This month the Group packed the village hall to hear a talk by Wiz and Ann about Marton in the Victorian era. An overview of this talk can be found at this link.
The next Group meeting is the AGM on Monday April 25th at 7.30pm in the village hall. A short presentation about the history of Marton WI will follow the AGM. Do come along and share your thoughts on how this season’s programme went and help shape the programme for next season.
Please join our Easter celebrations at St Esprit, Marton! Meet outside the church at 9.30am on Easter Sunday morning (27th March 2016) for a ‘sunrise’ start, followed by our family communion service and a late breakfast! There will also be an Easter Egg hunt after the service.
We hope that you, like us, consider St Esprit Church to be the heart of our village and much loved by us all. For many years we have been, and continue to be, exceedingly grateful to our band of grass cutters and general maintenance folk, but the burden has become just too onerous and we have decided to supplement volunteer activity with, for example, a contract fortnightly mow / strim. The annual costs for maintenance, including mowing and floodlighting, will be approximately £1800 and we are seeking pledges from village households to help us continue to keep our village church looking its best.
A pledge of £10 a month from 15 households would cover the costs, would you be willing to consider donating regularly or as a one off? Please contact any member of the PCC for further information, or Jenny Walsh (Treasurer) for a gift aid form / church bank details
The Pig Club’s new herd will arrive at 1pm this Saturday at the farm field track.
Anyone (not just Pig Club members) is more than welcome to witness their arrival, which is always fun.
If you need a lift to the field, please get in touch (admin -at- martonvillage.com) and arrangements can be made.
Hopefully see many of you there!
A villager just posted this video on YouTube about yesterday’s flooding in Marton.
Drivers did not realise the danger they are getting into and the damage they can cause to property by attempting to drive through the flood water
MARTON PARISH COUNCIL
Ms S Turner 9 Drummond Road
Clerk to the Parish Council Cawston
Home: 01788 310113 Rugby
Email: selinaturner34@gmail.com CV22 7TN
To approve the Minutes of previous Meeting held on Tuesday 12 January 2016
Current Account £15,057.89
Deposit Account £0.00
Total £15,057.89
(Includes 819.00 grant money for table and chairs for the Pavilion and £3,257.11 of payments made but not cleared)
| 16/01/16 | 1068 | C A Mills | £ 140.00 |
| 27/01/16 | 1069 | WCC – Street Lighting | £ 261.19 |
| 27/01/16 | 1070 | RBC – Election Costs | £ 848.30 |
| 31/01/16 | 1071 | Clerk – Jan 2016 | £ 122.54 |
| 31/01/16 | 1072 | HM Revenue and Customs (Jan 16) | £ 30.60 |
| 14/02/16 | 1073 | JBA Consulting (Flood Assessment) | £ 1,440.00 |
| 14/02/16 | 1074 | Eon – Pavillion | £ 55.88 |
| 14/02/16 | 1075 | Noticeboard – Greenbarnes | £ 1,497.49 |
| 25/02/16 | 1076 | MGS – Barrie Mitchell | £ 80.00 |
| 29/0216 | 1077 | Clerk Feb16 | £ 122.54 |
| 29/02/16 | 1078 | HM Revenue and Customs Feb16 | £ 30.60 |
To pay
Any bills that arrive between now and the meeting
12 April 2016
10 May 2016
The February leap year meeting of the Group welcomed Henry Marriott, the great grandson of the Thornley-Kelsey Brewery at Radford Semele founder, H E Thornley. He farmed around Radford in the late 1800s. He also brewed ale on the farm premises for his workers – a common practice at the time. However, Henry’s great grandfather proved to be a talented brewer and decided to develop this side of the business.
In 1911 the specialist brewery buildings were built on Thornley farm land by the road leading into Leamington, where there was also potential access to the nearby canal and railway. It was also the site of a natural spring that would be perfect for brewing (so it was thought!). The first batch of beer brewed turned out to be awful and the water was considered too hard. A deep borehole still did not find a suitable supply, so all future beer was brewed with water brought by lorry from Leamington’s Campion Hills.
The Brewery thrived and its pubs were established all over Warwickshire. Its beers were good enough to win numerous prizes and it was considered sufficiently competent to also brew Guinness and M&B beers, under licence.
Unfortunately the days of the samller brewer were numbered in the post-war period and the Radford Brewery closed in January 1969.
The site has undergone several changes of use since the unfortunate demolition of the artfully designed buildings.There have been a number of subsequent occupiers of the site and today it is the home of Ricardo which is at the forefront of automotive and defence vehicle technology.
The next Group meeting is on Monday 21 March (a week earlier than normal) at 7.30pm in the village hall, when a talk on Victorian Marton will be given by Group members. All welcome, entrance fee £3 includes a glass of wine.