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TalentedriderwinsA MOUNTSORREL schoolgirlhas won a national show-jumping competition.

Lara Gorse (12) was competingagainst 48 young riders from across thecountry at the Search for a TalentedShowjumper competition at the Country-side Live event in Yorkshire this Octo-ber.

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LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTYCouncil is pressing aheadwith its plans to reducesupport for libraries in thecounty.

Mountsorrel’s library is one of 36village libraries that the County has iden-tified – these ‘community libraries’ willbe run by volunteers with support fromthe County Council.

The 16 major libraries will continueto be funded by the County Council butwill have their opening hours cut by20%.

The County Council say their planswill save £800,000.

The proposals have attracted wide-spread local opposition with 1700 peo-ple signing a petition and highattendance at public consultation meet-ings.

Parish Councillor Stan Coats organ-ised a petition and has been actively

Libraryat risk

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The riders took part in a series ofheats over two days and were judged byOlympic showjumpers Graham and TinaFletcher, with Lara chosen as the overallwinner.

Lara, a pupil at Rawlins Academy,will now spend time with the Fletchers,where she will pick up vital tips to helpher showjumping career. Lara who start-ed riding when she was five years old,was delighted with her success at Coun-tryside Live.

But it could all have been a differentstory for Lara and her family whosetransport had broken down before theevent, forcing them to borrow a trailerand campervan to travel to Harrowgate.

“I’m so pleased we made it, wedidn’t expect Lara to win. I’ve neverridden a horse in my life, she certainlydoesn’t get her talent from me” saidmum Haley.

Lara said: “I felt a little nervous asthere were so many people. I’m notused to a big event like this, it’s so ex-citing to have won.”

Graham Fletcher, who has been in-volved in showjumping for more than 30years and won all the major internation-al Grand Prix competitions, said Larastood out as a stylish rider.

“The riders we have had in thisyear’s competition have been amongsome of the best we have ever had. Lararode impeccably – the way she improvedover the weekend was really great. Sheis a very stylish little rider and willing tolearn and adapt her style” he said.

researching ways the County’s planscould be challenged. He said: “Mount-sorrel will be badly hit by the proposalto close its library if we cannot findenough volunteers. It has a modernlibrary and education centre which wasbuilt in 2007. It is not an affluent villageand has some pockets of real depriva-tion, being one of four priority neigh-bourhoods in Charnwood.

Charnwood.Spokesman Andy Worby said: “We’re

clearly disappointed with the result.What concerns us most is that the planscommittee paid almost no attention tothe key issues around sustainability andthe impact of the development on thelocal area. All the focus was on theSection 106 money coming from thedevelopers and how to resolve thesquabble between Rothley and Mount-sorrel parish councils on who shouldget it. It’s a real concern that it’s cometo this.

“The council needs to change itsapproach and pay more attention to howthe current pace of development is af-fecting the local communities, and not

just think about how they’regoing to balance their booksusing developer handouts.”

Rothley Parish Councilhave submitted a bid for a£500,000 contribution to-wards a new Rothley Centre.Mountsorrel Parish Councilhas also requested contribu-tions: £450,000 towards anew Memorial Hall, £400,000towards sports facilities onHalstead Road and £200,000to secure the future of Mount-sorrel Library.

The developers will berequired to make a contribu-tion of £460,405 for educa-tional provision, andcontributions to public trans-port, policing and the NHS toexpand a local doctor’s sur-gery.

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"There are families with no books inthe house and who cannot afford to buychildren’s books or the bus fare to trav-el to Loughborough to the nearest li-brary.”

The County Council says that a poolof 30-50 volunteers would need to beestablished to run Mountsorrel library. Itsays it now wants to identify eight of the36 ‘community libraries’ which will actas bases for a library liaison officer toadvise and support local communities.

• in 2012/13 Mountsorrel library had48,133 visitors in total of which 1443were active borrowers, the highest figureof the 36 ‘community libraries’

• 1040 people attended 50 events atthe library

• 129 people attended 13 classes runby the Adult Learning Service

West Cross Laneplans approvedPLANS FOR up to 130 new homes off West Cross Lane inRothley have been given the go ahead by Charnwood.

The plans, on the boundary withMountsorrel, were considered by theBorough Council’s planning committeein September. It voted to recommenddevelopment and reduce the amount ofaffordable housing from 30% to 15%. Adecision notice has not been publishedwhile the details of the section 106 de-veloper contributions are negotiated.

The reduction in the amount of af-fordable housing, a move supported bythe developer Charles Church, will resultin a considerable increase in the size ofthe 106 contributions.

The West Cross Lane Fields ResidentsAction Group campaigned against theproposals and presented a detailed ob-jection to the planning department at

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A FULL meeting of Mountsorrel ParishCouncil was held on July 14.

Miss Lian Munday was co-opted to fill a vacancy on thecouncil.

Regarding the recent ‘Lestfest’ event, it was reported thatCharnwood Borough Council are only obliged to tell thePolice and Health & Safety before granting permission, notthe Parish Council or neighbouring properties. It wasagreed that Charnwood be asked to notify the Parish Coun-cil of any future events.

It was reported that the contractor was working hard toimprove the cemetery and anticipates a significant improve-ment within the next four to five weeks.

Cllr Stan Coats reported that the petition he organisedregarding the threatened closure of Mountsorrel libraryraised 1100 signatures with the Heritage Group’s petitionraising even more.

Cllr Mick Lemon reported that, following initial objec-tions by Leicestershire County Council, the man who hadbeen maintaining the plants on the roundabout at thesouthern entrance to the village had been granted a licenceto continue. It was agreed to write and thank him for hisefforts.

A full meeting of Mountsorrel Parish Council was heldon September 8.

The winners of the Parish Council’s Best Kept Frontgarden competition were presented with their prizes.

A full meeting of Mountsorrel Parish Council was heldon October 13.

Cllr Stan Coats reported that the County Council ap-peared to have a fixed policy of continuing to support onlythe top 16 libraries with full funding, and that the remain-ing libraries would need to be run by volunteers. He ad-vised that the Parish Council and residents would need tocontinue fighting the closure of Mountsorrel library. It was

agreed that theParish Counciland residentswould need tocontinue fight-ing the closureof Mountsorrellibrary up tothe Secretary of

OUR PICTURES show some of themany local groups that had fundraising stalls at the Autumn CharityFair in Mountsorrel’s Memorial Hall.

State if necessary. It was agreed that the ParishCouncil deplores any decision to withdraw profes-sional County Council staff from Mountsorrel libraryand that it would be a dereliction of their duty un-

der the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964.The Council has received a letter of resignation

from Cllr D Nicholls.

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A VILLAGE business hascome to the rescue ofMountsorrel guides.

Leader in Charge at 1st Mountsor-rel Guides Julie Massey said: “The

young girls at 1st Mountsorrel Guidesare thankful for being well equippedwith a good selection of campingequipment. For many years this hasbeen stored in the shed of a gener-ous elderly local resident for whichwe are very grateful. Unfortunatelythe shed has recently fallen into dis-repair and the camping equipmentmoved to prevent damage.

After approaching local business-man Alan McDougall, owner of vil-lage business ‘City Transair’, he haskindly provided us with emergencystorage as a temporary solution. Forthis we are very appreciative as wewere fearful that valuable equipmentwould be lost to water damage.”

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Our picture shows Daniel Bowler,Benjamin Hutchings, Ashleigh Eddy andGeorgia Ward with Chief Constable ofLeicestershire, Simon Cole and Leicester-shire County Commissioner for Scouts,Carol Black

Chief Constable Simon Cole presentedthe awards at a ceremony at the Scout

Headquarters in Leicester Forest East.The Chief Constable, who is Vice

President of Leicestershire Scouts, said:“I was delighted to see so many youngpeople achieving such great successesand I felt honoured to be included intheir celebrations.”

employment opportunities and an excel-lent network of green infrastructurewhich connects into existing areas ofenvironmental value and includes anextension of the Leicester HamiltonGreen Wedge. It will have vibrant centresthat provide a heart to the communityand accessible community, shopping andbusiness facilities.”

More details on the planning pages ofCharnwood’s website, planning applica-tion P/13/2498/2

THE SORREL Youth Café helda Christmas fundraisingevent with festive stalls andtasty Christmas treats.

Nicky Morgan MP, the EducationSecretary, read Christmas stories to thechildren and café volunteers sold hand-crafted gifts, new and second-handbooks, warming soup and deliciousChristmas goodies.

All money raised at this event will goto fund youth work within the café forthe young people of Mountsorrel andbeyond.

The Sorrel Youth Café is a publiclimited charity that is now the sole pro-vider of freely accessible youth servicesin Mountsorrel. Fundraising events likethese, and generous regular donationsfrom local people, enable the SorrelYouth Café to continue providing trainedyouth workers, social, emotional andeducational support to young people andthe café premises, for the use of youngpeople and the wider community.

For more information about the Sor-rel Youth Café project, contact LeslieStrange at leslie@sycafe.org or on 01162106379. You can also visit our websiteat www.sycafe.org.

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Scouts bronze awardFOUR LOCAL scouts from the Rothley and Mountsorrel areahave received their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award.

PLANS FOR 4500 new homes on land behind the Asda storein Thurmaston have been given the go-ahead by Charn-wood Borough Council.

Around 100 residents attended themeeting of Charnwood’s planning com-mittee where the plans were discussedfor more than three hours. Councillorsdecided by seven votes to five to supporttheir officers’ recommendation and ap-prove planning permission, which result-ed in angry shouts from many objectors.

The Barkby and Barkby Thorpe Ac-tion Group led the campaign against thedevelopment. The objections included:

• impact on local roads• loss of village separation and com-

munity identity• loss of agricultural land• no proper consideration of alterna-

tive sitesThe development will be delivered

over 15-20 years at an annual build rateof 200-300 dwellings per year. Charn-wood’s current housing target is 17,380new dwellings between 2006-2028. 5811new dwellings have been completed inthe period 2006-2014.

Section 106 developer contributionsare negotiated to mitigate the impact ofdevelopments and for this developmentwill run into many millions of pounds –the contribution towards new schoolsalong totals £37million. Money for newroads, leisure and health facilities willalso have to be provided.

The development is the largest plan-ning application ever to come beforeCharnwood Borough Council.

The plans include:• 4500 dwellings• 25% affordable housing• 13 hectares of employment land

creating 3000 jobs

• two local centres• one district centre• a range of retail outlets and one

large convenience store• a travellers site adjacent to the

A607, near to the Asda roundabout• up to three new primary schools

and a site reserved for a secondaryschool

• healthcare facilities• allotments• a sports centre with full size artifi-

cial pitch• a new southern link road• a northern link road connecting to

the A607 Syston by-pass• increasing accessible open space on

the development site from 35 hectares to137

The 360 hectare development sitestraddles the Charnwood and LeicesterCity Council boundary. The majority ofthe land is currently in agricultural use.

The applicants are Commercial Es-tates Project Ltd and Mr J Pochin Trus-tees. Their application states: The NorthEast of Leicester Sustainable Urban Ex-tension will be a locally distinctive, sus-tainable and thriving new communitythat is well integrated and has excellentconnections with Thurmaston andLeicester. It will assist in realising regen-eration opportunities for Thurmastonand north east Leicester and create anew focus for the community east of therailway line but maintain a physicalseparation from Syston, Barkby andBarkby Thorpe.

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THE STANDARD of the Mountsorrel branch of the RoyalBritish Legion was part of a Remembrance Sunday servicein Yangon, formerly Rangoon, this year.

joined by a group of pupils from ChristChurch and St Peter’s Primary Schoolwho laid a wreath in memory of thevillage fallen from the Great War. Thepupils later attended a school led serviceof Remembrance in St Peter’s churchwhere they were joined by their familiesand members of the Mountsorrel BranchRoyal British Legion.

A spokesman for the Mountsorrelbranch of the Royal British Legion said:“We would like to thank all those whoattended and supported the parade andservices, and all those who supported

the Poppy Appeal and particularly all theshops, pubs, clubs and other outletswho have happily taken a Poppy Box forthe Appeal. The branch would particu-larly like to thank the Sorrel Youth Caféfor hosting the Appeal launch event andthe ladies of the Christ Church and StPeter’s Craft Group, who produced theexcellent and much asked for, knittedpoppies for the appeal. The Village Ap-peal total stands currently at £3694 andwe hope that more will yet be added tothat figure.”

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Branch Chairman Mr Keith Hassalllaid the standard on the altar of HolyTrinity cathedral where the service wasbeing held.

Mr Hassall also laid wreaths andcrosses at the Yangon war cemetery inmemory of all the Leicestershire menlost during the Far East campaign ofWorld War II.

In Mountsorrel, the annual Remem-brance Sunday Parade and church serv-ice took place on the afternoon ofNovember 9 led by local dignitariesincluding Deputy Lord Lieutenant, Mr THiggins, the Mayor and Mayoress ofCharnwood, Cllr and Mrs P Day, Col RMartin, Leicestershire County Presidentof the Royal British Legion and Presidentof the Mountsorrel Branch together withMrs J Martin, County President of theRoyal British Legion Women’s Section,Nicky Morgan MP and Mr Brian Allard,Chairman of the Mountsorrel ParishCouncil together with Parish, Boroughand County Councillors for the village.

As ever there was a strong showingby the youth organisations of the villageincluding the Guides, Brownies, Beaversand Boys Brigade.

Certificates of appreciation were pre-sented by the Royal British Legion toNoel Wakeling, for his work as treasurerand welfare officer of the Mountsorrelbranch 1980-2014 and to John Doyle,Poppy appeal and parade organiser.

On Armistice Day at 11am on Novem-ber 11 a short service was held at thePeace Garden, by the Market Place, atwhich wreaths, poppies and crosseswere laid. This year the gathering was

Mountsorrelremembers the fallen

Pics: County President of the Royal BritishLegion, Colonel Robert Martin (left) presentscertificates to Noel Wakeling (top) & John Doyle

P/14/2034/2: Land adjacent to2,4,6,8,14 & 25 Kenilworth Close, Mount-sorrel – use of lands as open space anderection of 2m high fenceP/14/2180/2: 7 Rosslyn Avenue, Mount-sorrel – erection of a two storey exten-sion to side of dwellingP/14/2071/2: 251 Leicester Road, Mount-sorrel – formation of raised parking areato front of dwellingP/14/2054/2: 3 Hugh Lupus Court,Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel – erec-tion of conservatory to rear of dwellingP/14/2040/2: 44 The Green, Mountsorrel– conversion of attached garage to bed-roomP/14/2031/2: Land on south side ofMountsorrel Lane, Sileby – request forscreening opinion in relation to a pro-posed Solar PV farmP/14/1763/2: 4 Glebe Close, Mountsorrel- erection of a two storey extension torear and side and single storey extensionto front and detached single storey ga-rage to front of dwellingP/14/1726/2: Albar Autos 177, LeicesterRoad, Mountsorrel – external aluminiumcladding to front and side of car show-room

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T’was two nights before Christmas.And all through my house

Not a creature was stirring, just arisk-taking mouse

Then all of a sudden there came agreat smash

I looked through the window – it wasa sleigh crash

The sleigh was quite battered butseemed quite unbroken

Some language I heard, that wasbetter unspoken

Out staggered old Santa, a-rubbinghis eyes

Took one look at me and exclaimedin surprise:

What’s this? You’re all grown up,you’re supposed to be ten

Don’t tell me the Sat-Nav has done itagain?

I gently explained: “This is hard tobelieve

But you’re early, tomorrow it’ll beChristmas Eve

“Your Sat Nav is fine, it’s your eye-sight that’s wonky

That’s not Dancer or Prancer –you’ve hitched up a donkey”.

He sighed and he told me “I thinkyou are right

I’ve been bothered, but I thought it atrick of the night

I suppose it’s OK that I’m early, notlate

But it’s really quite silly to misreadthe date.”

The unhappy chappy looked so woe-begone

That I said: “We know just where youought to have gone.”

Than I drove him on down to a placethat was local

And they fitted him up with some newspecs (bi focal)

Then I took him back to rescue hissleigh

And he thanked my profusely andwent on his way

And all that remained was the placewhere the ass

Had made quite a meal of my smallpatch of grass

Perhaps it was his way of paying meback

Or maybe the parcel had droppedfrom his sack.

Either way it was simply an old

dream come trueI could send him a letter – float it up

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The Mountsorrel Post welcomes yourviews and opinions on any subject. Let-ters, which must include your name andaddress, (though not necessarily forpublication) can be posted to: TheMountsorrel Post, Longslade College,Wanlip Lane, Birstall, Leicester LE4 4GH,or handed in at Mountsorrel library oremail:editor@birstallpost.co.uk

For over 10 years now, like manyothers most of who live outside Rothley,we attend a Tea Dance at the RothleyCentre. This event has been running forfar longer and like all other functions atthis centre the hirers have to pay for thehall.

It has become increasingly difficult tofind a parking space – the allocatedarea for hall users, stated on noticesseem to be un-noticed by many or notrelevant. On one occasion recently thehall was being used by only 16 peoplewho between them had seven cars, threeof these cars could not park on thewhole car parking area, having to findroad parking elsewhere in the village,some of which was limited to one hour,thus the owners of these cars had tomove the vehicles during the dance.

Yes, this is a public car park but NOTALL of the area is! Some of the hirershave some heavy equipment and shouldhave easy access to the hall. Perhaps theanswer is clearer markings of the areareserved for hall users and a little moreconsideration by other users.

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ChristmasCelebrationsat Mountsorrel Methodist ChurchDec 6: St Nicholas Day Party in-cluding a Seasonal Tea, 3-6pmDec 21: Carol Praise, preacher LizNewton, 10.30amDec 24: Carols by Candlelight,preacher – Rev E Adam Wells, 7pmDec 24: Midnight Communion –United Service at St Peter’sChurch, 11.15pmDec 25: Christmas Day Praise,preacher – Deacon Jan Sutton,10amEveryone is invited to come andjoin the celebrations

Film Presentations FromThurcaston & CropstonParish Council"About Time"

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Memories of school inspired at exhibitionAFTER 112 years on itspresent site, Rothley schoolwill be moving to a newbuilding in January 2015and to mark the occasion atime capsule, capturing lifeat the school, has beensealed during a special as-sembly.

Pupils, teachers and governors, alongwith village and church representatives,all placed items in the capsule. Designedto capture the essence of the school,both today and from the school’s past,the capsule included a whole range ofdifferent artefacts.

These included letters from pupils inYear 5 to pupils of the future, a schoolreport from a past pupil, Ofsted andNational Curriculum documentation,school newsletters and reports, a schoolfood menu, photographs, items ofschool uniform, building plans, keyhistorical legal documents, local news-papers and items from each of thechurches in the village along with theParish Council.

Everyone then witnessed John Barratt,a local cabinet maker, seal shut theEnglish Oak capsule. It will be placedon view in the wall of the new schoolbuilding on the site of Brookfield Farm,off Hallfields Lane.

Mrs Fiona Parr, Head Teacher said:“This assembly was a piece of history inthe making and will provide an abidingmemory for the all the children andadults present. I am sure the contents ofthe time capsule will be fascinating tothose who open it in years to come andwill give a real insight into school life in2014. Placed in the school foyer in thenew school, it will provide a uniquebridge connecting the rich and varied

history of the school over the past 112years to the next exciting chapter in the

lifeof the school in its new building.”

The sealing of the time capsule ac-companied an exhibition detailing thehistory of the school while on theMountsorrel Lane site. Terry Sheppard,local historian of the Rothley HeritageTrust and exhibition coordinator, said:“The interest in the exhibition has sur-passed all our expectations and thememories shared and school friendshipsrekindled has been a privilege to cap-ture. The contents of the time capsulewill hopefully be a source of enjoymentand historical interest when it is openedmany years from now.”

Kate Croden, School Foundation Gov-ernor, past teacher at the school andjoint co ordinator of the school exhibi-tion, said: “The interest and memoriesof those who attended the exhibition –many of whom have captured them in

the Memories Book - hasmade the whole exhibitionextremely worthwhile andadded to the collectiveknowledge of the school. Ihope the time capsule willgenerate a similar level ofinterest when it is eventually

opened by a future generation.”The preparation and sealing of the

time capsule was an integral part of anexhibition ‘From Foundations to Acade-my, 1902 – 2014’ held in Rothley Pri-mary School.

A spokesman said: “Throughout thepast century the school has been anintegral part of village life. Many thou-sands of children have benefitted fromtheir formative education within thebuilding - an experience which hassometimes spannedthree generationswithin a family.Teachers, parentsand governors haveall, in so manydifferent ways, add-ed to the school’srich heritage.”

To mark thismilestone - forpresent and pastpupils and everyone who has been in-volved with the school at one time oranother - and to capture the life, memo-ries and spirit of the school, the exhibi-tion ‘From Foundations to Academy,1902 – 2014’ ran from 11 – 15 October2014.

The exhibition provided a final op-portunity for parents, past pupils andeveryone else who has an associationwith the school, to revisit, bring theirmemories and help capture and pre-serve the school history before the site isdeveloped for new housing.

Welcoming visitors to the exhibition,Fiona Parr said: “I’m amazed at how

many people have come, each one hastheir own story and special memory ofthe school. Most do feel some sadness atthe school being taken down but theyunderstand now is the time for the nextphase of education in the village.

“The new school will become a hubfor the community and all the families inthe new developments, who will be thefuture generations of Rothley.”

Fiona has been headteacher at theschool for nine years. “I feel very proudto be the head that is establishing thenew school and will be taking the ethosfrom the old school to the new” shesaid.

On December 23 at 2pm teachersand pupils will parade from the oldschool through the village to the newschool off Hallfields Lane. Fiona said: “It

will be a bridge from the old to the newand be a final goodbye for the childrenand the teachers.”

Rothley School originated as a Na-tional School in 1837 in School Streetand expanded in 1902 with a new class-room on Mountsorrel Lane. Two moreclassrooms were added in 1913 and theearth closets were converted to the wa-ter variety in 1928, all by local voluntaryeffort and provision. After the 1944Education Act and the school adoptingChurch of England Controlled Status,Leicestershire County Council lookedforward to the future which saw a bigbuilding scheme in 1966. Five class-

Pic: The time capsule being sealed by John Barratt, local cabinet maker, watched by Head TeacherFiona Parr and some of the pupils who placed items in the time capsule

Pic: Rothley school in 2014

Pic: Lead Infants Teacher Miss Lilian Haywood & assistant Miss Morley in 1902

Pic: the new school under construction

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New heritage centreproject moves closer

The Mountsorrel and Rothley Communi-ty Heritage Centre, has now received plan-ning permission to go ahead with itsambitious project to build a heritage cen-tre at Swithland Lane on the boundary ofthe two parishes. With finance and plan-ning permission in place the hunt is al-ready underway for suitable contractors toundertake the majorityof the work.

The volunteer ledMountsorrel RailwayProject are behind theplans.

The Heritage Centrewill be constructedalongside the restoredMountsorrel Railway atNunckley Hill, close tothe Halstead Roadjunction and will beoperated by an inde-pendent, not for profit company run by thecommunity for the community. The aim isfor the heritage centre and other attrac-tions on the site to be free for the publicto visit with a tea room generating incometo allow the site to operate.

The plan involves the rescue, relocationand restoration of three old granite stonebuildings, all of which have local impor-tance and their own history, but are eitherin a poor state of repair or at risk of beinglost. These will be relocated to NunckleyHill to form the core of the heritage centreand tea room.

The scheme has been made possiblethanks to Lafarge Tarmac who are provid-ing the land required for the project, mate-rials at prime cost, as well as a grant of£540,000 through their Landfill Tax Cred-its scheme. The remaining match fundinghas been provided by public donations and

grants from the Rothley History Society,Friends of the Great Central Main Line, theGarfield Weston Foundation, the HarryHames Cottage Charity, the Helen JeanCope Charity and the Edward CadburyCharitable Trust.

The heritage centre will tell the interest-ing and varied story of both Mountsorrel

and Rothley’s history, which includes con-nections to the abolition of the slaverymovement, the Knights Templar and acastle built by a nephew of William theConqueror!

As well as the heritage centre and tearoom, the scheme also includes car park-ing, a half mile long “Nunckley Trail” na-ture path through woodland, created byvolunteers over the past 18 months, arailway platform to allow visitors to rideheritage steam and diesel trains, which theGreat Central Railway will run along thebranch line starting next year. There willalso be a quarry museum area providing astatic recreation of how granite quarryingtook place in Mountsorrel at the end of the19th century. This involves the creation ofreplica stone built stone masons huts andrailway sidings for shunting demonstra-tions.

A future addition will be a railway mu-seum building housing historic railwayvehicles that once worked at Mountsorrelquarry and an exhibition room to tell thestory of the geology of Charnwood Forestas well as the history of quarrying atMountsorrel. Funding is still required forthese two buildings but the planning per-mission includes their construction.

To comply with funding conditions thework is scheduled to be completed bymid-summer 2015. To keep costs down,however, a substantial portion of the workwill be carried out by community volun-teers and several local companies havecome on board to offer their advice, serv-ices and skills free of charge to help theproject succeed. These include LafargeTarmac, Edward Hands & Lewis Solicitors,Ask Accounting, Languard Vegetation Man-agement, Palmer Smith Tax Services, D & dBuilding Services Consulting Engineers,Kibworth Tax Services. The Rothley HistorySociety, Mountsorrel Heritage Group andRothley Heritage Trust are all workingclosely with the project also.

Project Leader Steve Cramp said: “Wehave been overwhelmed by the response oflocal businesses and individuals to ourproject, which continues to develop asmore people hear what we are doing andhave achieved. To reconstruct the branchline, from Bond Lane, Mountsorrel toSwithland sidings on the Great CentralRailway, took us six years and was a tre-mendous achievement. The heritage centreis an equally ambitious project. We arevery grateful to Lafarge Tarmac’s LandfillCommunity Fund for providing the majority

of the funding for the scheme and also tothe public and other charities and organi-sations that helped us to raise the £56,000match funding required to release thelandfill grant. The next 9 months are cer-tainly going to be an exciting and busytime for our volunteers. We need morehelp so if you would like to volunteer andget involved, whether it be with physicalwork or with the many administration andplanning tasks, please get in touch”.For further information: www.heritage-centre.co.uk. Orto volunteer, email project leader Steve Cramp at:steve@mountsorrelrailway.org.ukIf you would like to donate to the Exhibition and Muse-um Building fund then send cheques made payable to“DCRT” (David Clarke Railway Trust) to 112 BalmoralRoad, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire LE12 7EW (Pleasewrite ‘Heritage Centre’ on the reverse of cheques.)

A £600,000 Heritage Centre in Rothley has been given thego-ahead by planners at Charnwood.

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rooms, a hall, a kitchen and additionalplaying field were added on the Mount-sorrel Lane site. A new ‘Early Years’Foundation suite was added in 1989, afurther classroom in 2001 and a doublemobile classroom set in the schoolgrounds completed in 2009.

“Even with all this development theschool is bursting at the seams. Every-one is looking forward to the comingmove in January 2015 to extensive newfacilities on the site of the old Brookfieldfarm” said a spokesman.

MOUNTSORREL WORKING Men’s Clubhas had its bar refurbished.

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Sammy Conway (33) was diag-nosed with breast cancer threeyears ago. She underwent chemo-therapy, radiotherapy and had adouble mastectomy but in August2014 received the devastatingnews the cancer had returned,spread to her spine, and was ter-minal.

Now in a wheelchair after anoperation to remove part of herspine, Sammy wants to make thetime she has left with her twodaughters, Gracie (7) and Amalie(3), special.

Sammy said: “I don’t know howI’m facing this or what I’m doing,thinking or feeling most of thetime. I know only one thing and that is Ihave two beautiful daughters. These girlsare everything to me. I love them, Iadore them, as every mum should, I ameverything to them and they are every-thing to me, I don’t understand a worldthat would take me away from thembecause I know that I am the only per-son they need more than ever! And tothink that I won’t be here to see themgrow or be a part of their future in un-thinkable. I have no choice though.”

“Life has dealt me the cruellest ofblows, and even though I will give thisfight everything I can, never give up,always want to be here with them forev-er, on will alone more than anything, Ican’t and it’s heartbreaking. It’s so veryimportant to me that what has happenedto me can’t happen again! It’s importantto me that I save a life be getting theright message out to the right people, itis important to me that my daughters’future will be a safe and happy one filledwith love and that my girls know howmuch mummy loved them”.

“I would like to make memories forGracie and Amalie I would love your

support to make this happen for us andthat is really as simple as it is, I am sograteful to all the help we have alreadyreceived and all the kindness you havealready shown to us, my family andfriends are truly wonderful and those ofyou I haven’t met surprise still with yourgenerosity! Thank you to all of you thathave been here and continue to be be-side me.”

The Blossom Tree Trust has been setup in the hope that people will support,sponsor and donate to various fundrais-ing events to help these two girls enjoythe time they have with their mummyand to fulfil Sammy’s dreams and wishesfor them.

A trip to Disneyland Paris is plannedand fundraising events already held in-clude a Halloween party at Barrow FCand sponsored runners taking part inthe Leicester Half Marathon.

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THANKS TO the NationalCitizenship Service the Sor-rel Youth Care has had amajor facelift.

Ten young people, volunteeringthrough the NCS, worked with youngpeople from the Café to raise the fundsand decorate its interior. Budgens,Mountsorrel provided the group with anopportunity to raise over £250 with asponsored cycle. This covered the costof the paint and materials.

Jessica Pavey, NCS Project Co-ordina-tor, said: “It’s great to have opportuni-ties like this and we thank the Café forletting us take on the job. The youngpeople involved have told us that theyfeel they have made a real difference.What’s more the Café looks great!”

The timing of Café revamp helped itprepare for the Mountsorrel Revivalwhen it was given a back in time themewith a 1940’s front room, furniture andprops courtesy of Vinspiration, a 1950’sIce Cream parlour.

Youth officer Graham Lloyd said:“Despite the bad weather all our hardwork paid off. The café looked greatand we were able to welcome Revivalvisitors to come in out of the rain fortea, cake or a boxed lunch. Thanks tothe NCS and Budgens for their support.”

He added: “The Café has been a greatsupporter of the Revival and saw it as agreat opportunity to demonstrate whatthe Café is doing. Young people andvolunteers dressed up and visitors couldhave their photo taken, enjoy a specialistice cream or fresh strawberries donatedby the Co-op, Mountsorrel – thanks tothem.

“A big thanks has to go to Ian Shonkfor his inspiration and hard work. Hebattled through the setbacks and whenthe sun finally came out I hope he felt itwas all worth it. We are looking forwardto next year’s event.”

The Café has started its autumn pro-gramme and is looking for new volun-teers who want to work with youngpeople.

Anyone interested in finding out moreabout the Café and/or volunteeringshould contact Graham, call on 07775616001 or email glloyd@sycafe.org

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A FUNDRAISING coffee morning at a Mountsorrel care homehas raised funds for the family of a young women fromBarrow-upon-Soar with terminal cancer.

Café’smajorfacelift

THE WINNERS of Mount-sorrel Parish Council’sBest Kept Front Gardencompetition in 2014 were:

Hanging baskets & window boxes:Mrs L B Beck – 1 Blue Granite

Caravan ParkSmall gardens:1. Mrs Lanning - 11 Blue Granite

Caravan Park2. Mrs J Morris - 2 Cloud Lea3. Mr A Wallace - 38 Church Hill

RoadLarge gardens:1. Mr & Mrs Heemskerk – 29

Kingfisher Road2. Mr & Mrs Cooke - 25 Kenil-

worth Close3. Mr R Monk - 1 Bradgate CloseBusiness premises:1. The Mountsorrel Guest House –

217 Loughborough Road2. Rose Cottage Rest Home -136

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A BOY received seriousinjuries after he was hitby a car on HalsteadRoad.

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Pic: Sammy Conway with her daughters

Pic: (top) at The Poplars’ coffee morning areHayley Mays, William Twigg, Bobbie-Jo Betts,Lewis Hickey, James Conway, Victoria Cornwell &Peter Conway

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Rothley vineyard’s winning wineThe Kingfishers’ Pool vineyard was

started as a hobby by Liz Robson in2008, in the garden of her Rothleyhome. In July, Liz retired from her fulltime position as principal lecturer inmidwifery at De Montfort University todevote more time to the vineyard.

The first sparkling wine, SparklingOrion, has just won a silver medal at theEnglish and Welsh wine competition in

Oxford in the white sparkling wine class.Liz said: “This is the first time we

have entered wine into a national com-petition, and when I saw the results andthe words “silver medal” I could scarce-ly believe my eyes! When I read theresults in more detail I realised that veryfew of the sparkling wines were fromthe 2012 vintage, which had been thewettest summer on record and anumber of prestigious vineyards had not

taken a harvest at all.“When I scrutinised the

figures further it slowlydawned on me that onlythree 2012 sparkling whitewines had won a silvermedal, ours, and the othertwo being Renishaw in Der-byshire, made by the samewinemakers, and the re-nowned Camel Valley inDevon. To think that oursmall boutique vineyard wasproducing wine on a parwith Camel Valley was as-tonishing and exceeded my

retirement expectations.”

The vineyard has won bronze medalsin a regional competition and five ofthese wines, as well as Sparkling Orion,are currently for sale at David North’sdelicatessen on Station Road, Rothley.

Kingfishers’ Pool was visited by BenJackson from BBC Radio Leicester inSeptember and he broadcast some of hisshow from the vineyard.

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Pic (below): CliveVickers, winemaker,who produced theSparkling Orion andis providing consul-tancy for Kingfish-ers’ Pool Vineyard.He is standingbeside the Orionvines whichwon the silvermedal.

A ROTHLEY vineyard has won an award in a national winecompetition at its first attempt.

Pic: the winery at Kingfishers’ Pool vineyard

TRAVELLERS HAVE set upcamp on Red Hill island fivetimes this year, with the lastgroup evicted in October.

Leicester City Council own the landand have to deal with clearing the siteof rubbish after the travellers havebeen evicted. This has included sever-al fridge freezers, bedding, toys, apick-up truck, car seats and litter.

The costs of the clean up and thehazard to motorists using the busyjunction are causing concern to resi-dents and councillors.

Ann Marshall, the Chairman ofBirstall Parish Council said: “Red HillIsland is not an acceptable place fortravellers to be, it’s a very busy islandwith lots of traffic and, unless the CityCouncil take some steps to stop themgoing on it, it will just continue. Theyneed to install stakes or a railing, witha drop down post to allow access forthe Police and paramedics.”

A Leicester City Council spokesmansaid: “There are no plans to build anybarricades at Red Hill roundabout. Wehaven’t any requests to do so and itwould be expensive and complicatedgiven that we need to ensure visibilityfor drivers is maintained, and thataccess remains possible to the variousutilities based on the roundabout.”

Each time travellers have campedon the site they have been moved onwithin two weeks, say the City Council.

• a six pitch traveller site onGreengate Land and a 10 pitch site atRed Hill Way/Thurcaston Road areexpected to be completed in March2015.

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THE NEW look Sorrel Youth Café will now open itsdoors to the general public Monday to Friday

“It has always been important to usto ensure that the Café is part of thecommunity – it’s never been just a youthcafé. We are therefore responding tofeedback and are opening our doorsbetween 9am and 2pm every weekday”said Youth Officer Graham Lloyd.

“One of the main ideas behind themove is to make better use of the café attime when young people don’t use it.However the Charity also needs to gener-ate income and wants to provide trainingopportunities for young people Recentrestrictions in national and local fundingmean that the café’s future is still underthreat and it needs to look at new waysof bringing in sustainable income tosecure the future.

“Over the last year people have saidto us that they would value a café in thispart of the village. We have therefore

looked at how an open caféwould fit in with our charita-ble objectives and help thecafé to survive the next fewyears.”

The café offers a menu forbreakfast and lunch and willbe staffed by a qualified chef,volunteers and young people.As a community café it offersa place for people to meetand the income generated willsupport the youth work.

In its first few weeks thenew opening times proved agreat success. The café’s chefJo Wiseman said: “We havehad a great response and havebeen pleased to see so manypeople trying out the newmenu. We are keen to recruit

new volunteers to help us run the sessions so ifpeople are interested they should just pop in.”

Anyone interested in finding out more about thecafé and/or volunteering should contact Graham andcall 077775 616001 or email glloyd@sycafe.org

Youth café nowopen to all

OUR PICTURES show some of the paintingsat an exhibition staged by the Soar ValleyArtists at the Rothley Centre in October.

Spokesman John Beckett said: “The exhibition is a chal-lenge and somethingfor the members towork towards, weall come together totake part in runningthe exhibition.”

The Soar ValleyArtists have a selec-tion of their paint-ings on show inGlenfield hospitalfor the enjoyment ofvisitors and patients.Sales have generated£2500 over the lastthree years, to helppay for hospitalequipment.

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