Editorial
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, we lived round a delightful village green on which we played football, cricket, rounders and all the rest of it until bad light (as in pitchblack) stopped play. In those days, the green was beautifully kept, surrounded by gardens only competing to burgeon the best, but oh what a sorry sight now! Deserted, Unkempt, and in the middle a Notice announcing...
NO BALL GAMES. No room for any of that noisy dangerous stuff in today's
perfect world, although actually I don't recall a single window ever
broken.. But is this what we want for our own Cooper's Green? Probably
not. Read Lisa Arksey's letter in this month's Crier, and maybe take
this issue up at the Village Assembly (DON'T FORGET: MAY 16). At a time
when BVC has caved in and closed off a large chunk of their playing fields
because of neighbours complaints about noisy children (!!), perhaps Prior can
take a stand.
Probably not many of us would merit our own entry in world-wide online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, but Arthur Marshall certainly does. He died this month aged 103, and many thanks to the Marshalls for this month's obituary telling us something about the life and achievements of this quite remarkable man.
Meanwhile, Festival Time is upon us again, and this one is going to last 10 days. You can read Tina Jost's article in this month's issue to find out how you can participate. Tina is also standing in the forthcoming District Councillor elections (Lib Dem) as is another Prior local Sandra Wilson (Lab) and of course our current representative Allen Alderson (Con) from Reach. What does the Crier think? Vote for the person, not for the party, and who ever wins, please send us regular copy - how can we vote sensibly if we don't know what you've been doing for us? See you Feasting!