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As someone who has recently joined Audlem Parish Council (as I believe getting involved is the best way to help make a difference,) please can I urge fellow members of the community to do the same. There are a number of vacancies, so if you can spare just a bit of your time to help out with the many issues and projects that the council is trying to move forward, please get in touch. It's easy to make comments and pass judgement on decisions made, but to really make a difference, please get involved. https://www.audlempc.co.uk/news/could-you-be-a-parish-councillor.html

Very well said Jeff!!! I was going to post something similar but you beat me to it and said it better than I would. I'd love to know the answer/s to this.
And probably so would the driver who I nearly pulled out on who was coming from the Woore direction as I was trying to go to Wybunbury from Audlem.
I'd probably be useless in the 'Road Sign Putting Out Department' but I think I'd make a better job of it than whoever put the road signs out in question.

To Norman Huntbach. Ref to 'Dog Walks'
I thought that you had gone to ground as you have not responded to my 2 questions from 28th May 2021 and asked again on 4th June 2021. In your article 'Dog Walks' can you please advise to whom you are referring to when you write ' people get tired of pandering to people'?
Are you referring to the land owners being tired of legitimate walkers?
Recently I found my path (footpath) blocked by newly installed plastic wired fence. and I am unable to stand on a section as you have instructed is the correct thing to do.
What do you suggest that I should do?
I very much doubt the validity of your 'Instructions for electric fences'

Could anyone please explain to me why, when the A529 is fully open to Longhill Lane, Bridgemere Lane and the turn off to Walgherton and Crewe, Cheshire Highways have created an unnecessary issue on a number of locations by forcing the legitimate traffic on to the right-hand carriageway and therefore into the path of oncoming traffic. The signs in the road outside The Combermere are especially unnecessary and the signs on a blind bend just past the Bridgemere turn-off are dangerous. Do they deliberately try to inconvenience the public or are they just brainless?

Judging by the cost, were Michael Angelo or Banksy commissioned to produce the Turnpike Field signs?

£2000 spent on Turnpike and not a penny on Playing Field. Suppose that's about right for around here. Dogs more important than children. Suggest dogs should all go to Turnpike and leave the Playing Field for the children.

HOW much?
Loopy to have sanctioned this spending when the consensus on priority is parking.

Hi whilst I agree with both sides of the discussion
Re the new signs in Turnpike field .
I have to say at this moment in time I think
the council could have spent the £2000 they cost
On more pressing issues to do with the field .
One thing they could have done in conjunction with the public footpaths was to remove the stile at the top of the field and put in a gate allowing easier asses , the cost was around £350 they are keen to remove all stiles.
Also you cannot stop people walking bikes through the footpath as the council have no legal powers to do so . I would have thought signs pointing to the canal the picnic area would have be more friendly with the add on of please clean up your dog mess , do not light fires .
As for dogs only being allowed in the field perhaps another sign should go up warning badgers foxes cats squirrels etc to beware !!
As the grass is so long at the moment it's virtually impossible to find the dog mess .
If the car park is ever going to built perhaps the two clerks we are paying for should get the facts rights and advise council before wasting more of the rate payers money and perhaps suggest a priority list of what is really pressing and important with regard to Turnpike field expenditure .

Jesse,
Thank you for posting your story which means a lot.
Nigel.

Thanks for at last installing the much needed Turnpike Field signs. The construction is excellent and fits in well, in my humble opinion. The wording might seem a bit bossy, BUT, don't forget that last year we did have people lighting fires and camping which we don't want to encourage and so the wording has to be unambiguous and easily understood.

Praise and play outside the church Thursday 9.30am bring your own refreshments.

I spoke to a lady in Cheshire East Highways today who told me that the closure on the whitchurch road on Friday will be between 9.30am and 3.30pm. She also assured me that the Nantwich road closure would end today but as of this evening the road closed signs are still out. Given that the Whitchurch road is part of the diversion route Friday should be interesting..

Many thanks Geraint for your comments – they will be greatly appreciated by the working group. We wanted the signs appearance and natural materials to be in keeping with the field – not some ugly metal and plastic thing as used in places like Burma!!

3 Counties Cleaning Audlem
A massive thank you to Cecelia and her fabulous team yesterday, for thoroughly transforming the dirty house we completed on recently.
When we walked through the door last night we could not believe the transformation, everywhere sparkled!
This company's attention to detail and extremely high standards are truly superb, thanks to them we now look forward to moving into our home very soon.
If you require cleaning at it's very best, I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending.

I'm sorry to read today the rather critical comment on AOL regarding the new signs in the field. If you have to have signs at all, which I suppose you must, I think they are rather tastefully done and are in keeping with the ambience of the surroundings. I'd like take this opportunity to thank the committee in charge of the field for all their good work.

I have received x2 text messages in the last week 1 supposedly from Hermes, the 2nd supposedly from Parcel Force . On both occasions I was not expecting a parcel so was already suspicious. They ask you to pay for redelivery. So be aware, it's a scam. But the websites look legitimate.
Most legitimate delivery companies provide tracking numbers and text/ email messages before your parcel is likely to arrive.

Hi,

I'm fairly new to the area. I have a toddler aged 2 and just had a new born baby.
Just wondering if there are any football or rugby classes for my toddler? Where we have moved from there was rugby tots and diddy kicks for his age group. We are wanting him to be involved in a little football team when he can. Do Audlem have a little team?

Also can anyone recommend any baby groups/classes?

Thank you

Whilst thanking Rachel Bailey for trying to get this forthcoming re-organising of the 'postie' rounds changed, it is clear from the reply she received that Royal Mail haven't a clue what a detrimental effect this will have not only on the present 'posties' themselves, but also, inevitably, on the efficiency of the delivery service for every rural delivery round and the new 'posties' assigned to these rounds.

Treating the re-organisation of town and rural rounds as the same is ridiculous. Walking up and down town streets to find, generally speaking, well-ordered numbered houses is one thing. Trying to find houses with names and no numbers, roads without obvious identifying name boards, postcodes that cannot pinpoint a property accurately are just a few of the difficulties that will mean we will lose the efficient deliveries than we presently have. Instead of creating 'efficiency'' and 'fairer distribution' of workload, this reorganisation will just create further damage to Royal Mail's reputation.

I don't know how to start a petition, but will eagerly sign it if someone can start one.

Hello Helen and many thanks for the information. I shall pass that on.

Best wishes.
Billy.

Hi Billy,

Unfortunately, there is no Cheeseboat operating in your area anymore. We operated Cheeseboat 2 until 2011 (when we returned to Canada) and then the Borders Cheese Carrying Co. took over, but they have now sold their boat and retired from the cheese business. There is an RCTA trader called Cheese Aboard and, according to their schedule, they plan to be at the Gnosall Festival July 16th-18th. You could try contacting them to see when they will be in the Audlem area.

Hellooo. I've been asked by a friend if anyone knows if the Cheese Boat is making an appearance in the Village at all. I said it would be more likely to be on the Canal rather than in the Village but what do I know. What I do know is; it's a good job it's not made of that cheese that's full of holes...that would never float would it?
Anyway; does anyone know if it will be making an appearance please.

Thinking about it; if it WAS made of cheese with all them there holes, they could bung the holes up with some other cheese they had on board. But of course, they probably wouldn't have any cheese left over to sell then would they...

Hi Sue
Glad you enjoyed watching the Repair Shop featuring our cash register, and that you also enjoyed visiting Audlem in 2017. It may be of interest for you to know that our village, & surrounding area, has been fortunate enough to have had 3 residents in total, featuring on the Repair Shop (so far). Besides our cash register, the other items were ; a pretty blue writing case, given to a lady when she went to boarding school by her grandfather (also series 2), and a silver tipped marching cane, owned by one of our esteemed local War veterans (series 3 – I think ?) . So Audlem is something of a Repair Shop "hotspot". And just to say, we very much look forward to welcoming you again to Audlem, when the COVID situation allows – and please do call into our shop, and see our lovingly restored cash register ! Judy – Williams of Audlem

Hi there from Adelaide, South Australia.
I'm an avid watcher of The Repair Shop, and have just rewatched the episode showing the Cash register from Williams of Audlem. I was lucky enough to visit the village in 2017, and stayed with my brother and sister in law, Robert and Debbie. What a pretty part of the world, we look forward to visiting again today in future years.
Keep safe
Sue x

I would just like to say thank you to those drivers who stopped on Nantwich Rd this evening about 5.45pm when Woody le young chien slipped his harness and decided a really good game would be criss-crossing the main road chased by his arm waving distraught owner shouting '...Woody Woody.. come here.. WOODY..' and having no affect. Thankyou to the tractor driver who slowed the traffic down – took a slow turn pulled up and helped corral the errant Woody and thank you, thank you to the couple in '...No 3...' who enticed him in to their front garden closed the gates and helped me get him home safely.

The loss of any dog in an RTA would be tragic but Woody is a therapy dog to our autistic daughter who has severe learning difficulties so double tragedy avoided,

Thank you again all

PS. Note to owner 'buy a Houdini proof dog harness'

I had the pleasure of watching the National Youth Theatre perform at Soulton Hall last night. A truly superb production of Orwell's Animal Farm. Tickets are available for tonight and Saturday from the Soulton Hall website.