As usual, Saturday’s Annual Village Quiz at the Village Hall was hotly contested with eleven teams taking part.
The winners of the “Brain of Denton” trophy were the “Ins and Outs” team and, at the other end of the table, the “Wooden Spoon” award went to “Half Sharp”. As happened last year, there were remarkably few challenges to the Question-mistress' decisions but she awarded the “Bone of Contention” trophy to Michael Fitzgerald.
Denise and Peter Grant had put together a challenging set of questions in a wide range of categories and, again as usual, the inter-round questions, all on “Dogs”, were suitably amusing.
Thanks must go to all those who contributed to the excellent meal provided and to the Bar staff. A great evening was enjoyed by all.
As expected, we will all be paying more Council Tax in 2025/6.
Of course, most of our Council Tax goes to pay for the services provided by the County and District Councils and the Police Authority, but the fourth party involved is our own Parish Council. However, they are responsible for little more than 10% of the total sum we all pay.
The others have yet to declare how much they will be levying in the next financial year, but at last night's DPC meeting the Parish Precept, the sum required for parish purposes was discussed and set.
The Council decided that to meet inflation etc. they would set the Precept at £5,000, up from £4,500 in the current year,
It is feared that the increases set by the three other bodies will be at least as large.
This morning’s ITV programme, “This Morning” included a quite lengthy item on the DB Calendar with six of the twelve months represented in person. They all responded to questions very well explaining how they got involved etc. Paul Wilby did a great job, explaining the purpose behind the project.
Here they are on the way into the studio -
And as they subsequently appeared -
Well done them for giving up their time to travel up to London for the show.
The great community spirit in Denton came over very well. However, we could perhaps expect several extra visitors to the Bar on Friday nights.
More important, let’s hope it raises lots more donations for the two hospitals.
UPDATE
Saturday's EDP covered the exposure very well; only one problem - their picture only included five of the six Dream Boys available. Commiserations are due to Wayne!