Articles July/August 2025

Longhorsley Village Fete - Saturday 5th July!

A day for the whole community. Come along, have fun and see the best of our great village! We have activities across the village for everyone to join in:

Village Green

• Family Dog Show (12-2pm)

St Helen's CofE First School (2-5pm)

• Local business stalls, fun games and races, face painting, KEVI Steel Band, Deja Bru coffee and crepes

Village Hall (2-5pm)

• Industrial section, tombola, cream teas, live music, food and drinks, tombola, treasure hunt

MUGA (2-5pm)

• Sports fun run by 1st Footy NE

RAFFLE

Amazing raffle prizes generously donated by many local businesses, including...

• Afternoon Tea at the new 5* Bailiffgate Hotel

• Golf for 4 at Burgham Park

• Flying experience at Athey's Moor

• £50 Voucher for Northumberland Arms

• Afternoon Tea at Linden Hall

• Lunch (inc wine) at Shoulder of Mutton

… and many, many more prizes!

Tickets are only £1 and available at all locations across the Fete!

All monies raised go towards future events and local good causes!

Limited parking available at Longhorsley Common.

Please walk or use public transport where possible.

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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 Parish Council

The next Parish Council meeting will be held on Wednesday, 9th July, 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.

Final Accounts 2024/25

At the Parish Council Meeting held on 11th June, 2025, Members received the Annual Internal Audit Report 2024/25. Members also received, considered and approved the Annual Governance Statement, Annual Accounting Statements and supporting documents for 2024/25. 

All financial statements and supporting documents have now been forwarded to our External Auditors, MAZARs, for review and therefore please note that all Accounting Statements are currently “unaudited and subject to change”.

The Notice of Electors Rights and Inspection dates, running from 20th June to 31st July, were also agreed and have been placed on the website and Village noticeboard.

Friends of Longhorsley Green Spaces

If anybody would like to become a Volunteer with the Friends of Longhorsley Green Spaces please contact Cllr. Sarah Alcock. There is a lot of work that the Friends would like to carry out in the Village, small outdoor jobs. No experience is necessary and no commitment is needed, just your time as and when you can.

Fix My Street

Please use the Local authority “Fix my street” service to report things such as Fly Tipping, Street Lighting, Broken Paving Slabs.

The link is  fix.northumberland.gov.uk. Once logged the system will update the next working day.

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Your County Councillor

As summer rushes on we are busy with road schemes across the County and some bits near the village are in the system for later this year.

I have asked for more speed camera deployment as the holiday season will soon be here and the A697 is bound to be used more as the traffic avoids jams on the A1.

As always please let me know if I can help with anything. 

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

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Funeral Notice for Doreen Pickering of Southward Edge

We are sad to announce the passing of Mrs Doreen Pickering, who has passed away peacefully in hospital. Doreen was known to many people in the village, a place she loved dearly and enjoyed living her life. For anyone who knew her and would like to attend there will be a funeral service at 11.15am on Thursday 3 July 2025 at Northumberland Woodland Burial & Crematorium, Bockenfield. 

There will be a collection box at the service for the Northumberland Wildlife Trust, any donations would be appreciated instead of flowers. 

Thank you.

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Parcel Delivery Scams - Citizens Advice Northumberland

Parcel delivery scams are becoming increasingly common. Ones involving texts and emails are known as phishing scams, and aim to trick you into giving away your personal information and financial details, so your bank account and money can be accessed.

One way scammers do this is by enticing people to click on links, which can lead to fake websites, in the hope that this information will be entered.

These scams can be in the form of a text, an email or phone call. There are also reports of fake ‘Something for You’ cards, which Royal Mail leave when a delivery is attempted, but no-one is home.

Royal Mail has a helpful page on its website of examples of delivery scams, including text messages and emails people have received.

You can check if you think something you’ve seen online, or in a text or email you’ve received, might be a scam, using an online tool on the Citizens Advice website.

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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.

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 10th July.

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 visit will be on the 11th July.

The Mobile Library Service website can be found here

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September Edition

The last date for submissions is 20th August. 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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