Articles June 2023
Longhorsley Community Award 2023
In March 2023, parishioners were asked to nominate a person or organisation who they believed had enhanced the parish.
The number of nominations received determined who the deserving recipient would be. This year the winner is…. The Volunteers of Longhorsley Junior Football Club. Our congratulations go to you all.
Parishioners who nominated the volunteers said the following kind words:
“LJFC has been part of the village for more than 20 years. The volunteers naturally change as children grow and move on but without the people that fill these roles village children and surrounding areas would not have this facility which is so important for exercise, mental health and comradeship which is so important in child development.”
“The football club could not exist without the dedication of all the volunteers who run and support it. The current organisers of the different teams are Steven Dick, Ben McMorrow and Andrew Archibald but there are many more who are “behind the scenes” – helpers and volunteers and this award would show appreciation of all they do for the village.”
“Without volunteers to run the club there would be very little else for our young people in the village to participate in. The tireless work involved in securing a new club house and kit etc for the football club also demonstrates the dedication and commitment of the volunteers involved.”
“As a grandparent of teenagers, I know how brilliant these people are. Turning out in all weathers to coach our young people and encouraging them. I am aware of one such person who played in the village as a child and went on to play for Ipswich Town. These coaches are keeping our young people occupied, giving them a focus and teaching them to respect each other.”
Longhorsley Parish Council
The next Parish Council meeting will be held on Wednesday, 14th June, in the Village Hall, starting at 7pm, with a parishioner slot at 8pm. Meeting notices are displayed on village notice boards, with minutes and other information found on the Parish Council website.
Contact details for the current members are detailed below:
Clerk: Gillian Turner, 4 Lowther Close, Seaton Manor, Ashington, NE63 0HY 01670 812704 or parishclerk@longhorsley-pc.gov.uk
Chairman: Norman Douglas 07485 174529 norman.douglas@longhorsley-pc.gov.uk
Councillors: Sarah Alcock, Kirsty Bell, Peter Boyle, Jennie Parker, Anne Peat and Trevor Potts.
Longhorsley Parish Council New Appointments
At the Annual meeting of the Parish Council on 10th May, Cllr Norman Douglas was re-elected to the position of Chairman with Cllr Peter Boyle taking over as Vice-Chair. Thanks were given to Cllrs Penny Ford and David Pringle who stood down as councillors in March. Following the statutory advertisement of the vacancies an election was not called for and therefore the Council welcomed the co-option of Jennie Parker and Trevor Potts to serve on the Parish Council.
Annual Report
The Annual Parish Assembly was held on the 24th May. The Annual Report can be found on the Parish Council website as mentioned above.
Your County Councillor
It was a real pleasure to see so many people enjoying the King’s Coronation events in the village - everything was so well thought through, and absolutely a great village weekend. Well done to everyone involved.
This is the beginning of a new County Council year and I am beginning my third year as leader of the Council. There is a lot of time involved but I am really enjoying things now that the very difficult times I inherited are past us. We have a brilliant staff and will continue the progress we have made together as a team.
We have just launched Fixmystreet which allows better reporting of potholes, litter and so on - please let me know what you think of it and, as usual, please let me know if I can help with anything.
Glen Sanderson 07730 979737 glen.sanderson@northumberland.gov.uk
Fix My Street
Issues can be reported simply by going to nland.cc/fix on a mobile phone, computer, tablet or the council’s website.
June Tweets along Archie’s Pond
Remember that the more birdsong you can hear along the walk, the more competitive the “housing” situation is. Two individual males of the same species can be heard singing at each other from adjacent bushes and can be seen more easily as a result. A confrontation sometimes results.
Blackcaps will do this until the end of June, when boundaries and pairs are well established and they quieten down. Willow Warblers will sing at each other through to August, and with 5 - 7 territories along the walk, you can hear them near and far simultaneously. Their song is a descending scale with a flourish at the end and carries quite a distance. The scrubby area before the upper pond is probably the best place to see and hear these two species. These are the commonest migrant songbirds around, look on the British Trust for Ornithology or RSPB websites to hear recordings of their songs and calls.
Other songbirds can be heard anywhere along the walk. Chiffchaffs and Garden Warblers like to have some tall trees in their patch, and the resident Robins, Wrens, Dunnocks and Blackbirds will also sing throughout the summer. In a good breeding season, they will have multiple breeding attempts and so need to keep up the territorial behaviour throughout.
Andrew Brunt 788352
For more information about birds in Northumberland, visit the Northumberland and Tyneside Bird Club website at www.ntbc.org.uk
New Housing Development at Burgham
In 2020 there was a planning application (20/02094/FUL) to build 48 houses at Burgham Park. This was refused in 2022 because it constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt. The developer appealed to the Secretary of State, and the appeal was granted in March this year.
The appeal decision admitted that this is an inappropriate development, and that it has no practical walking, cycling and public transport links to any amenities. The reason for granting the appeal is mainly based on the existence of planning consent for 50 holiday homes on the site.
The developers are now proceeding with further detailed planning applications to get the development underway. The Construction Environmental Management Plan suggests that construction and other site traffic should use the A1. We hope that we won’t see this traffic coming through Longhorsley and along the East Road. This might start to happen especially when the A1 gets busy.
You can check the status of this and other planning applications on the County Council’s planning portal publicaccess.northumberland.gov.uk
Longhorsley Tree Editorial Board Vacancies
The Editorial Board for the Longhorsley Tree newsletter meet every three months to review, plan and discuss its contents. There are currently two vacancies in the Editorial Board.
If you are interested in supporting the work of the Longhorsley Tree then please get in touch with the editors on longhorsley.tree@gmail.com.
Longhorsley Tree 2024 Calendar
If you have taken a photo of a Longhorsley view that you’d like to see in next year’s calendar, then please send it to longhorsley.tree@gmail.com
Longhorsley Takeaway Food
We will send out a Breaking News if we are notified of any changes.
The Shoulder of Mutton
The Shoulder of Mutton is open and offering takeaways every day.
Sunday lunches 12-6pm ~ Monday to Saturday 5pm-8pm
See their menu at shoulderofmuttonpub.com ~ phone 788236 to order
The Flying Fryer
The Flying Fryer will be here every Friday from 4pm to 7pm, depending on demand.
They will not be here on Fridays 16th and 23rd June.
Facebook The Flying Fryer 07984 426 725
Dou_h&co
Dou_h&co are here the first Thursday in the month from 4:30pm – 7:30pm.
The next visit date is 1st June.
Pre-order on 07507 834 628 from Monday 9am.
See their menu on the Dou_h & Co Facebook page, Instagram and Dou-h.co.uk
Post Office in Longhorsley Village Hall
Monday 9.15am to 12.15pm
Tuesday 9.30am to 1.15pm
Friday 11.30am to 1.30pm
Please note that this Outreach Service cannot accept large parcels.
Mobile Library Visiting Times
The Mobile Library visits Longhorsley once a month, on Fridays between 3pm and 4pm, in the Village Hall car park.
The next visits will be on 2nd June and 30th June.
The Mobile Library Service website can be found here
July/August Edition
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Jan and Sheena Haveman 07834 740649 longhorsley.tree@gmail.com