Best Kept Village 2013

 

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Best Kept Village Competition 2013

 

Oulton Community Group would like to thank Stone Rural Parish Council for the generous donation towards our campaign to win the BKV 2013

 

 

 

Road Repairs - the Flash footpath

Following pressure from the Oulton Community Group, the 'Flash' footpath has been improved by SCC Highways. This is an important link between the village and Stone and is used rgularly by schoolchildren, parents with infants in buggies and older people for exercise and has been ina poor state for some years. With the help of SCC Councillor Ian Parry it has now been improved for which we arevery grateful.

Traffic Calming

Traffice monitoring has been carried out on Kibblestone Road which found that traffic was consistantly speeding through the village. At the behest of Parish Councillor Dave Scrivens and the Oulton Community Group, speed camera warning signs have been erected

Floral Displays

Despite the poor start to this Spring the daffodils planted by members of the group last autumn are creating a spectacular display in the village.

Martin and Elaine Robinson and Sue and John Haine have planted more daffodils on the approach to the village and in the area of the playpark

Plant troughs have been planted and maintained by various members of the community over the winter months.

Kibblestone Road - planted and maintained by Maureen and Eileen Manley

Village Hall _ planted and maintained by Elaine and Martin Robinson on behalf of Oulton WI 

Parish Notice Board - planted and maintained by Oulton Community Group Andy Burdon

Church Lane/ St Johns Ave - planted and maintained by Parish Councillor Dave Scrivens

Thanks to all those who have contributed.

Wild flower borders - a party of volunteers spent a few hours raking and seeding the verge alongside the "Flash" footpath. Elaine and Martin Robinson and Sue and John Haine sowed a selection of perrenial and annual seeds with will provide an attractive and sustainable display, and attract bees and butterflies in the coming summer months. Our thanks go to them for their hard work. A donation from village resident Betty Benbow enabled us to sow a longer stretch of the Flash footpath than origially intended.

Scarecrow Festival

Following last years successful inaugural scarecrow festival on the theme of the Royal Jubilee and the Olympics there will be another festival this year in June/July. No theme has been set so we wait with anticipation to see what characters turn up.  

 Litter Picks and Village Tidy-up

We will be organising a series of litter picks throughout the coming months.

Sunday 21st April at 10.00 am Oulton Village Hall - a litter pick and  general tidy-up. Litter pickers and bags will be provided by courtesy of SBC Streetscene. Please bring gloves and possibly hand-tools.

 p.s. A party of around a dozen people came out armed with litter pickers, brooms, trowels and buckets and sponges to help spruce up village. Whilst some picked litter others cleared fallen leaf litter from footpaths. The old telephone kiosk was given a clean as were the village signs, street signs and notice boards. All the overhanging branches from the old "Wheatsheaf" car-park were cut back and the debris taken away. Later, the war memorial in the churchyard was given a wash down.

Our thanks got to all those who came out and to those people who couldnt make the event but have contributed by keepig their little patch of the village clean and tidy

Thursday 23rd May at 6.00 pm Oulton Village Hall - litter pick

Thursday 27th June at 6.00 pm Oulton Village Hall - litter pick

We would urge all residents to do all they can to Keep Oulton Tidy in the intervening period. Please help by keeping front gardens tidy, trimming hedges etc.