Residents are reminded that the season for garden waste collections (brown bins) comes to an end in November. To check your bin day, visit www.leeds.gov.uk/mybinday, and for further information please click on the link below.
Collections will resume in March 2020.
Doug Stewart will give a talk at 7:45pm in the Callister Hall this coming Friday 1st November, entitled ‘The role of garden plants in the creation of the world’s finest drinks’.
All are welcome.
It has come to the Parish Council’s notice that a single page A5 sized leaflet entitled ‘Save Our Verges’ has been distributed recently in some parts of the Village. The leaflet invites residents with concerns about the use of privately owned land on the Congreves to register their concerns with the Parish Council.
This has led some residents to conclude mistakenly that the publication was issued by the Parish Council, that the Parish Council is itself involved in some form of campaign or survey, and even that public money (the Precept) has been spent for this purpose.
The Parish Council would like to make it quite clear to all residents that it had no part in the origination, production or distribution of this leaflet, is not conducting any kind of survey or campaign concerning verges, and has spent no precept monies to this end.
Use and development of privately owned land is governed by planning regulations administered and enforced by Leeds City Council, occasionally supplemented by legal covenants which, where applicable, are a matter of civil law and are not the prerogative of either the Parish Council or the City Council to enforce.
Would all residents please note that for administrative reasons the date of the next meeting of the Parish Council has been changed. The meeting will now take place at 7:00pm on Wednesday 16th October 2019, and not on Wednesday 2nd October as planned, and as stated in Village News report.
The venue is unchanged and the Council will as usual meet in the Committee Room at the Village Hall.
Firstly, many thanks to everyone who supported the Annual Show on Saturday 7th September, in particular the volunteers who turned out on the day to help with setting up and dismantling, and with the teas. The number of entrants was high, and the quality of the exhibits was as excellent as usual.
The Annual Show kicks off the new season in the society’s calendar, and our program of talks. This starts on Friday 4th October at 7.45pm in Callister Hall, with a talk entitled Scented pelargoniums by John and Gail Summerfield
All are welcome
Don’t forget the Bardsey Horticultural Society Annual Show, which takes place at Bardsey Village Hall on Saturday 7th September 2019, commencing at 2:00pm!
Schedules are now available at local retailers, Setchfield Butchers, Bingley Arms and Collingham Post office, by calling 01937 573562, and here on the Village web site by clicking on the link below. Enjoy the show!
Leeds City Council has embarked on a programme to introduce 20mph speed limits on most residential streets in the Unitary Authority Area, including those in the villages, by mid 2020. The declared objective is to make residential areas safer, especially for children, and improve amenity to encourage residents to walk or cycle.
Leeds recently published details of the intended new 20mph speed limits in Bardsey. For information these may be accessed using the links below. No start date for the implementation of the new speed limits has yet been set, but the completion date has been given as March 2020 latest.
Ever wondered what might be lurking in a watercourse near you? Ever wondered what you might wish wasn’t, if only you knew? Now’s your chance to find out!
Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust, the well known and much respected environmental trust seeking to preserve and improve the rivers and streams of the Yorkshire Dales, is running a workshop on invasive species at Scarcroft Village Hall at 10:00am on Wednesday 24th July 2019, which you are very welcome to attend. Refreshments will be provided.
After the workshop why not take out all your frustrations on the Himalayan Balsam in Bardsey Beck? YDRT have organised a working group to engage this particularly invasive and destructive species in hand to root combat. All are welcome to participate!
For further information click on the link below.
Bardsey and Collingham Schools’ new fund raiser promises to be entertaining for all the family! They have organised a pop up circus no less, which takes place in Collingham on Saturday 13th July. There are still some tickets available for the 1:00pm show, so why not join in all the fun of the circus and go along. To see details and find out where to purchase tickets, just click on the link below.
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Please note that the next meeting of Bardsey Parish Council will take place in the Village Hall Committee Room at 7:00pm on Wednesday 3rd July 2019. Please disregard the entry in the July issue of Village News, which contains a misprint and states the correct date, but the wrong day.
