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Subject: church groups


Author:
michele
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Date Posted: 15/01/07 12:49:20
does anyone know of any Church groups that accompany and or befriend people in the village who cannot get out to Church or Church socal events, due to illness or their partner is ill, or just lost their confidence?
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Subject: Money, Money, Money


Author:
Neil
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Date Posted: 26/10/06 14:51:13
No, not Abba's latest hit (!) but the latest proposals from Whitehall, which must be making the coins jingle in Stan's pocket.

It appears that the latest Governmental scheme is to permit parish councils to invoke by-laws to allow them to fine people who are anti-social in the parish. Things such as dog-fouling, pavement cycling or unauthorised skate-boarding have been mentioned.

Are any of these a hazard in our village? Will the PC invoke this law - if it is passed?
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Subject: book club


Author:
maria
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Date Posted: 14/10/06 2:02:09
is there a book club in the village?
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Subject: roadworks at hilltop


Author:
dave
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Date Posted: 30/11/06 1:18:11
Hello everybody
Ive stumbled upon this website and forum and have read some interesting previous threads. I wouldve liked to have known what others thought about the Boundary Park development because I was apposed to it, had i known about the forum.
Theyre good roadworks at the roundabout near the garage arent they? an accident waiting to happen i think. They remind me of christmas shopping, everybody coming towards you and its never your turn, whichever way you come. Since the A6 bypass we must have been downgraded to country bumkin status!
cheers
dave
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Subject: a warning


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 27/06/06 20:36:52
neil , i know youve been down crown lane but if you go to where the big mound is (called the letter y) the land slip is getting worse over the years , under that lot is some very nasty gases and the plants have been washed down so theres nothing to stop slides, i do hope the council is watching this slow but obivious slip happpen ,or is it me, and has anyone told the people who live opposite.
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Subject: The Factory


Author:
Neil
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Date Posted: 4/10/06 14:22:39
Does anyone know what they are doing with "The Factory" on Boundary Road?
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Subject: An idea - lets get a youth club started


Author:
Neil
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Date Posted: 2/06/06 8:40:03
Stan, on another of the threads you were asking for comments from non-footballers during the world cup. How about this for an idea. If the PC managed to get the youth club organised then the young people could spend the time doing up the premises. Also, anyone else who wasn't watching the footie could also volunteer to join in & help them. The result would be a nice youth club and that people who weren't interested in footie would not get bored.

It would also mean that the police didn't have to waste time continually moving people round the village as there STILL isn't that much for them to do.
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Subject: Hill Top Garage


Author:
Ryan
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Date Posted: 21/06/06 12:23:52
May I please refer the forum to the following excerpt from the Parish Council minutes taken from the meeting held on the 13th March 2006:

266. HILL TOP GARAGE
‘Mr M Lemon circulated photographs of Hill Top Garage which he had taken that day showing the poor state of the hood over the fuel pumps. Although this garage is in the Parish of Rothley, it was stated that as it is one of the entrance roads into Mountsorrel and therefore does not create a very good first impression of the village. It was reported that a Charnwood Borough Council vehicle had damaged the hood and that compensation had been awarded for the repairs to be made. It was proposed by Mr T Duffin, seconded by Mr F Newitt and agreed unanimously to write to Development
Control at Charnwood Borough Council to ask them if they can ensure that the necessary repairs are carried out’.

Can I / We please have an update as to the outcome of this correspondence and the proposed time frame to which the scope of works will be carried out to make the necessary repairs to Hill Top Garage.

Compensation has been awarded to the proprietor from the Charnwood Borough Council and you would imagine that they of all people would have been on top of ensuring the works had been satisfactorily carried out.

As at today (21/6/06) the Garage remains in an ill state of repair with seemingly no works having been carried out while the establishment falls deeper into disrepair.

Now I don't want to return to the bad, dark days of running people out of town for comments about the HTG, but enough is enough. The place is an embarrassment, granted, it provides an excellent service (if you call being a petrol station an excellent service) but it is an utter shambles and a health and safety hazard.

The council broke it... the council should do something about getting it fixed... they have paid for it after all.

Here's a thing... why don’t the Mountsorrel PC and Rothley PC WORK IN UNISON to sort the problem out... there's always a first, eh boys and girls.

A full and prompt update would be appreciated.
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Subject: Funder Finder Session for all community groups in Mountsorrel


Author:
Charnwood Council for Voluntary Services (CVS)
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Date Posted: 15/09/06 11:02:50
Charnwood CVS are running free of charge Funder Finder sessions on Friday 22nd September at Mountsorrel Library from 10.30 - 4.30pm for community and voluntary groups looking for funds in Mountsorrel and surrounding villages. If any one would like to book a slot or to ask for more information call either Cath Walker or Vicci Barrett on 01509 631787 or 631784 or e-mail cath.walker@charnwoodcvs.org.uk or
vicci.barrett@charnwoodcvs.org.uk
Subject: Mountsorrel Lacemakers


Author:
Tony Jarram
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Date Posted: 7/09/06 12:54:40
Following the success of the Mountsorrel and Beacon Hill Exhibitions,The Friends of Charnwood Museum are currently working on a project on lacemakers.This will result in an exhibition in Loughborough in April 2007.
Subjects will cover John Heathcoat,luddites and migration of lace workers from Loughborough and the Leicestershire villages to Tiverton,Barnstaple,Chard and Calais and even from Calais to Australia. Certainly Mountsorrel lacemakers are involved in this great story. If anyone in the village has any information on lacemaking, factories,people etc. i would love to here from you.
Kind regards
Tony Jarram
Friends of Charnwood Museum
anthony.jarram@btinternet.com
or
tony.jarram@midlanddiving.com
Subject: my crystal balls looking cloudy.


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 13/08/06 18:21:31
anyone fancy a flutter on a dead certanty,from phyco tone. a litle snippet of the future, or a brilliant idea for the future.i have within my grasp a very bad looking cloud and it starts here, with people knowing things but they dont want you to know, and yes carl your names there as well and ryan.
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Subject: can it be true


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 4/08/06 21:04:04
is the person responsible for closing the green the other month to be hauled before the (pc) and too bloody right , but the police have got a hand in this as well, when these people were about to shut the road the copper that was there left or hid himself away because no car drivers found him after the chaos started , nice one (PC) , but what can you do ?.
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Subject: stop parking on our green


Author:
carl
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Date Posted: 14/07/06 19:57:38
can the (pc) get the police involved in stopping the new practice of certain people of now parking there cars and the like on the grass outside the old cavners shop on the green,for gods sake are these people idiots theres a bloody good car park down the bottom and it wont be long before they bugger up the grass and if they do, bloody well charge them to fix it and if you want i will put there number plates on here so we know who they are like the blue megane,cum on councillors do you bit or is that a bit to much like hard work or should we wait and have more to pay for it to be fixed thru the council tax.
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Subject: puppy training


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 27/06/06 16:23:35
how many parish councillors have been for their retraing as was told to by the inspectors and why have we got thirteen,unlucky for some or should i say us.
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Subject: Revised website


Author:
Stan
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Date Posted: 27/07/06 1:03:35
The website has been reorganised. Most of the content is the same but there will be other revisions in the next few days. Please e-mail with any missing links, page errors and anything else that goes wrong. Your help is needed to test this revision.
Many thanks.
Subject: A rival website ?


Author:
Neil
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Date Posted: 19/07/06 8:57:59
Stan,

If this is the official village website, then what link to the village does the site ... http://www.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/mountsorrel/24302.html have. It is a link from the Leicestershire Parish Councils site.
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Subject: Linkfield Rd Carton Factory


Author:
Paul
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Date Posted: 17/07/06 13:00:54
Hi, The M.Y. Cartons factory on Linkfield Rd has been closed for over a year now. Does anyone know what the plans are for this site?

Cheers,
Paul.
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Subject: Mountsorrel to take over Rothley?


Author:
Stan
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Date Posted: 22/06/06 23:44:01
Not all of Rothley! Mountsorrel PC is trying to change its boundaries to the south and take in those parts of Rothley like the Rolls Royce estate, which physically ajoin Mountsorrel. The Boundary Commission adjusts the boundaries of parishes and wards at regular intervals and we have been trying to change the present anomalous boundaries for some time. The real break between the 2 villages is the green space between them, probably running through the Hill Top roundabout. Yes the Garage would then be in Mountsorrel!!
The residents are not too chuffed and I wonder if any of them read this Forum?
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Subject: BURST PIPE.


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 21/03/06 15:14:32
please can anyone on the(pc),contact seven trent ,there has been water coming from the top of marsh rd now for over two weeks ,my freind has rang twice but to no avail,he was told they,ll get to it in 24hrs ,no such luck that was over a week ago,,i rang less than an hour ago and was told the same thing ,when i pointed this out iwas told they prioritise these things ,so a bit of clout is needed , go get um (pc),,cheers .
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Subject: give a road a bad name.


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 27/06/06 20:16:10
come on councillors since when did you take notice of anyone? but to not have the backbone to say that we the villagers should decide the names of new roads here instead of (cbc planners ) is wrong , the history of this village is slowly being ebbed away ,on your heads be it .
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Subject: I.T Helpdesk...


Author:
Ryan
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Date Posted: 24/04/06 21:15:59
I'm guessing the vacancy on the Parish Council is for the position of taking / updating the minutes from the Parish Council meetings... Sadly both March and soon to be April editions M.I.A.
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Subject: big hits


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 23/06/06 21:41:17
can we have a brothel, my wifes costing me a fortune.
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Subject: puppy training


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 27/06/06 16:22:17
how many parish councillors have been for their retraing as was told to by the inspectors and why have we got thirteen,unlucky for some or should i say us.
Subject: can we have our castle back mister


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 23/06/06 21:38:23
come on wheres your fighting spirit,,,that bloody great mound needs a castle on it ,ok not a real one but we could use the youth in making a big replica to show what it might of looked like,, you know a three sided thing that looks good from the bypass .a thought lingers.
Subject: Quorn (or Mountsorrel depending on the way you view it!) Car Boot


Author:
Ryan
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Date Posted: 21/06/06 12:38:32
Can anyone confirm or deny the rumour that the current car boot site has been purchased by a developer for £2.5 million pounds for the purposes of housing?
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Subject: Smile ... You're on CCTV ...?


Author:
Neil
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Date Posted: 21/06/06 13:07:24
I've just seen the new signs on Halstead Park. "No motorbikes or golf" which then go on to mention CCTV. I've had a look around but they've certainly hidden the cameras quite well. Are there really any cameras, or is it just a threat in the hope someone will beleive that cameras are watching?
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Subject: fun fair


Author:
pop
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Date Posted: 11/03/06 20:26:34
how about getting the fun fair back in the village ,that would be good.
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Subject: CALLING ALL MOUNTSORREL WOMEN/GIRLS


Author:
Linda
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Date Posted: 5/04/06 10:09:06
CALLING ALL MOUNTSORREL FEMALES OF ALL AGES!!! WHERE ARE YOU??? Have you noticed that nearly all the communication on this forum so far has been from men?? I know we love them & couldn't live without them, (Patronising? Moi?), but we're important too!!! Please post your messages/questions/points of view/complaints, etc. on this forum. Come on, girls - we want to hear from you!!! Together we can make a difference!!!
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Subject: Sign Language


Author:
Joanna Downes
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Date Posted: 16/06/06 11:50:41
Hello everyone,

Does anyone out there want to learn sign language to sign with their babies/toddlers? If you have a deaf child and want to learn to sign with him/her..

I am deaf and would like to make a get-together for coffee and general chat to practise signs with other mums. I am happy to teach signs aswell if you want to know some.

My baby is 11 months old and loves watching sign language, he already signs doggy, the letter "A"!!

This is NOT an advertisement - I am not asking for money!!

I went to a baby sign class the other day and was shocked how poor the teacher's signing was!! And you have to pay them lots of money!!

Yes. I may be deaf but I'm human and don't bite!

Anyway, if your interested, email me on joanna@downes.me.uk.
cheers, Joanna.
Subject: THE WATERSIDE - BLACK HAWK PROPERTIES


Author:
Aurelia
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Date Posted: 24/04/06 10:56:41
Hello to all!

I couldn't help but notice the new development down in mountsorrel - The Waterside built by Black Hawk properties. Doesn't it look fantastic? I was just wondering what other peoples view points are on the development - as I personally think that a development such as this will make the world of difference to Mountsorrel village as a whole. It's about time we saw some originality combined with quality and not just the normal bogstandard boxes that are chucked up nowadays. I saw well done Black Hawk!

P.S. They have a website too, www.watersidelife.co.uk - just incase people haven't seen the development yet.

Regards,
Aurelia.
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Subject: New houses, Bond Street


Author:
Neil
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Date Posted: 30/05/06 13:44:03
Nice to see that some of these houses are beginning to be occupied. Lets see what effect it really *does* have on the traffic problem.

And, while I'm mentioning the new homes, heres a quote from the Henson's Court brochure:

"Today the village boasts an impressive range of facilities and artial routes to East Midlands Airport, Leicester City Centre and the larger nearby towns of Loughborough & Coalville can provide additional services if required".

Since when have either Loughborough or Coalville been larger than Leicester City Centre?
Subject: not another one ?.


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 12/05/06 19:57:30
so the (pc) aint no good ,the (cbc housing dept aint no good ),thats official,. so where do we stand as a tax payer,no where thats where,i am sick and tired of having my money stolen for the lies that this so called govmt can waste ,,,,i feel like what carl said iam being drip dryed ,road pricing may be allright in london ,but if idiots didnt run the highway agencies,and drivers did, we might get somewhere,iam off for a pint of guinness,,,,oh england did well in the cricket,wont tell you in case you want to watch it later ..ta ra.
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Subject: Pensioner's bus travel


Author:
Neil
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Date Posted: 9/05/06 12:44:58
The Parish Council are the one public body who are supposed to represent the village and the needs of the villagers. What, if anything, have they done to try and alleviate the great pensioners bus pass fiasco?

(This is where, unlike any of our neighbouring counties - who all offer countywide free travel for pensioners - the old people in Mountsorrel are only permitted free travel as far as Birstall before having to pay to get to town). Indeed, if the regulations are operated to the letter then they have to get off the bus in Birstall and get back on it again (!)

I was on a 127 in St. Margarets' the other day and witnessed a driver having to refuse to carry a (Mountsorrel) passenger who had a "free" pass as they hadn't got enough money for the fare.
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