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 MAY
2016

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Your Monthly Higher Kinnerton Community Newsletter

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Higher Kinnerton The Pines Development
Walking Group
Firstly, thank you to all those residents who lodged their objections
to this ill thought out proposal. In an answer to one of our initial
Five years of the walking group was
concerns, namely the safety of pedestrians forced to cross the road
celebrated by two walks. First around
by the Oak, Elan Homes have now suggested placing a pedestrian
Chester walls and along the canal
refuge in the centre of the junction, presumably because few large
calling into the Cathedral to visit the
vehicles use this road. Really? The photo below was taken during the
stunning Golgotha sculptures and
recent resurfacing which temporarily closed the access towards
then onto The Forest House for a well
Lower Kinnerton, forcing the unladen car transporter to turn left up
earned curry. The second was lunch at
Kinnerton Lane. Or at least try to. You can see from the shadow cast
the 1539 restaurant over looking the
by the front of the wagon how far past the junction he must go to
racecourse which was enjoyed by all.
attempt such a manoeuvre, in fact far enough to ensure actually
Photograph taken by the manager.
running over the proposed position of the pedestrian ‘refuge’ if he is
Next month we will be walking along
to avoid the trailer mounting the nearside kerb by the pub.
the River Dee and across the
Congratulations Elan. That should work really well….
meadows and returning along Duke's
Drive. As always we walk each
Thursday in all weathers and anyone
wishing to enlist please contact Brain
on 07775 424039, Rosalind on 660440
or Mike on 660974. You will be made
very welcome.
 HKCC Bus survey
Flintshire County Council are reviewing bus services provided throughout the
county and need to discover how communities could get involved in providing
local services to support their own communities in the future. This short
survey will help FCC and HKCC ascertain if there is a potential desire for a
localised service to and from Kinnerton and the surrounding areas. The survey
is relevant for all residents whether you currently use a bus or not and is
applicable to all ages. A copy of the survey is available from the Post Office
and once completed can be returned there, for HKCC to collect by 11th May. You can also complete the survey on-line
until 11th May via HKCC's Face Book page. Please do get involved with this, as it will affect us all and this is your chance to
have your say.

The Uxbridge English Dictionary A Thank you note

In the spirit of Radio 4’s ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue’, here are some I would like to take this opportunity to
new definitions of old words: show my overwhelming gratitude to
friends, neighbours and the people of
Mountaineering—An enormous piece of costume jewellery Kinnerton for all your phone calls, get well
Twist—A Yorkshire card game cards and messages of support for myself
Looming—An antique Chinese lavatory and John who, as many will know has
Easily—A bit like an easel suffered a massive stroke. Once again and
from the bottom of my heart, I thank you
and God bless you all.
Scouts
The Scout Group Bedding Plant delivery is Sunday Regards, Janet Jolliffe
8th May. Get your gardening gloves ready!
Plants will be delivered to your home on that date The WI
or shortly after. Should we have warm weather, Hope House Fashion Show Friday 17 June
we advise you to water them as soon as possible as they can dry out Come along and see us strut our stuff all in
quickly. However, if it is still cold at night, keep them somewhere the name of Charity. There will be an
sheltered and delay planting out until all danger of frost is passed. opportunity to purchase items of clothing .
All money raised will go to Hope House.
Scout Group AGM will be held at the HQ on 19th May at 7.30pm in the Tickets £3 from June Jones Telephone
Scout HQ. All welcome. 660388
Doors open 7pm
Help, please. There are a number of specific maintenance jobs still to Hope House is supported by the friends of
Kinnerton WI.
be done on the Headquarters building. Any help (from non-Scout
people as well) would be gratefully received, particularly in fitting our Keep a look out for future WI events on
new, more secure, fire doors, where a number of people are required local notice boards and the newsletter.
to move/stabilise the doors as they are being installed. Please ring Come along and join us.
Chris on 660579 if you can help at any time.

Village Fun Day

Saturday 11th June 12-4pm Main Road Recreation Ground
Bring your own picnic to enjoy or treat yourself! There will be food and drink for sale with the Swan hosting a BBQ and run-
ning a beer tent with both alcoholic and soft drinks for sale. Tea and coffee will also be available in the Scout Hut.
All day music and attractions including alternative sports, donkey rides, face painting, bouncy castles, a 50/50 raffle and lots
more. So come along, bring the family and let’s make this the best one yet!
A Note from the Newsletter Team: Entries to the newsletter can be made by emailing us at newsletter@higherkinnerton.org.uk or by submitting in
person at the Post Office by the 18th of the month. The newsletter is produced by Higher Kinnerton Community Council (HKCC) on behalf of the
community. HKCC reserves the right to amend submissions to ensure best fit. All content provided in this newsletter is for informational purposes
only and HKCC makes no representations as to the accuracy of any information contained herein. If you have a flair for writing and would like to
contribute please get in touch . You may want to share a recipe ,review a local attraction , write a book review, or maybe you could be a regular
contributor giving seasonal gardening tips. Just get in touch with the newsletter email.
 Kinnerton Under Fives Beaver Scouts
Playgroup is open to children aged 2 and over. We Kinnerton Beaver Scouts have had a
still have spaces for the remainder of the school year busy spring term working towards
and are also taking names for September start. If you their Disability Awareness and
would like to register your child please email Global Issues badges. We have learnt
ku5chair@yahoo.com the British finger spell alphabet, how
Baby and toddlers runs on Friday mornings and due to funding cuts is to push a wheelchair and had a visit
run on behalf of the group by Volunteer Mums. Session times are 9.15- from Jackie who is training to be a
guide dog for the RNIB We have
made water filters and found out
The Way We Were... about endangered animals and Fair
Trade products; we have also done
Last month we invited readers to guess Valentine’s day and Mother’s day
the identities of these long established crafts. At the moment we have 4 cubs
Kinnertonians. They are, left to right: who join us on a Thursday night
Barbara Moore, Doff Humphries, Brenda
Kendrick, Sheila Edwards because we are short of leaders, but
Freda Stevens, Flo Edwards, Tish Liver- we would love more children from
sage. At the front Bet and Les Philips. the village and surrounding area to
Photo taken 20th. February 1959 have the same opportunities. If you
If we took a similar photo today, I wonder who would still be here in 2072?
are interested in securing the future of
Scouting in Kinnerton please contact
Sally Palet on 661135.
Higher Kinnerton Cricket Club
Net practice has being taking place throughout April and we
are now looking forward to competitive games. Our first game is a league
match on 4 May away to Ellesmere Port Old Boys who were formed from the Village Hall Bookings.
original Ellesmere Port CC. The following evening we have taken up an invita-
tion to play the Duke of Westminster team at his Eaton Hall ground. Then we If you would like
play MP Plumbing at home the following week followed by Chester Taverners to book our village
at home and then the final game of May is MBNA away. If you would like to hall for future
join in please contact Jim on 660548, Miles on 661811 or Mike on 660974 events, parties or
meetings contact
Julie Jones on 01244 660907
Higher Kinnerton Indoor Bowls Club
Indoor Bowls has closed for the summer with the new
season starting in September.
Congratulations go to the Bowls Singles Competition
Kinnerton Craft Group
winners:-
Women's Singles - Sylvia Smith and Men's Singles -
John Jolliffe with the overall Champion - John Jolliffe.
If you are interested in bowling, the Club normally
meets every Wednesday evening from 6:30pm in the Village Hall. New members are
always welcome and if you haven't played bowls before, our members will be happy to
coach you. Our next meeting is on Friday 6th May
For further information contact Mel (01244 660784) Date for members' diary - 1.30 pm in the Blue room at the Village
North Wales Bowls Centre Social Event - 8 June hall

The plan for this month’s get together is

Multi Games Area Improvements to hold a ’Show and Tell’ session where
members bring along items they have
HKCC have arranged or the Multi-Use Games Area in Park Avenue to be re- made and describe to the class the
surfaced to rectify long standing problems with surface water pooling. stories behind them and the techniques
involved. Any new members can be
The works will commence in early May and the MUGA area will be closed for assured of a warm welcome. Contact
one week. The remainder of the Park will remain open for business as usual! Margie on 661090 or June on 660615