Best Kept Village -
The story of Haughton’s third BKV campaign as a Small Village -
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It will soon be time to be out and about with our litter-
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Thursday 5th April
Thursday 19th April
Thursday 26th April
Thursday 3rd May
Thursday 17th May
Thursday 31st May
Wednesday 13th June
Wednesday 27th June
Wednesday 4th July
Wednesday 18th July
Wednesday 25th July
Everybody welcome
Launch Meeting
Haughton Village Hall
Thursday 29th March
at 8.15pm
Come along and find out all about this year’s campaign
Everyone welcome
What’s new this year?
Thousands of purple crocuses have been planted in the verge between the Bell Inn and the church, and on the green opposite the Old Post Office, in aid of the Purple for Polio Campaign. The crocuses appeared for the first time in March 2018, following their planting in the autumn of 2017. The crocuses will not be in flower during the BKV judging period, but these images show some of their beauty in the spring period and will help readers of the notice in other seasons to visualise the effect.
Our war memorial has recently been awarded Grade II status
The telephone box has been purchased for the village by the Parish Council. Uses for it are being considered and work on improving its looks will get underway as soon as the internal workings are removed.
This litter bin has been re-
Launch Meeting
The Launch Meeting for the 2018 BKV season was held at Haughton Village Hall on Thursday
29th March. Several people braved the cold and wet to attend the meeting. Derek
Warbrick introduced some of the members of the Working Group, which has been set
up this year to meet regularly, to share the workload, and to bring in new ideas.
This year’s campaign will include the familiar regular Tidy-
People beginning to gather at the Village Hall before the meeting
Derek Warbrick, with some of the members of the Working Group
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The judges won’t be here for another three weeks, so they won’t see the daffodils on the green opposite the telephone box, or the colourful flowers of the winter planting in the tractor tyres, but this shows that the village tries to look its best in all seasons.
It was rather a wet morning when the Civic Amenity Van came to the Village Hall on Saturday 7th April for the disposal of bulk refuse.
The van will be in the village again on Saturday 8th September from 9.00-
The colourful tubs are back again on the Trophy Pole Green
Where did spring go? It was a bit nippy for our third Tidy-
This couple are going to be very busy
One does the sweeping ... and the other the picking up
This team is improving the walkway to the church
The WI flower beds on Royds Close Green are getting some attention
Is that a cigarette end in the grass?
Hey hoe ... but all this work does make a difference
These two benches in the churchyard have had a fresh coat of paint
The pupils of Haughton St Giles Primary Academy have once more entered the BKV Children’s Poster Competition with enthusiasm. 101 posters have been produced, highlighting the children’s interest in all things environmental, from considering nature to reducing litter and encouraging recycling. All the posters can be seen on the fence at the Village Hall, but copies can be found in other places around the village. Congratulations to the children for this wonderful effort, and many thanks to the management committee of Haughton Village Hall for hosting and displaying the poster exhibition.
The
Best Kept Garden and Hanging Baskets Competition
will be held again this year
All gardens and hanging baskets within the 30 mph limit will receive free and automatic entry into the competition.
Independent judges will view the gardens from public areas such as paths and roads in July.
The judges’ decision will be final
Small gardens will comprise an area of less than approximately 900 sq ft (i.e. 30’ x 30’)
Prizes will be awarded for
Best Kept Large Garden
Best Kept Small Garden
Best Hanging Basket(s)
Highly Commended Gardens (3)
Highly Commended Hanging Baskets (2)
Winners will be announced at an Awards Evening in August
The development at Redfern Rise has been completed with a new road surface
This neat bed is on the corner of Newport Road and Meadow Drive
Our new updated gateway and feature signs are now in place
And now we’re all ready for the first of May ...
Work has continued to try to keep our village looking its best. Some years it rains,
and some years it’s as dry as a bone. . . What’s been happening? -
The wildlife area at the playing field copse is looking very good this year.
The exceptionally sunny and dry June has brought all the lovely flowers, but also
the problem of watering to keep them alive and healthy. As well as displays in the
tractor tyres and in the roadside flower beds there are also some cheerful boxes
in the churchyard, filled by the Sunday School and the Brownies, and beautiful tubs
and baskets at the Village Hall and the newly-
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Haughton’s Best Kept Village Awards Evening, which includes the presentation of prizes in the Best Kept Gardens and Hanging Baskets Competition, will be held on Wednesday 8th August at Haughton Village Hall, beginning at 8.00pm.
Best Kept Village Competition Presentation of Awards
This year’s presentation of awards was held at Gnosall Memorial Hall on Monday 6th August. Forty villages entered the competition.
Haughton was awarded
Second
in Stafford Area in the Small Village category
One of the pupils of Haughton St Giles Academy was awarded Second Place in the Children’s
Poetry Competition (Age 5-
Congratulations to our young poet
Well done to everyone involved in this year’s campaign
Congratulations to Tittensor, who were not only the Best Kept Small Village in the area, but also won the trophy as Best Kept Village (large or small) in Stafford Area, and were declared the Best Kept Small Village in Staffordshire.
Goodbye from BKV 2018