News Archive
March 2010
The Nelson Inn in Padbury Lane is offering 5 local people the chance to grow their own produce on an adjoining field.
The plots will be 15 metres square and are available on a first come,first served basis.
It is believed they are the first pub in the country to offer such an initiative.
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Chasetown bow out of the Staffordshire Senior Cup at the semi-final stage to Newcastle Town.
The 3-1 scoreline against their Vodkat North West Counties Premier opponents now means the Scholars only have the league campaign to concentrate on.
Danny Smith was the man on target for Chasetown.
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Burntwood Town Councillors are due to meet to decide how to spend £195,000 they never knew they had.
The money was allocated by housing developers under Section 106 agreements and £129,000 of the total must be spent this year or it must be paid back.
The windfall will be spent on community and social projects.
Burntwood RUFC lose 15-27 at The Sportsway to Newcastle(Staffs) in the Midlands 3 West North Division.
Burntwood now lie in 4th place with 18 points from 15 games.
Although they are 7 points behind 3rd placed Tamworth and 14 points adrift of top of the table Leek.
Chasetown gain a deserved 2-1 home league victory over fellow title contenders Glapwell.
The visitors took the lead early in the 2nd half after a dubious penalty decision from the referee.
But goals from Danny Smith and Mark Branch were enough to earn 3 points for the Scholars.
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Visitors to Chasewater have been warned to keep clear of the reservoir's bed following the discovery of two Second World War bombs.
They were believed to have beeen dumped in the water after being decommissioned during the 1939-1945 conflict and have since been removed by army bomb disposal experts.
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Pupils from Chasetown Specialist Sports College will be performing Guys & Dolls from March 10-13.
The students have been involved in every aspect of the production,from acting,singing and dancing to designing the programme and tickets.
Performances take place at 7.00pm and tickets can be obtained from the school reception on 01543 685828.
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