WVN March 2020

March 2020 : Volume 41 Issue 10 : This edition compiled by Chris Pennington

What’s Occurring around Whitley.

Well, first we had storm Ciara bringing down trees specifically at
the garages across from Town Green, unfortunately the tree
blocked Raddel Lane preventing traffic accessing the Village. To
the rescue came Sam Houghton with one of his Magnificent Ma-
chines!
Within minutes of being informed the tree was removed and the
road open. Thank You and well-done Sam.
The following Sunday, Storm Dennis blew in but wasn’t too bad,
with just a brisk wind blowing around Town Pit as Ashlee and
Christine from Rouge Farm arrived with Rose and Izzy from Lower
Whitley for their very first hack out around the pond and Back
Lane on their trusty ponies, Tags, Lance, Charlie and Diego. All
went well and we will see more of them in the future weeks I am
sure!

What you missed on February 1st 2020! (If you weren’t there!)

What a brilliant evening the Rock and Roll Bingo was. It is so enjoyable listening to the few seconds of hits from the 60’s onwards, bring-
ing back the memories, with a chance of winning a few prizes. Snacks were provided and ‘Headband’ provided the live music, playing

their entertaining set list of classic rock and pop music. The absolute high-
light of the evening was produced by Derek Whyte and his captivating
impersonation of Mick Jagger’s dance moves. Derek stated ‘I’ve got the
moves like Jagger!’

V.E. Day May 8th Services at St. Luke’s Church
2020 Celebration
Lower Whitley

The 75th Anniversary of Victory in Sunday 01 March Communion at 09:30
Europe V.E. Day is Friday May 8th Wednesday 04 March Communion at 11:00 in St Peter’s Church
2020 (a Bank Holiday!) V.E. weekend Hall
will be 8th—10th May. Sunday 08 March Morning Prayer at 11:00
Sunday 15 March Communion at 09:30
Has anyone any thoughts or ideas or Sunday 22 March Morning Prayer at 09:30 - Mothering Sunday
suggestions for what the Village Sunday 29 March Parish Communion at St Michael’s Little
would like in terms of a celebration to Leigh at 10:30
commerate this, at the Village Hall, Evensong at 16:30
then please contact Phil Barber 01925
730784

What’s On at Family Quiz Night : coming soon
Whitley Village Hall
March 2020 A joint charity fund raising event for Friends of Whitley School (FoWS) and Whitley Commu-
nity Pre School.
Thursday 5th Whitley Village Hall, 16th May, 6:30pm onwards.
All village community welcome, from the young to
Friendly Club 2-4 pm the not so young.
Quiz rounds for grownups and children.
Wednesday 11th Bring your own drinks and food.
Assorted nibbles provided.
Mothers Union 14:00 Raffle and chocolate tombola.
£3 per person or £10 for a family ticket.
Thursday 12th Contact Heather on 730188 or Alex on 07785
610600.
Film: Judy 19:30
Whitley Community Pre School Established 1996.
Monday 16th
Whitley Village Hall, Monday to Friday, Term Time, 9:15 to 12:15, 12:15 to 3:15.
Coffee Morning 10:30—12:30 Places for 2,3 and 4 year olds.
Ofsted rated good with an Outstanding element.
Thursday 19th Contact [email protected] or tel: 07503 112663
during school hours.
Mobile Library 10:10—10:40 Website - https://whitleycommunitypreschool.co.uk/
Friendly Club 2-4 pm
Baby & Toddler Group
Friday 27th

Rose Queen Selection Evening

18:30—20:30

Lottery Winners Feb 2020 Whitley Village Hall meeting room on all term time Friday mornings.
Come and enjoy a cup of tea, age suitable activities, toys and snack for the little ones. Con-
1st Prize £125 June Smither tact Charlotte for more info tel: 07595 440 717.
2nd Prize £50 Peter Clayton
House Cleaning Services
3rd Prize £30 Ann Brock
4th Prize £20 Chris Jones Professional, experienced, local cleaner, based in Lower Whitley. Time slots available.
If you need help, please call Alison: 07912 361448.

Mobile Library

The Mobile Library will visit Whitley Village Hall Thursday 19th March from 10.10 -10.40am. Please use this service to keep it coming
to the Village. It has a lift to facilitate entry. The staff are very friendly and helpful. It is equipped with a Children's section, Audio books
and CD's, large print etc.

Friendly Club

Whitley Friendly Club will meet on Thursday March 5th and 19th in Whitley Village Hall 2 - 4pm. New friends welcomed to keep us
going !!

Mothers’ Union

The members of the Mothers’ Union went on their annual lunch outing in February, this time at the Antrobus Arms. Fourteen mem-
bers attended. The food was delicious and we enjoyed some lively conversations throughout the meal.

Our next meeting will be held at Whitley Village Hall at 2pm on 11th March when our speaker will be Jean Davis on the subject of Lent.

New members are always welcome, please come along and give it a try.

Whitley Rose Queen Disco and Selection Evening

Friday 27th March 2020 6.30-8.30pm

Whitley Village Hall. Tickets £3 per child includes DJ Hot
Dogs, snacks and drinks. (Profits to Friends of Whitley
School.)

Nominees must live in Whitley or have attended Whitley Village School.

Nominations are invited for the following:

Whitley Rose Queen 1 Girl in Year 6 – Year 11

Chief Attendant 1 Girl in Year 4 – Year 5

Small Attendants 2 Girls in Reception – Year 3

Crown Bearer 1 Boy in Year 4 – Year 6

Train bearers 2 Boys in Reception – Year 3

Nomination forms will be sent out to all Whitley Village School
attendees. Additional forms can be requested via

[email protected] or downloaded from the Rose
Queen tab of www.whitleyvillage.info All nominations to be submitted
by Thursday 26th March 2020

The BIG BAKE Invite

Please come and join me for CAKE and a Cuppa on Thursday 5th March to help This Photo by Un-
raise funds for The Brain Tumour Charity.
MARCH is Brain Tumour Awareness Month and as a family we have been amazed
by the work and support that this organisation offers to those who are sadly
affected by Brain Tumours.
Date ~ Thursday 5th March
Time ~ Drop in between 10-1
Address ~ 9 Town Green
Children welcome
In memory of ROB (Team Robster). Many Thanks, Sophie

Whitley 10K 3rd May 2020 Whitley 10k Road Closures and more …

Sunday 3rd May 2020 Now in its 37th year, this established and well respected
10k road race takes place on Sunday May 3 through the
car free lanes of Whitley.

As usual the race and the shorter fun run (just under 5k)
start at 11.00am from the Village Hall and take in many
local roads.
Please note to ensure the safety of the runners, the
route will be formally closed to traffic from approx
10.00am and reopened around 12.30pm. Apologies if
this causes you an inconvenience and we would be
grateful if you could plan alternative travel arrange-
ments during this time. If you have any specific concerns
please let us know and we will look to accommodate
them.

The road closures include:
Village Lane from Street Lane to Bentleys Farm Lane
Raddle Lane from Town Green to Bentleys Farm Lane
Bentleys Farm Lane from Raddle Lane to A559 North-
wich Road
Dark Lane from Bentleys Farm Lane to School Lane
School Lane from Dark Lane to A559
Lake Lane from Bentleys Farm Lane to Old Mill Lane
Old Mill Lane from Lake Lane to Goosebrook Lane
Well Lane from Old Mill Lane to Scotch Hall Lane
Scotch Hall Lane from Well Lane to Barrow Lane
Barrow Lane from Scotch Hall Lane to Sandiway Lane
Goosebrook Lane from Sandiway Lane to Old Mill Lane
Normans Lane from Old Mill Lane to Bentleys Farm Lane

Just in case you weren’t aware, all the proceeds of the
race goes to the Village Hall and reinvested directly into
the maintenance and improvement of the Village Hall
facilities, the funds of which are a little light following
the refurbishment of the roof and hall.

If you are thinking about whether the race or fun run is for you, please look at our website. There are many quotes from previous run-
ners, the key feedback being a great event, well supported and suited to all abilities. Whether you are after a personal best or a run
around with the kids, we can promise you a good time.
Importantly this and all our events in the Village, take place because of the long list of fantastic local volunteers we have. Julie and
Pete Clayton are helping ensure we have enough volunteers and stewards for the race. If you are unable to run but would like to sup-
port us in some way, please let me know.
We also have a our main sponsors of Schmitz CargoBull; Lakeland Trucks; Blue Arrow Traffic Management plus a growing number of
local supporters including Ring O Bells Garage; Spire Cheshire Hospital and the Applegreen garage. If you would like to support the
event please let any one of the committee know.
Many thanks again for the great support, enthusiasm and at times patience, it is really appreciated and we look forward to seeing you
and your family and friends again on the 3rd May. Steve Moore (Chair Whitley Village Hall tel: 730012)

The Village News Needs You

The Village News team need a couple of additional new faces on the team. Could you be a roving reporter to photograph and write
news stories. Use your creative computer skills to compile the Newsletter once or twice a year? If so please contact the village news by
email at [email protected] and we will be in touch.

The Village News is produced, ten times a year, by volunteers and is provided to every household in Whitley. A total of 225 copies are
delivered through letter boxes. Its purpose is to inform of local events, news and incidents and to promote a sense of community.

Whitley Womens’ Institute Press Report February 2020

Our February meeting was our birthday meeting. Whitley WI is now 82 years old and to mark
the occasion we had a wonderful cake made and decorated by one of our members Anne
O’Neil. The cake was cut by June Smithers.
As we arrived that evening we were all handed a small green paper heart on which to write a
way we could contribute to lessening the effect of Climate Change. These were then displayed
for us all to see.
The speaker for the evening was Sharon Dunne from the River Reeves Foundation who gave an
inspirational talk. Her family lost their son River Reeves, one of the band members in Viola

Beach, who all died in a car accident in Swe-
den together with their manager. They have
set up the foundation and are doing much,
by way of fundraising, to improve the oppor-
tunities for talented men and women who
might not otherwise have the money or sup-
port to follow their dreams. Since 2016 they
have each year organised a money raising
music festival in Warrington and have recent-
ly opened a shop in the Mall in Warrington
called Vintage Viola.
Each year our members can take part in a
draw to win our Denman Bursary of £300 to
be spent towards the cost of a course at the
WI Denman College in Oxfordshire. This year
the award went to Cathy Taylor.
We in Whitley WI are always looking for new
activities for our members to take part in. On
Mon 30th March from 10 – 12 we are having
a scrabble / dominos morning. We are also
hoping to do craft evening soon for those
who can’t attend the monthly afternoon craft
club.
On Wed 12th Feb we have 18 members going
to a Tapas lunch at Pesto and we have al-
ready started to organise our May outing to
Shrewsbury.
There is the Cheshire Literary Lunch on Thur.
23rd April with the author Jaqi Anderson as
the speaker. On Thursday 2nd April there is the PAL meeting at Frodsham Community Centre to
discuss our use of plastics and on 16th and 17th Sept we have afternoon tea extravaganzas at
Thornton Manor to celebrate Cheshire WI’s 100th birthday.
At our next month’s meeting we have Brian Cullen, a former DJ on Radio Caroline. giving us a
talk about his time on board the ship.
Our meetings are held at 7.30pm on the first Thursday of each month at Whitley Village Hall;
guests and new members are welcome. See www.whitleywi.org.uk for further information.
Finn Harding came and helped at the village
hall tidy up on February 8th as part of his
bronze Duke of Edinburgh award. Thank you
Finn from Whitley village hall committee. An
extra pair of hands is always useful!

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