WHAT’S HAPPENING?
PARISH COUNCIL
As you may or may not have
realised, on May 1st we had an uncontested election of Parish
Councillors. Sadly, Barry Whitlock and Sabrina Girling decided to stand down as
councillors and we would like to express our grateful thanks to them for their
dedicated hard work and efforts during their term of office. I am please to say
though, that we have a new councillor namely one Linda Bowditch who I am sure
will become an asset to us. On the 12th May we had our Parish &
annual general meeting. It was well advertised but sadly only four members of
the public turned up, I can only assume that we must be doing the right thing.
As you may have noticed, the
flood prevention measures are now in full flow! And we can only wait in
anticipation for the results when the winter rains arrive. For your further
info we have entered the Calor Gas Community competition, which is being judged
later this month. Finally, if you are unable to attend the Parish Councillor
meetings but have a problem that we can help you with, please don’t hesitate to
contact one of us.
Andy Bowditch, Chairman
The annual general meeting of the village shop will
be held on Thursday 17th July at King Edwards Hall. The meeting will
commence at 7.30pm. We sincerely urge that all villagers interested in
maintaining a shop and Post Office within the village attend this meeting. Wine
and cheese is to be served at the close of the meeting.
Would anyone interested in working part-time on either
a paid/voluntary basis, please contact the shop manager Claire Burton.
Barry Whitlock, Chairman
We have had a few sheds broken
into recently in the village, and in other places we have had LAWN MOWERS /
STRIMMERS Etc. stolen from sheds. Just a note for everyone to keep there
shed / garages as secure as possible, don't leave them insecure.
Police House 01794 340375
Phone / Fax
E-mail romseyruralbeat@hampshire.pnn.police.uk
Romsey Police Station 0845 045 45
45 ask for ext 734124
PC Chris Day
The summer term is always the busiest term of the
year and this year is no exception. A
glance at the list of dates on our newsletter (which is accessible to all,
thanks to the West Tytherley village website) will show the many activities
that the pupils are involved with, a few of which are the Solar Car Challenge,
Rocket Day at Test Valley, Citizens Day in Basingstoke, visit to the Hillier Gardens,
Emergency Services Panto in Southampton, a service for our Year 6 leavers in
Winchester Cathedral and an amazing multi-cultural week involving African
ceramics, Indian dancing and Caribbean music, which culminates in the School’s
Summer BBQ on Friday 20th June at 6 p.m., which has a Caribbean
theme and is being opened by Tiff Needell, racing driver.
On 12th July the PTA promise us a
wonderful evening at The Auction of Promises, a Black Tie event, where a
sumptuous spread will be followed by an auction of a long and varied list of
promises. Tickets are available from
the school office or the village shop.
We are entered in the Test Valley in Bloom
competition (last year we tied first place) and we are also involved with the
Parish Council’s entry into the Calor Gas Community competition. The second week in June saw the school being
inspected by Ofsted and although we have not had the report yet, the initial
signs are that it will be good.
Jane Rimmington,
Admin Officer
The football club will be holding a fun
day for all the family on Saturday 9th August, between the hours of
2pm and 6pm on the recreation field. There will be stalls, and fun events for
all the family, refreshments and licience bar applied for. Funds are required
to swell the offers of the club in order that our manager may become pro-active
in the transfer market. We believe that with David Beckham now available, he
has aspirations of a big summer signing? So please come along and support your
local football club. “WE NEED YOUR MONEY”.
Barry Whitlock, Chairman
The village website at www.westtytherley.com has recently
been updated to include the Parish Council minutes and annual general meetings.
Upcoming events at King Edward’s Hall are regularly posted, as are special
offers in the village shop.
Tim Koetser, Webmaster