News.........
28/1/12
Paulton Netball Club are celebrating having achieved a Silver CAPS Award which recognises that the club is well run and accessible. Latest news from the club is always available on their web site
http://paultonnetball.co.uk/ . A link is also provided through our clubs and societies pages.
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26/1/12
Plans are under way to form a Youth Choir in Paulton
from Guy Edwards.......
In the wake of interest in choirs following Gareth Malone’s recent TV programmes, we are hoping to found a choir for young people ranging from school years 5 – 11, based in the village of Paulton.
The idea is to develop an enthusiastic, committed, able group of young singers, to perform a lively contemporary repertoire. This will encompass songs ranging from the musicals, to jazz, to pop music from the past three decades.
Our first performance will be at Paulton’s public celebration - Jubilee on the Park on Saturday 2nd June 2012. We will then look for further opportunities to perform locally.
For more info......Contact Guy telephone 01761416581 email guyedwards455@btinternet.com
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20/1/12
Residents of Paulton are soon to be seen walking and jogging from Paulton Park on a Saturday morning as the Noah's Ark preschool has invited parents, grandparents and carers of children of the group to take a running course. It is a 10 week course run by the leaders. All monies raised will go to the preschool.
Have you booked your dates for Christmas 2012. The preschool have! Take a look at our Village Events page and start filling your calendar now!
Dollies Pushchairs/Pram and Clothes
If anyone has any unwanted baby doll prams, pushchairs or clothes, please consider donating them to the pre-school as they are in much need of some more.
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19/1/12
From the gardening club............
Paulton Amateur Gardening Club meet again next Thursday 26 January at 2.30pm in the Wesley Hall when the speaker will be Mrs Jill Hazel and the subject will be Sweetpeas. Cost £2 which includes a cuppa!
BIG EVENT - Thursday 23 February at 2.30pm MARY PAYNE, who writes for the Mendip Times and is on Radio Bristol, is coming to speak on Grasses and Perennial Plants. This will be followed by Afternoon Tea. The cost will be £4.50 and any gardeners or would-be gardeners are very welcome. She is an excellent speaker.
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18/1/12 A taste of local history.
Did you know?
Julia Hill (1795-1886)lived in Paulton all her life; she was the sister of Squire John Hill and together with her sister Elizabeth she ran the Women’s Club which provided money and goods such as blankets for the poor. In 1840’s the Hill family donated the major part of the money needed to build the Church of England School and later gave the land paid for it to be enlarged.
In 1843 Julia and Elizabeth gave over £100 for a house to be built for the schoolmaster on land in front of the vicarage. This is now the premises for Nature’s Vet.
The old Schoolhouse 2010
The family were generous benefactors to the church; in 1862 they made a major contribution to the cost of building the chancel and organ chamber and other improvements to the church.
Julia was concerned about the welfare of horses too and had a trough built at the top of Phillis Hill for them to stop for a drink after the long pull up the hill. The surrounds of this remain in the wall of Bloomfield Nursing Home. After her death the parish had a trough built on Paulto Hill which is dedicated to her memory. It is fed by the Paulto Spring.
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12/1/12
Thank you to the photographers for the New Year Pictures sent to us.
Please contiune to send us your photographs and news of events in Paulton
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4/1/12
Abbi and Matthew Hulbert are seeking to share with the village the news that last years toddle waddle raised funds towards a vapotherm - a method of respiratory support for prem. babies. They cost £4,500 and they were able to donate almost
3/4 of the funds needed to purchase one.
This year they will be holding Ava's Easter Extravaganza in Paulton Village Hall on Saturday 7th April which guarantees 'lots of lovely fun and treat for children and their parents.'
For this and other Paulton events please keep and eye on our 'village events' page.
If you are running an event or belong to a club or society please keep sharing your news with us.
Advertising is free and our viewing figures continue to rise. So please help us to keep this web site full of current news and views.
Thank you,
The Admin team.
PS. Have you discovered our work and business pages, within them is a complete listing of local business people so next time you need a job done about the home or garden remember to see whose available locally.
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22/12/11
BANES COUNCILLORS’ UPDATE :DECEMBER
YOUTH WORK
Thanks to a successful application for £5000 to the new Youth Enablement Fund by the Parish Council’s Young People’s Sub Committee ( consisting of Parish Council representatives, the police and ourselves) and a grant from the Parish Council budget we were able to advertise this month for two youth workers to take over on Monday nights in the Village Hall when the Youth Bus ceases to visit Paulton at the end of March. This is very encouraging and we look forward to their providing a positive programmefor young people in the village. The grant includes some money for purchasing equipment which the young people have asked for.
PAULTON IN BLOOM
A meeting this month saw this new venture get under way with an entry ( probably for Bath in Bloom, as the first step) being considered for the Spring.The competition isn’t only about flowers and hanging baskets – environmental matters ( including wild life sites), allotments and general tidiness of the village are all taken into account. Please get in touch if you would like to join our list of potential helpers.
LIBRARY RELOCATION
This is becoming a longer saga than we would like, with applications for funding from the Performance Reward Grant fund now being delayed until March. However other sources of funding are also being investigated and the £20,000 for setting up the Community Café is secure. The lease has now been agreed.
TRAFFIC STUDY
Both of us have been involved in this study which was presented as an exhibition in November. All comments have been noted (including those from Withy Mills residents) and will be considered when the Group (including parish Councillors and representatives of the Community Plan transport action group) meet in January.
We wish A Happy and Prosperous New Year for all residents of Paulton!
John Bull (01761 402580) john_bull@bathnes.gov.uk
Liz Hardman ( 01761 412758) liz_hardman@bathnes.gov.uk
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