The Strettons District (From Ludlow Advertiser)

The Strettons District

8:00am Thursday 28th January 2010

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TOWN ENHANCEMENT - The traffic surveys have been done and the money is on the table to give Church Stretton the opportunity to make changes to the town centre.

The money will pay for any of the main options suggested by the public which will improve the town and make it more welcoming to visitors. Meetings have taken place at the Sylvester Horne Institute to allow everyone a chance to hear the suggestions which have been put forward. It is now up to the public to send back their completed feed back forms to the town clerk by Monday, February 1, at the latest so that all ideas can be considered in time for the council meeting at 7pm on February 16, when the recommendations will be put to Shropshire Council while the money is available. This meeting is open to the public. The main areas for discussion include a speed reduction, double yellow lines and a shared space, a one-way system or no alterations in High Street.

Improvements to the square include a seating area and planters.

Also under discussion is a coach drop-off point in Lion Meadow together with a proposal for additional toilet facilities and a raised pedestrian crossing point at Easthope Road. It was felt that none of the measures would significantly reduce parking spaces in the town.

COMMUNITY CINEMA - Creation (certificate PG) is the film to be screened at Church Stretton School on Monday, February 1, at 7.30pm.

Admission is £3.50 for adults and £1.50 for schoolchildren.

JUMBLE SALE - A jumble sale in the parish centre on Saturday, January 30, will raise funds for Rose Cottage Cat Rescue.

Donations for the sale may be taken along between 9.30am and noon in time for the sale, which opens from 2pm to 3.30pm. Admission is 50p including refreshments, with children admitted free. On sale will be nearly new clothing and linen, toys, bric-a-brac, books, CDs and records.

WORKSHOPS - At the Chalet Pavilion in Carding Mill Valley young people between the ages of 12 and 25 years are invited to book in for a series of different workshops on bush craft, photography, traditional woodland crafts and VJ-ing on Saturday, January 30, from 11am-4pm.

Refreshments will be available. For bookings and information, call 01743 234970.

QUIZ NIGHT - Ken Willis will be the quizmaster at a quiz night to be held at the Silvester Horne Institute on Saturday, February 13, at 7.30pm. Make up teams of up to six people and take along your own drinks and nibbles. Entry is £5 and proceeds will go to Church Stretton Tennis Club. Ring to enter on 01694 723916 or call in at Wrights Estate Agents.

TREE GROUP - Members and guests are invited to a poetry evening at 7.30pm on Wednesday, February 3, at the home of Thelma Thompson in Sandford Avenue, where they will be able to share poems with a tree theme and enjoy tea and cake provided.

CAMERA CLUB - On Wednesday, February 3, there will be an audiovisual presentation on Shropshire wildlife by Jim Almond.

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies will be featured in the show which will be held in the URC Hall starting at 7.30pm. All are welcome.

The club competition number three had an ‘open’ theme. First place in the small print section went to Ken Robinson with Evening at Bridgnorth, second place to David Kennedy with Pueblo Blanco, and Graham Brown took third place with Venetian Chimney. Joint fourth place went to David Kennedy with Rotting Log and Graham Brown with Promenade. In first place for large prints was Ken Robinson with Hopesay Autumn, in second place was Norman Axtell with Damsel Fly, in third place with Long Eared Owl was Ken Robinson and in fourth place with In Between the Rocks was Norman Axtell. The projectable images category saw Norman Axtell in first place with Winter Seat, Ken Robinson in second place with After the Snow, Norman Axtell third with Field Pattern, and joint fourth place for David Kennedy with Red Pepper and Norman Axtell with Castle Haunt.

SCHOOL NEWS - Sunday, January 31, is Education Sunday. Both of our schools have held fund-raising events to send aid to the people of Haiti. St Lawrence’s Primary School breakfast club is proving popular and would appreciate donations of good quality games and puzzles to use during the club’s activity time. It is congratulations all round to the staff who have recently completed training for their level one award in food safety awareness, the school quiz team which now moves forward to the next stage of a regional event which will take place at the start of the summer term, and to the school’s tag rugby team, now national champions and which has been named ‘team of the year’ by the Shropshire Schools’ Sports Association. Congratulations also to the four music pupils who have been successful in their exams with two achieving a merit at grade four saxophone and two achieving merit at grade one clarinet. Farmhouse breakfast week will be celebrated with a special menu on Friday, served up by the catering team at the school.

BAND NIGHT - Church Stretton School’s Parents and Friends Association presents a music night at Rushbury Village Hall at 7.30pm on Saturday, January 30. Admission is £5 and entertainment will be by VLAADKA, 2CV, Neotopia and Skewwhiff.

LUCKY NUMBERS - The school’s 200 Club numbers for January were drawn at the headteacher’s afternoon tea event . Lucky numbers this month were 12, 113, and 32.

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