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PINFOLD TAKES SHAPE
Work on the Pinfold Commemorative Seat has begun on the site of the former village pinfold.
Generous contributions and offers from Craig’s, the builders, and the Lamb family have provided stone. Craig’s prepared the site and is helping moving stone from their site across the road.
The seat will have a gated entrance [designed and built by Stephen Mather of Holburn] which will face the end of the new pathway constructed to service the Village Meadows development.
Pictured below is mason and wall-builder Ivor Scott at work before the temperature dropped too low for the mortar to set.
COUNCIL VACANCY
As a result of the retirement of Councillor Lesley Bradbury, who has served the community for several years there is currently a vacancy on Lowick Parish Council.
If you’d like to know more about the role of a Parish Councillor and the role of a Local Council please take a look at the National Association of Local Councils publication Good Councillors Guide or contact the clerk.
If you feel you have what it takes and wish to be considered for the vacancy please contact Ann Gold, the clerk as soon as possible. Applications will be considered at the PC meeting on 23rd January 2020.
PLEASE NOTE:-
In order to be eligible for co-option as a Lowick Parish Councillor you must be a British subject, or a citizen of the Commonwealth or the European Union; and on the ‘relevant date’ (i.e. the day on which you are nominated or if there is a poll the day of the election) 18 years of age or over; and additionally able to meet one of the following qualifications set out below.
a) Be registered as a local government elector for the parish; or
b) During the whole of the twelve months preceding the date of co-option, occupied as owner or tenant, land or other premises in the parish; or
c) Your principal or only place of work during those twelve months has been in the parish; or
d) You have during the whole of twelve months resided in the parish or within 3 miles of it
Please note that under Section 80 of the Local Government Act 1972 a person is disqualified from being elected as a Local Councillor or being a member of a Local Council if he/she:
a) Holds any paid office or employment of the local council (other than the office of Chairman) or of a joint committee on which the Council is represented; or
b) Is a person who has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his/her creditors (but see below); or
c) Has within five years before the day of election, or since his/her election, been convicted in the UK, Channel Islands or Isle of Man of any offence and has been sentenced to imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for not less than three months without the option of a fine; or
d) Is otherwise disqualified under Part III of the representation of the People Act 1983 for corrupt or illegal practices.
This disqualification for bankruptcy ceases in the following circumstances:
i. If the bankruptcy is annulled on the grounds that either the person ought not to have been adjudged bankrupt or that his/her debts have been fully discharged;
ii. If the person is discharged with a certificate that the bankruptcy was caused by misfortune without misconduct on his/her part;
iii. If the person is discharged without such a certificate.
In i and ii above, the disqualification ceases on the date of the annulment and discharge respectively. In iii, it ceases on the expiry of five years from the date of discharge.
COMMUNITY AWARDS FOR 2019
The presentation of COMMUNITY AWARDS 2019 was made an the annual Christmas Lights and Pantomime Evening in the village hall, just before Christmas.
The awards this year were presented to ANN GOLD and REBECCA MAITLAND.
Both recipients received several nominations, and the decision to present was made by the Parish Council at its November meeting.
Ann Gold has served the community for many years and is currently the Clerk to the Parish Council. She is also secretary of the Village Hall Committee and an active member of the Quilters Group. For many years she served as a Meals on Wheels deliverer.
Rebecca Maitland was a member of the Parish Council, and organised the bidding and delivery of the Bus Shelter project last year. She now works for the Glendale Agricultural Society in Wooler, whilst living in the village.
BOWSDEN & FENWICK NEWS – DECEMBER
Events in Bowsden and Fenwick, our neighbours and friends, are covered in the two monthly newsletters edited by Harry Wilson & Colin Wakeling. Lowick.Live posts these on its pages as they are published as PDFs for you to open and read – in case you do not receive a copy yourself.
