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April 2014 · Issue 180
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Wrekin News is proving very popular with our
readers across Telford. In fact it has been so
popular that we have to apologise that in some
stores we ran out of copies last month.
W
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to meet the demand for future issues! We have our attractive dispensers in every
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Newport and also the Post
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Wrekin News continues to
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We know you love our
reader’s letters and local
news coverage but we are
building a reputation for the
quality of our competition
prizes and the number of
entries increases with every
issue. In this issue we have
EIGHT competitions for you
to enter including the usual
mix of theatre tickets, family
passes, prizes and vouch-
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They are: Heat Holder
Socks – this competition
was so popular last time that
the manufacturers have provided us with another ten
pairs for our readers to win.
Eyton Races May Meeting
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away £10 vouchers to ten
lucky winners to spend in
Wellington’s most popular
restaurant.
Buddy Holly Show – the
Grand Theatre have given
us two pairs of tickets to see
this blockbuster of a show.
Billy Pearce Show – Theatre Severn have offered a
pair of tickets to see this
evergreen comedian.
Blues Brothers – The Place
in Oakengates have secured
this terrific group of musicians fronted by Paul Jones
(ex-Manfred Man), we have
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April 2014 · Issue 180
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Oh boy! - The
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The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
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actors and musicians tell
Buddy Holly’s story, from
his meteoric rise to fame,
to his final legendary performance at The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa.
Featuring two terrific hours
of the greatest songs ever
written, including That’ll Be
The Day, Oh Boy, Rave On,
La Bamba, Chantilly Lace,
Johnny B. Goode, Raining
In My Heart, Everyday,
Shout and many, many
more, this show is just
SOUNDS GREAT, doesn’t
it, and the really good news
is that two lucky readers
can win a pair of tickets
each to see The Buddy
Holly Story at the Grand
Theatre on Monday 19
May.
All you have to do to
stand a chance of winning
the tickets is to answer this
very simple question. Buddy had a smash hit with the
song Peggy ___ .
We will need your answers by Tuesday 22 April.
Send your entries to us at
Wrekin News, Bridge Road,
Wellington Telford TF11RY
or mail to: dave.gregory@
ppmedia.co.uk
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HE BUDDY Holly
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rest assured Wrekin News
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big response to these great
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HE WINNERS of this
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WAYNE’S
WORLD!
Back in the day, as a teenager, Wellington-born Wayne Scholes was the kit
manager/kit boy for the Telford Tigers ice hockey team. A number of people
who worked with Wayne at Telford Tigers have expressed delight that he has
returned, especially as the owner!
W
AYNE was a
born salesman.
At
school he
would sell
toffees that he had made
himself, getting his mother
to buy more ingredients
from the profits he made. He
said: “My dad was an army
chef and his recipe for toffee
made lots more toffee that
the family could eat, so there
was always some left over
for me to sell at school. After
a while, I started to make it
myself!”
The toffee selling enterprise was brought to a sudden halt. Nothing to do with
‘healthy’ eating -this was
back in the 1980s, after all!but it concerned someone
taking umbrage that a pupil
The extraordinary
story of local boy,
Wayne Scholes.
was -gasp!- making a profit.
An early lesson for Wayne
that cued him in to the fact
that some people are resentful of success.
But this had given Wayne
a taste for sales, and so
sales was where Wayne’s
heart was and still is. He
worked as a sales representative and sales manager
for a number of national and
international firms, often covering the whole of the UK.
He said at the time: “When
you know the one-way systems of every major town in
the UK, you know you really
are doing a lot of mileage!”
He then spent time in
Switzerland, France and
Ireland before heading to
America where he married
Amber and began raising
a family.
He was marketing director for Virgin North America,
when he was headhunted by
a South African-based firm
and after working for them
for several years decided to
launch what was to become
Red Touch Media.
He returned to live in the
USA and now Red Touch
Media is a global player in
the field of content creation
and management, working
with a vast number of international concerns. On its
website Red Touch Media
states: “Red Touch Media
connects content owners,
advertisers, retailers and
consumers to premium digital content via the world’s
most innovative distribution
platform.”
So there’s a good chance
that if you view or use content from global brands that
you have unwittingly used
the services provided by
> Above: Fans young and
old have flocked back to
watch the Tigers.
Right: Tigers owner
Wayne in the changing
rooms where it all began.
Feature photographs by James Baylis
> View from the Tigers bench.
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> Timo Kuuluvainen
on the ice
‘FROM KIT
BOY TO
OWNER!’
Red Touch Media.
Wayne still has family
in Wellington who he visits
regularly. His brother Martin is a news editor working
for Partnership Publishing
in Wellington, brother Marc
is president/dean of a university in Canada and his
sister Petra and mom live in
Wellington.
Why did Wayne decide
to buy the Telford Tigers?
He told Wrekin News: “They
asked Red Touch Media to
become a corporate sponsor. After exploratory meetings with them we decided
to sponsor the club. They
are an ambitious team, hungry for success. But I knew
that something was lacking.
I realised that what they
needed was not just a sponsor to help cover the bills,
but a new owner who could
really help fund the Telford
Tigers for the success that
have been proved wrong.”
Red Touch Media has offices in America, South Africa and several in the UK
and he is looking to have an
office in Telford, chiefly for
the Telford Tigers. He has
examined several properties
which he feels show considerable promise.
He went on to say: “We
need a strong presence in
the town. In a comparatively
short period of time we have
managed to massively increase the gates at Telford
Tigers’ matches.
“I know there are a lot
of ice hockey fans in not
only Telford but in Shropshire and the rest of the
West Midlands and over the
border in Wales. For a vari-
ety of reasons, historically,
ice hockey fans have not
been particularly well served
in this region. Attempts to
launch teams in Wolverhampton and Birmingham
failed, so perhaps surprisingly the Telford Tiger’s are
the only professional ice
hockey team in the entire
area.”
He explained: “We want
to extend a warm invitation
to all ice hockey fans from
the Welsh borders, from all
over Shropshire and the
West Midlands to come and
enjoy the happy, familyfriendly atmosphere at the
Telford Tigers’ games.
“We were aware that
the Sochi Winter Olympics would increase public
awareness and interest in
many winter sports, but especially the exciting team
sport of ice hockey. And we
want the Telford Tigers team
to benefit from this growing
awareness of ice hockey.”
Telford Tigers lost their
chance of English Premier
League play-off glory, after
losing by just one goal to
Guildford Flames, 7-6 aggregate. However, it’s the first
time Telford Tigers got so far
in nearly two decades and
there’s always next season
to look forward to.
And Wayne has some
ambitious plans for not only
Telford Tigers but for several other exciting projects,
too. As they say: “Watch this
space!”
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> Tigers celebrate after scoring.
the team so richly deserves.
“And this is precisely what
we have been able to do.
We have new players, the
team is now on a roll and
heading to the playoffs was
my dream for the Telford Tigers. Some people thought
it was an impossible dream,
well, thankfully, those people
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On your
Patch
HADLEY
Regeneration
continues
Email the News Editor:
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ON YOUR PATCH…
LIGHTMOOR
Care home praised
Staff at a Telford care home
have been recognised by
leading doctors as shining
lights in the care of elderly
patients.
Lightmoor View on Brick
Kiln Bank was commended
by specialist nurses from
Telford and Wrekin and
Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Groups during a
road trip to mark national
Dignity Day.
The trip saw safeguarding
teams from the two CCGs
visit 49 different homes,
where predominantly elderly
residents receive an element
specialist care, to talk about
the importance of always
treating people with dignity
and respect.
Christine Morris, Executive Nurse from Telford and
Wrekin CCG, said: “We were
so impressed by the work
of staff at Lightmoor View.
They are beacons of good
practice.
“Dignity covers all aspects of daily life, including
respect, privacy and selfworth,” she said.
“Staff at Lightmoor View
treat people in their care
with dignity and respect and
are actively encouraged to
speak up if they have any
concerns.
“Dignity is a very personal
thing that can be difficult to
define,” said Ms Morris.
“What is clear is that people know they have when
they have not been treated
with dignity and respect.”
Work is underway on the
second phase of the regeneration of Hadley centre, a
£900,000 scheme following
the completion of phase one
last year.
The latest developments
include demolition of Gladstone House, a new pedestrian link to the flyover, construction of three new retail
units and the repaving of
High Street.
The three new units will
provide 4,000 sq ft of space
all of which are pre-let to
Gladstone Veterinary Clinic,
a Polish Supermarket and
Wrekin Housing Trust. It
should be completed at the
end of June.
The Borough is talking
with residential developers
for the sale of the Haybridge
Road car park and the re-
ON YOUR PATCH…
maining Gladstone House
units. The site benefits from
outline planning consent for
24 dwellings.
The aim is for the sale
to be completed in time to
enable the final phase of
construction to begin in late
summer.
Throughout the regeneration, Telford & Wrekin
Council has been working
in partnership with Hadley &
Leegomery Parish Council to
drive forward improvements
to provide a more inviting
centre with modern shops
and services for residents.
The second phase follows
up the completion of the
opening stage of the regeneration last year, which saw
12 retail units and maisonettes demolished and seven
new units built, including a
Tesco Express.
The second phase is
partly funded by Telford &
Wrekin Council and partly by
the Homes and Communities Agency. The council has
demolished a further eight
retail unit and 12 flats to
create space for the development.
HADLEY
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crafters to sell their craft items
Their grand opening is on April 5. So, if you wish to buy
craft items, or have craft items that you make and wish to
sell, why not pop along to see them? Or call them on 07792
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> Cache in trash out....members of the volunteer group
with the bags of rubbish they collected during their tour
of Wellington
A volunteer group, including representatives of several
organisations, enjoyed a high tech treasure hunt-cum-litter
pick.
Arleston folk enjoyed the Cache In Trash Out event, starting from Watling Street Community Centre.
It was arranged with TWC and Our Arleston Community
Development, based at AFC Telford.
It included Scouts and Cubs, parents, ward member
Councillor Angela McClements, McDonald’s and West Mercia Police.
Cache In Trash Out is a green initiative backed by the
worldwide geocaching community. Since 2002, geocachers
worldwide have worked to improving open spaces and other
cache-friendly places.
Geocachers celebrate International Cache In Trash Out
weekend annually by hosting and participating in events, lo-
cally. These can focus on litter clean up, revegetation efforts
or building trails.
The Arleston event used a GPS receiver. Volunteers
collected 23 bags of rubbish in Kingsland, Charles Road,
Princess Avenue and Chartwell Road.
At the end a heaviest bag weigh-in was held and various
prizes awarded.
Councillor McClements said: “This was an excellent
event and combined a bit of fun with a serious purpose of
cleaning up our local environment. It was a great opportunity for organisations to get together and take pride in their
community.”
Councillor Shaun Davies, cabinet member for Neighbourhood Services, said: “This is the kind of fun communityspirited approach that makes improving local communities
almost effortless with everyone pulling together.”
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TRENCH
On twentieth March 70
people played for the David Wright Trophy at the
Wrockwardine
Wood/
Trench Labour Club.
Before the proceeding
began a minute’s silence
was observed in memory
of the late Tony Benn.
The quiz was won, for
the third year running,
by “Love’s Labour Lost”
the members of the winning team were councillor
Shirley Reynolds, councillor Gilly Reynolds, councillor Steve Reynolds, councillor Richard Overton and
Simon Malpas.
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Welcome Break and Waitrose, the supermarket
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some 20 jobs with the
opening of a retail store at
Telford services in Shifnal,
Shropshire on the M54.
It was opened by Mark
Pritchard, MP for The
Wrekin.
The shop means Waitrose now operates from
26 Welcome Break sites.
It will be open 365 days a
year, from 7am until 10pm,
with a choice of over 1,800
Waitrose products, including convenience foods like
sandwiches, snacks and
drinks and groceries items
like milk, bread and eggs.
It will sell food for later
use like ready meals and
fresh fruit and vegetables,
which have had a fantastic
response from shoppers
at existing Waitrose shops
at Welcome Break sites.
Feedback shows customers really enjoy the convenience of being able to
pick up quality food and
drink for later, whilst onthe-go.
All non-management
employees at the shop will
become Partners or coowners in the John Lewis
Partnership. This will entitle them to a say in how
the business is run and
a share in annual profits.
Last year saw all existing
employees receive 17% of
their annual wage in bonuses.
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31/03/2014 11:34
GEORGE
EVANS
T he W re ki n’s
fa vourite
colu m nist!
RELIGIONS
AROUND
THE WREKIN
T
O MY mind, one of
the most interesting
things about the human race is that we
are all different. Long ago,
when I was a lad, there were
just a few religious differences in Wellington; you were
Church of England, Methodist, Baptist or Roman Catholic and that was it. Nowadays
there are far more choices.
Even my own religion has
changed over the years. I
was christened in New Street
Methodist Church, then confirmed in the Church of England at St Peters, Wrockwardine and for a time regularly
attended Christ Church, Wellington. Nearly twenty years
ago I became a Quaker (a
member of the Religious Society of Friends), which I still
am. I’m convinced that we
should respect each other’s
right to be different so you
won’t find any criticism of
other faiths here.
Please forgive me for concentrating on Wellington; it’s
the place I know best and
if I included all the religious
buildings in the whole county
of The Wrekin this would be
a boring list. Still most people round The Wrekin are, or
consider themselves, Christian, though a large number
seldom attend their church
except for weddings and
funerals. Perhaps the most
common religious belief is
agnostic and there are many
atheists.
The largest Christian
church is All Saints Church,
which is Church of England,
Evangelical in its outlook. It
has the oldest building, built
GEORGE EVANS WRITES ABOUT
DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AND
CHURCHES AROUND THE WREKIN
> Two Wellington churches in the 1960s
in 1790, to replace an older
church going back to at least
the 13th Century.
Christ Church in New
Church Road is Anglo-Catholic. It was built as a Chapel
of Ease in 1839 and changed
from Evangelical to AngloCatholic by its Vicar, Rev.
JP Abbey. There are several
other old and new Anglican
churches in surrounding
towns and villages.
The Methodist Church in
New Street, a new building
on the old site, also serves
many social functions; again
the district has many more.
A few years ago an older
building was demolished
because of the high cost of
maintenance. The building
was less important than the
congregation.
St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church has recently had
an increase in numbers and
some masses are now said
in Polish. A previous Catholic
church in Mill Bank became
a school, then a cinema and
has been demolished.
The Union Free Church in
Constitution Hill has a joint
membership of Baptists and
Congregationists. It has an
interesting similarity to St
Patrick’s - both were planned
with a spire and neither
spires were added because
of the cost.
One recent Christian
church is the House of
Prayer held in the old Town
Hall over the market. There
may be other ‘house churches’ in the area - I don’t know.
A lively Pentecostal
Church on Tan Bank has
mainly (but not exclusively)
Afro-Caribbean members.
Their building was originally
the Sunday school of the
Primitive Methodists, who
merged with Wesleyan
Methodists in New Street.
It’s called the First Church of
Jesus Christ Apostolic.
The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints
or Mormons in Glebe Street
has increased numbers and
has added a new building in
Lawley. Jehovah’s Witnesses meet at Plough Road,
Wrockwardine Wood and
Springfield Christian Fellowship at Tweedale Industrial
Estate.
The Salvation Army meets
in Lion Street, Oakengates
and has buildings of various
kinds throughout the area
serving their work with those
in need, as well as a shop in
Wellington.
Some Greek Orthodox
worshipers have joined the
Anglican churches but the
Serbian Orthodox Church
has a church in Donnington.
Many are the descendants of
European Voluntary Workers
who came here after the Last
World War.
There is an old tradition of
charismatic preachers round
The Wrekin, including John
Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, Dr
Cranage in Wellington and
the Ketley man, S. Parkes
Cadman, who began the
tradition of popular radio
preachers in America.
In Telford’s ‘Town Centre’ is Meeting Point House,
where we Quakers meet.
There are, I’m told, five other
churches in the same building including an Anglican/
Methodist church, some Nigerian Christians and a Chinese Christian church whom
I have heard singing traditional English Christmas Carols delightfully in Chinese.
Probably the fastest growing religious group is Islam.
There are three Mosques in
Wellington; the main one in
Tan Bank used to be a Primitive Methodist Church. Also
there is another that is growing from a house in Regent
Street and a third Islamic
Centre in the old Drill Hall, in
King Street. The first I visited
was at Christ Church Hall,
where newly arrived Muslims
met for Eid ul Fitr and I was
able to welcome them.
There are also large numbers of Sikhs in our area,
who have their Guru Nanak
Sikh Gurdwara in the old
school building in Hadley.
The Sikh community gave
generously to the Friends of
the Princess Royal Hospital,
presenting the chairman, my
late wife, with a cheque.
I do not know where
Hindus meet; please tell
me if you do. There are a
few Buddhists also in Hadley including an old friend
DD Ahir. Jews have no local
Synagogue and the few local
ones I know visit a Synagogue in Wolverhampton.
There is a Spiritualist church
in Watling Street I’m told.
Over the years I have attended services at Methodist, Anglican, Roman Catholic, Congregational, Baptist,
Mormon and Pentecostal
churches as well as my own
Quaker meetings. Also I’ve
visited Muslim Mosques
and Sikh Gurdwaras. I have
always found the people
friendly, welcoming and
peaceful.
All the religions I know
and most people with no
religion support the idea of
peace.
We can show our commitment to peace, by having
no enemies or we can, quietly, with no fuss or getting
permission, honour the life
of someone we were fond
of. We can plant something
in Wellington Peace Garden.
The garden is in front of
the new library and it’s beginning to be beautiful in
spring. It will cost you the
plant and the effort of planting it; that’s all. Just do what
you think is right; it probably
is. Peace, Pax, Pace, Salam,
Shalom, Frieden.
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Branching out with Francis James
N
OT long ago, Wellington’s longestablished cornucopia of gifts,
cards, jewellery and sundry
splendours, Upstairs, Downstairs, moved lock, stock
and barrel, to Bell Street and
was magically transformed
into the even more exclusive
Francis James.
Said owner Veronica:
“We were confident Francis
James would be a hit with
the discerning gift-buying
public of the area, but I must
admit that the strength of the
success took even me by
surprise!
“It seems just about everyone in the Wrekin area in
need of cards, gifts, knitwear, clocks, toys, bears, exclusive jewellery and those
wonderful things that you
don’t know you need, right
up until the moment you see
Rotary plant trees
On Saturday 15 March Cubs
and Beavers from the 2nd
Wombridge Scout Group
joined members of Wrekin
Rotary Club in planting 105
trees of various varieties at
the Wellington Cottage Care
Trust.
Our pictures show Rotary
President Malcolm Hallewell
with some of the helpers.
The Rotary Club of the
Wrekin meets each Thursday at the Hadley Park Hotel,
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New lawley
group seek
your help
T
HE AIM of the group
is to highlight the
crash in the Second
World War when
a young American pilot
ditched his P-47 Thunderbolt
fighter aircraft on the Bull
Ring at Lawley Bank.
The incident happened
on June 20 1944. It is
thought that 2nd Lt Clifford
W. Jensen had suffered a
mid-air collision after some
practice aerobatics. He left
the formation, turning right
before ditching his aircraft.
One witness described
the aircraft as approaching
from the direction of the
Wrekin ‘like a ball of fire’.
The force of the impact and
resulting massive explosion
saw the stricken aircraft
dashed to pieces.
Eyewitnesses watched
as pieces of fuselage rained
down onto the Bull Ring,
while other large chunks
were seen burning in nearby
gardens. Shrapnel broke
windows in nearby houses,
shops and the Bull’s Head
public house which is still on
the corner of the road with
Dawley Bank.
Two witnesses, one a garage mechanic from Princes
End and the other Mr Ernie
(Enoch) Rigby, who had just
left the Bull’s Head as the
incident occurred, saw the
plane crash. Mr Rigby made
heroic efforts to save the
pilot, sadly without success,
being forced back by heat
and smoke.
Locals from all around
came out of their homes
Ron Munt, who represents a new group
in Lawley called Lawley Bank and Friends
Wartime Memory Group, dropped in to
our offices last week and asked us for
help in publicising the new group.
> A photocopy of a photograph taken in 1944. The
wreckage was taken away
quickly by the US Military.
> The simple inscription tells a tale of bravery.
shaken by the noise of the
crash and stood on top of
the bank by Milners Lane.
From inside the wreckage
bullets were exploding in
all directions, breaking windows in nearby properties.
Sometime later, in the
mid-afternoon, American
officers arrived in a Jeep
to take charge. American
military personnel who were
based at Malinslee Hall remove the pilot’s body. A mobile crane was sent for but
not used until the following
day when the fire had been
distinguished. No explanation was given at the time
as to the possible cause of
the crash.
In October 1977 a lady
who lived on the Bull’s Head
side of the road described
how a ‘bullet’ which had exploded by the heat of the ensuing fire had penetrated her
front door and ricocheted off
the inside of her house until
it lost its momentum - the
bullet was half-inch diam-
> Sheila Jones, Malcom
Randall, Ron Munt and Les
Tait, perform a laying of the
wreath ceremony at 2nd Lt
Jenson’s crash spot.
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eter, the standard issue then
carried by American aircraft.
She kept the bullet as a souvenir.
One of the History Group
members, Clifford Bryce, recalls as a twelve year old
boy returning home and
finding some bullet cases
and taking them home as
souvenirs, as did many children that day. His mother
wouldn’t allow him to keep
them in the house and told
him to bury them in the garden. Clifford suspects they
are still there to this day.
The History Group’s vicechairman, Ivor Jones was
just eleven when the crash
happened and he has tried
for many years to erect a
memorial to the brave pilot
whose actions saved many
lives. It is thought he managed to steer his stricken
plane away from Lawley
School and away from
highly populated areas to
the only patch of green he
could see.
Ivor’s attempts finally paid
off and in November 2012
he finally succeeded. David
Wright MP unveiled a simple
plaque in memory of 2nd
Lt Jenson and on October
18 2013 he also unveiled a
bench on the same spot.
The History Group intend
raising money and donating
it to Blind Service Veterans.
They meet monthly at the
Wrekin View, Lawley Bank.
Alan’s on the team
Alan Hart has written in after
seeing the old photograph of
Wellington Grammar football team.
Have just seen the article of the
under 13a team at the Grammar
School and I was one of the team
that is me third from the right.
Mike and I were together from
infant school then junior school
then the Grammar.
If you have contact with him
ask him about his cold toast which
I used to share, and what about
the lunch time football ‘match’.
All hell in the playground but it
produced some good footballers.
Is Ivan on this Hadley picture?
I
WAS pleased to read
Ivan’s letter in the
March 2014 issue of
Wrekin News, confirming the name of Frank Holland, but I didn’t know his
nickname.
As he remembered so
much about the fighter
planes crashing in mid-air
I was surprised he did not
mention the one pilot ending up on the front lawn
of a house in Haybridge
Avenue.
Despite my living near
the Cross Keys in Hadley
for eight years I did not
know that particular spot
by Mrs Bebb’s was called
Parrot Lane, nor did I know
Ocker Brook was a proper
name, I thought it was just
a local title.
I am enclosing a copy
of a photograph of Hadley
schoolchildren from somewhere between 1937 and
1939 because I am fairly
certain that Ivan is at the
end of the back row on the
right hand side. I am third
from the left on the second
row from the front.
Whereas I can name
the girls, there are a few
boys I cannot name and
I thought maybe Ivan can
and there is a faint possibility that Frank could be on
the photograph. I never had
the original photograph but
someone kindly lent me
her copy a few years ago
so that I could get in copied at the Camera Shop
in Wellington. I have now
Mrs June Bennison
from Lawley Village
writes in response
to Ivan Fletcher’s
letter.
photocopied it to allow you
to use it.
On a different subject, the
High School photograph in
the Wrekin News was before
my time there but it was
no trouble for me to identify Miss Etches the maths
teacher who was there until
she retired and still lived in
Wellington with her sister until her death in her nineties.
She kept the same hairstyle
throughout.
Hadley Old Boys line-up
DEREK (GASH) Gambie has been keeping us entertained with his stories of his early days in Hadley.
Derek is now retired and living in the Dordogne district
of France. He has written many local books and he
recently sent me this photograph of the original Hadley
Old Boys football team. The team went on to be one of
the most successful amateur sides in the district and
were one of the first to play in the Shropshire County
League.
The photograph was taken in 1959 and the players are:
Back Row, left to right: Ken Robinson; Keith Wallace; Alan Hughes; Derek Fletcher; Derek ’Gash’ Gambie; Brian Jones; Kenny Cruxton;
Front Row left to right: Tom Sharrock, manager;
George Humphreys; Graham Doody; Derek Bytheway;
Cliff Bennett; Derek Ball; Barry Williams (joint secretary).
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Derek deals with the school bully!
T
HERE was of course
a school bully from
an upper class and
being well built for
my age he had to prove he
was better than me and I
was subsequently a frequent
victim. We had dozens of
battles in the school yard
and he won every one of
them but never once did I
submit to his taunts.
This of course drove him
mad and the battles went
on for weeks until some
sharp eyed teacher noticed
that I always appeared to
be bleeding and covered in
bruises; thankfully he put a
stop to it once and for all. I
will not name him because
equally tragically he also
died very young.
My stubbornness also
got me a thrashing from another older boy. We had a
set at one end of the yard
and he steadily drove me
right across to the other end
knocking me down several
times. I made two very big
mistakes that day, never take
on anyone older and bigger than yourself and if he
Derek Gambie continues his story of life
in Hadley as a boy. He told us last month
about his bad experiences with school
meals and continues this month about
dealing with the school bully and a trip to
London.
knocks you down don’t keep
getting up as I did.
I never took any notice
of this advice but that was
the nature of people who
come from Hadley – they
don’t give up easily. Everyone from Hadley is a little bit
special to me!
It was August 1951 and
I had just turned nine years
old. Uncle Jim and Aunty
Lal had been visiting earlier
in the week and today, Sunday, they turned up again.
Me and my two sisters were
bundled into the Ford 8 with
dad and mom joining Uncle
Jim and aunty Lal in the
Austin 10.
We set off east along the
old A5 road towards Cannock and I remember going across a road junction
called Muckley Corner. The
road from there was very uneven and dad explained that
it was subsidence caused
by mine workings. After a
few more miles both cars
stopped, a conference was
held among the adults and
we turned back and stopped
at a roadside pub.
Back home and no explanation to us kids. One
week later dad and mom
and us three kids caught a
train to London and then a
bus to the outskirts and into
a ground floor flat. Hugs and
kisses for the adults and a
polite handshake for me. It
was the home of my dad’s
brother uncle Harry and his
wife, who, much to my confusion was also called aunty
Lal.
If you are
enjoying
these
stories,
you may
like to
read full
length
novels by
the same
author
1 Trilby at War
2 Trilby and the hunt for the serial killer
3 Whiteout 74
4 Zog One
5 Uncle Jim
6 No Peace for Uncle Jim
7 The Mother Of All Wet Ones
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> Derek Gambie
At last we worked out
what had happened. Dad
had intended driving to London but was unsure of the
road or the capability of the
16 year-old car to make it.
The previous Sunday outing
had been a bit of a trial run
and the result was that we
had better let the train take
the strain. It had been a very
exciting journey for me with
my nose pressed to the carriage window all the way but
now I was tired and put the
bed early.
In 1935 my parents had
got married in Fairford,
Gloucestershire and spent
their honeymoon in the flat
of Harry and Lal but it was
two flats earlier as they were
twice bombed out during the
Blitz.
Next morning was quite
a culture shock for me as I
was let outdoors into what
appeared to be a large concrete yard about 50 yards
square. I was hugely disappointed and assumed if the
whole of London was like
this I wasn’t coming again.
I did manage to get beyond the yard but only with
adults in tow and we did
see some greenery in Hyde
Park and the changing of
the guard at Buckingham
Palace. Dad still had a lot
of his family living in London
so we got dragged all over
the place and then had to
sit quietly whilst the adults
talked, drank and sang.
But then a big decision
was made that put me into a
two day sulk. Dad was going
to see the Festival of Britain
but he declared that I was
too young to appreciate it
so could not go. I stormed
outside and walked around
the yard wall kicking every
brick at ground level. I think
my dad was surprised at the
level of my disappointment
so two days later he declared that we would all go
to London Zoo for the day.
This was more like it as I
loved animals but my range
had never got past cats,
dogs, cows and horses, so
it was a revelation to see
ostriches and elephants. To
get there we had to cross
the centre of London and
part of the trip was done on
a double decker open top
tram. I spent most of the time
running up and down the
stairs but the driver let me
touch some of the controls
and the conductor lifted me
up to ding the bell.
From the top deck I saw
more traffic in ten minutes
than I would see down Hadley High Street in a week.
Little did I know that fifteen
years later I would be charging through those same
streets driving a Land Rover
but by then the trams had
been consigned to the history books.
At the zoo I came across
the cage that absolutely fascinated me and just stared
and stared at the animals
within. I never looked round
and must have been there
for over half an hour when
exasperated dad turned up
puffing and panting with my
sisters Jean and Beryl in
tow. He was very angry and
gave me a lecture on behaviour and for goodness sake
‘don’t get lost again’.
‘But dad, I’m not lost; it’s
you that has been lost. I
have been here all the time
looking into the eye of a
Tiger. For once I got a smile
and an ice cream instead of
a clout – so perhaps London
wasn’t so bad after all.
Next month it is the fruit
season and a family trip to
a favourite aunt to pick her
damsons.
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Stars and Castles on the rail track
H
OW VERY interesting – a railway article by my namesake Dave, Reference GWR ‘Star’ class 4056
Princess Margaret. I enclose
a photograph of her sister
Princess Alexander (4053)
exiting King Street bridge
on an afternoon up express
captured for our pleasure
by ace railway photographer
Brian Morrison in July 1952.
For many years, Wolverhampton (Stafford Road)
hosted at least five ‘Stars’
even more ‘Castles’ and a
quarter of ‘Kings’ and whilst
Kings were off-limit via Wellington, the well-kept ‘Stars’
and ‘Castles’ were daily
viewing for keen Wellington
spotters.
C.M.E., G. J. Churchward’s classic design was
most definitely a trend setter.
His four cylinder layout developed eventually into the
fine ‘Castle’ class, and then,
the ‘Kings’. In exchange trials with express locomotives
on other main railways, the
‘Stars’ and ‘Castles’ proved
John Talbot from
Bournemouth
writes in response
to the ongoing
saga over the
Princess Margaret
locomotive.
to be significantly superior.
Huge driving wheels and
polished rods were unencumbered with outside valve
linkages as in other designs.
All the Walschaerts valve
linkages were tucked away,
cleverly inside the frames.
Such a clean-aspect emphasised the stride of these machines in motion.
Looking at 4053, in reflection, I hear it’s characteristic
exhaust ‘bark’ of four cylinder power, the approach intensity, followed by a diminishing ‘Doppler’ sound-effect
as the train accelerated to
Hollinswood.
During the heyday of fast
express trains Bristol depot
must have been a ‘Star’
spotter’s paradise as it had
fifteen of them!
Fortunately my recall of
these impressive locos has
not faded. No. 4018 ‘Knight
of the Grand Cross (ex-SRD)
rattling down from Haybridge junction into my sight
emitting a piercing whistle
scream to warn Wellington,
‘I’m Coming!’
Or 4004 ‘Morning Star’,
every other summer morning heading ‘Bournemouth-
Birkenhead’ consist of green
Southern Railway Carriages.
Remarkably, the original
Star 4000 ‘North Star’, in our
day, a convert to a ‘Castle’
class, was regularly passing
Wellington, and there was
‘Knight Templar’, such a dynamic parade of engineering
excellence for young eyes.
Only one survives, 4003
‘Lode Star’, all polished and
stately in early twentieth cen-
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at the National Railway Museum in York – a classic!
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Fire watching
and gas masks
for young Rona
O
nce again (Writes
Rona Harris) as
I sat reminiscing
and enjoying a
cup of coffee, I began to
remember how long ago it
was that I did have my first
cup of coffee, and it was
around 1941 /42 ‘ish and my
Mum was as usual at Grandma’s house (her mother’s)
and I was at our home and
of course getting into my
usual mischief, I decided on
making this white enamel
mug of coffee.
Some of you may remember “Camp coffee with
Chicory” and really it was
quite revolting it was in a
bottle which resembled
brown sauce, and it was
made worse because there
was no sugar to spare to
help sweeten it all up a little.
This started a trend of
thoughts of around and at
that time so “Picture this”.
It was a very dark night,
and Mum, my sister Sheila
and myself were. as was
almost every day at Grandma’s house and which was
about three to four miles
from our own home, anyway
to carry on, there was no
moon, or stars and we were
walking home when suddenly a whole lot of searchlights started to swerve like
huge long snakes across our
sky from beyond and over
the Manchester direction, I
don’t recall sirens sounding
after dark, but it was all very
scary, just the darkness and
yes! the quiet searching and
swerving lights high above
us in the darkness.
The three of us must have
resembled three young girls
both walking and running
a little along these roads
which seemed to be endless, but eventually the the
relative safety came into
view as we neared our own
home, and I can still feel the
relief as Mum put the key in
the door and we scurried
inside similar to the saying
“like rats up a drainpipe” but
it was not much safer inside
when I think of the bombs
being dropped over Manchester, which was not too ar
away from our little villages.
Until my Dad was ‘called‘up’ into the army I remember so many nights during
the weeks after his working
day ended in his Manchester office he had to stay on
all night to do some “fire
watching” and I believe
that entailed people staying there to help put out
any fires or help with injured
people thus caused through
nightly bombing raids from
German aircraft, and as kids
at around nine and six years
of age all of this was very
scary.
But the main event that I
personally found very scary
was our regular practices
from our school to local village homes who had cellars in the event of bombing
raids during the daytime,
and the thought of wearing
my gasmask was positively
horrifying.
These masks were made
of black rubber which was
very hot and smelly, It was
difficult to breathe when
wearing a gas mask and
the sight of a school full of
kids wearing these things
was to say the least “mind
boggling”.
I am showing you a photograph of both the Gasmask and one of our little
local school.
Now it all seems to be so
surreal, on these wartime
nights when all was complete and utter darkness, no
lights whatsoever anywhere,
even the the little lights
showing the centre of the
roads were removed.
But you know, I never recall ever being afraid of getting attacked and molested
people had other fears and
worries then, today------well-------I don’t go out after
dark by myself now. I think
it’s called “a sign of the
times.”
We had rather a large
railway station in our village
and I would go there and to
watch and wait for the “hospital trains” these were normal train carriages but had
been converted into more
like medial wards and they
were full of troops who had
been wounded and were
being transported to various
hospitals.
All of these things and
happenings were part of
mine and other kids lives
at this time and I don’t think
you could describe the feeling of relief and getting your
life back again once “Peace
was declared”.
I will finish this episode
now and hope that I have
given some of you just some
little things to remember in
your quieter times.
June Bennison from Lawley
Village writes in response
to Derek Gambie’s letter
about the tragic drowning in
Trench Pool.
With reference to Derek’s
letter, he will be around ten
years younger than me and I
think the person he referred
to drowning in the Trench
Pool all those years ago
would have been around my
age. I might be wrong but I
think his name was Frank
Holland. I think he had an
older sister and lived somewhere in the area to the left
of Miss Jennings’ shop and
Austin’s Newsagents.
I understood that the
tragedy was through swimming too soon after eating,
causing him to get into
difficulties with cramp. I’m
sure there will be someone
around who will remember
better than me what must
have been nearly 70 years
ago.
During the long summer
holidays I used to walk to
Trench Pool with my friend
from the Cross Keys area of
Hadley on sunny days taking my pencil and note book
with me to sketch things of
interest. I remember the old
wooden shed-like building
at one corner which was
used for diving and the bulrushes being out of reach
for collecting.
I’ve no idea what it is
like now. Joan and I were
also invited by some sea
cadets from Donnington to
go out in the boats with
them and they told us there
was a whirlpool on the opposite side which had to be
avoided.
I don’t know it this story
was true or just boys being
boys.
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A GRAND DAY OUT FOR LES AND THE BOYS
Our good friend Les Lowe from Donnington sent us this
wonderful old photograph. It dates back to 1957 and is of a
group of men enjoying a day out. Les is not sure about what
the day represented but they were probably from the Bell
public house in Donnington.
He thinks the photograph was taken on a half-way stop
on the way to the Swallow Falls in Wales.
The stop was clearly a local hostelry because most of
them have drink in their hands. The older ones are sporting
flat caps and everyone is wearing either a suit or a sports
jacket. The older ones have opted to wear ties and the
younger ones are sporting the new trend of wearing the
open neck shirts outside their jackets. It is a wonderful moment in time.
Les is able to name a few of the men. Back row from left:
A Biddulph (third), George Fletcher (fourth), Alan Edwards
(fifth), Reg Greenfield (sixth), Norman Pickering (seventh)
and Jim Miner (eighth).
The middle row from left is: George Carline (second),
Harry Savage (fifth), George Pickering (sixth).
Les can only remember Cliff Meredith (fifth) and Harry
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EMERGING
TALENT
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N
ow in its 91st year
Eyton Races is an
event firmly written
into the Shropshire
calendar. The North Shropshire Hunt point-to-point
will take place on Easter
Monday (21st April) and
the South Shropshire Hunt
point-to-point on May bank
holiday Monday (5th May).
Since the outset, Eyton
has been a hub for emerging talent with many young
jockeys securing their first
win at Eyton.
Tell us a little bit about
yourself Lester:
LF: I’m 16 and currently taking my GCSEs at Thomas
Adams Wem. We’ve recently
moved from Shrewsbury
closer to the Shropshire/
Wales border but I’ve grown
up in the area and have always lived in Shropshire. I’ve
been riding my entire life and
have hunted with my family
which I’ve always enjoyed.
When I was younger I did
Pony Club and then began
to get involved in point-topointing.
This is my first riding season and my first time racing
at Eyton.
How does it feel to be racing at Eyton this year?
LF: It’s great to be competing in the race this year after
having watched Eyton from
Wrekin News has secured an
interview with young jockey Lester
Futter who at only 16 will be racing
for the first time at Eyton in both the
April and May race meetings this year.
the side-lines for so long. My
Dad’s an assistant starter at
Eyton so I have been able
to go down to the start for
as long as I can remember.
He has been field master
for the Wynstay and North
Shropshire hounds for over
10 years and I have hunted
around Eyton so we have a
big family involvement here.
When did you first start
riding?
LF: I’m not sure when I first
started riding; I’ve been doing it as far back as I remember. I’ve always wanted to
ride and loved hunting and
following hounds. I got my
first pony when I was about
three I had to learn to ride
pretty quickly as Mum never
had a horse suitable to do
lead rein from but I had a
very good pony called Ziggy
who could jump and keep
up with the big horses and
though I’ve moved on from
ponies now I still love to
ride Boysie my 15hh who I
won the puissance jumping
1metre 50 last year. He is a
serious pony whom I hope
we will never part with as
Mum loves him too.
How do your parents support you with your riding?
LF: We live on a stud farm
where my parents run one
of the biggest national hunt
stud farms in the country. So
there’s plenty of opportunity
to be working around horses, we have lots of young
horses to break and bring on
I really enjoy educating the
youngsters and seeing them
going on to race.
We’re a riding family; my
Mum, Dad and brother all
ride, although I’m the first to
enter a race competitively.
I’ve also always hunted with
my family with the North
Shropshire Wynnstay and
this last year the United. We
have had some amazing
days following hounds jumping huge hedges, gates, wire
and anything that comes in
front of us.
You’re doing your GCSEs
at the moment. How hard
is it to balance school and
training?
LF: In winter it’s quite hard.
I don’t get back from school
until 6 o’clock and it’s too
dark to ride by then. During the winter months the
only times I can ride are
at the weekend and during
half term where I try to hunt
as much as I can. Instead I
go running and swimming
during the week in order to
keep fit.
It’s easier in summer
when it’s lighter as I can ride
in in the evenings. There’s
also more time with the longer holidays.
What first made you interested in point-to-point racing as opposed to racing
on the flat and other forms
of competition?
LF: At 5’10’’ flat racing was
never an option and jump
racing is where my heart
lies. Point-to-pointing has always appealed to me partly
because it’s something that
I’ve always been interested
in and my family’s been involved with.
What are your plans for the
future?
LF: After I finish my GC
SEs I’ll hopefully get an
apprenticeship which will
get me started in working
on the stud farm, then I’ll
be involved in my family’s
business. Hopefully I’ll be
able to keep up with riding
alongside this and then who
knows; maybe I’ll be back at
Eyton next year!
Win tickets to Eyton
Wrekin News is offering two lucky winners a car pass each to the Eyton Point-toPoint on May 5.
All you have to do to win this super prize is give us the name of the young
Shropshire rider who is making his debut at this year’s point-to-point - the clue
is in the story!
Please send your entries to Wrekin News by April 22 to: Bridge Road, Wellington, Telford TF1 1RY or alternatively email them to: dave.gregory@ppmedia.co.uk
For further information about the races visit www.eyton-races.com
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The Buckatree
is back in
safe hands!
Nestled in its unique position in the shade of the Ercall, the Buckatree Hall
Hotel has always been the place to be seen. It overlooks the north Shropshire
plains from its northern elevation. It oozes class and has a history to match.
For instance did you know it got its name because a stag was once seen
between the fork in a tree in the grounds? And did you know it was rebuilt in
the 1920’s by that well-known Wellington figure, Sir John Bayley? And did you
know that the Lander family bought the house off him in the 1930’s and lived
there before moving to Sunnycroft?
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NTHRALLING
history, but many
Wellington people will have fond
memories of using the Buckatree for special occasions and events
over the years. I celebrated
my son’s 21st birthday with
an intimate family gathering
twenty years ago. In recent
history however the Buckatree has moved from private ownership into a hotel
chain; but that is all in the
past and present manager,
Wayne Jenson tells me that
the much-loved hotel is now
back in private ownership.
“Yes,” he said. “We have
now returned to private ownership and the family have
invested significantly, both
in terms of money and time
towards refurbishing the hotel, guest rooms and public
areas. We’re very keen to
build up a local clientele and
welcome customers old and
new.”
My visit was to sample
a meal and tell our readers what I think. Certainly
pulling up outside the hotel
is impressive and the welcome inside matches that
impression. A pre-meal drink
in the Lander Suite gets you
in the mood and the menu is
brought to the table for you
Accompanied by his wife
Lynne, Editor Dave Gregory
recently dined out at
the Buckatree Hall Hotel,
The Wrekin.
to peruse.
Fifteen minutes later and
you are seated in the Lakeside Restaurant which has
views over the ornamental
lake, built when the building
was turned into a hotel many
years ago.
The menu offers five
choices of starter. I went for
the Pate in a Pot garnished
with a Red Onion Marmalade and served with Warm
Olive Bread. My wife Lynne
chose the Smoked Salmon
and Dill Cheesecake sat
upon a Spiced Cous Cous
base with Spaghetti Vegetables.
As you will see from the
photograph, the food was
presented in a very attractive manner and was equally
good on the taste.
Main course was a steak
cooked to Lynne’s liking
served with grilled tomato,
mushrooms, beer battered
onion rings and chunky
chips – it looked and tasted
delicious.
My Pork Chop marinated
with herb, mustard and honey rub and served with green
cabbage and bacon with red
wine reduction was equally
delicious and the accompanying vegetables were beautifully fresh and crisp.
It’s always difficult to find
room for a dessert but in the
interests of our readers it
just had to be done. Once
again the photographs tell a
tale. Lynne’s Brandy Basket
filled with fresh fruit salad or
a section of dairy ice creams
was as good on the eye as
it was on the taste and my
cheese and biscuits were of
a very high standard.
The elegant Lakeside
Restaurant was half full on
the Thursday night we visited but bar menus are available in the Lander Suite.
Prices were very accommodating for hotel dining.
Our three-course meal was
priced at £22.50 with a £2.50
supplement for the steak but
the meal cost was broken
down into individual prices
to allow the diner to select
individual courses.
As I said, it is nearly twenty years since I dined at the
Buckatree in the Lakeside
Restaurant, but I was pleasantly pleased by the experience. The price was sensible to encourage regular
diners and I feel good that
the Buckatree is once again
in safe hands and offering
a great dining experience
alongside its successful special events schedule.
The Buckatree Hall Hotel
The Wrekin, Telford, Shropshire, TF6 5AL
Tel: 01952 641821
Email: reception@buckatreehallhotel.com
Web: www.buckatreehallhotel.com
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31/03/2014 14:45
TRUST IN A GARAGE
FROM THE TRUST
Rotary Club supports
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rice Lamb: 01952 253478.
The Rotary Club of Welling- freshments.
These can be obtained Email applications: tickton is presenting a charity
fund raising concert featur- by contacting Brian Rich- ets@wellingtonrotary.org.
ing the Fron Male Voice ards: 07710370547 or Mau- uk
Choir at 7.30pm on SatALL SMALL JOBS WELCOME
urday 10 May 2014 at All
Saints Church, Wellington.
The Froncysyllte Male
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Albert Hall and their CD recordings have been nominated for BRIT Awards.
The Rotary Club of WelPart of the Telford and Wrekin trader register
lington will be using the
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port the Shropshire manNO CALL OUT CHARGE . 24 HOUR / 7 DAYS A WEEK
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The charity supports the
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One recent customer,
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Health
& Beauty
Tigers help open salon
To sponsor the Health &
Beauty pages...
Call Marina Higgins on 01952 415334
Email: marina.higgins@ppmedia.co.uk
NEW MACMILLAN GP
Macmillan Cancer Support
has announced Dr David
Northern has been appointed as a new Macmillan GP
Facilitator covering Telford
and Wrekin CCG. He’ll work
with doctors, district nurses
and other healthcare professionals to ensure local
people with cancer receive
the best possible treatment
and care.
Telford Foot Care
Celia Crow · BSc Hons DipCFHP
Mobile Foot Health Practitioner
Foot health assessment
Corn & callus removal
Verruca treatments
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Tel: 01952 606229 · Mob: 07977 548957
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Macmillan GP Facilitators
form a key link between GPs
and hospitals, so the whole
‘cancer journey’ is improved.
This might be by ensuring
people are seen within
a two-week period if they
suspect they have cancer,
by supporting patients with
the consequences of treatment and supporting selfmanagement through their
recovery or by making sure
people wish to die at home
can do so.
If you have questions
about cancer, or to find out
how you can support Macmillan, visit www.macmillan.
org.uk or call 0808 8080000.
Lifelong Telford Tigers fan
Julie Jones invited the club’s
players to the launch of her
new hairdressing salon in
Priorslee.
Skipper Scott McKenzie
and Dan Scott were on hand
to celebrate the opening of
Elements Hair & Beauty on
Gatcombe Way.
Mrs Jones, who has followed the club since its glory
days in the 1980s, took over
the salon from previous owners in September.
And she is looking forward to taking her business
into the heart of the community.
“I had the chance to take
over the salon and after looking at all the figures, I jumped
at it,” Mrs Jones said.
“I returned to hairdressing
after a few years out and I absolutely love it. Every morning I look forward to coming
into the salon and I want our
customers to share in that.
“It can be very hard work,
but it is also very rewarding.”
Julie’s salon employs a
junior stylist, as well as five
freelance stylists, with plans
to expand into beauty treatments. She is also hoping to
introduce a loyalty scheme
for regular customers.
Her decision to involve
Telford Tigers in the launch
stems from her support of
the club over 25 years ago.
She said: “We followed
the Tigers home and away
for years, and have recently started to attend games
again.
For more information on
Elements Hair & Beauty, go
to www.elementshair-beauty.
co.uk.
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New management
team at Ableworld
A
BLEWORLD, the
UK’s leading mobility company, is delighted to announce
the introduction of a new
Management Team at their
Newport Store. They have
totally improved the store layout, bringing in more ranges
and making the store easier
to shop.
The team includes Lindsey Astley, the new Manager
(from our Ableworld Shrewsbury store and originally started off in our Newport store)
and Daniel Harper, Assistant
Manager who are both joining
existing team member Debbie Jones.
Ableworld Newport, situated behind Countrywide
- junction A41/A518 is easy
and convenient to reach with
ample free parking.
Ableworld offers customers a wide selection of quality
mobility and homecare products. A local store, staffed by
local people is often the place
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to go for the best service
and that is certainly the case
here, but Ableworld is also the
place to find the keenest prices and enjoyable shopping
experience. The store stocks
a very wide range of products
including larger items such
as mobility scooters, wheelchairs, adjustable beds and
rise and recline chairs but
also many smaller items to
help with day to day tasks.
They also hold a wide range
of products to help with bathing, toileting and dressing as
well as a range of continence
care products. Ableworld also
installs stairlifts and service
scooters. Whatever the product, the aim is to help people
to lead easier, more comfortable and independent lives.
Whatever your needs, you
can be assured of a range of
quality products from names
you can trust. Why not call in?
Open 9.00 to 5.30 Monday
to Saturday at Audley Avenue Business Park, Newport,
Shropshire, TF10 7BX. Tel.
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How can I benefit from HOCKEY SUCCESS
the Watch service?
FOR TELFORD BOYS
I
municate an early alarm to
the call centre.
Assistive technology
available includes:
l Fall detectors
l Flood detectors
l Smoke detectors
l Bed detectors
hear you, even if you are in l Wandering detectors
a different room. If you are l Intruder detectors
unable to speak or in your
garden, we will still be able Key safes
to identify your name and We provide and fit police
address so somebody can approved key safes, enaHow does it work?
be sent to your aid.
bling emergency services
The WATCH service works
to get into your property
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technology
via an alarm unit that is
to deliver the support that
connected to your phone We also offer a range of as- you require.
line - there is no need for sistive technology that can
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a single button on the unit, alarm to help you over- Any property can be fitor via a portable button come obstacles to inde- ted with a WATCH alarm
worn as a pendant around pendence and well-being. providing that you have a
your neck or on your wrist, Risks to independence telephone line. We offer a
assistance is available any can be managed either FREE home demonstration
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know that help is at hand
should you need it. The
WATCH service is ideal for
anybody who feels at risk
in their home, whether this
is because of age, disability, illness or vulnerability.
It can also be reassuring
if you have been a victim
of crime.
Telford U14 Boys won their
EHB Development League
on Sunday 2 March.
Their last game in the
league was away at Old
Silhillians and would decide
the League winners, with
both teams going into this
game with 100% records.
Old Silhillians had a better
goal difference, so Telford
needed a win to secure the
league against tough opposition who were bigger
and older.
Old Silhillians started
quickly and went 2-0 up.
However Telford came back
strongly to level the score
at half-time. Telford began
the second half as they
finished the first scoring
two more cracking goals
to put Telford 4-2 up. Old
Silhillians pulled a goal
back to make the score
4-3, but two further brilliant
goals sealed a 6-3 victory
for Telford.
This was an excellent
game between two strong,
good teams. Telford scored
some outstanding goals
backed up by a great team
effort, with everyone working hard for each other defensively as well as going
forward.
Thanks to all the parents for their support, to
the coaches Dave Tracey
and Vince Richardson, who
guided the team to success, and to Ben Keeble for
umpiring all games).
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White Ribbon status
Telford & Wrekin Council has
achieved White Ribbon Town
Status, supported through
funding by the Police &
Crime Commissioner.
The White Ribbon Campaign is a campaign about
raising awareness of domestic abuse, and spreading
the message that domestic
abuse should not be accepted.
The Council and its partners have long supported
White Ribbon Day and wanted to achieve White Ribbon
Town status to cement the
borough’s support.
To become a White Ribbon Town the Council must
demonstrate its commitment
to raising awareness of domestic abuse and gaining
pledges on the White Ribbon Website www.whiteribboncampaign.co.uk/telford
Some of the ways in
which the Borough Community Safety Team has and
continues to promote White
Ribbon, via its No Excuse for
Domestic Abuse Campaign
includes:
● Attending local events,
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form colleges and leisure
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● Poster campaign on
buses
● Advertising in AFC Telford
Utd programmes
● Circulating the campaign
to staff
● Use of social media to
promote events and increase pledges
● Working with partners
● Telford Shopping Centre
Events
● A 5ft white ribbon used
during the Women’s Aid
16 Days of Action Campaign to further increase
pledges
A commemorative tree
will be planted in the town
park, plaques will be displayed in Addenbrooke
House and Telford Shopping
Centre.
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From the wettest of winters
to the warmest of summers
It may have been the wettest winter on record, but
now we’re heading for what
weather forecasters are
claiming will be the hottest
summer on record.
Severn Trent Water reports reservoirs and other
water sources are pretty
much full and looking good
for the summer. But it’s asking people not to be complacent and think about
being ‘water wise’ in whatever we do, as we never
know what’s next with the
weather.
Doug Clarke, water efficiency manager for Severn
Trent explains: “This weekend the weather was beautiful. Many of us took the
opportunity to get into the
garden and start tidying up
after the winter. Now’s the
time to think about getting a
water butt to save rain water,
ready to use in the summer.
“It may have been the
wettest winter on record and
our reservoirs may be full,
but if we’re going to have
a hot dry summer, we need
to think long-term about our
water usage. We’re confident that our water resources are in the best possible
position at the moment, and
we don’t currently envisage
any restrictions at all this
summer. However, if it’s going to be super hot, then we
need to get into good habits
now. Weather patterns are
obviously changing from
what we’re used to, so we
never know what’s around
the corner.
“There are a few easy
things that you can do, in-
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We’ve got a whole host of
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One of those videos features our team of little helpers showing us why they
think a water butt is the best
idea at this time of year.
“When we do get a shower or two, now is the perfect time to collect rainwater
in a water butt. That way
you can keep the garden
watered all summer without
using water from the tap.”
Severn Trent Water reports that even though reservoir levels and other water
sources are pretty much
full, it’s keen to encourage
customers to get into good
habits.
“It may seen crazy to be
talking about saving water,
especially after what felt like
never ending rain, all winter
and with all the flooding,
but the more steps we can
all take now - getting into
good habits - then the better
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Where to begin
in your garden
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Theatre
Time
INCLUDING
Four pages of the best theatre reviews, listings and competitions!
Oh boy! - The
Buddy Holly Story
comes to town!
Our own
Events Around
the Wrekin
listing
The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
T
HE BUDDY Holly
Story is now in
its 25th amazing year, this
sensational multi
award winning West End
show returns to the Grand
Theatre from Monday
19 to Saturday 24 May.
Forget feel good, BUDDY THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY
is FEEL GREAT! Experience the drama, passion
and excitement as a cast
of phenomenally talented
actors and musicians tell
Buddy Holly’s story, from
his meteoric rise to fame,
to his final legendary performance at The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa.
Featuring two terrific hours
of the greatest songs ever
written, including That’ll Be
The Day, Oh Boy, Rave On,
La Bamba, Chantilly Lace,
Johnny B. Goode, Raining
In My Heart, Everyday,
Shout and many, many
more, this show is just
Peggy Sue-perb!
“This show is an absolute
must. If you haven’t seen
the brilliant musical Buddy
yet, buy your ticket now!”
The Sun
“Joyous! I love this show”
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SOUNDS GREAT, doesn’t
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is that two lucky readers
can win a pair of tickets
each to see The Buddy
Holly Story at the Grand
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May.
All you have to do to
stand a chance of winning
the tickets is to answer this
very simple question. Buddy had a smash hit with the
song Peggy ___ .
We will need your answers by Tuesday 22 April.
Send your entries to us at
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We ran four competitions in our last issue
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January 2014 May 2014
THE
BEST OF
LONDON
THEATRE
LAND
Comedy King Jim Davidson
to stop by...
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TELL ME ON A SUNDAY
Duchess Theatre
* NEW LISTING *
Tell Me On a Sunday is a show that charts the course of an
English girl newly arrived in New York. Brimming with optimism,
she sets out to find success, companionship and love. But as she
weaves her way through the maze of the city and her own anxieties,
frustrations and heartaches she begins to wonder whether - in fact
- she’s been looking for love in all the wrong places.
Marti Webb will perform the original production of Andrew Lloyd
Webber and Don Black’s classic, for which she received huge critical acclaim. Tell Me On a Sunday was originally performed as an
album and then a TV special and later on stage as one half of Song
& Dance. The album Tell Me on a Sunday reached Number One
in the charts and the single Take That Look Off Your Face reached
Number Two. Booking until Mar 8 2014
BILLY ELLIOT - THE MUSICAL
Victoria Palace Theatre
Tale of a motherless boy whose father wants him to take up
boxing. Instead, the boy discovers a love for ballet (from 31 Mar
2005 - Booking to 16 May 2015)
THE BODYGUARD
Adelphi Theatre
A romantic thriller, The Bodyguard features a multitude of
Whitney Houston’s hits. (from
06 Nov 2012 - Booking to 08
Mar 2014)
THE BOOK OF MORMON
Prince Of Wales Theatre
Follows a pair of mismatched Mormon boys sent on a mission
to a place that’s about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get.
(from 25 Feb 2013 - Booking to 08 Mar 2014)
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
- THE MUSICAL
Drury Lane, Theatre Royal
The mysterious Willy Wonka is opening his Chocolate Factory
for just one day, and for Charlie Bucket it promises to be a mouthwatering chance to feast his eyes on sweets beyond his wildest
imagination. (from 22 May 2013 - Booking to 01 Nov 2014)
THE COMMITMENTS
Palace Theatre
The Commitments is the story of Jimmy Rabbitte, a young
working class music fan, who shapes an unlikely bunch of amateur
musicians and friends into an amazing live act. (from 21 Sep 2013
- Booking to 12 Apr 2014)
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Savoy Theatre
Set on the French Riviera where the decadent
world of sophisticated
conman Lawrence Jameson comes crashing down
with the arrival of largerthan-life Freddy Benson –
a conman of an entirely
different order. The two
find themselves going
head to head in the con of
their lives, pulling out all of
the stops in a bid for the
affections of millionaire soap heiress Christine Colgate.
(from 10 Mar 2014 - Booking to 29 Nov 2014
IM DAVIDSON has
announced that his
“No Further Action”
tour will be making
a stop at Wolverhampton
Grand Theatre on Monday
12 January 2015. Tickets are
now on sale.
Very few comedians
could turn the worst year
of their life into a resounding success, but fresh from
winning the most successful
ever series of Celebrity Big
Brother by a landslide, comedy king Jim Davidson has
done exactly that.
No Further Action will see
Celebrity Big Brother
Jim Davidson at the
Grand Theatre
Jim tell the story of his arrest and the nightmare 12
months that followed, the
clearing of his name and
winning the heart of the nation all over again as a Big
Brother champion. Jim will
be doing all this in the only
way he knows how, by entertaining people, something
he’s been doing to great
acclaim for nearly 40 years.
It promises to be the most
The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
outrageous, hilarious and
insightful show Jim has ever
performed, but most of all it
will be the truth.
On announcing the new
show, Jim said “It was an interesting time, I had a rough
ride for a while, but it’s great
to be back on stage doing
what I love, and the best
way of dealing with a night-
mare is to talk about it! I always seem to find the funny
side of things...even this!
And then, for a finale, along
came Big Brother! Wait till
you hear the inside stories
on that!”
This brilliant comedian is
back where he belongs –
on stage, entertaining audiences around the country.
Quick fire gags
with Billy Pearce!
O
NE OF Britain’s
best loved comedians, British comedy award winner
Billy Pearce presents a night
of quick fire gags as part of
his latest national tour. Theatre Severn hosts the show
on Saturday 10 May.
Billy first came to national
prominence when he appeared in Central TV’s top
talent show New Faces,
winning his heat and qualifying for the final. His impact was immediate and he
Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
was quickly snapped up for
stage and TV appearances,
culminating with his first series for BBC television.
In 1993, Billy was hon-
Win tickets
to see
Billy Pearce
oured to be chosen to host
The Children’s Royal Variety
Performance, which he followed with a laughter-filled
appearance on the Royal
Variety Performance. Since
then, Billy has found a niche
in family-friendly panto while
keeping the razor-sharp wit
needed to entertain adult
audiences.
Also a fine actor, Billy has
appeared on ITV’s Heartbeat and BBC drama The
Street and even trod the
boards of Musical Theatre,
appearing alongside Jimmy
Osmond in the smash hit
musical Boogie Nights, followed by a stint as narrator
in the Rocky Horror Show.
★ ★ ★ Highlights ★ ★ ★
Win
Tickets Crazy for you
The great news for Wrekin News readers is that we
are giving away two tickets to see Billy Pearce at the
Theatre Severn on Saturday 10 May.
All you have to do to win the tickets is to answer
this very simple question. Billy first came to fame
on a hit ITV programme, what is the name of the
programme?
If you think you know the answer (and we’ve given
you a very strong clue) please send us the answer
by Tuesday 22 April to: Wrekin News, Bridge Road,
Wellington, Telford TF1 1RY, alternatively you could
email your answer to: dave.gregory@ppmedia.co.uk
SHREWSBURY’S THEATRE
Severn are staging George
Gerwshin’s extravaganza
Crazy For You from Thursday 1 May to Saturday 3
May.
Mad Cow Productions are
pleased to announce that
the tenth Anniversary Musical will be the award-winning
musical.
No other show better conjures up the timeless glamour and romance of Broadway in its heyday than this
outrageously entertaining
musical. Containing the Gershwin brothers greatest hits
(including: “I Got Rhythm”,
“Someone To Watch Over
Me”, and “Embraceable
You”), Ken Ludwig’s hilarious dialogue (liberally
splashed with slapstick and
farce), high energy colourful
song and dance numbers,
and featuring the Mad Cow
Orchestra this musical will
provide a truly uplifting night
out for audiences of all ages.
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n
!
See one of the great
bands in concert!
T
HE BLUES Band
comes to Telford
on Wednesday 28
May and the Telford
public will have the opportunity to see one of the great
bands in concert.
Paul Jones (of Manfred
Man fame), Dave Kelly, Rob
Townsend, Gary Fletcher
and Tom McGuinness front
of one of the UK’s most respected bands.
Over 20 albums and 35
years have passed since
1979, when Paul Jones and
Tom McGuinness expected
a short shelf life for their
idea of forming a pub band
to ‘play the blues for beer
money’. But passion is a currency everyone covets, and
The Blues Band had passion
by the bucketful; and fans
know a good thing when
they hear it.
The public’s eager response to what The Blues
Band thought was a hobby
project took them by surprise, providing a career for
life beyond the boundaries
of pop, in the musical tradition they love. Pubs and
beer money are a thing of
the past. The Blues Band
continue to be celebrated
across the media and have
played to wildly appreciative
audiences around the globe
in venues ranging from clubs
through to civic halls and
theatres.
There are few British
blues performers on today’s
scene who can look back
on a career which included
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Oakengates
Telford
working as sidemen to legends such as Howlin’ Wolf,
John Lee Hooker, Big Boy
Crudup or Son House, but
members of the Blues Band
can, and what they learned
from those giants comes into
play every night.
Eric Clapton once said;
‘When all the original blues
guys are gone, you start to
realise that someone has to
tend the tradition.’ But although they carry the torch,
The Blues Band are no musical museum. They’re the
ultimate good night out.
F
the right look, stage persona
and, most importantly of all,
the most incredibly powerful
voice!
For a Queen - live in
concert experience, nobody does it like FLASH!
“I got the fright of my life
when I saw Freddie backstage, he looked just like the
real thing. He went on stage
THE
BEST OF
LONDON
THEATRE
LAND
THE PAJAMA GAME
* NEW LISTING *
Shaftesbury Theatre
In 1950s America, love is in the air at the
Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory as handsome new
Superintendent Sid Sorokin falls head-overheels for firebrand Union rep Babe Williams.
Sparks fly when the employees are refused a
seven-and-a-half cents raise, leaving Sid and
Babe deliciously at odds as the temperature
rises. . . Will love, eventually, conquer all?
(Booking from 01 May 2014 - Booking to 13
Sep 2014)
I CAN’T SING! THE X FACTOR MUSICAL
London Palladium Theatre
A Musical comedy. A Musical comedy. Goes behind the microphone and under the judges’ desk to reveal the story of heartache
and laughter. (from 27 Feb 2014 - Booking to 25 Oct 2014)
Win Blues
Band tickets!
THIS ONE is going to be very popular! We have a pair
of tickets to give away to one lucky winner. All you have
to do is answer one easy question (and don’t forget,
the clue is in the magazine). Paul Jones is the vocal
in the Blues Band but he made his name in the sixties
fronting a very successful group – what was the name
of the group?
Please get your answers to us by Tuesday 22 April
to: Wrekin News, Bridge Road, Wellington, Telford TF1
1RY or alternatively email us at: dave.gregory@ppmedia.co.uk
Omid Djalili live
He’s back on tour with a
Friday 30 May
splash, following a sell-out
A firm favourite with his
four week West-End residency and a sold-out season at legendary performances,
the Edinburgh Festival.
Omid’s stand-up awards include; ’Time Out Award’ - for
Best Stand Up, the ‘EMMA
Award’ and was a ‘South
Bank Award’ nominee as
well as being a ‘Perrier
Award’ nominee.
Omid was the winner of
and he gave a blistering per- the “Best Actor” Award for
formance winding the crowd his lead performance in The
up song by song. Nice one Infidel at the Turin Film FestiFlash.” Janice Long – BBC val (won the previous year by
Bill Murray). The Infidel also
Radio 2
“What an outstanding re- picked up a Loaded LAFTA
production of an outstanding award for “Funniest film” and
band. Flash has captured Omid was short listed for
the heart of one of England’s “Peter Sellers Award” at the
greatest bands.” Birming- ‘London Evening Standard
British Film Awards’.
ham Evening Mail.
u Freddie on stage at
The Place
LASH have been
paying homage to
the world’s most theatrical and dramatic
rock band, Queen, since
1995, and in that time have
had a huge impact on audiences across the UK, Europe and Asia.
They are playing at The
Place in Oakengates on Friday 9 May and front man
Scott Maley plays a uncannily realistic Freddie with just
January 2014 May 2014
JERSEY BOYS (A Transfer from Prince Edward
Theatre in March 2014)
Piccadilly Theatre
The story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons (from 14 Mar
2014 - 25 Oct 2014)
THRILLER LIVE
* NEW LISTING *
The Lyric Theatre
You already know the Michael Jackson
story, so this show doesn’t waste time telling
you about the master of the moonwalk. Instead, Thriller Live gives you what you really
came for – the music.
Tune after tune is belted out, from his early
days in The Jackson 5 to his exceptional solo
career. And the dance sequences are something else. It’s like seeing one of his music
videos brought to life, complete with MJ’s trademark toe-stand,
gravity-defying leans and, of course, the crotch grab.
You’ll be left in no doubt that he truly was the King of Pop. (from
21 Jan 2014)
JULIE MADLY DEEPLY
Trafalgar Studios 2 Theatre
This cabaret takes a look at the fame and fandom of singer Julie
Andrews. (from 25 Nov 2013 - Closing on 04 Jan 2014)
LES MISERABLES
Queen’s Theatre
(from 03 Apr 2004 - Booking to 25 Oct 2014)
THE LION KING
Lyceum Theatre
(from 24 Sep 1999 - Booking to 20 Jul 2014)
MAMMA MIA
Novello Theatre
A story of a mother and daughter set on the eve of the daughter’s
wedding. (from 06 Sep 2012 - Booking to 25 Oct 2014)
MATILDA THE MUSICAL
Cambridge Theatre
Story about a girl with extraordinary powers. (from 25 Oct 2011
- Booking to 21 Dec 2014)
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THE
BEST OF
LONDON
THEATRE
LAND
MISS SAIGON
Prince Edward Theatre
Set in 1975 during the final days of the American occupation of
Saigon, Miss Saigon is an epic love story (from 03 May 2014 - Booking to 25 Oct 2014)
MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT
Playhouse Theatre
Spamalot tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights
of the Round Table (from 14 Nov 2012 - Booking to 08 Feb 2014)
ONCE
Phoenix Theatre
When an Irish busker and a young Czech mother meet through
a shared love of music, their songwriting sparks a deep connection.
(from 16 Mar 2013 - Booking to 31 May 2014)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Her Majesty’s Theatre
Tragic love story of a beautiful opera singer and a young composer shamed by his physical appearance. (from 27 Sep 1986
- Booking to 25 Oct 2014)
STEPHEN WARD
Aldwych Theatre
1963. The scandal that
shocked society. Stephen Ward
deals with the victim of the Profumo, the society osteopath
whose private libertarian experiments blew up in his own and
everyone else’s face. (from 03
Dec 2013 - Booking to 01 Mar
2014)
EVENTS AROUND THE WREKIN
Thursday April 3 Irish Music session, 8pm, Boat Inn,
Jackfield, 01952 884483.
www.boatinnjackfield.com
Thursday April 3 The ELO
Experience tribute band,
‘Mr Blue Sky Tour’ The
Place, Oakengates Theatre
7.30pm £19 01952 382382
www.theplacetelford.com,
www.elotribute.com.
Thursday April 3 Modern
Soul Night 3 DJs, The Malthouse, Ironbridge, 01952
433712 www.themalthouseironbridge.co.uk.
Thursday April 3 Kimberley
Smith 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm,
Crown Inn, Market street,
Oakengates
Friday April 4 Air Bag,
The Malthouse, Ironbridge,
01952 433712 www.themalthouseironbridge.co.uk
www.airbag-music.co.uk.
Friday April 4 Live/Wire:
The AC/DC tribute band
The Place, Oakengates
Theatre,
Oakengates,
7.30pm £16, 01952 382382
www.theplacetelford.com
www.livewiredc.co.uk.
Friday April 4 Northern
Soul Night, The Haygate,
Haygate Road, Wellington,
8pm Free 01952 247333
Saturday April 5 Band Slam
Heat 2, 7.30pm, £4, The
STOMP
Place, Oakengates Theatre,
Ambassadors Theatre
Oakengates. 01952 382382
Takes the clutter and junk of everyday life and transforms it into www.theplacetelford.com.
a theatrical event. (from 27 Sep 2007 - Booking to 21 Dec 2014)
WE WILL ROCK YOU
(QUEEN MUSICAL)
Dominion Theatre
On Planet Mall all musical instruments are banned. The company computers generate the
tunes and everyone downloads
them. (from 26 Apr 2002 - Booking to 05 Apr 2014)
WICKED
Apollo Victoria Theatre
Story of two unlikely friends
and how they end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda
the Good Witch. (from 07 Sep 2006 - Booking to 01 Nov 2014)
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Duchess Theatre
The adventures of four woodland friends are retold through
dance, song, music and puppetry (from 11 Dec 2013 - Closing on
01 Feb 2014)
LIST YOUR EVENT
ONLINE AND IN
PRINT FOR FREE!
Contact Martin Scholes
on: 01952 415334
martin.scholes@ppmedia.co.uk
Saturday April 5 Ant Doyle,
9pm Britannia Inn, Aqueduct, Free, 01952 591488,
www.atthebritannia.co.uk.
Saturday April 5 O’Hooley
and Tidow, 7.30pm, Birchmeadow Centre, Broseley
£9 (door £10) 01952 882210
www.birchmeadow.org.
uk www.ohooleyandtidow.
com.
Sunday April 6 Kabaret
Skeczow Meczacych (Including Micha? Tercz, Karol
Golonka, Jaroslaw Sadza,
Marcin Szczurkiewicz) 8pm.
The Place, Oakengates
Theatre, £18, On the door
£23 (£2 booking fee per
transaction applies) Tickets
also available from Casper
Stores, 46 New Street Wellington, Telford TF1 1NE.
Sunday April 6 Bill Caddick’s “Swansongs Session’ at the Black Swan,
Jackfield, 8.30pm, 01952
882471 www.billcaddick.
co.uk.
Monday April 7 Blues &
Country “Jam” Night 9:00
pm - 11:00 pm, Crown Inn,
Market Street, Oakengates
Monday April 7 Open Mic.
The Shakespeare, Newport,
8pm 01952 811335.
Saturday 12 April The
Sound of Philadelphia
and Motown, with original
Drifters member Roy G
Hemmings, Oakengates
Theatre, 7.30pm, £18 (£2
Buckatree
Hall Hotel
Tel: 01952 641 821
Blues Brothers
Tribute Night
FRIDAY 25TH APRIL
7.00pm - Midnight
A full impact show
S
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P
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L
with all the crazy dancing and
popular songs from the film.
3 course dinner
including live
entertainment
and disco to finish.
£23.95
booking fee per transaction
applies) 01952 382382.
Monday April 14 Blues &
Country “Jam” Night 9:00
pm - 11:00 pm, Crown Inn,
Market Street, Oakengates.
Wednesday April 16
Telford Acoustic Club 8:00
pm - 10:00 pm, Crown Inn,
Market Street, Oakengates.
Saturday April 19 Baking
Competition - Hot Crossed
Buns 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm,
Crown Inn, Market Street,
Oakengates, 01952 610888
for details.
Monday April 21 Blues &
Country “Jam” Night, 9:00
pm - 11:00 pm Crown Inn,
Market Street, Oakengates.
Wednesday April 23
Telford Acoustic Club 8:00
pm - 10:00 pm, Crown Inn,
Market Street, Oakengates.
Saturday 26 April Rumble in the Woods, Easterthemed afternoon with fun
and frolics with Robin Hood
v the Easter Bunny. 2pm to
4pm Ercall Nature Reserve,
for children 6 to 10, £3.50
per child. Booking is essential, call 01743 284280
Monday 28 April Blues &
Country “Jam” Night 9:00
pm - 11:00 pm, Crown Inn,
Market Street, Oakengates.
Wednesday 30 April
Telford Acoustic Club, 8:00
pm - 10:00 pm, Crown Inn,
Market Street, Oakengates.
Story telling
A great way of introducing
children to storytelling, this
club is for youngsters aged
11 to 19 who enjoy hearing
stories and who would also
like the opportunity to have a
go at telling them. Wellington
Library invites you for their
special monthly indoor picnics for stories and snacks.
The next session is on April
8, 5pm to 6.30pm, call 01952
382990 for details.
First Click on
computers
A complete beginner’s guide
to computers. Tuesdays
from 29 April, then again
on 6 and 13 of May. There
are two courses per day
(choose the one which suits
you best) 10.30am to 12pm
and 2.30pm to 4pm. To learn
more call Wellington Library
on 01952 382990.
Chatterbooks
Aged 7 to 11? Like to chatter about books? Then you’ll
love Chatterbooks! Chat
about books, enjoy quizzes, learn about new books
and authors and have lots
of fun! April 12 is the next
session, 2pm to 3pm, call
01952 382990 to find out
how to join in!
Buckatree
Hall Hotel
Tel: 01952 641 821
Golden Oldies
Tribute Lunch
Sunday 13th April 2014
12.00pm - 3.30pm
£14.95 adults & £7.95 children
Join in the flag waving in our salute to the golden
oldies. 3 course Sunday lunch including live
entertainment with Lorrie Brown as Vera Lynn.
Download our App
for exclusive offers
per person
THE WREKIN, TELFORD, SHROPSHIRE, TF6 5AL
Email: reception@buckatreehallhotel.com
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THE WREKIN, TELFORD, SHROPSHIRE, TF6 5AL
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Fresh from filming Haunting: Autralia,
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SUN MOTORING EDITOR
PRAISES TTC COURSE
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VW customers can order the
electric Volkswagen e-Golf,
priced at £25,845 OTR, (including £5,000 Government
grant, or £30,845 RRP). The
e-Golf can be ordered from
one of 24 Volkswagen EV
specialist retailers UK-wide.
First deliveries are expected
at the end of June. Based on
the Golf hatchback, the e-
Golf offers the same virtues
of practicality, refinement
and advanced technology,
but with a purely electric drivetrain and no tailpipe emissions. Like its smaller sibling,
the e-up!, the e-Golf can be
charged from a domestic
socket. With a standard UK
230-Volt, 2.3 kW supply, it
charges in 13 hours.
HE Sun’s motoring
editor wasn’t looking
forward to attending
a speed awareness
course after being caught
speeding.
But the journalist, who
drives 120,000 annually,
praised the course he attended in Ledbury, run by
Shropshire’s TTC Group.
In an article in the Sun,
Ken said he’d learned more
than he thought he would
after agreeing to attend the
course to keep a clean licence.
Young drivers can’t
afford to drive
The costs of car ownership can place a burden on
young drivers. In fact 35%
of non-drivers between 17
and 25 think it’s too costly to
learn to drive or own a car.
32% of youngsters responding to the Gocompare.com survey feel less
using public transport than it
would cost to run a car, but
22% admit to feeling trapped
at home by not being able to
get around more.
The survey showed they
spend about £1,831.40 annually keeping their car on
the road, with 80% spending
up to 30% of their income
running a car. 39% spend
over £2,000 a year. Even
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Gocompare.com’s chief
Lee Griffin said: “Learning
to drive and owning your
own car used to be a rite of
passage for young adults.
Now it seems many find it
too costly. Car insurance is
one of the biggest expenses
for inexperienced drivers but
there are ways to try to reduce the cost as you build
up a safe driver record and
no claims discount.”
Gocompare.com advises young drivers to shop
around for insurance, to start
small (like under 1,000cc)
to boost the excess, look
at black box policies, add a
named driver and consider
no frills policies.
> Ken Gibson with a Porsche Panamera.
“I think I drive fairly sensibly but it is 40 years since
I sat my driving test and I
learned things that I didn’t
know,” confessed Ken, who
was caught doing 35mph
in a 30mph limit in Rosson-Wye.
“I was not looking forward
to more than four hours sitting in a classroom being
reminded I was a speeder. I
don’t think many there were
thinking of it being a valuable safety initiative experience,” he told Sun readers.
But he said the mood
changed into a group of
people happy to participate
and learning something.
Attendees were split into
groups, introduced themselves to each other, and
completed a speed awareness quiz.
The questions highlighted
“just how grey” some of their
knowledge was on speed issues, said Ken, who praised
the TTC Group tutors for
being keen to engage everyone in the discussion.
They spoke about reasons for speeding and consequences like losing a job
or someone dying.
“It is easy to say stop
speeding but not quite as
easy to achieve this in the
hustle and bustle of life. The
official answer is COAST, the
letters standing for Concentration, Observation, Anticipation, Space and Time.
“After seeing some slides
this made sense,” said Ken,
who tests fast cars in exotic
locations, worldwide.
“You also learn about having more peripheral awareness about the road ahead
instead of seeing no further
than the first vehicle in front
of you.”
Selfie? Selfie-ish, more like!
Confused.com research shows 1 in 14 drivers (7%) admit to having taken photographs while
driving. 4% use Snapchat to send photos to friends while at the wheel. The site also discovered in a recent 30-day period, 287 tweets were tagged with #drivingselfie and #drivingselfies. 36% of drivers admit to using their mobile when driving, mainly to make or answer calls
(75%) and send or check texts (43%). Yet, despite so many flouting the law, only 8% say
they’ve been caught by police using their phone. Of those who were caught, 57% admit to
continuing to use their phone.
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E ARE all aware
of what happened on that
fateful day in
the Ukraine when the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
went into melt-down and
contaminated vast territories
in the region.
Whole towns and villages
were evacuated, forcing the
residents to leave behind
their homes and belongings. Residents were not
fully informed of the dangers
of radiation, most of which
will remain in the ground for
a hundred years.
The governments of Belarus and Ukraine established
that all affected children
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56,000 children have received ‘a chance of a lifetime’ through the charity’s
successful operations and
the generosity of the British host families who have
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Chernobyl Children’s
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Chernobyl caused numerous complex problems
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Daily, families are struggling to cope in very difficult economic situations
and tough climate with
long, cold winters. This is
why they are so grateful for
such a unique opportunity
given to their children to go
abroad for short stays to
improve their health, learn
about other communities
and most important of all –
to have fun.
Just read these two
quotes, one from a host
family and one from the parent of a child:
The Host:
I am so PROUD I hosted these children; they
changed our life and became very much a part of
our family during their stay.
It was a very rewarding experience.
The Parent:
My daughter always looked
so pale and tired. She was
a very shy and timid child
but after the visit she has
changed a lot. She cried on
two days on her return from
the UK as she was missing
her host family, but we are
staying in touch with them.
They are now friends who
have done so much for our
Could you
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daughter. Thank you.
After reading those two
comments, you must feel
like volunteering to host a
child in 2014. CCLL have
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eleven children who are
visiting Shropshire this year
fully allocated to host families for this year but they
are asking Wrekin News to
highlight the need for funds
to bring the eleven Ukrainian children over to the UK.
£5,000 is urgently needed to cover the travel costs
and CCLL are asking Wrekin
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small donation to help with
these costs.
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To date, over
56,000 children
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lifetime’ through
the charity’s
successful
operations.
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31/03/2014 13:03
Title race to
go down
to the wire
Five league wins on the trot had seen AFC Telford United pile the pressure
on title rivals North Ferriby United.
Liam Watson’s side have shown a resilient streak which has seen them
beat off all challengers since a reverse at the hands of Barrow back in January. The possibility of a first league title coming to Telford for over half a
century is looming large. If Watson and his men can replicate the form of the
last two months over the next four weeks they will surely take that all important top spot.
W
hilst the performance
against Histon was not
convincing it
did ensure a sixth league
win on the trot. And the
Bucks sought a seventh as
Oxford City visited the Bucks
Head. The home side were
quick into their stride and
soon had the points sewn
up. A ruthless first forty-five
minutes saw four goals find
their way into the visitors net.
The rout began after twelve
minutes as Shaun Whalley’s
clinical finish found the corner of the net.
The Luton Town-loanee
was at the centre of things for
the second as he put in Farrell who laid on a chance for
Andy Owens to finish from
close in. Whalley bagged his
second five minutes before
half-time, once again finding
the corner of the net with
a fine finish. Telford were
to add a fourth goal in first
half added time when Farrell
fired home a spot kick after
the impressive Whalley was
pulled down by city keeper
Matthew Bulman.
The second period saw
a more cautious approach,
Telford seeing the game out
comfortably. Bucks boss
Watson was a happier man
than he had been post Histon describing the Oxford
demolition as “the best performance we’ve given at
home this season.”
So it was on to Leamington in the hope that the
winning streak could be extended to eight in a row. But
Telford knew it would not
be easy as the Warwickshire
Lez Dean brings
you the latest
news from the New
Bucks Head.
side had won at the Bucks
Head back in December. It
was United who took the
lead after quarter of an hour
when Farrell added another
goal to his season’s tally
as he tucked the ball home
from the penalty spot.
But the home side fought
back when Danny Newton
volleyed home before the
half hour. Owens was then
the Telford hero when he
bundled the ball home soon
after. Leamington however
came back again in first half
injury time with a penalty
awarded after Owens was
adjudged to have handled,
Nathan Hicks converting.
Telford were unable to
reproduce the dominance
they displayed the previous
week against Oxford and will
have considered a point a
fair return for their efforts.
But dropping points at this
time of the season can come
at a cost as North Ferriby
regained top spot following
their win over Stalybridge.
As the campaign reaches
it’s climax the Bucks find
themselves in the tightest
of battles. The champions
of the division look like they
will be drawn from one of
three teams, Telford, North
Ferriby or Altrincham. The
Bucks have battled hard to
get into this position and will
hopefully triumph.
No matter what happens
in the last half dozen games
or so, one thing is for sure,
it is going to be a thrill a
minute and the drama looks
likely to last to the very last
kick, of the very last game.
> Adam Farrell celebrates scoring
from the spot at Leamington.
Tigers crash out of play-offs
Telford Tigers crashed out of
the English Premier League
play-offs after a heartbreaking 7-6 aggregate defeat to
Guildford Flames.
The two sides played out
a 4-4 stalemate at Telford Ice
Rink on Saturday evening,
before Guildford emerged
> by James Shaw
3-2 winners in Surrey the
next day.
Those results mean
Telford miss out on a first-ever appearance at the play-off
finals in Coventry next weekend, albeit after a memorable
Sexarathon Race Series
The 32nd Annual Sexarathon Race Series, organised
by Telford Athletic Club and
sponsored by The Up and
Running Shop in Shrewsbury, gets underway with the
Lilleshall five mile race on
Wednesday 9 April at 7pm.
The race series started in
1983 and is one of the oldest
race series in the country.
The series includes six races
from April to September of
varying distances from five
miles to five kilometres. Runners of all abilities over 15 are
welcome to take part.
The Lilleshall five mile is
based at the Lilleshall National Sports Centre and the
race route involves running
> by Paul Sanderson
down the main drive and then
a loop around public roads at
the end of the drive, past Norwood House and The Fox,
before returning to the sports
centre along the main drive.
Other races in the Sexarathon Series are The
Phoenix Flyer five kilometre on Wednesday 21 May,
the Shropshire four mile on
Wednesday 4 June, The Ironbridge four mile on Wednesday 2 July, the Vic Musgrove five kilometre race on
Wednesday 16 July and the
Harper Scarper on Wednesday 3 September.
Runners can enter in ad-
vance to avoid the queues
or on the night at each race.
There is a special entry fee
rate for those wishing to enter
the series before the first race
at just £30 for athletic club
members and £42 for unattached runners.
On the night for the series
it is £35 and £47 for unattached runners. Single race
entry fees are £7 for athletic
club members or £9 for unattached runners.
Further details can be
obtained from race organiser Nellie Sanders, 33 The
Grove. Shifnal, TF11 9EH or
download an entry from from
the Telford AC website www.
telfordathleticclub.co.uk.
campaign.
Tigers coach Tom Watkins
(pictured) was, understandably, unhappy with his side’s
performance - but urged
them to remember that
sense of disappointment.
He said: “It is always a
horrible feeling when you go
out of the play-offs, whether it
is as a player or as a coach.
“I told the guys after the
game that they must hold
onto that feeling and realise
what it is they dislike about it.
“I just don’t think we got
into the game, especially on
Sunday night in Guildford.
But no excuses. We came
up against a very good team
and they outperformed us
across the two matches.”
Commenting on Saturday’s home-leg performance
Watkins said: “Saturday
night’s game was play-off
hockey at its finest. It was
intense, quick and with not
many whistles. Just two
teams playing at their best.
“It was very close throughout and I am pleased we got
on the board first, as I think
that settled us down.
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