The 2019 Gardeners Show Schedule is now available to download from the website via this link 2019 Gardeners Show
The show takes place on Saturday 31st August with entries until 2pm and then reopens at 5pm for refreshments, prize giving and the grand sale of produce.
The Post Master advises that the service will not be open at the hall on Thursday 18th April and on Easter Monday 22nd April.
Normal service resumes on Thursday 25th April.
As from Thursday 7th February through to Thursday 28th
Mondays 2.45pm to 4.45pm (From Monday 11th)
Thursday’s – there will be no service on Thursdays during February.
This is due to staff holidays. Normal service will resume on both Mondays and Thursdays from Monday 4th March.
The Post Master advises that due to staff holidays the service at the hall tomorrow will be from 2.45pm to 4.45pm.
Normal hours on Thursday and thereafter.
The Post Master advises of a last minute change to the scheduled opening hours for the service on Thursday 3rd January.
For this date only the Post Office will be open from 12 noon to 2pm.
The Post Master advises that the following hours of service will operate over the Christmas period :
Christmas Eve – 11am – 12 noon
Thursday 27th December 2.45pm to 4.45pm (Normal hours)
New Year’s Eve – 11 am to 12 noon
The Post Master advises that as a result of staff holidays the Post Office service will operate from 2.45pm to 4.45pm on Monday 3rd December.
It is fair to say that the second ever Kingsley and Kingsley Holt Scarecrow Festival was a fantastic community event.
All told 50 crows were entered with an eye-watering standard reached as the community showcased their imagination, DIY and crafting skills.
Whilst everyone was a winner here are the actual winners :
Judges First Place – Rapunzel and Flynn Rider (21)
Judges Second Place – Fantasia (32)
Judges Joint Third Place – Pinocchio (50) and Pirates of the Caribean (2)
The standard was so high that the judges highly commended six additional entries.
Peoples Vote First Place Pinocchio (9)
Peoples Vote Second Place Maleficent (18)
Peoples Vote Third Place Rapunzel (3)
A big thank you to Julie Clowes and Alison Reynolds who organised the event and helped to raise over £1000 for the Village Hall, St Werburghs Church and Kingsley Holt Chapel.
Following are all the crows (credit to the Kingsley Holt Newsletter team for capturing the images)
Since the spring a group of residents in Kingsley spearheaded by the Village Hall have formed the Kingsley Clean Up campaign that has seen around 30 residents joining
forces to take part in efforts to improve the visual appearance of the village.
This has seen litter picks, weeding, hedge cutting, cleaning bus shelters, signs and bins as well as identifying areas that need improvement.
One area identified was the planter barrels around the village several of which were getting dilapidated and others did not have anyone looking after them.
A bid was submitted to County Councillor Mike Worthington and District Councillors Elsie Fallows and Ivor Lucas asking that they pool their resources which was successful.
This has seen 10 new barrels purchased along compost and plants to go into them. Barrels in Ainsworth Avenue, Hazles Cross, Hollins Lane, and Church Street have been replaced. New ones have or will be sited on Barnfields Lane, The Green junction Johnson Crescent, and at the site of the decommissioned phone box on High Street.
In addition, two residents have volunteered to look after barrels on Holt Lane which are in the process of being replanted.
Said Sue Hordern, the inspiration behind the clean up ‘we are really grateful to the councillors for supporting the local community, these barrels will bring a splash of colour to the village’ she added ‘its really nice to see people wanting to look after where they live and getting involved in making the village better’
There are two maybe three barrels yet to be sited and it is requested that any suggestions where they might go are made via the village hall. To be considered then it is asked that a volunteer comes forward to look after the barrels each year.
The Clean Up campaign is looking to have its next event at the end of the month.
The clerk to the Parish Council has advised that a vacancy has arisen for the post of Parish Councillor for the Whisten Ward.
Do you have a few hours a month to give back to the community?
If you are interested then please do contact the Clerk Carmen Worthington as per the adjacent notice.
You do not have to reside in the Whiston Ward to be a candidate.
Closing date 2nd October 2018
