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TRUST UNVEILS BARTON’S NEW VILLAGE INFORMATION PANEL
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Adrian Wedgwood, Barton & Dunstall Key Trust chairman and Pam Wright, clerk to the Trustees at Barton’s new village information panel. |
Visitors to
Barton under Needwood’s village centre car park are now better able
to find their way round the historic, vibrant village and locate
principal attractions, businesses and recreation facilities thanks
to a new information panel unveiled recently by the Barton &
Dunstall Key Trust. Set on the footpath between the newly extended and surfaced free car park off Crowberry Lane & outside Barton’s popular Village Hall the smart new panel sports a complete street map of the area enabling visitors & locals to find their way to village amenities & addresses, together with a photo montage of key events in this vibrant community. Funded jointly by the Trust and the National Forest the £2,000 oak framed panel joins others in Gilmore Lane, Ashtree Road Pocket Park, Collinson Park Recreation Ground and at the Parish Council’s Main Street noticeboard to form a network of information panels illustrating the history and attractiveness of this East Staffordshire village whilst identifying the wide ranging amenities that help make the village tick. |
Adrian Wedgwood, chairman of the Barton & Dunstall Key Trust, said “The Key Trust is pleased to help promote Barton’s many attractions and amenities to the hundreds of people that daily use the village centre car park and the busy Village Hall as it contributes to the sustainability of our local businesses that are vital to the elderly & infirm who cannot easily shop elsewhere” “When the new Co-op store and the remainder of the car park is re-opened later this year the attractive new Information Panel will be a focus of interest to an even wider range of locals and visitors alike” he added.
“Trustees next meet early in February, then in July and October, and will be pleased to receive applications from individuals of any age who live in Barton and Dunstall for grants of up to £500 and from village organisations for up to £10,000” said Pam Wright, clerk to the Key Trust who can be contacted at info@bartondunstallkeytrust.co.uk for the Trust’s rules and an application form. Details are also available at Barton Library.
10 January 2012
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee
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Dear Bartonian, A special 4-day Diamond Jubilee bank holiday weekend will take place over the 2nd to 5th June 2012 to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Some 10 million people celebrated the Silver Jubilee in 1977 and it is hoped many more will celebrate this year for the Diamond Jubilee. The Churches in Barton, supported by the Parish Council, want Barton to be involved as a community in this weekend. We are therefore proposing events over two days of the weekend and we would like your thoughts on this. Wherever possible we would like individuals, shops, businesses, pubs, clubs, schools, uniformed organisations and societies to be involved. If you are interested please contact me on 01283 716911 or email on perkinsatbarton@hotmail.co.uk. The following events are what we are suggesting: Sunday 3rd June."The Big Jubilee Lunch" on Main Street, with everyone bringing along a picnic. Starting with an act of Thanksgiving for the Queen, followed by lunch and entertainment going into the afternoon. Monday 4th June."Gala Day and Lighting a Beacon". We are proposing to hold this at Holland Sports Club, with all groups from the village involved in running stalls, activities, cooking and selling food etc. We look forward to your thoughts and interest. Mick Perkins |
6 January 2012
Major Local Developments in Barton-under-Needwood
You need to know that there are TWO major public consultations happening in September about schemes that are likely to have major long term impacts on the village – and if you’re planning to stay living in the village then that means they’re going to affect YOU.
First, East Staffs Borough Council has published a consultation on their ‘Core Strategy’.
The document isn’t easy to read (in fact it’s a dog’s dinner) but what it sets out is where East Staffs plan to locate new development (industrial, commercial and housing) over the next 20 years.
So how does that affect me?:
You need to be aware that in Barton they are suggesting allocating land for 135 houses off Efflinch Lane and possibly another 25 off Crowberry Lane.
In the case of the Crowberry Lane site the County Council Highways have already said that they won’t allow more than 10 houses to be served from Crowberry Lane – so the implication is that the developer will need to take a new access off Dunstall Road; and that potentially leads to the opening up of all the land on the Radhurst north of the village for development.
In the case of the Efflinch Lane site the access would be off Efflinch Lane near the bottom of Captains Lane and take in all of the land south of the Marina site down to Mill Lane. There are likely to be significant problems with traffic from this site, especially at peak hours, with more vehicles using the already busy Efflinch Lane/Station Road junction.
Both of these sites will put pressure on local services and infrastructure.
OK, what else?:
The document also proposes more development alongside the A38 south of Branston and may result in development spreading across the A38 from Centrum Park onto the Lawns Farm site, west of the A38 Burton Bypass, towards Tatenhill, filling the gap between Shobnall Road and the Branston‐Tatenhill Road.
As far as allocations for commercial land go this is essentially because East Staffs got it wrong last time round and allocated huge areas of the available ‘flat’ land in town to warehousing – and a lot of these warehouses have never been used.
Now they’re short of flat land and want to allocate more farmland for development.
You said ‘TWO’ consultations – what’s the other one?:
The second major development is the proposal by Aggregate Industries to extend Newbold Quarry, south towards Station road, then working northwards parallel to the Barton‐Tatenhill Road.
There is going to be a public consultation exhibition from Tuesday 20 Sept to Sat 24 Sept in the Village Hall, with the stand being manned on Tues 20 and the Sat a.m.
Please try to get along to see what’s being proposed and what the implications may be for Barton.
So what’s the Parish Council doing about all this?:
The Parish Council will be discussing the Core Strategy at its September meeting this Thursday evening and making a submission to East Staffs on the Core Strategy before the deadline for the consultation ends on 21 September. But if you are at all bothered about the future of this village you should try and look at the material on the ESBC website and make your own comments on it (go to www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk and follow the links on the Core Strategy Consultation).
Be aware that ESBC have designed the on‐line consultation forms to ‘direct’ your responses in the way they would prefer to receive them. You may decide, for example, that you don’t support any of their ‘options’. In which case you can write in and make any points you want directly and not use the on‐line forms.
You should be aware that the Parish Council has joined with a consortium of the other large Parish Councils in the Borough and is challenging the figures that ESBC is using to justify the amounts of housing being proposed. Especially since seemingly all the housing allocations shown on the three ESBC ‘options‘ proposed are on greenfield sites; despite ESBC supposedly having a strategy to develop ‘brownfield’ sites first.
Ed Sharkey, Vice-Chairman – on behalf of Barton-under-Needwood Parish Council
29 August 2011
MORRIS & MAY MUSIC COMING TO BARTON!
Thursday 26th May will see our local Morris dancers entertaining with toe-tapping music and stick bashing exciting dances outside two village pubs when Uttoxeter Morris pay their annual visit to Barton under Needwood.
Recently returned from their triumphant tour of Transylvania, Uttoxeter Morris perform traditional English dances from the Cotswolds and from Lichfield and are currently enjoying growing numbers following the success of their recruitment campaign.
How about bringing friends and family to see this colourful show and give Uttoxeter Morris a big welcome to Barton? After the show at The Royal Oak the team will be adjourning to the bar for a music & song session at which folk singers, musicians and everyone seeking an enjoyable evening is welcome to join us.
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Uttoxeter Morris will be dancing at the Shoulder of Mutton in the
village centre at 7.30 p.m. and the Royal Oak, Barton Green at 8.30 p.m.
on Thursday 26th May. For more information or to book Uttoxeter Morris for another event call John Arthur on 01335 330812 and see www.uttoxetermorrismen.org.uk Picture shows Uttoxeter Morris with hosts at Jina in Romania.
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20 April 2011
Appointment of Parish Council Clerk
Barton-under-Needwood Parish Council is seeking to appoint a Parish Council Clerk who will have the necessary skills to take this Parish Council forward.
Applications are invited for this varied and interesting part-time post from suitably qualified persons with current experience in Local Government who already hold the Certificate in Local Council Administration (CILCA) or who will be willing to work towards that qualification.
The salary, which is annually reviewed, is based on the National Association of Local Councils part time clerks scale LC1 18 to LC1 22 for 24 hours per week and will depend on experience and proven ability.
This is an exceptional post demanding an exceptional candidate who will have excellent IT skills, knowledge and experience of managing local authority finances, have a proven track record in managing people and be an excellent communicator.
The Parish Council have an Office which the new Clerk would be expected to use for at least three part days per week, hours to suit.
An Application pack can be obtained by email bartonpc@internet.com or telephone on 01283 716059 or write to Clerk to the Council, Barton-under-Needwood Parish Council Office, Village Hall, Crowberry Lane, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton on Trent, Staffs, DE13 8AF
19 April 2011
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION BARTON UNDER NEEDWOOD BRANCH POPPY APPEAL
The 2010/11 Poppy Appeal has proved to be the best ever, with the total monies collected in the village to date, reaching over £5,000.00 for the first time. As chairman of the Branch I would like to thank everyone who gave their time or money, or both, in what has been this most successful appeal. I think this reflects every-ones concern we have for our servicemen and women who return from conflict with both physical and mental injuries. Some will need short term treatment and support but many will require long term assistance long after they leave the Services and one never knows when a problem thought to have been resolved now, may have repercussions later in life. The Legion spends over £50 million every year providing a wide range of welfare assistance to the ex-Service community. From grant making to pensions and benefits advice; from counselling and job retaining, to pilgrimages; and from home and hospital visits to the provision of full nursing care, the Legion is there to help. Your local Branch has helped many ex-servicemen and women and their families over the years with their problems. We are the first port of call and if we cannot solve the problem, we usually know who can. If you know anyone who you think needs our help or assistance, please contact us on the telephone numbers that are shown in the Chimes every week.
One more thing. Many people think that the Royal British Legion membership is for ex-service personnel only. There is only one type of membership now, and it is open to everyone, men, women, ex-service or not, all are welcome. Our branch numbers are dwindling and our active members need a boost. If you think you would be interested in some aspect of our organisation, be it welfare, administration, fund raising or just to support our servicemen and women by being a member, please contact the branch or come to one of our monthly meetings. These are held at the Barton Bowls club every second Tuesday of the month at 7.30 pm. Your membership would be another way of supporting the work done by the Legion and help to continue the Branch into the future.
David G. Sherratt.
Branch Chairman.
19 April 2011
ROYAL VISIT RED LETTER DAY FOR BARTON UNDER NEEDWOOD
Large crowds are expected on Barton under Needwood’s ‘red letter day’ Thursday 31st. March when, at 11.55, HRH the Duke of Kent KG arrives to open Barton Parish Council’s £100,000 new community youth project at Collinson Park in the centre of the historic village midway between Lichfield and Burton upon Trent.
HRH the Duke of Kent will be unveiling a memorial plaque recording his visit to Barton under Needwood that will be placed on the village & National Forest new information panel that gives some of the history of Barton under Needwood and Collinson Park. His Royal Highness is believed to be the first member of the Royal Family publicly to set foot in Barton since Henry VII adopted lucky triplets who were born around 1480.
Members of the successful Youth of Barton bid to Staffordshire County Council’s Youth Bank fund are hoping to meet HRH the Duke of Kent and will join village youngsters, who helped design the new Playbuilder activity areas, demonstrating the new play equipment to guests and sponsors including the Barton & Dunstall Key Trust, Bardon Aggregates, the National Forest, East Staffordshire Borough Council, Ed Sharkey Associates and the Burton Breweries Charitable Trust.
Pupils & staff from the Thomas Russell Infants and Junior Schools will be there in force waving flags to welcome His Royal Highness and will be joined by a large contingent of students from Barton’s John Taylor Science Academy and head teacher Mike Donoghue.
Visitors, hoping to catch a good view of the action, are advised to arrive early and will be entertained from 11.00 by Barton’s Fiddle Folk who’ll be busking the crowds. Those travelling by car are advised to park well away from the Park and note that, during that morning, vehicular access to Collinson Road will be restricted to residents only. Programme announcements will be made on a public address system and Red Cross first aiders will be on site.
Vic Trigwell, chairman of Barton Parish Council, said “We’re all set to give HRH the Duke of Kent a big Barton welcome when he opens the magnificent new amenities for our young people and we are looking forward to large crowds coming to Collinson Park on 31 March to welcome our Royal visitor on this red letter day for our community”.
The new £100,000 facilities at Collinson Park include a Youth Shelter, outdoor seating & exercise equipment for 14 – 18 year olds and a wide variety of adventure play equipment for 8 -13 year olds including parallel zip wires, basket swing, rock wall, shuffle bars and a 6m high activity net pyramid. In addition the area has been landscaped and planted, an overgrown boundary has been re-fenced for safety and new goals installed for a five a side football pitch.
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17 March 2011
£100,000 COMMUNITY YOUTH PROJECT SET FOR ROYAL OPENING
HRH Duke of Kent is set to open Barton Parish Council’s £100,000 new meeting place and play facilities for the young people of the village at Collinson Park, Barton under Needwood, at 11.55 on Thursday 31 March 2011 and villagers are being urged to put the date in their diaries.
This prestigious event is believed to be the first time a Royal visitor has set foot publicly in Barton under Needwood, possibly since Henry VIII came to adopt triplets, one of whom was John Taylor that became the King’s influential Master of the Rolls. John Taylor later built the village’s Parish Church & our successful secondary school is named after him.
Built on a village centre underutilised playing field, bought by the Parish Council to commemorate the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II, the £100,000 grant funded project includes a youth meeting and socialising area and an extensive range of activity play equipment for younger people. Design and content of the new Community Youth project resulted from extensive consultation with young people and youth organisations.
Sponsors & funders of this excellent new amenity include Staffordshire County Council’s Playbuilder & Youth Capital Bank funds, the Barton & Dunstall Key Trust, Bardon Aggregates, the National Forest, East Staffordshire Borough Council, Ed Sharkey Associates and the Burton Breweries Charitable Trust.
Vic Trigwell, chairman of Barton Parish Council, said “We’re delighted that HRH Duke of Kent is set to officially open the magnificent new amenities for our young people and we are looking forward to large crowds coming to Collinson Park on 31 March to welcome our Royal visitor and give him a big welcome on this red letter day for our community”. “As we’ve only just had this date confirmed we’re working flat out to plan the event and villagers should watch the Press and notice-boards for details.” he added.
2 March 2011
Efflinch Lane Development Consultation
By way of an update on the consultation, there have been a total of 220 responses received, including all response forms, emails and letters received. We are going through all of the comments made very carefully. This has been a genuine consultation and so we will be going away and taking account of the various suggestions and it looks like this will result in many changes. At the moment we cannot anticipate the final form or the number of homes. It will certainly not be more. Naturally we will also want to talk to the landowners and their professional advisers.
With regard to the cemetery, following requests from villagers we have committed to produce a report on this covering the settlement as a whole. Another area of work relates to the details and formulation of any community benefits.
In the light of the above and all the work outlined above that must be done, there will be many changes and we cannot anticipate the outcome, so it is too early to have any further meetings which could only discuss what we all know is now out of date.
Thank you to the Parish Council for use of the facilities and for encouraging an open dialogue with everyone.
Jonathan Harbottle. BSc MA MRICS MRTPI Partner
for and on behalf of Howard Sharp & Partners LLP
5 March 2011
HUNDREDS TURN OUT FOR CROWBERRY LANE EXHIBITION
Barton Parish Council’s consultation on a proposed new cemetery, public open space, other community benefits and an associated small housing development at Crowberry Lane in the centre of the village attracted hundreds of interested villagers on Saturday.
Set up to show how the development might fit into the landscape, illustrate the benefits that will be gained by the community as a whole and address some issues, the exhibition can be seen until Saturday 22 January in the foyer of Barton’s Village Hall that is open daily.
Next Saturday Parish Council members and a representative of the landowners will again be present from 10.00 am until 1 pm to explain the proposals to parishioners and answer any questions they may have.
Barton’s plan for a new cemetery at the top of Crowberry Lane follows years of fruitless searching for a suitable site close to the village’s churches and the centre of the village.
Adrian Wedgwood, chairman of Barton Parish Council, said “Our present cemetery is expected to be full in around ten years time and having failed to persuade other landowners to offer us land we approached the Clarke family and were pleased to receive the offer of two acres for a cemetery that would save villagers having to go to Burton’s Stapenhill cemetery to bury and visit their loved ones.”
“Whilst well over two hundred people came to the exhibition last Saturday, with many leaving written comments favouring or raising concerns about the plans, there are several thousands more in the ‘silent majority’ that are presently undecided or may feel strongly in favour of the proposals. We urge them to comment on this opportunity for the village as a whole” he added.
Every household in the village has received a leaflet setting out the proposals, issues to be considered and the Parish Council’s present view that, on balance, the proposal offers significant benefits for the village. Parishioners can make their views known by visiting the exhibition or by completing the leaflet’s feedback form & posting that in the Parish Council’s letterbox at the Village Hall by 30th January.
Barton’s proposed new Co-op store is also featured at the exhibition and residents can see how the new store plans have been modified to make it more attractive, better fit the site and complement Barton’s historic street scene.
Visitors to the exhibition were made aware of a much larger development of 200 – 250 houses being proposed for another site in the village, an exhibition of which is being put on by that developer between 5th & 12th February.
With local Council elections set for this coming May the Parish Council is also encouraging interested members of the community to stand as Councillors. Details of the Council’s responsibilities and how to be nominated for election are available in the Village Hall foyer or from the Clerk on 01283 716059.
16 January 2011
NEW CEMETERY & VILLAGE RECREATION AREA
Barton Parish Council has received an interesting offer from the Clarke family, owners of the Dunstall Estate, to provide gifts of a new cemetery, village recreation area, additional village centre car parking and other community benefits attached to a proposal to build a small number of houses in the two paddocks either side of Crowberry Lane. The Parish Council believe that, on balance, this proposal offers a lot of benefits for the village & have indicated their agreement in principle subject to hearing the views of local people.
Totalling around five acres the land at the end of Crowberry Lane would be secured in perpetuity for our community including the site of the Scouts bonfire, the small pond and an area of grassland, some of which will be ‘green surfaced’ to provide much needed overflow parking for our shops, Village Hall and Methodist Church.
Additionally the new cemetery, still within the sound of Barton’s bells and walking distance of our churches, is expected to meet demand for another fifty years after our present cemetery fills this decade. Having searched fruitlessly for several years this is the only suitable site available in the village.
Barton’s Parish Church bells restoration fund will also be topped up so that the much needed work can start immediately and our War Memorial will be refurbished completely.
We are grateful to the Clarke family for these generous offers that will be delivered if Planning Consent is given by East Staffordshire Borough Council for the small housing development.
Unlike an earlier proposal this development is much smaller, containing only around twenty-five houses and, in addition to preserving the bridleway and all footpaths it will include substantial, professionally designed landscaping to maintain an attractive view of the village from the Radhurst.
The Clarke family, supported by this Parish Council, will be holding an exhibition in the Village Hall during January so that everyone can have an opportunity to comment on the proposals and have these considered before a Planning Application is made.
Please watch out early in the New Year for posters and news of the exhibition date. Be sure to come and see what is being proposed and give us your views.
3 December 2010
Progress with the appointment of new Vicar to Saint James Church
The post has been advertised and the closing date for applications is 3rd December. It is expected that a short list of candidates will be produced on 9th December with formal interviews taking place on 21st January 2011.
29 November 2010
Reaction to Lloyds TSB closure announcement
Barton's business and residents community is shocked by the sudden announcement of the closure of our Lloyds TSB branch that provides an essential service to this historic and vibrant community of some 5,000 people as well as customers from a wider area that are attracted by the Bank's easy access and free parking in this village.|
People I've talked to tell me the only reason they bank with Lloyds TSB is that there's a branch in Barton. Getting to the Burton or Lichfield town centre alternative branches is both expensive and time consuming & I'm surprised that Lloyds TSB is risking losing loyal customers and business. It risks also failing to attract customers from the new National Football Centre and hotel at Rangemore, the thousands of houses that are set to be built at Drakelow, tourists visiting Barton Marina and future housing developments in Barton itself. This community has a reputation for getting unpopular and insensitive decisions overturned, of which the fight to save our Cottage Hospital is the best recent example. I'd be surprised if a 'Save Barton's Bank' action group isn't set up to persuade Lloyds TSB to re-examine their decision and keep the Bank open.
Perhaps led by Barton's thriving Civic Society,
supported by Michael Fabricant MP, the Burton
Mail and our very active Parish Council
there's an opportunity for this community to again
show its mettle and this time fight to save our
Bank.
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Adrian Wedgwood, chairman Barton Parish Council |
Chairman
Barton under Needwood Parish Council
Lloyds TSB branch at Barton-under-Needwood is closing on Friday 18 February 2011
What does this mean for me?
You'll still have all your usual services at your new branch. There are many other ways you can bank with us too. We're not closing until 2pm on Friday 18 February, so you can use our Barton-under-Needwood branch as usual until then.
Your branch team.
You'll see some familiar faces at Burton-on-Trent as some of our branch team from Barton-under-Needwood are moving there. I'll continue to be your local Bank Manager and will be delighted to welcome you at Burton-on-Trent.
Your new branch.
The only thing that's changing is your new branch location. You don't need to do anything as:
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your account details - your sort code and account number - remain the same |
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there are no changes to any direct debits or other payments set up on your account(s). |
Your new branch details.
16 High Street, Burton-on-Trent DE141JA Telephone: 0845 425 5236
At Burton-on-Trent you'll be able to run your account as usual, and the branch has longer opening hours:
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Thursday |
9.00am |
5.00pm |
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Tuesday |
9.00am |
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Wednesday |
10.00am |
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There is also a Cashpoint at Burton-on-Trent.
Other organisations.
If you have a current account with us, you can use the local Post Office on Main Street, to withdraw cash, check your balance and deposit cash and cheques. You can also use any PayPoint facility to pay household and catalogue bills.
If you need to withdraw cash, many major supermarkets and other retailers offer the cash back facility to customers using their debit card.
22 November 2010
What are you doing this weekend?
Shopping, housework, cleaning the car or raking leaves, surely there is more exciting things to do at the weekend! Yes there are, you could be scouting instead!
Every week adults volunteer their time to help young people do fun activities, activities like Abseiling, Camping, Canoeing and Hiking in Scout Groups up and down the country.
There must be a reason that all of these adults do this so, what makes adults give up their time for free?
Many volunteer because they want to give something back to the community, some because they want to have a go at the activities they did not have the opportunity to try when they were children. Yes our adults really can go abseiling and canoeing if they want to! Sometimes it’s because they just want to help local young people. Either way every single adult who volunteers makes a difference and has fun!
Scouting can be a great way to add skills to your CV and also demonstrate to employers that you stand out from the crowd. It can also be a great way to gain experience of either working with young people or of one of the many organisational roles we have. As a National Organisation with over half a million members we have the experience and training to help you gain any skills you need.
Why do I do it, well I am a full time working mum with 2 kids. My kids were having so much fun and having a go at all of these great activities. I didn’t have a chance to be a scout as a child and I really love the whole outdoors side of life. So I got involved as a Scout Leader. Since then I have been abseiling, Rock climbing, been on a midnight walk and been wrapped up in loo roll like a mummy! It’s the most rewarding thing I do and it’s great fun I think I enjoy it more than the kids sometimes!
Scouting is open to boys and girls from 6 years and is a great way for them to make friends and have some fun whilst trying new things and undertaking challenges. Scouts is also value for money, being a charity and using volunteers as youth leaders means we can keep membership costs down, in this credit crunch that’s a real bonus for families.
We can only do that with the help and support of adult volunteers, and Barton Scout Group, your local group is offering local adults the chance to get involved, make a difference and have fun!
If you are over 18 and think that Scouts is something that you would like to be involved in then come along to meet the Team and find out more at
John Taylor High School, Dunstall Road, Barton under Needwood on
Monday 22nd November 2010 at 7pm
For an informal chat and advice about how volunteering with Scouts can enhance your CV and be great fun.
Alternatively contact Sam Ireland on 07864 681199 or 0845 300 1818 or www.scouts.org.uk/join
Come on, Join the adventure!!!
Author Samantha Booth, Regional Development Officer, The Scout Association
About Scouting:
| Adventure is at the core of Scouting, and the Association passionately believes in helping their members fulfil their full physical, intellectual social and spiritual potentials by working in teams, learning by doing and thinking for themselves. |
| Over 200 activities are offered by Scouting around the UK, made possible by the efforts of 100,000 voluntary adult leaders. This has helped make Scouting the largest co-educational youth Movement in the country. |
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Despite the current financial situation Scouting is growing. Parents are increasing seining Scouting as a value for money activity for 10 swimming lessons costs about £80.: for the same amount of money a young person could attend 35 Scouting sessions over the course of a year. |
| One of the challenges that the Scout Movement faces is finding more volunteers to plug the current gap. At present there are nearly 30,000 young people on waiting lists. |
| Adults working in Scouting contribute in excess of 364 million hours of voluntary work each year to their local communities. |
| The number of volunteers working for Scouting is bigger than the combined workforces of the BBC (24,000) and McDonalds (67,000) put together. |
| Worldwide Scouting has 28 million members both male and female and operates in nearly every country in the world. |
6th November 2010
Survey work commences this week at the former Petrol Station site
Midlands Co-operative Society has announced preliminary ground works will start this week at the former Total Petrol Station. Stephen Beresford, Head of Corporate Affairs for Midlands Co-op, said: “The ground works will include a subtronic survey to detect pipes and cables and a complete CCTV scan of the drainage system. Disruption will be kept to a minimum, but the lifting of adjacent sewer inspection covers is necessary to enable a full drainage system survey. We apologise for any inconvenience that may be caused by this work, the survey being carried out is an essential requirement to the redevelopment of the site.”
7 September 2010
Old Garage site Fenced
Midlands Co-operative Society has now completed the erection of the site hoardings around the former derelict petrol station site and is now making progress on preliminary ground works. Commenting on this latest stage of the project, Stephen Beresford, PR and Marketing Manager for Midlands Co-operative Society, said: “The ground works in question include a subtronic survey to detect pipes and cables, CCTV drainage scan and an archaeological survey. The former will be progressed relatively soon but we are awaiting further instruction from Staffordshire County Council regarding the exact requirements of the archaeological survey.”
25 August 2010
Co-op to fence Old Garage site
Further to Midlands Co-operative
Society's announcement that it is to build a brand new foodstore on the site of
the derelict filling station in Barton, it has now confirmed that it has engaged
Charnwood Fencing to erect a boundary fence and site hoardings in an attempt to
improve the unsightly appearance of the site, work will commence this Friday
23rd
July at 8am. Commenting on this first step of the exciting project, Stephen
Beresford, PR and Marketing Manager said: "As already stated, the Society is now
looking at the plans for the site and a full programme of works and schedule has
yet to be confirmed. We hope that our efforts to improve the aesthetics of the
site by putting up the hoardings will be welcomed by villagers and we will of
course be providing regular updates on the project's progress."
20 July 2010
LANDMARK AGREEMENT HERALDS TRANSFORMATION OF BARTON'S VILLAGE CENTRE
Barton under Needwood's historic Main Street and Conservation Area is set for a major uplift and the village's popular public car parks will be extended and re-surfaced following an agreement signed this week between Barton Parish Council and Midlands Co-operative Society.
Bringing an end to nearly a decade and a half of a derelict filling station and garage on the corner of Crowberry Lane blighting beautiful Barton's attractive village centre, the Society has finally been able to secure the site and will be clearing it whilst preparing to build a new store.
Following an agreement, signed this week with Barton Parish Council, that ends many years of frustration and uncertainty in the village, the Council's public car park next to the recently extended and popular Village Hall will be enlarged by Midlands Co-operative Society to create a total of over 60 parking spaces.
New drainage, lighting and surfacing with lined-out parking spaces and a one-way traffic system will transform the busy area and make it easier for shoppers and Village Hall users to park.
Adrian Wedgwood, chairman of Barton under Needwood Parish Council, said "We're delighted to be working with Midlands Co-operative Society to deliver this major improvement to the centre of our historic and vibrant community and are looking forward to work starting on the car parks within the next few months.
"This is a 'Red Letter Day' for Barton and much of the credit must go to Parish Councillors Vic Trigwell and David Sherratt who have worked to ensure that, at little cost to the village, the parking provision for our thriving business community, shoppers and Village Hall users is being improved" he added.
Midlands Co-operative Society is now in a position to look in depth at the existing plans and programme the works in line with its other ongoing projects. It's the Society's intention to remove the unsightly building as soon as possible and will also be looking into the possibility of providing additional car parking whilst work to extend and resurface the main car park takes place.
Martyn Cheatle, Chief Executive of Midlands Co-operative Society, said: "This is an exciting project and as there's much anticipation about the new store we hope to start work on the demolition of the site very soon. Once complete the new store and extended car park will not only provide a much-improved shopping experience for villagers but provide a far more aesthetically pleasing landscape."
Once the car parks have been surfaced and marked out the new store site will be extended temporarily to form a contractors' compound. Vehicle access to the village car parks and recycling facilities will then be via the Methodist Church roadway. The existing pedestrian access to the car parks and Barton Village Hall will be maintained.
"Whilst this much anticipated development takes place we'll be working with Midlands Co-operative Society to maintain parking and pedestrian easy access for our Village Hall users and, when finished, the new store development will finally open up an attractive vista to our extremely popular Village Hall at the heart of our community" said Cllr. Pauline Fisher, Barton Village Hall chairman.
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Martyn Cheatle, Chief Executive of Midlands Co-operative Society pictured with Adrian Wedgwood, Chairman of the Barton under Needwood Parish Council and Pauline Fisher, Chairman of Barton under Needwood Village Hall. |
Martyn Cheatle, Chief Executive of Midlands Co-operative Society pictured with Adrian Wedgwood, Chairman of the Barton under Needwood Parish Council. |
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Martyn Cheatle, Chief Executive of Midlands Co-operative Society pictured with Tony Wills, Manager of Midlands Co-operative Society's Barton under Needwood foodstore, Adrian Wedgwood, Chairman of the Barton under Needwood Parish Council and David Sherratt, Barton under Needwood Parish Councillor. |
More information:
Adrian Wedgwood, chairman Barton under Needwood Parish Council, 01283 713125 & 07939 136937.
Stephen Beresford, PR & Marketing Manager Midlands Co-operative 01543- 414140 07712 791261 http://www.midlandsco-op.com/
2 July 2010
YOUTH of BARTON CYCLATHON 22 MAY.
Youth of Barton, the group of young people set up to create the successful bid for new facilities at Collinson Park recreation ground, are running a fund raising Cyclathon through the village on Saturday 22 May.
Aiming to raise at least £500 from this family fun sponsored ride, the 3.75 mile event starts from the Youth Centre in Dunstall Road at 10.00 and is expected to finish
about 1 p.m. Tea & coffee refreshments will be available at the Youth Centre and at selected venues around the Road Safety Partnership approved & marshalled road course.
Supported by Staffordshire Police and Emergency services the fun event is open to cyclists of all ages and abilities. Entrance fees are £1.50 per adult and £0.50 per child. Fees and money raised will be held securely by John Taylor High School until needed.
Please come and join in the fun (and get some fresh air and weight watching exercise!) and help our young people put something back into the village for future generations to enjoy.
Information & sponsorship forms are available at the Youth Centre, Library, Post Office, Health Centre and at all three of our schools. For more detail please speak to PCSO Steve Smith.
27 April 2010
Barton-Under-Needwood & District Horticultural Show
It is with great sadness and regret that the death of Barton Village Show is announced. The show first took place in a marquee on the Polo Field, now the John Taylor High School Campus, in 1895 and continued on and off through 2 World Wars for over a hundred years until 2006. The long-standing committee then decided that for the show to continue it would require an injection of new enthusiasm and commitment and was mothballed for 2 years.
Three meetings were organised, the first of which was well attended and everyone concerned felt that the show would rise again and run for many more successful years. Unfortunately the enthusiasm waned and the workers did not materialise at the following 2 meetings. Without enough people willing to attend meetings and cover all the necessary jobs to organise the show it was, with great sadness, decided that Barton Show should be committed to the history books. Unless you know better?
3 January 2009
NEW BLADDER SCANNER PRESENTED TO BARTON COTTAGE WING
A £12,000 Portable Bladder Scanner has been purchased for the new Cottage Wing of The Barton Community Health and Care Centre (formerly the Cottage Hospital) through funds donated by The Needwood Healthcare Action Group and The Burton Hospital League of Friends. The scanner will be used by the dedicated nursing staff of the Cottage Wing led by Sister Julie Turner as well as the practice nurses attached to the Barton Health Centre. It will be a tremendous asset in diagnosing and treating bladder related illnesses through non-invasive procedures.
At a buffet luncheon at the Cottage Wing on 7th October 2008, a cheque for £7703 was presented to Sister Julie Turner by Needwood Health Care Action Group Chairman Chris Baker from funds accumulated during their campaign to save the old Cottage Hospital from closure which the Group started during 2000. Half the fund comprised of two donations and the surplus from the Cottage Hospital Conservatory fund but the remainder was made up of numerous donations from the village and the wider community to support the Action Group during their campaign.
The occasion was the final meeting of the Action Group Committee and the chairman thanked members for all their hard work, enthusiasm and dedication during the campaign along with thanks to Shaw Healthcare, the PCT, the Doctors’ Practice and the local community for working together and giving the project the commitment necessary to build the new Barton Community Health and Care Centre which is such a tremendous modern facility for the people of Barton under Needwood and the wider community.
The Rev. Tony Wood also gave a short summary of some of his fonder memories of the campaign.
The Burton League of Friends were also thanked for their generous donation towards the Scanner and a final thank you to Shaw Healthcare for providing the buffet ended the meeting.
Chris Baker (Chairman NHCAG)
13 October 2008
BBC Big Picture of Staffordshire
Dig out your photo albums, and start snapping!
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The BBC is trying to create a picture of life in Staffordshire 2008 by accepting as many photos as possible from the county's residents. And they need those photos as quickly as possible. They are calling this project 'The Big Picture'. The photos can be as simple as ones of your back garden or your front room - and you can be in them, or not. You can send in a photo of your local bus-stop, or favourite corner of your neighbourhood pub... or even your pets... or sights on your walks round the area. One man from Newcastle under Lyme submitted 5000 pictures! All photos are welcome, and there is no cost involved as all you have to do is post them on a website. All is explained on the BBC Staffordshire site. |
Just paste this web-address into your browser - www.bbc.co.uk/staffordshire/the_big_picture - and that also shows you how to submit your photos.
But - and this is the thing - you need to do it quickly, because the Big Picture project must finish on June 30th!
Okay - get snapping - it's your chance to make your garden/area/street famous!
19 June 2008
GETTING TO KNOW THE NEIGHBOURS
Vehicle leasing specialist Flexible Vehicles will be getting into the community spirit on the 21st June by joining in with the annual Barton-Under-Needwood Open Garden Festival. The Barton based company will be sponsoring the Teddy Extravaganza’s Ballistic Bear ride in aid of local charities including Barton schools and church fund . A flexible vehicle in itself, the Ballistic Bear Ride will be providing a hair-raising cannon ball ride for participating teddy bears as part of the village celebrations at Barton Parish Church.
Having recently relocated to new premises in Barton under Needwood, Directors Phil Roberts and Adam Mellor are on a mission to get to know their neighbours. Adam said, “As a business based in a small community like Barton-under-Need wood, we felt it important to get to know both business and residential neighbours. First and foremost in our plan was to get involved with some local charities and the Open Garden Festival was a perfect opportunity to get into the community spirit”.
Flexible Vehicles have also decided to start sourcing suppliers in Barton and the surrounding area “from IT support to printing and staff we felt it important to invest locally”. As the company expands, Flexible has taken on two new staff: administrator, Aletta Weir from Stapenhill and Marketing Coordinator, Victoria Melbourne from Burton. Adam Mellor said, “It’s great to welcome onboard two new members of staff, to compliment our current team with some local expertise.”
NB: Flexible Vehicles will be available for interview/photographs at the Open Gardens press day at Barton Parish Church on Thurs 12th June from 1pm. For more information contact: Vicky Melbourne @ Flexible Vehicle Contracts Ltd
T : 0845 051 4440 M: 07817109980 E: vicky@flexiblevehicles.com W: www.flexiblevehicles.com
11 June 2008
MORRIS MEN BRING MUSIC & COLOUR TO SPRINGTIME IN BARTON UNDER NEEDWOOD
Uttoxeter Heart of Oak Morris Men will be entertaining crowds at the attractive new Marina and in the village centre on Thursday evening, 15th May, when they bring their traditional music & colourful dances to Barton under Needwood. Their bright displays of traditional English dance with jangling bells, clashing sticks and flourished handkerchiefs can be seen at The Waterfront at Barton Turns Marina at 8 p.m. and the Shoulder of Mutton, Main Street, Barton under Needwood at 9 p.m.
Founded over fifty years ago, Uttoxeter Heart of Oak Morris Men specialise in the dances of the Cotswolds that herald the arrival of Spring and those of the Lichfield tradition that were rediscovered and revived in the late 1950’s. The morris “side” was named after the origin of the club’s first recruits all of whom were connected with farming in the Needwood Forest area and had been taught Morris dancing by the late Jack Hutchinson, Uttoxeter’s renowned veterinary surgeon.
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“Dancing to entertain the
villagers of Barton under Needwood is one of the high spots of our programme
when so many people, young and old, come out to enjoy this reminder of the happy
traditions of England’s rural life” said Mac McCoig, squire of Uttoxeter Morris
Men.
For more information on Uttoxeter Morris Men contact John Arthur on (01335) 330812 and www.uttoxetermorrismen.org.uk Photo shows: Uttoxeter Morris Men limbering up at Uttoxeter for their Spring and Summer tours.
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30th. March 2008
Knitting for All
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Jenny Trigwell and Hazel Parker would like to know whether anyone in Barton, either individuals or groups, would be interested in knitting squares for charity. These would then be sewn together to make patchwork quilts or throws or blankets for the poor and cold elsewhere in the world. This would then be edged/fringed and, if you want, displayed during the Barton Arts and Crafts Exhibition in St James' Church in the summer at the time of Open Gardens/Teddy Extravaganza/Scarecrow Events. This could be a very sociable and enjoyable charity activity to do during the winter months and then maybe use the church hall for a "sewing bee" where we can chat and sip tea while stitching the squares together. If anyone has any spare wool, of any colour, it could be collected and distributed around the village and then collected when the squares are finished. So far we have had a wonderful response, I think because it" ticks all the boxes":
The end product can be raffled or sold and the money can go to a charity of your group’s choice. To date we have eleven groups and many, many individuals enjoying taking part. |
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Contact numbers for anyone interested - Hazel Parker 01283 712002 Jenny Trigwell or 01283 713426
8 February 2008
A Huge Thank You
Dear Friend of Thomas Russell Juniors,
Thomas Russell Junior School is going to get a roof over the Pool!
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who called the voting line, and thank you for getting your friends, family and colleagues to vote also.
The man from the Big Lottery Fund said that although he couldn't give us the final number of votes we received (as this information was the property of Central ITV!) - He did say that our response was phenomenal!
The work can now begin - as we have to spend the money by March 2008 and the Big Lottery want to come back in spring and film the results.
The Friends, staff and children at Thomas Russell Junior School
4 December 2007
VOTE for Thomas Russell Junior School Pool on Thursday 29th November
The Friends of Thomas Russell Junior School have applied for a lottery grant, through the Big Lottery Fund, the Peoples millions for their outdoor swimming pool.
It has been announced that the Swimming Pool Roofing and Refurbishment Project has reached the final stage of the Central News Peoples Millions Lottery funding. Our project is one of eight competing for £80,000 lottery funding. We will be going head to head with another competing project to be televised on Central News on THURSDAY 29th November at 6.00pm. If they win enough votes they will get just under £80,000 so they can upgrade the pool, add disabled facilities, put a roof over it, provide solar heating and open it to the public and local community groups.
They need people to register because they will only finding out the voting phone number on the morning of the 29th at 9.00 am (voting line will be open from 9.00am through to midnight on the 29th November) and will need to secure as many votes as possible on that day. The project with the most telephone votes received out of the two competing projects on that day will win the £80,000 lottery funding.
The school is up against a semi-professional organisation from Birmingham so they have their work cut out. They have set up a (simple) web-site www.pool4all.org and people can register their support by e-mailing them at votefor@pool4all.org with you telephone number and they will call you or text you with the number to vote with on that day. Details of the voting are available on the Peoples Millions site; calls are charged at National Rates.
22 November 2007
Register for New style concessionary travel passes from Thursday 29th November at Barton Library
Staff of East Staffs Borough Council will be at Barton Library in Dunstall Lane on alternate Thursdays from 29th November 2007 until 21st February 2008 between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm to take your details and photograph for the new style concessionary travel passes which come into effect on 1 April 2008.
22 November 2007
BARTON MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST JAMES
We welcome you to the third season of the Barton Music & Art Festival. We hope that it will enjoy your support as a community project. This year all the events are taking place in the Parish Church of Saint James Barton-under-Needwood. The programme of concerts & exhibitions for the 2007-2008 Season has been made possible by support from The Waterfront at Barton Marina.
John Taylor was the eldest of triplets born in Barton about the year 1480. He and his two brothers were educated under the patronage of Henry VII. John later became Master of the Rolls under Henry VIII. John gave money to build the church, construction began in 1517 and consecration in 1533. The church was enlarged in 1864 when the side aisles were widened and the gallery was taken away. Saint James became a Parish Church in 1881. Before that it had been a Chapel of Ease in the Parish of Tatenhill. In 2008 we celebrate the 475th Anniversary of the consecration of the Church.
Tickets for individual concerts can be pre-booked from the Box Office by post for collection in church on the evening of the concert. Cheques should be made payable to St James' Church, Barton. All seats are unreserved and are available 45 minutes before every concert. Barton Music & Art Festival Box Office 14, Station Road, Barton under Needwood, Staffordshire DE 13 8DR. For information telephone 01283 712593 or email info@bartonmusicandartsfest.co.uk
Concerts & Exhibitions 2007 -2008
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Newhall Band |
Sat 06 Oct 07 |
7.30 |
£6 |
£3 |
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1940s Concert |
Sat 24 Nov 07 |
7.30 |
£6 |
£3 |
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Needwood Singers |
Sun 16 Dec 07 |
7.00 |
£6 |
£3 |
| St James Christmas Carol Service | Sun 30 Dec 08 |
3.30 |
Free |
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Songs from the Shows |
Sat 26 Jan 08 |
7.30 |
£6 |
£3 |
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Candlelit Tour |
Fri 01 Feb 08 |
7.30 |
£3 |
£1 |
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Derby Cathedral Choristers |
Sat 23 Feb 08 |
7.30 |
£6 |
£3 |
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Camille Farrar & Friends |
Sat 15 Mar 08 |
7.30 |
£6 |
£3 |
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Gresley Male Voice Choir |
Sat 12 Apr 08 |
7.30 |
£6 |
£3 |
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Tanya Hilton |
Sat 17 May 08 |
7.30 |
£6 |
£3 |
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Chicago Teddy Bear Society |
Fri 20 Jun 08 |
7.30 |
£10 |
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10.30 |
Free |
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Arts & Crafts by Local Artists |
Sat 24 Nov – Sun 25 Nov 07 |
2.00 |
Free |
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Sat 1 Dec – Sun 2 Dec 07 |
2.00 |
Free |
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Local Artist Tahereh Mirfattahi |
Sat 12 Apr – Sun 13 Apr 08 |
2.00 |
Free |
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Kara Strachan Artist |
Sat 21 Jun – Sun 22 Jun 08 |
1.00 |
Free |
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Arts & Crafts by Local Artists |
Sat 24 Nov – Sun 25 Nov 07 |
2.00 |
Free |
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2.00 |
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15 October 2007
BARTON’S £28,000 ASH TREE ROAD ‘POCKET PARK’ OPENING
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(l-r) Sophie Churchill, Chief Executive of the National Forest Company; Landscape Architect and Project Manager Ed Sharkey of Ed Sharkey Associates; Adrian Wedgwood Vice-Chairman Barton Parish Council. |
A gathering of villagers, Parish Councillors, sponsors and contractors to witness the opening of the Ash Tree Road Pocket Park. In the fore ground left to right Ed Sharkey, Adrian Wedgwood and Sophie Churchill.
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Best Kept Village Award winning Barton under Needwood’s latest environment friendly ‘green’ project, the new £28,000 ‘Pocket Park’ at Ash Tree Road, will be opened officially by Sophie Churchill, Chief Executive of the National Forest Company at 11.00 on Thursday 17th. May.
Gifted to Barton Parish Council as an open space by a developer in 1999, the one-acre plot at Ash Tree Road is surrounded by houses and crossed by a busy footpath used by villagers to get to school and the local shops. It is the last parcel of former meadow land within the built up area of this popular and picturesque village. Last year local residents campaigned to prevent the area’s ‘green lung’ becoming a housing development and a small community-based team lead by Barton-born professional landscape architect Ed Sharkey has created a green oasis of attractive native shrubs, bulbs, wild flowers and grassy glades with golden gravel paths leading to a large oak tree as a central, crowning, feature.
With grants totalling £27,700 from the Staffordshire Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, the Borough of East Staffordshire, Argos PLC, the National Forest Company and the Pinners Patch Charity of Barton, together with in-kind contributions from Aggregate Industries and Ed Sharkey Associates the area has been transformed by Shareshill based landscape specialists Jack Moody Ltd. into an attractive ‘pocket park’ for quiet recreation.
Sophie Churchill, Chief Executive of The National Forest Company who’ll be unveiling the park’s interpretation board, said “Ash Tree Road Pocket Park now forms part of the rich mosaic that’s transforming the two hundred square mile area covered by The National Forest. The park will be a pleasant spot in the middle of a major housing area for present and future generations to enjoy. I am delighted that it will also be used by local schools as part of their environmental studies”.
Parish Councillor Adrian Wedgwood, who spearheaded the fund-raising campaign, commented “We’re enormously grateful for the financial support of our funding partners and Ed Sharkey Associates’ expertise without which this exciting scheme would not have happened, and we’re looking forward to Summer when everybody in our community can be proud of the green shoots of Ash Tree Road Pocket Park”.
More information: Landscape Architect and Project Manager Ed Sharkey of Ed Sharkey Associates 01283 713124 and 07973 151820. Adrian Wedgwood 01283 713125 and 07939 136937. Glenis Johnson PA to Sophie Churchill The National Forest Company 01283 552559 www.nationalforest.org
11 May 2007
EIGHTH BARTON BEER FESTIVAL
Saturday 2nd June sees the 8th Annual Barton Beer Festival take place at the Holland Sports Club in Barton under Needwood. Starting at 12:00 Noon the Festival will run through until 11pm, or at least ‘Whilst Stocks Last’! This popular family based event has a reputation for attracting folk along and making a busy but fun time for all so it is best not to leave it too late before venturing down to partake of the waters.
There will be 12 or 14 different ales on sale, with some of the regular old favourites on board such as Black Sheep Special, Ringwoods Old Thumper and Timothy Taylors Landlord. This year the Barton Beer Festival will hopefully feature two brews from the Humpty Dumpty Brewery at Reedham in Norfolk: Humpty Dumpty Ale and King John Ale.
The organisers ran the first beer festival in Barton as part of the Millennium Festival Week in the 2000 celebrations, but it proved so popular that it has continued to be an annual attraction to the Village. Everyone is invited so come along and bring family and friends with you for what promises to be a wonderful afternoon (the sunshine has been ordered).
As usual, drinkers will pay a £2.50 entrance fee and in return will receive a free glass and access to purchase the festival ales for £2 a pint. Hot food will be available throughout the day. Any questions or enquiries: Call Steve Gardner on 01283 713464
2 May 2007
‘EYE’ CELEBRITY OPENS £300,000 DEVELOPMENT
Barton Village Hall’s £300,000 development project, providing major improvements and benefits to users, will be opened officially by the UK’s best loved cartoonist, TV and radio personality Bill Tidy MBE at 7.30 p.m. on Friday 23rd. March 2007 attended by a large gathering of representatives of village organisations, community users and funders of the project that started last Spring.
Now, the impressively spacious timber clad bright new entrance to the Hall will be coming into use bringing with it valuable circulating space for users of Barton under Needwood’s foremost community building and many other improvements including a ground floor Parish Council office, comfortable new small meeting room, refurbished toilets, disabled access to the first floor Robert Douglas Room and new public toilets with access for all from outside the Hall.
Well known for ‘The Cloggies’ irreverent cartoon strip in Private Eye together with the “Fosdyke Saga” and “Kegbuster” for CAMRA’s Whats Brewing Bill Tidy is known as a defender of threatened serious pleasures of life and is famed also for his numerous quick draw TV and Radio appearances including “This is Your Life”, “Quick on the Draw”, “Celebrity Squares”, Blankety Blank” and “Countdown”.
Completed at a cost of £298,000 the ambitious project designed by Lichfield based architects, Brownhill Hayward Brown and built by Greenhill Construction (Derby) Ltd., will keep the twenty year-old hall at the forefront of the community and, by maintaining its attractiveness to village users and outside hirers, ensure its future sustainability.
Funding for this impressive community project has come from Barton under Needwood Parish Council, DEfRA’s Rural Development Programme, the Staffordshire Environmental Fund, the Community Council of Staffordshire, Argos Distribution, Awards for All, Cllr Tim Corbett through Staffordshire County Council’s Local Members Initiative and the Pinner’s Patch Charity of Barton, with the generous provision of numerous building materials provided by Aggregate Industries plc.
Vic Trigwell, village hall chairman, said “Our village hall team and Barton Parish Council have worked hard to bring these major improvements to our popular Village Hall and we’re most grateful to all our funders that have made these major improvements possible”. “We’re confident that local clubs and organisations who have put up with the inevitable disruption of building works, will benefit from these improvements with even more being attracted to what must surely be the best village hall in the area and anyone interested in hiring the hall should contact Susan Shorten on 01283 711808” he added.
For more information on
Barton Village Hall contact Vic Trigwell on 01283 713426 or 07813 934799.
Information on Bill Tidy MBE can be found at
www.billtidy.com
18 March 2007
FEATURE OAK TREE PLANTED AT BARTON’S NEW £27,000 ‘POCKET PARK’
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Best Kept Village Award winning Barton under Needwood is recognising its Needwood Forest heritage and position at the heart of the National Forest by planting today a large English Oak tree as the central, crowning, feature of the village’s new £27,000 ‘Pocket Park’ project on which work is making good progress. Designed by Barton born professional Landscape Architect & Environmental Consultant, Ed Sharkey, the one-acre Pocket Park off Arden Road and in the middle of established housing will be a green oasis of attractive native shrubs, bulbs, wild flowers and grassy glades with golden gravel paths leading to the large English Oak tree as a central, crowning, feature of a Birch-tree grove. Ed Sharkey, pocket park project manager for land-owners Barton Parish Council said “The English Oak, the longest-lived of our great native trees, is the symbol of our new National Forest and reminds us of Barton’s heritage as a major lodge & community for the Royal visitors that came regularly to nearby Needwood Forest”. “Our new oak tree will grow to support a huge biodiversity during its two or three hundred year lifetime and will provide local children with further reminders of our history of wooden shipbuilding and the use of English oak in our great cathedrals” he added. |
Work by Staffordshire-based landscape specialists Jack Moody Ltd. started on the project last month and paths, bollarding and other landscape features are now in place. Neil Morries, contracts manager, commenting on progress said “The recent extremely wet weather has made the land difficult to work so plans to complete the rest of the tree & shrub planting prior to Christmas have been postponed and it is now expected that completion of the initial phase will be early in 2007 with plans for an official opening in May when the green shoots of spring have brought the park to life”
Principal funding for the £27,700 project has been provided by the Staffordshire Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (SALGS). This Government funded initiative, a key objective of which is to compensate local communities for the impacts of aggregate extraction, is run in Staffordshire by the County Council.
Within their Central Rivers Initiative, aimed at improving the corridors of the Rivers Trent & Tame between Burton & Tamworth and seeing the local communities benefit, the scheme provides grants for improvements to access, recreational provision and community based nature conservation.
Julie Evans, Staffordshire County Council’s senior external funding officer, said “Barton under Needwood is affected severely by aggregate extraction and we are delighted to support the community’s Ash Tree Road Pocket Park where a sustainable ‘green lung’ and conservation area is being created out of a piece of derelict ground for future generations to enjoy”
Meanwhile, neighbours and Barton’s successful Police Community Support Officer have teamed up to keep watch over the park as it grows. PCSO Steve Smith said “Together with Ash Tree Road Pocket Park’s neighbours, who are proud of the exciting transformation of this piece of derelict land, we’ll be keeping watch over the Pocket Park’s progress in the months ahead and anyone who sees any undesirable activity or damage should contact me at 0845 30 20 10 so that the neighbourhood policing team can help protect the park for future generations to enjoy”.
More information: Landscape Architect and Project Manager Ed Sharkey of Ed Sharkey Associates 01283 713124 and 07973 151820.
14 December 2006
WELCOME TO OUR ‘NEW’ VILLAGE HALL
It is wonderful to be able to let you know that early in December, the new doors at the Village Hall will be in use and you will all be able to start benefiting from the major improvements that have taken place since May. More info
7 November 2006
BARTON’S ASH TREE ‘POCKET PARK’ DREAM COMES TRUE
East Staffordshire’s Best Kept Village Award winning Barton-under-Needwood launches its latest environment friendly ‘green’ project at 12 noon on Wednesday 8th November when, in the presence of some of the project’s funding partners and local supporters, the first sod will be cut in the village’s £27,000 Ash Tree Road Pocket Park, at the junction of Ash Tree Road and Arden Road.
Gifted to Barton Parish Council as an open space by a developer in 1999, the one-acre plot at Ash Tree Road is surrounded by houses and crossed by a busy footpath used by villagers to get to school and the local shops. It is the last pocket of former meadow land within the built up area of this popular and picturesque village. Earlier this year local residents campaigned to prevent the area’s ‘green lung’ becoming a housing development and a small community-based team proposed the creation of a recreation space with the site held in Trust by the Parish Council.
Now, thanks to grants totalling over £27,000 from the Staffordshire Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, the Borough of East Staffordshire, Argos PLC, the National Forest Company and the Pinner’s Patch Charity of Barton, the fallow land is to be landscaped and transformed into an attractive ‘pocket park’ for quiet recreation.
Designed by Barton born professional Landscape Architect & Environmental Consultant, Ed Sharkey, Ash Tree Pocket Park will be a green oasis of attractive native shrubs, bulbs, wild flowers and grassy glades with golden gravel paths leading to a large oak tree as a central, crowning, feature. “It’ll be a pleasant oasis in the midst of a major housing area for future generations to enjoy quiet recreation and for Barton Junior School’s ‘eco-warriors’ to study environmental issues” said Ed Sharkey.
Following competitive tenders, Shareshill based landscape specialists Jack Moody Ltd. will be starting work on 20th November with completion scheduled, weather permitting, by the end of December.
Adrian Wedgwood, who spearheaded the fund-raising campaign and with Ed Sharkey will be cutting the project’s first sod, said “We’re enormously grateful for the financial support of our funding partners, without whom this exciting scheme would not be taking place, and we’re looking forward to Spring next year when everybody in our community can be proud of the green shoots of Ash Tree Road Pocket Park”.
More information: Landscape Architect and Project Manager Ed Sharkey of Ed Sharkey Associates 01283 713124 and 07973 151820 or Parish Councillor Adrian Wedgwood 01283 713125 and 07939 136937.
7 November 2006
The Holland Sports Club combat Dog Fouling on the sports fields areas with a new – Anti Dog Fouling Campaign !
The Holland Sports Club at Barton are shortly to implement their campaign to stop the fouling of the sports field areas by dogs, and are appealing to the community for support as they try to tackle this terrible problem
Over recent years there has been a massive increase in the number of people bringing dogs onto the Holland Sports Club fields, but as most will appreciate, the increase in the amount of excrement left laying around is a terrible hygiene problem, especially when you consider that all of the sports field areas are used by young children as well as adults.
The HSC have nothing against dogs whatsoever, but of late the problem his increased dramatically and now something has to be done. The club have had new anti dog fouling signs made which will shortly be put into position, asking all visitors to the fields to keep dogs on leads at all times and to stick to the footpath areas.
A lot of dog owners are very good and thoughtful today, ready to clean up after their pets, but there is always a minority who don’t seem to care, and it only takes a handful of dogs leaving waste on a daily basis and the problem is soon out of hand.
The Holland Sports Club wants to provide sporting facilities for the young people of Barton and the surrounding area, that are kept in a clean and hygienic state, please help the club by giving your support and assistance in this matter, where applicable.
NO DOGS WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE SPORTS FIELDS AREAS, AND DOGS MUST BE KEPT ON A LEAD AT ALL TIMES AND RESTRICTED TO THE FOOTPATH AREAS WHILST CROSSING THE FACILITIES
17 May 2006
BARTON'S FAMOUS FINGERPOST GOES NORTH FOR RESTORATION
An ancient roadside fingerpost, possibly the oldest in Staffordshire, is being up-rooted in Barton under Needwood this week and despatched to Cumbria for conservation. The 110 year-old roadside landmark is heading North to have new cast-iron fingers to replace rotting wooden ones put in after the risk of invasion in the last war had passed.
The fingerpost, opposite the "Shoulder of Mutton" in Barton, will be dug up by Signpost Restoration Ltd, Britain's only specialist restorer of cast-iron signposts, at 12:45 on Wednesday 8 February 2006 and taken North to their works at Lanercost in Cumbria for a £2,000 conservation project.
Erected originally in the late 1890's where the War Memorial now stands in Barton's historic centre, the black & white landmark has stood sentinel at the road junction and guided travellers for more than a Century.
Moved to its present location in 1919 to make way for the War Memorial, the fingerpost suffered some indignity when its original fingers were cut off so that any foreign invaders in the Second World War might be frustrated in their search for the quickest route to Yoxall, Tatenhill or Burton.
Post-war replacement wooden fingers and cast letters, including those directing travellers to the long-gone Barton & Walton Station, are rotting and the cast-iron curiosity in this photogenic spot is in need of restoration.
Now, thanks to an initiative by 32 year-old Barton Civic Society and principal funding from East Staffordshire Borough Council's WASPS scheme, Staffordshire County Council's Local Member's Initiative together with generous private donations, the fingerpost is being restored to its original condition and is expected to return ready for unveiling in May.
Arthur Kennedy, Civic Society chairman, said "Barton Civic Society has been concerned about the deterioration of this fine piece of Barton's heritage and, thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we're thrilled to be restoring this historic landmark to its original condition for future generations to learn from and enjoy"
More information contact: Arthur Kennedy 01283 712895 and David Gosling 016977 41829 at www.signpost-restoration.co.uk . Barton under Needwood information www.barton-underneedwood.org.uk
1 February 2006
DEVELOPMENT MOVEING AHEAD WITH PLANNING CONSENT & £8,000 GRANT FROM ARGOS
Exciting development plans to keep Barton-under-Needwood’s popular village hall in the forefront of the community are forging ahead with Planning permission given by East Staffordshire Borough Council and a grant of £8,000 from Argos’ community fund helping pay for detailed work needed to finalise costs and obtain grants for the building scheme.
Unveiled and acclaimed widely at a well attended public exhibition last February, Barton Village Hall’s development plan includes an eye-catching enlarged foyer eliminating present congestion, a Parish Council office on the ground-floor, additional small meeting room, disabled access to the first-floor Robert Douglas room, kitchen improvements and incorporating into the Hall new public toilets with direct access from Crowberry Lane.
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Announcing the next steps towards upgrading the near twenty year-old village hall, chairman Vic Trigwell said “We’re delighted with all the support we’ve had so far from the Village and East Staffs Borough Council. The scheme will maintain the hall’s popularity with existing users, attract new hirers to keep us self-sufficient and provide additional activities for local people”. “The striking new frontage to the Village Hall will also greatly enhance this central area when the new supermarket is eventually built” he added. Now that Planning consent has been received, Barton Village Hall’s management committee is refining its business plan for the years ahead and preparing detailed applications for grants that’ll top up their existing funds and promises of cash support for the near £200,000 project. First of the local businesses to come forward and support the community scheme is Argos with an £8,000 grant that’ll be used to press ahead with the detail needed for further consents and tenders to fix the project costs. Mark Jennings, manager of Argos’ depot at Barton Business Park, said "As the UK’s leading general merchandise retailer, with six hundred employees at our distribution centre in Barton, Argos is keen to support the local communities in which we operate and Barton Village Hall's exciting and forward-looking development plans will bring a long-term benefit to the village and all who live and work in this delightful place". |
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David Sherratt, chairman of Barton Parish Council, who together with Vic Trigwell received the £8,000 cheque from Mark Jennings of Argos at the Village Hall in Crowberry Lane, Barton, commented “ We’re very grateful to Argos for kick-starting our grant fund-raising for the imaginative development scheme, on which we’re aiming for building work to start next year, that’ll be essential to keeping the Hall well-used and sustainable in the years ahead”. “Other businesses and individuals who’d like to be seen spearheading this successful community enterprise should contact Vic Trigwell on 01283 713426 who’ll be pleased to discuss sponsorship and charitable giving opportunities” he added.
More information: Vic Trigwell 01283 713426 Mobile: 07813 934799 Email trigwells@aol.com or Adrian Wedgwood 07939 136937
Plea to get in touch with Barton Bowls and Social Club
Unfortunately we do not have a contact for Richard ? who played at Barton Bowls and Social Club, Dunstall Road, for our VJ Night on Saturday 13 August 2005.Would Richard please contact the Bowls Club on 01283 713946 or e-mail. the Secretary so that we can discuss possible future bookings for you at the Bowls Club.
30 August 2005
Grafton Cottage garden opens for charity
Peter and Margaret Hargreaves will be opening their Grafton Cottage garden in Barr Lane for charity again this year. They would like to thank all who visited their garden last year helping to raise £2,600 for charity allowing them to send cheques of £2,548 to the National Garden Scheme and £174 to the Lichfield Arts Festival. The National Garden Scheme supports Macmillan Cancer Relief and various other charities. Their garden will be open for the National Garden Scheme from 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm on Sunday 19 June, Sunday 3 July and Sunday 7 August. The Sunday openings will have cream teas available as well as plants raised in the garden for sale. The garden will be open for the Lichfield Arts Festival from 12:30 pm to 5:30 pm on Friday 15 July.
Grafton Cottage garden created and maintained by the owners has emphasis on scent, colour theme borders, unusual perennials, old roses with many varieties of clematis. A meandering stream adds delight. The garden has been featured on BBC2 and in various publications. For more information call 01283 713639 or visit http://www.ngs.org.uk/ngs-bin/gardenq2.cgi?gardenID=11343
13 June 2005
MORRIS MEN BRING MUSIC & COLOUR TO BARTON
Uttoxeter Heart of Oak Morris Men will be entertaining Polling Day village crowds on Thursday evening, 5th May, when they bring their traditional music & colourful dance to Barton-under-Needwood. Their bright displays of traditional English dance with jangling bells, clashing sticks and flourished handkerchiefs can be seen outside the Royal Oak, Barton Green at 8:00 p.m. and the Shoulder of Mutton, Main Street, Barton under Needwood at 9:00 p.m.
Founded fifty years ago, Uttoxeter Heart of Oak Morris Men specialise in the dances of the Cotswolds that herald the arrival of Spring and those of the Lichfield tradition that were rediscovered and revived in the late 1950’s. The morris “side” was named after the origin of the club’s first recruits all of whom were connected with farming in the Needwood Forest area and had been taught Morris dancing by the late Jack Hutchinson, Uttoxeter’s renowned veterinary surgeon. “Dancing to entertain the villagers of Barton under Needwood is one of the high spots of our programme when so many people, young and old, come out to enjoy this reminder of the happy traditions of England’s rural life” said Charlie Hodkinson, squire of Uttoxeter Morris Men.
For more information on Uttoxeter Morris Men contact Keith Hutchinson on (01283) 761088 and www.uttoxetermorrismen.org.uk
22 April 2005
Get involved in Village Activities at Barton Village Hall
Barton is lucky to have one of the best village halls in the area. Join our Committee and get involved in running a good range of fun events for all ages. Just a bit of your time can help us make the most of this great asset. You could make a real difference.
Contact: Vic Trigwell on 713426 for a chat or leave your name for more information
11 April 2005
RESOUNDING VOTE IN FAVOUR OF VILLAGE HALL PLANS
Villagers in Barton under Needwood on Saturday gave a resounding vote in favour of plans to improve their popular Village Hall with hundreds reviewing displays of the plans at the village’s Post Office and Library and scores visiting a special exhibition to discuss the detail with representatives from the Village Hall committee and Barton Parish Council. Plans unveiled included an enlarged foyer eliminating the present congestion, a new ground-floor office for the Parish Clerk and committee meeting room, disabled access to the first-floor Robert Douglas room and incorporating into the Hall new public toilets still with direct access from Crowberry Lane.
Ninety-seven percent of the one-hundred and fifty questionnaires completed that morning confirmed residents’ belief that the well-publicised development proposals would benefit Hall users and the Community. Within the resoundingly favourable comments received were suggestions for further improvements to the exterior of the building, concerns about the location of a potential lift for disabled users and reservations on car parking congestion associated with the adjoining long-awaited retail development.
Vic Trigwell, Village Hall chairman commenting on the success of the public consultation said “We’re delighted by this overwhelmingly positive response to our proposals and the constructive comments we’ve received that we’ll be reviewing with our Architects and Quantity Surveyor before applying for Planning consent next month, our next step towards realising the vision for the future of Barton Village Hall”
Meanwhile the Hall development plans will remain on display in Barton Library and in the Village Hall and anyone wishing to comment should complete a questionnaire and send it to Vic Trigwell, Barton Village Hall, Crowberry Lane, Barton-under-Needwood. DE13 8AF.
Residents with reservations about the Village Hall plans were concerned that there was still no sign of Budgen’s development of the adjoining former garage site, that’s now a long-standing eyesore in the village, and that both the new retail development and Village Hall improvements might increase parking congestion. Responding to these concerns David Sherratt, Barton Parish Council chairman, said “Although we do not know when work will start our enquiries suggest that the new store, for which Planning consent exists, is still a ‘live’ project and we are hopeful that the car park will be extended and re-surfaced when it is completed”. “No parking spaces will be lost to the Village Hall development plan and we’ll be laying out the car park to maximise the number of available spaces, including some for disabled users” he added.
More information: Vic Trigwell 01283 713426 Mobile: 07813 934799 Email: trigwells@aol.com
28 February 2005
DEVELOPMENT PLANS EXHIBITION ANNOUNCED FOR VILLAGE HALL
Joint press release issued by Barton-under-Needwood Village Hall Management Committee & Barton Parish Council.
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Proposed extension to Village Hallshows the front elevation of the proposed improvements to Barton under Needwood Village Hall. © released for publication.
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Exciting development plans to keep Barton-under-Needwood’s popular village hall in the forefront of the community are to be unveiled for public comment and further suggestions for improvements at a public exhibition in the village hall on Saturday morning, 26th February 2005.
Built to a high standard nearly 20 years ago, Barton-under-Needwood’s Village Hall occupies a central position in the village. Used extensively by village community groups, sports clubs, play-groups, and out of school clubs the Hall is popular also with commercial organisations that find its fine facilities and parking ideal for public events. It’s also the office base for Barton Parish Council’s clerk who organises many village services. Now the well-managed Hall, which breaks-even financially, needs some of its facilities bringing up to date to stay ahead of customer demands and comply with new legislation.
The Village Hall management team, with the help of Lichfield architects Brownhill Hayward Brown, has put together a plan to keep Barton’s Village Hall as a popular, well-used community facility ensuring it’s sustainability for the coming decades. “From researching our existing customers needs and the requirements of new Disability Access and Health and Safety legislation we’ve put together an exciting scheme on which we’d like comments and helpful suggestions at a public exhibition on Saturday 26th February between 9.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. in the Village Hall” said Vic Trigwell, Village Hall chairman.
Following the exhibition the present proposals will be reviewed prior to applying for Planning permission and seeking grants to help finance the improvements. David Sherratt, chairman of Barton Parish Council commented “This exhibition of our proposed improvements is a vital opportunity for people to contribute to the on-going success of our popular Village Hall and help us spearhead this vital investment in the future that we’d like to start work on next year”.
More information: Vic Trigwell 01283 713426 Mobile: 07813 934799 Email trigwells@aol.com
18 February 2005
Changes to GP Out-of-Hours Services
New arrangements for GP Out-of-Hours Services come into effect across the whole of East Staffordshire PCT from 15 November 2004. GP Surgeries will be responsible for their patients’ health needs from 8:00 am to 6:30 pm every Weekday, except Bank Holidays. Out-of Hours means 6:30 pm to 8:00 am Monday to Friday and all day weekends and Bank Holidays. If you need health care during these Out-of-Hours telephone your usual GP number and you will hear an answer-phone message telling you the number to dial directly or your call will be automatically redirected to the out-of-hours service. Your call will be answered by clinically trained staff at the Staffordshire Ambulance Service, who will assess your health needs and identify what to do next. The options are Advice & Self-help, Home Visit by Community Paramedic Officer, Primary Care Centre appointment or Emergency ambulance. The Primary Care Centre is at Cross Street, Burton on Trent and you should telephone first and not directly attend the centre. The centre is open 6:30 pm to midnight weekdays and 8:00 pm to midnight weekends and Bank Holidays. After midnight the service is provided by Staffordshire Ambulance Service. Other health services that can be accessed directly out-of-hours are
- NHS Direct a 24-hour nurse advice and health information service on 0845 4647 or www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
- Community Pharmacists advise on minor ailments and caring for your self
- Hospital Emergency Departments which should only be used in emergency situations
- Emergency Ambulance services accessed by dialling 999
4 October 2004
Cleaner required for Saint James Church
Saint James Church is on the look out for a cleaner to clean the church for approximately 3 hours per week. If desired this can be combined with cleaning the Saint James Church Hall for another 3 hours per week. Contact Margaret on 713938 if interested.
4 October 2004
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The death of Sir Stanley Clarke CBE was announced on Sunday following a battle against cancer. His life was remarkable; a local man from simple roots who built a company that became massive. The father of four, who lived at the Knoll Barton-under-Needwood, was born on 7 June 1933 in Woods Lane, Stapenhill, Burton on Trent, son of an n invalid father and a mother who was in service at Dunstall Hall. He left Burton Technical High School at 15 and became an apprentice plumber, launching his own plumbing business at 21on obtaining his City and Guilds Certificate. His first property deal was the purchase of an acre of land from a local farmer for £125 obtained planning permission and sold the site for £650. He married Hilda Leavesley in 1957. From these humble beginnings he co-founded Clarke St Modwen, a private construction firm, in 1966 with his brother-in-law, Jim Leavesley. This firm was the split into St Modwen Properties and Clarke Homes. Clarke Homes became on of the country’s biggest housing firms, eventually building 500 houses a year, which he sold in 1986 for £51 million. This allowed him to concentrate more fully on his other firm St Modwen Properties which specialised in large scale commercial, industrial and leisure developments. The company was floated on the Stock Exchange in 1986 and has a current stock market value of £400 million. Some of St Modwen’s projects in Staffordshire have included Burton’s Octagon Shopping Centre, Stoke Cit FC’s Britannia Stadium and the controversial Argos distribution depot at Barton-under-Needwood. |
Sir Stanley was also a leading player in the racing world. He took out trainer’s licence in 1961 and had eight winners before deciding five years later that it was easier being an owner. His most notable success was when his horse, Lord Gyllene, won the 150th Grand National in April 1997, which was the first to be staged on a Monday after Aintree had been evacuated due to bomb scare the previous Saturday. In 1988 his property company St Modwen took over the running of Uttoxeter Racecourse, which he totally transformed and use it as a base to build Northern Racing. Northern Racing became the most powerful independent racing group in the country, owning a stake in eight other racecourses including Newcastle, Brighton and Chepstow, winning praise for re-vitalising under achieving venues. In 1997 Sir Stan achieved another of his major goals in life, the purchase of Dunstall Hall. Its former owner, the late Sir Robert Douglas, was Sir Stan’s idol and mentor, having given the young plumber his first major job in the early 1950’s. Sir Stan set about transforming the hall and estate, even featuring in a Channel 5 documentary. The multi-millionaire has won lots of accolades and friends for his decades of charity work. He and his wife launched the Clarke Family Settlement Trust to support churches, education and health in Staffordshire. Appointed chairman of the Lichfield Cathedral Trust in 1994 he helped raise £6 million for building repairs and musical facilities. He also donated large sums to Burton’s Queen’s Hospital MRI Appeal, the Macmillan Cancer Fund and most recently helped Queen’ Hospital to raise £1.5 million towards the state of the art cancer diagnosis and treatment centre opened last week by Lady Hilda. He was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1982, and awarded a CBE in 1990 followed by knighthood in 2001 for services to people of Staffordshire. Although diagnosed with cancer in 2000, he continued to work being appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire 2003 and helping St Modwen and Northern Racing to set long-term plans in place, before retiring from active roles in the companies as his health deteriorated in recent months.
21 September 2004
New
Play Equipment Opened
Grant
Scheme has created "Living Spaces" in Barton under Needwood.
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Barton-under-Needwood Parish Council Chairman Councillor Dave Sherratt receives cheque from Argos Barton Team member Albert Storer with Dane Mullis, Lucy Bedford and Sophie Allcock. |  |
Dane Mullis, Lucy Bedford and Sophie Allcock who cut the ribbon to open the new play |
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Children
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7 June 2004
School Helper / Cleaner Wanted
John Taylor High school are looking for someone to help them keep the school tidy and clean during the school day, between the times when the general cleaners leave in a morning and start again in the afternoon, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and 1:00 and 3:00 pm Term time only. The post involves going round the school during the day ensuring the inside of the buildings were clean and tidy, responding to teachers’ requests and to any accidents. Help may be needed with cleaning some departments such as Art and to do other jobs as required. The job is 25 hours per week during Term time and remuneration is £5.45 per hour. If you are interested please telephone or write to Glenis Yeomans, Bursar at the school on 01283 239300.
1 April 2004
Grounds Assistant
Do you know anyone who wants a part-time job for 2 hours a day at £6.00 per hour, preferably from 2:00 or 2:30 to 4:00 or 4:30 pm? The hours and times could be negotiable. It is to check the site for litter after the lunchtime litter duty. Although pupils go round with a senior member of staff every lunchtime, with graspers and a bin, inevitably some places are missed or there is not enough time to do them properly. If you are interested or know anyone who might be, please telephone Mr. Osborne-Town at the school.
1 April 2004
Minute Clerk to Governors Urgently required ASAP
The Governors of John Taylor High School urgently require a person to be Minute Clerk to the Governors, to commence as soon as possible. The duties involve taking and typing minutes of the Governors’ Meetings held between 7:00 and 9:30 pm, of which there are approximately 6 per year. Remuneration is £6.91 per hour, pay rise pending. For more information please contact Glenis Yeomans at the school on 01283 239300.
1 April 2004
Grant Scheme is creating “LIVING SPACES” in Barton-under-Needwood
Barton-under-Needwood Civic Society is one of the lucky community groups to benefit from a £30 million Government grant scheme to help local people improve their local environment. Funding by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, “LIVING SPACES” provides funds and support to help people make the most of open spaces in their neighbourhood. The scheme allows community groups across England to improve and create a whole range of spaces, from play areas, community gardens, local parks and city farms to ponds, kick-about areas, squares and village greens.
Barton-under-Needwood Civic Society has been awarded a grant to create a safe play area and play equipment for the under twelve-age group at Collinson Road Park, Barton-under-Needwood. Arthur Kennedy, Chairman of the Civic Society, says “This park was created in 1954, when the field was bought by the Parish Council, part funded by public subscription after the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. Collinson Road Play area has been popular with generations of Barton children, but the existing play equipment has been removed on the advice of ROSPA as it had become dangerous in the light of modern day fears of accidents”.
“LIVING SPACES” awards grants from£1,000 to £100,000 – but money isn’t the only support available. Many local groups need a helping hand to make their ideas grow, so a network of trained ‘enablers’ are on hand to turn bright ideas into reality. These “LIVING SPACES” enablers help draw up detailed action plans and budgets, and put groups in touch with other local organisations who can help ensure projects are a success.
“LIVING SPACES” grants are available to neighbourhood groups anywhere in England. Anyone wishing to apply should download an application pack at www.living-spaces.org.uk or call 0845 600 3190.
For more information please contact Arthur Kennedy on 01283 712895.
6 March 2004
Lights camera action
Thomas Russell Junior School pupils will be able to experience the pleasure of making movies after the school was provide with a video camera by the Argos Distribution Centre. A cheque for £1,000 was also bestowed on the scholars, which was presented to the school at a recent school assembly by the general manager of the Argos Distribution Centre, Mark Jennings. Deputy Head Diane Brierley said that the camera would be used to film its drama performances and to record educational visits and the money would be used to purchase equipment to display the recordings made with the new camera. Mr Jennings said that he was glad that Argos was able to support the school and that the equipment should be put to good use.
6 March 2004
New Bishop pays a visit to Barton
The Right Rev Jonathan Gledhill, Bishop of Lichfield, had a pastoral appointment at Barton Church Hall on Wednesday. A host of clergy welcomed him during the day, which included a tour of Coors Visitors’ Centre, formerly the Bass Museum, and Burton Town Hall. During the evening he met representatives from parishes in the Tutbury Rural Deanery, including the Rural Dean Rev Tony Wood. His visit was concluded at the Deanery Synod, held at Barton Church Hall, where he talked of his vision for the future of the diocese. The Bishop assumed responsibility of the Lichfield Diocese in November 2003.
21 February 2004
Waterhouse Art Gallery opens
Barton-under-Needwood newest experience the Waterhouse Art Gallery has opened on Main Street next to the St James Church. Appetites of passers-by have been aroused over recent weeks with eye-catching paintings in the window advising of the gallery’s opening. Donald and Dorothy Waterhouse have fulfilled a long time ambition to open a gallery. A wide variety of style of pictures may be found in the gallery, something for all tastes are on view including original works by two local artists and a selection of limited edition prints by international artists. The Water house Gallery, which also has a picture framing department, is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm.
21 February 2004
BE ALARMED
Colin Bird and Dave
Prescott are part of the Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Services
Community Fire Safety Team. They are both retired Fire Fighters having
served our local community and Staffordshire for quite a few
years! They are both now trying to prevent loss of
life and property through fire by offering a FREE
Home Fire Safety Check, Smoke Alarms and Fire Awareness in
the Home. Both of them are quite “Alarmed” (excuse the
Pun) at the number of Smoke Alarms that they have seen fitted
in the wrong place or not working. If allowed they will check the
property for fire risks and check the smoke alarms if fitted. If none
are fitted they will supply and fit smoke alarms complete with
ten-year batteries, for this there is NO
CHARGE. You are twice as likely to die in a fire at
home if you haven't got a smoke alarm. To arrange a visit please call
either 713142 or 712978. Lets make Barton a safer place in 2004.
7 February 2004