Maintenance

Reminder: Members Q & A Session 20.11.22

Reminder:

Afternoon all, the directors will be running a Q&A session at the rugby club on Sunday 20th Nov at 2.30pm – 4pm at the rugby club.

This will allow residents to ask any questions they have around the things being done on the estate. Alternatively you can ask questions ahead of Sunday to mc@stedwardspark.org, and we can answer these on Sunday.

We are looking to plan a date early in the new year where we can hold a full residents meeting where we can present our 10year plan for the estate and take any questions along with that.

Look forward to seeing you all Sunday.

Cheddleton, Directors

Directors Update 02.11.2022

Directors Update

Further to the update posted on 7 October, the appointed contractor for the external painting was unable to confirm a start date due to unforeseen delays. We are now at the point that the time required to issue S20 notices and the winter weather makes it impractical to commence work or appoint another contractor as the paint will not coat or dry properly in poor weather conditions. We understand how disappointing this is for residents and we are in the process of re-tendering so that the works can proceed in March/April 2023.

Internal painting, however, has been brought forward, with three contractors selected and appointed due to begin work in November 2022. Only 2 blocks will require S20 notices due to the costs of the works involved, and these will be issued ASAP to prevent any delays.

Please note that members own apartment front doors and door frames are the responsibility of the Lease owner according to Para 2(A) of the seventh schedule and Paragraph 3:1. Residents are welcome to speak to the contractors about their doors/door frames. The front doors and service cupboard doors are included and will be painted.

We have tendered early for the grounds maintenance contract which to enable time to assess service level provision prior to the expiry of the existing contract on 24 April 2023. Further updates will be provided in due course.

I am pleased to confirm that the playparks are fully operational following the replacement of the duck on East Drive and making good the floor in Willow Drive.

The vandalised gate from Willow Drive play park has now been repaired and reinstalled.

Members Meeting

The directors are meeting on 18 th November to review the 10-year plan commissioned to assist in the planning of future maintenance works and for setting service charge budgets. Following this, we are looking to organise a residents meeting to provide updates and field questions, and this will potentially be at the Rugby Club on Sunday 20 th November. Final date and time will be notified ASAP.

One of the residents, Katherine Cooke, has secured a Christmas Tree to go in front of the main building which will be funded by voluntary donations to a Go Fund Me page “St Edwards Park Christmas Tree”. This is outside of the management company responsibility, and the directors would like to express their sincere thanks to Katherine and her family for organising this.

The Rugby Club have notified us that they are still experiencing problems with dog fouling on the pitches. They recognise that this is likely due to dog walkers who do not live on St Edwards Park. They now have CCTV installed on the ground and will be pursuing dog fouling with a £1000 fine. If you do witness any such dog fouling, please notify the Rugby Club directly.

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Leek Rugby Club Bonfire & Fireworks Night

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You are invited to Leek Rugby Club Bonfire and Fireworks night on Sunday 6th November 2022. This will be at their grounds Chestnut Walk, St Edwards Park, Cheddleton. Gates open at 5pm and the bonfire will be lit at 6:30 pm.

Please note: NO Sparklers.

Poster for Leek RUFC Bonfire and Fireworks night

Leek RUFC Bonfire and Fireworks

Gates open 5pm, bonfire lit at 6:30 pm.

Please note: NO Sparklers

Donations Welcome

All donations go towards Leek RUFC and its chosen charities.

There will be both a BBQ and a Bar, they look forward to seeing you.

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St Edwards Hospital History – From Mr Selwyn Burton, Villa Road, Cheddleton

Selwyn Burton from Villa Road is sharing newspaper article about psychiatric nurse recruitment at St Edwards Hospital. His dad, Stan, and 2 Uncles all worked there. This article is from 1968.

“Nursing is a rewarding career“

Electric Treatment at St Edwards Asylum Hospital, Cheddleton, 1968
Advertisement for Nurses, St Edwards Park Hospital, Cheddleton, 1968. Picture showing latest psychiatric electrical treatment. Stan Burton, Selwyn’s dad, is on the far right of the picture.

‘Better Selection of student nurses…’

Quite a lot of this page from 1968 is given to recruiting nurses to work in St. Edward’s Hospital. They acknowledge that there is a ‘better selection of student nurses than ever before’. To qualify you would have needed:

  • 2 ‘O’ levels or 3 CSE grade 1 passes;
  • or, success in the General Nursing council’s Educational Test.

Five ‘O’ levels and a ‘couple of A Levels’ will get you an’unlimited career in psychiatric nursing’! It is not all down to qualifications you have to have a good personality too.

…it is important to have understanding, emotional stability, moral integrity and a general desire to contribute to the well-being of the patient.

Mr JJ Leonard, principle tutor at St Edwards

“Female dominance at the top of the profession…has now vanished…”

“The top jobs are now open to both male and female. The female dominance at the top of the nursing hierarchy has now vanished and there is even more scope for the conscientious young man.” ” Psychiatric nursing has a great deal to offer to men in that they are guarantee, once fully trained, a secure job for life without the threat of unemployment or redundancy. Over 30,000 men are in professional nursing, most of them being in the psychiatric hospitals. “

1968 newspaper recruitment for St Edwards Park Hospital, Cheddleton

Psychiatric Hospital, St. Edwards’s Hospital, Cheddleton

Offers an ‘absorbing profession with excellent career prospects’.

1974 newspaper- three generations with the Burton brothers, Cheddleton
1974 newspaper- threeBurton brothers, Cheddleton. Stan became a charge nurse in April 1967, followed by John in November 1970 and now Graham in May 1974.

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Autumn Nature Sightings on St. Edwards Park

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Fruits & Fungi

There is a lot going on in the Autumn. As well are sharing your wildlife sightings, please look out for fruits, fungi & seeds too. Our wildlife depends on fruits & seeds and their environment depends on fungi to break down their environment.

Please add in the ‘comments‘ section any nature sighting of wildlife, fruits, fungi & seeds you’ve seen around St. Edwards Park – where and what. Hopefully, you can add pictures to share. 

Tell others about your nature sightings

Tell us what you’ve seen, a description of where and who you are. This will all help towards providing the best environments to meet the needs of our wildlife and the members of our park.