The Vicar & Churchwardens of Never miss your favourite BBC Clunbury Parish and the President radio programmes again and Officers of the & District ed up with missing your favourite The The Branch of the British Legion invite F radio programmes? The BBC iPlayer Parish Post 6 Number 2010 July you to a helps, but you can’t save the programmes unless they are podcasts, Serving Beambridge, Clunbury, , Coston, Cwm, Kempton, , Coffee Morning and generally they are only available for , , The Llan and Twitchen on Saturday 24 July a week after broadcast. There is an answer, provided you have a broadband If music be the food of love... with a grin “I will find someone who will 10.30 - 12.30 hakespeare wrote 'If music be the get behind me on this so we can get connection – install a simple, free at the Lawn Farm, Beambridge Road computer programme called Radio S food of love, play on,' and that's professional equipment, support etc, and (by kind invitation of Downloader. You can set up exactly what professional musician Helen get it done fantastically for nothing.” Mr & Mrs J Whitehead) subscriptions to your favourite Wright of Twitchen Road, Clunbury does. However, Helen's talents are also used Helen, who will be performing live at and enjoyed locally. She runs The Nest, In aid of the restoration of the programmes and they will be automatically downloaded and stored on the Assembly Rooms “It’s a place for women Purslow War Memorial in Ludlow on 3 July where they can come, your computer when you go online, so Admission £2 Raffle - Bring & Buy that you can listen whenever you want. has pledged half of feel safe and both You can also search for and download everything she earns enjoy and explore their single programmes provided they are to the charity Casa music. Sometimes it's Flood prevention around Alianza , a charity that just so they can get Twitchen and Clunbury listed on iPlayer. To find Radio Downloader just type it into Google. works with street mic experience, s a result of the flooding problems David Hill children and homeless sometimes someone A identified in the Parish Plan, youngsters in Central comes up and says Council have been Shropshire Council needs your America. Helen will they've written a poem investigating the problems reported views on childcare also be releasing her new single at the that they think will sound wonderful with throughout the Parish. They are having nder the Childcare Act 2006 Assembly Rooms called ‘Beautiful Me’. music. I help them do it and then I mix difficulty identifying the flooding sites in U Shropshire Council is required to “I've always had an interest in the issue and master, and the final result is their Twitchen and Clunbury. If you are able to ensure sufficient childcare to meet the of homelessness and street children, own CD. The Nest is about learning provide this information please contact needs of working parents and those plus I love the Spanish language,” said confidence, achieving something that Cllr. John Hoskins on 660192 or email parents returning to work, education or Helen “so I went on the internet perhaps they thought they'd never [email protected] with specific details training. searching for a charity that I could achieve and yet all the time it is within so that these can be passed on to They are currently seeking the views of support and discovered Casa Alianza . I them to do so. And it helps raise money Shropshire Council. local people on childcare provision in this like the way they work because they for Casa Alianza .” area. This will help identify gaps in don't only give the children physical and Sue Horder-Mason Wanted - organist for Clunbury provision and develop an action plan to emotional support, they also defend CONTACTS Church close these gaps. children's human rights in the courts and Email: [email protected] s there anyone who would be willing to This summer a questionnaire is being that is very important; just because you Phone: Sue Horder-Mason 660433 help with organ playing at Clunbury? If sent out to a random sample of don't have a home doesn't mean that you I or Sue Hill 660355 you are interested or would like to find households with children. Families who don't have rights.” out more, please contact The Reverend receive a questionnaire are being urged Helen is currently working on a song, Post: The Parish Post, Barney Bell 660342. to take part in the survey. This will help to called 'Open the Door', which is her take c/o 1 Twitchen Rd,

ensure that the views of all communities on the Live Aid song, ‘Feed the World’. Clunbury SY7 0HF If you prefer to receive The Parish Post are taken into account. She is determined to produce and sell The editorial team does not accept responsibility by email please contact us at If you do not receive a questionnaire 100,000 copies at £1 each to raise for any opinions expressed by contributors and [email protected] but would like to contribute to the survey, money for Casa Alianza and, she says reserves the right to edit contributions if deemed If you have poor eyesight and would please contact Penny Hall by telephone appropriate. prefer to receive a large print version on (01743) 254367 or email of The Parish Post please let us know. [email protected] Please send your contributions by the 15th of each month Bank Holiday teas and crafts at We were touched by people’s kindness Knot a problem Report on Kempton Village Hall Pool House Farm and enthusiasm and some people even t is here, in my AGM ow we know for sure we’ve moved came on both days, though we were a I next but one he AGM took place on 2 June. A N to the best village in Shropshire! little worried when several people said neighbour’s garden: T committee of seven members was Wow, weren’t we lucky? Saturday and they’d be back same time next Sunday. the dreaded elected (more volunteers welcome). A Tuesday we had pouring rain and the But seriously, we’d love people to drop in Japanese grant application for a new cooker and two days in between when we held our any time — the kettle is always on here Knotweed. It grows urns was approved and future events teas and crafts afternoons stayed dry, (and there are still scones in the freezer). through the discussed (Bonfire Night on 6 November even if it wasn’t that warm. Lin and Duncan Brown toughest hard being the only firm date at present). Any Despite Duncan saying almost every Pool House Farm surfaces and enquiries, please contact the secretary, day, as we worked 12 hour shifts to get multiplies at the rate Lizzie Potter, on 660418, or Richard tidy, “This is mad! Whose idea was this of knots (is this why Bright on 660250. anyway?” it turned out to be really good Summer Cheese and Wine it is called Knotweed?) and stifles Clunbury 100 Club everything else. People have been fun and we thoroughly appreciated so 7.30pm Friday 2 July ubscriptions are now due for the refused a mortgage because of it. What many of you coming and making it so at The Orchard, Clunton coming year. Anyone new interested shall we do? Move? Perhaps not: my S enjoyable and successful! by kind invitation of in joining please contact Mary Jones on gardening magazine ( Garden Answers ) Pat and Alex Harding 660316 or Maddy Matveieff on 660458 tells me it can be killed; so war is Tickets from the Church Committee declared. It can be dug out, provided the What’s in it for you? £7.50 (and £1.50 for pudding) roots are disposed of safely: soaked in ell – here we are already in June water so that they rot, or left to dry out on W and true to form the sun only Will it rain? a hard surface, but neither on the seems to show its face on the odd day or lunbury Parish Church is dedicated compost nor in the green bin. In July, so, before scurrying behind the clouds C to St Swithin, a former bishop of when the leaves are fully out, it can be again. When the weather is less than Winchester. Legends tell us that if it rains sprayed with glyphosate (Roundup). If it clement then it’s time to reach for The on St Swithin’s Day (15 July), it will rain is too tall, cut it all back and then spray Parish Post and catch up on local news for 40 days because, on that day, the regrowth when it is about 3ft tall. Or, and views. Swithin’s coffin was moved from its grave after August, Roundup can be applied It seems like no time at all since the Lin Brown and sister, Sue in the Cathedral churchyard to a splendid directly into the stems, following the first copy rolled off the presses in As Pippa Halliday said “it’s good to tomb in the Cathedral. It rained for 40 instructions below: January and the support we’ve received have targets or you never get anything days and people said it was the Saint • Cut the stems off 8 in high just above to date has been more than encouraging done.” showing his displeasure at being moved a node – but we do need your continued input. By late Monday afternoon, we’d run out form the churchyard where he had • Push a screwdriver down through the Let us know what you want to see in the of chairs and teapots, but nobody expressly asked to be buried. node Post – share your gossip and advertise seemed to mind. It was lovely to meet From the WI archives of 1980 • Pour in 10 ml of a 20% solution of forthcoming events. you all and thank you for making us feel Roundup Tree Stump and Root Killer, We need to know about local news and so welcome in the village. Songs of praise for using a pipette or a very small funnel events, anything interesting that’s You will be pleased to know we raised St. Swithin’s Day For more information a leaflet happening near you or outings being £176.65 for Clunbury School and had the oin in a special service at Clunbury 'Guidance for the control of invasive organised. You may have some best time doing it. J Church, 6.00pm on Sunday 18 July. plants' which covers Japanese gardening tips – perhaps someone I must add thanks to my sister Sue, up Please come prepared to offer your Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam and Giant knows of an easy way to rid the garden from Surrey for the weekend, who did a choice of favourite hymns to sing during Hogweed, is available from the of the scourge of rabbits who find the wonderful waitressing job; to Barbara the service. Between hymns there will be Environment Agency in Shrewsbury tel: tender young shoots of your finest plants Freeman for donating so many lovely a selection of readings from Ida Gandy’s 01743 272828. so very tempting – you do? Then please plants, jams, muffins, etc; to other ladies ‘An Idler on the Shropshire Borders’. Have you seen it somewhere near share it – we could all benefit from your who made cakes and to Trevor, for Wine, soft drinks and nibbles will be pro- you? Watch out, you could be the next knowledge! allowing us to put up the tables in his vided free after the service. victim. Good luck! This is your newsletter, help to keep it field, so we had teas with a view. M C, Kempton interesting, vibrant and informative.