The Strettons (From Ludlow Advertiser)

The Strettons

12:00pm Thursday 25th June 2009

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SPONSORED WALKS – On Saturday, Magpies Football Club held a sponsored three mile walk to help raise funds for the new Pavilion. On Sunday, July 5, there will be a walk on the Longmynd with a choice of two or five miles for Diabetes UK, starting in Carding Mill Valley at 10am. Entry to the event is free but please register your entry by ringing 01922 614500.

CELEBRATIONS – The Severn Hospice celebrates its 20th anniversary on Saturday, with a celebration tea at the Parish Centre at 2.30pm. Admission is £2 for adults and £1 for children, which includes a light tea.

This is also the 100th anniversary of Hope Bowdler Village Hall and on Saturday, the village fete will be held in the hall to celebrate this.

The fete opens at 2.30pm and there will be stalls, tombola, cream teas, children’s games and a brass band.

GARDEN NEWS – There will be a garden party at the Orchard, Longnor Lane, Ryton, on Saturday, with transport available by ringing 01694 722077 for the Ring & Ride service. On sale will be plants, cards, cakes and refreshments. The event is in aid of Mayfair and Church Stretton branch of the United Nations Association.

Saturday is also the date of the plant sale at 6 Ragleth Road, which is in aid of Cancer Research, and the gardens in Cardington are open on Sunday from 11am-6pm for the Shropshire Historic Churches Trust.

At the gate of Bachacre, in Burway Road, can be found vegetable and flowering plants sold in aid of the Children’s Society.

PARTIES – On Monday, a strawberry tea is planned for 2.30pm-4.15pm in the URC Hall.

Cost is £3 and proceeds will go to Self Help Africa.

A teddy bears’ tea party will be held at Preen Manor gardens, Church Preen, from 2.30pm-5pm when bears and children are admitted free and accompanying adults pay £3.50 at the gate. Take along the teddy bears and your own picnic food, and something to sit on.

Drinks of tea and squash are provided free. During the afternoon, there will be children’s games and at 4.45pm, a grand parade of teddy bears. Proceeds to the new organ fund at the church.

GREEN FESTIVAL – A showing of the film The Age of Stupid will be held at Church Stretton School on Monday at 7.30pm as part of Stretton Climate Care’s Green Festival Week. The film stars Pete Postlethwaite and tickets are being sold through Burway Books and John Thomas Florists and cost £3.

There will then be a fair in The Square on Saturday, July 4, from 10am-4pm and the day will end with Seize the Day folk group providing entertainment at Rushbury Village Hall at 7.30pm.

Tickets are through Burway Books and John Thomas Florists.

TRAIN INFO – For anyone who would like to find out how to get online train tickets and information through the internet, Mayfair Centre runs drop-in computer help sessions on Mondays from 11am- 1pm and on Wednesdays from 9am-1pm and staff and volunteers will be on hand to help. There is no charge for this but a small voluntary donation to the centre would be appreciated.

SENIIOR CITIZENS – The next meeting of the Senior Citizens’ Club will not be until Friday, July 10, as many members are away on the club holiday to Tenby.

SWAP SHOP – Look out unwanted items ready for the next Swap Shop at Church Stretton School on Sunday, July 5, from 11am-3pm.

PHOTO EXHIBITION – The exhibition of photographs by guest exhibitor Tim Roberts will end on Monday, June 29, at the Sandford Gallery, although the gallery remains open for the exhibition of work by gallery artists on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays from 11am-5pm.

QUIZ – A quiz night will be held at 2nd Longmynd Scout headquarters on Saturday, July 4. Tickets are being sold through Burway Books and John Thomas Florists or can be reserved by ringing 01694 722330.

They cost £5, including a cheese supper. Soft drinks will be available but everyone is welcome to take along their own drinks if they wish.

ABBA EVENT – Wednesday, July 1, is the Abba - Bjorn Belief event at Ashfield House, Leebotwood, to raise funds for the Shrewsbury Rainbow Ward, Hearing Dogs for the Deaf and Haematology Clinic 9.

During the evening, which starts at 6pm, there will be live entertainment and a disco, a bar and food, and a bouncy castle for children, together with a grand draw. The event is organised by Tom Peel and admission is by ticket only,priced £15, £3 for under-10s.

For details, ring 01694 751261 or 07968 654033.

TREE GROUP – The local Tree Group held a tree identification walk through Rectory Wood last week, led by forester Gareth Jones.

With the trees being in leaf, some were fairly easy to recognise but Gareth was able to show walkers how to distinguish between trees which had very similar leaves and drew attention to the patterns in the bark, which varied between different species. There are many different types of trees in Rectory Wood and this made for a very interesting evening walk. Gareth was thanked for leading the walk by Hilary Hymas, chair of the group.

The group has arranged a visit to the Leighton Redwoods, where there are some remarkable trees, on Saturday, July 18. Everyone who wishes to attend will need to take their own transport but further details are available by ringing 01694 723208, or 723456.

SUMMER FEST – Church Stretton was buzzing last Saturday when the Summer Fest was in full swing.

There were stalls in the streets and street entertainment, with additional entertainment and displays at various venues around the town. People were still enjoying the fun at the evening entertainment in Rectory Field. The Victorian Extravaganza at Church Stretton School saw a full house enjoy the concert by the More Singers, compered by Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn, fresh from filming at Acton Scott Farm Museum for the next Victorian Farm series and dressed in their Victorian working costumes. They provided some light-hearted humour in their introductions to the programme. The More Singers and soloists were also similarly attired in Victorian dress. During the interval, there was a book signing and opportunity to speak with Alex and Peter. Drinks and nibbles were served and a raffle drawn. The second half of the programme was Gilbert & Sullivan’s Trial by Jury, with the soloists Carolyn Chadwick, Chris Walker, Stephen Davis and Edmund Coxhead, together with the orchestra, led by Anne Tupling, and the More Singers.

SCHOOL NEWS – A number of pupils have been given awards at Church Stretton School and last week headteacher Steven Lunt hosted a tea party to welcome parents and pupils along for the presentation of certificates. He opened by saying this was one of the first such afternoons which would take place to celebrate the special achievements, which were then outlined by Mrs Leask. The guests included the Mayor, Councillor Bob Welch. During the break, there was a musical interlude provided by one of the pupils while tea was served.

There is an open invitation to the exhibition of art & design and design technology GCSE work at the school on Thursday, July 9, from 6pm-9pm.

At St Lawrence’s Primary School, there have been successes in music exams for violin at Grade 1 and Grade 3, and the tag rugby team is to go forward to the national finals at Rugby School. There was also an invitation to take part in the Telford and Wrekin tag rugby tournament, which saw the A team win the trophy, scoring 51 tries and conceding three in the seven games, while the B team scored 25, conceding four before losing out to the A team in the quarter-final. In all, 18 pupils took part in the 31 team tournament, playing in wet and cold conditions, but both teams showed great spirit and the standard of rugby was outstanding.

Still on the sporting front, the date of sports day has now been confirmed as June 30.

Classes 1, 2 and 3 are planning a bring-and-buy sale to raise money for the Chihangu Fund and the charity chosen by the classes. Class I will be visiting Chester Zoo and Year 4 will be off to camp.` Year 6 pupils will be visiting Church Stretton School on intake day, which will be followed by an intake evening for pupils and parents.

A special Friday menu has been chosen by the children in Class 1.

SCOUTING AWARDS – At the recent Shropshire County Scout Council awards, Pauline Dee, county Scout chairman, presented Chief Scout’s Award certificates and Duke of Edinburgh Awards at Shrewsbury Abbey. A Silver Acorn Leader Award went to Brian Faulkner, of 2nd Longmynd Scout Group, a bar to the award of merit went to Terry Davies, and awards of merit went to Christine Faulkner and Jane Wrench, of 2nd Longmynd. Training awards were also presented to Louis Bryant, Samuel Dickens, Robert Morris, Jack Prosser and Gregory Wright of 2nd Longmynd.

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