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A Bear Hunt in Maes Y Pant - What's Happening
Gresford Trust Refurbishments
FEEDING DUCKS at the LAKE
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No. 7, Chester Road
For several years, the Community Council has been doggedly pursuing the tidying -up of the old antique shop site on the corner of High Street and Chester Road. Although the owner cleared a significant amount of material from the site following court action, Councillors have continued to receive many objections to the untidiness of the site in this prominent spot in the village. After months of trying to progress improvement , a joint meeting was finally arranged and took place in March. Councillor Andrew Bailey, plus two Community Councillors and David Williams , Head of Planning WCBC met with the owner and his wife , at the site. The owner pledged to remove the remaining litter, debris and waste material from the site. Some of this has occurred but there is still a need to remove more. It is estimated that this will be done by 4th May. The planning department of WCBC and the Councillors are monitoring the situation. We all hope that it will be acceptably tidy in the very near future. |
Gresford Trust recently received a grant from Gresford Community Council towards refurbishment of the two meeting rooms at the Memorial Hall. The Trust went out to tender and local businesses have supplied new carpet, curtains, blinds and redecorated the two rooms. Trustees prepared the rooms over Easter, to minimise disruption to hirers and contributed to the cost of the refurbishment from the maintenance fund which was set up when the Hall was built in 1998.
The Blue Room which is available for general hire but is also used as the Gresford Cricket ‘Club House’ during the season, has been redecorated with a new carpet, curtains, co-ordinating black-out blinds, white board and art work. The larger, Green Room has also been redecorated and has the same new curtains and black-out blind. The décor was chosen to co-ordinate with the Jack & Jill kitchen, which was refurbished recently. The Trust is grateful to Gresford Community Council for continuing to support this valued and popular local community asset. |
FEEDING THE DUCKS
We have been brought up to visit a local pond or lake and feed the ducks with bread. It is woven into our way of life. However, we now know that bread is in fact harmful to the ducks. Please have a look at this notice and pass the information on. We want our Gresford ducks to be very healthy please! There are lots of other things we can do with stale bread... my particular favourite is bread and butter pudding !
We have been brought up to visit a local pond or lake and feed the ducks with bread. It is woven into our way of life. However, we now know that bread is in fact harmful to the ducks. Please have a look at this notice and pass the information on. We want our Gresford ducks to be very healthy please! There are lots of other things we can do with stale bread... my particular favourite is bread and butter pudding !
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IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM WREXHAM COUNCIL - new regulations of concern to dog owners ------
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IMAGE VOLUNTEERS were out in force on our Tidy Up Sunday. Four new wooden planters have been installed and a couple of old barrels were decommissioned. This is the continuation of a long term project to replace all the barrel tubs which are rotting and their plants are root -bound.
The costs were covered by proceeds from last year's Scarecrow Trail and remains of a Community Council grant given to install the planters and bench by the notice board.
Unfortunately Storm Doris took its toll on one large planter's tree and we were left with a stump. IMAGE has now replaced this with a Photinia bush. The other tree is now looking very sad and that also may need to be replaced.
The costs were covered by proceeds from last year's Scarecrow Trail and remains of a Community Council grant given to install the planters and bench by the notice board.
Unfortunately Storm Doris took its toll on one large planter's tree and we were left with a stump. IMAGE has now replaced this with a Photinia bush. The other tree is now looking very sad and that also may need to be replaced.
Thy Kingdom Come!
We have been informed by WCBC that their private sector partner enforcement team, Kingdom Security, will be making more regular visits to the local area and the Trust grounds. This is partly as a result of members of the public raising their concerns about an increase in dog fouling, in addition to the increased focus of WCBC on tackling the problem of dog fouling in public areas. As you will also be aware dogs must be kept on a lead on Trust grounds at all times and, under no circumstances, should they go on the marked sports pitches or tennis courts, or in the fenced children's play areas or skate park. This is a health and safety requirement to protect the users of these areas. Although the cricket field is not currently marked out it is still deemed to be a designated sports area and is subject to the same restrictions. We do not wish to see anyone fined or prosecuted for contravening the Dog Control Orders on Trust grounds. To this end, we ask you to circulate this e-mail to your respective groups for them to share the information widely and support the Trust in its efforts to maintain clean and healthy playing surfaces for all our many users, young and old alike. Ian Gibson Chairman of Gresford Trust |
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Congratulations to Marford players!
Play workers in Marford were rewarded for their work at the Wrexham Family Information Chidlcare awards event which was held on Friday 3rd February at the Catrin Finch centre at Glyndwr University.
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VILLAGE DIARY This is an invitation to local schools, churches, clubs, and other organisations within the community to publicise their important events/ meeting dates on the website calendar. Please contact the webmaster at gresfordmarford@gmail.com |
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FIND OUT WHAT'S ON AT THE GRESFORD TRUST MEMORIAL HALL CHECK OUT THE LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND NOT FOR PROFIT activities under WHAT's HAPPENING **If YOU ARE A BUSINESS , SERVICE OR CLUB, YOU CAN REGISTER AND ADVERTISE HERE-IT'S FREE** MAES Y PANT
Maes Y Pant volunteers get together on the second Sunday of the month to do various jobs. They work between 10 am and 1pm and there's cake included!! They will welcome your help. See Village Diary for more information. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
Look who's following us now! Leslie Griffiths AM Wrexham Council The Leader Andrew Atkinson Rofft Primary School Chapel Cottage Dental St. Peter's Primary School Rossett MyPag Simon O' Rourke ....and many more. Our followers are growing... please join them. |
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Gresford Allotment Association
Gresford allotments are tucked away in a quiet corner of the village in a delightful rural setting and have provided fresh, healthy fruit and vegetables for local people for generations. Allotments nationally have undergone something of a renaissance over the last few years, as people have realised how useful allotments are to support active living and healthier lifestyles and how much fun can be obtained from growing your own fruit and vegetables. The use of allotments performs many roles and meets many needs, from getting people outdoors, carrying out physical exercise, to the pleasure of eating your own home grown food and socialising with like minded people who always seem to have the time to offer advice, share experiences or simply to have a chat. Working an allotment isn’t rocket science. It requires some hard work and diligence to get it sorted and maintained but it also brings many advantages. In addition to keeping you physically fit, research shows that working your allotment is an excellent stress-buster and will keep you mentally fit also. With growing concerns about methods of modern food production, you will also discover that the fresh fruit and vegetables you have grown yourself are healthier and taste far, far better than anything you will buy in a supermarket. Renting an allotment is also not as expensive as you think. Annual rents are: 1. Full plot - £20 2. Half plot - £12 3. Quarter plot - £8 If you are interested in having your own allotment and live in the villages of Gresford, Marford or Rossett, then simply email your contact details to adrianvward@hotmail.co.uk MAES Y PANT gets Green Flag Award... and lots more!...see the Summer Update here
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