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Keeping in touch with communities

within the local parish.

March 2017

STOKE UPON TERN

NEWSLETTER

Issue: 14

IN THIS ISSUE

Parish Council Update Local Business

Advertisements, Community Updates, Story from the Parish

Recipe, and much more.....

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Welcome to this spring edition of our parish magazine. As a reminder the parish covers five rural villages, Stoke upon Tern, Stoke Heath, Wistanswick, Eaton-upon-Tern and Ollerton.

Please feel free to send us any news or articles from around the parish.

To contact us: email: [email protected] or call Sue: 01630 638 348

WISTANSWICK FETE 2017

Saturday 15th July - SAVE THE DATE

Wistanswick Fete is being held this year, at Chapel Bank, Wistanswick on Saturday July 15th, together with the Horse Show, Dog Show, Garden & Produce, stalls, games, refreshments and all the other things that go on

to make it a great day out!.

More details will be available on the Wistanswick Community Facebook page or the website, www.wistanswick.info.

Should you want to help, please contact Jackie Jeffries on 07554 948168 or Liv Wilcox on 07880 738456.

Dutton Close Residents Association Update

Hello to all dog walkers that walk their dogs around the prison fields. Could you please show other dog walkers respect by keeping all dogs on leads and also

keep to the pathways and don’t let your dogs run around the field. Remember this is private land, and we are lucky to have such a facility to walk our dogs, so

please don't abuse it.

Dutton Close Residents Association would like to thank everyone for all their support with the Play Park. We hope in May that you all will support us again

with the Lucky House Numbers. It has been a great success with 3 winners every month. This has helped with the maintenance of the Play Park. All

winning names from Lucky House Draw are posted in the Play Park Notice Board.

If anyone would like to put their name down for mowing the grass on the park or any other jobs around the Park please get in touch at: [email protected]

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Stoke on Tern Parish Hall The Parish Hall, Langley Dale, Stoke on Tern

Chairman Peter Speight

For enquiries contact Jane Lloyd 01630 638 238.

COUNCIL MEMBERS -

Cllr Pete Waters (Chairman) - 01630 638911 Cllr Sandra Birchall – 01630 684237 Cllr Richard Wright – 01630 638520 Cllr Percy Farmer – 01952 541252 Cllr Phil Butters – 07976 295299 Cllr David Moore – 01630 685226 Cllr Keith Newby – 01952 541601 Cllr Sue Bartram – 01630 638348 Cllr Lisa Dams Cllr Wendy Eley

The Clerk Mr Graham Bould may be contacted at: [email protected], or: new parish website: www.stokeuponternparish.org.uk

Prize Bingo is played every Monday

Eyes down at 8pm – All welcome!

The Parish Hall is self-funded and all proceeds from the Bingo go back into the running

and the up-keep of the hall.

The next parish meetings will take place at the Parish Hall on the

8th March & 24th May @7.30pm

These meetings are open to everyone –

come along and have your say...

Agendas are posted on the

notice -boards in local bus

shelters.

Neighbourhood Plan – Update The Stoke upon Tern Neighbourhood Plan enables you to have a say in the future direction and location of development in the Parish. Many thanks to those who have completed and returned the questionnaire. The winner of the Prize Draw was Valerie Bruce from Wistanswick. Congratulations Valerie!

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Now NS Wheelers are providing a new bus service on a ring and ride

basis for anyone in the parish – this can be for anything including

hospital visits, shopping or getting to work or school.

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Women’s Institute

The local WI meet at the Wistanswick Institute on the first Tuesday of every month at 7.30 pm.

We offer the opportunity to learn, develop and pass on new skills, to belong to something special, make new friends, work as a team and have fun. Forthcoming Events:

March 7th 2017: Pine Marten and Hedgehog Adventures: Speaker Stuart Edmonds (This is an Open Meeting, all visitors welcome) April 4th 2017: CFR - Community First Responder: Speaker Mark Pepper May 2nd 2017: Colourful Consultant: Speaker Naomi Curran

This Month's Recipe – Alison's Onion and Pancetta Soup Ingredients; 115g/4oz Pancetta rashers roughly chopped 30ml/2tbsp olive oil 675g/11/2 lb onions, finely sliced 15g/1/2oz butter About1.2litres/2pints chicken stock 10ml/2tsp granulated sugar 350g/12oz/400g tin Plum tomatoes, chopped Salt & ground black pepper A few fresh basil leaves shredded Grated Parmesan cheese

Method – 1.Put the chopped pancetta (bacon) in a large saucepan and heat gently, stirring constantly, until the fat runs. Increase the heat to medium, add the oil, butter, sliced onions and sugar and stir well to mix 2. Half cover the pan and cook the onions gently for about 20 mins until golden. Stir frequently and lower heat if necessary 3. Add the stock, tomatoes and salt and pepper and bring to the boil, stirring. Lower the heat, half cover the pan and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 30 mins. 4. Check the consistency of the soup adding more stock or water if necessary. 5. Just before serving, stir in most of the basil and adjust seasoning to taste. Serve hot, garnished with remaining shredded basil. Serve sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.

Wistanswick United Reform Church Regular chapel services on the 1st & 3rd

Sundays of every month at 4.30pm.

Reverend Chris Burgham, Tel. 07976 788543 Secretary; Ms E Dodd, Tel. 01630 655404

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Walking Group

The Walking Group meets on the third Sunday of the month at 11am at the Red Lion pub (& often returns there for refreshment!); Our next walk will be on March 19th, weather permitting.

Please check the website (stokeupontern.info) or call Sue on 01630 638 348 for more information.

All are welcome, so why not come and join us for a stroll across our parish.

St. Peters Church, Stoke upon Tern

For information regarding normal times of Church services, please see the Church Notice Board. Rev Andy Ackroyd Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01630 661204

The new Bishop of Lichfield, The right Reverend Michael Ipgrave is

visiting the Benefice from 27th-29th March.

He is visiting a rural area and will be visiting local farms whilst here.

Food and Prayer (Benefice Lent evenings) This year we are having one special service each week during Lent. We will meet at a different church each week, and on different week nights. We will meet for a 30-40 minute act of worship followed by a light supper.

Ash Wednesday (with Ashes) 1st March 9:30am followed by brunch & 7pm Holy Communion at: St Peters church Stoke On Tern

Monday 6th March 7pm at: St Michaels church, Childs Ercall

Tuesday 14th March 7pm at: St Mary`s church Hales

Wednesday 22nd March 7pm at: St Swithun`s Cheswardine

Thursday 30th March 7pm at: St Oswald`s church Hinstock

Friday 7th April 7pm at: St Luke`s church Sambrook

Thursday 30th March,

Thursday28th April.

11.00a.m.-12 noon

All welcome

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Shopping, how it was!

In these days of supermarkets and online shopping it’s all too easy to forget that it was not always like this. Within Stoke upon Tern there were, within living memory, many small shops and businesses selling goods and services to local people. These provided all the basic needs of life (and death) round about.

Many of you will remember Peter Speight and his mobile shop in a bus, selling all sorts until the 1980s; he was nearly the last in the line of these small businesses; or perhaps remember even earlier, Joe Masters, “The Midnight Grocer”.

Then, mainly small, shops were dotted around the settlements within the Parish. In Wistanswick, in addition to the Red Lion, there was a shop at the Smithy, run by the Wildes, which sold sweets, papers, cigarettes and tobacco. There was also a general store at Yew Tree Cottage which was owned by Mr & Mrs Edwards. There was also a bakery run by the Abbotts.

In Stoke Heath there was the store at the top of Rosehill Road, now Kev ‘n Di’s; which was owned by the Nagingtons and then by Mr Wakefield when the Nagingtons moved to the Adastra.

There were delivery services for other basics, bread from Rhodes, milk from Warners at Lythe Beck Farm and fruit and veg from Boughies who lived on Chapel Lane and had a small shop and delivered by horse and cart.

There were three Post Offices. In Wistanswick it was originally at Rose Cottage by the Red Lion, it was moved up to what is now known as the Old Post Office run originally by the Misses Millington and subsequently Colonel Gilson and the Charlesworths and Popes, which finally closed in the 1980s. In Stoke on Tern there was a Post Office run by Mr and Mrs Roberts situated on the corner of Langley Dale, by the bus shelter. The third, I believe was in Eaton on Tern.

The children were supplied with sweets and chocolates from two shops, one in Wistanswick run by Mr & Mrs Hughes, and one on Rosehill Road run by Mrs Jones. Even in death residents were well served, there was Millingtons Undertakers and builders based in Wistanswick.

Now in 2017, all we have is Newcott Fish and Chips who also sell a few basic provisions; it shows how much has changed over the last 80 or so years.

I have done this piece on the basis of a couple of chats and I am sure that I have missed quite a bit of detail; if anyone has any more info please let me know.

Richard Wright

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OJM Forge Ltd

Oliver J Mitchell FdSc DWCF

PROFESSIONAL FARRIERY

Relocated to Hinstock Friendly service

[email protected]

07779 433310

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For more information call:

01743 255 024

Mobile Library

The Tractor Club meets on the first Tuesday of every month

at 7.30pm at the Parish Hall

Buntingsdale Park TUESDAY

7th & 21st March 4th & 18th April

2nd, 16th & 30th May 13th & 27th June

Rosehill Road (by school) THURSDAY

11.50 – 12.20 Wistanswick

(Red Lion) 12.30 – 12.45

Eaton-Upon-Tern (phone box)

14.35 – 14.50 9th & 23rd March 6th & 20th April 4th & 18th May

1st, 15th & 29th June

The Tern-Stylers Craft Group We are all craft enthusiasts, be it

knitting, crochet, quilting, etc. etc. Dig out that project hidden at the back

of your cupboard and join us for the inspiration to complete it.

We meet at Wistanswick Institute on the 2nd and 4th Thursday morning (10am 'til 12ish) of the month

and entry is just £2. Next dates are: 9 & 23 March

13 & 27 April, 4 & 18 May, 8 & 26 June.

For further information please contact Eleanor Goodwin on 01630 638 701

or email: [email protected]

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Maurice Chandler Sports Centre

Warrant Road, Stoke Heath Tel: 01630 638508 or Email: infomauricechandler.org.uk

Opening Times are: Mon – Fri 2pm – 10pm & Sat 10am – 2pm

Most activities catered for, see website or call in for a chat!

WALKING FOOTBALL at Maurice Chandler Sports Centre

(Thursdays 4-5 pm)

Following a major feature with action photos in the local papers, Walking

Football at Maurice Chandler Centre is looking forward to a positive future

and even hopes to arrange some friendly matches with teams from

Telford and Shrewsbury.

If you are over 55 and can walk (!) you can play.

No special skill required as demonstrated by the current players.

Every Thursday afternoon from 4pm to 5pm, £3 per session.

At present our players are all male but there is no reason why women

cannot join in and the ladies from the Centre often do.

THE BALL IS ROLLING See us on Facebook: North Shropshire

Walking Football

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Do you own something that is broken you’d love to see restored?

Nestled deep in the British countryside is The Repair Shop, a place where broken battered beloved artefacts antiques and curios come back to life. In a new Ricochet TV series for BBC TWO a team of Britain’s most passionate and skilled craft people will rescue broken objects and restore them to their former glory.

If you have a damage heirloom, a prized antique, a loved ones treasured possession, or anything else that needs restoring get in touch now on: 01273 224 829 or [email protected]

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The current newsletter committee are; Sue Bartram, Helen Tyler & Marie Speight.

'Any views expressed within this

publication are not necessarily the views of Stoke upon Tern Parish Council.'

Thanks for reading the newsletter, we hope that you have found it

useful and of interest. If you would like to get involved in the next issues and its production, or have a story

or activity to tell us about then please get in touch by:

the 10th May 2017

The next newsletter will be

out in June 2017

Stoke upon Tern Parish Website

In addition to our newsletter, the website can be accessed to find out what’s going on in the parish. Once on the website (stokeupontern.info) the various links will take you to other pages where you can find out more, and get notice of events taking place in your parish.

This site is run by a team of volunteers who would like to hear about anything of interest in the area.

If you have any stories or news please email: www.stokeuponternparish.org.uk

A warm welcome from all at the

Red Lion Pub – Wistanswick!

You can now find us on:

Twitter @WistanswickRedL

Facebook TheRedLionWistanswick

A.R.Richards Material

Recovery Facility opened its

gates on 13th February 2017.

If anyone has any concerns or

complaints please contact

A.R.Richards email:

[email protected] or

hotline number: 0800 80 70 60.

They will help you with your

concerns.

Many Thanks.