June 2019 June 2019 ! Free Speed watch team forced to suspend activities “The Council are shocked and dismayed by the open hostility and threats the volunteers have suffered whilst monitoring the traffic through the villages” Worthen with Shelve Parish Council Statement: Page 11 Wood warbler New train arrives in returns to the hill Snailbeach play area Back with a song: Page 27 Newsbrief: Page 3 Snailbeach District News - Issue 359 Page 1 June 2019 Get the latest from us online snailbeachdistrictnews.co.uk Notes from June The Editor CONTENTS John, Nick, Dougie, Julian, Ray, and myself recently spent a lovely day fixing part of the All our usual features PLUS: fence around the Snailbeach play area that Solve the mysteries of was recently pushed over by some bored kids. tragic Perkin’s Pool It was rotten anyway. The new play area train engine, bought by Where was it...and where was the funds raised from grants and local donations was now in place, fountain built by blacksmith Fred? sparkling red and blue in the sunshine. We all got talking about what We need your help Page 20 a beautiful location the play area is; away from the road and noise and such a quiet area of grass nestling beneath the trees. And it is so Pillocks and morons under used! Apparently it’s all to do with a new element, Governmentium. And After Dougie had helped taking out the old rotten pieces of wood there’s more. posts and we’d banged in the new posts with much help from John Page 5 (after Ryan had trimmed them down to fit the holes), we all had an Getting krafty idea. Why don’t we have a bit of a ‘do’ on a warm summer night with A chance for children to make background music playing, perhaps a bit of live music as well, something special in a free craft something quiet and gentle, a bar and burger stall perhaps, session. What, where and when something like that, and invite the village to bring along camping Page 9 chairs, family and children and blankets on the ground and just chill Are you interested? and get to mingle... The local U3A branch has added So, as the idea fermented in my head I thought - why not! It could be several new groups to its list of activities and interests so easy to do. So, I’m planning to put together a low key event for a Page 15 summer’s evening next year. Ray suggested the title - ‘An Evening Shining Stars Under The Chimney’. If we can still see it by then! So, I’ll be hassling you all over the next few months to tap in to your skills, contacts and knowledge to try to pull together a beautiful summer’s evening in Snailbeach. You know where to find me. [email protected] or just call me, or pop around with your ideas. The future is looking good for Snailbeach White Stars. End of To all our advertisers season report and team picture Some advance notice that our advertising year is coming to an end in Page 19 July and you will need to update your subscription with us by the 1st. Never too late to learn August at the very latest if you wish to continue advertising with us. A new local charity provides help for anyone struggling with reading. We will soon be sending you an order form that you should complete Read all about it and return to John Gorman our secretary at Page 23 [email protected]. 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Of this £363 a handful of projects was gift aided, thus enabling the charity to claim in Shropshire. an additional £90.75 from HMRC. Robert wishes The project needs to thank all who sponsored and encouraged him. your help in the form Well done Robert! of votes. They need And I’m sure that Robert would gladly accept lots and lots of votes more donations for this most worthy charity. You if they are to stand a 3 year old William Evans can contact him at - [email protected] chance of winning, so of Snailbeach couldn’t pic: Robert Currie please get on over to wait to climb aboard the the Calor website train engine and start and get voting! enjoying himself. Eastridge woods Bridges were being built between Forestry England, Eastridge Trail Partnership and local residents in a packed Village Hall on May 17th. The meeting was called by Forestry England to discuss the recent problems that have occurred Robert prepares for a chilly night out in up in the Eastridge woods with a small element St. Luke’s churchyard of the mountain biking community creating unauthorised ‘wild trails’. Vote in the Calor Community Fund! Though there were some passionate exchanges, www.calor.co.uk/shop/communityfund it was generally felt that meaningful lines of The Snailbeach play area is in desperate need of communication are now being forged between repair and update, especially now that the the various factions. Village Hall has a regular weekly toddlers group, The Eastridge Trail Partnership, a voluntary group but play equipment is hugely expensive so the of mountain bikers who work with Forestry Village Hall are constantly on the lookout for England and help maintain the trails, supported sources of funding after launching their appeal Forestry England’s decision to close two of the for funds last year. worst wild trails that were a potential hazard to Lara Sproson-Jones noticed that the Calor other users of the woodland. Community Fund was looking for rural projects Members of the Eastridge Trail Partnership have to support and fund and so she informed the been busy since the meeting, closing down other Village Hall committee. Subsequently Rev. Pam unsigned ‘wild trails’ that have been created that Bickley entered the Snailbeach Village Hall play exit on to or cross the footpath and fire track. area project into the Community Fund If you have any problems concerning Eastridge competition. woods, please contact: So the play area has now been entered into a Nicola Cowell for Forestry England at: fund that could win it £2,500 towards the £3,500 [email protected] or message approximate cost of a matching carriage for the John Bellis for Eastridge Trail Partnership at new train engine which has finally been Eastridge Trail Parnership on Facebook delivered after 12 months of frantic fund-raising snailbeachdistrictnews.co.uk and is now securely in place. for latest updates from Hopefully this will give local children fun for the Shropshire Council Snailbeach District News - Issue 359 Page 3 June 2019 Harry Coyle PHIL GRIFFITHS Local Plumber Landscaping Lawns, Hedges, Hardscaping, Decking, Slabs & Fencing Tap Replacement and Plumbing [email protected] Repairs Undertaken Mob1. 07484 205 925 New Taps Supplied and Fitted Mob2. 07866 007 428 Home Choose Service HOPE VALLEY RADIO Established 35 years 01743 791 379 07811 449 039 Prompt and Professional Pontesbury based * TWO WAY RADIO SALES & HIRE Tel: 01743 790046 Mobile: 07970 010148 TV AERIALS SATELLITE DISHES REPAIRS SUPPLIED AND INSTALLED 3, STATION ROAD MINSTERLEY TUESDAY - 9 TO 3 (BARBER 2 TO 8 - WALK IN SERVICE) A FRIENDLY SERVICE WEDNESDAY - 9 TO 4 FROM JENNY, AVRIL & THURSDAY - 9 TO 9 STACEY WHO WELCOME FRIDAY - 9 TO 5 CUSTOMERS SATURDAY - BY APPOINTMENT OLD & NEW Telephone: 01743 792 548 for an appointment - or just drop in! Snailbeach District News - Issue 359 Page 4 June 2019 Some Science ... with a very large pinch of NaCl (salt!) Oxford University researchers have discovered the densest element yet known to science. The new element Governmentium (symbol=Gv) has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces calledmorons which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles calledpillocks . Since Governmentium has no electrons it is inert. However, it can be detected because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete. Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2 to 6 years. It does not decay but instead undergoes a reorganisation in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact Governmentium’s mass will actually increase over time since each reorganisation will cause more morons to become neutrons forming isodopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe thatGovernmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration.