Issue 043 June 2004 - Nailsworth News

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Community News Time to vote On June 10 th we have the opportunity to elect new MEPs and District Councillors. IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE YOUR VOTE For European elections we are just a part of the whole of SW England and because it uses the system of proportional representation we can vote only for the Party we want to support, not the person. The ballot sheet will show 8 parties. You can only vote for one. The parties are: British National Party, Conservative, Countryside, Green, Labour, LibDem, Respect, & UK Independence Party. Votes for each party are counted up and seats are allocated according to the proportion each party has received. Elected MEPs have to divide their time between Brussels, Strasbourg and their Home Constituency. They always seem rather faceless - they don’t get a lot of publicity. You won’t hear the result until Sunday 13th. Because we have to wait until each country has voted. District Elections Stroud District (not Stroud Town!) has 51 Councillors and 1/3 of them are up for re-election this year. Khurshid Akhtar’s term is up and 5 people are contesting his seat. They are Dorcas Binns(C), Hilary Howe(LibDem), Alan Lomas(UKIP), John Nicholson(Green) & Audrey Smith (Lab/Co-op). Again, we have 1 vote. At present the balance is Cons(27), Lab(11), LibDem(6), Green(4) & 3 Independent. The DC is responsible for Council Tax, Business Rates, Housing, Refuse & Planning, etc. County Council (Education, Roads, etc) elections will be next year. Town Council - There probably won’t be an election because not enough people come forward! As usual, numbers will probably have to be made up by co-opting those people who are willing to volunteer. Paul Dangerfield writes This month there were four thefts from vehicles, related to badges stolen from vehicles parked in the Northfields Road area. The burglaries appear to be mainly along the Horsley side of the parish. Please report anything suspicious immediately to police, and by working together, we can reduce crime. 24 hr switchboard: 0845 090 1234 Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111 The cows are back on the common ...with no deeper understanding of the 40mph limit than they had last year. Don’t be like the chap who, surveying his write-off car (and the written-off cow), kept muttering - ‘But I was driving within the speed limit..’ A change of name - but the cakes and plants remain the same! Nailsworth W.I. Market is to become Nailsworth Country Market Ltd. But it will still be in the Mortimer Rooms on Fridays from 9-10.45am. THE FURNITURE IMPORTERS WAREHOUSE SOLID HARDWOOD FURNITURE CASH & CARRY Open to the public 7 days Come in and visit Gloucester’s unique, most exquisite furniture emporium. Beautiful handmade furniture from India at superb value for money, direct from us, the importers. • Dining Sets from £495 * Soft Furnishings • Coffee Tables from £25 * Unusual Giftware • Sofas from £195 * Gazebos & Garden furniture • Bedroom furniture * 7500 sq. ft showroom • Home lighting * Free Parking • Credit facilities * On-Line Brochure • Buy today - Take Away (most items available for immediate delivery) A massive selection for you to see, many pieces exclusively designed in-house, such as our Railway Sleeper dining sets! 123 Bristol Rd, Gallager Retail Park Quedgeley , Gloucester Tewkesbury Rd, (01452 729729) Cheltenham (01242 254256) (250yds from Tesco) (Opposite Sainsburys) www.furnitureimporters.co.uk Creating the kitchen of your dreams . . . at truly affordable prices The complete service from an established family business. With an envied reputation For quality and service at pleasing prices. All approved by ‘The Kitchen Specialists’ Association’. Cotswold Kitchens 01453 833910 HO & Design Studio: 2 Market St, Nailsworth, GL6 0BZ Showroom: The Old Art Gallery, Market St, Nailsworth GL6 0BX www.cotswoldkitchens.co.uk 4 4 ANDREA’S Alfresco Services NAILSWORTH TEL/FAX 01453 836681 MOBILE 07855127431 Garden maintenance Fence & shed staining Patio furniture restoration Decking preservation Patio cleaning Garden lighting
Events Nailsworth Gardening Group is taking a coach to Iford Manor, Bradford on Avon and Heale House Gardens, nr. Salisbury on Tuesday June 22nd. Non-club members welcome. £14. Leaving the bus station (‘Town Square’) at 9am. Barbara Uzzell 872132. St. George’s Church Fete It’s time to begin thinking about the Church Fete. It used to be one of the great events of the year and it’s hoped that it will be once again. It’s planned for 2pm on the 17th July. The Rope Store Studio Gallery Gallery is showing the work of three local artists from May 29th to July 3rd. Matthew Harris and Daniel Fisher combine to produce some exciting decorated porcelain vessels alongside Maggie Shaw’s restrained paintings. They will be talking about their work on Wed. June 9th at 6pm. 753799. Emerald Tea-time Concert Christopher Northam, piano, Roger Huckle, violin and Rachel Howgego, Cello will be playing music by Haydn, Schubert and Beethoven at Christ Church on Saturday 27th June at 3pm. £5 in advance, £6 on the door. 821360. Mini mini roundabout Next month The Nigglesworth about traffic lights at the Nailsworth mini-roundabout: there is a problem and many of us have seen horrendous near misses – but what exactly is the problem Roundabout warning signs on the A46 trunk road are generally restrained – compare them with those on the A40 round Gloucester – but those for the Nailsworth mini are pathetic. If you come into Nailsworth you may notice a roundabout sign tucked in behind the Egypt Mill hedge and there’s another more or less on the give-way line of the actual roundabout, presently hidden by drooping cherry blossom. If this was the A40 in Gloucester you’d have had a roundabout ‘reduce speed now’ sign somewhere about the Shell garage, repeated for more conservative drivers by Tradeplas; then there’d be distance chevron boards, and maybe a change of speed limit. The roundabout itself is pretty easy to miss. But then it isn’t a roundabout in the sense that people go round it. If you’re driving an artic, delivering to Tesco or the Co-Op, coming from Stroud, you’ll drive over it; you have to. If you’ve come down Spring Hill and are going towards Minchinhampton you, quite properly, go straight across. If you’re coming from Stroud and going on to Bath the minimal dog-leg you do is not going round the roundabout; it’s to avoid running into the Old George. 5 ‘NOT FOXED’ BOOKSHOP NAILSWORTH Book Tokens - Children’s Corner Order (in print) books and Collect next day (usually) 2, Market Street, Nailsworth Tel: 835833 This month’s Local Hero! Play reading Nailsworth Dramatic Society are now holding play reading evenings the first Tuesday in every month. In May, they read a John Godber play - Weekend Breaks, which was funny yet thought provoking, looking at the difficulties in communicating experienced by parents and their (grown up) children. Next up, on Tuesday 1 June (7.30 at the Band Room, Brewery Lane) is Rattle of a Simple Man by Charles Dyer. Do join them for refreshments and an enjoyable evening's read-around! Paula McLean At Emmaus. Friendly and efficient. Sir William Romney’s School Summer Fete Lots of our youngsters go to Sir William Romney’s School in Tetbury. They are having a Grand Fete on June 27th with Circus Skills Workshops and shows by Thomas Trilby, Gentleman Juggler. Magical! Stroud Valley Open Studios Every year, for two week-ends in June, most of our local artists open their studios to display their paintings & pottery, their fabrics and artefacts. It covers the five valleys but more than a dozen are in Nailsworth. Week-ends of 12th & 13th & 19th-20th. Get the beautiful guide, with route maps & pictures - free-from the Information Centre. Paper Team This Month, THANK YOU!! Distribution Co-ordinator Bill Affleck:(832619) Kathleen Beard, Mike Brinkworth, Harold Butterworth, Lucy Carter, Jonathan Duckworth, Rhona Fox, Barry Hathaway, Maire Jarman, Just Traiding, Stella Knight, Don Luke, Ann Makemson, Ann Marshall, Ollie Payne, Tamzin Phillips, David Penn, Richard Kendall, Joan Rowbotham, Martin Stone, Barry Wade, Craig Williams, Lesley Williams-Allen. NAILSWORTH GARDEN MACHINERY Suppliers of a large range of Domestic and Commercial Garden Equipment Tel: 01453 834787 Mob: 07966 149539 Pensile Road, Nails-
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