NEWSLETTER

FEBRUARY 2012

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

The Cambrian Community Association was set up in October 1999 for the purpose of fostering, promoting and preserving a community spirit for the residents of Cambrian Road, Cambrian View, Cheyney Road, Gladstone Road and Granville Road.

We would like to extend this to include you!

PURPOSE

One of the original purposes of the association was to organise a summer festival in the millennium year; after which it was to establish a rolling programme of community activities for all ages that would develop links to support more isolated residents and generate an income to support our main events.

The next main focus of the association is to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

We plan to hold a Jubilee Festival on Sunday 3^rd June, along with other assorted activities on Monday 4^th June.

Some funding is available but in order to pay for the festival we are planning the following series of fundraising events:

EVENTS

We recently held a very successful Barn Dance where excellent instruction and live music provided great entertainment and exercise for all!

Up and coming events include:

A Classical Music Evening – Saturday 25^th February, 7.30pm to be held at 84 Cambrian View. This will be a wonderful opportunity to listen to some classical music played by talented local musicians. You will enjoy a lovely glass of fizz on arrival, followed by a shared light supper. Smart dress required.

Tickets £10 each, available from Mustique and Cake Fairies.

Wine Tasting Evening – Saturday 24^th March, 7.30pm, to be held in the Scout Hut, Tower Road – come and sample delicious ‘New World’ wines, accompanied by some informative guidance from our local wine ‘expert’! A fun light-hearted event where everyone’s opinion counts!

Tickets £12.50 each, available from Mustique and Cake Fairies.

A Final Event – Saturday 28^th April. We would like to hold one more fundraising event before the Jubilee celebration; suggestion for this event would be most welcome. Please make your suggestions directly to association members.

QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE.

The main focus of the Cambrian Community Association is currently the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration. Linked together with the Garden Quarter we would like to organise an exciting, whole community festival commencing on Sunday 3^rd June starting the festivities with the national event of the Big Lunch, which we have been part of in previous years.

Details of where the festival is to be held are yet to be finalized.

Other activities are being considered to take place over the celebration weekend; again we would value ideas, suggestions and offers of practical help.

CONTACT.

For further information on any of the details in this newsletter, please contact the CCA Chairman, Roy Hughes on 07980744461 or Suzi Pollard on 01244 399940.

Please click here for the minutes. 120127_AGM_Minutes

You can find info from CWAC here 111203 GQ Bins

In GQ even the sewage is arty!

Below is an email from Welsh Water explaining their progress to date on eliminating the odours from their plant. If you think it is smelly please email both Nina and Tim (the environmental health officer for CWAC) at their addresses below…

From: Nina.Jones@dwrcymru.com
To: Tim.Braithwaite@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk;

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:23:56 +0100
Subject: Chester Wastewater Treatment Works

Dear All

Chester Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) – 14^th October 2011

On behalf of Dwr Cymru / Welsh Water, I must again apologise for any inconvenience that our treatment works is causing to the local residents in the Chester area, and stress that we have actions and activities ongoing to reduce the disturbance being caused.

Today,  I have made enquiries on progress of the actions to reduce the odours associated with our treatment works:-

Odour Control – Status of the repairs to the one faulty Odour Control Unit :

• Approval has been given for the work to be undertaken and we expect this to be done shortly, as soon as a date is available, I will update you all.

Ferric Dosing:

• The Operator’s daily inspection includes a visual check to ensure the equipment is operating correctly (ie liquid is witnessed dripping, not just pump operated).

3 Primary Tanks

• To reduce retention time in the tanks (and hence reduce generation of odour), we are now running on 2 tanks.

Imports of sludge from other sites:

• Chester WwTW  is only accepting sludge from 2 nearby treatment works (all other imports have been halted) – this is a significant reduction on the works’ capacity and usual activity.

Drum Thickener:

• This is to facilitate sludge treatment and I can confirm that the temporary mobile drum thickener is on site and fully operational.

Please do pass any odour related complaints to us, and you are welcome to forward this progress summary to any interested parties.  I will provide you all with a further update next week.

Finally, and again I must reiterate our commitment to improve the situation for the people of Chester.

Regards

Nina

Nina Jones

Regulatory Policy Manager Dwr Cymru Welsh Water

The council are currently considering the latest plan by Chester Renaissance to re-arrange St. Werburgh st and remove the lawns and trees. View the plans here and have your say if you are for or against it.

http://pa.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=LS6C48TE04200

A great festival weekend, very well attended and organised. The iffy weather on Sunday still didn’t put people off. Here’s a video from the concert on Friday at St. Thomas’s church.

Chester Performs and their annual version of France’s “Nuit Blanches”. Due to popular demand you need to book if you want to visit.

Click to book!

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Tickets are available at Mustique Hairdressers on Garden Lane or Cake Fairies shop on old port square near the Water Tower gardens….. We’ve got spare flyers too, so if you know of anywhere to put them please contact us to get a handful…..