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Village NewsAutumn 2007

Playing Fields - the Users & Mis-Users

ReminderParish Plan Meeting

This takes place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 19th

September in the Village Hall. Help to shape thefuture of your village by attending.

Calling all LifestylersSome of our 10 -18 year olds have been doingtremendous work for their community over thesummer through the Humberside Police project,Lifestyle.

If Lifestylers want to send in details of their groupname, who was in the group, their school, andabout 50 words on what they did, we will printdetails in the next newsletter. If parents are inagreement we may also be able to include aphotograph if it can be forwarded electronically.Send text and photograph to council@ferriby.infoor write to the parish council at 20 Narrow Lane,North Ferriby.

Easter saw the opening of the long awaited skatepark at the playing fields and this has beenextremely successful, being used by a wide ageband of young boarders and bikers.

However, the presence of the skate park doesseem to have concentrated the attention of youthsand teenagers, male and female, who are notinterested in skate boarding, on the playing fieldslate into the evening and even overnight. Someof the youths hanging around the area are notfrom this village, but many are. We know that someyoung people are sleeping out all night at theplaying field. We know that a lot of young peopleare drinking alcohol down there and hiding it whenthe Police visit. We know that there is criminaldamage occurring regularly to buildings and

equipment – we have downloaded evidence fromthe CCTV system and passed it to the Police. Webelieve that there are drugs being dealt downthere. We know that local residents are beingdisturbed late into the night and that their gardensare being used as toilets. We know quite a fewnames. Parents - how much of this do youknow? Do you know where your teenagersare when they are not home at night?

The parish council has no powers over this sortof anti-social behaviour but there are agencies thatdo and we are liaising with them regularly. ThePolice and the Anti-Social Behaviour Team atERYC are fully aware and will be taking action tocurb this nuisance. It is better that the village findsits own solution to the problem than the Police.

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Parking in School LaneOn several occasions it has not been possible fortraffic to get down School Lane because of carsparked near to Dr Mitchell’s surgery. Can we pleaserequest that visitors to any of the local facilities inthat area ensure that they do not park in such amanner that large vehicles, for example refuselorries, cannot get through. On occasions carsparked inappropriately have created a blockagefor up to 20 minutes.

We have requested thatEYRC considers puttingdouble yellow lines in thisarea but so far thecouncil has beenreluctant to do so. Ifnecessary we shall suggest that those propertiesaffected raise a petition to draw further attentionto this issue.

Village Show 2008All you budding photographers may be interestedto know that the themes for the photography sectionfor next year’s Village Show are colour prints of“A Winter Scene” “Spring Blossom”and a group of two prints showing “Before andAfter”. Entries can be digital or non-digital but mustbe printed no larger than 25cm by 20cm.Apply now for Bus Passes

North Ferriby residents aged 60 and over anddisabled persons entitled toconcessionary passes areurged to register for their newnational bus pass by the end ofthis month (September). Thenew pass comes into use in April2008 It will allow holders to travelfree on buses anywhere in thecountry between the hours of9.30am and 11.pm except atweekends and bank holidays whenno time restrictions will apply. PresentlyEast Riding residents are able to purchase theRed Bus Pass which enables travel at all timeslocally and into neighbouring authorities. Thecontinuation of passes for free travel before9.30am (that would be outside the Government’slegal requirements) once the new passes are inuse will be considered by ERYC in its budgetsetting process early next year.

Application forms for the photo smart-card areavailable from libraries, customer service centresand leisure centres. Completed forms may bereturned to those locations. For more informationcall the customer service network 393939.

Ferriby Focus 2007Thank you to those residentsthat have made the effort tocomment on the latest editionof Ferriby Focus which wasdistributed to every home inNorth Ferriby in July. We havehad some very positivecomments and are pleasedthat it has been so wellreceived. Two items to clarifyhowever are the informationabout the Bridge Club and the track to TheMushroom Farm on Ferriby High Road.

Bridge Club The “Ferriby Bridge Club”mentioned on page 22 should have read, HumberBridge Club in Ferriby Village Hall every Fridayevening from 7.30pm. Everybody welcome.Contact Gillian Carter 632 109

Track off Ferriby High Road This track is shownon the map as being between Blasket Lane andHumberdale Road. We have been asked by theowner of the track to point out that it is a privatetrack and not a public footpath and, as such, thereis no public right of way.

Made to measure trousers from £55

Suits and Jackets tailored toperfection at sensible prices

Stockists of quality menswear andfor that special occasion formal hire

for weddings and evening wear.

Also a complete professional garmentalteration service for the whole family

70 years of service to the public and trade.

Makers of“Beks” High Quality Trousers

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Our website is kept fully up to date with the latest Ferriby news and events.Local organisations are invited to send details of their events

to the Parish Clerk for inclusion on the website.

Link to the Local Police Page in conjunction with PC Richard Eglen

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Melton Fields DevelopmentOutline planning permission has recently beenagreed for the area of land behind houses inBrickyard Lane and Melton Fields, Melton.

Although the detail has to be approved by ERYC,it means that plans to provide a 100 bed hotel, apublic house and a small retail outlet will go ahead.

New Conservation Arealooks set to go ahead

Following consultation, parish councillors had apresentation from ERYC as to the responsesreceived to the proposal to create a newconservation area in the Parkfield Avenue area.

Councillors were happy that the overwhelmingmajority of those consulted were supportive of theproposal and agreed that the recommendation toapprove the proposal goes before ERYC membersin the autumn.

Youngsters - Free Entry toFerriby Football Club

Residents of North Ferriby aged 16 and under areentitled to free admission to all North Ferriby Utdhome games except for Cup competitions. To takeadvantage of this concession, please apply directto the Club with evidence of your age and address.

The day Hull Citycame to Ferriby

The parish council was instrumental in negotiatinga village solution to ease the difficulties of carparking when Hull City AFC came to play in NorthFerriby in July. We organised a meeting betweenthe Club, the Police and the organiser of theVillage Show, which was taking place on the sameday. As a result, the school opened its playgroundfor parking which took 100 cars off the roads, theRiding for the Disabled also opened up some ofits land and the Club arranged for cars to park onthe all-weather pitch.

The Police gave out several-fixed penalty noticesto illegally parked cars during the afternoon andthey directed traffic away from the village quicklyand efficiently after the match finished. Althoughthere were still a lot of cars in the village, it wasfelt that the impact was minimised and hopefullyarrangements can be put in place for similar eventsin the future.

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North Ferriby Village News is published by North Ferriby Parish CouncilChairman and Publisher: Julie Abraham

10 Ashdale Park, North Ferriby. Tel: 633746

Clerk to the Parish Council: Pat Lambert20 Narrow Lane, North Ferriby, HU14 3EN Tel (01482) 631822

Email pat@nfpcouncil.karoo.co.uk

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Pump House UpdateThe owner of the former pump house in ChurchRoad has appealed against the enforcement noticerequiring him to reinstate the wall to its originalposition. This will be the subject of a public inquirywhich we have requested be held in the village.

An application has also been submitted to demolishthe building and erect a two-storey dwelling in itsplace. This is presently going through the planningsystem. In the meantime the owner has done worksto the front of the building for which he does nothave permission and which is also different to theplanning application that he has submitted...andso it goes on!

Update - Doctors SurgeryLocal ward councillors have taken up the issue ofthe future of the Nunburnholme Avenue surgeryagain with the PCT, asking for an update onprogress. Further developments will be reportedin the ward councillors’ autumn newsletter.

Flooding updateERYC has made £5,000 available to parish andtown councils that had flooding to property. Thisgrant will be used to fund repairs to the VillageHall electrics and the remainder will go to rebuildinga wall at Brickyard Cottages whilst hopefullysecuring some minor flood defence improvements.The PC has provided information to ERYC aboutthe flooding and drainage in the village to beconsidered in the major review that is beingundertaken over coming months by the localauthority. Residents are invited to add theircomments to the review by writing to Kate Bowdenat County Hall, Beverley, HU17 9BA.

Twinning AssociationDuring the recent Le Pellerin visit, DanielMorisson, Mayor of Le Pellerin, welcomed thegrowing friendship between the two communitiesand agreed this should be formalised in a Pacted’Amitié (Friendship Charter), as a step towardsa formal twinning agreement.

A party from Le Pellerin will come here early nextyear for the initial charter signing then a party fromhere will go to Le Pellerin later (possibly at thetime of their Flower Festival in June) to completethe process.

Riverside WalkwayRiverside Walkway Committee has received agrant for £9,930 from Breathing Places, which ispart of Big Lottery, to create a woodland walkwayand enable disabled access. Volunteers areneeded – please contact Wendy Dobbs on632650.