DOCSLIB.ORG

February 2009 Mag.Indd

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
February 2009 Mag.Indd Stretton FFebruary 209OCUSCommunity Voice of the Strettons £1.00 February 2009 mag.indd 1 16/1/09 11:53:14 Stretton Focus 2 (founded 1967) In Focus Average monthly sales 1,500 copies (About 65% of households in Church Stretton) News What’s On in the Strettons in February Chairman 5 School News If you wish to know the times of regular meetings of societies and groups, please consult the list of societies and their contacts in the yellow pages. Mike Edmunds 723961 Editors 5 Morning After Barbara Vickery 724179 7 Town Clerk’s 25 Years of Service 1 SUNDAY Gay Walker 722257 7 Arts Festival News Long Mynd Valley Fell Run Nigel and Liz Strachan 724442 Hilary Jones 781459 8 RNLI Fish and Chip Supper 01694 771674 for details Cover Editor 18 Half Price Book Sale www.merciafellrunners.co.uk Yvonne Beaumont 722533 22 Arts Alive Play Computer Production Barrie Raynor 723928 24 Church Stretton Website 2 MONDAY Rowland Jackson 722390 24 History of Church Stretton - Talks Flicks in the Sticks Paul Miller 724596 27 Mayfair News Mamma Mia Distribution Richard Carter 724106 29 A Seasonal First 7.30pm CS School Advertising 29 All Change for Tourism Group See Page 42➤ Graham Young 724647 35 Shropshire Community Council Treasurer Robert Woodier 720016 37 ‘Focus’ Goes Green 3 TUESDAY Secretary 37 Engaging Issues Mothers’ Union Gloria Carter 724106 38 Leisure Centre Update Speaker: Rev Richard Hill Directors Mike Edmunds (Chmn), Gloria Carter (Sec), 41 Women’s World Day of Prayer 2.30pm Owen Room, Parish Centre Sandie Johnson, Pat Oxtoby, Barrie Raynor (V Chmn), Peter Relph, Lesley Richards, Robert Woodier 43 More Singers Concert (Treas), Peter Wright 4 WEDNESDAY email address Forthcoming Events Methodist Network Group [email protected] 11 RSPB (Craven Arms) Events Rev Joseph Gomez Advertisements 18 Political Correctness 2.30pm Methodist Church Hall Rates for block and occasional 23 tART Events advertisements may be obtained (send s.a.e.) from the Advertising Manager, 29 Trees in Your Garden Long Mynd Camera Club Graham Young, 30 Alison Road, 35 Call My Bluff Wine Tasting Challenge Club Competition No 3 Subject ‘Open’ Church Stretton, SY6 7AT, 35 All Stretton Pantomime 7.30pm URC Hall Tel: 01694 724647 or email [email protected] 38 SpArC News to whom copy should be sent. 42 Flicks in the Sticks 5 THURSDAY The Stretton Focus Management Board cannot History of Church Stretton and accept responsibility for any product or service County-related topics advertised. Acceptance of an advertisement does Regular Features not imply any form of approval or recommendation. 2 What’s On Talk: The Coming of the Railway Advertisers are required to comply with the British Code of Advertising Practice. 8 URC Voice 1st of an 8 week series of talks by Tony Crowe Submission of articles 11 Town Council Community Matters 2.30pm SHI See Page 24➤ If possible, please submit material electronically to 17 Thank Yous [email protected] as an 18 Gardening in February 6 FRIDAY attachment with a pertinent title, not 23 Recipe Geology of Shropshire simply ‘Focus Article’. Typed or legible handwritten copy, discs, CDs with 23 Trivia Corner Illustrated talk by Peter Toghill 8.00pm original unimproved digital photographs 23 Book of the Month Masonic Hall, Crewe Street, Shrewsbury or good quality glossy photographs may (close to the Fire Station) be left at Wrights, Estate Agent, Sandford 24 Quaker Voice Avenue clearly labelled ‘Stretton Focus’. 27 Focus on Faith All copy must be received by noon on the 27 Mayfair Lottery Flicks in the Sticks – All Stretton date below. Disclaimer 34 Letters ‘The Band’s Visit’ Tickets £4 on the door. Stretton Focus prints a wide range of articles 35 Trivia Answers Interval refreshments & comfy chairs. and letters. The views expressed by signed articles are those of their authors and not necessarily those of the 35 Methodist Voice 7.30pm AS Village Hall See Page 42➤ Management Board. 42 December Weather Copy day 42 Anglican Voice UNDAY is normally the fi rst Monday of the 8 S month. Sunday at 6 For the March issue it is Monday 2nd Other Political Correctness February (12 noon). 4 Darwin’s Birthday Informal discussion group For the April issue it will be Monday FEbRUaRy 2009 FEbRUaRy 2nd March. 8 Focus on Rushbury School 6.00pm CS Methodist Church 18 Reg’s Ramblings The March Stretton Focus will be distributed on Friday 27th February 21 The Kinder Transport Outlets 22 A Cycling Club for the Strettons Stretton Focus may be purchased 38 Calling all Volunteers (SHAPE) by annual subscription (delivered) or 43 Percy’s Memories directly from Newsworld (Sandford Avenue), Co-op, Spar, Longmynd Filling Station (A49), Visitor Information Centre (Church St) and the Churches. Focus From this month, Focus will cover This month’s © 2009 Stretton Focus Limited have four more pages of Yvonne Beaumont Photo: Registration No. 6237590 Inc in England Registered Offi ce: 49 Ludlow Road, colour at no increase to the Church Stretton, SY6 6AD ISSN 1479–7356 cover price. StRETTON FOCUS StRETTON Printed by WPG, Welshpool February 2009 mag.indd 2 16/1/09 11:53:15 What’s On in the Strettons in February 3 If you wish to know the times of regular meetings of societies and groups, please consult the list of societies and their contacts in the yellow pages. 9 MONDAY 17 TUESDAY C S and District Gardening Club Royal British Legion Quiz Countrywomen’s Guild 7.00 – 8.00pm AGM 7.45pm Church Stretton & District Club ‘A Week in the Life of an Antique Dealer’ with 8.00 pm ‘Primulas and Auriculas’ Mary Smith By John and Ingrid Millington of Worfi eld, 10 TUESDAY 2.15 Parish Centre Bridgnorth 7.00pm SHI CS Women’s Institute ‘Peru – Train to Machu Pichu’ by Stuart Anthony AS Women’s Institute 25 WEDNESDAY 7.15pm SHI Writing Detective Fiction Methodist Network Group by Bob Bibby Women’s World Day of Prayer Methodist Wives and Friends 7.30 AS Village Hall Preparation led by Sheila Seal ‘Life in the Gambia’ by Mrs Catherine Gomez. 2.30pm Methodist Church Hall All welcome Mayfair Help at Home Event 8.00pm Methodist Church Hall Services and support to make life easier. Find 26 THURSDAY out what’s available. Drop in any time. Mayfair Winter Talks Engaging issues 10-3pm at Mayfair Community Centre. ‘Baikal Amur Mainline’ by Janet Longstaff Workshop - What value(s), ideas vision have See Page 27➤ 7.15 for 7.45pm Tickets £3.00 at Mayfair. we engendered? How would you see us Booking beforehand preferred; date going forward into a 5th series from 18 WEDNESDAY changed from March September? Methodist Network Group See Page 27➤ 7.25 for 7.30 pm URC Antiques (bring your own) with Mary Smith 2.30pm Methodist Church Hall 27 FRIDAY 11 WEDNESDAY Wine Challenge Methodist Network Group Lomg Mynd Camera Club Call my Bluff Wine Tasting Challenge ‘Rhymes and More’ by John Voller Model Evening with Chris and Nikki Nottingham 7pm Cardington Village Hall 2.30pm Methodist Church Hall 7.30pm URC Hall See Page 35➤ RSPB Craven Arms Branch 28 SATURDAY ‘Return to Tanzania’ by Chris Wallace 19 THURSDAY – 21 SATURDAY Projects Overseas Mothers’ Union 7.30pm Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre All Stretton Dramatic Society Coffee Morning See Page 11➤ presents Little Red Whittington 10.00-12.00am, Parish Centre AS Village Hall Church Stretton Tree Group See Page 35➤ Stretton Climate Care Quiz Evening ‘Looking after your garden trees’ by John Tuer. Quiz Master: Ken Willis - teams 4-6 Tickets on door £1 for members £2 for non- 21 SATURDAY £5 (incl. refreshments) members 7.30pm Methodist Church Hall RSPB Craven Arms Branch 7.30 pm Parish Centre. See Page 29➤ Wildlife walk at Much Wenlock 10.00am by the clock tower in High Street Quiz night. Flicks in the Sticks Hope Bowdler See Page 11➤ Teams of 4-6. Bring your own food & drink. ‘Sixty Six’ starring Helena Bonham-Carter £2.00 person 7.30p.m HB Village Hall 23 MONDAY 7.30pm All Stretton Village Hall 2009 FEbRUaRy See Page 42➤ Ornithological Society For more details and to book a table please ‘Return of the Red Kite’ ring Pat on 722259 12 THURSDAY by Leo Smith Planning Policy: Non-members welcome, £2 including MARCH 2 MONDAY Core Strategies Issues and Options refreshments. Flicks in the Sticks 7.00pm, Mayfair 7.30pm Methodist Church, ‘There Will Be Blood’ Tickets £3.50, Under 16s £1.00 on the door Loon & Theatre Mimi 24 TUESDAY 7.30pm CS School FOCUS StRETTON will present ‘Phileas P. Souper Tour’ Pancake Lunch 8,00pm SpArC Theatre in Bishop’s Castle in aid of The Bible Society. £5. See Page 38➤ Preceded by Pancake Race from the Library at 12.15pm. 16 MONDAY Entry 50p. Prizes! Shropshire Literary Society ‘E Conchis Omnia’-Erasmus Darwin – Polymath. C S and District Flower Club A talk by Thelma Thompson LLB Hons ‘Music my fi rst Love’ 7.30pm CS Library (rear entrance) By Jane Pugh 7.30pm AS Village Hall Except yellow pages February 2009 mag.indd 3 16/1/09 11:53:15 4 Happy 200th, Charles Darwin Let’s toast you on February 12th Just a few of the events at Darwin’s Shrewsbury Festival 2009 t is surprising that so many people are still ignorant of 12th February – Darwin Day Darwin’s birthplace. (Compare it with knowledge of 10.00am (outside Library) Unveiling of Darwin Waymarkers Shakespeare’s birthplace, for example!) 12noon (The Bell Stone, Morris Hall Courtyard) Toast and I However, this should be corrected Themed Walking Tour this year when Shrewsbury is celebrating 2.00pm (The Square) Slices of a Giant Birthday Cake (with the Darwin’s Shrewsbury Festival.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Geology of the Shropshire Hills
    The Geology of the Shropshire Hills Destinations: Shropshire Hills & England Trip code: CSWGE HOLIDAY OVERVIEW Shropshire is one of the best places in inland Britain to gain an insight into some of the country's oldest rock formations. Join our expert geologist as he brings to the life the Church Stretton fault and explains how tectonic plate movement played its role in the creation of today’s walker’s paradise - the Long Mynd. We'll walk up to 6 miles (9½km) each day. Suitable for any level of experience, with no prior knowledge required. WHAT'S INCLUDED • High quality Full Board en-suite accommodation and excellent food in our Country House • Guidance from a knowledgeable HF Holidays’ leader, to ensure you get the most from your holiday • All essential transport on a comfortable, good-quality mini-coach or other mode of transport, e.g. boat • Entrance fees to venues included as part of your holiday’s itinerary HOLIDAYS HIGHLIGHTS • Discover the geology of Shropshire in a small sociable group setting • Leisurely walks with regular stops to look at geology www.hfholidays.co.uk PAGE 1 [email protected] Tel: +44(0) 20 3974 8865 TRIP SUITABILITY On our Natural World holidays we spend most of the day outdoors, exploring by mini-coach or on foot, walking up to 6 miles (9½km) each day with regular stops to enjoy rock formations and fossils. Sometimes things happen beyond our control – the weather, traffic jams or changes at the places we visit. If we need to adjust your holiday programme, for whatever reason, your leader will help smooth the way.
    [Show full text]
  • Notes on the Geology and Fossils of the Ludlow District
    NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND FOSSILS OF THE LUDLOW DISTRICT. By A. SMITH WOODWARD, LL.D., F.R.S., President. (A few ad,'ance coft'es issued /0 11ttlnbtr, in July, ' 901.) NDE R the presidency of a palreontologist it seems appro­ U priate that the Geologists ' Association should devote its Long Excursion this year to the study of fossils in the field. It becomes more and more evident, as researches progress, that the past history of life on the earth can only be satisfactorily deciphered when the exact stratigraphical position of each fossil has been determined by careful collecting. The variations of an organism in time and space, and its successive migrations, can only be ascertained by more detailed field-work and more precise labelling than has hitherto been customary among palreontolo­ gists. It is therefore necessary to follow the lead of Lapworth, Buckman, Rowe, Wheelton Hind, Miss Elles, Miss Wood, and others who are inaugurating a new era in the study of British fossils by a most exact and exhaustive method of collecting. The Association, indeed, cannot do better at the present time than attempt to arouse renewed interest in a classic district, which has been much neglected by geologists during recent years, and has scarcely been examined in any respect from the modern standpoint. The classic ground we have chosen to visit is the old country of the Silures, where Murchison originally worked out the details of his Silurian System. Much of it has never been visited by the Association before, and thirty-two years have now elapsed since Ludlow was the centre of one of our excursions.
    [Show full text]
  • The Significance and Social Impact of Quarrying in Shropshire in the 19Th and 20Th Centuries
    The Significance and Social Impact of Quarrying in Shropshire in the 19th and 20th Centuries The Significance and Social Impact of Quarrying in Shropshire in the 19th and 20th Centuries By Dr. Robert S. Galloway The Significance and Social Impact of Quarrying in Shropshire in the 19th and 20th Centuries By Dr. Robert S. Galloway This book first published 2019 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2019 by Robert S. Galloway All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-5275-3303-4 ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-3303-5 The book is dedicated to my Late mother Mrs Betty Galloway 1929-2015. For her encouragement and financial assistance, without, which I could not have completed my PhD. CONTENTS List of Figures.............................................................................................. x List of Tables ............................................................................................ xiii Abstract ..................................................................................................... xv Acknowledgements ................................................................................. xvii Chapter 1 ....................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Broseley in Shropshire 1600-1820
    INDUSTRIALISATION AND AN EARLY MODERN TOWN: BROSELEY IN SHROPSHIRE 1600-1820 by STEPHEN CHARLES HUDSON A thesis submitted to the University of Birmingham for the degree of MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY School of History and Culture College of Arts and Law University of Birmingham June 2017 University of Birmingham Research Archive e-theses repository This unpublished thesis/dissertation is copyright of the author and/or third parties. The intellectual property rights of the author or third parties in respect of this work are as defined by The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or as modified by any successor legislation. Any use made of information contained in this thesis/dissertation must be in accordance with that legislation and must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the permission of the copyright holder. ABSTRACT This work is the first attempt to analyse, assess and evaluate the broad process of industrialisation in Broseley, Shropshire between 1600 and c.1820. The thesis is a study of historical processes of growth, development and, ultimately the beginning of decline of a small industrial urban settlement above the Severn Gorge on the southern margins of the east Shropshire coalfield. These historical processes, socio-economic in character, are shown to interact and produce an early industrial town, possessing certain characteristics, features and traditions, unusual if not unique in a settlement of this nature. A variety of source material – primary documentary, archaeological/field and secondary – is used to examine the origins and growth of three groups of industries - mining, iron and ceramics - and the social fabric and stratification that were both the cause and consequence of their development.
    [Show full text]
  • Contaminated Land Strategy 2013
    C Contaminated Land Strategy 2013 September 2013 Contents Executive Summary 4 1 Introduction 5 1. 1 The Historical Legacy of Contaminated Land 1.2 The Development of a New Regime 2 Outline of Part 2A and Key Concepts 8 2.1 Principles of Part 2A 2.2 Roles & Responsibilities under Part IIA 2.3 Definition of Contaminated Land 2.4 The Definition of SPOSH 2.5 Definition of Significant Possibility of Significant Pollution of Controlled Waters 2.6 Radioactivity 3 Characteristics of Shropshire 15 3.1 Population and Economy 3.2 Historical Development 3.3 Geology 3.4 Hydrology 3.5 Landscape, biodiversity, geodiversity and land use 3.6 Historic Environment 3.7 Climate Change 4 Shropshire Council Strategy : overall aims 24 4.1 Progress to date 4.2 Declared Contaminated Land in Shropshire 4.3 Strategy Objective 4.4 Strategy Priority Action Areas 4.5 Consultation & Liaison 2 5 Procedures 28 5. 1 Statutory Obligations 5.2 Roles & Responsibilities 5.3 Overview of Procedures 5.4 Prioritisation of Sites 5.5 Operation of Prioritiser Database 5.6 Undertaking Detailed Inspections 5.7 Enforcement 5.8 Appropriate Persons for Remediation and Cost Recovery 5.9 Council Owned Land 5.10 Interface with the Planning Process 5.11 Special Sites 5.12 Liaison with the Environment Agency 6 Communication and Information Management 39 6.1 Communication Principles 6.2 Site Specific Communication 6.3 Internal Communications 6.4 External Arrangements for Liaison and Communication 6.5 Information Management 6.6 Dealing with Complaints and Enquiries 7 Review 44 Appendix 1 – Historical Context 45 Appendix 2 – Geology of Shropshire 47 Appendix 3 – Hydrology of Shropshire 50 Appendix 4 – Operational Action Plan 52 Appendix 5 – Guidance on Planning 65 Appendix 6 - Cost Recovery Policy 73 3 Executive Summary Under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, each authority has a statutory duty to prepare, implement and keep under periodic review its Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy.
    [Show full text]
  • Proceedings of the Shropshire Geological Society, 12, 1-4
    ISSN 1750-855X (Print) ISSN 1750-8568 (Online) Proceedings of the Shropshire Geological Society No. 12 2007 Contents 1. Donato, J.: A Geophysical Ramble across Southern Shropshire - Speculations based upon 1 an East-West Cross-Section ...…………………………………………...………………..… 2. Rosenbaum, M.S.: The building stones of Ludlow: a walk through the town …………….... 5 3. Rayner, C., Rayner, M. & Rosenbaum, M.S.: A Geological Trail through the landslides of 39 Ironbridge Gorge. …………………………………………………………………………... 4. Torrens, H.S.: The Earliest Geological Essay from Shropshire? “Thoughts on the 53 Formation of the Earth” by a Farmer ………..…………………………………………..….. 5. Rosenbaum, M.S.: A Geological Trail in front of the last glacier in South Shropshire …….. 56 6. Rayner, C.: A Geological Trail around Hawkstone Park ………………………………..….. 70 7. Rayner, C. (2007). Be a Rock Detective around Hawkstone Park ………………………..… 79 Available on-line: http://www.shropshiregeology.org.uk/SGSpublications Issued January 2008 Published by the Shropshire Geological Society ISSN 1750-855X (Print) ISSN 1750-8568 (Online) A Geophysical Ramble across Southern Shropshire - Speculations based upon an East- West Cross-Section John Donato1 DONATO, J. (2007). A Geophysical Ramble across Southern Shropshire - Speculations based upon an East-West Cross-Section. Proceedings of the Shropshire Geological Society, 12, 1-4. Using data based largely on published papers and BGS mapping in the public domain, a 100 km long East-West section through Church Stretton and Bridgnorth has been constructed. By developing gravity and magnetic models, it has been possible to postulate feasible crustal configurations for the deep geology. Implications for deep crustal studies in the region are discussed in the context of questions raised by members following the presentation of this thesis as a lecture to the Society on 11th October 2006.
    [Show full text]
  • An Introduction to 700 Million Years of Earth History in Shropshire and Herefordshire
    ISSN 1750-855X (Print) ISSN 1750-8568 (Online) An introduction to 700 million years of earth history in Shropshire and Herefordshire 1 Peter Toghill TOGHILL, P. (2008). An introduction to 700 million years of earth history in Shropshire and Herefordshire. Proceedings of the Shropshire Geological Society, 13, 8–24. The beautiful landscape of the Welsh Marches is underlain by a rock sequence representing 10 of the 12 recognised periods of geological time. This remarkable variety, covering 700 million years of Earth history, has resulted from the interplay of three main factors: (1) erosion and faulting which have produced a very complex outcrop pattern; (2) southern Britain's position near to plate boundaries through most of late Precambrian and Phanerozoic time; and, most importantly, (3) the incredible 12,000 km, 500 million year, journey of southern Britain across the Earth's surface from the southern hemisphere to the northern, caused by plate tectonic processes. 1Church Stretton, Shropshire, UK. E-mail: [email protected] BACKGROUND This paper set the geological scene for the one-day symposium at Ludlow forming the centrepiece of the 2007 Marches Festival of Geology. However, this is not the place to provide a detailed description of the geology of Shropshire per se, for which the reader is referred to Peter Toghill’s Geology of Shropshire (2006), thereby to benefit from the author’s detailed knowledge of the local geology. The beautiful landscape of the Welsh Marches is underlain by a rock sequence representing ten of the twelve recognised periods of geological time (10 out of 13 if the Tertiary is subdivided into two periods).
    [Show full text]
  • PANNETT, D. (2008). the Ice Age Legacy in North Shropshire
    ISSN 1750-855X (Print) ISSN 1750-8568 (Online) The Ice Age Legacy in North Shropshire 1 David Pannett PANNETT, D. (2008). The Ice Age Legacy in North Shropshire. Proceedings of the Shropshire Geological Society, 13, 86–91. An ‘arctic’ landscape has been unveiled in North Shropshire by geologists, making it an ideal area in which to demonstrate the role of Ice Ages in the origin of our landscape. The classification of glacial deposits on published geological maps is shown to have both helped and hindered subsequent research. Boreholes for mineral assessment, construction and groundwater studies have enlarged a picture once restricted to exposures in gravel pits and small river, road or rail cuts. Progress has been made by appreciating that glacial deposits are three dimensional systems produced in varied depositional environments. Patterns in the hidden surface of the bedrock are also revealed, as is the impact on local river systems. These aspects are discussed in relation to the evolution of theories concerning glacial lakes. 1Bicton, Shropshire, UK. E-mail: [email protected] evaporation rates and consequential low precipitation in cold climatic conditions at a time BACKGROUND of supposed heavy rainfall, quoting as defence Job Hidden beneath the ‘green and pleasant’ land of 37:10 and 38:22. North Shropshire there lies an ‘arctic’ landscape Geologists will be the first to admit that there born of harsher conditions now only seen in are still gaps in their understanding of the Ice Age, mountains and higher latitudes (Figure 1). but the evidence is overwhelming in support of climatic deterioration for the past 2½ million years leading to cold climate geological processes worldwide.
    [Show full text]
  • Shropshire Transactions Vol. 85
    Shropshire History and Archaeology Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society (incorporating the Shropshire Parish Register Society) VOLUME LXXXV edited by D. T. W. Price SHREWSBURY 2010 (ISSUED IN 2011) © Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society 2011 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society. Produced and printed by 4word Ltd., Bristol COUNCIL AND OFFICERS 1 DECEMBER 2011 President SIR NEIL COSSONS, O.B.E., M.A., F.S.A. Vice-Presidents M. UNA REES, B.A., PH.D. B. S. TRINDER, M.A., PH.D., F.S.A. ERNIE JENKS MADGE MORAN, F.S.A. Elected Members NIGEL BAKER, B.A., PH.D., M.I.F.A., F.S.A. MARY F. MCKENZIE, M.A., M.AR.AD. FRANCESCA BUMPUS, M.A., PH.D. PENNY WARD, M.A., M.I.F.A. NEIL CLARKE, B.A. ROGER WHITE, B.A., PH.D., M.I.F.A. ROBERT CROMARTY, B.A. ANDY WIGLEY, B.SC., M.A., P.C.H.E., PH.D. Chairman and Acting Hon. Treasurer JAMES LawsON, M.A., Westcott Farm, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury SY5 0SQ Hon. Secretary and Hon. Publications Secretary G. C. BAUGH, M.A., F.S.A., Glebe House, Vicarage Road, Shrewsbury SY3 9EZ Hon. Gift-Aid Secretary B. SHERRatt, 11 Hayton View, Ludlow SY8 2NU Hon. Membership Secretary W. F. HODGES, Westlegate, Mousecroft Lane, Shrewsbury SY3 9DX Hon. Editor THE REVD. CANON D. T.
    [Show full text]
  • Wonder As You Wander up the Carding Mill Valley Spot Clues to the 600 Million Year Old History of the Long Mynd
    Wonder as you Wander up the Carding Mill Valley Spot clues to the 600 million year old history of the Long Mynd. Consider how the Earth has evolved since the rock you are walking over first formed. Welcome to the Carding Mill Valley Making the Rocks Opposite the cafe the stream is flowing Have you ever wondered why the Long directly on the solid rock. The layers Mynd is so different from the other (beds) of rock run across the stream Shropshire Hills? Or why the valleys are and some can be followed going almost such a distinctive shape? Or indeed vertically up the opposite bank. This is where on Earth the Long Mynd might seen even more clearly as you cross the have been 500 million years ago? footbridge. (Photo right) Possibly not! But this stroll on good 2 These beds would have been laid paths of easy gradient from the Carding down originally as horizontal layers of Mill Valley cafe shows how clues to the mud, silt and sand on the floor of a sea answers can be seen in the landscape. bounded by volcanoes to the east and 1 Start outside the National Trust café. Get your bearings by looking first down- west. Newly erupted volcanic ash 2 stream (east) towards the valley entrance (photo above). This lower valley is erodes quickly and after only some 10 relatively straight, with the view closed by the wooded slopes of Helmeth Hill to million years about 7000 metres of rock had built up on the ocean floor. the east of the Church Stretton Valley.
    [Show full text]
  • Public Document Pack
    Public Document Pack Shropshire Council Legal and Democratic Services Shirehall Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury SY2 6ND Committee: Council Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2014 Date: Thursday, 25 September 2014 Time: 10.00 am Venue: Council Chamber, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND You are requested to attend the above meeting. The Agenda is attached Claire Porter Head of Legal and Democratic Services (Monitoring Officer) Malcolm Pate (Chairman) Steve Davenport Peggy Mullock David Lloyd (Speaker) Andrew Davies Peter Nutting Keith Barrow (Leader) Pauline Dee Mike Owen Ann Hartley (Deputy Leader) David Evans Kevin Pardy Peter Adams Roger Evans William Parr Andrew Bannerman John Everall Vivienne Parry Nicholas Bardsley Hannah Fraser Malcolm Price Tim Barker Nigel Hartin David Roberts Charlotte Barnes Richard Huffer Keith Roberts Joyce Barrow Tracey Huffer Madge Shineton Tudor Bebb Roger Hughes Jon Tandy Martin Bennett Vince Hunt Robert Tindall Thomas Biggins John Hurst-Knight Dave Tremellen Andy Boddington Jean Jones Kevin Turley Vernon Bushell Simon Jones David Turner Gwilym Butler Miles Kenny Arthur Walpole John Cadwallader Heather Kidd Stuart West Karen Calder Christian Lea Claire Wild Dean Carroll Robert Macey Brian Williams Lee Chapman Jane MacKenzie Mansel Williams Steve Charmley Chris Mellings Leslie Winwood Anne Chebsey David Minnery Michael Wood Peter Cherrington Pamela Moseley Tina Woodward Ted Clarke Alan Mosley Paul Wynn Gerald Dakin Cecilia Motley Your Committee Officer is: Karen Nixon Committee Officer Tel: 01743 252724 Email: [email protected] AGENDA 1 Apologies for Absence 2 Disclosable Pecuniary Interests Members are reminded that they must not participate in the discussion or voting on any matter in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and should leave the room prior to the commencement of the debate.
    [Show full text]
  • Shropshire Building Stone Atlas
    STRATEGIC STONE STUDY A Building Stone Atlas of Shropshire Published May 2012 Derived from BGS digital geological mapping at 1:625,000 scale, British Geological Survey © Shropshire Bedrock Geology NERC. All rights reserved Click on this link to visit Shropshire’s geology and its contribution to known building stones, stone structures and building stone quarries (Opens in new window http://maps.bgs.ac.uk/buildingstone?County=Shropshire ) Shropshire Strategic Stone Study 1 Introduction The presence of a wide range of lithologies within an area also meant that several different Many areas of Britain are characterised by their stone types were liable to occur in a single indigenous building stones, for example the building. Nowhere is this better exemplified Jurassic LIMESTONE of the Cotswolds, the than in the Stretton Valley, where a number FLINT of the CHALK downlands of ‘The South- of different lithologies are brought into close East’, the granite of Dartmoor, and the gritstone proximity along the Church Stretton Fault Zone. of ‘The North’. But look at a vernacular St. Laurence’s Church in Church Stretton is a architecture map of Britain and the chances are case in point (see p.3). it will show Shropshire (along with Cheshire to the north and Herefordshire to the south) as “black and white” or timber-framed country. In practice, for pre-mid C19 buildings, stone constructions are more common than timber- framed ones in several parts of the county. This is not the general perception, however, because there is no single characteristic stone. Instead, one sees extensive use of local stone mirroring the considerable variety of different rock types cropping out across the county.
    [Show full text]