Contact Details for Windfarm (7th
July 2012)
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Blackwell,
the company overlooking the
construction of the windfarm, have
given us contact details if you have
any concerns or thoughts about the
project.
Careline: 07876 088 704
Email: withernwick.windfarm@cablackwell.co.uk
Blackwell are also keen to offer
help to village such as organising a
litter picking event. They will
publish more news of this soon.
Latest photos - Click
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Cleaner Required at Windfarm (22nd
May 2012)
When work starts
at the windfarm which will be soon, they
will require a cleaner. The approximate
hours will be 20 hours per week and the pay
will be £5.93 per hour. All cleaning
equipment, materials and consummerbles will
be provided. if you are interested please
contact Phil Holden at (Position
filled)
C A Blackwell (Contracts) Ltd 7 Appleton
Court, Calder Park Wakefield, West Yorks,
WF2 7AR
Office: 01924 250132
Mobile: 07748 760821
www.blackwellgroup.co.uk
Make it Shine Special School (8th
May 2012)
Villagers Julia
Beevers and Julie Sherman are part of a
committee that has been set up to campaign
for a special needs school to set up and
built in the East Riding. The school will be
called Make it Shine a name that was
chosen by the pupils of Aldbrough Primary
school. Last week's quiz in the Falcon was
in aid of this worthwhile cause and there
will be a charity auction in the Wrygarth
Inn on Saturday 16th May, so please go along
and support. If you want to know more please
contact Chairperson Hazel Cockill on 07936
275340. To read more about Make it Shine click
here to read the article from the
Holderness Gazette.
Paul Arnett Humber Bridge Abseil (1st
May 2012)
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On
Sunday 27th May Paul Arnett will be
abseiling down the side of the Humber
Bridge to raise money for the Daisy
Appeal which is raising money to help
buy a scanner to help with early
detection of cancer. So pease help
support Paul in this highly worthwhile
cause. You can give money directly to
Paul or Joanne or you can donate via
Paul's Just Giving page - www.justgiving.com/Paul-Arnett
For more information on the
abseiling event which is also
supporting Dovehouse and the RNLI
visit the Humber bridge website - Click
here
Paul completed the abseil, click
here to see photos - he raised £250
in the process, well done! He would
like to thank all those who donated
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Wind Turbines (23rd
April 2012)
Construction of the
Wind Turbines is due to start this month, click
here to read about the latest
construction details. If all goes to plan
then the farm should be fully operational by
June 2013. The larger items will be
delivered to the site via the coast road and
will not pass through the village,
normal size vehicles connected with the
construction may use the village. We did
mostly object to the turbines at the
planning stage but that is water under the
bridge now. It would be good if as many
people can take photos of the progress of
the construction and send them in for the
website.
Shed Fire (21st
April 2012)
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A little
bit of drama occurred today as there
was a shed fire behind Lorne Terrace.
The blaze was quite severe and requred
the attendance of one fire engine.
The fire was soon brought under
control and fortunately no damage was
done to any of the nearby houses.
Thanks must be given to the fire
brigade for their prompt, efficient
and courteous service. |
School Building Sold (18th
April 2012)
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After being
empty and unused since 2004, it is good news
to know that the former village school
building as been sold.
Estate agents Dee Atkinson have confirmed
this although it is not sure what the
selling price was, it was on the for offers
in excess of £100000.
It is to be hoped this means the building
will recieve a new lease of life and cease
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Amy in the Gold Challenge (15th
April 2012)
On the 1st April, Amy
Sherman, as described in the article below, ran in
the Gold Challenge at the new Olympic Stadium. Amy
completed the 100m run in a creditable 29.4
seconds. Pat Beddard won the sweepstake with the
exact time, quite remarkable!
Pat wins an HD TV for her wonderful guess.
In the process, Amy collected £430 for the
charity Scope, so a big thank you to everyone who
contributed towards that fantastic total and, of
course, well done Amy.
Drought in Withernwick (3rd
April 2012)
For the third or fourth
year running the Spring in East Yorkshire has been
very dry. This is the worst time of the year to be
short of water, the gardens are coming to life and
the crops are growing and all need water. The
forecast for this week is rain but we all know
that the weather in Withernwick is unprdictable it
can even be so different to Hull (where the widget
on the homepage is based). We need some
substantial rain not just a bit of drizzle or a
short shower. Perhaps we should create a
Withernwick Rain Dance, could be a Youtube hit,
any suggestions!
Let us hope anyway for rain soon, it could
be far worse than a hosepipe ban. Do let me know
if it rains, however weird it may seem to be
celebrating rain rather than cursing it.
Support Amy Sherman in the Gold Challenge
(9th March
2012)
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On the 1st
April Amy Sherman will be running the 100m
in the Olyimpic Stadium on the very course
that Usain Bolt will be performing on in the
summer.
This is part of the Gold Challenge - click
here to go to the Gold Challenge
website.
You can support Amy by having a go at
the "Guess the Time" sweepstake in
the Falcon, simply guess how long you think
it will take Amy to complete the 100m.
All proceeds will go to Scope. |
Village Summer Trips (8th
March 2012)
As
last year's trip to Beamish was such a success we
are proposing to organize another one this summer.
Suggestions so far are:- The Royal Armouries –
Leeds
, North Yorkshire Railways and Conkers in
Leicestershire.
If anyone is interested in any of the above
or have other suggestions please contact
Mike Soper
529093, Sue Voase 527314 or
Julia Beevers
at Blondies Hair Salon.
For this and the Fete, you can contact
me and I will pass it on.
Village Fete Cancelled (8th
March 2012)
Sadly
the Village Fete that was due to take place on
Sunday 24th June has been cancelled. A statement
from the Village Community Association reads:
Village Fete
– The Committee have decided not to go ahead
with a Village Fete this year, this is due to lack
of support from the village with the organizing of
the event and help on the day.
If anyone is willing to take over the
organizing of the Fete please contact
Mike Soper
on 529093.
Sunday School Sold (2nd
March 2012)
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The Sunday School has been
sold subject to contract. It has been for
sale by informal tender with Quick and
Clarke with a guide price of £30000. It is
not known what the value was accepted or who
the buyer is. It is presently the only
public meeting place for the village and so
it is to be hoped that will continue to
provide that service at least until the
village does gain a new and purpose built
village hall.
Click
here to read Quick and Clarke's
description.
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Email hacking (16th
Feb 2012)
I know a lot
of the emails addresses of people in the village
and I never divulge them. I have however come
across three cases in the village, in recent
times, of people having their email accounts
hacked into. The last (today) being Mid Moulds, so
if you do get an email supposedly off her pleading
for money, please ignore it. This is usually how
to spot if an email, of somebody you know, has
been hacked into, they will either be asking for
money or inviting you to click on a link (that
usually takes you to a virus, so do not click on
such a link).
All three of the above emails were BT/Yahoo
accounts, I am not suggesting that they are more
susceptible to hacking, it is probably just that
is the commonest provider in the village. In order
to avoid your account being hacked into, DO NOT
allow the computer to save your password, sign in
afresh and log out each time. It is a bit of chore
but well worth the effort. Do this also for any
other websites that you use such as Amazon or
Ebay. Your computer saves passwords in things
called cookies and sadly it is easy to access
other people's computers and then these cookies
can be read. If you remember the website was
hacked into and so I don't save the access
password to that any longer.
Please be safe, I recognise hacked emails and I
don't want to get anymore!
30000 Hits (17th
Jan 2012)
The website reached yet another milestone of
30000 hits, it has taken just over 3 years to
achieve this which is a remarkable rate for
village of 450 people. The website is going to be
a legacy to future generations of Withernwick
people, but I hope the next 10000 hits will
involve more proactive help. Although the past
aspect is still thriving, we do need the present
aspect to be more lively. So please help and make
the next 10000 hits the most productive yet.
Autumn Photo Competition
(7th Jan 2012)
Sorry it has taken a little while to judge the
competition, I was delayed by travelling and
settling back in and also I had to buy a new
computer and set it up. The competition was judged
by Lewis Chapman an art teacher at Kuwait English
School and he decided the winner was Dawn
Dickinson's photo of Two Pheasants.
Click here
to see all the entries.
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