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Wind farm latest

From the May 2014 edition...

The Village response in objecting to the Damwells Farm Wind Turbine Application has been very encouraging.  If you have not already objected and feel strongly about protecting our special village of North Thoresby and the surrounding area please do so.

Do not forget that we can make the most impact to E.L.D.C. if one objection form per person is sent in. (Objection Forms are available from the Post Office). Thank you to everyone who has helped in any way whether it be printing, co-ordinating distribution of letters etc.

On a more social note there will be a Fun Walk from Ludborough Church on Saturday 31^st May starting at 10a.m. in aid of M.W.A.G.(Marsh Wind Farm Action Group) funds. The suggested minimum entry fee is £5 per adult but sponsorship forms are available should you wish to raise more money for M.W.A.G.                           

Contact No. is 07939 195142 or
Melvin.mwag@hotmail.co.uk  alternatively pick up a form from Joyce Erswell, Church Lane,N. Thoresby Tel No. 01472 840908 (evenings only please). 

The walk will be from Ludborough Church to the Wanderlust Way (on the Wolds) which will give a panoramic view of the flat lands down to the coast.

There will be a photo montage which will relate to where all the proposed wind farms are to be sited. The walk will be approx. 3 miles to the half way point where refreshments will be served also those of you who do not wish to walk back a lift will be available. If the walk is too long for you feel free to amble along at your own pace and turn back whenever you like!  Just enjoy our beautiful county. Come and help yourself get trim for the Summer, help raise much needed funds for M.W.A.G. who are working on our behalf, have fun doing it.

All Objections to be in by  12th May to allow for postage and  also for us to get them to E.L.D.C. for the 14th May which is the deadline. 

The Village Voice

In this part of the newsletter I open up the floor to you. This is where you can have your say. It’s an article for villagers, written by someone from the village. If you feel you’d like to contribute something to the next edition,  then feel free to email the address on the front cover of the newsletter and we could be reading your thoughts and opinions next time.

“I would like to take this opportunity in voicing my thanks to the gentleman in the village who goes to great lengths to keep it tidy.

I often see him collecting litter as he walks his dog, even cleaning the streets and weeding. What a benefit he is to our village. If more people were so positively socially minded what a wonderful village we would have.

Not that it isn’t, but this chap, and he will know who he is, goes to great lengths ‘above and beyond’.

Having said this special thank you, I do not forget all the others I see doing good things around our community; Ladies gardening, men painting. We have many good citizens all of whom deserve thanks.

But we do, I hope you agree, have one special man in particular.”

- A grateful villager

Thoresby's War Heroes, Remembered?

From the May 2014 edition...

With the anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War approaching, it is an appropriate moment to look again at the village war memorial in St. Helen’s churchyard. There are twenty-one names of those 

who gave their lives in that conflict on it, and two others, the Taylor brothers, listed on a separate stone. 

They were all soldiers, the majority in the Lincolnshire Regiment; most were simple Privates, only two Officers are included. One of these, son of a baronet Captain Vere De Hoghton, has a personal  memorial erected by his widow in his native village, Hoghton in Lancashire. I wonder what brought him to North Thoresby? Many of the details about our First World War dead are given on the Roll of Honour website:

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Lincolnshire/NorthThoresby.html

Do you have any links with any of the names listed? In particular, it would be good to hear about those who have no details given. P.J. Batten, J.H. Broughton, M.H. Campion, J. Roberts, W. Thompson  and  R.W. Townend are the names about which little seems to be known. Can you fill in the gaps? It would be interesting to include their stories, or those of any other of our First World War veterans in future issues of the news.

- Ruairidh Greig

Notes from the Parish Council

From the May 2014 edition...

Village Hall

A draft plan and budget cost estimate have now been received and are being examined by the Council who are to arrange an informal meeting with ELDC Planning to discuss various points particularly as the Hall lies within the village conservation area.  Following this it is proposed that a public consultation be held prior to the drawing up of official plans.

Dog Fouling

Unfortunately dog fouling continues to be a problem which is now, literally, being highlighted by the use of fluorescent, biodegradable spray paint.  This paint will draw attention to dog fouling and act as an extremely visible warning to pedestrians and other footpath users.  Owners can be fined up to £1000.00 if it can be proved it is their animal that has fouled the footpath.

Boundary Commission Review

We continue to try and reverse the Boundary Commission Review decision that North Thoresby be placed in a new electoral ward with Holton-le-Clay.  To this end numerous amounts of correspondence have been exchanged with Sir Peter Tapsell MP and we have also now written to Eric Pickles in an attempt to involve him.

Village Newsletter

Due to ill health Jackie Newborough resigned as editor of the Newsletter earlier in the year.  Our thanks to Jackie for all her hard work and our best wishes for the future.

The new Editor is Rob Burnett who we thank for taking on the job and whose contact details can be found elsewhere in this edition.

The Newsletter is your Newsletter and its success depends on contributions from all of us whether it be a one line joke , short story or anecdote.  It is also an effective means of getting your event details into every household in the village.

Changes on the Council

Cllr Des Green has resigned from the Parish Council – many thanks for his contribution to the village over the years.

This is my last Notes from the Parish Council.  Having served on the Council for over ten years, and been Chairman for eight of those years I have decided to come off the Parish Council and make room for some fresh blood and fresh air.  Consequently I would like to thank my fellow Councillors for their help, support and loyalty and thanks also to Mrs Sandra Bunyan for all her hard work and effort.  Thanks also to County Councillor Tony Bridges and District Councillor Mrs Doreen for their guidance and help and all the work they have done, and continue to do, for North Thoresby.

My best wishes to everyone.  Remember this is your village – be proud of it and cherish it.

Counterpoint

After the news surrounding the wind farm proposals, one villager has a slightly opposing view...(from May 2014 edition)

AFTER READING THE last village newsletter, I realised that many of us are still in denial of what is happening to our world.  We are facing the biggest planetary crisis of our time.  Unless we act now, coral reefs will be gone forever, polar bears will only be in zoos, and our children will live in a flooded and scorched mess of a planet.  This is not scare-mongering.  Experts and scientists are clear that Europe must decide on a strong set of goals to reduce pollution by half, improve energy efficiency, and trigger a clean energy revolution, and this might just be enough to get other countries to sign up to a global climate deal in Paris next year.  The time for action is rapidly dwindling.

So what can we, in our small corner, do to help keep the lights on and avoid ending up awash as recently happened in the Somerset Levels?  After all, we live in a very similar landscape, artificially created by a sophisticated system of land drainage and dependent on vast sea defences.  We may well be concerned about the value of our properties once wind turbines are erected across our marshes, but what I wonder will be their value once we have water lapping at our thresholds? 

Most people acknowledge that unusual weather patterns are increasingly commonplace.  It is now an accepted fact that climate change is occurring, and also an accepted fact that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change.  However, our demands for energy are increasing.  What can be done?

We need all types of energy sources which do not cause carbon emissions, not just wind turbines, but also solar generation, tidal and wave power, and other forms of clean energy still in their infancy, as much and as quickly as possible, to meet our energy needs.  Until such time as other sources of power are available, we have no option but to accept that wind turbines are the most appropriate immediate solution.

Britain is already failing dismally to achieve its 2020 target for renewable energy.  The share of energy it generates from renewables is among the lowest across the EU.

Nobody loves our flat, atmospheric landscape more than me, with its distant horizons and huge skies.  I would do anything possible to protect it.  I am sure that one day we would all wish to be able to look our grand-children in the eye and answer honestly when they ask:  “What did you do to help curb CO₂ emissions?”

 - Maureen Barnett
Have an opinion on the matter? Then get in touch.

Latest from the Post Office

From the May Edition:
Spring is finally here which means BBQs in the garden, large quantities of chocolate eggs and a welcome break from the constant rush to get the next set of celebration cards out on the shelves.

Spring also brings the first of our offerings from Braders Farm. You can now purchase fresh asparagus, but be quick as the growing season is a short one. We can testify that it cooks superbly on the BBQ! Hopefully it won't be too long until we can offer freshly picked soft fruit.

Terry is now in serious training for the Great North Run. The collection bucket is on the counter and the sponsor form behind the counter. Once again he will be running for Prostate Cancer UK.

Arrangements for the 1940s weekend are coming together. We will be having a volunteers BBQ and get together in June. Keep an eye out for the notices around the village. We hope to draw up a rota of volunteers and jobs at these meetings, so please do come along if you think you can spare a couple of hours on the August Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday. Remember that you can leave your details at the Post Office and I will add you to the volunteers list.

Finally a question... Would you be interested in attending a course on basic lifesaving skills if we ran one for the village? I ask because a couple of months ago I found myself in the thankfully rare position to use my first aid training to save someone's life. I was asked afterwards if I was proud of what I had done - but my overwhelming emotion was one of gratitude that I knew what to do. It occurred to me that everyone should be given the opportunity to learn these skills. If you would be interested, please pop in and let me know and I will see if we can organise something through the 1940s committee.