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HIGH STREET the danger area and Cleobury KAS WINS THE Cafe’s staff did a sterling job and EMERGENCY moved the bread and cake sales CLARION CUP across the road to the shop left vacant when the Fruit and Veg business closed. That took them just two hours and all credit to them for such an effort. The Cafe had just had their big Christmas delivery in, which meant £2,000 worth lost. Ashley and Estelle Pugh have worked hard to make the place a success, opening seven days a week to serve good food at reasonable prices. It’s been a real asset, encouraging people to stop and take a walk around the No 18 High Street, with barriers town. to keep pedestrians clear. Rescue came with the chance Kas Elliott of Masquerade and Most of the town have known to move into the empty Councillor Paul French show off for a long time that the upper Bowketts premises, and by the the Clarion Cup. floor of No 18 High Street was time you read this the cafe and The Clarion Cup, awarded for in a bad state of repair. In all the bread and cake sales will the town’s Best Dressed December the matter came to a be in there. Estelle paid tribute Christmas Window, was won by head when, as we understand to Gwilym Butler, who made the Kas Elliott’s Masquerade, that the matter, a builder inserted an temporary site available, but the lovely shop that has adorned the Acrowprop to support the roof need for more space and the High Street for 15 years. Judging and the main beam collapsed. cooperation of landlady Birgit was on December 21st by the The roof sagged, the walls Jones took them up the road. Clarion editor and two bulged and an inspector from The cost of business and stock representatives of the Town the county declared the place lost is frightening, but the Pughs Council, who gave Masquerade dangerous. Barriers were put in are fighters and back in a unanimous victory vote. place to keep pedestrians out of business. Great news. More details on Page 17.

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Teddies and Toys people, Team Leader and Fund Raiser, Ali Sheffield, in charge at Carolyn and Keith. that’s Kimi. See Page 13. The Market Hall. Page 61. See Page 9

And On Other Pages….

5 - Fine Work by the Running Club 35 - Neen Savage W.I. 7 - New Event: The Gin Walk 37 - Jim - British Legion Hero 11 - Too Many Cameras? 41 - February in the Wyre Forest 15 - The Clarion Jobs Page 43 - On the Buses - Steve Todd 17 - Walking the New Year In. 45 - Masquerade’s 15 Years Offer 19 - Mawley Hall Update 49 - Mrs Grumpy writes. 21 - Cleobury Festival 2020 53 - Clarion Travel - Hong Kong 23 - Cleobury Mortimer Benefice 55 - CSL Art Classes 25 - Special Music at St Laurence’s 57 - Edwyn Sayers, a fine man. 27 - Grrrr! Pavement Parking. 59 - The Town Council Report 31 -Letter from Westminster 63 - Dress Is More 32 - The Social Calendar, Part One 65 - Plastic Pledgers 33 - The Social Calendar, Part Two 67 - Local Information.




 

 

 
 
 



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Cleobury Clarion - Page 4 - February 2020 Clarion Clippings - The Local News RUNNING CLUB this was a way we could support the town in its aim to GENEROSITY become dementia friendly. It’s something a lot of us have already been exposed to and know someone who is already living with dementia.” Councillor Jon Bodenham, said: “Not only has CMRC helped raise awareness of dementia but the money that All smiles as the Shropshire has been raised will help to go Federation hand over a cheque for towards further dementia £455 to the county Domestic Abuse friendly projects. Thank you to Service. From left: June Turner of From the left: Lisa Bailey, Andie everyone in the club for all their the Federation, outreach workers Ford, Jon Bodenham, Ian Steele help.” Sharna Morris and Hayley Hirst and Jo Watson. and Paula Pierce of the Federation. In January Cleobury Mortimer SHROPSHIRE Running Club handed over a FEDERATION W.I. RAINBOW CANCER cheque for £250 to Jon Last September, as part of our CARE FOUNDATION Bodenham, the town councillor centenary celebrations, I John Gaskell of Rainbow responsible for the Dementia organised a camping event in handed over cheques totalling a Friends initiative. Much Wenlock for WI members whacking £22,450 to a range of The club raised the money around the country. We raised local charities at the Golf Club at through donations at their £455 for Shropshire Domestic the end of last year. That makes Halloween fancy dress run and Abuse Service from donations the total raised in just ten years red and white hats sold to given from campers. an amazing £106,450 all for local members, kindly knitted by a As Climate Ambassador I am charities. mum of one of the coaches. All organising an event for the John lost his lovely wife Ange topped up with a donation from 'Show The Love' campaign at last year, but the Rainbow income generated by the 10k Attingham Park on 15th Cancer Care Foundation they race held earlier this year. February. Part of this campaign founded is carrying on its fine Treasurer Andie Ford will also include a woodland work in her memory. Their big commented: “We are real walkway at Attingham to show event is already booked into this advocates of running and the off green hearts. Lots of other year’s Golf Club calendar on benefits it has to improving organisations are involved in Friday, July 3rd. It’s great to physical and mental health, and this event including the Wildlife have such support that benefits wellbeing. As the largest club in Trust, Friends of the Earth, local needs to this extent. Thank Cleobury Mortimer, we felt that Natural England and lots more. you, John.

Cleobury Clarion - Page 5 - February 2020 Cleobury Clarion - Page 6 - February 2020 Clarion Clippings - The Local News

WALKING FOR cheeses to our magnificent their needs Buying it was a cheese board. challenge: the property was HEALTH Cooking that much rice was a subject to a local ‘Agricultural The first outing this month, on bit more difficult but the Tie’, requiring the new owner to the 12th, will be an ‘Away Day’ kindness of the Lamp be employed in agriculture, with a visit to Wyre Forest Restaurant saved the day. They horticulture, or forestry. Sue Visitor Centre. Members meet at generously cooked, donated and applied to buy the property, as a the Sports and Social Club car even delivered the rice to the genuine smallholder, with years park on Love Lane, where Hall. It was a pleasure to see so of experience, and every transport will be available for many people enjoying the intention of farming the land. those who prefer not to drive. different home cooked Curries. She met the requirements, but On the 26th they will be back There was also a Chicken was told that if she bought Little to their regular habit of meeting casserole, especially provided Detton, no-one else could live at the Market Hall for a start at for the Non-Curry eaters and so with her unless they were a 10.00 and a return to the CoCo many fabulous puddings. And dependent. So James would not Coffee Morning for a warm t h e n t h e r e w a s t h e be allowed to live with his wife, drink and possibly a little cake. entertainment by our very own as he had his own business Alan Kimber can tell you more artists, from the ancient art of elsewhere! He decided to give on CM 271754 or Egyptian Belly dancing to up his business, and work most [email protected] singing and reciting amusing of the time on the smallholding, THE GIN WALK poems. Thank you everyone for as this was the only way the Not to be confused with making the evening such a terms of the ‘Tie’ could be met. Walking for Health, you success. Altogether £1000+ was Success! – they moved to Little understand. It’s an intriguing raised. Isn’t it amazing what we Detton in 2017. title for a new fund raising have achieved together whilst They have expanded their event, organised by Shaunah having so much fun. farming to include cows, Jacob Murrell for Severn Hospice. Gabby Franklin sheep, pigs, turkeys, ducks, and “Like the Wine Walk, but with THE BREAKFAST chickens, and they farm in a gin,” as she put it. CLUB sustainable, low-input way. The It’s on Friday, April 3rd, from perfect backdrop for their 7.00 to 10.00 in the pm and there The Club met at the Golf Club In December to hear the Reverend retreat. If that wasn’t enough to will be three homes open to do, Sue (already ordained as a welcome you and serve a glass Sue Barrett explain how she and husband James settled in Priest in 2007) also became a of beverage. Buy your tickets Licensed Assistant Minister to from Cleobury Chiropractic, The Cleobury a few years ago. Following the death of James’ our Benefice in 2017. She feels Larch Barn, Swift’s Bakery or that God has guided her Cleobury Pharmacy. More mother in 2012, both Sue and James felt that God was calling throughout the last few, details from Shaunah on 07929 momentous, years. 274 767 them to set up a retreat. At that time they were living The Club does not meet in THE CURRY EVENING in Feckenham, near Redditch, January, so the next meeting will Apologies to Gabby Franklin running a smallholding, and be on February 11th at Lacon that this report appears so late, James was a hands-on Childe School and our speaker but we simply did not have blacksmith with his own will be Olwen Sales with "In the room in the busy December/ business. Although they were Saddle". Those wishing to attend January issue. Ed able to establish their own house should contact Angela Drennan The need to help raise funds as a retreat, it was not ideal for (270636) to book places, and are for the heating project at St the purpose, and they did not asked to arrive a little earlier Mary’s led to a most enjoyable have sufficient land for their than usual – by 7.20 am, please. evening. Many talented and farming plans. A move was generous people were pleased to essential. After searching, they Mark Baldwin donate all the food, cook a found Little Detton, which met Curry, make a dessert and bring Cleobury Clarion - Page 7 - February 2020   
  
 

  
  


 

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TEDDIES AND TOYS and Keith’s old company picked Carolyn and Keith are simply up the bill for a container sent to big hearted people who Syria, where war has left too recognise that they can help many children orphaned and orphaned and deprived struggling. They have to be children, the innocents who careful that the little bears don’t suffer most when war breaks out contain anything like batteries - or drought hits crops. Just very common today. They take getting them to sit down and the batteries out and sew the talk about it took a long time, an bears back up. indication of how modest they The Teddy Trust is Leominster are about the time and effort based, where Ellie Somme they give to others. started it six years ago. The APOLOGIES Balmers are typical of the selfless Oh dear, the December/January people who give time and issue of the Clarion had a good finance to make life better for ration of errors. It started with deprived children. Like buying the editor putting Neen Savage’s Carolyn and Keith Balmer, long bags of children’s clothing from Saint Mary’s Church in the low term supporters of charities that the Severn Hospice Shop and hills around Kinlet. That was help deprived children. sending it where it’s needed quite a removal job! Teddies and Toys is the charity most. Like children in India Then Councillor Jon support operation that rents an suffering from inherited AIDS. Bodenham was renamed as office in the Market Hall. Just so They realised that much of the Bateman in the headline of his that anyone with suitable toys charity clothing was being sold story on Page 39, though the their children have outgrown on to Africa, where traders then credit at the end of that piece can leave them there and they made a profit by selling it. They gave Jon his correct name. will be passed on to children arrange to send direct to And finally the website for the who simply don’t get gifts in charities over there. And if they Men’s Shed was given as their normal life. are offered household or office www.cms.co.uk. It’s not, it has a Small teddy bears go to Jenny goods, they pass them on to full name: Vanderhook’s Christmas shops like our own Severn www.cleoburymortimermensshe Shoebox operation and they also Hospice branch, who have a d.co.uk. have a cooperative arrangement ready market for hole punches. Humble apologies to all those with the Severn Hospice Shop They’ve given support to offended by such sloppy work. and pass on fabrics that can be orphanages in Dar es Salaam, Is it time for the old feller to sold as fund raisers. Teddy bears Bali and India and have visited retire and just mind his own seem to have a universal appeal Cape Town to give aid there. business?

People of Cleobury, can you help us again by gifting us more teddies and soft toys. We are mounting a big push, so we need your help. With your help we have sent soft toys to deprived children all over the world, and even sent them to less fortunate children in the UK. Please help by dropping your treasured soft toys off at the Market Hall in Cleobury. Keith Balmer [email protected] 07976207889

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TOO MANY villains all piled into the car system the town has now they arrived in and headed for records every vehicle passing CAMERAS? home. The cameras had their through, about 7,500 on an The town has obtained grants for number and it was passed on to average day. If you’re driving on Closed Circuit Television (or the police. honest business, that’s not a CCTV if you prefer) cameras in Up the hill at Doddington, problem. But if a known criminal recent years. At one time it Gary Shorthouse had a truck and comes this way, there’s a very seemed that there was a contest trailer stolen one night; together good chance our camera system to see which was the most worth about £15,000. The first he will record the fact. common facility in Cleobury, knew was in the morning, when It’s a compliment to our system cameras or hair dressers. there was no trace of two of the that Blakedown, Broseley and Cameras are ahead at the essential tools of the farm’s Ludlow councils have been to moment. business. His wife Deana put a examine what Cleobury So what do they all do? There message out on Facebook and a Mortimer does and are planning are about 24 cameras, watching responder reported a truck and similar installations of their own. over the town 24 hours a day. We trailer stopped on Ludlow Road With the excellent example of don’t have someone sitting in an to sort out a problem late that free SmartWater issued to every office watching them all day night. That established the time household and the We Don’t Buy long, but if there is an incident and a search of camera records Crime drive making the sale of they can all be checked to see gathered at the office in the fire stolen goods very risky, it’s no what happened. A good example station showed truck, trailer and accident that this is a low crime is cars on the main street the villains’ car, complete with area. It’s no excuse for being damaged by passing vehicles; that vital number. complacent and thinking we Town Clerk Matt Sheehan tells Deana Shorthouse is full of don’t have to be vigilant and us that the image is so clear that praise for the police and the look out for thieves, but this is we can read the number plates of action at the fire station that got not the sort of soft target that a vehicle, and that in a number their truck returned. Insurance criminals like to find. And don’t of accident damage incidents the covered the trailer loss, as that forget that if you do see guilty party could be identified. had been quickly sold on, but the something suspicious, call 101 Pass that record on to your truck came back. “We got and report it. insurance company and the married soon after and I told chance of a settlement is much people we didn’t need more WISE BIT greater. Pyrex, so we asked them for a “Time spent reading is never time That number plate recognition donation for the fire station, as helps in tracing people involved wasted.” they’d been absolutely brilliant.” Veronica Hargreaves in all sorts of incidents outside There are other examples of CM Reading Group the town. Like the Land Rover thieves being traced as they pass December 2019 stolen and run down Ron Hill in through the town in the course a vain attempt to get it started. of their nasty business. But the When that didn’t work, the BILL’S QUALITY METALWORK 5 GREENFIELD ROAD, CRAVEN ARMS SY7 9QU Manufacturing Made to Measure Gates and Railings, Balconies and Staircases, Handrails, Carports, Structural Steelwork and Mobile Welding Service. Phone Bill on 07973 248 016 Mobile or 01588 673 914 Office for a free quote

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TEAM KIMI THE HALF DEAD with stalls selling cards and gifts plus plenty of cake and tea POETS’SOCIETY or coffee on offer. A small but interesting group We raised a wonderful £525 met in the library late in for the Edwards & Hinckesman December and shared a wide Foundation, a charity that range of readings. From supports local young people Wordsworth to Tony Smith and through their educational David Walford, via Roger studies. Charles Whitworth, one McGough and Bob Dylan of the trustees, said “We are amongst others. Bob Charteris enormously grateful.” hit the right note by reading one I was really pleased with how of Tony Smith’s works and we it went. As a family we feel it is laughed a lot, the best answer to important to give something the uncertain world we live in. back to the a Foundation which Our meeting this month is on has supported both of our Monday the 24th, 7.30 in the children through their further town library. Come, read or just The amazing Team Kimi, Bev education. listen and enjoy the company. and Kathie and one very Alison Andrews appealing little owl, reported RHYME TIME Thank you for that report, Alison. their total funds raised in 2019: It seems only right to follow a Published late because we had to £10,176.60p split between report of adults enjoying poetry get the December issue off to the Bayton’s Nineveh Care Farm to tell you about the other printer on time. JR. and New Bridge Cat Rescue. extreme of the age scale. The ROCK PATHFINDERS There’s no rest for the team, tots from Ever After Nursery Two February walks again this who have set themselves a 2020 will be in the library from 10.30 month. On Thursday the 6th it target of double that very to 11.00 on Wednesday the 5th starts at 10.30 from Droitwich impressive 2019 figure. Not a to begin the process of listening Canals Gateway Park on the penny for themselves, all of it and learning about the really B490 Hanbury Road. WR9 7DU for the two needy causes they imaginative use of our or SO Reference 916630. favour. It’s that great Cleobury language. On Thursday the 20th it’s Mortimer kind heartedness CHARITY MORNING much nearer home with a start coming out again. Don’t miss AT NEEN SAVAGE from The Sun and Slipper at them at the Cleobury Country Mamble, DY14 9JL or SO We had a brilliant morning Farmers’ Market through the reference 689716. Same starting down at Neen Savage Parish year, plus lots of other regional time, everyone welcome to both Hall on November 23rd. There events. events. Details: Alan on 01299 was a Christmassy atmosphere 400304.


                     
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BRANSON AUTOMOTIVE - VACANCIES One of the UK’s most successful Autoglym franchise distributors are recruiting for: 1. A part time Delivery Driver/Warehouse Person. Clean driving licence and enjoy customer interaction with attention to detail? Fit and healthy? Please contact us. 2. A Van Based Autoglym Salesperson for the Shropshire area, based in Cleobury Mortimer. A challenging position, maintaining and driving new business within an agreed customer base. Excellent communication skills with customer focus essential. Selling experience ideal, but not necessary as training will be given. Must have full UK driving licence for 3.5 tonne vehicles and above. Please forward your CV to: Branson Poyner, Branson Automotive Ltd, New House Farm, Tenbury Road, Cleobury Mortimer DY14 8RD. Email branson [email protected] or phone 01299 832900 for an informal chat.

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For an information pack please contact us on 01743 260220, or email [email protected], stating your name, address and quoting Cleobury Mortimer

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WALKING THE NEW Arms. The editor, claiming THE CLARION CUP shortage of breath, took the YEAR IN The Cup and replica that each shorter route along Lower Street year’s winner of the Best The Footpath Association had a to the welcoming warmth of the record attendance at their New Dressed Window at Christmas KA to get the first beer in and will win, has been sponsored by Year Parish Walk, with 49 keen wait for the main party to arrive. people gathering at the Parish the Cleobury Clarion. The idea In a piece of logical thinking, is to encourage traders to build Church and setting off for a tour secretary and treasurer Mazella of the town’s outer environs. on the appeal of the Christmas was collecting the annual subs. lights and encourage people to With a free lunch courtesy of the visit our town. KA’s Wendy, there was no The judges were the Clarion dissent. The ease with which we editor, Councillor Paul French moved along paths, thanks to and Town Clerk Matt Sheehan, metal kissing gates instead of who walked up and down the the old stiles that caused long, High Street before sitting down slow queues, is a credit to the and comparing lists over a cup CMFA and the work they do to of tea. It was not an easy task, keep access to the paths clear. with a lot of traders taking I talked to recent recruit Bruce trouble to put on a good display, Atkinson, who combines a love but Kas Elliott’s lovely little of the countryside with work as Masquerade shop was the a specialist builder and summer agreed winner. weekends racing his classic Alfa The Cup was handed over on Easy access through the CMFA Romeo. If that’s not a well installed kissing gates meant less January 6th, when the rounded man, I don’t know Shropshire Star’s photographer delay in moving from field to field. what is. A westward loop to join took a big range of shots to put The lunch was a simple but on the pages of the county’s top Tenbury Road and branch off very tasty affair. Dishes of bread down Eagle Lane before the selling paper. Another boost for on the tables and a small dish of Cleobury as a place where long haul up Clarvers to join the chicken curry or three bean chilli Bayton road towards town things are happening. served to go with it. I would The competition will be a before branching off at The happily go and pay money for White House to slither down the feature of future Christmases that chilli - really nice. and the cup and the winner’s steep drop to the farther I was later home than I had stretches of Pinkham. Back to replica will be in the expected, but the walk and the Masquerade window for all our Lower Street, where the more pleasant company and good energetic went right for readers to see as they pass up food made the hours fly by with the High Street. The editor can Papermill Cottages and a climb little evidence of their passing. back to gather at the Kings tell you that Kas does a great job The New Year started well. JR on curtains and furnishings.

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With the New Year in sight, recovery and The initial works to repair the infrastructure restoration work at Mawley Hall continues in of the Lower Forge and enhance the fish pass earnest, with much activity visible from the have been completed, although the waterfall footpaths and bridleways which cross the suffered significant damage during the Estate. autumn floods, with some sections of the The extensive addition of native trees stone walling being washed away or continues, with approximately seven hectares undermined. The remaining structure has of woodland planting taking place within the been stabilised and a temporary dam created western part of the Estate during the winter along its crest. These measures will restrict months. At the same time, carefully selected the flow of water during the remainder of the parkland trees will be planted in the areas winter. The structure is being inspected in known as 90 Acres and Sadlers, and alongside detail and lasting repairs will be carried out the River Rea. next summer. Following the granting of licences, some At the same time, Shropshire Council has commercial forestry plantation has been taken asked for a closure of the Upper Forge down, and the areas thus cleared will be footbridge because of flood damage. The restored to paddocks in the spring. Estate has brought in structural engineers to The repair of drystone walling in the fields assess what remedial works are necessary in alongside the North Drive and the Estate’s order to help the Council get the footbridge cemetery has been completed. Work will re-opened as soon as possible. begin soon on the repair of walls around the Extensive masonry restoration of the Coach Old Deer Park, starting at the Lower Forge House continues, with the carved stonework and continuing westwards towards Rookery. around the top of the building being removed Using oak and chestnut – in common with the piece-by-piece to effect repairs. tree guards which can be widely seen on the The replacement of the roof covering of the Estate – the installation of new fencing Barn using handmade clay tiles is well continues along the bridle path past 90 Acres, underway. The opening up of the original and in due course will continue in other areas. 18thC brick ventilation holes to the exterior A temporary compound has been created in walls continues along with general masonry the field above the walled garden to repairs. Carpentry repairs are underway to accommodate machinery and materials. This the large oak beams supporting the floors, will be removed entirely once works on the with original members being kept and re-used walled garden are completed. Weeks of heavy wherever possible. rain mean that the ground is saturated, and A temporary covering of the Summerhouse work has been delayed to avoid unnecessary has been constructed to enable the skilled damage to the delicate topsoil structure masons who will join the team shortly to within the walled garden. work in dry conditions over the winter.

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CLEOBURY FESTIVAL our Facebook page for pictures on gorse removal where it and “like” us. 2020 becomes tall and dense. We are This month’s walk is on the trying to create diversity where The Festival 2020 is now in the 2nd at 10.00 from St Mary’s gorse has dominated, by planning stage. It will be held Church. Make sure you have creating more open patches at Lacon Childe School on June suitable footwear as it’s likely where grass, heather and other 27th from 11.00 to 5.00 to stay muddy. The popular The organisers would like to Walking for Health walks plants can establish and break know what attractions people continue through winter, twice up the dense gorse mat. Small would like. We would also monthly Wednesday mornings; pools and damp areas are appreciate constructive www.cmfa.co.uk for details. particularly valuable, dense feedback on last year’s festival The walk on February 12th gorse can shade the water body so we can improve what we meets on the Sports and Social and surrounding plants, and on offer in 2020. Club car park for transport to bell pit mounds it can damage We will have forms and the Wyre Forest Visitor Centre valuable grassland habitat. collection boxes in the town for Graham Simpson We have had problems with your comments. In the short CATHERTON COMMON term please leave your garden rubbish and green Reptiles such as common lizard comments on the Festival waste fly-tipped over the and slow worms are prolific on Facebook Page or with me on autumn and early winter. the common compared to paulfrench143@yahoo .com. People often tidy their gardens elsewhere in the countryside If you can help in any way before winter sets in and don’t th and are looking for bracken with preparation or on the 27 realise the problems it can please leave your details at the litter to hibernate in over create if left on the common. If contacts above.Why not winter. Bracken needs to be you see any waste dumped on controlled on the common, but volunteer and be
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DODDINGTON never seen that, but we never Nettles and Timothy West. did. Still, seeing the children Ulrich von Hecker will play FRIENDSHIP CLUB open their shoe boxes is always violin and Kim Begley will Happy New Year! Doddington a magical experience which I narrate the story. The Friendship Club will restart on can never tire of and which performance starts at 1.00, there the March 10th.
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The club takes place Here’s to next year! this. The musicians will also every alternate Tuesday from Jenny Vanderhook perform Stravinsky’s ‘Suite 2.00 to 4.00pm at the Village THE SOROPTIMISTS Otalienne’ and Schubert’s Hall starting with the date as ‘Sonatina in A Minor’. Such a mentioned. Ann Belcher We have a Big Curry Night on February 28th, 7.00 for 7.30 at setting promises well. THE CHRISTMAS Baxter Church, Bull Ring, SEVERN HOSPICE SHOE BOXES Kidderminster. For tickets at £20 In December Severn Hospice It may have taken us all year but call 07817 808320. Bring your held Advent Lunches in the what a result! 1,666 shoe boxes own drinks. All in aid of our Market Hall, serving soups and were sent from Cleobury National Project, ‘Empowering apple puddings. All provided, Mortimer and the surrounding Girls in Nepal.’ Sue Partridge. free of charge, by our lovely villages, some going to Romania SPECIAL MUSIC AT ladies and the events raised over and the rest to Moldova. An £300 for Hospice Funds. The army of you helped in so many SAINT LAURENCE’S Men’s Shed organised a weekly ways and it all added up to such David Gaukroger, one time Raffle which raised £130 for an incredible and record Cleobury resident and their project. amount. I would like to pass on internationally recognised as a Many thanks to Ashley’s the happy smiles and thanks pianist, composer and judge, Bakery for providing the bread, from the children who received will be performing his new to Mawley Milk for the cream our gifts. Gabby Franklin and work ‘Shropshire Journey’ in for the sweets, and to all the myself went out to Romania for St.Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, volunteers who gave up their a week just before Christmas to on Saturday the 15th this month. time to organise the lunches and help give out boxes. I looked but The work is built around help on the day. did not see any of our boxes. I Housman’s ‘Blue Remembered Our thanks to all who supported Hills’; David wrote the music for kept hoping to give out Home our event. Gayna Woodland boxes to the grown ups as I have the theatre piece featuring John

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MORE PAVEMENT folks attend and by general The British Legion will be agreement, a fantastic time was hosting a quiz on February 18th PARKING had by all. Thanks go to Ashley at 7.30pm and on February and Estelle Pugh and Cleobury 22nd, CM Rugby Club are at Co-Op for their bread and food home to Old Saltleians, kick-off donations. And thanks to Trevor at 2.15pm. Wood and Years 5/6 from Finally, on March 1st, the Club Cleobury Primary School Choir hosts its annual Big Quiz. This for entertainment and getting us year, all proceeds will go to the in the Christmas spirit. Sports and Social Club. Register February starts with a your team of up to six people at What can you say about parking Volleyball Club Race Night on 7pm for a 7.30pm start, cost £15 like this, even if it was only for a Saturday 1st, start time 7.30pm. per team. short while? People are walking CM Rugby Club are also at For more information please into the road, and that is dangerous. We won’t give the writer’s home against Harborne on this call in at the Club, or contact us name, but they say they realise day, kick- off 2.15pm. on 01299 271448 or via our that the driver had a job to do, The Six Nations Rugby Facebook Page. Glenys Turpin. with a collection to make. “The Tournament also kicks off on HOPTON CAROLS fact that he completely blocked this day with Wales v Italy at Great to see the church full, the pavement and parked on 2.15pm. On Sunday, 2nd around 80 in all. Many thanks to double yellow lines caused February, France play England, the ticket sellers and those who problems for us as pedestrians. kick-off 3pm. For this and every Three of us, plus a young lady gave prizes for raffle and England match following on 8th, with a baby in a push chair were auction. Ashley conducted the 23rd February 7th and 14th March, forced to walk in the road.” service and was MC for the hot beef rolls and Yorkshire “Parking in town and the evening; Brian Perry auctioneer. level of traffic passing through Pudding will be served. The Thanks to Cooks the Florists remains an unsolved and quite Club will be showing all the Six for the Christmas tree and to all Nations matches on its big serious issue,” was the final those who donated auction remark from our contributor. screen; come and support your items and mince pies. Few would argue with that teams in the home of rugby in On March 7th we welcome the logic. Cleobury Mortimer. Kidderminster Male Voice Choir THE SPORTS AND On February 14th, a Pie and A at 7.00. Tickets at £10 will Pint in aid of Severn Hospice SOCIAL CLUB include refreshments. The Senior Citizens Christmas will take place, 7.30pm start at a Marilyn Wood party on December 6th saw 60 cost of £10 a ticket.

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CLEOBURY W.I. fundraising for ‘The Men’s winter. Talking as she worked, We finished 2019 with a Shed’ and hope you will enjoy she pictures in her head how Christmas meal at the KA and the soups, bread and butter and the arrangement will develop; wondered what January’s a variety of puddings. There she does a sketch if she is doing monthly treat might bring. will also be a raffle. We look a presentation, to make sure she There was much fun to be had forward to seeing you. has assembled all she needs. in a ‘percussion evening’ and Gabby Franklin She completed her first we actually made music. Our BUBBLES AT arrangement, then added a few Tutor Tim Scarborough gave strategic tulips to add colour, BITTERLEY then amazed by creating three everyone an African drum, a Arts Alive have an event at bell or a shaker and told us more superb arrangements, all Bitterley Village Hall on the different in design. We finished about the importance of African 21st of this month. It’s Nick drumming. People use it to call the evening with an auction, as Cassenbaum in ‘Bubbles Marion donated her works of for help, celebrate various Schmeisis’ and is as Yiddish as occasions and announce what is art to raise funds for the Society. it sounds. It’s set in the Our next meeting will be on happening with scores of Canning Town Schvitz, the last different drummings. It was February 10th, when we will authentic bath house and takes learn the history of the walled amazing how loud and quiet you on a journey before we could get and how well we garden from William Scott. rounding off with a live Liz Smurthwaite listened to each other and the Klezmer music gig. Lots of instructor. Everyone enjoyed laughs along the way. SOUP AT MELVILLE the experience, especially when It all starts at 7.30, tickets are The Melville Chapel that is we made a louder noise than £10, available from Ruth or such a landmark on the road the ringing bells in the church Andrew on 01584 318047. There from Doddington to Oreton next door. Thank you Tim for will be refreshments in the and beyond, will be offering a coming to Cleobury Mortimer. interval, but if you want to sip a Soup Lunch on February 12th, We are looking forward to little alcohol, you’ll have to take between 12.30 and 2.00. That February 11 when Jamie your own. must be worth a visit if you’re Mackaill will talk about ‘Taking in the area. HORTICULTURAL a stand against SCAMS’. We all BINGO CLUB need to become more aware of SOCIETY Just a memory jogger about the this kind of terrible fraud. The In January we enjoyed an Bingo Club at the Sports and WI would like to invite you all evening with member Marion Social Club every Monday to our next ‘Winter Warmer Wilson who brought a variety night at 8.00. £1 to get in and Lunch’ on Thursday, February of containers to show how to £4.30 for eight games, with cash 19 at the Market Hall. We are use what is in the garden in prizes if it’s busy. Great value.

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Roads in South Shropshire That isn’t to say Shropshire has received no Last month, following the wet autumn and funding from central government to fix the state winter, I was struck by the unusual volume of of our roads. In September last year Shropshire complaints I have received from folk concerned – Council were awarded £7.3m, through which quite properly - about the very poor state of many stretches of 46 of the county’s roads were roads across South Shropshire. resurfaced, 25 of which were in South Shropshire. Having visited relatives over Christmas in other The government also provided over £1m in rural counties, I am convinced Shropshire’s roads 2016/17, and over £1.3m in 2017/18 to improve include some of the most pothole-ridden in the our roads through the Pothole Action Fund. But I country. So I am clear urgent action is needed not am making the case that the recent condition of just to prevent further deterioration and damage Shropshire’s roads is so poor, we need our next to vehicles – but also for durable improvements, allocation sooner, rather than later. with repairs which will last. Responsibility for maintaining local roads is A report from the County Councils Network split between Highways England and Shropshire highlighted the significant disparity between Council, with funding from central government. urban and rural areas, in how much funding they So I also raised the issue of potholes with other have available to tackle potholes and road repairs. Shropshire MPs at our regular meeting with London Councils are able to spend 83% more than Shropshire Council last month, to make clear we the West Midlands on road repairs. need further action from the Council through its I have taken this issue up with the Roads highways contractor to rectify the problem and Minister – a task made easier by the Conservative improve the condition of our roads. Party manifesto pledge at the General Election to We can all play our part by reporting potholes a flagship £2bn pothole fund over the next four we see to Shropshire Council - since there are over years – as well as other key transport issues for 3,100 miles of roads, cycle ways, and footpaths in South Shropshire. For example, I have also urged Shropshire, which clearly cannot all be the Minister to ensure Shropshire is included in continuously inspected. You can do so online at any future pilot of the Superbus Network – a https://shropshire.gov.uk/roads-and-highways/ppgp// p g / gyg y/ scheme currently being piloted for the first time in highways-maintenance/pothole-maintenance-gy /p p Cornwall - to improve public transport in rural and-repair/pp/. areas. We have seen colder Springs in recent years, But on potholes, the government is both aware including 2018’s Beast from the East, which left us of the scale of the problem, and has committed to playing catch up in maintaining local roads. So making funding available to local authorities – this is an issue that does need urgent action, two key elements to delivering action on this which I shall be pressing the government and issue. The last Pothole Fund was allocated 74% to Shropshire Council to deliver. rural shires, and I will press Ministers to allocate the resources in the same manner for this £2bn Philip Dunne fund.

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amazing amount for a rural MUSIC HALL? I have been doing some branch of the movement. Then Is that possible? It seems so, fundraising already, like selling came 2019… because Tina Hobin has plans to Christmas quizzes before In October the branch produce just such a thing and is Christmas with help from the launched their campaign at The looking for local people who local Brownie and Guide leaders Collier’s Arms and the M5 would be interested in taking (Pat was a Guide leader for Strensham North Services area. part. As you’d expect, it will many years) which has raised It just grew from there, involve comedy, singing and £362. I drew the winner and including a Carriage Drive in dancing. Expect guidance from Kendon Polak won. the Wyre Forest as a big effort Tina herself, who produced the I have also sold 26 memory was made. And at the New Year same kind of event when she ribbons - dedicating a mile of branch meeting the total raised lived in Oxfordshire in the my run to a loved one.
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Happy New Year. Just after the last 'Clarion' let me know if this is not the case). As I write went to press, we were told that R&B were this (17 Jan), they are not charging. pulling out of both the 291 and 292 services and Perhaps we should take a cue from Berlin as surrendering their operators licence with effect the buses there are known to be unreliable with from 5th January. The service was re-tendered grumpy drivers. Far from this being regarded by Worcestershire (why?) and you know who as a problem, it is apparently considered by was successful. This seemed a strange move as Berliners as a fine tradition which should be not long ago, Diamond were desperate to get celebrated. Perhaps users in Cleobury could rid of the 292 (although not as desperate as we greet drivers arriving late by demanding that were to see them go). It may be that, because of they be even later and grumpier. (On reflection, the more sensible route and R&B's efforts, this might not be a good idea as I'm sure they passenger numbers had improved enough for don't need further encouragement). money to be made. Even stranger was their A recent survey has shown that bus use now success, as we have been told that cost is only represents only 4% of road mileage covered, one factor that is taken into account when down from over 40% in the 1950's. This should appointing operators. Other considerations not come as a total surprise as, if you want include reputation and competence and if this people to use buses, you need to provide them. was the case, Diamond shouldn't have got a This is not helped by the condition of the roads look in given their past performance (or lack of around Cleobury which is a disgrace. I have it) on this route not to mention their repeated just read that two petitions had been presented appearances before the Traffic Commissioners. to the House of Commons complaining about Having said this, I have now been told that, the state of the roads from Cleobury to despite expressions of interest, only Diamond Bridgnorth and Tenbury and asking for repairs submitted a bid so there was no alternative and to be funded. This looked a promising we have been delivered back into the clutches development until I saw the date which was of the Beast.... The good news for users of the 1761... So, 260 years later, nothing has changed 291 service is that they have been spared as this although you would have thought that even is now being run by Yarrantons. Shropshire Council would have sorted this by True to form, by the end of the first week, a now... They are probably basking in their number of services had run late, one bus had success in the 'Life in the Fast Lane' category of caught fire, another was spotted struggling up the 'Private Eye' annual 'Rotten Borough' Hopton Bank at walking pace with its hazard awards. Details of their entry were set out last lights flashing and drivers were demanding month but they have now beaten all comers so various sums including the full £5.90 fare from congratulations to those concerned. the unfortunate users of the 08.54 to Kiddy. A project in the North of England to provide Their usual standards of customer service an integrated 'pay as you go' travel system included ejecting an 82 year old woman from using contactless cards across the north has the bus when she refused to pay. This seems to fallen at the first fence due to the refusal of bus confirm that there is little prospect of companies to take part. This was due to cost competence from our favourite bus company £150 million. The organisers, Transport for the although at the start of week 2, this problem North are now proposing to focus their was said to have been resolved (Thank you attention on rail travel, so not very integrated Madge) and there should be no charge on the then. 08.54 for holders of wrinkly passes like me (but The Clarion is on the World Wide Web From the fourth day of the month, on www.cleoburyclarion.co.uk complete with all the adverts, so Julie’s ‘His n Hers’ dog grooming service may get an enquiry from New Zealand. If she does, we feel her normal service of collecting the pooch may not be on offer.

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Congratulations to Shropshire Council for voice telling me that 'there is an unexplained winning a national award in a long running item in the bagging area' or 'please wait for annual competition. Normally this would be assistance' which often doesn't come very good news and recognition of a job well done quickly. It's also a nightmare to get the useless but sadly, the award in question, is for the plastic banknotes into the appropriate slot if 'Life in the Fast Lane' category of the Private you can locate it. I did once try the 'scan it Eye 'Rotten Boroughs' awards given to the yourself' system using a hand held scanner most deserving examples of incompetence which worked OK until I got to the checkout and shady dealing by Boroughs and Councils when I was selected for a 'random check'. This throughout the land. It relates to the spending involved dragging half the goods back out of of over £80,000 on resurfacing the lane the trolley and scanning them again to leading to a Shropshire Councillor's home confirm I had done it in the first place (I had). (and not much else) even though the lane in So much for 'swift and enjoyable'. question was not even on the local Parish I see that Dominic Cummings, Boris Council's list of areas needing attention. This Johnson's guru/organ grinder, has launched a despite the fact that even the main roads request for 'misfits and weirdos' to join the around Cleobury are disintegrating fast and ranks of Government advisors. He takes a £80,000 would have filled a good few swipe at the Civil Service dominated by potholes. Still, they say that all publicity is 'Oxbridge humanities graduates' which seems good publicity, so well done to all a little odd as he is one. I am wondering concerned.... whether I should send him my CV although I Great lies of our time #1. 'Your call is have little in common with him except that important to us!'. No it isn't. If it was, I we both look like we get our clothes from wouldn't be number 19 in the queue because charity shops... you haven't adequately staffed your call There is a developing tendency in the USA centre. And when did you last hear the for passengers scared of flying to be allowed message 'We are not experiencing a high to take an 'Emotional Support Animal' with volume of calls at present so we can answer them in the cabin. These are usually quite you straight away'?. And no, I wouldn't rather small such as puppies and kittens but in one go to your unfathomable website which is recent case was a pony... I don't think it was a guaranteed not to have the answer to any large example but I wonder where this will question I might have. end – I wouldn't like to be an airline rep asked #2. 'We are upgrading our IT system to to approve the carriage of an Emotional improve your customer experience'. No it Support giraffe or elephant... won't. It will be either worse or much worse. What is the most valuable product on Earth Speaking from bitter experience, there are by weight? Diamonds? Platinum? No. It's only three things that are certain with any printer ink. I had to replace my printer new IT system. It will be delivered late, it will recently due to an unfortunate boot/printer be over budget, and it won't work properly, if interface incident as previously mentioned by at all, as TSB customers have found to their the Editor. The replacement was the same cost. Not to mention £12 Billion spent on a make (HP) and a similar spec, just a later new NHS system which didn't work either – version. All was fine until I came to replace that could have built several much needed the ink cartidges. They cost over twice the hospitals. price of those for the earlier model even #3. 'We have introduced self scanning tills to though they look identical and do the same make your shopping experience swifter and job. Why?. I eventually found some pattern more enjoyable'. No, you have done it to save ones at half the price and have installed them money on staffing. The whole experience is a despite dire warnings from the printer. So far, nightmare and I'm sick of an admonishing they seem fine.

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Cleobury Clarion - Page 51 - February 2020 February 2020 CLEOBURY MORTIMER SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB Entertainment Diary Ma See the Social Club’s Facebook page for each weekend’s activities

Saturday 1 February CMRFC v Harborne 2.15pm Six Nations Rugby kicks off 2.15pm Cleobury Mortimer Horse Racing Night 7pm tickets £5 incl curry Sports&Social Club Cleobury Mortimer Volleyball Club hosts its annual Horse Racing evening. First race 7pm. Curry supper included.

Sunday 2 February Six Nations: France v England 3pm x Sky & BT Sports Have your Sunday lunch early. Watch the match at the Club with a pint and a beef roll. x Juke box Monday 3 February x Pool table Bingo 8pm x Karaoke machine Every Monday at the Social Club. Eyes down 8pm. Cash prizes; over 18 only please. x Fantastic outdoor space Saturday 8 February x Everyone welcome Six Nations: Scotland v England 4.45pm Watch the match at the Club with a pint and a pulled pork roll. Function room for hire Friday 14 February £45 for members Pie & Pint Night 7.30pm tickets £10 Fundraising evening for Severn Hospice. Pie & Pint included in ticket. ‘Wish you were here’ presentation by Mark Baldwin £50 for non-members £20 Charity events Tuesday 18 February 8pm £3 per person. Teams max 5 Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal Quiz Call in to check the diary and discuss Hosted by Cleobury branch of the Royal British Legion. Get your team together for a fun evening and a great cause. your event Saturday 22 February CMRFC v Old Saltleians 2.15pm Membership fees: Sunday 23 February Six Nations: England v Ireland 3pm Single adult £5 Have your Sunday lunch early. Watch the match at the Club with a pint and a beef roll. Family £10 (2 adults & under 18s) Friday 28 February 7.30pm suggested donation £10 Single senior £3 London Marathon Fundraising Disco, Entertainment & Auction Martin Davey is running the London Marathon and is hosting this fundraising event in aid of SCOPE Joint senior £5 Sunday 1 March 7pm Call into to the Club to pay and The BIG Quiz receive your card Annual National Quiz to raise funds to local causes. This year the Social Club is raising money for the Club’s disabled access

Cleobury Clarion - Page 52 - February 2020 Clarion Travel - The Hong Kong News

Every year my older son invites The riots have hit trade pretty watching and sipping gently. A me to fly out to Hong Kong to hard, Hong Kong being a squad of police ran past, people greet the New Year; this time it tourist centre in normal times, stopping to watch them. After a was the Chinese one, with but numbers were well down while, with not a sound of any flowers throughout the with the perceived threat. The sort of disturbance, the same apartment and decorations in South China Morning Post squad strolled down to their stores and restaurants. reported the decision to close base. We ordered another pint But was the political situation the 10,000 square feet Louis and discussed where to eat that safe? TV news suggested not, Vuitton outlet in Times Square, evening. but Iain’s simple advice was to a busy tourist spot in normal We visited an Apple ignore what Western media was times. But business was bad showroom for Iain to buy me a shouting about, as life was not and the company asked the TV adapter to watch computer far from normal. The Metro was landlords to reduce their rent - programmes on the bigger sometimes held up if protesters a mere £500,000 a month - while screen. Deal done, details stood in doorways and the trade was so poor. They refused entered on the assistant’s hand train’s safety system prevented and the biggest LV shop in the held unit and paid for with a travel; it didn’t happen when I area will close. That will leave swipe of the card. No cash in was there in early January. just seven other local outlets for sight; good security. The flight out on a BA A380 the company. Prada are to close I find Hong Kong welcoming, Airbus was quiet and smooth, their shop as well, another easy to move around in the but the so-called Traditional victim of the effects of rioting. constant crowds because they English Breakfast was a plastic There were signs of damage are generally polite. Shops are tray with an egg powder done to pavements as rioters open until 10.00 or later, there is dollop, bacon that looked like it tore up tiles to use as weapons a big range of foods to cater for was lightly ironed and a small and some graffiti, but the only a very mixed race public and if sausage that was wrinkled, like other signs of trouble were big you buy an NCR card it covers your fingers if you’ve fallen concrete barrier systems lined trains, buses and ferries. There asleep in the bath. Consolation up ready block access to vital are high buildings being came with the approach over buildings, like the local police constructed in the busy urban the hills of Kowloon and into station and the entrance to the area, where previously 12 the airport; really scenic. airport. storeys was the tallest allowed Grand daughters Sophie and as jumbo jets came over on their Holly were excited that way to the old airport. With the Grandad was coming and the new landing place approached unpacking of books brought from the sea side, high rises are enthusiasm and a little emerging. In such a crowded wrangling over who should place, building higher is the have which. They both speak answer. Chinese and English and seem Ten days in this bustling, busy to love being at school together. place was enough to accept the way of life, but the easier pace of Shropshire life called. Enough to make me sad to leave a family that I love, but glad to sit back and count off These are not decorative shapes. the twelve hours until we They’re concrete barriers, ready to touched down at Heathrow at be moved into place to protect the 4.40 am on Monday. A steady police station if needed. drive home to familiar places I got one glimpse of police and the next edition of the action, when we were sitting in Clarion waiting to be finished. the Kowloon Taproom, people A good week. JR Cleobury Clarion - Page 53 - February 2020
 



 

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Cleobury Clarion - Page 54 - February 2020 Learn to draw and paint with established local artist Chris Smith. Chris’ work can be seen locally at Hobsons Brewery and Everafter Nursery and she regularly exhibits locally. Classes run in Bewdley and Cleobury Mortimer. Full class details are on FaceBook or contact Chris on:

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Cleobury Clarion - Page 56 - February 2020 Clarion Clippings - The Local News

EDWIN SAYERS in a spectacular and daring bank scooter, still out shopping and This community has lost a heist! Surely a plot worthy of any organising work for the Hall. remarkable talent with the book. Gill Guest She was born in Worcester and passing of Edwin Sayers, ‘Eddie’ What neither of us knew was moved on into Birmingham to his friends. He lived a quiet that Eddie and Doreen built their before heading west in 1966 to life here, but his life story is one house on Ron Hill. He drew up take over managing the busy of a very determined young man the plans on the dining table of Running Horse pub at Bewdley. who rose from humble the family home in Alveley and It was five years later that she beginnings to lead major over two years the weekends moved to Cleobury and really engineering works in this area. were devoted to working on the settled. Gill Guest knew him well and new house, sons Chris and She was secretary of the Parish writes: Martin helping where possible Hall committee, but did a lot of Eddie Sayers was a true and talking with pride of the work beyond what that title gentleman. Both kind and memory when they both gave an asked. Janet Short worked with creative, he had an irrepressible address at his humanitarian her for ten years or more and twinkle and a ready sense of funeral at Wyre Forest saw how valuable an asset she humour. He was equally likely to Crematorium. Grand daughter was: “Efficient, always had the be found tinkering in his Rhiannon also paid tribute with minutes out on time, and did a workshop, giving a lift to her own speech and was lot of work besides, like bringing someone less able than himself applauded by those present. in new ideas. She started the or penning the latest of his books One story from Martin: Eddie Bridge Club and developed the – He lived at the bottom of Ron was running a pipeline scheme Friendship Club” Hill, and was the well known that was held up by slow It was in Cleobury that she met author of the ‘Coracle Boy’ tales. progress on a brick built station. and married Tony, finding love These were based on his Asked on Monday how long it and security that made her sing boyhood meetings with Harry would take to finish, the bricky his praises so much. To him and Rogers, the coracle man of quoted one week. to her three sons go our Ironbridge. They were not Eddie got down into the work sympathy for the loss of such a written and published until area, took over the bricklayer’s lovely, warm lady. JR Eddie was 80, when they earned tools, mixed his own mortar and proceeded to lay bricks better five star reviews on Amazon. If MUSIC AT THE anyone remarked on this, Eddie and faster than the man paid to would say, with a shrug and a do the job. With a section BENNETTS END INN twinkle, ‘It keeps me out of completed, he climbed out and I like the Bennett’s End Inn in mischief.’ said to the bricky “Shall we say Knowbury, a place where they He was a civil engineer by finished by tomorrow?” The man smile and are happy to hand trade, and his specialities all lay and his mate agreed and got on over a copy of the Clarion if they underground – tunnels, with the task. You can see why haven’t run out. Good reputation aqueducts, cellars and suchlike. people who worked with Edwin for food, though I haven’t tried it He worked on the Elan valley had such a high regard for the yet. pipeline and, once, famously, on quiet man who really knew his They have a rather special a bank vault. This vault had job. evening on Friday the 28th, with reinforced concrete walls over a As Gill Guest put it: “We’ll miss live music by singers Bekki metre thick and was built long him.” JR Cameron and Jenny Hallam. before the bank itself. This sent PAT SMITH They’ll be in fine voice from 8.00 Eddie’s vivid imagination into Pat Smith, one of the bundles of and there’s no admission charge overdrive and he spent a lot of energy and ideas who drove the for the privilege of listening and time driving backwards and Parish Hall forward, died in enjoying. ‘Drinks, music and forwards from the site January. In later months she was general merriment’ is what they wondering how he might ‘design a familiar sight in her mobility promise. in’ a secret entrance, for later use

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This year we are starting earlier and inviting nominations from the public for the Cleobury Community Awards to be presented at the Annual Town Meeting on Friday 15th May.

As last year there will be an overall Community Champion Award, Business/Organisational Champion and an Environmental Champion Award.

New for 2020 is an Unsung Hero award.

Nominations for all are open from the 1st February until the 29th February. Details of the categories, eligibility and how they will be judged will be available on the Town Council Website - www.Cleobury.org.uk , Facebook Pages and Information points in the town from the 1st February.

If you are part of a community group and want to recruit new members, volunteers or show off what you have achieved in the past year, now is your chance to apply to be part of this lively Friday early evening community event. There will also be the Primary School Expo after school closes so that young people and their families can get involved.

Once again there will be a coin token vote for community groups for the chance to apply for 2 x £1,000 council grants, this allows all to be part of resident consultations and is your chance to be a part of Town Council's priorities in the coming year To exhibit please contact the Town Clerk to secure one of the limited number of places without delay. Call 01299 271154 or e-mail [email protected].

We would also wish to thank the volunteers who turned up to help take down the Christmas lights.2019 was once again a super display and we are already looking to improve next year with some additions.

Since the start of the year Council have been assisting the Primary School on most days with traffic management at dropping off and picking up times. This arrangement cannot be permanent and we have sought support from Shropshire Council at a high level including a joint visit to the school to obtain assistance with regard to enhanced and enforceable parking restrictions and the possibilities of a School Crossing Attendant. The safety of children is paramount and we will continue to work with the School in the short term.

The new play area is coming on well and we will be having an opening event which will be advertised. Funny seeing parents having to drag their excited children past in a morning.

Many projects asked for have been delivered in the last year with grant funding and we must thank the volunteer councillors who have worked very hard to support the staff and move everything on. We see the outdoor gym equipment is getting well used as is the dog training area and thank you all for your and kind words of thanks.

We continue to pursue Shropshire Council on the subject of road surfaces (Pot holes), The Manor House, Disabled parking, Talbot car park and much more and will keep you informed with any updates.

M Sheehan Town Clerk Cleobury Mortimer Town Council 01299 271154 www.cleobury.org.uk

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Cleobury Clarion - Page 60 - February 2020 IN BUSINESS - Cleobury’s Market Hall

The Market Hall, that fine by a committee comprising three place on the main street, with building that stands out next to Town Councillors, with support wifi throughout both floors, plus the Parish Church when you from church member Roger modern toilets and small walk up Church Street, has seen a Skelhorn, janitor Derek Pead and kitchens on both levels, for just lot of changes since it was built in manager Ali Sheffield, who is £9.00 an hour is a good deal and 1842. It started out as a single responsible for the day to day the place is busy every day. storey structure, designed to running of the place. It’s the natural centre for the accommodate the weekly Food Bank, where volunteers run produce market and provide the service every Friday, and it’s sheltered storage for the town’s where you can take your fire engine. In 1875 a second unwanted teddies for the Teddies storey was added, providing a Trust to collect and pass on to reading room, assembly room needy children abroad. The and a billiard room. A billiard Mens’ Shed committee meet room! How times have changed. there; Sing, Laugh and Breathe At one time in the last century brighten the day each there was concern about letting Wednesday and the Tourist some of the rooms, which the Information Centre finds a Cleobury Mortimer Lodge of natural home in such a handy Freemasons solved by renting the town centre location. upper floor. Sadly there was So what was a sad liability 25 some friction between the Ali Sheffield, the smiling face of years ago is now a notable asset, Masons and their landlords, the Market Hall management. offering a Local Artisan Market Parish Council, and very little Ali’s been in charge for three every month, alongside the normal maintenance work was years now, combining this post Cleobury Country Farmers’ carried out. This came to a head with running a home along with Market. And it’s growing in in 1996, when the wiring was husband Jon, looking after two stature with Ali’s fresh pair of declared dangerous and the hall infant sons and working for eyes overseeing its operation. She fell into misuse. It was restored national charity Social Farms and got the telephone facility sorted as a centenary project and Gardens. We asked her what she and reduced in cost by a swap reopened after some delays. does in her spare time and she from BT to Vodaphone: “A third Today it offers two large laughed - you can see why. cheaper,” she explained, and assembly rooms, the upper floor The Hall has a financial target when finances allow a window with a capacity of 60 people and of paying its two staff, Ali and will convert a storage room to an the ground floor 30. There are Derek Pead, plus the overheads another office on the first floor. If offices, some rented and one of the place, and breaking even. you don’t climb stairs easily, the available for rent now, which No small task and regular lift will get you there. The place provides income to keep the lettings of the two large rooms has come through good and bad building in good order. It’s run helps that. A show or meeting times, but the future looks fine.

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Cleobury Clarion - Page 62 - February 2020 Clarion Clippings - The Local News

DRESS IS MORE courage and bank balance in She’ll be displaying her range A lot of people stopped when both hands and started on her through pop-ups like we’ve seen they saw a display of very fine own. already, visiting schools and dresses in the window of what She concentrates on Prom and sometimes vacant local shop was Bowketts shop over the Special Occasion wear, buying premises. The first event here Christmas period. It was a short stock from boutiques that are will be at Lacon Childe School, term ‘pop up’ venture by Millie closing, samples from bridal to tempt this year’s young ladies Dyer and certainly added to the shops and directly from private with an eye for style. No date colour and appeal of the street. individuals. Just how good they fixed yet, but there will be It was thanks to landlady look you’ll have noticed as you posters, we’re sure the school’s Bergitte Jones that Millie could walked past the display. newsletter will cover it and you catch people’s eyes and get them The result is a stock of more can see the range on Millie’s wanting to know more. An ex than 100 dresses, some of them Instagram account : Lacon Childe pupil, she knows brand new, others worn just dress.is.more.boutique. what a problem it can be, trying once. Some have slight Isn’t this a great idea? A young to find a dress that suits in this imperfections, but they’re all woman recognising a need and rural area, plus the travel time inspected and then priced setting out to provide the touch between distant boutiques. No accordingly. And the prices are of glamour any girl wants at fool, this young lady, and she very impressive and affordable - such an event as her school could see a business opening. from £25 to £70. For dresses that Prom. Even better, at prices that She started by acting as a originally were up to £250, that’s appeal the young woman and Prom Ambassador for a shop in a very good buy. her parents. Kenilworth and working with Millie’s aim is to make events We wish Millie every success them when they brought their like the local Prom or other big and hope to report on the Lacon collection to our Market Hall. A occasions more accessible in Childe event. Watch this space, few months later she took her terms of both price and location. as they say.



 

 
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PLASTIC AWARDS And the editor should have cropped the picture to get the third WINNERS caption properly in place, but how The Plastic Not So Fantastic could anyone with heart cut down group have been carrying their such a display as Sue Brown of drive against single use plastics Cleobury Chiropractic gave. Her into local business. If a trader certificate is for pledging to use agrees to make a change in compostable paper cups, refill soap their operation in some dispensers and email receipts to positive way, their support is customers. recognised with a special Isn’t it surprising what you Plastic Pledge certificate, and can do when someone offers an their picture in the Clarion onlooker’s view of your when we have room. business operation? The So congratulations to the first Plastic Reduction Group will three winners and thank you be calling locally, chatting in a for making a move to support Rachel Robinson at Mawley Milk friendly way and pointing out the long term life of the planet. has pledged to introduce milk refill how your business could be stations like you can find at The part of this essential drive to Hub in Cleobury and Broad Bean reduce single plastic use. If you in Ludlow. And they are looking to make the pledge, you’ll get a introduce glass bottles for some certificate to display and tell milk sales. your customers that you care about our planet. If you want more information, they’ll be happy to hear from you at [email protected]

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Cleobury Clarion - Page 65 - February 2020 CLOWS TOP VICTORY HALL 7.30pm, Sunday, March 8th ‘ROVING CROWS’ Clows Top Victory Hall do have a reputation for punching above their weight when it comes to musical entertainment. It’s almost guaranteed that they’ll get it right and give you a great evening. ‘Roving Crows’ should keep that reputation up, with a background that includes the Irish Music Association’s 2012 Top Celtic Rock Band and Top Fiddle Plater (Caitlin Barrett). Mike Harding on the BBC called them “A really individual Celtic rock band.” This promises to be a really good night.

Cleobury Clarion - Page 66 - February 2020 Community Contacts for Clarion Readers

CEMETERY ADMINISTRATOR Theresa Parfitt 07703 965 064 [email protected]

CLEOBURY COUNTRY CENTRE 01299 272300 In Love Lane, 9 to 5 Mon to Fri.

CITIZENS ADVICE 08444 991100 Advisors on line 10.00 to 4.00 CLEOBURY CARERS Janet Manley 01299 272841

CLEOBURY COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES Katja Ward 01299 270018 10.00 to 12.00 Weds

CLEOBURY MORTIMER LIBRARY 01299 272301 Open 9 to 7 Mon, 9 to 5 Tues/Fri and 10 to 1 Sat.

LOCAL POLICE Constable Anne [email protected] O’Leary CLEOBURY MORTIMER GUIDES Dorothy McBride 07761 976610

CLEOBURY MORTIMER SCOUTS Iain Smith 01299 271809

CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111 Free Police contact. Talk in confidence, to report any crime.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELPLINE 0800 783 1359 Women’s Aid, 24 Hour support:

HOME FROM HOSPITAL 01584 878046 Help over the first weeks back home from Age UK

MARKET HALL Ali Sheffield 07752 542 853 [email protected]

MEDICAL CENTRE 01299 270209 Out of surgery hours, use the Shrop Doc Service.

SHROP DOC 111 Service available evenings and weekends THE PHARMACY 01299 270219 Closes for half day on Saturday. Delivers prescriptions

NEWLIFE CHURCH Pastor E Stirrup 01562 630595 Sunday services at 10.30

NIGHTINGALE NURSING FUND Rosemary Abbiss 01746 718451

TOWN COUNCIL Clerk Matthew 01299 271154 Cleobury Country Centre 9 to 2 pm, Mon to Fri. Sheehan www.cleobury.org.uk. Council meets in the Centre on the first Monday of the month

POST OFFICE 01299 270211 In the Select and Save Grocery Store, Church Street

SAINT MARY’S YOUTH PROJECT Mark Greaves 07828 116810 [email protected]

SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL 0345 678 9000

SOUTH SHROPSHIRE YOUTH FORUM [email protected]. VOLUNTARY CAR SCHEME 01299 666119 for bookings

WASTE DISPOSAL 0345 678 9007 The contractor is Veolia

WATER SUPPLY EMERGENCIES Severn Trent 0800 783 4444

Collect the Clarion in Cleobury from: Select and Save Grocery, Butler’s Store, Cleobury Cafe, The Severn Hospice Shop, Mid Counties Co-op, Cleobury Fruit and Veg, Purslows, The Library and Simply Fresh. Out in Cleobury Country at: Heath Farm Meats, Bagginswood; Clee Hill Stores; The Village Store, Cleobury North; Clows Top Stores; The Sun and Slipper, Mamble; Hopton Bank Service Station; Bennetts End Inn, Knowbury; Ludlow Library; Mawley Oak Garage; The Colliers Cafe & Shop, Rock; The Fighting Cocks, Stottesdon; The Duck Inn, Chorley; The Live and Let Live, Neen Sollars; The Eagle and Serpent, Kinlet; Parker Motors, Ditton Priors. Copies are also available from the Parish Churches in: Cleobury Mortimer, Bayton, Doddington, Hopton Wafers, Milson, Neen Savage and Neen Sollars. Missed your Clarion? Cleobury Mortimer Library keeps the current month’s copy on file and all back issues are available to read as pdfs from www.cleoburyclarion.co.uk.

THE DEADLINE FOR THE APRIL ISSUE IS MARCH 22nd Editor and Advertising Sales: Jim Reynolds, 4 Childe Road, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire DY14 8PA. Telephone: 01299 270642 Mobile: 07410 977 212 E-Mail: [email protected] or [email protected] The Clarion On The Web: www.cleoburyclarion.co.uk Printed by Badger Print and Design of Shifnal, 01952 730511

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