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- Initial Notification – Planned Continuous Road Closure – School Lane, Downholland – 18/01/2025 to 19/01/2025
Details of a proposed temporary continuous road closure on School Lane, Downholland from Saturday 18th January 2025, until Sunday 19th January 2025 to enable water connection replacement works to be undertaken by Network Plus on behalf of United Utilities.
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/roads-parking-and-travel/roads/roadworks-and-traffic-regulation-orders
- PAVILION AND PLAYING FIELD CLEANER JOB VACANCY
JOB SPECIFICATION FOR PAVILION AND PLAYING FIELD CLEANER
Contact
Dave Bond, Parish Clerk
Tel: 01704 534090
JOB TITLE
Pavilion and playing field cleaner
PLACE OF WORK
Your usual places of work will be Haskayne Pavilion and Playing Field.
HOURS OF WORK
Your normal hours of work are 14 hours per month.
SALARY
£170.16 paid monthly by standing order on the 1st day of each month.
EXPENSES
Expenses will be paid on production of receipts
DUTIES
Pavilion: Weekly
Ensure the kitchen is kept clean/tidy & all rubbish/waste removed to outside collection area.
Any tea towels/dish cloths should be washed regularly. Keep crockery/utensils clean & put away. Ensure all surfaces, cupboard doors etc., are clean & dust free & all areas including walls are free of cobwebs. Any problem with ants should be reported to the Clerk.
Mop all floors & vacuum mats. Ensure stocks of cleaning products/toilet paper and hand towels are maintained.
Clean/sanitise the toilet/wash basin.
Keep outside doors/handles & railings clean & sanitised.
Lock the pavilion securely at the end of your visit.
Report any potential dangers or risks to the Parish Clerk.
Park: Three times a week
Walk around the park, woodland area & car park, removing all litter, rubbish & any dog waste into bags using grabber, scoop, gloves & eye protection provided
Empty all bins, change all bin liners and ensure bags of rubbish are left in the appropriate place for collection by West Lancashire Borough Council.
Inspect Play Equipment and report any potential dangers or risks to the Parish Clerk.
Weekly
Complete a review form confirming that scheduled grounds maintenance jobs have been completed
- Downholland & Lydiate Roll of Honour
First World War
George Allin
Ewan Blackledge
John Bond
Herman Bradley
Bruno Bradley
James Cheetham
Thomas Cox
Patrick B Cox
John Culshaw
John Draper
Harry Fawcett
Herbert Finch
William Hampson
William Hodge
William Henry Hunt
George Lowe
George Ernest Norris
Thomas Pye
James Pye
Henry Rawlinson
William Rothwell
Peter Sharrock
Edward Townsend
James WhiteSecond World War
James Boyde
Norman Cookson
Alfred Draper
Maximillian Draper
Arthur Green
John Halsall
Eric Moultrie
James Mullany
Harold Quinn
John Underwood
Robert Worthington
Thomas Gerard Coonan
John Hesketh
Richard Pope
About Downholland
The Civil Parish of Downholland lies in the southwestern corner of West Lancashire, it includes the village of Haskayne and the settlements of Barton and Downholland Cross as well as scattered farmhouses and cottages.
Haskayne contains a beautiful park next to the canal, featuring a BMX track, football pitch and lots of play equipment. Winner of “Best Park in Lancashire” – Lancashire Best Kept Village 2019/2020.
There is a thriving village school, three public houses,a village hall hosting a number of community activities and we have an active Community Association and Residents Association.
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Downholland has a total area of 12 square miles most of which is prime agricultural land. The nearest towns are Southport, seven miles to the west and Ormskirk five miles to the east. Liverpool is about 12 miles away. The population of about 1000 is employed in the surrounding towns and cities or on the land. The Leeds and Liverpool canal runs through the parish.