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Notice of Election – Stroud District Council

Stroud District Council

Election of District Councillors for the Wards listed below

District WardNumber of Councillors to be electedDistrict WardNumber of Councillors to be elected
Amberley & Woodchester1Randwick, Whiteshill & Ruscombe1
Berkeley Vale3Rodborough2
Bisley1Severn2
Cainscross3Stonehouse3
Cam East2Stroud Central1
Cam West2Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill1
Chalford3Stroud Slade1
Coaley & Uley1Stroud Trinity1
Dursley3Stroud Uplands1
Hardwicke3Stroud Valley1
Kingswood1The Stanleys2
Minchinhampton2Thrupp1
Nailsworth3Wotton-under-Edge3
Painswick & Upton3  
  1. Nomination papers can be obtained from the Returning Officer, Council Offices, Ebley Mill, Ebley Wharf, Stroud, Glos, GL5 4UB or by emailing elections@stoud.gov.uk.
  2. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Returning Officer, Council Offices, Ebley Mill, Ebley Wharf, Stroud, Glos, GL5 4UB between 9am and 5pm on any working day after publication of this notice but no later than 4pm on Thursday, 8 April 2021.
  3. If any election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday, 6 May 2021.
  4. Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Council Offices, Ebley Mill, Ebley Wharf, Stroud, Glos, GL5 4UB by 12 Midnight on Monday, 19 April 2021. Applications can also be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
  5. Applications, amendments to, or cancellations of postal votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Council Offices, Ebley Mill, Ebley Wharf, Stroud, Glos, GL5 4UB by 5pm on Tuesday, 20 April 2021.

Notice of Election – Stinchcombe Parish Council

NOTICE OF ELECTION

Stroud District Council

Election of Councillors for the Stinchcombe Parish Council listed below

Stinchcombe Parish Council – FIVE Councillors to be elected

  1. Nomination papers can be obtained from the Returning Officer, Council Offices, Ebley Mill, Ebley Wharf, Stroud, Glos, GL5 4UB or by emailing elections@stoud.gov.uk.
  2. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Returning Officer, Council Offices, Ebley Mill, Ebley Wharf, Stroud, Glos, GL5 4UB between 9am and 5pm on any working day after publication of this notice but no later than 4pm on Thursday, 8 April 2021.
  3. If any election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday, 6 May 2021.
  4. Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Council Offices, Ebley Mill, Ebley Wharf, Stroud, Glos, GL5 4UB by 12 Midnight on Monday, 19 April 2021. Applications can also be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
  5. Applications, amendments to, or cancellations of postal votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Council Offices, Ebley Mill, Ebley Wharf, Stroud, Glos, GL5 4UB by 5pm on Tuesday, 20 April 2021.
  6. Applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Council Offices, Ebley Mill, Ebley Wharf, Stroud, Glos, GL5 4UB by 5pm on Tuesday, 27 April 2021.
  7. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Council Offices, Ebley Mill, Ebley Wharf, Stroud, Glos, GL5 4UB by 5pm on Thursday, 6 May 2021.

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So are we going on holiday?

% of Tests positive
See the above at “Our World in Data“

All the news at present is about Passports

It seems that all the news at present is about COVID Passports and where are we going for our Summer Holiday. We have been in lockdown here since early January and been vaccinating as fast as we can. So, our infection rate in the population has decreased from a high of 11.2% to 0.5% on the above graph.

Meanwhile all the countries that we go to for our holidays are going the other way and look like they are entering a new “wave”

I don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade, but should we be talking about holidays where the infection rate is above 5% (1 in 200) ? After all this was the benchmark last year for the governments Red List?

It has cost the country Billions to get the infection rate down to where it is. Should we now run the risk of re-introducing a new variant like the new Brittany Variant ? We saw the Panic over the Brazilian Variant when it was discovered. Or is the Test and Trace System now “World Beating“? Or are we confident that our European cousins now have things in control.

Annual Litter Pick

2021 Annual Litter Pick

Spring has sprung, everything’s starting to look a lot greener and there’s hope of better times ahead – and it’s also time to start spring cleaning! Fortunately, Highways have recently done a good job of tidying up Taits Hill, but the rest of the hedges and verges in the village are in need of a bit of TLC – not least as we weren’t able to hold a litter pick last year.

This year’s litter pick will be on Sunday 11th April, starting at the Village Hall at 10.30am and all are welcome to come and join in. The more the merrier! 

Obviously, there will need to be some Covid precautions in place, so please be prepared to stand away from others when you arrive and while waiting to sort out areas. Pickers and high-vis jackets will be provided – all suitably and thoroughly sanitised of course – but please bring your own gloves.

See you on 11th!

Nola

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A Line Drawing of Melksham Court

A Village Property – update

The Momentum is growing

There has been a lot of interest in this project and the momentum is growing for Our Virtual Village. So thank you to all those that have contributed so far.

As you will see from our list of properties below we are promised articles on various houses for the next 11 months taking us to February 2022 (as well as the Cricket and Rugby Clubs, the War Memorial and other aspects of the village).

However, it’s not just articles on some of the larger properties that we wish to publish. We would welcome information on all types of houses and cottages in the Village. Some of the Social History of the previous owners/tenants of properties create just as good stories as the history of the properties themselves.

Can YOU supply interesting stories and photos on any property whether you own it or not? That includes any properties that have been featured already. I would be pleased to hear of anything you have that adds to the histories.

One of the properties that we don’t have too much history on, or photos of, is The Old Vicarage and an article is due to be written by February next year so there is still time! That property has been used as Parish Rooms holding Church meetings and many events and of course several vicars have lived there over the years. There MUST be members of the community who have old photos or stories so please check your albums and speak to older residents and see if you can send me anything that is of interest to go in that article.

Thank you

Roger Batty

Street Lighting for Stinchcombe?

I have bought a month on the British Newspaper Archive website and been reading up on old news! I found this little bit of history about Street Lighting in Stinchcombe which I thought might amuse you..and leave you to drawn your own conclusions.

A little “Light” History

The “Lighting and Watching” Act of 1833 allowed groups of property owners to form committees and organise local street lighting. It also allowed for the creation of local police forces (the “watching” part of the Act’s title.) These committees were then empowered to levy a rate on other householders to pay for the lighting.

Street lighting as we know it today is the result of many years of development and investment. The legislation relating to street lighting has been introduced piecemeal over the years, with varying degrees of responsibility and authority conferred on various bodies from parishes to national government. As of 2005 there was not legal responsibility on anyone to provide street lighting. There is no statutory requirement on local authorities in the United Kingdom to provide public lighting.

In England and Wales, the Highways Act 1980 empowers a Highway Authority to provide lighting for any highway or proposed highway for which they are, or will be, the Highway Authority.

From the Gloucester Citizen – Friday 19th August 1949

STREET LIGHTING FOR STINCHCOMBE?
Proposals are now under consideration to have street lighting in Stinchcombe. At meeting the Parish Council, over which Mr. C. W. Hill presided, the following quotations were received for lighting and maintaining nine gas lamps: three years £80; five years £58/12/9; ten years £42/15/7 per annum. The Council was informed that the present product of a penny rate (on the precept) is £9. The Council agreed to call a public meeting to consider adopting the Lighting and Watching Act.

From the Gloucester Citizen – Friday 16th September 1949

NO STREET LIGHTING FOR STINCHCOMBE
Only a handful of people attended a parish meeting at Stinchcombe convened to consider adopting the Lighting and Watching Act 1833. Mr. C. W. Hill (chairman of the parish council) Presided and a motion to adopt the Act was moved by Mrs. A. Burcombe and seconded by Mrs. A. Pick. Voting was three for the motion and ten against, three abstaining from voting. Stinchcombe will therefore not have lighting scheme during the coming winter.

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