SWANLAND VILLAGE ASSOCIATION |
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The Swanland Village Association was formed in 1987 originally under the title of the Swanland Preservation Society. It has a simple constitution which states that, among others, the objects of the association are "to promote the preservation of the character of the village and its immediate environs" and "to monitor the opinions of the residents and provide a channel through which such opinions may be expressed to some practical end"
The Association has a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, and a committee of about eight members and holds an Annual General Meeting.
Membership is open to all Swanland residents with an annual subscription. In 2002 it is still only £2 per head
The Associations activities include-
Three issues per year of the
"Swanland Village Association News"
Occasional Members Letters delivered to Members only
Publication of "The Swanland
Signpost" This is essentially a village directory and is published every 2 or 3
years
Monitoring planning applications affecting the village
Organising functions including Lectures, Dances, Excursions, Treasure Hunt
Entering the village into the 'Britain in Bloom'
competition
Planting
and care of flowers and shrubs around the pond and the planting of bulbs in the grass
verges
Supervising Neighbourhood Watch Scheme
Initialising projects which enhance the amenities and appearance of the village
The drafting
and publication of the Village Design Statement adopted in 1999 by the East Riding of
Yorkshire Council as a supplementary planning document.
Officers for 2000
Chairman Paul Priestley-Leach Tel 633530 Vice Chairman vacant Secretary New Anita Morton Treasurer Yvonne Dumsday Tel 634863 Editor SVA News Jim Dumsday Tel 634863
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"THE HISTORY OF SWANLAND" |
| Can you help Research is being undertaken by members of Swanland's U3A(University of the Third Age) history group and others into the History of Swanland. Members have been visiting libraries and their archives during the year and have unearthed many interesting facts about the village in earlier times. Once the research is completed it is hoped to produce a book. At present the one thing that is missing is pictorial evidence before the age of photography. If you have any paintings, early photographs or memorabilia that you would like to show the group, please contact John Holmes on 01482 632211 or Derek Brooks on 01482 634284. |
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"SWANLAND 2000" |
| As life at the end of this millenium is so totally different to any
thing that was known before, it is felt to be important to record village life as we know
it today. The news paper boy delivering the daily paper; the milkman delivering the
doorstep pinta; children walking to the village school. We have to wonder what Swanland
will be like in another hundred years- would we recognise it? As a result of
the Local History Group's research into the past of Swanland, the idea was born to produce
a book to represent the life in the village at the year "2000".
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Tuesday May 14th 7.30pm Swanland Primary School Hall
Swanland Village Association presents a talk by Ruth Atkinson of the Humber Archaeological Unit Subject "Digs and Future Digs in and around Swanland"
Admission Free Everyone welcome"