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11th June Official celebration of Her Majesty The Queens Birthday
21st June Birthday of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
24th June Armed Forces Day
17th July Birthday of The Duchess of Cornwall
22nd July Birthday of Prince George of Cambridge
15th August Birthday of Princess Anne
15th September Birthday of Prince Harry
21st October Trafalgar Day
14th November Birthday of The Prince of Wales
11th November Remembrance Day
13th November Remembrance Sunday
20th November Her Majesty’s Wedding Anniversary
9th January Birthday of HRH The Countess of Cambridge
20th January Birthday of HRH The Countess of Wessex
6th February Her Majesty’s Accession to the Throne
19th February Birthday of Prince Andrew
9th March Commonwealth Day
10th March Birthday of the Earl of Wessex
21st April Birthday of Her Majesty The Queen
23rd April St George’s Day
2nd May Birthday of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
In 2010 as part of the 150th anniversary of St George’s Church a flag pole was erected in the churchyard. The St George’s flag is normally flown on a service day. On “official” flag days either the Union Flag or St George’s flag is flown. The next “official” flag day will be:
FLAG DAYS
COTSWOLD HOMES HAVE NOW SUBMITTED AN OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION
From September 2014 until March 2019 the Union flag will be flown in St George’s Churchyard on the anniversary of those who died during the 1st World War and are remembered on the Falfield Village War Memorial
WEATHER RECORDS FOR AUGUST 2016
High
Low
Avg
Temp
29.4
0C
6.9
0C
17.5
0C
Dew Point
19.0
0C
3.7
0C
13.5
0C
Humidity
99.0
%
33.0
%
79.0
%
Rainfall
64.8
mm
Year to Date
610.3 mm
Wind Speed
20.9
km/h
2.1 km/h
Wind Gust
36.0
km/h
Wind direction
SW
Pressure
1030.7
hPa
893.2
hPa
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Are you concerned about the number of large scale and unrestrictive housing developments proposed in Falfield and Thornbury?
If so Thornbury Town Council have set up a petition
At their meeting on 3rd May 2016 the Town Council unanimously agreed, that it should write to the leader of South Gloucestershire Council expressing its deep concern over the number of houses being proposed outside the agreed development boundary and asking that his Council, as the Planning Authority, rejects further applications, at least until such time a new strategic plan can be put in place. Thornbury Town Council recognises that there is a housing shortage in the region but believes that, until the 12,000 homes that already have planning permission in South Gloucestershire are constructed, no further green field sites on the edge of Thornbury should be considered.
Do you have any Tassimo coffee machine pods plus outer foil packaging? Then did you know you can recycle them and at the same time raise money for Myeloma UK. Then click here for more information
All containers are to be presented by 7.00am on the day
The OCTOBER issue of the 5 Villages Alive which covers the villages of Rockhampton, Cromhall, Falfield, Tortworth and Tytherington is now available to view on line.
South Gloucestershire Council Waste Strategy 2015-2020 Briefing The new Waste Strategy was agreed at ECS committee on 6 July 2016. It sets out our plans for the service to make sure that we reach our environmental aspirations and provide a simplified service to our residents. The strategy also identifies changes so that we can cater for our growing population.
What is changing
Recycling collections will be simplified so all material will be collected on the same day every week. The following will be collected; plastic, cardboard, glass, paper, food, household batteries, textiles, small electricals and cartons.
We will no longer collect engine oil or car batteries from the kerbside and residents will be encouraged to take these items to the Sort It recycling centres.
Recycling will be collected using new vehicles that can collect all material in one drive pass. The new Romaquip vehicles also last longer - typically 10-12 years.
The Phoenix Singers
“a community through our love of singing”
We rehearse in St George’s Church,Falfield on Thursday evenings, but we are not a Church choir.
The wide range of songs we enjoy include those from musicals, folk, country, popular - any songs we fancy having a go at!
We are now developing our Christmas programme to include traditional carols, and more modern contemporary Christmas songs, all of which will be performed at a variety of venues in the local area during December.
If you enjoy singing, please come and join us.
No previous experience necessary, no auditions. Just come along on a Thursday evening, from 7-9 pm, £2 per week.
Recycling will be collected using new vehicles that can collect all material in one drive pass. The new Romaquip vehicles also last longer - typically 10-12 years.
Residents will be able to request additional recycling boxes and will be able to use boxes for all materials. We will ask residents to group items together. The bags for plastic and cardboard will be kept as it has been highlighted that some residents may struggle with boxes and would prefer to keep their bags. Paper recycling bags will no longer be available. The 240 litre black bins for non-recyclable waste will be exchanged for 140 litre black bins. The black bins will continue to be emptied every fortnight.
For details of service times click on service No to take you to the appropriate to service timetable.
Extension of M32 bus lane
Road works to extend the M32 bus lane into Bristol are planned to start before the end of September. The existing south bound bus lane is being extended from Junction 3 to the railway bridge that crosses the motorway.
Contractors will also be removing and replacing the central reservation, upgrading drainage and ducting, and installing Average Speed Cameras. The road works and improvements will take seven months and will finish in Spring 2017.
To minimise disruption the M32 will still be open whilst the road works take place, but there will be evenings when motorists will be diverted at Junction 3 via the slip roads on and off the motorway. There will also be two narrow lanes in both directions at Junction 3 for the installation of the south bound bus lane.
After work for the south bound bus lane has finished there will still be two lanes for general traffic in each direction.
