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Could I please request that if you are out walking your dog after 4pm you wear something light coloured or even better a high vis item as some parts of the village are very dark and drivers can't see you until the last minute. – stay safe – thank you.

Hello, I'm looking for a local carpenter who could fit some new internal doors, is reliable and comes recommended.

Thanks

As Audlem Parish Council does not recognise the need for them to be involved in Audlem Community SpeedWatch it has been necessary to open a Bank Account with Lloyds Bank in order to be able to raise funds to purchase equipment which will help to reduce speeding within our village. I am e-mailing John Dwyer Police, Crime Commissioner for Cheshire to apply for a grant to purchase more equipment such as High VIS vests for volunteers as without them volunteers are not covered by insurance through Cheshire Police . All equipment to monitor traffic are not supplied either by Cheshire Police or Audlem Parish Council. Therefore we are looking for more volunteers to help us to achieve our goals, with the basic equipment we use at this present time. We are looking for grants to purchase Body Cameras and SID to place around the village informing vehicle drivers the speed they are travelling within the 30mph zone.
So if you have a spare hour to help us as a volunteer that is all it takes per week, please get in touch with us either on 07377623993 or e-mail gmacbrown@hotmail.com and make a difference. We are also looking for a volunteer fund raiser to help make Audlem not only a lovely historic village but also a safer village.

Has anyone else had any issues with some youngish idiot on an extremely noisy bike/moped?

Seems happy to pull out on cars hardly a metre in front of him which he's seen coming and seems to like swearing at people as if he's in the right and extremely cool rather than wait at the junction by the lord combermere like he should've! Had to slam my brakes and beep at him even though it was my right of way!

Clearly thinks he owns the road with that silly noisy bike of his! Can't wait till he messes with the wrong person one day!

Can anyone recommend a local plumber who could fix a downstairs cloakroom toilet and taps please?

Report on FixMyStreet at 2132 last night of damage caused to car's suspension by pothole hidden under flood water at the intermittent ford:
https://fixmystreet.cheshireeast.gov.uk/report/4083102
I'm also aware of damage to another car before Xmas.
How much longer are Cheshire East Highways going to get away with not fixing this problem, with individual motorists suffering the consequences?
I assume affected motorists can claim costs of repairs from Cheshire East Highways for not meeting their statutory duty to maintain the highway in a satisfactory state.
Has anyone successfully claimed against CEH for damage to a car because of its failure to maintain the highway in a satisfactory state at this location?

Can anyone recommend a tree surgeon local/ish to Audlem. I have 2 silver birches that need trimming to reduce their height. Ant recommendation would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Billy. Question now satisfactorily answered!
Sue Harwood

Thank you for sharing your experience of Airband to date Carol; regrettably it is not dissimilar to that of other residents in Audlem Ward. I have just received a written response from Cllr Mannion as to how many properties in CE have benefited from this scheme, which is,
"The Digital Cheshire team have confirmed that one-third or 997 of all connections in this phase relate to premises in Cheshire East. The remaining two thirds were connections in Cheshire West and Chester premises in line with the contracted programme.

The deployment work for the next phase is underway and this is exclusively in Cheshire East. Currently the work is focussed on building the network backbone and the installation and connecting new cabinets. Actual new premises connections are expected to commence sometime in the new year, (late January /early February)".

To date, I know of only one property which may have been connected by this scheme. I am conscious that Airband attended Buerton Parish Council last year and I hope that will attend Audlem in the near future.

Susan here are the details
we will be collecting Christmas Trees from around the village (including Lightwood Green, Hanklelow, Buerton, Swanbach and Cox Bank) on Sunday 8th January 2023 between 10.30 and 1.00pm.

If you would like your tree to be collected, all you need to do is leave it at the end of your drive by 10.30am along with £5.00 (or more if you wish!) in a poly bag, making cheques payable to Audlem Scout and Guide Hall.

If you wish, you can book your tree collection by sending us an email to audlemchristmastrees@gmail.com In the unlikely event that you are missed, -- please call 07966 504099.

Thanks to the AOL editors for their new year's good wishes yesterday. On behalf of all of us who daily enjoy reading AOL, I would like to sincerely thank them for their unstinted efforts in keeping us so well informed and entertained throughout the year.
Very many thanks, Sue Davies

Long shot, but does anyone know of a mobile tyre fitter who might have availability in Audlem tomorrow (2nd Jan)?

Fell victim to a nasty pothole between Boars Head and Dagfields...

Thanks!

As someone who hasn't had a Christmas Tree in his house since 1994 and won't have one again, you'd think this wouldn't bother me but...can someone answer Susans question please?
I know what it's like to have a question on here unanswered and, it's not nice.

Happy New Year everyone.

Heartfelt thanks to everyone in the local community who helped me in so many ways following my accident in July.
Your kind messages, phone calls, gifts, flowers, cards, offers of lifts, shopping and of course time taken to visit really helped in keeping up my spirits and moving towards recovery.
Your support, kindness and friendship are greatly valued and I am so pleased to be a part of such a caring community that is Audlem.
Sincere good wishes to you for 2023.

Does anyone have details of the Scouts tree collection ?

Once again thanks to ADAS and the brass band . Carols on the square another success appreciated by many villages and visitors.

Thank you Rachel for requesting information from Cheshire East Council regarding the installation of Fibre Broadband to the area although I live in Buerton, not Audlem and look forward to any answers to your question. When Airband first made their presentation at Buerton Parish Council I found their website, out in our postcode and was informed that fibre broadband was coming to our street of 9 properties all the same postcode. Some time later we found that there was an appropriate connection point just 3 doors away and the Airband operatives advised that we should be online by Christmas. We're not! A letter was received from Airband dated 22nd November which asked that we get in touch for more information.. I forwarded an email four time before I got this reply 'At this point in time, there is not a service that I can offer.
We are investigating the connection for the 4G in the area, as this is not Airband network, until we are satisfied that it will provide a stable enough service we will not be placing new orders. I'm sorry this isn't the news you wanted." It certainly isn't.

No longer available.

Interested to see that AoL has shared the CEC press statement of 12 December 2022, referencing the "success of 'Airband'" across Cheshire as a whole. I questioned Cllr Mannion the CE Council Meeting two days later, 'as to how many households in CE have benefitted'? He didn't know and promised a 'written answer', which I still await!

Could not agree more with the idea that online shopping is a hassle. My system is to find who stocks the item and then go there. Just contemplating a couple of 2nd hand pamphlets from a Crewe shop which is charging £5 shipping on each. I shall just ring and go there when convenient!

Immaculate condition, medium mattress. Collection only I am afraid. Only changing as now require orthopaedic one.

The driver of a white Peugeot Partner van needs to take much more care when driving through Audlem as they almost knocked my partner off his feet whilst we were walking on the PAVEMENT thus morning. Thankfully he is just bruised and a bit shocked but it could have been much worse if the person they ploughed into had been frail. An apology might be helpful too rather than ignoring the impact and driving off!

Compliments of the season to you Billy. Sadly, we have lost the ticket for that 'real' Billy Gibbons dance band, otherwise I would have dropped it off for you long ago. I do have a photograph of the original somewhere in the 5,000 or so images stored away in the four various back-up systems I now employ and I'm sure that sometime in the next few years I will come across it again, or perhaps even, find the original ticket. Who knows, but be assured that as soon as I find it, I will hotfoot it over to you in time for- Christmas maybe, but which year? The question may not yield the answer, but I know that you will understand...

I've almost finished my first book. It's taken me nearly 20 years which you may think is a long time but, I've nearly finished colouring it in and I didn't go over the lines much and I used 3 different crayons and everything!
On another note; I've come to the part in my 'real' book that needs pictures etc and as such, this is a shout out to Mr Peter Morgan to see if he still has the (real) Billy Gibbons dance ticket. If I could borrow it so the publisher can take a picture of it, that would be great.

Many thankings. ;-)

Sorry about that Stewart, best not get me started about the Mobile Library then.