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The The Parish Post 27 Number 2012 June for Beambridge Clunbury Clunton Coston Cwm Kempton Little Brampton Obley Purslow The Llan & Twitchen Diamond Jubilee Celebrations—Reminder Monday 4 June Thanksgiving Service Cwm Bydd Farm, Clunton from 6.30pm. Let the bells ring out in jubilation Food served from 7.30pm Singing of Start your Diamond Jubilee celebrations National Anthem led by Lorna James, a At a joyful thanksgiving for Her Majesty’s Jubilee Quiz and the lighting of Sixty years of service to us all the Beacon around 10pm. At St Swithin’s Church, Clunbury Tickets available in advance On Sunday June 3rd at 10am only from: Pat 660169, Alan Share your memories of the Queen’s 660652, Carol 660304. Cost: reign and raise a cup of tea or a glass £10 for adults and £5 for of wine afterwards, with flags, balloons children age 5 to 14. and soft drinks for the children. At 10.45 a group photo of the Clunbury Hill Beacon will be congregation will be taken, to hand lit at 10pm, walkers are down to posterity, so be sure to wear welcome. your best! Jubilee Photo Sharing arol Griffiths has suggested that we should have a place where everyone could C share their Jubilee photos. It should be easy to use, allow anyone to upload and download high-resolution photos and be free of annoying adverts. After some investigation we have set up an account on the ZangZing.com photo sharing website. You can email your photos to the site as attachments and see all the photos that have been uploaded. There is a link to the Diamond Jubilee Photo Album on theparishpost.org website. This takes you via a help page which gives detailed instructions. David Hill Clunton Scrumpers News e have been awarded a grant towards updating some W of our equipment from A.O.N.B. & Grass Roots. This will also enable us to buy some more fruit trees which will be offered for a donation of £5.00 per tree limited to 2 trees per person, available late autumn. For more information ring 660309. Juicing will be in October - date to be decided. We look forward to seeing you all at these events. Anne Shepherdson Please send your contributions by the 20th of each month Clunbury Village Hall Meeting SWSGC ifteen members of the public in r Mylechreest, the speaker at the F addition to the committee attended D SWSGC April meeting in Lydbury the open meeting. Phil Wright, The North Village Hall, spoke about the very Village Hall Committee Chairman, wide range of uses that plants have described and demonstrated the worldwide, from rubber trees to cork improvements that had been made to the trees, from Yew trees used Hall thanks to the grant received. There in the pharmaceutical was discussion about how the remaining trade, to cotton and improvement money should be spent and bamboo used to produce about expanding the programme of cloth. He also gave his events held at the Hall. Duncan Brown, audience lots of historical, Eirlys Ellams, David Hill and Sue Hill social and cultural were co-opted as new committee information on plants, members. A few ideas for increasing the including the fact that the Romans use of the hall such as a regular extracted salicylic acid from willows ‘Clunbury Café’, games evenings, and which was used as a pain killer. meetings to swap garden plants and Next meeting: Wednesday 27 June - produce were suggested. Since the Evening coach outing to Brownhill meeting a small group of committee Gardens and meal. members have made a start on sprucing Ashbeds Coffee Morning up the outside of the Hall. The tubs and here was glorious weather for Dawn hanging baskets have been replanted, T Parsonage's Coffee Morning at the weeds strimmed and sprayed and the Ashbeds, Clunton Coppice, on 26 May grass cut. The next tasks are to repaint and visitors enjoyed the lovely, peaceful the exterior of the window frames and the garden beneath the wood; partook of a rendering, and improve the drainage and cake stall, raffle and a dog quiz, and surface of the car park. If anyone has raised £325 for the North West Region about ten tons of gravel to donate please Golden Retriever Trust. Dawn extends get in touch! David Hill her thanks to all who supported it, helped Coming soon and donated produce. Clunbury Caf é Clunbury Under Fives in the Village Hall t is with the greatest of I sadness that Clunbury opening Thursday 5 July Under Fives has now 10.00 to 12.00am closed. A huge thank you then every other Thursday goes out to all those who have supported us over the years, CONTACTS including parents, children, staff, Email: [email protected] volunteers and fundraisers. Website: www.theparishpost.org On the positive side, it is hoped to Phone: Sue Hill 660355 establish a weekly parent and toddler group in the village hall from or Lin Brown 660578 September. If you know anyone who or Gisèle Wall 660561 would be interested, please contact The editorial team does not accept responsibility for any opinions expressed by contributors and reserves the Cheryl Everton 07917 567827, or the right to edit contributions if deemed appropriate. village hall committee. Helicopter lends a hand Caring for Rivers in the Clun Catchment – Discussion with local communities Photos: Sandra Morgan Morgan Sandra Photos: The Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership is working on a three year River Clun Catchment project. To this end, it has joined with others in forming a Clun Catchment Partnership. Local people’s n late May, the Air Ambulance came views will feed into the work of statutory I to the rescue of Phil Wright, from agencies and others in the catchment. A Clunbury, who had damaged his hand Catchment Management Plan will be in a car engine. The drawn up to co-ordinate activity. The helicopter landed in a project also links closely to a Defra-funded nearby field, to the great Catchment Demonstration Initiative for the delight of the children wider River Teme Catchment; this is led by paddling in the river. Phil the Severn Rivers Trust. was air-lifted to the A community meeting was held at hospital. Following prompt Lydbury North Village Hall on 26 April, the treatment, he was fit first of three such meetings designed to enough to make a speech Spot the ‘copter ! raise awareness of the issues affecting the at the Arbor Day festivities. River Clun Catchment and to gather views Earlier in the year (15 Feb) the Air from the community as to its future. Ambulance had been called to the rescue Further community meetings follow at when Tony Goodwin, from Kempton, cut Bucknell (29 May) and Clun (Memorial two fingers to the bone with an electric Hall, 28 June, 7.30pm). planer. A doctor, who was on the Twenty three people attended the helicopter, administered first aid, prior to a meeting, which concentrated in particular successful operation the following day. on the River Kemp, a significant tributary In yet another incident, Brian Morgan of the Clun. Brief presentations were given ripped all the skin on the back of his hand by the AONB, a local resident and ex- on 13 May. Twenty-four butterfly stitches farmer, and by representatives from were needed to put it back together again. Natural England, Severn Rivers Trust and Apparently it is mending beautifully, Shropshire Council. Discussion groups thanks to a little bit of honey. were then formed so as to gather views on Thanks to the Air Ambulance and the following: What do rivers mean to you? hospital staff. What is your vision for the river? What Advance notice for your diary needs to be done to achieve the vision? within's Patronal Festival and Who needs to be involved? Further S Songs of Praise which takes place opportunities for involvement will be on 15 July at 4pm will be the new vicar communicated to those who attended the Paul Wignell’s first service in Clunbury. meeting and left contact details. It will be preceded by a barbecue at the Mike Kelly, AONB Partnership Old Vicarage at 1 pm. For tickets Clunbury 100 Club May Draw (Adult: £10, children under 14: £4), 1. No 25 Kathleen Fieldhouse £20 contact Maddy Matveieff (660458), 2. No 50 Jane Rose £15 Mary Jones (660316) or Chirstina 3. No 61 Marianne Hints £10 Whitehead (660424). Proceeds to 4. No 93 Carol Griffiths £5 Clunbury Church. 5. No 52 Bob Richards £3 Clunbury Parish, Past and proportion are the day labourers. The Present usual congregations are not thought bad Extracts from the Record of ones for the size and situation of the the Visitation by Archdeacon Parish and all ranks attend equally well. Plymley (later named Corbett) There is very sufficient plate for the use of to Clunbury Parish, the altar. April 13 1793 Christina Whitehead, Church Warden, urther to my introductory note in the reports that today the numbers attending F April issue of The Parish Post , the monthly communion are very similar herewith the second extract from to those reported by Archdeacon Plymley Archdeacon Plymley’s report on his 200 years ago, and this despite a visitation to Clunbury on April 13 1793; it considerably smaller population (478 concerns the church. Anyone interested compared to 744). Over the last four in reading the full report should go to years the average number of Shropshire Archives where it is communicants on Easter Day has been referenced SA6001/6860-5. 37, and this year, as reported in the Clun The building Forest Deanery Magazine, at least eighty This church is upon the North East people, a number of dogs and two horses extremity of the Parish.