News

A planing application has been submitted for the change of use of the Newsagents to be a Fish and Chip shop. You can view the planning application on the Breckland Council website, ref. 3PL/2016/1299/CU and submit your comments online. A decision is due by 29th December 2016.

The organisers would like to say a very big thank you to everyone who supported this year’s Coffee Morning. Together we raised the magnificent sum of £1,085. Thanks to everyone who made cakes, helped out, gave their time, etc. Especial thanks to those who donated prizes:

• Wayne and Katie (Maces)
• Mark and Lorrayne (Newsagents)
• Hgh Lodge
• Sainbury’s, Thetford
• Roys, Thetford
• The Crown, Mundford
• “Mundfords” shop
• Savers, Thetford
• Peter and Daphne

You may have noticed the green/yellow cabinet that is now located on the wall outside the newsagents. This is our new defibrillator which is available for all to use in an emergency.

We would like to thank the following who have made it possible for Mundford Village to own this piece of life saving equipment:

• Lorrayne and Mark at the newsagents who raised in excess of £500 from the sale of second hand books
• Mr B Dains and family who donated £50.00
• A resident who wishes to remain anonymous donated £500.00
• We also applied for and received a grant from Breckland Council who donated £502.50

This meant that the Parish Council just needed to pay for the remainder of the total which was £165.60 plus cost for the installation.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FROM THE PARISH COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS OF MUNDFORD

AN INVITATION TO ALL RESIDENTS TO SPONSOR THE MUNDFORD VILLAGE GREEN  CHRISTMAS TREE

This year there will again as in previous years be a beautiful 5 metre high Christmas tree with 1200 festive blue and white bright lights to light up our village green during Christmas and New Year.

Further to this announcement the Parish Council would like to ask if any residents would like to donate towards our tree perhaps in remembrance of a friend or loved one that has passed on or you may have a special anniversary or birthday to celebrate.

Donations for any amount big or small along with your details will be gratefully accepted at the Parish Office – address below CHEQUES ONLY please made payable to Mundford Parish Council. Please do not post/put cash through the letter box of the office.

Your Remembrance notices will appear in the December/January Connect plus small temporary plaques with your messages will be put at the bottom of the tree.

Should you need any further information please contact Pauline Angus – Clerk to the Council.

This year’s bulb planting will take place on Saturday 15th October 2016 at 10am meeting at the Parish Office. If you would like to join us please bring your own trowels and spades.

If dog fouling on pavements is unpleasant, cyclists on pavements are dangerous, and illegal, yet the practice has become common recently, and not just in Mundford. Car parking on pavements is also illegal. See an article in the September 2016 issue of Connect, which  goes into more detail.

Below are the relevant rules from the Highway Code:

Rule 64

You MUST NOT cycle on a pavement.

Rule 244

You MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it. Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs or with visual impairments and people with prams or pushchairs.

A ‘2017 Mundord Past Calendar’ is now available from the Circle of Friends fundraising group. Contact Pat 878483, Syrena 878692 or Jan 878323 for your copy £2.50. Proceeds to the Parkinson’s Society and British Heart Foundation.

The audit of Mundford Parish Council accounts has concluded and the Annual Return is available. If you would like to inspect it please contact the clerk. Click to read the formal notice.

 

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the venue for the Parish Council Meeting on 4th August, has been changed. It will be held in The Coach House, The Crown Inn, Crown Road. Time to remain the same @ 7.30pm.

Long term Mundford resident, Miss Mary-Ann Turner, bequeathed some land along Pig Sty Lane to the Parish Council after she passed away in July 2012. This is now used for six allotments, available for a small annual rent to residents of Mundford. The Parish Council are pleased to announce that a memorial plaque has recently been installed on the site.