Editorial policy - Woodhouse Parish Council€¦ · launched on Monday 14th April in Shepshed with a ‘Walking Launch Week’, when there’ll be one walk on each day of that week

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Roundabout April 2008

Contents

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Editor’s note 5

Parish Council news 5

News in brief 8

Improving services for our community 12

Coast resource management in Mauritius 15

Countryside matters Spring highlights 19 Oak decline 21

Home-made seasonal wines 22

Local History Group 23

Windmill views 24

Fruit tea loaf 26

Contributions to Roundabout Inside back cover

What’s on locally in April Back cover

Deadline for submissions to the May 2008 edition: Saturday 12th April

Email to [email protected] hand in at the Post Office

Content editor for May issue: Evelyn Brown

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Editor’s noteThis month, as we move well into spring and the days are getting longer, we begin to see more wildlife out and about and Mandy Aletras identifies some of the highlights. We hear of an exciting venture to Mauritius by one of our young people in the community and there is further discussion on the windmill. While Susan Towe continues her series of monthly recipes with a delicious fruit tea loaf, we also start a new series on making wine from seasonal fruits and vegetables.

In this issue, too, you will find an invitation to attend the Annual Open Parish Council Meeting on Tuesday 15th April, and we’d like to urge as many of you as possible to come along. Finally, we thank Eric Allsop for his many years of work for Roundabout as he steps down from the editorial and production committee. Eric was a stalwart of our villages’ magazine from its inception many years ago as the Eavesdropper, and he continues to be involved by gathering items for the ‘What’s On’ page each month.

Alison Littler

Parish Council newsBradgate Nursing Home: planning applicationCharnwood BC reached a decision on the Bradgate Nursing Home planning application in March – five detached houses and one pair of ‘affordable’ semi-detached for rent – subject to an agreement between the developer and the Borough Council. The aim is to make the semis available to local residents at an appropriate rent. A survey of all households in 2005 estimated the number of affordable homes needed in Woodhouse parish, and the survey will probably be repeated this year to check on the numbers required.

Service co-ordinaton eventThe service co-ordination event in late February was a great



success with around 40 people coming together to consider improvements to local services such as bus times, mobile library services, planning matters, off-road horse-riding bridleways and, of course, traffic speed. There’s a more detailed report on this event on p. 12, ‘Improving services for our community’.

Playing field and tennis courts

Work to displace moles from the playing field appears to have been successful, but the area will be checked from time to time. Work has also been underway again, after several investigations, to find the cause of sewage leaks onto the tennis courts. This time it looks like the cause might have been found. As the Parish and Borough councils share the cost of the pipes serving the public conveniences and village hall buildings, and it is likely to be expensive to fix, the work has to go to tender. The Parish Council is urging the Borough to work quickly.

Parish website

Our Parish Council website won an award in March at a ceremony run by the Leicestershire Rural Partnership (LRP) and held at Beaumanor Hall. The LRP provides the scaffolding for parish websites in Leicestershire and Rutland, and they considered that ours offered the best example of parish information. BBC TV featured it briefly on the East Midlands Today news bulletins. If you haven’t yet seen the website, you’ll find it at http://woodhouse.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/

Next meetings

The next Council meeting will be on Monday 7th April, and the Annual Parish Meeting is on Tuesday 15th April. This is an increasingly popular event with an exhibition of what’s going on in the villages and the chance to chat informally with councillors and local groups. The Council’s Annual Report and invitation to attend are enclosed in this issue of Roundabout, and councillors are grateful to the Roundabout team for helping to deliver it.

Ann Irving, Clerk to the Council


News in briefVillage in bloomVery many thanks are due to those village residents who have brought the vision of spring into our lives by planting crocus, daffodils and snowdrops in the grass verges. I have noted with great pleasure the displays at Patterson Drive, Hastings Road, Beacon Road, the junction of Birdhill and Tuckett roads, and the display planted by local children at Tuckett Road corner. So this September, if each householder plants just £1.00 of bulbs for others to admire, we really will have a village in bloom.

Eric Allsop

The Signal Bus returnsThe Signal Bus will be at the car park, Main Street, Woodhouse Eaves on Monday 7th April, from 10.00am to 12.00 noon. Come along and meet representatives from the fire service, Age Concern


and the police – get advice, free smoke detectors and gadgets. Everyone is welcome – see you there!

Angela Fielding, Community Initiatives Officer

Memorial serviceAndrew Fairbairn, a long-time resident of Old Woodhouse, died earlier this year. He was Director of Education for Leicestershire for many years and was well known for his support of the arts and music throughout the county. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held on Saturday, 26th April in Leicester at St James the Greater, London Road (opposite Victoria Park) at 12 noon.

Hilary Fairbairn

Woodhouse Community Hall TrustNotice is hereby given that the first Annual General Meeting of the Trust is to be held on Monday 14th April at Beaumanor Hall commencing at 7.30pm. The meeting is an open meeting at which the annual report and accounts will be presented and committee members will be elected. Any Woodhouse resident who is prepared to serve on the committee should notify the Secretary in writing seven days prior to the meeting, WCHT Secretary, Bray’s Cottage, 33 School Lane, Woodhouse, LE12 8UJ.

Jane Woodland

Unwanted bikes neededGroundwork Leicester and Leicestershire, formerly known as Environ, is an independent charity and member of the national organisation Groundwork UK. Groundwork provides information, advice and practical help to encourage individuals and organisations to take practical steps towards a more sustainable future.

Their ‘Bikes 4 All’ scheme is in urgent need of any unwanted bikes – both children’s and adults. The bikes will be refurbished



and resold at affordable prices to encourage more people to cycle. Profits are re-invested into the scheme , which also offers training opportunities in bike maintenance for young people. Please call Dan Clark on (0116) 246 0048 and your bike will be collected from anywhere in Leicestershire. Or check out Groundworks at www.gwll.org.uk, and the ‘Bikes 4 All’ scheme under the ‘Our projects’ link on the home page.

Guided walks in and around CharnwoodWalking is possibly the best and cheapest form of exercise available to the general public and is a great place to start if you’re looking to improve your general health, keep fit, reduce weight, or if you are recovering from a period of ill-health.

Charnwood Borough Council’s walking programme for 2008 will be launched on Monday 14th April in Shepshed with a ‘Walking Launch Week’, when there’ll be one walk on each day of that week. The programme continues through to Wednesday 17th December with a total of 69 guided walks, and, for the first time, includes wheelchair-friendly walks.

The walks cover a wide variety of locations across the Borough (including our villages), ranging from free community-led guided walks to Blue Badge guided walks which involve a small cost.

A booklet showing details of all walks is now available from the Council’s Southfields offices; or tel. (01509) 634 836; send your email details to [email protected] or go to www.charnwood.gov.uk/leisure/walkingforhealth1.html/

Springtime in Leicestershire: Events GuideThere are still lots of free activities and events happening in libraries, museums and country parks across the county from April to May, listed in the Spring issue (February–May) of the county’s Events Guide. Download a copy at www.leics.gov.uk/events_guide tel. (0116) 265 6988, or email [email protected]

Ed.


Improving services for our communityIn late February, the Charnwood Parish of Woodhouse hosted the 30th in a series of service co-ordination events organised by the Leicestershire Rural Partnership and Leicestershire County Council.

The event was chaired by Derk Van der Wardt, Team Leader, Community Engagement, Leicestershire County Council.

The successful evening of networking and discussion was very well attended and brought together around 40 representatives of local service providers and community groups. These included Parish, District and County Council officers and councillors, representatives from the police, local health providers and interest groups, such as the Bridleways Association, as well as local Parish Plan and Village Design Statement groups, Neighbourhood Watch and residents’ groups.

The event explored service provision issues, ideas and aspirations in the Parish and looked at practical solutions to these problems. Almost 30 positive actions were agreed by the attendees and formulated into a plan for progression over the coming months. Some of these are summarised below.

Improved road safetyThe desire for much-needed traffic-calming measures on Beacon Road and Forest RoadSolutions to the potential safety hazards in the centre of Woodhouse Eaves due to the number of roads joining the Main


Street/ Church Hill area, the density of parking for the shops and day nursery and the St Paul’s School crossing pointExtension of bridleway facilities

Transport issues

A request for enhancements to the evening and early morning bus timetableConcerns about the costs to A-level students of the Education Authority-provided transport to Rawlins Community College

Other issues

Establishing a youth project and progressing facilities for young peopleEnhanced mobile library provisionImproving communication between Woodhouse Neighbourhood Watch and senior members of the police.

A full report on the Woodhouse event, including a summary of all the issues discussed and actions agreed, or any other information relating to the programme of Service Co-ordination Events, is available from Sarah Carter, Rural Services Co-ordinator, on (0116) 305 8098, or email [email protected].

Sarah Carter, Rural Services Co-ordinator



FOR SPECIAL EVENTS

Coast resource management in MauritiusSeth Barlow, a young resident of Woodhouse Eaves, has written to tell us that he has recently been selected from a wide range of applicants from across the globe to work as an environmental intern on a conservation project in Mauritius in the western Indian Ocean. The internship starts in late April and, for about two months, Seth will be working on building up the skills of coastal managers in the area and researching conservation projects. Seth goes on to tell us more about the project. (Ed.)

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The company that is running the project, Community Centred Conservation (C-3), is a not-for-profit organisation with the main aim of developing conservation efforts worldwide by ‘…building the capacity of local individuals and institutions through grassroots research and training initiatives.’ They concentrate their efforts on small-scale capacity-building, scientific research and environmental education projects that benefit the communities directly and enable them to manage their resources in a sustainable way.

Home to diverse ecosystemsSome of the western Indian Ocean islands are the poorest in the world, but are also home to some of the world’s most diverse ecosystems and resources, including coral reef, mangrove and forest ecosystems, from which many of the region’s inhabitants rely for their livelihoods and income. There are many pressures exerted on these precious resources such as the effects of an increasing coastal population, coastal developments, and global warming, all of which spell the need for a holistic and integrated approach to coastal resource management.

One of the problems facing this area is the lack of local expertise which creates a dependency on external technical consultants and short-term projects with little or no legacy. However, the grassroots


approach to training adopted by C-3 aims to empower local people with the expertise and capability to manage their own resources in a more sustainable way.

Conservation projectsOne of the projects already being implemented by C-3 is the development of an internationally recognised masters-level university course, affiliated with Mauritius University, that will be subsidised for people from poorer backgrounds.

The course will cover aspects of coastal zone management, including marine park planning, environmental economics, ecotourism development and climate change mitigation. As well as the development of this masters course, C-3 works closely with community resource user groups, schools, colleges, government departments, private sector companies, and local and international Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) to ensure that the needs of the people are considered and the output of future projects relates to these needs.

As an intern with C-3, I will be researching many topics associated with the masters course and also specific conservation projects relevant to the area of Mauritius. I will be liaising with local action groups, NGOs and businesses to raise awareness and educate those who rely on the coast about the plight of its resources and how best the resources can be managed.


Finding the DugongA new project, and one that I may be involved in, is the research into the possible extinction of the Dugong from the Mascarene Islands. The Dugong is a large grey mammal that lives its entire life in the sea. The last sighting of this mammal in the western Indian Ocean was in the late 18th century, but because the Dugong is very elusive, its suspected extinction needs to be thoroughly investigated. This project links in well with the new regional conservation management plan for the mammal that was finalised at the end of 2007.

Want to know more?As a small company, C-3 relies on much of its funding from businesses, partners, governments, other NGOs and donations from around the globe. As an intern, I will also have to pay my way and will be working essentially as an unpaid volunteer.

If anybody feels this to be a worthy cause and you would like to know more, please visit www.C-3.org.uk to read more about current projects and how to donate to the charity. You can also contact me by email at [email protected]. I look forward to reporting on my progress after the first month into the project.

Seth Barlow


A Dugong in Australian waters


Countryside mattersSpring highlightsApril is a great time to be outdoors looking at our wildlife, with flowers bursting into colour, young animals coming out to play, and insects beginning to emerge.

Arrivals for the summer

Many of our summer migrants arrive now – remember to look out for the first swallows. Bird song will increase in volume so your early morning sleep may be disturbed by nature’s orchestra. Birds will be establishing territories and males will be looking for a mate. Some birds such as the blackbird and the robin will already be in the middle of raising their first family. Chiff-chaffs may also be heard.

Emerging animalsBadgers will be active with many of the young emerging above ground for the first time. Adults may also be seen as they go out on nightly foraging expeditions. Watch out as you drive at dusk, as this is the time when many badger fatalities occur along our roads. The first reptiles, too, will be out after hibernation – you may find adders, grass snakes and slow worms basking in the sun. The grass snake is Britain’s largest snake at over a metre long. It is harmless and easily recognised by the distinctive yellow and black collar behind its head.

Meanwhile down on ponds, frogspawn will have turned into tadpoles, usually developing into frogs within 21 days. Many of the adults will now be leaving for dry land. If you have a pond, go down one night with a torch and see if you can spot our common newt – the smooth newt – playing out his courtship of the female by fanning his tail.

Woodland plants appear

Many woodland plants flower at this time, so they can make the most of the sunshine before they are shaded out by trees coming


into full leaf. One of the nation’s favourite flowers, the bluebell will appear in local woods. Lesser celandine, marsh marigold, cowslips and primroses are some of the other flowers that will be adding a splash of colour to our countryside. If you spot a cuckooflower, then listen out for a cuckoo. According to folklore, this flower is so called as the flowers only open when the cuckoo begins to call.

Butterflies

Flying into gardens, along hedgerows and banks, will be some of our butterfly species. Two of the easiest to identify are the peacock, distinguished by its deep red wings and peacock markings, and the orange tip, which, as the name suggests, has orange-tipped wings.

Collecting records of wildlife sightings

At the Community Heritage Initiative (CHI) we are keen to have records of your wildlife sightings. You can send your records to us at CHI, Holly Hayes Environment and Heritage Resources Centre, 216 Birstall Road, Birstall, Leics, LE4 4DG, or email us at [email protected].

If you are interested in getting involved in any of the surveys, which include reptiles, butterflies, ladybirds and many more, please contact us on (0116) 267 1377, or email [email protected]. The surveys are also available to download at www.leics.gov.uk/celebrating_wildlife

Mandy Aletras, Community Heritage Initiative


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Oak declineFurther to our article in the March edition of Roundabout, Mark Graham, Charnwood Borough Council’s Wildlife Officer, reports that in mid-March the Forestry Commission conducted further testing of trees showing symptoms of oak decline in Booth Wood and the Outwoods.

Symptoms beginning to affect some oak trees in Charnwood are characterised by stunted branch growth and the appearance of bleeding cankers. The first such signs appeared about four years ago in Booth Wood, on the edge of Loughborough, but more recently the condition has spread to other areas in Charnwood.

The Forestry Commission tests were extensive and included the use of an air spade, which uses compressed air to blow soil away from the base of a tree, exposing the roots to see if there’s any damage. Tests also included winching trees over to examine roots more closely.

Results of the tests will not be available for some weeks, but we will continue our watching brief.

Ed.


Oak tree in Booth Wood showing bleeding cankers

Home-made seasonal wines John Hunt has been an allotment holder in Woodhouse Eaves for 25 years and makes wine from the fruits and vegetables that he grows. John has offered to contribute some of his favourite, and most successful, wine recipes to Roundabout, using seasonal fruit and vegetables. John advises that for those who are new to wine-making, you will need a fermentation vessel with an airlock, precipitated chalk and yeast to get started. All of these are readily available from any home-brewing store. This month, Rhubarb wine – next month, Onion wine.

Rhubarb wine Ingredients

5lbs/2.3kg rhubarb stalks (best picked in mid-May)3½lbs/1.6kg preserving sugarJuice of two large lemons

1 gal./ 4.5l boiling water½ tsp precipitated chalk½ tsp yeast nutrient

Method1 Wipe the rhubarb clean, but do not peel. Chop into short

lengths. Pour the boiling water over the rhubarb, and allow to go cold.

2 Strain off the liquid. Press the juice from the rhubarb stalks, and add to the liquid.

3 Add the sugar, stirring well until dissolved.4 Add the juice of 2 large lemons and the yeast.5 Pour into the fermentation vessel (keeping aside ½ pint) and fit

the airlock.6 Pour the ½ pint of liquid into a bottle, stopped with cotton wool

(to let the pressure out) and use for topping up when the fermentation quietens after about 2 weeks.

7 Leave until the wine clears, about six months, and then siphon off into bottles for the first time. Good cheer!

John Hunt


Local History GroupNot Nell Gwyn but Edwardian RugbyThe March meeting of the Local History Group should have been a talk about Nell Gwynn, but this was cancelled at the last minute. Fortunately, Martin Turner, our village pharmacist, saved the evening by presenting a slide show entitled ‘A Walk through Edwardian Rugby’ – different it certainly was!

Martin was born in Rugby, and spent most of his life there before moving to Woodhouse Eaves to take over our village pharmacy. Whilst in Rugby, he and some friends had a large collection of postcards of the town and nearby villages, all from the Edwardian era, roughly between 1900 and 1910. They decided to make these postcards into a slide show, with a musical background, and a commentary to describe the various scenes, and this became our ‘walk’ through Rugby.

The ‘walk’ began in the villages around Rugby and then moved into the town of Rugby itself and we saw a variety of street scenes and famous buildings.

Next: St George in the Middle EastNext month’s meeting, on Monday 14th April, will be about ‘St George and the Middle East’ by David Nicolle, a committee member and prolific writer about the mediaeval Middle East. St George, of course, is England’s Patron Saint, as he is to several other countries. So whether you are an avid patriot or not, why not join us at 7.30 pm in the Methodist Church in Woodhouse Eaves. Everyone is welcome.

Brian Axon, Chair


Rugby school entrance(from an old postcard)

Windmill viewsWe’ve had some more correspondence on the windmill in Woodhouse Eaves – both for and against making further changes.

Combining the old and new: ask the Dutch!Colin Mason writes that ‘Rebuilding the mill in the original style, but with all new internal workings to drive a wind turbine’ – combining a traditional-style windmill with 21st-century technology – has certainly been in done successfully in Holland. He goes on to say that having the ‘original’ silhouette on top of the hill would add to the ‘history and charm of the village. Perhaps it would attract more walkers to the village to have a look – an echo of the old days when people came to the village on a day trip.’

Colin adds that this

…could be potentially an exciting and unusual project. It should generate positive media interest in the village, too. Charnwood Council and Loughborough University are perhaps a good place to start. Perhaps we could ask for ideas from other universities who are known for architecture and engineering? Or perhaps we could create a short video asking for ideas and post it on YouTube and then see what happens? Or perhaps we could just get a quote from our Dutch friends! … In these days of heightened awareness of our carbon footprint it would be good to take a positive initiative and generate a little local green electricity.

… or just leave well enough alone?However, Michael Price, who signs his letter, ‘a villager for 40 years’, is not so eager to make further changes. He writes that a 5kw wind turbine, which is ‘about enough to run a small house with the wind really blowing, costs approx £20,000, plus £10,000 to connect to the mains’, and ‘takes approx 50 years to be cost effective, plus it is noisy, unsightly, and wildlife hate them and they kill birds.’

But Michael also points out that the National Forest has already


‘spent £400,000 of our tax money on planting trees (money well spent) and a large percentage on adding a wooden platform to the top of the stone base’, and questions why, just 5 years later, ‘do we want to spend yet more money to alter it again?’

Michael’s last comment sums up his concern about making further changes to the windmill. He writes,

I thought Windmill Hill was supposed to be a natural habitat, where the villagers could enjoy a quiet moment, by themselves, with their families or their dogs. You can’t do that on the Beacon any more, since they turned it into a ‘city park’, by cutting down half the trees and putting in hard, fenced-in, tracks.

This discussion about the windmill and access to it (currently it is open once a month, though not in winter) has been a forum for readers to air their views. Roundabout is taking no particular stand on the matter, and the discussion will continue a little longer while readers have a view to express.

Ed.


Fruit tea loafThis fruit tea loaf is quick and easy to make, and is a source of fruit and fibre. If you use 150g sugar, you’ll find the result is more sticky and traditional, and some recipes add a tablespoon of marmalade as well. You may need an extra 50ml of tea to give a soft ‘wet’ consistency because wholemeal flour absorbs more liquid. The fruit loaf can be made the day before it’s needed and next day, after baking, serve sliced and buttered. The fruit loaf keeps well – up to a week – and becomes more moist with keeping. It can also be frozen.Ingredients350g mixed dried fruit100–150g sugar350g self-raising flour (preferably ½ wholemeal)

300ml black, unsweetened hot tea1 large eggI tsp mixed spice (optional)

Method1 Strain tea over fruit, cover and soak overnight.2 Grease and line a large (2 lb/1kg) or two small loaf tins.3 Put oven on Gas 4, 175°C.4 Add sugar and beaten egg to fruit and tea.5 Stir in flour and spice. Mix well.6 Pour mixture into tin(s). Level the top.7 Bake in centre of oven for 1 hour (45 mins for small tins).

Susan Towe


Contributions to RoundaboutSend any material for Roundabout in one of the following ways:By email: [email protected] By hand or post: Woodhouse Eaves Post Office,

45 Maplewell Road, Woodhouse Eaves, LE12 8RG

Format: electronic copy is most useful – ‘Word’ documents if possible. We will accept legible handwriting too. Most articles are under 600 words and we think they should be!Pictures are welcome, digital if you have them, otherwise prints.Copy deadline: please see the bottom of page 1.Copyright in any articles published is negotiable but normally rests with Roundabout.Content: the final decision rests with the editors. Adverts: brief notification of events in the ‘What’s On’ schedule is free. Requests for further publicity, even for charities, will normally incur a charge per issue of £7.50 for a quarter page or £15.00 for a half page. Full-page advertisements are not normally accepted, but this is negotiable.

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Roundabout April 2008

What's on locally in AprilTo request inclusion of your club, society or group meeting in our What's On page, contact Eric Allsop on (01509) 890 054,

leave a note in the Post Office, or email [email protected]

Tue 1st 2.30 Evergreen Club Village Hall

Tue 1st 7.30 Spaghetti Swing: CentreStage professional theatre performance; bring your own drinks/ cafe seating

Village Hall

Mon 7th 7.30 Parish Council meeting Village Hall

Thu 10th

17th

24th

6.00–7.00

Free dance sessions for aged 14 and over

Village Hall AnnexeContact Cath Morton (01509) 821 035

Sat 12th 1.30 St Paul’s Church Spring Fayre. Numerous stalls

Village Hall

Mon 14th 10 am Charnwood Borough Council’s ‘Walking Launch Week’, starting Armstrong Mill car park, Shepshed

ph. (01509) 634 836 for details

Mon 14th 7.30 Local History Group: St George and the Middle East (David Nicolle)

Methodist Church

Tue 15th 2.30 Evergreen Club Village Hall

Tue 15th 7.30 Council Annual Open Meeting: exhibition of activities of local groups & societies; informal chats with councillors

Village Hall

Wed 16th 7.30 Women’s Institute: Patchwork Quilts (Gillian Carey)

Village Hall

Thu 20th 7.30 Woodhouses Garden Club: Streptocarpus (Jim Ellis)

Village Hall – new and occasional members welcome

See also the electronic diary for Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves at www.woodhouse-eaves.co.uk/diary/

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Editorial policy - Woodhouse Parish Council€¦ · launched on Monday 14th April in Shepshed with a ‘Walking Launch Week’, when there’ll be one walk on each day of that week