We have been informed by the local Neighbourhood Watch Team that sometime over the last week, £1000 worth of domestic heating oil was siphoned from a storage tank at farm premises in Hope, Alstonefield. No one was seen or heard. This is one of a number of such thefts from isolated premises across the Region. Please be extra vigilant and security conscious and report any suspicious persons or vehicles to the Police immediately.
Over the last couple of days heating oil has been siphoned from an insecure storage tank at a farm dwelling in Winkhill. Thieves approached from fields at the rear and siphoned £700 worth of oil and left unseen. No doubt that some form of transport was waiting close by. Please make your neighbours aware that this type of crime is on the increase and it is important to be security conscious and extra vigilant, taking the number of any suspicious vehicle and passing it on to the police immediately.
You may be interested to read the recent letter received from Staffordshire County Council with regard to the position on pothole repairs. Click on the link to view:-
One aspect of past ‘Best Kept Village Competitions’ was that the community got together for a general tidy up at spring time. We feel that irrespective of whether we choose to enter the competition, a village ‘spring clean’ is fundamentally a sound idea. Consequently, we are inviting people who wish to be involved, to meet up outside the village hall at 9.30 am. on Saturday 20th March. Children are particularly welcome. Please come suitably ‘kitted out’ with gloves and black bin liners if you have them.
To view the latest edition of ‘Rural Police News’ from Staffordshire Police, please click here or go to the Emergency Services page.
Should we enter the competition this year? If you live in the Parish, why not have your say by voting in the poll below, which closes on 12th March. We would also like to hear from anyone who would be interested in co-ordinating the village’s application, either this year or in the future, should we decide to enter. Please leave your comments here or contact the Clerk on 310146.
Should the village enter this year's 'Best Kept Village' competition?
Total Voters: 4
Loading ...If the snow is sticking to your metal shovel, dry off the shovel thoroughly, light a candle and drip and rub the warm wax onto the shovel. This prevents the snow from sticking! I learned this technique from the village roadman before salt and JCB’s were used (some time in the last century!). The village roadmen had to dig out drifts across the roads by hand.
Winter has been with us for over three weeks now. And during this time most local road users have either not ventured out. or, have diven in a way that the road conditions dictate…
One such local in large 4×4 over took me traveling down towards lode today.
The road was covered in snow and ice. I estimate the vehicle was traveling about 40 to 50 mph.
For God sake we do not all own such vehicles. And at the end of the day if a 4×4 hits ice it will perform in the same way as any vehicle so please slow down.
Also could the person who drove into my daughter’s snowman on sunday morning! And knocked it down.
I would love to meet, so you could explain your actions to my daughter… Thank you…
Following the unplanned upgrade to WordPress ver. 2.9 a number of features have broken. This is partly due to plugins which aren’t yet 2.9 compliant and partly due to customisations which must be reapplied.
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Known bugs:
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Hi everyone. You may recently have noticed some activity at Lode Mill by people in yellow jackets. This is because we have to undertake an archaeological survey for the Peak National Park as part of the planning application. In February we will also have a survey of the mill workings by The Midland Wind and Watermills Society. Once these are prepared I will send a copy of each report to the Parish Council to include in their archive, and by then I should be in a position to host the documents on www.lodemill.com as well, including a pictorial review of the mill interior.
Jim