Local Events Diary for March 2010 Date Time Event Location Mon 1st 12.15pm Mobile Library 12.15pm to 12.25pm at Obley Obley Tue 2nd 7.30pm Flicks - Up Lydbury North VH Number 2 Number 2010 Mar Wed 3rd 9.30am Walking Group Crown Inn CP Clunton The Parish Post Wed 3rd 10.00am Ramblers, Peramblers & Amblers walks Clun Mem. Hall CP Wed 3rd 2.30pm Craven Arms WI Methodist Hall, CA Serving Beambridge, Clunbury, Clunton, Coston, Cwm, Kempton, Little Brampton, Wed 3rd 8.00pm BCFS - Times and Winds Three Tuns, BC Obley, Purslow, The Llan and Twitchen Thur 4th 7.30pm Embroiderers' Guild - Silk Painting and Batik Fletcher Room, BCCC Fri 5th 8.00pm Flicks - Frozen River Clungunford PH Sat 6th 10.00am Embroider's Guild - Silk Painting Workshop Edgton VH Cracks in Parish War Memorial Sat 6th 7.30pm Rogue Theatre - The Family SpArC, BC Sat 6th 7.30pm Flicks - Rumba VH hen Col. Raymond the Parish Council are awaiting his Sat 6th 7.30pm Flicks - Fantastic Mr Fox Clun Mem. Hall W Savill and Malcolm report. Parish Clerk Mrs Nancy Adams Mon 8th 7.00pm Free computer help at Aston Broadplace Kangaroo Inn, Aston on Clun Redgrave were preparing Mon 8th 7.30pm Flicks - Bright Star Aston on Clun VH has said the work will be completed Wed 10th 9.30am Clunbury Walking Group Crown Inn CP Clunton our Parish War Memorial before the next Remembrance Service. Wed 10th 10.00am Clun Ramblers & Peramblers walks Clun Mem. Hall CP in Purslow for the Sue Horder-Mason Wed 10th 9.20 - Mobile Library 9.20 to 9.50am at Clunton Crown Inn, Clunton Remembrance Service 10.45am 10.00 to 10.45am at Clunbury The bridge, Clunbury last November, they Important Public Meeting Wed 10th 9.00pm Open mic. night White Horse, Clun noticed that both time Thursday 18th March at 7.30pm in Thur 11th 7.30pm SWSHAS - speaker Hugh Hannaford BCCC main hall Clunbury Village Hall Fri 12th 7.30pm Flicks - The Grocers Son Bedstone VH and the weather had taken their toll. Concerns This meeting will give Clunbury Fri 12th 7.30pm Live music - Whalebone Lydbury North VH residents the opportunity to say Fri 12th 9.00pm String Thing White Horse, Clun were immediately raised, Sat 13th 7.00pm Flicks - Coco Before Chanel SpArC, BC what role they want their Village Hall Malcolm Redgrave to play in the life of the community Mon 15th 12.15pm Mobile Library 12.15pm to 12.25pm at Obley Obley prepared a report and submitted it to Wed 17th 9.30am Clunbury Walking Group Crown Inn CP Clunton and then to appoint a new Wed 17th 10.00am Clun Ramblers, Peramblers & Amblers walks Clun Mem. Hall CP Clunbury Parish Council, who have sole Management Committee who will Wed 17th 7.00pm Local Joint Committee 19 meeting including BT SpArC, Bishops Castle responsibility for its upkeep. The report have the responsibility to make rep on local broadband service was put before the Council at the last things happen. If you would like to Wed 17th 8.00pm BCFS - A Man Escaped Three Tuns, BC meeting and they voted to take prompt see more community activities in Wed 17th 9.15pm Live folk music Crown Inn, Clunton action to get the War Memorial Clunbury don’t miss this opportunity Thur 18th 7.30pm Open public meeting to elect new Village Hall Clunbury VH to make your feelings count. Committee for Clunbury repaired. Fri 19th 7.30pm Flicks - Glorious 39 SpArC, BC Local stonemason Jonathan Wed 24th 9.30am Clunbury Walking Group Crown Inn CP Clunton Protheroe of Knighton, who has worked The Parish Post – free for Wed 24th 10.00am Clun Ramblers & Peramblers walks Clun Mem. Hall CP on war memorials up and down the three years! Wed 24th 9.20 - Mobile Library 9.20 to 9.50am at Clunton Crown Inn, Clunton country, has examined the damage and t its final meeting the Parish Plan 10.45am 10.00 to 10.45am at Clunbury The bridge, Clunbury Steering Group unanimously Wed 24th 7.30pm SW Gardening Club - Tiptoe Lydbury North VH CONTACTS A through the Tulips with David Walker agreed to provide sufficient financial Sat 27th 7.30pm Charity Shop Cabaret SpArC, BC Email: [email protected] support to enable free distribution of Sat 27th 7.30pm Flicks - Creation Clun Mem. Hall Phone: Sue Horder-Mason 660433 The Parish Post for up to three years. Mon 29th 12.15pm Mobile Library 12.15pm to 12.25pm at Obley Obley The Group also agreed to transfer its Wed 31st 9.30am Clunbury Walking Group Crown Inn CP Clunton or Sue Hill 660355 Wed 31st 10.00am Clun Ramblers & Peramblers walks Clun Mem. Hall CP Post: The Parish Post, other surplus funds to the Parish Council, with recommendations about Wed 31st 8.00pm BCFS - The Changeling Three Tuns, BC c/o 1 Twitchen Rd, For dates and times of church services at St. Swithin’s and St. Mary’s please refer to the Clun Forest their use. Deanery Magazine or the diary pages on theparishpost.org website. Clunbury SY7 0HF The editors would like to thank all the The editorial team does not accept responsibility members of the Group for their support Abbreviations and acronyms used: BC – Bishop’s Castle, BCFS – Bishop’s Castle Film Society, BCCC - Bishop's Castle Community for any opinions expressed by contributors and College, CA - Craven Arms, CP – Car Park, Flicks – Flicks in the Sticks (Arts Alive), PH - Parish Hall, SWSHAS – South West Shropshire with special thanks to Chairman, Fiona Historical & Archaeological Society, VH – Village Hall. These diary pages are compiled by volunteers as a service to the community. The reserves the right to edit contributions if deemed compilers do not accept liability for any errors or omissions or any consequences of any errors or omissions. appropriate. Hoskins. If you are aware of a local event that we could promote through future diary pages please let us know. For more information on local events go to the on-line diary pages on theparishpost.org website Please send your contributions by the 15th of each month By Appointment to HRH the Prince of Clunbury Under Fives From the Archives The finished products are sold online We meet for five sessions each Clunbury WI, February 1980 and in shops ranging from the Lydbury week in Clunbury Village Hall. We North Community Shop to Sainsbury’s recently received a good Ofsted ‘This month saw us tackling our first and Waitrose. They are also sent to grading and are a friendly and fun “panto” called “Clunburyella”, based on locations as far away as Texas and group. the famous fairy tale. Local names and Singapore. Parents and carers can always places were referred to in the script stay and play, but when your child Who would think that such a (with permission) which was written by successful enterprise would be found reaches two, you can also leave hidden in a Clunbury farmyard! them to be cared for by our fully Mrs. V. Oates, aided, abetted and Sue Hill qualified staff. changed around by the players. This effort certainly brightened up winter’s Contact us if your business has a story We run during term time from 9am ongratulations to Mike and Debbie to tell Parish Post readers. to 11.30am on Mondays and dark days. The result was an hilarious C Leviseur of the Organic Fridays and from 1pm to 3pm on success and the proceeds went to the Smokehouse, Clunbury Hall (pictured Mobile Library under threat? Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. Cobalt Unit Fund and the Village Hall.’ above left with helpers Simon and he South Shropshire Journal We also have a popular Lunch Club Michelle Evans). They were awarded a (5th Feb) reported that the Mobile from 11.30am to 1pm on Mondays, T Tuesdays and Fridays and staff Royal Warrant in January after Library Service is under review Kempton Burns Night supplying smoked salmon to Prince following a decline in user numbers. collect children from Clunbury he biennial ‘Burns Night’ took place Charles for the last five years. They The Clunbury Parish Plan Nursery on Mondays and Tuesdays. have also recently won a Countryside Questionnaire revealed that more We have a varied programme of T in Kempton Village Hall on 23rd Alliance Regional Business Award for people might use the service, events, including regular toddler January. Around 70 people gathered to the . Previously they had particularly in Clunton, if the Mobile gym, music and forest school enjoy a traditional haggis and neeps won Soil Association Organic Food were to visit in the afternoon after sessions. supper. The haggis was duly addressed Fees per session — Awards and were named ‘Food Heroes’ school time. The Questionnaire also and stabbed in the proper manner. £2.50 per family (accompanied) or by Rick Stein. raised the issue of adding further stops Tables and chairs were quickly The family settled in Clunbury in in Kempton and Twitchen. These £6 per child (unaccompanied). We would love to see you, so why not removed to make room for some 2002, a return to Shropshire for Mike findings were sent to Shropshire dancing with a Scottish flavour, led by who had attended Ludlow Grammar Council and should, hopefully, be drop into the village hall during one Ron and Dot. The dancing performance School. They had varied careers, considered in the review. of our sessions, or call Amaryllis including weaving Harris tweed, But, if we are to keep even the current Bell 01588 660342 for more details? was creative at times, and much fun nursing, managing ski chalets and level of service, more people need to was had by all. Look out for the next running a pub in Suffolk, where Mike get out there and start borrowing. Clunton Scrumpers’ Ceilidh one in 2012! produced their own smoked salmon, Those who have never visited the lunton Village Hall was packed for having learned the art when he lived in Library van will be surprised at how the Scrumpers’ ceilidh on the last C If you prefer to receive The Parish Scotland. much stock it carries – and it’s not just Saturday in January. Despite the cold Post by email (which saves paper, In the first week of operation in books – you can also borrow audio- and icy conditions folk came from as far shoe leather and the planet), please Clunbury they produced 25 sides of visual materials and request items from as Newcastle (on Clun) to enjoy smoked salmon, now with a staff of 4 the wider library system. It’s also a contact us at excellent food, music and the company and a half ( including themselves) they good place to meet and chat to people [email protected] of enthusiastic, if perhaps not very produce 250 sides per week as well as from your community. If you have family or friends living accomplished, dancers. Richard Webb, a wide range of other products including The Mobile Library visits fortnightly. In outside the parish who, you think Pat Harding and Rosie Evans smoked chicken, duck, cheese, butter, March the dates will be:- would like to receive The Parish Post olive oil, and salt. entertained us with their music whilst by email, let us know. The salmon are raised on an organic Clunton, Wed 9.20 - Ruth Webb cajoled the dancers into Crown Inn 10th & 24th 9.50am fish farm at Clare Island, off the west some semblance of order. Thanks to coast of Ireland, where they grow Clunbury, by Wed 10.00 - them and also to those who provided Clun Bridge 10th & 24th 10.45am strong and healthy, swimming against the ploughman’s supper followed by Volunteers needed the Atlantic currents. In Clunbury the Obley Mon 12.15 - scrumptious desserts – made with Could you be our correspondent for sides are cured with salt and then cold 1st, 15th, 29th 12.25pm your part of the parish? smoked over sawdust from naturally apples of course! £60 of the proceeds fallen oak trees, sourced from Onibury. Shall we use it or lose it? It’s up to you. was donated to the Severn Hospice.