickets £11 from the Market Stores or £12.50 on the door (under16’s free).For further information see www.thsingers.org.uk
COUNCILLOR NEEDED!Would you like to help keep the Minchinhampton community – andparticularly Amberley – a great place to live and work? If so, avacancy is about to be filled on the Parish Council and a volunteeris needed to represent the Amberley Ward.If you’d like to find out more about what this might involve do getin touch with our clerk Jo Barber, contact details below, who willbe happy to chat about exactly how local councillors care for andencourage local life. The person chosen will be chosen by aprocess called co-option, which just means applicants will beinformally interviewed by the other councillors.The new member will be supported in their role and offeredtraining. They should be comfortable working electronically, havea positive outlook, a can-do attitude and be willing to work as partof a team.Jo is on 01453 731186 or [email protected] at thecouncil’s Trap House office.
