Grapevine The Independent Newsletter for the Little Leigh Community

Jan/Feb 2017 Next edition Mar/Apr deadline Feb 15th

Lesley Lawless : grapevinelittleleigh@outlook.com Mob:07836 591588 Tel:891691 15 Church Meadows

If you know of something exciting happening in the local area let others know

about it through Grapevine. It’s your village newsletter– be part of it.!

Dates for

your Diary

4th Jan-WI

12th Jan– Parish

Council

16th Jan–Drop-in

23rd Jan -Knit and

Knatter

25th Jan– Coffee

Morning

6th Feb– Drop-In

8th Feb-WI

11th Feb– Film

Club

1st March– WI

Little Leigh Website

The new village web site is up and running at www.littleleigh.org. This has been completely redesign

ed and will display properly on a full range of devices such as computer, tablets, mobile phones etc.

The principle purpose of the site is to meet the Parish Council obligations to open government, listing

meeting agendas, minutes and financial expenditure and identifying your Parish councillors and how

to contact them.

We still have a number of things to add to the site which will be rolled out in the next few months. This

will include a diary of the village hall bookings and village events. We are investigating a system for

booking the village hall through the web.

Anyone familiar with the old village web site will notice that there was a lot of village history contained

on the site. This has not been carried over to the new web site as we do not have the resources to

manage it. The information is not lost as it will be moved to the Wikipedia page for Little Leigh in due

course. This is a much more sustainable and democratic arrangement as anyone can register to put

information on Wikipedia. Hopefully the content will grow and become much more dynamic than we

have been able to sustain to date.

I invite anyone who would like to become involved in maintaining the Little Leigh content on Wikipedia

to contact me via parishcouncil@littleleigh.org if they want to know more.

Bob King

Village Hall Celebration Thanks you to all who attended the celebration of the re-opening of the newly refurbished Village Hall. Thanks also to The Familiar Tones and Barnton Silver Band for the entertainment.

Church Services at St. Michael & All Angels Church

January 2017 1st 9.30am Morning Worship 8th 9.30am Holy Communion 15th 9.30am Family Service 22nd 11.00am All-Age Communion 29th 10.30am Parish communion & Christingle

February 5th 9.30am Morning Worship 12th 9.30am Holy Communion 19th 9.30am Family Service 26th 11.00am All-Age Communion

March 1st Ash Wednesday

7.30pm Holy Communion Please contact Revd Dr Collette Jones for Baptisms, Weddings or Funerals.

Parish Council Contacts

Clerk: Ann Brazier Tel: 891480

Chair: Joe Lawless 891691

Bob King Tel:891480

Jenny Jones Tel: 891649

Lesley Lawless Tel: 07836 591588

Rob McSweeney Tel:07710 724247

Lisa Williamson Tel:

Rachael Tomlinson Tel:

Please see the Parish Council Boards or village

website for the

minutes of previous meetings.

Come and meet your

Parish Councillors

The next meeting of the

Little Leigh Parish Council is

Thurs 12th Jan 7.15pm in the

Village Hall.

LITTLE LEIGH BAPTIST CHURCH

Ash House Lane, Little Leigh,

Northwich,

Cheshire, CW8 4RG

LLBC@llbc.org.uk http://

www.llbc.org.uk

Secretary: Lis Clarke ( (01606) 891653

Everyone is very welcome to these events. Services each Sunday at 10.45am

Wednesday Fellowship on the 2nd Wednesday of each month

Our biggest-ever

litter campaign, the

Great British Spring

Clean is coming,

an we are looking

for half a mil-

lion litter heroes to

help clean up our

country.

The

#GBSpringClean

will take place from

March 3-5, 2017,

and is being supported by, among others, TV naturalist and writer Steve Backshall,

the BAFTA award-winning Deadly 60 presenter. Sign up at

www.greatbritishspringclean.org.uk

Brakeley Bank Pet Care

Pet Sitting Dog Walking Home Visits Pet Transport

Home Boarding Dog Day Care

Experienced and Reliable Pet Care Service to meet all your Pets needs

Lisa 0776 420 8988

Lisa.petcare@btinternet.com

Qualified, Council Approved, Fully Insured, CRB Checked, NARPS Registered

Village Hall Sound System Installed A surround sound music system has been bought and installed in the village hall. This consists of reasonably powerfull amplifier, five large speakers, a dvd player and the required wiring. This can

be connected to the film projector and was run in to general approval on the last film night giving a much clearer sur-round sound (just like at the cinema) than we have previously been used to. The DVD player will also play CDs and a bluetooth device has been added to enable music to be played wirelessly from mobile phones and tablets and other bluetooth enabled devices. This will allow people booking the hall for social events to bring and play their own music with the minimum amount of fuss and no need to connect any wires. The hall has a PRS licence to play recorded music so there is nothing to stop it being fully used. The equipment is fairly simple to use and instructions will be posted by on the wall near the amplifier on how to con-nect to the bluetooth and play dvds and cds. Bob King

IN THE VILLAGE HALL

*****

Drop-In Monday

A Get together

****

Little Leigh Aerobics

Monday 8pm £2.00

Margaret Davies 01606

891709

******

Barnton Silver Band

Tuesday evenings

Stewart 01606 782645

*****

Little Leigh WI

First Wednesday of the

month

Bernadette 01606 781382

********

Art Club

Every Thursday

Afternoon

Gill Hampton 01606

891946

***

Little Leigh Youth Club

Friday 6.45pm-7.45pm and

8.00pm-9.00pm

Jenny Jones 01606 891649

Village Hall

Bookings

Contact Carol Duffield

Tel: 891369

From 1.10.16

£10 per hr– Parishioners

£12 per hr– For those out-

side the parish

The new meeting room can

be booked £8 per hour.

Little Leigh Baptist

Church

Ash House Lane, CW8 4RG

Hall and Room hire

Contact Lis Clarke 891653

Broadband News Here is the latest message to the Parish Council from BT

Comberbach 2 is down to the final 3 blockages stop-ping the fibre. There has been a wayleave dispute (to gain landowner permissions to do works on their land) involving the location of the blockages which has delayed this cabinet, which we now have a reso-lution to and can press on with the blockages. All being well we should get to finished by some point in January. Tony Morgan Contract Director | BT Group | Tel: 0131 448 4467 |

Little Leigh Youth Club.

Little Leigh Youth Club is looking forward to 2017 in good spirits. We are enjoying increased numbers (there are still places available for girls and boys who are 8years old and

over). We meet in The Village Hall on Fridays during term at 6.45p.m.- 8.00p.m. We are hoping to make a lucky start on Friday 13th!

The Christmas Tree Recycling Scheme The simplest, greenest and most charitable way to get rid of your Christmas tree. We all ‘joyfully’ choose our Christmas tree and transport it home ready to dress for the festive period. However after 12th night when it’s needles are dropping the thought of taking it to the tip or chop-ping it up to fit into your bin is less appealing.

So, did you know St Luke’s and a team of volunteers will collect your tree on the weekend of 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th January 2017. We work with our own hospice volunteers and our lovely friends from Rotary and Round Table, SP Energy and Melody Corporation and we are also supported by Reaseheath Col-lege, East Cheshire Council, Holmes Chapel Scouts and ANSA. The trees will then be chipped and shredded and the chips recycled. You can book your collection by visiting www.charityxmastreecollection.com. please e-mail jane_thompson@stlukes-hospice.co.uk or ring 01606 555688.

Our daughter had a Ball in the Village Hall!

We had 26 five year olds, 15 grownups, a bouncy castle and 10 cute and furry animals including a Barn Owl that Har-ry Potter would have been proud of. Little Leigh Village Hall was the perfect venue for our daughter’s 5th birthday party. The Hall itself having been newly refurbished and deco-rated and offers a modern, spacious and very functional kitchen. Such a pretty spot too sitting in a very rural location opposite the Church of St Michaels and framed by ma-ture hedgerows and trees. The hire charges are more than reasonable and very competitive with other compa-rable halls. So why not take a look for yourself and remem-ber your local Village Hall when considering a venue away from your home or busi-ness. Lisa Williamson

Elsie and family would like to thank everyone for the flow-

ers, cards and calls received on the occasion of Malc’s death, and the prayers and support

of Baptist Chapel and St Michael’s Church which were most

appreciated. Elsie Evans

POLICE – non-emergency - 101

(calls charged at 15p per call)

SCOTTISH POWER-Electricity - 0845 272 2424

UNITED UTILITIES-0845 462200

CWAC Council general number - 0300 123 8 123

CWAC Highways – 0300 123 7036

FLY TIPPING – 0300 123 7026

NHS— for non emergency advice—111

If you can think of more useful numbers please let me know.

Film Club In the Village Hall

Saturday 11th February: Film Club in The Village

Hall, 7.00p.m. for 7.30p.m. showing. Cost: £3.50 (includes drinks, nibbles & interval ice

cream).

Film title to be decided but be assured it will be "a heart warmer"!

New improved sound system!

Little Leigh WI

At the recent AGM Bernadette O’Donnell was once again elected President. After the business everyone enjoyed a finger buffet. In December the meeting was taken by Jonty Jones in the absence of the President and a special Christmas raffle took place and the reminder of the New Year Meal to take place on Weds 18th January. 4th Jan—Film evening with soup refreshments. 8th Feb– The Clutter Fairy 1st March– The Royal British Legion

May Fair News Our May Fair will take place on May 13th. Our May Queen is Heather Crompton, who has taken part in the May Fair for a good many Years. A GET TOGETHER of those wishing to take part this year will be held on FRIDAY MARCH 31ST in the Village Hall from school 3.15pm to 4.00pm. Elsie Evans 891291

DROP-IN-MONDAY

Monday 16th January: Drop In - a new year celebration. Monday 6th February: Drop In - a "feel good" afternoon to chase away the winter blues! In The Village Hall, 2.00p.m. - 4.00p.m. Cost 1.50. Any donations of raffle prizes are very welcome and help to keep costs down. Thank you in anticipation.

Local Business adverts in the Grapevine

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£3 for 1 edition

Private advert-FREE to Villagers (max £50 per article)

Hairdresser to you door Friendly & Reliable

Ring Angela

781856 or 07890020690

Coffee Morning

Weds 25th Jan

10.30am—12

£2.00 to cover rent.

Magazine and Book Swap

Knit, Knatter & Knibble

Monday 23rd January: Knit, Knatter and Knibble - share lots of new ideas for the

year ahead.

February date to be announced at January's meeting. In The Village Hall

2.00p.m. - 4.00p.m. Cost: £2.00 to cover the rent.

20 is Plenty! The Parish Council has been ap-proached to investigate the possi-

bility of having a 20mph speed limit near the school. It is understood that CWaC will be con-sidering speed limits around all schools in the coming two years. Please drive carefully espe-cially at the start and finish of the school day. Thanks for your co-operation.