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1 Forby Civic New The Forby Civic ociey Newleer T a " New Fuure for Forby Powerhoue! Noveber 2008 Inide hi iue: i (P, when he chee' proponen, viional idenificaion of nearly 300 Thi iue of Forby Civic New con- plain he propoal in deail and anwer, we would like o hink, a lea wo queion. fuller accoun of hee prounuual "ray of unhine" o lighen (ye o becoe an acual planning hee increaingly dark day. The fir i applicaion) i o be found on p 7 of hi he unveiling of plan for he converion iue. of our 'probleaic' old Power aion o luxuriou living accoodaion coni- noher pleaan urprie, of a very d - of ixy aparen wih aociaed variey, i repored by Dr Phil faciliie, car-parking, ec in an inere- ih in hi 'Wildlife Noe' for - O open landcape. alongide he River, (p 12). Naive Black Poplar l., once a very c - and very ueful ree ouh of a line The plan were een publicly for he fir fro he even o he Wah, ha now ie a The wiing Pool on 11h No- becoe very rare and herefore he pro- - local reiden r ike ccob, o- p pecien in woodland beween wih eber of hi archiecural Vicoria Road and lber Road i a reand planning ea were preen o ex- and happy even.. v g Two unuual developen... i p b n f b R

2 Thoa Freh Celebraed! Organied by he Civic ociey wih uppor fro 'Expre efon o8' pecial even wa held a he Frehfield Hoel, Frehfield on aurday 18 h Ocober 2008 o celebrae one of he any link beween Liverpool and Forby - an 'oulier' even during Capial of Culure Year wih uic by he Jill Fielding Band. Ho-po upper wa upplied by Priory Kichen, Forby. ended by abou 80 people, he available icke were all old oe hree week prior o he even. Thoe who anaged o ge icke enjoyed an unuual evening' enerainen cobined wih inigh ino boh Liverpool' and hiory, paricularly on how Frehfield go i F nae and ideniy. fer an iniial drink, gue were welcoed by ociey Chair, Ray, following which Dr Reg Yorke provided a preenaion on he background ory, which he ha reearched wih aiance fro aff boh pa and preen of he Liverpool Record Office and elewhere. Thi ory i abou he id 19' h cenury recogniion of he reaon for he hen dreadful healh of he inhabian of own uch a Liverpool, fir raied a naional level by Chadwick, and followed here in Liverpool by he appoinen of he counry' fir edical Officer of Healh (Dr Willia Duncan), he counry' fir D ` ' Inpecor (hen called `Inpecor of Nuiance'- a forer Police Inpecor, Thoa Freh) and alo he UK' fir unicipal engineer (Jae ). Thi rio ranfored condiion and deonraed o he world he need for and he way o achieve aifacory public healh in indurial ciie like Liverpool. Thi i a quie draaic ory wih oe unexpeced wi bu alo a ory which alo relae very uch indeed o he 19 h cenury developen of Frehfield and i deliciou locally culivaed delicacy, aparagu.* N Thi preenaion wa followed by a ho-po upper provided by Prior Kichen o uic fro he Jill Fielding Band. Val Walh, Chair of he Duncan ociey, hen poke abou he ignificance of hi pioneer Liverpool work, no only locally bu a a deonraion projec for he re of he UK and indeed he re of he world. The leon hen learned are ill "Thi ory i abou he id 19 h cenury recogniion of he reaon for he hen dreadful healh of he inhabian of own uch a Liverpool." very relevan in very any developing counrie oday. he hen propoed a Toa o Thoa Freh. repone and hank for hi were hen provided very convincingly by well-known acor eber David Davie in uiable coue and anner. David really enered ino he piri of Thoa Freh and hi earhy background, uing he vivid pen-porrai provided for u by none oher han he grea erican wrier Nahaniel Hawhorne, who, living in ouhpor for 10 onh in 1859 acually e and convered wih Freh a fellow couer on he Liverpool ouhpor ea rain! Thi very inereing and happy evening ended wih ore uic. Thi wa a unique occaion and he ociey i graeful o Expre efon and he variou paricipan for giving heir help o ake i uch a grea ucce. *Thoa Freh ade a very ignifican conribuion o he iproveen of living condiion and healh of he inhabian of cenral Liverpool in he id 19 h Cenury. Rearkably, he wa alo he peron who obained he conrucion of a new railway aion a Frehfield. Thi in urn led o he growh of he area of Forby which ince hi ie ha been known a 'Frehfield' R.. Yorke pecial General eeing oe 20 eber ayed behind afer he General eeing preenaion on Friday 26 epeber o conider oe aenden o he coniuion. Thee have been dicued on everal occaion in recen year and were lied for he G in pril; in he even oe lae coen fro he Chariy Coiion led o he ie being deferred. However all i now well, he recenly propoed claue now all confor o he Coiion' requireen and he heard an ouline of he propoal. The coiee recoended he change o beer reflec iue uch a he preen cope of he ociey' inere and curren pracice of ubcripion and financial conrol. The aenden were unaniouly agreed. The coiee had already conidered, and noified eber of, he pracical ep ha hould follow, bu fel ha he propoal hould be forally approved a he. Thi ipleening reoluion parked coniderable dicuion, epecially he queion of corporae eberhip. fer quie a lenghy debae he reoluion wa carried by 13 voe o 2 wih 3 abenion. Page 2 Forby Civic New

3 uer Ouing Planning aer by Deond Brennan uer Ouing o H Hall and Village, C 12h epeber Tweny even eber and friend aeble a he Grape Hoel and where oon away by coach, wih a all coningen following by car. We arrived a Hall by H and over coffee go our bearing and an ouline of he day' (very inforal) prograe. We hen enjoyed a leiurely and inforaive wander round he beauiful (ill privaely owned and lived-in) houe and garden. 1 In addiion o he availabiliy of prined inforaion, here were everal helpful and inforaive guide, who could explain he hiory of he houe, i faily and heir eae. Cloe o he houe i he Lakeland oor ueu and any eber alo enjoyed looking a i agnificen collecion of old oor vehicle of variou dae and ae of preervaion. I wa inereing o ee work on oe of he car acually going on. The beauiful garden, e in idyllic Furne counryide, conain any feaure of inere and, a he weaher wa good, were alo uch enjoyed unil inforal elf-ervice lunch in he Couryard Reauran. By 2, i wa ie o leave he Hall and oor a hor diance down winding lane o C Village, where we looked a he beauiful and inereing renan of C Priory, which ince he Reforaion ha erved a he Parih Church. We had ie o wander round he old village and finally, afer aking fernoon Tea, a he King Head. lef C, eber who aended he econd lecure of he ociey' Winer Prograe on 24h Ocober will have heard r. Dave, Head of Coa and Counryide in he Council' Leiure ervice Deparen, repor on he preen poiion concerning he projeced Viior Cenre on he Lifeboa Road ie. He confired ha here wa no longer any propec of a children' Play Cenre a a nucleaing coponen of a Viior Cenre, a iniaed in he la iue of he Forby Civic New, and ha he Viior Cenre projec wa now devoid of any funding a preen. However, r. ephaied ha he Council wa coied o he projec and inended o olici gran for a and alone Viior Cenre fro poenial donor a hey allocae reource in he nex round of funding. Earlier, r. had addreed he Forby Parih Council a i Ocober eeing, when i wa agreed ha a working group would be fored copried iniially of repreenaive fro he Council, he Forby rea Coiee and he Forby Parih Council. In he dicuion ha followed r. "review how be o ge he variou bodie wih inere in Forby Poin o cooperae in effecive anageen of he area" alk o he ociey, he confired he ociey would be invied o end a repreenaive o he group. i eeing on 18h ugu, he eniie and Planning ubgroup had a long dicuion on how he ociey could ai in prooing he Viior Cenre and i explored he poibiliy of finding privae funding (a oppoed o funding) for he projec. ociey Q Coiee eber John Houon, who wa co-oped for he dicuion, underook o prepare a paper on he hiory of he projec, which wa fir ooed in 1981, and o review how be o ge he variou bodie wih inere in Forby Poin o cooperae in effecive anageen of he area and in aking a viior Cenre a realiy. The aer will reain on he agenda of he eniie & Planning ubgroup for he foreeeable fuure. There wa uch advere criici of he deciion by he Forby rea Coiee, aken a i eeing on 18 ugu, o fell he ree in he paveen area in he viciniy of Vicoria Building, near Frehfield aion, and o repave a neceary; he co of he work, viz. 5084, would have been paid for ou of he Coiee' own budge. The oivaion for he deciion wa he very poor ae of he four exiing brick planer reuling fro he growh of he ree which have becoe oo large for he planer ha conain he. The preence of large roo above paveen level neceiae he felling of he ree for afey reaon, once he planer have been reoved. In addiion o he dire ha local people feel on accoun of he lo of hee ree, here i lile doub ha a good deal of he anger which he deciion generaed aroe becaue rader and reiden were unaware he aer wa under conideraion unil afer he deciion had been ade. The Council' Tree and Woodland Group, which ha reponibiliy for ree on he highway, alhough i doe no conul wih he public when aking deciion which are deerined by afey conideraion, ai o infor he public before work coence of wha i propoe o do and o invie coen; however, in hi cae, even hey found ha hey never had ie o po heir noice before clearance work had acually begun. However, he Forby rea Coiee, a i eeing on 30 Ocober, reolved ha, in addiion o he work i had already approved, he ree o be felled hould be replaced by he planing of eigh ree (wih ree-guard) a an addiional co of 3120, o be paid for ou of he Coiee' own budge; he choice of pecie ha ill o be ade. o we can now look forward, in he fullne of ie, o he ree cene a hi proinen ie once again giving Coninued p Noveber 2008 Page 3

4 Puping aion - an iporan eeing by D. Brennan he 1 ugu eeing. I wa only afer furher exchange ha he Projec anager evenually dicloed he For G Repor and ha he confired in wriing ha he E had been in error in pecifying he 52 cu. figure and ha he E would no longer refer o he figure in dicuion or in chee prooional lieraure, and, furher, ha hey acceped our inerpreaion of he odelling daa o ean ha he axiu flow rae wa coniderably greaer, a beween 60 cu. and 74 cu.. Phoo: erey and Weaver R iv Iue urrounding he refurbihen of he puping aion (P) coninue o have a proinen place in he work of he eniie and Planning ubgroup. On 31 Ocober, eniie & Planning ubgroup eber Jack Gore and I aended a eeing wih he Regional Direcor of he Environen gency (E), Tony Dean, and wo of hi colleague, Ian Rowland, recenly appoined Regional Operaional Ipleenaion anager, and eve Crowe, Regional Delivery anager, which wa convened by our P, r. Claire Curi-Thoa and held a her reidence. Before giving an accoun of he eeing, i will be helpful if I fir recall he iuaion leading up o i. I repored in he ugu iue of he Forby Civic New ha, a he eeing on 1 ugu, when he E repreenaive had aid ha, while conulaion ay ake place, he refurbihen deciion had been ade and would no be changed, r. Curi-Thoa had vigorouly rejeced ha poiion. he aid ha he did no wih he E o ake any furher deciion relaing o he refurbihen unil eaningful dicuion had aken place wih her and he ociey, and ha he would eek inierial uppor o ha end; he alo deanded ha he For G Repor (he applicaion for addiional generaor) hould be dicloed forhwih. In he even, he Regional Direcor aid he wihed o peak o r. Curi- funding o provide for an on-ie die E Thoa before he conulaion progreed furher. There followed a very fruraing wo onh during which eiher r. Curi-Thoa or he Regional Direcor wa unavailable for he converaion o ake place; during hi period, he Projec anager a fir declined o peak o e concerning aer which had "he did no wih he E o ake any furher deciion relaing o he refurbihen unil eaningful dicuion had aken place" already been agreed pending he converaion beween he Regional Direcor and r. Curi-Thoa. Earlier, he E had refued o releae he For G Repor becaue i had no ye been igned off, bu he E had proied o releae i when i evenually i wa igned off; when, wih he paage of ie, i had been igned off, hey ill refued o releae i before he anicipaed converaion had aken place. Likewie, hey refued for he ae reaon o pu ino wriing heir abandonen of he figure of 52 cu. for he axiu flow rae a he puping aion, regardle of he everiy of he or even, which hey had agreed a he eeing on 3 Ocober, he dicuion ranged over all he iue relaing o he adequacy and reilience planned for he refurbihed P. There are wo ain area of difference beween he ociey and he E, viz. how he agreed level of 54 cu. or pup capaciy neceary for a andard of proecion ) of I in 50 year, i o be delivered and wheher here i o be one 2 ( W or wo I W on-ie generaor. Concerning he iue of or pup capaciy, he E ade i clear ha hey are e on heir pecificaion of four 13.5 cu. or pup, wih no reerve capaciy; he ociey advocae hree 18 cu. pup, wih one 18 cu. pup in reerve. However, afer dicuion, he E agreed o acerain fro coih Power he axiu power deliverable o he P fro i nework and o ak he anufacurer endering for he or pup o quoe for andard pup of he axiu capaciy conien wih he power available, in addiion o quoing for he preferred opion. E Thi i a ignifican conceion, bu, in aking i, he E ephaized ha hey would no agree o expendiure exceeding he approved budge for he refurbihen. furher opion ha wa dicued wa he poibiliy of having a fifh 13.5 cu. or pup ki available ready o be ubiued for a failed inalled or pup on a of approxiaely 24 hour; uch a poibiliy would be he nex be hing o - h Coninued p Page 4 Forby Civic New

5 , The John Turner Collecion g ued by all apec of Univeriy John wa be known a he auhor of he Dicionarie of Briih Circu Biographie - an invaluable ource for reearcher of Vicorian and wenieh cenury circu perforer, bu he alo creaed a daabae which enable quick earche of perforer and provide ciaion of priary ource. H GRND CIRQUE, LIVERPOOL. The fir Cirque in Liverpool wa ereced in Dale ree by R. CHRLE I in 1 ; and afer a o ucceful run of four year wa pulled down o ake roo for he preen unicipal office. R. H hen buil a econd Cirque in Newingon, which, afer a and of eigh year, wa aken down, he idland Railway Co, waning he ground for heir preen erinu. The preen Cirque, he large in he hree kingdo and iuae in he We Derby R. wa ereced by a. H a a co of, and cover. wih abling, an of 25,000 quare fee, and i a capable of accoodaing J peron. I wa fir opened in Noveber any of u knew of our forer Vice-Chairan' rong inere in circu hiory and indeed enjoyed hi facinaing alk on ha ubjec, bu few were aware of he va aoun or reearch he had carried ou ainly beween following hi reireen fro acadeic life in he Biocheiry Deparen, Liverpool Univeriy ( ). Now hank o hi wife, Janee, hi reearch record and publicaion have been donaed o he Naional Fairground rchive a he Univeriy of heffield Library a he 'John Turner Collecion' bove; Coneporary illuraion courey Naional Fairground rchive, Univeriy of heffield Library Profeor Vanea, he Direcor of he Naional T Fairground rchive a he Univeriy of heffield fir e John when udying for her docorae in John wa her enor and an original upporer of he Naional Fairground rchive when i wa founded in He would have been very proud o have aended her inaugural profeorial lecure in Deceber hi year and o know ha hi book and daa are be- Hi ai wa o produce a definiive erie of ource-book on he hiory of Briih circu which could be ued by oher o dicover ore abou hi popular for of enerainen. He coninued hi reearch righ up unil hi udden and oally unexpeced deah la year. Hi inere eed fro hi dicovery ha H Grand Cirque had once flourihed in Hull, Liverpool and oher provincial own a well a in he eropoli. Iniially he colleced inforaion on he any perforer and howen of he Vicorian period laer coninuing hi reearch o include perforer in he wenieh cenury. I i good ha hi reearch and daabae ha now gone o he enabling oher o N coninue o be able o acce he inforaion ha he painakingly worked o gaher. W John' circu publicaion include- Hiorical H 1780 o 1856 Hiory of G circu. P. 1-5, circu Jae Newoe : geniu of he ring Twenieh cenury circu people: a dicionary of Briih circu biography, V 1 ravelling enagerie 7 Black Vicorian / Black l edied by Grechen Holbrook Ge For any year, John wa he librarian for he Circu Fairground ociaion, and helped o ge he library ino he Naional Fairground rchive a he Univeriy of heffield. Hi ai wa o produce a definiive erie of ource-book on he hiory of Briih circu Noe:- John' i W w Circu People. Cenurie of Briih Noveber 2008 Page 5

6 Naional Tru Conulaion Workhop by Barry Navarro INTRODUCTION Thi repor uarie he dicuion and coninen ade in he wo workhop ha were organied by aff of he Naional Tru, Forby and held on 3 epeber a he Gild Hall, Forby. ubjec covered included: anaging he ipac of coaal change on he Naional Tru, Forby propery and he urrounding area, propoal o re-ie a car park, iprove viior faciliie a he propery and enhance conervaion, raffic and ranpor iue, environenal fooprin and he relaionhip o oher viior gaeway ie on Naural Coa The workhop were aended by repreenaive of public and volunary ecor organiaion along wih local reiden; 100 people aended in oal. Each workhop had a peron who gave a preenaion on he iue and a faciliaor o aid dicuion. URY OF WORKHOP DICUION Cliae Change, ea level rie, increaed orine Paricipan agreed ha he car park needed o be oved fro i preen ie. Paricipan waned o ee a naural a landcape a poible in he place of he car park. The naural landcape included, encouraging naural dune lack, and rapping wih bruhwood fencing and planing. I i hough ha ore inforaion i required o ell viior abou he fragiliy of he landcape and alo o counicae where i i appropriae o walk, paricularly if ecion of he car park. Yorke ie were ecioned off afer i wa reoved o aid reoraion of he dune. Paricipan uggeed greaer conideraion hould be given o acce o he propery and he beach in paricular. cce for diabled people wa alo highlighed for conideraion regarding all for of acce o he beach. uggeion included uliple acce poin o he beach o ake he preure off one or wo roue, having circular boardwalk and uing Lifeboa Road a an alernaive car park. I wa fel ha he 'coaal offer' hould be publicied ore o ake he preure off Forby bu hi hould no ean i becoe a beach for an Culural heriage, a place for people & naure, conervaion Paricipan uggeed ha he car park hould be oved a far inland a poible and ha here wa benefi in keeping he car park cloe o he enrance o reduce he raffic enering furher on he ie. I wa alo uggeed o pli he car parking faciliy in o all ie. The Pine woodland wa fel o be of grea iporance paricularly o he red quirrel populaion and herefore i wa fel ha i wa iporan o conerve i when conidering reiing he car park. crub woodland o he norh of acce road wa generally conidered o be an accepable ie. There were oppoing view concerning wheher he aparagu field could be parially ued for re-iing of faciliie. oe paricipan fel ha he field hould be conerved in heir enirey whil oher hough parial lo for car parking wa accepable. Paricipan uggeed ha here wa a need o anage he foofall o he beach fro he car park and o provide ore board walk. Coaal acce, populariy of coaal vii, ouri Paricipan uggeed ha Lifeboa Road needed o be conidered for alernaive parking o ake he preure off Vicoria Road, bu ha i needed o have oile and adequae. In addiion, paricipan hough ha ore need o be done regarding raffic anageen of he ie wih oe uggeing a one enry and one exi raffic ye a Vicoria Road. n elecronic ye could be inalled on he Forby By-pa o indicae when he car park wa full and where alernaive car parking i available. Paricipan uggeed ha needed o iprove o provide inforaion on wha he coa ha o offer o reduce he preure on Forby and he urrounding area. I wa fel ha a raegy for encouraging he role of cycling o and along he coa wa required. I wa alo acknowledged by paricipan ha coaal agencie working in parnerhip wa a crucial facor in olving he coplex iue. NEXT TEP ndrew B aid The Naional Tru would be aking ep o progre he iue raied in he conulaion eion which included ending a uary paper o all paricipan o enure ha hey received feedback on he workhop. In addiion ndrew aed ha he Tru waned o for a group coniing of a cro ecion of people who have aended he workhop. The ai will be o work on furher adviing and progreing oe of he iue paricipan have raied and prioriied wih he Tru and i parner. Page 6 Forby Civic New

7 Forby Power aion Tranforaion enviaged... Fro hi... o hi! a preenaion held a he wiing Pool on Tueday 1 l Noveber, r ccob and eber of hi archiecural and planning ea explained heir idea on he redevelopen of he Powerhoue in a "uainable way, eniive o he need of he people and he ipac he ie ha on he environen." The deign philoophy i o "creae an environen which offer a unique and high qualiy of life, ha i boh aracive and environenally friendly". Their propoal eek o preerve he hioric characer of he building bu enhance i by reoval of he leer and ore recen exenion o he building, reinaing i original characer". Thee propoal are o provide a ix of dwelling ize, on ie leiure faciliie, a well a aociaed car parking and landcaping. The following are exrac fro he developer preenaion of heir inenion and apiraion for hi prograe. They ai o "axiie he qualiie ha he ie poee in er of key archiecural eleen and he apec over he adjacen River l and urrounding counryide. The inenion i o ipleen a feaure enrance elevaion of high qualiy deign and of a uiable and rong indurial characer. Inernally 60 high-qualiy aparen are o be baed on he exiing for of he warehoue wih pariioning working excluively o he defined bay layou and inforing he onuenal cale of he building. The exernal work will play an iporan par in he enhanceen of he ie and he inenion i o ipleen large wahe of naive graland ogeher wih feaure wahe of wildflower planing. Thee are viewed and acceed by perieer pah inviing reiden and viior o axiie he chee appeal and conribuing o revering he currenly poor condiion of he ie. The overall far of he exiing building ha dicaed he layou of he - a wih a cenral ariu area wih privae accoodaion on eiher ide facing ou ino he counryide. The cenral ariu ake on huge iporance in he overall naure of he developen in er of aeheic and circulaion. Thi i inended o be a lively and exciing pace wih a glazed flooding he area wih a naural ligh and allowing an appreciaion of he huge cale of he building fro wihin - a 'glaorou' area in keeping wih he excluive naure of he propery. ground floor level, hi pace would effecively be an inernal ree, flooded wih naural ligh and bee wih planing, hallow waer feaure and area o gaher and relax. Toward he enrance area, a high qualiy gynaiu i propoed (excluively for reiden ue) which prorude fro he ain warehoue envelope ino he new enrance exenion and up o he fir floor, including large area of gla facing back ino he enrance ariu. he upper level he circulaion i via upended walkway, which diec he ariu, enhancing view o he inernal ree and garden below. large glazed porion ha been inroduced o he rear facade o provide view and o increae ligh peneraion ino he building' core..4 he ie lie wihin Green Bel, hard landcaping ha been iniied. The uainable developen approach include he ' characer of he ie where naive pecie are o be inroduced o prooe he ie characer. he vehicular acce ha evolved wih he building' ue, raher han being purpoe planned and conruced, he urface reaen are in a poor condiion. I i beneficial o he new reidenial converion ha he acce hould reain rural and low-key raher han he reaen ha would be required if he building again began indurially. However here i clearly a need on ie o f iprove urface reaen and beer define he hard anding ino parking area. everal eber of he ociey were able o look a he plan a he wiing Pool and are now ending in heir reacion. Once an acual planning applicaion ha been ubied he ociey' eniie and Planning ubgroup will dicu i. ' Noveber 2008 Page 7

8 Puping aion - coninued fro p. 4 having reerve capaciy inalled and will keep i very uch in ind. Concerning he proviion of a ingle 2 W on-ie generaor o provide he power for wo of he or pup, hould hi uni no be available, he or pup capaciy would be reduced o half ha required (he oher half coing he nework). f For hi reaon, he ociey i urging he proviion of wo I W generaor, o a o provide oe eaure of reilience. The E ha rejeced hi alernaive on he ground ha i would be ore expenive (by a facor of 1.7 i wa hough). We have aked o ee he daa ha ha led o hi deciion and, afer iniial relucance, he E ha agreed o dicloe he conulan' repor and he aeen of i. The E aid i would E explore he poibiliy of hiring eporary generaor in he even of failure of power upply o he P. Following on fro earlier dicuion, we again aked abou he reilience of he ubaion a ephenon' Way. In addiion o having dicuion wih coih Power, i wa repored ha he E had now ade i own aeen of he level O of he variou ie of equipen a he ubaion in relaion o anicipaed flood level and i appear ha, apar fro one building, all equipen i high enough for a of 1 in 100 year; enquirie would be ade a o he naure of he equipen which wa in he vulnerable building. The governen' Pi Review require ha uch inallaion hould have a of I in 1000 year; i wa hough ha coih Power wa well advanced in i aeen a required by he Review, bu no pecific "i i hoped ha he inier will be able o vii he Coniuency o dicu local iue, including flood proecion." inforaion wa available and he E underook o ake enquirie. We ade he poin ha here are indicaion ha, a ie of peak deand, he counry' power aion reerve generaing capaciy i already worryingly low and here are predicion fro reponible ource of a horfall in generaed upplie naionwide before a ufficiency of replaceen W new power aion coe on line; i i no unreaonable o anicipae power ouage wihin, ay, he nex 10 year. The E underook o acerain fro coih Power he likelihood of nework upply inerrupion, i duraion and heir prioriie for reoraion of upply. We aked abou he cheduling of he renghening of he D Brook ebanken, which i known o be in poor condiion. The E underook o check i prograe of work and o deerine wheher he reedial work hould be brough forward. The E alo underook o refer o heir odelling conulan o ry o obain quaniaive daa for he increae in graviy flow hrough he P accruing fro iproveen o he luice and heir flap. r. Curi-Thoa P ha dicued he refurbihen of he louh P wih Jane Kennedy, P for and inier for Faring and he Environen, and i i hoped ha he inier will be able o vii he Coniuency o dicu local iue, including flood proecion. F Red quirrel Crii - he preen poiion Repor by Ben Hargreave, cing Conervaion Officer quirrel Pox coninue o be he chief hrea o Red quirrel in efon a he oen. any people will have noiced, here ha been a grea deal of edia coverage on hi iue recenly, wih a BBC New aricle on reearch led by The Zoological ociey of London' Reearch Deparen and uch edia debae abou he eri of Grey quirrel Conrol (Boh in he Ediorial and uppleenary ecion of The Guardian and The Oberver) and he long er viabiliy of curren Red quirrel Conervaion. The BBC aricle focued on a piece of reearch carried ou ino ign of Red quirrel iuniy fro he quirrel Pox Viru, in which eigh quirrel were found afer Po o have anibodie o he viru while a he ae ie no being infeced. I i likely ha he quirrel have recovered if hey have anibodie in heir blood bu no deecable viru, bu he worrying aiic i ha wa only "eigh quirrel ou of over 500 over a five year period". Two oher iporan poin were ha here wa no pecific inforaion a o where he Recovered quirrel cae fro and i ill doen' give u he cerainy ha he rain of quirrel Pox viru in hee anial wa he ae rain ha i killing he Red, a viru' uae and change heir geneic equence. In efon, we have been lucky enough o work cloely wih he Univeriy of Liverpool when we recover quirrel ha have been found dead a a reul of naural caue or oherwie hrough Road Traffic cciden and we have had no uch encouraging inforaion fro any Poore reul we have received o ar, nor any cae of recovery fro ick anial aken ino care a he R Grange Cenre. Coninued p Page 8 F Civic New

9 r Group Repor by Barbara We had a very ucceful day keching a in epeber. The C weaher wa fine and we enjoyed he peace and quie in he church ground. We hen joined he local reiden a an Open Day a he church and church chool. lo of he appear o have lived here for a long ie a hey all howed a lo of inere in he any phoograph of he chool and he chool aendance record, phoograph of rural cene and he now deolihed anor Houe. We were alo able o go inide he church. The ained gla window looked quie differen fro he inide. The Exhibiion pu on by he We Lancahire Craf Guild in he eropolian cahedral wa of a high - d. We will have anoher chance o ee he a Croby Hall Educaional Tru in Noveber and R Old Hall in Deceber. We do no ee in Deceber, bu here are a lo of Exhibiion aking place beween now and Chria. I hope o ee oe of you a he. In January we hold our annual ge - ogeher. Thi i popular. We hope o arrange our prograe for nex year a ha ie and would welcoe new idea. If you are able o join u, pleae le e know by 7 January 2009, o ha I can book he able. We do no have a prograe for February ye, bu I hough i igh be inereing o go o a ale of paining. Cao Crane in Liverpool are having a ale end January or ino February, bu dae no ye fixed. I wa wih grea adne ha I and all he eber of he r Group learned he deah of Graha Norhcoe recenly. He wa a eber of our Group and alway had ie o give u help and pracical advice when ever i wa ough Graha and hi wife Olive exhibied in our Exhibiion and i wa obviou ha he go a lo of pleaure paining and wa inereed in any apec of r and variou yle. He will be adly ied and our condolence go o Olive. Graha N eber of he ociey were addened by he deah of Graha Norhcoe. Graha and hi wife Olive were faihful eber of he ociey and were regular a a he general eeing and he eeing of he Hiory Group. Graha and Olive were in he group of eber who enjoyed he vii o H Hall and i garden and on epeber 10h. He died on epeber C 18h. Graha N began hi profeional career a a newly qualified eacher a O Drive econdary odern chool in He becae Head of Career and hen Head of he fifh year (now year 1 ). he chool he becae known for he help and encourageen for young eacher. In 1981 he becae Depuy Head of High chool where he developed hi kill in he counelling and guidance of adolecen and he diplayed hi wide range of knowledge and pracical kill in uch area a uic, phoography and elecronic. Graha reained a High unil hi reireen in During hi ie a, Graha copleed a aer Degree in Educaion a he Univeriy of Liverpool, where a a uden udying wih experienced profeional he wa well known for he help and uppor he gave o fellow uden who needed help wih heir udie. Graha and Olive, who i a lingui, each devoed devoed alo 40 year o eaching. On heir reireen boh Graha and Olive ook up paining and keching. He becae Chairan of he ociaion of Forby ri, and under hi leaderhip beginner and exper were equally valued and encouraged o exhibi heir work. Hi own ariic abiliy wa alway diplayed in he ociey' r Exhibiion. In hi quie way, Graha uppored Barbara in arranging he uer Exhibiion The were regular worhipper N a. Peer' Church where Graha becae a. Church fee Graha' diincive voice becae well-known a he ook charge of he public addre ye. In he ae quie way Graha and Olive were eber of he group N who helped in he diribuion of he ociey' Newleer. Olive, who aended he Thoa Freh Evening wih one of her daugher, ha indicaed ha he will coninue her work a a Newleer diribuor. The Forby ociey will i he unobruive uppor given o he ociey by Graha. We give our greae ypahy o Olive and faily a hi ad ie.. R Noveber 2008 Page 9

10 Planning aer - coninued fro p.3 pleaure o he any reiden and viior who frequen i. lo a caue for dire and anger wa he applicaion (ricly prior noificaion) by 02 for he inallaion in arh Brow of a 15 ere all elecounicaion a (in he for of a replica elegraph pole) ogeher wih ground-baed equipen. We advied reiden in he viciniy how be o rei he applicaion; in paricular, we poined ou ha healh conideraion, he devaluaion of propery value and he preence of elecrical ubaion nearby were no aerial planning conideraion and ha proeer hould concenrae on lo of viual aeniy and he availabiliy of alernaive ie. lhough here wa a peiion ufficien o bring he applicaion before he Council' Planning Coiee, in he even ha wa unneceary and he applicaion wa refued by he cae officer. However, if he cae i appealed o The Planning Inpecorae, he final oucoe reain very uch in doub. Thi lae applicaion o pu a obile phone a in a reidenial area highligh once again he need o revie he Council' oraoriu on he iing of uch a on Council owned land or propery. The oraoriu ha he effec of denying ie o he nework developer which could oherwie accoodae a uch ore appropriaely han he ie evenually choen. Recen developen give hope ha a reviion of he oraoriu i a poibiliy. The Forby Parih Council ha idenified ix poenially uiable ie on Council-owned land away fro he Diric Cenre which i believe would be ore uiable for he locaion of a. Unforunaely, he Forby rea Coiee, a i eeing on 3 July 2008, declined a reque fro he Forby Parih Council o uppor a parial lifing of he oraoriu o ha in fuure uch Council ie could be brough ino conideraion. In conra, however, he ouhpor for a parial lifing of he oraoriu and ielf requeed he Council' Cabine o conider he aer. In repone, he Cabine, a i eeing on he 30 Ocober 2008, decided o ak he raegic Direcor of Regeneraion and Environenal ervice ( ) o ubi o each rea Coiee and Parih Council a repor on he a of a parial lifing of he oraoriu and he idenificaion of poenial ie for obile phone a on efon Council owned land. The i hen o ubi a repor on he iue, incorporaing he coen of each rea Coiee and Parih Council, o he full Council for deerinaion of he iue. I i o be hoped ha Councillor will be able o rei he preure o which hey undoubedly will be ubjeced by exree preure group and reach a balanced deciion baed on he evidence and he pracical realiie. To conclude, I will enion ju hree of he everal planning applicaion on which we have ade ubiion o he Council (pleae ee he ociey' for inforaion abou he oher applicaion); w while hey are quie differen in heir deail, hey hare a coon facor in ha hey all involve he replaceen of ound old building, which are characeriic of heir localiie, by new one which are no. The applicaion for 86 Vicoria Road would have Coiee, a i eeing on 3 epeber 2008, endored he reque of he Forby Parih Council ean he deoliion of he old children' hoe and he erecion of an aggreively odern, bu oherwie undiinguihed, five-orey building copriing nine aparen. We oppoed he applicaion on he ground ha he building, boh by reaon of i heigh and a, a well a i yle, would have been incongruou and exceively proinen in he ree cene; he applicaion ha been wihdrawn Frehfield Road, he wo exiing dwelling would have been deolihed o ake way for wo par hree-orey houe. We oppoed he applicaion on he ground ha he ize of he propoed building would have been incopaible wih he narrowne of heir ie and conrary o he characer of Frehfield Road which i deignaed a an rea of Local Diincivene, in recogniion of i large Vicorian villa e in large ground; he applicaion ha been refued. nd finally, a Frehfield Road, he exiing large lae Vicorian dwelling would be replaced by wo uch narrower building wih uch le ipreive facade on a ie which i really no large enough o accoodae he in a way conien wih he characer of Frehfield Road, which we wih o ee preerved; he deciion i pending. I underand ha i i now poible o upgrade ound older building o odern andard of inulaion and inernal deign and i ee profligae of reource ha uch building hould be deolihed. change in ax law would help; a preen renovaion arac VT, wherea rebuild doe no. In addiion o being ore uainable, oderniaion would avoid all he proble aociaed wih he ubiuion of new building in yle which are incopaible wih he local ree cene. NEW OCIETY PUBLICTION! THE FORBY PRGU TORY Thi bookle, ou oon, ell he inereing ory of hi radiional local crop, baed on recen reearch. Page 10 Forby Civic New

11 Wildlife Noe by Dr Phil ih c UGUT In hee noe, I ofen re he inernaional iporance of our anddune flora. Thi wa illuraed on 20 h when Joan V, he Profeor of Boany a Barcelona Univeriy, ade a pecial vii o ee he Dune Worwood. ( ) a Croby dune. The previou day he had called in a he only oher Briih localiy for hi plan in ouh Wale. We have four individual, he olde, dicovered in 2004, being one of he large pecien he Profeor ha een during hi udie in Weern Europe. He wa alo delighed o ee, for he fir ie, he Ile of an Cabbage. ), (C a plan which i confined o norh-we Briain. d X Thi onh aw around 30 voluneer aking par in a ajor urvey of anoher of our Naionally Rare plan, he Dune.). H Thi orchid, ofen found wih i cloe relaive he Greenflowered (E. p H ), i ainly rericed o dune in Norh We England and Norh Wale. I ee o have been a good year for hee pecie, o recorder reporing unuually large nuber. For exaple, Pa Lockwood and I couned 1087 Dune and H 748 Green-flowered on he norhern par of he H Naional Tru Eae a Forby Poin. Once he final repor are in, we hould have a uch beer idea of he ain habia favoured by he plan and he kind of anageen needed for heir fuure conervaion. ore good boanical new cae fro, where y vii wih (E friend, on he 10 h led o he dicovery of boh Coon and Laxflowered ea Lavender and L. ) on (L he alarh off H h Road. C ea Lavender had no been een in ouh Lancahire ince he 19 h cenury, while Lax-flowered i a new Vice-couny record. Thee plan have preuably pread fro he norh ide of he Ribble Euary a Fairhaven, which hey colonied everal year ago. v Inec have again uffered in he we weaher, wih o buerflie appearing in reduced nuber. However, here eeed o be pleny of Grayling on he ouer dune, while he colourful Peacock had a good eergence around he iddle of he onh. I couned 25 on Waer in a Cabin Hill on 13 h. iilarly, o dragonflie were in hor upply, he only excepion being he Ruddy Darer, one of our few naionally noable pecie. On 8 h ugu, I recorded 37, including 5 pair, on crape in he B Local Naure Reerve. ugu find any of our breeding bird deparing while igran and winer-viior arrive fro he norh. Lo of eabird have been paing along our coa, wih an exraordinary gahering of a lea 2500 anx being repored off Forby on 22n d. Roo of andwich Tern on B Beach reached an ipreive peak of 268 on 26 h, while a rare and pecacular Capian Tern wa een off Forby Poin on 4 h. The once rare arh Harrier ee o have had a good breeding eaon, group of a any a five or ix individual, epecially young bird, being een a H Ou arh, arin ere and lcar o. EPTEBER uch needed "Indian uer" kicked in around he iddle of he onh helping inec which had oherwie experienced anoher poor eaon. Dragonflie uddenly increaed, epecially he igran Hawker ), an auun pecie ha ha colonied our region over he la decade. y be coun wa 20 in he area on 27 h. few Ruddy Darer ( ) lingered on wellvegeaed pond unil he 26 h and here were ore ouhern Hawker ) han uual along he coa. n unexpeced ighing wa an egg-laying feale Coon Hawker ) a Range Lane, Forby ( on 25 h. Depie i nae, hi i by far he rare of our large dragonflie. o exciing of all wa he large influx of Black Darer ( ) ince Fro 24 h o 28 h, I couned a oal of 19 individual a four localiie in he and-dune, including wo pair. Thi all p dragonfly i known o dipere widely in lae uer and ay hen urn up in unexpeced (non-peay) place. ( ( c Buerflie alo reponded o he un, wih good nuber of Coa, Red diral and even oe all T, he laer being alo nonexien hi year due, i i hough, o he effec of a paraiic fly. I viied wih friend on 20 h, epecially o look for he horwinged ), C a buh-cricke ha ha colonied he Norhwe coa ince uch o he deligh of our 1 copanion, we found dozen of hee aracive creaure on he al-arh. He could alo hear heir high-piched chirp which are beyond he lii of adul ear. The ae budding enoologi recorded wo new inec, he Waer eaurer ) and (H d y (C d Noveber 2008 Page 11

12 Wildlife Noe, (coninued fro previou page). and Waer corpion ) (N in he recenly dug pond on Frehfield Dune Heah Naure Reerve. c ajor highligh a he beginning of he onh wa a Whale wahed up dead bu in priine condiion on beach on he 30 h. n R adul ale, i wa abou 8.5 (27 f) long and araced large nuber of igheer before being reoved by he Council. I ee o have been he fir record of hi pecie in efon ince epeber i uually a good onh for igran bird, a keen ea-wacher being rewarded on he 3 and beauiful Gull and over 900 anx off beach. noher good find wa a Red-necked Phalarope a arin ere on 5. were recorded a boh and ea- h W forh, while a Y Warbler fro iberia graced he laer reerve on 25 h. Pink-fooed Geee arrived in grea nuber a uual, he onhly peak being 16,000 a on Black-ailed 2, alo ainly G fro Iceland. High preure over candinavia in id-onh brough lo of Honey Buzzard acro he Norh ea; everal reached he Norhwe, hough regreably none cae in y direcion. The onh ended wih a norhweerly gale and he fir repor of an auun pecialiy on our coa Leach' Perel. n OCTOBER d by a rare, abou 2000 rare excurion "over he waer" on he 6 h led indirecly o an exciing dicovery a Forby. Pa Lockwood and I were invied by Hilary h o vii Wirral habia iilar o our own Green B Beach. While here, we were hown a rare Naive Black Poplar. ) in a (P H garden. Thi b reinded Pa ha he lae Vera Gordon had idenified hi ree on he Naional Tru eae oe year ago. o, ared wih Dr h' crib-hee of idenificaion feaure, we racked down he pecien a few day laer. ure enough, here ood a convincing looking Black Poplar on he edge of a deciduou woodland ouh of Vicoria Road c. Unexpecedly, however, here were anoher 80 or o iilar ree in he adjacen woodland and ore on field boundarie around he nearby paragu field. Exploraion furher afield locaed ore ree a in he R F area. logeher, we apped nearly 300 Black Poplar; oe are huge wih aive down-curving branche ha have rooed ino he ground, ending up new hoo ha have becoe large ree in heir own righ. Reg Yorke ell e he poplar were planed a a "nure-crop" o proec he original conifer planing over 100 year ago. They were hen known a "Frenchen". Thi call ino queion he ideniy of our ree, a everal hybrid poplar were developed in France in he 19 h cenury. Thee cloely reeble he Naive Black Poplar, aking idenificaion a bi of a nighare; o we will have o wai unil nex o be ure ha we have he genuine aricle. Now a rare ree in norhwe England, he Naive Black Poplar i ainly found growing wild ouh of he line. However, i wa widely planed furher norh, epecially around Greaer ancheer, where i i known a he ancheer Poplar. Thee ree are now hreaened by a virulen fungu which i rapidly killing he off. ye, he Forby poplar ee unaffeced, hough a few have died, probably of old age. If our prove o be Naive Black Poplar, hey will coniue a naionally iporan populaion. The cooler, uneled auun weaher ean ha inec aciviy quickly declined, hough a few igran Hawker and Coon Darer dragonflie hung on unil id-onh. Red diral buerflie were a welcoe igh n on ichaela-daiie and Ivy flower. Gale a he ar of Ocober brough large nuber of Leach' Perel ino Liverpool Bay; I even anaged o cach up wih one of hee ocean wanderer on Beach. arin ere coninued o be a good place o ee bird of prey, everal arh Harrier including a fine ale being a paricular aracion. The uual a-arrival of Pink-fooed Geee fro Iceland and Greenland wa heralded by noiy kein heading we over y hoe o heir hore roo. Thi onh' influx wa excepional, he co-ordinaed coun producing an Ocober record of over 51,000. any of hee bird will already have headed furher ouh o he harveed ugar-bee field of Norfolk. One fellow-raveller wa a Ro' Gooe which breed in rcic Canada. Thi i a aller verion of he now Gooe, i ainly whie pluage aking i and ou aong he Pinkfee when I caugh up wih i on D o. However, he origin of uch bird i alway a aer for debae a o any are kep in capive collecion. Page 12 Forby Civic New

13 . F Red quirrel Crii - coninued fro p. 8 Following concern fro any of he voluneer who carry ou Red quirrel Conervaion and onioring in he Forby area, he advice fro Lancahire Wildlife Tru and ave Our quirrel ha been for people o no ake he recen edia coverage ou of conex or exrapolae anyhing fro i. lhough new like hi i encouraging in he ene ha here i increaed poenial for vaccinaion, i can alo lead o he falehood ha all will be well in he end if we wai for eiher a vaccine which could work or increaing naural iuniy which could occur. Tha i wo big poibiliie and in he eanie i doe no have any relevance o he Forby iuaion. Uliaely, we canno pu our weigh behind vaccinaion and capive releae a agic oluion o he Pox Oubreak in Forby a hi can never work while here i a ingle viable populaion of Grey lef (nor wihou illion of pound of oney). n iporan piece of he reearch ha The Zoological ociey of London publihed wa confiraion ha change in he diribuion of he quirrel Pox dieae in red quirrel over ie irrored he change in he w geographical range of he grey quirrel, upporing he heory ha he grey quirrel wa he reervoir ho of he viru, paing i o he red quirrel bu reaining iune o he viru ielf. Once he dieae i "in" a Red quirrel Populaion i will pa quickly hrough he roue of Red o Red conac which increae a cerain ie of year and in cerain circuance. Everyone involved and inereed in Red quirrel Conervaion need o be aware ha he only ean we have of ackling he dieae in he naural environen are hrough he pracical roue of Grey quirrel Conrol and he earching / onioring / Reporing of all Red and Grey, healhy and ick, which are being readily ubied by he acive Voluneer in Forby, working wih Forby and ouhpor Red ler, ave Our quirrel, Naural England, Lancahire Wildlife Tru, The Naional Tru, efon. and eber of he public. We are hoping o increae he level of awarene of he Red quirrel "voluneer and voluneer group in efon ha are vial in providing he inforaion and pracical f aiance we need" iuaion locally via aricle uch a hi and inend o produce a leafle argeing he Forby area which up he iue of quirrel Pox and, o vially for people ha feed Red quirrel, he need o regularly diinfec heir feeder / change feed which i a he couniy' only real defence again cro infecion in heir garden. oe recen local edia coverage ha been criical of habia anageen on he efon coa and ha pinpoined hi a being a pivoal facor in he oubreak of quirrel Pox viru and he decreaing quirrel populaion in Forby. I would like o ake i clear ha hi i no a view hared L by he landowner and anager of he Forby area and i no baed on cienific fac or reearch. I would however, hare he concern of local reiden ha exceive car peed and driving wihou due care and aenion could have been a facor in he 25 (18 in Forby) cae of Traffic relaed oraliy in efon hi year, a huge increae fro he 8 cae in he whole of efon eropolian Borough la year. cro he borough and in We, we are receiving ore encouraging repor of Red quirrel in he garden of people in, Thornon, Hill, and, in oe inance where hey haven' been een for weny year. There i a ignifican Red quirrel populaion in B which i cloely oniored by reiden voluneer in he area fro The Lile Croby Red ler Group. We have alo ebarked on a Red quirrel re-coloniaion urvey of Naional Naure Reerve following caual ighing, obervaion of ignifican feeding area and an encouraging period of uun onioring on hi ie. any people will be aware of he Pox oubreak ha occurred on. fro uun 2006 and reuled in a reducion in he populaion level by 90 %. N ll he parner involved in Red quirrel Conervaion work would like o hank he voluneer and voluneer group in efon ha are vial in providing he inforaion and pracical aiance we need in order o work on proecing he pecie in he area. Thank again for your uppor. Noveber 2008 Page 13

14 The Forby Civic ociey OCIETY OFFICER Chair; Dr Ray, 17 Road, D Forby, H Hon ecreary and Treaurer David Willi, 5 Phillip Cloe, Forby Winer Prograe ecreary Hayden, 35 anley Road, Frehfield, Hiory Group ecreary Barbara Yorke r Group Rep. Barbara eniie ecreary Dr. Deond Brennan, 9 Brow Lane, Forby Newleer Edior Dr Reg Yorke Diribuion ecreary Elie 9 W Lane R D 'D DY' TURDY 6h DECEBER 2008 la year, we will be running a Civic ociey all in he village beween a and around p o publicie our aciviie, encourage new eber, ell ibley drawing, phoograph, noele ec and generally alk o people who are inereed in wha we do. Dickenian Day i an excellen opporuniy o publicie our aciviie o he people of Forby. In oher year, we have recruied everal new eber and a he ae ie raied oe oney o help wih he running co of he ociey. If you are in he village pleae drop by for a cha and if you could help for an hour or o o an he all you would be doubly welcoe. Dickenian coue i no eenial, bu oehing war and coy probably will be. If you can help or would like ore inforaion pleae conac any coiee eber or ring lan Buron on We look forward o eeing you on he day. FUTURE PROGRE (ll a R Couniy Cenre a 8 unle oherwie aed) Friday 28 h Noveber, Doug Ellio, Coal ining in We Lancahire Thurday 11 Dec., Dr. ona Duggan, The birh of he ugar indury in he NW Thurday 8 h Jan., rchive Evening, Friday 23 rd January, lan F, Boanic Garden ouhpor The Four eaon Thurday 1 Feb, Paela Ruell, "You ge ued o i" Liverpool Children in WW2 Friday 27 h February, Lucy P, The 'Jewel of Peria'- I Thurday 12 h arch, r J. H, The H in he Civil War r Group Prograe (Furher deail fro Barbara ) 8-22 Noveber The ill Houe Gallery,. ir Peer Blake Exhibiion Noveber Gallery, P R. (Thi ha no been held for a year or wo) Noveber R, Lile Croby. - Hope o ee oe of you here Deceber C We Lancahire Craf Guild - Old Hall. 14 January nnual Ge-ogeher, Hall Far R 12 p. Pleae le e know by 7h January if you wih o aend. L