Slaley, Northumberland

The Wildflower area at St Mary's

The wildflower area at St. Mary's churchyard is now blooming. At present there is a mass of cow parsley, red campion, oxeye daisies and geranium cranesbill, all in flower and worth a visit.

Thanks are due to Jim Allen for helping David cut and strim the wildflower area, which David much appreciates. Thanks also to John Knowles, Hugh Hutchinson and John Dodds for their continued work in the main churchyard. [ David & Janis Irvine ]

Recycle your printer cartridges!

There is now a recycling facility for used inkjet printer cartridges in the entrance to the Commemoration Hall. The Hall will receive a donation from the company taking these cartridges, so as well as saving you the bother of finding an envelope, the hall funds will benefit.
Like our wheelie bins, only certain makes of cartridge are accepted, so check before dropping yours in!

The makes of cartridges that can be recycled are: Dell, Canon, Hewlett Packard and Lexmark.

Unfortunately NO toner cartridges can be accepted for recycling.

Slaley Parish Council March 2009 Minutes

Anyone interested in becoming a Magistrate should contact Mike Cumberland see Special Presentation for details.

St Mary's Market stall on Saturday!

St. Mary's Parish Church is manning the charity stall in Hexham Market Place on Saturday morning, 2nd May. They would very much appreciate donations of cake, biscuits, scones, tray bakes, bread etc. as well as garden produce or eggs. Donations of cakes etc. should state whether they contain nuts and whether the items have been frozen (please print clearly on a label) and be wrapped in clear plastic or cellophane.

All funds raised will support St. Mary's and help to keep a viable Anglican Church in Slaley.

Donations for the stall should be taken to Janis Irvine at Slaley Vicarage on Friday, 1st after 6pm or telelphone Janis at 673 609 if you would like goods collected.

Slaley Community Trust needs new blood!

The Community Trust will be holding their AGM in the Commemoration Hall on Wednesday, March 25th 2009. This will follow a different format this year: beginning at 7.30 pm there will be drinks and nibbles, a short presentation, time for questions and finally a very short AGM. All our members will be notified, but anyone living in the parish of Slaley can become a member (no subscription!), or just come along on the night.

This is a crucial period for the Trust, as the chairman, secretary and treasurer are all standing down, and volunteers are needed to ensure that the Trust can carry on its work. We would particularly like to involve younger people, and anyone willing to help can count on the support of existing members.

We are planning to help the Show Society by encouraging people to celebrate and support the 150th Slaley Show, we deliver to your door a monthly newsletter and an annual Parish Reports booklet, and will shortly see the completion of the village information board.

Please help us to keep going! Come along on the 25th of March, see what we are planning to do, and how you could help us.

Michael Elphick (Chairman)

Slaley Parish Council February 2009 meeting

Heavy snow resulted in the cancellation of the Special Presentation and was indirectly the reason why only two Councillors made the meeting. Read how this affected the meeting.