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<strong>Wrekin</strong><br />

Keeping you informed and entertained!<br />

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May 2014 · Issue <strong>181</strong><br />

Telephone: 01952 415334 / www.wrekinnews.co.uk / @<strong>Wrekin</strong><strong>News</strong>1<br />

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The Place most importantly of all, the convincing Brian May. Their<br />

oakengates most incredibly powerful attention to detail is truly<br />

voice!<br />

impressive and extends to<br />

LASH have been Scott is joined on stage their use of the exact same<br />

paying homage by an enormously talented equipment used by Queen<br />

to the world’s band including Nathan on stage in their heyday.<br />

most theatrical Mathers who brings all For a Queen live in concert<br />

experience, nobody<br />

and dramatic the electric guitar virtuosity<br />

required to play a very does it like FLASH!<br />

rock band, Queen, since<br />

1995, and in that time have<br />

had a huge impact on audiences<br />

across the UK, Europe<br />

and Asia.<br />

Front man Scott Maley<br />

plays a uncannily realistic<br />

HE Place in<br />

Freddy with just the right<br />

Oakengates<br />

look, stage persona and,<br />

celebrated the<br />

songs of Billy<br />

Joel when Elio<br />

Pace performs The Billy Joel<br />

Songbook. The event is a<br />

one night performance on<br />

Thursday June 5.<br />

Following on from his<br />

IF YOU are a Billy Joel fan, Thursday 5 June. All you highly-acclaimed New York<br />

this one is for you! We are have to do is answer this and Philadelphia, Billy Joel<br />

giving one lucky <strong>Wrekin</strong> easy question: Complete the ‘Original Touring Band’ concerts,<br />

Elio Pace delivers this<br />

<strong>News</strong> reader the opportunity<br />

of seeing Elio Pace Uptown -----. There, we said sensational tour celebrating<br />

name of this Billy Joel Song:<br />

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BUDDY HOLLY:<br />

Mrs V. Fowles, Wellington and<br />

Mrs Lindsay Fordyce, Priorslee<br />

BILLY PEARCE:<br />

Mrs H. Roberts, Leegomery<br />

INCLUDING<br />

Billy Joel, featuring the massive<br />

hits Uptown Girl, Just<br />

The Way You Are and My Life<br />

as well as fan favourites such<br />

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Restaurant, Goodnight Saigon<br />

and Piano Man.<br />

Don’t miss this wonderful<br />

opportunity to experience<br />

The Billy Joel Songbook in<br />

this electrifying concert.<br />

THE BLUES BAND:<br />

Anita Turvey, Trench<br />

www.wrekinnews.co.uk / 37<br />

37, 38, 39, 40 Theatre Time.indd 1 28/04/2014 15:26<br />

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SEE THIS<br />

MONTH’S<br />

COMPETITIONS<br />

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14<br />

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Much Wenlock readers<br />

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We have some appetising<br />

competitions this month<br />

with theatre tickets available<br />

at The Place in Oakengates,<br />

Theatre Severn in<br />

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Rock the night away to<br />

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songs when Eliot Pace is<br />

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The Grand is bringing Happy<br />

Days to Wolverhampton<br />

for its premier – the Fonz<br />

will be making everyone’s<br />

days happy!<br />

with Dave Gregory - email - dave.gregory@ppmedia.co.uk<br />

Hello again, and a special welcome to the<br />

people of Much Wenlock who are receiving<br />

<strong>Wrekin</strong> <strong>News</strong> for the very first time.<br />

Theatre Severn are offering<br />

readers two opportunities<br />

to win with competitions<br />

for Rising Damp (a theatre<br />

performance based on the<br />

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also offering two tickets to<br />

see Agatha Christie’s Black<br />

Coffee.<br />

If that isn’t enough we<br />

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for a Danilo Gabrielli Scarf<br />

(a brilliant prize for the ladies),<br />

Bluebeard’s Revenge<br />

fragrances (for the men),<br />

KeraFiber Hair restorer, Alan<br />

Frost’s latest book, Wellington<br />

in the 1920’s and 1930’s<br />

and last but not least we<br />

have five tickets for the BBC<br />

Gardener’s World Show at<br />

the NEC!<br />

If that doesn’t interest<br />

you, there is plenty in this issue<br />

for our readers with the<br />

usual mix of reader’s letters<br />

and news from the <strong>Wrekin</strong><br />

district. Our lead story is<br />

about a war veteran who<br />

is about to be honoured<br />

by President Putin for his<br />

work leading up to the Arctic<br />

Convoys.<br />

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Enjoy this copy of <strong>Wrekin</strong><br />

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WE have a whole<br />

bunch of lucky<br />

winners in<br />

last month’s<br />

competitions. Here they are:<br />

The five winners of the<br />

Sonax car valeting prize:<br />

Mrs M. A Richards,<br />

Wellington<br />

Anna Nash, Leegomery<br />

Anna Lewis, Wellington<br />

Katrina Broome, Wellington<br />

Miss Alison Edwards,<br />

Broseley<br />

The two lucky winners of<br />

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Kayleigh Holden, Newport<br />

Anita Turvey, Trench<br />

There are ten lucky<br />

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are:<br />

Carol Campbell, Woodside<br />

Mrs Jill Joesbury,<br />

Leegomery<br />

David Bone, Madeley<br />

Mrs K. Ball, Muxton<br />

Mrs T. Statham, Wellington<br />

Mrs W. Maddox, Howle, Nr.<br />

Newport<br />

Mr Jeffrey Stevens, Stirchley<br />

Arthur Pyper, Shawbirch<br />

Kate Woodcock, Newport<br />

Sophie Beckett, Shifnal<br />

The Weatherspoons<br />

voucher winners are:<br />

Mrs H. Smith, Bratton<br />

Mrs Beryl Lovett, Madeley<br />

Mrs J. Betts, Oakengates<br />

Enter this<br />

month and you<br />

could see your<br />

name here!<br />

Jayne Edwards, Donnington<br />

Mrs Pat Heinemann,<br />

Wellington<br />

Anna Lewis, Wellington<br />

Mrs H. Roberts, Leegomery<br />

Bob Davies, Sutton Hill<br />

Mrs Goodwin, Admaston<br />

Anna Nash, Leegomery<br />

The Ironbridge Gorge<br />

Muesum passes winners<br />

are:<br />

Mrs A. Middleton, Priorslee<br />

Lisa Nice, Leegomery<br />

Mrs K. Millington, Apley<br />

Mrs P. Tranter, Dawley

Happy birthday Pritchards!<br />

PRITCHARDS is now<br />

14 years old. And<br />

as an established<br />

family business and<br />

with over 45 years combined<br />

experience in the textile aftercare<br />

industry, Graham Petty,<br />

one of the partners had originally<br />

trained as a tailor for the<br />

famed Burberry’s and moved<br />

into dry-cleaning some 30<br />

years ago, he has extensive<br />

experience in hands on drycleaning<br />

and senior management<br />

in two of large chains of<br />

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Owners Graham and<br />

Dawn decided to start in<br />

Wellington as it lacked a<br />

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their personal, attentive service<br />

to clients, with their dedication<br />

and wealth of experience,<br />

is why Pritchards have<br />

been such a great success<br />

AUDREY<br />

CELEBRATES<br />

Audrey Higgins will be 80 on 29 May. She and her<br />

late husband George have lived in Arleston over 30<br />

years, previously living in a cottage on the Arleston<br />

Hall estate, just a bit further up the Dawley Road.<br />

Children Bill, Mary and Caroline and 13 grandchildren<br />

and 6 great-grandchildren.<br />

Audrey is well known and respected at the Belmont<br />

Hall with the Luncheon Club - see photo of<br />

Audrey on this page http://belmonthall.co.uk/news/<br />

WE OFFER A HUGE CHOICE<br />

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Pritchards are more than<br />

a dry-cleaning and launderer,<br />

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They have significant contracts<br />

with Midlands firms,<br />

offering services to victims<br />

of fire or flood. They visit<br />

incidents day or night and<br />

help to decide what can be<br />

salvaged, which they take<br />

back to Wellington, repair<br />

and restore garments to their<br />

original quality. Graham believes<br />

this is s important to<br />

“help with clients at harrowing<br />

and distressing times.”<br />

Pritchards also offer Two<br />

Hour Dry-Cleaning and<br />

a quick tailoring service.<br />

They’re based in Haygate<br />

Road Wellington, next to the<br />

Haygate pub.<br />

They also offer horse<br />

Rug/Blanket cleaning, with<br />

a quick turnaround and reproofing<br />

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They guarantee first class<br />

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They look forward to serving<br />

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next 14 Years! To learn more<br />

call Colette Duffy or Graham<br />

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WEDNESDAY 28 MAY 2014<br />

9 POST OFFICE - Wellington<br />

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2 TESCO - Madeley<br />

Madeley Centre, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire TF7 5AB<br />

10 MORRISONS - Lawley<br />

Newdale, Telford, Shropshire TF3 5ES<br />

3 MORRISONS - Wellington<br />

Spring Hill, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire TF1 1RP<br />

4 ASDA - Donnington<br />

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5 CO-OP - Dawley<br />

High St, Dawley, Telford, Shropshire TF4 2EX<br />

11 WILKINSONS - Town Centre<br />

Unit 1, Southwater Square, Telford, TF3 4JG<br />

12<br />

RED LION SERVICE<br />

STATION - Wellington<br />

Holyhead Road, Wellington, Telford TF1 2EW<br />

13 FIRST POINT - Telford<br />

Telford & <strong>Wrekin</strong> Council, Addenbrooke House, Ironmasters Way, Telford TF3 4NT<br />

6 SAINSBURYS<br />

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15 POST OFFICE - Newport<br />

Colliers Way, Old Park, Telford, Shropshire TF3 4AG<br />

64 High Street, Newport, Shropshire TF10 7BA<br />

7 WREKIN NEWS - Wellington<br />

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14 CO-OP - Shifnal<br />

12 Bradford Street, Shifnal, Shropshire TF11 8AT<br />

8 WILKINSONS - Wellington<br />

Market Street, Wellington,Telford, Shropshire TF1 1DT<br />

16 SPAR - Much Wenlock<br />

67 High St, Town Centre, Much Wenlock TF13 6AE<br />

YOU WILL ALSO FIND WREKIN NEWS AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES<br />

l Aquaduct Surgery<br />

l Premier Supermarket, Brookside<br />

l <strong>News</strong>agent, High Street, Brookside<br />

l Spar, High Street, Brookside<br />

l Broseley Library<br />

l Broseley Medical Centre<br />

l Supersaver, Broseley<br />

l PO/Store, Dawley Bank<br />

l Bob’s, Queens Road, Dawley Bank<br />

l Corner Shop, <strong>Wrekin</strong> Road<br />

l The Co-op, The Parade, Donnington<br />

l Donnington Health Centre,<br />

l Dentist, 2/3 Albert Place, Donnington<br />

l The Captain Webb, Dothill<br />

l Highfield Clinic, Hadley<br />

l Hadley Medical Practice, High Street<br />

l Hadley <strong>News</strong>agent<br />

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An award<br />

so near yet<br />

so far for<br />

Ted Cowling<br />

LOCAL MAN Ted<br />

Cowling looks like<br />

having to wait for<br />

the opportunity of<br />

receiving the Medal<br />

of Ushakov in recognition of<br />

the bravery shown by a few<br />

select airmen who flew an<br />

American diplomat to Archangel<br />

in Russia to pave the<br />

way for the Arctic Convoys.<br />

The Convoys went some<br />

way to helping Russia fight<br />

on the Western Front against<br />

German invaders and so,<br />

helped shorten the war.<br />

Ted (aged 94) has had<br />

confirmation the medal will<br />

be awarded him at the Russian<br />

Embassy in London, but<br />

the Ukrainian situation must<br />

throw some doubt about the<br />

award taking place in the<br />

near future.<br />

Ted, whose health is<br />

not good at the moment,<br />

received a warm message<br />

of support from Alexander<br />

Yakovenko, the Russian Ambassador<br />

recently. He wrote:<br />

Please accept my warmest<br />

greetings and best wishes<br />

for your birthday (Ted’s<br />

94th).<br />

What you did 70 years<br />

ago, taking part in what Sir<br />

Winston Churchill justly qualified<br />

as the worst journey in<br />

the world, was extraordinary<br />

by far beyond the call of duty.<br />

I would like to express our<br />

gratitude for the invaluable<br />

contribution you and your<br />

Arctic Convoy comrades-inarms<br />

made to the defeat of<br />

Nazi Germany. It will always<br />

be remembered by Russian<br />

and British people, will continue<br />

to serve as the supreme<br />

measure of bravery.<br />

I am confident that it was<br />

not by accident that our nations,<br />

as was the case of<br />

World War One, found themselves<br />

on the right side of<br />

history, which the followers of<br />

the ideology of hatred want-<br />

06 / www.wrekinnews.co.uk<br />

ed to stop, while depriving<br />

nations of their inalienable<br />

right to decide their destiny.<br />

The Allied effort demanded<br />

all the best in the national<br />

spirit of the British and the<br />

peoples of the Soviet Union,<br />

including Russia, the very<br />

strength of character that all<br />

of us are rightfully proud of.<br />

The comradeship-in-arms,<br />

that was born at the truly critical<br />

juncture for destinies of<br />

many nations and human civilization<br />

overall, will continue<br />

to be a crucial element of the<br />

spiritual heritage of Europe,<br />

of our bilateral relationship,<br />

including ties between our<br />

navies.<br />

The last but not the least:<br />

age is strictly a case of mind<br />

over matter. If you do not<br />

mind, it does not matter. Many<br />

happy returns of the day!<br />

Ted was delighted to receive<br />

confirmation of the<br />

award and the birthday wishes<br />

of Mr Yakovenko, but he<br />

is frustrated that the award is<br />

so near yet so far from him.<br />

Ted Cowling is the only remaining<br />

member of the crew<br />

of the Catalina W8416 aircraft<br />

that flew from Lossiemouth<br />

in Scotland to Archangel in<br />

Russia in 1941 under the<br />

control of Flight Lieutenant<br />

David C. McKinley DFC.<br />

The flight was a last-gasp<br />

attempt by Harry Hopkins,<br />

envoy to President Roosevelt,<br />

to offer help to Joseph<br />

Stalin who was under<br />

pressure from Hitler’s troops<br />

when they launched the<br />

Western Front invasion.<br />

Russia was running out of<br />

tanks, aircraft and ammunition<br />

and the flight to Archangel<br />

was an attempt to prop<br />

up the Russian defence.<br />

The agreement reached<br />

by Hopkins and Stalin led to<br />

the commencement of the<br />

Arctic Convoys and eventually<br />

to Russia defeating the<br />

German onslaught.<br />

Ted Cowling is to be presented<br />

with the Ushakov<br />

Medal for bravery as will the<br />

other hundred-or-so survivors<br />

of the Arctic Convoys.<br />

Ted and many brave sailors<br />

have already been decorated<br />

by the UK government with<br />

the Arctic Star, which is a<br />

campaign medal.<br />

In recognition of the<br />

bravery of Ted Cowling and<br />

all the other heroes of the<br />

Arctic Convoy, we publish<br />

this account by Matthew B.<br />

Willis, written in 1994 and<br />

presented to Flight Lieutenant<br />

McKinley’s widow who<br />

in turn gave it to Ted on her<br />

husband’s death. Ted is the<br />

last surviving member of the<br />

flight.<br />

A BRAVE<br />

JOURNEY<br />

LOCH LOMOND is<br />

one of the most<br />

beloved lakes in<br />

all of Scotland.<br />

The Lock itself is<br />

23 miles in length and between<br />

half a mile and five<br />

miles wide. In the south, soft<br />

green hills slope down to<br />

its shore.<br />

On the last Sunday in July<br />

1941, Flight Lietenant David<br />

C. McKinley DFC and the<br />

crew of a Catlalina W8416 of<br />

from Invergorgon to Archangel<br />

in Russia. Russia was<br />

locked in a bitter defence of<br />

its capital with Hitler’s troops<br />

invading Russia.<br />

had forged a friendship<br />

which would prove to be<br />

of enormous benefit to both<br />

their countries.<br />

Hopkins wanted, as part<br />

the RAF Coastal Command This mission was arranged<br />

of his mission, to appraise<br />

by the British Prime were taking their ease on<br />

Churchill of Roosevelt’s de-<br />

Lock Lomond after weeks of Minister, Winston Churchill, sire to meet him in the near<br />

patrolling the northwest approaches<br />

between Scotland<br />

and Iceland.<br />

McKinley had no way of<br />

knowing that he was about<br />

to leave this idyllic Lock for<br />

as a special favour to President<br />

Roosevelt. The most<br />

prominent passenger was a<br />

50 year-old American named<br />

Harry Lloyd Hopkins.<br />

On January 10, 1941,<br />

future.<br />

According to Churchill:<br />

“The first topic which he<br />

opened to me was the new<br />

situation created by Hitler’s<br />

invasion of Russia.” A short<br />

one of the most dramatic Hopkins, as the personal time later, Hopkins asked<br />

flights of World War II.<br />

McKinley was summoned<br />

to a high-level briefing. At<br />

his briefing in Invergordon<br />

he learned that he was to<br />

fly three important persons<br />

envoy of Franklin Roosevelt,<br />

had called at Downing Street<br />

on his first diplomatic assignment.<br />

During this five-week mission<br />

Churchill and Hopkins<br />

Churchill whether it was<br />

possible to fly to Moscow<br />

and return within one week.<br />

Churchill informed him that<br />

the RAF Coastal Command<br />

had recently commenced<br />

“<br />

If you mean we should go higher<br />

I can assure you there are plenty<br />

of enemy patrols high up and<br />

they are ready to see we don’t<br />

get to Archangel!<br />

“

“ WHAT YOU DID 70 YEARS AGO,<br />

TAKING PART IN WHAT SIR WINSTON<br />

CHURCHILL JUSTLY QUALIFIED<br />

AS THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE<br />

WORLD, WAS EXTRAORDINARY BY<br />

FAR BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.<br />

“<br />

The Medal<br />

of Ushakov<br />

The Medal of Ushakov is a Soviet military award created on March 3,<br />

1944 by decision of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. It was named in<br />

honour of Russian admiral Fyodor Ushakov who never lost a battle and<br />

was proclaimed patron saint of the Russian Navy.<br />

The Medal of Ushakov was awarded to sailors and soldiers, petty<br />

officers and sergeants, ensigns and warrant officers of the Soviet Navy,<br />

Naval Infantry and naval units of KGB Border Troops for courage and<br />

bravery displayed both in wartime and in peacetime during the defence<br />

of the Soviet Union in naval theatres, while protecting the maritime<br />

borders of the USSR, during military duties with a risk to life.<br />

> Flight<br />

Lietenant<br />

David C.<br />

McKinley<br />

DFC<br />

lowing much anchor chain to<br />

fall out and hammer on the<br />

windscreen. A later take off<br />

was successful but an hour<br />

later an alarmed naval flyer<br />

tapped me on the shoulder<br />

saying: ‘Hy, Captain, why<br />

after so much time are we<br />

only 500 feet We’ll never<br />

get to Archangel unless we<br />

can do better’. I said: ‘If you<br />

mean we should go higher<br />

I can assure you there are<br />

plenty of enemy patrols high<br />

“ On first take off the nose anchor<br />

hatch blew open allowing much<br />

anchor chain to fall out and<br />

hammer on the windscreen.<br />

interpreter that the Russian<br />

authorities were determined<br />

to delay Hopkins return to<br />

the UK.<br />

“After a further day’s delay<br />

we set off on what proved to<br />

be a 24 hours flight during<br />

which we were fired on by a<br />

“<br />

Russian destroyer.<br />

“Meanwhile Hopkins’<br />

condition had deteriorated<br />

with worse to come as he<br />

had left his special medicine<br />

in Moscow and I had nothing<br />

suitable on board. Due<br />

to the delay HMS KG Five<br />

had to leave Scapa to make<br />

a planned meeting off Newfoundland<br />

with Roosevelt.<br />

“We rendezvoused out at<br />

sea to face the problem of<br />

transferring Hopkins, who<br />

was determined to swim<br />

to the battleship, but fortunately<br />

I dissuaded him and<br />

persuaded KG Five to send<br />

a Cutter alongside. Hopkins<br />

climbed on top of the Catalina<br />

and after a shaky wave<br />

goodbye, leapt into the arms<br />

of the Cutter’s crew, turning<br />

once again to wave – what a<br />

man – what guts!”<br />

flights by PBY flying boats<br />

from Invergordon in Scotland<br />

around the north cape<br />

of Norway to Archangel but<br />

Churchill was not enthusiastic<br />

about such a long and<br />

hazardous undertaking.<br />

Hopkins was undeterred.<br />

On Friday evening, July 25<br />

he and the new American<br />

Ambassador, John G Winant,<br />

drafted a cable to Roosevelt<br />

stating the rationale<br />

for the proposed mission<br />

which read in part:<br />

“I am wondering whether<br />

you would think it important<br />

and useful for me to go to<br />

Moscow. Air transportation<br />

good and can reach there<br />

in twenty four hours . . . If<br />

Stalin could in any way be<br />

influenced at a critical time I<br />

think it would be worth doing<br />

by a direct communication<br />

from you through a personal<br />

envoy. I think the stakes<br />

are so great that it should<br />

be done. Stalin would then<br />

know in an unmistakable<br />

way that we mean business<br />

on a long-term supply job.<br />

I, of course, have made no<br />

moves in regard to this and<br />

> The Russian 60th anniversary certificate and medal for the<br />

mission to Russia on 28 July 1941.<br />

await your reply.”<br />

Within 24 hours Roosevelt<br />

had approved Hopkins’ mission<br />

and so the preparations<br />

were put into place for the<br />

hazardous flight, but first ensuring<br />

extra fuel tanks were<br />

fitted.<br />

McKinley himself takes<br />

over the story in his own<br />

words as provided to Ted<br />

Cowling by his widow.<br />

“In late July I was selected<br />

to take Harry Hopkins,<br />

President Roosevelt’s<br />

envoy, to Russia. I was under<br />

strict instructions not to<br />

have or make any records of<br />

the flight.<br />

“I flew to Invergordon to<br />

meet a very sick Hopkins<br />

and two other Americans,<br />

one a young naval flyer.<br />

“On first take off the nose<br />

anchor hatch blew open al-<br />

up and they are ready to see<br />

we don’t get to Archangel!’<br />

“After 20 hours we had a<br />

noisy reception in Archangel<br />

and an exhausted Hopkins<br />

was determined to press on<br />

to Moscow as soon as possible<br />

but the reception party,<br />

fortified by much Vodka and<br />

cigarettes, was determined<br />

to make the best of the party<br />

and after a couple of hours a<br />

very senior Russian Admiral ,<br />

armed to the teeth collapsed<br />

on the floor, soon to be surrounded<br />

by several good<br />

looking females determined<br />

to revive him.<br />

“Later during refuelling, I<br />

noticed the plane was very<br />

low in the water and after a<br />

check, I found we had been<br />

filled up with water instead<br />

of petrol. I quickly discovered<br />

via a pretty Russian<br />

> Wedding Day - 1945. Ted as a fl ight Lieutenant Pilot and Joy out of uniform<br />

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ON YOUR PATCH…<br />

WELLINGTON<br />

PROBUS HANDOVER<br />

ON YOUR PATCH…<br />

MADELEY<br />

Anstice Hall saved<br />

MADELEY folk are<br />

working together<br />

to formulate a<br />

business plan to<br />

save a historic local building<br />

and return it to community<br />

use.<br />

Several organisations<br />

have joined together to<br />

convert the historic Anstice<br />

Memorial Hall in Madeley<br />

into a valuable community<br />

hub.<br />

The aim is for it to become<br />

a community-focussed<br />

building providing a<br />

centre for a whole range of<br />

activities, ensuring Madeley<br />

sustains its strong community<br />

ethos.<br />

A business plan is being<br />

drawn up by the Anstice<br />

Community Team, which<br />

represents the organisations<br />

involved which include<br />

Madeley Town Council and<br />

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Telford and <strong>Wrekin</strong> Council.<br />

It was built in 1868-1869<br />

as a memorial to John<br />

Anstice, after his death in<br />

1867. He was owner and<br />

manager of the Madeley<br />

Wood Company. He was<br />

much respected as an employer,<br />

sparing no expense<br />

to improve the safety of<br />

his workers and keeping<br />

his men employed during<br />

lean times.<br />

His death was much lamented<br />

by Madeley folk,<br />

his funeral was attended<br />

by 4-5,000 people. All local<br />

works closed for the day,<br />

plus schools and shops,<br />

locally. Blinds were drawn<br />

in many homes.<br />

The Anstice Community<br />

Team’s draft business<br />

plan says: “The Anstice<br />

deserves respect and the<br />

community hold it dear.<br />

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Sentiment has turned to action<br />

and a huge swell of<br />

support to the fight to retain<br />

the Anstice for the community<br />

to which it was gifted.”<br />

Plans include re-opening<br />

the Hall as a community<br />

venue including licensed<br />

bar, cafe, meeting and<br />

event spaces and creating<br />

a programme of activities<br />

focussing on income generation,<br />

skills training, work<br />

experience and employment<br />

opportunities.<br />

ON YOUR PATCH…<br />

HADLEY<br />

Community celebrates Vaisakhi<br />

Members of the Sikh community<br />

of Telford and the<br />

wider area joined together<br />

to celebrate Vaisakhi, on<br />

Sunday 13 April, which is<br />

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Councillor Phil Morris-Jones (right) hands over the presidential chain of office of The Probus<br />

Club of Wellington to the new president, Barry Widdowson. The club’s annual meeting was<br />

held at The Buckatree Hall Hotel, Wellington, where members meet on the second Wednesday<br />

of the month at 10.30am. In addition to having speakers at each meeting, the club,<br />

for retired business people, holds outings, lunches, dinners, coffee mornings and still finds<br />

time for a thriving bowls section. The group is always on the lookout for new members so if<br />

anyone is interested they should contact the secretary, Patrick Stuart, on 878178.<br />

the Sikh New Year. It is also<br />

seen as a Harvest Festival.<br />

It was celebrated with a Nagar<br />

Kirtan, when members of<br />

the Sikh community formed<br />

a procession between the<br />

Hadley Gudwara to the Oakgenates<br />

Gudwara, singing<br />

hymns as they walked. The<br />

Guru Granth Sahib, the holy<br />

Sikh scripture, where carried<br />

on a float.<br />

Apart from Sikhs and<br />

Hindus, Vaisakhi is also an<br />

important day for Buddhists,<br />

too. Members of other faiths<br />

(including some local Buddhists)<br />

joined the procession.<br />

FACTORY FLOOD<br />

A factory at Hortonwood 30,<br />

Telford, was impacted by<br />

flooding, recently.<br />

Because the flood was affecting<br />

the electrical supply<br />

system at the factory it was<br />

attended at 9.48am by as<br />

SHIFNAL<br />

fire engine from Wellington<br />

Fire Station.<br />

The electrical system was<br />

isolated by fire crew members<br />

and a light portable<br />

pump was used to remove<br />

the water.<br />

Footballers needed<br />

Shifnal Harrier Hawks Under 11 team are looking<br />

for enthusiastic and budding footballers to join their<br />

team. If you are interested please call or message<br />

John on 07709 619785 or Tony on 07972 717088.

WELLINGTON TOWN COUNCIL<br />

NEWS AND VIEWS — MAY 2014<br />

EUROPEAN MARKET<br />

The European<br />

market, backed by<br />

Wellington Town<br />

Council, will be<br />

arriving in town<br />

on Friday, May<br />

23rd. Professional,<br />

continental<br />

market traders<br />

will come from<br />

France, Belgium,<br />

Spain, Holland,<br />

Italy and many<br />

other countries<br />

selling a variety of goods including foods and a wide range of nonfood<br />

products, including handbags and leather items, soaps and<br />

children’s toys.<br />

The Council are sure you will enjoy this market!<br />

INSPECTOR RICHARD LANGTON<br />

The Mayor welcomed Inspector Richard Langton to February’s<br />

Full Council meeting and confirmed to<br />

members that he had recently been<br />

promoted to the rank of Chief Inspector,<br />

and had subsequently been transferred<br />

to the policing team in Kidderminster.<br />

However, Chief Inspector Langton wished<br />

to attend at Full Council in order to<br />

extend his good wishes and thanks for<br />

the support shown by Council members.<br />

He told members the time he had spent<br />

in Wellington had been the longest of<br />

his police service and he commented he<br />

would miss the Wellington community.<br />

BAYLEY MILE<br />

Wellington Town Council will be staging their annual Bayley Mile<br />

Road Race on 14th May 2014. The race will start outside the Civic<br />

Centre at 1.00pm and finish at approx 3.00pm. There will be six<br />

races with local school children, aged 11-15, running. One race will<br />

be for the adults to show the children how it’s done!<br />

CIVIC BALL<br />

On 8th March 2014, the Mayor<br />

held his Civic Dinner and Dance.<br />

This year it was held at the Buckatree<br />

Hall Hotel. The event was a huge<br />

success and the proceeds raised on<br />

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Cancer Support Group’ and ‘Kidney<br />

Patients Association’. We would like<br />

to take this opportunity to thank everyone<br />

who supported this event.<br />

COMMEMORATION OF<br />

THE COMMENCEMENT<br />

OF WORLD WAR 1<br />

There will be a commemorative<br />

service held at All Saints Church on<br />

Monday August 4th 2014. We ask that<br />

you arrive at 10.30am for the service<br />

that will begin at 10.45am.<br />

Wooden Poppy crosses will be<br />

available from the church for a small<br />

donation.<br />

WELLINGTON TOWN COUNCIL<br />

Arleston Ward:- Cllr Angela McClements Cllr Joan Gorse Cllr Ralph Perkins<br />

College Ward:- Cllr Pat McCarthy Cllr Graham Riley Cllr Lee Carter<br />

Dothill Ward:- Cllr Chris Lewis Cllr Karen Tomlinson Cllr Denis Allen<br />

Ercall Ward:- Cllr Roger Aveley Cllr Miles Hosken Cllr Dorothy Roberts<br />

Haygate Ward:- Cllr Frank Burns Cllr Graham Cook Cllr Robert Sloan<br />

Park Ward:- Cllr Chris Brittain Cllr Adrian Forster Cllr Phil Morris- Jones<br />

Shawbirch Ward:- Cllr Stephen DeLauney Cllr Pat Fairclough Cllr Barry Tillotson<br />

Mayor of Wellington :- Cllr Graham Riley Deputy Town Clerk: Andrew Roberts<br />

Officers:- Town Clerk Howard Perkins Assistant to the Town Clerk Caroline Mulvihill<br />

Street Wardens:- Mick Talbot Bernard Greatbatch Leslie Morris<br />

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Wellington street names<br />

GEORGE EVANS ON THE ORIGINS<br />

AND HISTORY OF SOME OF THE<br />

WELLINGTON STREET NAMES.<br />

made horse and horseless<br />

carriages), Mansell Road<br />

(a brass and iron founder),<br />

Groom’s Alley (Grooms were<br />

timber merchants), Bowring<br />

Park and Bowring Grove,<br />

(John Crump Bowring, a<br />

generous fishmonger).<br />

Then there are those<br />

named after their destination<br />

- Whitchurch Drive, Holyhead<br />

Road, Dawley Road,<br />

Apley Drive, Apley Avenue,<br />

Leegomery Road, Wrockwardine<br />

Road, Admaston<br />

Road, Arleston Lane, <strong>Wrekin</strong><br />

Road, Ercall Lane, Bratton<br />

Road.<br />

Some roads are named<br />

for an important building -<br />

New Church Road (Christ<br />

Church), Church Street (All<br />

Saints Church) Mill Bank,<br />

Mill Fields and Mill Lane<br />

(Windmills) School Lane<br />

(Prince’s Street School),<br />

College Lane (<strong>Wrekin</strong> College),<br />

Market Street, Vineyard<br />

Road (The Vineyard).<br />

Many roads and streets<br />

are named after Royalty,<br />

such as Victoria Avenue, Victoria<br />

Street, Charles Road,<br />

Princess Avenue, Kingsland,<br />

Kingsway, King’s Haye<br />

Road, Regent Street, Albert<br />

Road, George Place, Windsor<br />

Road,<br />

Naming streets isn’t easy;<br />

I found this out at the end of<br />

the 1950s when I was chairman<br />

of the planning committee<br />

of Wellington UDC.<br />

We had just acquired the<br />

Dothill estate. It was bought<br />

from Harry Hodgson, who<br />

was managing director of<br />

Sankey’s. He had bought it<br />

from the Groom family and<br />

it had previously been the<br />

home of Lord Forester’s family.<br />

It was bought at ‘agricultural<br />

rates’ (its value as<br />

farmland) and of course it<br />

was much more valuable as<br />

a building site. This is one of<br />

the ways governments, both<br />

national and local, can make<br />

money, by buying farmland<br />

and selling some of it to<br />

developers. Telford Development<br />

Corporation made an<br />

enormous amount this way.<br />

TDC bought (often by compulsory<br />

purchase) farms and<br />

fields cheaply. They then<br />

enhanced its value by giving<br />

planning permission and<br />

sold it to developers. This is<br />

still going on. Is it cheating<br />

There was a plan of many<br />

roads, houses, shops and<br />

schools on the Dothill land<br />

and the roads needed to be<br />

named. I sat down with a<br />

local map and made a list of<br />

suitable Shropshire streams<br />

and rivers. There were not<br />

enough so I added villages<br />

and later saints. So to anyone<br />

who lives in Dothill,<br />

in Severn Drive, Clunbury<br />

Road or St Paul’s Drive or<br />

any of the similarly named<br />

roads, if you don’t like the<br />

name, blame me.<br />

Some of our names can<br />

be a bit odd in their origins.<br />

Telford Road for instance<br />

pre-dates the - new town.<br />

and was originally a ‘selfbuild’<br />

scheme, where families<br />

built their own houses<br />

with a bit of help from the<br />

council. It was declared<br />

open by the then minister<br />

for housing and local government,<br />

Enoch Powell.<br />

That’s before Edward Heath<br />

sacked him for his ‘Rivers of<br />

Blood’ speech.<br />

Powder Lane, I have been<br />

told by a reliable source.<br />

(he said, ‘Don’t quote me’<br />

so I won’t), was named for<br />

a Great War shed at the<br />

back of Bradley Moor house<br />

where ammunition was<br />

stored. It was remembered<br />

as an ancient wooden shed.<br />

I had been wondering about<br />

this for years and invented<br />

several stories, but this must<br />

be the right one at last.<br />

Pendil Close must be the<br />

only road we have that was<br />

named after a racehorse that<br />

grazed in the field. Ronald<br />

Murphy, I think, was the owner<br />

also of <strong>Wrekin</strong> Rambler.<br />

Paul Woodhall came from<br />

a well-respected Wellington<br />

family also associated with<br />

horses.<br />

He was Town Mayor of<br />

Wellington some years ago<br />

and died while still in office.<br />

The Town Councillors<br />

thought he should be honoured<br />

by having a street<br />

named after him and wrote<br />

to the Borough Council<br />

(whose responsibility it is to<br />

name streets) asking for this<br />

to be done.<br />

Woodhall Close is a little<br />

cul-de-sac just outside<br />

the town boundary and in<br />

Wrockwardine parish. Of<br />

course a road within Wellington<br />

should have been<br />

chosen but we were told<br />

that it was too late to change<br />

and we were too fussy.<br />

There are many more<br />

interesting street names in<br />

Wellington and also in other<br />

towns and villages within the<br />

county of The <strong>Wrekin</strong>. To<br />

any reader who is interested<br />

in this subject I suggest you<br />

look around your own area<br />

and see what you can find.<br />

<strong>Wrekin</strong> <strong>News</strong> would probably<br />

be interested in your<br />

discoveries.<br />

Finally - I have promised<br />

to write an article about<br />

some of Wellington’s older<br />

streets, some of which have<br />

changed their names over<br />

the years. This will be published<br />

in Wellington History<br />

Group magazine, Wellingtonia.<br />

Some time ago I was<br />

accosted by a lady<br />

asking about the<br />

history of Arleston.<br />

It’s a very long story - at least<br />

a thousand years - and the<br />

small part that I know would<br />

take longer than she was<br />

prepared to wait but I managed<br />

to come up with a bit of<br />

it for her. We ended up talking<br />

about street names and<br />

how they came about, which<br />

has inspired this kiloverb.<br />

Let me tell you of one<br />

street lane I don’t know<br />

and wish I did. It’s Barnfield<br />

Crescent, where I live. There<br />

wasn’t a barn in the field<br />

which was here before the<br />

houses or in the deer park<br />

before the fields, so how<br />

did it get its name Thomas<br />

Barnfield was a 16th Century<br />

poet who wrote, ‘Nothing is<br />

more certain than uncertainties/<br />

Fortune is full of fresh<br />

variety, constant only in its<br />

inconstancy’. I hope it was<br />

him but can’t find any evidence<br />

anywhere. Please, if<br />

you know, tell me.<br />

Often streets are named<br />

after prominent local people<br />

- John Broad was the<br />

town clerk who negotiated<br />

with the College of Heralds<br />

and organised the production<br />

of the Wellington Coat<br />

of Arms that is used by the<br />

present town Council and<br />

Civic Society, hence John<br />

Broad Avenue. John Bayley<br />

built up what is now called<br />

<strong>Wrekin</strong> College which explains<br />

Bayley Road; Mellor<br />

and Eva Harrison have a<br />

road between them. The unofficial<br />

rule seems to be that<br />

you have to die before you<br />

can have a street named<br />

after you.<br />

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names down Hollies Road<br />

named after local councillors<br />

- Dr Hollies, Steventon,<br />

Cranage Crescent (Dr<br />

Cranage founded Old Hall<br />

School), Clift Crescent (Clift<br />

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I<br />

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because the great NHS,<br />

which belongs to the<br />

people, is being wrestled<br />

from us.<br />

Millions of pounds are<br />

being wasted. Staff are not<br />

treated properly, in fact the<br />

whole service is badly run<br />

by people buying into it for<br />

profit.<br />

Locally I believe our hospital<br />

is under the biggest<br />

threat yet. I can see why the<br />

authorities want to gag our<br />

MP’s and Civic leaders.<br />

When we have been under<br />

threat on previous occasions<br />

they ran very good<br />

campaigns for the people.<br />

David Wright, MP for Telford<br />

even took the case to Parliament.<br />

This I believe was<br />

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responsible for us enjoying<br />

the facilities we now have.<br />

So why are some MPs,<br />

Civic Leaders and wouldbe<br />

MPs staying so quiet on<br />

this issue on this threat now<br />

facing us. Not to voice our<br />

concerns is a betrayal of the<br />

people of Telford.<br />

I can inform the authorities<br />

that if they wish to stop<br />

David Wright or Kuldip Sohata<br />

acting in the interests of<br />

their consittuents they would<br />

have to gag them and tie<br />

them to a chair.<br />

Here are some of the quotations<br />

from past threats:<br />

Andy Burnham, when<br />

Health Secretary: “NHS<br />

chiefs must take on board<br />

the views of the residents.”<br />

David Wright, MP for<br />

Telford: “I’m going to fight<br />

these proposals tooth and<br />

nail.”<br />

Mark Pritchard, MP for the<br />

<strong>Wrekin</strong>: “I hope the ministers<br />

will now listen to the overwhelming<br />

opposition to any<br />

plans now or in the future to<br />

cut services or A&E services<br />

from Telford.”<br />

Councillor Eade, when<br />

Council Leader for Telford,<br />

moved a resolution in Council:<br />

“This Council expresses<br />

outrage at the continued<br />

threats to services at PRH.”<br />

The resolution was seconded<br />

by Labour leader,<br />

Councillor Keith Austin.<br />

The prospective Tory candidate<br />

for Telford on is web<br />

site said: “I will fight to maintain<br />

services at PRH.”<br />

She now says MPs should<br />

keep quiet and leave it to<br />

others. What a turn round!<br />

She presented a petition of<br />

1,000 signatures regarding<br />

car parking charges – I can<br />

assure her that if she had<br />

been petitioning to keep services<br />

at Telford, I could have<br />

got her that many signatures<br />

in two hours.<br />

What is needed is more<br />

funds and better staffing for<br />

our hospitals, after all Mr<br />

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RON VOICES A&E CONCERNS<br />

Ron Munt from Telford is concerned<br />

about the escalating situation<br />

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read the <strong>Wrekin</strong> <strong>News</strong> and in<br />

particular the articles on railways.<br />

However, one or two<br />

little errors seem to creep in<br />

from time to time and John<br />

Talbot (bless him!) is guilty of<br />

one in his last contribution.<br />

‘Kings’ were not off limit<br />

via Wellington, in fact they<br />

hauled the Paddington to<br />

Aberystwyth train which was<br />

non-stop from Wolverhampton<br />

low level to Shrewsbury,<br />

it travelled through Wellington<br />

of course via the middle<br />

road. Prior to its approach<br />

people on the station were<br />

requested to keep well away<br />

from the edge of the platforms<br />

because of the down<br />

draught it gave off.<br />

During the time I was<br />

shunting at Allscot Beet<br />

Factory sidings I would see<br />

this train on a daily basis.<br />

The special occasions were<br />

when it was headed by King<br />

George V.<br />

Pickles says ‘We are a rich<br />

country’. Telford and <strong>Wrekin</strong><br />

Council have been cut to<br />

the bone, so the authorities<br />

can at least give us decent<br />

hospital services.<br />

There is, after all, a wellknown<br />

saying ‘The wealth of<br />

the nation depends on the<br />

health of its workers.’<br />

When the people of<br />

Telford fought for our hospital<br />

they did not leave it<br />

to others but got off their<br />

backsides, ran petitions and<br />

campaigned for years, always<br />

refusing to take ‘no’<br />

for an answer. That is the<br />

character and spirit of the<br />

people of Telford.<br />

So come on you MPs,<br />

Civic leaders and prospective<br />

candidates, show the<br />

same spirit and stand up for<br />

your constituents.<br />

We are in even more danger<br />

this time because the<br />

Health Secretary having his<br />

Roy Evans of<br />

Madeley writes<br />

again this month<br />

about his love<br />

of railways.<br />

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backside kicked in court,<br />

has now given himself dictatorial<br />

powers to close any<br />

hospital he wishes without<br />

reference to anyone.<br />

KINGS NOT OFF LIMIT<br />

This engine was special<br />

because it had a large ship<br />

bell on the front and it was<br />

always highly polished. On<br />

the days that this engine<br />

was running the signalman,<br />

George Fewtrell, would call<br />

me up into the box. ‘It’s left<br />

Hollinswood’, he would say<br />

and then a few minutes later<br />

he would get the signal ‘train<br />

on the line.’<br />

We would both stand<br />

by the open door, our eyes<br />

glued to the track in the<br />

distance, as far as we could<br />

see. Then suddenly things<br />

would start. The cutting at<br />

Admaston would fill up with<br />

steam billowing high into the<br />

sky, there was just a slight interruption<br />

as it passed under<br />

the road bridge and then we<br />

spotted the trains as it came<br />

round the bend and down<br />

the long straight towards us.<br />

What a sight it was with<br />

a full head of steam thundering<br />

towards us. The bell<br />

was as usual highly polished<br />

and as it was approaching<br />

the box we heard the slight<br />

ting of the bell as the wind<br />

caught it or perhaps we<br />

thought we heard it, but it’s<br />

a nice thought isn’t it<br />

The train passed by almost<br />

underneath us and as<br />

we looked down the fireman<br />

gave us a wave which we<br />

acknowledged and almost<br />

as quickly as she came, she<br />

was gone in the distance.<br />

The train would continue<br />

to Shrewsbury and there<br />

they would uncouple the<br />

King and there would be<br />

another engine ready to take<br />

the train on towards its final<br />

destination – Aberystwyth.

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A family fruit picking day out<br />

ONE BEAUTIFUL<br />

spring morning at<br />

the start of the fifties,<br />

I looked out<br />

from my bedroom window at<br />

Sunnyside in Manse Road,<br />

Hadley to see all the trees<br />

and bushes covered in a<br />

white sheen laid down overnight<br />

by Jack Frost.<br />

This pleasant site for me<br />

sent mom and dad into a<br />

huddle because it spelt disaster<br />

for the early blossoming<br />

damson trees at the bottom<br />

of the garden. As spring<br />

turned to summer the extent<br />

of the damage was plain to<br />

see as not a single fruit has<br />

appeared on them.<br />

Now, as everyone in Hadley<br />

knew, there was no finer<br />

meal than two doorsteps of<br />

Harris’s finest loaf covered<br />

with thickly spread real butter<br />

and several spoonfuls of<br />

real damson jam. By this<br />

I mean jam made properly<br />

with the stones and skin left<br />

in and not a trace of additives<br />

or preservatives. The<br />

sort of jam you can now only<br />

get from places like the WI<br />

stall at the peerless Wellington<br />

market.<br />

In the days before the<br />

word ‘healthy eating’ was<br />

invented I used to race home<br />

from school and devour tons<br />

Derek Gambie continues his<br />

intriguing story of growing up<br />

in Hadley.<br />

> Derek at 7 years old.<br />

of this nectar and if it was a<br />

cold winter’s afternoon we<br />

had the extra pleasure of<br />

toasting the bread in front<br />

of a roaring fire and then<br />

dribbling as we watched the<br />

five knobs of butter slowly<br />

melting on top of each slice.<br />

I was distraught but mom<br />

had a plan and as the autumn<br />

fruit gathering season<br />

approached, a pleading letter<br />

was sent to Aunty Edie<br />

and Uncle Fred, who lived<br />

in a one up and one down<br />

former toll house near Ticklerton<br />

in south Shropshire. I<br />

knew that they had a whole<br />

row of damson trees in their<br />

garden and unbelievably<br />

didn’t like them. So, they<br />

replied, we could have as<br />

many as we could pick.<br />

To help, mom recruited<br />

Uncle Jim and Aunty Lal and<br />

we set off in the two cars<br />

after an early lunch. Uncle<br />

Jim and the two nattering<br />

sisters in his Austin 10 leading<br />

the way and dad with me<br />

and my two older sisters,<br />

Beryl and Jean following in<br />

our 1935 Y type Ford. A brief<br />

stop off at the Pound Inn in<br />

Leebotwood, for two pints<br />

and two stouts for the adults<br />

and off to Ticklerton.<br />

After us kids did our duties<br />

of fetching fresh water<br />

from the well 100 yards away<br />

and filling up the paraffin<br />

lamps we joined the pickers<br />

to help with the crop.<br />

All went well until Uncle Jim<br />

grossly over-estimated my<br />

strength and gave me an upright<br />

wooden ladder to hold<br />

whilst he moved one of the<br />

full baskets out of the way.<br />

I couldn’t manage it and<br />

it slowly fell over with me still<br />

holding on. Although warnings<br />

were shouted, my father<br />

couldn’t get out of the way in<br />

time and the ladder cracked<br />

him on the head and he<br />

slowly sank to the ground.<br />

A small cut and a sore head<br />

put him in a bad mood for<br />

> Derek Gambie<br />

the rest of the day but luckily<br />

virtually all the harvesting<br />

had been done.<br />

We had a nice tea as<br />

darkness fell before we<br />

headed for the King’s Arms<br />

in Cardington for a few consolation<br />

pints for dad. We<br />

kids managed to get a bag<br />

of Smiths Crisps and a bottle<br />

of Vimto each and after<br />

what seemed like hours we<br />

headed home.<br />

Next day I took a mate<br />

home with me after school<br />

and at about five o’clock<br />

his mum came to fetch<br />

him. Mom was already jamming<br />

the damsons and my<br />

friend’s mom made the unfortunate<br />

remark that there<br />

was a glut this year and they<br />

were selling them in Wellington<br />

market for tuppence<br />

a pound or five pounds for<br />

eight pence.<br />

Mom chewed on her lip<br />

for a second or two and then<br />

forgetting about the cost<br />

of petrol and the excessive<br />

drinks remarked: “Oh really!<br />

Well of course we got ours<br />

for nothing!”<br />

Next month Derek talks<br />

about ‘the crime of the century’.<br />

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P47s over the skies of Lawley<br />

JOHN TALBOT spotted the<br />

article on the air crash that<br />

happened in Lawley Bank<br />

back in 1944 and he has<br />

his own childhood memories<br />

of seeing these fantastic<br />

aircraft over the Shropshire<br />

skies. He writes.<br />

Immediately I saw those<br />

three P-47D USAAF fighters,<br />

I knew that the 1944 mid-air<br />

triple collision was in ‘The<br />

<strong>News</strong>’ – again after 70 years.<br />

However, for the first time<br />

a date was noted. A fine<br />

day, double summertime,<br />

our local Montgomery Road<br />

district lads were playing<br />

cricket on ‘the tip’.<br />

So familiar had we become<br />

as P-47B ‘training’<br />

fighters (Thunderbolts) filling<br />

the local sky with engine<br />

roar during mock combat,<br />

that we only looked up<br />

when a shattering double<br />

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mid-air collision sent three<br />

of those P-47’s crashing to<br />

earth.<br />

From Atcham USAAF<br />

airfield, newly arrived pilots<br />

from the USA, would polish<br />

their skills on the older models<br />

of P47’s before moving<br />

to squadrons in East Anglia<br />

and Kent to support the ‘D’<br />

Day landings with new P-<br />

47D’s.<br />

Astonished to see and<br />

hear aerial mayhem, we saw<br />

one plunge by the <strong>Wrekin</strong><br />

and soon after that the pilot<br />

was seen coming to earth in<br />

his parachute.<br />

Simultaneously, two<br />

stricken planes were seen<br />

to plunge and the explosive<br />

result, a couple of smoke<br />

columns pointed us to the<br />

Dawley Road, for that is<br />

where, cricket suspended<br />

for a while, we raced towards<br />

on our bikes.<br />

At Lawley Bank, a small<br />

crowd, and local firemen<br />

were ‘in action’ but I shall<br />

never forget the sight of Wellington<br />

UDC’s town clerk,<br />

Mr Reuben Astley-Jones, assisting<br />

with fire hoses from<br />

the engine!<br />

Smoke from the scattered<br />

wreck wafted around and a<br />

part of the roadside hedge<br />

was burned away. For that<br />

pilot his war was over.<br />

Then I rode towards New<br />

Hadley or Ketley, a field of<br />

crop with a large swathe of it<br />

burned was the other pilot’s<br />

grave – that pilot died too.<br />

Do you know, I can still<br />

hear the awful mid-air crash<br />

and noise and I wonder,<br />

does anyone else recall that<br />

fatal crunch<br />

Great <strong>Wrekin</strong> <strong>News</strong> again<br />

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Fletcher remembers<br />

stubborn defender!<br />

> The photograph was taken in 1959 and the players are: Back Row, left to right: Ken Robinson;<br />

Keith Wallace; Alan Hughes; Derek Fletcher; Derek ’Gash’ Gambie; Brian Jones; Kenny<br />

Cruxton; Front Row left to right: Tom Sharrock, manager; George Humphreys; Graham<br />

Doody; Derek Bytheway; Cliff Bennett; Derek Ball; Barry Williams (joint secretary).<br />

Derek Fletcher is the goalkeeper on the photograph<br />

in our last issue of Hadley Old Boys.<br />

Derek Gambie, our regular correspondent, sent<br />

in the photograph.<br />

Derek is now a football referee assessor and<br />

our editor bumped into at a local match last<br />

week. Derek said that Derek ‘Gash’ Gambie<br />

was a quick player and a stubborn defender.<br />

“I played a couple of seasons with Derek<br />

and there was no one faster,” said Derek. “And<br />

his great strength was that if he came across<br />

someone more skilful than himself, he made<br />

sure that they didn’t get passed him – one way<br />

or another!”<br />

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Playing for the Princesses<br />

WHILE I was playing<br />

on stage<br />

with the band I<br />

was really struck<br />

with a girl with lovely blonde<br />

hair and beautiful dimples.<br />

When I returned to Cosford<br />

my mind was still thinking<br />

about her and I was sure I<br />

knew her from somewhere.<br />

Se the weekend after that<br />

when I was again playing<br />

with the band, I made an<br />

excuse to the band leader<br />

and found myself asking her<br />

for a dance. I also asked if I<br />

could see her home and was<br />

over the moon when she accepted.<br />

I had a bit of a complex,<br />

wondering if Linda (or<br />

her parents) remembered<br />

me and our family as pennyless<br />

rough and ragged.<br />

After this I got home every<br />

time it was possible and<br />

eventually invited her to tea,<br />

before the gig with the Delphians<br />

Band. To invite Linda<br />

back to my house was a<br />

problem as mother was not<br />

at all house proud to put it<br />

politely! So I had to pay my<br />

sister Lilian to tidy the house<br />

up and prepare some sandwiches.<br />

A few months later<br />

we were engaged.<br />

Twelve months later on<br />

August 26 1950, Linda and I<br />

were married. The marriage<br />

took place in the lovely little<br />

village immediately under<br />

Kinder Scout named Hayfield.<br />

Our drum major from<br />

the RAF Band came as one<br />

of the guests, and the Delphians<br />

Band formed the Guard<br />

of Honour as we came out of<br />

the church. They also played<br />

for the dancing at our reception<br />

afterwards.<br />

Unsung heroes sought<br />

Reading the local papers<br />

it would appear that if you<br />

serve one term as a Borough<br />

councillor and are a<br />

local school governor you<br />

are likely to have roads<br />

etc named after you. I am<br />

sick of politicians being<br />

honoured in this way when<br />

there are hundreds of ordinary<br />

people who have put<br />

so much into the community<br />

probably at their own<br />

expense who are never<br />

recognised for the work<br />

they do unpaid, if we look<br />

20 / www.wrekinnews.co.uk<br />

Ken Nelson continues his story<br />

about his colourful life. He has<br />

now completed his travels and<br />

is in RAF Cosford.<br />

Doreen Smith, a lifelong<br />

friend of Linda’s was chief<br />

bridesmaid and my sister Lillian<br />

was also a bridesmaid.<br />

My half-brother George was<br />

an usher. As I had only got<br />

five days leave from the RAF<br />

we had our honeymoon in<br />

Blackpool.<br />

One night we went to the<br />

Winter Gardens’ Ballroom<br />

and were dancing round the<br />

floor when someone shouted<br />

out my name. I looked<br />

on the stage and there was<br />

Stan Butterworth, the guy<br />

who has asked me for sax<br />

lessons – he was playing<br />

with the resident band.<br />

When I arrived back at<br />

Cosford Flt Lt Wallace was<br />

leaving the band to be promoted<br />

to Wing Commander<br />

and start an RAF School<br />

of Music at Uxbridge. This<br />

turned out to be a huge<br />

success. He also took Sgt<br />

Ponsford with him, leaving<br />

us with no sergeant and only<br />

the drum major and myself<br />

(two corporals) in charge.<br />

However within a few days<br />

our new bandmaster arrived,<br />

Warrant Officer Rogers was<br />

very different from WC Wallace.<br />

He was a nice chap,<br />

but he hadn’t got the musical<br />

knowledge or the bearing<br />

of a Wing Commander.<br />

Overall it did me quite a<br />

favour because he promoted<br />

me to Band Sergeant.<br />

Shortly after he took over<br />

around Telford there is a lot<br />

of this going on.<br />

Time to stop, before this<br />

honour is given to anyone<br />

there needs to be some<br />

sort of public consultation<br />

let the people have a say.<br />

Many politicians would be<br />

overpaid if they collected<br />

washers in pay.<br />

In the Arleston Community<br />

we are going to start<br />

a scheme where we will<br />

ask the people of Arleston<br />

if they know someone<br />

who deserves recognition<br />

we had several demobs and<br />

the replacements were still<br />

on training. Luckily at the<br />

time the RAF were being<br />

presented with their Royal<br />

Colour for the first time so<br />

this took place in Hyde Park<br />

with the massed bands of<br />

the RAF.<br />

The day before the King<br />

was to present the Colour,<br />

we had a dress rehearsal,<br />

and the sun was blazing hot.<br />

Quite a few of the troops<br />

who were not used to standing<br />

still for long periods with<br />

the sun on their heads started<br />

to faint and fall on their<br />

new type six inch bayonets,<br />

injuring themselves.<br />

We patched everyone up<br />

but the following day found<br />

out that the King was ill and<br />

his place would be taken by<br />

Princess Elizabeth. We were<br />

all stood to attention feeling<br />

cold and miserable when a<br />

sparkling Land Rover burst<br />

onto the scene with two<br />

of the most breath-taking<br />

young ladies I had ever<br />

witnessed. It was Princess<br />

Great films and memories<br />

I<br />

am writing about the<br />

cinemas in Wellington<br />

in the ‘50s. There<br />

was the Grand Theatre<br />

in Tan Bank. Opposite was<br />

Tan Bank fish and chip shop<br />

for the work they put into<br />

the Arleston Community<br />

whether they live in Arleston<br />

or not.<br />

There are hundreds of<br />

unsung “heroes” and we<br />

want to know about them.<br />

If you want to nominate<br />

someone then get in touch<br />

with D.Barnett 01952<br />

244922 or Councillor Angela<br />

McClements before next<br />

August when a decision will<br />

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Bill Isaak writes again this issue<br />

with his memories of the<br />

cinemas in Wellington.<br />

where we would call after the<br />

film had finished in the evening,<br />

and get some supper to<br />

walk home with. The Grand<br />

was later turned into a bingo<br />

hall which was opened by<br />

Bill Roach (Ken Barlow from<br />

Coronation Street). A few<br />

years later it was demolished<br />

and all that was left standing<br />

were two columns which<br />

were at the bottom of the<br />

steps. They used to display<br />

pictures of films which were<br />

playing that week. Tan Bank<br />

fish and chip shop is still<br />

open today.<br />

Then there was the Town<br />

Hall picture house in Market<br />

Street which local residents<br />

affectionately called<br />

Elizabeth and her sister Princess<br />

Margaret.<br />

They were stood up holding<br />

onto their hair and I<br />

missed several notes before<br />

I could gather myself. One of<br />

‘the flea pit’. Very often the<br />

films would break down and<br />

people would shout ‘put a<br />

shilling in the meter!’<br />

The cinema probably still<br />

best remembered today was<br />

The Clifton, later becoming<br />

Dunelms but hopefully to be<br />

turned back into a cinema in<br />

the near future. In the Clifton<br />

in the ‘50s, there was the<br />

Saturday morning club for<br />

children. For sixpence, you<br />

would have a feature film,<br />

cartoons and a serial every<br />

week like Flash Gordon etc.<br />

I remember my mother<br />

taking me to the pictures in<br />

the fifties. She would take<br />

me to the Clifton for the<br />

Saturday afternoon matinee<br />

the most wonderful sights I<br />

can ever recall and one that<br />

I will never forget.<br />

and then she would take<br />

me to the Grand Theatre for<br />

the evening film. Again we<br />

would call to Tan Bank fish &<br />

chip shop for our supper to<br />

walk home with.<br />

Great films and great<br />

memories in those days.<br />

Ed. Bill, thanks for writing<br />

in again with your memories.<br />

Flash Gordon was a great favourite<br />

with everyone. Each<br />

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the cinema wondering how<br />

on earth he would extricate<br />

himself from his latest dilemma.<br />

He always managed<br />

it though! Buster Crabbe<br />

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My thoughts on<br />

Wellington Market<br />

My writings today<br />

are not of me<br />

or my past life,<br />

more of just a<br />

few months ago, and some<br />

of my thoughts made me<br />

realize just how little we all<br />

appreciate things and happenings<br />

around us and in<br />

our lives, as a result it became<br />

obvious that I should<br />

share them with you.<br />

Now to begin, you all<br />

know just how I love our little<br />

town of Wellington, and<br />

as most of you also know<br />

that although I was not<br />

born here it is almost seventy<br />

years since moving<br />

here from the Peak District<br />

in Derbyshire and from that<br />

moment on I have learned<br />

how to love and respect it’s<br />

history to present day.<br />

Now at least two every<br />

week I jump on the bus to<br />

go into Wellington and on<br />

these two days I visit the<br />

‘market’ and it is here that<br />

I would like to share my<br />

thoughts, I imagine that I<br />

am wandering through the<br />

market and the stall holders<br />

then come into view,<br />

22 / www.wrekinnews.co.uk<br />

by Rona Harris<br />

and I then realized what<br />

hard working people they<br />

all are, they are always very<br />

helpful and do try very hard<br />

to get whatever we all wish<br />

to buy , that is if they don’t<br />

stock it already.<br />

Now I would like to<br />

mention just a few of their<br />

names etc., and they always<br />

have a friendly smile<br />

for me so here goes we<br />

have Mark and Dot (Aladdin’s<br />

cave) Stuart (Curtains),<br />

Rob (Books), Malcolm<br />

(Rugs), Rajinder Singh<br />

Mattu (Worktops), Brian<br />

Smith (Electrics), Dom<br />

and Garry (Bakery), Ray<br />

and David (Pictures and<br />

frames), (Brenda bags and<br />

purses), Ellen (Cosmetics),<br />

Pauline and Suzanne (haberdashery),<br />

Patsy (Candles<br />

and gifts), Marie (Pies and<br />

cold meats).<br />

There are four entrances<br />

to the Market, and we<br />

have four shops here,<br />

Ken Francis (Butcher) he<br />

has beautifully presented<br />

Carrying on from my<br />

thoughts of Wellington Market,<br />

I would like to pass on<br />

a few of my memories of the<br />

Clifton Cinema, Rona writes.<br />

I will always remember<br />

when I first ‘laid eyes’ on this<br />

beautiful place we never had<br />

a cinema anything like this in<br />

the villages near to mine in<br />

Derbyshire, and I fell in love<br />

with the Clifton for the start.<br />

I loved going upstairs to<br />

watch the films but these<br />

were the most expensive<br />

seats in the house and were<br />

priced at two shillings and<br />

ninepence and two shillings<br />

and threepence respectively,<br />

(needless to say I could not<br />

always afford these “posh”<br />

seats) and downstairs they<br />

were priced at one shilling<br />

and ninepence and one shilling,<br />

but those were right at<br />

the front of the house, and all<br />

the ‘kids used to get in them.<br />

I have no doubt that many<br />

of you will remember when<br />

our currency was totally British<br />

and worth every penny,<br />

halfpenny and farthing.<br />

I have watched some fantastic<br />

films in the Clifton and<br />

yes! I will admit in my very<br />

much younger days had<br />

some lovely “distractions”<br />

too.<br />

You know, it was always<br />

so cosy and warm and had<br />

that smell like most cinemas<br />

it was something like a<br />

pleasant disinfectant.<br />

It is such a pity that it will<br />

never again hold that wonderful<br />

magic and total “wrap<br />

around” pleasure that it gave<br />

meats and pies, and has<br />

also won a trophy, which is<br />

the Bernard Price Perpetual<br />

Challenge Trophy. We<br />

have Alan and Lisa (Camera<br />

shop), Steve with Dawn<br />

and Jeannie Vegetables),<br />

and Sat and all his staff in<br />

the Post Office.<br />

All of thse people are<br />

very helpful fo me and I<br />

can’t help thinking that<br />

they probably do get fedup<br />

with hearing my ‘gob’<br />

but never seem to really<br />

mind and to my knowledge<br />

they never make a sudden<br />

grab for ‘earplugs’ when<br />

they see and hear me approaching.<br />

I do apologize if I have<br />

missed many names, but<br />

I do appreciate everyone.<br />

I am showing a few<br />

photo’s of just some of the<br />

market staff, who always<br />

kindly and pleasantly cater<br />

for “OUR” every need and<br />

it is much appreciated by<br />

me and I have no doubts<br />

with all of you too.<br />

Memories of the Clifton<br />

to me, even after standing<br />

outside in a queue which<br />

felt like ‘forever’ to get into<br />

the second house showing<br />

and that would be on a cold<br />

winter’s night too.<br />

I must add that unless<br />

you have done all of these<br />

things, you will never understand<br />

what I mean.<br />

I have taken just one sad<br />

and solitary photograph of<br />

my used to be lovely Clifton<br />

Cinema, and it fills me with<br />

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Make time for<br />

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IT’S ABOUT ten miles<br />

or so to Much Wenlock<br />

from the <strong>Wrekin</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

offices and we sent colleague<br />

Marina Higgins on<br />

the relatively short trip to<br />

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all about.<br />

And she returned absolutely<br />

full of praise. “It’s a<br />

lovely, traditional market<br />

town! Really charming!” she<br />

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She went on to say:<br />

“There’s a fantastic old<br />

Guildhall with people there<br />

selling fresh fruit and vegetables,<br />

there’s an awardwinning<br />

family butchers<br />

(EDITOR: which is doing so<br />

well they’d rather we don’t<br />

mention them by name<br />

as they have long enough<br />

queues as it is!) there’s a<br />

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Much Wenlock was a<br />

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even became a mere glint<br />

in the eye of King William,<br />

when the town was called<br />

Wenloch. There was a famous<br />

priory (the ruins are<br />

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Much Wenlock is acknowledged<br />

as the home of the<br />

Shropshire Olympics, forerunner<br />

of the Much Wenlock<br />

Olympics and also of the<br />

International Olympics. (ED-<br />

ITOR: Trivia fans will be delighted<br />

to learn that there’s a<br />

tangential twinning link of a<br />

sort between Much Wenlock<br />

and the <strong>Wrekin</strong> <strong>News</strong> area<br />

as the second Shropshire<br />

Olympics were not staged<br />

in Much Wenlock, they were<br />

actually staged in Wellington<br />

in 1861. (The first Much<br />

Wenlock Olympics being<br />

staged in Much Wenlock in<br />

1850.) And there’s a link to<br />

another part of the <strong>Wrekin</strong><br />

<strong>News</strong> area, Hadley, where<br />

the last Olympics staged by<br />

the National Olympian Association<br />

were staged in 1883.<br />

But that’s enough trivia for<br />

the moment!)<br />

There’s also a museum<br />

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been recently refurbished<br />

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Dr Russell Muirhead, federation<br />

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Described as a “huge culture<br />

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hoped the federation would<br />

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their services despite the<br />

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Craig Wallace, manager of<br />

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“Some GP practices are<br />

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The federation will bid<br />

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groups or public health and<br />

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Services which could be<br />

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triage and virtual back<br />

office administration and<br />

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Care &<br />

Community<br />

> Jacob Burton (9) and Henry Vaughan (4) with<br />

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Friends of the<br />

PRH Easter Raffle<br />

THE Friends of the Princess<br />

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and Shropshire Events. Volunteers<br />

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delivered by Alan Millward,<br />

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on behalf of the winner Mrs<br />

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Present patients in the<br />

ward, Henry Vaughan (4)<br />

and Jacob Burton(9) were<br />

happy to accept it on behalf<br />

of all patients and were looking<br />

forward to getting some<br />

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chocolate!<br />

The Friends are raising<br />

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hands and arms.<br />

So far this year they’ve<br />

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cost of a hi-tec life-support<br />

transporter carrycot to take<br />

seriously ill newborns by land<br />

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hospitals.<br />

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Trust awarded gold for health<br />

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WREKIN Housing<br />

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Gold Awards. The award<br />

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including practices<br />

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at takes the worry away <br />

such as leadership and<br />

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David Rawlins, RoSPA’s<br />

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Telford & <strong>Wrekin</strong> Council’s library service is launching a new online<br />

lending service for virtual and audio books.<br />

The new service is being launched on April 23 to celebrate World<br />

Book Night. Members of the public will be able to choose from more<br />

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The service is compatible with a number of e-readers including<br />

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It can be accessed from home or using the council’s free Wifi<br />

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Library members can choose titles they wish to read and download<br />

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across the board. Organisations<br />

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for their health and safety<br />

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as The <strong>Wrekin</strong> Housing<br />

Trust, contribute to a collective<br />

raising of the bar for<br />

other organisations to aspire<br />

to, and we offer them our<br />

congratulations.”<br />

Tim Munro, Organisational<br />

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A night of Billy Joel<br />

THE Place in<br />

Oakengates<br />

celebrated the<br />

songs of Billy<br />

Joel when Elio<br />

Pace performs The Billy Joel<br />

Songbook. The event is a<br />

one night performance on<br />

Thursday June 5.<br />

Following on from his<br />

highly-acclaimed New York<br />

and Philadelphia, Billy Joel<br />

‘Original Touring Band’ concerts,<br />

Elio Pace delivers this<br />

sensational tour celebrating<br />

the phenomenal music of<br />

...and the winners are!<br />

We ran three competitions in our last issue for theatre<br />

tickets, well done to our lucky winners who are:<br />

BUDDY HOLLY:<br />

Mrs V. Fowles, Wellington and<br />

Mrs Lindsay Fordyce, Priorslee<br />

at The Place<br />

BILLY PEARCE:<br />

Mrs H. Roberts, Leegomery<br />

Billy Joel, featuring the massive<br />

hits Uptown Girl, Just<br />

The Way You Are and My Life<br />

as well as fan favourites such<br />

as Scenes From An Italian<br />

Restaurant, Goodnight Saigon<br />

and Piano Man.<br />

Don’t miss this wonderful<br />

opportunity to experience<br />

The Billy Joel Songbook in<br />

this electrifying concert.<br />

THE BLUES BAND:<br />

Anita Turvey, Trench<br />

Don’t miss our best of London Theatre guide > Turn over for more chances to win! ><br />

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January 2014 -<br />

May 2014<br />

TELL ME ON A SUNDAY<br />

Duchess Theatre<br />

THE<br />

BEST OF<br />

LONDON<br />

THEATRE<br />

LAND<br />

* NEW LISTING *<br />

Tell Me On a Sunday is a show that charts the course of an<br />

English girl newly arrived in New York. Brimming with optimism,<br />

she sets out to find success, companionship and love. But as she<br />

weaves her way through the maze of the city and her own anxieties,<br />

frustrations and heartaches she begins to wonder whether - in fact<br />

- she’s been looking for love in all the wrong places.<br />

Marti Webb will perform the original production of Andrew Lloyd<br />

Webber and Don Black’s classic, for which she received huge critical<br />

acclaim. Tell Me On a Sunday was originally performed as an<br />

album and then a TV special and later on stage as one half of Song<br />

& Dance. The album Tell Me on a Sunday reached Number One<br />

in the charts and the single Take That Look Off Your Face reached<br />

Number Two. Booking until Mar 8 2014<br />

BILLY ELLIOT - THE MUSICAL<br />

Victoria Palace Theatre<br />

Tale of a motherless boy whose father wants him to take up<br />

boxing. Instead, the boy discovers a love for ballet (from 31 Mar<br />

2005 - Booking to 16 May 2015)<br />

THE BODYGUARD<br />

Adelphi Theatre<br />

A romantic thriller, The Bodyguard<br />

features a multitude of<br />

Whitney Houston’s hits. (from<br />

06 Nov 2012 - Booking to 08<br />

Mar 2014)<br />

THE BOOK OF MORMON<br />

Prince Of Wales Theatre<br />

Follows a pair of mismatched Mormon boys sent on a mission<br />

to a place that’s about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get.<br />

(from 25 Feb 2013 - Booking to 08 Mar 2014)<br />

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY<br />

- THE MUSICAL<br />

Drury Lane, Theatre Royal<br />

The mysterious Willy Wonka is opening his Chocolate Factory<br />

for just one day, and for Charlie Bucket it promises to be a mouthwatering<br />

chance to feast his eyes on sweets beyond his wildest<br />

imagination. (from 22 May 2013 - Booking to 01 Nov 2014)<br />

THE COMMITMENTS<br />

Palace Theatre<br />

The Commitments is the story of Jimmy Rabbitte, a young<br />

working class music fan, who shapes an unlikely bunch of amateur<br />

musicians and friends into an amazing live act. (from 21 Sep 2013<br />

- Booking to 12 Apr 2014)<br />

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS<br />

Savoy Theatre<br />

Set on the French Riviera<br />

where the decadent<br />

world of sophisticated<br />

conman Lawrence Jameson<br />

comes crashing down<br />

with the arrival of largerthan-life<br />

Freddy Benson –<br />

a conman of an entirely<br />

different order. The two<br />

find themselves going<br />

head to head in the con of<br />

their lives, pulling out all of<br />

the stops in a bid for the<br />

affections of millionaire soap heiress Christine Colgate.<br />

(from 10 Mar 2014 - Booking to 29 Nov 2014<br />

Julian Clary<br />

set to star in<br />

Cinderella...<br />

The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton<br />

WO LVER-<br />

HAMPTON<br />

G r a n d<br />

Theatre has<br />

announced<br />

that the star of this year’s<br />

spectacular family pantomime<br />

Cinderella will be panto<br />

legend Julian Clary, who<br />

will play Dandini.<br />

Julian Clary has established<br />

himself as one of the<br />

country’s most recognisable<br />

and popular stage and television<br />

entertainers. He has<br />

turned his hand to comedy,<br />

acting, presenting, writing<br />

and in 2012 Julian won Celebrity<br />

Big Brother.<br />

As well as writing autobiography,<br />

Julian has<br />

become an accomplished<br />

novelist with a number of<br />

best-sellers to his credit.<br />

He is a hugely-popular<br />

panto performer and has<br />

headlined some of the biggest<br />

pantomimes around<br />

the UK.<br />

Last year Julian toured<br />

the UK in his one-man<br />

show and this spring will<br />

tour the show in Australia<br />

and New Zealand. Julian<br />

is currently performing his<br />

new show Canned Clary<br />

at the St James Theatre in<br />

London.<br />

Wolverhampton Grand<br />

Theatre Chief Executive<br />

Peter Cutchie said:<br />

“I am absolutely thrilled<br />

that Julian Clary will be coming<br />

to Wolverhampton for<br />

the 2014/15 pantomime. It<br />

is already an exciting year,<br />

as the theatre achieves its<br />

120th anniversary but now<br />

we have even more reason<br />

to celebrate as it will also<br />

mark Julian’s fi rst pantomime<br />

outing on the Grand’s<br />

stage. I’ve seen him perform<br />

in many pantomimes and he<br />

truly is one of the greats.”<br />

Cinderella at the Grand<br />

Theatre Wolverhampton<br />

runs from Saturday 6 December<br />

2014 to Sunday 18<br />

January 2015. For tickets<br />

are more information visit<br />

grandtheatre.co.uk or call<br />

01902 42 92 12.<br />

Say hello to Happy Days!<br />

The Grand Theatre, wolverhampton<br />

Monday 9 June - Saturday 14 june 2014<br />

THE Grand Theatre<br />

in Wolverhampton<br />

is hosting the UK<br />

premier of Happy<br />

Days from Monday<br />

9 June to Saturday 14 June.<br />

HAPPY DAYS are here<br />

again with the premiere of<br />

a brand new UK tour based<br />

on the hit TV series. Starring<br />

Heidi Range as Pinky Tus-<br />

Win<br />

Tickets<br />

cadero and Ben Freeman<br />

as the unforgettable ‘King<br />

of Cool’ Arthur ‘The Fonz’<br />

Fonzarelli!<br />

Join Cheryl Baker as Mrs<br />

Cunningham and the rest<br />

of the gang – Potsie, Ralph<br />

Malph, Joanie and Chachi<br />

as they battle to save their<br />

beloved diner Arnold’s from<br />

demolition. In a race against<br />

time, can everyone’s favourite<br />

hero ‘The Fonz’ save the<br />

day<br />

HAPPY DAYS – A New<br />

Musical is a hilarious feelgood<br />

musical that is guaranteed<br />

to have you rockin’ and<br />

rollin’ all week long!<br />

Happy Days tickets to be won!<br />

WREKIN NEWS is offering the chance for three lucky readers (two<br />

tickets each) to see Happy Days on Monday 9 June. All you have to do<br />

to stand a chance to win the tickets is answer this simple question.<br />

What is Arthur Fonzarelli’s nickname<br />

Remember the clues is in the question!<br />

All you have to do is give us your name and address with a<br />

daytime telephone number and send your entry to us at: <strong>Wrekin</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Competition, Bridge Road, Wellington, Telford TF1 1RY or email us at<br />

dave.gregory@ppmedia.co.uk – good luck!<br />

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Top comedy Rising Damp comes<br />

to Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury<br />

ITV’s top comedy of all time,<br />

RISING DAMP, comes to the<br />

Theatre Severn in a brandnew<br />

production from the<br />

Comedy Theatre Company,<br />

producers of the stage versions<br />

of Victoria Wood’s<br />

Dinnerladies and BBC TV’s<br />

Birds Of A Feather.<br />

The show will be showing<br />

live from Monday 16 – Friday<br />

20 June.<br />

An un-named northern<br />

university town is home to<br />

Rupert Rigsby, landlord of<br />

arguably the seediest, most<br />

Win<br />

RISING DAMP<br />

TICKETS<br />

Theatre Severn,<br />

shrewsbury<br />

Friday 20 June<br />

THEATRE SEVERN<br />

in Shrewsbury are<br />

presenting the Agatha<br />

Christy who<br />

dunnit Black Coffee<br />

from Monday 30 June to<br />

Saturday 5 July.<br />

A quintessential English<br />

country estate is thrown into<br />

chaos following the murder<br />

of eccentric inventor Sir<br />

Claud Amory, and the theft of<br />

his new earth shattering formula.<br />

Arriving at the estate<br />

just moments too late, one<br />

man immediately senses<br />

a potent brew of despair,<br />

treachery, and deception<br />

amid the estate’s occupants.<br />

That man is Hercule Poi-<br />

rot.<br />

run-down boarding house<br />

that England has to offer.<br />

His unlucky tenants include<br />

Ruth Jones, an administrator<br />

at the university, Alan, a<br />

medical student and Philip,<br />

who is studying town and<br />

country planning. Between<br />

them, Alan and Philip are the<br />

focus and foil of the majority<br />

of Rigsby’s many prejudices,<br />

usually at the expense of<br />

his dignity and standing in<br />

the eyes of Miss Jones, with<br />

whom he is hopelessly and<br />

pathetically in love.<br />

Chance to win tickets<br />

to see Rising Damp<br />

ONE LUCKY winner will receive two<br />

tickets to see Rising Damp at the<br />

Theatre Severn on Friday 20 June. All<br />

you have to do is name the landlord<br />

made famous in the television series.<br />

Send us your name and address<br />

with a daytime telephone number and<br />

send your entry to us at: <strong>Wrekin</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Competition, Bridge Road, Wellington,<br />

Telford TF1 1RY or email us at<br />

dave.gregory@ppmedia.co.uk – good<br />

luck!<br />

Fancy a bit of Black Coffee<br />

Win<br />

Tickets<br />

Theatre Severn,<br />

shrewsbury<br />

Friday 4 July<br />

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury<br />

Win tickets to see<br />

Black Coffee!<br />

COMPETITION will be fi erce to win these tickets to see Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee<br />

and one lucky <strong>Wrekin</strong> <strong>News</strong> reader will win two tickets for the Friday 4 July performance.<br />

All you have to do is answer the following question:<br />

What is the name of Agatha Christie’s famous detective in Black Coffee<br />

The winner will be going along to see the play on Friday 4 July.<br />

All you have to do is give us your name and address with a daytime telephone number<br />

and send your entry to us at: <strong>Wrekin</strong> <strong>News</strong> Competition, Bridge Road, Wellington,<br />

Telford TF1 1RY or email us at dave.gregory@ppmedia.co.uk – good luck!<br />

January 2014 -<br />

May 2014<br />

THE<br />

BEST OF<br />

LONDON<br />

THEATRE<br />

LAND<br />

THE PAJAMA GAME<br />

Shaftesbury Theatre<br />

In 1950s America, love is in the air at the<br />

Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory as handsome new<br />

Superintendent Sid Sorokin falls head-overheels<br />

for firebrand Union rep Babe Williams.<br />

Sparks fly when the employees are refused a<br />

seven-and-a-half cents raise, leaving Sid and<br />

Babe deliciously at odds as the temperature<br />

rises. . . Will love, eventually, conquer all<br />

(Booking from 01 May 2014 - Booking to 13<br />

Sep 2014)<br />

* NEW LISTING *<br />

I CAN’T SING! THE X FACTOR MUSICAL<br />

London Palladium Theatre<br />

A Musical comedy. A Musical comedy. Goes behind the microphone<br />

and under the judges’ desk to reveal the story of heartache<br />

and laughter. (from 27 Feb 2014 - Booking to 25 Oct 2014)<br />

JERSEY BOYS (A Transfer from Prince Edward<br />

Theatre in March 2014)<br />

Piccadilly Theatre<br />

The story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons (from 14 Mar<br />

2014 - 25 Oct 2014)<br />

THRILLER LIVE<br />

The Lyric Theatre<br />

You already know the Michael Jackson<br />

story, so this show doesn’t waste time telling<br />

you about the master of the moonwalk. Instead,<br />

Thriller Live gives you what you really<br />

came for – the music.<br />

Tune after tune is belted out, from his early<br />

days in The Jackson 5 to his exceptional solo<br />

career. And the dance sequences are something<br />

else. It’s like seeing one of his music<br />

videos brought to life, complete with MJ’s trademark toe-stand,<br />

gravity-defying leans and, of course, the crotch grab.<br />

You’ll be left in no doubt that he truly was the King of Pop. (from<br />

21 Jan 2014)<br />

JULIE MADLY DEEPLY<br />

Trafalgar Studios 2 Theatre<br />

This cabaret takes a look at the fame and fandom of singer Julie<br />

Andrews. (from 25 Nov 2013 - Closing on 04 Jan 2014)<br />

LES MISERABLES<br />

Queen’s Theatre<br />

(from 03 Apr 2004 - Booking to 25 Oct 2014)<br />

THE LION KING<br />

Lyceum Theatre<br />

(from 24 Sep 1999 - Booking to 20 Jul 2014)<br />

MAMMA MIA<br />

Novello Theatre<br />

A story of a mother and daughter set on the eve of the daughter’s<br />

wedding. (from 06 Sep 2012 - Booking to 25 Oct 2014)<br />

MATILDA THE MUSICAL<br />

Cambridge Theatre<br />

Story about a girl with extraordinary powers. (from 25 Oct 2011<br />

- Booking to 21 Dec 2014)<br />

* NEW LISTING *<br />

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May 2014<br />

LIST YOUR EVENT<br />

ONLINE AND IN<br />

PRINT FOR FREE!<br />

Contact Martin Scholes<br />

on: 01952 415334<br />

martin.scholes@ppmedia.co.uk<br />

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THE<br />

BEST OF<br />

LONDON<br />

THEATRE<br />

LAND<br />

MISS SAIGON<br />

Prince Edward Theatre<br />

Set in 1975 during the final days of the American occupation of<br />

Saigon, Miss Saigon is an epic love story (from 03 May 2014 - Booking<br />

to 25 Oct 2014)<br />

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT<br />

Playhouse Theatre<br />

Spamalot tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights<br />

of the Round Table (from 14 Nov 2012 - Booking to 08 Feb 2014)<br />

ONCE<br />

Phoenix Theatre<br />

When an Irish busker and a young Czech mother meet through<br />

a shared love of music, their songwriting sparks a deep connection.<br />

(from 16 Mar 2013 - Booking to 31 May 2014)<br />

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA<br />

Her Majesty’s Theatre<br />

Tragic love story of a beautiful opera singer and a young composer<br />

shamed by his physical appearance. (from 27 Sep 1986<br />

- Booking to 25 Oct 2014)<br />

STEPHEN WARD<br />

Aldwych Theatre<br />

1963. The scandal that<br />

shocked society. Stephen Ward<br />

deals with the victim of the Profumo,<br />

the society osteopath<br />

whose private libertarian experiments<br />

blew up in his own and<br />

everyone else’s face. (from 03<br />

Dec 2013 - Booking to 01 Mar<br />

2014)<br />

STOMP<br />

Ambassadors Theatre<br />

Takes the clutter and junk of everyday life and transforms it into<br />

a theatrical event. (from 27 Sep 2007 - Booking to 21 Dec 2014)<br />

WE WILL ROCK YOU<br />

(QUEEN MUSICAL)<br />

Dominion Theatre<br />

On Planet Mall all musical instruments<br />

are banned. The company<br />

computers generate the<br />

tunes and everyone downloads<br />

them. (from 26 Apr 2002 - Booking<br />

to 05 Apr 2014)<br />

WICKED<br />

Apollo Victoria Theatre<br />

Story of two unlikely friends<br />

and how they end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda<br />

the Good Witch. (from 07 Sep 2006 - Booking to 01 Nov 2014)<br />

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS<br />

Duchess Theatre<br />

The adventures of four woodland friends are retold through<br />

dance, song, music and puppetry (from 11 Dec 2013 - Closing on<br />

01 Feb 2014)<br />

EVENTS AROUND THE WREKIN<br />

Thursday 1 May Maypole<br />

Dancing, The Green at<br />

Blists Hill Victorian Town For<br />

details visit www.ironbridge.<br />

org.uk. Standard charges<br />

apply.<br />

Saturday 3 May Norbury<br />

Canal Festival ‘Jammin at<br />

the Junction’ Driftwood plus<br />

other acts, Norbury Junction<br />

Marquee, Norbury, near<br />

Newport. Cost £7.50. Call<br />

07711 858986 visit www.sncanal.org.uk<br />

Sunday 4 May The Gold<br />

Room (the <strong>Wrekin</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

house band!) <strong>Wrekin</strong> Inn,<br />

<strong>Wrekin</strong> Road, Wellington,<br />

7pm, free entry, 01952<br />

244865.<br />

Sunday 4 May Blists Hill in<br />

Steam, for details visit www.<br />

ironbridge.org.uk standard<br />

charges apply.<br />

Monday 3 May Blists Hill in<br />

steam, for details visit www.<br />

ironbridge.org.uk, standard<br />

charges apply.<br />

Tuesday 6 May Tuesday<br />

Tile Decorating Workshops<br />

at Jackfield Tile Museum,<br />

for details visit www.ironbirdge.org.uk,<br />

charges apply.<br />

Thursday 8 May Tumbling<br />

Bones, Eighty Six’d, Ironbridge,<br />

real hard acoustic<br />

folk music by three chaps<br />

who know their craft. 01952<br />

432620 email eighty.sixd.<br />

uk@gmail.com www.eightysixd.co.uk<br />

www.tumbling-<br />

Tuesday 13 May Tuesday<br />

Tile Decorating Workshops<br />

at Jackfield Tile Museum,<br />

for details visit www.iron-<br />

bones.com<br />

Thursday 8 May Rich Hall,<br />

The Place, Oakengates<br />

Theatre, £17, 8pm, 01952<br />

382382.<br />

Friday 9 May Flash, Queen<br />

tribute act, The Place,<br />

Oakengates Theatre, £18,<br />

7.30pm, 01952 382382.<br />

Sunday 4 May Help For<br />

Heroes’ Charity Day, The<br />

Plough, Plough Lane/King<br />

Street, Wellington, 01952<br />

505569.<br />

Saturday 10 May Oakengates<br />

United Church TF2<br />

6JH Coffee Morning and<br />

Home Made Cake Sale in<br />

aid of Christian Aid from<br />

10am to 12 noon. All proceeds<br />

are for Christian Aid<br />

to help some of the poorest<br />

people in the world. Contact<br />

Sylvia Bailey on 01952<br />

299504 for more information.<br />

Saturday 10 May May Fair,<br />

William Brookes School,<br />

Much Wenlock, Rodeo bull,<br />

smoothie bar, BBQ, refreshments,<br />

cake stall, cheerleaders,<br />

Mrs P’s Sweet<br />

standard Shop and much more! birdge.org.uk,<br />

1-3pm.<br />

charges apply.<br />

Saturday 10 May ‘A Load<br />

of old Nonsense’ Blists<br />

Hill Victorian Town, A celebration<br />

of the writings of<br />

Edward Lear. For details<br />

visit www.ironbridge.org.uk<br />

Standard charges apply<br />

Sunday 11 May ‘A Load<br />

Buckatree<br />

Hall Hotel<br />

Tel: 01952 641 821<br />

Sunday Lunch<br />

3 course £12.95<br />

Download our App for exclusive offers<br />

THE WREKIN, TELFORD, SHROPSHIRE, TF6 5AL<br />

Email: reception@buckatreehallhotel.com<br />

of old Nonsense’ Blists<br />

Hill Victorian Town, A celebration<br />

of the writings of<br />

Edward Lear. For details<br />

visit www.ironbridge.org.uk<br />

Standard charges apply<br />

Sunday 11 May Oakengates<br />

United Church TF2<br />

6JH All Age Family Worship<br />

to launch Christian Aid<br />

Week. The service will be<br />

led by Lynne & Roger Baker<br />

and will be followed by refreshments.<br />

This is a short<br />

family friendly service which<br />

highlights the work that<br />

Christian Aid does in some<br />

of the poorest countries of<br />

the world. Contact Sylvia<br />

Bailey on 01952 299504 for<br />

more information.<br />

Monday 12 May ‘A Load<br />

of old Nonsense’ Blists<br />

Hill Victorian Town, A celebration<br />

of the writings of<br />

Edward Lear. For details<br />

visit www.ironbridge.org.uk<br />

Standard charges apply<br />

standard<br />

Saturday 17 May Museums<br />

at Night Enginuity,<br />

5.30pm to 7.30pm, free entry,<br />

www.ironbridge.org.uk.<br />

Wednesday 14 May to May<br />

17, Little Shop of Horrors,<br />

presented by TADLOP, The<br />

Place, Oakengates Theatre,<br />

£12-£14, 01952 382382<br />

Wednesday 21 May Policing<br />

in Wellington, Wellington<br />

Library. 7:30 pm, free<br />

entry though donations for<br />

Wellington History Group<br />

gratefully received.<br />

Wednesday 14 May Oakengates<br />

United Church TF2<br />

6JH Floral Demonstration of<br />

Spring & Summer Flowers<br />

by the nationally renowned<br />

Nigel Whyles. Tickets are<br />

£5 and include light refreshments.<br />

All proceeds are<br />

for Christian Aid. Contact<br />

Garden Festival<br />

Pat Guy on 01952 613737<br />

or Sylvia Bailey on 01952<br />

299504 for tickets or more<br />

information.<br />

Tuesday 20 May Annual<br />

Age UK Shropshire Telford<br />

& <strong>Wrekin</strong> Afternoon of Entertainment<br />

2014 at The<br />

Place, Oakengates, Telford,<br />

2.00pm. £3.50. To Vintage<br />

Vocalists String of Pearls,<br />

Bollywood Dancer Hunika<br />

Jutlia, Comedians ‘Dandy’<br />

Glynnis & Allan Briscoe<br />

and Wrockwardine Wood<br />

School Choir. For tickets<br />

call Susan Stefuik 01743<br />

233123 Ext 225 or susan.<br />

stefiuk@ageukstw.org.uk<br />

Wednesday 21 May My<br />

World of Flowers, demonstration<br />

by Sue Munslow,<br />

2.30pm, Belmont Hall, Wellington,<br />

01952 604718. Visitors<br />

welcome.<br />

Wednesday 21 May Band<br />

Slam Heat 3, The Place,<br />

Oakengates Theatre, £4,<br />

7.30pm, 01952 382382.<br />

Wednesday 28 May The<br />

Blues Band, The Place,<br />

Oakengates Theatre,<br />

£18.50, 7.30pm, 01952<br />

382382.<br />

Thursday 29 May Grease,<br />

Drive In Movie, The Telford<br />

International Centre, £20,<br />

2pm and 8pm, 01952<br />

382382.<br />

Friday 30 May Top Gun,<br />

Drive in Movie, The Telford<br />

International Centre, 2pm<br />

an 8pm, 01952 382382.<br />

Friday May 30 Omjid Djalili,<br />

The Place, Oakengates<br />

Theatre, £23, 8pm, 01952<br />

382382.<br />

Saturday 31 May Oakengates<br />

United Church TF2<br />

6JH Monthly Coffee Morning<br />

from 10am to 12 noon.<br />

Sserving bacon sandwiches,<br />

toast, tea and coffee at<br />

very reasonable prices in<br />

a welcoming and friendly<br />

place. Contact Sylvia Bailey<br />

on 01952 299504 for more<br />

information.<br />

Can’t get to Chelsea Flower show this year Then see the<br />

displays at Christ Church, off New Church Road, Wellington.<br />

They are again holding a Miniature Garden Festival you<br />

can visit on Friday 16th, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th<br />

May.<br />

Everyone is welcome and there’s no entry fee. For<br />

more information about the weekend please contact Dill<br />

Buchanan secretary@oneparish.org or visit Christ Church<br />

website www.oneparish.org.

Tel: 01952 606588<br />

E: info@caseysvenues.co.uk<br />

www.caseysvenues.co.uk<br />

We have<br />

got it all<br />

sorted...<br />

Father’s Day<br />

15th June<br />

2 course Sunday<br />

Lunch with<br />

entertainment<br />

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> AFC Telford United players celebrate in style.<br />

WATSON’S<br />

TELFORD<br />

WIN TITLE<br />

ON LAST DAY<br />

Manager Liam Watson has produced a remarkable<br />

achievement as AFC Telford United are crowned<br />

champions of the Skrill Conference North.<br />

Watson began the campaign retaining just<br />

two players from last season’s disappointing<br />

relegation from the Conference premier.<br />

FROM that he has<br />

built a team to<br />

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and bring a<br />

first league title to the area<br />

for over sixty years. Watson’s<br />

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North football was key<br />

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proving to be inspired.<br />

But things were tight as<br />

the title battle headed toward<br />

its conclusion with Telford<br />

and North Ferriby both failing<br />

to take their chances to<br />

pull away at the head of the<br />

table. And so the tussle went<br />

into a final dramatic week.<br />

A tense eight days began<br />

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host to Gloucester City. With<br />

just three games to go, and<br />

North Ferriby United heading<br />

Telford on goal difference,<br />

three points were vital<br />

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Skrill North<br />

TOP 10<br />

P W D L F A = Pt<br />

AFC Telford Utd 42 25 10 7 82 53 29 85<br />

North Ferriby Utd 42 24 10 8 80 51 29 82<br />

Altrincham 42 24 9 9 95 51 44 81<br />

Hednesford Town 42 24 6 12 87 65 22 78<br />

Guiseley 42 23 9 10 78 56 22 78<br />

Boston United 42 20 12 10 85 60 25 72<br />

Brackley Town 42 17 16 9 66 45 21 67<br />

Solihull Moors 42 17 14 11 63 52 11 65<br />

Harrogate Town 42 19 9 14 75 59 16 63<br />

Bradford Park Ave 42 15 12 15 66 70 -4 57<br />

for Watson’s men. But as<br />

has been the case so often<br />

this season the Bucks conceded<br />

the first goal as City’s<br />

Jake Gosling scored.<br />

Shaun Whalley led the<br />

fight back as his surging run<br />

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being illegally nudged off the<br />

ball in the box. The resulting<br />

penalty was then tucked into<br />

the corner of the net by Adam<br />

Farrell. Telford continued<br />

to press and were handed a<br />

golden opportunity to take<br />

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as they were awarded another<br />

penalty. Once again<br />

Farrell stepped up but this<br />

time his unconvincing effort<br />

was saved.<br />

The Bucks showed their<br />

character and immediately<br />

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Bucks Head.<br />

got back on top creating a<br />

number of openings. It was<br />

substitute Sean Clancy who<br />

was to prove to be the match<br />

winner with twelve minutes<br />

to go as he broke into the<br />

area and bundled the ball in<br />

from close range.<br />

With North Ferriby matching<br />

Telford’s result it was<br />

imperative for Watson to see<br />

his side produce a positive<br />

outcome from their visit to<br />

Solihull two days later. But<br />

things did not look good as<br />

the Moors raced into a two<br />

goal lead. First Reece Fleet<br />

found himself in space and<br />

lashed the ball past a cruelly<br />

exposed Young and then a<br />

defensive mix up let in Junior<br />

English to finish well with an<br />

overhead kick.<br />

Gradually though the<br />

Bucks began to take control<br />

and create chances and they<br />

pulled a goal back mid-way<br />

through the first half.<br />

A Whalley corner from the<br />

> Sean Clancy leads the celebrations in the changing rooms<br />

> Liam Watson and Dom Morley.<br />

right caused confusion in<br />

the box and amid the mayhem<br />

the ball was headed<br />

into his own net by a Moors<br />

defender.<br />

Telford were back in the<br />

game and should have been<br />

level just before the break as<br />

Farrell stepped up to take<br />

advantage of a rather fortuitous<br />

penalty award. But Jasbir<br />

Singh in the home goal<br />

guessed right and gathered<br />

comfortably. Telford continued<br />

to play with urgency<br />

and could have bagged<br />

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second period, Tony Gray<br />

and Whalley with particularly<br />

good chances.<br />

Fortunately, as has often<br />

been the case this season,<br />

Grogan was the man on the<br />

spot to scramble home following<br />

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with the news that North Ferriby<br />

had lost at Boston a<br />

point was enough to give<br />

the Bucks the edge in the<br />

title race, and they now knew<br />

that a win in their final game<br />

would be enough to see<br />

them take the title.<br />

A crowd of over three<br />

thousand seven hundred<br />

turned up against Gainsborough<br />

Trinity hoping to see<br />

Telford crowned as champions.<br />

Trinity proved limited opposition<br />

in truth as they were<br />

easily swept aside. A hard<br />

working United soon took<br />

the initiative with Farrell denied<br />

by an offside flag before<br />

Grogan got the all important<br />

opener on eighteen minutes,<br />

the former Cammell Laird<br />

man was on the spot to slam<br />

home from close in.<br />

A second goal came early<br />

after the break as a marauding<br />

Shaun Whalley was<br />

brought down in the box<br />

allowing Clancy to stroke<br />

home from the penalty spot.<br />

Determined not to let<br />

the title slip Watson’s men<br />

chased everything.<br />

Then in the final minute<br />

Whalley broke away to score<br />

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> Sean Clancy celebrates his goal.<br />

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of experience<br />

by new arrival Jack Furnival.<br />

Wellington have one of<br />

and youth, Wellington<br />

are in<br />

the most promising left arm<br />

buoyant mood. First team<br />

spokesman, Adam Byram,<br />

said, ‘We are hoping five or<br />

spinners in Daniel Lloyd and<br />

with Adam Byram as well,<br />

the bowling department appears<br />

solid.<br />

six of the more experienced<br />

Local cricket with<br />

players stick around and do<br />

Fraser Watson<br />

Bryam has a modest expectation<br />

this season, ‘We’ll<br />

their jobs and a few of the<br />

young players step up to the Byram is confident that be happy to finish in the<br />

plate. If that happens it could the batting unit will be bolstered<br />

top half. It’s important the<br />

be a very enjoyable season.’<br />

by the arrival of a younger players enjoy their<br />

Wellington have been West Indian allrounder in a cricket, establish themselves<br />

lifted by the re-signing of the<br />

popular Neil Edwards, who<br />

will be aiming to build on<br />

his 654 runs at an average<br />

of 32 from last season. His<br />

batting contribution will be<br />

crucial after the high profile<br />

departure of Joe Clarke. Byram<br />

said, ‘Joe’s going was<br />

completely understandable.<br />

He has re-joined his native<br />

club Oswestry, who play in<br />

few weeks. His arrival will<br />

certainly be welcome after<br />

Ross Aucote chose to play<br />

for Wolverhampton this season.<br />

The overseas player will<br />

hopefully be announced in<br />

the near future.<br />

The bowling department<br />

is spearheaded by Captain<br />

Wendell Wagner who led by<br />

example last season with a<br />

very credible 32 wickets. He<br />

as first team players and<br />

then I’m sure we’ll have a<br />

good season.’ One thing is<br />

for sure, Wellington would<br />

love to improve on their<br />

fourth place from 2013 and<br />

who knows even gain one of<br />

the promotion places.<br />

Wellington’s next games<br />

are away at Ombersley on<br />

Saturday 3 May, at home to<br />

Old Hill on the 10 May, away<br />

our league and he will be will be ably supported by at Smethwick on the 17 May<br />

doing lots of travelling with<br />

Worcestershire this year. We<br />

wish him all the best.’<br />

Anthony O’Connor who took<br />

31 wickets in 2013. Martin<br />

Delaney is fit and raring to<br />

and at home to local rivals<br />

Shifnal on the 24 May. All<br />

games start at 12 noon.<br />

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Local entrepreneur Paola<br />

Armstrong has set up a business<br />

specifically to help local companies<br />

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the Driver Certificate of Professional<br />

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“One of the key points of<br />

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training every five years to<br />

ensure their licence is valid.<br />

This means that there is a<br />

large number of local small<br />

and medium sized businesses<br />

whose drivers only<br />

have until September 2014<br />

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Paola established Highmead<br />

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dates and venues - offering<br />

training both at weekends<br />

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to suit busy local companies<br />

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Highmead Training Services’<br />

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They give participants the<br />

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Paola on the delivery and<br />

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Lucy Allan, Telford’s Parliamentary<br />

Candidate, has<br />

today welcomed new Government<br />

funding for pothole<br />

repairs and urged Telford<br />

and <strong>Wrekin</strong> Council to bid<br />

for support.<br />

The £168 million Pothole<br />

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the 2014 Budget, has today<br />

opened for bids from councils,<br />

with applications closing<br />

next month.<br />

The funding is enough to<br />

repair more than three million<br />

potholes across Britain,<br />

and comes on top of £10<br />

billion already being given to<br />

councils in England for local<br />

roads maintenance between<br />

2010 and 2021.<br />

Local authorities who get<br />

funding will have to sign a<br />

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clearly how many potholes<br />

> Lucy Allen<br />

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so that local communities<br />

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Lucy Allan commented:<br />

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in Telford and deal with the<br />

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“Now Telford and <strong>Wrekin</strong><br />

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