Roughlee Parish Council
Seniors' Lunch, Blue Plaques, Planning, Thanks...
I am guessing that whilst reading this months edition, that you will be either feeling sorry for yourself due to over-indulgence in the last few days, glad it’s all over or not looking forwards to returning to work in the the near future. Whichever one it is I would like to wish a Happy New Year and all the best for 2024.
During December we hosted our annual Seniors’ Christmas lunch which I believe from the comments received was a success. My thanks must go out to the extended team who make this event the success that it is. Now for a confession, I was not a trifle fan until I tasted the home made trifle made by “our Margaret”, I have been converted and look forwards to the next event when it is on offer.
The more astute of you may have noticed the appearance of yet another ‘blue plaque’ in the village, I certainly missed it. We now have, one in the Thorneyholme area, the other being in the vicinity of Waterfall cottages. I will leave it to you to see what they say.
The last 12 months on the Parish Council have had their moments, especially when it comes down to planning matters, we as custodians of the village do have difficult decisions to make, which on the whole I believe we get right. Sometimes though, matters end up escalating through the planning and legal systems. When this happens we end up in positions where we cannot make any further comments, observations or suggestions, much to the frustration of the applicants and sometimes ourselves.
Lastly, I would like to thank my fellow Parish Councillors for their support over the last 9 months, the Village Centre committee for all of the work that they put into the many successful events that have been held this year, the FORA team for making the village look so splendid and finally you (our community) for supporting us.