Events Diary for June 2019

Sun 2 11.15am Morning Prayer St Swithin’s, Sun 2 2-4.30pm The Chef Show —660152 Parish Hall Sun 2 2-5pm Historic Churches Trust Open Gardens Hall, Clungunford

Mon 3 Clunbury School back from half term The

Parish Post 104 Number 2019 June Mon 3 9-11.30am Parent&Toddler Group -every Mon in term time. Just turn up Clunbury Village Hall

Mon 3 10am Table Tennis every Mon not the last one of the month £1 Aston on Village Hall for Beambridge Clunbury Coston Cwm Kempton Obley Purslow The Llan & Twitchen Tue 4 9.15 -10.45am Yoga Sessions every Tuesday —Beginners Welcome Clunbury Village Hall Tue 4 Mobile Library: Clunbury Bridge 10.10 -10.30am, Clunton 10.40 -11.00am, Obley 12.45 -12.55pm Wed 5 Quiz —proceeds to Midlands Air Ambulance Kangaroo Inn, Invites you for Thu 6 10 -11.30am Clunbury Café Clunbury Village Hall Thu 6 7pm Flicks —Swimming with Men —630321/638038 SpArC Fri 7 8pm Flicks —The Children Act —660159 Clungunford Parish Hall Sun 9 11.15am CW Holy Communion St Swithin’s, Clunbury Tue 11 2pm Flicks —Some Like It Hot —630321/638038 SpArC Sat 15 10am -1pm Craft & Collectables Market Aston on Clun Village Hall Sat 15 2.30 -4.30pm Clunbury Cream Tea —661180/660629 Brook House, Clunbury At Brook House Clunbury Sat 15 7.30pm Clun Valley YFC 70th Anniversary Dinner —07581 204731 Hurst Barn, Clunton Sat 15 7.30pm Three Tuns, BC The Angell’s Share By kind permission of Stuart & Ruth Seabury Sun 16 6.30pm United Evensong St Swithin’s, Clunbury n order to raise money for Clunbury Tue 18 Mobile Library: Clunbury Bridge 10.10 -10.30am, Clunton 10.40 -11.00am, Obley 12.45 -12.55pm I School, children were given £5 to set up — Wed 19 Tim’s Travels —Hello Dolly —640506 Wolverhampton - a money making scheme. Maisy Angell £4.50 p/p Thu 20 10 -11.30am Clunbury Café Clunbury Village Hall held a Garage Sale on 5 and 6 May (Bank Plant sale and Raffle Thu 20 2pm Flicks —Green Book —630321/638038 SpArC Holiday). It was a huge success: she Sun 23 11.15am United CW Holy Communion St Mary’s, Clunton raised £143.70. Then Maisy spent her £5 Clunbury Village Hall if wet Wed 26 10am -1pm Craft Group -661180 Clunbury Village Hall on a car boot stall at Bishop’s Castle on 11 Contact Alister 661180 or Barbara 660629 Thu 27 7pm NT Live —Small Island —630321/638038 SpArC May where she raised another £56.30; a grand total of £200 for Clunbury School. Thu 27 7pm NT Live —Small Island —660493/660893 Aston on Clun Village Hall - A big thank you from Maisy to all the people who Sat 29 3.30 11.30pm Jack Fest Purslow Show Ground donated items for her stall and supported her enterprise. — Sat 29 From 7pm Annual Barbeque 01547 530282 Village Hall Note from Editors: Any other enterprise to report? 8am Benefice United CWHC Sun 30 Clun Methodist 10am Benefice United Service The Boys with the Blackstuff! Aston on Clun Village Hall National Theatre Live lunbury’s footbridge hursday 27 June, 7pm “Small Island ”. Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize -winning Chas been in disrepair T novel comes to life in a new theatre adaptation. The play embarks on a journey for many years. Eventually from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT funded Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury. It follows three intricately connected stories. replacement of the Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of missing rails and Stuart becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and Seabury (tradesman) and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history of Jamaica David Hill (apprentice) - and the UK. A company of 40 actors take to the stage of the National Theatre in this volunteered to re paint the timely and moving story. entire bridge with red Advance notice: 25 July, “The Lehman Trilogy” and 26 September “One Man, Two oxide primer and black

Guvnors”. You can find more information on the Village Hall website: paint.

www.astononclunhall.org

Please send your contributions by the 20th of each month Finances : Accounts: £9,533.44 Clungunford Parish Hall hat a sight for sore eyes! The Payments to be made: £1,115.28 The Chef Show Purslow Showground W beauty of days long gone - in the Parish Council management: 2 June, 2pm -4.30pm Saturday 29 June The Clerk will order a Good Councillor peaceful setting of Housman’s own fusion of play and cookery Gates open 1.30pm - Guide for all councillors. County just a few days ago on Clunbury demonstration, an award winning Music from 3.30 -11.30pm Finance and Clerk’s appraisal/pay A Road! From the front, a wonderful story rural touring show.Two actors play all Bad Medicine* Bon Jovi Tribute - review meeting: will take place on 31 of how some people used to travel from the roles in the story of a busy night in The Wayne Martin Band * Hotrod 55 May, 2.30 at Cllr Croxton’s house. the rear a stark reminder of what MAY the local curry house. They are also The Sultana Brothers There was an inconclusive discussion Torque * Andrew Pearce * Boon Dogs Over The happen in the future. joined by a chef from your very own about communications with councillors Hillbillies * Riverman Blues Awareness of how we are spoiling our local restaurant – offering a spicy whether by phone, text, email or letter; Children’s area with rides, crafts planet is imperative or there will be a cookery demonstration. Includes a the suggestion of using WhatsApp met and face painting dramatic increase in the sale of horse chance to share food and conversation Hog Roast and Caribbean food and BBQ with no enthusiasm. drawn homes globally! with your local chef and the cast. A on sale Next meeting : 18 July, 8pm, Kempton Marilyn and Julian Spencely show that will be deliciously entertaining Adult Bar with Real Ale, & more Village Hall. Gisèle Wall for all the family! Advance Tickets Adult £15, on the day: £20 Tickets £10, Under 16: £5 Family Ticket: Children: 0-11 free, 12-17: £8 £25.00 (two adults up to three under 18) Gazebo pitch: £10 For more information contact: Advance Notice Jack or Jenny Huffer: 01588 660539 · Comedy, humour & poetry Mostyn: 07966254742 · Stella: 01588 674925 Luke Wright All proceeds to Air Ambulance

What is JACK FEST t is an afternoon and evening of live I music sitting in the summer sun for all the family. How we started : A group of 12 local people known as the ‘JACK FEST TEAM’ A FREE event got together last year and put on our first 12 July, 7.30pm -9pm Jack Fest; we raised over £3,000 for lamboyant, political and riotously Shropshire Air Ambulance. F funny, Luke Wright creates inventive One member of the team, Jack Huffer, poems with loads of heart. Part Essex was airlifted by the Air Ambulance after a wide boy, part dandy fop, he writes from serious farm accident . Since then, each the sidelines about small -town year, Jack and Jenny have raised money Climate Change: tragedies and national farce, then for Air Ambulance; so we set up the team our greatest threat in thousands of performs his work with snarl and spit. and decided to put on a yearly event for years Since 2006 he has written and local families to share our enjoyment of Extinction Rebellion (abbreviated as performed nine spoken word shows and live music. We named it ‘Jack Fest’, as XR) is a socio -political movement which CONTACTS two verse plays, touring them to top Jack is the founder member, and each uses non -violent resistance to protest Email: [email protected] literary and arts festivals. Alongside his year we hope to build on his against climate breakdown , biodiversity Website: www.theparishpost.org own shows, Luke is John Cooper- achievements. Stella Mellings loss , and the risk of human extinction and Phone: Sue Hill 660355 Clark’s regular support act, performing ecological collapse . at venues such as The or Gisèle Wall 660561 Advance Notice www.rebellion.earth Palladium and The Palace Theatre in If you (or family or friends living outside the Clunton Scrumpers Cider Evening If you are interested in finding out more there Manchester. He’s won a 4Talent Award, parish) would like to receive The Parish 6 July, 6.30pm is a local contact for our area : Post by email please contact us at a Stage Award, a Fringe First Award, a

in Clunton at Harry’s Yard, Fold Farm Christina O'Neill [email protected] Saboteur Award, and and NFBC short

Light refreshments The editorial team does not accept responsibility for any film competition at the 2010 Cannes & plenty of CIDER opinions expressed by contributors and reserves the right to edit contributions if deemed appropriate. Film Festival. Parish Post stating that they would be Planning: replaced. This doesn’t appear to have Porch at Clunton Farmhouse: no Clun Valley been done yet. Any news? objection. A: No. Greenhouse and garden shed at Cwm Young Farmers ’ Club Parish Council Meeting House: no objection. 70 th Anniversary Hereford Gilbert Present: 8 councillors, the Clerk + 3 Ashbeds: concern about parking in the and Sullivan Dinner Dance members of the public bridleway. Some trees have been cut Society Election of officers : down (with felling permission?). Any Hurst Barn at the invitation of Clunbury PCC Chairman: John Croxton more to be felled ? proudly present an Vice Chairman: Ian Davies Sunny Meadow, Clunton: granted Clunton Evening of Music and Appointment of cheque signatories : Kempton development: variation on Cllrs Croxton, Hill, Harding and S garage; granted. Saturday 15 June Pleasure

Morgan. Clunton Coppice: this is an Doors open 6pm St Swithin's Church, Clunbury An enquiry was made as to the enforcement issue. The case officer will seated at 7.30pm prompt attendance requirements of councillors be approached to enquire as to the Smart Dress Friday 5 July 7.30pm and what period of absence was state of play. Band "All Fired Up" Tickets: £10 from 01588 660169 acceptable; the Clerk stated that it Fitzwaryn Hall: Planting of verge; should not exceed 6 months. sorted. or 01588 660424 Tickets: £35 Licensed wine bar and strawberries The Chair and the Clerk will look into Place Plans the matter . meeting: Cllr Croxton reported that this contact Kath Morris 07581 204731 available from 7pm Matters arising from minutes of last did not relate to Clunbury Parish. meeting: NHS: the two Clinical Commissioning Clunbury Millenium Bench Footbridge at Clunbury: the painting Groups of and may ome of you may have noticed that has been done by Stuart Seabury, be amalgamated, but not immediately. S the bench in Clunbury has gone. assisted by David Hill. Thanks to both. As to the hospitals, no decisions had Unfortunately it had rotted significantly Oddfellows Banner: Bishop’s Castle been taken. including all the joints and was no Museum is very interested in storing the Roads: longer safe. On inspection it was banner (free of charge) and displaying Report potholes by phoning the decided that it was not repairable as it it, on occasions, in the Town Hall. Pothole hotline: 03456 78 90 00, would not meet safety standards However, it declines to take ownership. choose option 4, then 2 and give the required for a public space. Later in the Clun Museum is prepared to take nearest known postcode. year we will have a fundraiser to replace ownership, if the Parish Council One bollard by the war memorial has it with a new bench. donates it to the Museum. Cllr Bailey is been damaged. Eirlys Ellams to contact Colin Payne (who had The grass cutting at the Purslow donated it to the Parish Council) to see junction only covers a 1m wide Saturday 15 June, 7.30pm Clunbury 100 Club May Draw if he is agreeable to this arrangement. roadside strip , which is insufficient to Three Tuns Maggie Vaughan -Morgan: £20; Heather The river bridge at Clunton has been improve visibility; SC unwilling to do Jones: £15; Phillipa Halliday: £10; Bishop’s Castle damaged by a Travis Perkins lorry. Cllr more. Lesley Holland: £5; Jessica Grimes: £5. N Morgan suggested that Highway Some railings to be repainted in Tickets £8

Maintenance should be advised, in Clunton. Available in Reminder order for them to carry out an inspection Roadworks will take place on the Bishop’s Castle : Gwythers, Drovers Subscriptions: Please could you let and repair which would be charged to B4385 (Little Brampton to Bishop’s Travel and Art & Artisan Books Mary or Maddy have your £12 Travis Perkins. The Clerk will follow up. Castle road) for surface dressing, Lydbury North: Shop subscriptions that are now due for the Burial ground: hedges need cutting, subject to weather (see notice on p 4). Clun : Richard’s 100 Club. New members welcome! probably in September/October; this Clunton street lights: Cllr N Morgan or by calling 07553 010196 needs to be done by a contractor. Ian provided a full report of his findings

Davies will keep cutting the grass. regarding the state of the lights and the Clunton 100 Club Broadband in Kempton: the necessary cost attached to replacing them. In aid of Bishop’s Castle Railway May Draw: 1st: Sheila Hindle, 2nd: electrical connection had still not been Clunton residents will have to make a Weighbridge restoration Mike Minns, 3rd: Jonathan Griffiths made. The Clerk has undertaken to choice. (See article To be lit or not to be contact Openreach. lit page 4). Clunbury Parish Council Report so far, SC has refused access to it for Annual Parish Assembly the school. It is hoped that this may Present : 8 councillors, the Clerk, Nigel change, but it is a very complex Hartin (County Councillor) + 4 members situation. of the public Anyone wanting to get in touch with No apologies for absence Nigel Hartin may do so on his mobile: Chairman’s report : This year has seen 07583 96 22 92 or by email, on: more cuts in services resulting in [email protected] concerns for the elderly in rural areas, Questions to Nigel Hartin schools, libraries, etc. Planning issues Q: Has the Council knocked hard Rookeries of Clunbury Parish have resulted in the loss of a councillor enough on the Treasury’s door? - he first Shropshire wide survey of rookeries was in 1975 and Clunbury Parish who resigned over the frustration felt at A: It has probably done its best - - Twas then reported to have just one site, at Kempton certainly a case of under the inability of Parish Councillors to Q: What news regarding the Shirehall reporting! The county survey I organised in 2008 found seven rookeries in Clunbury make their voice heard by the County premises? Parish, at Purslow, Coston, a quarry north of Clunton and Clunbury, with Kempton Council. Two housing developments A: Not decided having three separate clusters of nests. Together the seven sites then supported have been approved : in Kempton and Q: What news about the purchase of close to 200 nests. All the 2008 sites were probably present in 1975 but were not Clunton. The Chairman thanked the shopping centre? - found and reported there were few birdwatchers around in those days and they everybody , including The Parish Post, A: It has gone ahead at a cost of £52 were not very well organised. for their work. million ; the hope is that it will provide a How have things changed in the parish since 2008? The colony in riverside Alders Shropshire Councillor’s report: return of about 10%. No sign of this at Clunbury (around 45 nests) was lost in around 2015 when the trees were felled. A There have been no elections this being the case, yet. few of those birds appear to move closer to Clunbury Hill for a year or two but they year (next one due in 2021) therefore Q: What is the risk of SC becoming have now gone. Also now empty is the site just north of Clunton (about 5 nests) and no great change in the composition of insolvent? Kempton is now down to two clusters of about 40 nests in total from the earlier Shropshire Council (SC), still dominated A: Controls are in place, but it had village total of around 75. Purslow still has close to the same 40 or so nests and and run by Conservatives, with happened in Northamptonshire Coston currently also has around 40. The Clunbury Parish total in 2008 was of Questions asked primarily of the committees made up of councillors from around 200 nests in seven sites and this year has around 125 nests in four colonies. various party groupings. Parish Council SC remains under budget pressure: Q: What about progress on controlling the budget has been cut by £48 million speed, particularly in Twitchen, Clunton over the last 3 years, and a further and Kempton? £18.5 million has been agreed for this A: Nigel Hartin mentioned the possibility of purchasing an interactive year. The largest cuts will be in Public John Tucker, Aston on Clun Health: £3.8 million; other areas where speed sign between several parishes services will be affected are schools, and moving it around. Would the Parish Council be interested? To Be Lit or not To Be Lit? mental health, road maintenance, Road Closure hat is the question for the planning, etc. The Planning Committees Action is being taken with respect to - B4385 Brampton Bishop’s Castle Road residents of Clunton. will probably be reduced from 3 (North, additional speed restrictions at the T Start Date: 31 May 2019 Following the latest round of South and Central ) to 2 (North and Twitchen.

End Date: 21 June 2019 street light problems, a Parish South). Further cuts will affect the Suggestions were made as to other Purpose: Surface dressing of the Councillor carried out a thorough survey Highways budget. means of traffic calming (eg speed carriageway. of all 5 lights and fittings in the village. Agreement had been reached with bumps, rumble strips, chicanes). These - Pre surface patching The results confirmed their view that the Natural with respect to were dismissed as too expensive for - 31/05/19 09:30 14:45. aged lights are becoming beyond measures for safeguarding the consideration by SC. It was suggested

Surface dressing economic repair. At their latest meeting Freshwater Pearl Mussel thereby by a parishioner that without them the - - 15 17/06/19 09:30 14:45. the Council decided to seek the opinion enabling the embargo on building problem would never be resolved and

Lining of the residents on whether to remove developments of more than ten that the case needed to be made. - 21/06/19 09:30 14:45. them or to spend money on a complete dwellings to be lifted. Q: In 2014, Oak trees were felled along upgrade. Clunton residents : watch out Thanks to Matthew Trustman and Nigel the B4385 at Kempton. At the time, Mr

Details from for the survey included with your June Holland, Clunbury was able to get Habershon (the Kempton estate https://roadworks.org?tm=113557101 Parish Post. Let’s hope we get a better broadband access. Unfortunately, representative) wrote an article in the decisive response. Pat Harding