Bishops Castle

PATIENTS GROUP MEETING - Bishop’s Castle Patients’ Group has organised a meeting at the Public Hall, Bishop’s Castle on February 3 at 7pm. The subject is Hospital Services in SW Shropshire and East Montgomeryshire, and the main speaker Dr Bill Gowans, who is vice chair of the Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group. A Bishop’s Castle Patients’ Group spokesman said, “Hospital services provided by the SCCG will be changing and our group has invited Dr Gowans to speak about current proposals and to answer questions. He is the lead clinician in the design of the clinical model developed by the Future Fit Project for Shropshire. Bishop’s Castle Patients’ Group, the local medical practice and Bishop’s Castle Town Council all support the possibility of developing Bishop’s Castle Community Hospital to include a local Community Health Hub and an Urgent Care Centre. The meeting on February 3 is your chance to find out what this would mean and to hear whether the SCCG will include these proposals on a shortlist due to be discussed and finalised at a meeting which takes place the day after the Bishop’s Castle meeting.”

DECEMBER DRAW - Jeff Hill won £18.25 in the December draw for the Bishop’s Castle House on Crutches Museum Collection Trust 100 club. Tony Theobald won £10.95 and Sally Chappell won £7.30.

SPRING TERM AT SCHOOL - The spring term has begun at Bishop’s Castle Primary School and pupils have the chance to sign up to a number of after school clubs. On January 14 Year 5 children, age nine and 10 joined others at the Community College for a UK wide BBC music initiative called Ten Pieces . Ten pieces of classical music - some short, some selected extracts of longer works - have been chosen to represent a range of western classical music and provide good entry points into it. Children will be introduced to the works through a specially made film that uses a mix of live action and animation. Composers include John Adams, Beethoven, Brittain and Holst. At the end of the month there is an instrumental workshop for young musicians in school. In February the school takes part in the cross country at Lucton School while Year 6 pupils, age 10 and 11 will go on a Longmynd walk in march.

BISHOPS CASTLE DIARY January 22-28 THURSDAY: NT Live. Treasure Island. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle. £11/£7. 7pm. Book on 01588 638083/630321.

  • Footpath Walking Group. Bishop’s Castle. Four-six miles. Meet Harley Jenkins St car park, Bishop’s Castle. 9.30am. Call 07910 198477.

FRIDAY: Quiz and supper. Longmynd Vintage Vehicle Club. Inn on the Green, Wentnor. 7.30pm. Call 01588 680394.

SATURDAY: Remembering the Holocaust – John Warren. One day course. Church Barn, Bishop’s Castle. 10am. Book on 01588 630610

  • Auction. Bishop’s Castle Public Hall. 8.30am. Bids 10am. Call 01743 233629/07974 118467

SUNDAY: Café style worship. Methodist Hall, Bishop’s Castle.

MONDAY: Shropshire Credit Union. Church Barn, Bishop’s Castle. Weekly. 10am-12 noon. Call 01588 630546

TUESDAY: Bishop’s Castle Town Council meeting. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall. 8pm.

WEDNESDAY: Talk. The Cors Dyfi Osprey Project - Graham and Chris Pennie. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall. £3.50. 7.30pm. Call 01588 630023

  • Footpath Walking Group. Pant Glas. Meet Harley Jenkins St car park, Bishop’s Castle. 9.30am. Call 01588 620422.

News or event to promote, hand note addressed to Julia Parker over the counter at Bishops Castle Post Office. Her phone number 01588 680445 email jparker228@btinternet.com

 

Clee Hill

WI - On January 5 members of Clee Hill WI enjoyed a delicious Christmas meal at Cafe V in Ludlow. Marina presented the Phylis Edward cup to Alison as winner of the 2014 competition. Mystery parcels were then given out. The first meeting of 2015 will be on February 2 at 2pm at the Clee Hill recreation room. We would welcome anyone considering joining the WI to come along to the meeting.

 

Clows Top and District Gardening Club

JANUARY, NEW YEAR, NEW START - Start making plans for the coming year ahead. Flicking through seed catalogues, making notes about changes to your garden on the plants and layout to improve look. If you are lucky to have workable ground you can still plant bare root roses, trees, fruit bushes and hedges.

It’s time to harvest your winter vegetables this month. If you’ve over- indulged with them over the Christmas season, use your vegetables to make wonderfully thick warm soups. When the weather allows prune deciduous trees, shrubs and fruit trees. it must be done before the first signs of spring. In the colder spells don’t forget oour garden birds. Food is in short supply this time of the year and they need our feeding stations to survive the cold.

Garden Tools are often taken for granted. Now is the time to get them cleaned, sharpened and oiled ready for use in the spring. Gardening is one of the few hobbies that are relaxing, enjoyable and very rewarding. Our Garden Club has a very friendly atmosphere, everyone is welcome. It’s a great way for exchanging gardening knowledge, learning new ways of doing things and sharing tips. Non-members welcome to any monthly meeting. The annual subscriptions are now due for the coming year, membership £10. Our first meeting of the year will be on Wednesday and the speaker for the evening will be Danny Arnold, with a talk and demonstration on Teme Valley Wildlife.

Diary Dates: February 25, plight of the bumblebee, Katherine Thornton.

March 25, spring show and members quiz with Derek Walker.

Don’t be afraid to come along, we are a garden club not a horticulture society.

We have a great programme of speakers as well as evening visits to local gardens. Clows Top and District Gardening Club meet the 4th Wednesday in the calendar month at Clows Top Victory Hall; Doors open 7.30pm, for the speaker at 8pm. Admission fee: members £2 or non- members £4.

 

Clun

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE - The National Theatre version of Treasure Island is showing by live satellite link at Aston on Clun village hall today. This winter, Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of murder, money and mutiny is brought to life on the Olivier stage in a thrilling new adaptation by Bryony Lavery. Doors open at 6.30pm. Performance starts at 7pm. Tickets £10, £6 for under 18s. More information from David Jones 01588 660493 or Jeff Else 01588 660893.

FLICKS IN THE STICKS - Chef (15) is showing at Clungunford Parish Hall tomorrow at 8pm. Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what’s next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen - and zest for life and love.

Starring: Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson.

Director: Jon Favreau. Comedy- drama. Entrance £4 adults, £2 children. Licensed bar, ice creams, raffle, good car parking and excellent company. Tel 01588 660727 Ann or 01588 660781, Maureen: maureenrooney2012@gmail.com, for enquiries and reservations.

JOINT SERVICE - Clun Methodist Church and St George’s Church will be worshipping together on Sunday at St George’s, at 9.45am to mark a week of prayer for Christian unity.

CAFECHURCH - Come along to Cafechurch at Clun Chapel, High Street, on Sunday from 3pm to 4.30pm. All ages welcome, refreshments served. No charge. Contact Michael Newman 01588 640776.

BINGO AT THE SUN - Congratulations to bingo supporters and especially organiser, Tim Wood of the Old Surgery Gallery. The aim was to raise £5,000 by Christmas and they did it with just over £200 raised at the Christmas session. Tim gave thanks to landlady, Bev Davies for hosting the bingo. Her support has been much appreciated and she will be missed as she is moving on. Tim is hoping the new tenants will let the bingo sessions continue. Monday session is at the Maltings Tearoom, courtesy of the new proprietorsSarah and Steve Wilkinson. Call Tim Wood for more information 01588 640506.  Eyes down 7.30pm.

CLUN RAMBLERS - Clun Ramblers next walk is on Wednesday, led by Nicky. Meet at Clun Memorial Hall car park at 9.30am. Sorry no dogs.

SUSTAINABLE FUTURES FILM - A series of films on Environmental Matters is being held at the Methodist Church, Clun, starting next Thursday, January 29, with Home. Film begins 7.30pm. All welcome.

News or events contact Elisabeth Taylor, email: elisabeth777@btinternet.com 01981 540893. The deadline is the Wednesday of the week before publication.

 

Mamble Cum Bayton

WI - First meeting in 2015 and the Institute’s 97th year was well attended. President Val Evans wished all members a happy new year. The programme includes talks on travels to Canada, and steam to Darjeeling, TV location tales and Britain thro’ a Camera. This meeting’s speaker was Malcolm Jones who tried to prove history was incorrect with his talk “Murder Mystery in the Tower”, about the two princes. He described in detail the descendants from Edward III and the many conflicts that arose between the various cousins down the generations.

Names were taken for the Michael Portillo centenary lunch, and seats at the Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, for the screening of the AGM in June.

The Heart Foundation are asking for people to wear red on February 6, so it is suggested that members wear something red at our next meeting on February 9. This will take place at Mamble village hall starting at 2pm. Alf Jenkins will speak about Eastern Canada and Niagara. There will be a Trading Stall and the competition is an item beginning with “L”.

 

South West Shropshire Gardening Club

LOOKING FORWARD - Right Plant, Right Place.

What an excellent way to start the new year – by reminding ourselves of this crucial approach to successful gardening. Our speaker, Frank Hardy, has been a professional landscaper for many years and was vice president of Pershore Horticultural College. He lectures in America and the UK, sharing his passion for nature and the importance of re-introducing native plants to our gardens. He won gold medals at Chelsea for his show gardens. He has been a member of Gardening News question panels and a contributory writer. He is a regional lecturer for the RHS on topics such as tropical gardens; low maintenance gardens; herbaceous borders; containers and creating focal points.

Frank’s talk takes place on Wednesday at 7.30pm in Lydbury North village hall. It is free to members of South West Shropshire Gardening Club; visitors are also welcome at £3 per person including refreshments. Any enquiries to our chairman Carol Clarke 01588 660753 or our secretary Allison Walter 01588 620055 or visit our website www.shropshiregardening.co.uk.

 

Stoke Bliss and Kyre

TALK - At Stoke Bliss and Kyre village hall, talk on Tanzania, by local head teacher, Andrew Ellis, on his return from teaching there. Tomorrow, 7pm for 7.30pm. Bar and raffle. £3 on the door.

 

The Strettons

BRIDGE CLUB - The Bridge Club meets at All Stretton village hall on Thursday afternoons from 1.30pm- 5pm and lifts from Church Stretton can be arranged. Fee is £2 including refreshment. Tuition is available for beginners and improvers if required. Ring Dom on 01694 723 128 to find out more.

TRAIDCRAFT - A stall selling Traidcraft goods is open at Mayfair on Thursday mornings from 10.30am-1pm.

BREAKFAST - Volunteers at Mayfair Community Centre are serving breakfasts from 9.30am-11.30am, last orders at 11am, on Saturday mornings until approximately the end of February.

SCRAPPIES - Scrappies runs a drop- in Craft Club from 10am-12 noon on Saturday mornings for the fives and over. There is a £3 joining fee and then 50p per session. Ring 01694 722511 to enquire. During Saturday evening Scrappies is hosting a quiz night at the District Social Club starting at 7.30pm. Entry fee for the quiz is £4 per person. All welcome.

FOOTBALL - Any over 16s interested in Sunday morning football should ring 07807 850239. If walking football is your preference please ring John on 01694 751245 as this takes place at the Leisure Centre on Friday afternoons from 4pm-5pm.

BIRDS - Shropshire Ornithological Society will be meeting at the Methodist Hall Monday at 7.30pm when Michael Leach will be on hand to show pictures under the heading ‘The Complete Owl’. All welcome, admission for non-members is £2.

MEMORIAL DAY - The South Shropshire Interfaith Forum will host a public Holocaust Memorial event at the Methodist Church on Tuesday starting at 7pm. The special candle will again be lit marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and 20 years since the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia. There will be reflections and time to remember the millions murdered in the Holocaust under Nazi persecution and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. Special candles will be lit at a national commemorative event in Central London and Auschwitz as part of international commemorations taking place.

GARDEN CLUB - The Church Stretton and District Gardening Club holds its annual general meeting on Tuesday at 7.30pm, in the Silvester Horne Institute followed by a talk on the Plant Collections of William Lobb at 8pm given by Mark Paviour. Doors open at 7pm for tea and coffee beforehand.

FILM NIGHTS - We are the Best (15) is the Foreign Language film to be shown at All Stretton village hall on Tuesday at 8pm and then on January 30, Tracks (12A) will be screened at 7.30pm as part of the Flicks in the Sticks programme, and Church Stretton School will be screening Pride (15) on February 2. Doors open at 7pm and refreshments will be served in the interval.

NIGHT IN THE SNOW - A series of events recalling the adventures of Rev Carr has been arranged with the first event taking place on Tuesday. Meet at Carding Mill Valley at 10am to take the minibus to Woolstaston Church followed by a walk to Wildmoor Pool and bus to Ratlinghope, returning to Carding Mill Valley around 1.30pm where a tea room lunch is available if required. Warm clothes and a snack should be carried with you. Cost of the event is £5. Booking is essential. On Wednesday, ‘A night in the snow’ is at 2pm and is a free event although this too must be booked in advance.

Next Thursday, January 29, leave Carding Mill Valley at 10am by minibus to Ratlinghope Church with a fairly strenuous walk to Ratlinghope, returning to the Tea Rooms at 2.30pm. Cost of this excursion is £8 and warm clothing and adequate footwear is essential. January 30, is a storytelling event at 11am in Carding Mill Valley Tea rooms and is a free event. Ring 01694 725006 to book in to any of the events. You may wish to give to a collection if you have enjoyed your visits, but this is, of course, non-obligatory.

SINGING FOR FUN - Regular informal singing evenings are held at Church Stretton School on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month and you don’t have to be able to read music to take part. All are welcome and there is no need to book. Admission is £5 on the night. Ring 07538 019817 to find out more.

SCHOOL NEWS - Church Stretton School holds its annual Holocaust Memorial Day Monday, when the special candle will be lit, as the school has been chosen to host the event for the students being the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. A public commemoration takes place the following day.

MUSICAL EVENT - As part of the Friday Night at the Horne The Houghton Weavers will be entertaining at the Silvester Horne Institute on January 30, at the Town Council Offices.

RNLI - The local committee of the RNLI will be hosting an evening with the Strummers in ‘Sing Our Songs’ at the District Social Club on January 31, starting at 7.30pm. Tickets are being sold through John Thomas florists and cost £5 including refreshments. All welcome.

AGM - The annual general meeting of the Longmynd Hike will now take place at 8pm in the District Social Club on February 1, one week later than originally planned. All are welcome.

 

Westhope

VILLAGE LOTTERY - Winners of the January draw: 1st £30.90 Daphne Walford, Leintwardine. Four prize winners of £5.15, Sue Lewis, Westhope, A Simpson, Ludlow, Neil At Walls Butchers and Henry Hall, Craven Arms