Patsy Bates

01780751704

Responsibilities: Volunteer Allotment Manager, Trees & Greens Working Party, Finance Committee, Staffing Committee, Complaints Committee member plus clock winder

Patsy has lived in Easton on the Hill for over 60 years and delivered your post for 31 of them. She has the most experience as a Parish Councillor having been in post for over 30 years. She is married to decorator Martyn, and they have enjoyed being members of our wonderful village community.

Contact details; Address 28, Westfields, Easton on the Hill PE9 3LY, phone 01780751704 or 07742803701, no email address 

Emma Hanson

07834617389

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Responsibilities: Chair of the Staffing Committee, Planning Committee member and Complaints Committee member

Emma Hanson has been an engineer serving with the Royal Air Force since 1984. Whilst serving at Wittering, she moved to the village in 2003 and decided to make the village her base. Since taking up the role of PC She has stated: I have had a greater insight into what the village needs as well as wants. As part of the planning committee I am able to assist with the decision making of developments of people's homes but ensure the core beauty and function of the village is maintained and I look forward to future challenges.

Anne O'Grady

10 Sherwood Close
Stamford
PE9 2RL

07870 281497

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Responsibilities: Planning Committee member, Trees and Greens Working Party 

Anne lived in Easton on the Hill for 14 years and although she has recently moved a couple of miles away, she is still very involved with village life. Anne has been a Parish Councillor for 4 years and is also a Trustee of the Village Hall, in addition to her responsibilities within the Parish Council. Anne is a qualified teacher and teaches French.

Anne Cutforth

20 Stamford Road
Easton on the Hill
PE9 3NS

01780480151 / 07761152159

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Responsibilities: Chairperson, plus Village Plan Working Party, Planning Committee member, Staffing Committee member, Complaints Committee member, Finance Committee member

Interests include natural history, especially bird watching and invertebrate ecology, gardening, cooking and many handicrafts.

Although still a relative newcomer to the village, I have always had an interest in all aspects of the village, whether it be historical, environmental or just social, and have tried to play my part in improving many aspects of village life. Now I have more free time, and as there appears to be a need for more councillors, I feel this is a good time to offer my services.

 Experience - Parish Councillor for Easton on the Hill 1999-2005 with one year as chairman of the council.  Easton Parish Council representative for the Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust and still work with them as a volunteer specialising in plant and invertebrate life.  Editor of News and Views for may years.  For about 5 years I was clerk to the Governors of Easton Garford School and Clerk.  Treasurer and Clerk of Works for the Trustees of Garford Educational Foundation.

From 1999, Parish Council representative, then secretary, and currently Chair of Easton Village Hall and Management Committee plus the above council responsibilties. 

Jerry Rawlinson

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Responsibilities: Vice Chairman, Staffing Committee, Planning Committee and Village Traffic Group member and Vehicle Activation Devices. 

Originally from Manchester, Jerry joined the RAF and served 16 years as a weapons technician in posts both home and abroad. This was followed by 7 years in the Middle East before returning to the Cambridge area to marry Christine. He then worked for Network Rail as a signals technician before taking early retirement in 2016. He and Christine (Chrissie) looked to find somewhere away from the city life and decided on Easton on the Hill as a place to settle. They were both struck by the friendliness of the villagers and soon made many new friends. Chrissie is a member of the Horticultural and Crafts Society, both are members of the Bowls Club and Jerry has recently joined the widely acclaimed male voice choir “Harmony on the Hill” and is learning to ring the Church bells. He welcomed the opportunity to give something back to the Village by serving on the Parish Council.

John Ward

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Responsibilities: Trees and Greens Working Party

I was born in Easton on the Hill over 70 years ago, and married my wife in Easton Church over 50 years ago. I was educated in both Easton and King’s Cliffe schools, on leaving school, I worked for 2 local builders and a local farmer before going to work for Stamford Construction operating heavy plant, building new roads and repairing old ones. I was self employed in the building industry for 10 years before moving to Linecross Plastics for 20 years. Then thankfully I retired.

Ian Forman

17 Western Avenue
Easton on the Hill
PE9 3NB

0180752196 / 07920658972

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Responsibilities: Footpaths and Rights of Way Warden, Village Hall Council Representative, Playing Fields Working Party, Vehicle Activation Devices and Chairman of the Complaints Committee.

I moved to Easton on the Hill in October 2017, with my wife Karin. I have been on the parish council for just over a year and have been vice chairman of a parish council previously.  I am enjoying my involvement and participation on the parish council and the work that we do to help this village be a great space that we all live in and look forward to helping make a difference in the future.  If anyone has any points they wish to raise, especially if you find any problems along the footpaths, please feel free to get in touch - details above.

Daphne Sharpe

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RESPONSIBILITIES - Finance Committee, East Northants (North) Joint Action Group, Traffic Working Party and East Northants Resource Management Facility Liaison Committee 

I was born and brought up in Kings Cliffe.  I moved to Coventry after University, and then to Southampton. I moved back to Kings Cliffe when I inherited property there and organised the conversion of a Grade 2 listed barn to my home.  I was a member of Kings Cliffe Parish Council for many years.

I have lived in Easton on the Hill for thirteen years. I was co-opted to the Parish Council, serving for about five years before retiring at the last election in 2015.  I came out of retirement when the Council was in need of new members and was co-opted in January 2019.  I will be standing in the May 2020 election.

I am General Secretary on the committee of Easton on the Hill Horticultural and Crafts Society.

My interests include natural history, gardening and handicrafts.

Debbie Greaves

07456 535368

Responsibilities: Playing Field Working Party, Planning Committee, Finance Committee, Village Plan Working Party

 Debbie Greaves (still known as Debbie Ward by many)

Debbie’s family has lived in the village since her great, great grandparents. She grew up in the village and returned here in 2001, after moving away when she married Simon.

Her own 2 boys will always be her main focus, but she has played a role in the lives of many of the children from the village. She ran the Youth Council when previously on the Parish Council – giving the children of the village a voice. She ran the village pre-school, worked at Easton Garford School, and was an active member of the PTFA.

She remains passionate about supporting local families, and has started running a family activity club in the village hall in the school holidays and is on the Playing Field Working Party as she wants to give local children more opportunities in the village.  Since recently joining the council, Debbie has already been on training courses in planning and for a new councillor.  She has joined the finance committee and planning committee and recently the village plan working party.

Tim Nicol

07803 050108

Responsibilities Traffic Working Party

Tim chose to live in Easton in 1990 when his job brought him to the area. His wife Joanne has local family connections and they have raised two daughters in the village, now married and moved away.   

His professional career includes 20 years in sales and marketing for Mars Petcare and Mars Food and 15 years in marketing consultancy. In 2010 he was selected to take part in BBC1’s “Village SOS” programme and lived in Tideswell in Derbyshire for a year as “village champion”, launching a project to develop the local food and drink economy. After this “gap year” he developed his hobby of home brewing into a local micro-brewery business, Stoney Ford Brew Co.

Tim has co-ordinated the village gala for 13 years, sits on the Friends of the Church and EATS committees, organizes the church mowing rota, is a member of Harmony on the Hill, the Horticultural Society, the History Group, the Bowls Club, and Stamford Litter Pickers. He is also a Trustee of local cycling charity “Tour de Sands”, raising funds for a local hospice, and was recently appointed as a member of the Independent Monitoring Board for Stocken Prison.

Vacanct position

Due to the resignation of Will Davis, there is a vacant position on the parish council.  A notice will be placed for the position and if someone suitable comes forward the council may co-opt someone in accordance with the co-option policy.