Clarion November 201
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Serving Cleobury Country, on the First of Every Month. FREE The Cleobury Clarion NOVEMBER 2012 THE VOLUNTARY CAR THE CHRISTMAS POST SCHEME IS SAFE Our thanks to Postmaster The invaluable Voluntary Gwilym Butler for details of Car Scheme, which does such the Christmas post deadlines: a good job helping those HM Forces Air Mail to without transport, has a new Operational BFPOs: Nov. 30th controller. HM Forces Air Mail to Static Val Simpson, already a BFPOs: December 15th volunteer driver herself, is Second Class Inland Mail: taking over the hot seat from December 18th. Pat Smith. Val knows the way First Class Inland Mail: the scheme works and has December 20th experience organising events Special Delivery: December and services. And when Val 21st takes a holiday, Pat Smith has NEEN SOLLARS BRIDGE Part of the new ramparts of the agreed to cover for her. IS REOPENED bridge, with bigger side apertures So a new name to remember, Neen Sollars bridge, to provide extra flow in extreme but the contact number damaged in the July floods so conditions. remains the same at 01299 that only pedestrians could Graham Wilkinson, chair of 270833. use it, is open. There’s been the Parish Council, was very NEW TOWN TOILETS some good work done with pleased. “I think the County Hooray! We understand that minimal delay and the ancient have done a very good job to work is due to start this ramparts now look a lot get it open again, just a week month on the new public younger and stronger. There later because of the extreme toilets, sited at the entrance to has also been slight weather we’ve had,” he said. the Childe Road West car reprofiling of the approaches, “We could still walk up to park. No completion date but the important fact is that the Live and Let Live and available as we go to press, the community is no longer some people would bring cars but all should be up and split by traffic having to take down and give you a lift up working to welcome in Spring a seven mile detour around to there.” You know who your 2013. The old toilet block in get to the other side of the friends are in such a situation. Eagle Lane is to be sold off. River Rea. Christmas is coming Order your farm fresh turkeys, cockerels, geese, gammon and all festive meats now Telephone 01746 718732 open wednesday to saturday 8am to 530pm NEW NEW NEW Vaughan Road, Cleobury Mortimer £175,000 Carn House, Cleobury Mortimer • £399,950 A beautifully presented bungalow occupying a large A beautifully appointed executive home on the corner plot, 2 beds, 1 en-suite, parking several cars. outskirts of Cleobury Mortimer. 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And On Other Pages.... 5: In Praise Of.....Matt Sheehan 33: Champagne Shopping 7: Art and Craft Festival Grows 35: NEW. Scout and Guides report 9: The Cleobury Players are back 37: Agricultural News 11: The Clarion Jobs Page 39: Hobson win again 13: The Legion Honours..... 43: Clarion Copper - New Faces 15: MacMillan Cancer Report 45: The Weekly Social Calendar 19: Severn Edge Vets 47: Joint Local Committee report 21: Bayton School and Nursery Page. 49: November in the Wyre Forest. 23: On The High Street 53: Clee Hill Visitor Centre? 25: Small Ads Star - Julie at His n’ Hers 55: Wade Made Good 27: Philip Dunne MP 57: In Business - Carrot Tops 28 Monthly Social Calendar Part 1..... 59: Local Information Guide 29: ...And then Part 2 02/#%$52%3 !.$ 3%26)#%3 /&&%2%$ ).#,5$% s %MERGENCY 4REATMENT s 2EPRODUCTIVE 3ERVICES s ,AMENESS )NVESTIGATIONS s 0RE 0URCHASE %XAMINATIONS s #ASTRATIONS s $ENTAL 3ERVICES s 0ASSPORT AND -ICROCHIPS s 0OOR 0ERFORMANCE )NVESTIGATIONS s 6ACCINATIONS Tel: 01746 862873 (24 hrs) email: [email protected] &IND US ON &ACEBOOK www.bindequinevets.com November - Page 3 press ad 180x64mm.indd 1 08/10/2012 11:58 17 High Street, Cleobury Mortimer Tel: 01299 270 419 Open MondaySaturday 6pm11pm Sunday 12 noon11pm Sunday Buffet 129pm dishes to the highest standard. 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In some cases at no CLOWS TOP The RCDM’s Clinical Unit is the cost to the community. GARDENING CLUB primary receiving unit for all A good example is the pathway At our September meeting, Pam military patients from overseas. from the churchyard up to Pittwood, gave a talk entitled Many wounded servicemen Childe Road, where contractors ‘Not All Leaves Are Green’. The arrive at the hospital with no working for the Highways slide show had some excellent possessions, and the Charity Department have recently cut, pictures showing a wide variety helps with everything from trimmed and cleared to make of plants, shrubs and flowers basics to somewhere for the access easier. Clerk to the Parish from her own garden in Clun. patients’ families to stay - military families often live many Council Matt Sheehan had It was also the club’s Autumn miles away. helped with advice on another Show and the winners were: 1st The lunch will be £15 per head, job and this was the quid pro Austin Fletcher, 2nd Marion and £10 per child. All the quo. Wilson and 3rd Bob Marriott. Best proceeds will go directly to the Because of the same good Exhibit: Austin Fletcher. Many charity and all the food is being relations, the road surface at the thanks to Anne for judging the cooked by Neen Sollars chefs - bottom of Mortimer Gardens is show. ready to rival any Master Chef/ to be attended to and the If you need fresh ideas or Great British bake-off! There will potential for flooding removed advice, why not join us at our be a short talk by Kelvin Price , or reduced. And along the next meeting on Wednesday wearing his ex Green Jacket Tenbury Road, where the November 28th, the AGM & beret, or by a representative of footpath past the electricity sub- Members Social Evening. Clows the charity. station was overgrown, a phone Top and District Gardening Club Booking and payment in call has put that on the list of ‘To meet on the 4th Wednesday in the advance please, as numbers are Be Done’ jobs. calendar month at Clows Top limited. Please contact Emma on Finally, the footpath past the Victory Hall. [email protected] or boundary of Mawley Oak and Further details telephone Marion 07866 454497. on down to The Blount Arms is Wilson 01299 270475. Or email: We do hope you will come and to be cleared, again to give easier clowstopdistrictgardeningclub@ support this worthy cause, access. A number of requests to hotmail.co.uk. helping not only our brave Mr Sheehan at the council’s Pauline Bowen servicemen and women but also Market Hall offices provoked A VERY SPECIAL LUNCH their families. We look forward this action, and he brought On Remembrance Sunday there to welcoming you at 12.45 p.m. together the Highways will be a lunch in the Zanzibarn, Valerie Wilkinson Department, Mawley Oak Neen Sollars, in aid of a very www.RCDM-patientwelfare Estates and Street Scene to get worthwhile charity, the Royal fund.com for more information. November - Page 5 November - Page 6 Clarion Clippings - The Local News CAN YOU HELP THE presented silver W.I. brooches to Cleobury Methodist Church, CHAMBER, PLEASE? Heather Williams, Monica this year’s on November 24 and Downes and Stella Wilcox for An appeal from Lesley 25th is set to be bigger and better. Burnside, chair of our Chamber serving over 50 years. Like last year there will be a of Trade: Jill received a vote of thanks for As you are aware, the Chamber another wonderful year as wide range of work by local president and in turn thanked of Trade arrange for the artists available to view and to Christmas Lights to be put up the committee.