Go Direct To Forum

Freshford Somerset  

Go to photo pages

Contact 

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had an ice rink near Bath or Trowbridge!   full story

Content Management Powered by CuteNews
 

The Freshford Somerset website consists of 1,527 files in 58 directories. My company has created and currently hosts and manages over twenty websites.  At present there are opportunities for taking on new clients.  We are too small to accept work from every client. An expansion of the company's present capacity to accept new projects will necessarily involve greater operating costs  as more staff will be required. For the present we will, therefore, be restricting taking on new clients. If you decide to employ us to create and host your website you will  benefit from lower costs. Our speciality is to provide access to your website  yourself to update and add new material at a lower cost than database implemented solutions.  Keeping websites up to date is a hidden cost, providing access to a client to update their own website themselves lowers annual costs year in year out. But this is perhaps more important, the client can update their website when they want to whatever the time of day. In addition we can provide top quality photographic and video content for your website.   Geoff Edwards  XyzWeb.

 

 Stop Press

It would seem that one may contribute to the Internet, the World wide Web,  by subscribing to Twitter. Yes, that is correct, one can. As a new user I am still puzzled, anyway, at least I can post to local issues if I want. But Twitter is here to stay, so I suppose we should think about whether we can use this service, or rather whether its worth using the service.

<< Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Next >>

A small part of a magnificent stone wall Freshford Somerset

A Freshford wall -a masterpiece

 

NEW ITEMS

School league tables 2009: Freshford CofE Primary School

What were the results of the SATs for 2009 for Freshford Primary school? what do they mean? Read more?

HGV banned new Euro sign

HGV curbs mean peace returns to Freshford

THE battle to ban HGVs from tiny lanes in Freshford is paying off at last.
Ashes Lane and even steeper Rosemary Lane have been almost free of lorries since new Euro-signs went up in April and Navteq deleted the roads as satnav "routes of choice" through the village.
The return to peace was welcomed by Alan Cunningham, of Ashes Lane, who had campaigned for years against the HGVs.
But he said the satnav makers would still need to "refine" their devices to keep lorries out of all small lanes – and HGV owners needed to ensure that satnavs in their cabs were regularly updated.

Full story and comment

Campaign to Protect Rural England

 

CPRE’s countryside Manifesto for the General Election calls for progress in three areas:

  • the planning system,
  • countryside protection,
  • and litter and fly-tipping.

 CPRE wants politicians to recognise that planning is the best and most democratic system we have to protect and enhance the countryside, promote urban renewal and improve people’s quality of life. It wants to see the next Government backing higher development targets for brownfield land and investing heavily in low carbon travel, including in often-neglected rural areas.

 

The CPRE has devised a simple means to lobby our parliamentary candidates by email  read more

<< Previous 1 2 3 Next >>

 

Freshford Somerset: an Introduction

Freshford is in 2010 a village dating back a thousand years or more.  Some of the property in the village is located in Wiltshire and some in Bath and North-East Somerset (known as BANES). This affects the choice of secondary school for parents, and splits up children who have grown up together in their primary school.

 The children should be able to continue their education together when they leave the primary school where they have grown up together.  Unfortunately, this division of Freshford between Wiltshire and Somerset (B&NES) is not the result of some recent skulduggery, yet its affects extend into the 21st Century. The ghosts continue to extend their influence into the time when people are free to use their intelligence, rather than witchcraft or be bound by land divisions created by the church, or the Normans. And guess what; it is the ghosts that rule. Why can't parents choose the nearest school to where they live? Parental Choice of School  Apart from the educational issues which are important to Freshford, the village is arguably the finest village in this part of the west country. This website includes many photographs that record the attractive nature not only of the village but also its beautiful setting. The parish website is: Freshford Village

Although, photos maybe copied I believe that it is worthwhile to  publish photos that are of a much greater resolution than would be normally seen on a website. 

Support independent used book stores  As well! Amazon can't supply everything, especially in the out of print category. And as mentioned before Amazon sell everything. I bought my bread maker from them, for example. But for out of print books then you will probably find your best option is to use the link to Biblio above. (there is no commission earned for using that link, but I believe that this web service is well worth supporting)

Freshford in the 21st Century

WHAT CAN WE DO?

Swindon scraps speed cameras. The result? Drivers speed

Swindon has decided to scrap its speed cameras, primarily due to lack of funding from the government.  I was driving along the A419, the Circencester road, last night in Swindon heading towards The District Centre.  At least three cars shot by me ignoring the 40 mph speed limit. I estimate that the speed of the cars was 60 mph or more. Exactly what one would expect after speed cameras have been switched off.  Whilst the majority of drivers will drive sensibly there are those that will not.

One could ask why do these speed cameras cost so much to install and operate? Apparently, the cheapest road sign costs about £500. Geoff Edwards (I'll add this news to the Speed Limits category on the forum for anyone who wants to comment)

Wiltshire Council threat to close Bradford on Avon pool

As part of a review of Leisure services (ie cuts) Wiltshire Council is threatening to close our swimming pool. A petition has been started which can be accessed here: Save Bradford on Avon Swimming Pool 

The Joint Local Transport Plan: have your say

The West of England is a prosperous area with an excellent quality of life and a growing national and international profile. However, rapid growth means that the sub-region faces increasing pressure on its infrastructure, and it is still the case that there are too many neighbourhoods that do not share in its prosperity.

The Partnership was formed in response to these opportunities and challenges. It consists of four unitary authorities: Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire; and a range of social, economic and environmental partners.

The public are invited to complete a short questionnaire expressing their concern for the priorities that have been indentified for the Joint Local Transport Plan No 3 (JLTP3). I live in Wiltshire, but live just a few miles from the city of Bath, closer in fact than many residents of some parts of the four unitary authorites that form the West of England Partnership. I feel quite entitled to add my comments on the JLTP3 which is at present in draft form and would encourage other Wiltshire, as well as BANES residents to do the same. The JLTP3 is an important document that will affect anyone living in the area for years to come.  The questionaire is online and there are also sections of the JLTP3 that can also be accessed from the website with opportunites for the public to comment online.

http://www.travelplus.org.uk/our-vision/joint-local-transport-plan-3/let's-talk---read-the-draft-jltp3

Geoff Edwards

A36 Link road is unnecessary

Whilst it is not at all difficult to understand why the city of Bath wants to divert through traffic from the A36 to the M46 without traffic going through the town. The resurrection of the proposed link road is not necessary. It is not necessary because most of the HGV traffic should not be using the A36 to reach the M4. Read more

What can we do to slow speeding motorists?

I have been adding documents on Speed Limits to the forum. Locally we are concerned by the speed at which motorists are going through our villages. Freshford already has a 20mph limit and Limpley Stoke is going to have a 20mph trial limit, there is agitation in Westwood for a reduction in the speed limit as well.  Whilst these villages do not have alarming accident statistics many residents feel at risk from inconsiderate drivers.  The trouble with Freshford is that the 20mph limit does not apply to Sharpstone and Park Corner. By what stretch of the imagination does the highway authority think that The Tyning, for example, merits a 30mph speed limit?  I think on review the speed limit should be extended to Abbey lane's junction with Rosemary lane.

Drive at no more than your desired speed limit for your village?

This is what I think we can do as motorists we can drive slowly and those that approach from behind will have to lower their speed. The posted speed limit is the absolute maximum that a vehicle may drive at and is no guarantee of safety, so if I want to amble along I am entitled to do so, fuel is not going to get cheaper either. If anyone decides to tailgate me, I drive slower, sometimes they recover use of their brain and drop back.

 

<< Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next >>

 

Notices
 
 

Please note that all of these photographs are copyright. You may print photos only for your own personal use.

B&NES have published an excellent appraisal of Freshford and the neighbouring hamlet of Sharpstone. Appraisal An Adobe PDF reader is required to view the document - obtain one here Download  Warning: 33mb+ download, only use broadband.

Delivery Route Map to Freshford

 
The best website for security products?

News: 

The Inn at Freshford is closed on Sunday evening!

I noticed this Sunday 11th July 2010, and the 18th and 25th  that the Inn is closed. I have no idea why The Inn should be closed on a Sunday evening in July, yes Midsummer! Poor weather? No a heat wave.  However, the Irish music that used to attract customers and musicians from all over the world, we once had Australian and New Zealand musicians in a record breaking attendance of 13 musicians!  has decamped to the Fox And Badger in Wellow. It would be a shame if this wonderful pub had to close. There is nothing wrong with the excellent range of beer or the local cider, so what's the problem? Maybe it has just become a licensed restaurant rather than a village pub. But why? If the Inn stops serving food at 9:00pm then why not still continue to serve liquid refreshment? Maybe today's licensees can't tolerate the hours? Shame!

Westwood wins a 20 mph trial

Westwood Parish Council voted 5:3 to accept a trial speed limit (5th July). The Offer from Wiltshire Council (WC) will include full consultation with the villlage.  The highways department of WC hope that a 20 mph speed limit will solve most of the villager's concerns over road safety. But other measures will be considered.

Diesel UK £1.20 a litre. Diesel USA $3 a gallon! Rip-off UK!

I filled up my car yesterday. It cost me nearly £85!  Using the current exchange for the GB pound and the US dollar ($1.8 =£1) we are paying £5.45 a gallon in US dollars this would be equivalent to $10!

read article

<< Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next >>


Web Window

ClickOrlando.com Spam website?

What is the worst spam website? In my opinion ClickOrlando. This website sends me email several times a day, day after *****day. There is a link to unsubscribe but I never subscribed to this news site anyway. To unsubscribe they want all sorts of information that I have no intention of supplying, especially since I have not subscribed to this service.  I have no interest in Florida or in its news service. Why should I? I live in England. Fortunately, Outlook traps the email and puts it in my Junk Email folder. The reason that this "service" exists is to bring in revenue from advertisers. As a matter of policy, I do not buy goods or services from any unsolicited email I receive. Apparently, others do, that's why we have spam.

"Designed for people who want it all
Windows 7 Ultimate gives you everything Home Premium and Professional offers – plus added security features and the flexibility to work in multiple languages. Create a home network and share all of your favourite photos, videos and music. You can even watch TV programs for free, whenever and wherever you want."

 I think that Microsoft has slipped up here. Surely one can't view TV without a license in the UK?

<< Previous 1 2 3 Next >>

 
Vote to change politics. For good.

 Freshford Roads: Photos & Videos

Photographs and video films of the roads and road junctions in and linking Freshford village to the A36 trunk road to Bristol and Bath and east to Warminster for the A350 linking the M4 to Poole and the channel ferries have been created by Geoff Edwards a local resident.. The A36 also provides a route to Southampton via Salisbury and the  A303 London to the West country. The road junctions which can be accessed via an interactive map of the village can be viewed here: Photographic Survey of Every Road Junction in Freshford to the A36

The video films of the roads can also be viewed here: Video Survey of Road Systems in Freshford

Horse Traffic in Rosemary Lane Freshford Somerset

Links:

www.freshfordvillage.co.uk  The official website containing Parish Council Minutes and regularly updated news
www.freshford.com A website that provides historical information about Freshford and surrounding villages and towns
www.freshfordmill.co.uk A campaign website to deter building dwellings on the Freshford Mill land
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshford

Freshford Co Kilkenny Why not visit the other Freshford?

Freshford Aerial Map (courtesy of Google)

Contact 

Freshford Village Forum

Traditionally, democratic decisions are made after consultation with residents by means of meetings and questionnaires. The Internet now provides a means for residents and others to discuss ideas and comment on proposals in the comfort of their own homes and at a time that suites them. Freshfordvillage website provides a forum for residents to contribute news and comments.

Introduction to Internet Forums

An Internet forum is a web application for holding discussions and posting user generated content. Internet forums are also commonly referred to as web forums, message boards, discussion boards, (electronic) discussion groups, discussion forums, bulletin boards, fora (the Latin plural) or simply forums. The terms "forum" and "board" may refer to the entire community or to a specific sub-forum dealing with a distinct topic. Messages within these sub-forums are then displayed either in chronological order or as threaded discussions.

Such forums perform a function similar to that of Usenet newsgroups and the dial-up bulletin board systems that were numerous in the 1980s and 1990s. [1] Early web-based forums such as UBB.classic date back as far as 1996. A sense of virtual community often develops around forums that have regular users. Technology, computer games and/or video games, fashion, religion, and politics are popular areas for forum themes, but there are forums for a huge number of different topics. Internet slang and image macros popular across the internet are abundant and most widely used in internet forums.

Note. The first two paragraphs above are copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum

The Freshford Forum allows residents to contribute news and ideas as well as comment on that news, ideas, and comments.

Go to the Freshford Village Forum


© 2010 XYZWeb.co.uk for Society, Culture and the Arts