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News from the Town Crier
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WOLGARSTON A
LEVEL SUCCESS CONTINUES
School Website
Head pays tribute to Penkridge Middle
School
Gordon Hawkins elected as the new
Parish Councillor representing the SE Ward
ILLEGAL
Travellers Site off A449
Appeal INQUIRY to be heard on 14 September against planning refusal
read these documents
Penkridge &
District Community FIRST RESPONDERS
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Want to volunteer?
ADVANCE NOTICE
MY HEART IN CANNOCK
Sponsored Walk (3 miles around Penkridge) on
Sunday 3 October in aid of a
3D Echocardiograph for Cannock Hospital - organised by Win Laffan and the
GOODIES
(full details)
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RODBASTON WINDFARM APPLICATION
REFUSED by
S.Staffs District Council.
Applicants have APPEALED & written
comments
must be submitted by 31 August
See Letter
to residents from Cllr. Veronica Downes
Volunteers Wanted
PLEASE
REPORT ANY BIRD, BAT AND BUTTERFLY
SIGHTINGS
LITTLE EGRET BACK ON RIVER PENK
MAIZE-MAZE at Lower Drayton Farm
from 5 August -
Full
details
Background to some Penkridge ISSUES
not yet resolved
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Penkridge Property Maintenance
FSG Cleaners
Tell us of other new
businesses you know of in our community!
Civic Awards 2010
ALL
CIVIC AWARDS since 1994
AND NOMINATION FORM FOR 2011
PENKRIDGE
GOODIES AWARDS 2010 |
PENKRIDGE
LIBRARY - 24 hour renewal & reservations line - 0845 3300740
Penkridge Library
Events - Details
Parliament and Penkridge
More
information about your MP, Jeremy Lefroy - how he votes and his performance
in the Commons
More
information about your your ex MP, David Kidney
Report a Street
Scene Problem (Litter Bins, Dog Bins, Abondoned Vehicles, Needles, Dead
Animals, etc.) to
District Council
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Join the Penkridge Community
If you would like an invitation to join the Google Group "Penkridge
Community", then send an email to the Webmaster
More details |
Images of Penkridge
Archived pictures of People and Events in our community over the last
6
years
Penkridge -
once the
"Capital
of England"
Click here for map of Penkridge showing potential flood areas
More flood photos
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Report Highway Faults -
Street Lighting; Roads and Pavements;
Traffic Lights Pedestrian; Blocked Road Drains -
email:clarence@staffordshire.gov.uk
or
doitonline
or phone 0800 232323
Crown Bridge Improvements
Transport |
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We
ask that you
Report any fly tipping or dumping of rubbish immediately to:
South Staffs District Council
Telephone 01902 696314
Fax 01902 696305
E-mail:env.general@sstaffs.gov.uk
and Environmental
Pollution, particularly
of the River and Canal, by phoning: 0800 807060
(freephone to the Environment
Agency) |
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Village/Town
News - OYEZ
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Images
of
Penkridge people, events and places |
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Eat and Drink in Penkridge
22 Pubs, Restaurants and Take-aways
Accommodation
Hotels, Bed &
Breakfasts, Camping. |
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Penkridge Talent
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artists, craftspeople, photographers - any more out there?
Main Contents
of this Web Site
Penkridge Town
Crier -
and
his predecessors and his
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DID YOU KNOW?
Many famous people knew and visited Penkridge, if only from the vantage point of Teddesley
Hall. They included the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel,
Elizabeth Gaskell, Handel, John
Wesley, Alexis de Tocqueville, Daniel Defoe and George Orwell. The essence of
the history of Penkridge, lies with its people.
Sidney Barnes (the best English Bowler ever!) once
lived in Penkridge too.
J R R Tolkien
(author of Lord of the Rings)
has a
Penkridge connection.
Fans celebrated his 111th birthday on
3
January 2010 |
Stay Safe in Penkridge
JULY LOCAL POLICE
NEWS
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Don't forget, for non-emergencies
now phone 0300 123 44 55 |
Home
Security Advice
and Pack
Civil Contingencies Website
Crime
Incident Report Form
LATEST NEWS
from Trading Standards
(including SCAM ALERTS)
Neighbourhood
Network
Police, Fire & Ambulance
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If you are not already
familiar with
"YouTube",
click here to see a selection of
"YouTube" video's taken in Penkridge |
Keith Burton and John Linney
raised £2,323 for Macmillan Cancer Support in 2009 -
Letter of thanks
Penkridge
GOODIES
AWARDS
£6,000 to Local Good Causes |
Please let the
Webmaster know of any errors, corrections, updates, or links that don't work |
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HISTORY OF PENKRIDGE -
Local History Group
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A
Penkridge mystery for you to solve
Log on to Bob Maddocks' website where you will find lots of fascinating
information about the people of Penkridge in
timespast
How the Railway came to Penkridge
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Volume 48 of the journal
"Staffordshire History" includes a paper on The Swan-Ingram
Connection in Penkridge.
Mike Dawson (ex head of Marshbrook School) has researched the archives and
discovered some new facts about the history of Penkridge. Available from
the Town Crier £5 while stocks last.
History of the
Penkridge Reading Room in
Market Street |
A Railwayman's Life -
The Memoirs of a Staffordshire Railwayman
by Fred Perks of Penkridge
Volume 2
Limited number available NOW
from Hardware Shop, Stone Cross
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Penkridge Railway Viaduct (The Seven
Arches) built by Thomas Brassey.
He was also involved in laying the first
Trans-Atlantic cable |
Thomas
Brassey came to Penkridge
on his 204th birthday. He built our Railway Viaduct 174 years ago |
The Good Old Grit
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A History of the People of Penkridge
1270-1939
by Robert Maddocks
The Day Before Yesterday -
Penkridge: 1930 to 1970
by Robert Maddocks
Last few copies of the above books on sale at The Pot Shop and Hawkins Electrical. These books
will never be out of date and contain a wealth of information about Penkridge
in the past
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Jaspers Shop about
100 years
ago -
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TEMPORARY BAR STAFF REQUIRED
To cover functions &
weddings at Haling Dene
PART-TIME CLEANER REQUIRED
To cover holidays
& sickness at
Haling Dene Centre -
Phone/apply to the Parish Administrator or Bar Manager
(Tel:714157 or
Email)
Do you know where this house is?
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FIRECREST
VISITS PENKRIDGE GARDEN
Penkridge Wildflower Meadow
See Change -
Sustainability in Action
Please let the
Webmaster know of any errors, corrections, updates, or links that don't work
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"On
the spot FINES now to anyone selling
alcohol
to people under the age of 18"
Stop those
unwanted phone
calls, faxes, post, emails, etc.
Neighbourhood Watch Schemes - more needed in
Penkridge
New Penkridge RUNNING Group
formed for 18+
details
Meets every Tuesday at 6.30pm in Market Square,
Penkridge
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Voluntary
Organisations that help and support Penkridge
Community Council of
Staffordshire
S
Staffs. Council for
Voluntary Service
Other Local Village Web Sites
Lapley,
Stretton & Wheaton Aston
Brewood
& Coven
Dunston & Coppenhall
Tourism Association |
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Local Authorities
and other useful Links
Registrar
Staffordshire County Council
South Staffordshire District Council
Penkridge Flood Plain (maps & photos)
Public Access to Planning
Homecheck before you buy a house
Environment Agency
(EA)
The Renewable Way
South Staffs. Housing Association
Children's Services Directory
Staffordshire Children's Trust |
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Ablon-sur-Seine
(our
Twin)
and "espace de
discussion"
Radio Stations |
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