Mountsorrel Post (36) Sept 2011

SEPTEMBER 2011 No. 36www.birstallpost.co.uk

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THE POLICE and some resi-dents of The Green have ex-pressed concerns aboutantisocial behaviour increasingfollowing the opening of theMountsorrel Youth Café.

Police Inspector Duncan Southall,Charnwood Local Policy Unit Command-er, told the Mountsorrel Post: “When Iwas asked about the issue of anti-social

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behaviour [ASB] on The Green we com-pared data from last year to this and itdid show an increase in that specificarea which coincided with the openingof the youth café. We looked at the statis-tical evidence and there is a causal link.”

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Inspector Southall voiced his con-cerns at a public meeting held on June29, which was organised by the trusteesof the youth café. The meeting aimed toexplain the purpose of the café and thereasons for the recent planning applica-tion that requested an extension of open-ing hours. It was attended by localresidents, councillors, Head of Communi-ties and Partnership at Charnwood TomKiernan and other interested parties.

A resident of The Green expressedtheir concerns about ASB at the meeting,saying that the problem was particularlybad around closing time at 8.30pm, on

Thursdays and Fridays. Incidents includeshouting, screaming, climbing over thebus shelter, throwing stones, kickingfootballs, punching the glass panels onthe bus shelter and on one occasion,breaking it, trespass and verbal abuse.

Concerns were also expressed thatthe café had A3 permission for runninga catering establishment, not permissionto deliver youth services.

Speaking at the meeting, residentsand councillors expressed their supportfor the youth café and the work it isdoing. It was reported that the café’simmediate neighbours have never madeany complaints to the café, the police or

the planning department.Mountsorrel County Councillor and

County Council Cabinet member PeterOsborne said: “Members of the commu-nity have got together to try to provide aservice specifically for the young peopleof Mountsorrel – that has to be applaud-ed and supported. There is no magiwand and members of the communityare themselves on a learning curve.

“Other residents of The Green havecautiously welcomed the initiative andhave said ASB has varied, ebb and flow,in all parts of the village including TheGreen.”

Cllr Osborne has suggested that thePolice’s objections are based on percep-tions and not on facts and speaking at aParish Council meeting on July 11 said:

“The County Council would be very con-cerned if the integrity of the café washarmed by prejudice and not by factsand its outrageous to say that kidsshould be shunted away somewhere outof sight. I will be meeting with the ChiefConstable about this.”

Following the meeting the planningapplication for the café was amended.The request for later opening, Sundayopening and Bank Holiday opening hasbeen withdrawn. The amended applica-tion requests permission to operate as amixed A3 (café) and Sui Generis (Youthwork), opening times 8am to 8.30pmweekdays and 9am-6pm on Saturdays.

Planning permission for the café wasgranted in September 2009. A conditionwas that the permission would expireafter 18 months so the planning authori-ty could consider the impact of the caféon the neighbourhood.

Following the public meeting on June29, Tom Kiernan, Head of Communitiesand Partnerships at Charnwood BoroughCouncil has met with Inspector Southallto discuss his concerns and has pro-duced an Action Plan.

He said: “I liaise with the Police,residents, the planning department andthe Youth Service and have prepared anAction Plan that I will be presenting tothe café’s trustees soon.

“My principal concern is the views oflocal residents and I hope the ActionPlan will go some way to alleviate theirconcerns.”

The main points of the Action Planare:

• to have a County Council YouthWorker in attendance at one session aweek

• to have a Community Safety Officerattend one session a week

• to investigate provision of CCTVnear the café

• the Police have agreed to moreregular patrols of The Green and to visitthe café frequently to become known tothe users.

Police Inspector Southall had lodgeda formal objection to the café’s originalplanning application for extended open-ing hours but told the Mountsorrel Postthat his decision on the amended appli-cation was subject to an ongoing consul-tation with partner agencies andresidents and he would make his viewsto the planning authority known whenthat was complete.

Mountsorrel Youth Café is a regis-tered charity and opened on January 24.Funding to date has come from grantsfrom the Borough and County Councils,the Mountsorrel Relief in Need Fund, theGrace Charitable Trust and Lafarge aggre-gates, as well as small donations andfundraising events. It employs one youth

worker.The trustees say that to support the

running of the café they would like tohire out the building to other communitygroups outside the café’s hours, which iswhy they originally requested extendedopening hours.

In a published response to objectionsto their planning application, the trus-tees state: “We strongly deny a link be-tween a spate of ASB in April and thecafé. We have closed on one occasiondue to poor behaviour on the premisesas we promised neighbours we would.Most of the young people who frequentthe café are well aware that they shouldnot annoy the neighbours and we do ourbest to monitor their behaviour on leav-ing and take appropriate action whennecessary.

“We are not responsible for the behav-iour of young people in Mountsorrel,although over time we hope to make apositive impact. Give us time and we willmake a difference.

“We aim to divert young people fromantisocial behaviour through positiveactivities and role-modelling, but we arenot responsible for eradicating the ASBwhich has been present on The Greenand in Mountsorrel for a very long time.”

The planning application,P/11/0771/2, is yet to be determined.Details are available on Charnwood’swebsite.

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ALL CHARNWOOD residentswill receive a new greenwheelie bin over a six weekperiod starting on Septem-ber 5.

The green recycling bin replacespurple sacks and green boxes forrecycling all paper, card, cartons,plastics, metal and glass. There willalso be a battery recycling bag deliv-ered to boost the number of usedbatteries for recycling.

The green bin can be used imme-diately and slots in with the usualrefuse and recycling waste collectionservice. Black bin collections will notbe affected.

Once the green recycling bin isdelivered, the green box and purplesacks will cease to be used.

CHARNWOOD BOROUGH Coun-cil has been awarded Cus-tomer Service Excellence(CSE) by the Home Officefollowing a rigorous assess-ment by Government inspec-tors.

Customer Service Excellence is thenational standard which tested theCouncil on five key areas of customerservice including how Charnwoodinvolves the customer, the council’scustomer standards, and how thecouncil can improve.

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of grants to not only help local clubs butto target talented individuals developtheir skills.

“One of this Council’s priorities is toimprove the health and wellbeing of ourresidents and that’s what these grantsare all about.”

To find out more about the grantsprogramme, contact Hayley Peel, SeniorSports Development Officer, on 01509634592 or [email protected]

There were stalls in the car park, avintage fire engine and displays in theclub, including belly dancing.

Steward Pete Kerrigan said: “Whatanother brilliant day! A massive thankyou to all the people who gave theirtime to put together and run the stallsand thank you for spending your money.”

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AN ACTIVITIES day for young people was again heldthis August on the Halstead Road playing field.

As well as a range of fairground style rides and gamesthere were informative displays, a climbing wall, refresh-ments and a display of dancing by the Jessica MichelleSchool of Dance.

The event was organised by the Mountsorrel YouthDevelopment Group, a working party of the Parish Coun-cil, as part of a programme of events that included sport-ing activities for young people at the Soar Valley LeisureCentre.Pics: Kiain Alexander (7) on the climbing wall, Rachel Hilliam (left)and Helen Wood from Mountsorrel Scouts, Gladiator jousting areMax Cessford (6) and his mum Wendy & below, dancers from theJessica Michelle Scholl of Dance

A TALENTED swimmer from Mountsorrel has received agrant from Charnwood Borough Council.

Jack Melia (12) has been awarded a£250 ‘talent grant’. Jack, a City of Leices-ter swimmer, finished in the top 10 ofthe Midlands Championships, narrowlymissing out on qualifying for the nation-al championships.

“I was really pleased to be awardedthe money because I know how expen-sive swimming is as a sport” said Jack.

“The grant means a lot to me because itmeans I can keep up my training andget better. One day I hope to compete inthe Olympics.”

Cropston Cricket Club was awardedan £800 facilities grant for wicket cov-ers.

Councillor David Snartt, CharnwoodBorough Council’s Cabinet member forNeighbourhood Services, said: “We arethrilled to be able to award these types

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Tesco want to convert the empty Stagand Pheasant pub on Leicester Roadinto a Tesco Express. Planning permis-sion is not required to convert pubsinto shops, but Tesco need permissionfor alterations to the frontage, for signsand for installation of an automatictelling machine (ATM).

In August, Charnwood BoroughCouncil rejected Tesco’s application toinstall an ATM. The Council stated thatthe proposal could: “…result in vehicleparking taking place in the public high-way in the immediate vicinity of the site,in proximity to a road junction and abus stop which could lead to additionaldangers to road users and would notbe in the interests of highway safety.”

The council received eight individualletters from residents objecting to plans,a 454 name petition and a batch of 27pro-forma letters.

Mountsorrel Parish Council and theCounty Highways Authority objected onhighway safety grounds.

When making its decision, Charn-wood stated that the appearance of theATM is “inoffensive and is not out ofkeeping with the overall appearance ofthe building, which is not listed, andcould be said to at least preserve thecharacter and appearance of the Con-servation Area.” Charnwood’s refusalwas solely on highway safety grounds.

Tesco has four other planning appli-cations for the site. Charnwood’s plan-ning department told the MountsorrelPost that the council was still waitingfor clarification on some issues relating

to these applications and until thesewere received from the applicant, nodecision on them could be made.

At the time of going to press, Tescohad not lodged an appeal against therefusal of the ATM. The planning appli-cation is P/11/0934/2. Details of thecouncil’s decision can be viewed onCharnwood’s website.

A FULL meeting of Mountsorrel ParishCouncil was held on June 13.

Borough Councillor John Capletonreported on the ward walk which hadtaken place in Mountsorrel.

It was agreed to spend £149 printingleaflets promoting the Mountsorrel YouthDevelopment Group’s summer activities.

The water tank at the cemetery is tobe cleaned out.

The Council will obtain quotes forrailings to match the existing onesaround the Peace Garden and for fourfeet standard railing.

It was agreed to arrange the removalof two ash trees overhanging the rear ofCastle Hill flats, following a recommenda-tion from the tree warden.

It was agreed to write to the personwho was mowing the grass on the com-mon land on Castle Hill, driving over itand parking on it, requesting they stopas it is removing the natural state of theland. The Parish Council has the powersto enforce parking restrictions there.

It was agreed that Christmas lightswill this year only be installed on TheGreen, the existing lights will be usedand no new Christmas lights will bepurchased. The situation will be re-viewed next year.

It was agreed to obtain quotations forthe repairs and repainting of all villagenoticeboards, and for the purchase of anew Parish Council sign for the WaltonWay noticeboard.

CCTV has been installed at the pavil-ion on the Memorial Playing Fields. Thecouncil is obtaining quotes for a fencedoff dog area at the Memorial playingfields.

A full meeting of Mountsorrel ParishCouncil was held on July 11.

It was reported that the Borough’sleisure centres, including the Soar Valleyleisure centre in Mountsorrel, will berun by a new contractor from October 1

– Fusion Lifestyle, a registered charity.Cllr John Capleton reported that a

government grant has been secured forimprovements to PRC council homesand that wall cladding and insulation for83 houses is planned, leaving 200 plusunclad which it is hoped can be donenext year.

Cllr Peter Osborne reported on ameeting he had attended about theMountsorrel Youth Café. He said thePolice were objecting to plans to extendthe café’s opening hours because ofantisocial behaviour (ASB) in the areaaround The Green, but did not presentany evidence that ASB was associatedwith the café. He said he and the CountyCouncil supported the café, that ASB wasfrom older children who did not use thecafé and that he would meet with theChief Constable of Leicestershire PoliceSimon Cole to discuss the issue.

Comment was made that if the caféclosed the ASB problems on The Greenwould remain as the area was onewhere young people gathered and thatthose objecting to the café were verynimbyish.

Cllr Mick Lemon reported on theactivities of the Mountsorrel RailwayProject. It was agreed unanimously thatthe Parish Council make a donation of£5000 to the project.

It was agreed that a representative ofArriva bus be invited to attend the meet-ing on October 10.

Mrs Megan Scotney was co-opted tofill a vacancy on the council.

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TESCO’S PLANS to open a store in Mountsorrel have been stalledafter Charnwood rejected one of their planning applications.

A 12 WEEK course investigat-ing the Christian faith starts inMountsorrel later this month.

One of those who helps to run theAlpha course, at Christ Church, is Mount-sorrel’s Mick Butcher, who took thecourse himself for the first time in 1999.

“I went on the course thinking I didn’tneed God in my life, my life was goodand I didn’t see how God could improveit.” said Mick. “I came away from thecourse without my issues being resolved,so I was no further forward.”

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LOCAL CHARITIES set up theirstalls on The Green in Mount-sorrel for the annual charities’fete in June.

Visitors also enjoyed an exhibition inthe Scout hut staged by MountsorrelHeritage Group called the Flora andFauna of Mountsorrel.Pic: Pat Radley and Jeanette MarshallPic: (l-r) Karen Looms, Lyn Courtney and SandraWard from Mountsorrel Women’s Institute.Pic: (l-r) George Overton and Simon Smith, vol-unteers with the Mountsorrel Railway Project


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TRIBUTES HAVE been paid toMike Preston, the formerleader of Charnwood Bor-ough Council, who passedaway at the age of 67 aftera short illness.

Mr Preston was the ConservativeCouncillor for Queniborough betweenMay 1999 and May 2011, serving asleader of Charnwood Borough Coun-cil from May 2009 to May 2011.

He was also a County Councillor,serving from May 1993 and in thattime held key positions includingcabinet member and Deputy Leader.Mr Preston was also a parish council-lor.

Cllr David Slater, who succeededMr Preston as Lead-er when he steppeddown in May due toillness, said: “It isgreatly saddening tohear of Mike’s pass-ing and ourthoughts are imme-diately with his wife

Beryl at this time. Not only was Mikea cabinet colleague but he was myfriend. He was a jovial, friendly manwho was always eager to talk to peo-ple to discuss their concerns andissues.”

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A GROUP of young people aged13-19 received awards at aceremony held at MountsorrelYouth Café.

The awards were for successfullycompleting a range of courses and activi-ties including a two day first aid courseand a food hygiene course that wereboth delivered from the café located onThe Green.

Other awards presented on the nightwere Senior Members Award and anASDAN Activities Award.

The awards, which were presented tothe young people by Charnwood Bor-ough Councillor Roy Brown, have allbeen delivered by County Council YouthWorkers Mandy Gamble, Sam Evans,Joanna Clarke and Janet Amey.

The County Council Youth Serviceintend to continue providing youth workfrom the Mountsorrel Youth Café, along-side the café’s own youth worker andvolunteers.

Pic: at Mountsorrel Youth Care awardsnight are (left to right from top) AaronHarrison, Jake Hillman, Sam Linney, Mar-tin Ryan, Tom Ryan, Simone Brown

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The Swan Inn in Mountsorrel wasawarded the certificate because of theconsistently high reviews it receives.David Winsor from the Swan Inn said:

“We try hard to provide the best qualityin food, drink and service and thisaccolade is real evidence that our ef-forts are appreciated.”

One review states: “Simple but out-standing menu. Excellent atmosphereand always welcoming. Regularly chang-ing guest ale. Don’t be put off by theview from the street, this is a hiddengem.”

The Swan Inn is a 17th century grade2 listed building with a riverside gardenand is located at 10 LoughboroughRoad, Mountsorrel.


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SWIMMING CLASSES for babiesand toddlers are coming toQueniborough and Shepshed,with new classes starting thismonth.

THE SORREL Youth Café is thefirst charity to receive a dona-tion from a new scheme.

The Loughborough Round Table havegiven the café £260 as part of a commit-ment to donate £260 a month for thenext year to local good causes.

James Tyler, chair of LoughboroughRound Table said: “The Sorrel Youthcafé has recently been refurbished withthe help of local businesses, and pro-vides a much needed meeting place forthe youth of the village.”

Sarah Bibb, the café’s full time youthworker said: “Sorrel Youth Café providesa safe space where young people candrop in, and since the refurbishment wehave come into contact with well over175 young people from within andaround the area of Mountsorrel. Due tous being a charitable organisation werely heavily on financial support fromgrants, and individuals. We would like totake this opportunity to thank Loughbor-ough Round Table for their generous

donation.”Mr Tyler hopes that other local chari-

ties will apply for the £260 Giveaway.“Traditionally we have supported a smallnumber of larger and better known localcharities, the 260 giveaway is a way ofreaching smaller local projects and weare delighted to be supporting the SorrelYouth Café and the valuable work they

have been involved in” he said.Any local charities wishing to apply

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MOUNTSORREL COMMUNITY Action(MCA) group held a public meetingon July 14.

The aim of the group is to representthe views and concerns of residents,encourage their membership of MCA,improve local housing conditions, servic-es, environment, security and quality oflife for all residents.

The group’s next public meetingwill be in October, look out for post-ers around the village – all are wel-come to attend. The agenda isexpected to include an update fromCharnwood Neighbourhood Housingand a presentation from Helen Clarke,a Charnwood Neighbourhood Develop-ment Officer.

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On the eleventh hour of the eleventhday of the eleventh month in 1918, theFirst World War ended. In the aftermathpeople wanted to remember those whohad given their lives for peace and free-

dom. The poppy, the only thing whichgrew following the devastation on theWestern Front in Flanders and Picardy,was chosen as an emblem.

To coincide with the third anniversary

of the Armistice on 11 November 1921poppies were sold to raise money forthe ex-Service community, a traditionthat continues to this day.

The Poppy Collection funds the contin-uing and ever developing welfare workof the Royal British Legion which bene-fits service people and their familiesfrom all the campaigns from the 1stWorld War to today – remember therehas only been one year (1968) since theend of 2nd World War when a BritishService person has not been killed anactive duty somewhere across the world.Since 2003 we have provided financialhelp to over 10,000 veterans of the Iraqand Afghanistan operations - and we areinvesting £50 million in Personnel Re-covery Centres and our Battle Back Cen-

tre to carefor thewounded of

current con-flicts.More than 9

million people in theUK are eligible to call

on us for help and we aimto reach out to the 500,000 who

we believe are in the greatest need- the financially vulnerable, those

who are socially or emotionally isolated,and those in poor health or living with along-term illness. We spent over £114million on this work in 2010 whichincludes £1.4 million a week on deliver-ing direct health and welfare support toaround 100,000 people.

The Legion will be needed for as longas people continue to be affected byconflict. It doesn't advocate war but issimply there to support those who havebeen prepared to make a personal sacri-fice through serving in the British ArmedForces.

We will be selling Poppies at locationsacross the village from the officiallaunch date of this year’s appeal: Octo-ber 29.

If you would like to help us wewould welcome your support, in particu-lar in continuing the traditional door todoor street collections for which thevillage has a long and proud tradition.If you think you could help in this wayplease contact John Doyle, Poppy AppealOrganiser Mountsorrel 0116 237 5623or email [email protected]

To learn more about the work of theRoyal British Legion see

www.britishlegion.org.uk/can-we-help/who-we-helpMountsorrel Remembrance Day pa-rade & Service, Sun Nov 6, 2011:

Parade assembles at The Green at2.15pm for a march to St Peter’s. Serv-ice at 3pm.

Crime UpdateCrime reported for the month of July

has decreased slightly compared to previ-ous years. There were 45 reports made.Julys’ crime figures are:

7 x ASB – considerable reductions, 5x Thefts – various, 6 x Assaults – minoronly, 2 x Theft from Unattended MotorVehicle, 3 x Burglary Dwelling (see be-low), 1 x Theft of Motor Vehicle, 4 xBurglary Other, 2 x Criminal Damage, 6x Damage to Motor Vehicle, 9 x NonRecordable eg. Domestics

Crimes of note are burglary dwellingswhich occurred on Church Hill Road –attempts only, no access gained. Onefurther burglary occurred on MarigoldLane, rear window smashed and cashstolen. The burglary others were onCromwell Rd – shop premises, no entrygained. A garage on Braemar Cl wasattempted but no entry gained. RothleyRd – shed broken into and bikes stolen.On Loughborough Rd – lock up brokeninto and tools stolen. Work is currentlyongoing in relation to these crime re-ports. The increase in damage to motorvehicles has increased and work is alsocurrently being done on this. Thesereports are possibly linked.

If anyone has any information aboutcrimes being committed in the area,please telephone Leicestershire Constabu-lary on 0116 222 2222. You may alsocontact Crimestoppers, which is free andanonymous on 0800 555 111.Crime Prevention Advice

Due to the recent increase in burgla-ry dwellings and burglary other, I wouldlike to remind residents to remain vigi-lant in relation to security. Please do notleave ground floor windows open orinsecure overnight. It is so easy to over-look this whilst we are experiencingbetter weather. Always lock and secureyour outbuildings and remember toreport any suspicious activity as soon asyou are able.

The burglaries are not just in Mount-sorrel, it is an area problem so pleasedo not think that Mountsorrel is the onlyvillage that is being targeted. Investiga-tions are ongoing at present.How to contact us

You can leave a message for us – PC 2041Glenn Spiby or PCSO 6442 Tom Joyce – bytelephoning 0116 222 2222 and, whenprompted, type in our collar numbers. Wewill get back to you as soon as possible. Youcan also send us an email by logging onto thewebsite at www.leics.police.uk and clickingon the ‘Neighbourhood Policing’ icon.


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“We are very grateful to MountsorrelParish Council for their help and sup-port” said spokesman George Overton.

“Project volunteers had been workinghard to match fund a donation of£6,000 that had been pledged by amember of the public, providing that wecould match it before the end of Septem-ber. So the Parish Council's donation,together with our existing fundraising,takes us well past the match fundingrequired and therefore releases theadditional £6,000 as well! This is greatnews for the volunteers who are workingto preserve Mountsorrel's industrialheritage.”

Councillor Mick Lemon said: “The

Mountsorrel Railway project is an inspi-ration to everyone who lives in Mount-sorrel and goes to show what is possiblewhen the community works together.”

Over the last four years local peoplehave volunteered in their spare time tohelp create a linear museum whichconnects to Loughborough's Great Cen-tral Railway (GCR). The project aims torun educational and public recreationsof our industrial past and also for theGCR to run heritage passenger trainsconnecting with local tourist attractionsat Mountsorrel, including StonehurstFamily Farm. The Mountsorrel Railway,when completed, will hopefully helpsecure and boost local jobs.

Project leader Steve Crampsaid: “We have been over-whelmed by the support we havereceived from the public. It wasonly in May that we launchedour £20,000 fund raising appealfor the next section of tracklaying along the branch. Wenever thought that we wouldreach our target in only sixweeks! The project relies ondonations from the public tobring this ambitious project toreality and it's so good to seethe community getting behind us

like this. The Parish Council's donationreally is the icing on the cake and theirkind words of support are very muchappreciated indeed.”

All this means that the current phaseof track laying is now completely fundedand, once materials are sourced, thegroup can lay the next 450 metres oftrack, giving almost half a mile of run-

ning line along the railway.Steve added: “Fundraising immediate-

ly turns towards the remainder of therailway. Phase 3 will extend track for afurther 500m almost to Wood Lane, andthe final phase 4 will be the remaining500m to the end of the line at BondLane. Both these phases will cost£25,000 each, so we still have some wayto go to reach Mountsorrel!”

Donations can be sent to 112 Balmor-al Road, Mountsorrel, Loughborough,LE12 7EW. The project is a registeredcharity so if you are a UK tax payerplease down load a Gift Aid form fromthe project websitewww.mountsorrelrailway.org.uk. If youwould like to get involved and volunteeryourself please contact:[email protected]


MOUNTSORREL RAILWAY Project has received a donation of£5000 from Mountsorrel Parish Council.

Pic: Nicky Morgan, Loughborough MP,visited the Mountsorrel railway

recently to see the progress so farPic: A close up view of the newly laid Mountsorrel Railwaycurving away from the GCR at Swithland Sidings.

Pic: The restored bridge wall at Bond Lane.This part of the bridge has been complete-ly rebuilt by community volunteers fromMountsorrel.

Donations keepwheels turning

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A very dear friend has a beautifulgarden

Filled with flowers and lawn so greenBut he has one great disappointment;There’s scarcely a bird to be seen

He has butterflies and bees and wrig-gly worms

But not a bird in full songHe digs and hoes and weeds and

plantsBut knows there’s something wrong

But then one day in a Garden CentreHe spied a bag of bird seed‘Of course’ he said, now I see the

problem,This is what I need.

So he bought the bag and took ithome

He was sure things would now get

betterBut after a while he write to the firmIn fact, a very strong letter

‘Dear Sirs’ he wrote, ‘your product istrash,

I thing I’ve been sold a pup.Three months ago I planted your seedBur not one bird has come upFrom Peggy Clarke

“to provide social intercourse by meansof concerts, outings and exhibitions ofarts and crafts etc to give Rolls RoyceEmployees an interest following theirretirement”. This aim still holds goodtoday with concerts at the Rolls RoyceLeisure complex on Moor Lane in Derbyoutings this year to date to Woburn Ab-bey, Llangollen, Port Sunlight, MarshFarm, Love Never Dies and trips plannedto Buckingham Palace, Tower of London,Llandudno and Bruges.

One of the highlights of this year willbe a “Last Night of the Proms” on Octo-ber 21 at Rolls Royce in Derby: watchthe press for more details.

With many ex-employees living in theLoughborough area who worked at theMountsorrel factory until its closure in1994 and many people being transferredto Derby and Hucknall the Association iskeen to encourage new members fromthis area.

We hold a monthly get together atRolls Royce Leisure on the second Tues-day of each month at 1pm where youcan meet up with ex workmates andenjoy a drink and a reasonably pricedlight meal.

Anyone interested can contact me on0116 2106917 or by email:[email protected]

Patrick Neal


YOUR SAY...

The Mountsorrel Post welcomes yourviews and opinions on any subject. Let-ters, which must include your name andaddress, (though not necessarily forpublication) can be posted to: TheMountsorrel Post, Longslade College,Wanlip Lane, Birstall, Leicester LE4 4GH,or handed in at Mountsorrel library oremail:[email protected]

I read with horror that the Mountsor-rel Parish Council are looking at stop-ping funding for our Christmas lights.This must not be allowed to happen. Ihave lived here for seven years and thelights are without doubt my favouritething about the village!

I am not religious but every night forthree weeks, driving home in the darkbecomes a joy as I turn up The Green.The Christmas lights are the one thing inthe village that truly caters for and canbe appreciated by all, no matter age orbackground.

I’ve been looking forward to showingmy baby the lights again now that she’llbe old enough to enjoy them a littlemore. It will be a great shame if chil-dren in particular are cheated of thisbeautiful display – especially when somany Christmas displays are garish andour tree lights on the Green are so magi-cal! I appreciate that this is a time ofbudget cuts but this is one thing that willaffect everyone in the area. There mustbe a way to avoid this.

I hope that others who feel the sameway will voice their protest.

Rosie LawrenceEditor’s note: Mountsorrel Parish

Council decided at its meeting on June13 to erect Christmas lights on TheGreen in 2011 (see page 4).

The Rolls Royce Retired EmployeesAssociation was founded on February 23,1951. The aim of the Association was

At the beginning of the 11th centuryin France, Mountsoreau was a militarystrategic hill overlooking the river Loireat the time of feudal rivalry between theregions of Touraine and Anjou.

On the top of the hill, a rocky out-crop overlooking the river Loire, wassituated an old fort called the 'Castrumof Monte Sorello', which belonged toGuillaume De Montsoreau and is record-ed in a document of 1089.

The Lords of Montsoreau served theCounts of Anjou, who had power overthat area of the Loire. During that period,Fontevraud Abbey was built nearby tobecome a Plantagenet power base. (KingRichard of England is entombed in theAbbey)

The first chateau is thought to havebeen built at Montsoreau during the15th century, probably to control thenavigation of the river Loire and boatsallowed to pass the chateau.

After the Norman Conquest, a castlewas built on the English hill overlookingthe river Soar (probably known as theriver Lear at that time). With the similari-ty between the hills overlooking bothrivers, it is possible the Norman occupi-ers called the English Castle after theLoire fort of 'Monte Sorello', which even-tually became known as Mountsorrel.

The French History of Montsoreaucan be found (in English) on the website:

www.37-online.net/gb/castles/montsoreau_gb.php

Fred Newitt

You may not realise this but theLeicestershire Branch of the Embroider-ers’ Guild has been in existence for over40 years and was the first branch to beset up in Leicestershire and Rutland.

We are a friendly group of mainlyladies who share a common interest intextiles which include hand embroidery,machine embroidery, papermaking,

feltmaking and textiles from other coun-tries. This year we have had speakers onmachine embroidery, goldwork, embroi-dered gloves, hand-made paper and‘talking felt’. Workshops have includedpostcards for the 2012 Olympics and aJapanese designs day, In October wehave a Sculpting with Silk dayschool anda Christmas self-help day in November.

We have a speaker on the secondSaturday of each month, excluding Au-gust (2.00 for 2.30pm) and 4-5 day-schools a year (10am-4pm). We meet atBraunstone West Social Centre, St Mary’sAvenue, Braunstone, Leicester and thereis on-site car parking. We have an exten-sive library and sales tables for members’use.

Our next meeting is on September 10when we will also be taking our subs forthe year. Please come along and seewhat we have to offer, our visitor’s feesare £4.50 but if you would like to joinafter the meeting, this will be refunded.

For further information please ringme on 0116 2890206 (after 6pm) oremail: [email protected]

Rita Yeomans, Chairman

Noticeboardall details printed free

Fosse Co-opCamera Club

LeicesterWe meet at St Peter’s Church Rooms,

West Holme St (off Hinckley Rd)each Friday at 7.45pm

from Sep – MayWe are a very friendly club who wel-come people of all standards. We arealways looking for new members andyou are invited along to any of our

club evenings to meet us.We can offer tuition in the use of thecamera and also editing in Photoshopand Elements by prior arrangementIf you would like more details, or a

copy of the programme, contact:John Walters 0116 2992230

[email protected] Mary Staps 0145 5820439

• • •

Tea, cakes and sale ofsecond hand booksat St Leonard’s, Main Street,

SwithlandSaturday and Sunday, September

10/112-4.30pm

(donations in aid of church funds)Come and join us on our last Open

Church for this yearThank you all who have made these

weekends so successful• • •

Soar Valley ArtistsAnnual Exhibition of

Paintingsat the Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel

Lane, RothleySaturday & Sunday, October 1 & 2

10am to 5pmAdmission free and refreshments

availableAll are welcome

• • •

Bird seed

Rolls Royce

Christmas lights

Mountsoreau

Embroidery

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Syston BandInvite you to a freeConcert in the Park

Sunday September 18, 3-4pmCentral Park, Syston

Why not bring a picnic and enjoy atraditional family Sunday afternoon

• • •

Calling all Brass PlayersSyston Band Needs You

Small friendly N Leicester brass bandseeks players in all sections to helprebuild the band to fighting fitness

Practice: Monday & ThursdaySyston Brookside Club

For more details call 0116 2609310or 2675823

Email:[email protected]@yahoo.com

Players of all ages and abilities wel-come• • •

Ladies CircleRothley Methodist Church, Howe Lane,

Rothley

Coffee MorningSaturday October 1, 10-11.30am

in aid of Air AmbulanceVarious stalls

Everyone welcome• • •

Ladies CircleRothley Methodist Church,

Howe Lane, RothleyMeetings start again on Tuesday Sep-

tember 13 at 2.30pmSue Smith will be at our first meeting

with a talk on her charity in Africaand her experience in South Africa

Please come and join a friendly groupof people

For more info contact Joan Lovett on0116 2374868

• • •Friends of Bishop Ellis Primary School

PresentA Ladies Evening of Beauty

Therapies and Shoppingat Bishop Ellis Catholic Primary

School, Thurmaston (opposite Asda)Friday, September 23, 7-9.30pmStalls include mini treatments by

Ragdale Hall and other beauty thera-pists, plus Lanza Hair, Zumba demon-

strations, jewellery and gift stalls,plus much more

Tickets: in advance £3.50, on thedoor £4

Price includes a complimentary wel-come glass of Pimms or fruit punchFor further details on purchasing ad-

vance tickets contact: Maria on07875979058 or Susan on

07733310294 [email protected]

Event is ladies only• • •

Charity Craft FairSaturday October 810am to 3.30pm

at the Rothley Centre, MountsorrelLane, Rothley

Admission 80pOver 25 craft stalls, including jewel-lery, ceramics, textiles, toys, gifts

and lots more individually made anddesigned items

Cakes, refreshments and raffleWhy not spread the cost of Christmas

and start your shopping early.All proceeds to the Leicestershire MS

Therapy Centre, registered charityno.701925

Contact Susan on 0116 2388035 formore information

• • •Birstall Birdwatching Club

presents

The Charnwood Forestby Michael Jeeves

An illustrated talk on the birds, wild-life and natural history sites in Charn-

woodOn Tuesday October 11 at 7.30pm

The Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel Lane,Rothley

Visitors welcome £2Further information from Ken

Goodrich on 0116 2674813• • •

Syston Band OpenEvening

Monday September 19 from 7.30-9.30pm

Brookside Club SystonWant to learn a brass instrument butdon’t know which one? Then come

and try them all outLooking for a new band? Come and

see what we have to offerUsed to play and thinking about start-

ing again?Then we’re the band for you

Syston Band is throwing open itsdoors to invite you to an open

eveningMembers will be on hand to answer

any questions you might haveIf you play already why not bring

your instrument (or we will lend youone) and have a blow?

Who are Syston Band? We are a small,friendly and informal brass group

with players of all ages. We practiceon Monday 7.30-10.30pm (beginners7.30-8.30) and Thursday 8-10pm at

Syston Brookside ClubDetails: 0116 2609310 or 2675823,

email:[email protected] [email protected]

Or just come along on the night –players of all ages and abilities are

assured of a warm welcome• • •

Table Top Saleat the Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel

Lane LE7 7PRSaturday November 12

To book a table at the cost of £10please ring 0116 2661342 for full

details• • •

Charity Bridge Driveorganised by Loughborough Lionsat the Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel

Lane, RothleyWednesday November 9 at 1.30pm

with afternoon tea provided at a costof £6 per person

To book a table please contact Jackieon 0116 2303317

• • •

Coffee Morningat the Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel

Lane, RothleySaturday October 29

10am to 12noonCakes, plants, gifts and jewellery

(new & second hand), toys, tombola,

raffle, books, bric-a-brac and PhoenixCards

Everyone welcome – come along andget some early Christmas presents.

Entry £1 to include unlimited coffeeand biscuits

In aid of Cancer Research UK• • •

Jazz at St James!George Huxley’s Jazz – one of the

best traditional jazz bands in the Mid-lands!

A great night of great music in StJames’ Church, Church Hill, Birstall

Saturday October 15 at 7.30pmTickets £10 on the door to include a

glass of wineMake it a date in your diary!

• • •Saturday November 26

10am to 2pmat Birstall Methodist Church

Wanlip Lane, Birstall

Table Top Sale(in conjunction with the Christmas

Festival)Tables @ £10 each

Contact Margaret - 0116 2672606• • •SAGE

A driving assessment forMature drivers

Takes one hour with a friendly ap-proved driving instructor

On local roadsCost £25

Contact 0116 3057233www.leics.gov.uk/sage

• • •Rosemary Conley

2 hour CharityAerobathon

in aid of STEPSLoughborough University, Saturday

October 8Registration at 9am, event runs from

10am to noonSuitable for all levels of fitness, all

welcomeEntry fee £10 : two hours of fitness

and fun and a goody bagMore info: 01509 622022

• • •Christ Church, Mountsorrel

The ALPHA coursestarts at Christ Church on

Friday, Sep 23 at 7pmEach of the 12 weekly meetings

starts with a simple meal followed bya DVD talk on the meaning of life.

Please contact Christine Butcher formore information 0116 2376122

Back to Church SundayOn Sunday September 25

A warm welcome awaits all in Mount-sorrel at Christ Church at 11am and St

Peter’s at 6pmChristmas Tree Festival at Christ

ChurchSaturday Nov 26 to Monday Nov 28

More details to follow later• • •

Fri/Sat 25/26 NovemberBirtstall Methodist Church

Christmas Festival"Winter Wonderland"

in the ChurchDecorated trees, displays

models, arrangementsSanta's Grotto

Friday 10am - 7pmSaturday 10am - 2pm

Outdoor Christmas Market:Friday - 2pm - 7pm

Table Top Sale:Saturday 10am - 2pm

(tables £10 - Tel:0116 2671181)Refreshments & light lunches

Friday/Saturday




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It means while the ambulance serviceis en-route, first-aiders at MountsorrelQuarry and the Syston head office canprovide vital treatment to heart attackvictims, not only at their sites but also inneighbourhoods and businesses close by.

Research shows that applying defibril-lation – a controlled electric shock – tosomeone suffering cardiac arrest withinfive minutes of collapse provides thebest possible chance of survival

Fast response to a heart attack emer-gency is therefore vital.

The machines have been supplied byEast Midlands Ambulance Servicethrough the British Heart Foundation’scommunity defibrillation scheme. Theaim is to ensure good coverage acrossLeicestershire and the wider region soanyone suffering a heart attack can re-ceive the fastest and most effective treat-ment possible.

Angus Shedden, site manager atMountsorrel quarry, which has receivedone of the automated external defibrilla-tors (AED) said: “Having this new life-saving equipment on site is not onlygood news for our employees but alsofor the neighbourhoods close by. If weget a call from the ambulance service tosays someone in Quorn for example hashad a heart attack and can we attendquickly, the outcome for that person willbe better than if they were left withoutany intervention before the ambulancearrives.

“Lafarge is committed to supportinglocal communities around its sites andthis is one way in which we can make ahuge possibly life-saving difference.”

While Mountsorrel only has one AEDat the moment because of its size thereare plans to invest in obtaining extramachines.

At Granite House, Syston, the HQ ofLafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK, thenew AED will be on hand for employeesand also for emergencies at other firmson the Watermead Business Park.

Chris Bates, facilities manager atGranite House, said: “Some years ago,while I was at another company, a goodfriend and colleague suffered a heartattack and sadly died, despite the bestefforts of the paramedics when theyarrived. There were no community defi-brillators around then and I’m certain ifthere had been and it had been usedquickly, his life could have been savedand he would be walking around today.That is why these AEDs are so crucialand why I am so passionate about beinginvolved in this scheme.”

Full training on the AEDs is providedby East Midlands Ambulance Service,although as Sean Keown, communitydefibrillation officer, explained, even theinexperienced should be able to use one.

Sean said: “These modern AEDs areso simple and easy to use and they aretrue life-savers so it’s fantastic that La-farge has got on board with the commu-nity scheme. It means both employeesand people in the surrounding area havea better chance of survival should theysuccumb to a heart attack. The speed ofresponse and the ease of use of themachine is the key. The rescuer turnson the machine and the machine thengives ‘voice prompts’- it tells the re-sponder exactly what to do and where toput the electrical pads. These pads de-tect electrical activity in the heart andcan tell if a shock is needed. Anyonecan use an AED but we prefer people toreceive training first which we are happyto provide. The benefit of using first-aiders as AED responders is that theyare already aware of CPR techniqueswhich can buy time before defibrillationis required.”Pic: Mountsorrel quarry manager, An-gus Shedden, Sean Keown from EMASand Granite House facilities manager,Chris Bates, with one of the new defi-brillation machines.

YOUNG PEOPLE seeking financial as-sistance to help continue their edu-cation can apply to a village charity.

In 2010, grants amount to£111,756 were awarded to localschool pupils, students and those inhigher education and training.

The Mountsorrel Educational Fundis administered by a Body of Trusteeswho, at their absolute discretion, canaward grants from the funds availableto the Charity to assist young people inpursuing their education.

At their next meeting in November,the Trustees will be considering appli-cations from persons who are planningto extend their education at Collegeand University.

Applications can be made frompersons under the age of 25, who arepupils or former pupils of ChristChurch and Saint Peters Church ofEngland School, or who have been orwhose parents have been resident inthe Electoral Parish of Mountsorrel forat least 12 calendar months.

The forms of application are asfollows:

Application Form 1 –University/Higher Education

Application Form 2 – A Level/CollegeEquivalent/Apprenticeships

Application Form 3 – EducationalVisits (Primary to A Level)

Application form 4 – Music Tuition(Primary onwards)

Application form 5 – Other Applica-tions

All of the above forms can be ob-tained by sending a stamped addressedenvelope detailing which ApplicationForm is required, to the Clerk to theTrustees, Mr P R Blakemore, KDB Ac-countants and Consultants Ltd, 21 Hol-lytree Close, Hoton, LoughboroughLE12 5SE

The deadline for submission of com-pleted application forms is October 14,2011.


QUARRY WORKERS and office staff at Lafarge are training as com-munity ‘heart-start live-savers’ after receiving new defibrilla-tion machines.

THE MOUNTSORREL Happy Circle forPensioners would like to welcomenew members to our meetings.

These are held every Thursday from2-4pm in the Working Men's Club onLeicester Road, when we play bingo andhave a raffle, a cup of tea and a biscuit.

The fee to join is only £2 per yearand we have trips out from April toSeptember, a birthday party and a Christ-mas meal. We also have a sale tableseveral times a year when you can bringalong items for us to sell to help ourfunds. We also have tombola tables atthe charity fairs in July on the Green andin the Memorial Hall in November.

Why don’t you come along and joinus – you don’t know what you are miss-ing. Just turn up or you can ring me on0116 2302958 to make sure we are notout on a trip.

From Peggy Clarke, Secretary

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MORE THAN £1.9million willbe invested in developingCharnwood’s three leisure cen-tres over the next two years aspart of a new leisure contract,say the Borough Council.

Fusion Lifestyle has signed a 10.5year deal with Charnwood BoroughCouncil to manage the borough’s leisurecentres: Loughborough Leisure Centre,Browns Lane, South Charnwood LeisureCentre in Syston and Soar Valley LeisureCentre in Mountsorrel.

As well as the investment in the cen-tres, the new contract will also see£2.4million investment in equipmentover the course of the deal and a£3.9million investment in repairs andmaintenance. The new contract will alsosave the Council in the region of£4.6million over the lifetime of the con-tract.

The Council consulted with customers,stakeholders and councillors and usedtheir feedback when determining theterms of the new contract.

Cllr Paul Harley, Charnwood BoroughCouncil’s cabinet member for Leisureand Culture, said: “This is an incredibledeal for leisure centre users and taxpay-ers. Not only will it see significant invest-ment in our three leisure centres, but itwill also see incredible savings to thecouncil, so we are getting more for less.

“We listened to the needs of custom-ers so during the tender process wewere committed to ensuring we secureda deal which represented the best valuefor money and an improvement in serv-ice. We are very much looking forwardto this new partnership. At the sametime it is regrettable that our long andsuccessful partnership with Serco Lei-sure is coming to an end but the Coun-cil’s aim is to ensure we continue toprovide quality at an affordable andsustainable price.”

The new contract will begin on Octo-ber 1 and there will be no disruption tocustomers and no job losses as part ofthe switch. Current staff will be trans-ferred over to the new contractor in linewith employment legislation.

Tim Mills, Business DevelopmentDirector of Fusion Lifestyle, said: “Weknow that Charnwood Borough Councilrecognises the importance of sport andphysical activity and we look forward toworking with the Council to improve theleisure services, invest in the facilitiesand increase participation levels.

“As a registered charity we are com-mitted to providing the local communitywith high quality services at a price thatpeople are willing and able to pay.”

YOUTH SERVICE provision inthe county has been cut by 50per cent.

The County Council run service willnow focus on the most vulnerablegroups rather than providing a serviceto all young people.

Speaking at the Bradgate, Rothley,Mountsorrel and Birstall Area Forum,North Area Youth Officer Andy Hitch-cock gave an update on the future ofthe service.

The focus of activity will now be inpriority neighbourhoods, asylum seek-ers, disabled people and travellers.

Mountsorrel is a priority area andsome provision will continue from theSorrel Youth Café.

In Birstall the remaining servicewill be delivered from Birstall YouthCentre at Longslade and amounts to:

• Senior Youth Club on Wednes-days

• Special Needs Space Club onMonday evenings

• Teenage Parents group onWednesday afternoons

• Sexual Health provision four tofive times a week at lunchtimes

Services at Woodhouse Eaves andRothley have been withdrawn.

The County Council’s IMPACT team,which is part of the Youth OffendingService, will continue


A MOUNTSORREL football club has received new kit and trainingequipment worth £753 courtesy of Lafarge.

Mountsorrel Imps Secretary/Treasurer John Hill said: “This is a marvellous ges-ture in these difficult times, it’s a fantastic donation and will provide us with kit wewould struggle to obtain ourselves.”

Mountsorrel Quarry Manager Angus Shedden said: “Lafarge is committed to sup-porting communities close to its operations and we are more than happy to sponsorthe Mountsorrel Imps.”Pic: Ian Smith, Manager of Mountsorrel Imps, and Angus Shedden from Lafargewith the team.

Youthservicecuts

A NEW camera club for all abilities willhave its first meeting on September 6.

The Ulverscroft Camera Club will starteach meeting with an optional one hourworkshop to enable photographers toexpand their knowledge.

Ian Hamilton-Smith, Founding Chair-man, said: “This is meant to be a clubfor everyone of all photographic abilities.The workshops will start from the very

basics of uploading images from thecamera onto a computer for furtherediting. In a very short time anyone withno knowledge will be quite proficient.”

Meetings will be held at UlverscroftGrange at 7pm. For further informationcontact [email protected] details atwww.ulverscroftcameraclub.com

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Club’s new kit

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Classes in Ballet, Tap, Modern & National forchildren from age 3.

Held at Rothley Village Hall, on Monday & Tuesdayevening, & at Rothley Baptist Church, Woodgate,

from 4.30pm on Wednesday

All classes can lead to stagework, medals andexaminations.

New Classes start Sept 5Ladies Tap classes for experienced or

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Regular Yoga Classes

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A MOUNTSORREL MUM found ‘treasure’ at a waste sitewhen she won £300 worth of shopping vouchers after re-cycling an old kettle and an iron.

A BIRD table has been presented to a localcare home by the Rothley and Soar ValleyLions Club.

Lions made the presentation at the Rose Cottage OldPeople’s Home on Rothley Road, Mountsorrel, in memo-ry of Mrs Noreen Parker, a former resident who hasrecently died.

Mrs Parker had supported the Lions’ fundraising formany years by knitting various items.Pic: (l-r) Nichola Schofield, Charles Parker, Ruth Johnson & PamelaFrost


Lions’ giftof bird table

BUDGENS Mountsorrel store hosted asummer fete in July with a farmers’market, craft and gift stalls.The event was raising funds for a Po-lice Office at the store

Sophie Scarborough (24) wasgiven a scratchcard when she tookthe items to the Mountsorrel Recy-cling and Household Waste Site anddiscovered she had won a top prize.

The prize winning scheme, fundedby DHL Evironsolutions, aims toboost the amount of small electricalitems that are recycled and ultimate-ly help reduce the amount of wastebeing sent to landfill.

Two £300 shopping vouchers aswell as travel mugs and batterycharger packs have been offered asprizes for lucky county residentswho recycle old or broken gadgetssuch as kettles and hair straightenersat 13 of the County Council’s recy-

cling and household waste sites thisAugust, or until scratchcards stockslast.

Sophie said: “I couldn’t believe itwhen I realised I had won, it was areally nice surprise. I do go to thewaste site a fair bit. Having twoyoung boys encourages me to recy-cle more – if I don’t the black binends up being full. It’s not difficultand I would encourage more peopleto take the time to do it.”

Electrical items that are batteryoperated, have a mains cable orneed recharging can all be recycled.The Mountsorrel Recycling andHousehold Waste site is on GraniteWay.

STAFF AT a Leicestershire quar-ry raised £470 for the region’sair ambulance service.

Members of the Mountsorrel SocialClub, based at Lafarge Aggregates &Concrete UK’s Mountsorrel granite quar-ry, amassed the cash through an annualcelebration raffle.

Mick Stevens, Phase 1 Assistant Man-ager at Mountsorrel said: “We have acelebration charity raffle at the socialclub each year and everyone agreed weshould support the local air ambulance.They do such fantastic work and receiveno government funding. Everyone atMountsorrel is thrilled to be helpingsupport such a wonderful organisation.”

Sophie Stevens from the Derbyshire,Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambu-lance accepted the cheque from Mick,saying: “We are enormously grateful toMick and his colleagues at MountsorrelQuarry. Our service relies totally ondonations, fundraising activities andsponsorship and to keep our servicegoing and continue saving lives we needto raise more than £1.7million a year soevery gift of money counts.”

SHOPPERS WILL be able to bageven more fresh produce andFairtrade goods as CharnwoodBorough Council trials a secondfarmers’ market in Loughbor-ough.

The Council which already hosts afarmers’ market on the second Wednesdayof each month, is now set to trial a sec-ond market on the fourth Wednesday ofeach month. The trial will start on Septem-ber 28 for three months, and, if successful,could see the second market open forbusiness on a permanent basis. It will alsofeature green and ethical products andFairtrade stalls to help promote locallygrown and produced goods.

Currently 20 stalls make up the Lough-borough Farmers’ Market in the towncentre and it is anticipated the samenumber will trial the second market.

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EVERY MORNING during the firstweek of August about 35 childrenfrom the Rothley and Mountsorrelarea eagerly rushed to get to ‘Sum-mer Stars’ Holiday Bible Club,many arriving half an hour early.

The week’s events, held at Mount-sorrel Methodist Church, concludedwith a concert for parents. The chil-dren acted out the Bible stories ofJonah and the Whale, Elijah, Daniel inthe Lions’ Den and David and Goliath.

Standby is rhythm guitarist and leadsinger Jacob Coleman, drummer TomBonnert, lead guitarist James Brown andTom McHale on bass.

Jacob and James live in Mountsorreland all the band, aged 17, go to RawlinsCollege.

“It was an amazing experience, infront of the biggest crowd we have every

played” said Jacob.The band, who cover Artic Monkeys,

Greenday and Kings of Leon, hope torepeat the experience at Glastonbudgetin 2012.Pic: Standby performing at Glaston-budget (l-r) Tom Bonnert, Jacob Cole-man, James Brown and Tom McHale


A LOCAL cover band enjoyed their biggest gig ever when theyplayed at the Glastonbudget festival in May.

Parents were then treated to a livelyperformance of some of the songslearnt during the week.

Organiser Vivienne Barratt-Peacocksaid: “If I could choose one word todescribe the week, it would be ‘hap-py’. The children all arrived, and left,with big smiles. The feedback fromparents was very positive, with manysaying they wished the club was con-tinuing for the whole summer holiday!

‘Bible Stars’, a free Bible club forchildren, will now run on the secondSaturday of each month at the Meth-odist Church. Please call 07748590594 or email [email protected] information. All welcome.

A CHURCH volunteer has re-tired.

Pam Cooper has been involved withMountsorrel Baptist Junior church forover 30 years, in which time she wasa teacher, secretary and treasurer.

Pam received a photo album as agift and was presented with a ThankYou card the children had made them-selves.

Pic: Pam Cooper (centre) receives a giftfrom Wendy Sibbaid (right) and LydiaCant

AN OTTER has been photographed in Watermead Country Park.Parks officers from Water-

mead Country Park Southhave captured an image ofthe creature which is elusiveand rare in urban areas,thanks to a remote-control-led camera triggered by heatand motion. The otter wascaught on camera as part ofthe otter project which isbeing co-ordinated by Leices-ter City Council’s riversideteam.

Leicester City Councilsenior parks officer, BarryIngram, said: “There’s nodoubt that Watermead and

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MORE THAN 800 pupils from countyschools toured Mountsorrel quarrythis summer.

The aim of the visits was to empha-sise safety messages and help teachersbring the national curriculum to life.

Older students, scientists and foreignexchange visitors also saw the site, oper-ated by Lafarge Aggregates & ConcreteUK, but primary age children made upthe majority of the audience.

The aims are to show youngsters thatquarries are not a playground as well astying into lessons about rocks and soils,the environment, and industry and na-ture.

On the tour the children were able tolook into the quarry itself from the visi-tor viewpoint, get up close and personalwith a parked digger and watch an exca-vator load piles of granite into 100tonne dump trucks.

P/11/1871/2: Co-op Supermarket 109-111 Rothley Road, Mountsorrel. Altera-tions to store entrance, glazed screensbeneath canopy and new shop frontP/11/1797/2: 28 Market Place, Mount-sorrel. Fell 1 ash tree and prune over-hanging branches to 1 fruit treeP/11/1796/2: St Peters Church, MarketPlace, Mountsorrel. Remove 6 overhang-ing branches from 1 ash treeP/11/1780/2: Neil Harby, Transport,Granite Way, Mountsorrel. Variation tocondition No.4 of PP 2002/2730/02 toallow HGV movements on public andbank holidaysP/11/1778/2: Mountsorrel Quarry,Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel. Ex-tension to standard havens screenmound at Mountsorrel Quarry. Land adjto Hawcliffe Road.P/11/1604/2: Mountsorrel Quarry adjto Rushey Lane, Rothley. Modificationto existing southern mound at Mount-sorrel QuarryP/11/1665/2: 27 Kestrel Lane, Mount-sorrel Erection of conservatory to rearof dwellingP/11/1613/2: Mountsorrel Quarry,Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel. Erec-tion of scalping screens at quarry.P/11/1578/2: 12 The Green, Mountsor-rel. Felling of l blue spruce, 1 white-beam and two cotoneastersP/11/1485/2: Adjacent 231 Loughbor-ough Road, Mountsorrel. Notification ofinstallation of 1 electronic communica-tions equipment cabinetP/11/1385/2: Mountsorrel Hotel, 217Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel. Erec-tion of single storey extensions to sideand rear, porch and detached outbuild-ing to front of hotel.P/11/1285/2: 48 Linkfield Road, Mount-sorrel. Erection of two storey extensionto rear and single storey extension toside of dwelling


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Items of news - we’re interested ineverything: club and society news, prize-winners, charity events, church news,complaints, praise, new projects, newfacilities, trips, sport, crime, anythingthat concerns or interests you.

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OUR PICTURE shows residents from local churches attending a tea party toraise funds for a charity that supports the children of persecuted Christiansworldwide. The event, held in the Mountsorrel Youth Café, raised £300.

THE BIRSTALL & Rothley branch of theWEA is offering a range of courses thisautumn including.AN INTRODUCTION TO MIXED MEDIA

A chance to explore a variety of tech-niques and media, providing a taste of skillsusing pencil, charcoal, pen, ink and water-colour, whilst also practising the basic disci-plines of drawing and painting. On-the-spotdemonstrations and discussion will be sup-ported with examples of artists’ work. Forbeginners or those who want to try newskills. Booking essential.

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