Temespan November 2017

Good News!

Lindridge Saturday Market
are out of the pickle!!

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November 2017



Index Editor’s
Note
Page Number and Article

P5: Church Service Times I spent sometime recently,
P7: Letter from Bishop Graham planning the activities for the
P9: Glasshampton Pub Church you are all invited
P11: Knighton News (and Pensax too at Rochford Village Hall. It’s
Remembrance News) called Pub Church because the
P13: Lindridge News church have organised it - but it’s
P14-P15: Christmas Church really more a community thing...
Activity and Toddler Group A chance to get together and have
P17: Pensax News a relax to memories and activities
P19: Stockton News and Pensax from your youth. It is designed
Service of Remembrance with you in mind, so you can sit
P21: Pub Church around on chairs (and tables if you
P23: Mennith Wood Community prefer) as you did in your youth,
& WI News listening to music from the old
P25: Jumper Sales are back! days (not the stuff from today!!)
Center Pages: Colourful News and play cards and dominoes and
P35: BWF and a more on the do all the stuff you used to do... You
messy local concern! are even allowed to bring drink
P37: Coffee Time! (you couldn’t do that at your old
P39: Teme Valley Historical Soc. youth club!) (see P21)
P41: Knighton on Teme Parish As usual there are masses of activ-
Council ities and events in the magazine
P43: Pensax Parish Council inviting you to take part and enjoy
P45-47: TVWG your community.
P49: Rights and Tote News It’s a lovely place we live... Lets
P51: Filling Station and strive to keep it that way.
Lindridge Parish Hall I look forward to meeting as many
P53: Clubs and Societies of you at these events as possible
P54: Contacts List so do please come and say hi!
Now grab that essential drink and
dive in...

ed

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Services in November 2017

Saturday 4th November

6.00 p.m. Great Witley Village Hall Candles in Remembrance

Sunday 5th November – All Saints’ Day

8.15 a.m. Little Witley Celtic Communion

9.30 a.m. Lindridge Holy Communion with Godly Play

9.30 a.m. Great Witley Village Hall Family Service

11.00 a.m. Shrawley Family Service

4.00 p.m. Abberley St Mary Service of Light

Sunday 12th November – Remembrance Sunday

10.45 a.m. Great Witley Service of Remembrance

10.45 a.m. Knighton Service of Remembrance

3.00 p.m. Pensax and Stockton Memorial Service of Remembrance

5.00 p.m. Stockton Celtic Communion

6.30 p.m. Abberley St Michael Holy Communion

Sunday 19th November – 2nd Sunday Before Advent

8.15 a.m. Lindridge Holy Communion

9.30 a.m. Lindridge Refreshments and Reflections

11.00 a.m. Abberley St Mary Matins

11.00 a.m. Pensax Holy Communion

11.00 a.m. Shrawley Holy Communion

5.00 p.m. Great Witley Evensong

6.30 p.m. Abberley St Michael Evening Prayer in Traditional Language

Sunday 26th November – Christ the King

9.30 a.m. Great Witley Choral Holy Communion

11.00 a.m. Little Witley Family Service

11.00 a.m. Knighton Holy Communion

5.00 p.m. Lindridge Evening Prayer

6.30 p.m. Abberley St Michael Celtic Communion

Churches in: Knighton, Lindridge, Pensax, Stockton, Abberley, Great Witley, Little Witley, Shrawley

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Taizé Bishop Graham

Recently I made my first visit He settled in the small Burgundy
to the National Memorial village of Taizé, close to the
Arboretum near Lichfield. It’s demarcation line dividing France
a place of memory and hope, in two, and it was there that he,
and I was particularly struck together with one of his sisters,
by the main memorial to those began sheltering refugees,
members of the armed forces who including Jewish people. There
have died since 1945. Names are was no running water, just the
carved on about two thirds of the village well, and food was scarce.
stone walls; sons and daughters, Brother Roger’s parents, knowing
husbands and wives, mums and that their son and daughter were
dads, who never came home. I in danger, asked a retired French
found myself running a hand officer who was a friend of the
along the smooth wall for future family to watch over them. In
years and wondered whose names the autumn of 1942, he warned
would be there. I pondered to them that their activities had
myself what pain was still to come, been found out and that everyone
what tears and bloodshed, bullets should leave at once. So until the
and bombs? Oh, if only we could end of the war, it was in Geneva
learn to make plough shares and that Brother Roger lived and it
pruning hooks. How, I wondered, was there that he began a common
could I make a difference towards life with his first brothers. They
building a little part of more were able to return to Taizé in
peaceable world? 1944.
In 1940 a young twenty-five year Since then Brother Roger’s
old left his native Switzerland ecumenical community has
and moved to France wanting to grown to around 100 brothers.
make a difference. For years he Each summer they are joined
had been ill with tuberculosis, by thousands of young adults to
and during that long conva- spend a week seeking communion
lescence the call to create a with God in prayer, singing, silence
community had matured within and reflection. Young people who
him. At the height of the Second
World War, Brother Roger, as he
became known, realised that he
could build a little part of a more
peaceable world by assisting
refugees.

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spend time there often rediscover share this page with young people
an inner peace, a meaning to life who you know, pray that they
and a new impetus. Experiencing might respond to this invitation
a simple life shared with others and please consider whether you
reminds us that daily life is the or your PCC might sponsor one
place where Christ is waiting for or more young people to go (it will
us. cost around £200 per person). Do
Next July I am going to be leading please let me know and I would
a pilgrimage, together with the be happy to send a personal
Bishop of Southampton in the invitation. My prayer is that
Diocese of Winchester, to Taizé. this pilgrimage will encourage
I warmly invite 18 to 25 year olds a generation of young people in
to join me, but all of us can play their Christian life and witness as
a part in this pilgrimage. Please together we sing a song for peace.

Glasshampton Quiet Day

Wednesday 15th November 2017, 10.00 am to 2.00 pm
at Glasshampton Monastery

A time of quiet and reflection

Tea and coffee are provided, but please bring a simple lunch, a bible
and something to read in the quiet time.

To reserve a place, please contact Vickie Melling (01584 881086/[email protected])

4RIVERS CHURCHES

Knighton, Lindridge, Pensax, Stockton, Abberley, Great Witley, Little Witley, Shrawley

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St Michael and All Angels
Knighton on Teme

November Remembrance Successful Coffee Morning:
12th Service Congratulations to Joy and John
Mr K Bunn Powell on a very successful coffee
Readers: Capt P Morgan morning held in aid of Macmillan
26th nurses. A total of £550 was raised.
Sidesmen: Capt P Morgan Thanks to all who supported this
12th Mr A Bunn splendid and enjoyable effort.
26th Mrs J Hogan Please note that all news for
Flowers: Mrs P Tatlow Teme Span can be emailed to Jane
Cleaning: Hogan janehogan@btconnect.
com (01584 781230) or given to
Knighton Friends is a ladies Sheila Hardiman. Many unher-
afternoon club. Meetings are held alded events happen in Knighton
on the third Wednesday of each on Teme which we are proud of and
month. We go for meals, garden should be announced in advance.
visits, train rides, boat trips etc. Please help to liven up this page
For this month’s venue ring Sheila and send in your contributions by
on 01584 781190 the 6th of the previous month.

TVN Service of Remembrance

The annual Parish Service of exactly one hundred years ago.
Remembrance will be held We will also be remembering all
in St. Michael’s Church at the men and women, over sixteen
Knighton-on-Teme at 10.45 am. on thousand, who have fallen in the
Sunday 12th November. service of their country since
We will be remembering all those nineteen forty five.
who gave their lives in the two Great All are welcome and please bring
Wars, especially the third battle of your friends to this most important
Ypres, also known as the Battle of Service.
Passchendaele, which took place

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St Lawrence
Lindridge

Harvest Services in November
On Sunday 1st October, Rev Sallie Services for November as as
led us for our Harvest Service of follows:
Thanksgiving, supported by our Sunday 5th November - Holy
choir that is almost too many for Communion with Choir, and
the Choir Pews! It was a lovely Godly Play
time of worship and praise for all Sunday 19th November, 8.15
the wonderful gifts that God has am - Holy Communion, quiet and
given us. prayerful
On Monday morning the church Sunday 19th November, 9.30 am
was filled again, this time by - Refreshments and Reflections.
Lindridge St Lawrence Primary A service for those interested in
School, and parents. There were helping to plan a new, contem-
some brilliantly spoken poems porary and inclusive service.
and Robin and Woodpecker class Sunday 26th November, 5.00 pm
sang “Thank you Lord” so beauti- - Evening Prayer
fully. St Lawrence Club made a
Harvest Loaf with a very sweet
little mouse rummaging around
at the base.
Harvest gifts are being taken to
St Paul’s Hostel and Maggs in
Worcester.

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4 Rivers Churches

Knighton, Lindridge, Pensax, Stockton, Abberley,
Great Witley, Little Witley, Shrawley

Christmas Crafts and Christingle
celebrations for all to enjoy
Saturday 9th December at

St Lawrence Lindridge CE Primary
School

1.30pm – 3.00pm

The Parish of Teme Valley North warmly invites you
to come and join us for our annual Christmas
Crafts & Christingle celebrations & Praise.
Make your own Christingle and enjoy
many other crafts that will be on offer
as we prepare for the festive season.
All proceeds from this event

will go to The Children’s Society to help support their work for
vulnerable children and young people in this country.
Tea, coffee, soft drinks, mince pies & biscuits
will be served throughout the afternoon.
All children to be accompanied please
by a parent or carer over the age of 16.

We look forward to welcoming you, your friends and your family.

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Lindridge Baby and Toddler Group

The Lindridge Baby and Toddler contact Vickie at lindridgetod-
Group, is a church-run baby [email protected] or 01584 881086.
and toddler group that meets at Come and join us for some fun and
Lindridge Parish Hall each Thursday
morning during
term time
from 9.30am
to 11am. If you
have children
between 0 and
5 years, please
do come and
join us for fun
activities and
to make some
new friends.

In October fellowship - no need to book, just
we had some come along!
messy fun
with gloop
(cornflour and
water) - more messy fun with jelly
soon!

There is a charge of £1.50 for each Vickie & team
family for each session attended.
If you have any questions, please

St Lawrence Club
Lindridge C E Primary School

The club now up and running as Would you be interested in
an after school activity helping?
each Thursday from
3.15pm to 4.15pm. If so we would love to hear from
you.
The weekly lunchtime club also
continues to run on Thursdays. Please call Liz on
01584 781651.

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St James the Great

Pensax

Tea Party prizes, those who sold tickets
Everyone who came seemed to and, of course, those who bought
agree that our Tea Party was a them!
very enjoyable event. It was well Bonus Ball
supported and there were tea and Toni Enefer was the lucky winner
cakes a-plenty! We made slightly of £50 last month. Thank you
less money for the church than in for your support and congratula-
previous years (just over £1000) tions. Contact David Whymant
but everyone was very generous 01299 832195, if you want to join
and we are grateful. in. £2 per number each month for
a chance to win £50. This supports
upkeep of the churchyard.

We thank those who helped on the Bingo
day, those who donated cakes and The next Bingo will be held at
goods for the stalls and Trevor Pensax Village Hall at 7.30pm.
Wood for playing the keyboard on Friday, November 17th. As I
so entertainingly. There was a lot write, no-one has come forward to
of foot tapping, hip swaying and help Carol Portman to run this or
humming going on. to take over next year. Unless we
Thank you also to those who have a volunteer for this, Bingo
supported us by donating raffle will cease after the Christmas
Bingo on Friday, December 15th.
Contact Anna Whymant if you
can help. 01299 832195

Church Treasurer
As mentioned before, David
Whymant will retire as Treasurer
at the end of the year. Phone on
01299 832195 if you are willing to
help out here.

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St Andrew’s
Stockton

Service- see listing under calendar something new. Do you know
what a Cape of Good Hope Trian-
gular is? Well apparently it is a
postage stamp! Tickets for this
event sold out well in advance,
so book early next time to avoid
disappointment.

PARISH MEETING The future of Stockton Church
There will be a meeting on At the last Stockton Parish
Wednesday the 8th November Meeting Reverend Ted Whittaker
at 7pm in St Andrew’s Church. talked about Stockton Church.
More information about the There was also a letter distributed
meeting will be made available to Stockton residents around the
nearer the time. March timeframe.

Village Quiz night At that Parish Meeting it was
Thank you to everyone who suggested and agreed that it would
attended the recent Quiz Evening be helpful to have a breakdown of
at The Bell. An enjoyable evening all the costs associated with the
was had by all. £382 was raised Church. Reverend Ted Whittaker
for St Andrew’s church, which was very happy to respond to this
will go towards churchyard and these costs will be presented
maintenance and flowers. in a follow-up meeting during
Special thanks to Linda for November, along with the oppor-
organising and Jack for sorting tunity to ask questions.
out the challenging questions.
We all came away having learnt

Pensax Service of Remembrance
Pensax PC are helping to organise 2018 are in hand so please put a note
the service started by David in your diary.
Blakeway Smith at the War
Memorial opposite the Bell, see Service of Remembrance
below. &
The Rev. Whittaker will take the
short service, the British Legion are Commitment to Peacefulness
attending and wreaths will be laid. Pensax & Stockton War
Plans for a service on 11th November Memorial

SUNDAY 12TH NOVEMBER
3PM

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MENITH WOOD COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION NEWS and WI
Old Chapel Hall

100 CLUB Oct entertain (or Show off).
1st Keith Adams Bolero voucher, CAROLS ROUND THE
2nd Sheila Soladoucha ,Wine VILLAGE Tues 19th Dec Meet at
Nov. 1st P & J Harris, £20, 2nd Hall 6.30 finish at Severn Gables
Rob Dyson, Wine. at the end to share food and
2017 final draw will take place at drink by kind invitation of Anita.
Christmas Crackers on Dec 15th Thank you. Last year we sent
QUIZ our biggest cheque ever of over
The quiz went ahead as usual £200 to ACORNS HOSPICE in
although some people thought it Worcester.
was cancelled.
Nine teams enjoyed the fish’n’chip W.I.
supper and quiz. The tems were We had a full house in October
well matched and there was very when Richard Perrins gave a talk
little difference in the final scores. with slides, on Bewdley. Although
We apologise to the 2nd placed Bewdley seems to be a Georgian
team who queried the final score town on closer inspection there
but it was too late to alter it when are a lot of Elizabethan properties.
it was brought to the attention Bewdley was the main crossing for
of the Quiz Master.They were the Severn at one time and there
offered prizes but declined and have been many bridges, some
were not at all upset about it. with houses and a jail on them.
MENITH WOOD MEETS The Severn was navigable up to
A good turn out as usual. A card Bewdley but the boats, ‘trows’ had
was sent to Bill Roberts who to be pulled by trowmen through
was recovering from a serious the shallower parts and sails were
operation. He is on the mend now swizzled round and lowered to get
and thanks everyone for their under the bridges. The river silted
good wishes. MWM on 4th Thurs up and the trains and motors came
of month at OCH. 10.30-12 noon and the river trade went. It is now
CHRISTMAS CRACKERS FRI has a popular tourist trade and the
15th Dec. Book you places with river sides on summer evenings are
Tracy or Janet as this gets fully packed with people.
booked. BYOD and a plate of SAUSAGE AND MASH
food to share, your best voice for LUNCH,Wednesday 1st November
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Hall, must be booked Phone kath entertainment ‘
on 881 152. All welcome. Join us LPC RAN A HEART START
and support local Dementia Cafes. COURSE in Oct. with Martin
SKITTLES Bennett. 10 people attended.
We have booked Eardiston Country Main things to note Phone 999
Club for the last Friday of the immediately you suspect heart or
month. 7.30pm 24thNov. stroke problems. Time saves lives
Bring the family and join in a fun and if patient not breathing keep on
evening bring a plate of food to with chest compressions and don’t
share. £2 each, profits to Tenbury stop for mouth to mouth. In case of
hospital. burns cold water( or any cold liquid
Nov. 6th COOKERY DEMON- if nothing else available) is best for
STRATION with SUE AND as long as possible to take heat out.
SHARON. all welcome. Thank you Martin for bringing us
Dec 4th CHRISTMAS PARTY with up to date.

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Not a competition, but ...

Celia Dean sent this beautiful early morning sunrise over
Stanford Church for your pleasure.
We all say thank you Celia!!

Have you got some lovely photos story) just something we might
of the Teme Valley you can send all enjoy, like the picture above,
me? And whilst you are at it, or the Forest School on the right.
perhaps a small article that I can We’re on the build up to
feature on the colour centre page Christmas... You can start your
from time to time. ideas there!
It doesn’t have to be a mass of
detail (unless it’s part of the -ed

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Get the kids outside and enjoy the autumn colours!

Frances Kellett Forest School Leader

As Forest School Leader at a local If you have limited supplies then
Primary School I spend a lot of another favourite with the children
time outdoors. Autumn is by far my is leaf sewing and making leaf stacks.
favourite season and the recent warm Thread some wool between the two
weather and sunny days has really prongs of a pine needle and use it
added to the spectacular show of as a sewing needle. Tie a knot in the
vibrant colours. bottom of the wool and off you go.
Nature has provided us with some You can make a giant stack of leaves
excellent inspiration for making which looks great and also provides a
some easy yet stunning decorations. great home for insects over the
I wanted to share with you a few ways winter if you hang it in a sheltered
of enjoying those autumn colours for spot outside.
a little bit longer whilst getting the In the past few weeks we have really
children outside and occupied. enjoyed being outside and working
One of the prettiest ways of displaying with everything that nature has to
autumn colours is using sticky backed offer. We have made pictures with pine
plastic to make a leaf window. Simply cones and patterns with leaves, we
find the most colourful leaves that have made mud cakes and decorated
you can and place them on a sheet of them with damsons, we have planted
the sticky plastic. Once the area is acorns and conkers to see what will
filled with leaves fold the plastic grow and made snug little homes for
over and seal them inside. This looks hedgehogs and insects to hibernate
fabulous hanging from the window on in. Above all we have had lots of fun
a sunny day! playing outside and enjoying the
natural environment. Let’s make the
most of it before the winter comes
along and offers us new opportunities
for fun!

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Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals

If you are interested in being Married in one of our churches,
Baptised, or having your child contact Louise Hutton by email:
Baptised, come along to St [email protected], or by
Mary’s Church, Abberley at one phone: 01299 896 126 between
of the following days to meet Rev 9am and 6pm Monday to Friday.
Ted Whittaker: For Funeral enquiries, please
MONDAYS between 6pm and contact Rev Ted Whittaker on
7pm : 01299 890 100 or 07791 484 774.
20th November

SATURDAYS between 10am and Rev Ted Whittaker is Priest
11.30am: in Charge of the churches in
9th December Shrawley, Great and Little
30th December Witley, Abberley, Pensax,
If you are interested in being Stockton-on-Teme, Lindridge,
Knighton-on-Teme.

What a mess! The Sequel ...

[It seems that responsible dog owners of disposing of it properly. We once
are getting a bad name because of counted 38 multi-coloured plastic
the few irresponsible ones... I have bags lining a canal towpath within
had two phone calls since the last 100 yards. No fun for the chap who
article and a further article of corre- mows it!
spondence ... ed] In some ways, the advice given in the
“Picking up” on your article about Wyre Forest seems sensible. If there
dog do! is no bin nearby, get a stick, flick it
David and I walk quite a bit. We have into the undergrowth, out of the way
walked round here, in Scotland, the of other walkers and children, letting
Lakes, the West Country, Yorkshire, nature dispose of it. It must be better
Kent, the Dales and so on. Every- than preserving it in plastic, which
where, we see small bags of “dog is also a problem in itself. Farmers’
do” left beside the path, hanging on fields are obviously a different matter.
hedges, on gates and on stiles. Some
dog walkers pick up ostentatiously Anna Whymant
when someone is nearby, and then
leave it as soon as possible instead [Dog owners - Google the law on
fowling - in many instances, it is an
offence - ed]

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“MID-WEEK BREAK”
“CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS”

Lindridge Parish Hall
Wednesday 6th December – 2.00pm to 4.00pm

We would like to invite you to join us for an afternoon of Christmas poems,
readings and music followed by refreshments on Wednesday 6th December from
2pm-4pm in Lindridge Parish Hall. For more information contact Carol Bristow

– 881378 or Kate Harley – 881194

All are welcome

(in conjunction with Menith Wood WI)

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Ukulele and many more.
A desire to learn is all that’s needed

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Find out more at ‘Coffee & Chat’ in
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TEME VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

To open our talks for the in 1923 the family gave it to the
Autumn we had 29 members/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of
visitors to hear Pat Green Birmingham who have restored
talking on “Harvington Hall in it.
Tudor times”. She was dressed To enrich the talk Pat was
appropriately in Tudor costume dressed in resplendent red Tudor
and her presentation style was clothing. Clothes were a means
both informative and, with little of displaying wealth but most
anecdotes, amusing. garments were of wool with silk
Harvington Hall is a medieval embellishments. Only gentry
and Elizabethan house with a were allowed to wear silk. Shoes
moat. A farm house was on the were straight with no left or right
site in medieval times and was and made with soft leather with
owned by Adam De Harvington. small heels. White socks were
In 1527 John Packington bought worn just below the knee and
it but never lived there. On we were teased with the sight of
his death it passed to his son a Tudor knee ! Undergarments
Humphrey Packington in 1582 were a shift (like a long nightie)
and he extended it substantially. plus two linen petticoats. The
He was deeply religious and skirt had a flat front and bun
a Catholic which was difficult roll to hold up pleats at the back.
when the country was ruled by Seams were covered in gold lace
Elizabeth I, a Protestant. They to hide the poor stitching. The
were troubled times for Catholics bodice was lined and boned
who wanted to celebrate their usually measured 2 sizes below
faith with Mass. When the actual size. Pockets were tied
house was extended 7 hiding on and sleeves slashed. An open
places were created to secrete ruff would be worn with a snood
the priest and became known at the back of the hair.
as priest-holes. It has the most Our next meeting will be on
priest-holes of any existing Tuesday 28th November at
building in the UK. During the Abberley Village Hall at 7.30pm
Civil War it was sacked by Parlia- when Brian Draper will give a
mentary troops and in 1696 it talk entitled “Countryside of
passed to the Throckmorton Edward Elgar”.
family of Coughton Court. They Everyone is welcome.
never lived there and were Mike Harley
only interested in farming the
land. During this time it was 39
stripped of its assets and fell
into a state of disrepair. Finally

Wednesday 1st November
"Bangers & Mash" community lunch at Lindridge Parish Hall

12.30 - 2.00pm - Raffle and cake stall - Tickets £5.50
proceeds to local dementia care
6th November

Cookery Demonstration with Sue and Linda
4th December
Christmas party

6th January (Lunchtime)
Bring and share lunch
with husbands/partners

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Ideal for classes, clubs, parties and meetings.
Well equipped kitchen

Modern heating and lighting
Disabled facilities
Wifi
Car parking

Great value at £12 an hour with no hidden extras! Details can
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Knighton on Teme
Parish Council

Refurbishment of BT of information on the noticeboard.
Telephone Kiosk Please leave your books for others
to read, and take any books you
We have recently purchased the would like to read yourself
red telephone kiosk in the parish If the shelves are full, please do
for £1 from BT. Over the past few not leave extra books, leave them
months, members of the council next time you visit.
and volunteers (thanks to John We hope you enjoy reading the
Rugman and David Graham) have notices and books, we would
been re-painting it and fitting it welcome any comments you may
with shelving. have.
It will now be used for general Mrs Karen Yates, Clerk
information, as a noticeboard and 01584 810817
a book exchange point. [email protected]
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PENSAX PARISH COUNCIL

The next PC meeting will be on about this scheme at the PC meeting
MONDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 7pm to be held on 15th January 2018.
AT PENSAX VILLAGE HALL Further details next month.
Broadband – Superfast BB is now Pensax and Stockton War Memorial
available to Snead Common and – There will be a short Service at
Pensax Village. The cabinet is on the the Memorial on SUNDAY 12TH
B4202 (Pensax Village junction), NOVEMBER AT 3PM. All are
houses within 1.5 kilometres of this welcome to attend.
cabinet should be able to obtain Centenary of Armistice Day - Please
improved speeds. You need to be on note a service is also being planned
the Clows Top exchange. Details can for Sunday 11th November 2018 so
be found on the WCC website by please put it in your diary.
putting in your postcode. Pensax Church – £250.00 has been
Please contact your Internet Service granted to help with the mowing
Provider (IPS) if you wish to change costs for 2017-18.
your connection to the faster BT Box Menith Wood – Pensax PC
Broadband as it will not happen now own this box and any sugges-
automatically, but be aware, your tions for the future use of the box
payments may be increased. are welcome. If you wish to help
Police Community Speedwatch – A refurbish the box please let me know.
representative from the Police Email Communication with
has met with the Clerk. The H&S residents – The PC are building up
criteria for where volunteers stand an email list. Your details will not be
etc. is very high. The only area that passed on and only relevant infor-
may be suitable is by Pensax Village mation will be distributed.
Hall. A speed check of the area will If you have any matters of concern
now be undertaken by the Police please contact -
to determine whether the speeding Clerk - Sue Burrows, 5 Summit
criteria is met. Clerk to be updated. Road, Clows Top DY14 9HN – T
Police Smart-water initiative – 01299 832722
Smart-water is a unique marking E [email protected]
product for your valuables. It is being Website http://e-services.worces-
offered to Parishes at a reduced rate. tershire.gov.uk/MyParish
The PC have invited someone to talk

Parish Council Grant grant of £250 towards the
The Church Committee would up-keep of the churchyard at St.
like to thank Pensax Parish James the Great Church. We are
Council for their very generous very grateful for their support in
this matter.

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Teme Valley Wildlife

by Stephanie Mocroft

In September the Teme Valley confess that I didn’t know what
Wildlife Group was most fortunate it was, and I then recalled with
in having Mike Averill, Worcester- embarrassment that a similar
shire’s foremost dragonfly expert, walk I had devised to show off
to lead our Sunday walk. Mike the Teme Valley to the visiting
told us what to look for when Bridgnorth Naturalists’ Society,
identifying the county’s dragon- back in April, had gone past the
flies and shared with us his very same plant, eliciting the same
extensive knowledge of natural question!
history. Despite overcast skies we There was nothing for it but to
saw brown hawker get out the textbooks and track
and common darter it down. It grows either side
on the wing and of a hedge boundary between
enjoyed hunting an apple orchard and a sheep
for otter footprints pasture. I had vaguely thought
in soft streamside that it might be some sort of
mud where Mike garden escape, but the truth was
had come across far more interesting. It turned
them on a previous out to be quite an uncommon
visit. Our young plant, not native to Britain, a
members were
enthused by Mike’s
tales of the largest
dragonflies in the world and some
new members enjoyed seeing a
new bit (for them) of the Teme
valley.
The circular walk took in a number
of pools and followed footpaths
close to my home. On the return
leg one of our members spotted a
plant in the hedgerow and asked
me its name. Stumped, I had to

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clump-forming perennial called the possible truth of the story. In
dwarf elder. Its leaves are very the Teme valley the Danes were
similar to the common elder, said to have reached Eastham
but the stems are less woody and Rochford (Danish names
and grow to only three feet high. are recorded in the Domesday
Like elderberry it has black Book by a later Norman admin-
berries, but instead of hanging istration) but it was said that
down in generous bunches they they did not cross to the north
are stuck, rather sparsely, on of the Teme. My plant lies within
the ends of short, red, upward- Lindridge, north of, but in sight
pointing stalks. Dwarf elder has of, the river, so who knows?
another name. Thought to have Maybe a slain warrior really does
been introduced into Britain lie in the ground beneath what is
during the ninth century AD, it now quite a luxuriant clump of
is also called Danewort. Perhaps dwarf elder.
because of its red-coloured stems, The next meeting of the Teme
tradition has it that it springs up Valley Wildlife Group is on
at a place where the blood of a Thursday November 9th 2017
vanquished Danish invader has when we welcome Jim Almond
been spilled. Other local names who will be talking about Shrop-
are Dane’s Blood and Dane Weed. shire wildlife. The meeting is at
The Danes attacked Anglo-Saxon 7:30pm in Rochford Village Hall
Britain from the late eighth to the and as always it is just £2 on the
ninth centuries and carried out door where everybody is most
raids on its heartlands by sailing welcome.
up the River Severn. Worcester For up-to-date information on
was raided on many occasions what wildlife is being seen in the
and there is an old story that a area, or to give us your sightings,
Dane was caught carrying away a visit our Facebook page. The
chalice stolen from the cathedral. group normally holds meetings
He was stopped, flayed alive on the second Thursday of the
and his skin was nailed to the month. All are welcome. Contact
cathedral door, where it remained Tel No. 01584 881397 or email
for many years. It may be a legend, [email protected]
and a bloody one at that, but
recent DNA analysis bears out

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Weekly or fortnightly
Telephone

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tel. 01584 781719

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WRITE FOR RIGHTS:

JOIN THE 2017 GLOBAL
CAMPAIGN

It only takes a few minutes us can change someone’s life.
to write a card or a letter, but We will be meeting at 3pm
those minutes can make all the on Thursday 7 December at
difference to someone whose Broombank Farm to write our
rights are being abused. messages whilst we enjoy a cup of
Write for Rights is the world’s tea together and some seasonal
biggest letter-writing event. refreshments.
Whether we send a card, photo For further information please
or drawing expressing solidarity contact Marjorie Workman 01584
with a prisoner of conscience or a 781094 or Pauline Briggs 01584
letter appealing to the authorities 881216.
to stop the abuse, a message from

Teme Valley Tote

October’s Draw (the seventh of Stoke Bliss (Draw no 763)
draw in this series) The £30 winner is John Kelly of
October’s prize draw of the Stoke Bliss (Draw no 781)
Tote was decided when Rev’d The £20 winner is Family
Sally Jones rolled the dice on Burgoyne of Stanford (Draw no
1st October to select the set 593)
of random numbers and the You are still able to join this
starting point. As a result the series – please contact your local
prize winners are as follows: co-ordinator or Robin Dean on
The £50 winner is Maggie Downes 01886 853295

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