A box of House of Commons chocolates each to the first three correct entries or the best three scores received before our next Leckhampton FOCUS community newsletter publishes the answers! Email your answers to martin@martinhorwood.net with a name and address. Put ‘Quiz’ in the subject line. The quiz is open to households on the Leckhampton electoral register only. One entry per household. The quizmaster’s decision is final. Good luck!
- Which aeronautical pub faces demolition to make way for the enlarged A417?
a.The Aviator
b.The Air Balloon
c. The Pilot Inn - Which local theatre group has been entertaining Leckhamptonites at the village hall for over 70 years?
a. The Leckhampton Players
b. The Leckhampton Artistic & Drama Society (LADS)
c. Leckhampton Theatre Collective? - Pilley Bridge has held an unfortunate national record. Was it
a. The slowest repair of any bridge in the UK knocked out by wartime bombing
b. The most number of roadworks in any twelve month period
c. The slowest repair of any potholes on a road bridge by Gloucestershire County Council? - Burrow’s Field is named after..
a. Rabbit burrows
b. West Brom and Liverpool left back Dave Burrows
c. Local etcher, publisher and archaeologist Edward J Burrow? - Only two political parties have ever won the Leckhampton seat on Cheltenham Borough Council since we joined Cheltenham in 1992. Which two?
a. Lib Dem
b. Conservative
c. Labour
d. Reform/UKIP/Brexit
e. Green Party - Who is the headteacher of Leckhampton Primary School?
a. Miss Porter
b. Mr Gardner
c. Mrs Wood - In 1906 protesters dismantled Tramway Cottage during the popular campaign to keep Leckhampton Hill open to the public. In which of our three great local pubs did the ringleaders (known as the ‘Leckhampton Stalwarts’) meet?
a. The Norwood Arms
b. The Somerset Arms
c. The Wheatsheaf? - Which Leckhampton poet published a brilliant tribute to the Stalwarts called ‘The Hill’?
a. Mike German
b. Angela France
c. Eugene England? - What’s so special about the new Pear Trees housing development halfway up Kidnappers Lane?
a. It’s the first private sector zero carbon development in Gloucestershire
b. It’s the only development in Cheltenham named after a tree
c. It’s the first development to meet Cheltenham’s 40% affordable housing target? - When did Leckhampton High admit its very first pupils?
a. September 2021
b. September 2022
c. September 2020 - Who is the newest co-editor of the Leckhampton FOCUS community newsletter?
a. Max Wilkinson
b. Julia Chandler
c. Martin Horwood - Leckhampton first formed part of an English county in the 9th century but which county?
a. Gloucestershire
b. Oxfordshire
c. Winchcombeshire?