St. Winifred`s Well Walk

Message from Steve Owen, Ruyton XI Towns Local History Society

A WALK TO ST WINIFRED`S WELL, WOOLSTON
Saturday 6th July

A walk along the Shropshire Union Canal from Queens Head to St. Winifred`s Well at Woolston.

At this ancient well, famous for the healing properties of its water, we will learn the history of the site from our expert guide.

Meet at the public car park opposite Queens Head pub at 11am  The walk should take around 45 minutes each way and is mainly along the canal towpath but the final few hundred metres are across a grassy field.  Suitable footware advisable.  The well can be reached by car however, parking space is limited;  anyone arriving by car should aim to arrive by 12 noon to meet the walkers.

Society members free, visitors and guests welcome.  £2.50 each, payableon the day.

--   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

Entertainment on our doorstep

Message from Marg Kynaston of LADS

Roleplay Theatre Workshop
proudly present

BUGSY MALONE
by Alan Parker and Paul Williams
Bugsy Malone is a 1976 British Musical Gangster film, directed by Alan Parker. Set in 1929 New York City, the film is very loosely based on events in New York City from the early 1920s to 1931 in the Prohibition era, specifically the exploits of gangsters like Al Capone and Bugs Moran, as dramatized in cinema. Featuring only child actors (with singing voices provided by adults),

Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st July at
Llanymynech Village Hall
Tickets - Adults £4, Children £2 - from Llanymynech Village Shop, The Village Hall or
Phone 01691 839 421

Come in 1920s clothes but NO GUNS!!

All profits to go to Llanymynech Village Hall for the rehabitation ofthe community.

Please stick the attached poster up on a wall, gate, fence, door, or even a noticeboard near you.

--   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

Paper Engineering at Booka

Sent by Booka Bookshop, Oswestry    Paper Engineering Workshop with Robert Crowther    Saturday 29th 10.00 am to 12 noon.    This event will now be held at Booka Bookshop and not The Qube.  Please come along if you or your children are interested in how to make pop-ups - we would love to see you.

--   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

Children of the Gaza Strip

Sent by Ros Slowly

Hermon, Chapel Street, Oswestry (not far from the library), will be hosting an

EXHIBITION OF CHILDREN`S ART FROM GAZA
on Saturday 13th and 20th July, 10.00am to 4.00pm.

 Accompanying the exhibition will be a talk by Rod Cox, at 7.30pm on Friday 19th July, on the lives of the children who painted the pictures following the 2008-09 Israeli invasion of Gaza.  

The exhibition is organised by Oswestry Coalition for Peace.

Please display the attached poster on a wall, door, gate, fence or even a noticeboard near you.

--   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

Events at Booka Bookshop, Oswestry

From Booka Bookshop, Church Street, Oswestry    An Exciting Programme of Events for Independent Booksellers Week.    Just in case you missed our newsletter, we wanted to quickly remind you about the events we have coming up for Independent Booksellers Week:    Saturday 29th June  	Paper Engineering Workshop with author Robert Crowther 10.00 am to 12 noon  	at the Qube - booking required.      Saturday 29th June  	Vinylette Jilly Hartshorn will be performing and playing records at Booka 2pm   	to 3.30 pm    Monday 1st July  	Author and Bradt Travel Founder, Hilary Bradt will be talking about her   	travels across Ireland on horseback 7 pm (for 7.30 pm) start.    Tuesday 2nd July   	Illustrator Rebecca Cobb will be hosting a paperdoll workshop and book signing   	at 4 pm.  Come along and join in the publisher's attempt to break the World   	record for the longest paper doll chain.    Wednesday 3rd July at 4 pm  	Launch of Booka Bookshop's new Children's Bookclub with Rosie and Carrie.    	Booking required.    For further information on any of the events, please call in to the shop, visit our website - www.bookabookshop.co.uk or telephone us on 01691 662244

--   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

More about the Parish Plan Steering Committee

You are cordially invited to attend Ruyton XI Towns Parish Plan Steering Committee AGM, "the future direction of our Parish", on Wednesday 10th July at 7.30pm in the Victoria Room (opposite the church gate, entrance on Little Ness Road).
The guest speaker is Peter Clarke, chair of Kinnerley Neighbourhood Plan, who will talk to us about Kinnerley's experience in producing a Neighbourhood Plan.
Light refreshments will be available.

We look forward to seeing you.

Regards
Ros

Ros Slowley, on behalf of the PPSC

--
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

R XI T Parish Plan Steering Committee

Ruyton XI Towns Parish Plan Steering Committee

invite all interested parishioners to consider:

“The future direction of our parish”

On Wednesday, 10^th July at 7.30pm in the Victoria Room

when there will be a presentation from Kinnerley Neighbourhood Plan

Followed by the AGM

Refreshments will be available

 

 
 

Margaret Lycett

e-mail:                               margaret@doctorsmeadow.freeserve.co.uk

or:                                        margaret@rxit.org.uk

Telephone (home):      01939 261177

Mobile:                              07729 371700

--   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

Much Ado about Nothing - a fun production

Message sent by Pam Johnson

Just a reminder that Much Ado about Nothing is on soon – as follows –

A fun production with dancing, music, masks, lots of actors …. and real horses!!

Do come – it is an open air production with a marquee for the audience – and a bar within walking distance – what more could you want?

 

Knit for Life

Knitting together for those in need

www.knitforlife.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

Bridge Field open space

Message from Clive Dean, Countryside Sites and Greenspace Officer, Sh CC

Tel:  01743 255909           Mobile:07582 003561

THE BRIDGE FIELD

 I visited the fields the other day and thought I would write to you all, not all good news though I’m afraid!

 You will have noticed no benches have arrived on site yet. Work has been pretty hectic as usual and I haven’t had time to order them yet, plus our practical team has lost a few members of staff to new jobs so I know they won’t have time to put them in at the moment but I will get onto it soon.

 The new mowing regime is in place and I hope it is making the place more useable. I am still having problems getting a circular path mown at the top end of the field but I am working on it.

 The trees seem to be doing very well. The bigger ones are struggling but they had been hanging around for a while before I put them in so I’m surprised they are not all dead! The ones we put in as a team all seem to be doing well so well done!

 I have inspected the areas where I had the ground prepared and sown with hay meadow seed and the results are extremely disappointing. I can find no seedlings coming up from the mix, a result that is really inexplicable. Even if the conditions were really poor I can’t explain why there wouldn’t be at least some germination. I would like to try spreading hay from a flower rich meadow this year to see if that works better. I am currently looking around to source hay from some appropriate Shropshire Meadows and will organise a hay spreading day in July or early August so I hope you can all come and help.

On top of this the show of flowers down by the bridge is very poor even though I was assured that they would persist for quite a while, I may try seeding this again for next year, another job for us all in October?

The one glimmer of hope is that I have found patches of hay rattle and eyebright (see attached images) in the sward. These are semi-parasitic plants that are normally found in meadows and help to reduce the vigour of the grasses so allowing more wildflowers to grow. They will have arisen from some hay meadow seed I spread last year near the bridge. It would be beneficial to spread the seed from the hay rattle throughout the rest of the field later on in the year.

 There is another problem I could do with some volunteer help with! Where we prepared the ground near the bridge a lot of stones were unearthed and are sitting on the surface. These could cause a lot of damage to the mower and I worry that the contractor will refuse to cut it. If we were to spend an hour stone picking we could probably clear them and put them on the pile of stones by the bridge.

If I organise a stone picking evening one Tuesday or Wednesday at 6pm who would be prepared to come and join me? A couple of wheelbarrows would be useful.

 Well I would love to hear from you and I hope to see you all soon.

 

 

--   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

Jazz at The Talbot

Why travel for entertainment when it is available on the door step!

the LUDLOW JAZZ QUARTET
playing at

The Talbot Inn, Ruyton XI Towns
Wednesday 26th June from 8pm

Food will be available as usualat The Talbot  - why not book a table?

   

--   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

Shrewsbury Food Festival

Message from Andy Richardson, organiser of

SHREWSBURY FOOD FESTIVAL
29th & 30th June

Dear all

We're just over a week away from the inaugural Shrewsbury Food Festival. It will take place on June 29 and 30 in The Quarry and around town. So far, preparations for the event have exceeded expectation. The festival had hoped to attract 70 exhibitors - in fact, 130 will be present on June 29 and 30 and organisers we applications from a further 30.

As we near the date of our event, I trust you won't mind me emailing you. While not all of you will be able to attend, I hope some will be able to forward this email to other contacts so as to increase the likelihood of a good crowd. For those who work in large corporate organisations, or councils, we'd be grateful if you could forward this information to your intranet or similar communications system. we're keen to let as many people as possible know about the event - our marketing campaign will have failed if there are people who, on july 1, say: 'that sounded like it was really good, i wish i'd known about it'.

The event will feature celebrity chef demonstrations from the likes of Will Holland (La Becasse, James Martin's Saturday Kitchen, BBC Great British Menu) and Marcus Bean (ITV This Morning, Channel 4 What's Cooking, Brompton Cookery School at Attingham, BBC Good Food Show), plus many more. They will feature on the Wenlock Spring Chef Demonstration Stage.

There will be a children's education marquee, sponsored by Darwin Matthews, which will provide educational activities and fun things for youngsters.

Live music will be on site in the form of #ShropshireUnsigned, which is being sponsored by The Armoury. It will feature plenty of local bands, all keen to play to an audience of thousands.

There will also be a bursary area, sponsored by Rowlands, which will provide a shop window for small artisan businesses. Additionally, there will be numerous craft stands, talks and demonstrations and much, much more.

The event will be opened by Boycie, from Only Fools And Horses, at 10am on June 29 and will continue that day until 6pm. It will run from 10am to 5pm on June 30.

The event will provide community benefit: we are providing free-of-charge stands to a number of good causes, such as Fair Trade, and have developed other partnerships with not-for-profit concerns. The organisers also plan to make a donation to a local school, so that it can build a market garden as part of an on-going Shrewsbury Food Festival educational programme.

The organisers have been supported by more than 60 volunteers from the town, who will help to manage the weekend's activities. The event aims to support independent businesses in Shrewsbury and many restaurants, bars and food shops are taking part. It is estimated that the event will generate more than £100,000 for the local economy. We have received support from a number of local businesses and other organisations, for which we are extremely grateful.

All it needs now is your support - please tell colleagues, forward this email to as many people as possible and make people aware that on June 29 and 30 we'll be glad to host each and every one of you. Admission is deliberately low - tickets are a tenner for families, a fiver for adults or a quid for kids under 16. Children at local primary schools will be given coupons, so that they can attend free of charge. Tickets are available now and can be booked at www.shrewsburyfoodfestival.co.uk. Free programmes are also available at that website.

Word of mouth will be the event's strongest ally in its first year - so we'd be enormously grateful if you'd distribute this email to others, so that people are aware that the Shrewsbury Food Festival takes place on June 29 and 30 at The Quarry.

We've paid for 15,000 free programmes, 10,000 of which have been distributed around town. We've also paid for around 30,000 A5 flyers, in addition to banners and similiar. We put 5,000 free tickets into local primary schools. We're in it for the long term - The Quarry is booked to 2015 for future events - and the intention is that it will run for several decades.

Book your tickets now at www.shrewsburyfoodfestival.co.uk and we hope to see you there.

Andy and Beth

--   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 - Tuesday 18th June
BROWNHILL HOUSE GARDEN will be OPEN
for the National Gardens Scheme - 1.30 to 5pm

Admission £3.50 - Children free - Teas - Plants for sale - Not suitable for Wheelchairs - Sorry, no dogs

Have you visited this famous garden right on your doorstep in the last 30, 20, 10, 5 years???  
If you think you can see it all from the pavement you must be BONKERS!

If we could just get some support from our friends and neighbours in the locality, we could reach
£50,000 for the NGS since we first opened 30 years ago.  All proceeds go to the National Gardens Scheme
PLEASE HELP US

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Saturday 22nd June - Edwardian Tea Party at Powis Castle
     Food and craft stalls, fairground and lots of competitions to enter see  www.nationaltrust.org.uk/PowisCastle events
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Sunday 23rd June - Plant Hunters` Fair at Whittington Castle

                                -  Have a go archery at Battlefield 1403 with Milles des Marches
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Saturday and Sunday 29th & 30th June - Shrewsbury Food Festival
    More information next week but FORECAST MARQUEES, a local company, are the official marquee provider and co-sponsor of the SHREWSBURY FOOD FESTIVAL
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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

Save Baschurch Fire Station

Sent by Sarah Richards on behalf of Paul Ridgley and John Lloyd who are co-ordinating the campaigns to save the Baschurch Fire Station.

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Just to let you know that the website has now gone live – please visit www.SaveBaschurchFireStation.co.uk

 Letters objecting to the closure should be sent to our local member, Councillor Nick Bardsley, and our MP, Rt Hon Owen Paterson.

 There will be some banners going up very soon to promote the campaign and a limited number of flyers have also been ordered.  I have attached the images for anyone who wishes to print and use them.

 Best regards

 Sarah

 

Sarah Richards

 

Maple Business Services

 

Tel: 01939 261396 or 07729 943246

Sarah@MapleBusinessServices.co.uk

www.MapleBusinessServices.co.uk

 

Maple Business Services Ltd

Maple Cottage

Weston Lullingfields

Shrewsbury

SY4 2AW

 

Registered in England Number 6738412

 

--   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

West Felton Carnival

West Felton Carnival is always a great event - and it is in one of the XI Towns so the rest of us should support the huge amount of effort which goes into putting on the event.

WEST FELTON CARNIVAL
Sunday 14th July - starting from the Punch Bowl pub at 1.30pm

Carnival King and Queen leading the grand procession of decorated floats through the village.
The parade winds its way around West Felton to the playing field on Tedsmore Road

Very Nice Production Company - Belly Dancers - Scout Drummers - School Choir - Caricaturist - Blacksmith - Birds of Prey Display - Basket Weaver - Woodcarver - BBQ - Bar - Porth-y-Waen Band - Tea and Cakes - Tombola - Fun Fair - Hoola-Hoop Dancers - Craft Stalls - Mini Train Ride
& much more

Admission £2 - kids and OAPs FREE

Please stick the attached poster on a door, gate, wall, fence or even a noticeboard near you

--   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

Proposed closure of Baschurch Fire Station

Email from Mike Robbins, Milford, Baschurch. 

Please pass any comments on the closure of Baschurch Fire Station to the Baschurch Parish Clerk, Mrs. Anne Howls

BASCHURCH PARISH COUNCIL

 

Clerk: Mrs Anne Howls

The Newlands ~ Crosscut Lane ~ Stanwardine-in-the-Fields ~ Baschurch ~

Shropshire ~ SY4 2DD

Telephone: 01939 260442 ~ email: ellesmerepc@supanet.com

 

9^th June 2013                                                                                                                                  

 

Clerk to the Parish Council

 

Dear Parish Clerk,

 

CLOSURE OF BASCHURCH FIRE STATION

 

You may well be aware that due to stringent cutbacks by the Government, the Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service are considering the closure of Baschurch Fire Station. If this action takes place, the effect regarding the area of your Parish Council will be enormous.

 

At present, the first fire engine to attend any fire or serious road accident in your area, as well as a host of other emergency situations where peoples’ lives are in danger, is the Baschurch fire engine. The time taken to arrive in your parish area is quite reasonable. With the fire station closed, any emergency requiring the attendance of the Fire and Rescue Service will require fire engines to be mobilized from Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Wem or Ellesmere. The time lag effect will be increased by many minutes, each one being crucial in a life threatening emergency.

 

Shrewsbury fire station is crewed by whole time firefighters because it is a very busy station. If the fire crews are already attending an emergency situation in their area, they will not be able to respond to any other incident. Similarly, Oswestry fire station, which is crewed by part time firefighters, is the busiest part time fire station in the county. As well as the possibility of their being unable to respond, due to them already being committed at an emergency, there is also the likelihood that, being part time, they may not have enough firefighters available to form the minimum number of crew needed to permit a fire engine to attend an emergency. In these instances, fire engines from fire stations farther away would be sent to your area, increasing again the time taken to arrive at an emergency.

 

Baschurch Parish Council is deeply concerned with the possibility of the fire station closure, and is making efforts to ensure that residents, schools and businesses in the area are aware of the situation, and asking them to voice their concerns by lobbying their District Councillor, Member of Parliament and the Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.  We would wish that you also take action likewise, and also make every effort to ensure that the opinions of both your council and the general public in your council area are heard by those who are considering endangering our lives, property and livelihoods.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Anne Howls

(Clerk to the Parish Council)

 

 

 

--   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

Some coming events in June

For more information on these events contact Mile End Information Centre, Oswestry  01691 662 488   or  oswestrytourism@shropshire.gov.uk

15^th                  Oswestry Sinfonia at Holy Trinity Church 7.30pm Adults £8.00

15^th                  Shrewsbury Carnival & Show, www.shrewsburycarnival.co.uk

15^th – 16^th        Clwyd Veteran & Vintage Machine Event  Oswestry Showground. Tel       

Tel  01978 756354  www.cvvms.co.uk

15^th – 16^th        Ellesmere Food Festival. 10am-4pm. Free. www.ellesmerefoodfestival.co.uk

15^th – 16^th        Borderland Visual Arts open studio weekends10am – 5pm www.borderlandvisualarts.com

16^th                  Hodnet Hall Gardens Open 12:00pm-5:00pm Adults £6.00 Child £3.00,Dogs on lead Tel:01630 685786

16^th                  Fathers Day at Cambrian Heritage Railway Llynclys Tel: 01691 688763

19^th                  Hodnet Hall Gardens Open 12:00pm-5:00pm Adults £6.00 Child £3.00,Dogs on lead Tel:01630 685786

22^nd                 Orthopaedic Hospital Fete (To be confirmed)

22^nd – 23^rd       Country Food and Craft Fair at the Plassey, Wrexham 10.30am – 4.30pm

 tel 01978 780277   Free admission www.plassey.com

22^nd- 23^rd         Powys and Mid Wales Military Vehicle Show at Park Hall Countyside Experience  Tickets- Adults £2.00 Child £1.00 Tel:01691 718075

22^nd – 23^rd       Borderland Visual Arts open studio weekends10am – 5pm www.borderlandvisualarts.com

23^rd                  Brass Band in Cae Glas Park, Oswestry 2pm – 4pm

23^rd                  Plant Hunter’s Fair, Whittington Castle www.whittingtoncastle.co.uk   

Tel 01691 662500

23rd                 Hodnet Hall Gardens Open 12:00pm-5:00pm Adults £6.00 Child £3.00,Dogs on lead Tel:01630 685786

27^th                  An Introduction to Healing Dogs and Horses at  The Heritage Centre, Oswestry £5.00 to include Drink Tel 01691 662753

28^th  - 29^th       Limey’s Memories, Llanymynech Heritage Area and Church

 28^th                 “Songs from Pirates of Penzance” at St Michaels Church West Felton followed by Buffet Supper £10.00

29^th                  Cantiones Summer Soiree (venue to be confirmed) www.cantiones.org.uk

29^th                  Hodnet Hall Gardens Open 12:00pm-5:00pm Adults £6.00 Child £3.00,Dogs on lead Tel:01630 685786

--   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