Children's Art - September 2007 The Public Library in Southend Road, Hockley recently held a special event for young children – My Hockley Village. The children were asked:- What is the Best thing about your Village? What is the Worst thing about your Village? If you could make one thing different what would it be? They were then asked to draw a picture or write about what they would like to see in their village. The Hockley Parish Plan Group offered a prize for the best effort and promised to publish it in the forthcoming Parish Plan. There was a good turnout of children and their parents and some interesting ideas, such as more swings and playgrounds, more parks, fewer takeaways and a bigger range of shops, fewer cars and their pollution, smoother pavements and green man crossings. The Parish Plan Group chose an entry from Alice Marshall aged 8 and it will appear in the plan. The chairman of the Group, David Fryer-Kelsey presented her with her prize at the library on Saturday 15th September. It’s nice to see that the children are enthusiastic to give their views if given the chance. A great pity that the three primary schools felt they were too busy to allow the children to contribute anything to the Parish Plan.