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CORVEDALE NEWS THE CORVEDALE COMMUNITY MAGAZINE £7.00 per annum The Diddle Brook, at Diddlebury Geoff Neden May 2020 CORVEDALE NEWS May 2020 Corvedale News After much discussion and debate, it has been decided to both for this purpose and for the continued receipt of local produce an electronic only version of the Corvedale News information in the future? for May and possibly future months until such time as we To join, all you need do is to send an email to Geoff Neden can restart normal deliveries of hard copies. at [email protected] and your details will be added The electronic version will be sent out via the Diddlebury to the Group. All Group members are, of course, able to Parish Google Group and will also be made available on the unsubscribe at any time. Rest assured that no inappropriate Diddlebury Parish website www.diddleburyparish.co.uk or commercial material will ever be circulated on the This means that our normal number of subscribers which is Group. Nor will members be bombarded with frequent, around 450 households will be much reduced as the Google unwanted messages. Group presently has only about 90 members. The electronic Corvedale News will be issued at the usual In order to increase the distribution of this version as far time around the last week of each month. as possible, if you, or you are aware, of any friends or The Corvedale News Team is very grateful to all its neighbours who have internet access but who are not yet contributors, volunteers and distributors without whom the members of the Google Group, could you inform them of magazine could not be published. this change and perhaps suggest that they join the Group The Corvedale News Team Apple Blossom Woodpecker by Joanne Preece Corvedale Millichope Corvedale Lambs Corvedale 1 CORVEDALE NEWS May 2020 Copy for June 2020 Magazine To make sure your contribution is included in the June 2020 magazine, please send by email to [email protected] by SUNDAY 17TH MAY 2020 at the latest. ADVERTISEMENTS. If you would like to advertise in the Corvedale News or amend an existing advertisement, please contact our Advertising Manager by SUNDAY 17TH MAY 2020 at the latest for inclusion in the next issue: [email protected]. All adverts must be in electronic format and sent in either jpg or Word format. PICTURES. We are always very pleased to receive high quality pictures of scenes or events around the Corvedale to add to our library for use on the front cover. Email to [email protected]. EDITOR’S NOTE. If anyone knows of other events taking place within their immediate area in the next few months, could they please let the Editor know so these may be included in the Dates for Your Diary. OUR DOMESTICS DON’T FORGET. If you are aware of anyone who does not receive the Corvedale News in your area but would like to, please have a word with your distributor. FINANCE. If you have an outstanding subscription, please pass it to your distributor. If this is not possible, you can contact our Treasurer (giving your name and address): Martin Jones, Yew Tree Cottage, Corfton Bache, SY7 9LE. DISCLAIMER. Views expressed in this paper are those of the relevant authors and not necessarily those of the Corvedale News team. We reserve the right to edit or omit any material submitted for publication. No liability is accepted for loss or damage arising from any omission of copy or advertising, and the appearance of advertisement does not imply endorsement or recommendation. The Corvedale News is published and distributed entirely by volunteers, with production costs defrayed by advertising and subscriptions. OUR MAGAZINE is designed, set and printed by: Craven Design and Print, Email: [email protected] Unit 1, Stokewood Road, Craven Arms Business Park, Craven Arms, SY7 8NR. Tel: 01588 673972 Information for Subscribers - List of Distributors and Their Areas Name Address Area Served Name Address Area Served Garage Cottage, Yew Tree Cottage, Corfton/Corfton Mrs P Baynham Westhope Mr M Jones Westhope Corfton Bache Broadstone, Rowe Mrs B Bowers Hungerford Culmington Court, Lane, Hungerford Mr D Jubb Culmington Part 2 Culmington Holdgate Mrs N Brentnall Pool Farm, Brookhampton The Moors, Mrs S Lewis Diddlebury Part 1 Brookhampton Diddlebury Mrs M The Old Rectory, Abdon Buckingham Abdon 6 North Sutton Ms C Morgan Sutton Peaton, Peaton Cottages Mrs D Clinton Sunnycroft, Peaton Strand Diddlebrook Barn, Corfton, Pedlar’s Mr G Neden Diddlebury Part 2 Mrs C Crowther Corfton Lodge Diddlebury Rest Coneybury, Mrs C Roberts Munslow, Mrs C Evans Aston Munslow Aston Munslow Munslow Broncroft, Baucott, Millichope Lodge, Beambridge/ Mrs F Sutton Mr I Hankinson Broncroft, Broncroft Balaam’s Heath, Beambridge Millichope Tugford Sparchford Cottage, Culmington Part 1 Mrs J The Moors, Mrs V Hardwick Bache Mill Sparchford Woodhouse Diddlebury Mr D Hedgley/ Bouldon, Wynett’s Mrs K Upper House Farm, Bouldon Middlehope Mrs M Holt Bank Woodhouse Middlehope 2 CORVEDALE NEWS May 2020 Community Contacts SOUTH SHROPSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE PHILIP DUNNE You can access information and advice at our South Member of Parliament Shropshire Bureau by calling into the Ludlow Youth for the Ludlow Constituency Centre, Lower Galdeford, Ludlow: 54 Broad Street, Ludlow SY8 1GP 10am - 3pm Monday, Wednesday, & Thursday tel: 01584 872187 or by ringing the Countrywide Telephone Advice Line: fax: 01584 876345 03444 991100 email: [email protected] 54 Broad Street, Ludlow, SY8 1GP 10am - 3pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday and Tuesday 10am - 6pm or www.adviceguide.org.uk DIDDLEBURY PARISH COUNCIL Patients of Shrewsbury Road Doctors’ Surgery in Craven Arms are able to book appointments directly with the existing CA ENVIRONMENTAL MAINTENANCE outreach by contacting the surgery. OFFICER Diddlebury Parish Council has a contract with a local resident, Mr Gary Trim. He is our EMO (Environmental SHROPSHIRE UNITARY COUNCILLOR Maintenance Officer) and carries out minor maintenance FOR THE CORVEDALE work around the parish, excluding along the B4368. Cllr. Cecilia Motley If you are aware of any ditches which need clearing, Councillor, Corvedale Division vegetation which needs to be cut back, road signs, bus shelters, noticeboards or bridge railings which Portfolio Holder, Rural Services need cleaning, repainting or repairing, please let either & Local Communities the Chairman or the Clerk know, so that instructions Shropshire Council can be passed on to the EMO. 01588 672192 Chairman - 01584 841068 Clerk - 01568 770741 CORVEDALE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP The Corvedale Community Environmental Group usually meets monthly at The Swan Pub at 7.00pm on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Anyone interested in discussing environmental issues in a friendly atmosphere is welcome to come along. Church Contacts Church of England Catholic Church Methodist Chapel Rev’d John S Beesley Canon Christopher Walsh Craven Arms: For service St Michael’s Rectory St Peter’s RC Church times and ministers, please Munslow Henley Road, Ludlow contact the Shropshire SY7 9EU SY8 1QZ and Marches Circuit Office tel: (01584) 841488 tel: (01584) 872906 tel: (01743) 874923 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 3 CORVEDALE NEWS May 2020 Church News on YouTube for ‘The Corvedale Churches’), as are all the services for Holy Week and Easter. There will also be links from the Corvedale Parishes Facebook page – you do not have to be a Facebook member to see this. Some of the services will be streamed ‘live’ using Zoom – if you would like to be sent the link so that you can join us, please drop me an email to let me know. These services will be on YouTube too later on, so you can access them when you like. I am emailing service details to people whose contact details I have; again if you’d like to be included in this please drop me an email. We have found that one of the enjoyable features of Zoom is that we have the sense of being a worshipping community gathering together, even if we’re not in the same place – if this would be helpful you’re welcome to join us! If you don’t have internet access I can post some materials to you that may be helpful – again, please let me know. Services this month will be: Sunday May 3rd - 9:45am Common Worship Morning Prayer (on YouTube & Zoom) Sunday May 10th - 9:45am Holy Communion (on YouTube and by Zoom) Sunday May 17th - 6.00pm Evensong (on YouTube) Thursday May 21st - 7:30pm Church Services Holy Communion for Ascension Day (YouTube & Zoom) Having written last month about the arrangements for Sunday May 24th - 9:45am church services during the current situation, almost Holy Communion (on YouTube and by Zoom) everything I had written was out of date within days because Sunday May 31st - 9:45am the lockdown was announced, which had inevitable effects Holy Communion (on YouTube and by Zoom) on what we can do. As a result, the church buildings are now closed to everyone, for services, for private prayer and Many of you will know that on Wednesdays in Advent and reflection and for visiting. We are unable to have weddings Lent we have a service of Compline in one of the churches or baptisms. We are able to have funerals in the churchyard in the group. We have decided that for the duration of or at the crematorium, but there are strict limits in place as to the current situation we will continue these services the form of the service and who can attend. I am, of course, on Wednesday evenings – they will be uploaded to the happy to talk to anyone about weddings and baptisms even YouTube Channel each Wednesday and will remain there if we cannot at this point set a definite date for the service for you to access whenever you might like.