Lots in the newsletter this month! One of the stolen street signs has been recovered. There’s a free ‘Jazz on the Green’ concert this month, a new Drama group for kids (two separate age-group classes) at the community centre, and details of this year’s Picnic on the Green! Exciting times! The hard copy is on it’s way to you as we speak, or get the electronic version below!
This month’s newsletter is winging its way to you all as we speak! There’s a history book co-written by local resident and history expert, Joan D’arcy (who also sadly passed away in 2020) charting the story of Sir Alfred Haslam, the Marine Refrigeration pioneer who was M.D. of the Haslam Foundry and Engineering Company in City Road, Derby. The book is available to purchase online at https://tinyurl.com/SirHaslamBook
There’s news on the up-coming events like The Chester Green Well Dressing which will be held at the Marcus Street Well on the afternoon of 11th June and for the first time in many years, the boards will be displayed on 12th/13th June at the Well in the Vicarage Garden on Old Chester Road. We’re also hoping to hold the annual Picnic on the Green on 11th July. There’s also a family cycle ride to Elvaston Castle happening on 22nd May.
There’s more in the newsletter, of course, linked below. Do share!
After a month off (a slow news month, it would seem!), below is the jam-packed April Newsletter. Details on the excellent work of some Chester Green volunteers have done in the upcycling of the planters on the corner of City Road/Old Chester Road, our suggested proposals for the car parking consultation in Chester Green (which should be happening soon…we’re trying to get information from the council on this!), news about the Cricket Pavillion restoration, an Easter real-life Church service, the monthly book exchange and much, much more! Click below for the electronic version. The printed version should be with you all soon (I pick them up tomorrow!)
News just in!. We’ve had a few residents starting to be charged, again, for parking permits which should still be free. I’ve just had this email after chasing this with the council as MiPermit still had the expiration of the free permits as March 2021:
“The expiry date provided by MiPermit will be what they have on record from last year when we extended the scheme for another year. I can confirm that the scheme will continue to be free of charge until the public consultation has been carried out and decision has been made on whether the scheme will continue or not.It is my understanding that the consultation will take place within the next couple of months, but, until then I have emailed MiPermit to ask them to update their records and to extend the free period until 31st March 2022.”
Email from Ian Clarke, 29th March, 2021
The month of January is coming to an end, so it’s time for the February Newsletter. Lots of useful info and news, as always, including:
We should still be able to get the newsletter printed this month, but it may take a little longer than usual, so do share this electronic version far and wide!
Attached are the December newsletter and the Chester Green Window Trail Map for 2020 which officially starts on Saturday 5th December with a Chester Green lights switch-on starting at 4.30 pm for a 5 pm illumination! NEWS ALERT…..we may be getting a council installed Christmas Tree from the Council (at the junction of Chester Green Road and Marcus Street)…..I’ll update progress on this on Facebook and Nextdoor! More details on the window trail in the newsletter and below…..there’s lots more in the newsletter, so do share/have a look and printed copies of the newsletter, and the map will be with you soon!
CHRISTMAS WINDOW TRAIL – This year’s Window Trail is set to be the biggest and best yet with over 60 homes and businesses taking part, helping to bring some extra Christmas magic to Chester Green at the end of a very difficult year!
At around 4.30 pm for a 5 pm illumination on Saturday the 5th December there will be a grand ‘switch on’ of the lights around the Green, in Camp Street and Marcus Street! Come out and watch if you can – It should look spectacular and will coincide with the decorated windows sparkling and shining for us all to admire!
A Trail Map is included in this newsletter and further copies will be available in some of the businesses who have very kindly sponsored the map printing. This year, you can also view the map digitally at: tinyurl.com/CGXmasWindows2020
So…………follow the Trail with your family and friends and keep a lookout for the ‘Christmas pud’ card in one of the windows. If you find it, fill in your details on the back of the map and return it to be entered into a draw to win an Intu voucher. The Trail will continue through to around the end of December so ENJOY!
If finding the hidden Christmas Pudding is proving a problem….this year, Santa’s sent us a special phone web app that can help. You can find it at tinyurl.com/HuntThePud
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE ENTERTAINMENTS TEAM
Updates and reports on last month’s Fashion Sale, the Last Post on the Green (no Church Service on Remembrance Sunday due to the new lockdown), and another Chester Green Family bike ride which will hopefully be held in December!
We’ve now got nearly 80 lamp post poppies up in Chester Green. If you’d like to donate to the Royal British Legion, please use the Chester Green just giving page here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ChesterGreenPoppies or pop a donation into 24 St. Paul’s Road.
Thanks to all for taking part in the Halloween Window Displays and please let the Ents. Team know if you’d like to be included in our Christmas Window Trail 🙂
Printed copies should be coming your way soon!
This month in Chester Green :
There’s a socially distanced fashion show happening on Saturday 25th October between 1.30 and 4.30 pm.
The poppy appeal is now on, with our nearly 60 lamp post poppies being put up! If you’d like to donate, you can do this online at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ChesterGreenPoppies
Halloween may look a little different this year, so we’re hoping for some good window displays to keep the children interested on the day!
All this, and more, in this month’s newsletter!
The printed copies start again this month, so you should be getting your paper copy soon :-). Big thanks to the new volunteers who are helping with this.
Electronic newsletter again, so please share! A massive thank you to everyone for making Scarecrows and visiting the area (we had quite a bit of footfall in the area from people coming to see them). They looked amazing! There’s a great event (see below) for Saturday 5th September (full permission from the Council for the event on the Green has been received!) and all the usual news about the flood defence work and the finishing off of all the work!
Here’s this month’s newsletter. Electronic only, again, I’m afraid, so please share!
I couldn’t fit this in the newsletter this month (although perhaps sticking to two pages when it is not being printed isn’t really important!), so first, now the kids are properly off for the summer, here are some suggestions of things to do from the Chester Green Events Team:
School Out for Summer!!!
10 Things to do with the kids…
In this month’s newsletter, there are the latest updates on the Aida/Bliss Factory development and Chester Green’s Scarecrow Trail. Also, there’s a family bike ride planned for early September and sad news about the passing of Joan D’arcy, historian, friend, and fellow Residents’ Association board member since its inception.
The usual updates about the flood defence work, and Aida/Bliss redevelopment and a look at some of the lovely community events (socially distanced!) that have been going on in lock down. Sunday would have been the fifth ‘Picnic on the Green’ event, which actually started in 2016 to help celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday. It went so well, we’ve held it every year since…..we hope to bring this back again next year, but in the meantime, here’s a video documenting the 1st (by Lucia who lived on St. Paul’s Road at the time!)
Download this month’s newsletter below, and please share to anyone you know as still no printed copies this month!