Author: Middlemark Weekly
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Reader letters: the bridge, the bins and a plea for the old clock
This week’s postbag ranges from the state of the railway bridge railings to a heartfelt campaign to get the market clock ticking again.
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Saturday market trials winter opening as trade holds up
Buoyed by a steady summer, the market square’s traders will try running through the coldest months for the first time in years.
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Council seeks views on 20mph limit for valley lanes
A proposal to drop the speed limit to 20mph on residential streets and the school approach has gone out to public consultation.
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Allotment holders count the cost of a dry summer
Growers on the Larkbourne allotments say the driest summer in years has hit crops hard, and the site’s single standpipe is under strain.
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Autumn festival brings lantern parade back to the market cross
After a two-year gap, the valley’s lantern parade will wind through Middlemark to the market cross on the last Friday of October.
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Larkbourne Valley School reaches county cross-country final
A muddy home fixture on Corn Hill sent the school’s junior runners through to the county final for the first time in a decade.
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Weaver’s Row bakery to reopen under valley ownership
The shuttered corner bakery on Weaver’s Row will trade again by November after a group of nearby residents took on the lease.
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Corn Hill car park charges to rise in new parish budget
Councillors approved a 20p hourly increase at the Corn Hill car park, arguing the extra income will keep the market square scheme alive.