Neighbourhood News Magazine

4-7 CHAIR’S REPORT Councillor Graham Leonard 8-9 HELPING OUR LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS George Bates 11 SHAPE UP - SLIM DOWN Change your life for the better! 12 NOTICEBOARD - SUMMER 2024 Listing of contact points throughout the area 13 WHO DO I CONTACT Useful numbers for many issues that arise 15 WRIGHTS THE JEWELLERS Celebrating over 60 years at The Quadrant 16-21 EDUCATION NEWS Find out what’s going on at your local schools 22-23 MARSHALSWICK LIBRARY Looking ahead to the Summer Reading Challenge 24-25 EXPANDING THE JIGSAW MEADOW Four more wildflower beds created across the parish 26-27 MARSHALSWICK COMMUNITY CENTRE Listing of regular hirers 28-29 JERSEY FARM COMMUNITY CENTRE Listing of regular hirers 31 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO WILD LITTLE BUILDERS! Local children’s group celebrates first anniversary 32 PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS 2024/25 Dates of Sandridge Parish Council meetings 33 COUNCILLOR PROFILE Councillor Maurice Wells 36-37 LOCAL CHURCH NEWS Find out what’s going on at your local churches 38-39 UNVEILING THE NEW LYCHGATE At St. Leonard’s Church 41 HISTORY OF JERSEY LANE Share your stories of the local lane 43 OAKLANDS COLLEGE GROUNDS Local pressure ensures access to popular footpaths 45 RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION UPDATE DAY CENTRE OFFERS A WARM WELCOME! COPYRIGHT - Items in this publication are subject to copyright. Copying in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Unless specifically stated, views expressed in Neighbourhood News are not necessarily those of the editor or of Sandridge Parish Council. While sponsored by Sandridge Parish Council, Neighbourhood News is an independent publication. The editor reserves the right to shorten, modify or reject submitted material. All advertisements, photographs and artwork supplied to Neighbourhood News are accepted in good faith (free of copyright). Neither Sandridge Parish Council nor the editor can be held responsible for goods or services advertised. Front cover image by Simon Thwaites Circulation: Over 4,900 homes and businesses in Marshalswick, Jersey Farm and Sandridge. This is equivalent to all of the AL4 9-- postcode area. Contents SUMMER 2024 Published for and on behalf of Sandridge Parish Council Published by: LOCAL PUBLISHING LTD Tel: 01727 757475 enq@localpublishing.co.uk www.localpublishing.co.uk Editor/ Advertising: STEFANIE HAYES stef@localpublishing.co.uk Address: Neighbourhood News, c/o Sandridge Parish Council, Marshalswick Community Centre, The Ridgeway, St. Albans, AL4 9TU EDITORIAL DEADLINE If you have an article you would like to be considered for the Summer 2024 edition, please email it to the editor by Tues 20 th August 2024