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By Aran Dhillon, Local Democracy Reporter
Cllr Andy Heaver helped with saving the flag pole A BRITISH Legion flag pole in Penketh has been saved. Thirty apartments for over 55s are being built on the site which was home to the Penketh Tavern pub, on Greystone Road. Warrington Housing Association has been granted permission to start construction of the affordable housing on the site, which will be ready for residents to move in by April next year. The land was also formerly home to the British Legion – and its flag pole was still at the site. Cllr Andy Heaver (IND – Penketh and Cuerdley) was recently approached by the 15th St Joseph’s Scout group with the idea of saving the flag pole.
Every parish and borough council seat in the town will be up for grabs on May 6. In 2018, independent Geoff Fellows won a Penketh and Cuerdley borough council seat. Jimmy Robinson gained an Orford council seat from Labour, as an independent, in the 1990s. He was a former Labour councillor. That came after former mayor Fred Phillips held a Burtonwood seat as an independent. Cllr Fellows told voters the elections present a once in a four-year opportunity to make the change ‘you’ve been asking for and you deserve’. He also says he offers himself as a ‘desperately needed’ alternative candidate for the ward.