Stretton FApril 209 OCUSCommunity Voice of the Strettons £1.00 Why Good Friday? April 2009 mag.indd 1 13/3/09 12:08:48 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 April Chairman 5 Mayfair Duke of Edinburgh Group 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 Mayfair News Barbara Vickery 724179 21 Rotary Report 1 WEDNESDAY Gay Walker 722257 21 Home from Hospital Methodist Network Group Nigel and Liz Strachan 724442 Hilary Jones 781459 27 Gardening Club Alert Rev Joseph Gomez Cover Editor 29 Arts Festival 2.30pm Methodist Church Hall Yvonne Beaumont 722533 34 School Plant Sale Computer Production Barrie Raynor 723928 37 Community Courses CS School Dorrington Players’ Drama Group Rowland Jackson 722390 38 Good Neighbours Informal play reading. Members of the public Paul Miller 724596 38 Strettons Art Society News welcome to join in Distribution Richard Carter 724106 41 Shopping Survey Follow-Up Refreshments. No charge. Advertising 41 Engaging Issues 7.30pm. Committee Room, AS Village Hall Graham Young 724647 41 St Lawrence School News Treasurer Robert Woodier 720016 42 Gardening Club Show Secretary Long Mynd Camera Club Secretary Battle with Welshpool Club (at home) Gloria Carter 724106 Judge: Gordon Dickens Directors Forthcoming Events Mike Edmunds (Chmn), Gloria Carter (Sec), 4 Flicks in the Sticks – Ch Stretton 7.30 om URC Hall Sandie Johnson, Pat Oxtoby, Barrie Raynor (V Chmn), Peter Relph, Lesley Richards, Robert Woodier 4 Flicks in the Sticks – Hope Bowdler (Treas), Peter Wright 8 Ticklerton Folk Dancing 3 FRIDAY email address 11 History of the Hills Country Market [email protected] 23 Gardening Club – Acton Scott 8.45am Mayfair Advertisements 24 Methodist Church Open Day Rates for block and occasional 24 Death – A Taboo Subject? All Stretton Flicks in the Sticks advertisements may be obtained (send s.a.e.) from the Advertising Manager, 27 Spring Book Sale “I’m Not There’ Unconventional Biopic of Bob Dylan Graham Young, 30 Alison Road, 29 Rail Users Association News 7.30pm AS Village Hall Church Stretton, SY6 7AT, 34 South Shropshire Rambles See Page 4➤ Tel: 01694 724647 or email [email protected] 35 RSPB Craven Arms to whom copy should be sent. 37 Middle-Eastern Dance Day 4 SATURDAY The Stretton Focus Management Board cannot 38 Strettons Art Society Exhibition Church Stretton Railway Society accept responsibility for any product or service 41 Stretton Sings The Seasons Model Railway Exhibition advertised. Acceptance of an advertisement does not imply any form of approval or recommendation. 42 Swap Shop Entrance £2.50, Under-18s £1, Under 5s free. Advertisers are required to comply with the British Code of Advertising Practice. 10 am-4pm SHI Submission of articles Regular Features See Page 29➤ If possible, please submit material electronically to 2 What’s On [email protected] as an 4 January Weather Day of Middle Eastern dance and hip-hop. attachment with a pertinent title, not 4 February Weather Workshops (for all levels of experience and simply ‘Focus Article’. Typed or legible handwritten copy, discs, CDs with 5 Mayfair Lottery ages), performance and evening party . original unimproved digital photographs 5 Gardening in April AS Village Hall or good quality glossy photographs may ➤ be left at Wrights, Estate Agent, Sandford 7 Focus on Faith See Page 39 Avenue clearly labelled ‘Stretton Focus’. 7 Book of the Month All copy must be received by noon on the 11 CSTC Community Matters 5 SUNDAY date below. Disclaimer 24 Letters Community Swap Shop Stretton Focus prints a wide range of articles 34 Quaker Voice 11.00am-3.00pm-Entrance 50p CS School and letters. The views expressed by signed articles are those of their authors and not necessarily those of the 35 Thank Yous Enquiries Eileen Roberts 720086 Management Board. 35 Anglican Voice See Page 42➤ Copy day 35 URC Voice is normally the fi rst Monday of the month. 37 Where Is It? Photo Quiz 6 MONDAY For the May issue it is Monday 6th 42 Methodist Voice Church Stretton Flicks in the Sticks April (12 noon). 42 Recipe of the Month The Edge of Love For the June issue it will be Monday APRIL 2009 APRIL 4th May. Tickets £3.50, Under 16s £1.00 on the door 7.30pm CS School The May Stretton Focus will be Other distributed on Friday 1st May 4 Your Focus Needs You See Page 4➤ Outlets 7 Did You Lose This Photograph? Stretton Focus may be purchased 7 Jemma Jumps for Alzheimer’s - by annual subscription (delivered) or 8 Church Stretton Town Football directly from Newsworld (Sandford Avenue), Co-op, Spar, Longmynd Filling 17 The Discovery of Church Stretton Station (A49), Visitor Information Centre 18 A Signifi cant Visitor (Church St) and the Churches. 22 Victorian Farm – Behind The Scenes 23 Lark Rise…to Church Stretton Church Stretton © 2009 Stretton Focus Limited cover This month’s Registration No. 6237590 Inc in England 27 Memories of Roosevelt’s America St Laurence Parish Church, St Laurence Parish Church, Registered Offi ce: 49 Ludlow Road, Yvonne Beaumont Photo: Church Stretton, SY6 6AD 34 Reg’s Ramblings - Discipline ISSN 1479–7356 38 Stretton Climate Care – What’s the Hurry? StRETTON FOCUS StRETTON Printed by WPG, Welshpool April 2009 mag.indd 2 13/3/09 12:08:49 What’s On in the Strettons in April 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. C S & District Rail Users’ Assn 12 SUNDAY 19 SUNDAY Annual General Meeting Easter Sunday – Sunrise Service RSPB Craven Arms Branch 7.30pm Parish Centre 6.20 a.m. at Plush Hill . For more information Wildlife walk on the Long Mynd (National contact David Jandrell - Tel.724531 Trust) 7 TUESDAY email: [email protected] 10.00am Meet in car park at Pole Cottage Mothers’ Union Branch Meeting. (Grid reference: SO 413 938) All welcome Methodist Church See Page 35➤ Meditation led by Rev Nancy Cleaton Exploration of hopes, fears and beliefs about 2.30 pm in the Owen Room, Parish Centre dying, death and life after it. 20 MONDAY -26 SUNDAY 6.00pm CS Methodist Church Strettons Art Society National Trust See Page 24➤ Spring Art Exhibition Bird Watching & Conservation Course - For 10.00am-4.00pm daily NT Cafe, CMV those choosing & using binoculars and fi eld 14 TUESDAY See Page 38➤ guides. Booking essential National Trust Church Stretton Women’s Institute 01694 722631 Speaker Hazi Wallace –‘An Overworked Aga’ Stretton Climate Care 7.30pm CMV Tearooms 7.15pm SHI Pub Quiz 7.30 pm Bucks Head 8 WEDNESDAY Long Mynd Camera Club Strettons Art Society AGM – All members please 21 TUESDAY Oil Painting Demonstration with Dave Walker. 7.30pm URC Hall Countrywomen’s Guild All welcome! “Have Bell, Will Yell” 7pm CS Secondary School, 16 THURSDAY Speaker Martin Wood, Town Crier See Page 38➤ The Children’s Society Sales Table The Children’s Box Opening and Coffee 2.15pm Parish Centre Methodist Network Group Morning, with Cake and Jam Stall; Easter Meditation led by Rev Pam Rush 10.am - 12noon Parish Centre All Stretton Women’s Institute 7.30pm URC Hall Annual Party 17 FRIDAY 7.30pm AS Village Hall RSPB Craven Arms Branch Country Market 45 Years in the Field 8.45am Mayfair C S and District Gardening Club 7.30pm at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Spring Show and Plant Sale Centre All Stretton Flicks in the Sticks Members £1 Non-members £2 inc refs See Page 35➤ “ Happy Go Lucky” 7.30pm SHI Tickets on door £4. Interval refreshments, Hope Bowdler Flicks in the Sticks comfy chairs. C S Methodist Wives and Friends Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 7.30pm AS Village Hall A talk about Women’s Refuge Tickets £4.00 and £2.00 Refreshments 8.00pm Methodist Hall 7.30pm HB Village Hall 18 SATURDAY See Page 4➤ Book Sale by Tony Crowe 22 WEDNESDAY in aid of the Mayfair Centre. Adults 50p Methodist Network Group 10 – 13 FRIDAY - MONDAY Children Free ‘Hot Topics’ by Pam and members National Trust 10.00 am-4.00 pm SHI 2.30pm Methodist Church Hall 2009 APRIL Easter Egg Adventure Trails for families. See Page 27➤ Return with your fi ndings to collect chocolate The Strettons Railway Society eggs. £2 National Trust ‘The Crich Tramway Museum and some 11am - 3pm CMV Chalet Pavilion Carding Mill Valley Carbon Challenge’ - fi nd Tramway Systems Old and New’ Illustrated out about the National Trust’s new logfi red talk by Ted Jones. Admission £1.50 10 GOOD FRIDAY boiler & take up the carbon challenge your- 7.30pm Methodist Church FOCUS StRETTON Country Market self. Free ‘What’s On’ continued on next page 8.45am Mayfair 2pm - 3pm CMV Pavilion Senior Citizens – Church Stretton Ticklerton Folk Dance No meeting Ticklerton Village Hall. 8pm till late 11 SATURDAY See Page 8➤ Methodist Church open Day Drop in between 10.00am and 4.00pm See Page 24➤ Except yellow pages April 2009 mag.indd 3 13/3/09 12:08:50 4 What’s On in April January Weather - continued he dry spell which commenced on 21st December continued with the cold until January 12th when we 24 FRIDAY had our first rain of the year with warmer temperatures. Country Market ItT rained then for two days which made it seem as if it had 8.45am Mayfair decided ‘enough is enough’ and we were going to be made to pay for it, but the wet weather didn’t last.