Upper Broughton Village

The 2010 Annual Parish Meeting (APM) will be held at 7pm on Wed 10th March in the village hall.  All parishioners are invited to attend and raise any matters of concern.

Attached are the minutes of the 2009 APM.

A routine parish council meeting will follow after the conclusion of the APM.

If you want to have your say as to how Rushcliffe develops over the next 15 years click here for details of forthcoming exhibitions in March.

For further information please visit: www.thebigpicture-rushcliffe.com or www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/planningpolicy.

See below for photos of the event:

The only crime in the Neville area (Upper Broughton, Owthorpe, Kinoulton, Hicking Pastures and Hickling village) was that of the theft of a tractor from a farm on Green Lane in Hickling Pastures.

However, crime reported in February in the neighbouring areas of Keyworth, Tollerton and the Wolds villages shows a significant increase in vehicle related acquisitive crime particularly at village public house car parks. There has also been a trend seen in theft of fuel from parked motor vehicles particularly in the Keyworth and Willoughby on the Wolds areas.  Extra work is in place to combat both trends.

Hickling Pre-school will be holding a Table Top Sale on Sat 17 April in Kinoulton village hall.

Doors open 2pm, admission is £1 for adults and free for under 12’s.  Refreshments will be available.

Click here to view a new page with information on Hickling Pre-school that also serves Upper Broughton.

Upper Broughton Parish Council have a vacancy for its Parish Clerk.  The job spec is as follows:

• To administer the parish council including, calling meetings, writing minutes, maintaining financial records and ensuring all legal requirements are complied with.
• Attend some day and evening meetings
• Confident in a range of computer functions
• Communicate in writing and verbally with electors, officials and elected representatives
• The clerk is paid on the nationally agreed pay scale £8.34 - £11.93/hour for 192 hours/year. Up to 498 hours/year from 3 posts available.
• The post holder will work from home except when attending meetings.
• Previous experience in this or a similar position will be an advantage but is not essential.

For more information contact Upper Broughton Parish Council at 1 Main Street, Redmile, Nottingham, NG13 0GA or email parish.clerk@freeuk.com.  Closing date for applications is 5 March 2010.

UB village hall will be staging a curry night to remember on Sat 13 February at 7.30pm. 

• There will be a choice of four main courses (inc. vegetarian) and a sweet
• Bring your own booze
• Tickets cost £12.50 each from Janine Hopper (01664 822881)

Clever Cloggs Quiz Saturday 23^rd January - 7.30pm

Bring along your preferred drink and nibbles some knowledgeable friends and £2 per person, no need to book or have a team of 6 as you can team up with other quiz goers.

Sunday Breakfast 9-10.45am, 24^th January, 28^th February, 28^th March, 25^th April, 23^rd May, 27^th June, 25^th July, 26^th September, 24^th October & 28^th November

The breakfasts are a Village Hall Committee initiative aimed at promoting ‘Community Spirit’ rather than profits. Soak up the atmosphere, chat with old friends, and meet new ones whilst enjoying fresh coffee, orange juice or a lovely cup of tea. Eat freshly cooked, local bacon, sausage, eggs etc.. Full English breakfast available at £3.50, Vegetarian option £2.25.

Back to The Land Girls - Friday 9^th April - 8pm

Brought to us via Centre Stage

Some girls just aren’t cut out for farming… this comedy two-hander play set in 1942, it’s wartime, and there are some new arrivals in the village. They’re turning heads and breaking hearts as the fine girls of the Women’s Land Army take to the hills. Buff is a city girl dreaming of being ‘just like Vera Lynn’. Biddy is a country girl who is a hopeless romantic, but right now all they can do is knuckle down to the hard graft of keeping the farmers happy and the country in fodder. Join them on a journey of blisters, backache and banter as they learn all there is to know about working on the land and how it would have felt to be an essential part of the war effort, despite initially knowing almost nothing themselves about farming.

Tickets £10 available from Clare Wright, 01664 820100

With the latest weather forecast for continued snow and ice we have taken the decision to cancel planned green bin collections during the week commencing 11 January 2010. This will allow us to concentrate our efforts and resources to ensure residents blue and grey bins are collected during this difficult period. Green bin collections will resume, weather permitting, on Monday 18 January 2010

Any resident who was due a green bin collection or wished to dispose of their real christmas tree during the week commencing 11 January should contact us on 0115 9819911 and we will make arrangements to collect. Alternatively they can refer to their collection calendar for their next scheduled green bin collection day

Dave Banks, Head of Waste Management and Environment said ‘ we have not taken this decision lightly but we are aware that most residents will appreciate our plans to concentrate our efforts and resources in ensuring grey and blue bins are emptied. At this time of year and in this weather green bins often become frozen and difficult to empty. However we do recognise that some residents may have garden waste or christmas trees to dispose of so we will be provide a service on demand. Our crews have worked tirelessly during the weather to ensure the service has not suffered and we will continue to provide the highest levels of service possible during these inclement weather conditions’

Darryl Burch
Waste and Fleet Operations Manager, Rushcliffe Borough Council
0115 9148405

A belated Happy New Year to everyone and I hope your Christmas and New Year break was as pleasant and safe as possible.    Upper Broughton has, fortunately, over the passed few months, enjoyed a fairly trouble-free and crime-free period.   In fact the way in which overall crime in the Rushcliffe South has and continues reducing is, indeed, encouraging.  However, having said that, we must not become complacent as there is still a worrying trend in house burglaries for which everyone must remain vigilant.  Car theft and theft from vehicles is still something the police are continually reminding us about as people still appear to be nonchalant about leaving items on full view in Public House car parks, at the road side and in shopping area car parks. If in doubt take it with you or lock it away in the boot or at least out of sight.

                         There have been a number of incidents lately where pedlars have been in an area travelling from door-to-door trying to sell any number of items, usually trinkets, household goods, and a myriad of hand-made objects.    To sell door-to-door requires the person to obtain and hold a pedlars certificate which is normally obtained from the Chief-of-Police of the area to which they have lived for at least 28 days. They have to be over 17 years of age and of good character.  The certificate bears their personal details, a photograph and an official police stamp. Please, however, remember that the pedlars certificate is in no way an indication that the goods offered for sale are of a merchantable quality.

Paul Noone

Upper Broughton Neighbourhood Watch

01664 822008  /  07980 104270