Fancy a spot of Spring Cleaning?

Parish Council News

It always upsets me to see how quickly our

roads become littered with cans, bottles and

other junk that people simply throw out of cars

as they pass through our lovely village. Unfor-

tunately, the only option we have to stop these

people spoiling the Plumley roads is to clean

them up ourselves.

The main Problem is Plumley Moor Road itself

from the A556 to the riding Stables, although

the other roads also need attention. So if you

would like to help keep the village looking

clean, please come along to our next litter pick

morning on Saturday 5th April at 10:00am

meeting outside the village stores.

Please bring a high vis vest if you have one

along with a few plastic bin sacks and gloves

are a good idea too. We have a small number

of Litter Pickers (the grab arms) that can be

borrowed for the morning. Please note that as

much of the time may be spent on the verges

of potentially busy roads, this is not something

that is suitable for children to take part in.

Please help if you can. Never has the phrase

"many hands" been more applicable.

Cllr Tony Gabbott

2014 Dates for the Diary - more details in this issue. Tues 1st Apr Fellowship House Mtg (PMC) Thur 3rd Apr "Tracing the Rainbow" 2.00pm (TCH) 4th & 5th Apr Knutsford Beer Festival, Old Town Hall Knutsford Sat 5th Apr Coffee Morning (PMC) Sat 5th Apr Village Litter Pick 10.00am, Plumley Village Stores Mon 7th Apr - Talk by Graham Stirip “Animals in the War”, WI 7.30pm (PVH) Good Friday 18th Apr 11 am service led by Rev Hilary Howarth (PMC) Good Friday 18th Apr 7.30 pm with Owen Wynne Chorale Singers (PMC) Sun 22nd April Church Anniversary 11 am service to led by Rev. Hilary How-arth (PMC) 24th, 25th & 26th Apr - TOTC presents ‘Let’s Pretend’ by Vanessa Brooks. Tickets £8.00, 7.30pm (PVH) Tues 29th Apr Guild Mtg 2.30pm (PMC) Thur 1st May Manchester Airport Out-reach Mtg at 4.00pm (PVH) Thur 1st May Parish Council Meeting 7.00pm (PVH) Thur 1st May Annual Parish Meeting 8.00pm (PVH) Thur 1st May "Flower Arrangements" 2.00pm (TCH) Sat 3rd May Coffee Morning (PMC) Tues 6th May Fellowship House Mtg (PMC) Sat 10th May - Tatton Garden Society plant sale, 12-4pm(SJT) Mon 12th May – Resolution WI 7.30pm (PVH) Fri 16th May - Supper Party 7pm(TCH) Wed 29th May Annual Meeting of the Parish Council 7.45pm (TCH) Sun 1st June RTA production of “The Second Minute” (PVH) Mon 2nd June – Diamond Anniversary Evening WI 7.20pm (PVH) Sat 14th June - Toft Church Summer Fare 12 noon (TCH & SJT) Sat 28th June Plumley Fun Day (PVH)

Sun 6th July - 60th Anniversary Cele-brations (PVH) Monday 7th July – Talk by J Corner “Naughty but Nice” WI 7.30pm (PVH)

Parish Council is proposing two projects which we hope will be of benefit to all residents and which require additional funds. These include the purchase of a defibrillator and associated equipment, and the posts for the new Speed Indicator De-vices that the Parish Council proposes to purchase and in-stall on Plumley Moor Road as a speed reduction measure.

P C Responsibilities

Sybil Crossman-Chairman.

David Nichols-Vice Chairman &

Plumley Village Hall.

Tony Gabbott-Community Pride

& Parish Plan Implementation.

Jim Lloyd-Home watch & Chesh-

ire Resilience Plan.

Jane Richardson-Transport &

Highways.

John Wright-Footpaths & Plan-

ning.

The guest speaker will be Mike Genge, Commercial Director for the Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA) . Written reports from local organisations will be avail-able to takeaway and the meet-ing will be followed by refresh-ments.

The members of the Parish Council very much hope that you will join them at the meeting and after.

Council Tax

For those of you who have al-ready received your Council Tax bill for 2014/15, you will proba-bly be wondering why the Par-ish Council portion of the tax payable has increased by 52%.

In the past we have tried to keep the spending on Parish Council activities to the mini-mum, however, this year the

Parish Council Meetings

The next meeting of the Parish Council (PC) will be held on Thurs 1st May at 7.00pm in Plumley Village Hall (PVH). Members of the public are welcome at the meetings, and a 15 minute period is included on the agenda for questions from the public.

A police surgery is held prior to the PC meetings. On the 1st May at 6.45pm (PVH).

PCSO Lindsey Whitehead will be running Police Surgeries at Plantation dates to be con-firmed.

Annual Parish Meeting

This year the Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Thurs-day 1st May at 8.00pm in Plumley Village Hall.

April/May 2014

Produced by Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council

Welcome to the latest edi-tion of the Newsletter. Between editions of the Newslet-ter all the latest information and news can be found on the web-site, at: Http://parish.cheshire.gov.uk/p lum ley-bexton - t o f t -pa r is h -council/index.htm

Our annual Fun Day is fast approaching and plans are underway! - We will of course have to say Goodbye to our 2013 Rose Queen Miss Maddelena Fitton to make way for a new Queen.

On Sunday 23rd February lots of Children turned out for the annual choosing of our Rose Queen at Plumley Village Hall. We had 3 girls enter for Rose Queen this year and we are pleased to announce that our 2014 Plum-ley Rose Queen will be Miss Scarlet Broad-bent, of Pinfold Lane.

Our 2014 Plumley Princess will be Miss Isabel Smith, of Moorcroft.

We still have lots of space’s to fill in our Plum-ley Promoter roles - If you or someone you

know may be interested in taking part please get in touch - they do not need to live in the village to enter these roles but a connection would be nice.

Congratulations to everyone who came along and took on a role we look forward to seeing you ALL looking gorgeous on Saturday 28th June!

This year's theme will be 1950's as the Village Hall celebrates its 60th Anniversary - we would therefore like to invite any 50's vintage car enthusiasts to take part in our procession this year - please get in touch for more info.

Sarah Sanderson & Michelle Moores

07554 344420 07930 987940

Plumley Fun Day 2014

P lumley Vi l lage

Newsletter Including Toft and Bexton

Key

PVH - Plumley Village Hall TCH - Toft Church Hall

SJT - St John’s Church Toft PMC - Plumley Methodist Church

WI - Women’s Institute. PC - Parish Council LP - Lower Peover

P - Plumley

Copy date for the next edition

will be 20th May 2014

All items to be sent to the :

Sharon Jones—Parish Clerk

20 Farm Road,

Rudheath, Northwich. Cheshire

CW9 7DY

Phone - 07834 230351 or E-mail clerk@plumley-toft-bexton-pc.co.uk

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Children’s Corner - Test Your Knowledge

We start our 2014 programme from Chester to the Golden Pheasant at Plumley on Wednesday 9 April to promote Chester Folk Festival. Our programme from Altrincham/Knutsford to Alexanders in Chester begins on Thursday 1 May with Marts ManJazz3 on the

train and Jazz Jam at Alexanders.

Wednesday 9 April - Chester to Plumley

and at the Golden Pheasant

Three bands - Time Bandits, Roy Clinging and Full House are playing and singing on the Music Train from Chester and at the Golden Pheasant pub in Plumley. They are promoting Chester Folk Festival (www.chesterfolk.org.uk) - to be held at Kel-sall from Friday 23 May to Monday 26 May. (Leaves Chester at 19:04 and returns at 22:45).

Thursday 1 May- Altrincham/Knutsford to

Chester and at Alexanders in Chester.

On Thursday 1 May we will have a Music Train from Altrincham/Knutsford to Jazz Jam at Alexanders in Chester, with Marts Man-Jazz3 on the train there and back. Marts ManJazz3 are three musicians from Mart Rodger’s Manchester Jazz. (Leaves Altrin-cham at 18:46, return leaves Chester at 22:48).

More details on the Music Trains section of the Community Rail Partnership website www.midcheshirerail.org.uk. To contact our music trains organiser or to unsubscribe from this newsletter send an email to musictrains@midcheshirerail.org.uk

Michael Ross Music Trains organiser Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership Tel: 0781 408 0550 or e-mail musictrains@midcheshirerail.org.uk

Music Trains 2014 Spring has sprung!

The sun has been shining and our wildlife has started to get out and about! To sup-port the monitoring of our wildlife, why not contribute to some of the national surveys out there?

The Ladybird Survey: There are 46 spe-cies of ladybird resident in Britain and a new type – the Harlequin ladybird has arrived. The Harlequin Ladybird Survey will monitor its spread across Britain and assess its impact on native ladybirds. Find out more and record your sightings here: www.ladybird-survey.org

The Wildflower Survey: simply devise

your own 1km walk within your allocated 1km square and record what you see from a list of common wild flowers. You can register for the 2014 survey here: www.plantlife.org.uk.

You’ll then receive a survey pack and you can enter your results by post or online.

If you took part in the Big Garden Bird-watch in January look out for the results at the end of March here:

www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch

Sarah Kym McLoughlin Holly Cottage

Do you know the answers to this

questions in our quiz?

What is the name of Winnie the Pooh’s

donkey friend?

Who were all the King’s horses and

men unable to put together again?

What is the name of the lion

in The Lion, The Witch and

The Wardrobe?

In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,

what is Charlie’s surname?

What is the name of Harry

Potter’s pet owl?

Who created Tracy Beaker?

What creature was defeated by the

Three Billy Goats Gruff?

Who had an encounter with

the three bears?

Find the answers on page 3 of this

newsletter.

The next production by The Other Theatre Company will be ‘Let’s Pretend’ by Vanessa Brooks. The play explores the lives of four pensioners wintering in a seedy hotel in Majorca; pretence and de-ception are rife and when a young couple who have booked into the hotel by mistake arrive, the many layers of deceit peel away with increasing speed. ‘A superb evening of riotous entertainment from start to end’, the Stage. The play will take place at Plumley Village Hall on 24, 25 and 26 April. Tickets priced £8.00, concessions £6.00 (Thursday per-formance only), will be available in due course. Performances will start at 7.30 pm.

The Other Theatre Company Never Fear Beer is Here!

Have you booked your tickets yet for Knutsford’s very first Beer festival? The event will take place on the 4-5th April at the Old Town Hall. The Festival will showcase the very best of local beers from independent breweries across Cheshire, with around 40 beers avail-able for you to try. The event will also raise funds for the Knutsford Town Mayor’s charities; the Knutsford and District Lions Club and Cheshire Search and Rescue. Find out more and book your tickets here: www.knutsfordbeerfestival.org.uk.

Sarah Kym McLoughlin Holly Cottage

Thanks to the Newsletter I was grateful that the Homewatch Alert in the last newsletter told me of the incident relating to bank cards.

Well, dear Reader, it was tried on me. A phone call purporting to be a Police Detec-tive said he had arrested someone who had my bank cards. The caller asked for confir-mation of my bank details.

Having read the article, alarm bells rang. I said I would ring him back. I immediately rang the local Police. It was clear from the police enquiries then made that it was a

bogus call...and that fortunately I hadn’t given my bank card details. In a similar inci-dent I know that someone had £2000 taken from their account so I feel rather pleased with myself.

If something like this happens to you, my suggestion is that you ask the ‘bogus’ caller for their police badge number and their con-tact phone number and then ring the police on 101 straightaway for them to check whether or not things are OK.

I am grateful for Jane Thirk’s (Knutsford Police) article...but please be on you guard.

from a Plumley Resident

Manchester Airport

Outreach Programme

Manchester Airport Outreach programme We want to make sure our neighbours are able to discuss any issues/concerns relating to Manchester Airport. Feedback tells us that opportunities to discuss a concern or Trust Fund Application in person are valued; we have been attending Knutsford Library on a weekly basis for fourteen years to facilitate such opportunity.

On Thursday 1st May we will again be in Plumley Village Hall between 16:00 and 19:00 hrs if you would like to speak to us; or of course you could attend our regular Out-reach at Knutsford Library on a Tuesday (09:30-17:00 hrs or 12:00-19:00 hrs on the first Tuesday of each month providing we are not Outreaching elsewhere) for details please see www.manchesterairport.co.uk/keepingintouch

Dog Fouling

In general Plumley dog owners are responsi-ble people, however, it has been brought the attention of the Parish Council that there is a dog or dogs roaming the village, fouling in resident s gardens.

We politely ask that residents do not allow their dogs out alone and that when walking their dogs on or off the lead they clean up

after them. Thank you.

Cheshire West and Chester Council operate the “Rural Rider” bus from Plumley to Northwich on a Wednes-

day and Friday. if you would like to use this service please call 01606 784100.

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Monday 7th April - Graham Stirip will be giving a talk entitled “Animals in the war”.

The competition will be an animal ornament.

Monday 12th May – Resolution.

The competition will be an unusual pot plant.

Monday 2nd June – Diamond Anniversary Evening

This will be an evening celebrating Plumley WI’s 60th birthday.

Monday 7th July – June Corner will be giving a talk entitled “Naughty but Nice”.

The competition will be a pair of knickers!

All the above meetings will be held at 7.30pm in Plumley Village Hall.

New members are always welcome.

This year is an important year for Plumley WI as it is 60 years since Plumley WI’s first ever meeting, which took place at The Golden Pheasant in February 1954. At that first meet-ing, members enjoyed a talk on millinery using paper and felt; followed by a half hour social of games.

This year, members are looking forward to a varied programme of events including not only interesting monthly speakers, but also monthly walks, darts matches, quizzes, theatre visits and competitions. In January, the group en-joyed an interesting talk given by Tony Davies entitled “The Tabley Lads Who Never Came Home” which was about 9 young men who worked on the Tabley Estate and fought dur-ing the First World War, and in February we celebrated our 60th birthday in style with Bucks Fizz, nibbles and a fantastic birthday cake! The year has got off to a great start, but there is still much to look forward to.

Already, some of our members are thinking about plans for the Cheshire Show in June, and in August there will be a garden party. Talks later in the year include such topics as: salt mining in Northwich, canal restoration and female special agents.

It is also a special time for the WI organisation as a whole, and a number of events will be taking place over 2014 and 2015 to mark the WI’s centenary. Celebrations began on Janu-ary 1st with a specially designed centenary baton beginning its mission of being passed around every federation in England and Wales. - It was at sites within the Cheshire Federation between 5th – 12th February and members of Plumley WI participated in the festivities when the baton was at Lower With-ington Village Hall between 2pm and 4pm on

6th February. Christine Barwell

Plumley Women’s Institute

**VACANCY**

We currently have the position of BOOK-ING SECRETARY available on the Village

Hall Committee.

If you have a few hours a week free and feel you could help, please get in touch asap!

We are also looking for someone to take

on the role’s of both Hall Manager & Grounds Maintenance if anyone can offer a few hours help a week please get in

touch.

Rural Touring Arts

The Second Minute, will be showing on Sunday 1st June.

During the First World War around nine-teen thousand mailbags crossed the chan-

nel every single day and the art of letter writing enveloped the country.

To mark the centenary of the First World War, Nottingham Playhouse have created

their first rural touring show for over a decade with Nottingham writer Andy Bar-rett.

Based on research into the letter collection

form the archive of the Sherwood Forest-ers regiment, this simply staged poignant and uplifting new show weaves together

heroic, comic and heartbreaking tales of soldiers and families through their own words. And in doing so explores how this

most elemental and vanishing form of communication managed to hold the coun-try together whilst a generation of men

was being destroyed.

Suitable for age 11+. Tickets will be £8 available from Plumley Village Stores or Penny Allen 722259 soon.

Website

For those who are not already aware we

are ONLINE! The Web address for the Village Hall is www.plumleyvillagehall.co.uk -

you can visit this at any time for enquiries,

can check availability on our online calen-dar and can also book the hall too! - Why not take a look?!

Save the date!!

Sunday 6th July - 60th Anniversary Cele-

brations at the Village Hall - more informa-tion to follow in the next edition.

Sarah Sanderson & Michelle Moores Plumley Village Hall Committee

Registered Charity 520096.

Village Hall

Answers from quiz on page 2.

Eeyore

Humpty Dumpty

Aslan

Bucket

Hedwig

Jacqueline Wilson

A troll

Goldilocks

........What’s your score?!!

The coffee mornings continue to be held each month on the first Saturday and is a happy time of fellowship together. So why not call in if you've never been before especially if you are new to the village and we will make feel welcome and introduce you to some of your neighbours.

Next Coffee Mornings are:

5th April and 3rd May 10.30 am to noon with stalls and raffle.

The Fellowship house group meets on the first Tuesday of the month, the next ones are 1st April and 6th May. All are very welcome and for more information and the venues contact Elizabeth on 722721.

Guild meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month 2.30pm, the next one is 29th April. For more information contact James Eaton on 772387

Easter services

Good Friday 18th April,11 am service led by Rev Hilary Howarth

Good Friday 18th April 7.30 pm Faures Requiem to be performed by Owen Wynne Chorale Singers. This will be followed by hot cross buns and tea/coffee. No admission charge but donations if desired. all welcome to hear this lovely performance.

Church Anniversary Sunday 22nd April 11 am service to led by Rev. Hilary Howarth

Church Anniversary Celebration Tuesday 24th April 7 pm 'Down Memory Lane' a showing of clips on a DVD of Church friends taken 20/25 years ago! These folks have touched our lives and probably yours too over many years. Come and join us all welcome, no admission charge but donations for Church Funds. Light supper will be provided. The Church has now ‘gone live’ with a web-site which can be viewed at www.plumleymethodistchurch.org.uk giving details of services, social events and regular

meetings. Elizabeth Hall

Children’s Corner Quiz

Answers

Plumley Methodist Church

Come and join us in 2014

Would you like to meet other people who

enjoy sewing and make new friends?

Our aim is to have some sewing fun, get inspi-

ration, discuss ideas and maybe learn some-

thing new! People of all abilities welcome

Mornings 9.00am – 12 noon,

Evenings 7.00pm – 10.00pm

Sewing Workshops

Learn how to use your new sewing machine

Roman Blinds – a contemporary way to dress

your windows

Cushions – learn to be creative with cushions

Dressmaking – make your own clothes

And lots more!

Check out our website for all the details

www.creative-stitchers.co.uk or phone

Sue 07711 585072 or Tracy 07768 916058

Thursday is Creative Stitchers

Sewing Club Day!

Lower Peover School Admissions Policy

Children from Plumley are in the Lower Pe-

over School catchment area and so long as

their parents application to attend the School

is made by the appropriate time, currently

January each year, they should be given one

of the 30 places available annually (as out-

lined in the Lower Peover School Admissions

Policy which can be obtained from the

School on 01625 383292).

Get it first : To receive this newsletter via e-mail send an e-mail to clerk@plumley-toft-bexton-pc.co.uk

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Mobile Library Schedule

Every 3rd Monday at Plumley Village Hall

9.45 am—10.15 am

Dates: 7th & 28th April &

19th May 2014

If the car park is busy the Mobile Library will

stop at the end of Malt Kiln Road

Creative Stitchers Sue 07711 585072 or Tracy

07768 916058

Guild Chapel Hall Last Tues in month 2.30pm

Halle Group Jim Rankin. Tel 651170

Holly Tree Riding Stables Gloria Robinson. Tel 722188

Iyengar Yoga Wednesday 6.30pm—8pm

PVH. Contact Sue Rennie.

Tel 01606 888324

Lower Peover Contact Kathy McIntyre.

Kids Club 4-14 years. Tel 722358

Mereside Brass Band (PVH) Bookings Tel 07747 302064

Practice Fri 8-10pm

Tel 07747302064

Learners 6.45-7.45pm

Tel 07879697768

Mums and Tots VH Tues morning (termtime)

Plumley Celtic FC J Betts. Tel 01606 737602

Plumley WI PVH 1st Monday in month

Christine England. Tel 722283

Probus Club D Tricker. Tel 634756

Local Groups in Plumley Local Contacts

Parish Council Chairman - Cllr Sybil Crossman 722650

Village Hall Committee Chairman - David Nichols

723837

Village Hall Bookings on 07784 483496 or by

e-mail to bookings@plumleyvillagehall.co.uk

Chapel Bookings Elizabeth Hall 722721

Tennis Courts & Play area Penny Allen 01565 722259

Plumley Stores/Post Office Jonathan Royle 722277

Toft Church Hall Hazel Raw 651205

Cheshire East Council 0300 123 5500

Knutsford Police 0845 458 6380

Flexible Transport Service 0845 0779110 (from 09.30 -

12.30 Monday to Friday)

Cheshire West & Chester Rural Rider 01606 784100

The Guild Edna Fewtrell or Madge Holt

Village Hall Events Organisers (Fete & Fund Raising)

Sarah Sanderson 07554 344420 or 01565 23241 Michelle

Moores on 07930 987940

Cheshire East Councillor

George Walton - 651507

george.walton@cheshireeast.gov.uk

New Look for Plumley Newsletter

We Want Your Ideas

Monday

U3A Drawing and 10am-12noon Mrs Berry Northen 873053 Painting

Wednesday

Art Group 10am-12 noon Wendy Ramsay. 632362

2nd Toft Brownies 6.pm-7.30pm Sarah Brown E-mail : sarahmbrown@hotmail.co.uk

5th Knutsford 5.00pm-6.15pm Rachel Reyer Brownies E-mail : thereyers@ntlworld.com

Toft Quilters 1pm-3pm 1st Wed of month Veronica Walton 651507

Thursday

The Callanetics Gp 9am-10am Carol Gunter. 651038

Toft Mothers Union 2pm-4pm 1st Thursday in month. Vera Webster 01565 651722 or Pam Willocks 01565 722501

Rubbish Collection Day is Wednesday

Black bins: 2nd, 16th & 30th April & 14th, 28th May 2014

Garden Waste (green bin) & Recycled Materials (including silver bins):

9th & 23rd April & 7th & 21st May 2014

Refuse queries Cheshire East Council - 0300 1235011

Sessions are being held every week at Plum-ley Village Hall (during term time) on Mondays and Tuesdays, 4 -5.pm and 5 - 6pm for 5-11 year olds and from 6.00-7.00pm for 11-18 year olds. Pre-School Drama Class, rising 2’s to 4 year olds contact Sam Marsden for details, phone - 07887 778 822 or email -mwsd@hotmail.co.uk

Margaret Wilcox School of

Speech and Drama

Events at Toft Church Hall

To contact the Police for impor-tant but non emergency issues dial 101. The 999 number is still reserved for Police Emer-gencies and the other Emer-gency Services. You can also leave a voice mail on 0845 458 6380.

Police

Contact Number

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who contributed articles to this edition of the newsletter