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It’s National Tree Planting Week 🙂

Come and join Outdoor Learning Schools on The Fitties to repot some of our trees donated by The Woodland Trust.

This event is open to all … bring along the grandchildren, children to help them find out more about our local trees.

The trees are available for planting on the Fitties site and available to chalet owners and residents.

We need help to repot the trees to enable them to grow more and to distribute throughout the site.

If you’d like a tree for your plot call in and collect yours.

Our trees meet the conservation guide and are suitable for seaside locations.

They include: hazel, hawthorn and rowan.

Hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows included :))

Venue: 218 The Fitties
Time: 11:00-12:30

Bring: trowel, smallish plant pots (220 cams in diameter)

Wear: warm clothes, wellies.

Need more info…?
Contact Caroline on 07775596160

This is an opportunity to share your knowledge, stories and memorabilia of
Humberston and its residents over the years. It is taking place in the Wendover Paddock Hall between 13.00hrs and 17.00hrs on Saturday 14th October, 2017, so come along and share with us anything you have or just to find out more about Your Village.

There will be members of the Parish Council and North East Lincolnshire
Archaeology and Local History Society to help with identification of any memorabilia, and to discuss and record your photographs, finds and stories to ensure that this social history is preserved.

A number of displays on the history of the village will be on show covering the
Abbey, Humberston Fitties, Humberston Grammar School and Humberston in the First World War.

Short talks will be held on the Abbey and Humberston Fitties at the following times, (approximate duration 20-30 minutes) :-

13.45hrs : 19th century Humberston

14.45hrs : Humberston Fitties a unique coastal park.

15.45hrs : Humberston Abbey a brief history.

Refreshments will be available throughout the afternoon.

Our annual AGM will be held on Saturday 26th August at 10:30 at Humber Mouth Yacht Club. Notice of this date has previously been announced by both email and mail drop.

I attach a letter inviting members to attend.  Non members are also welcome to attend. This meeting is to report on our activity from the year and to report on the latest information we have from both N.E.Lincs Council and Tingdene. N.E.Lincolnshire have recently written to us and copy of this letter has been forwarded to members by email. Please help us by sharing this information with those without email. Paper copies will be available at the Fitties CIC AGM or can be requested through either the Neighbourhood Watch or Caroline Carr at 218 Main Street.

The meeting will last a maximum of 1 hour and as such we ask that any questions or concerned be written down. These will be addressed at our next meeting on Sunday 30th September 10:30am – venue to be confirmed as well as answered in our newsletter.

If members have any questions or concerns these can be raised in writing either before or after the meeting addressed to: Caroline Carr, 218 Main Street, Humberston, DN36 4HE.

The Directors and Steering Group will be available to answer any questions after the meeting for tea, coffee and cakes, ( yes please bring cake :))

We aim to be open and transparent and as such will share any information we have in our report.

We seek to appoint Directors and Steering Group members to support the development of our community. Information on how to nominate along with nomination forms will be available at the AGM or by email on request after the meeting.

If you know of any new owners who would like to come along please share this information. membership forms will be available from 10:00 am for those wishing to join The Fitties CIC.

We hope you will join us and would like to thank you for your continued support.

Regards,

Bob Reynolds, Andrew Senior, Glen Sibbick
Directors of The Fitties CIC

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Fitties CIC
Company No 10549786
Registered Office: Blow Abbott, 36 High Street
Cleethorpes, DN35 8JN

www.humberstonfittiescic.co.uk

We are asking NE Lincs residents to write to their local councillors in support of the Fitties CIC taking over the management of the site instead of selling it to a commercial holiday company. The contact details for your Ward Councillors can be found on the council website:

Find your Councillor

North East Lincolnshire Council Scrutiny Panel Meeting

When:
 Tuesday 21^st February
Where:
 Grimsby Town Hall
 Town Hall Square
 Grimsby, DN31 1HU
Time:
  6:30pm – 8:30pm
More details:
  Joint meeting of Regeneration, Environment and Housing Scrutiny Panel and Tourism, Leisure & Culture Scrutiny Panel

I do hope Humberston Fitties will survive as “a summer place”, not a satellite of the ever-expanding Humberston.

Read more at the Grimsby Telegraph website:
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/humberston-fitties-was-our-majorca-in-the-50s-60s/story-30127221-detail/story.html

A CLEETHORPES mum has written an emotional open letter to the council ‘begging’ councillors not to sell the lease for the historic Humberston Fitties on behalf on her four-year-old son.

Read more at the Grimsby Telegraph website:
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/mum-s-emotive-plea-to-council-on-humberston-fitties/story-30122389-detail/story.html

Humberston Fitties is one of the few surviving ‘plotland’ developments in the country. Historically, locals have been drawn to the coastal sand dunes of the saltmarsh area known as ‘the Fitties’ since the First World War.

Sign the petition: Petition opposing North East Lincolnshire Council’s proposed disposal of the Fitties

CHALET owners behind a community interest group looking to buy Humberston Fitties from the council have launched a last-ditch bid to convince councillors to vote in favour of their £1.5 million offer.

Read more at the Grimsby Telegraph website:
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/chalet-owners-last-ditch-bid-to-convince-councillors-their-humberston-fitties-offer-is-best/story-30107991-detail/story.html