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Parish Clerk (including burial enquiries): Amy Jones, Hawthorn Cottage, Porthywaen, SY10 8LX Telephone: 01691 829571 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.selattyn-gobowenpc.org.uk If you would like to advertise in the next edition of the Parish Roundabout please send your information to Amy Jones (contact details above) with a cheque made payable to ‘Selattyn and Gobowen Parish Coun- cil’ by 1st May 2018. We accept written details, Word documents or jpeg format. It costs £50+VAT for an eighth of a page, £100+VAT for half a page and £200 +VAT for a full page a year. The Selattyn & Gobowen Parish Roundabout is published 4 times a year and distributed to over 1800 homes in the area. We always welcome contributions from people living in the parish or if you would like to have a photograph or piece of artwork on the cover then please get in touch with the Parish Clerk (see contact details above). The deadline for the next issue (Autumn) is 1st August 2018. All articles and advertisements are published in good faith. Selattyn & Gobowen Parish Council cannot check all details in the articles and any views expressed may not necessarily reflect those of the council. Neither can we be held responsible for the actions of any advertisers now or in the future. Parish Council meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month except August when there is no meeting. Details of agendas and minutes of previous meetings can be viewed on the Council’s website www.selattyn-gobowenpc.org.uk. Current agendas are also posted on the parish notice boards in Selattyn bus shelter, outside the Library on St Martins Road, outside the Co-op in Gobowen, in Pant Glas, and outside The Last Inn in Hengoed. Vote for SELATTYN, GOBOWEN AND HENGOED WAR MEMORIALS BOOK in the Calor Community Fund. The Community Group have applied for funding for A FREE BOOK FOR ALL RESIDENTS THAT COMMEMORATES THOSE WHO ARE NAMED ON THE WAR MEMORIALS OF SELATTYN AND GOBOWEN PARISH. If they secure enough votes, they could receive £2,500 in funding. Please visit: www.calor.co.uk/communityfund And search for Selattyn or Gobowen or Hengoed to find information about the project. All 10 votes can be used on the same project. Voting is open May 22nd—26th June Cover image: Supported by Gobowen War Memorial 2 ready to keep working on your behalf. If we can be of any help, please get in touch. Welcome to our latest edition of the Robert Macey Roundabout. Having recently been elected as Chairman of the Parish Council I would like to COUNCILLOR VACANCY say what an honour it is to serve in this position. I would like to pay tribute to the The Parish Council currently have a vacancy work of our retiring Chairman, Huw Ellis, in for a Councillor. If you are interested in the representing and promoting the Parish. role but would like to find out more, please contact the parish clerk for more details. To Recently, we held a well-attended Annual apply for the role, please submit an Meeting of the Parish. This was a good expression of interest which includes opportunity for the community to come information on why you would like to be a together as parishioners, the council and councillor and what skills you can bring to the local organisations. We received an role. All expressions of interest must be interesting presentation on the work being submitted to the Clerk by Friday 29th June done on the local War Memorial Project. 2018. Co-Option will then take place at the Following this we had a lot of informative July meeting on 11.07.18 reports from local groups, either from their Amy Jones, Parish Clerk representatives or, through written reports. The evening finished with questions from the GOBOWEN YOUTH CLUB public. The club runs every Monday, including Bank As a council we aim to be the voice of the Holidays (unless otherwise stated) from 5pm- community and part of our parish’s active 7pm at a cost of £2 per person. life. As Chairman, I will try to carry on where Huw left off in supporting local groups and Refreshments, activities and a range of sports events many of which we are kindly invited to will be on offer for young people age 10-16 attend. for more information please email [email protected] Recently, I was delighted to attend the very first Fun Run organised jointly by Selattyn and Holiday Activities will run from the 25th of Whittington schools. As race starter and July to the 3rd of September every Monday trophy presenter it was clear to see the on Gobowen Playing Fields 11-2pm. For any enthusiasm the children had to take part in unforeseen changes—please regularly check the event. With good weather, food and our website and Facebook page stalls it was an enjoyable afternoon for all. www.tnsfc.co.uk/foundation or email Well done to all those involved in such a [email protected] Indoor facilities great event. will be arranged in the event of bad weather and all sessions with the exception of Youth As a council we have a busy year ahead which Clubs will include a free healthy lunch. we approach in a positive frame of mind 3 PARISH LIBRARY SERVICES 12 noon, be careful as ‘Mischief Makers’ will make their way to Gobowen, causing havoc Owen Mobile Library stops at Selattyn; Cross and fun! Keys on alternate Tuesdays, 10:05am – 10:15am. For mobile library enquiries, please For adults, Time to Listen, the popular e-mail [email protected] or phone storytime for adults will continue on the 01743 255024. second Tuesday of the month 2-3pm. CAB will be present every Thursday afternoon Gobowen Library for advice. St Martins Road, Gobowen, SY11 3NP [email protected] Every Wednesday, 7-9.30 The Bridge Club 01691 653388 meet and welcome experienced and new players. Opening times: Tuesday 10am – 1pm, 2pm – 5pm STAR housing offer computer support to ALL Wednesday 10am – 3.30pm (term-time residents, especially those claiming Universal only, staffed by Derwen College) Credit. Thursday 10am – 1pm, 2pm – 5pm Saturday 10am – 1pm June 18-23, sees The Festival of Learning Week, where there will be an opportunity to learn something new and the emphasis this WHAT’S ON AT GOBOWEN year will be on history. We will be asking CENTRAL locals to rummage in their attics and sheds for old household items, no longer in use and The summer is here at last and there’s a busy bring them along to Gobowen Central. These time ahead at Gobowen Central with plenty items will be on display at GC for a week and happening and hopefully something for on Saturday 23, 11-12noon, there will be a everyone. As well as the regular Rhymetime coffee morning and an opportunity to share for pre-school children, the 21 June will be a memories and reminisce over cake and a special rhymetime highlighting the benefits cuppa! of Bookstart, where there will be goodies given out to all children attending. The 12th GC will also host a talk, Gobowen in History, June is National Empathy Day and this will on Wednesday 20th June 11-12 noon, by see the return of the popular Kind Corner for Mark Hignett from Oswestry Town museum, pre-school children. where records and artefacts relating to Gobowen from the museum will be the For primary age children, the 14th July sees subject matter. the national launch of the Summer Reading Challenge, where children read 6 library July is National Scam Month. So, be smart books and also collect stickers and goodies and look out for a special session with West over the long summer holiday. The Beano is Mercia police at GC, to avoid being an the theme this year, so on the 9th August 11- innocent victim! 4 GARDEN OPEN colleagues. SATURDAY, JUNE 23rd, at BROOK HOUSE, We applied to the Lottery Heritage Fund for a SELATTYN, SY10 7LL grant but they said that they don't support 2 – 5.30 p.m. monuments, which was a bit of a surprise as Strawberries and Cream we carefully read the criteria and was Plant Stall convinced they would help with the cost. We have embarked on applying to lots of other All proceeds towards the building of Horatio’s places including Star Housing, Wrekin Garden at the Orthopaedic Hospital Housing Trust, Airbus, Awards for All and Tesco's Bag of Help to name but a few, these Entrance £5 per head (or more!) are small pots but well worth going for. Parking in the field please. We have also embarked on the programme HORATIO’S GARDEN AT THE ORTHOPAEDIC for the day of unveiling, Saturday 24th HOSPITAL November which includes a Church Service at Horatio’s gardens have been created in three 12:15, a march to the statue, led by Ifton hospital grounds, set out to allow inpatients a Colliery Band, The unveiling and then into the peaceful access to the outdoors and a Stute for hot drinks and a performance of a beautiful garden as a part of therapeutic new short play scripted by Morton Hall treatment. The gardens commemorate School and St Martins School Choir Horatio Chapple ,17,who was killed by a polar performing 'Only Remembered for What bear in the Arctic whilst on an expedition. They have Done'. Our Orthopaedic Hospital, in conjunction with the Horatio Gardens Trustees and our UPCOMING EVENTS AT own League of Friends is fundraising to DERWEN COLLEGE ensure we get such a superb asset for patients.