It s time to put the oomph back into Leek
LEEK TOWN CRIER
I
get a strange feeling sometimes walking around Leek and chatting to lots of locals and visitors.
The biggest topics are the rise in the cost of living/fuel bills and the small businesses worry that due to the drops in trade, they will have to rethink their ways of making a living. One is having to think about going back on the building to compliment the family income with another afraid that she may have to close her shop. These are real fears for a lot of traders. It s great news for them when the Sunday Supplement comes around on the first Sunday of the month and the first of the year saw a huge crowd descending on our wonderful town to enjoy the Queen of the Moorlands and all the offerings it has to give everyone. Thinking ahead a little, on June 2, I, as your town crier, will be giving out a very special proclamation on Sparrow Park at 2pm. I am inviting several groups and organisations in Leek to come and be a part of this great celebration for our wonderful Queen s 96th birthday and her platinum anniversary. It will be a good time for all of us to celebrate. There will be balloons for the children and flags on display. Hopefully we can all sing together: God save the Queen. At the moment, we have not heard back from Buckingham Palace for permission to perform the special cry from the front of
Buckingham Palace but we still hold out for a golden opportunity to do this. Look out for Party in the Park; music on the bandstand in Brough Park on the refurbished bandstand. Endon Well Dressing is back but for two days not three. I will attend for one day as I m elsewhere for the other day. Also the Leek Show will be on this year at their new location at Longsdon fields. There are lots of things happening in Leek soon and throughout the summer, like the Scooterfest will happen this year after a break. On May 14, I will be in Hanley to give support for their open day at Bethesda Chapel as I used to do years ago. It s an open day there and the chapel has been very lovingly restored to its former glory (almost). It really is a wonderful achievement by a few volunteers. You will find all the dates for the different happenings as the year progresses in this great publication, notice boards around town, etc. It s really time to put the oomph back into Leek for this summer season. Don t forget, the more people who pull together will achieve much more and I know that you can do it, good folk of Leek. Take care of each other always. Don t, please, forget the Leek Foodbank as the needs grow greater for help. Leek Town Crier Bill Lomas
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