With the good weather set to continue
into next month, we have news of a barbecue at Birlingham Village Hall on Sunday
19th August.
In this issue:
- Cuppa & Chat, Wednesday 1st August
- St James’ Church Services – August
- Birlingham Photography Club, Tuesday 7th August
- Birlingham BBQ, Sunday 19th August
- Harvest Festival, Sunday 16th September
- Roadworks in Rectory Lane
- Bus Services During Roadworks
- Parish Council Report
- Vale Magazine Walk – Apology
- Anti-Social Behaviour
- Rural Crime Prevention
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1. Cuppa & Chat, Wednesday 1st
August
The next Cuppa & Chat takes
place on Wednesday 1st August, from 3.00pm to 4.30pm. Come and enjoy tea, coffee
and cake in Birlingham Village Hall – an opportunity to meet friends and catch
up with the latest news.
All are welcome, especially families new to the
village. Cost is £2 per head and it is always held on the first Wednesday of the
month. For more information please contact Adrianne Woodward on 01386
750936.
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2. St James’ Church Services –
August
Services at St James’ Church
during August will be held at the following times:
- Sunday 5th: Morning Praise, 10.30am (with Peter Stansbie)
- Sunday 12th: Holy Communion, 10.30am (with Revd Janet Robbins)
- Sunday 19th: Morning Praise, 10.30am (with Revd Philip Hughes)
- Sunday 26th: Holy Communion, 9.00am (with Revd Claire Lording)
A reminder that the Eucharist with Revd Claire Lording at 10.30am
this Sunday, 29th July, is for the whole Benefice (Pershore Abbey, St Mary’s,
Wick, and St Nicholas, Pinvin) and it is being held at St James’, Birlingham to
celebrate the Feast of St
James.
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3. Birlingham Photography Club, Tuesday 7th
August
Angela Fitch
writes:
The next meeting of Birlingham Photography Club is on Tuesday 7th
August, 7.00pm – 8.30pm in Birlingham Village Hall.
Top photographer
Richard Olpin makes his first visit to Birlingham and will help BPC members to
step out of their photography comfort zones and try something new!
More
information is available at www.birlinghamphotography.co.uk.
Everyone welcome, £3pp which includes light refreshments – under 18s to be
accompanied.
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4. Birlingham BBQ, Sunday 19th
August
The barbecue to end all
barbecues! Sunday 19th August at Birllingham Village Hall. Food served at
2.00pm.
Homemade burgers – choice of beef: plain or spicy, lamb: plain or
spicy; venison & beetroot; and, of course, there will be homemade veggie
burgers as well.
Add to the above: assorted sausage, including veggie
sausage and Cajun chicken fillets, all accompanied by a cornucopia of salads,
bread rolls and relishes, followed with fresh fruit salad with cream or ice
cream. Bar available.
Tickets £12 adults, £6 children, are available from
June Barke on 01386 750949. Full details at www.birlingham.org/docs/bbq_2018.pdf.
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5. Harvest Festival, Sunday 16th
September
This year’s Harvest Festival
will take place at St James’ Church on Sunday 16th September at
10.30am.
The service will be followed by lunch in the Village Hall,
cooked by Marion New. More details will be available nearer the time but please
save the
date.
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6. Roadworks in Rectory
Lane
The Parish Clerk
writes:
The upgrade of the drainage system in Birlingham has started in
Rectory Lane and will continue there for up to three weeks. There will be a
three-way traffic-light control in operation week commencing 6th August to
enable the pipe laying across the road by the war memorial. This will affect
traffic travelling into Whitehall Lane and Lower End.
Your patient is
appreciated during the
works.
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7. Bus Services During
Roadworks
The Parish Clerk
writes:
Apologies to anyone who has tried to use the bus service X53 and
X54 and was refused assistance into the centre of the village. Worcestershire
County Council have been contacted today and have reassured us that First Bus
will be informed that the village is not closed.
A temporary bus stop
will be in use, which is situated at the cricket ground entrance, so rather than
south of the church the place to get on or off the bus is north of the church
for the next few
weeks.
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8. Parish Council
Report
Ian Yates writes:
At
its meeting on 18th July, Birlingham Parish Council discussed a number of
issues, including the following:
- The new Community Legacy Grant scheme, which replaces the old New Homes
Bonus scheme
- The provision of a permanent bus stop outside the church; more information
on this will be given when it is available from Worcestershire County Council
- Future works relating to the Green, the plane tree and the Millennium
Bench
- The printing of hardback editions of the Village Design Statement, which
will be publicly available for reference
Full minutes of the
Parish Council meeting will be available in due
course.
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9. Vale Magazine Walk –
Apology
Edward Farrar
writes:
The July edition of the Vale Magazine featured a walk that
included Birlingham. Unfortunately, the description of the walk referred to
‘Burlingham’ several times. This error has been pointed out to the editor, who
replied:
’I apologise for that glaring error, which should have been
picked up at several stages of the editorial process. We will acknowledge the
mistake, and the beautiful village of Birlingham, in the imminent August
issue.’
The author of the walk, Ian Tustin, has also apologised
directly. He said he was to blame for the error and asked if his apologies could
be passed on to the people of
Birlingham.
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10. Anti-Social
Behaviour
The Parish Clerk
writes:
The Parish Council is aware of a number of noise complaints
within the village recently. Please could we ask you to be considerate of your
neighbours and to remember we all need to get along together!
Should you
need to, further ways of dealing with this more formally are given at http://www.worcsregservices.gov.uk/nuisances/noise.aspx.
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11. Rural Crime
Prevention
The Parish Clerk
writes:
Following recent attempted break-ins in Birlingham, the
information (and links) below may be useful.
- West Mercia Police say that marking your property – for example, with
SmartWater – is a positive way to fight crime; it can act as a deterrent, it
allows you to prove ownership and it helps you to identify your property
easily if it is offered for sale. Marking your property also provides a means
for the police to identify stolen goods and return them to their owners.
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