Last evening Oakham Town Council awarded the following community grant
from tax payers fund.
Grants awarded last night were:
Oakham Festival £2000 (requested £2500)
Oakham in Bloom £2250 (This is includes I am told "a silly sign to be display next to the peacock costing £250)
Knight School £750 (requested £1500 for Chain Mail for young people to look at a few times a year there was quite a debate and Cllr Charles Haworth wanted to give £1000)
It was decided that a decision on the application from the Rutland Citizens' Advice Bureau would be deferred until after they had made a presentation on the application to members.The three groups above gave their presentations prior to the meeting but the CAB were not able to be there.
Cllr Nowell expressed a wish to mention his retracted application and was told by the Clerk to remain quiet and at the point of meeting the matter came up, The Clerk said the application had been withdrawn and the matter would not be discussed.
Cllr Lucas was pleased I was not present, she clearly feels public deputations are an interruption. No member of the public were present. She told Councillors from the chair it is nice to rush through the matters on the agenda without any interruptions. I often wonder why the council has meetings at all they could just rubber stamp in the office.
While Cllrs were following orders from Cllr Lucas, I was placing an order Toffs and enjoying a wonderful fish dinner as Birthday Gift from a good friend. Along with another friend who was celebrating her 25th.
Established in 1968, Toff's is an award winning fish and chip shop. A fully licensed restaurant and take away in Muswell Hill. It prides itself on serving fresh food at reasonable prices in a family friendly atmosphere. You are greeted as a customer but you leave as a friend. As well as the more recognized range of fish cod, haddock, plaice, rock and skate, at Toff's they extend their choice to whole fish like whole plaice, lemon sole, dover sole, sea bass and trout. As steak fish you can have a fillet of salmon or halibut. Never forgetting other British classics such as pies, saveloys and batter sausages!
All orders are cooked to order by expert chefs and fryers. Toff's cooks in refined ground nut oil which is changed every night and then given to farmers for recycling. We strive to buy fish that has been caught responsibly and within the quotas to sustain fish stocks. Toff's is a member of the N.F.F.F (The National Federation of Fish Fryers) and the British Potato Council.
