October 2019

Published by Mobberley Parish Council and

delivered free to every home in Mobberley by
a highly valued team of volunteers.

Clerk to the Parish Council and Editor:

Mrs Sarah Sherwood
42 Birches Lane, Lostock Green, Northwich CW9 7SN
Tel: 01565 872333
Email: clerk@mobberleyparishcouncil.co.uk
Web: www.mobberleyparishcouncil.co.uk

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 Mobberley Parish Council
The next two meetings of Mobberley Parish Council will
be held at 7.30pm at the Rajar Building on Monday 7th
October and 4th November.
Please feel free to attend this meeting; however, if you wish to
ask any questions on the evening, please submit them in
writing to the Clerk at least three clear working days before
the date of the meeting.
Change at Mobberley Parish Councillors
It is with regret that we have received letters of resignation from two long standing
Parish Councillors. Councillor Heidi Gilks joined the Parish Council on 7th March
2011 and for many years has served as the Chairlady of the Planning Committee.
Councillor Ian Norbury joined the Parish Council in May 2014 and has been involved
with the Village Matters, has served on the Planning Committee and has assisted on
many occasions whenever help is required. Both Councillors with very much be
missed on the Parish Council and we would sincerely like to thank them both for all
their hard work and commitment over the past years.
We have however, been fortunate to co-opt Anne Holloway on to the Parish Council
at our September meeting. Councillor Holloway is currently very involved with the
Mobberley Poppies which have been highlighted in previous editions of the
newsletter. Along with a number of residents she aims to make a display around the
statue of the Soldier in front of the Victory Hall, alongside a display around the War
Memorial at St. Wilfrids Church for Remembrance Day.
There are currently two vacancies on Mobberley Parish Council. If you think you
may be interested in serving on the Parish Council, please contact the Clerk (details
on the front cover) for more details.
Mobberley Civic Service
Each year, Mobberley Parish Council holds their
Civic Service which is a service where residents are
thanked for their commitment to the village.

Along with local residents, local dignitaries are

invited and this year we were honoured with the
presence of Cheshire East Mayor, Councillor Barry
Burkhill along with his wife and consort Sue, the
Mayor of Knutsford Councillor Andrew Malloy and
our other special guests were this years Mobberley
Rose Queen Lucy Norbury along with her ladies in
waiting Chloe Barker and Tawni Davies.
(Pictured above: back row left to right Cheshire East Mayor Councillor Barry Burkhill, his wife and consort
Sue Burkhill, Mobberley Parish Council Chairlady Janet Cookson, John Cookson, Knutsford Mayor Andrey
Malloy. Front Row Tawni Davies, Rose Queen Lucy Norbury and Chloe Barker).

Front cover—Mobberley Railway Station taken by Alan Temple

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 Mobberley Senior Citizens
Mobberley Senior Citizens bingo every Monday evening at the
Victory Hall.

Eyes down at 8pm.

Mobberley Women’s Institute

Mobberley Women's Institute meets at Mobberley Methodist Church
Hall.
Upcoming meetings:
Thursday 17th October at 2pm: Members Choice—to be arranged.
Thursday 21st November at 2pm: AGM. Speaker Susan Walker
“Sue’s music”.
Ladies always welcome as our guests. Secretary-Clare Slack
(873680).

Charity Quiz

The Railway Inn will be holding three charity quizzes on the

following dates:

Friday 4th October

Friday 8th November
Saturday 14th December

Quiz commences at 8.30pm £2 per person entry. Friday night is curry night
which includes a glass of house wine or a pint.
All proceeds this year are supporting the Joshua Tree in Winsford which is a
children’s hospice

Mobberley Scarecrow Competition

Don’t forget to get out and about and see the fabulous scarecrows
that have appeared throughout the village. The competition runs un-
til Sunday 13th October 2019.

Details and picutres of the winning entries will be included in the No-
vember edition of the newsletter.

The Parish Council would like to thank all the residents who have
organised this year’s competition. All funds raised to go to a local good cause.

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 1st Mobberley Guides
Welcome to a new year of Girlguiding fun at 1st Mobberley
Guides! We have bags of activities planned for the girls to
suit all tastes and interests.

This term we are welcoming 4 new Guides, who have all transferred over from
Brownie units in Mobberley and Knutsford. The topics we are going to focus are
Know Myself, Take Action and Skills for my Future. We will participate in the Future
Girl Acts programme, a nationwide Girlguiding initiative where we will learn about
plastic pollution and make a pledge to reduce our carbon footprint.

We are also proud to participate in the Comfort Bag scheme, which has so far con-
tributed to making 10,000 comfort bags for people in times of need at local hospitals.
If you are able to donate any travel-size toiletries such as shampoo, conditioner,
shower gel/soap, deodorant, toothpaste, tissues, pens & notepads, please contact us
at 1stmobberleyguides@gmail.com.

Finally, we are looking forward to honing our musical skills and knowledge of other
cultures through “an African Christmas” drumming workshop that tells the story of an
African girl and her family as they celebrate Christmas in their unique way. With
djembes, percussions, accordion, singing, masks and Boomwhackers, this promises
to be so much fun!

Brownies are excited to be welcoming Rachel Haughton to their unit as a new leader.
She has been running the Rainbows previously but has moved up to Brownies with
her daughter Bobbi. We are sad to see Caroline Smith leave after almost 5 years
with us but she will continue to act as our treasurer and we are sure we’ll see her
around. We’d like to thank Caroline for all her hard work over the years and wish her
well with her latest venture in her career.

Brownies are excited to be taking part in this year’s Scarecrow competition as judges
and will be making our own contribution which will not be entered in the competition.
We are focusing on the festivals this term with Halloween, Bonfire night and Christ-
mas all looming.

Mobberley Rainbows are pleased to welcome a whole new leadership team to the
unit. Lil Norbury has taken over as leader and will be supported by Sadie Sherran.
The unit will be concentrating on lots of badge work this term, in particularly their
cupcake badge.

If you have a daughter aged between 5 and 14 years old who would be interested in
joining any of the Girlguide units please contact:

Lil Norbury - 07411 660329 (Rainbows),

Helen Kynnersley - 07813 927103 (Brownies) Please note voicecalls only - texts can-
not be received.
Nathalie Lacroix on 07952 282730 (Guides).

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 MOBBERLEY WOMEN’S CONSERVATIVES

WINE AND CANAPES

With special guest the Rt. Hon. Esther
McVey MP for Tatton

6pm to 8pm Friday 18th October 2019

Mobberley Cricket Club, Church Lane, Mob-
berley WA16 7RD
Tickets £20 including a glass of wine.
Tickets from:
Berry Northen tel. 873053
Penny Braham tel. 650207

THE FRIENDS OF ST WILFRID’S CHURCH

RESTORE PRESERVE ENHANCE

NOTICE OF AGM OF THE FRIENDS

SUNDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2019
11.30AM IN CHURCH
All members (and potential members!) Are invited
- please come and support.
Should any member of the friends wish to stand
for election to the committee please contact the
secretary, Penny Braham tel. 01565 650207,
before the meeting
Polite request from Mobberley Football Club:
Hi Fellow residents and neighbours, it would seem we have a K9 digger in the village/
area who is exercised on the Ilford field. At Mobberley Football Club we now have
c.40 young footballers registered across 3 teams who regularly play and train on the
same Ilford playing field. Whilst we respect fully that the field is for use of all, can we
kindly request that the owner of the dog who likes to dig, please attempts to refill the
holes dug. The holes are often larger and deeper than the average child’s feet and
whilst the club always tries to check the pitch before playing matches and training
there is a risk that one of these young budding footballers is going to “go down” one of
these holes which could cause some ankle/foot related damage and at worst even a
bone break.

Your understanding and support with this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, MFC

The Parish Council constantly receive complaints about dog fouling in the
village. Please, please clear up after your pet. It gives all dog owners a
bad name which is unfair as many do clear up. The Cheshire East Dog
Warden is aware of the problem and residents caught letting their pets
foul WILL face prosecution and WILL be fined.

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In last month's newsletter we reprinted a letter from the Roth family, evacuees to
Sunnybank Farm in Lady Lady Lane in 1939. The School Registers and Log Books
give some interesting insights into life in Mobberley during WW2. When war was de-
clared in September 1939 the village took in a number of evacuees (mainly from
Stretford Road and St Bride's schools in Manchester). The Mobberley Register
didn't include 'official' refugees as they remained the responsibility of their
previous schools and were taught separately in the afternoon by their own
teachers. Mobberley's children were taught in the mornings. Seventeen 'unofficial'
refugees are listed where families took in children of relatives, or where local
children now couldn't get to Egerton school in Knutsford due to transport concerns.
The early fears of bombing raids over Manchester were premature and the first air
raid sirens were not recorded until August 1940. These lasted on and off until the
middle of 1942. Further intakes of evacuees are recorded in September 1940 and
January 1941 as these children were now taught alongside those from Mobberley.
There was then a lull until in July and November 1944 when fifty-six evacuees from
London arrived as a result of the attacks by the German V1 flying bombs and V2
rockets.

The records aren't complete and it's not clear when all the children returned home
although those who, during the war, reached the age of 14 (at which they
completed their junior school education) did so at that point.

Below are extracts from the School Log Book, written by the Headmasters who took
charge throughout the six years.

1939
September 1st Instructions were received at 11 a.m. to close the school owing to
the Crisis
September 11th School reopened with morning session only for local children and
in the afternoon the School is being used by children from Stretford
Road School and St Bride’s School, Manchester who have been
received under the Evacuation Scheme
December 11th School now working full time with Stretford Road and St Bride’s
sharing the building
1940
April 15th Evacuation Schools have combined with the Cheshire Schools. Mrs
Bury of Stretford Education Authority is here assisting with the work.
th
May 14 Whitsuntide holiday cancelled by the Govt owing to the invasion of
Holland and Belgium
th
August 30 During the last three nights there have been air raids so School did not
open until 10.00
September 4th 1st air raid warning during school hours. All clear sounded after
15 minutes.
September 6th Air raid warnings Monday and Tuesday nights
September 13th On four mornings Scholl has commenced at 10 o’clock because
of air raids. There was one daylight raid yesterday (Thursday) lasting
approximately 15 minutes
September 20th There have been two daylight raids during school hours
October 21st Two air raids during the day
November 29th Intensive air raids in the District last night.
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1941
March 14th Heavy air raids during the week
April 21st Soldiers occupied the School during the Easter holiday. A number of
articles are missing.
September 15th Mr Hunt (County Emergency Staff) took charge as Mr W Robinson
has been called up for Military Service.
December 4th Mr Williams of St Bride’s School, Old Trafford called to see the
evacuation children.
1942
May 1st Mr Sydney Buckley took temporary charge of the School on the absence
of Mr Hunt on His Majesty’s Service
1943
March 8th School meals to start today (mothers on war work and dangers of
travelling home at lunch time).
th
August 16 An alert during the night was the first for over a year.
1944
July 11th Five children from London, owing to the ‘Flying Bombs’ have been
admitted this morning.
th
July 17 Children continue to come from the evacuation area and now the limit of
accommodation has been reached. Altogether 32 children have been
admitted.
th
August 28 A number of articles and books have been sent to the Evacuation School
at the Wesleyan School Room.
st
October 31 Sydney Buckley finished today to take up a position in Lancashire.
th
November 20 Mrs King, a London teacher evacuated to Mobberley ought to have
taken up her position today but is absent.
1945
January 8th J Ravenscroft took charge.
May 8th School closed for two days for Peace Celebrations.
th
June 18 Children attended the memorial service at St Wilfrid’s for Sir Trafford
Leigh Mallory lost in a plane crash near Grenoble in France.
th
October 10 Mr W Robinson returned as Head Master after his release from the
Royal Navy. He grew up in Maryport, went to Durham University before
being appointed Assistant Master at St Botolph’s, Boston Lincs. He was
appointed to the Headship on 1st March 1939 at the age of 29 and lived
with his wife Olive at Wilmaton on Hall Lane. On release at the end of the
war he only stayed until September 30th 1947 deciding to re-join the Roy-
al Navy.

Cheshire East Councillor Charlotte Leach

Councillor Charlotte Leach will be holding regular surgeries. If
anyone would like to speak to Charlotte on a one to one basis,
then please contact her on the details below to make an
appointment at one of her surgeries.

Email: charlotte.leach@cheshireeast.gov.uk
Phone number: 07791291521

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 Manchester Airport—The Future of Airspace

You may have previously read about our plans to

modernise airspace around Manchester Airport. We are
now able to provide more background on the process
and details about how you can engage with our first
stage of it. The Government has a programme to
modernise airspace across the whole of the UK (the
Airspace Modernisation Strategy). It covers all parts of
the country and different altitudes (heights).

As part of this national programme, the Government

requires us to look at aircraft arriving at or departing
from Manchester Airport and flying at heights of up to
7,000 feet. The process of modernising this airspace
(CAP1616) will take more than two years and will
involve a series of different stages. We are currently in
the first stage of the process, which involves us asking
those affected by our business to give us their views on the principles we should
consider when designing new flight paths. The first ‘Step’ is an opportunity for the
community and industry to comment on Design Principles.

If you would like to discuss the process or have a question you can meet Airport
staff at our Outreach sessions (www.manchesterairport.co.uk/outreach), e-mail
us at futureairspace@manchesterairport.co.uk or call us on 08000 967 967.

If you would like to engage with this process you can find more information,
including a video and information pack, at www.manchesterairport.co.uk/
futureairspace. This page and document provides information about the Future
Airspace programme at Manchester Airport and how you can get involved now. If
you would like us to post, you a paper copy of this document please contact us
with your postal address. To be part of the conversation your comments must be
returned to Manchester Airport via the weblink www.manchesterairport.co.uk/
designquestions by Sunday 6th October 2019.

Parish Council Grants

Don’t forget the closing date for applications for local organisations to apply for a
grant for 2020/21 is 10th November 2019. Please send your grant
requests to the Clerk (Details on the front cover) so your application can be taken
into consideration for the forthcoming financial year.

Mobile library
The mobile library will be visiting Edenfield Close between 2pm
and 3pm, and Bernisdale Road between 3.15pm and 4pm, on the
following dates:
October 18th and 8th November.

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 Mobberley Pre-School
“A great place to play, dream,
learn and grow.”

Well the heavens may have opened but our

children and all of Mobberley kept on smiling
and going through the Rose Queen Parade. Well done to all
who took part and we hope you have dried out. Great news we
won! Well done to all the children. We are still working hard on reducing single
use plastic and recycle and reuse where possible.

Term is nearly over as I write this and we ready ourselves to say bye to our older
children who are off on a new adventure at their schools. We will miss you. We
will however fill the rest of the term will lots of fun. We enjoyed our visit from
Animal Intuition and some of our children held a friendly spider called Incy. As
the weather had improved we managed to hold our very own Mini Glastonbury.
We built our own Space rocket to celebrate 50 since the moon landing and have
Mini beasts and fairy tale themed weeks.

We wish all our children a safe and happy summer break and look forward to
seeing our little ones back and ready to meet some new friends that join us in
September 2019. There are still places available.

Good luck to our school leavers, have fun and we will miss you x

Our local Co-op has kindly putting Mobberley Preschool as one of their local
charities for this year coming. If you have a Co-op card you can select us as your
chosen charity. We are raising funds for new equipment to teach the children
about road safety.

We are OFSTED registered providing term time sessions for children from 2 years of age.
Our Pre-School is also a registered charity that has served the community for nearly 50
years and is managed by a parent committee.

Register your child NOW & book a visit

Call 07771426292 or visit Our Website: www.mobberleypreschool.co.uk
Or visit our facebook page: Mobberley Pre-School Playgroup
Email: managermobberleypreschool@gmail.com

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 Tour of Britain Cycle Race.

On 14th September, the final stage of

The Tour of Britain came through
Mobberley. Many residents turned out
to see all the cyclists as they passed
through the village.

Thanks to Mike Boalch for this great

photo of the cyclists on Burleyhurst
Lane as they approach Mobberley
Road.

The following weekend, the Mayor of

Knutsford Councillor Andrew Malloy
undertook a 100 mile cycle tour of
East Cheshire as part of his charitable
fund. He is promoting activity—particularly cycling and walking and is raising funds
for youth leisure activities.

He called in at the Rajar Building early on 21st September where he met with
Mobberley Chairman Janet Cookson.

The Good Graveyard Guide

Many people over the years have passed comment on
how well maintained the graveyard at St. Wilfrid’s is,
but to keep it in that condition we do need visitors to
the graveyard to stick to a few basic guidelines -

Please do not place anything ceramic or glass on the

graves. These can easily break leaving sharp frag-
ments which are a danger to visitors to the graveyard
and those who maintain it.
The new graveyard is a lawn cemetery, please do not place any vases, tubs or stone/
slate chippings on the graves. These make cutting the grass very difficult. All flower
should be placed in the built-in spaces in the plinths.
Please do not plants flowers, shrubs or bushes as these, again, make maintenance
very difficult.
Please do not throw any debris, organic or otherwise, over the graveyard wall or fence
into the adjacent field. The field has livestock on it and such debris can be dangerous,
and even life threatening, to the animals. Please remove all rubbish and dispose of it
properly.
By following these simple guidelines we can all do our part in keeping the graveyard

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 MOBBERLEY METHODIST CHURCH, FAULKNERS LANE
Mobberley a church that is really coming alive!
At Mobberley we have a dream of becoming a church that is really at the heart of the
community, and to this end we have launched some new things this last while.
Crew Youth Nights - this is a once a month youth night for teenagers in our village,
the first event was literally one where spaghetti was flying, as we built towers with
marshmallows and spaghetti, so join us again , Friday 11th October form 6pm to
9pm.
Joshua mean breakfasts - we also launched a mess breakfast, as a place to just
stop and make friends. This will also be a monthly gathering on the second Saturday
@ 8.30am.
Amazing Women, movement - this will launch this week, so more about that later,
but I am sure this will be a really awesome space for ladies to connect.
In October we will also be continuing our very popular Bible Study on the book of
Revelation, and the ned times, this will begin on 9th October in the evening. Watch
Facebook for further details.
On a sad note, one of our incredibly inspirational older members passed away. John
Davies was living at Sunrise, and had been a preacher in the church for 60 years.
Our prayers for his wife Margaret in this difficult time
As the days get shorter and colder, remember that there is always warmth in the
Methodist church, the warmth of true friendship, and fellowship with the Lord.

Blessings

Rev Scott

Mobberley Photographs
Thanks to Alan Temple for the photo below of the
railway bridge over Smith Lane and to David Swan for the
photograph right of flowers on the Community Meadow.

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 Mobberley Parish Councillors
Chairman Sally Kendall
Janet Cookson kendall2131@hotmail.co.uk
889127 Transport, Airport
Planning, Youth Council Viv Pike
872437
Vice-chairman TDC, Rajar Building, Community Meadow
Colin Booth
Planning, Highways, Manchester Airport Ian Norbury
Consultative Committee, Rajar Building iannorbury34@outlook.com
Village Matters
Heidi Gilks Justyn Lambert
07770 588683
justyn.lambert@gmail.com
Planning Chairlady
Amenities, TDC, Village Matters
David Swan Sean Thomson
davidswan799@btinternet.com thomsonsean483@gmail.com
Footpaths, Community Meadow Cheshire Resilience Plan, TDC, Village
John Unterhalter Matters
jpu@brownrural.com David Elves
Planning Neighbourhood Plan, Police Liaison, Rajar
Building
Clerk to the Council Cheshire East Councillor
Sarah Sherwood Councillor Charlotte Leach
872333 Charlotte.Leach@cheshireeast.gov.uk
clerk@mobberleyparishcouncil.co.uk 07791 291521
Useful numbers
Ark Veterinary Mobberley – 872035
Cheshire East Council – 0300 123 55 00 Mobberley Newsletter
Cheshire East Councillor – C Leach 07791 291521
Citizens Advice – 03444 111 444 Please let us know what you
Well Pharmacy, Mobberley – 872080 think of the newsletter, either
D&G Little Bus – 01270 252572
Fire Dept. (non-urgent) – 633369 by contacting the Clerk or by
Knutsford Police – 0845 458 0000 visiting the Parish website,
Knutsford Children’s Centre – 01625 374904 where you will also find other
Emergency Dentist – 874009
Methodist Minister Rev Scott Manning – 228948 interesting information about
1st Mobberley Rainbow and Brownies – 07813927103 Mobberley:
Mobberley Bridge Club – 872793 www.mobberleyparishcouncil.co.uk
Mobberley Burleyman 07900 922380 Your views are important.
Mobberley Cattery – 872467
Mobberley Cricket Club – 873252 Copy for November 2019
Mobberley Parish Council – 872333
Mobberley Pre-School – 07771 426292 edition to be with the Parish
Mobberley Primary School – 01625 383055 Clerk by 14 October 2019
Mobberley Trust – 873145
Mobberley Victory Hall – 07415 175216 Please feel free to contact the
Mobberley Women’s Institute – 873680 Clerk/editor with any pictures
MOPS After School Club – 07759 563603
PCSO Emma Darroch—07989 438404 or news you would like to see
Rajar Building – 872333 included in the
St. Wilfrid’s – 873218 Mobberley Newsletter.
Yoga/Pilates at the Rajar – 07912 384009
Yoga Spirits, Maryline Higham – 07495 210874

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