MOSLEY COMMON IN BLOOM GROUP Part of the RHS ’It’s your Neighbourhood’ scheme

E-mail: mosleycommoninbloom@gmail.com Tel: 07765 693500 www.streetlife.com http://www.mosleycommonvillage.co.uk/ Follow us on Facebook & Twitter: @info_mcib

On March the 5th more than 20 volunteers joined MCIB in a village-wide litter-pick as part of the national ‘Clean for the Queen’ campaign. 2 hours of hard work was followed by a tree-planting on the Common by the Mayor of Wigan in recognition of the Queen’s 90th birthday. We would like to say a huge thank you to all who turned out on the day to make it such a resounding success. (See the ‘red sofa’ report pg 2)

Mosley Common Cleaned for the Queen!

BEAT THE AUTUMN BLUES AT OUR GALA FAMILY WEEKEND THE COMMON VARIETY PERFORMANCE SUNDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER — FROM NOON

Our third free music festival compered by Steve Burton

Saturday 3rd September 9am—FREE Table Top Sale 12 Noon - Family funfair

Friday 2nd September 3.30—7.30 Family Funfair - playing field

Come and meet old friends or make some new ones!

Music for all tastes Licensed bar Hot and cold food Raffles

Bring your chairs, blankets and umbrellas - the show will go on whatever the weather

Wigan and Leigh Homes Litter-pick — Wednesday July 6th. Wigan and Leigh Homes is organising a litter-picking event for the Garrett Estate on Wednesday 6th July. Residents should meet at Lindale Hall at 10am to collect equipment and return for refreshments after the clean-up. Skips will be provided. See more about Lindale Hall on the back page.

Mosley Common Scarecrow Festival Make a Super Scarecrow (favourite cartoon character, Superhe-ro, Hollywood star, Pop Idol, TV Star, athlete etc.) and display in your front garden to be judged and scored by the community. Contact MCIB for an application form via:

mosleycommonvillage.co.uk, Facebook, Twitter, Tel: 07765693500 or mosleycommoninbloom@gmail.com

£50 1st prize! £30 - 2nd prize £20 - 3rd prize Complete and submit an application form & £2 entry fee by con-tacting MCIB as above to receive your Registered Entry Number. Judging day will be Sat 30th July. The Community is called upon to do the judging and start and end point of the ‘judging trail’ will be Lindale Hall, where refreshments will be served from 10am

MCIB 3rd annual Dog Show Hundreds of people turned out to enjoy the sun and watch the fun at our dog show on June 5th. This was our biggest show to date and dozens of stall-holders promoting health and well-being made the event even more enjoyable. MCIB would like to say a huge thanks to all our sponsors: Alan Anders—Astley Rotary, Domestic Property Services, David Nugent Accountants, Eddie’s Motor Spares, JTW services, Lugana Italian Restaurant, Linda Speakman, Wash 4 You, Councillors Platt, Taylor and Roberts and as ever the Ladies of Evergreen for lovely refreshments.

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Mosley Common in Bloom at the BBC ! The events of the Clean for the Queen day

came to the notice of the BBC via Twitter

and the group was approached to appear

on Radio 5 Live the following morning to

discuss the clean-up campaign and the

Wigan Council scheme ‘The Deal’. Not only

did MCIB take part in the radio programme

along with Matt from The School of Military and a local councillor Barry

Taylor, but group members Maxine Abberley and John Worrall were also

invited to share the red sofa on the morning BBC news programme!

Garrett Hall in Bloom! Have you noticed the lovely flowerbed on the Garrett Estate? The bed was funded through a BNF bid from WLH and created by Greenspaces at Wigan Council. The upkeep of the flower bed will be maintained by volunteers from Greenwood Close and Garrett Hall Rd. A great example of how the community can make improvements to the area. Thank you all!

The Copse & Biodiversity Project

You may have noticed that we have started the second phase of this project and that some of the lost paths have begun to reappear. This was achieved with the help of Wigan Council (as part of #The Deal) John from JTW Services and MCIB, Louise Cook, Vice Chair of MCIB, Barry Thomas, a local resident, and other volunteers. Thanks to Matt from A Planet Fit For Nature, we have been lucky enough to win a selection of bird boxes and a hedgehog hotel which, along with bat and bug hotels, wildflowers and fruit-bearing trees, will be placed in the copse to attract wildlife. All of this will be part of the fun and educational nature trail which we hope will attract both children and adults. Once complete the space will be more manageable and also accessible for our litter picks. On-going management of the space will be done by MCIB, and we are always looking for more help with this type of project so if you feel you can help in any way please get in touch.

Before Overgrown trees and brambles made the copse a haven for antisocial behaviour and fly tipping.

After The new paths will make the area more safe and welcoming for visitors of all ages.

CAMEO FRIENDSHIP GROUP

Cameo holds meetings every other Tuesday in St John’s Church Lounge from 1.30 onwards. Meet new friends, take part in quizzes and games or just have a chat. Coffee and biscuits and Linda’s almost legendary scones are also on offer! More information can be found on Streetlife Cameo Group, via Boothstown Bugle and Facebook.

Boothstown Slimming World ‘Eat well, never be hungry and lose weight!’ Come and join our warm and friendly group: Boothstown

Methodist Church Weds 5pm & 7pm,

Thursdays 9.30am

Contact Louise on 07427126377

It’s Your Neighbourhood 2016 Judging day this year for the award will be on Wednesday 28th July. As ever, residents can help by ensuring that the front of their property is kept tidy and weed-free. Thank you!

MORE WAYS TO STAY CONNECTED WITH MCIB With the invaluable help of Sarah from PJ Webdesign and volunteer Fred Walton we have increased our presence on social media. At www.mosleycommonvillage.co.uk you can find out about forthcoming events and read the minutes of our meetings as well as downloading this newsletter. You can also now find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter at @info_mcib. We also have monthly meetings starting at 7.30 pm on the first Thursday of every month at the new venue of Lindale Hall. All welcome.

‘Four Seasons’ coach trips come to Mosley Common! We are pleased to announce new Community Social Trips that will be leaving once per season with pick-ups in Boothstown and Mosley Common.

Exact dates to be confirmed October— ’Changing of the leaves’ Kendal and Keswick December—’Winter Wonderland’ Trentham Gardens February—’Snowdrops’ - To be confirmed July— ‘Lovely lavender’ - Yorkshire Lavender

Price approximately £12 per person. Keep an eye out for further news on the Village Notice-board, Streetlife, Twitter and the Village Website.

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Anti Social Behaviour MCIB has held 2 meetings about the ASB taking place in the vil-lage. We are liaising with residents from Astley, Boothstown and Gin Pit who appear to be suffering the same problems. The next meeting will take place in Lindale Hall at 7.30pm on Thurs-day 22nd September. Please don’t forget to ring 101 to report ASB in confidence. It is very important that you do so as the statistics are recorded, reviewed and influence policing.

MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT

WORK!!

As the circulation of our newsletter is growing we need more deliverers to share the load. If you can help in any way please contact us at :

mosleycommoninbloom@gmail.com

or on : 07960173617

CAN YOU HELP? Thank you to all our volunteers who are helping to keep the Mosley Common looking at its best. However we always need more volunteers to help with gardening so if you have any spare time please contact us using the contact details at the top of the first page. Do as much or as little as you like—every little helps!

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Accredited Walk. Wear comfortable clothing and footwear. Meet every Thursday at 10.30am outside St John’s Church, Mosley Common. Tea, coffee, biscuits and toilet facilities after in the Church Lounge.

2016 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

MOSLEY COMMON IN BLOOM GROUP Part of the RHS ’It’s your Neighbourhood’ scheme

E-mail: mosleycommoninbloom@gmail.com Tel: 07765 693500 www.streetlife.com http://www.mosleycommonvillage.co.uk/

Follow us on Facebook Twitter: @info_mcib

25th June (Saturday)

Noon - 3pm School Summer Fair - 20p entry

Car Show - £2 entry St Johns School

Sat 30th July

10am—4pm

Scarecrow festival – See advert on

page 2 - meet at Lindale hall, Collect Judging Sheet, follow the trail and mark your Score sheet. Activities and Refresh-ments served at Lindale Hall all day.

Start Lindale Hall—Around the Village display scarecrows in front gardens where they can be viewed/judged

September

2nd Friday

3rd Saturday

4th Sunday

3.30pm – 7.30pm Noon Start Noon start

Funfair Only 3.30pm-7.30pm

Funfair & Table-Top Sale/Stalls

Free Concert & Fun Fair 7pm Finish

The Field and Common

T B C October 10.30am Litter pick & clean up Village

26th November (Saturday)

Noon – 3pm School Xmas Fair St Johns School

3rd December (Saturday)

Saturday from 3.30pm

Xmas Tree lights Switch on Event

(reindeer, Santa on sleigh, Music, Hot Food and Licensed Bar, etc)

On the Common

8th December (Thursday)

Arrive 6.50pm for 7pm Start

Festive Wreath Making Work-shop with refreshments

Lindale Hall