Finchale
Abbey News
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Special points of interest:
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Welcome to our new residents.
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Christmas is coming!
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Coffee morning news.
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New Year Party
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Postal problems
Welcome to the
latest edition of Finchale Abbey News.
Christmas is on the way!
We’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of our residents current
and future a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
Christmas Quiz.
A little bit of Christmas fun, pit your wits against out Christmas quiz
and see if you can win our bottle of Christmas bubbly.
Hand your completed quizzes in to the shop on or before the 21st December and try not to Google for too many of the answers! ☺
New Year Party
As
you’ll all be aware money raised from the coffee morning raffle has been put
towards paying for a New Years Eve party. The party will begin around 8pm in
the Playroom and there will be a £1 entrance fee, which will also get you a
raffle ticket. Money raised will be used to pay for gas heating and setting up
the room. Bring a plate of food for the communal buffet and whatever you’d like
to drink.
Gardens/ Vegetable patches
We
have had interest from residents with regard to vegetable patches or gardens on
the park. As you’re all aware you’re most welcome to create a garden area
around your lodge and we’ve looked around for the best site for vegetable
patches. We’ve dedicated an area of land near the gas tanks at the top of St
Cuthbert’s View.
If you’d like a plot of land to ‘grow
your own’ let us know at the shop and we’ll add your name to the list. We feel
we must point out at this point that sheds or other home made shelters can’t be
added to the plots as we don’t have any planning permission for buildings of
any sort in this area.
Welcome
to New Residents
Since our last edition of Finchale Abbey News we have
several new residents who have joined us. We’d like to formally welcome Mr. and
Mrs. Littlefair, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Hurst and Mr. and Mrs. Thompson. We wish
you all the best in your new home and hope you have many happy years with us
here at Finchale.
Again more plots have been sold, a full list of plots
sold on Phase Two can be seen on page 4. As soon as our problems relating to
Stage Three are sorted out we’ll be able to resume selling plots in this area.
Speeding
on the park.
Can
you all please remember that there is a 10 mph speed limit throughout the park
and village, which is in-force as soon as you come through the main barrier.
Particularly driving through the touring area where children may be playing.
Need names for
Christmas Cards?
We’ve been asked by some of our residents for a list of names for Christmas cards and just to say hello!
Lodges
No 1 John and June Smith
No 3 David Hurst
No 14 Eric and Pauline Pierpoint
No 15 Alan and Elizabeth Sibley
No 16 Don and Janette Hutchinson
No 17 Dave and Heather Powell
No 18 Olwyn Kennedy
No 19 Norman and Gillian Wood
No 20 Eddie and Jean Clyburn
No 21 Bill and Jenny Twigg
Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs Twigg
No 22 Michael and Chris Storey
No 23 Colin and Denise Watson
No 24 Ann Sproxton
No 25 Geoff and Irene Hodgkiss
No 26 Geordie and Rose Duncan
No 27 Nora Sowerby
No 28 Barry and Marjorie Armitage
No 29 Stephen and Lynda Hugill
No 31 Colin Richardson
No 49 John and Jean Miller
No 62 Dorothy Elliott
No 63 Bill and Margaret Littlefair
No 67 Bob and Phyllis Thompson
Caravans
No 2 Brian and Marion Graham
No 3 James and Angela Houghton
No 4 Jim and Mary Duffy
No 5 Barbara Willis
No 6 John McCourt, Helen Jones
No 7 Doreen Eagles
No 8 John and Jean Potts
No 9 Bruce and Jean Robinson
No 10 Jack Weir
No 11 Ronnie and Margaret Wilson
No 12 Derek and Joan McMann
No 13 Barry and
No 14 John Head
(Mr David Hurst who is marked as No 3 at the moment is current living on Plot 66)
Apologies in advance in case we’ve spent anyone's names incorrectly, if we have please let us know and we’ll get it right next time!
Stage three news!
We should soon be on the move!
The
dig has been completed and we’re currently waiting for the report on the site
to be completed. Once it is completed we hope to be given the green light to
carry on with adding homes to Stage Three. Mr and Mrs Smith have been alone
down there for some time now and I’m sure they’re looking forward to getting
some neighbours. Mr Hirst who has moved onto plot 66 in the short term will be
moving down to join Mr Smith on St Aiden’s Walk soon. Mr and Mrs Humphries will
also be moving down to join Mr and Mrs Smith as soon as they can.
News from around the park...
Postal Problems
We are aware that we have been having a few ‘teething’
problems with the new postage system. We can only apologise for
these problems and hope they are rectified soon.
We have been advised by Mr. Armitage, who has contacted the post office
directly that the post code hasn’t been activated properly, we have also had a
number of different post men and women over the last months and this could be
some of the problem.
Mr. Armitage also provided us with contact numbers should anyone wish to
complain about the postage problem, as you’d expect the more people that
complain the more likely the problem will be sorted out!
Lost and Found
Has anyone seen a bike cover? Mr Hugill’s bike cover was blown off on
Saturday has anyone seen it or picked it up? If you find it can you please
return it to Mr. Hugill
Thanks
Bridge opening soon.
The bridge near the farmhouse is now nearing the end of the refurbishment. Scaffolding should be down on Thursday and we expect it to be open and ready for use by the weekend of the 15th December. We look forward to being able to use the bridge again and residents will now have access to the riverside walks and not forgetting you’ll not be able walk over to the Cocken Lodge driving range and Lucy’s Bar.
Again with regard to walks around the local area we’d like to say a big well done and thank you to Mr and Mrs Clyburn for the booklet about walks around the park area they have produced. Lovely walks with some great names we’re sure you’ll all agree!
We hope you’ll all find it very useful although please be vigilant to ensure that only our residents use these walks.
Coffee Morning
and Book Club
From the onset of our book club we have now progressed to quite a large gathering of residents. The library is now quite extensive and growing all the time.
The raffles at the coffee mornings initially raised money for the St Cuthbert’s Hospice but all further funds raised will be put towards the New Years party.
After the new year the coffee morning will be moving from the café to the play room on the park. (The large green shed near to the touring park.) We’ll have tea and coffee facilities and more importantly the space we’ll need to accommodate our growing group.
If any more residents would like to join us you’d be most welcome we meet every Thursday morning so come along be it every week or as a one off.
Many Thanks
Mary and Barbara
A message from
Mrs. Sowerby
Congratulations to Mary and Barbara on the success of the
Book club coffee morning which I feel has brought much pleasure to all who
attend. I am sure this is only the first of several ‘social get to-gethers’ to
come and wish everyone the best of luck with any future ventures.
I would like to thank those of you ho contributed prizes and bought
tickets for the first two raffles, which realised the
magnificent sum of £50, which I was asked to pass onto Saint Cuthbert’s
Hospice. I thank you all sincerely for your kindness and support. The proceeds
were handed over on Friday 9th November. The receipt is at the shop should
anyone wish to see it.
Norma Sowerby
Merry
Christmas
and Happy New
Year
Please send us your comments on our newsletter we’d love to hear from you!
E-mail
or phone (0191) 3866528
For more
information on the Park, our new development and availability of residential
plots
please call Ann or Bill on 0191 3866528 or E-mail: godricawatson@hotmail.com