birstall post (372) july 2014

JULY 2014 No. 372

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Golf club’s recycling initiative

A COLLECTION of old clothes and shoes donatedby members of Birstall Golf Club has helpedraise funds for the club’s juniors.

The items have been picked up byrecycling company Jimmy Joe’s, who pay50p per kilogram.

The funds raised will help pay fornew team shirts and training days for theclub’s junior section which has 35 mem-

bers, the youngest of which is 4.The club offers any young person up

to the age of 18 free lessons from 3-4pm on Saturdays. The club’s Junior

Pic: loading a trailer of clothes for recy-cling are (l-r) Assistant Professional MattStephens, Junior member Chelsea Eth-eridge (11), Sue Bailey and Club CaptainMike Atkins

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PLANS FOR providing pri-mary school teaching atthe Stonehill/Longsladesite have emerged.

All Birstall’s schools are now partof the Lionheart Multi-AcademyTrust, except Longslade which it isplanned will join shortly. The trust isled by Beauchamp College. Its prin-cipal Hugh Howe said: “When wewere invited to support Birstall’sschools, providing education throughfrom 4 to 19 was the long termvision for the site.

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“The Local Authority saythat there will be a need formore primary school placesand they have indicated thatthey want to talk to the Trustabout provision atStonehill/Longslade – thiswould make sense, but therehave been no formal discus-sions yet and there is stillsome way to go before it mayemerge as an option.”

Mr Howe said an assess-ment of the exact number ofextra places needed would be neces-sary to decide whether existingbuildings at Stonehill/Longsladecould be converted or if new buildwould be necessary.

A 192 name petition calling for anew primary school was recentlypresented to the County Council byBirstall Borough Councillor SimonSansome.

• 900 homes are planned at Hal-lam Fields and 525 have been built

• Jelson are required to provide afoot/cycle bridge crossing over the

A6 on completion of the 750th home• Now that the land allocated for

the school at Hallam Fields is vacant,Jelson have the option to submitplans for extra housing on the site.

• the County Council has received£54million from the government tobe spent over the next three yearson creating an extra 500 primaryplaces within he county. The moneywill not be allocated to areas likeBirstall where developer contribu-tions towards school places havebeen negotiated.

organiser Sue Bailey said: “A lot of peo-ple think golf is out of their reach, thatit’s too expensive or an old man’s game.But we make it fun so why not comealong and try something different.”

Junior membership starts from £62 ayear and one parent can join free andplay along with their child.

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A SPECIAL service and anexhibition to mark the 100th

anniversary of the Great Warwill be held in Birstall onAugust 4 at St JamesChurch.

Rev Vince Jupp said: “It is importantthat this anniversary does not just passby without our recognising the sacrificemade by the young men of Birstall andWanlip on the anniversary.

“The service will be a quiet reflectiveone, emphasising the sadness and lossthat the outbreak of WWI wrought on somany families in ourvillages and world-wide.”

The service will feature a candleprocession for each of the 21 men whogave their lives. “Each man’s name willbe called out one by one to remind usthat they will always be remembered inBirstall and Wanlip” said Rev Jupp.

The organisers also hope to put on adisplay in the church, allowing photo-graphs, memories and mementos to beshared.

If you are related to or have connec-tions with any of the men listed below,or can provide any information aboutthem, please contact 0751 5168814 oremail [email protected]

The service has been organised withBirstall Royal British Legion, who areputting together the exhibition.

Birstall: A Aubrey Adnitt, Walter Bayl-iss, Arthur J Davenport, Arthur R Daw-son, Edward Endall, H G FieldingJohnson, Walter Gladding, Herbert Grea-sley, William J Greasley, Tom Henson,Frederick W Liquorish, Arthur Pritchett,James E Reed, W Kingsley Reynolds, JWilliam H Smith, John A Toon, WilliamWalton

Wanlip: Arthur Gascoigne, WilliamGoodey, Albert Marlow, Robert Oxbury

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A CAMPAIGN to reopen aBirstall post office is at-tracting a growing numberof supporters.

Birstall Borough Councillor SimonSansome has started a petition callingfor the Kingsgate Avenue post office to bere-opened.

He said: “I have contacted the PostOffice to see if they would do a review ofPost office service in Birstall and askedfor Kingsgate Post Office to be re-opened. I did not get a reply.

“A few years back Birstall had threepost offices, now we have a larger popu-lation and only one post office in thevillage. This is unacceptable. Birstallneeds another post office”.

Former Post Master Mukesh Patel isbacking the campaign. He said: “A postoffice is needed round here – people arestill coming into the shop every day forpost office services and we closed in2007.

”We fought very hard to keep thepost office open. We took over in 1995and generated more revenue, the profita-bility was very good and I think the PostOffice made a mistake with its closure

programme, both at Kingsgate and na-tionally.”

Comments left by residents signingthe petition:

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five other banks and building societiesand six ATMs to our other Post Office.Please now give people back the conven-ience of a PO with decent parking andspeedy staff.

• As it’s the only one we do have nowwhich is quite close to myself it is almostalways busy which either makes me getslightly annoyed at times, knowing theyhave shut another one down, or some-times I will even leave and wait until I’min another village if its not urgent. Evenmore important there are some of theolder generation who find it particularlydifficult getting to the only post office inthe village now, when they live way overthe other side of the A6.

• This reintroduction of an old postoffice counter is desperately needed inour growing village.

To sign the petition search for Kings-gate Post Office at www.change.org orvisit the Kingsgate store.

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Pic: Cllr Simon Sansome (left) with campaigners outside the former post office on Kingsgate Avenue

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“I assume not just Birstall but nowthe nation probably think I’m bonkers,which maybe I am” headded.

Ben’s home isdecorated with flagsand banners, with amini football pitch inthe garden, Astroturfin the living room anda papier macheWorld Cup he madewith his son.

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GOVERNMENT GRANTS of up to £6000 for solid wall insula-tion have now become available as part of the Green Dealinitiative.

The funding takes the form of avoucher. It allows homeowners to re-claim up to £6000 for installing solidwall insulation and an extra £1000 tocover two additional measures, such asfloor insulation or heat recovery sys-tems.

The first step is for homeowners torequest a free survey.

The Force set up its eBay site in Sep-tember 2009, specialising in goods re-covered under the Proceeds of CrimeAct. The most popular items have beenluxury cars and high class watches. AnAston Martin DB9 car went for £63,000and a Rolex brought in more than£13,000. Designer clothes and jewelleryhave also proved popular, along withelectrical goods and computers. Theitems have usually been obtained bycriminals through legitimate channels,but have been paid for out of the profitsof drug-dealing, fraud, or other cash-generating offences..

The more unusual items have includ-ed:

• a replica of a German armouredcar

• skateboards• collections of comics• a microlite aircraftThe force also uses other specialist

methods of disposing of goods andproperty including estate agencies andtraditional auctions.

Paul Wenlock, the head of Leicester-shire Police’s economic crime unit, said:“Leicestershire Police was the first force

in the country to set up its own eBayshop and it has been a huge success.We have generated possibly twice asmuch from these sales than if we hadsent the same items to auction. The siteis also a daily reminder that we will takeaction to ensure criminals do not benefitfrom their crimes. In some cases wehave been able to seize goods and sellthem where we have not managed tosecure a criminal conviction. All themoney that the site generates goes backto fund crime-fighting work.”

He added: “Often the enquiry startsfrom information from members of thepublic. If you know anyone who appearsto be living a lifestyle beyond their visi-ble means, we would like to know. Theymay be living on the proceeds of burgla-ry, money-laundering, fraud or drugdealing. We can take both civil andcriminal action to be sure they do notbenefit from these activities.”

Loughborough based SustainableEnergy Services is a building contractorwho have organised an open evening inBirstall when you can find out more. Itwill be held in the Palmer TomkinsonCentre, Longslade College, on ThursdayJuly 3 from 5-8pm.

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volved all along, doing the painting andthe renovations, and all the work they dohere has qualifications attached to it. Theaim has been to give pride and a focus, to

re-engage them witheducation, and it’sworked.”

David Cowell said:“We have alreadycompleted several trialsessions with youngpeople this academicyear and as a resultthe centre will awardits first 10 qualifica-tions in the summer.We hope that this willbe the first of manyand that we can helpprogress challengingyoung people to

college and into employment so they havethe chance to succeed in life.”

£4000 for the project came fromLeicestershire County Council’s Area Fo-rum with the rest provided by Longsladeand the Local Behaviour Partnership.Pic: Beauty tutor Lucie Larke with studentNatasha Walker


who find mainstream school chal-lenging. This could be because of theirbehaviour, special education needs, confi-dence or ability.

“Many young people struggle withMaths and English but when given aspade, make up brush or a trowel, theyexcel. We will engage them in educationand help them to be successful.”

The refurbishment has seen a newkitchen installed, and the conversion ofthree rooms into practical areas for beau-

ty therapy, exercise and jewellerymaking/childcare. The garden has beenprepared so students can study horticul-ture.

Longslade Year 10 students NatashaWalker had been coming to the Bungalowwhere she is taught by tutor Lucie Larke.Natasha said: “I started coming as a mod-el but now I’m learning new techniques

like nail art andmake up. I enjoycoming toschool now,knowing I havethis to lookforward to, andI hope to get a

A £6000 project to convert a building at Longslade into analternative learning space has been completed.

‘The Bungalow’ was originally built toaccommodate the school caretaker buthad previously been used as offices. It willnow be used by students from Longslade,ASD Learning and other local schools.

The project has been led by DavidCowell from the Melton Learning Hub andDi Cresswell from Longslade. David said:“The centre aims to educate young people

Alternative learningspace in Longslade’sbungalow

good qualification.”Longslade’s Di Cresswell is director of

Pastoral Care. She said: “The Bungalowhas made a phenomenal difference al-ready. I’ve beenat the schoolnearly a year andone of the firstthings to tacklewas attendancelevels. These havenow massivelyimproved. Thosestudents with poorattendance can bevery difficult toreach and we

wanted to givethem somethingdifferent fromthe traditionalclassroom.

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Held for the first time in 2013, thisyear will see more than 180 householdsin Birstall holding a yard sale, morethan double last year. Bargain hunterswill be able to cruise around the villageon Saturday July 5 to see what they canfind at stalls in driveways and front gar-dens.

Fiona, a mum of two who lives inGwendolin Avenue, said: “We learnt a lotfrom last year so it has been a littleeasier and it’s been brilliant how peoplehave been so helpful – we needed £40for the raffle licence and someone do-nated that, then I put on Facebook weneeded balloons and someone gave ussome – the response has been great.”

Local printers Flexpress have provid-

ed 5000 raffletickets andprinted a mapshowing thelocation of allthe yard sales.This is availa-ble from eachstall on theday, the Co-opStore on Wan-lip Lane or canbe downloadedfromwww.bigbirstallyardsale.co.uk.

Sales ofraffle tickets

will support the charities BirstallBAGS, Type One Mission, CharlieSays and Rainbows. Last year’s eventraised £721.

Fiona said: “Last year I was stuckon my driveway all day at my ownstall but this year my daughter willbe looking after that and I am reallyexcited I will be able to walkaround and visit lots of the stalls, itwill be a really nice reward on theday.”

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“IT’S BEEN crazy, but in a good way!” says Fiona Barnes, as she nearsthe end of the job of organising this year’s Big Birstall Yard Sale.

A FULL meeting of Birstall Parish Council washeld on June 16.

Borough Councillor Simon Sansome reported that he had com-piled a list of 21 residents who had requested grit bins and hadprovided their names and addresses to the Parish Council.

He said that normal procedure was for Parish Councils to applyto the County Council for bins and pay a fee of £200. If the ParishCouncil were to decide not to provide them he asked that all theresidents on the list would need an explanation. He welcomed anysuggestion to move existing, underused bins, to new locations on thelist.

Borough Councillor David Gaskell reported that work on provid-ing new housing figures for the Core Strategy was working well andthat it was hoped that the Planning Inspector’s timetable could bebrought forward.

Cllr Gaskell said that improvement works to Riversdale Court hadbeen delayed when it was discovered that costings for the projecthad been under-estimated by a third, but funding has now beensecured.

Cllr Gaskell said he had visited the Reading Room on BirstallRoad and commented that resident Jim Garner deserved congratula-tions for his hard work restoring the building to such a high stand-ard.

Councillors discussed a suggestion from a resident for a ‘dogpark area’ on the playing field – a fenced off section where it wouldbe permitted to allow dogs to run off the lead. This is currentlyprohibited by the bylaws.

Chairman Ann Marshall said that the Parish council had lots ofproblems with dogs fouling and there had been incidents of dogsbiting people.

Comment was made that there was not enough room on theplaying field for an area like this and that the playing field was forsports activities and children, not a dog exercise area, and that Wa-

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termead Country Park was available ifdogs needed to be allowed off the lead.

Cllr Allcock reported that fenced offareas for dogs worked well in someLondon parks and Cllr Ashton said heliked the idea of a space for dogs on thepark, that the area near LoughboroughRoad was underused, and that the coun-cil should clearly set out the function ofthe park to better assess the viability ofthe proposal.

Sympathy was expressed for dogowners with dogs that need space to runand Cllr Howe commented that the exist-ing bylaws were the best of a bad job.

It was agreed to consult the groundstaff on possible areas within the playingfields and to invite readers of the BirstallPost to contact the Parish Council withtheir views on the proposal.

It was reported that the council hasreceived three defibrillators and hopesto install the first one on School Laneplaying field before the gala.

Cllr Allcock reported that someonehad cut a section of hedge on MeadowLane so poorly it looked like a gang ofvandals had attacked it with machetes.The chairman said it had not been doneby Parish Council staff.

Cllr Ashton suggested as items for afuture agenda how the Parish Councilcould get greater public participation,and consideration of the criteria it usesfor deciding on the allocation of itsresources.

A noticeboard near Meadow Lane hasbeen removed because it was becominga target of antisocial behaviour. A newsite for it has yet to be determined.

Part of the metal sliding gate at theentrance to the School Lane playing fieldcar park has eroded and it was agreedto spend £1295 on repairs.

It happened on Friday, April 25 be-tween 5.10pm and 5.20pm at a petrolstation in Loughborough Road, Birstall.Police would like to speak to the man inthe image as they believe he could haveinformation which will help with theirenquiry into the incident.

Anyone with information is asked tocontact the relevant officer on 101, fol-low the instructions to leave a messagefor the officer, PC David Jaeckels 1759,and when prompted key in the officer’sidentification number. Alternatively con-

tact Crimestoppers which is free andanonymous, on 0800 555 111

BIRSTALL LADIES Bowling Club’s PaWalker made her England debut at theBritish Isles International Series,which took place at the Les CreuxBowls Club, Jersey, last month.

Pa was chosen in a rink along with fellow debutantKirsty Hembrow (Somerset), Stef Branfield (Somerset)and Amy Gowshall (Lincolnshire). The four had a100% record, beating Ireland 21-13, Scotland 20-14,Jersey 23-13 and finally Wales 27-20. This helped Eng-land to achieve the “Grand Slam” and retain the trophythey won last year.

A club spokesman said: “Pa played very wellthroughout the series on a tricky and testing outdoorcarpet surface that many players were not used to, asthey usually play on grass in England in the summermonths. Her performances should give her a goodchance of selection for the England team at next year’sInternational Series, which will take place in Leaming-ton Spa, England.”

Pa has also qualified for two events at the NationalChampionships, which take place in Leamington Spanext month. She will be there in the fours, along withVal Ross, Jan Everitt and Di Hurst, as a team from Bir-stall qualified for the eighth year in succession, with Janand Di being involved in all eight. Jennie Groves substi-tuted for Pa in the county quarter and semi finals, asshe was involved in an England squad day, and theBirstall four beat a Leicester team in the quarter final,and edged past a Shepshed quartet 17-14 in a closesemi final to reach the county final and ensure theirplace at Leamington. Pa also reached the county finalof the two wood singles, with wins against Birstall team-mates Val Ross, Di Hurst and Jan Everitt in the earlyrounds before beating Katie Smith (New Lount) 13-10,and Louise Delahay (Kingscroft) 14-11 in the quarterand semi finals respectively.

In the men’s county fours competition, Gary Norman, Paul Young,John Hurst and Andy Wye reached the quarter final before losing outto a Knighton team skipped by Steve Ashton.

Pic: Pa Walker in action for England at the International Series in Jersey.

POLICE HAVE released an image of a man who they wouldlike to speak to about an incident of bilking – filling yourvehicle with petrol then driving off without paying.

Pa helps secure England win

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To the person who found my hearingaid, and handed it into the Kingsgatenewsagents, thank you.

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Car Boot / TableTop SaleTo include a Cake Sale, Teas, &RaffleIn aid of St Theresa’s ChurchFundsSat September 13Open to buyers 9am-2pmIn Church car park, Front Street,BirstallLimited number of pitches/tablesTo book a table £10 Tel: Daphne0116 2675721To book a car pitch £5 Tel Jenny0116 2677323(payment at time of bookingplease)

Tea DanceFriday July 253.30-5.30pmBirstall Village HallBirstall Road, Leicester LE4 4DH£3 on the door includes refresh-mentsAll welcome, come along for agreat afternoon of dancing, musicand great company.Please contact Joan on07718519480 or [email protected]

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Director Sue Withers said: “Thedecision to perform ‘the Queen and I’was taken at the beginning of 2013.

“Written by a local author and in-corporating a local inner city councilestate, some funny parts and some verythoughtful parts, it all made for goodentertainment. The Royals on benefits,confusion over local accents, weeds inthe garden, dogs leaving their littlepresents in the street, queuing at theDSS, and buying bones at the butchers.Hilarious, silly and so very real.”

She added: “It is an honour and aprivilege to be involved in promotingthe work of such a distinguished andrespected local author. The audienceincluded four members of SueTownsend’s family who said they thor-oughly enjoyed it and that she wouldhave been delighted with the produc-

tion.”HATS have been performing for 22

years. Sue said: “The cast has seenmany changes over the years, however,there are still a number of original castmembers treading the boards. Thegroup consists of multi skilled mem-bers, some who can turn their hands tomore than one role. We have peoplewho prefer being on the stage, peoplewho are extremely innovative and giftedwhen it comes to scenery and props,people who assist with sound and light-ing and also front of house and backstage members. Our pantomime lastyear was written by our resident scen-ery persons and included originalsongs as well. The age range of currentmembers is from teenagers to 80, yes80 and still on the stage.”

Over the years the group have im-mersed themselves in many differentstyles of plays, comedy, drama, horrorand suspense being just a few exam-ples. They perform two productionseach year, a pantomime in Novemberand a spring play. Sue said: “While wehave an established group, we are al-ways looking for new members, inparticular males. The group meets eachWednesday from 7.15-9.30pm at High-cliffe School, Birstall. Please feel free tocome along and have a chat and seewhat we do.”

Time to stock up on the sun-creamIf you are going on holiday this sum-

mer, please make sure you take a fewrelevant precautions to make sure yourhome is safe and secure from burglars.Burglars target houses that look empty,so here is some advice on how to en-sure your home is kept safe and secureso you don’t come home to a nastyshock:

• Make sure your premises are se-cured every time you leave, even if onlyfor a short time

• Make sure your alarm, if you haveone, is set

• Put lights on a timer switch to makeyour house look occupied. You can alsoget timer switches for the radio and/orTV

• Ask a neighbour to push postthrough your letterbox and take in anydeliveries for you

• Cancel milk, newspapers and anyother deliveries

• Ask a neighbour to park their caron your drive so that passers-by assumesomeone is home

• If you have a close friend or relativenearby with a key, ask them to drawyour curtains in the evening and back inthe morning. Don’t leave curtains drawnduring the day.

• If you have a lawn, mow it beforeyou go away

•Don’t display your home address onthe outside of your luggage

• Don’t publish your absence on theinternet. Status updates, comments andphotos on social media can all give awaythe fact that you are out of your homefor an extended period.

• Ensure any outdoor tools such asladders are securely stored away asthese could be used to force entry intoyour home.

• Don’t leave a message on youranswer phone saying that you are away

The best defence against burglars isto have friendly caring neighbours,which is what NHW is all about. It’s notabout being nosy, it’s about caring.Do you have infant/primary schoolage children?

A simple safety tip which doesn’t costmuch at all. We have all seen thesecoloured wrist-bands (charities/goodcauses etc) and children like wearingthem. If you are taking a young child toa Theme Park/Fairground/CrowdedBeach etc, give them a wrist-band andwrite your mobile phone number on itusing a permanent marker. In the eventof becoming separated, any securityofficial or ‘good samaritan’ can easilyread the number and quickly reunite alost child with their parents.

Enjoy your holidays wherever youmay be.

From the Birstall & Wanlip NHW commit-tee.

OUR PICTURE shows the cast of Highcliffe Amateur Theatri-cal Society (HATS) who recently performed SueTownsend’s play ‘The Queen and I’ at Highcliffe School.

NHW news& crime report

Crime Report: Birstall & Wanlip May2014

Assaults 3, burglary 6, burglary non-dwell-ing 6, damage 8, damage to motor vehicle 1,drugs 2, fraud 1, theft 9, theft cycle 3, theftfrom motor vehicle 5, theft store 11.

WE HAVE unfortunately seen afairly high level of reportedcrime again this month, with atotal of 55 offences being re-ported during the month of May.

Once again, a large number of thesewere theft offences (20 in total) with afurther eight ‘drive-offs’ from the Petrolstation being reported this month andanother 11 shop thefts also being report-ed. On a positive note however, twomales who were responsible for anumber of the shop thefts were arrestedthis week following a pursuit throughWatermead Park and have since beencharged with several offences and givenbail conditions not to enter Birstall. Afurther male who is believed to be re-sponsible for a number of other offenceshas also been identified via CCTV footageand enquiries continue to try and locateand arrest this male.

Burglary offences (both dwelling andnon-dwelling) have increased this monthwith a total of 12 being reported. Severalof these occurred in the early hours ofMay 22 when a number of sheds andgarages in the Park Road and FieldingRoad areas were targeted by a group ofmales using motorbikes and mopeds.Enquiries are continuing in an attempt toidentify these males and I would askanyone who sees any groups of males onmopeds in the early hours to report thisto the Police via 101, so that we can tryto obtain their details and establish if theywere the ones involved in these offences.

Assault offences have fallen considera-bly this month and the number of damageto motor vehicle incidents has also de-clined sharply, suggesting that the spatewe had in April appears to have tailed off.Please however continue to be vigilantand report anyone seen acting suspicious-ly around vehicles to either the Police oryour local neighbourhood watch co-ordi-nator.

Following a few reports of Anti-Socialbehaviour (ASB) in the Meadow Lanearea at the start of the month we havecreated a new Neighbourhood Priority inrelation to this location and are workingclosely with several other agencies toaddress the problems that we have beenexperiencing down there. There havebeen increased Police patrols in the areaat the key times and a number of peoplehave been checked and spoken to regard-ing their behaviour. If you do witness ASBin this, or indeed any area of Birstall orWanlip please contact either Leicester-shire Police or Charnwood BoroughCouncil so that we can work together toaddress these issues.

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The incident happed on Sunday Au-gust 25, 2013, at 9.30pm at a bus stopon Loughborough Road. Leicester CrownCourt heard that the three men cycledpast, verbally challenged the victim forlooking at them and then began theassault, punching him in the face anddragging him into the road and kickinghim.

The man’s girlfriend received a blowto the head as she tried to intervene.She lay on top of her boyfriend to tryand stop them and the assault was onlybrought to an end when a passing mo-torist stopped and shouted at the man’sassailants.

The victim suffered a fractured noseand multiple cuts and bruises to hisface, head and body.

Shamus Hirrell (23) of Milnroy Road,Thurnby Lodge, Leicester admitted caus-ing actual bodily harm to the male vic-tim and common assault upon thegirlfriend.

His brother Liam Hirrell (19) ofHarrowgate Drive, Birstall and AdenHolyoake (22) of Bale Road Northfields,Leicester both admitted causing actualbodily harm.

Shamus Hirrell and Holyoake re-ceived a 12 month prison sentence andLiam Hirrell was given a 12 month de-tention sentence at a young offenders’institute.

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The fitness craze mixes Ballroom withLatin dancing and was designed by thestars of Strictly Come Dancing NatalieLowe, Ian Waite and Britain’s most suc-cessful swimmer, Mark Foster.

Great Britain swimmer Mark Foster,who was converted to dance fitness said:“You’ve got a double whammy. You’removing around and getting fit andhealthy, having fun but also you’re learn-ing proper steps from Strictly.”

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FITSTEPS IS the new dance fitness phenomenon that will see youdance like the stars of Strictly Come Dancing and get fit at the sametime.

WHETHER YOU are 8 or eighty, the St Margaret’s Co-op-erative Bowling Club on Birstall Road are inviting you tocome and join them.

A club spokesman said: “We are all looking for it – that activity which engagesus enough to hold us in the moment but is not so damanding that we cannotenjoy the company of others. Down at St Margaret’s Coperative Bowling club wethink we have found that perfect combination.”

He added: “The gentle rolling of the bowls, time spent in the open air, theperfect green grass and good company. We’ve got them all and good prices at thebar too. Come along to the Co-op sports ground on Birstall Road any Monday orFriday at 6pm or contact John on 0116 2675947. Bring flattish shoes, no otherkit required. Come and have a go!”

A MAN was kicked, punched and stamped on and his girl friend washit on the head as the couple waited at a Birstall bus stop.

The three men who launched the violent attack, including one from Birstall, haveeach received a 12 month custodial sentence.

ART COURSES for childrenand adults are on offer inBirstall this August.

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Longslade art showOUR PICTURES show some ofthe work created by Art andDesign students at Longs-lade college at an exhibi-tion staged in thePalmer-Tomkinson centreon June 5.

Student Lucie Sleath (15) helped putthe exhibition together. She said: “Thequality of teaching at Longslade is reallygood, they let you get on with your ownideas and give good opinions and advicefrom a design perspective.”

Parent Sue Faulks said: “Both of mydaughters have really flourished creative-ly during their art education at Longs-lade. Joanna hopes to pursue a career inart and the art department have definite-ly helped her on her way to achievingthis goal.”

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BIRSTALL’S SCOUT and Guide gala took place in June at thehome of Mr and Mrs Waters on School Lane.

District Commissioner Marie Upton said: “We had a vast turnout of girls and boysfrom both sections who all looked very smart as they paraded through the village.The Birstall Brownies were very proud to show off their new Brownie banner.

“We would like to thank Mrs and Mrs Waters for the use of their wonderful gar-den, and all the parents and public that helped out and attended.”Pic: Poppy Vivers (5) with Ged Sessions at the coconut shy

Scout & Guide galaOUR PICTURE shows (l-r) Tiffa-ny Wood, Mollie Goodman,Shannon James and HarrietKyprianou washing a car at Riv-erside school’s fun day.

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BIRSTALL & Wanlip WI didn’thold their usual meeting atHighcliffe School on June 2,instead 34 ladies celebratedour 96th Birthday with a mealat the Red Lion Rothley.

We hung the room with our bunting.Each individual triangle had been deco-rated by a member and will be displayedat our Coffee Morning on June 14 at theMethodist Church Coffee Shop.

Finally it will be used on October 11as we form a giant bunting chain alongFoxton Locks as the WI centenary batonis exchanged with Northamptonshire WI.We are now through to the next roundof the skittle tournament having beatGroby WI in a close fought game on May19.

We will return to Highcliffe schoolfor our next meeting on July 7 whenBrenda Lund will talk to us about cor-sets and bra fitting and the competitionwill be ‘a Lacy Object’.

Pic: (l-r) Beverly Blackburn, Doreen Poole, Kath Wright, Margaret Hoskins & Jenny Downes celebrating the WI’s birthday

THREE MEMBERS of BirstallGolf Club completed 118holes in a day to raisemoney for three leadingcharities.

Ross Bradshaw, Chris Webb andStuart Marriott (pictured) set off at4.30am and kept up a fast pace all day,playing six complete rounds then anextra 10 holes, finishing at dusk justafter 9.30pm.

By the end of the day donations tothe three charities – Macmillan CancerSupport; LOROS and Coping With Can-cer – totalled over £930, with anumber of donations and sponsorshipforms still to be tallied.

Club captain Mike Atkins praised theteam’s efforts: “It is a tremendousachievement. 118 holes is 100 more

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Stuart Marriott, was proud of hisachievement of only losing one ball allday and finishing with back to back

birdies: “Me feet are feeling alrightbut the back and shoulders are sore.It has been great fun. Fortunately theweather was never too warm whichmeant we were comfortable all day”.

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CHILDREN AGED 4-12 cantake part in a mythical ad-venture at their local librarythis summer.

Mythical Maze is an exciting readingchallenge taking place in all Leicester-shire libraries, including mobiles fromJuly 5.

A spokesman said: “Sign up for freeand read six books throughout the sum-mer as you navigate your way aroundthe labyrinth that will introduce you tofantastical creatures from the world oflegend and mythology. Children willcollect stickers and incentives includinga glow in the dark wristband as theyread their books and will be rewardedwith a certificate and medal when theycomplete the challenge.”

Look out for a Lion Learners event atBirstall Library where children can meetexotic and familiar animals and cele-brate the Summer Reading Challenge.

All children taking part are entitled tofree admission to Snibston DiscoveryMuseum and Bosworth Battlefield byshowing their Mythical Maze stickerposter at reception (one child per full-paying adult).

For more information about MythicalMaze call in at Birstall Library or visitthe websitewww.leics.gov.uk/mythicalmaze.

A BID for £10million of lottery funding to build a railwaymuseum at Red Hill has been turned down.

Lisa Pidgeon, an experienced Arts forHealth practitioner, will be partnered byvisiting professional artists who will beoffering their support and encourage-ment during the sessions, which arebeing provided at the Cross Keys Com-munity Arts Centre, next to BelgraveHall.

The project is called ‘Crafting forHealth and Wellbeing’ and participantswill have the opportunity to try a varietyof arts and crafts including printmaking,pottery, textiles, yarn crafts, knitting andstitchcraft.

Lisa said: “The project will providean opportunity to develop new skills in arelaxed, friendly environment.

“It will be of particular benefit topeople experiencing mental health diffi-culties such as stress, anxiety and de-pression. We intend these free sessionsto be positive, relaxed and provide ahaven from everyday worries and con-

cerns, to calm the busy mind.”The 12 month, lottery funded project,

began in June. There are weekly ses-sions, on Thursdays from 12noon-2pmand Fridays 10.30am.-12.30pm (exceptschool holidays).

For details and to bookwww.littlebirdsos.co.uk, 07760 232059

TRY A variety of arts and crafts activities for free at a 12month project that is being run by a Birstall artist.

The project’s organisers have saidthey will re-submit their bid and Leices-ter City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has said:“I am absolutely convinced it will hap-pen sooner or later.”

The plans were launched in 2012when the Great Central Railway, Leices-ter City Council and the National RailwayMuseum announced their bid to the

Heritage Lottery Fund for a railway mu-seum next to the Leicester North stationat Birstall.

Bill Ford, Managing Director of theGCR, said: “The museum would bring asubstantial number of priceless locomo-tives and carriages from the nationalcollection, based in York, to the city,displaying them in a new building rightalongside the tracks of the Great CentralRailway. It would celebrate the rolerailways have played in creating themodern city and tell the story of thelives and communities affected by them.”

He added “We are naturally disap-pointed not to make the cut first timearound, but we received a lot of praisefor the strong vision and our partnershipapproach. We will absolutely bid againlater this year when we have receiveddetailed feedback on the project propos-al.”

The project is expected to cost£15million with matching funding bal-ancing the contribution from the lottery.It is estimated that the museum andrailway together would bring £43m ofeconomic benefit to the area with fiveyears of opening, while sustaining hun-dreds of jobs.

Pic: blue area shows land required for themuseum. Red area currently disused

Museum bid rejected

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“One is nearer to God’s heart in agarden, than anywhere else onearth.”

The forecast of a flaming summerthis year makes many of us look forwardto enjoying being out in our gardens.When we seek inspiration, we tend tohead for the local garden centres, butanother way of enlivening our garden isby seeing what other people have creat-ed

Sadly, this year there is no OpenGardens weekend in Birstall, but forthose with transport, there are othervillages nearby where there is much tosee. On Sunday July 20 for examplethere are 5 gardens open in the villageof Exton (near Oakham); or on July Sun6 and Sun 13 “Mountain Ash” on Ulver-scroft Lane, Newtown Linford can bevisited between 11am and 5pm. This,and more useful information, can beobtained from a little booklet “NGS gar-dens open for charity”, which is obtaina-ble in Birstall Library.

Another sort of garden experience isoffered in Birstall at 76 Sibson Road, onWednesday July 2 or Thursday August 21by two members of the Franciscan Com-munity, who conduct Quiet Garden days,with a time of reflection. For moreinformation, ring 0116 2672756.Remembering the dead of the GreatWar

The beginning of the “Great War”(which we now refer to as the FirstWorld War)

in 1914 is being commemoratednationally, on August 4, 100 years later.With the support and participation ofBirstall Royal British Legion, a shortservice is to be held on Monday evening,4th August at 7.30pm at St. JamesChurch, Birstall. There will be hymnsand prayers and time to reflect on themany lives lost in those terrible fouryears, particularly the 21 young menfrom Birstall and Wanlip. It is hopedthat many people will attend, as a markof sorrow and respect for a lost genera-tion of men, whose death or injury af-fected almost every family in the country.

From Beryl McHugh, Parish churches

Christmas Taste Of Faiths

Looking ahead, on August 10, Birstallwill be hosting an event called "'Taste ofFaiths" where there will be an opportu-nity to learn more about the faith ofIslam and share in food from an Islamiccultural context.

From Birstall Methodist Church

POLICE IN Charnwood are appeal-ing for information after a parkbench and wooden fence weredamaged on Watermead CountryPark.

The incident happened between 8pmon Saturday April 19 and 7am on Sun-day April 20 at Watermead Country Park,Wanlip Road, Syston. During the incidentboth the bench and fence were setalight, with the bench and part of thefence being completely burnt out.

News from the churches

Welcome To John:To celebrate the Church Anniversary

on July 6 we'll be welcoming JohnFlorance of Radio Leicester to contributeto our 10.30am service Get In Gear At The Gala

Birstall Messy Church will be repre-senting Churches Together at the Galathis year. They'll be inviting people tohelp make the clothing for giant puppetswhich we hope to use in the village this

Lodge Trust ReportOn Saturday May 31, the Lodge Trust,

a Christian charity providing work andeducation services for adults with learn-ing disabilities, held their Open Day atMarket Overton, Rutland. The weatherwas good and the event was well-attend-ed, with much fun being had by all.There were stalls selling work done bythe residents in wood, sewing and art,plus plants they had grown. The cakestall had a scrumptious selection, at-tracting the early crowd. There werealso books, good-quality bric-a-brac,jams & preserves and tombola. Childrenenjoyed the face painting and bouncycastle while they and some adults testedtheir skills at crazy golf or some of theother games on offer. The Country Café(which is open to the public every Tues-day to Saturday from 8:30am to4.30pm) was very busy serving lunchesand cream teas and the Corby SilverBand played a selection of popular mu-sic. It was interesting to see theprogress being made with the latestdevelopment, the Stables Project, wherethe builders are nearly ready to tile theroof. It is planned to open this newaccommodation at the beginning ofNovember. BIBC plans to support thischarity again at our stall at the BirstallChristmas Market.Church news

We do not have a Discussion Topicthis month, due to the holiday season.The Metropolitan Tabernacle in Londonis again hosting its School of Theology,July 1-3. Details can be found athttp://www.metropolitantabernacle.org/School-of-Theology-London-2014-Met-TabSunday Services

Our services on 6th and 13th will bein the Community Room at HighcliffePrimary School (LE4 3DL) and begin at10.45 a.m. We are not able to use theschool premises during the holiday peri-od, so please ring for venue.

Further information: please ring 01162214883.

From Anne Taylor, Birstall IndependentBaptist Church

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The Sun Has Got His Hat OnAs summer time approaches and we look

forward to holidays, day trips, the beach,summer sports, working and sitting in thegarden all in our wonderful outdoors, Bir-stall BAG’s would like to help keep people‘SUNSMART’.

The UK's national skin cancer preventioncampaign SUNSMART is built around the keyelements of research, public communication,professional support and policy developmentand it has been run by Cancer Research UKsince 2003. The campaign is workingtowards an end to the year-on-yearrise in skin cancer incidenceand mortality rates in the UK,and to close of the gap be-tween male and female sur-vival rates.

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· There are two main types of skin can-cer: non-melanoma skin cancer, which isvery common, and malignant melanomawhich is less common but more serious.

· Over 8 out of 10 melanomas in the UK(around 11,100 cases every year) are linkedto too much exposure to UV rays from sun-light or sunbeds.

Anyone can develop skin cancer, butsome people are more likely to get the dis-ease than others. These people tend to haveone or more of the following:

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aware of how your skin normally looksso you’ll be more likely to notice changesthat could be signs of skin cancer. If youspot a change such as a new mole, or anymoles, freckles or patches of normal skinthat change in size, shape or colour, it’sworth getting it checked out by a doctor,even if you don’t think it’s anything to worryabout. It may well not be skin cancer, but ifit is, getting it diagnosed and treated earlycould make a real difference to the out-come.

The ABCD (Asymmetry, Border, Colour,Diameter) rule can help you remembersome key changes to look out for:

Asymmetry: the two halves of the mole donot look the same.

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