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JUL/AUG 2016 No. 119www.birstallpost.co.uk
THE ROTHLEY POSTY O U R F R E E C O M M U N I T Y N E W S P A P E R
A ROTHLEY couplewho met at the Rockcinema in Mountsor-rel have celebratedtheir Diamond Wed-ding anniversary.
“We were sat beside oneanother and just startedtalking and that was it, wejust got on” said Ernie Wain,who after that first meetingasked wife-to-be Sheila on adate, a trip to the picturesin Loughborough.
Three years later, in 1956, they weremarried in Rothley parish church andsoon afterwards bought their bungalowon Mountsorrel Lane where they havelived ever since.
The couple, both 82, have two daugh-ters, three grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.
They celebrated their anniversary witha family get together at the QuornGrange hotel. “It was really lovely to seethem all” said Sheila.
Speaking at one of two public consul-tation events in June, headteacher ofRothley School Fiona Parr said: “Movingfrom our old school to a new school
It will be a state funded Church ofEngland school for children aged 4-11,operated by the Templar multi-academytrust and led by Rothley CofE primaryschool. It will also include a nurseryclass for 3 year olds.
A trust spokesman said: “An openadmissions policy with no faith-basedoversubscription criteria means theschool will serve the diverse communi-ties and cultures of the area and givefamilies more choice for their children’sprimary education. The new school willbe at the heart of the community, andthe new community at the heart of theschool.
“Broadnook CofE Primary school willoffer the very best educational experi-ence. With a rich and dynamic curricu-lum and vibrant programme ofenrichment activities including modernforeign languages, science and sport, theschool will be focused on ensuring allpupils are well prepared for the nextstage in their education. The ethos willbe Christian but affirming of all pupilsand families, who will be welcomed,cherished and respected at BroadnookCofE Primary School.”
A NEW primary school with spaces for 420 pupils isplanned for the Broadnook Garden Suburb, between Bir-stall and Rothley.
A WOMAN has been given aconditional discharge afterfailing to inform a councilthat she co-owned a£200,000 house w hen ap-plying for homelessnesssupport.
Aimee Hurst, 43, was found guilty atLoughborough Magistrates’ Court follow-ing the prosecution by Charnwood Bor-ough Council.
The court was told Hurst had boughta house in The Rise, Rothley in 2001with her partner. When they moved outsix years later the property was rentedout.
Hurst, of Woodfield Road, Rothley,later separated from her partner and in
Couple celebrate diamond wedding
Pics: (top) Diamond couple Ernie & SheilaWain and (inset) on their wedding day
The next issue ofTHE ROTHLEY POSTwill be published on Aug 27.
The copy deadline is Aug 12.
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on the edge of the village in the middle of a new housing development was a chal-lenge for us, we learned a lot in the move and can apply that experience to the newBroadnook school.”
One parent asked if one child went to Rothley school would a sibling go toBroadnook if Rothley school was full and was told the new school’s catch-ment area was the development boundary of the Broadnook Garden Sub-urb, and that although Rothley school is fully subscribed it canaccommodate children from Rothley and has the poten-tial to build new classrooms.
A formal application to establish theschool will be submitted to the Depart-ment for Education in September 2016.
The Broadnook Garden Suburb is aplanned garden city style development ofup to 1650 homes and employment land,incorporating health care facilities and shops.
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2013 filled in a homeless applicationwith the borough council.
The application asks people if they“own or have rights of access to anyother property”. The defendant answered
“no”.The defendant also answered “no” to
a question on a housing applicationform which asked if she had any residen-tial property in this country or abroad.
Hurst later moved into council accom-modation.
The issue did not come to light until2015 when Hurst appealed a decisionregarding her housing benefit. A LandRegistry search revealed she had beenlisted as the joint owner of the propertyin The Rise, Rothley since 2001. In 2013the property was valued at £200,000.
Magistrates found her guilty of reck-lessly making a false statement contraryto section 214(1)(a) of the Housing Act1996.
Hurst told the court that after herrelationship with her former partnerended she formed a “firm belief” thatshe had no interest in the property, eventhough she had paid for it. She also saidshe never gained any financial benefit asher partner kept the rental income.
Magistrates said they felt that failingto declare the property was reckless asthe questions were very specific and veryclear on the application forms. Theyimposed a conditional discharge for twoyears and ordered her to pay prosecu-tion costs of £485 and a victim sur-charge of £15.
After the hearing, Councillor LeighHarper-Davies, Charnwood BoroughCouncil’s Cabinet Member for Housing,said: “People need to make sure theinformation they provide to us is correct.Failing to do so could land you in courtand with a criminal conviction.
“We also have limited resources andwe need to make sure they are targetedtowards helping the people who aremost in need.”
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OVER 700 runners descendedupon Rothley in June for oneof the most celebrated charityroad races in Leicestershire,the Rothley & Soar Valley Li-ons’ Club/ Mattioli WoodsRothley 10k.
This is a new record for the race,which normally attracts around 500runners.
Runners from all age groups andbackgrounds showed up in force for its31st year to raise essential funds for avariety of local causes, including LOROS,Rainbows, County Air Ambulance Service,Age UK, Eye Camps and RNLI. Last yearsaw donations of £16,000 from runnersand supporters and this year it is estimat-ed that over £20,000 will be raised.
Ian Mattioli, Chief Executive of mainsponsor Mattioli Woods plc, said:
“The event was a huge success and Iwas taken aback by the support that wasdemonstrated to help raise vital fundsfor organisations and charities based inLeicestershire”.
Lion President Steve Hickling says:“Rothley & Soar Valley Lions congratulateand are exceedingly grateful to all therunners who took part this year. Againwe sincerely thank our cor-porate business sponsors,especially Mattioli Woods,for their generous support.As in previous years, weexpect to raise in excess of£15,000 from the event,which will bring the totalraised over the years toclose on £300,000.”
Stuart Spencer fromNottingham AC was the over-all winner of the race with atime of 32.19 minutes aswell as winning the AffiliatedMale category. Anne Holyland fromWreake Runners won the Affiliated Fe-male category as well as Female Veteran.Jason Williams won the Male Veterancategory. The Anstey Amblers and Run-ners won the Affiliated Female Team andHermitage Harriers Running Club wonthe Affiliated Male Team. The race alsoincluded junior categories, where LukePole won overall in 41.04 minutes.
Other local businesses who spon-sored the Mattioli Woods Rothley 10kincluded The Fleet Auction Group, Juice,Marcol, Gateley, Champions (UK) plc,Fairline, Van Monster, Lafarge Tarmac,RWP, Swithland Spring Water, SowdenGroup, Storage Concepts, Mazars, HSBC,Dimbleby Catering Company, Print Wiz-ards, Stones Events and Anne Mills Re-cruitment.
• Before the main race, families andyoung children took part in a charitymile-long fun run to support the work ofthe Joe Humphries Memorial Trust.
Joe’s Jog is now in its third year.Steve Humphries, chair of JHMT, said:
“The family- friendly fun run gives fami-lies and children aged seven and overthe chance to be part of the Rothley 10kevening. It also raises awareness of thevital work of the JHMT's ongoing workto raise awareness and understanding ofsudden cardiac death in young people,
between 12 – 35 years old.”133 runners took part in this year’s
event and first home was 13-year-oldRyan Elston, of Mountsorrel, in a time offive minutes and 41 seconds.
Second was Cameron Harrison-White,14, of Mountsorrel, in 5:59 and thirdwas Angus Lloyd, 15, of Cropston, in6:09.
Fourth place went to 14 year-oldSamuel Pilbeam, of Rothley, in 6:12.
The first girl to finish was AnnabellaJagger,11, from Rothley, in 7:49.
The Joe Humphries Memorial Trustwas set up in memory of Leicestershireteenager Joe Humphries, 14 years old,collapsed and died suddenly whilst out
jogging in his home village of Rothley inOctober 2012. Joe was a victim to sud-den arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS),which causes a disturbance in theheart’s rhythm.
All funds raised from Joe’s Jog will gotowards JHMT’s vital work providinglife-saving CPR training and defibrillatorsin city and county schools and for sportsclubs. This is just one of the life-savinginitiatives that makes up the work of theJHMT. The charity also campaigns forgreater awareness of sudden arrhythmicdeath syndrome (SADS) amongst thegeneral public, parents, young teenagers,medical staff and professionals workingwith young people.
Crime Report : Rothley, Apr& May2016
Burglary 5, burglary non-dwelling6, theft of motor vehicle 2, theft frommotor vehicle 1, theft 2.
A suspect was arrested for one ofthe burglary offences. There were twosuspects for the theft of motor vehi-cles – one has been arrested.
We have had several complaintsfrom across the area regarding park-ing issues, we have sent out adviceletters to affected areas and shall,where possible, increase foot patrolswithin the area to monitor the situa-tion and we will be issuing advisorynotices where necessary.
We would like to remind residentsto lock and secure your home, out-buildings and vehicle as there hasbeen a rise in theft from motor vehi-cles in the surrounding areas as wellas a rise in shed breaks within thearea.
Thanks for reading and as alwaysplease remain vigilant and report anycrimes or suspicious activity to thePolice on 101. You may also contactCrimestoppers, which is free andanonymous on 0800 555 111.
PV 4505 Leye Price, PCSOs 6524Chris Kendall and 6391 Fiona Lacey
NL56 –Charnwood Westwww.leics.police.uk
Tel: please use 101 or 999 to re-port crime.
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Pic: (top) runners at the start line & (below) Joe’s Jog
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THE NUMBER of passenger jour-neys from Birstall’s park and ridesite has risen by 5.7 per cent overthe last year, new County Councilfigures reveal.
Passenger journeys rose from253,130 in 2014/15 to 267,522 in2015/16, generating £225, 746 fromticket sales.
The City and County Councils sharethe cost or providing Leicester’s threepark and ride services on a 50 : 50basis – the other sites are Enderby andMeynell’s Gorse.
Total passenger numbers using allthree sites rose from 889,560 to948,132.
The service does not pay for itself andrequires a subsidy – this was £537,961in 2014/15 but fell to £507,672 in2015/16. The projection for 2016/17 is£443,352 and the County Council saysits aim is for it to make a surplus by2020.
Both Councils are planning to in-crease usage by offering more ticketinginitiatives, reviewing fares, advertisingand reviewing timetables.
ROTHLEY’S NOTTINGHAM Build-ing Society hosted a tea partyon Friday June 10 to mark theQueen’s birthday.
Guests enjoyed a cup of tea and ascone at the branch on Woodgate whichwas decorated with bunting, flags andcardboard crowns.
The Nottingham’s Head of Branchnetwork Gary Womersley said: “We want-ed to play our part in helping Her Majes-
ty celebrate such a milestone birthday.“The Queen is very close to the hearts
of many of our customers and we en-joyed having a cup of tea and a sand-wich or scone with them to raise a cupto Britain’s longest serving monarch.”
Who is your New NeighbourhoodWatch Village Co-ordinator?
My name is Melanie Buchan and I amLeicestershire born and bred, havinglived in the borough of Charnwood formost of my life. I moved to Rothley inthe summer of 2010 and very muchenjoy living here and I’m often out andabout the village with my two small dogs.I am a keen supporter of Neighbour-hood Watch and I am happy to be takingover from Marion and I very much lookforward to keeping in touch with you all.
Thank You MarionI would like to say a big Thank You
to Marion Vincent for her tireless com-mitment and effort in developing andrunning the Neighbourhood Watchscheme for our wonderful village - twen-ty years is a noteable achievement in-deed! The success of Rothley’sNeighbourhood Watch is also attributa-ble to YOU. The continued support ofRothley’s many NHW Street Co-ordina-tors and its members contributes greatlyto the feel-good factor of our village.My Objectives
• To co-ordinate information fromthe Police to village members.
• To promote crime preventionawareness.
• To increase vigilance and reduceopportunities for crime.
• To encourage reporting ofsuspicious/criminal activity to the Police.
• To develop community cohesionwithin Rothley.
• For residents of Rothley to enjoyliving in a safer community.Beat Surgery
Dates for your diary: Our forthcom-ing Beat Surgeries are taking place atRothley Community Library on:
Saturday 2nd July 2016 between10.30 and 12.30
Monday 8th August 2016 between1.30 and 3.30
Our PCSO Fiona Lacey will be thereto discuss crime prevention matters orany other issues you may wish to bringto her attention. It will also be an op-portunity for you to meet me!
Melanie BuchanNHW Co-ordinator for [email protected]
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ALL SAINTS Church, Thurcaston held their GardenFete on Saturday June 11 in the Church Garden.
Stalls included cakes & jams, flower arrangements, bric-a-brac,plants, tombola and there were teas with home made cakes accompa-nied by jazz and classical guitar music, plus hand bells. Childrenbrought their teddies to watch them parachuted off the church tower.
Teddy bearsfloat from tower
Pics: (top) children cheer on their bears parachuting from thechurch tower
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Tea party for the Queen
Pic: Brian Lewin cuts a cake
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The copy deadline is Aug 12.
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A FULL meeting of RothleyParish Council was held onMay 16.
Cllr Percy Hartshorn was elected aschairman of the council for the ensuingyear.
A member of the public asked for thelocations that the Parish Council hasagreed the Big Dig archaeologicalproject can excavate this summer. Thelocations are: cemetery (at the bottomnear the hedge); Fowke Street recreationground (next to the entrance); Mount-sorrel Lane playing field; Bunney’s Field.
Cllr Mueller has resigned from theParish Council.
“THESE MEN and memorialshave been a big part of my lifeover the last few years and ithas been a very emotionaljourney through all my re-search” says the author of anew book about Rothley’s cas-ualties of the two world wars.
‘Rothley Remembers’ is a 200 pageencyclopaedia of Rothley’s 54 casualtiesand the memorials that recall theirnames, by local resident Marion VincentMBE.
She said: “I felt that it was importantfor future generations to get an insightinto what happened to these local men,the nightmares that surrounded them onthe battlefield and that death did not justhappen in the trenches. The loss of lifein the support services and theaccidents away from the battle-fields all affected Rothley men andtheir families. I have includedsome War Diaries of the day that aman was lost or killed as they canreflect the chaos that surroundedthe regiments and our Rothley men.”
The book has 139 pages in fullcolour and is a must-have volumefor anyone wanting to understandthe enormity of the sacrifice ofRothley lives in the two world wars,with many references to assist yourown research.
Marian added: “A man that I metby chance at the memorial had cometo look at his father’s name and Itold him that he was also mentionedon the village website. The family wasso pleased that he was rememberedin this way and that was a big part inmy decision to write this book. Iwanted the relatives of all these men
to know that they weremore than just a name ona plaque in the centre ofRothley and just how manymemorials we have intheir memory.”
There will be a booklaunch on October 8 at10.30am at the Old SchoolRoom, School Street, Roth-ley.
Those wishing to en-sure they have a copy canorder for £15 and prepayfor the book as a foundingsubscriber. Readers whopre-order by August 31,2016 will have theirnames entered on the Listof Subscribers in the frontof the book, and have
priority access on October 8 at theBook Launch. Books can be post-ed at £4 each extra, or collectedlater by arrangement. After thelaunch the book will retail at£17.50 each.
For pre-ordering and moreinformation contact Brenda Suth-erland on 0116 230 2931 oremail:[email protected]
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A FULL meeting of Thurcaston & Crop-ston Parish Council was held on March17.
It was agreed to investigate the costof a new seat for the corner of StationRoad and Leicester Road, Cropston andalso the cost of refurbishing the seatwhich has been there for over 40 years.
A full meeting of Thurcaston & Crop-ston Parish Council was held on April 21.
A member of the public asked aboutspeeding on Station Road.
It was agreed to apply to CharnwoodBorough Council to register CropstonPinfold and the Coffin Bridge over Roth-ley Brook on the bridlepath betweenCropston and Thurcaston as CommunityAssets.
It was agreed to write to Leicester-shire County Council regarding speedingon Station Road, Cropston and to en-quire if they would consider traffic calm-ing. It was agreed to obtain a quotationfor the existing Vehicle Activated Speedsign on Station Road to collect data onthe number of speeding vehicles.
It was agreed to abolish the conces-sionary rate of £4.50 for film tickets soall tickets are £5, and to allocate £50 amonth to a replacement of film equip-ment fund.
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The copy deadline is Aug 12.
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I have been trying, without success,to obtain a copy of "A History and Guideto Rothley - a Great Central CountryStation" by D J U Knighton, published in1989. It occurs to me that one of yourreaders might have a copy that theywould be prepared to sell, or possiblylend, to me.
I used the station daily in the late1950s/early 1960s and came to knowMr Brown, the stationmaster, and theporters George and John, well.
I can be contacted by e-mail [email protected]
Roger Clark
Birstall & District ArtSocietyTuesday, July 12 at 6.30pm for a7pm startYou are invited to join us at thePalmer Tomkinson Centre at TheCedars Academy, Wanlip Road,Birstall LE4 4GH to watch profes-sional artist, Terry Anderson,demonstrate how to create a‘Landscape’ using watercolours.Come along and see if you will beinspired to try your hand at thiswonderful and fulfilling hobby.Demonstration to end at 9pm.Members £1, Guests £3. Free raf-fle. Ample parking and wheelchairaccess.
Tuesday, August 9, at 6.30pm fora 7pm startYou are invited to join us at thePalmer Tomkinson Centre at TheCedars Academy, Wanlip Road,Birstall LE4 4GH to watch re-nowned professional artist, Nor-man Rossiter, demonstrate how tocreate ‘ Wildlife in a Landscape’ a‘Landscape’ using acrylics. Comealong, be excited and encouragedto see if you will be inspired totry your hand at this wonderfuland fulfilling hobby. Demonstra-tion to end at 9pm. Members £1,Guests £3. Free raffle. Ampleparking and wheelchair access.
A Fantastic Opportu-nity to Help Otherswith Technology!Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutlandare now recruiting Digital Champi-on Volunteers - small amounts oftime make a huge difference.With more and more services now
digital by default we are holdingevents across Leicester Shire andRutland to support people overthe age of 50 using a variety ofdevices such as laptops, smartphones and tablets.You don't have to be a computergenius to be a Digital Champion -we don't teach, we guide!For more information please con-tact Hollie Ind - 0116 223 7371 [email protected]
Rothley’sBIG DIG!9am-5pm Saturday and Sunday23rd & 24th July 2016Coming NOW to a gardenor green space near youThe Big Dig is led by the Charn-wood RootsTeam (see website) with experthelp fromLeicester University, aiming touncover more ofthe Archaeology of the settlementof Rothley.There will be 35 one-metresquare dig sites.The BIG DIG needs YOU!Lots of jobs-digging, riddling,washingand processing the findsAll ages welcome, training andequipment is providedand no previous experience is nec-essary. Become anamateur archaeologist for a week-end of fun.Register your interest [email protected] leave a message on0116 252 5946
The Rothley Post welcomes yourviews and opinions on any subject. Let-ters, which must include your name andaddress, (though not necessarily forpublication) can be posted to: The Bir-stall Post, Unit 109, Greenacres, TheSidings, Leicester LE4 3BR, or handed inat Rothley library, Rothley Post Office,Woodgate or email:[email protected]
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A few days ago I lost my desk keyswhen parking my car in the city. Fortu-nately, I had printed my phone numberand address on the tab, but did notreally expect to see them again. Imaginemy delight and astonishment when acharming Birstall family who found thekeys did not just phone me but droveout to Thurcaston to return them to mein person, and then adamantly refusedto accept any reward or recompense forthis extremely kind action. It is heart-warming to realize what a fine examplesome set for others to follow.
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I was interested in your article aboutthe above but would point out that theflying saucer canopy design was exclu-sive to the Mobil Oil Co. and the stationis now owned and run by the BP oil Co.
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Big Birstall YardSaleSaturday 9th July 10-4For the 4th year running Birstallresidents will be taking part in amassive collection of yard salesfrom their own driveway...If you would like your householdto take part-then all you need todo is get in touch (details below)& start hunting for clutter or un-
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We need volunteers!We are setting up a network of volunteers to deliverthe Rothley Post.
The Rothley Post’s sister paper The Birstall Post, established in 1983, has always been delivered by volunteers – there arecurrently 138 of them.
In the last issue we appealed for volunteers and had a great response - many thanks to all of you. We still have vacantdelivery routes - details below.
Rothley Post volunteers will deliver the paper to their street six times a year. The papers are bound and dropped our yourdoorstep.
If you decide to volunteer and can’t deliver an issue because of holidays or illness, you can contact the office and we willmake other arrangements for that issue. If you volunteer then decide, it’s not for you, you can drop out at any time.
Please contact us if you would like to volunteer for any of the delivery routes below.
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THE MME Charnwood Forest Cycle Ride, organised by Roth-ley charity Alex’s Wish, reported its busiest year ever withover 250 cyclists recently taking to the 10, 20 or 50 mileroutes.
“The weather was just gorgeous,” saysEmma Hallam, founder of Alex’s Wish,the charity that raises money to fundclinical trials into finding treatments and,ultimately, a cure for Duchenne Muscu-
lar Dystrophy, a life limiting conditionwhich affects boys across the UK includ-ing Emma’s son Alex, after whom thecharity is named. “That certainlyhelped draw a few more cyclists out on
the day. We are stillreceiving sponsorshipmoney but to date over£10,000 has been raisedmaking this our mostsuccessful CharnwoodForest Cycle Ride to date –both in terms of numberof riders and the amountraised.”
Riders were equallyhappy with the event.Elizabeth Raouf said, “Welove this event. Yet againit was beautifully organ-ised and a fabulous ride.All of my colleagues en-joyed it and my daughter,who has just turned 14,joined us too. I hope tomake the team biggerevery year. Greatnews about theamountraised....well done!”
Dave Haywoodcycled the 50 mileroute which was newfor 2016 and said,
“Thank you, thank you for today. Really,really enjoyed the 50 mile bike rideround beautiful Charnwood. Can't tellyou how brilliantly the course was laidout. I didn't know the area at all butfound the arrows and directions wherebrilliant. Would definitely like to do itagain next year. Thank you again.”
Emma said: “It’s great to have goodfeedback on the event and to see every-one enjoying the new 10 and 50 mileroutes as well as the established 20 mileroute. I really want to thank all thevolunteers, marshals and sponsors too.MME were our headline sponsor and wealso received support from Cuppas of
Rothley and MattioliWoods. We also
had three re-turning spon-sors from lastyear too - Nisa(Bradleysstore) in Roth-
ley were theevents first-aid
sponsors, The Woodmans Stroke Pub inRothley were the communications spon-sor and Pedal Power were the on-sitebike specialists. Without their supportthis event would be almost impossible toput on. Thank you, thank you, thankyou!”
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A PLANNING application thathas seen a record number ofobjections from residentslooks set to be determinedin July.
David Wilson Homes want to build175 new houses off Westfield Lane inRothley and submitted an amended appli-cation in May. Their previous applica-tions have resulted in around 2300objections.
Objectors fear that the developmentwill harm the character of the conserva-tion area, increase traffic, put pressureon existing services and infrastructureand reduce settlement separation.
The application received in May con-tained minor alterations to the access,tree cover and type of affordable hous-ing, which will now include starterhomes.
The planning application states thatthe development will have:
• a new vehicular access from West-field Lane
• a new emergency access off BreechHedge
• up to 40% of the dwellings are tobe affordable housing
• a structural tree belt around thewestern edge of the development
• a landscape buffer along the easternedge of the development to respect andmaintain privacy and amenity of existingresidents along Templar Way
• a comprehensive green infrastruc-ture strategy that integrates existing land-scape features with new areas of publicopen space to local policy standards
• a water attenuation strategy thatintegrates water through the develop-ment, which also enhances the biodiver-sity of the site
Vivienne Barratt-Peacock, a spokes-
woman for the Save Rothley campaign,said: “Thousands of local residents re-main most firmly opposed to this pro-posed development in one of the fewremaining areas of beauty in our village.We remain most concerned about theloss of village identity, safety of the pro-posed junction, impact on heritage andconservation areas, loss of ancient treesand harm to wildlife, particularly thebadgers resident in the large sett nearthe proposed site entrance.
“The village infrastructure is unable tosupport yet another large build, withparking for village amenities and conges-tion already a daily problem. Localschools are oversubscribed with thelarge estates already under construction
in the village. The villagedoes not have a GP surgeryand both Mountsorrel prac-tices are at capacity.
“Flooding along WestfieldLane has been worse thanever this year, with waterflowing from the field wherebuilding is proposed andacross the road like a riverwhenever we have persistentrain. This water then flowsdown Wellsic Lane and ontoTown Green Street, puttingproperties at risk and pre-venting home owners formgetting in and out of theirproperties. Overflowingsewers on Templar Way havebeen a particular problemafter rainfall this year. 175more houses with tarmacdrives and roads, linked intothe same drainage systemcan only worsen these prob-lems of surface water flood-ing and sewerage.”
Planning application P/14/2083/2
GEORGE LINE got his F3 Cup Championship off to a flyingstart at Donnington Park with a podium finish in his firstsingle seater race.
The Thurcaston racing driver hadn’tbeen able to practice before the firstround of the F3 Cup National Champion-ship, so went straight into timed qualify-ing. This was the first time he had drivena single seater around this circuit.
Race one saw George move rapidlythrough the field to finish second to thedelight of family and friends. A fourthplace finish in race two has given himan excellent start to his first season inF3 racing.
Langford Line Motorsport are thesmallest and least experienced team inthe series. A spokesman said: “We arelearning fast! With Lewis Caruthers, Mer-cedes F1 Apprentice Engineer, FaithPickering on data and The Old Man,Robin Langford, Ex-boss of Langrop
Anstey, George’sstep-dad, gettingin the way. Weare now lookingfor further suc-cess in the nextround at BrandsHatch.”
THE LADIES Circle, Howe Lane, Roth-ley have been fundraising and pre-sented a cheque for £450 to GailMoore, founder of the Laura Centre.A further £450 has been raised forRothley Methodist Church.Pic: Carole Jordan (right) present-ing a cheque to Gail Moore
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OPPORTUNITIES AT the Workers’Educational Association RothleyBranch.
Animal Architecture-Mixed Me-dia Practical ArtTutor: Anna Michalska-Tomajer.
Fee £84.70 or Free if you are in re-ceipt of an income related benefit.
Venue: The Rothley Centre, 12Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley LE7 7PR
Date: Mondays 1.00–3pm, 11 meet-ings from Monday 19th September2016
The Victorian CountrysideTutor: Cynthia Brown Fee £52.00
or Free if you are in receipt of anincome related benefit.
Venue: The Rothley Centre, 12Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley LE7 7PR
Date: Tuesdays 10–11.30am, 9meetings from Tuesday 20th Septem-ber 2016
Creative WritingTutor: Maxine Linnell. Fee: £53.90
or Free if you are in receipt of anincome related benefit.
Venue: Rothley Community Library,Mountsorrel lane, Rothley LE7 7PS
Date: Wednesdays 9.45-11.45am. 7meetings from Wednesday 28th Sep-tember 2016
Art And The Human Form-ArtAppreciationTutor Janis Baker Fee £53.90 or
Free if you are in receipt of an in-come related benefit.
Venue: The Rothley Centre, 12Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley LE7 7PR
Date: Wednesdays 7.15–9.15pm, 7meetings from Wednesday 28TH Sep-tember 2016
Contact: Marion Vincent 01162375156 or send your enrolments toJill Williams WEA Treasurer, 14Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley, LeicesterLE7 7PR
Please make cheques payable toWEA Rothley Branch. Enrol on line forall courses if space available athttps://enrolonlinewea.org.uk/online
175 new homes on Westfield Lane
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Pic: George Line interviewed on the podium
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TWO NEW flower planters have been installed in Crop-ston by Thurcaston & Cropston Parish Council.
Jyoti & Kishor Chauhan, Rakesh's par-ents and his brother Kesh Chauhanand his financee, assisted by Chairmanof The Parish Council Mark Charles.
Kishor Chauhan thanked everybodyfor attending and invited everybodyback to their home for refreshments.Pic: (top) Lady Gretton and ParishCouncil Chairman Mark Charles
The planter on the corner of Sta-tion Road and Cropston Road hasbeen honoured to the memory ofFlight Lieutenant Rakesh Chauhan of
Cropston who was killed in Af-ghanistan in April 2014. TheParish Council also provided abrass plaque in his hon-our.
The inauguration tookplace on Monday June6 at 3.25pm. It was abeautiful sunny after-noon and was attendedby Rakesh’s family, LadyGretton JP Lord-Lieuten-ant of Leicestershire, theMayor and Mayoress ofCharnwood, Parish Coun-cillors, neighbours andmany of Rakesh’s friends.
Cllr Michael Jacksonwelcomed and thankedeverybody for coming.Speeches were then readby Lady Gretton andKesh Chauhan.
In honour of Rakesh,three lavender plantsfrom RAF Odiham wereplanted by Lady Gretton,
IN MAY the club travelled over to Alre-was in Staffordshire, to visit the Nation-al Memorial Arboretum, which is theUK’s year-round centre of Remem-brance and home to the iconic ArmedForces Memorial.
We were blessed with extraordinary,warm, sunny weather facilitating easy ex-ploration and discovery of the many memo-rial dedications. Many of the memberstook advantage of the fifty minute landtrain with pre-recorded Commentary,which was a very pleasant and informativeway of seeing the over 300 thought provok-ing memorials situated amongst lush andmaturing woodland. Military and civilianAssociations are represented alongsidetributes for individuals, rich in design andsymbolism and sympathetic to the land-scape.
Alongside the richly displayed memori-als, we discovered the sad recognition of amemorial entitled “Shot at Dawn”; re-minding one of the gross miscarriages ofjustice of the many men branded as cow-ards for deserting the fields of war, whowere later pardoned as being found to besuffering from shellshock, and not respon-sible for their actions. This memorial onehopes goes someway to comforting thefamilies deprived of their loved one insuch dreadful circumstances.
After having rewarded ourselves withlunchtime refreshment, we boarded thecoach and proceeded down to DobbiesGarden Centre, near Hinckley. This is avast centre stocking just about everythingin the way of garden equipment, furnitureand plants plus franchises belonging toEdinburgh Woollen Co., etc. After moreexercise, we made our way to the Restau-rant which was advertising enticing largescones filled with jams various, togetherwith double cream and, of course, the verywelcome cups of tea. Thus fortified, afteran extremely successful day, we then em-barked for our journey home to Rothley,Thurcaston, and Cropston.
Despite the inclement weather membersmanaged to arrive to the meeting on June13 between the showers.
We were rewarded by listening to afascinating talk given by Mr. James Cravenof Queniborough entitled “The History ofPerfume”. He is a Perfume Archivist, at'Les Senteurs' in London.
We heard that perfume was created andworn by men only as far back as the Egyp-tian era. The Egyptians used to createointments and balms with essential oilsmixed in to provide scent, but were fur-ther refined by the Romans, the Persiansand the Arabs. The word perfume isused today to describe scented mixturesand is derived from the Latin word, "perfumus," meaning through smoke, whichwas one method used by the Egyptians byburning heavily scented trees.
Mr Craven told us that the word Per-fumery refers to the art of making per-fumes and although perfume was stillworn by men only, right up to the earlyVictorian times, the methods of achievingthe fragrances, became more suitable towomen. Today’s perfume, however, utilizesa much more complex method of prepara-tion. The desired scents, in specific quanti-ties, are combined with either ethanol orethanol and water.
On conclusion of his talk, Mr Craveninvited Members to come and sample thesprays he had brought along and kindlygave small free phials to take home; every-one was delighted.
Following the talk, as a token of re-spect to the Queen’s Birthday, the Member-ship enjoyed various cakes to have withtheir cups of tea.
Our next Meeting will be held on July11 when we shall be enjoying our annualStrawberry Cream Tea for £6.50 at the
“Blue Bell Inn in Rothley at 2.15pm for2.30pm. Please ring me, if you are inter-ested in joining us.
From Ann Farndon, The Monday Club An-stey, Thurcaston, Cropston And Rothley, 01162363467.
A CHARITY that provides homesfor single women in Birstall hasseveral vacant properties.
The Burley Houses, Tempest Roadwere opened in 1932 and were designed
by architect StockdaleHarrison.
The trustees of theBurley Almshouses charityare holding an open dayon August 6 between10am and 4pm, wherevisitors will be given atour of the properties.
Residents are requiredto have lived in the countyof Leicestershire for aperiod of 10 years, orhave a husband or parentwho has.
All the properties aresupplied with a monitoringdevice linked to Charn-wood Lifeline providing a24 hours call out service.
For more details con-tact James Williams at 16Tempest Road, Birstall LE43BE, tel: 0116 2676398,[email protected]
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is that the Phoenix can continue to sup-port it, so there will be new films for theautumn.Library use
In the twelve months from April 2014to March 2015, 90 people joined Leices-tershire Libraries at Rothley. Up until theend of March 2016 190 joined, an in-crease of 113%! Only two other librariesin the county have seen larger increases.Our book issues remain consistentlygood, with a rise in February of 7% to1029 book loans. At a time nationallywhere the trend is for fewer books to beloaned out, our figures month by monthremain on an even keel.
There are now 209 likes on the li-brary’s Facebook page, and there were200 visits to the library website lastmonth. One Saturday last month, 64people visited the library.
All events are held at Rothley Commu-nity Library, Mountsorrel Lane. There isa small car park, and buses 126 and127 stop outside. The library is availableto hire for small groups. Find out moreat www.rothleycommunitylibrary.co.uk,or follow us on Facebook.
The Big Spring SaleThere was wind and rain on Bank
Holiday Monday, but plenty of peopleturned out for the library’s Big SpringSale of books, plants, and cakes. Cuppassupplied beautifulcream teas, andlocal puppeteerDavid Lloyd put ona great Punch andJudy show for thechildren. All booksand plants weredonations from thelocal community,and the library wasopen for borrowingbooks thanks tolibrary volunteers.Many thanks to every-one who helped andsupported the libraryby coming along. Atotal of £420 was raised to help keepthe library open.Computer system
New at your library this month:thanks to a donation from the HarryHames Trust, a new superfast computersystem has been installed and is nowworking. Members of the public arewelcome to come and use the comput-ers during library opening hours, andprinting is also available at good prices.Many thanks to Sally Leewho has organized thisproject, and to Richardfrom NoAggro.com whohas created and in-stalled the system. Any-one who would like tolearn to use a computeris welcome to our com-puter support sessionsrun with Age UK, seebelow.Get involved!
There’s lots more to do at the librarythan stamping books, and the Board ofTrustees is looking for people to getinvolved in running the charity. Therevacancies for trustees, and also for fournew sub-groups to do practical work: 1.Events and fund-raising; 2. Day to dayrunning; 3. Finance and management; 4.Communications and publicity. ContactSteve [email protected] orSue [email protected], phone Steve on 077506133154, orpop a note into the library. At this stagethe deadline for new committee mem-bers is 8th July.Summer reading challenge
This year’s challenge theme is the ‘BigFriendly Read’ to coincide with RoaldDahl’s birth a hundred years ago, andthe release of the Big Friendly Giant filmon 22 July. Thescheme is for 3-12year olds, and runsfrom 9 July until 3September. Chil-dren need to visitthe library threetimes, and take outat least three books.They need to be alibrary member, but
can join on their first visit. There aregoodies on the way, and on the thirdvisit they get a certificate and a medal!Bring the children along to see all ournew books and take part.
A brand newpuppet theatre andpuppets have ar-rived in the li-brary! These arefor you to exploreand experimentwith. Huge thanksfor this lovely gift.Britons, Saxons,Vikings - Whoare the English?
Thursday 7 Julyat 7pm.
A lighthearted,not to say irrever-ent, look at howEngland became
a nation. With Marianne Whiting.Marianne was born and bred in Swe-
den. She has lived and worked in Eng-land since 1973. She is now happilyretired and spends her time giving talksand writing, mostly about Vikings. Herpoetry and short stories have appearedin magazines and anthologies and hernovel Shieldmaiden was longlisted forthe Rubery International Book Award in
2013.Pay as you like. Proceeds will be
shared between Marianne and the library.Under 5s story time
Tuesday 5 and Friday 29 July, 9.30-10.15am.
Everyone is welcome, pay as you like.Community Book Group Wednesday
20 July 7.15-8.15pm We’ll be talkingabout Villette, by Charlotte Bronte. OnWednesday, 17 August we’ll be talkingabout Early one morning, by VirginiaBaily. Everyone is welcome pay as youlike.Computer support group
7 and 21 July, 4 and 12 August10am-12. Together with Age UK. Bringalong your laptop, tablet or smartphone,or try out our computers. All ages wel-come, friendly one to one help.Police Beat surgery
Saturday 2 July, 10:30 – 12:30 and8th August, 13:30 –
15:30. Comealong with anyconcerns aboutcrime or securi-ty.Rothley FilmClub
The film clubis taking a sum-mer break, butthe good news
IN MAY the Thurcaston and Cropston Local History Society heard anillustrated talk by Peter Tyldesley, Director, Bradgate Park Trust:“Colourful characters of Bradgate Park: 600 million years of history inone evening”.
Peter pointed out that most of us knowBradgate Park for, among other things,Lady Jane Grey, Old John Tower, deer andice cream, but fossil evidence shows itshistory began some 560 million years agoin a warm sea in the southern hemisphere.The oldest rocks in the park contain trac-es of pre-Cambrian fossils of the creatureswhich lived in that sea.
The earliest peoples arrived across aland bridge from Europe about 12,500 BCas the ice retreated. They were hunter-gatherers following herds of deer and wildhorses. In 2001 the first scatterings offlints they used were found in the Park. In2014 archaeologists from the University ofLeicester surveyed the site and more than400 flint tools and spears were recovered.
The Grey family’s association with thePark lasted from 1445 until 1920, andfrom early times was connected with royal-ty. Elizabeth Woodville, who became thewife of Edward IV, was first married to SirJohn Grey, Baron Grey of Groby (killed inthe Wars of the Roses). Elizabeth wasmother of Edward V, and her daughterElizabeth of York was wife of Henry VII.Elizabeth was, therefore, grandmother ofHenry VIII, and great-grandmother ofEdward VI, and Queens Mary and Eliza-beth I.
Elizabeth Woodville’s eldest son Tho-mas Grey survived the Wars of the Rosesand was created Marquess of Dorset. Hereclaimed the Grey family fortunes, andstarted building a new great house in hisdeer park at Bradgate shortly before hisdeath in1501. His son (also Thomas)continued the construction, building in thenewly fashionable material brick, the clayfor which was dug from pits on the estate.
Lady Jane Grey was born in 1537,
daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Dorset,Henry Grey. The Greys had early hopes ofmarrying Jane to the king Edward VI.They were a protestant family, with someclaims to the throne, through Jane’s moth-er Frances. When Edward VI realized hewas dying, he named Jane as his succes-sor, to prevent his Catholic half-sisterMary ascending the throne. Mary, howev-er, gathered supporters and marched onLondon bringing Jane’s nine day reign toan end. Jane was executed in 1554.
During the 16th and 17th centuries thefamily’s fortunes ebbed and flowed withvarious colourful characters. BradgateHouse was abandoned in 1739 after ad-vantageous marriages and acquisition ofnew lands and titles meant that the familymoved to Enville and Dunham Massey.
In 1928 Charles Bennion, a footwearmanufacturer, bought the Park and gave it,to be managed as a trust, for the peopleof Leicestershire. The Bradgate ParkTrust established to do this still managesthe Park today. Swithland Wood has sincebeen added to the Trust, and both aredesignated Sites of Special Scientific Inter-est. The Park has never been deepploughed which means many archaeologi-cal signs remain undisturbed. The Univer-sity of Leicester School of Archaeology iscurrently undertaking a five-year pro-gramme of summer fieldschools from2015-19. They will be holding a publicOpen Day on Saturday 3rd July. MoreInformation on the dig:www.bradgatepark.org
Indoor meetings of the Local HistorySociety recommence on 20th Septemberwith a talk about Leicester’s Roman Mosi-acs, by Susan Tebby.
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Helpers needed to dig up RothleyAN APPEAL has gone outcalling for volunteers tohelp with this summer’s BigDig in Rothley.
Charnwood Roots is investigating howpeople have lived, worked and enjoyedthis unique part of Leicestershire acrossthe centuries; from pre-history throughto modern day.
As part of the Festival of British Ar-chaeology (16 - 31st July 2016), Charn-wood Roots will be holding a number ofevents around Charnwood Forest to givelocal people a chance to take part insome hands on archaeology.
The most important event will be acommunity dig in Rothley. The villagehas huge archaeological potential andthere are clues to Rothley’s early historywaiting to be discovered in back gardensaround the village. Beneath the earth areobjects left behind by the people wholived in Rothley hundreds, even thou-sands of years ago.
“This evidence can be pieced togetherto help us understand what was happen-ing in Rothley in ancient and medievaltimes and will allow us to build up apicture of how the village developed inthe period before we have writtenrecords,” explains Charnwood RootsProject Manager Julie Attard of Leicester-shire Victoria County History Trust.
The dig will be led by the CharnwoodRoots team with help from archaeolo-gists from the University of Leicester andlocal volunteers.
“We’re looking for around 150 volun-teers who would be willing to help exca-vate 30 test-pits in back gardens andpublic spaces across the village. Test-pitsare small, only 1 metre square, but inour previous community digs in Ansteyand Whitwick they have yielded hun-dreds of artefacts spanning many thou-sands of years. Every test-pit is unique
and tells its own story about the historyof that part of the village. In Anstey wefound prehistoric artefacts in back gar-dens on the edge of the village in amodern housing estate. I am very excit-ed to see what we will discover in Roth-ley.”
The dig is suitable for everyone andfamilies are welcome to take part. Alltraining and equipment will be providedand no previous experience is necessary.People can also volunteer to help washand process the finds if they cannot dig.
Rothley’s Big Dig will take place overthe weekend of Saturday 23rd and Sun-day 24th July and if you would like tovolunteer you need to be available onboth of these days. Anyone interested intaking part should contact Julie [email protected] or telephone0116 252 5946. You can find out moreabout the whole project atwww.charnwoodroots.org or follow@CharnwoodRoots on social media.
Pic: A Big Dig project in Anstey
LEICESTER LIONS will be holding their annual Summer Fair againthis year in the grounds of 34 The Ridgeway, Rothley LE7 7LE onSunday August 7.
This event which has raised over £10,000 for local charities is a great place tomeet old friends, or bring the family and enjoy a cup of tea and cake, or somethingfrom the barbecue. Stroll around and browse for a bargain on the bric-a-brac tablesor buy a cake, a plant or some garden produce.
If you are feeling lucky try the tombola or buy a raffle ticket for some great prizes,many donated by local businesses. Gate opens at 11am until 3pm, entry £2 foradults, all proceeds to charity.
A DEMENTIA day care service in Birstall that was threatenedwith closure has been given a reprieve – but only for 6months.
The centre, based in the village hall,is run by Age UK Leicester Shire &Rutland and looks after 19 people withdementia across two days, with nineon a waiting list.
In April the NHS West LeicestershireClinical Commissioning Group said itwas withdrawing £70,000 of fundingand the centre looked to set to closethis September.
Campaigners, carers and Age UKurged NHS bosses to reconsider, andthey now say they will extend fundingto March 2017 after listening to thefeedback from patients and carers.They say that in the meantime they willconduct a review of service provision.
“It is important that we do not takeour eye off the ball” said Tony Dono-van, Director of Age UK Leicestershire& Rutland. “We are making every ef-fort to ensure that the review takes
place as soon as possible in order thatwe can allay the concerns of thosecarers involved who are still worriedabout the future of the service” headded.
Birstall’s MP Edward Argar said:“This local service is a hugely impor-tant lifeline to those with dementiawho use it, and for those who care forthem, and we have been clear that toclose it would be the wrong decision.I welcome the news that the CCG haslistened to the concerns I expressed tothem, in Parliament, and in the localmedia, and to the voices of local peo-ple. But while this is good news, thereis still more work to do and I hopethat this reprieve will give the opportu-nity for the CCG to work constructivelywith me and local campaigners to finda way to secure the Centre’s long-termfuture beyond next year.”
Day care centre - NHSbosses extend funding
THE NEW Waitrose in Mount-sorrel was officially openedon May 5 by Nicky Morgan MP.
She joined store manager Tim Stan-ton in cutting the ribbon and welcom-ing the store’s first customers.
The new store follows a multi-mil-lion-pound investment, which has trans-formed the former Budgens into an8,500 sq ft Waitrose with 151 carparking spaces. A total of 60 new jobshave been created, adding to the 40existing Budgens employees.
Nicky Morgan MP said: “I am de-lighted that Waitrose has chosen toopen in Mountsorrel. Not only have the
existing Budgens staff been retained,but 60 new jobs have been created aswell. There is a real buzz surroundingthe opening locally and I look forwardto seeing this new store going fromstrength to strength.”
Waitrose announced in January thatit had reached an agreement with Book-er Retail Partners GB to acquire theBudgens shop on Granite Way. The newbranch is Waitrose’s largest conven-ience store and provides the retailer’slatest offer, including a bakery withseating for hot drinks and snacks, anextensive wine department, and theJohn Lewis Click and Collect service.
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14Mountsorrel & Rothley heritage centre openssorrel or Rothley, lying in the gardenshed or in the loft, might consider lend-ing their item for display in the heritagecentre for visitors to see” said Sarah.
The Community Room has alreadyseen local people and businesses hiringit out to provide a number of events atthe Centre. The first two weeks of open-ing it hosted ‘Passing Through’, an artexhibition by six local artists, whichincluded paintings, drawings, printmak-ing, ceramics and photography. The firstSaturday also saw a ‘meet the artists’event. The Charnwood Craft Company
andSmarti Paints are both holding craftmornings at the centre on Monday andThursday Mornings respectively whereyou can come and make something orlearn a new skill.
There will also be storytime for theunder 5s taking place on a Wednesdayafternoon with local author RachelGreaves who will share her stories aboutRuffles the rail dog and his adventureson a steam railway. All the events can befound at www.heritage-centre.co.uk
If you have an artefact for displayplease contact [email protected]
A NEW tourist attraction cre-ated by volunteers hasopened in Rothley.
The Mountsorrel and Rothley HeritageCentre opened in April – it has a coffeeshop, an exhibition of local history, acommunity room that features art exhibi-tions and the Nunckley Nature Trail.
It is open between 10am and 5pm,seven days a week and admission is free.
The centre is the culmination of aproject that began in 2007 when a groupof volunteers got together to restore theMountsorrel railway – a disused sectionof GCR track running from Rothley toMountsorrel.
That task, and the construction of theMountsorrel station, was completed in2015. Now the volunteers are workingon the heritage centre site, building dem-onstration stonemason huts to recreate
quarrying scenes from the late 19th centu-ry.
There will also be a small museumbuilding linked to the Mountsorrel rail-way. It will exhibit historical railwayvehicles that once worked in Mountsorrel.
Sarah Hughes, a spokeswoman for thecentre, said: “Despite a low profile open-ing, queues formed outside the door onthe first day and the Heritage Centre,Granite’s coffee shop and the nature trailhave proved to be very popular.”
She added: “Granite’s has sourcedsome high quality produce, all served at
very reasonable prices. Dominic at DavidNorth of Rothley, will be supplying patis-series, whilst the coffee has been special-ly blended by a local merchant. A widevariety of flavoured ice creams are com-ing from further afield, from Parisellas, alittle family business in Conwy, NorthWales. The intention is that Granite’sCoffee Shop which is “Not for Profit”,will generate the income needed to sup-port the operation and ongoing mainte-nance of the heritage centre site. Thepublic will then have free access to allthe areas of interest and attractions that
the site will have to offer. Although theremay be a small charge on certain specialevent days and the Great Central Railwaywill sell tickets for rides on the trains ondays when the railway is operating.”
Inside the centre display boards re-count the history of Mountsorrel andRothley from the Bronze age to moderntimes. These displays will rotate to allowthe full breadth of the two villages’ histo-ries to be displayed.
“The Heritage Centre also has anumber of artefacts on display and anyreaders who might have an item of histor-ical interest associated to either Mount-
Planned residential care home
A PLANNED 66 bed residentialcare home would create 42new jobs, say the developers.
Ideal Care Homes want to build thethree storey building on a site next toHill Top Garage, on LoughboroughRoad.
The home will accommodate peoplefrom the local area and offer two typesof care – general and dementia.
The site is a vacant plot that is partof a site that was granted planningpermission for 45 dwellings in January2014.
Planning application : P/16/0836/2
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Revival is back this AugustMOUNTSORRELREVIVAL returns tothe village on SundayAugust 14.
The festival will once again bringold-style vintage fun to Mountsorrel,featuring a street parade, music,dancing and lots of interesting stallsand attractions. With over 6,000people attending last year, it was abusy day - every food stall was soldout by mid afternoon!
With the summeron the way, it’stime to startthinkingaboutbuildingyour SoapBoxracer forthisyear’scompeti-tion. Therace is acentre-piece of theRevival andthe race teamswill take part inthe street parade, aswell as race on the CricketClub Track.
All sorts of wild and wacky ma-chines take part – from the ‘seriousengineering’ to the entertaining ‘justfor the fun of it’. Details of the race,entry forms and a video of lastyear’s racing can be found on the
‘Mountsorrel-revival’ website.Ian Shonk, the race organiser said:
“We can promise you a great after-noon’s fun – and some wonderfulhandmade trophies to challenge for”
Entries for both Stall-holders andRace Teams are now open. Spaces for
both are limit-ed and on a‘first-come’basis. Detailsare availableon the ‘Mount-sorrel-Revival’website.
Admissionto the Mount-sorrel Revivalis free and theevent runsfrom 11am to
5pm along the length of the villagefrom The Green to Stonehurst farm,where there will be a WWII eventmade up of local Allied and Axisre-enactors featuring vehicles andweapon displays. These will includea copy of the Enigma machine simi-lar to the one used to read Germanmessages at Bletchley Park.
Pic: photos taken atlast year’s event
MUSIC, MOCK battlesand a Spitfire aerialdisplay were all fea-tures of the Great Cen-tral Railway’s wartimeweekend event in June.
Hundreds of re-enac-tors wearing periodclothes brought thestation to life, therewere displays of militaryequipment and visitingdignitaries to stationsalong the line includedWinston Churchill andthe King and Queen.
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THURCASTON & Cropston Gar-dening Club welcomed JayneDaykin, Vice President of theNottinghamshire Fuchsia Socie-ty to our May meeting.
Jayne has been a fuchsia enthusiastfrom an early age and a member of Nott’sSociety for over 20 years. She coveredsubjects such as growing fuchsias in thegarden, propagation and fuchsias in hang-ing baskets and for showing, giving us apractical demonstration of each sectionalong the way.
Hardy varieties, plants that are perma-nently planted in the garden, will surviveoutdoors for many years, particularly ifthey are planted deep and given a mulchfor root protection in the autumn, cutthem down by half in November anddown to ground level in March or April,by mid-summer they will back to theirbest and full of flowers.
Fuchsias in hanging baskets andtroughs perform best when only fuchsiasare used in the display, they require
damp rather than wet conditions to real-ise their full potential and this cannoteasily be achieved in a mixed display.
Cuttings are best taken in March afterthe plants winter recess. Repot estab-lished plants, lightly trim and water, thenas the branches break take the young
shoots for cuttings.TIP; to encourage more breaks along
the old stems mist spray with water every2 or 3 days, this will soften the barkallowing the young shoots to break outeasier.
Cuttings can also be taken when ‘stop-ping’ the branches later in the season,that’s pinching out the leading shots andlaterals to encourage a bushier habit.When taking cuttings if you are leaving thefirst pair of true leaves on, cut them backby half this will conserve energy andrestrict moisture loss by reducing plantarea. It’s also best to use only the very tip- ¾” / 1” - this is where all the energy islocated and the cuttings immediate reac-tion is to send out roots to keep alive. Toallow the young roots to develop quicklymake sure the compost is well aeriatedby adding plenty of perlite or vermiculite.Water in with a few drops but after thatbe very sparing until you can see obvioussigns of growth, remember: damp not wet.If growing a single cutting per pot or celldon’t go straight to your final pot sizewhen potting on, build up to it by usingslightly larger pots 2 or 3 times as thisencourages a stronger root formation.
Growing for showing is a more ‘hands-on’ art and your show plant needs to be agood shape, glowing with healthy leavesand with an abundance of flowers,
achieved by regular pinching out. This iswhere the skill comes in as you need tobe aware of how long it will take to pro-duce new flowers on each new branch.To be really accurate a detailed log fromprevious years is necessary but as a gener-al rule the suggestion is wisely made toallow 60 days for singles, 70 for semi-doubles and 80 for doubles. That’s whyyou need to start early in the season tocreate a real show-stopper. Top variety onthe show bench in 2015 was F. ‘Shelford’,other popular varieties were ‘Southgate’,‘Cecile’, ‘Hawkshead’ with its mass ofsmall white flowers and one of the oldestand still one of the best ‘Lye’s Unique’.
Non-members are very welcome,£3.00 each, meet at the house at 7.00pm.
This year our day out is on SaturdayJuly 9th when we will be visiting Ren-ishaw Hall in North Derbyshire, last year’sGarden of the Year. Back to the villagehall in August for a spot of “GreenhouseGardening” with Geoff Hodge.
Our 33rd Annual Garden, Craft & Pro-duce Show at the Richard Hill PrimarySchool on Saturday September 3 com-pletes our summer line up for 2016.
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