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Local News and Views - Archive

(Jan 2003 - June 2004)

Emergency Planning For Kislingbury
(March 2004)
If you would like to volunteer to help in a village emergency - i.e. if you have First Aid skills etc, please contact Gerry Crawford on 831672 or e-mail gerry.crawford@831672.com so he can make a note of your details.

Dog Fouling (March 2004)

Now the summer is approaching, please dog owners don't let there be an increase of mess on the paths!!!!!!

A village parent
By E-Mail

POLICE MATTERS - ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
(February 2004)

I wish to bring to parents' attention, my concern over the increasing number of complaints being made to Police, over the behaviour of many young people living within Kislingbury, whose behaviour has at best been described as anti-social.

The main areas of youth activity are centred on the village Playing Field and their recent chosen meeting place; Church Lane, near to the junction with Mill Road.

Complaints made in relation to the group of young people meeting in Church Lane include skateboarding and cycling over peoples' driveways and gardens, causing damage to grass verges and roadside furniture (i.e. a lamp post), consuming alcohol, dropping litter, spitting, noise and continual use of obscene language.

As you will be aware, the Kislingbury Playing Field Committee and village residents have spent a great deal of time and money providing the facilities now in place on the Playing Field. The KPFA have to constantly find funding to deal with vandalism and to maintain this important village facility.

Residents living in these areas have been subjected to anti-social behaviour on almost a daily basis over recent months, which cannot be permitted to continue. If you are the parent of a teenager, who spends much of his/her free time "out with friends" in the village, please ensure that your child is not responsible for this kind of behaviour.

Northamptonshire Police will be monitoring this situation and positive action will be taken against individuals, should evidence of an offence be found.

G.J.Wilmore
Police Constable 762
Community Beat Officer

Litter (16th September 2003)

The following is an e-mail from a newcomer to the village ...

Having moved into Kislingbury in January of this year, life could not have got any better. As a whole the experience has been positive, but unfortunately there is a problem, and it's Litter. We live next to the bus shelter, and on a daily basis I have to pick up more litter than I could have possibly imagined! Yesterday I picked up a litre coke bottle, which had been thrown onto our grass verge at the weekend, along with numerous sweet and crisp packets. Could I ask that people just take their rubbish home with them just like most of us do.

Message from Northamptonshire Police re 'Gopeds'
(5th September 2003)

ADVICE TO YOUNG GOPED RIDERS

A rise in the number of incidents involving gopeds has led to officers from Northamptonshire Police to express concerns that youngsters are riding these vehicles ignorant of the legal situation surrounding this means of transport.

What is a Goped?

A Goped is quite simply a motorised scooter. It has two wheels and is powered either by means of an electric motor or a petrol engine. The introduction of this new means of transport is not yet covered by legislation but it is nonetheless classed as a motor vehicle.

As far as the Road Traffic Act 1988 is concerned, a motor vehicle is a mechanically propelled vehicle that has been designed or adapted for use on a road. This being the case, a Goped, which can travel at speeds of between 10mph and 18mph, is categorised as a mechanically propelled vehicle, as it is intended for use on roads within the meaning of the statute.

After consultation with the Ministry Of Transport it would appear that the majority of Goped scooters that are being used on the road are not even constructed to the required standard for road use. There is believed to be only one type of Goped scooter which has received approval as a moped and which can, therefore, be legally registered and used on the roads of the UK.

In terms of the Road Traffic Act of 1988, a goped is treated as a moped, and therefore, before it can be used on a road, has to comply with the following standards;

(1) The rider must be 16 years of age (The minimum age for riding a moped)
(2) The rider must have a Certificate of Basic Training
(3) The vehicle must have a suitable policy of insurance, which offers at least Third Party cover
(4) The rider must wear appropriate safety clothing i.e. a helmet
(5) The vehicle must hold a certificate of registration
(6) The rider must have road tax for the vehicle
(7) The rider must hold an MOT Certificate for the vehicle (Once three years old)

Police would like to remind owners of gopeds, including parents of children with gopeds, that there are strict laws, which need to be adhered to before a motorised scooter can be used on a road.

Although some people would argue that using them on a footpath is harmless, it still breaches current legislation, and we have to consider pedestrians, particularly the elderly and disabled.

In any event, traffic law defines footpaths alongside a road as forming part of the highway and anyone operating a mechanically propelled vehicle on the highway needs the appropriate driving licence, etc.

Police are also reminding youngsters that if they are prosecuted for operating a goped without the appropriate licence, it will affect their eventual application for a driving licence.

Can you help? (19th August 2003)

The following is an e-mail from a reader of the website ...

Along with my partner Felicity I recently moved into the village from Hackleton via a brief spell in East Hunsbury. It's great to be back in a village again.

In November last year we moved into 4 Bugbrooke Road which according to some post received was called "The Old Cottage", "Mission Cottage" or just plain No 4. So the reason for my email was to ask if you knew or any visitors to your site knew any background to the history of the house.

As far as the estate agents were concerned No 4 was a barn conversion carried out in the late 1980's whereas the previous owners informed us that it was two cottages that became derelict and were rebuilt during 1998.
We do have an aerial photograph of the area when the surrounding barns were still part of the farm but it is unclear what was under the roof.

I do intend to start tracing the history of the "Building" through document evidence but word of mouth is always a great start as I found when tracing my family tree.

Hope you can help or have some ideas of where I can start.

Regards

Paul Mills

If you can help Paul, please complete the comments form with any information you have and I will pass it on to him.

Parish Council Election 2003 (May 2003)

The results of the Kislingbury Parish Council Election held on 1st May 2003 are as follows:

Delphine Tidmarsh
Gordon Seal
Harold Green
Gerald Crawford
Ian Burrage
George James
Keith Durham
Pauline Cook
Leslie Kingston
Robert Middleton

The first post-election Parish Council meeting (which is the AGM) is at 8 pm on Tuesday 13 May 2003 in the Village Hall.

Can you get Broadband in Bugbrooke or Kislingbury? (31st January 2003)

No not yet, but if you register your interest for the service, it will arrive here sooner rather than later.

Click here to view the Progress Thermometer

For more information on this subject, log onto www.workingwithyou.co.uk, which will take you to the BT broadband site where you can see the status of the 'Interest Thermometer' and further explanation of what's involved.
As soon as the thermometer hits the 200 mark, it should trigger BT into scheduling the Kislingbury exchange for upgrading with the necessary digital equipment.
Pass the word around and we may soon see the addition of Kislingbury Exchange on the BT Broadband Upgrade Table.

Simon Evans

Resignation of the Editor of Kislingbury News (25th January 2003)

To: Ken Tonge, Chairman
Kislingbury News Management Committee
3 Church Lane
Kislingbury

Dear Ken

My Resignation as Editor of Kislingbury News

A year ago the Management Committee appointed me as the Editor of Kislingbury News. Since I wanted to satisfy myself that there would be no unwarranted constraints or conditions placed on my Editorship, I agreed to do the job for a 12 months trial period.

You will recall that, at the first meeting of the Management Committee, I asked if there was any laid down structure for the management of Kislingbury News. Committee members told me there were no rules. The Editor got on with the job of editing but discussed issues of policy with the Management Committee which had the final say. The Chair of the Management Committee called meetings as and when they were necessary. The Management Committee consisted of

one Kislingbury Parish Council representative
one former member of Kislingbury Parish Council
two Kislingbury villagers as lay members
the Editor