Booka Bookshop - Anevening with Keith Brymer TV Potter

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Message from Booka Bookshop, Oswestry

See attached poster

Join us for an evening with Keith Brymer Jones, the star of Channel 4’s Great Pottery Throwdown and Our Welsh Chapel Dream, as he shares stories and talks about his new book Firing Earth, a passionate, accessible, entertaining and very personal exploration of what pottery has given to him and the world. ‘Sitting down at the wheel and grasping a ball of clay, I can travel back in time. I’m compelled to slow down to the pace of my ancestors.’ Did you know the potter’s wheel was invented before any other kind of wheel? And in the seventeenth century people believed eating clay was good for you? And that Royal Doulton started off as a sewage pipe company? And which famous potter said ‘To make pottery is an adventure’? All this and so much more is in Pottery Throwdown judge Keith Brymer Jones’s very personal journey through the history of ceramics. From Roman kilns in North London to urinals in Scotland, wine jars to ink pots, Keith enthrals and entertains us with his knowledge of pottery and potters, what they made and how they did it. He shows us how ceramics have played an important role in cultures and economies throughout the world – and how his own life is inextricably linked to an industry that demands the same of its makers today as it did thousands of years ago: creativity, patience, respect for the material, and a respect for nature itself. You will never look at a mug in the same way again! This is sure to be a hugely enjoyable event – don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to see and meet Keith Brymer Jones and hear his stories  ‘live’ in Oswestry!

Further Information 01691 662244 | hello@bookabookshop.co.uk | Message via social media

Offer - FRUIT FRAME full height 6x4 metres

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Offer - FRUIT FRAME - Full height 6 X4 metres, or could be reduced to 3x4 metres.         Taker to dismantle.

Will need some new netting

Roger@eleventowns.co.uk

Village Hall Show - Raffle is live

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My Apologies - forgot to attache the poster

Message from Carol Aspinall, Village Hall Committee

Some new news that has gone out this morning as our raffle has gone live.

?????? Some very exciting news that you’ve all been waiting for… 

????The Village Hall Show Raffle is LIVE!????

We have some fantastic prizes that I know you’ll want to be in with a chance of winning and it will be automatically drawn at the Show on 12th September and prizes given out there (if you are there) or we will deliver. Don’t delay, get your tickets now, we really appreciate your support! Thank you. Tickets can be bought online here: https://rvh.charityhive.co.uk/raffle/5/village-hall-show-26-online-raffle

Carol Aspinall

Village Hall Show Raffle

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Message from Carol Aspinall, Village Hall Committee

?????? Some very exciting news that you’ve all been waiting for… 

????The Village Hall Show Raffle is LIVE!????

We have some fantastic prizes that I know you’ll want to be in with a chance of winning and it will be automatically drawn at the Show on 12th September and prizes given out there (if you are there) or we will deliver. Don’t delay, get your tickets now, we really appreciate your support! Thank you. Tickets can be bought online here: https://rvh.charityhive.co.uk/raffle/5/village-hall-show-26-online-raffle

Ruyton WI Chat & Paint 11th August

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Message from Jane Leadbeater, Ruyton WI

Tuesday 11th August

CHAT AND PAINT POTTERY STUDIO

Volunteer opportunities on the Montgomery Canal

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This appeared on Freegle this morning, it might be of interest for anyone looking for a worthwhile volunteer job.

We open

LlANYMYNECH CANAL WHARF each Saturday and Sunday afternoon until the end of September each year and we really need some new volunteers to help us. This year we are unable to run boat trips so we are  dependent on help in the visitor centre to sell items, prepare light refreshments and to welcome visitors. We are also planning to refurbish our wheelchair accessible boat and help with that would be really good and hopefully we can welcome new skippers and crew next year too. Why not pop in for a chat with us?

We are also planning to refurbish our wheelchair accessible boat and help with that would be really good and hopefully we can welcome new skippers and crew next year too. Why not pop in for a chat with us?

For lots more information on the `Monty` go to  https://themontgomerycanal.org.uk/visit/

Look out for swans on the road at Walford

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Message from Sue Boulding, Baschurch

Could you remind people that the swans and their brood at Walford pool often sit in the middle of the road or on the verge, and it's only a matter of time before some idiot races round that bend and kills them.