July tends to be a quiet month but
here is the round-up of recent Birlingham news.
In this issue:
- Betty Palmer
- Parish Council Meeting, Wednesday 17th July
- Village Defibrillator
- Mowing of Verges
- Bystander Archives on the Village Website
- Planning Applications
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1. Betty Palmer
Betty Palmer, the beloved wife of the late Pat, died
peacefully on June 17th, aged 95 years. She had lived in Birlingham since 1954
and was mother to Robin Palmer and Wendy Yates and grandmother to five
grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The funeral service will be
held at St James’ Church on Thursday 18th July at 3.30pm, followed by light
refreshments in Birlingham Village Hall.
Family flowers only please.
Donations, if desired, for the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity or Dementia UK may
be sent to E Hill & Son Funeral Directors, Pershore, WR10 1HZ. ‘Mourning
clothes
optional.’
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2. Parish Council Meeting, Wednesday 17th
July
The next meeting of Birlingham
Parish Council takes place on Wednesday 17th July at 7.00pm in Birlingham
Village Hall. During the meeting there is an opportunity to express your views
on local issues, so please come along.
The agenda for the meeting will
shortly be available at www.birlingham.org/pc_info/pc_agenda_2019-07-19.pdf
and the draft minutes of the previous Parish Council meeting on 29th May are at
www.birlingham.org/pc_info/pc_minutes_2019-05-29.pdf.
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3. Village
Defibrillator
Kelvin Hartshorne
writes:
On 4th July there was a need to use the defibrillator and as a
consequence some items must now be replaced. Until such time as the unit is
checked and the replacements obtained, the village is without a working
defibrillator.
As you all know, we have followed West Midlands Ambulance
service advice and put a code on the cabinet door. We were assured that in the
event of an emergency the 999 operator would give the code to the caller but
that did not happen seamlessly. Given that the system did not work as
anticipated we are now making the code public: the code is
1234.
Unfamiliarity with the defibrillator is an impediment to its use –
which will only ever be in an emergency. There were two training sessions in
November 2017 but only 11 people attended. We shall put on more training
sessions but we need to secure a better level of village engagement and we hope
that more people will attend.
We will let you know when the defibrillator
is fully working
again.
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4. Mowing of Verges
A long-running campaign encouraging councils to let
neatly-mown grass verges become mini meadows where wildflowers and wildlife can
flourish appears to be building up a head of steam. In recent years, our verges
have been mown later in the year to allow spring flowers to flower and
seed.
An article on this subject can be read at www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-48772448.
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5. Bystander Archives on the Village
Website
The seventh edition of the
Birlingham Bystander, published in Spring 1985, is now available on the
website.
The issue began with news that Pershore was contemplating the
introduction of car park charges. There were two positive articles about the
European Economic Community (forerunner of the EU) by Lady Scott-Hopkins (wife
of the West Midlands MEP) and Edward McMillan-Scott (MEP for York but living in
Wick) – how times change.
Other articles covered the Act for the
Enclosure of Birlingham of 1773 and the Bystander Party, including the 1985
Bystander Awards. The WI report was written by Virginia Cooper and the two
candidates for the County Council Elections presented their manifestos. The
edition also included all the usual bits and pieces now associated with the
Bystander, such as the welcome to Roger and Ann Smith and family who had moved
to Eckington Road.
Issue 7 of the Bystander can be viewed at www.birlingham.org/village/bystander.
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6. Planning
Applications
The following planning
application has been determined by Wychavon District Council:
- The Caravan, Gravelly
Hill, Eckington Road. Site of a static caravan for residential purposes in
excess of 10 years (Case No. 19/01240). Certified. Full details and
conditions can be viewed on the Wychavon DC website at https://plan.wychavon.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=100051.
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