The Bridge - July 2011

TheBRIDGE

July2011

Editorial

Visit us at www.bewdleybridge.org.uk

July – the real beginning of the summer, with its promise of barbecueweather, alfresco living andThe Summer Holiday. In my youth that wasthe one and only holiday we kids could expect; every year the family carwas loaded up with tents and primus stove and we did intrepid things inthe highlands of rainy, midge-infested Scotland for a fortnight. Nowadayswe expect rather more in the way of luxury and certainly more than onetrip away from home.

Well, I do anyway. This June I took a week’s trip to the Scilly Isles. Lestyou think I neglected my duty towards the magazine, I took advantage of a couple’sconfession that they lived further upriver in Shrewsbury to ask them to write something forthe magazine. They didn’t, but did send a paparazzi shot of your editor pretending not to beseasick.

Why not send someThoughts FromAbroad to the Bridge? It would be fun to hear what ourtownspeople do while they’re away. And to all of you who are going to be here during thesummer, let’s remember there are plenty of people who choose to come to us for theirholiday. (Lucky us; we don’t have to go home after a fortnight! )

We have plenty to keep us amused during the month. There are details inside so with thehope that the weather treats us kindly, I wish you all a happy July.

Margaret

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2 Rock Church Fete

SVR 1940's weekend also onSunday

The John Ruskin Collection, 10:00– 16:30pm Bewdley Museum. All month

1940's Weekend, 11:00 – 16:00.Bewdley Museum, and on Sunday

Summer Fete and StrawberryTea 14:30 All Saint’s ChurchKidderminster Rd

3 6-aside Cricket at Bewdley CricketClub [email protected]

Bewdley Footpaths and BridlewaysAssociation 13:45 outside the Guildhall,Bewdley.

4 The Monday Project atWribbenhall, Open every Monday –10.00 -12.30.All Saints' andWribbenhallTogether.Tel 07891 040202

Bewdley Library Readers Group,18:00 in the Library.Tel 01905 822722

5 Wyre Forest Health Walks -10:30Wyre ForestVisitor Centre,Callow Hill,The walks are free and nobooking is required.

6 Women's Section Royal BritishLegion 19:30The Black Boy Hotel.Tel01299 402204

Bewdley Horticultural Society19:40Wribbenhall Community Centre,Tel 01299 402670.

7 Bewdley Library Jigsaw Swap,10:00 Bewdley LibraryTel 01905 822722

9 Who let the Dads Out, 09:30 –11:30 Dads andToddlers play group.Bewdley Baptist Church, High Street.www.bewdley.baptist.org.uk

9 Super Saturday 09:30 – 11:30Primary School aged children morningactivity, Bewdley Baptist Church, HighStreet. www.bewdley.baptist.org.uk

Stourport-on-Severn 7thvintage steam rally 10:00, ConeyGreen Farm,Ribbesford Road,Stourport-on-Severnwww.stourportvintagesteamrally.co.u

10 Bewdley Tennis Club Open Day,Stourport Rd [email protected]

11 Nearly New Book Sale, 10:00 AllSaints Church

17 Craft demonstrations at BewdleyMuseum, 12:00 – 15:30 Free admission.Tel 01299 403573,www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/museum

Cherry Fair, 10:30 – 16:30 BewdleyMuseum

National Gardens Scheme - TollHouse Open Day, 11:00 Stourport Road,Bewdley Joan and Rob Roberts. 01299402331

18 Bewdley Branch Royal BritishLegion, 19:30 Black Boy Hotel Tel01299 404113

21 Transition Bewdley Food Group,19:00 Bewdley Baptist Church,Tel 07771538459 www.transitionbewdley.org

23 Bewdley Regatta, [email protected]

24 Luncheon at Kateshill House,13:30Tel 01299 401008

25 Bewdley Angling Festival, allweekTel 01299 404188

31 Albert Chambers Collection,10:00 Bewdley Museum

Trimpley Heavy Horse Festival.10:30 Tel 01905 773673.

Music in the Gardens - The Exiles,14:00 Jubilee Gardens.

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Plus many more destinations

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Accommodation for All – with easy accessground floor room

Babies & Children Welcomehigh chair/cot/nappy changing mat

availableAll Rooms en suite complete with Wi-Fi, T.V.

Hospitality tray & hair dryerIron facilities available upon request

Spacious guest lounge with T.V. and boardgames & Internet access

Take time to relax in our tranquil orchard gardenSadly no pets

Sat 2 July Dunster & Minehead Wed 3 Aug Severn Cruise (Upton-Tewkesbury)

Sun 10 July Clacton on Sea Thu 29 Sep Birmingham Royal Ballet - Beauty

Sat 16 July Holmfirth & Hebden Bridge & The Beast – matinee £36

Tue 26 July Abergavenny & Monmouth (SS) Thu 3 Nov CBSO at Symphony Hall play Brahms,

Sun 31 July Lyme Regis Mozart & Dvorak – matinee £30

SEVERNSIDESCHOOL OF DANCING

ballet :: tap :: modernGreek :: Acrobatic danceAge range : 3yrs - teenagers

Classes held at St George Hall, Bewdley

New pupils welcomeFirst lesson is free

then payment is weekly for first half-term and after that by the half-term

Enquiries to PrincipalMrs Joyce Campbell (BTDA)

Bewdley 400633Regd teacher with the

Council for Dance Education and Training

Rachel Greenwoodhas a few spaces for lessons in

violin, viola (or piano to Grade 5).She has adjudicated at many festivals

and several of her students havegained success at a national level.

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St Anne’s Church Bewdley

Sunday worship at 9.30am

Worship lasts for about an hour. Music isusually a mix of contemporary and

traditional.

Children and young people will often meetin their own groups and join with adults

later on.

Wednesdays at 10.15amMorning worship

Booking a wedding at Ribbesford orSt Anne’s – drop in at St Anne’s on a

Tuesday evening, 7-8pm

Thinking about baptism – come to a Sundayservice and we’ll talk together over coffee

Our website is:www.bewdleyparish.org.uk

A warmwelcome

fromBewdleyBaptistChurch.

Our main focus of worship is on Sundays at10am, where there is a relaxed style with livelymusic, all ages come together and we hear God'sword for today through the Bible.

Sunday evening at 6.30pm we have a shorter,more reflective service.

Weekly Events

Our church runs a number of regular eventsduring the week:

� Noah’s Ark - for parents and toddlers.

� Womens’ Own - an afternoon meeting forladies.

� Art Group - a quiet place to paint and draw.

� Who Let The Dads Out - second Saturday of the month for dads and toddlers

� Super Saturday - second Saturday of themonth for primary school aged children.

� Senior Citizens LunchSecond Tuesday of the month.

� Youth Activities

� Men’s Group.

Like to know more?

Contact the ministers, John Rhodes or SimonHarry, at the church office (403267) or visit

www.bewdley.baptist.org.uk

Bewdley Baptist Church61 High Street Bewdley

St Leonard’sRibbesford

Sunday morning worship:11.15am

On the first Sunday each month we have aservice of Holy Communion.

On the other Sundays we have Matins –from the Book of Common Prayer.

Church is usually open in daylight hoursfor prayer, peace & quiet.

Evensong is said from Easter to end ofSeptember at 6.30pm

www.bewdleyparish.org.uk

Keith James is the minister of the Church.Contact him on 01299 402275 (office)

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We hope you will come again.

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www.bewdleyparish.org.uk

Keith James is the minister of the Church.Contact him on 01299 402275 (office)

Services for July3rd July 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Service and Baptism 10th July 9.30am Morning Worship 17th July 9.30am Parish Eucharist 24th July 9.30am Parish Eucharist 31st July 9.30am Parish Eucharist

To book a wedding at All Saints' please goalong to St. Anne's Church between 6.00an 7.30pm on a Tuesday. For a baptismcome to a morning service and talk tothe vicar or a churchwarden after the

service over a cup ofcoffee.

Holy FamilyCatholic Church

High Street. Sunday Mass at 8am

Tuesday and Thursday at 10 am (preceded by morning prayer)

Holidays of Obligation 12 noon.

RIVERSIDE CHURCHbuilding life building hope

Dog Lane BewdleyA Church for all the familyEvery Sunday @ 10.30am

Children & Youth meet in St George HallCome and join us

Talented Live Band & Relevant PowerfulMessages from the bible.

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An Elim Pentecostal Church

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Services at 10.30 every Sunday

Our final House Fellowship of thisyear will be held on the 12th July at thehome of Pat and Harry Lewis who arekindly providing a barbecue. Themonthly fellowship meetings willresume in September.The Church Anniversary was enjoyedby all, particularly meeting Deanneagain. We all managed to catch upwith her news over the ‘bring andshare’ lunch after the service.For more details of regular meetingsand special services please contact Rev.Linda Catlow on 01299 826641.

All Saints Wribbenhall

Religious Society of Friends(Quakers)

Bewdley Quaker Meeting House, LowerPark. Meeting for worship every

Sunday 10.30-11.30am.Everyone is welcome.For further information,

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John Ruskin Exhibition at BewdleyMuseumArt enthusiasts will have the rare opportunity to view work fromJohn Ruskin’s personal art collection at Bewdley Museum thissummer.

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A group of 40 objects including watercolours, drawings, prints andbooks are on loan from the Collection of the Guild of St George, which is housed andmaintained by Museums Sheffield.

Ruskin was an influential Victorian writer and art critic who championed artists such asWilliam Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites. In the 1880s, he intended to move part of thecollection to Bewdley and had plans drawn up for a museum. The project never came aboutbecause of a lack of funding and Ruskin’s declining health.

Ruskin founded the Guild of St George in 1871 to help create a better world. His aims wereto turn wasteland into food-producing plots, to protect wildlife, to educate all people inschools and to open public libraries and galleries as a ‘national store’ for all people. His visioncontinues today through the activities, properties and woodland that the Guild owns inBewdley – Uncllys Farm and Ruskinland.

Workshops based on Ruskin’s teachings on nature and architecture will be held at themuseum on 16th July and 23rd July.

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New course on pig keeping for existing and potential

small holdersFor people who want to look into owning a smallholding or those who want to gain moreexperience, a new series of courses is available.The next course is an introduction to pig keepingon the 29th July at Uncllys Farm, Bewdley. Thecourse is free and subsidised by the Grow with Wyre Lottery Project and there is only a£10 booking fee.

The course is being run by Mark Cleaver, a local farm manager who has extensiveexperience in managing livestock and nature conservation. “This course is ideal for anyonewho would like to find out more about looking after and checking livestock” said Mark. “Pigs are an excellent way to start as they do not need a large amount of space and theyare easy to look after. All our courses includes information on the legal and moral duties oflivestock keepers, codes of practice, key welfare issues and practical ways to monitor animalhealth.”

Wyre Community Land Trust is based at a working farm and supports land owners, smallholders and farmers through training, practical help and the loan of tools and equipment. Itprovides a wide range of accredited courses available for both land owners and volunteerswhich are subsidised, mainly through the Heritage Lottery Fund. These include sustainablewoodland management, livestock welfare, fruit pressing and cider making.

Full details are available from Mark on 01299 488083 email [email protected]

The recent house-to-house collectionraised £2,100 for The Society to continueworking with children and young peoplein need.

Thank you to all our wonderful collectors,both from the Society and from me,personally.

Also thank you to all who donated to thisgrand total.

The next item will be the collecting in ofhouse-boxes during July and August, Ihope your box will be nice and full!

Susan Price

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Community News

Bewdley RowingClub.

The president and membersof Bewdley Rowing Clubwould like to thank the

organizers and helpers involved in theorganization and running of the Pub and ClubRegatta held on 4th June.

They would also like to thank all whosupported and took part in the event.

Chris Hart President

…to take part in asummer reading

challenge.Yes that's right; this year we are runningan adult summer reading challengealongside our usual children's one.

All you have to do is read six booksover the summer period.

They don't have to be the thick, selfimproving sort – they can even bebooks you think you might enjoy – andat Bewdley Library you can win a signedbook if you're the first adult tocomplete.

This summer's children's challenge has aCircus theme. If you're here signing thekids up for their reading challenge, whynot sign yourself up as well?

The usual conditions apply; you cancount two books per visit towards yourtotal.

In addition to winning a signed book,the first adult and child to complete willalso be entered into a countywide drawwith the chance to win another prize.

Let's have the library buzzing over thesummer!

Kay Sanderson

7th - 16th October 2011Tickets on General Sale from

23rd July 2011

See website for programme from Mid-July

Festival Office: 01299 [email protected]

Kidderminster BeekeepersAssociation

On17th July, 2.30pm, an out-apiary meetingwill be hosted by James Arbuthnott at StoneHouse Cottage Nurseries, Stone. In additionto inspecting bee hives there will be anopportunity for an engine ride, a swim in thepool and a tour of the Nursery (smallcharge). Anyone interested in bees/beekeeping will be very welcome. For moreinformation ring 01299 825578 or [email protected].

Please note the scheduled eveningmeeting on Thursday 7th July has been

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Community NewsTails of a Veterinary

Practice – life at RiversideVets as seen by Gavin the

practice cat.

Hi everybody. I expect you’rewondering where I’ve been.

Well, actually I’ve been over at the Bridgemagazine headquarters having a brisk wordwith that incompetent editor. Do you know,she had the cheek to lose my last twoarticles? And after all the trouble I went to,borrowing my humans’ dictionary to putsome really long words into my articles? I’mglad to say that after sobbing for severalhours she promised to do better and give mea prime site in the next edition and buy me abig tin of my favourite food. So anyway, I hope you all enjoyed the recentsunny weather. I’ve had a relaxing break frommy daily patrol around the practice and haveused my time to catch up on several cat napsand many cuddles with my humans. Some ofyou may remember that I wrote last springabout some ducklings from a nest in aneighbouring garden that were helped to theriver by my humans. This year our motherduck came back to the same spot again andmanaged to produce even more offspringthan last year – 14 to be exact! Ourneighbours at the practice kindly let us knowwhen the ducklings were ready to leave thenest and I was able to observe them as theycrossed the road and floated down to theriver.My humans here were very excited recentlyas one of our vets Ruth got married at theend of May. Being a cat I was not able toattend, but I am looking forward to seeing allthe photos. As I am a highly educated cat Iplan to offer my considered opinion once Ihave had a little snooze.More from me again next month as I thinkI’ve sorted out the editor, Gavin

WRIBBENHALL PARISH ROOMADVANCE NOTICE OF

A.G.MTO BE HELD ON

THURSDAY 14TH JULY AT7.30pm

In Wribbenhall Parish RoomNominations for committee welcome

ToLiz Davies, Chairman

Wassell View, Habberly Road, Bewdley,DY12 1JH

01299 403053PLEASE COME AND JOIN US, AND

LEARN ABOUT OUR PLANS

WRIBBENHALL WI

The June meeting took theform of a talk and the

showing of samples of craft work from theloan collection.

The illustrated talk held at StourportCivic Hall on the Staffordshire Hoardwas well attended and enjoyed by all.

On 17th May many members visited theunusual and beautiful gardens at ButtonBridge, also a delicious tea.

Several members will be having a day outat Croome Court on 28th June and a visitto Chatsworth House on 12th July.

The meeting to be held on 11th July atRiverside Church, Dog Lane Bewdley at2pm will be a talk and demonstration givenby Sandra Shakespeare on Scrap Values.She will show how scrap materials can berecycled to make wall hangings pegged ragrugs and many other useful items.

Visitors welcome.Venetia Crutch


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Bewdley/WribbenhallLadies’ Luncheon Club

At the May meeting Veronica Collettegave an extremely good talk, detailingher time in Saudi Arabia in the 1980s.She explained the cultural adjustmentsshe made, and showed items of dressand intriguing souvenirs. On 27th JulyKim Hurst, a prize-winning herb grower,will speak on “Tasty Buds, LusciousLeaves and Succulent Shoots”. All ladiesare welcome to our monthly meetingsat the Ramada, and further details canbe obtained by ringing 400363.

Women’s SectionRoyal British Legion

Bewdley Branch

At the national conference inEastbourne we were delighted toreceive one of the covetedNational Awards, the BuckinghamCup for progress and efficiency;this was presented by LadyBromley Davenport to Mrs Monica Powell, pastchairman. It is indeed a great honour for such asmall branch to receive this award - the firsttime it has come to Worcestershire.

We in Bewdley do our best to uphold thepledge of the Women’s section:

“We of the Royal British Legion Women’s sectionpledge ourselves anew to our work in support ofthe wartime generations and to all those in otherconflicts since. We promise to do everything possibleto help where there is a need and to ensure thatthey and their dependants may enjoy the years thatlie ahead in comfort, dignity and contentment”.

Some new members have joined us in the pastfew months and we would welcome more. Ourmeetings are held in the Guildhall Bewdley onthe first Wednesday of every month starting at8.0pm in the summer and 7.30pm in the winter.

Do come and join us.

BEWDLEY DOWLES &RIBBESFORDPARISH FETE

It’s that time again to support your parishesat our traditional country fete.Fun & games for all the family

Proceeds are to be shared by the parish andBewdleys own community transport scheme– CTH which makes around 150 passengertrips per week for those Bewdley folk who

are unable to use public transport. Saturday 6th August at Button OakInn 1pm to 4 pm Entry adults £1

Christian Aid Collection 2011The counting is nearly completed and itlooks as if Bewdley’s total for 2011 will beabout £1,700.

This is a very good result in the presenteconomic situation and I should like tothank everyone who has donated to thisachievement. Much more, I thank all thegallant collectors who have made this resultpossible.

Thank you. Susan Price

All walks start at 2pm outside the GUILDHALL, BEWDLEY

Please arrive by 1.45pm for a 2pm prompt start.July 3rd

Leader: Keith SimkinApprox. 4 – 5 miles

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Community News

Looking for a Saturday morning club inBewdley for your primary school agedchildren? Then why not let them comealong to Super Saturday, the monthlymorning activity club for primary schoolchildren on the second Saturday of themonth.

What is provided?

Super Saturday provides a mixture of fun,activities and some bible based teachingsuitable for children aged 5 to 11 years ofage.

When?

On the second Saturday of the month(next is the 9th July).

Cost?

This is an entirely free event.

Where

Bewdley Baptist Church, High Street,Bewdley

Time

9:30 to 11:30

Why?

The church has been running Who Let TheDads Out which has proven to be verypopular with everyone who comes. This isfor Dads and their pre-school children.

However, many of the parents who comealso have primary aged children and thechurch thought it would be good for themto have their own club to go to. This is whythey introduced Super Saturday for theseolder children. Parents can drop off theirolder children at Super Saturday and theneither go and enjoy Who Let The DadsOut or call back at 11:30.

Like to know more?

Check out the church website or ringSimon or John at the church office 403267www.bewdleybaptist.org.uk

Music in the Park -evening before the

Carnival


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Old St Anne’s No. 2.

Last month we began a series of extracts from the Bewdley Chapel Accounts. This monthwe have some more; this time from the 17th century.1600 Pd the twelfth of March for cloth to shroud a pore child

dyed in the king’s stabell 11d in money for the women tobury him

1601 Pd for makinge the horse bridge in Dog Lane and caregeof the timber .. 4s 7d

1603 Pd for the the tayking awaye of William Woosloyes childowt of this towne – and he did enter in to band that thetowne sholld not be trobled noe more with it .. 17s 6d

1611 To Hugh Lowe for money which he layde out formendinge of the prison house at the bridge .. 5sRecd of Richard Gardner for a ffray and bloudshed wchhe made…10s, whereof Mr Brasier had .. 2s

For the benefit of ourreaders who are tooyoung to rember £sd(pounds, shillings andpence) before wewent decimal.11d = 4 1/2p4s 7d = 23p17s 6d =87 1/2p5s = 25p2s = 10p1s= 5p

Contemporary, Folk

and Classical Song

All Saints’ Church,Wribbenhall

Jonathan Darby,

Claire Worboys,

Judith Standing,

Mary Sinclair,

Peter Cattanach-Chell,

Accompanist: Angela Allard

7.30pm. Saturday 16th. July 2011

Tickets £7.50 including refreshmentsMore details and tickets ring AngelaCattanach-Chell on 07843256902

Or pay on the door

A Kaleidoscope

of Song

All Saint’s ChurchKidderminster Rd

on2nd July at 2.30 pm

Summer Feteand

Strawberry Tea

Stalls Plants Books Tombola Music

Bric a Brac cakes raffle

All proceeds to Church Fund

Bewdley TG The speaker at our meeting on Tuesday 26thJuly will be Mr.C. P. Hadwell who will tell usabout his 'Russian Visits'. The competitionwill be 'Russian Memorabilia' .

We meet at Wribbenhall CommunityCentre at 7.30pm and new members andvisiors are always welcome.

For more information please phone01299 401352


Kate Wheeler BSc (hons), MChS.Health Professions Council Registered Chiropodist/Podiatrist

Home Visiting Service operating inYOUR AREA.

A Clinic located in Highley Pharmacy, HighleyI assess and manage people of all

ages and can manage:� Routine foot care� Nail cutting service� Corn and callous (hard skin) removal/

management� In-growing/fungal toe nails� Cracked skin� Diabetic foot care� Verrucas� Foot health checks� Foot care and foot wear advice

Please contact Kate 078691 39998or Highley Pharmacy for an appointment

within the clinic: (01746) 861 255Registered with the Health Professions Council andmember of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists

Jackie DonkinBsc, mBANT, NTCC, CNHC

Nutritional TherapistThrough the use of individually compiled dietaryprogrammes, Nutritional Therapy aims toaddress and alleviate health concerns. It

encompasses the belief that ‘our food is ourmedicine and our medicine is our food’. Nutritional Therapy can effectively relieve

conditions including chronic fatigue, energy loss,insomnia, depression, backache, skin complaints,asthma, and headaches. It is also beneficial forthose with no specific illness, but who want tomaintain a state of optimum health, or lose

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Theory if required.Learning while having fun.

Also integrating songwriting and Studio knowledge within drumming

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YOGA 4

THE TERRIFIED!BEGINNERS YOGA CLASSES

Get Toned & FitCome to Stef’s gentle Dru yoga classes

ALL AGES, ABILITIES & SIZES WELCOME

VENUESWed-12.00-1.30 Wribbenhall

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Thurs-7.00-8.30 Wharton Park Golf Club, Top of Bypass, Bewdley.

£7.00 per SessionNo need to book just come along.

Stef: 07706736400 or 01299 402912email:[email protected]

Stef also runs ART 4 The Terrified Art Classes-ring forcourse details. 6 week beginners Watercolour

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Community News

Volunteer Livestock checkers in the Wyre Forest

If you are a regular walker and would like toget involved in conservation, then why not volunteer to be a livestock checker?During the summer months, Dexter cattleare used to help in the restoration oftraditional orchards, species rich grasslandand heath in and around the Wyre ForestNational Nature Reserve. Around 40 cattlegraze at over 50 sites in and around theWyre Forest.New volunteers are needed to help keep aregular check on the cattle during this time,to make sure they are fit and healthy and tocheck their location. If you think you wouldlike to become a Volunteer LivestockChecker, please contact Mark Cleaver.Free training is provided and there is alwaysbe a member of staff on call for support. Youdo not need experience with animals

(although someis preferable),but an interestin natureconservation isessential. People are alsoneeded to checkthe meadowsalong Dowles Brook between the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust reserve atKnowles Mill along to Coopers Mill, aroundthe Natural England Office at Lodge Hill,Clows Top, Far Forest and many more sites.Volunteering as a livestock checker is aflexible way to give your time. All you needto do is let us know when you can spare anhour or two and you will be fitted into therota.For further information please contact Mark Cleaver : 01299 488083email : [email protected]

Gardening in JulyAs I prepare July’s notes Radio 4 announces the West Midlands is just outside the DroughtArea, so in an effort to encourage some rain, here are some tips on conserving plants andwater. If it’s not too late dig organic matter into your soil before planting; for deep-rootedcrops add paper and shredded carpet to the bottom of trenches. On the top of the soiladd a good layer of mulch to keep weeds at bay and retain water, placing pebbles or stoneson troughs, hanging baskets or beds will also help. Line containers to stop water runningthrough to waste and keep in the shade when possible to reduce rapid evaporation.Choosing plants for drought conditions is still an option as bedding plants wilt; Englishlavender, geraniums, herbs and shrubs will thrive better in dry conditions. Collecting waterfor use can be easily achieved with water butts, apparently there is enough rainfall in eventhe driest areas to fill 150 butts from an average household roof. That should be enough toget everyone through the driest 6 weeks of summer. Water from the house can be recy-cled onto plants, washing up water, bath water and water drawn off before the hot tapruns hot can be used. Grey water is better for plants than vegetable crops in order toavoid infections. Grey water from washing machines, dish washers, tumble driers etc.should be avoided as they may degrade soil quality over time because of their chemicalcomposition, similarly avoid water with bleaches. Watering is best done late in the eveningwhen there is less evaporation, water well but less frequently, use water absorbing gels incontainers, screen plants to keep them shaded and break up wind and finally don’t cut thelawn too often, once a fortnight and with the cutters raised is enough in a drought.


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Each tipi is furnished to provide comfort camping with an assortment of futons and camp-ing beds, chairs and tables, rugs and throws. Also supplied are gas cooking stove, pans,crockery, cutlery and cold box. Each tipi has its own picnic table and external fire pit withcooking frame for that all important campfire and the larger ones also have a log burnerfor those extra cosy evenings.

Tipis are available to hire throughout most of the year.

So if you fancy a romantic weekend under the stars, an outdoor adventure with the familyor somewhere for friends or relatives to stay, please get intouch!

Hopleys Family CampingCleobury RoadBewdley DY12 2QLTel: 01299 402173 or 07973135909

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HOPLEYS • Family Campsite We can cater for 35 Caravans and numerous Tents, 21 pitches withhook ups. • Farm ShopRe-opened Easter 2011 and back under family management -selling the very best in local, fresh produce.• Other AmenitiesIncluding: Cafe, Fishing Pool, Children’s play area and Brand newtoilet and shower block.

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Community News

Volunteering Opportunities

at Bewdley Museum

Can you spare two to three hours a week?Would you like to learn a new skill and meetnew people whilst helping in your localcommunity?

The Friends of BewdleyMuseum are looking forvolunteers to help inthe museum’s clay pipeworkshop and to takeon the role of Air RaidWardens in the WorldWar II Air Raid Shelter.

The duties in the clay pipe workshop includewelcoming the public to the workshop,demonstrating how clay pipes were made bythe traditional method and providing a briefhistory of their uses in times gone by.

Duties in the Air Raid Shelter includeopening up the shelter, providing a briefhistory about the shelter, listening to and

sharing wartimememories with thepublic.

No previousknowledge orexperience isrequired for eitherrole as full trainingwill be given. Anoutgoing and warm personality would beadvantageous and an interest in World WarII would be beneficial for the role of Air RaidWarden. Volunteering times can be arrangedto suit the individual between 11am and 4pmevery day of the week.

If you would like to find out moreplease call Carol Mathieson on01299 400386 or Janet Luxford01299 402060 for an informal chat.

Visit www.bewdley.org.uk/friends-of-bewdley-museum for information about allvolunteering opportunities at Bewdleymuseum.

Saturday 17th & Sunday 18thSeptember

Once again we are inviting all artists andcraftworkers, of any age, to come andexhibit their work in St Anne's Church.Paintings, pottery, needlecraft, calligraphy,floral art, sugar craft etc can all be displayed.Exhibits can be offered for sale if you wishbut this is not compulsory.

As usual we also have space for Stallholders at the Guildhall and this year; forthe first time we will also be hosting 'Art

on the Railings' on Severn Side. You arewelcome to bring a stall or any other typeof display stand that best suits you work.Please ask Rachel for details.

Exhibition charges in St Anne's are mostly£1 per item, and stalls etc at the Guildhalland on Severnside are £20 per day or £30for both days.

We would particularly like to include workby local groups, clubs and societies whomay not actually be art groups but wouldlike to be involved.

For more information and entryforms please contact

Maggie 01299 404065Ann 01299 404226 (email :[email protected] ) Rachel 01299 404488 or call in at QuayGallery, Severnside North



Wyre Forest McTimoney Chiropractic and Integrated Health Clinic (est. 1997)

Chiropractors: Jane McKenzie-Riley D.C. M.M.C.A Philip Elliot B.Sc. Hon (Chiro) M.M.C.A Mark Sammons D.C. M.M.C.A Delia Oliver B.Sc. Hon (Chiro) M.M.C.A Brian Ford B.S.c Hon (Chiro) M.M.C.A

Initial Appointment approx 90 mins - Consultation approx 1HourChiropractic Treatment approx 30mins.

Free (30 min) Chiropractic Spine Checks are available, if you are unsureas to whether Chiropractic could help you.

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It's been two months since the last itemabout establishing an allotment at The HopPole.

Lack of rain

Since then, like many other gardens, theallotment has suffered from the lack of rainand the strong drying winds which havescorched some of the newly plantedvegetables.

The climbing beans and sweet peas inparticular have struggled but the first sweetpea flower buds are now showing. The localpigeons have also left their mark, swooping inand almost clearing young kale, broccoli,cabbage and beetroot plants.

Some of the plants have responded to arescue package of watering and a protectionof netting and twiggy branches but theeventual harvest will be smaller thanexpected. However, we are not far offharvesting the broad beans and peas andthere have been constant cuttings of cut andcome again salad greens and pea shootsgrown in containers.

Our New Additions

A new addition has been the flock of sixrescued battery hens. They were a sorrysight when they arrived just over a monthago. Their combs were floppy and pale andthey had very few feathers as a consequence

of being kept in tinybattery hen cages. Butwithin 48 hours theybegan to pick up andwere enjoying beingoutside for the firsttime in their lives.

Although one hendidn't survive thetransition to free range living it has beenheart-warming to see the rest sunbathingand having dust baths as well as foraging inthe open for tasty titbits from the soil.

Now their feathers are growing back andthey are emerging as individual characterswith an established pecking order.

We have even been rewarded with theoccasional egg, far sooner than we were toldit would take for them to come into layagain. They have been quite a talking pointand a hit with visiting children.

Tomatoes and hanging baskets

In the meantime Stephen Clee has kindlyallowed us to use his greenhouse to raiseour tomatoes which now are showing theirfirst flower trusses and the hanging basketshave been planted up and are waiting to goout. We are even thinking of entering“Bewdley in Bloom”!

Val Austin

Chickens and Beans at The Hop Pole Allotment

Free guided walks along our footpaths and bridlewaystaking 2-3 hours, off the roads and into the countryside.

The August walks will be on Thurdays 4 August from The Hampstall Pub, Astley Burf

OS reference 813678 Evening Walk starting at 7pm 18 August from The Rock Cross InnOS ref 735712 starting at 10.30am

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Community News

TOWN COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 6th JUNE 2011

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee June 2012

With the Queen having formally announced that celebrations for her Diamond Jubilee willtake place over the long Bank Holiday week-end of 2nd to 5th June, the Town Council hasset up a Working Group to work with schools and voluntary organisations to seek ideas andthen arrange some suitable party or celebratory event. It’s hoped similar activities will occurthroughout the country.

Police Sergeant Chris Aimes

Bewdley’s well known and respected Police Sergeant is shortly to be redeployed toKidderminster but as a tribute to the valuable work he has done it was agreed the Mayorwould write to him and express her thanks on behalf of the Town for his service and advicewhich he has always given in a very practical and fair way.

Bewdley Members of Parliament Roll

Councillors warmly welcomed the offer by Bewdley Civic Society to arrange for a newwooden display board to be hung in the Council Chamber listing the Members of Parliamentrepresenting the Borough of Bewdley from 1832 through to 1945. At present the roll finishesat 1880 and hence fails to record those that served for the following 65 years includingStanley Baldwin who was returned to Parliament at ten successive General Elections.

Street Amenity Licences

The Town Council was consulted by the District Council as to two applications by The Cock& Magpie and The Mug House to extend the hours at which food and drink could be servedat the tables and chairs outside on the footpath until midnight. Councillors felt that was toolate and recommended the hours of operation be limited to 11.00pm.

Blackstone Picnic Site and Blackstone Riverside Park

The Council learned how easy it was to get confused between these two sites which, thoughclose to one another, were on opposite sides of the river. Examples were given of howwalking groups intending to go to the Riverside Park on the west mistakenly thought theirdestination was the Picnic Site on the east and vice versa. Councillors agreed with asuggestion that the Riverside Park should instead be renamed Ribbesford Riverside Park.

TOWN COUNCIL NEWS

Future Town Council meetings Future Town Council meetings held at The Guildhall on Mondays at 7.30pm are: 4th July, 1st August, 5th September, 10th October, 7th November and 5th December. Minutes of Town Council and Planning Committee Meetings are posted on the NoticeBoards outside the Mayor’s Parlour, in the Guildhall Entrance and Load Street Car Park.They are also available at the Library and at the Town Clerk’s Office and on the TownCouncil’s page of www.bewdley.org.uk

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Community News

Home baking to support for MotorNuerone research

As many of you know all the money made from myhomebaking in St. Anne’s Church now goes to supportthe Motor Neurone charity. Motor neurone disease isa serious and incurable condition where, over time, thenerves in the brain and spine experience a progressiveloss of function. This affects people’s ability to walk,speak, breathw and swallow.

Research

I have been asked if I could help fund research intomotor nuerone being carried by Dr Robin Highley. Heis working at Sheffield University which is a centre ofexcellence for neurodegeneration.

Dr Highley is hopeful that his project will generateimportant information about the chain of events thatcause motor neurones to degenerate. Such knowledge could be used to develop drugsdesigned to slow disease progression.

Would you like to help?

Ask me to bake a cake and give me loads of money for it. Your money could help make abreakthrough!!

Please!!!Thanks Cate Gillespie (402151)

Transition Bewdley Food Group

MeetingThursday 21st July 2011

7.00pm – 9.30pmBring along a home-cooked dish or local food and enjoy a shared supper (until 8.00pm)

before an informal discussion with

Billy Auger of Augernik Fruit Farmon

Running a ‘Pick Your Own’ BusinessHelp us to encourage and support local food production, growing your own,

healthy eating, sharing of recipes.All welcome, free admission

Bewdley Baptist Church, High Street, Bewdley DY12 2DJ

For further information, please contact Sara Hirst:Tel: 07771 538459 or Email: [email protected]

This is the height of summer when mostbirds will have finished rearing their firstbroods and may be onto their second. Thebird boxes which were put up in ourorchards to encourage some of the rarerwoodland birds have produced a good cropof blue tits and great tits, while the redstartschose to nest in our wood pile! We hope tosee flycatchers hunting in the fields, perchingon the fence posts in between their huntingflights.

The spring’s prodigious spawning of toadsproduced hundreds of young and I watchedmany tiny toads, less than 1cm long, leavingthe pond of their birth a monthago. Now they will be among thevegetation, feeding on smallinvertebrates and trying to evadecapture by predators. Like frogsand newts, toads are often foundunder logs and rocks where theycan keep cool and moist, althoughtoads are much more resistant todry soil conditions than theothers.

As you walk in the woods look out for thetiny footprints of fallow fawns out and aboutwith their mothers for the first time. Duringthe first week or so of their lives they liequietly concealed in undergrowth where thedoes return periodically to feed them.

Among our events listed below there is anopportunity for local communityorganisations and businesses to look roundthe new Discovery Centre to see whetherthey can benefit from its unique features.Chat to the staff and enjoy some lightrefreshments from 3pm to 6pm. RSVP to LizBunney: [email protected] or01299 266929.

Saturday 16th July Introduction toInsects Discover the fascinating diversity ofthe insects of Wyre with Rosemary Winnall

using a range of sampling methods. Adultsand interested children of 8 and over, £10per person – booking essential on 01299266929. 1.30pm to 4.30pm.

Saturday 16th July Basket MakingMake your first basket using willow underthe guidance of tutor Myfanwy Baldwin. Thiscourse at the Ruskin Studio, Uncllys Farmcosts only £20 due to funding from GrowWith Wyre. Ring Linda on 01299 403691 fordetails.

Thursday 21st July CommunityDiscovery Centre OpenAfternoon 3pmto 6pm. See above.

Tuesday 26th July Denbuilding Learn to make astrong forest shelter out ofbranches and bracken. 1.30am to12noon. £3.50 per child aged 5 to11. Book on 01299 266929.

Friday 29th July DinosaurTrail. Details and booking asabove. Dinosaur Trail – start any

time from 1pm to 3.30pm;£3 per child (notsuitable for pushchairs)

Next month:

Monday to Wednesday 1st to 3rdAugust Wild in Wyre 3 full days of funand adventure for 8 to 11 year olds, includingshelter building, camp fire cookery andmaking bows and arrows. £60 per child.

Friday 5th August Shadow PuppetWorkshop Working with professionalartists, make and use shadow puppets to tellthe stories of the lives of forest creatures.The puppets will be made of durablematerials and will be simple to operate.Come for a half day (10am to 12noon or1pm to 3pm) or the whole day. £5 or £10per child respectively due to sponsorshipfrom Grow With Wyre. Booking essential.

Linda Iles Forestry Commission

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