ARCHIVED HOME PAGE ITEMS2008WHITEPARISH MEMORIAL CENTRE. Dave Boakes, Project Team Chairman, writes: "The project to develop a final proposal to build a replacement village hall and sports pavilion combined on the Memorial Ground is reaching a critical stage. Probably by the end of January 2009, there will be two planning applications under review by Salisbury District Council. These will be for the new building itself and for outline building development on the old hall site, the sale of which will be vital to adequate funding for the new centre. If these two applications are approved by SDC, and when a full business plan for the Centre has been finalised, it is planned to hold a village meeting to seek agreement from the residents to continue the project to completion." For the full text of Dave's notice, with information about sending in comments, click here. RETIREMENT OF MRS CAROL KITE. As most villagers will probably know, Mrs Carol Kite, the Headmistress of All Saints School, retired at the end of the Autumn term, 2008. Mrs Kite has led the school through a period when it flourished as perhaps never before—one of many highlights being an extraordinarily good Ofsted report in 2005, when the inspectors' report heaped praise on the school and the way it was run. One of the ways that Mrs Kite's retirement was marked was a "Posh Frocks and Sparkles" party in the Village Hall on 17th December, where everyone attending had a ball. For some photos, click here. CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR RECYCLING. Three collections are rescheduled during and immediately after the holiday period. The collections that would otherwise have been on Friday 26th December and Friday 2nd January are both rescheduled to the following Mondays (29th December and 5th January, respectively). The collection that would otherwise have been on Friday 9th January is rescheduled to Saturday 10th January. Then back to normal! CONGRATULATIONS . . . To the Whiteparish Sunday Football Team, who went 11 league matches up to the end of November 2008 without a single loss (with just one draw), and twice knocked in 9 goals! PARISH COUNCIL VACANCIES. Following the resignations of three Parish Councillors recently, there are now vacancies on the council. For the official notice issued by the SDC Electoral Services Team about filling these vacancies via an election (if required), click here. Note: any requests for an election must be sent to the returning officer by 11 December 2008; see the Notice for more details. Police Advice for Christmas. PC Henry Clissold has written to pass on two useful documents with suggestions for protecting ourselves against crime at this time of year. For details, click here. Annual Fireworks Display in aid of All Saints School. This year the display, provided through the generosity of local firm Pains Fireworks, took place on the evening of Saturday 15th November, on the Memorial Ground. The drizzle that had threatened us cleared away before the display started, so everyone had a good view in mild and fairly clear weather. It looked as if attendance was at least as good as usual, and the display, as ever, was spectacular. For photos of this year's "fiery flowers in the sky", click here. PARISH COUNCIL CHAIRMAN REINSTATED. At a PC meeting on 6th November, Trevor King was re-elected as PC chairman, after being dramatically ousted from that position only weeks beforehand. Subsequently councillors Ian Scaife, Stuart McWilliam, and Bob Twiddy resigned. For a report in the Salisbury Journal, click here. For the PC notes of the meeting in question, covering this matter and other topics, click here. SHOCK OUSTING OF PARISH COUNCIL CHAIRMAN. As reported in the Salisbury Journal (Oct 9 2008), Trevor King, the long-serving chairman of Whiteparish Parish Council, stood down from that position after a vote of no confidence (proposed by Councillor Richard Clewer) during a packed and vociferous Parish Council meeting in the Village Hall on 2nd October. The no-confidence vote was passed by five to three, with one abstention. It was apparently triggered by a letter concerning a planning application which had been sent to certain villagers, but which some councillors had not known about. For more details of the Journal report, click here. Mrs Boakes has asked us to point out that in the Journal report it is not entirely clear that the letter asking for support for the planning application for the affordable housing was sent only to residents who had expressed a need for that type of house and not all residents of Whiteparish - between 25 and 30 letters. Also at the end of the Whiteparish piece, it is stated that the planning application would now be considered by the "full council". This is incorrect - it will be considered by the Southern Area Committee of SDC. For the regular notes covering the 2 October Parish Council meeting, click here. On 18/19 October 2008, a hard-copy leaflet was distributed to Whiteparish households, with a summary of the background to the most recent SDC proposals for housing in the area, and some suggestions for villagers who want to write to SDC with their own reactions to the SDC proposals. To view/download the text of this leaflet, click here. PTA Wine, Beer, and Music Evening. This event in late September raised over £600 for the PTA and was obviously enjoyed by the many who attended. For more details, and a YouTube clip, click here. Mini Songsters sing like angels for the Stars Appeal. A total of £417.00 was raised recently by the Mini Songsters towards the proposed new Children’s Centre at Salisbury District Hospital, who are keen for local children, schools and children’s services to get behind the Stars Appeal to raise £1,000,000 for this much needed facility. The Mini Songsters of Whiteparish and Alderbury sang to an audience at Whiteparish All Saints Church for a full hour without a break. The engaging performance encompassed a variety of well-known classic songs to include solo’s from some members. The Mini Songsters was started by Patricia Boyle in 1983 and is now in its third generation and comprises Patricia’s grandson Harry Keeley, Alex Brown, Eloise Bishop, Georgia Higgins, Poppy Sivyour, Ellie Nicholas, Isabelle Brown and Louis Townsend. (The Mini Songsters sing every Saturday between 9am and 10am in a relaxed environment in Alderbury and the group welcomes newcomers. For more information, please phone Patricia Boyle 01722 710570.) Stay Out Stranger (SOS) initiative Following what was reported as the brutal death of a pensioner in Landford in September, PC Henry Clissold has sent us a press release about the SOS campaign, which aims to stamp out doorstep crime. SOS promotes steps that househlders can take to avoid becoming victims of a so-called "distraction burglary". For the full text of the press release, click here. Update on Memorial Centre Project The Project Team have sent us an update on progress: the project is still very much alive, with a meeting with SDC planners to take place in early September, but some aspects of the project have proved difficult and time-consuming. For the full text of the update, click here. 2008 Flower & Hobbies Show The annual Flower & Hobbies Show, organised by the Garden Club, took place on 23rd August, with the prizes being presented this year by Dr Rosemary Parry of the Whiteparish Surgery. For some photos, click here.. For the prizewinners and the garden club's own report of ths show, click here. Ladies/Girls Football. We had a cry for help from Debbie Adlam, the Ladies/Girls Coordinator at Alderbury FC, to say that they are short of players for the coming season and desperately need a manager. They currently train once a week at Junction Road, Alderbury, on Thursday evenings. If anyone is interested (until Whiteparish starts its own ladies' team, of course), contact Debbie on 07900926002 or email her at dadlam@onetel.com. New Police Website. PC Henry Clissold tells us a new, much improved, website has launched for the Wiltshire Police Force, with some new multimedia facilities and many other features. For more information, click here. 2008 Village Carnival & Fete, Saturday 14th June. Well, the threatened showers didn't happen, and under warm sunny skies the Fete seemed a great success, very well attended, with everyone enjoying themselves. Early reports suggest that this year's fete raised just as much for the village church and school as last year's record-breaking event, possibly exceeding it. For more, click here. For photos, click here.  Grand Opening of the "MUGA" on Wednesday 11th June. In the photo Andrew Lax does the honours with the scissors, watched by children of Whiteparish All Saints School, parents, Nigel Peterson (right, chairman of the Memorial Ground Committee) and—is that someone in a flying suit? Hmm, intriguing. For more, click here. Thefts of Heating Oil in Salisbury Area. PC Henry Clissold has sent us a police bulletin about the increasing rate of oil thefts from domestic tanks recently, as oil prices rise and with an average oil tank costing £1000 to fill. For the whole bulletin, click here. Parish Council—Annual General Meeting report. For the minutes of what was evidently a well-attended (and rather long) PC AGM on 29th May, click here. Parish Council Plea to dog owners. The Parish Council have been receiving a lot of complaints recently about dogs fouling local pavements and footpaths, and the problems that can be caused by loose dogs. They have arranged for free "poo bags" to be available from the village shop, and they appeal to all dog owners to keep their pets under proper control. For details, click here. Police Disco Initiative! PC Henry Clissold has passed on news about Blues nZuz, an "exciting new initiative that has been launched by Wiltshire Police. A disco is held once every month, and all young people between the ages of 11 and 16 are invited. The scheme has been running for over a year in the north of the county and the Salisbury event has been running since January 2008". For details, click here. PC Responses to Recent SDC Planning Consultation Documents For details, and links for downloading documents, click here. Crime: and how to prevent it PC Henry Clissold has written with some recent local crime figures and some sound advice from Salisbury Crime Reduction Officers. For details, click here. Arrangements for Bank Holiday Refuse and Recycling Collections In the week following the May Bank Holiday, the collections that would normally happen on Friday 9th May will take place as Saturday 10th May. In the week following the Spring Bank Holiday, the collections that would normally happen on Friday 30th May will take place on Saturday 31st May. For more information about Bank Holiday collections and other aspects of local recycling, click here. Parish Council Vacancy. The long-standing vacancy on the Parish Council has now been filled—Bob Twiddy has now rejoined the council. For reports of meetings or for parish council contact information, click here.
Brownies Activities We've received a very nice report from "Little Owl" about Brownie activities last year—sounds like they had a really full and interesting programme. For more, click here. The Pompeii Panto ! This year's not-to-be-missed show from the Pepperbox Players was "The Pompeii Panto", staged on the evenings of Thursday 7th, Friday 8th, and Saturday 9th Feb, with a matinee on Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately we were unable to go this year, but we hear it was the usual hilarious success ! We've asked our "usual channels" to see if they have any photos of this year's production, but meanwhile, if you took any, and they're sharp, and you'd like to see them on the website, do get in touch.
More Aerial Photos. We have some more aerial shots of the village, this time taken from a hot-air balloon in September 2007, so they're a little more up to date than the two other sets already on the website. To view them, click here. 2007 Annual Fireworks Display Guess how much this wonderful display, staged through the generosity of Pains Fireworks, raised for the village school this year! (Tiny clue in the photo.) For more information, click here. "Slum Survivor" Challenge. Did you wonder what the tents were doing in the churchyard at the end of October? They were being used by a group of 14 young people from Whiteparish and Winterslow, taking part in a project aimed at raising awareness of the living conditions that many people in the world have to endure. To read more, and for some photos, click here. Garden Club's Annnual Pumpkin Show and Halloween Fancy Dress Evening. For more about this well-attended event, with a list of prizewinners, click here. Police News PC Henry Clissold has written with a warning about lottery fraud. For more information, click here.. Also, our replacement PCSO is joining him soon, and he hopes to be able to share his/her identity and start date with us in the near future. Parish Council Meeting The minutes of the 13th Sept meeting include a brief summary of a WCC-proposed Minerals Site for our area. The PC strongly object to this proposal, and the Preservation Group are hoping to include a suggested letter of objection in Steeple & Street. For more details, click here. Police News PC Henry Clissold reported that crime has been reduced locally by 21%, and that our PCSO Jon Trounson was leaving the Alderbury Station. Also, if you've lost a bike recently, it just might be at Alderbury! For more details, click here.
Staddle Stone Thefts PC Henry Clissold has written to warn villagers of a spate of staddle stone thefts recently in the locality. For more details, click here.  A Camel in "The Street"? It was all part of the fun at the 2007 Annual Carnival, held on June 16th. Despite an unpromising weather forecast and downpours as close as Cowesfield, the rain held off (miraculously) and a good crowd had a good time. Lots of attractions, and Therese the (very well-behaved) Camel was definitely the star of the show. The events made over £7000 for the village school and the church—a new record. For more about the fete, click here. For Fete photographs, click here. Recycling in Whiteparish: The SDC Waste Minimisation Officer has arranged that cans, glass, paper and cardboard can be disposed of at the Whiteparish Service Station at Brickworth Corner. Whiteparish First Responders Group Open Evening: First Responders are a voluntary group that aim to provide emergency medical assistance even before professional ambulance resources arrive. The Whiteparish First Responders held an open evening 8.00 pm on Thursday 10th May in the Methodist Chapel, for anyone who is interested in joining, or helping, or just in finding out more about the group. For more details, click here. Parish Council AGM: This was held on Thursday 10th May in the Village Hall--for a summary, see the relevant Parish Council Notes .
MU Branch is no more. Sadly, because of dwindling membership, the long-established Whiteparish Branch of the Mothers Union has decided to close, and held their last meeting in December 2006. However, there are still Mothers Union branches in nearby Alderbury, West Dean, and Redlynch; and existing (or potential) members are encouraged to join one of these. 2006Memorial Centre project. The website now has a page for the Memorial Centre project; for details of what's happening, click here.
Representing the CPRE, Dr Peter Claydon recently presented the Parish Council with two certificates for Whiteparish's high placing in the Best-Kept Wiltshire Village competition for 2006. For more details, see the report of the 2nd November '06 meeting, available on the Parish Council page. . You can also read about recent progress on Low-Cost Housing for Whiteparish in the same report.
The Garden Club's very successful 2006 Flowers and Hobbies Show took place on August 26th. For some pictures, see the website's Galleries section; for a list of prizewinners, click here. On July 27th the Garden Club held what seems to have been a very enjoyable annual barbecue. For some pictures, click here. "Oh what a lovely fete we had . . . " on a beautiful afternoon on June 17th, preceded by a very enjoyable Hog Roast the previous evening. The two events together raised a magnificent £5150.59, to be shared between All Saints Church and All Saints Primary School. For a summing up and “thank you” from Sue King on behalf of the organisers, click here. For a few impressions about the day, click here. For Fete photographs, click here. And for Hog Roast photographs, click here. We've got some more aerial photos on the website. This batch were taken in 2004, and show something of the countryside around the vllage. To see them, click here. Local Brownies: The local Brownies organisation is looking for more adult helpers. For more details, click here. For more about Brownies and other youth groups in the area, look under "Organisations" in the main menu. Community Building Village Meeting: This well-supported meeting was held on 17th March to hear views and hold a vote on whether to support the attempt to develop a project for a single community building. The motion was carried by a large majority. For more details, click here. Pantomime Photos! Pepperbox Players staged their latest production "Panto at the OK Corral" in early February. Click here for some great photos (many thanks to Simon Walworth for supplying them) and some programme notes. 2005Date-rape drugs: For a warning from our Community Beat Officer PC Darren Willis about the dangers of so-called "date rape" drugs, click here. Now on the website: aerial photos of Whiteparish. To see them, click here. We've also taken the opportunity of grouping all the photo pages in one place. You can get to them via the "Village" menu, above, or by clicking here. The Parish Council received two certificates for Whiteparish being named joint runner-up in Best-Kept Wiltshire Village competition, 2005. For more details, see the report of the 1 December 05 meeting, available on the Parish Council page. . The Whiteparish History Group's fascinating story of "100 Years of an English Village" is now available on CD. For more info, click here. All Saints Primary School received an excellent OFSTED report. For more, click here. Forthcoming News and Events: Click here for our Forthcoming News and Events list, or see the diary sections for individual organisations. To suggest an event to be featured on the website, email us at events@whiteparish.co.uk. |
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Just a detail from . . . the beautiful banner that children of Whiteparish All Saints School put together for Easter 2008. For more about the project and the dedication ceremony, also some larger photos showing the whole of the banner, 
Can anyone help . . . with identifying the family in the photo, which was taken in 1907 at Newton Corner? For more info and a larger photo, 
Garden Club Annual Show This year's Garden Club Annual Flower and Hobbies Show was held on a sunny Saturday 25th August in the Village Hall. Pictured is PC Henry Clissold, our local Community Beat Manager, awarding the prizes. For more details, including all the class winners, 
Alice in Wonderland: The Pepperbox Players' 2007 production was, we reckon, definitely one of the best pantos they've staged in a proud history of good 'uns. We went to the last night, and laughed till it hurt. For a fuller report 
What's this chap doing up in the scaffolding? Must be something to do with the Parish Photo taken on 10th December. For more, and another picture, 
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