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SELFISH PARKING “What a marvellous effort by Neen Savage W.I. President We’ve all done it. Stopped the so many of you. Our final total Sandra Dodd and long term car in the wrong place to get is 1022 boxes; imagine all those member Stroma Lennox took a some little matter dealt with happy children. warm gift to Park House in quickly. No great sin if you get It took all year to prepare to Kinlet in November. Very happy back into the car and move on pack the shoeboxes, but it’s so to receive a dozen woollen as quickly as you can. But if you worthwhile. My very grateful muffs knitted by the W.I. take your time, maybe pop in thanks to all of you who helped members was Assistant for some shopping, leaving the in any way. I couldn’t have done Manager Adriana Rabu. car to stop traffic flowing easily, it without you. The idea came from the W.I. that’s selfish. At least we didn’t have rain monthly newsletter, and staff at Even worse is taking up a this year when we were packing Park House confirmed how parking space clearly marked the boxes into the vans for their their residents would appreciate for the use of the disabled or an journey to the Hereford the tactile experience and the ambulance. So it’s sad to learn warehouse.” Jenny Vanderhook warmth of the muffs. A very from Mark Dodds, practice W.I. BOOSTS PARK pleasant experience as an early Christmas gift changed hands. manager at the Medical Centre, HOUSE CHRISTMAS that people are parking in the A VERY HAPPY special disabled driver bays CHRISTMAS near to the Centre door. The Whether you read the Clarion Centre has been designed with online, collect it from a local plenty of parking space and shop or pick it up in the pub, unless you’re really hurting it's thank you for doing so. not a long walk to the door. We’ve had a busy year, with Please read Mark's very polite so much news to cover and letter on Page 13 and think just events to report, plus new a little before you park there. advertisers taking space and CHRISTMAS CHILD financing our monthly print SHOEBOXES bills. Thank you everyone, This annual giving to children from our printer through to our in distant countries has become distributors; your contribution is very much appreciated. Have a natural feature of the All smiles. From left: Sandra Dodd, a great Christmas. JR Christmas season. Coordinator Adriana Rabu and Stroma Lennox Jenny Vandherhook writes: COUNTRY SKILLS CPCS/NPTC Approved—fully insured • Outside Renovation • Tree Surgery, Hard Landscaping • Slabbing and Fencing • Decking, Roofing Professionally trained chimney sweep • Contract Mowing fully insured, certfcates issued Call for a free quotation
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Getting it right, the Cleobury Emily, the welcoming face at Introducing By Jorge,whose Mortimer Running Club Style House Salon work will be a feature in future. SeePage 31. See Page 55 See Page 29 And On Other Pages…. 5 - Halloween Helpfuls 29 - Doddington’s Grant 7 - Heroic Cycle Ride 32 - The Social Calendar - Part One 9 - Local Joint Committee 33 - The Social Calendar - Part Two 11 - In Praise Of... 35 - Crime Reduction Group 13 - Parking Problems 37 - On the Buses 15 - The Clarion Jobs Page 39 - Albert’s Muller Memories 17 - Clarion Motoring 41 - December in the Wyre Forest 19 - Severn Edge Vets 45 - Cleobury Patients’ Voice 21 - The Amazing Gaskells 49 - An Arts Centre? 23 - Youth Support Cuts 53 - World War One Heroes 25 - Alex’s Degree Success 57 - Kate’s Message of Hope 27 - Letter from Westminster 63 - Local Information
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HALLOWEEN - MORE ROCK PATHFINDERS walk or just enjoy the coffee and CoCo’s delicious cake. HELPFUL THAN Two walks this month. On the 7th they meet at Habberley We particularly welcome folk HORRIBLE Valley Nature Reserve car park, who do not take much exercise DY11 5RD or SO reference or can only manage a short stroll 802774, to stride out and enjoy and those uncomfortable with the countryside. Then on the walking alone. These short 21st the rendezvous is at The walks of about 45 mins duration Bell Inn in Pensax, WR6 6AE or will be mainly on hard surfaces SO reference 802774 to take in a around town. For further very different landscape and information please contact me enjoy walking company. on CM 271754 or More details from Alan on [email protected] 01299 400304 or look in at Alan Kimber www.rockpathfinders.16mb.com A SPECIAL SERVICE WALKING FOR AT SAINT MARY’S HEALTH The Parish Church is hosting a Our summer season of well special service at 7.00pm on attended walks included outings December 19th. It’s listed as “A If this terrible trio came to Cleobury Golf Club, Upper quiet Advent Service of knocking at your door, it could Arley and Clee Hill, where we Wholeness and Healing - give you a nasty shock. But this were joined by the local WfH Finding comfort at lonely times was on Halloween Night and group. We are very grateful to in our lives.’ Everybody is Grace Jolliffe, Lydia Baggott and Lacon Childe School for welcome, whether a churchgoer Freya Kelly were doing more providing refreshments during or not. than trick-or-treating for sweets. term time. THE WRITING GROUP They were collecting foodstuffs The Winter Programme will “Small select meeting” as one for the Saint Mary’s Food Bank. again coincide with CoCo coffee member put it after November’s They did a great job, ending mornings on the 2nd and 4th gathering. We read stories and up with a wheelbarrow Wednesday from December swapped tales about the bus groaning under the weight of 41 through February, excluding service, which meant laughter. tins, 16 packets and five jars of December 27th. Meet at Cleobury For December, the opening all sorts of food. All of it for Market Hall for a 10.00am start, phrase of the work is “She other people in need of support no notice of attendance is turned around, a tear in her eye” and nothing for themselves. Top required. Please come along and the words to include are: marks for three young ladies whatever the weather, we will unplugged, sky, dishwasher and from Lacon Childe’s Year 7. decide at the time whether to ungrateful. We meet on the 11th.
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HEROIC CYCLE RIDE run by a friend and online dedication form is also available donations, he’s raised £2,500 for o n t h e w e b s i t e , the charity so far. www.ludlowrotaryclub.org , or And you can help boost that in printed form from St figure if you go to Laurence’s Church or Nock www.justgiving.com and enter Deighton in Ludlow. ‘Alan Humphries Birmingham Alternatively you can write Velo’ in the search box. Click on your dedication and send with a his name to get to his page and cheque made out to Ludlow you can donate. The work this Rotary Club to Tree of Light, c/o man has put into the campaign Nock Deighton, 12 Bull Ring, is tremendous and every little Ludlow SY8 1AD. If you are extra helps the cause he is enclosing cash please hand supporting. deliver to Nock Deighton or the LUDLOW’S TREE shop in St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow. OF LIGHT Alan Humphries, out in Bewdley on Please print the dedication and Ludlow Rotary Club and the his high mileage bike. let us know how you would like Town Council have been Alan Humphries is a retired it alphabetically listed, eg your running the Tree of Light since firefighter who took up cycling surname or the surname of the 2008. The Tree provides the as an alternative to leading local person remembered. We will opportunity to commemorate walks. The 67 year old has two use your wording so include any loved ones at Christmas time by artificial knees and a family details in your making a donation of £5 per reconstructed shoulder, but still dedication. dedication. Thousands of took on the challenge of the The Tree of Light 2017 was pounds have been donated to recent 100 mile Birmingham Velo switched on in Castle Gardens, local charities. ride, raising money for the on November 25th. Dedications The Tree is festooned with Alzheimer Society because a are open until Twelfth Night, lights and is the focus for good friend was recently diagnosed January 5th. wishes. The full list of with the disease. Any queries email dedications is featured in the Alan got into training back in [email protected], Ludlow Advertiser, recorded on March, covering two short rides 07710 761468. the Ludlow Rotary website and and one long one every week, SILLY BIT in a Book of Celebration and plus adjusting his diet. He rode Remembrance in St Laurence’s Lord, give me coffee to in the Velo and it took him ten Church. change the things I can hours to complete the course, Dedications can be made online change, and wine to accept but he did it. With sponsorship to https://mydonate.bt.com/ through justgiving.com, a raffle the things I can’t. events/ludlowrotarytol. The
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THE FOOTPATH members, who pay £4.00 a was actually achieved in a month to cover running costs friendly way. ASSOCIATION and insurance. It started with a It is a credit to both Pete Our November work party was piece of land and a basic Blackburn and Keith Martin’s at Sadlers Barn Farm. We re- building free of charge, since no-nonsense style that so much installed the lovely seat above when it has built the main had been achieved before this the river, made improvements to workshop and added a smaller meeting. A lot of basic two stiles and gave Upper Forge unit for welding and metal administration was then laid Bridge a good tidy up. work. It produces and sells down in one hour and people The paths concerned feature items to help funds and has a went away with the feeling that on three of our walk leaflets, The wood burning stove for warmth, this is going to happen. There ever popular Mawley Hall Tour plus electricity and toilet were twelve men present, all but also A round of Golf and the facilities. willing to work and contribute a shorter and easier Upper Forge Pete Blackburn and Keith range of skills and knowledge. and Beyond. Martin have been putting in a The December meeting will be Our popular festive walks will lot of hours and one lesson on Tuesday the 12th, 7.00 o’clock be on as usual: Boxing Day learned is that the group should in the Market Hall.and there will morning at 10.00 from outside St register as a charitable be less administration work and Mary’s church – a short walk to incorporated organisation under more of the practical stuff to talk work up an appetite for lunch the agreed title of Cleobury about and move the project and then the ever popular New Mortimer Men’s Shed. Officers further forward. Any interested Years’ Day walk -same venue of the group were elected: Pete man is welcome to attend. Pete but a 2.00 pm start to allow a lie Blackburn is chair, Neil Tysall Blackburn is the contact on pet in plus we offer some warming treasurer and Keith Martin the [email protected] food afterwards in the Kings secretary. There is a need for a SILLY BITS Arms. board of trustees, which will be People who wonder whether Graham Simpson those three gentlemen plus Mike the glass is half empty or half CLEOBURY’S MEN’S Pattison and Gwilym Butler. It full miss the point. The glass SHED PROGRESSES was agreed that the group is refillable. approach a possible president. It’s in a very early stage of life, —————————— The group will need a but the Men’s Shed is making I only drink little, but when I constitution and professional good progress. At the mid do I turn into another person advice will be sought to advise November meeting a visit to the and that person drinks a lot. on this, using the Oswestry Oswestry Shed was reported ——————————- group’s as a basis for the and the basic business structure Of course size matters. No Cleobury version. All of which was agreed. one wants a small glass of sounds about as dry as dust, but The Oswestry unit is about wine! two years old and has 35
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IN PRAISE OF… they see our future. We “a tax on visiting the sick”. The When we saw Jake Hedge’s celebrated SIGBI’s Best Practice Press Association has reported work for the first time the Awards and were treated to very that hospitals in England took quality of the items he had on entertaining talks by two more than £120 million for his stall at Ludlow Market and amazing women: Mandy parking last year. his approach to his work Hickson one of the first RAF For some of us, paying for impressed us. We offered him female pilots to fly the multi- parking is just a pain to be lived the chance to design and make million-pound fast jets and also with, but there are people who the handrails we needed for the led her Tornado GR4 Squadron will struggle to pay such a rate steps to our front door. His in action in Iraq. Dame to visit a loved one who may be acceptance was very Katherine Grainger OBE then very poorly. The Chair of the enthusiastic. shared with us her compelling Shropshire Patients’ Group has After his visit to view the tale of her journey to become already written to the Trust to situation we received a draft the only female athlete in any protest at the new charges and is design by email. There were a sport to gain medals in four asking others to do the same. few modifications that we consecutive Olympic Games. The greater the number of wanted and Jake was happy to Between the business sessions people who write, the bigger the discuss these on a return visit we also enjoyed musical effect. and to adjust his original design interludes from Aaron Pryce- You can email Healthwatch while still being careful to Lewis, the Bristol Military Wives Shropshire at explain the limitations and Choir and the Phil Dando Band enquiries@healthwatchshropshir practical requirements to ensure and Singers. e.co.uk, they will then compile that the result was not only For more details on all the complaints and send attractive but also practical and Soroptimist International, your them to the Trust. structurally sound. The new local club and its activities, It may be you or your family design was approved and we please contact us: Tel. 01299 facing these new charges, just at were promised completion 2 6 6 1 0 1 o r e m a i l : a time when you have greater within four to six weeks. The [email protected] worries to deal with. For the less rails were fitted in under four Website: http://sigbi.org/ well-off amongst us, it is simply weeks. kidderminster-and-district/ not fair. The whole process was a Facebook: Soroptimists THE ADVENT pleasure. We are delighted with Kidderminster Elke Jury LUNCHES the result and would not A slight correction of the hesitate to recommend Jake to HOSPITAL PARKING timetable for the Advent anyone looking for someone to CHARGES RISE Lunches that we published in create good quality, well The Shropshire and Telford November. They will start at designed iron work. Hospital NHS Trust is proposing 1.00 and end at 2.00, not from [email protected] increased parking charges at 12.30 to 1.30. The dates remain or 07584436002. Jake’s forge is in Shrewsbury and Telford the same: Fridays the 1st, 8th, Ludlow. hospitals. The new rates would 15th and 22nd. Ron and Margaret Booker be: Great value, too. For £3.50 THE SOROPTIMISTS Up to 2 hours: £3.00 (20% rise) you’ll get home made soup with Our 83rd Federation Conference Up to 3 hours: £4.00 (33% rise) crusty bread plus home made was held in Cardiff, attended by Up to 4 hours: £5.00 (66% rise) apple pie with cream. Proceeds around 1200 members from Up to 5 hours: £6.00 (100% rise) to Severn Hospice and there will around the globe. Over the three Up to 24 hours: £8.00 (128% rise) be a raffle in aid of Crisis at days we listened to some As you would expect, the Christmas. Special dietary inspirational speakers and on reaction to this idea has been needs? Call the Severn Hospice the last day heard the views of very strong, the Telford and shop on CM 272795 for friendly three young women on how Wrekin Council describing it as advice.
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PARKING PROBLEMS really have a need for a disabled surgeries, by providing nursing I am sure many readers will at space? If not please use one of care in special circumstances. some point have been frustrated the many other parking spaces You can find details of the fund with the traffic problems that we have available. After all, on the web site :- regularly occur in Cleobury, would you really want to be www.nnfund.co.uk where you equally I am sure many readers someone who may one day have will find a “my donate” button. will have voiced disgust at some blocked an ambulance, for the If you prefer you could send a of the less than considerate sake of a few seconds in your cheque to the treasurer Mrs Gill parking that often adds to the life? Shorter, 16 Orchard End, difficulties of driving through Over the coming weeks we Cleobury Mortimer, DY14 8BA town, during busy periods of plan to keep a close eye on the Thank you in advance. the day. parking in these bays, please use Rosemary Abbiss I believe those same people your blue badge if you have THANK YOU will be equally disappointed to one. If you do not and have a Just a note to say I will not be know that we are suffering our mobility need, then please do posting Christmas cards this own parking issues at the park, but do not be offended if a year but will be sending a Medical Centre. Increasingly we member of staff runs a spot donation to Prostate UK. I find that our disabled spaces are check on you. would like to wish all my being used by people who really With thanks from all of us friends a very Merry Christmas do not need to be parked right here. and Happy New Year. I would next to our front doors. Mark Dodds also like to thank everyone for We have three disabled spaces Practice Manager your kindness and support at the front of the building and REMEMBER THE during this year. encourage the following groups NIGHTINGALE FUND Valerie Cope to make use of them: blue badge Your local charity the WINE TASTING AT holders, ambulance crews and Nightingale Nursing Fund BAYTON patients who temporarily find would welcome you thinking of themselves with mobility issues, They do know how to enjoy it at Christmas if you are themselves in Bayton village. due to illness or recent considering donating to a operations. Unfortunately our Hot on the heels of their charity instead of sending Christmas celebration will come able bodied patients sometimes Christmas cards or just making see them as drop off points or a wine tasting in the Village Hall a donation. on January 26th. That’s a Friday, somewhere to pull up whilst The charity helps patients that they “pop” a prescription so any enthusiasm for the are registered with the Cleobury experience can be slept off on request in. Mortimer, Ditton Priors, Highley I am writing this hoping that the 27th. Tickets are £10 and and Shropshire patients of the include bread and cheese. From as patients read this letter it Tenbury Wells Doctors makes them stop and think, do I David Ogden on 832111.
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EMPLOYERS PLEASE NOTE Job Vacancies can be advertised here free of charge, because the page is printed as a service to the community. If you are looking for staff, simply send brief details to the Editor, whose contact details are on Page 63. The normal deadline is the 24th of the month, but to get your advert into the January issue, it is needed by December 18th.
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Building cars in Bayton? It must open tourer capable of cruising rank amongst the most unlikely at 80mph on foreign autobahns. businesses in the area. But the This hand built fun machine is Gregory family have been built to each customer’s detailed offering three-wheelers in kit or specification and the price starts fully built form since 1999. That at a very affordable £17,995. VAT was when Phil Gregory first included? “No VAT, I’m not big built a copy of his Pembleton enough to charge that yet,” says trike for someone who’d seen it Guy. and wanted one. Since then he (Photo: Guy Gregory) The options include leather has built about 500 trikes, mostly The engine is mated with a four upholstery and there are bucket Citroen 2CV powered. speed and reverse gearbox from seats in development. Fancy a That engineering knowledge Citroen, which provides the period style flyscreen? Of course was handed down to Guy, who front wheel drive most drivers you can. And the body can come worked with his old chap to get are used to today. But Guy is not in polished alloy or whatever the first of the new generation of standing still in that department colour you like. Pembleton V-Sports built in and there may be a Pembleton So is this a weekend plaything, 2014, using an Italian Moto- gearbox available in the near or can it be used seriously? Guzzi motorcycle engine. It’s a future. Tours of Europe are known in logical choice, adequate power The attractive 1920s styling of the owners’ group and Arthur from an engine with a reputation the aluminium body hides a and Clair Radcliffe took theirs to for long life and reliability. And steel chassis built in Bayton, the New Zealand for a touring the car is light, very light at louvres in the bonnet hand made holiday. That’s serious. 290kg dry. Why the Moto Guzzi with Gregory designed tooling. What are Guy’s ambitions for engine? “You can’t beat them for The bonnet is held in place with such a promising individual car? looks and sound and Guzzi do custom made leather straps, “I don’t want to be too big, concentrate on torque,” Guy another period touch. The maybe have two or three people explains. wheels are traditional spoked working with me, making ten or Buying new engines from an style, the rims finished in black more cars in a year. I’m planning Italian manufacturer for such a as standard, like cars of the to build a show car to take minor operation? How did he 1920s. And the dashboard is also around to some of the classic manage that? “Lots of research black, unless the customer wants events like Prescott and Shelsley and I got through to the Head of a machine turned alloy at a little hill climbs and the big Engines in Italy. Sent him extra. Silverstone Classic meeting.” pictures and they agreed to The braking system is serious Fascinating place and product. cooperate. Sent me one engine, for such a light vehicle: twin Read more about it at then a batch of three and then a inboard discs for the front www.pembleton.co.uk. Or call batch of ten!” What do ten Guzzi wheels and a single drum brake 01299 832944. engines look like? Like this: at the rear end. Reassuring in an
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Dental Disease in Small Animals: the wisdom of tongue, and the abnormally long teeth prevent checking your pet’s mouth normal chewing action. Examining the mouth can tell us a lot about the The best advice I can give you is to check your general health of our pets. As vets we routinely pet’s mouth regularly (i.e. at least weekly, if not look in and around the mouth every time we daily); look at all the teeth, open the mouth wide examine an animal. The lips, gums, teeth, tongue, and look under the tongue and along the hard and the hard palate can all be quietly brewing palate. Look for swellings, bleeding, plaque, some serious problems which may well be related foreign bodies etc. If you see anything abnormal, to dental disease. All of these are places that are or which concerns you, get it checked by your vet. easily checked in amenable pets, and owners can Prompt action is always best. and should look at them regularly (except in Be aware that insurance policies rarely cover the rodents). The most important thing for any of us cost of dental treatment, unless it is for an acute as pet owners is to be able to safely and gently condition which could not have been prevented look in our pet’s mouths whenever we’re by good care. It is our responsibility to make the handling them. So don’t leave it until you’re effort to maintain good dental hygiene wherever concerned about a problem; get into the habit of possible, and therefore minimise the need for routinely checking for anything which looks veterinary dental treatment. Appropriate food, abnormal. The sooner we know about a dental or chews, toothpaste and mouth washes should all oral problem, the better. Most of the conditions be considered part of a good dental care regimen. which affect the mouth are painful and will The vast majority of veterinary dental treatment therefore need swift investigation and treatment. requires general anaesthesia and so pets usually Smelly breath is not just a sign of old age, and stay at the vets for the day to receive the care and should not be considered normal. The bad breath attention they deserve. is just a symptom of a disease process which will Dr Penny Yates PgC SAM BVSc MRCVS progress if it is not dealt with. It is often due to dental disease, but may be due to a tumour in the mouth, a piece of foreign material stuck in the mouth, or ulceration due to a more generalised disease. Gingivitis (inflamed gums, possibly bleeding), calculus, tooth root abscesses and ultimately tooth loss are all painful conditions, but often do not cause an animal to stop eating. In many instances these are chronic conditions which progress gradually, and so often they are not perceived to be significant factors in our pet’s general health. However, they are genuinely debilitating conditions which we certainly wouldn’t ignore in our own mouths, and we ought to learn to appreciate their significance in our pets. Some factors, such as breed, jaw conformation, tooth trauma and viral/bacterial infection can predispose our pets to rapid or severe dental disease. Poor and/or inappropriate diet is a major cause of dental disease in pet rabbits and guinea pigs, who actually only require simple low energy, high fibre food i.e. grass/hay (not concentrated, manufactured pellets). They need to spend long periods of time chewing; otherwise their teeth become too long and irregular in shape. Sharp spurs on the molar teeth dig into the cheeks and
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THE BREAKFAST The Breakfast Club meets on actual sums were: £3,000 to December 12th at the Golf Club Cancer Research UK, £3,000 to CLUB to hear Mark Baldwin talk about Midland Air Ambulance, £4,000 The Club met at the Cleobury ‘Wish You Were Here’. Members to Macmillan Cancer Care, Café in November to hear Sue wishing to attend should contact £4,000 to Acorns Children’s Brown explain the basis of her Jonathan Fair (271913) or Angela Hospice and £1,650 to work as a Chiropractic, working Drennan (270636) to book Kidderminster Prostate Cancer in Cleobury’s High Street. places. Care. Sue opened by stressing IN PRAISE OF… A wonderful effort. that this is now a regulated Congratulations to the Gaskells profession, and it is illegal for May I, though the pages of the Clarion, sing the praises of and all at the Golf Club who anyone in UK to call themselves cooperated in the organisation. ‘a chiropractic’ without prior Lower Street Garage. registration. She followed up by My wife took her car to be NHS HEARING AID explaining that much of her checked, as at seven years old CLINIC work relates to spinal problems, and 82,000 miles, various There's a drop-in Hearing Aid many of which her patients squeaks and bangs are Clinic at St Mary's Place bring on themselves through becoming more frequent. Community Room, off Love bad posture. This is often When my wife went to collect Lane, from 10.00 to 12.00 noon associated with frequent lengthy her car she asked for the bill. on Wednesday the 6th this periods of incorrectly positioned Deggie said that as no faults month. It's staffed by NHS seating, especially at computer were found and the tyres were Audiology trained volunteers, work stations, or in cars. If we OK for another couple of who will help with tube ignore the optimum alignment thousand miles there would be changing, battery collection and of the spine, or adopt no charge. general advice on the care of unbalanced or asymmetrical When my wife said "But what your hearing aid. They can also stances, we are storing up about your time and labour advise where to go for more problems for ourselves. Which a charges?” Deggie insisted that complex repairs or problems chiropractic may be able to they still would not charge us with your hearing aid. any money. What a wonderful solve. RAIN OR SHINE On a show of hands, about gesture! half the members revealed that Can you imagine that THEATRE RETURN TO they had at some time had happening with the "big" KINLET nationwide garages? No, neither treatment from a chiropractor, or This popular theatre company can we. from an osteopath, and as Sue will be back in Kinlet Village Deggie, Matt and all at Lower warmed to her subject, one Hall on the 20th of this month to Street Garage; take a well could see members wriggling on perform ‘Dracula - or A Pain In deserved bow. their seats, trying to arrange The Neck’, a nicely apt title for Philip and Carol Westwood themselves to provide their the story of man who took spines with the approved curves THE AMAZING FUND kissing to a new depth; more (lower spine IN, upper spine RAISING GASKELLS than skin deep in fact. OUT). Sue’s explanations were John and Ange Gaskell are keen It’s a comic reworking of a clarified by her use of an members of the Golf Club and classic tale, described as excellent model of a human both have big hearts. Through something “You can really get spine (which could hardly be the past year they’ve worked your teeth into.” It starts at 7.30, called life-like, but it certainly away at fund raising events to tickets are £10 for adults, £5 for was realistic). She also provided support a range of cancer children or £25 for a family. A some simple tips to reduce likely charities. call to Francis Engleheart on problems – such as careful In November they hosted a 07710 288526 will secure yours choices of seating, cushions, and special afternoon tea at the club and lead to what sounds like a pillows. All in all, a useful talk. and handed over a selection of great evening. All proceeds to cheques totalling £15,650. The the Village Hall. Cleobury Clarion - Page !21 - December 2017
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PROPOSED CUTS TO Nineveh Ridge Care Farm. Bannister, by the Lord Please note January 25th for the Lieutenant of Shropshire, Sir YOUTH PARTNERSHIP next lunch. Algernon Heber-Percy. 60 FUNDING Also well supported was the volunteers and their partners November meeting with 23 attended the presentation The provision of facilities for visitors welcomed to enjoy a talk during which a champagne toast youth activities throughout from well known historian Alf was made to the Queen. Shropshire is an important Jenkins who was born at Dhu The volunteers deserve huge matter. It is a well proven fact Stone Inn, Clee Hill. Alf congratulations for this well- that keeping young minds entertained with tales of his deserved award. Their constant involved with interesting childhood, of freezing winters, dedication to the park is what activities keeps them from some frost inside the windows and ice makes it such a beautiful place of the temptations none of us in the chamber pots! to visit. want to see our children or In December we will be To find out the latest from grandchildren following. celebrating at the Kings Arms, Severn Valley Country Park visit At a time of austerity, when not only Christmas but their Facebook page. money is hard to find, it’s easy Cleobury Mortimer WI's 95th This story was taken from the to cut out such spending. You birthday as the first meeting was Shropshire Council’s Outdoor probably wouldn’t see the effect on 7th December 1922. The Partnership Volunteer Supplement. until months or even years from programme for 2018 is looking Ed. now, so why worry? Because we interesting and fun, we usually CLAIRE CARTER’S live in a decent place, with low meet in the Market Hall on the levels of crime and anti social second Tuesday at 7.30pm. WORK ON SHOW behaviour. Something we Anyone thinking of joining us Claire Carter is an acclaimed should fight to keep good, not get in touch on 01299 270983, and award winning wildlife dismiss as someone else’s email [email protected] or photographer, whose work has problem. check us out on Facebook. earned her an exhibition at the Apparently Shropshire Photo Space Gallery in Ludlow’s Council is planning to make no SEVERN VALLEY Castle Street. funds available for the Cleobury COUNTRY PARK It is scheduled to run from Mortimer area next year. That’s The excellent work of Severn November 25th through to in their plans, which the public Valley Country Park Supporter’s January 27th, under the title can comment upon via this site: Group has been recognised by a ‘Where I Stand’. She explains http://new.shropshire.gov.uk/ national award. The Queen’s that title: “Where I stand I have get-involved/changes-to- Award for Voluntary Service is felt pure exhilaration. When provision-of-youth-activities/ the highest award given to conditions were tough and I You can go on there and let volunteer groups across the UK. doubted my sanity, suddenly the them have your view as a It is given to recognise world exploded with light and private citizen. The site is open outstanding work done by local colour and I knew I was totally until January 5th, so you have volunteer groups in their own sane and alive. time, but please don’t leave it communities. Where I stand, motion and too long. The more voices they The award committee noted emotion collide.” hear objecting to this cut the the ‘continued reclamation of a You can see the evidence of this more likely they are to think colliery site to create a country at the exhibition, including an again. JR park and wildlife sanctuary’. audio visual display of the CLEOBURY W.I. Work to reclaim the site began in Northern Lights that she has Thanks to all those who came 1986, with the official opening in captured in her trips to the near along to the Winter Warmer 1992. Some of their volunteer Arctic north. She is a devoted lunch, it was very busy and over team have been volunteering and outstanding professional £250 was raised for funds and since that time. and we cannot recommend any our charity for this year which is The award was presented to exhibition more than this. JR the chairman of the group, Don
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ALEX’S DEGREE of the youngest to undertake THE READING GROUP their courses. The problems he SUCCESS Are we more tolerant of race faced would put most people off and class now than we were in the idea, but Alex and his mum the mid 1900s? This was our are made of stern stuff. main topic after reading 'The L- “The first module he did was Shaped Room' by Lynne Reid Maths,” Gill recalls. “Alex Banks, an authentic sounding couldn’t tolerate the brightness story set in the 1950s. of white paper, so we used to do Jane is pregnant by a ten minutes sessions of sums in boyfriend she doesn't consider felt tip pen on the window marrying and her father turns panes. Our house looked like a her out of the family home. scene from Good Will Hunting!” Renting a room in a bug-ridden His natural intellect was there boarding house she meets an to be seen if you met him. He Alex Guest, holder of an Open array of colourful characters and came to the Creative Writing University Open Degree. tries to ignore her pregnancy. Group, shy and hesitant in This is a story of devotion and Later, coming to terms with her manner, but able produce some determination, of a young man problems, Jane becomes fond of great ideas and express them in overcoming a serious illness to her L-shaped room and most of good English. He is a talented realise his ambition to earn a her fellow boarders. writer. university degree. The novel, now social history, His mum is rightly delighted Alex Guest was only 12 when covers the stigma of unmarried with Alex’s achievement. he developed Chronic Fatigue motherhood and class attitudes. “Graduation Day was very Syndrome. It was a devastating The striking casual racism & emotional,” she admits of the blow, leaving him with severe anti-Semitism feels shocking gathering at Birmingham’s head and joint aches, exhaustion now but reflects attitudes in the Symphony Hall, where Baroness and serious sensitivity to light, 1950s. These have changed a Lane-Fox, chancellor of the OU, sound and touch. Add to that great deal for the better but presented the degrees. “To be the loss of the ability to read and there is still a way to go. among so many Open write and you realise that it was Our next read, 'Elizabeth is University students who had a huge problem to face. Missing' by Emma Healey will been supported by their Schooling was one of the be chatted about over nibbles families. It was lovely to see problems, Shropshire Education and drinks on December 18th at their tenacity and sheer dogged Services unable to provide a Cleobury Library. hard work pay off, and celebrate tutor or online learning. So his Deana Kimber with them. We were immensely mother Gill approached the CM 271754 proud.” Quite right too, it is a Open University, who agreed to remarkable story. take him on at the age of 14, one
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Cleobury Clarion - Page !26 - December 2017 Letter from Westminster Philip Dunne MP
December, and with it the Christmas season, year round, but perhaps especially at each year seems to come around more quickly Christmas. The same goes for all staff in our than before, so for those readers who have not hospitals and community health settings, yet completed your Christmas shopping (or both locally and across the UK, who ensure started it, in my case), there is still plenty of our NHS is there should we need it. time to look in local shops for your presents Similarly, members of the police and Armed this year. The first Saturday in December is Forces protect us around the clock, including the 5th annual ‘Small Business Saturday’ and in Parliament, as we have had tragic cause to provides the perfect excuse to shop locally be thankful for this year. Those posted and help grow our local economy. Christmas overseas must maintain a constant state of markets are also increasingly popular in our alertness, unable to be with their families at market towns across South Shropshire in the Christmas. While bases and ships afford some run up to Christmas, and several have late luxuries, like a Christmas lunch, day to day night shopping events. work remains the priority. We should all be While many of us take Christmas as a time very grateful for their service. to be with family and friends, enjoying some In a slightly different but related vein, I peace of mind away from work, men and would also like to thank all the posties women up and down the country go to work working in the Ludlow Constituency for their to serve the public, in what can be difficult efforts to ensure letters and parcels reach their circumstances. I have been fortunate to serve intended destination before Christmas Day. I in two government departments, Defence and visit one of the sorting offices in the Health, both of which have given me the constituency ahead of each Christmas to chance to meet many public spirited people thank the hardworking staff, and am always who spend their days, nights and public amazed at the sheer quantity of mail, holidays ensuring the public are safe and especially parcels, delivered in South well. At Christmas time, our admiration for Shropshire at this time of year. their selfless work grows even stronger. So if you get the chance, please take the time Emergency workers like paramedics, police, to thank those who you know will be and fire services all continue to be ready, in a working over Christmas. A kind word goes a matter of minutes, to come to our aid over long way, and will let them know how much Christmas should we need them. I have been you appreciate what they do. out with emergency ambulance crews, and I wish all my constituents across South spent time with hospital emergency Shropshire a very Merry Christmas, and a clinicians. These are testing jobs, and we Happy New Year. should be grateful for their professionalism Philip Dunne MP
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MADGE SAYS from the Big Lottery Fund with HOPTON NEWS additional help from Shropshire THANK YOU Quiz Evening, November 18th: Historic Churches Trust. Faced We had thirteen teams taking Many thanks to everyone who with major repair works and no came to talk to the people who part in all and it was good to see means of knowing how much some new faces supporting us provide our health care on they would cost, the grant November 18th. Our four Young from Tenbury Wells, Clee Hill allows the church to turn a and Cleobury Mortimer. Health Champions did a great problem into an opportunity, job signing visitors in and The Quiz was very hard including consulting the fought, with at least seven teams making drinks. community on how the Church Early feed back is really useful in the the running. The results: can better serve its needs. “This 1st: Old School, 69.5 points and helps contribute to the is fantastic news”, said Celia Health meetings I attend on 2nd Formula ! 64.0 points Gibb, Churchwarden. “We rely 3rd: Dumb and Dumber 63.5 your behalf and as the Vice on donations for our income and Chairman of Shropshire Health points. to keep the Church and Many thanks to all the helpers, Overview and Scrutiny churchyard in use. This grant Committee so please e mail to all who supported the quiz, allows us to assess the cost of donated raffle and auction [email protected] repair, which may be tens of .uk or knock the door at 2, prizes, including Red Hare thousands of pounds, as well as Hairdressers and Ashley's Cafe, Ralph Jones Terrace with your find out if there are ways we can comments and suggestions. and bought tickets. better serve the community.” Annual Carol Service and Grand It was good to see the Set in a beautiful location on Cleobury and Brown Clee Raffle. Saint Michael and All Titterstone Clee, the oldest Angels, Hopton Wafers, Tuesday surgeries together as they look continuously active industrial after most of us in this area. December 5th at 7.00 o’clock. All area in Europe, the Church was are welcome to this service, Nice to see the Housing built for quarry and mine Associations there, because which will include the Cleobury workers 170 years ago and has a Church Choir and festive good housing is very important number of important features for good health. refreshments. All are welcome. that proclaim the importance of Marilyn Wood There will be a formal Future itspheritage and serving the Fit consultation document in spiritual needs of the area. “The CLARION CARTOONS December about the future simple calm of St John’s, set in services provided in the its churchyard with views to Shropshire hospitals at Telford Worcestershire and Wales, and and Shrewsbury. This research its heritage, including unusual will go through until early use of ironwork in the windows March. It really is important and make it a very special and will be part of evidence used for precious place.” commented many services provided across Celia. Once repairs are assessed the County in the future and the community needs are including transport to access reviewed, then the real work of those services. I am happy to raising funds to do the work provide a paper copy if that will begins. “Its going to be a long We are very proud help you. and challenging project. We are Madge Shineton a little apprehensive, but very DODDINGTON NEWS excited!” admitted Celia “But We are very proud to introduce St John the Baptist Church in the Big Lottery Fund grant is a cartoons courtesy of By Jorge Doddington are delighted that great start and we are very and hope to give you a smile they have been given £10,700 in grateful that they are helping each month if he can keep up grant money to do a feasibility the Church on the Hill to the supply. A nice little touch of study. The major part of this is continue to shine out.” mischief.
Cleobury Clarion - Page !29 - December 2017 Cleobury Clarion - Page !30 - December 2017 Clarion Clippings - The Local News ANOTHER CLEOBURY both run marathon Good For Age (GFA) times this year, SUCCESS guaranteeing them entry to the The Running Club has grown London Marathon in 2018. They from a small band of friends to both also achieved Boston become a strong, lively group Qualifying Times. with a big following and a CMRC are operating currently growing sense of confidence in as a UK Athletics registered their future. Member Lisa club, as a satellite club alongside Bailey tells about the story so Ludlow Runners. However, they far. now feel it’s time to go alone Cleobury Mortimer Running and are presently applying to be Club started out with around an independent fully affiliated eight keen runners who wanted club. The future is very exciting to create an inclusive running for the club and its members club that would cater for all The club is looking forward to with lots of events planned for abilities. They felt there was a its first Awards Ceremony this 2018, including their first official real gap in the market with no year, to be held at the Christmas race - Cleobury 10k - which will local club offering this that Party, which gives the chance to be held on July 1st next year. would suit all types of runner/ celebrate everyone’s Watch out, you don’t know jogger. achievements. Everyone has what the team of red will doing Just over two years later, the achieved something whether it next! club has grown from strength to be their first marathon, half Now qualified, coaches Jo and strength with over 110 members marathon or just being able to Andie also offer private travelling from all around the run without stopping. They coaching for individuals local area. Having two fully have been encouraged by (www.run-well.co.uk) and the qualified coaches, Joanne coaches Jo and Andie (shown club will be running another Watson and Andie Ford, as well above) who themselves have beginners course in January as four run leaders, this has had their own amazing starting on Thursday the 18th at enabled the club to offer achievements. Still regularly 7.00pm from Cleobury Mortimer professional advice and support competing, they continue to Sports Hall. If you have to all levels of runner. Their keep achieving personal bests, enquiries, then please visit us at sessions focus on running race after race, and providing www.runcleobury.org or email: technique skills, strength and real motivation and [email protected]. or you conditioning and endurance as encouragement to everyone at can follow us on Facebook well as just simply ‘going for a all levels. Jo and Andie have (@runcleobury). Lisa Bailey run’.
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The December Clarion Social Calendar Part One Date Time Details Contact Telephone Fri 1st 1.00 Advent Lunch, Market Hall, great value and all for charity. PAGE 11 8.00pm Bingo Night at Doddington Village Hall Sonia Pearsall 01584 890874 Sat.2nd 4.00pm Christmas Lights switch on with Father Christmas in attendance and Cleobury Brass in full, fine form at the Christmas Fair Sun 3rd 6.00pm Open Mic Night at the kings Arms, Church Street. Acoustic only, all types and ages Mon 4th 7.00pm The Town Council meet at Cleobury Country Centre to conduct business Tues. 5th 7.00pm Carol Service and Grand Raffle, St Michael’s Parish Church Hopton Wafers – PAGE 29 Weds.6th 10.00- NHS Hearing Aid drop in clinic at St Mary’s Place – PAGE 21 12.00 11.00am Sing, Laugh, Breather meet at the Market Hall Kate kate@sing-laugh- breathe.co.uk 8.00pm Whist Drive at Doddington Village Hall Sonia Pearsall 01584 890874 Thu.7th GREEN GARDEN WASTE WHEELIE BINS EMPITIED TODAY 10.30am Rock Pathfinders meet at Habberley Valley Nature Reserve DY11 5RD or SO reference 802774 – SEE PAGE 5 Fri. 8th 1.00pm Advent Lunch in the Market Hall Sat. 9th 7.00pm “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickins will be performed in St Stephen 01299 271407 George’s Parish Church Milson. Tickets £10.00 Webb Sun. 10th 9.45am Benefice Service in St Mary’s Church Cleobury Mortimer with Bishop Alistair licensing Rev.Sue Barrett to work within the Benefice Mon. 11th 6.30pm The Writing Group meet at the Library – PAGE 5 7.30pm The Horticultural Society Meet in Saint Elizabeth’s Hall for their Christmas Social Evening – PAGE 31 Tues.12th 7.30am The Breakfast Club meet at the Golf Club to hear Dr Mark Baldwin Jonathan Fair 01299 271913 talk about “Wish you were here” 7.00pm Cleobury Men’s Shed meet to hear about progress. Market Hall, Church Street – PAGE 9
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Cleobury Clarion - Page !32 - December 2017 The December Social Calendar Continued Part Two Date Time Details Contact Telephone We 13th 10.00 Walking for Health meet at their winter base, the Market Hall in Church Street, combining with CoCo Coffee Morning. Coffee & Cake for £1.50! PAGE 5 11.00 Sing, Laugh, Breathe meet at the Market Hall to share songs & laughter 7.30 Neen Savage W.I. meet at the Village Hall for their Christmas Celebration 8.00 Royal British Legion, The Bell Inn, Lower St. David Taylor CM270793 Thurs 14th BLACK WHEELIE BINS AND RECYCLE BOXES EMPTIED TODAY Fri 15th 1.00 Advent Lunch in the Market Hall 8.00 Bingo Night at Doddington Village Hall Sonia Pearsall 01584 890 874 Sun 17th 7.30 Cleobury Concert Brass entertain with their annual concert in the Parish Hall. Book early – tickets always sell out! PAGE 39 Mon 18th 6.30 Cleobury Patients Voice meet at the Medical Centre. New members 01299 407 224 welcome. PAGE 45 Tues 19th 7.30 CM Poetry Club, the Library, Love Lane CM 270642 7.00 Cleobury Running Club have another Beginners’ Course. At the Sports Centre, Love Lane. PAGE 31 7.30 The Reading Group meet in The Library, Love Lane. PAGE 25 Tues 19th 7.00 Special Advent Service of Wholeness and Healing’ in the Parish Church. PAGE 5 Wed 20th 11.00 Sing, Laugh, Breathe meet at the Market Hall for a Christmas sing- song 7.30 Rain or Shine Theatre present “Dracula - or “A Pain in the Neck” at Kinlet Village Hall. PAGE 21 8.00 Whist Drive, Doddington Village Hall Sonia Pearsall 01584 890 874 Thurs 21st GREEN GARDEN WASTE WHEELIE BINS EMPTIED TODAY 10.30 Rock Pathfinders meet at The Bell Inn, Pensax. WR6 6AE or SO reference 735690 PAGE 5 Fri 22nd 1.00 The final Advent Lunch of the year, in the Market Hall Wed 27th CoCo Coffee Morning and Walking for Health get together at the Market Hall Fri 29th BLACK WHEELIE BINS AND RECYCLE BOXES EMPTIED TODAY Sun 31st 8.00 New Year Party at the Kings Arms. Ellis Johnson plus DJ Pie Fri Jan 5th GREEN GARDEN WASTE WHEELIE BINS EMPTIED TODAY
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CRIME REDUCTION news, the town’s own old constables and PCSOs. He said system being expensive and of that there was an increase in van GROUP little practical use, hence its and shed break-ins, with tools recent replacement. and machinery the targets. He Mrs Onslow introduced Mick emphasised his willingness to Simpson, manager of the ‘We hear feedback from the public. Don’t Buy Crime’ scheme, who Kit Smith spoke as a resident, said Cleobury Mortimer was a praising the work of the group flagship operation that has and the fact that we are well set attracted attention from many up to prevent crime, but do neighbouring towns and depend upon police cooperation villages. The effect has been a and support. He had persuaded reduction of about 85 percent in his insurer, NFU, to reduce his burglaries, but break-ins at premium in the light of the sheds and barns is a growing town’s forward thinking work. problem. There was discussion of a Mrs Onslow then advised that Community Speed Watch Group West Mercia Police take about that would be trained to operate 11,000 phone calls a week and speed cameras and report Deputy Police and Crime the answering delay to 999 calls offenders. It was felt it would be Commissioner Tracy Onslow. A has been reduced by half. All wise for such volunteers to sharp and concise no-nonsense officers now have laptops and always work outside their own speaker. mobile phones to make crime home area to prevent risk of New faces were on parade at the recording more efficient. intimidation. Volunteers for Crime Reduction Group Criminal use of social media is such work are to be invited to meeting in November, most a growing problem and she gave apply. notably Deputy Police and a frightening statistic: if a The next meeting of the group Crime Commissioner Tracy teenager is given a computer, is at 11.00 on January 22nd, in Onslow. In a sharp, concise way the average time for them to the Sports and Social Club . she described the West Mercia receive a sexting call is within 30 WORLD WAR ONE Police plans to introduce some minutes! This is an area where new services within their £210 advice to children and parents is MEMORIAL BENCH million annual budget. given and the force has extra This includes a Victim’s staff working on the matter. Charter, giving those who have Steve Loveridge spoke about suffered from crime easier his work as a Crime Prevention access to all the services the Design Advisor, making life force can offer. On the matter of harder for the criminal by domestic violence there is an overseeing obvious targets like addition with the recruitment of pharmacies, hospitals and a male administrator as well as homes with control drugs in the established females; there is stock. It’s all part of the policy of such violence to males, but it prevention being better than gets little publicity. chasing criminals. The budget for Closed Circuit Inspector Nigel Morgan Gracing the Memorial Garden is Television installation has been introduced himself, the officer this finely detailed bench, increased from the £300,000 2016 now responsible for an area finished in black and showing level to £1 million to ensure that stretching from Shifnal to soldiers, barbed wire and the all cameras give a clear image of Bishops Castle. He has a staff of traditional poppies with just vehicles and criminals. There one sergeant and seven their flowers in red. was strong support for this
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The meeting with Shropshire Council, due to be uphill in every direction from there. Solution: Use held in late October, was postponed as not much buses that can go up hills... In one case the bus is happening. The 2L contract has been extended was stuck on the bridge with a queue of other until April 2018 to tie in with other similar vehicles unable to get past due to the blind bend. arrangements so that they can all be renewed This brings to mind the heavy barriers installed to together and no fresh meeting date has been prevent a terrorist driving a vehicle through the arranged yet. One problem is that the Birmingham Christmas Market. Why go to all that Worcestershire Council contact keeps changing, trouble when you could just hire a couple of resulting in the new occupant having to be Diamond buses – they won't ever move... brought up to speed – then they move... Further afield, a recent emergency drill at The other morning, I noticed a substantial diesel Zurich Airport involved a bus being set on fire to slick running up the High Street and casually simulate a terrorist attack. Perhaps they should be wondered if it might have come from a Diamond told we are ahead of them as buses here don't bus. Later the same day, I heard that much of need setting on fire - they do it themselves. And in Kiddy town centre had been affected by a fuel Tokyo, a train company issued a formal apology leak from a broken down bus which had left the for poor timekeeping when one of their services road surface in a dangerous condition. The Fire departed 20 seconds early. If only.... service and Police were called out to deal with the Even if the bus gets you to your destination on resulting chaos which took several hours to time, your troubles are not over. Two elderly resolve. At this point, you may be thinking 'Could ladies, one of whom is not in the best of health, the vehicle involved possibly have belonged to wished to alight in Cleobury. Despite repeated my favourite bus company?'. Yes it could! And ringing of the buzzer, the driver could not be did! At least it didn't catch fire on this occasion persuaded to stop until they reached Hollywaste. although I gather that at least one elderly cyclist The ladies then had to walk all the way back... At came off as a result of the slippery surface. least that driver was on the route – roadworks in Apparently the slick started in Bewdley and ran Lower Galdeford meant that the bus couldn't get all the way into Kiddy. The Cleobury slick was to the last stop in Ludlow and the driver didn't also said to be the cause of an accident down near know where to go (or speak much English). Newbridge. Diamond Buses said that the leak was Luckily Liz “The Navigator” Bishop was on board from their 2 service and they couldn't comment and managed to put him right. further as 'the incident is under investigation'. Just spent a week in rural North Norfolk and This is interesting as the 2 doesn't come to used the buses every day with no problems. A Cleobury so I wonder if our problem was caused comprehensive and regular service and all on earlier when that same vehicle may have been time. When you think that there is only sea on at used on the 2L route. least two sides, it makes South Shropshire look As usual, breakdowns have occurred at a almost urban. So where are our services?. Perhaps number of locations including Far Forest with Norfolk Council have ensured fair treatment for Hopton being the most common. Perhaps this is a residents throughout the whole of their patch and sign of a mysterious phenomenon which we could not spent years studiously ignoring the problems call 'The Hopton Triangle' which brings vehicles as has happened here in remote (?) South to a halt using supernatural powers. Or perhaps it Shropshire. is just caused by using clapped out and badly Steve Todd maintained vehicles. You choose. Problem: It's
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FROM THE was paid four and a half pence ended up being named Crashem (less than 2p!) per hour but had and Basham. BANDROOM to work an hour less per day 2001 saw the end of my era Christmas is coming and the than everyone else due to being with Muller at the age of 72 and band will be bringing some a junior. after 54 years service. festive cheer. Expect to see us 'A' shop was my port of call Albert Mantle outside the Parish Church on with Mr Guilder as my boss. I nd GILL AND BRIAN’S afternoon of Saturday the 2 in moved around different autos the build up to the switching on including a while working with COFFEE MORNING of the lights, at the Severn Valley Roy Burrows who is now in his We would like to thank the great Railway Santa Special at Arley 90s. In 1946 my apprenticeship Cleobury Mortimer community Station on Sunday 10th and ended and I was given a section for attending and donating to Doddington Parish Church carol of machines to run, which I was our CPV coffee morning on th service on the 17 . not familiar with. I was helped November 11th. The Christmas season is a along by the new apprentice Ted 44 people attended and we good time for us to raise money Cartwright who was a great sold 14 cakes, including for band funds and we would be asset. In 1948 a Swiss lad came Christmas cakes donated by enormously grateful for any and took my place so that I friends. We also received 16 small change that you can spare could take over my cousin’s items for the raffle. to put into our collecting tins. section while he was away on Chrissie - Jack Edwards’s The must-have ticket of the National service. mum - is donating £250 and season will be for our annual In 1950 I was diagnosed with Mawley Farm gave £100. The Christmas Concert at the Parish TB so had 2 years and 3 months total fund raised is a wonderful Hall on Sunday the 17th. Tickets off sick. 11 months of that time £625 that will pay for the casing available from Carrot Tops at was spent in the sanatorium at and fitting of the public use £10 each to include mulled wine Shirlett Broseley. I returned to defibrillator on the High Street. and mince pies in the interval. my duties in 1953. Brian and Gill Davies The bar will be open for drinks In 1958 I helped to run the NO FLICKS THIS all evening too. We look forward Muller football team and in 1963 MONTH to seeing you at our concert and became secretary to the union. Missing from the Social wish you all a very Merry and In 1965 came an all out strike for Calendar this month is ‘Flicks Musical Christmas ! better pay which eventually Mr in the Sticks,’ but they’ll be back Our website lists our Hartmann awarded. again on January 20th with forthcoming engagements and In 1973 I left for pastures new ‘A Dog’s Purpose’. also has contact numbers for (Big Mistake!) and returned in both senior and training bands. 1977, but with the prospect of www.cmcb.org.uk redundancies in 1980 I took on Katie Griffiths the security guard job in the ALBERT MANTLE’S gatehouse rather than be MEMORIES OF unemployed. In 1983 I went back onto the shop floor MULLER’S working as part of a team After reading Martin Perkins’ making parts for a new contract story of Muller’s I decided that I with Parker Pens. I stayed there would like to do a similar thing. until I retired in 1995. I was not I joined Muller’s on 30th retired for long as I was asked to March 1943 at the age of 14. My return to help out the delivery job was to collect work tickets driver on a part time basis and run errands, like collecting which turned out to be more like cigarettes and tobacco from the full time. There was much This was as near to the ‘On the newsagents. In September 1943 amusement between us and we my apprenticeship started and I Buses’ page as we could get.
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CLEOBURY PATIENTS’ Few, if any, of Doddington 3.00 at St John the Baptist, Lodge's bed places were funded Doddington. VOICE by Shropshire Council, and it is 5.00 at St Mary the Virgin In July last year, we reported our understanding that Parish Church, Cleobury the Care Quality Commission Cleobury Fields, the 60-bed care Mortimer. review of Doddington Lodge home currently under 6.30 at All Saints Parish care home, found to be construction in Cleobury, will Church, Neen Sollars. 'Inadequate' and placed in only offer self-funded places. 6.30 St Mary’s Parish Church, 'Special Measures' after Newcastle University's Institute Neen Savage. consecutive inspections revealed of Ageing predicts a UK 6.30 St George’s Parish breaches of at least five aspects shortfall of 71,000 care home Church, Milson. of the Health and Social Care places by 2025 and, for the GRANT FOR Act. Short-term improvements foreseeable future, it looks as meant a subsequent inspection though local people who need CITIZENS’ ADVICE gave the home a qualified rating residential care and are without Wyre Forest Citizens’ Advice of 'Good' and even generated a independent means are going to has been awarded a grant by the gushing article in April's have to go further afield to find Henry Smith Charity, meaning Clarion, although one could it. they can employ a full-time case now be forgiven for thinking CPV meets at the Medical worker to manage appeals, that this was another April Centre every third Monday of especially regarding disability Fools' joke. This September the the month at 6:30pm. We always benefits. This is an area of much CQC made three unannounced welcome new members so if you conflict, with appeals against returns to Doddington Lodge would like to get involved Independence Payment and and deemed it 'Inadequate' please contact us: telephone Employment Support again, with seven breaches of 01299 407224, email Allowance increased by 25 the Health and Social Care Act. cleoburypatientsvoice@hotmail. percent over the last two years. The report makes for grim, co.uk or make use of our Kate Bennett of Wyre Forest sometimes shocking, reading comments box in the Medical explained that the current case and has been featured by the Centre's reception area. worked handles over 100 cases a BBC and the Shropshire Star. month and that 65 percent of all The care home has now closed LOCAL CAROL appeals for disability benefits down, despite a last-minute SERVICES are successful. attempt by another provider to December 17th looks like being Citizens’ Advice is sometimes take it over, with its remaining a very busy and tuneful Sunday, overlooked as a source of help if residents moved elsewhere at with a wide range of Carol you need it. They are at 21-23 very short notice, and several Services in the Cleobury New Road, Kidderminster DY10 workers out of a job. Benefice. 1AF or on 01562 60194.
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Cleobury Clarion - Page !48 - December 2017 Clarion Clippings - The Local News MQP HELP THE Wafers in November, with Road Please be aware during the Safety high on the agenda. There winter that putting antifreeze in TOWN AGAIN was a report of tractor drivers fountains to stop them freezing on the High Street using their up is harmful to animals. mobile phones. There will be a Sue Eden, CPSO Police check. AN ARTS CENTRE? MQP quarry manager Hugh McGuigan explained an increase in lorry traffic as the quarry has gone through a recovery from a low position. If there are any reports of his contractors speeding, he needs a registration number or the name on the cab, plus time and place. He can check the speed of any lorry from the onboard cameras and if it has exceeded the limit there will be a warning to the driver. Town Clerk Matt Sheehan (left) Persistent problems will mean Zoe Partington and Squeeze Hems: with Hugh McGuigan and one of suspension and loss of income. artistic ambitions. the five new dog boxes now Parking in the area of the High Street regulars will have installed on dog walking routes. Primary School is to be looked at noticed that what was Hems’s Midland Quarry Products, who and possible solutions sought. butchers shop has been operate the quarry on Clee Hill, The new crossing west of the decorated recently. It’s now the have made another donation to town centre will be sited outside first stage in the Pig Nose Pippin help the town. This time it was the phone exchange, subject to arts centre. Not a name you’ll the supply and installation of the Town Council’s consent. forget easily. five dog boxes in the popular If the latest application for a It’s partners Zoe Partington dog walking spots around the grant goes through, Cleobury and Squeeze Hems offering a town. We already had two, Mortimer will have 24 CCTV shop unit with basic extra courtesy of Severn Edge Vets, cameras, which means more facilities at this stage, a handy and the amount they collect cameras than hairdressers! It’s place to show off whatever shows what an effective idea all part of preventing crime, you’re offering to the public, these boxes are. with cameras able to with a car park just 30 yards They are easy to spot with automatically recognise a car or away. their distinctive doggy profile van’s registration number. Not a The plan is to expand one of on the front of the box. You’ll comfortable feeling for anyone the oldest buildings on the street find one in the Parish paying a late visit with crime in and run art exhibitions, tuition Churchyard, two on the Playing mind - the Police will know who sessions and sales outlets, Fields, one at the Skate Park and they are. refurbishing as the demand the fifth by the gate on the path grows. It’s a surprisingly big to the caravan park. CLARION COPPER building, with lots of rooms and All we have to do now is There have been reports of a side alley way for access to a persuade dog owners to use poo several vehicles being broken range of rooms and the back bags and put them in the right into and items taken. At this garden in the summer. place. time of year especially please make sure all presents etc are Zoe is really well known in the LOCAL JOINT hidden and vehicles left secured, art world, with global COMMITTEE I will leave posters to place in connections, and they have The Cleobury Rural Local Joint car windows at the library. strong enquiries already. More Committee met at Hopton at [email protected]
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Cleobury Clarion - Page !52 - December 2017 World War One Heroes. Paul French with more on the Royal Flying Corps
First, a brief account of the development in planes 1918 over the course of the war . The final development came in this year with the 1914-1915 appearance of the large Handley Page bombers that We had the BE2 as a prominent feature of the RFC. flew on missions to bomb German cities up to the end This was not a military design, in fact not ideal at all of the conflict. having the pilot in the rear cockpit and the observer in Pilots’ Watches the front. This configuration on a biplane meant that We have seen several instances in previous pieces very little could be observed due to the wings being in how developments in technology allowed one side to the way. Machine guns could be fitted using one of catch up and overtake the other. four sockets at different positions but this required the The Great War was also an enormous catalyst for observer to stand up lift the gun and replace it in a changes in society. One example might be the new position, all this while the pilot manoeuvred. emancipation of women who took on jobs previously Guns were unable to fire through the propeller arc only done by men. At the end of the war therefore until later. society needed to embrace this change. At this stage aircraft carried out mixed duties as In 1914 wrist watches were rarely worn by men, the observation platforms, low level bombing missions and pocket watch was still order of the day irrespective of air combat. This plane was a good platform and was class. used to observe and to carry bombs, but only if the It was not uncommon to see women wearing small observer did not go as the plane would then be pocket watches on a ribbon on their wrist in the late overloaded. 1880s… more feminine and less cumbersome than 1915-1916 carrying the pocket watch. The British Military had In the summer of 1915 a German threat appeared in from the same period worn pocket watches on leather the form of the Fokker Eindecker which was a bands for ease of use. monoplane with the ability to fire forward due to the In the 1914 1918 war the front line was well forward development of a device known as an ‘interrupter’ of headquarters, there was no chance of taking which synchronised with the propeller. This plane instruction by flags or other visual methods. If developed a mystique with the Allies and was the movements were to take place at a certain time the aircraft that the early German air aces flew. The only way to coordinate action was by the watch. Pilots bubble was burst in April 1916 when a complete similarly needed to know exactly at what time they aircraft was captured (now in the Science Museum) should be at a certain position. and then flown against Allied aircraft and found to A pocket watch was entirely unsuitable. You had to have poor manoeuvrability. find it and check it wearing cumbersome clothing and 1916-1917 very thick leather gloves or gauntlets. The obvious At the end of 1916 the German Albatross fighter was thing was to adapt a pocket watch and wear it outside introduced and reigned supreme until the introduction the jacket and glove. The large numerals and large of the first new British fighter designs in mid 1917. winder (crown) meant it was easy to see, wind and The single seat Sopwith Camel was a fighter which alter. Early flyers watches mirrored these features but could carry small bombs and was used for attacking were specifically designed to be worn on the wrist. trenches. It had to fly directly towards its target to use The adoption of the wrist watch first by officers, the twin Lewis guns and was therefore vulnerable to both ground and air, rapidly spread to other ranks. fire from the ground. It was however a very nimble Those on leave wore their watches on the wrist which and manoeuvrable aircraft. caused those not serving to reconsider the issue of the The SE 5A, also a single seater, was the most suitability of wrist watches for men. By the end of the successful fighter of the conflict and armed with one 1920s the wristwatch had overtaken the pocket watch fixed gun and a tilting gun above the wing in popularity and became a ‘must have’ item. The Bristol, armed like the SE 5A but with an extra So the specific needs generated by the development Lewis gun. Sometimes a double gun flew with the of air warfare turned the very humble time piece into Camel on bombing and ground attack missions. As the an important tool for flyers. best all round fighter it was one of those adopted by If you would like to look further into the RFC, search the post war RAF. for The Royal Flying Corps 1914 -1918 which is a very useable site. Paul French
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