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Family History  1/6/08

Policing Correspondence.       22/5/08  3/6/08   6/6/08

Correspondence on Stan Clark's articles  8/1/08   9/1/08  15/1/08

Pizza Van     28/11/07 

Feedback from Southern California    20/11/07    23/11/07

Grumpy Old Women    13/8/07

Grass Snakes in the Garden   7/8/07

Acknowledgements        14/6/07

Parish Council Minutes  13/3/07    15/3/07    19/3/07

Johns Road Field            7/3/07    19/3/07     22/4/07   9/4/08    12/4/08

Lost Keys                     16/2/07

_{Cricket Club Fixtures    16/2/07}

Badgers Close                6/2/07

Family History

Pamela Smith 1/6/08

I am doing some research on my family history and find that John Wheeler, the candle maker and Baptist minister was my 4xgreat grandfather. If you know of anyone with further details or pictures I'd be grateful if they would get in touch with me.
  

Policing

Geoff Cooke 6/6/08

The LINK Police article had an incorrect web reference at the end of it.  If you follow this link to http://www.northants.police.uk/beatstats/ and then open the PDF against Beat Stats -by beat, and then do a search for Bugbrooke, you will see all of the statistics for the Bugbrooke beat.  Interesting reading, and presumably reflecting the fact we have Campion in the village.  

Chris Groves-Kirkby  3/6/08

"Crime Down in Northamptonshire" - Link, June 2008.
BUT .....
if you look at the Northamptonshire West Crime statistics on the Northants Police Web-Site at http://www.northants.police.uk/sct_run.aspx?id=19111 
you will read:

"Daventry Area:
Overall all crime in Daventry and the surrounding areas increased by 7.1 per cent in 2007/08 – 368 more crimes.
Household burglary rose by eight per cent (30 more offences), however, there was an encouraging fall in vehicle crime – down 13 per cent or 103 fewer crimes.
Offences of violence increased by nearly a third while the number of robberies fell by 23 per cent.
Incidents of criminal damage increased slightly by 3.6 per cent (40 more offences)."

Looks like a rather selective view of falling crime figures to me!

P Wilkins 23/5/08

Policing in our area
Over the last two weeks I have been travelling around the Banbury Lane area of Bugbrooke and have been very pleased to see, on many occasions, the presence of the patrolling Police cars in the area.  I even saw two officers on bicycles in Milton Malsor.  I sincerely hope that we will have more of a police presence in our rural community through the new team (especially following the vandalism on our church windows - last month's issue). As one of the larger villages in Northants I feel we need to have a police presence especially as we have almost another "village" at the top of Butts Hill ("Campion Village" with 1500 residents).

Stan Clark's Articles

Thanks to your office I've been in touch with Stan clarke and now Ken Gardner phoned me today If I send you a email about my early days in the Village It might need some-one to edit it would that be o.k.

John Leach 15/1/08

Thank you for your quick reply. Stan gave me a bell tonight we had a very long chat on the phone I now have his phone Number and will be in touch on and about my time spent in the Village during those dark days we all had in those war years. He wants me to put pen to paper for which I will do in my own time because their was so much going on within the Village, We did have German P O W's working for Belgrove's what we got for a bar of soap was nobody's business. More on that later on.

John Leach 9/1/08

I lived in Bugbrooke from 1940 until 1947 when I was called back to Dr Barnardo's.   Me and Bill French was not evacuees but boarded out to 4 Gilkes Yard, to Mrs Laura Clark. Boy! Has Stan Clark rung a few bells about the old Village. I was the little lad who was under the belfry door when that thunderstorm hit the spire. There was only Mrs Clark and me in the churchyard that evening in July 1940.   I can come back on that evening anytime as I recall it.  Maybe you might be able to put Mrs Clark's name right and that evacuee's bit right on Stan page's because both Bill & me was Dr Barnardo's boys. Many Thanks

John Leach  8/1/08

Pizza Van

Does anyone know what is happening with the pizza van man? - or any other type of take away service in the village - I keep seeing it mentioned then nothing since!

Laura Pugh, 28/11/07

Reply - Laura,

As far as we know the pizza van has not reapplied for the license.  The PC minutes refer.

More Feedback from Southern California

My earlier comment about being delighted at having found this webpage was very much an understatement.  I was, and still am, actually thrilled beyond words.

And, I will not be the only one who is so thrilled.  The Curtis families in the village may not be aware, but there is an active Curtis/Curtiss Society and Curtis DNA Project in the US, with many of the members being descendants of a common Curtis ancestor who emigrated from Bugbrooke.  Others with whom we share a common ancestor from even earlier emigrated from Leicestershire and Derbyshire.  There are a lot of people for whom this is going to be very exciting.

Thanks to the editor at a Northamptonshire website, I have recently been able to acquire a copy of "Bugbrooke 2000 BC to 2000 AD", published by the Bugbrooke Historical Society.  What a treasure. 

Thank you, again, so very much for this website and all the time and effort you put into it.  It is a God-send to me.

Phyllis

Feedback from Southern California

Just had to let you know how delighted I am to find this site.

My mother was a Curtis, whose ancestors emigrated from Bugbrooke in the late 1600s.  I am planning a trip to England next June and will be staying in the area for a week - for the purpose of experiencing the area and accomplishing any research possible. 

I would dearly love to correspond with any Curtis families in Bugbrooke, should any be willing and interested in doing so.

Phyllis McLaughlin  
Southern California

Grumpy Old Women  

Am I the only person to feel that the Link magazine has developed a slightly grumpy tone in recent editions? The suggestion by the editor that the regular "Grumpy Old Women" item should spawn a "Grumpy Old Men" slot surprises me. Also the article entitled "With Deep Regret" is very much in the same depressing vein. Is Link's target audience the middle-aged and elderly in the village, and only those who are disgruntled? Is there no one living in Bugbrooke with a happier point of view? The results of the village survey certainly suggest that Bugbrooke is generally a good place to live, so why harp on about the few minor irritations. Yes, other people can be annoying, but wouldn't we rather live in a community instead of alone in splendid isolation. Come on Link, think more positively! We are not all downhearted

No name provided

Grass Snakes in the Garden

I saw a young grass snake come out of our garden pool.  Is this unusual ?  Has anyone else in the village seen them in their garden ?

Geoff Cooke

Acknowledgements

14/6/07 BRUFC would like to say thank you to the following companies and people for donating a
Prize for the 2007 Grand Raffle.

Motor-World
Rose-Marie Griffith
A&M Washing Machine Services, Nether Heyford
Boyson Construction
The Wharf, Bugbrooke
Lisa Mayer Beautician
Lynn Poulson Beautician
Cherenee Florist, Bugbrooke
The Globe Hotel, Weedon
The Five Bells, Bugbrooke
Pet Shop, Bugbrooke
One Stop, Nether Heyford
Bugbrooke Pharmacy
Kelly’s Hairdressers, Bugbrooke
Bliss Lane Nursery, Flore
Brinjal Indian Restaurant, Weedon
Heyford Meats, Nether Heyford
Queen Victoris, Gayton
Holiday Inn, Flore

Parish Council Minutes

Date 13th March 07, Time:    11:25:05
Comments:
I note that the Parish Council minutes are for January. As we have just had the March meeting, is it possible to get the prior months minutes published earlier?

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Keith Pallett

Keith
Thanks for your feedback.  I don't think we would be allowed to put the minutes on the web site until they have been signed off the following month.  I expect therefore to be putting the February minutes up in the next few days.
However I have copied this to Emma Bignell, and perhaps she could confirm what I say.
regards

Geoff Cooke, for Bugbrooke Link  15/3/07

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Geoff

'Yes Geoff you are absolutely correct, the minutes are posted once they have been formally approved by the Council at their next meeting, therefore they are always running a month behind. This is exactly the same as if you were to read them on the village notice boards or vistied the Parish Office to look at them. The most up to date way to find out what is going on is to attend a PC meeting, parishioners are always most welcome and there is 10 minutes public question time set aside for comments & questions.'

Cheers - Emma  (Clerk to the Parish Council.)  19/3/07

_{Johns Road Field}

_{12th April 2008 from Malcolm Shipman}

This is possibly the same thing although I don't take the C&E. Certainly
residents of Waggoners Way have all received official letters from the NCC
with a plan of the land proposed for registration. There is also a more
detailed notice on the gateway to The Field at the bottom of Johns Road. All
very strange when I thought this land belonged to a Trust.
Malcolm


Reply from LINK to Malcolm,

I assume you are referring to the Public Notice in the C&E on Thursday.  I
have'nt seen this myself, but I am told the Parish Council knows nothing
about it.  They are trying to find out more and I will let you know when I
do.

Geoff Cooke


9th April 2008 from Malcolm Shipman

The "Applicaion to register the field at the bottom of Johns Road" letter
from the NCC (4th April) was somethiong I was not expecting. I have not seen
anything mentioned in the Parish Council affairs. Can any further light be
shed on this please? Is it supported by the Parish Council?

22nd April 07  Note from Emma Bignell, Clerk to the Parish Council

Because of the considerable concern over the future of this land, I have spoken at length with the Planning Policy Officer at South Northamptonshire Council to gain an up to date report on planning policy in the district. He confirms that the land at the end of Johns Road is outside the village boundary and no plans have been submitted to develop it.

 However whilst the County Structure Plan is technically in place until 2016, which is the main planning policy document that the district and borough councils draw from to create their own planning frameworks, he acknowledged that in recent years, new government guidance has been issued regionally which has had a profound effect on planning frameworks. The most significant of these is in respect of new housing and the levels at which this has been set. The ’Regional Spatial Strategy’ has therefore superseded many local plans and placed greater pressure on local Borough & District Councils in terms of housing allocation.

 So what does all this mean for Bugbrooke? Within the next 12 to 24 months South Northamptonshire Council will be required to review their planning policies. They will look at potential locations for new housing in all the villages across the district and go out to public consultation. It is therefore vitally important that the parish is aware of all potential development sites, this may include the land at the end of Johns Road. However it will undoubtedly also include other Greenfield sites and we would like to have advance views from parishioners of preferred options (if any), so that we can be ready for the public consultation. Therefore we would like to invite you to the Parish Plan Exhibition on Tuesday 1^st May between 2 & 8 pm at the Community Centre to express your views on whether you think Bugbrooke should expand & if so, where you think future housing should be located.

 Emma Bignell, Clerk

19th March 07   Response to the letter below. 

 Emma Bignell the Clerk to the Parish Council on the March 12th Parish Council Meeting:-

We had around 80 parishioners present at the start of the March meeting. There appears to have been a lot of concern as to why this field has been cleared. I have received a response from the land agent for the Harrison Trust (who own the land). He confirms that the land has been cleared following complaints from local residents about noise and nuisance and so that it can be put back to grassland. It is outside the village boundary and is designated 'open countryside' so there is no possibility of it being built upon over the next few years. The land is not 'conservation area' land nor did any of the trees have preservation orders on them. It is agricultural land and will remain as such until the current planning development framework set by South Northamptonshire Council expires in 2016. If after that time there were to be any change to the status of this land, then there would need to be public consultation and the Parish Council would ensure that all residents had the opportunity to comment. The other matter which was noted, is that the public footpath which runs across this land is likely to be reinstated but in its correct position around the edge of the field, which should make it easier for walkers to stick to. I hope this helps to clarify the issue and reassure residents that the land is not going to be developed upon in the near future. 

7th March 07

_{Are you interested in why the field at the bottom of Johns Road has been cleared ?}

_{Do you want to have a say in what is happening in our village ?}

_{The Parish Council meeting is on Monday 12th March in the Green Room at the Community Centre 7.30pm.  One of the points being raised is the field.}

_{Please go along and voice you opinion - because your opinion counts !!!}

_{Jennie Jones 7th March} 

Lost Keys

I had lost my car keys on August 17th probably on footpath past Florist shop, on the days following I ^{enquired at local shops including the Post Office but to no avail. 10 days later I was given them back at The Stores by The Green. I would like to thank the person who handed them in if they would like to get in touch. Also I would suggest that any lost item is always taken to the same place, The Stores, which are open longer hours & the owner would stand a better chance of getting their property back.  The management of the Stores have agreed to this suggestion.}

Bugbrooke Cricket Club

Full 2007 Fixture List for 1st & 2nd X1's League Matches are available on www.bugbrooke.play-cricket.com  

Peter White

16th February 2007