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Hi. Does anyone have a stroller for a small dog I can borrow or buy. I have a pregnant small foster bitch with separation anxiety and need to be able to walk my other dogs! Please message me if you can help. Thank you

We are looking for the above please. We live in an old barn conversation dating back to the 1800's which has developed internal damp and bricks are perished. Struggling to find anyone. Many thanks Julie and Robert.

Yes it does seem that Sunday in the village for either locals or tourism, is verging into a ghost town for Hospitalty & Catering.

As an ex licence, the best place would be the Shroppie Fly to either reopen( yet not on the £16k yearly rental!) The car park is huge and in the meantime of it being closed, I would be very keen to provide a temporary pop up catering service to provide for passing trade.
As a community I believe this is crucial at present to offer a value for money service in line with the cost of living and to see locals running this " Community Project" in order to reach out to those who are vunerable/ living in isolation or just want to simply contribute to village life in general.

Just noticed on the Audlem News re post for ASFC signing on that it stated

"With the aim to sign on the children from age 3 up to age 12 for the whole season reaching until next June "

This should be age 3 up to age 16

Ralph will be doing an amendment

Sorry if upset the older lads

Interesting Editorial comment to Ian Brewer's submission. So I go back to my original point. Given the way people appear to be treated, who would want to volunteer in the first place. And the lack of openness and accountability that prevails, does not help matters one bit!

2 peacocks last seen wandering towards Bunsley Bank!

As a long time, and very quiet resident of this village, I must say that I am extremely disappointed that, recently, the management of the village has deteriorated significantly. It's even more frustrating that so much is being done in secret, or with so little information available, it's impossible to find out exactly what is going on, and who's responsible.

There are (or were!) some fantastic people in our ever growing community, selflessly devoting their time and effort to making Audlem a lovely place to live and visit, but that hard work is being steadily unpicked by others, either deliberately or through inexperience, apathy or sheer bloody mindedness.

Parking/roads are out of hand, planning issues are going unnoticed or underwhelming responses made, financial irregularities, staff allegedly being sacked in bizarre circumstances, extremely experienced retired staff with no immediate replacements available, with seemingly no forward thinking by those responsible to recruit in advance, and to top it off, our jewel in the crown public house now has its doors closed with an unclear future. The Combermere is a private business, but it's a major community asset, and the parish council should be doing far more to help promote it and Audlem to prospective landlords. If they are doing that, why is there no real information available?

Maybe it's time for a shakeup at the Parish Council, if the bank accounts actually have anything left in them.

Yes, well worth looking at
https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/519458/trustees

Who are these people making these strange decisions Are Geof, Olive and the Audlem W I the start of the exodus ? Or is there to come ?

and here:

...https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/519458/trustees

(confusingly there are two entries)

@Chris Lewis, look up the list of trustees. I believe charities have to have the list available somewhere. They have to ensure Health and Safety regulations are complied with.
There will be the AGM in late September where you can raise issues or even join the trustees but the above reps will still apply. I am not a trustee.

Little dog found Thankyou

Please call 07775 590705 Thankyou

Thank you chris , I do agree the person should be named and shamed unfortunately not my place to name him .
However I do think a public meeting with the village hall committee should be arranged , so they can explain the action taken by this person to olive and Geoff and a full apology given to them both .

I am intrigued as to who the mysterious Audlem Public Hall committee members are. No mention of any individuals on the Audlem Public Hall website. Alas the contact page also has an error so I cannot even ask who them directly who they are.
So who can help me out in identifying these individuals who represent my interest in the Audlem Public Hall?
Ed, you obviously know, therefore why not divulge.
Or perhaps these community spirited individuals would like to identify themselves to the people they purport to work on behalf of.

Agree with Lynette but she failed to add two words to her post and those should be "and NAMED
Chris

Hi Terry,
The contact below, I have copied from the Directory on this website.
I think Ralph will be able to help you.
Good luck.
Nigel.

Audlem Cemetery and Burial Board

Contact: Ralph Warburton
Phone: 01270 812125
Email: rjw@notrubraw.com
Audlem Burial Board was formed on 12th November 1872 to serve the needs of the ecclesiastical parishes of Audlem, with representatives from each of Audlem, Buerton, Dodcott-cum-Wilkesley and Hankelow.

Whoever decided that Olive & Geoff should "retire (sic)" should hold their heads in shame! – would these be the same people responsible for a Police probe of 'suspicious' cash transactions within the parish council? Just saying....

Hi, I have been advised that my Grandparents are buried in Audlem cemetery and would like to visit the grave.
Who would be the best person to advise me please ?
Thanks
Terry

I am totally flabbergasted that a couple like Geoff and Olive who have dedicated so much of of their time ( freely ) and hard work , have been treated so shabbily !! It's a wonder anyone does anything freely any more . Who ever is responsible for causing them all this upset should be ASHAMED !

Have to agree with Bob Fousert.
What's going on with the village institutions of late? People like Olive and Geoff are the backbone of the community and need encouragement.

We are painting our shop this week due to all the unsightly dog wee marks on the shop, we all want to keep the village looking clean and fresh so, would all those dog lovers out there get their dogs to wee up against other areas and not against the wall and door of the shop
We would really appreciate your efforts on this, we have around 10/day stains that we have to wash off
Much appreciated and a massive thank you

We find at Audlem Mill that Sunday is usually the busiest day of the week for our shop, so of course we are open. We are regularly asked every Sunday where people can buy a coffee and cake, or lunch, and of late, they have been telling us that all catering establishments in Audlem have been closed. As just about all Audlem retail businesses rely heavily on tourism, it seems a great pity that many are closed on one of the days that they are most needed.

Regarding the comment of Geoff and olive retiring from caretakers of the hall I believe they were sacked not retired ,Such a shame

Olive, if this is the case, it's very sad and brings shame on the Town Hall Committee! It seems that loyalty, dedication and selfless good service over many years counts for nothing. This beggars the question, why would anyone want to volunteer their help in the future?