Articles June 2025

Village Fete 2025

Village Fete information and entry form can be found here.

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The number of nominations received determined who the deserving recipients would be. This year, we have one clear Winner …. Mick Wake. Our congratulations go to you.

Those parishioners who nominated the recipient said the following kind words:

• Mick does so much for all the different groups in the village, giving up his time to be a quiz master, bingo caller, master of ceremonies and Santa! He will help anyone, using his own time to compile quiz questions for charity fundraisers, as well as sourcing prizes for those fundraisers. He is always cheery and chatty and would genuinely do anything for the village. He’s helped the Village Hall, Village Fete, school, playgroup, toddler group, the pub and a number of charities. He does everything on top of working full time in a busy farm job. We are all the richer for having Mick in our community!

• Helps with fundraising and anything that the parishioners need. Although Mick lives in Scots Gap, he works at Smallburn and is involved with village events.

• Brought the older residents of Longhorsley for an enjoyable morning of chat and most of all laughter.

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Longhorsley Parish Council

The next Parish Council meeting will be held on Wednesday, 11th June, in the Village Hall, starting at 7pm, with a parishioner slot at 8pm. Meeting notices are displayed on village notice boards, with minutes and other information found on the Parish Council website.

Contact details for the current members are detailed below:

Clerk:  Samantha Doyle, 35 Burghley Gardens, Pegswood, NE61 6TN 07427 123268 or parishclerk@longhorsley-pc.gov.uk

Chairman: Norman Douglas 07485 174529 norman.douglas@longhorsley-pc.gov.uk

Councillors: Sarah Alcock, Kirsty Bell, Peter Boyle, Jennie Parker, Anne Peat and Trevor Potts.

Councillors

Our Councillors were unopposed at the May election and will begin a new 4-year tenure as the Parish Councillors for Longhorsley.

Police

The Parish Council were introduced to PCSO Welsh at the last meeting, he is currently undergoing training and we look forward to seeing him in the village.

VE Day

Thank you all for attending the organised events throughout the day that marked the historic 80th anniversary of VE Day. The Parish Council will in future raise a VE flag annually to mark the historic date.

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Your County Councillor

Thirty hours with no sleep has taken some time to get over, so thank goodness elections only take place every four years!

It is a wonderful honour to receive such a vote of confidence and I am very, very grateful. I look forward to doing my best for the village and the County Council over the next four years. So thank you.

Glen Sanderson  07730 979737 glen.sanderson@northumberland.gov.uk

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Do You Fancy Editing the Longhorsley Tree?

At the end of this year we (Jan and Sheena) will be retiring as editors of the newsletter. We’ve enjoyed our four years as editors, but it’s time for others to enjoy the role. 

If you’d like to be part of the Editorial Team who produce the Tree, then please get in touch to find out more about the editor’s role. 

Please contact us on  longhorsley.tree@gmail.com.

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Longhorsley Village Hall Committee

We have a vacancy on the Village Hall Committee for a secretary.

This role is vital to the running of the Hall and the secretary is an important member of the committee. Meetings are held every 2 months.

The post holder will be due to formally commence the role later in the year, however if anyone is interested in getting to know more about the Village Hall Committee and would be interested in this role, then please contact 

Jackie Frier -  jjfrier@yahoo.com

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Post Office in Longhorsley Village Hall

Monday 9.15am   to 11.30am

Friday 11.30am to 1.30pm

Please note that this Outreach Service cannot accept large parcels.

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Longhorsley Takeaway Food

We will send out a Breaking News if we are notified of any changes.

The Shoulder of Mutton

The Shoulder of Mutton is open and offering takeaways every day (apart from Tuesday).

Sunday lunches 12-6pm ~ Monday to Saturday 5pm-8pm

See their menu at  shoulderofmuttonpub.com ~ phone 788236 to order

The Flying Fryer

The Flying Fryer will be here every Friday from 4pm to 7pm, depending on demand.

They will not be here on 13th June.

Facebook The Flying Fryer 07984 426 725

Dou_h&co 

Dou_h&co visits on one Thursday in the month from 4:30pm – 7:30pm.

The next visit date is 19th June.

Pre-order on  07507 834 628 from Monday 9am.

See their menu on the Dou_h & Co Facebook page, Instagram and Dou-h.co.uk

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Mobile Library Visiting Times

The Mobile Library visits Longhorsley once every 3 weeks, on Fridays between 15.55pm and 16.35pm, in the Village Hall car park.

The next visits will be on the 20th June and 11th July.

The Mobile Library Service website can be found here

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July Edition

The last date for submissions is 20th June. You can email or phone us.

Please keep articles under 250 words, if at all possible.

Jan and Sheena Haveman 07834 740649 longhorsley.tree@gmail.com

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