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I found booking a Covid jab very easy Dial 119 answer the fw questions by pressing the suggested numbers (only1 or 2) and a very pleasant and helpful assistant registered me and arranged for an appointment at Market6 Drayton fire station. Very satisfactory all round.
Chris

Not to detract from a possible drop-in session at the Public Hall – for those wishing to book booster jabs soonest, the parking for West Street pharmacy is plentiful. It is directly opposite the actual pharmacy by the motorbike garage (& marked vaccination centre) and parking is on the waste group there; the clinic likewise (marked as Hollowood Chemists). Public transport, as mentioned, not so plentiful!

From experience, West Street option isn't too bad if you have transport. The clinic is in a building opposite the chemist and there is car parking space around it. Otherwise it's only a short walk from Morrisons car park.

Have used West St before and it was OK but have seen Peak Pharmacy attached to Market Drayton Medical Centre is listed and have booked my Covid19 jab there. Nearer and far more convenient to get to

I agree with Tim's comments except to say there is plenty of parking at the vaccination centre at West Street which is actually in a building in the car park opposite the pharmacy. Had my booster there Tues evening and had no problem and they were very efficient.

Paul Furber is highly recommended. He has done several handyman jobs for us including fixing a rogue lock recently. Paul's nomber is 07708 008626.

Hi can anyone recommend an art tutor or someone who can teach gcse art to a year 11 pupil in their home in market Drayton please ?

I expect there are plenty of older people in Audlem who have been sent reminders about getting Covid booster jabs in the last day or so. Checking online as suggested offers West Street in Crewe as the nearest drop in or bookable vaccination centre followed by locations towards Newcastle and Stoke on Trent. Given that there are centres in small settlements like Barnton and Weaverham why not Nantwich or Audlem? West St Crewe has poor parking and is not accessible by public transport from Audlem. Was this planned?

Can anyone recommend a handyman who might be able to come and have a look at the lock on my front door please – don't need new one but keeps sticking and reluctant to spend a fortune on an actual locksmith
I have used a handyman from
Audlem online in the past but he's no longer listed ?

Does any body have a recommendation for a company to install UV Solar Film on windows?

Hello. Does anyone have an old, large Blacksmiths anvil they don't want anymore? If it's within my price range and you don't want it because your fed up with stubbing your toe on it in the shed, could I have it please. I'll pay the postage. (Only joking, I'm guessing you'd rather me pick it up.......with the aid of a Fork Lift Truck. I'll sort that out of course)
Many thanks.

Derek Wright 07854 082349

I'm looking for a gardener to start a regular slot to undertake weeding, planting, tree maintenance in Hatherton. If anyone has any availability soon, please do get in touch. Thanks.

Hello everyone, I just wanted to say I moved to the village 7 years ago and generally keep myself to myself. I have met some great people who are born and bred Audlem and have become good friends to them. I do find it so strange why a small number of people get so irate about paying a £1 to park in the grand scheme of things. When I speak to many locals most actually think it's not a bad thing as so many non locals use it as a personal car park.

I do hope Cheshire East will be able to find a way of extracting money from on line shops and supermarkets in future – because that's all that will be left trading if their parking charge plans go ahead. I suggest they do a quick Google search and avail themselves as to just how many high streets up and down the country have already been badly affected by such measures. Lack of parking and/ or parking charges ring the death knell for independent stores and the smaller mini – markets (such as Audlem Coop). Fine, if you like supporting corporate giants, and their shareholders – but these people contribute very little if anything to your local community, schools or village events & fundraising. Just what was the point in offering local businesses support during COVID – to then take the rug from under our feet later on ? Judy Evans Williams of Audlem.

How about tackling it from the back door in asking CE what they have done so far in saving their costs, before penalising everyone in trying to raise funds. An example being the shoddy pot hole management where 2 extra workmen are needed to direct traffic around the quick bucket filling of holes, whilst using their phones. I should think, rather like the NHS, that money is totally wasted on multiple management and admin layers.

Whilst I totally agree on the importance of seeing the wider context it does not help when Cheshire East Highways must waste many thousands of pounds each year on totally inadequate pothole repairs that they then have to redo a short time later.

Well said Lyn . I was at that meeting when the P C were mandated to purchase said field and car park. To say it's come back to bite us is a complete understatement. Still.we've got the Turnpike draining our limited resources. Very handy parking for the doctors . I'm sure no parking charges at Wrenbury for instance .

Whilst I am not in favour of introducing car-parking charges in Audlem, they should be seen in context. Council funding from central government since 2010 has fallen by at least a third yet their responsibilities have significantly increased. Thus, councils across the land, both Conservative and Labour, are in serious financial difficulty and seek any form of revenue raising opportunities, especially at a time of huge wage and price inflation There are very few council car parks in England, including those in Shropshire, that do not impose car-park charges. Cheshire East may or may not be guilty of 'mismanagement' but any resulting losses are chicken feed next to the huge wastage of billions spent on Test and Trace, fraudulent PPE contracts and the farcical HS2, money that would have alleviated many of the problems councils are facing.

I will be very suprised if this is NOT brought in by Cheshire east . To make things easier of a bad situation maybe try and put forward some other ideas . Free weekend parking and maybe the first hour free and also for shop owners free parking . I pressume if this goes ahead then it will be patrolled daily meaning the parking outside the butchers all the way along to boots and outside the other shops which all have a 1 hour parking only will also be patrolled , meaning all that use these all day will need to find another space elsewhere . The main road outside the cemetery etc has no double yellows so this will end up becoming the parking if they don't put double yellow lines here . At the end of the day Cheshire East want money and have no concerns about anything else !!!!! Only positive is there will most likely be somewhere to park in the car park after 10am .

Co-ordination and acting upon as a village is needed.
Sending a few comments by individual citizens to an e-mail address alone is not going to do it.
In the last meetings organised by the Parish Council, there was talk of a village meeting, to tackle various Cheshire East creeping challenges, e.g. green bin charges, car park charges.
I think now's the time.

On a positive note, perhaps the new charges will attract more regular visits by enforcement officers to the village to actually deal with our wider parking problems.

I also forsee that, at some point fairly soon, the car park is going to need a fair bit of maintenance, but also likely to eventually require the installation of electric car charging infrastructure, so I do concede there is some investment required – but there are certainly no guarantees in the consultation about where the car park fees will be spent.

Local authority geography is also baffling, the world seems to start and finish at the county boundary for Cheshire East. They should have considered that residents here are not so constrained in their thinking, and very regularly use alternative facilities in Market Drayton and Whitchurch, over the border in Shropshire. Did CE even consider the local geography and economy? I'd certainly not be against a boundary change that places Audlem in Shropshire, even though that council is far from perfect. Cheshire East do the bare minimum possible for this village, sometimes not even that, and still want increasing sums of money for their efforts.

The answer to the threat of Car Parking charges and other problems might be for Audlem to move into Shropshire. Boundary changes can and do take place so it is not impossible. When the possibility comes round we should ask tor it.

The car park and playing field were offered to the village for just £1 but following an expensive referendum carried out by Audlem Parish Council, an overwhelming majority saying yes from the village, pleas from individuals and Councillor Bailey, they chose to ignore the result and let the offer expire. Rachael Bailey warned the PC at the time that there was no certainty that CE wouldn't introduce parking charges in the future and to safeguard this we should take up CE's offer. We are now potentially left with a charge to everyone who can't walk to the surgery or other vital services and a field that has never been maintained by CE. The response I got from one Parish Councillor was "there are a lot of poor people who cannot afford an increase in the precept" well these people will be a lot more out of pocket now! This could be the death bell for local businesses and village events!

Celia, there is a very good app. which you can use to find car parking spaces. It's called "Just Park" and I've used it frequently. I can see it becoming popular in Audlem if the proposed changes go ahead.