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Parish Meeting 2010
Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:20
Perhaps for the last time, if plans for the new Village Hall come to fruition, the Cocking Parish Meeting was held in Cocking Church this evening. Over 30 villagers attended the meeting which included a talk by Mr Robin Crane who spoke about the new South Downs National Park for which he has campaigned for many years.
The Parish Meeting was also the last for Gwen Miles in her position as Parish Council Clerk. It was revealed that Gwen has served the Parish council under a total of 8 chairmen and women since 1987.
Further details of this year's Meeting will follow, but the minutes of the 2009 Meeting, the 2009/2010 Annual Accounts and today's Agenda are available on the Parish Council Papers Page, or just click here. Note that the file is quite a large one (20Mb) and will take some time to download even with a broadband connection.
Work on Village Hall is Under Way
Sunday, 16 May 2010 17:00
If you stroll up to the Sports Field, you can now see that progress is being made on the new Village Hall. The contractors have been on site and work has begun constructing the slab on which the wooden structure will eventually sit.
For the second time, Moonlight Cottage Tea Rooms were called upon to act as Cocking's Polling Station. From 7 a.m. (when your reporter cast the first vote) until 10 p.m., the booths were in use, collecting the votes of village residents.
For the record, the sitting MP (Andrew Tyrie) was returned again and the full results for the Chichester constuency were:
Andrew Tyrie (The Conservative Party) 31,427
Martin Lury (Liberal Democrat) 15,550
Simon Holland (Labour) 5,937
Andrew Moncreiff (UK Independence Party) 3,873
The turnout was 69.80%
Parish Walk
Monday, 19 April 2010 15:30
There was another of the series of parish walks on 18th April, taking advantage of the wonderful spring weather. The chosen 'Grade 1' route took the walkers along Mill Lane, Hoe Copse, across the Graffham Road and to Heyshott, through Hampshire Copse. The return journey was via Sage Barn and again Mill Lane. Our image shows the intrepid party including a couple from Chichester, but not Peter O'Neill who took the splendid photograph.
You can view, and possibly download, a larger version of the photo if you click on the image itself.
If you stroll up to the Sports Field, you can now see that progress is being made on the new Village Hall. The contractors have been on site and work has begun constructing the slab on which the wooden structure will eventually sit.
For the second time, Moonlight Cottage Tea Rooms were called upon to act as Cocking's Polling Station. From 7 a.m. (when your reporter cast the first vote) until 10 p.m., the booths were in use, collecting the votes of village residents.
