Roughlee Parish Council
Scams, 3G signal, Seniors' Christmas Lunch...
It appears that during September we have had some shady characters in the village knocking on doors and offering their services to do building work, roofing work and cleaning gutters etc and asking for money up front to get materials to complete the work, and then not returning. Please can we all be vigilant and keep an eye our neighbours so that nobody else gets scammed. It’s also equally important that we report these incidents to the Police so that they are aware of these actions. If you see anything please email our local PCSO Alan – as he repeatedly tells me, he cannot try to fix problems if he is not aware of them.
Quite a large number of telegraph post have started to appear throughout the village, which in some respects is both good and bad news. These are to facilitate the upgrade to fibre optic cables from the old copper ones. This will give some of us a much needed boost for broadband and give us digital voice, which unlike the old telephone system requires power to operate. However, the old 3G system will be switched off in this area in the next few months, which could be a concern given the lack of 4G/5G coverage that some of us experience. During a power cut, with no mobile signal, there is no way of contacting emergency services. BT are offering a battery-powered pack upon request which they say will mitigate this, but this situation needs to be monitored.
On a completely different note, please could you put Thursday 11th December in your diaries for our Seniors Christmas Lunch. Once again the cost will be £7.50, payable in advance at the point of booking. Our facilities dictate that we cannot accept walk-ins on the day. Invitations will be sent out to all eligible residents during November. If you don’t receive an invitation and think that your eligible please let us know.
We have also, alongside the celebrations of our seniors, decided (as a one off gesture) to recognise the youth in our community (as they are our future) with the gift of a book token. We are having difficulty ascertaining the number of children that we will have in the village, that will be 16 or under, as of the 30th November 2025. We have done our own research, but really would like you to come forwards and confirm this for us. So, please, once again, could I ask for all households that qualify to raise your hands and tell us who you are. We would hate to disappoint anyone.
Next PC meeting Monday 6th October at 7pm.