EDITORIAL
ASTON INGHAM & KILCOT NEWS
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Church News
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Thank you to all those who provided flowers, fruit & vegetables to decorate Aston Ingham Church. A delicious buffet with wine followed the service, enjoyed by everyone.
Donations of produce were received for local food bank.
REMEMBRANCE
The annual Remembrance Service will be on Sunday 10th November 10.50am.The collection will be for Royal British Legion.
CAROL SERVICEAll are welcome on Wednesday 18th December at 6.30pm followed by mince pies & mulled wine.
CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE
Wednesday December 25th Parish Communion at 10.30am. All are welcome.
LORDS LARDER
Thank you to all those who donate food to help families in need. Drop off point is at Aston Ingham Church with donations taken to local food banks. Should you need help you can contact the Lords Larder in Newent Detail on PDF copy on home
DOG FOWLING
Several incidents of mess have been found on our Churchyard path. Please clear it up & take home with you for disposal.
VILLAGE NEWSASTON INGHAM SPEEDWATCH GROUP
I am sure many of you will have seen the hardy Speedwatch team sporting their fashionable high visibility jackets! With our first-year anniversary in November, we thought it was time for an update. Numerous motorists have described us as a nuisance or jobs worths as well as sharing a selection of hand gestures with us, but we are here as there is a problem with speeding traffic in the village. There are no pavements for much of our 30-speed limit, and the road is narrow with blind bends and driveways, so we are a happy to be a necessary nuisance. We go out on average once a week at different times of day, and in the last year we have informed West Mercia Police of over 200 speeding cars, a handful more than once, this amounts to hundreds of vehicles speeding through the village each week. The good news is that we are seeing a gradual reduction in numbers of speeding cars over the year, and we will continue to get out there and monitor traffic speeds as we really want to get the message over that speeding through any village is dangerous. Please help us to make our roads safer for everyone by keeping to the limits. We do have a chat and a laugh whilst on the job and enjoy a friendly wave or thumbs up. New members are welcome if you want to contact Detail on PDF copy on home
NOT JUST A COFFEE MORNING
On the last Friday of every month, Aston Ingham Village Hall hosts a coffee morning, with a book and puzzle swap. Books and puzzles have been donated by our guests and are carefully curated into genre by the team.
Everyone is welcome to come for a drink, a slice of cake and a good old catch up with friends old and new. The books and jigsaws are free to take.
No need to book, just come along for a warm welcome, £2.50 payable on the door for a relaxed couple of hours in our delightful village hall.
THE SUPPER CLUB TALK IN THE VILLAGE HALL
On Saturday 28th October, we hosted Fraser Gunn who, prior to retiring, was a station officer in the Fire Service and was part of the response team that attended the devastating 1992 fire at Windsor Castle.
Fraser’s talk covered the history of Windsor Castle, the Fire Service itself and then focused on his first-hand experience of the response to the disaster including the risks resources that were available and how they were deployed during and in the aftermath of the fire.
A delicious lasagne with garlic bread and salad was served in the interval and the bar was available throughout.
The evening was extremely well received by all who attended. Next event will be in 2025 and will be a talk on the Great Train Robbery.
GENERAL VILLAGE INFORMATIONTHIS MONTHS 100 CLUB RESULTS
Many thanks to all of you who have joined the 100 club to support the Village Hall, congratulations to the September draw winners - £16 – J Stephens, £12 – S Wheeler, and £6 - Y Roberts. New members welcome. Please contact Detail on PDF copy on home
WHEELCHAIR AVAILABILITY
We have a wheelchair stored in the Village Hall for communal use. Contact Janet Potter
CHURCH CLEANING
If anyone would like to join our cleaning rota, please contact Janet Detail on PDF copy on home. To make the job easier we split the Church into sections so no one person has too much to do. The more helpers the less work for everyone.
FOOTPATH REPORT
Leaflets for several walks are available on the front of the Village Hall or on the village website Any problems please contact Richard Potter Detail on PDF copy on home
OCTOBER MEETING ATTENDED BY Cllr C Yates (Acting Chair), Cllr A. Johnson, Cllr J. Whatley. APOLOGIES – Cllr M Pettit and Cllr N Smith
HIGHLIGHTS from the Parish Council Meeting held on the 8th October 2024:1.Aston Ingham Parish Council – VacancyIf you are interested in supporting our Parish, why not consider joining our very forward-thinking Parish Council? We have some exciting new developments in the pipeline already and are planning for more positive change in 2025. With your help we can achieve even more. Please contact the clerk using clerk@astoningham-pc.gov.uk if you think you can help.2.Achievement to be celebrated – Over the months since Cllr Pettit became Chair, the Parish Council have been working to a strategic plan. This plan includes a lot of projects and core administration work. It was great to see at our October meeting that a number of the projects had now been completed, including the biggest one - Finding a Lengthsman. 3.The Lengthsman – What is a Lengthsman, I hear you ask. Historically, a Lengthsman’s job was to keep a length of road neat, tidy and passable. These days, they mainly maintain 30mph stretches of road within parishes.It was discovered, when Herefordshire Council announced the new funding available to Parish Councils, that you needed to have a Lengthsman in place to apply for funding. Aston Ingham has never had a Lengthsman so we started on the back foot. Blood, sweat, tears and hours of the Cllrs and Clerks time has been spent over the summer, comparing and choosing a Lengthsman and then walking the Parish with the Lengthsman to highlight all its maintenance jobs, drainage issues and Public Rights of Way issues on the footpaths. We are at various stages of application, but the Lengthsman, Terry Griffiths contract is now in place and has already made his first visit to the parish, to map out the maintenance plan in more detail for the Lengthsman Scheme funding. Terry will be visiting us a few times between now and the end of the financial year, and it is hoped this will keep the Parish in a much better condition going forward. The Drainage Fund has also been applied for and we await a decision from Herefordshire Council.
COMMUNITY ACTION – SPEEDWATCH
The Speedwatch group have been out 3 or 4 times in September, but it has been a bit of a washout, as they are not allowed out in wet conditions. However, on a few occasions the group didn't catch anyone speeding, which is a new thing and possibly an indication of lowering of speed among regular road users.
DATE OF NEXT PARISH COUNCIL MEETING - Tuesday 5th November @ 7pmThis report is an abbreviation of the Draft minutes. For a more detailed account and complete minutes when approved, please visit www.astoningham-pc.gov.uk or email clerk@astoningham-pc.gov.uk