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Subject: The 27X


Author:
Bemused passenger
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Date Posted: 23/10/09 14:47:26
I have seen a number of timetables for the 27X bus between Rothley & Loughborough via Mountsorrel. What is the point, it seems to duplicate the 127 from Arriva ?

Does this mean that the 27 (From Loughborough to Thurmaston) is now stopping. It actually went somewhere different.

Why are they changing something that is useful for something that isn't?

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Subject: Back OF Mountsorrel


Author:
Bruce
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Date Posted: 2/11/09 19:37:07
I have a question about an area that my grandparents used to call the "Back of Mountsorrel' When I was a boy (1950's) they would take me to several of the other Bradgate beauty spots.
Once in a while they would go to Mountsorrel and park in an area where there were masses of rhododendron bushes. So big that as children we would run through "tunnels" in them.
I now live in Virginia and on my return visits have often driven around that area to see if I could locate that place. Can anyone shed any light on where it might have been?
Thanks
Bruce
Virginia Beach

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Subject: Extra bus services on the X9 (Loughborough - Nottingham) service


Author:
Neil
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Date Posted: 31/10/09 20:19:32
I have just been speaking to Premiere Travel (of Nottingham) who provide the X9 direct express service between Loughborough & Nottingham and they have some very good news. As they report on their website ...

"Local bus company Premiere is introducing extra evening and Sunday buses to its busier routes from next week.

Route X9 from Nottingham to Loughborough also gets an extended timetable, with additional hourly buses from 6pm and hourly Sunday buses during the daytime.

The new Sunday buses start running from this Sunday 1st November.

Managing Director, Steve Greaves said: These daytime services have really grown in the last few months and we receive so many requests from customers to run later into the evening and seven days a week. We were planning these enhancements for the new year, but brought our plans forward to start in the busy run up to Christmas.

With our expanding fleet we are now looking at all of our services to see where improvements could be made to give people a better choice of value for money public transport running at convenient times."

The new timetable is located at http://www.premierebuses.co.uk/x9.pdf (assuming it connects)

The major changes are that it WILL ALSO DEPART from:
Loughborough uni at 18:45, 19:45, 20:45, 21:45 & 22:45
Baxter gate at 18:55, 19:55, 20:55, 21:55 & 22:55
Arriving at Broad Marsh at 19:25 & hourly until 23:25

It departs from Broad Marsh on the hour at 18:00 until 23:00
This arrives on the High Street at 18:36 and hourly until 22:36 (will also go there on request at 23:36)
It terminates at the Uni at 18:44 and hourly until 22:44 (and, on request, at 23:44)
[To clarify this, the 23:00 departure will always go to Bunny and will then continue as far as necessary to allow passengers on board to complete their journey to their chosen destination.]

These run Monday to Saturday.

ON A SUNDAY THERE IS AN HOURLY SERVICE AS FOLLOWS :
Departs Loughborough Uni at 09:45 & hourly until 17:45
Departs Baxter gate at 09:55 & hourly until 17:55
Arrives in Nottingham at 10:25 & hourly until 18:25

Departs Nottingham on the hour 09:00 & hourly until 17:00
Arrives High Street at 09:36 & hourly until 17:36
Terminates at the uni at 09:44 & hourly until 17:44.

These, new, services are being run on a commercial basis and do not need the support of any tax payers money.

This is ideal for villagers who want to watch football or cricket in Nottingham but still want to be able to return to the village after the game.

All feedback I have heard about Premiere Travel has been positive. They are a professional company who provide an excellent service.

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Subject: Waste site


Author:
Joe Margetts (Needs public consideration)
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Date Posted: 18/10/09 20:46:03
At first sight, application 2009/L115/02 for a new household waste and recycling site looks well conceived and well presented.

I do not dispute the need to move the site from its current location in Sileby due to its proximity to residential houses and poor access roads.

I do however wish to comment on some of the issues raised in the planning application.

1: The whole planning application has a very ‘positive spin’ to it. For example it is highlighted in conclusion that 64% of respondents were ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the location of the proposed recycling facility whereas in the pie chart below it is clear that 31% were either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied and this is not referred to at all in conclusion.

2: There is no balance to the weighting of important factors in the effect this is going to have on residents’ quality of life. For example, ‘Access to containers’ appears to be treated with the same importance as ‘location of the proposed site’. No one disputes it is a very nice design of recycling facility but you cannot compare this with the impact to residents of building the facility at the end of their gardens.

3: Reporting that 64% are very satisfied or satisfied with the location does nothing to investigate why 31% were not.

4: My expectation why so many nearby residents are not happy with the location is due to the nature of the products being taken in for recycling:
These include gas in pressurized containers, oils, asbestos, solvents, acids, alkalines, petrochemicals, pesticides, CFC’s, paint inks & resins containing dangerous substances, detergents containing dangerous substances, batteries and accumulators, and fluorescent tubes and other mercury containing waste amongst many others.

5: The site seems to be planned to be connected to the same sewage and storm water drainage system as my family house. The current frequent flooding in the area already causes water to ‘back up’ the open brook at the end of my garden and this is less than 75m from the proposed site. I see nothing in the application to convince me that any provision is made to ensure none of these toxins end up in the brook or any of the number of local wells in the vicinity.

6: Dust: In a simultaneous application by Lafarge Aggregates 2009/1443/02 (Application for determination of conditions, Review of Mineral Permission) it can be seen that air quality and particularly dust are already a concern with regard to the residential area of Hawcliffe Road. Averaging 202.5mg/m2/day and peaking at a maximum of 322.2mg/m2/day when by Lafarges own research typical deposits should be expected to be 30-80 mg/m2/day in a suburban area and only 80-160mg/m2/day in the city centre or heavy industrial areas.

However, the Air Quality assessment for the construction of the new waste site puts the dust caused by construction alone to be in the medium category stating that there would be significant increases in soiling rates leading to an economic cost.
It seems no correlation has been made regarding the cumulative impact of the two applications nor of the new waste site application in regard to the existing Lafarge operations.

It is for these reasons that I wish it to be noted that I object strongly to this application and consider it to be ill conceived and not sufficiently finished to proceed.

I would also like to highlight the other more obvious issues of:

1/ Traffic: Especially in regard to the illegal but unchallenged parking at the Quorn Car Boot sale during peak times. I appreciate the road was designed and built to account for disproportionately high HGV usage but the appalling standard of driving and parking will be even more dangerous if vans, trailers and overloaded vehicles are attempting to access the Granite Way site through this Sunday maelstrom of cars accessing the Car Boot sale.

2/ Noise: Waste compactors are not quiet in operation, even electric ones, so I am not convinced enough has been done to ensure the efficiency of the suggested noise screening. There is no evidence of any testing of the effectiveness of the proposed screening in the application. Saturday and Sunday are the only two days on Hawcliffe Road when there is not an ambient background noise from the quarry coating plants and it would be upsetting to have this noise replaced by compactor noise leaving not a single day of peace to residents.

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Subject: who,s to blame,?.


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 30/10/09 1:31:02
is it true that the new hall to be built, now doesnt have a bit for the kids, ie, a youth club. has the planning changed,of what it was going to be used for. if so ,where can i object, as this was quietly done ,like so many things . but i can see bad problems in this thinking.

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Subject: Halstead Park play equipment


Author:
Local Mum
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Date Posted: 25/08/09 16:59:07
The summer holidays have all but elapsed. My children are almost back at school.

Where did they put all the new play equipment they promised us for the park?

With normal council efficiency are they waiting until all the children are back in school before they install it?

I used to use that slide when I was their age!!

Would the councillors wait this long if it was their office they wanted to modernise? No they would throw loads of taxpayers money at it to get the job done so they could sit back and enjoy their plush surroundings and invent new expenses they could claim.

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Subject: Mountsorrel Railway Ecology Activity Session


Author:
Steve Cramp
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Date Posted: 23/10/09 10:42:21
Hello everyone,

The Mountsorrel Railway Project is pleased to announce the date for our next ecology activity session aimed at allowing younger children and their parents to discover and learn about their local ecology in a fun and hands on way!

Our last session in September was a great success with 18 local families taking part.

Our next session is on October 31st (Halloween) and starts at 2:00pm and finishes around 3:30-4:00. Activities for the next session involve study of the wild life habitats the children built last time to see what creatures have taken up residence. There will be an autumnal feel to this session. It’s a great opportunity for children to learn about real insects and creatures opposed to the plastic ones you normally find on Halloween!

As before, the Mountsorrel Railway Project is making no charge for taking part in these activities. If you would like to come along please contact Lesley Humphries by email at Lesley@mountsorrelrailway.org.uk. We need to obtain materials so it’s important that we know numbers before the event to avoid disappointment.

The meeting place for this session is at the very top of Halstead Road at the junction with Swithland Lane. We will meet on the large grass verge on the corner of the junction.

The Mountsorrel Railway Project is run and operated entirely by local volunteers. If you would like to become involved or learn more about the project, please see our website www.mountsorrelrailway.org.uk.

Best wishes,

Steve Cramp
Mountsorrel Railway Project Leader

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Subject: Waste Site - Planning Application


Author:
Neil
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Date Posted: 5/09/09 8:59:54
I have received a letter telling me that the application for the waste recycling site has now been submitted.

Details of the proposal can be found by following this link (assuming it works !!)

http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/environment/planning/community_services_planning/planning_applications/eplanning_searchform/eplanning_resultpage/eplanning_detailpage.htm?appno=2009/L115/02&sd=25/08/2009&ed=06/09/2009&kw=Mountsorrel&map=f

If you have any comments then please send a copy of them to the Planning & Highways committee at the Parish Council as well as the County, so that we can judge the village feeling on the proposal.

Cllr Neil Asher.

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Subject: view of the green!!!


Author:
william (vexed)
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Date Posted: 14/10/09 17:58:01
Having been proud of the view of the village green for years,which is of a typical english scene with the church in the back ground. How worrying to now view what on first appearance seems to be a commercial vehicle park.How sad this has been allowed to develop over time by the parish council.Can nothing be done to revert back to the old view only of the green?

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Subject: Village News


Author:
Rachel
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Date Posted: 8/07/09 8:44:19
I thought Mountsorrel was a town, why is it called village news?

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Subject: Charity Fayre


Author:
Stan
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Date Posted: 11/09/09 12:15:26
The postponed Charity Fayre will be held on the Green this Saturday (12th September). The weather promises to be good and lets hope everyone turns up between 10-12.
Also Heritage exhibition in Christchurch (top of the Green) and a Flower festival in St Peters (Main road opposite Sileby Lane). Sorry for the short notice but just read it in the Echo; nobody told me beforehand.

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Subject: Learn about ecology at the Mountsorrel Railway


Author:
Steve Cramp
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Date Posted: 16/09/09 12:56:51
Hello Everyone,

I thought that some of you with younger children might be interested in the following community activity session at the Mountsorrel Railway. The details below come from our project website www.mountsorrelrailway.org.uk.

If you would like to come along or would like more information about the activity session, or the project in general, please drop me an email steve@mountsorrelrailway.org.uk.

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Learn about ecology at the Mountsorrel Railway

Local volunteer Lesley Humphries will be running a special ecology session aimed at younger children and their parents on the afternoon of Saturday September 26th.

The session will start at 2:00pm and last around 90 minutes to 2 hours. The meeting area is on the grassy area near to the bench at the top of Halstead Road, at its junction with Swithland Lane/Wood Lane.

During the session the children will have the opportunity to construct their own mini wildlife habitat which will be carefully positioned alongside the trackbed. The children can then return to these in future sessions to see what creatures have taken up residence there.

Lesley will also be conducting a wildlife hunt aimed at helping the children to seek out and discover the wildlife that lives alongside the trackbed.

The session is open to the general public and not just those who are currently involved with the project. The Mountsorrel Railway will be making no charge for anyone taking part in these activities. We simply seek to give our local children, and their parents, the rare and unique opportunity to get hands on with nature!

Lesley is putting a tremendous amount of time and effort into putting together this activity, so we really hope that the public will come along to support her. For health and safety reasons, children must be accompanied by their parents or guardians. If the session is a success we hope to run further sessions in the future.

Lesley is collecting various items to help with this activity, so please can you bring along at least one of the following:

Blocks of wood
Empty plastic drinks bottles
Magnifying glasses
Insect collecting containers/kits that you might have
Please e-mail Lesley if you intend to come, so that we can make sure we have enough materials for everyone. We very much hope to see you there!

A very special thanks goes to Lesley for running this session!

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Subject: the green


Author:
mr johnson (sad)
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Date Posted: 12/09/09 20:49:48
Why are vans allowed to be parked on the green which are in dangering lifes when coming off the slip road at the top end of the green.I very nearly hit a motorbike who came from behind the parked vans.
There should yellow lines down both sides of the green.
Also its a eye sore to see vans on such a nice part of mountsorrel village

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Subject: no10 petiton


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 30/07/09 23:18:16
as from now ,there is an on line petition on the NO10 web site put by me asking gordon brown to stop the waste transfer site in mountsorel,it comes under the enviroment banner , so lets see if we can get names on it .

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Subject: a big thank you.


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 13/08/09 21:11:34
my faith has been restord in some people,, today i had a big problem with my motor, and after a bit of running around i went to (top gear ,mountsorrel) not only did they supply the bit i needed and the tool to fix it with , it cost nothing ,except a small donation to their local charity ,at my behest, i was looking at £100, plus if i had of took it in but in these times i had a go myself ,, so a big thank you to tim and the staff for the help and generosity,, small gestures go a long way , thanks.

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Subject: Why no beach ?


Author:
Billy Butlin
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Date Posted: 29/07/09 18:15:35
Lots of councils are dumping tons of sand in their area and declaring themselves as "by the sea".

How come we are missing out?

Lets build our sandcastles on the Green.

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Subject: Dog fouling in the parks!


Author:
Angela Weedon
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Date Posted: 5/06/09 20:34:08
i sent this email as dated to the Parish and have so far had no response!
16th March 2009
Dear Parish Council Members,

I am writing to you about the article published in the March edition of the Mountsorrel Post ‘Dog Ban Considered’.

I am one of the many responsible dog owners in the village that use the Mountsorrel Playing Field to exercise and socialise my pet dog. We have a very good group of dogs that all play off lead together in the park, with no trouble and we all clean up after our dogs.

Wherever possible we encourage those who! walk away from ‘the poo’ by offering ‘poo bags’ to pick up their mess….. With varying results and reactions!

While we all understand the problem of irresponsible dog ownership, I am not sure that a ban on dogs is the way forward.
Firstly… if the people responsible for the fouling problem don’t pick up, then it’s unlikely that they will respect a by-law ban and stay off the park anyway.
We could leash our dogs, but the how are they to get their exercise and socialise with other dogs?
If we had to take our dogs away from the area to walk them off lead, then the temptation, when we've had a day at work, is ! to drive them, therefore increasing the traffic in the village.

Also, we used to see the Dog Warden fairly regularly up until a couple of years ago. What happened did she go into hiding? The Lesser Spotted Dog Warden has not been seen since!

I am pleased that the Parish Council has asked Charnwood to step up it’s patrols. It would perhaps be prudent to let them know that most of the people who are ‘to posh to pick up’ visit the park early in the morning and late evening. However as I have recently discovered that we have no Warden...... who will be increasing the patrols?
Last, but by no means least. If dogs are banned from the playing fields, how are we to get to the Marsh= 0via the Mountsorrel Round?

Mountsorrel Playing Field is a wonderful spot that all the community should have full access to. It would be a shame to have to impose a Ban because of a minority that are irresponsible, ignorant and rude!

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Subject: Fire & Rescue consultation


Author:
Neil
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Date Posted: 12/08/09 16:06:38
Is anyone aware that the Fire & Rescue service is planning a number of major changes to their service provision. The details (and opportunity to reply) can be found at http://www.leicestershire-fire.gov.uk/fireservice/irmp_consultation.shtml

In short, there are 3 of the proposals that may affect the village:
(1) Removal of one of the crews from Loughborough.
(2) Closure of the fire station at Syston
(3) Introducing a new fire station in Birstall.

They are also hoping to re-allocate some of the personnel to create a new team for the north of the county.

If anyone submits any comments to the fire service then can they also CC copy it to the Parish Council to help us determine what the general feeling in the village on the subject is.

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Subject: Waste Recycling Site Press Release and Roadshow


Author:
Stan
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Date Posted: 7/07/09 11:16:07
Leicestershire County Council have put out a Press Release about the proposed site on Granite Way, Mountsorrel. See http://www.leics.gov.uk/pressrelease.htm?id=165377. There will also be a Roadshow in Mountsorrel Library on the 24th July 2.30pm-8pm.
Cllr. Tony Kershaw says "We would encourage as many residents as possible to go along to the roadshows and take the chance to pick up the latest information, speak to officers and ask any questions they may have." I would urge that as many people as possible go along and protest about the relocation of this site from Sileby to Mountsorrel. Is it just me that thinks this press release was deliberately held back until after the County Council Elections?

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Subject: Some Event News


Author:
justin smith
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Date Posted: 3/07/09 12:57:10
Hi

Please note that these are only provisional dates and may be subject to change etc, but here they are

15th August - Fun Day - Halstead Playing Fields - 12pm to 4pm with a wide range of activities.

12th October - Mountsorrel ward walk - this is an exercise by all of the agencies such as the county council, borough council, the police and others to indentify what issues the residents have in the area - no problem too small.

1st December - Partnership action week - this is a joint venture again with different agencies’ to participate with the local residents on various themes including a cleaning up exercise (animal mess scops, bags, leaflets and information will be provided).

More information will be released nearer the dates.

The success of these events etc is largely down to the participation of the residents in the respective area, so please come along and join in. I will be there as much as I can, so drop in for a chat and to enjoy yourself.

Regards

Justin

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Subject: Arriva service changes


Author:
Neil
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Date Posted: 2/07/09 10:13:08
From 12th July 2009 there will be a number of changes to various Arriva bus services in the county. This will include changes to the 127 service passing through Mountsorrel.

Once I have had a chance to browse through the new timetable leaflets then I will post the major points of the 127 changes on this forum.

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Subject: Parish Council Meeting


Author:
Niraj Samani
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Date Posted: 21/04/09 22:36:18
Has anyone ever attented a Parish Council meeting? Either as member of the Mountsorrel Public, or as a Business Person conducting business in Mountsorrel? Do you even know what goes on at these meetings? What is actually being discussed? Are we as residents, our concerns and interests important to the Parish council? Do they view them as a priority? I would love to know of your experiences as I attented the one on Monday (20th April 2009) and was disgusted by the behaviour of a couple of the councillors!

I have written a letter raising some questions in the hope that I get some answers. I'll keep you posted. Anyone who wants further information, please drop me a line.

Thanks
Niraj

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Subject: Quorn Car Boot


Author:
HG
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Date Posted: 27/06/09 16:20:08
I went along to the Quorn car boot last week and Budgens have now started to chain off their carpark. I walked as it happened but I was shocked at the number of cars along the road which are narrowing the road and potentially making it unsafe.

I understand why Budgens do it. I've been annoyed by not being able to park there on a Sunday if I've been lazy and driven but there's surely a comprimise possible? Budgens doesn't open until 10am on a Sunday and the car boot is open at 7:30 am and probably busiest from 8-10. Can the organisers and Budgens not come to some kind of arrangement? It seems crazy to have a chained off, empty car park at that time. I don't want there to be a major accident around that area just because of sheer bloody mindedness!

Also, council, any chance of getting the foliage cut back a bit on the slip road coming off the A6 norhtbound between Rothley and Mountsorrel? It makes it very difficult to see at the moment whether there's traffic coming across the bridge until you're right at the roundabout.

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Subject: Local Elections


Author:
Forum administrator
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Date Posted: 5/06/09 8:19:24
I intend to remove all the electioneering posts on the Forum after today. Thanks to all the people that posted messages, replies and comments. There was some debate about whether this website should host this 'political' topic but I think the sheer number of posts has shown that politics is not yet dead in Mountsorrel. Also I have been been impressed by the standard of debate and lack of personal abuse. So thanks to you all and see you in (up to) a year's time when we have a general election.

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Subject: Fair on the Green?


Author:
HG
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Date Posted: 7/06/09 9:20:35
I thought there was meant to be a fair this weekend? Did it get rained off? I had a friend up for the day and having missed it in previous years, I thought I'd give it a go. Instead we went to Stonehurst Farm (anyone else think it's far too expensive btw?)

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