Laverstock 173

Welcome to issue 173
Wiltshire Council have a proposed Traffic Regulation Order which will affect parking
in St Clements Way and Manning Close, Hampton Park. You can make your
views known on this proposal up to 11th January 2019. Details on page 18.
Remaining on the subject of traffic, as this newsletter is being delivered, Milford
Mill Road, from Shady Bower to the Mediaeval Bridge, is closed for six weeks to
enable the replacement of gas mains. See page 14 for details.
Do you have an older person’s bus pass, but haven’t used it for a while? Wiltshire
Council are planning to not automatically renew cards which haven’t been used,
see page 17 for details.
There’s lots of news about the Castle Hill Country Park. Play areas opened, fences
removed, volunteers planting trees and a sample of Kerry lemon’s artwork, all on
pages 20-21.
Cyber Aware, a government organisation which works to reduce computer crime,
has some useful advice on how to deal with fraudulent telephones calls about
your computer. See page 31.
Each of the three secondary schools in the parish has a Parish Council Civic Responsibility
Cup which the schools award each year to the student who has made
the best contribution to the community. The cup is inscribed with the winner’s
name and a smaller version is also awarded for the winner to keep. See page 33
for the 2018 winners.
Details of River Bourne Community Farm’s events for 2019 are on page 34 with
plenty of dates for your diary.
As we went to print we were saddened to hear of the death of Bill Moss who for
many years represented the Bishopdown part of the parish on Wiltshire Council.
His obituary is on page 25.
We wish all of our readers a happy and peaceful new year.
The Parish Newsletter is published six times a year for the benefit of parish residents.
However, articles included do not necessarily reflect the views of the Parish Council.
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Cover picture— Volunteers planting trees in the memorial woodland at Castle Hill Country Park
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