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STOKE UPON TERN
NEWS LETTER
Keeping in touch with communities
within the local parish.
March 2014
Issue: 2
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Welcome to the second of our quarterly
newsletters, designed to keep you in touch
with local activities and our communities
within the Stoke upon Tern Parish.
As a reminder the parish covers five rural villages, Stoke upon
Tern, Stoke Heath, Wistanswick, Eaton-upon-Tern and Ollerton.
The newsletter is self funded and we would like to say ‘Thank
You’ in advance for the donations and sponsorship that support
the publication.
We hope that you enjoy the newsletter and we welcome your
feedback, news and any stories for future editions.
If you would like to inform us of an event, advertise a local
business or sponsor the newsletter please contact us by:
[email protected] Sue: 01630 638 348
WHO’S WHO.....?
Shropshire Council
The Shropshire Council can be contacted via their website: www.shropshire.gov.uk or by telephone: 0345 678 9000 Our Shropshire Councillor is Karen Calder Cabinet Member for Health Shropshire Council Hodnet Division 01630 685236, [email protected]
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Stoke upon Tern Parish Council
The parish council currently have 10 councillors who are made up from local people within the community.
Cllr Pete Waters – Chairman Cllr Sandra Birchall Cllr Richard Wright Cllr Percy Farmer Cllr Chris Rollinson Cllr Phil Butters Cllr David Moore Cllr Keith Newby Cllr Sue Bartram Cllr Carole Meade
The Clerk Mr Graham Bould may be contacted at [email protected] Tel: 01952 594 758
St. Peter Church, Stoke on Tern
For information regarding normal times of church services, please see the Church Notice Board. Rev Andy Ackroyd Telephone: 01952 840 554 [email protected]
Services for Easter at St Peters are as follows; Palm Sunday at 11.00a.m - there will be a Cafe Style Service, Maunday Thursday at 7.30p.m - Passover Supper, Good Friday afternoon Meditation and Reflection, Easter Sunday Dawn Service at 6.00a.m - this will be a breaking of Bread Celebration followed by breakfast. Easter Sunday 11.00a.m - Holy Communion. "Flix in the Stix" Saturday 15th March 2014 at 5.00p.m. in church This is an invitation to all - the film is "Justin and the Knights of Valour" Admission is free and refreshments are available.
Next Meetings will take place at the Parish Hall
on Wednesday
19th March at 7.30pm
& Wednesday 15th May at 7pm (AGM)
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Wistanswick Chapel
Hold regular chapel services on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of every month at 4.30pm.
Rev David Cassidy Telephone: 01691 658 016 Secretary Liz Dodd 01630 655 404 Wistanswick Institute
Wistanswick Institute, Chapel Bank, Wistanswick has different events held throughout the year.
For more information please contact Richard Wright on 01630 638 520
What's on at Wistanswick Institute......
Saturday March 1st - Quiz Evening starting at 7.30, tickets are £4 for adults and £2 for children, to include hot food.
Saturday March 29th - Prize Bingo starting at 7.30pm
Saturday July 19th - Wistanswick Fete will include all the usual attractions including Horse Show, Dog Show, Garden & Produce Show, stalls and attractions. It will continue to focus on being a great family day out. Entrance will be, as always, by donation.
Stoke on Tern School and Nursery
Stoke-On-Tern Primary School Rosehill Road, Stoke Heath Telephone: 01630 638 332, www.stoke-ontern.shropshire.sch.uk
School Holidays Easter – 14th to 25th April 2014 May Bank Holiday – 5th May 2014 Whit Sun Holiday – 26th to 30th May 2014 Summer Holidays – from 22nd July 2014
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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 with events such as: 4th March – A Talk by Shropshire Wildlife 1st April – First Aid - Chris Ebben 6th May – Craft Workshop with Alison 3rd June – Growing and Cooking with Herbs - Sue
Wistanswick W.I. has teamed up with Shropshire Fire and Rescue to make elderly and vulnerable parishioners aware that the Fire Service will fit fire alarms. If you think you may benefit from this service would you contact the W.I. when we would pop round to your house and give you further information and fill in a form which we then pass on to Shropshire Fire and Rescue. For further details, call Christine on 01630 638620. or Liz on 01630 638520 or Tracy on 01630 638505 The following recipe is a great favourite with our WI. It isn't necessarily seasonal but does use (Easter) eggs BARBARA'S MICROWAVE LEMON CHEESE
4 oz butter
zest and juice of 2 lemons
1/2 lb sugar
2 eggs + 1 egg yolk In a large microwave proof bowl melt butter in the microwave on full
power for 2 minutes. Add zest and juice of 2 lemons and sugar.
Whisk 2 eggs and egg yolk together. Then add to other ingredients and
whisk. Put in microwave and cook on full power for 2 minutes. Whisk
mixture and again cook for a further 2 minutes. Whisk mixture again
and bottle.
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Mobile Library
Did you know that our parish has a mobile library?
For more
information
please phone
01743 255 024
Please support this service – if we don’t we may lose it!
Buntingsdale Park 11.25 - 11.45 alternate Tuesdays
March 11th, 25th, April 8th, 22nd, May 6th, 20th, June 3rd,17th
Rosehill Road by school 11.50 - 12.20 alternate Thursdays
March 13th, 27th, April 10th, 24th, May 8th, 22nd, June 5th,19th
Wistanswick, Red Lion 12.30 - 12.45 alternate Thursdays
March 13th, 27th April 10th, 24th, May 8th, 22nd,
June 5th,19th
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Stoke on Tern – Parish Hall The Parish Hall, Langley Dale, Stoke on Tern Chairman Peter Speight, For bookings or more information contact: Jane Lloyd on 01630 638 238
The Parish Hall is self funded and all proceeds from the Bingo go back in to the running and the
up-keep of the Hall. Prize Bingo is played every Monday Eyes down at 8pm – All welcome!
The Tractor Club meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 7.30pm until 9.30pm.
We are currently looking to set up a Brownies
group in Stoke upon Tern, but we need adult
help and children to attend.
For more information please refer to Girl Guide website where there’s info and a joiners
section, or contact Ann, email [email protected], or
Christian, email [email protected]
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HODNET & DISTRICT
GARDEN CLUB www.hodnetanddistrictgardenclub.co.uk
W A N T E D NEW MEMBERS
To join our friendly garden club. We meet at the Lyon Hall, Hodnet
on the third Tuesday of each month January to May & September to
December Visitors welcome
FORTHCOMING EVENTS for 2014
Tuesday 18th
March Helen Harrison, Propagating Dahlias
Tuesday 15th
April William & Louise Friend
Plants from Mountains, Moorland & Meadows for the NW Midlands
Tuesday 20th
May Open Mic, talks from our Members
Saturday 16th
August 32
nd Annual Horticultural Show
Tuesday 16th
September Mike Powis, Talking Bonsai
Tuesday 21st
October AGM & Member’s Discussion Group
Tuesday 18th
November Fiona Grant, History of the Wall Garden
For further details please contact Jayne Holtom on 01630 685384
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Walking Group Meets the third Sunday of the month at 11am at the Red Lion Pub A new footpath section has been opened in Wollerton to connect with the existing path from Warrant Road. We will hopefully be walking to Wollerton in May or June incorporating a visit to Wollerton Old Hall Gardens Please check the website (stokeupontern.info) for more information. All are welcome, why not come and join us for a stroll across our parish. The next date is March 16th 2014.
W “otter” shame
"A mature female otter was found on the edge of the Stoke School to Wistanswick road, having been hit by a car in daylight late in the afternoon of Friday 31st January. Apparently otters travel extensively using ditches and culverts and in this case the culvert under the road was flooded, forcing it to cross the road, with tragic consequences. It is believed that it came from the River Tern. The Environment Agency has taken it for a post mortem as part of their ongoing research into water quality and sustainability."
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Puzzle Time
Sudoku, to solve the puzzle each column, row and block must contain numbers 1 to 9 – There must not be no two numbers in the same column, row and block the same.
Difficulty rating: Medium
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8 5
2 4 6
4 8 3 6 9
Can anyone identify
this strange substance
found in a
Wistanswick garden?
Email us if you think
you might know.
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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 from the parish please email: [email protected]
Answer to Puzzle
'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 do get in touch by the 10th May 2014
The next newsletter will be out in June.
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The current newsletter committee are; Sue Bartram, Helen Tyler
and Marie Speight.