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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the official website of the Parish Council of Ashby St Mary, Norfolk.
It provides not only the records of the Parish Council's proceedings, but also more information about Ashby St Mary including its features, history and much more. The Council hopes visitors to this website find it an interesting and informative experience.
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LATEST PARISH COUNCIL NEWS

(This replaces the previous update of 23 January 2014 - To view previous updates, see below)

UPDATED in this release:
- Draft Minutes or the Parish Council meeting held on 23 January 2014 - see HANDBOOK page.
- Gritting Routes in and around Ashby - see below
- Details of February and March events to be held in Ashby St Mary - see below
- Result of Ashby's January coffee morning and January's 100 Club draw - see below
- Ashby rainfall for January - see HANDBOOK page
- Advance notice of Thurton Autojumble and Classic Car show - Sunday 25 May - see below
- Links have been placed in the Gallery section of the HISTORY page of last July's Charity Cricket match
- A request for any information about an Elsie Flowerdew (born C1901) who worked at Ashby Hall in the early 1920s -
please contact the Ashby Webmaster.

NEWS
Click HERE to view Gritting Routes in and around Ashby St Mary issued by Norfolk County Council.
Amendment - Revised date to Wednesday 2 July (from Thursday 3 July).
Please take note of all the REMINDERS shown below the Latest News Section.

The next Parish Council meeting is due to be held on THURSDAY 20 MARCH 2014 commencing at 7.45 p.m.
The draft agenda for the meeting is -
1. Apologies
2. Declaration of Interest
3. Minutes of the meeting held on 23 January 2014
4. Matters Arising
5. Correspondence - tabled separately
6 . Village Sign Maintenance Update
7 . Councillor Vacancy
8 . Finance – tabled separately
9. Planning Applications – tabled separately
10. Annual Parish Meeting Planning
11. Report from Representative on Village Hall Committee
12. Web Site
13. Neighbourhood Security
14. Public Consultation including reports from County and District Councillors
15. Other Matters for future agendas and items for information
16 . Date of next meeting - the Annual Parish Meeting on 24 April 2014

Cheese and Wine Evening - Saturday 22nd February
At Hilltop, Chapel Road, Ashby St Mary from 7.30 - 9.30 p.m. Donations / prizes most welcome
Entrance £6 (in aid of Ashby St Mary church) Contact Margaret Roebuck on 480384

Protecting Our Royals - Friday 28th March
An evening talk by David Reeve in Ashby St Mary church at 7.30 p.m.
Admission £5 (in aid of Ashby St Mary church) including refreshments. Tickets from Pat Cooke on 480420

Thurton Autojumble and Classic Car Show - Sunday 25th May
Venue - Thurton Village Hall and playing field, NR14 6AX. Gates open 9 am to public, £2 Adults Children free.
Large Autojumble (over 50 stalls last year). Classic car show displaying lots of Cars and Bikes of all ages.
Craft fair and Trade Stands add to the event making it a great day for all the Family. Pitch Prices from £10.
For more details go to http://www.thurtonautojumble.co.uk or ring 01508 480036

Result of Ashby Coffee Morning held on Friday 24th January
The coffee and cake morning was a great success attended by a very hungry group of about 60 visitors who provided lots of chat and laughter. As a result, a total of £180 was raised from refreshment sales of yummy cakes and loads of coffee and tea. The whole amount was donated to the oesophagus cancer research unit at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital towards the work of consultant Mr Chung. All in all it was a wonderful, but exhausting day!

Ashby & Thurton Village Hall Committee 100 Club - latest notified draw result
January 2014 winner - Audrey Wilcockson. Please note subscriptions to continue as a 100 Club participant are due to be paid before the end of March - contact details are on the HANDBOOK page.

Latest News Archive
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See below for Parish Council News, remaining Parish Council Meeting dates, Reminders, Public Notices, Diary dates plus the weather forecast for our area!

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REMINDERS

Ashby Homewatch / Ashby Website Update Service
Ashby's Homewatch service is provided free and is available to any Ashby resident.
For more information, please go to the HOMEWATCH page on this website.
The Ashby Website Update service is also included as part of its free service and is again available to any Ashby resident.
If you know an Ashby resident who you think should join this free information service, why not tell them about it?
All that's needed is for a recipient to email the few requested details.
The Parish Council's homewatch representative does the rest - keeping residents informed when a Police Homewatch message affecting our area has been received, when our parish website has been updated, plus occasional news of the Ashby Heating Oil Syndicate.
Messages are usually issued once each each month. For full details look on the Homewatch page.
This is a free parish service.
If you would prefer it, email webmaster@ashbystmary.org.uk for a fact-sheet.
This is another Ashby St Mary Parish Council initiative for serving the local community.

Bergh Apton Mystery Plays
The Parish Council is pleased to accede to the request to give one of its neighbouring parishes some publicity for a 2014 event.
Bergh Apton is planning an exciting new enterprise in May and June 2014. Visitors will experience a new take on a Mediaeval 'Mystery Play', especially commissioned from writer and storyteller, Hugh Lupton, who created the successful 'A Mighty Water' production held in 2011. The plays will be directed by David Farmer, who founded Tiebreak Theatre Company, has stagings around the world and involvement in the Shakespeare Schools Festival, UK's largest youth Drama Festival.
For more information contact Christopher Meynell at c.m.meynell@gmail.com or on 01508 558440
Also see http://www.facebook.com/berghaptonmysteryplays

In Connection With Bergh Apton 2014 Mystery Plays
Mystery Play Cycle of 4 Plays
- Book Early, Priority Booking - 11 Says Villages until 14th Feb then Open to all
Performances - 24th May (Saturday), 1st June, 8th June (Sundays)
Contemporary, Mediaeval, Fun, Mystery Plays by Hugh Lupton, who will perform with ‘11 Says’ villagers.
Music & refreshments. Bring Your Own Picnic to the Garden of Eden (12.30pm)
Start 13.30pm - Performance Ends approx 6pm.
Tickets £15, or £7.50 (under 16s) for full Performance advanced booking only (200 tickets available)
Online http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bergh-apton-cycle-of-mystery-plays-tickets-8319025429
+ password “bamp2014” or telephone: 01508 480696
Saturday 15 February 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bergh Apton Village Hall
Free Creative Workshop Recycle Plastic Bottles Into Flowers with artist LIZ MCGOWAN
http://memoriesforminsmere.wordpress.com/about/the-plastic-palace/
Open to Anyone from 11 SAYS Villages (children with participating adult)
Bring empty plastic bottles, be creative for an hour or so - Recycle, Create, Go mad!
Further Info: Tel 01508 480696

ASHBY ST MARY PARISH COUNCIL
Parish Council details: Clerk: Linda Gray Parish Office: 5 Cedar Drive, Loddon, Norwich, Norfolk NR14 6LE
Tel: 07580 796044 Email: clerk@ashbystmary.org.uk Website: www.ashbystmary.org.uk
(All Council Meeting Minutes are available to be accessed from the Management page. The Correspondence, Accounts and Planning list for this meeting can be found in the appropriate section on the Management page. All Council Meeting Minutes can be inspected at any reasonable time by appointment with the Clerk.)

Your Parish Needs You!
Do you live or work in Ashby St Mary? Are you interested in your village and its facilities? Do you care about the future of the parish, its residents and the services provided to them? If so, why not offer to be a parish councillor - a vacancy currently exists on Ashby St Mary Parish Council. A councillor should expect to attend 8 evening meetings a year at which a number of surprisingly interesting and varied subjects are discussed.
Be a local representative, be a local voice.
This could be a first step towards your ambition to move in to Number 10!
For more details please contact Linda Gray, the Ashby parish clerk.
See Contact Us (left)

ASHBY ST MARY PARISH COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICES
In line with statutory provisions, formal notice of forthcoming Parish Council meeting agendas, latest meeting minutes for public view and every parish election is displayed on each of the Council's three noticeboards - at the junction of Mill Road and Mill Common; the junction of Sandy Lane and Spong Lane; and close to the junction of Chapel Lane and Chapel Road.

DIARY (including other Meetings or Events held in the Parish or that may interest Ashby St Mary residents)

- 2014 PARISH COUNCIL MEETING DATES
Thursday 23 January 2014
Thursday 20 March 2014
Thursday 24 April 2014 [Annual Parish Meeting - Main Hall]
Thursday 15 May 2014 [Annual General Meeting]
Wednesday 2 July 2014 (amended)
Thursday 18 September 2014
Thursday 20 November 2014

Unless otherwise stated, all Parish Council meetings take place at Ashby & Thurton Village Hall commencing at 7.45 p.m. Click HERE to show its location. Always check Latest News for advice of meeting date changes.

- ASHBY ST MARY FUNDRAISERS - draft fundraising programme of events

Cheese and Wine Evening - Saturday 22nd February
At Hilltop, Chapel Road, Ashby St Mary from 7.30 - 9.30 p.m. Donations / prizes most welcome
Entrance £6 (in aid of Ashby St Mary church) Contact Margaret Roebuck on 480384

Protecting Our Royals - Friday 28th March
An evening talk by David Reeve in Ashby St Mary church at 7.30 p.m.
Admission £5 (in aid of Ashby St Mary church) including refreshments. Tickets from Pat Cooke on 480420

There are currently no/no other forthcoming meetings or events in Ashby St Mary which the Parish Council has been requested to advertise.

ASHBY HEATING OIL SYNDICATE

Do you use Domestic Heating Oil? If so, why not join the Ashby Heating Oil Syndicate?
It’s free to join and you could make significant savings.
· Your parish council has set up the Ashby Heating Oil Syndicate.
· It’s an alternative choice to the current AF Affinity scheme the details of which are already on this website.
· The Ashby Heating Oil Syndicate makes savings for residents after compiling a bulk order.
· It works – the syndicate’s bulk order has so far saved 2 – 4p per litre over a typical 1000 litres amount.
· Come and join the increasing number of residents who have already benefited.
· This is a free parish service.
· Like to know more? Email webmaster@ashbystmary.org.uk for a fact-sheet.
- This is an Ashby St Mary Parish Council initiative for serving the local community.
RECOMMENDED - A useful site that includes oil price trends between one week and five years ago is to be found HERE. It shows the lowest price per litre in 2011 was during January and August, while in 2012 it was the end of June.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
There are currently no/no other forthcoming meetings or events in Ashby St Mary which the Parish Council has been requested to advertise.

- ASHBY ST MARY CRICKET CLUB
Details about the club, and any other information provided by it, can be found on the Handbook page.
For those interetsed, the Club has a Facebook page.

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