June 2019 angel Nant Melan angel Nant Llangunllo Ascension: Jesus Bidding Farewell Beguildy Beguildy & Felindre | Bleddfa Knucklas| & Heyope | Knighton |Norton | Whitton || Knighton Pilleth Cascob |GladestryColva | RadnorEvancoyd|New | Llanfih The Magazine of the East Radnor Ministry Area of TheRadnor Magazine theEast Ministry The Dog Show at Gladestry in a Wonderland Duck Race School Children planting daffs Joanna Crawshaw FROGS stall Gill & Margaret Lloyd - Daff planting (Friends of Gladestry School) Gladestry is a Place of Belonging A village means that you are not WonderlandÊ Family Day with a buried in Belgium. Each year the W.I. alone, knowing that in the people, the successful Dog Show. lays a tray of crosses and poppies on trees, the earth, there is something The Annual Sheepdog Trials in the Memorial, one for each life lost. that belongs to you. - Cesar Pavese August draws competitors from all In 2016, helped by sisters-in-law Gladestry is a beautiful village. over the country and often from Margaret and Gill Lloyd, pupils from Unpretentious, even bleak in the cold Europe. ThereÊs a refreshment tent Gladestry Church in Wales Primary winter months when the grey stone is where old friends swap yarns and School planted daffodil bulbs on the as hard as the weather. One could be laugh a lot. village green to mark the 50th forgiven for thinking that not much Another annual August event is the anniversary of the Aberfan tragedy. goes on here but you'd be surprised! Village Walk and Duck Race. An Now, each spring, the green is ablaze The village hall, an amazing asset to organised family walk is followed by a with beautiful daffodils in the community, is a meeting place for ploughmanÊs in the hall after which remembrance. the weekly Monday Pop-In cafe, everyone ambles down to the stream The Pop In Café has grown from two childrenÊs parties, playgroup, to watch the yellow plastic ducksÊ friends regularly meeting for coffee in Community Council, PCC meetings, hurly burly progression to the finish. the old post office cafe. When it Church Family Services, Bowls Club, Some ducks arrive upside down, closed, the group shifted to the village W.I. and social gatherings. There is a facing the wrong way, some get stuck hall. It now meets every Monday second smaller kitchen area and in the weeds and need a helping morning at 10am to 11am; it is open showers sited at the back of the hall, hand, often from excited children with to all and has a regular male once used by Gladestry football team, sticks, but all finish one way or another contingent. Tea and coffee is £2. Any sadly long since disbanded. Autumn . There are 10 names on the money left over is saved until a £100 Winter can be challenging, especially Memorial stone in the churchyard for target is met to give to charity. So far, when it snows, but villagers pull the Two World Wars and every year over two thousand pounds has been together, gamely wielding a shovel to a group of people whose uncle died donated. dig out a neighbour caught in a drift. in the Second World War, come to W.I. meets on the third Tuesday of Spring is a very busy time for the the Annual Remembrance. Last year, the month in the village hall with farmers with lambing involving the family members from as far away as interesting speakers and visits to whole family. Carlisle joined relatives of ÂUncle equally interesting places. Huey,Ê Arthur Hewit Turner, a twenty Short Mat Bowls meet October to Summer - Last summer the village two year old Gladestry lad and a held a fabulous ÂGladestry in March at the village hall 2nd and 4th dispatch rider in the Gloucester Tuesday of the month. - Ann Dean Regiment. He took a direct hit and is Remembrance - relatives of Arthur Turner in front of Sam Bowen holding trophy War Memorial for Sheepdog Trials 3 East Radnor Ministry Area Contacts Clergy: Revd Canon Mark Beaton ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01544 350342 The Rectory, School Lane, New Radnor LD8 2SS Monday is MarkÊs day off. Revd Petra Beresford Webb ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄..⁄ 07966 799546 The Vicarage, Church Street, Knighton, LD7 1AG Friday is PetraÊs day off. Retired Clergy: Revd John Hanna⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 529296 Canon John Greaves ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 530152 NSM Clergy: Revd Christobel Hargraves ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄..⁄⁄ 01547 550311 New Radnor Reader: Christine Gould ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected]⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01544 350437 The Old Pound, Water Street, New Radnor LD8 2SY Beacon Hill Benefice: Beguildy ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ Fay Payne ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 510320 Bleddfa ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄Michael Westrip ⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 528315 Heyope/Knucklas ⁄⁄⁄⁄ Judy North ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 529165 Llangunllo ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ Isabel Morris ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 550689 East Radnor Benefice: Cascob ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ Norma Olds⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 560331 Knighton ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ Jean Shuker ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected]⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄. 01547 520946 Norton ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ Helen Ackland ⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected]⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01544 267073 Pilleth ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ Peter Hood ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 560272 Whitton ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ Colin Pugh ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 560209 New Radnor Group: Colva ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ Dorothy Rogers ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01544 370332 Evancoyd ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ Nigel Waters ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 560176 Gladestry ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ Joanna Crawshaw ⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ..⁄⁄⁄ 01544 370649 Llanfihangel Nantmelan ⁄ Marjorie Robinson ⁄⁄⁄ [email protected]⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01544 350413 New Radnor ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ Michael Capstick ⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01544 350352 East Radnor Benefice Wardens: Colin Pugh ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 560209 Lindsay Bayles ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄. 01547 528996 Beacon Hill Benefice Wardens: Bob Williams ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 550142 Robert Forbath ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 528232 Readers Emeritus (Retired): John Clements 01547 529972 and Laura Woodside-Jones 01547 520266 Churches Together Representative: Rosemary Hanna⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected]⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 529296 Editor: Laura Woodside-Jones ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄..⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄ 01547 520266 1 Heyope Rd, Knucklas, Knighton LD7 1PT Advertising Manager: Rebe Brick ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄..⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ [email protected] ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 01547 529167 Websites www.beaconhillbenefice.org.uk and www.churchesaroundknighton.org The Radnor is produced in Serif PagePlus X8. The text font is Souvenir; titles are Trebuchet. General Index on page 49. AdvertiserÊs Index on page 47. The Radnor is printedPrinter by: Craven Design & Print Unit 1, Craven Arms Business Park, Craven Arms, Shropshire SY7 8NR Tel: 01588 673972 [email protected] 4 Bog Snorkelling, Pointe Shoes and Fur Balls Following is an interview with the editor and our new priest, the Reverend Petra Beresford-Webb. Where were you raised? to teach at Bedstone. Soon I was a full I have new pointe shoes because I am All over the place: England, Wales, time curate. In 2014 I was licensed to determined to go back on pointe Germany. (Father was in the military) the 12 churches [listed in last monthÊs again. I did ballet years ago. „IÊm Radnor]. gonna go for it!‰ You speak Welsh. Are you a native speaker? What was the biggest challenge in Do you have any dreams for your those twelve churches? ministry with us? No. My mum was first language Welsh; she didnÊt learn English until The hugest thing was trying to have IÊd like to see a lot more collaborative my own space. There was so much to ministry. Build the music up as well. she was 10. [WelshPetra was Beresford-Webb spoken in PetraÊs family home in Dolgellau.] do and so many people I was trying There is a great musical tradition here Interview to please. The learning curve was and there are the people out there. What did you do before you entered realising that in doing GodÊs work WeÊve just got to get them together, ministry? youÊre not always going to please and get that music bubbling again. I was Director of Music and Head of everyone. Do you feel like you are coming home? R.E. at Bedstone College. [During All I had to do was slow down. Let Yes. It just feels right. It is like getting that time Petra headed up the „Bluesy God take the reins and follow him into a nice warm shoe. Wolf‰ – a band and choir.] rather than running ahead by 100 What role does music play now in yards. Tell me about the essay you are your ministry? writing. What was the greatest joy? My music carries on. At fund raising IÊm working on a Masters in Canon There were quite a few: The people activities at my previous parishes I Law: LLM (London Law Masters) were wonderful. We had brilliant would always sing or play my sax or through Cardiff University. I studied things like bog snorkelling at both. law when I was in my 20s but didnÊt Llanwrtyd Wells. IÊm going back to it complete. [After enquiring about this Did you have a special moment when this year because itÊs the first time we course on a clergy training day] the you felt called to ministry? will be having a service in the tent. leader said „YouÊll love it.‰ Bishop It started when I was a child. When I Other things: the music. There were John said, „IÊve done the course. was five I found a picture in a big lots of different music people and YouÊll enjoy it.‰ He was quite right. supermarket in Germany. It cost too groups to be involved with. IÊve had a wonderful time picking over much for pocket money. When I I enjoyed the fact that there was a all the law of the Church in Wales and insisted my father looked at it, it was new lesson every day. Not all of them the history. In the essay IÊm writing of Jesus, and so I had it. It hung over nice, but that is what learning is about. IÊm looking at models of church and my bed.