Wrenthorpe Community Association

WRENTHORPE MATTERS

Issue No. 2/2012 August 2012

WRENTHORPE OLYMPIC FREE FAMILY FESTIVAL

AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY, 27 AUGUST 2012

on the Recreation Ground, Silcoates Lane

1pm until 4.30pm

Wrenthorpe Cluster of Churches and Fusion Youth & Community are working together to bring you this completely free, fun day with games and activities for all ages. There will be clowns, stilt walkers, balloon modelling, kids carpentry, nail painting, face painting, biscuit decoration, tug-of-war, things to watch, things to take part in AND refreshments and even more! Come along and join in the fun!

WRENTHORPE SHOW

SUNDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 2012 AT 3pm

Not long to go now! Your Show Schedule is delivered with this newsletter. The big Wrenthorpe Show will be held in the village hall on Saturday, September 8. With the rain we have had recently your vegetable and flower seeds should be well on the way to making a splendid show. The Show also includes photographs, baking of all kinds, children's entries, arts and crafts, jams and chutneys. Something for everyone to enter. There will also be a display by Hedgehugs - the local hedgehog rescue centre.

JUBILEE FUN DAY

What a wonderful day it was – thanks to YOU!

When you look back at this summer, wasn't it amazing that we had such a good day for the Jubilee? Lots of people commented that it was so good to have a big Wrenthorpe event, which hasn't happened since the previous Jubilee. Of course, it only happened because of the dedication of lots of volunteers, and we owe a big thank you to all of them. Young and old, all turned out together to make it a day for the village to remember. From the picnic on the car park to the funfair on the field everything seemed to go well. The Association would like to thank all those who helped in any way:all the stall holders, the caterers,Silhouette majorettes,Zumba,folk dancers, singers, entertainers and tug-of-war teams; the Pot Oil pub, organisers, volunteers and people who lent tents. We were so lucky to be able to welcome Frances Wood straight from “The Voice”. She was kept very busy, posing for photographs with many of the attractions. A special thank you to those who turned out on the Sunday in the unrelenting rain and very early on Mondayto help set up and prepare.Thanks also to WRENS who made the interesting Wrenthorpe Jubilee mural which will stay up in the Village Hall for some time.All in all the Fun Day was a great team effort and a lovely day forour community.

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS

If you enjoyed the Jubilee day then perhaps you might be interested in coming along to support the Community Association!We maintain the Village Hall and the Valley Crescent Community Centre, publish this newsletter,have contributed to the Local Development Framework, run the Wednesday morning community café, organise occasional events andtry to keep up with what matters to our community.We would love to have some more peoplecome to our monthly meetings where wetry to organise all this. Meetings are in the evenings and are about 2 hours long - sometimes less! We are currently looking for someone who would be willing to take on the role of Lettings Secretary to take bookings for the Village Hall and Valley Crescent. Do you like speaking on the phone and in person to members of the public? Can you keep a diary in good order? If the answersare 'yes' then perhaps this would appeal to you? Why not phone Margaret on 368058 for more information?

WAKEFIELD HOSPICE – WRENTHORPE ST JOHNS FUND RAISING GROUP

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Monday September 10 - Quiz Nightat St Anne’s Church Hall Wrenthorpe at 7.30pm.
Tickets £4 each (includes Light Supper). Bring your own alcoholic or soft drinks.

Maximum of six people per team.

Saturday September 29 - Coffee Morning at Methodist Church Hall Wrenthorpe 10am - 12 noon. Various stalls including cakes, bric-a-brac, books, jigsaws as well as raffle and tombola. Admission £1 (including tea or coffee or cold drink and biscuits).
Saturday October 20 - Autumn Fairat Wrenthorpe Village Hall 10am - 1.30pm. Various stalls including craft stalls, cakes, bric-a-brac, books, jigsaws as well as rafflesand tombola. Refreshments available. Admission free but donations gratefully received.

For Quiz Night tickets and further information on any of our events please telephone Ian on 01924 364868.

SPONSORED WALKS TO REMEMBER

Put your best foot forward in support of Wakefield Hospice on Sunday 30 September at their annual Sponsored Walks event. 5, 10 and 15 mile routes to choose from, starting and finishing at Blacker Hall Farm Shop. The walks are a great opportunity to remember loved ones, see some beautiful countryside and raise much-needed funds for the Hospice. Entry fees : £10 per adult (£15 entry on the day), £5 per child (all walkers under 16 MUST be accompanied by an adult). Call 01924 213900 for an entry form or enter on-line at:

ZUMBA FOR ALL

Zumba Fitness Fridays 9.30-10.15am. Come along and join in the fun. Zumba is a Latin inspired, easy to follow yet calorie burning class where you can feel the music, let loose and meet new friends all at the same time! Just £4 per class. Zumbatomic (Zumba for kids) classes also held in the school holidays. For more information contact Sara Walker fully licensed CRB checked and insured 07740 196 915 or find me at:

THE WORLD'S BIGGEST COFFEE MORNING

IN AID OF MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT

Please come and join us at Wrenthorpe Methodist Hall on Saturday, 22nd September. Not only coffee and tea but cakes, raffle, tombola and much more. What is the World's Biggest Coffee Morning all for? The first National World’s Biggest Coffee Morning was in 1991, when 2,600 people registered to hold coffee mornings across the country. Since then it has raised over £60 million in total for Macmillan Cancer Support.

BASIC PEDICURE

A fantastic service for the elderly and all who find it difficult to cut toenails and remove hard skin. Kate is offering a basic pedicure (toe nails trimmed and filed; hard skin removed; mini massage and moisturise) all for £6, every Thursday, 9am-12pm at Valley Crescent Community Centre. No appointment necessary at present but a cup of tea is available should you have to wait. Please do not attend if you have any form of skin or nail infection. Please ask about home visits for nail painting and all beauty treatments.

WAKEFIELD COUNCIL HAS GRABBED OUR GREEN BELT!

In June, the Government Inspector published her final report on the Council's Local Development Framework. The result is very disappointing. It concludes that the Council is justified in allowing future housing development on all the Wrenthorpe Green Belt sites apart from the one between Bradford Road and Trough Well Lane, which has been kept in Green Belt. In addition a further site at the top of Wrenthorpe Lane has been allowed to be taken out of Green Belt because it's in between two of the housing sites! The Joint Wrens/WCA Committee is currently considering whether there's anything more we can do to stop the grab.

LUNCH CLUB TO CLOSE

It's sad to note that Wrenthorpe Activity Group, the lunch club with activities for the elderly held every Monday at Valley Crescent Centre, has had to close through lack of support. Many thanks to James and Jackie for keeping it going for the past 12 years.

WRENS – FORTHCOMING ACTIVITIES

October 13, 10am – 12pm : Bulb Planting on Queens Drive – Meet at the junction of Queens Drive and Wrenthorpe Lane.

November 10, 10am – 12pm : Litter Pick along Lindale Lane – Meet at either end of Lindale Lane, beyond the houses, either in Wrenthorpe or Kirkhamgate. Meet in the middle for refreshments.

Luckily it was a fine afternoon which added to the 14 teams' enjoyment on a challenging Wrenthorpe Environmental Society's recent Camera Scavenger Hunt. 4 teams scored full marks and a tie breaker resulted in cash prizes for the three winners. These were presented by Gloria Lowry, Chairwoman to Moshie Monsters, 3 and a Dog and B.B.'s. She thanked all those who took part and WRENS committee, particularly Liz Firth who had devised the hunt, 15 year old Charlie Lazenby who sold cakes and volunteers for all their hard work.

Already the committee are planning lots of exciting events for 2013. For further information please contact Secretary Colin Firth on 01924 781546 and keep watching the web site

UPDATE ON THE NEW WHEEL PUB

The future of the New Wheel is still in question. Punch, the pub company that own it are in the process of agreeing the sale to Tesco. Tesco are still preparing their planning application but we expect it to be submitted in the near future. Please keep an eye out in for the planning notices which are usually attached to lamp posts or for the notices in the Wakefield Express. We hope that we can rely on people to voice any objections that they may have in writing to the planning department at the council. Otherwise this development WILL go ahead.

The people who attended the public meeting in The Village Hall in March overwhelmingly thought that the pub should not be turned into a supermarket. Many thanks to all who filled in and returned the yellow survey forms sent out with the last edition of Wrenthorpe Matters. There was a good response with 387 being returned out of about 3000 delivered. Only 31 thought there was a need for a supermarket in Wrenthorpe and only 21 thought the best site for a supermarket was The New Wheel. 218 said they thought that keeping our local pub was more important. There were some interesting alternatives sites suggested but 73 said ‘Not Wrenthorpe’.

The traffic and road safety problems from a supermarket on The New Wheel site are the major objection. If any one has any evidence of a local store (without a petrol station) causing disruption to traffic and/or pedestrians then please contact Sally at the New Wheel pub. Either call in or ring on 374557.

Editor: Margaret Smart 01924 368058