Tuesday 31 December 2013

Hedge Layer

Message from Pam Johnson.

I can highly recommend

Allan Housman

01691 831070

He lives at Llynclys and is a very nice chap and excellent worker.

He sells logs too.

 


--   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

Wanted - B&B for a Labrador Retriever

We have had an enquiry like this before but had not started the Business directory so have not kept the information.   Your answers will be noted down this time.

Message from Pam Johnson.

A friend in Oswestry is looking for someone to care for her young Labrador Retriever for a week at the end of January.

She does not want it in an outside kennel at this time of year so is looking for someone who cares for them at home.

I know of Elspeth in Rhydycroesau but she is away that week.

Any other suggestions welcome please

Thank you

Pam Johnson

My email is pam.johnson3@virgin .net

 


--   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

Sandstone & Hedge Laying

This message from Ian Guest, Ruyton.

"Shropshire Stone and Granite have supplied the sandstone for the work going on to form the new entrance cut through Big Walls, its a good match and its there to be seen.
It is I believe sourced from their quarry at Myddle, they will also make up the coping stones".

Message from Janet Wakefield, Little Ness on Hedge Laying.

"FenceTree did ours and made a super job".
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Remember, I am making a directory of local businesses so am looking for all sorts of useful contacts.

PLEASE SEND ME INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL BUSINESSES
Name, Tel., Mobile, Email, Website (if available) Where based
and a short description - max 8 words

Making use of the mailing list to find out information is really taking off so,

PLEASE SEND ME YOUR QUERIES & QUESTIONS
There are a lot of very helpful people out there who have the answers

Here`s wishing everyone on the mailing list a
Happy and contented New Year

Yoland
  
--   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

Monday 30 December 2013

Sandstone

A suggestion from Mike Robins.

Suggest Cindy & Carl try grinshillstonequarry.co.uk/ which supplies red sandstone that
should match, although it will be newly quarried.



--   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

Wanted - Hedge Layer

David & Helen Porter are looking for a hedge layer.

David and Helen at Weston Lullingfields are looking for someone who can lay a hedge in the garden - about 15 metres length. The hedge is tall and there is plenty to work with!

Can anyone recommend a person to us?
Thanks so much

--
Best wishes
Helen
Mobile 07809 666309

--   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

Looking for sandstone

Cindy & Carl at the Old Bridge Inn are looking for sandstone, can you help?

Could you kindly email your contacts to see if you could help us locate some red sandstone wall blocks and copings to finish off the wall around The Bridge Inn please.
We would be grateful for your help.
Kind Regards Cindy & Carl

I have found these by googling Shropshire Stone
    Shropshire Stone and Granite Co.   01939 261 199
    Station Road, Baschurch

    Heritage Stone Co.        01939 290 690
    Unit 3, Harmer Hill

    Powys & Marches Stone Supplies Ltd.        01691 831 682
    Old Station Yard, Four Crosses, Llanymynech

Yoland

--   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

Shrop Rural Hub Newsletter

Message from Sue Hackett, Clerk to Ruyton Parish Council.

Shropshire Rural Hub Newsletter


Shropshire Rural Hub c/o Business and Enterprise Support Team, Shropshire Council, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND Tel: Mobile: 07967 438516 Email: victoriarhp@ruralhubspartnership.co.uk or alisonrhp@ruralhubspartnership.co.uk www.ruralhubspartnership.co.uk
Green Futures - 2014 Seminars
Once again the Green Futures Team are working together to help farming businesses
comply with cross compliance, environmental issues & legislation, by organising seminars.

See attachment for details of the seminars.

Sue Hackett
Ruyton XI Towns Clerk & RFO
Tel 01743 719012

--   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

Tuesday 24 December 2013

Happy Christmas everyone

Just a quick one to say a very Happy Christmas to everyone one the mailing list.  Thank you for your messages and for your support.

    Is your next door neighbour on the mailing list???????????
             Make it your New Year`s resolution to make sure they are!

All the Best for 2014
from
Yoland

--   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

Carols tonight 7pm

Message from Colin.

Don't forget - Carols in St John the Baptist Church tonight at 7:00pm

And Santa has tweeted that he is planning two practice runs over Shropshire this evening - the first from about 4:20 and lasting 3 minutes and the second at 5:57 lasting 4 minutes.
(times are a little approximate - he might be up to 4 minutes after these times - so keep watching)
His sleigh will be very high and travelling quite fast (of course!) so it will look like a bright star whizzing fairly low in the sky to the West. Let's hope for a clear sky!

The grown-ups might confuse him with the International Space Station, which will be passing at exactly the same time - travelling at 17,100mph and circling the Earth every 92 minutes. If you look carefully you might even see the astronauts on a space walk fixing one of their cooling pumps - but you will need VERY good eyesight!

Children can follow Santa's progress here:- http://www.noradsanta.org/

Have a good one!

--
Colin Case
www.ruytonxitowns.org.uk
Tel: +44 1939 260628
Mobile: +44 7860 904006
Fax: +44 872 115 8730



--   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

Roman Catholic Christmas services

Message from Colleen Hughes, West Felton.

Our Lady and St Oswald’s, Upper Brook Street, Oswestry SY11 2TG

 

CHRISTMAS EVE:              6.00pm Children’s Mass

                                             8.00pm Christmas Carols before Mass

                                             8.30pm Christmas Vigil Mass

 

CHRISTMAS DAY:              9.00am Christmas Day Mass

                                             11.00am Christmas Day Mass

 

Happy Christmas everyone.

Colleen
--   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

Sunday 22 December 2013

Cornucopia

Message from Chrissy Niddrie-Davies.

Thanks to those who came out on such a horrid night, whether to help Santa or to greet him. Your efforts and participation are greatly appreciated and it is what sustains the spirit of a lovely village like Ruyton.

Congratulations as well to Beth and friends  for a charming concert  - the performers were most talented and the music was in turn jolly and moving. The purity of the singing was wonderful and put us all in the Christmas spirit. What a shame even more of the community did not venture out so support such a brave and charitable venture.

As a New Year's Resolution, I do urge you all to join in village events; it may be a slightly daunting first step, but you will be welcomed and soon become "one of the gang" and even roped in to participate - which is what village life is about!

  Chrissie Niddrie-Davies 





--   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

Cornucopia

Message from Colin.

On the contrary - it should be US thanking Beth and her friends and supporters for entertaining us last night, with her Cornucopia.
A real mix of Christmas and Winter readings, songs and instrumental music.

Yet another media myth proven wrong - this small group of teenage friends were bursting with talent and courage. It is a big Church for them to perform in and with quite a large audience. I suspect that not many of us would have been brave enough or talented enough to play and sing like they did in our late teens. But then, maybe we wouldn't have been brave enough to volunteer to go to Senegal for a year to teach at that age either. I know I wouldn't have been.

So a very well done and thanks indeed to Beth and the team - those who came along enjoyed a real treat. Let's hope a repeat performance is planned in the near future.

And while I'm in "thank you" mode, can we pass on our appreciation to Leanne and the team at the Dog for keeping the kitchen open much later than usual on a Saturday night to make sure that those of us who had nearly drowned and frozen on the Santa Sleigh Run and then went almost straight on to the Cornucopia were able to be fed? Thank you - it was very welcome. Excellent piping hot food, and best of all WARM in the bar!

Colin Case
www.ruytonxitowns.org.uk
Tel: +44 1939 260628
Mobile: +44 7860 904006
Fax: +44 872 115 8730

--   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

Thanks from Beth

Message from Beth Vucovic.

Thank you very much for all your support in promoting my concert last night, it was a great turn out of 39, especially considering it was such foul weather! Everyone was so generous, and we managed to raise an amazing total of £408 which is incredible! 
Thank you again,
      Beth Vuckovic

--   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

Santa Sleigh Run

Message from Colin.

Santa toured the village on his Sleigh last night on a final check to make certain he knows where all the good children live. We know that his tour brought a lot of pleasure to many of the village children (maybe the lollipops he was giving out had something to do with that as well) and several of them walked quite a long way with him in absolutely pouring rain - so very well done to them (especially A & A - you know who you are!)

His trip was hosted by the Village Hall Committee, who took the opportunity to have a collection to help fund repairs and maintenance of our Village Hall.
Despite the horrendous weather we made more money for the Village Hall than we did last year, so a real success.

Here's a photo of a dry Santa on his sleigh before we set off! Later photos show a very bedraggled (but still happy) Santa!

Many thanks to the volunteers who made his trip happen, and to the generous folk who sponsored his visit with their donations - the collection raised over £100



--
Colin Case
www.ruytonxitowns.org.uk
Tel: +44 1939 260628
Mobile: +44 7860 904006
Fax: +44 872 115 8730


--   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

Friday 20 December 2013

Scam

Re the email from Anity Weeks about a BT scam earlier today.  Here is an update from Colin.

I have sent it on to aol - they are particularly fussy about people using their system for emails like this - you will note that the "mailto" address is aol.

Colin Case
www.ruytonxitowns.org.uk
Tel: +44 1939 260628
Mobile: +44 7860 904006
Fax: +44 872 115 8730

--   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

Ruyton`s Open Spaces

This looks like an opportunity to improve some of our Green Spaces
I'll try and get something together over the holiday - anyone want to help?

Colin


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: FW: Grow Wild Community Sites Funding Available (UK)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 12:38:22 +0000
From: Clive Dean <clive.dean@shropshire.gov.uk>
To: various


Could we develop a bid for this money before 14th January?? For Bridge Inn Fields or for a group of sites in Ruyton XI Towns?

If you have time take a look at the website and let me know what you think? I’m back at work on 6th January.

 

Merry Christmas

 

Clive

 

 

From: Mark Blount
Sent: 13 December 2013 10:35
To: Amy J. Davies; Clive Dean; Edward Andrews; Shaun Burkey
Subject: FW: Grow Wild Community Sites Funding Available (UK)

 

Potential here for our sites, let me know what you think ?

 

Mark

 

 

From: Jim Stabler
Sent: 13 December 2013 07:35
To: Mark Blount
Subject: FW: Grow Wild Community Sites Funding Available (UK)

 

Mark

Thought this may interest your gang

 

Regards

Jim Stabler

Access Development Officer

Outdoor Recreation

Economic Growth and Prosperity

Shropshire Council

SY2 6ND

Tele 01743 255067

 

For walking in Shropshire visit www.shropshirewalking.co.uk

 

 

From: GRANTfinder Newsflash [mailto:no-reply@grantfinder.co.uk]
Sent: 12 December 2013 15:04
To: Jim Stabler
Subject: Grow Wild Community Sites Funding Available (UK)

 

Newsflash

12 December 2013

Grow Wild Community Sites Funding Available (UK)

Grants of between £500 and £5,000 are available for planting and sowing native wild flowers, native plants and/or trees within the community to create a space for everyone to enjoy by giving neglected and uncared-for sites and spaces a new lease of life.

Projects must be clearly community-led, with local people, including young people, involved in the design and decision making. Projects must result in:

  • A site from which people will continue to benefit, and which can be maintained well into the future.
  • A project that gives young people a lasting sense of responsibility for the environment and the community they live in plus skills they can use in other areas of their lives.
  • An awareness of the UK's native plants, especially wild flowers, and the importance of conserving them.
  • A community willing to sustain the project, with help and support, new and strengthened partnerships, and a site that will continue to be enjoyed by the community.

Voluntary and community organisations in the UK are eligible to apply. In Scotland other charitable or third sector organisations and community councils are also eligible to apply. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland youth groups and local statutory organisations can also apply.

The deadline for applicants in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is 6 January 2014. The deadline for applicants in Scotland is 14 January 2014.

 

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--   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

Beware - scam email!

Message from Anita Weeks.

Just talked to BT about an email I received purporting to be from BT. It is a scam.

 Instead of coming from ebilling@bt.com it is from

bt.comms@bt.com [mailto:dfarrar4@aol.com]

 and pretends to be about your next bt bill. There is a link which looks like it will take you to the bt website.

Anita
--   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

REMINDERS

TOMORROW AFTERNOON - Saturday 21st December

        Father Christmas tour of Ruyton XI Towns

                We will start moving from School Road at about 4:45pm
                        That means we should finish by about 7:00

                 Then it is off to Beth Vucovic`s concert in the church.


TOMORROW NIGHT - Saturday 21st December


A CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA - seasonal music and words
with the Grace Notes Quartet and Friends

7.30pm at St John the Baptist Church, Ruyton XI Towns

Tickets £6, available on the door or contact Beth@RXIT.org.uk

Proceeds in aid of the Project Trust - help Beth to help in Senegal

Apologies to the Vucovic family, Beth`s dad, Paul, works at St. Martins school.
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--   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

Unique presents from Shrewsbury Market Hall

Message from Shrewsbury Market.


                                                                             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Market Hall, Claremont Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QG


December 2013

 

The Rare and the Unusual from The Market Hall at Christmas

 

From the world’s rarest beer and mushroom and seaweed chocolates to leopard-print Dutch bikes and books signed by famous authors, The Market Hall, in Shrewsbury, has become a destination for unusual gift ideas this Christmas.

 

 Craft beer purists have been travelling from as far as London to get their hands on a bottle of the world’s rarest beer, Westvleteren 12, sold by the French crêperie, Les Crêpes De Sophie, in the Market Hall.

 

And chocolatier Julia Wenock has been turning out trays of “extremely chocolatey” Umami truffles made with the unusual ingredients of shiitake mushroom and dried seaweed.

 

Meanwhile David Jason, Robert Harris and Al Murray are just some of the famous authors who have penned their signatures on copies of their books on sale at Shrewsbury’s last remaining independent book seller, Pengwern Books.

 

Traditional cycle enthusiasts have been travelling from all over the Midlands to snap up a Dutch bike from specialists Urban Bikes, and natural beauty and grooming products, handmade in Shropshire and the Welsh border, have been flying off the shelves at Velveteen Me.

 

“Never before, I don’t think, has the Market Hall had so many diverse retail businesses,” said site facilities manager Kate Gittins.

 

“The market really has become a destination for people wanting to find something rare, unique and, in many cases, handmade. They’re not only looking for something lovely, but something that makes a great talking point.”

 

The Market Hall’s unusual gifts countdown:

 

1: Rare Beer:

Westvleteren 12, widely rated as the world’s ‘rarest and best beer’, has been acquired by Crêpes De Sophie. The sought-after strong quadruple dark ale is brewed on a limited basis by Trappist monks at a small monastery in Belgium. It is very difficult to get hold of and Crêpes De Sophie is one of only three place in the UK that are currently selling the beer.

 

2: Artisan chocolates, handmade in Shrewsbury:

Julia Wenlock, of Toot Sweets: Shropshire Chocolates, is one of the region’s best artisan chocolatiers. She has unveiled an array of Christmas effused flavours, such as mulled wine truffles, chestnut and truffle oil caramels and extremely chocolatey ‘Umami’ truffles containing shiitake mushroom and dried seaweed. This year her chocolate salted caramels won a Silver Award in the coveted Academy of Chocolate Awards. www.tootsweetschocolates.co.uk

 

3 Books signed by famous authors:

These are some of the signed books that Pengwern Books has in stock on a limited basis:

As Luck Would Have It - Derek Jacobi;

David Jason: My Life - David Jason

My Outdoor Life - Ray Mears

Watching War Films with my Dad - Al Murray

Solo: A James Bond Novel - William Boyd

Sense and Sensibility: The Austen Project - Joanna Trollope

An Officer and a Spy* - Robert Harris

 

4 Dutch Bikes:

Urban Bikes is the Midlands only seller of genuine Dutch bicycles, made in Utrecht. Completely traditional, without any gears, these cycles are inspired by the elegance of bikes of a bygone era. Although available in traditional colours, they also come sporting jazzy modern designs including leopard and zebra prints. www.urbanbikesuk.co.uk

 

5 Natural handmade beauty and grooming products:

Ian and Chava Matthews have made it their mission to bring natural cruelty-free cosmetics and toiletries to the people of Shrewsbury and beyond.  They have recently begun selling ranges produced by local artisan makers in Shropshire, the Welsh borders and Cheshire. These include Mimi & Me Shropshire, the Little Green Cream Company, Ruth Romano and Fairypants. Products include ranges for ‘him’ and for ‘her’. www.velveteenme.co.uk

 

6 Specialist Board Games for older children and adults:

Board games are making a big comeback. Unique in Shropshire, E-Collectica Games, specialises in high quality board games aimed at older children and adults. Among the best-sellers this year are Pandemic, The Settlers of Catan and Walk The Plank. www.e-collecticagames.co.uk

 

7 Limited edition prints by Linda Edwards:

Linda Edward’s is one of Shropshire’s most prized artists and illustrators. Her cheerful folk art inspired limited edition prints of Shrewsbury and animal life are available from Compost & Gooseberry. Many of these designs are also available as fetching mugs, tea towels and cards.

www.facebook.com/Compostandgooseberry

 

8 Wooden watches:

These watches are now sold out at Not On The High Street. But there are still a few left at jewellery and accessories boutique Thoughts, nextdoor to the Bird’s Nest Café. Funky to look at and unisex, these WeWood watches are made from wood that has fallen naturally and each comes with a Citizen movement. They make memorable forest-friendly gifts.

 

9 Original Artwork and Photography:  

For those who love contemporary art the The Market Hall is an ideal destination. It is home to The Visual Art Network Gallery (on the second floor) that has regular exhibitions of work by regional artists. Original works of art can also be found at Beyond The Purple Door and Silver Lining (both second floor) and Compost & Gooseberry (first floor). Fine Art & Portrait Photography (second floor) stocks original photographic prints, including stunning landscapes and townscapes.

 

www.markethallshrewsbury.co.uk

 

 

 

 


--   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