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APRIL/MAY 2021 Issue 236 For: Baschurch, Baschurch Village Weston Lullingfields, Stanwardine, Walford and Newsletter Yeaton Happy Easter The Cressy The Council The The Walk Election Berth SmartWater Frankton Locks Place Your Vote Our Iron Campaign Age Fort www.baschurchvillagenewsletter.com [email protected] www.baschurchvillagenewsletter.com Page 2 Community Matters Editor: Pam Elson Baschurch Behind the Scenes A year ago, six volunteers got together and service, the Surgery, and all sorts of Finance: formed the Covid-19 Community Support community support has been carried out. Paul Daulman Group. Everyone should read their annual The list is humbling. report which is now up on our website in While it may appear that ‘nothing much has Distribution: the News Desk and in Maggie’s supplement been going on’ during the lockdowns, as you Maggie Lokier for the off-liners. The list of things they have will see here, that is far from the case. Read done and achieved is impressive. The six Sarah Richard’s news on SmartWater; Nick Our Contributors: soon had 84 volunteers who have been Bardsley on road safety at the schools; Sarah Alison Peters giving help and support to people in need Felkin on nursery school expansion. Our Cllr. Nick Bardsley throughout the year. Sometimes they have clubs are starting to come out of used their own money for food, printing etc; hibernation, the regular writers are out in Robert Jones there have been donations from the force. Let’s go forward and trust that the David Sharpe Shrewsbury FoodHub, and from the Parish dark days are behind us. Sandra Birchall Council. Shopping, care packages, book Pam Elson Rev. Linda Cox Pat Davies Kathy Daulman Cover Story Adcote School Award Anita Weeks Anita Thomas Our cover photo of Frankton Locks comes Adcote School has been named ‘Senior School of the Year 2020’ by the Jackie Jones courtesy of John Heywood. His company Shropshire and Beyond Independent Schools Association (ISA) Dr. Peter Stone annual awards after undergoing a Julia Bennett produce beautiful prints, books, calendars and “remarkable journey” of Steve Bennett transformation. Last year its Prep Maggie Lokier greetings cards. Particularly School won the ISA award for Cllr. Sarah Richards popular right now are the academic excellence and innovation. Anne Howls jigsaws such as this 1000-piece puzzle of “We are beyond ecstatic, we could not Howard Jones the Market Square. Available post free be more proud." said Headmistress Peter Hughes from shropshireandbeyond.com. and Baschurch resident, Diane Browne. Congratulations all round. Jean Wakefield James Turney Advertise With Us Maggie says: Even if you have been vaccinated the From our Treasurer All prices for six editions: (Feb, 8th of the month prior to following will continue to Paul Daulman: ‘We April, June, Aug, Oct, Dec.) published apply for some time to would like to thank edition is the DEADLINE Black and White: for printing the come….. all our advertisers Newsletter. Hands, faces, sanitise, for supporting us £50 for 1/8 page business Please limit articles to card size sanitise, for the year ahead; 300-350 words maximum. £75 for 1/4 page Hands, faces, sanitise, we’ve had a great £95 for 1/2 page The BVN goes to 1,180 sanitise, response to homes in the Baschurch And masks and space and renewals and new Colour Insertions: Parish and is distributed how we socialise business too and so by Maggie Lokier and Will help protect so many £75 for business card size her 30 helpers lives, many lives. we are now secure £110 for 1/4 page for the whole of £140 for 1/2 page baschurchnewslet- Jan Millward© 2021’. £195 for full page [email protected] www.baschurchvillagenewsletter.com Page 3 Community Matters Tennis Champs Inside this issue: The Shropshire Lawn Tennis Association Taylor Youens won the Our Iron Age Fort 5 annual awards ceremony has recognised award Young Volunteer of the outstanding achievements of two the Year after helping the Baschurch Tennis Club members. club as part of his Duke of Can the Church 7 Edinburgh award and Survive? Sarah Hardie, head proving to be a great asset as coach at the club was a valued helper in junior sessions and Prescott Surgery 10/11 described as “the heart of volunteer in the Festival of Tennis. the club in keeping Council Election 12/13 junior members Both beat off stiff competition from all connected and active clubs in the county to win this prestigious Candidates through lockdown and award in a difficult year for tennis play and putting on free member Family Cardio competition and the club is very proud Frankton Lock Walk 16/17 Tennis Sessions to encourage households that their selfless enthusiasm for grass to enjoy tennis under the Covid safe rules”. roots tennis has been recognised. SmartWater 20 Sarah puts the fun into tennis at every age Alison Peters Campaign and level whilst being fully Covid [email protected] compliant . See : baschurchtennisclub.co.uk School Road Safety 23 World Radio Remember what it was like looking out of select the station from there. There are Green to Go a plane window at night and seeing a multi thousands to choose from and it’s a myriad of lights below as you passed over good way too to help in learning a foreign Lockdown Roadmap a town? Well the world map of radio language. radio.garden chart from stations looks just like that. If you like to Back home, Boom Radio launched in Shropshire Council hear what is going on in say New Zealand February for listeners who like a touch of has the dates to note or South Africa, Madrid or Moscow, tune nostalgia. Aimed at baby boomers, people as we go forward in to Radio Garden. The world map zooms born between 1946 and 1964, available in to a town of your choice and you can on DAB radio and the internet. See: baschurchvil- lagenewsletter.com— News Desk Early Start Reading the Little Pixies Nursery web- the result is impressive. site got me thinking : being an only There are three spacious rooms for child, it would have made a profound the different age groups and a large difference to my life if I had had garden. ‘Having access to outdoor play stimulating play and learning with every day is essential to the health and others from the age of a few months. wellbeing of children. Messy Sarah Felkin has been running the experiences are a must; painting, Nursery since 2011 near Nesscliffe in a messy food play, shaving foam, water spacious building with a garden in the and sand stuck between the toes…’ light industrial area in Kinton with her ‘With the expansion it has made it team of 16 who are mainly local easier to adapt to the Covid-19 residents. The nursery can regulations so we are up and running accommodate up to 50 children. again’ she says. The new website is full At the start of lockdown last year she of information, the mantra is sound had to make a big decision on whether and these children are fortunate to to continue with her plans to invest have an early start. See page 26 for full and expand. She has gone ahead and contact details. PE www.baschurchvillagenewsletter.com Page 4 www.baschurchvillagenewsletter.com Page 5 Local History The Berth — Baschurch’s Iron Age Fort Using today’s technology, Shelagh Norton took The Berth as her case study for her doctorate thesis at Birmingham University. The paper is entitled: ‘Assessing Iron Age Marsh-Forts’. Julia Bennett digs into it Images left, kindly . supplied by Dr. Norton Credits: Top: shot of The Berth taken Jan 2016/Norton Fig: 7:1, LiDAR image and There are about 70 enclosure. A place meant for because only a small number contours pre-Roman Iron Age ritual and ceremonial of finds have been recovered, Fig: 7:4, field locations “Hillforts” in Shropshire and activity given the pre- rather than any large Iron The thesis is available a few have been redefined as occupation with watery Age midden, it is thought online: S.M.Norton. “Marsh-forts”. places as a mystical force more likely to have been of Assessing Iron Age We have a Marsh-fort near during the Iron Age? ritual use. Marsh-Forts. 2019 Baschurch called “The The Berth provides an The Berth bronze Cauldron Berth”; derived from the unusually flat-topped (1st/2nd century AD) was Saxon word Burh meaning platform formed of glacial recovered from the Berth castle or fort. It is a sand and gravel. It offers a stream in 1906 and is likely scheduled ancient 360 degree view of the to be a votive offering. It is in monument which shares surrounding landscape and Shrewsbury Museum on long striking similarities with the provides a possible strategic term loan from the British well documented Iron age position to see several Museum. Marsh-fort at Sutton surrounding hillforts such as The Berth has been Common near Doncaster. the Wrekin and Breiddin. proposed as an alternative The Berth is hidden away Archaeological excavation administrative centre to from view on privately and research show that there Viriconium following the owned farmland with no was human presence at the Roman departure, and/or as The Berth Cauldron public access. Its Berth during the Middle to the Pengwern stronghold of magnificent presence was Late Iron Age and again in emerging local warlords. Baschurch resident once reflected in the waters the Roman period possibly This led to a book published Sue Pugh, a member of marsh and mere but now as late as the third or fourth in 1992 entitled “King of the Shropshire stands, surrounded by trees century AD.