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uk November 2017

OURVILLAGE
Your Monthly Higher Kinnerton Community Newsletter

Christmas is coming
Our annual Christmas Carol Concert at the Village Hall is being held on Friday 15th December. Yes, we learned from
last year not to hold the event on a Saturday night in competition to the Strictly Come Dancing Final, so hopefully many
more villagers will attend this year. As in previous years, there will be mulled wine and mince pies available and Buckley
Town Band leading the carol singing.
There will be more details in next month’s newsletter but in the meantime, we are looking for someone with a keyboard
who would come and play at the concert. If you are that person or know of someone who would step forward, then
please get in touch by contacting the Community Council on 660277.

Third time lucky!

Villagers will have noticed the new traffic calming platform being installed outside the cottages on Main Road. This is
part of the traffic calming improvements Higher Kinnerton Community Council previously reported in this newsletter.

The contractors employed by Streetscene to carry out the work did not install the platform correctly on the first
installation, as it didn’t follow the profile of the road. This resulted in there being no discernible raised platform in the
centre of the road and it failed to slow vehicles down. They were called back to install the platform correctly which they
did, however, although the platform was now at the correct height right across the road, the approaches on either side
were left steep making it very noisy for residents living close by and difficult for vehicles to cross the platform safely.

The contractors have now been back again and it is hoped that this time the platform will perform its function of slowing
the traffic down while not causing undue inconvenience to motorists and residents alike.

The remaining traffic calming work on the Babylon Bridge and at the entrance to the village will be completed in the
next couple of weeks.

New Facebook Community Group

Join in the debate on our new Facebook page “Higher Kinnerton Community” The page is accessible via the current
page so click on the link and join other members of the community and have your say. Got something to sell? The
last item advertised took just 15 minutes to find a new home! So, clear some space to make room for all those
Christmas gifts You can also share a recipe, recommend a good book/film or get advice or help on something you
want doing around the home.

The page is not a business directory and we are not looking for businesses to promote themselves via the page.
However, local businesses already supporting the community by advertising in this newsletter are welcome to use this
page as well. So, if you are looking for a particular trade please continue to look at the adverts on the back page and
support the businesses who support us.
Derwen Primary School Long Lost Family Bible
Application Forms for entry into the Reception Class and Following last month’s article regarding a long-lost family
Nursery Class 2018/19 are now available from the School bible, local resident Barry iJewsky carried out an ancestry
Office at Derwen Primary School. search and found the following. Barry says,” I just thought
Tel: 01244 660291 or Email: [email protected]. I’d write to say that my hobby in retirement is family history
The Closing Date for RECEPTION CLASS application forms is research and that I couldn’t resist researching Jane Price’s
Friday, 24 November 2017. family tree. The closest I have come to finding a living
The Closing Date for NURSERY CLASS application forms is relative in Higher Kinnerton is Mary Jane Dyke who married
Friday, 23 February 2018. Henry (Harry) Milton and lived at Springfield House. The
Milton’s have long since passed away and I don’t know if
Kinnerton Craft Group they had any children. Mary was the great granddaughter
Kinnerton craft group meet on the first Friday of each of Jane Price and if there are any descendants of the Milton’s
month. We are an enthusiastic and friendly group who love then they would have a claim on the Bible. However, I have
most crafts. Our next meeting is on Friday 3rd November also found two sisters who live in Liverpool who are the 3x
at 1.30 pm in the village hall blue room. great granddaughters of Jane Price. They are contactable
The featured craft this month is cross stitch and embroidery. on Facebook.
Please come along new members are always welcome. For Jane Price married Daniel Davies who was a farmer at Crab
more information call June 660615 or Margie 661090 Mill. They had 10 children but a great deal of the line died
out due to future generations not marrying or marrying
Kinnerton WI. Est 1952 and not having children. Also, in many cases, the name
Davies is a difficult one to research so I have come to end
A very successful 65th Birthday celebration. Every one of my inconclusive findings.
enjoyed the food and the entertainment supplied by our I would be very interested to know if anyone has been
guest speaker Gaz Jabeen more successful and if Carl Rosso would like to get in touch
who not only taught us some with me”.
Bollywood move but talked
to us about her life from a Barry is a member of ancestry.co.uk and his Price Family
little girl in Pakistan to where Tree is available to view via his profile page. If there are
she is today. any local Ancestry members who would like to view it Barry
can supply the link.
One of Kinnerton WI
founder members “Doff”
cut the beautiful cake which
was made by one of our
members Sheila. November Kinnerton cricket club
is our AGM. All ladies are Chester and District Midweek Cricket League held their
welcome. annual presentation evening on 13th October at Boughton
Hall CC and the guest speaker was England wicket keeper
Paul Nixon.
Indoor Bowls Club Paul kept the packed out room fully amused with his cricket
stories and then followed up with a Q&A session. He also
Indoor Bowls takes place every Wednesday evening from presented us with the Division 6 championship trophy and
6:30pm in the Village Hall. New members are always to KCC player Ian Noonan he presented the league Player
welcome and if you haven’t played bowls before, our of the Season. An excellent achievement.
members will be happy to coach you. All you need are flat The photo shows Paul presenting the trophy to Captain
shoes. Terry Jukes and Secretary Jim Dutton. Our AGM will be held
The Club’s Pairs Competition for members will take place on Friday 27th October in The Swan commencing at 8pm.
on Saturday 18 November at 1:30pm in the Village Hall. Anyone wishing to play or be involved next season please
For further information contact Mel (01244 660784) turn up and you will be made very welcome.

HK Walking Group
October saw the group in search of the famous 1900 BC
solid sheet Gold Cape found in Mold in 1883. We visited
the site where it was found and then the replica held in
Mold Museum. We then walked along the banks of the
River Alyn and up to the summit of the Bailey Hill (Mold
Castle)
Next month we will be walking around Caergwrle and
exploring the hill top castle built in 1277 and destroyed
by fire in 1283. Anyone wishing to join the group meet at
the village hall 12.30pm on 2nd November.
Village People 1st Kinnerton Scouts Group
Jordan Barnes grew up in the village and
currently runs Kinnerton Youth Theatre (they Christmas is coming!! Santa’s Sleigh is back!!
meet every Tuesday The Scout Group has arranged for the Deeside Round Table Sleigh
evening in the Village to visit the village on December 19th. We will be assisting Santa in
Hall). collecting for the Round Table Charities, between 6pm and about 8pm.
He recently directed (Date awaiting final confirmation from licencing authority). More details
the very successful in the next newsletter.
Bugsy Malone and also However, Father Christmas needs as many adult helpers as possible,
helps run Spotlight so if there are any villagers who can lead a hand for a couple of hours
Drama Club in the to help bring the Christmas spirit to the children and people of Higher
school holidays. He Kinnerton , please ring 660579 or email [email protected]
teaches Performance
Art at Castell Alun and Jumble Sale.
works part time at the Thank you to all who donated, bought items and helped with our recent
Chester Storyhouse. Jumble Sale. We raised just over £500, and the remaining goods were
As a child you donated to various charities – The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation,
wanted to be? A Barman like Tom Cruise in Barnardo’s Children’s Charities and the Share Aid charity in Mold.
the film Cocktail.
You best quality? Always putting other
people first.
And your worst? Because of the above I Council Take Action To Reduce Dog
probably don’t look after myself enough.
Last meal on earth? Chicken roast dinner, Fouling In The County
jam roly-poly & custard and a glass of red.
Career/Personal Highlight? In 2013 I was
awarded Young Entrepreneur of the Year At a recent meeting, Flintshire County Council’s Cabinet Committee
in NorthWales & Chester judged by Rachel agreed to introduce new measures to reduce the county wide problem
Elnaugh Dragon’s Den Panelist. of dog fouling.
Biggest bugbear? People who don’t say thank
you or are not courteous when driving. The new measures which came into effect on the 20th October 2017
What did you have for breakfast? Weetabix include the following measures in which dog owners who are found to
and coffee. be in breach of the new measures will be liable to a fixed penalty notice
Famous person you have met? Loads, of £75, The Dog Control and Dog Fouling Public Space Protection Order
including McFly, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Fern will require dog walkers to:
Cotton. Miking them up and sound checking, • Remove dog waste immediately from the ground at all public
occasionally running to get them the odd locations.
MacDonalds!! • Put their dog on a lead when directed to do so by an authorised
Guilty pleasure? Watching anything cheesy officer. This only applies to any public land where a dog is considered
on TV particularly: Come Dine with Me, Four in to be out of control or causing alarm and distress.
a Bed, Googlebox, First Dates. • Keep dogs on a lead within cemeteries.
A person who has influenced your life? • Have a means on their person to collect dog waste from the ground
Angie Berwick, tutor at West Cheshire, for if asked by an authorised officer.
pointing me in the right direction. Now a
colleague and true friend. Dogs are also excluded from entering:
Earliest memory? Going to the Circus and • Equipped children’s play areas.
sitting on an elephant to have my photo taken. • The playing area of specific sporting or recreational facilities.
Top of your Bucket List? African Safari trip • School grounds
with my girlfriend. • The playing areas of marked sports pitches.
Philosophy on life? The happiness of your
life depends on the quality of your thoughts It is proposed that the scheme will be self-funding as the enforcement
Your perfect day? Family BBQ in the sun. company employed by the county council will keep the majority share
of fines collected with only a small proportion going back to FCC. We are
Village Hall also led to believe that if there are particular dog fouling “hot spots” in
the village a call to our county councillor (contact details contained in
After 30 years Julie Jones has decided to the newsletter) means that a request for enforcement officers to patrol
hang up her quill as Booking Secretary. the village can be made.
The changeover will take place at end of
October. Signs are currently being produced and will be placed at appropriate
Details of the new booking arrangements locations in order for enforcement to take place in due course.
from November 1st are as follows: Information and maps of affected areas will be available via the
Flintshire website www.flintshire.gov.uk/psporesults
Email - [email protected], Telephone
07563159012

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 PCSO Peter Jones 07989 169127 Flintshire Street Scene 01352 701234

Cllr Mike Allport 01244 660796 Kinnerton Village Hall 01244 660907

Flintshire County Council 01352 701234 Castell Alun School 01978 760238

Ysgol Derwen School 01244 660291 HK Community Council 01244 660277

A Note from the Newsletter Team:

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month. The 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 provided in this newsletter is for informational purposes only and HKCC makes no representations as to the accuracy of any
information contained herein.