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The People’s Paper - Your Community Voice For Redcar, East Cleveland & North York Moors Issue 29 - November - December 2012
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the tree central to the enjoyment of Christmas in Guisborough ‘The Ancient Capital of Cleveland’. The Christmas switch on in Marske has been
organised by the Marske Community Partnership since 1999, most of the cost is through fund raising locally although every year we apply to the Parish Council for some extra funding, and the parish council supply the Christmas Tree every year as well, Mike Findley MBE told us. “In Skelton & Brotton the Xmas Lights
are done by Parish council working with the Borough Council and the Parish supplies the trees for each village,” says Cllr Brian Hogg and Cllr Brian Briggs said: “The parish council pay the costs for fi ve trees around the Skelton and Brotton area and has done for years.”
View: “The only Christmas lighting provided by Redcar & Cleveland Council in Lockwood ward is a few street lights in Lingdale, bearing no comparison to the lavish displays in the urban areas of our borough. “In recent years, two Christmas trees, planted by Redcar & Cleveland, near Lingdale crossroads, have died. Luckily, Lingdale Lift-Off planted another tree for the village in the grounds of the United Reformed Church, which is now large enough to carry a lighting display. The electricity for the lights will be provided by the Church, supported by my Member’s Fund. “At Stanghow, the tree at the crossroads is provided by the Community Centre, whose
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in respect of the installation and provision of Christmas decorations for this year. So, thank goodness that local parish/town
edcar & Cleveland Borough Council have had to make budget savings of £40,000
councils, community groups, businesses and volunteers all pull together to make sure we celebrate Christmas in parts of East Cleveland. Skelton Councillor Helen McLuckie, Cabinet Member for Highways, Planning and Transport. told Coastal View: “We will not be installing a number of motifs around the Borough in order to achieve this saving, for example, motifs outside the Town Hall.” Surely this was a no-brainer as the Town Hall has been fl attened and does not exist anymore! Cllr McLuckie went on to say: “We have ensured that no area of the Borough is left without any displays, if it was previously covered and all communities will have some displays, whether these are provided by the Council, Town Councils, Parish Councils, local communities, voluntary sectors or businesses. “Within Redcar and Cleveland, no area is
charged by the Council to undertake formal or informal Christmas light switch on’s. We understand the Christmas decorations budget will
not pay for any Christmas trees to be purchased or erected on site.” Westworth Councillor Dave Williams said: “I
am very disappointed that Margrove Park and Boosbeck celebrations are cancelled this year. “We all understand savings must be made but
it seems some areas have to save more than others. A small cut to Redcar would have benefi ted
smaller areas and Margrove Park light turn on would have cost the council £185, the village hall would have benefi ted by a few hundred pounds much needed to keep the hall going “Boosbeck had the school children marching
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to the lights and a carol service around the tree, again cancelled for the sake of £185. “I have brought this matter up with the cabinet
members and officers and got absolutely nowhere.” Guisborough councillor Bill Suthers said:
“It is not only the East Cleveland villages that are discriminated against. In Guisborough the community has to pay for its own tree and for it to be erected and taken down by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. “It would be nice if a little of the funding being focused on Redcar was redirected to pay for
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