WCA NEWSLETTER No 166 November 2018 w
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Window on Westfield<br />
The Westfield Parish Council Newsletter<br />
Compiled by the clerk to the Council, Kate Darbyshire. A brief<br />
summary of Council business conducted since August and<br />
forthcoming events and projects. Full minutes are on the<br />
website http://www.westfieldvillage.co.uk/council-papers<br />
Bulb Planting<br />
October saw a round of bulb planting. Six<br />
hundred native bulbs were bought by the<br />
Council, including snowdrops, snake’s<br />
head fritillary, wild daffodils and tulips.<br />
The Horticultural Society kindly planted<br />
some around the fingerpost and the Tree<br />
Conservation Volunteers (TCV), headed<br />
up by Cllr Tim Hills, planted the rest at the<br />
top of Workhouse Lane, bottom of Cottage<br />
Lane, Churchfield and opposite Church Place Farm on Westfield Lane.<br />
They also managed to clear the brambles and overgrowth around four of the<br />
‘Westfield’ signs coming into the village.<br />
Poppy Making Workshops<br />
This year to commemorate 100 years since the end of World War I, the Parish<br />
Council organised a display of poppies throughout the village inviting residents<br />
and community groups to get involved. In September we held a Community<br />
Poppy Making workshop in the Bowls Club. Many thanks to the Bowls Club for<br />
hosting us and thank you to all the volunteers who came along on the day. We<br />
had a good mix of ages and a very productive afternoon of painting, sewing,<br />
knitting, crocheting, gluing, tea drinking and cake eating!<br />
I was invited by the Head Teacher of Westfield Primary School to go into the<br />
school and run workshops with each of the classes. I started each class with a<br />
discussion about the symbolism of the poppy and why it is important to<br />
remember World War I. The children were very enthusiastic about the project<br />
and worked hard, persevering with some tricky tasks. Their creations are<br />
wonderful and a very welcome addition to the display.<br />
Poppy Display<br />
At the end of October we put out all the poppies that people had kindly made.<br />
We had previously applied for a grant of ‘There But <strong>No</strong>t There Silhouettes’ from<br />
The Armistice Covenant Fund. These were placed in various positions within<br />
the parish. Toby Walsh and his team of volunteers once again did a wonderful<br />
job of getting the war memorial ready for Remembrance Day and also placed a<br />
silhouette by the memorial. Lots of hard work went into the display and there is<br />
a long list of people to thank including: The Women’s Institute, Horticultural<br />
Society, Playgroup, Youth Club, Cubs, Beavers, Scouts, Brownies, Guides and<br />
Woodbase. Thank you to everyone who made poppies, contributed materials,<br />
helped with setting up and the team at the New Inn for being a drop off point!<br />
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