About Us

YES .. .. we know ! Time has stood still in Chaddesley (for a long while) - since March 2023. The 3’ long Minute Hand snapped off the church clock and impaled itself in the ground below (like an arrow fired, presumably, from the Robin Hood pub in Drayton ?). Well, a new one has been made .. and fitted ! .. and other necessary work done on the mechanism; so .. its now up to Leo to keep it wound and ticking. During this interval time (pun intended) the other three faces still showed the right time (leaving some to suggest that being ‘two-faced’ is nothing new).

Women’s Institute

The February meeting was based on Tai Chi and Yoga - though preceded by four Resolutions. Sue Gowen demonstrated from the stage some gentle movements, accompanied by gentle music. Refreshments were then served. Voting for appointments to the NFWI were delayed pending further information about the candidates being provided. Information about the Book Club and the Craft Evening was forthcoming. We look forward to Wed. March 5th and John Butterworth’s talk on “Hitting the Headlines” as a newspaper editor.

Farmers Weekly

As that celebrated journal Farmers Weekly celebrates 90 years of publishing, we take a nostalgic look back to the days of TVO (tractor vaporizing oil) .. ? pneumatic tyres .. ! and the game-changing Three-Point Linkage .. !! Thousands of responses to it’s question .. “Name the outstanding Tractor of the past 100 years” were received and assessed .. and the results are ‘In’ ..

Overall Winner

Ferguson TW20

The ‘little grey Fergie’ (1946) which brought ‘modern’ farming within reach of the average farmer. 2 litre, 20hp, 4-cylinder engine with 4-speed manual transmission.

Runners Up

Massey 135

Ford 6600

1964 - 2.5 litre,45hp 3 cylinder diesel 1975 - 4.2 litre, 4 cylinder engine with a six-speed transmission with with 16-speed transmission 2 reverse gears

Local Nature Recovery Strategy

Chaddesley Corbett Endowed Primary School

AIM: to increase access to nature, to improve flood mitigation, and capture and store carbon The school has started discussions with pupils about what this means to them .. ie dropping litter shows disrespect to both friends and neighbours. The pupils have produced posters which will be displayed around the parish. These are by Eliza and Lenny (click to enlarge). During their holidays the pupils have taken photos of the nature which they discovered in gardens, parks and nature reserves and which they then used during the school term.

Gardeners’ Club

Gardeners, like their plants and their gardens, come in all shapes and sizes .. but we’re all gardeners. We’ve had our AGM (Annual Review) and, in spite of a decrease in membership, there is an exciting programme for 2025 .. and 2026 !! Then there was an excellent, illustrated talk by Neil Cook - Head Gardener at Hanbury Hall [a.k.a. Lower Loxley Hall in the BBC’s evergreen “The Archers”]. He told us of developments and how conversions to a Listed Building (and environs) suffer from delays and constraints. We next meet on March 12th, when Dave Morgan asks .. “Is my garden good enough ?”

We are looking for an enthusiastic volunteer to help us preserve and maintain our footpaths (the ones across fields, not the ones alongside roads) to assume the grand title of “Parish Path Warden”. This vital roll of bringing to the Parish Council’s attention any difficulties or problems so that they can be fixed will ensure that visitors and ourselves can ‘get the most’ out of our beautiful countryside. Please phone the clerk on 07405 306 071