70th Wedding Anniversary for Markfield couple
Larger cuts than envisaged
Council funding cut by £1.6 million
THE Government has cut its support grant to the Borough Council for the next two years by almost half a million pounds more than was originally indicated by the Chancellor in October. This means that the Borough Council has to find a total of £1.6 million in savings by April 2013 on a net revenue budget of around £11.5 million a year. Instead of cutting the council’s grant for the next financial year (2011/12) by £670,000 (as indicated in October), the Government has cut it by £950,000; and it has also reduced the grant for 2012/13 by a further £659,000, rather than an estimated amount of £430,000. This equates to an overall funding cut of 13.8 per cent next year and a further 11.1 per cent in the following year.
On Tuesday 4th January 2011, Len and Lucy Crutchley of Markfield celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. They met during the war, while Len was serving five years in the Royal Marines. After the war, they settled down and had two daughters, now married, and have now got four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. They moved to Markfield in 1968, in time for the new doctor’s surgery to open on The Green, and there Lucy spent sixteen super years as Practice Manager, and got to meet hundreds of lovely patients. They both agree that they have had a wonderful happy and contented life together, and Lucy says she believes their marriage was blessed in heaven.
Markfield Miners’ Welfare to be auctioned
The Former Miners’ Welfare & Institute property in Main Street, Markfield will be offered for sale BY AUCTION at The Field Head Hotel, Markfield on Tuesday 8th February 2011 at 6.30pm prompt. The property has detailed planning consent for demolition of the existing buildings and erection of three dwellings. Price Guide: £100,000-£120,000. For more information, contact the selling agents Newton Fallowell on 01530 832283.
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