Felton is one of the original XI Towns and they supported and added to the Ruyton Local History Exhibitions in the lead up to Charter Day so please go and see their exhibition in the church which illustrates changes in their village community over the last 60 years.
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Please tell all your friends about our special Diamond Jubilee event and come and enjoy a lovely Shropshire day out,
St Michael’s Church, West Felton
Friday 15th June - 10am to 5pm
Saturday 16th June - 10am to 5pm
Sunday 17th June - 11:30am to 5pm
Church Service at 6pm
60 GLORIOUS YEARS –
a celebration in flowers and Memories
An exhibition of memorabilia, photographs, souvenirs,
school craft projects and much more.
A trip down memory lane for some, for others a delightful peep into the recent past in a small Shropshire village.
The changes over the 60 years are quite remarkable.
The main London-Holyhead road used to split the village. Articulated lorries thundered through – people hardly mixed with those on the other side of the road, it was too dangerous for the elderly and children to cross.
· School meals were cooked in the village and the children trooped down a lane that is now almost concealed, to eat their dinner in the Haslehurst Institute – now a house, originally built by the Church as a club to keep the village men out of the numerous pubs.
· Only one pub left now, plus the Queens Head restaurant, (which used to be a People’s Refreshment House Association temperance hotel!).
· The first Royal British Legion Harvest Festival to be held in a pub anywhere? – that was in the Fox & Hounds. West Felton – now a row of houses!
· There were THREE garages – two of them selling petrol, now there are none, the last one disappeared in 2008, now nine family homes on the site.
· The Montgomery canal at Queens Head had completely disappeared, having been a thriving commercial route until the railway came. Now it is flowing freely again under a ‘new’ road bridge.
· Who’d have thought? Rednal Airfield, where pilots were trained to fly the iconic Spitfire fighter plane, producing some of the finest air-aces of the era, and where the US Air force landed D-Day wounded personnel for treatment at the Orthopaedic, is now the scene of ‘wars’ with paintball and laser – just for fun. The runway is often a testing ground for air ships and balloons. The giant 'doughnut' that opened the 2010 Commonwealth games in New Delhi was made in Oswestry and tested at Rednal. The airfield is also a thriving industrial estate for small businesses.
The church will be decorated with fabulous flowers
arranged by resident award-winning floral artist.
· Refreshments in the churchyard,
· a ‘treasure hunt’ quiz,
· produce and cakes for sale,
· all the traditional pleasures of a special Shropshire summer day out.
Sunday 6pm: ‘Church Service for everyone’
featuring the Pradoe Singers and the Whittington Choir.
Looking forward to seeing you in West Felton
Best wishes
Colleen and Des
-- Yoland Brown Brownhill House B&B, Ruyton XI Towns, nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.com www.ShACC-uk.org Tel: 01939 261 121 Fax: 01939 260626
