From : Susan Mockler
This is a new venture for the Athelstan Museum. This will be the second Saturday workshop, the first was a great success.
It is fun for the adults who attend with their children too !
Susan Mockler
Vice Chair Athelstan Museum Management Team
From : Michael Bromley Gardner (mrbg1@outlook.com)
As most will know, the Local Elections are on Thursday 1 May this year. They include the Wiltshire Council election and the Parish Council election.
Hankerton has 7 seats on the Parish Council, each for a 4-year term. No doubt many of the current Cllrs, and maybe all of them (we will not know until the names are published on 3 April), will decide to stand again – but that doesn’t mean that any other Hankerton resident may not also stand for election.
If you would like to stand, you should look up the following links – https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/guidance-candidates-parish-council-elections-england/resources-candidates-parish-council-elections-england (this is the Electoral Commission advice for parish council candidates and includes a link to the nomination papers that you would have to fill in) and https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/local-elections-candidates (this is the Wiltshire Council information for candidates).
You will need to hand-deliver your nomination papers to the Wiltshire Council offices in Chippenham (don’t blame Wilts Council for that – it is UK law) by 4pm on 2 April. Wilts Council recommend that you book an appointment to have your nomination papers checked by them when handing them in – you can find the link for that on the Wilts Council link above.
If you are interested, by all means contact the Parish Clerk (mrbg1@outlook.com) for further advice of any kind, including how to fill in the nomination papers.
From : Susan Mockler
I put three months of the schedule on the website homepage <here>. To be honest it’s partly for me ! A little late this time I’m afraid but normally there if your house echoes to that weekly question “is it recycling tomorrow ?” like ours does !
From : Shayne Smith (shayneandreasmith@gmail.com)
From 25 February MPCC will start inviting patients to book their Spring Covid Vaccinations in clinics on Saturday 5th and Saturday 12th April.
Patients eligible for the spring 2025 programme are:
👩🦳adults aged 75 years and over
👩🦰residents in care homes for older adults
👨🦱Those 6 months and over who are severely immunosuppressed
MPCC will be vaccinating patients in Care Homes and those who are housebound as well as in clinics.
Eligible patients will also be able to book via the National Booking Service from 18 March 2025.
From : Susan Mockler
 TEATIME TALK Weds 26 February @ 2.30pm Tickets avail now – £7 to include tea and CAKE! Behind the Scenes at the Museum Deborah Clogg – Head of Collections Athelstan Museum holds nearly 5,000 objects in its collection. How do we take items into the collection? Why and how do we move them out? How do we know what we have and where it is? How do we look after the collection? How do we make it accessible to the public? Plus a look at some of the fascinating and perhaps surprising objects that you may not know we hold! NOTE: Doors open 2.15pm. Tea served from 2.30pm. Talk starts at 3pm. Tickets avail now – £7 including tea & cake From the Museum or online: https://www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/events/ Booking advised – a few tickets may be available on the door but not guaranteed Hope you can join us! |
From : Michael Bromley Gardner (Clerk to the Parish Council)
Consultation – Anti-Speeding Measures – Final Call
The PC is consulting residents on anti-speeding measures. Please see the PC website (www.hankerton-pc.gov.uk ) where there is a tab with all the details.
This is the final call for any residents’ views. It will be on the agenda for the PC meeting on 3 March.
Hankerton Village 