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THE BIRSTALL POST AUG 2011
YOUR SAY...
The Birstall Post welcomes your views and opinions on any subject. Letters, which must include your name and address, (though not necessarily for publication) can be posted to: The Birstall Post, Longslade College, Wanlip Lane, Birstall, Leicester LE4 4GH, or handed in at Birstall library or email: editor@birstallpost.co.uk
Sahara trip I have signed up to take part in the Sahara Adventure Challenge for The Prince's Trust in November 2011, aiming to raise over £3,300 to help change the lives of disadvantaged young people for the better. This is going to be an extreme physical and mental challenge for me. I will be pushed to my limits; trekking, running and biking 140km in 5 days across the Moroccan Sahara in extremes of temperature. For more information go to www.princestrust.org.uk/sahara. I really want to raise as much as I possibly can to support the vital work of The Prince's Trust, so all contributions are very much appreciated. Donating on my fundraising page is quick, easy and totally secure. It's also
the most efficient way to sponsor me: The Prince's Trust gets your money faster and, if you're a UK taxpayer, 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, can be added to your donation at no extra cost to yourself. Thank you so much for your support! The total raised for my race night on June 24 was £450. This will be going to the Prince’s Trust. The organisations that donated were: Davies and Greenwood; Baines Fish and Chips; Notions; Birstall Jewellers; Birstall Garden Centre; The Posey Bowl; Flint; The Fresh Approach; Anstey Driving Lessons; Birstall Pet Supplies; Shoe City and Ross Butchers A special thanks to The Earl of Stamford where the night was held and Soar Valley race nights. Zoe Atkins
Tesco vouchers This year, Longslade Community College has been able to order another computer - their 6th to date - and a Canon A4 Flatbed Scanner for their Learning and Information Centre, with 648 vouchers banked for next year. The total collection this year was 14,162 a wonderful achievement and your contributions of vouchers have been invaluable, once again. The equipment on order will add to their tally to date of two printers, digital camera, sensor equipment for scientific experiments, software, portable external hard drive, portable interactive whiteboard and replacement pens for existing whiteboards. Good news all round! Sheila Beatty, Longslade
Woodlands Day Nursery is proud to announce that we have been awarded an Outstanding rating by Ofsted in all 17 standards.
Toilet troubles
Constant mess
What do you do when you want to use a loo In an English Birstall Village You pull down your pants and cultivate the plants In the English Birstall Village Please have a care when there isn’t one there You will have to beg my pardon As I will, you can be sure, I shall be using the floor In the English Birstall Village
So, who is responsible for Hallam Fields/Bridge Green? I wrote a few weeks ago about the constant dog mess and general rubbish along Bridge Green (Jelson’s Hallam Fields Estate), at the same time I wrote to Charnwood Borough Council regarding the issue. The response from Charnwood Borough Council was that as the area is yet to be adopted by the council responsibility lies with Jelsons and the council “could do nothing”. I have written to Jelsons regarding this This is an urgent request. Please matter on more than one occasion but to Parish Council, do something, there are date have received no reply. far more older people who really do I assume, therefore, that it will continhave a problem. The toilets in Stonehill were a blessing to us and they were kept ue to be left to responsible people like myself to keep on picking up rubbish beautiful and clean. Why have they been thrown down by others, am I then able forced to close? to take the full bags of rubbish to JelMrs Harrison son’s Head Office and leave it on their doorstep, or just tip it over the fence onto the building site? Many thanks to the gentleman who I can guarantee that if all this rubbish stopped when I flagged him down in was outside Jelson’s show house then it would soon disappear! These days it School Lane Birstall on Friday 8th about seems that it is always someone else’s 1pm, my car had started to feel strange responsibility! and I pulled over to have a look only to Hallam Fields Resident find a flat back tyre, the weather was a bit grim and I had forgotten my mobile! After a few moments a car came from What has Carl Gunns have to do to the A6 direction and the gentleman got get the recognition he deserves here in out of his car, confirmed my tyre was Birstall? This man has done so much for flat and promptly found the spare and the village that I feel he has been igchanged it, the flat went back into the nored by Birstall people. He has won car and my good Samaritan went on his way. I managed to get his name as ‘Glyn’ every award going all over Charnwood so once again many thanks Glyn for your and throughout England. My advice to Carl is to take your gym elsewhere. kindness on that Friday. M Hymann Thankfully, Ann Harvey
Thanks
Recognition
Woodlands
Day Nursery
This fantastic accolade is a real testament to our hard work, high standards and commitment to our children and their families. We look forward to meeting you to discuss your childcare needs. 1 Park Road, Birstall, Leicester LE4 3AX • 0116 2675427 • woodlandsdaynursery@live.co.uk