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uk January 2019

OURVILLAGE
Your Monthly Higher Kinnerton Community Newsletter

Welcome!
A Happy New Year to all our readers and welcome to our new BIGGER eight page monthly Our Village Newsletter!
In recent months the newsletter team found themselves in the position of having too much news to fit into too small a
newsletter and not enough space for some of the photos that had been provided by contributors.
Higher Kinnerton Community Council took the decision to fund a new bigger newsletter which would include all our village
news and would also give us the opportunity to welcome new local businesses to advertise with us.
With the extra space now available we welcome your contributions on village matters and would also love to include your
photos of village life. Remember, not everyone is on Facebook many of the fantastic photos you post on there don’t get
seen.
So, if you have something to share with all the community, please send your contribution to
newsletter@higherkinnerton.org.uk Contributions need to be submitted by the 20th of the month.

Village Open Event

On Saturday 12th January, the Community Council will be holding an open event in the Village Hall from 10.00am–12.00pm
where members of the village plan steering group will be available to talk to you about the village plan and answer any
questions you may have.
The plan document will also be able to be viewed online and we will publish a link where you can find it shortly.
As well as the Village Plan document we will be launching the NEW Higher Kinnerton website with new opportunities for
village organisations, local businesses and residents. If you want to find out more how the website can help you reach a
wider audience then we would encourage you to come along.
Through the village survey many residents indicated they would be interested to be part of a volunteer group to help with
tasks in and around the village.
The list of tasks is an open one and we welcome everyone’s suggestions. Just a few ideas to start with:
• We will need help on some maintenance tasks in Park Avenue play area as well as creating a wildlife area.
• Bennett’s Lane corner is an area we wish to improve and make it a centre of the village.
• We need volunteers to help the Community Council plan and organise the 2019 village events as well as assistance
on integrating the Village plan into the Community Council long term plan.
• Can you contribute a regular article to the newsletter? We now have an eight page newsletter so additional contribu-
tions are welcome.
• There were other suggestions too numerous to mention in this edition but we want to hear from you what you think
you can help with.
PCSO Peter Jones 07989 169127 Flintshire Street Scene 01352 701234
This part of the event will start at 10.00 am so you have time to see and hear all the other activities taking place.
Cllr Mike Allport 01244 660796 Kinnerton Village Hall 07563 159012
The Community Council will also be on hand holding an open surgery where you can come and discuss any local issues you
Flintshire County Council 01352 701234 Castell Alun School 01978 760238
may have. If it’s not a local issue we can probably point you in the direction of the people who may be able to assist you.
Ysgol Derwen School 01244 660291 HK Community Council 01244 660277
January is also the month when the Community Council sets its budget for the following financial year. Council members will
A Note from the Newsletter Team: share the budget highlights with you.
Entries to the newsletter can be made by emailing us at newsletter@higherkinnerton.org.uk or by submitting in person at 3 Main Road, by the 18th of the month. The
Higher Kinnerton Community Council strives to be open council available to all village residents and share our plans with
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
you and hear what you have to say so please come along and join the discussion. If this type of event proves to be well
provided in this newsletter is for informational purposes only and HKCC makes no representations as to the accuracy of any information contained herein.
supported we will plan to run similar events in the future.
1st Kinnerton Scouts Group
Santa’s Sleigh
Many, many thanks to the people of Kinnerton for their kind
donations to the Round Table collection. Just short of £600
was raised for local charities. It was lovely to see the
enjoyment that Santa brought that night, the smiles and the
looks of anticipation – and that was just the parents!
The comments on the Community Facebook page were
lovely, and we all are very grateful for them.
The Scout Group are delighted that we can help revive an
old village tradition of the Christmas Sleigh, and look
forward to continuing our association with Deeside Round
Table. Part of the Scout Promise is to help others, and the
young members of the Group certainly did, enthusiastically
collecting money and walking 5 miles around the village that
night.
Scouting also encourages youngsters to try new activities
and to get out of their comfort zone and challenge
themselves. This way they develop self-confidence and
self-reliance.
If your child, girls as well as boys, would like to see what
Cubs and Scouts are about, and they are aged between 8
and 14 years, please get in touch and arrange a visit.
Email : kinnertonscouts@gmail.com
Kinnerton Kids Club
Vacancy
We are looking for a new member to join our team starting
in January 2019
The hours offered are Monday & Friday breakfast club (8am-
9am) and Monday & Wednesday After School Club (2.45pm-
6pm)
Also flexibility to cover when needed is required
Please either call in or contact Kim on 07934 279288
Kinnerton Craft Group
The January meeting of Kinnerton Craft Group will be on the
4th and 18th of January.
During our first meeting we will be talking about activities
for the coming year, we will need ideas and suggestions
from members.
Does anyone know someone who would demonstrate a
craft at one of our meetings? If so please let us know.
New members are always welcome.
For more info call Margie 661090 or June 660615
Kinnerton Walking Group
Last month our out of village walk was to Chester
Cathedral to see the Christmas trees in the Cloisters
and then to the Christmas Market outside the Town
Hall and then to see the Legend that is Gareth Price
at Baristas in the Bus Interchange.
Next month we will be doing a Hawarden circular
walk, starting and finishing at Daleside Garden
Centre.
On 24 January we have a talk by Lorna Jenner who is
the Author of the Official Guide to the Wales Coast
Path. Wales is the largest country in the world with a
continuous path around its entire coast. The Wales
Coast Path promises 870 miles/1400 kilometres of
unbroken coastal walking from the outskirts of
Chester in the north to Chepstow in the south. The
presentation will outline the North Wales Coast part
of the of the Wales Coast Path.
We are also planning a Mersey Tunnel tour for
February. Anyone wishing to join us please ring
Rosalind on 660440, Geoff on 661090 or Mike on
660974, you will be very welcome.
Womens Institute
WI Open Evening—Thursday 7th February 2019
Kinnerton WI will host a speaker from the Welsh
Assembly.
The talk is entitled “Understanding and engaging with
the National Assembly of Wales”.
This meeting is open to all, member or not.
A charge of £1 for non-WI members. Refreshment will
be provided
January’s speaker Is Stephen Shakeshaft from
Chester Uncovered.
For further information contact Hazel - 01244 660751
School Parking & Dog Fouling
Following a discussion with Richard Jones,
headteacher at Ysgol Derwen, a meeting is to be
organised at the school between the head, chair of
HKCC, PCSO Peter Jones, school governor and
StreetScene representatives to agree a strategy for
tackling the ongoing problem of illegal and
inconsiderate parking around school at the start and
end of the school day.
The school is doing their best to get the message
home by inviting the police into school to talk about
safety and making all parents aware of the issue in
the school newsletter (see extract from the
November newsletter below). We hope the outcome
of the meeting will be positive and lead to a series of
measures both informal and formal to help limit the
nuisance this problem is causing.
There has also been a rise in the number of incidents
of dog fouling right outside the school entrance and
children (and parents) then taking the dog mess into
school on their shoes! PLEASE, all dog owners be
aware of what your dog is doing and bag the dog
mess and put it in the many dog bins provided
around the village.
Community Transport Roadshow
November saw HKCC and Streetscene host a Roadshow at
the Village Hall not only to promote the Community Bus but
also to gain opinions on how best the current service can
meet residents’ requirements.
Streetscene representative, Ruth Cartwright informed
people that FCC does not stipulate where bus services run.
That is up to the commercial operator to register routes
they deem profitable to themselves.
Community Transport services however are provided by the
County Council to link communities to the various transport
hubs in the county, which in our case is Broughton Park.
From the feedback received at the event, residents’ views
will be considered and the timetable looked at again to see
if it can be improved to suit a greater number of users.
In the meantime, Streetscene agreed to update the
timetables displayed outside the Church and Royal Oak and
to talk to the operator about including Hope Medical
Practice as an official stop. Clarification of the location of the
stop in Caergwrle and details of the onward and return
services from there was also agreed. Residents who do use
the Community Bus confirmed that the bus drops
passengers off at the Chester stop in Broughton Park and
connections run directly into the city every 15 minutes,
resulting in a quicker journey time than the 61 service which
runs directly from the village.
HKCC, in response to views received through the Village
Plan Survey is looking into the possibility of seeking funding
to run a trial service to and from Broughton Park on a Friday
and Saturday evening.
More news on the Community Transport system will be
included in the next newsletter.
All Saints Church
A big thank you to all those who contributed towards the
Festival of Angels, what a lot of talent!! Also, thanks to all
those who visited the church and attended the Christmas
services.
Advance notice: Christingle Service, Sunday 3rd February
2019 at 4.00pm. Come and join us on as we celebrate
Candlemas, when Baby Jesus was taken to the temple.
Everyone welcome.
We were unable to find space for these fantastic
photos of the poppies at the church to commemorate
the end of the great war 100 years ago.
Thanks must go out to church members and
members of the craft group who knitted hundreds of
poppies for the display.
New Council Website
Very early in the new year the community council will
be relaunching its website to allow us to offer even
more services, information and news to residents,
visitors and local businesses and community groups.
Things to look out for include a calendar of all events
happening within the village, news stories as they
happen, easier ways of contacting the council, special
pages for groups & businesses with much more
information on what they have to offer, photo &
video galleries and much more, and this is just the
first improvements of what will be many over the
coming years.
If there is anything you think would be useful to have
on website that is missing currently, please do get in
touch and we will see what can be included.
And for the first time ever the website will be bi-
lingual allowing the Welsh speakers within the village
to view site in their preferred language.
Keep an eye on www.higherkinnerton.org.uk in the
new year! Something to do after Christmas
The largest ever exhibition from the archives of Manchester
animation studios Cosgrove Hall takes place at Theatr Clwyd
until 12 January.
Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Engie Bengy and a host of
other favourites from the 1970s until 2000s take the
spotlight in a rare and nostalgic insight into the production
of some of the most recognisable children’s animation of
the last four decades.
The exhibition features original models, puppets,
storyboards and hand drawn animation from iconic
children’s film and TV.
With a reputation for creativity and an eye for detail Brian
Cosgrove and Mark Hall inspired a generation of animators
with their pioneering use of stop motion production
techniques.
The pair met while working at Granada TV in the 1960s,
having studied graphics at Manchester College of Art.
They founded Cosgrove Hall Productions in the suburb of
Chorlton-cum-Hardy in the 1970s, with the backing of
Community Ring & Ride Service Higher Kinnerton Village Plan
In addition to the community bus, Flintshire County Council operate this service to allow residents to access health
related appointments which currently they may be unable to do. The final draft plan is in the final stage of
All the details are listed below but can also be viewed on the village website, Facebook page and in the village notice development and production. We hope to have the
board. document available to view on line at
www.higherkinnerton.org.uk by the new year.
Watch out for an update on our Facebook page.
The document will also be able to be viewed at the
open meeting on the 12th January in the Village Hall.
The picture below is all but a couple of the members
of the steering group who have worked incredibly
hard in the development of ‘Our Village Plan”
Top row - Sarah Conyers, Dave Taylor, Sean Beech,
Lois Fleming, James Farley
Bottom Row - Tom Gibson, Gareth Evans, Liz Corner
Not pictured - Debbie Thomas, Bev Wilson
Litter Enforcement
North Wales’ six local authorities are considering the
possibility of a shared model in a bid to crack down on
littering and fly tipping in the region.
In February, Gwynedd Council cut short a planned 12-month
trial with controversial private firm Kingdom Security after
just two days, blaming the early termination on “operational
issues. It appears that some councils are going in different
directions, not all authorities are thinking the same way with
some favouring an internal model rather than approaching
another private company.
“Every authority is scrutinising in their own way and to their
own deadlines so there are many discussions ahead but I do
envisage some kind of co-working and greater consistency
in terms of the level of fines so that everyone knows the
score no matter where they are.
“I envisage the discussions will be ongoing for at least a
year.”
Steffan Jones added that civil enforcement parking staff in
Flintshire and Wrexham already have the powers to impose
fines for litter, with Gwynedd now considering adopting a
similar model until a longer term arrangement is in place.