
A completely random picture of a younger Paul (before he went white), with a French flag sticking out of his head. Well, it is the election issue. It is a different jumper, though.
Bickerstaffe Children’s Services (BCS) currently has vacancies for an After School Club Worker (3.15 to 6.15pm, weekdays in term time) and for an Extended Schools Development worker (15 hours per week, flexible conditions). If you or anyone you know are interested in these opportunities, you can see the details on the Job Centre Plus website [...]
Following resident requests, we’re asking the County Council to look at the repositioning of the 40mph signage so that it is more visible to drivers as they enter the road. We’re awaiting a response on this.
Hollands Lane
We’ve asked our MP Rosie to look into what can be done at the
Hollands Lane/Dickets Lane
junction in the way of roads maintenance. We await a reply on this matter.
Pub car park securityIf you stop in at the Stanley Gate or the Sandpiper, note that there have been a number of car break-ins in both car parks recently. Thieves are using blue tooth technology to locate laptop computers hidden in cars, and then selecting these for break-in, so please take your laptop inside if [...]
30mph won at the school, now for 20mphAs reported in the last edition, we have secured the promise of a 30mph zone for
Hall Lane
in the vicinity of the school, with improved markings, and with the added benefit of a 30mph all the way along
Church Road
. More recently, this promise has been extended [...]
Well done to Bickerstaffe Parish Council and to Bickerstaffe Football Club, who have worked together to provide a solution to the worst of the drainage problems on the Parish field. The Football Club has put in £900, the Parish Council has committed £900 of the precept it levies on households. This has been matched to [...]
Paul Cotterill – the man with the Bickerstaffe Record
Paul Cotterill, long term Bickerstaffe campaigner, has now been officially declared as the Labour candidate for Bickerstaffe electoral ward in the West Lancashire District Council elections on 03 May. Paul lives in Sineacre Lane with his wife Phil and two children Max (7) and Joe (5). Trained [...]
Paul says: “If I am elected to be your councillor on 03 May, I will: o Introduce a system of regular surgeries, advertised well in advance and open both to booked appointments and to ‘drop-ins’.
o Make a courtesy call to every single door in the ward at least once a year, leaving a calling card if [...]
The need for a personal manifesto In the next few weeks, Bickerstaffe Record readers will receive an election leaflet setting out West Lancashire Labour Party’s position on the major policy issues, and what it will do if it regains power from the Conservative administration on Thursday 03 May.
This is an important part of the democratic process, [...]