News Articles recorded during 2002
ByDavid Stacy Lunch for Pensioners Early in June the Parish Council organised a lunch for 75 pensioners in The Keene Hall. For a modest £3.50 they were treated to Chicken, Potatoes, Sausages and Vegetables followed by a cold sweet course, all prepared under the supervision of Councillor Janette Potter. The Hall was awash with Red, White and…
ByDavid Stacy At a memorial service at St. Michael’s on 18 November, around 600 family and friends gathered to celebrate the life of Ken Howard who died on November 10 aged 69. Ken was born at Parklands farm in 1933 and after finishing his schooling spent a year at Writtle College. Following National Service he became an…
ByDavid Stacy At the Annual Parish Meeting, four people who have each made an outstanding contribution to the village over the past four years were presented with special awards. Ray Thorne has been Social secretary of the Galleywood Social Club, governor of St. Michael’s Junior School and Galleywood Infant’s School and is currently chairman of the finance…
ByDavid Stacy At their meeting early in March, Parish councillors adopted the ‘Moral Code of Conduct Order 2001’. The Code seeks to ensure the integrity and transparency of all activities by councillors when conducting the business of the Council. Personal interests in matters under discussion will be declared. Prejudicial interest is one that ‘a member of the…
ByDavid Stacy At the AGM of the Art Club in March this year, Ray Fullerton confirmed his decision to stand down as chairman. He thanked members for their support throughout the club’s history since 1987. Artin Cornish presented a card and gifts on behalf of the members and thanked Ray for his work in developing the club….
ByDavid Stacy The threat of housing development at Pipers Tye drew together a group of residents to form the Village Protection Group. During the resulting campaign to foster public support they developed a smooth organisation to disseminate information They are now drawing on these skills to produce a Galleywood Newsletter which will be distributed free to every…