The Bridge - January 2011

TheBRIDGE

January2011

Community News

MISSION TO PERU - Part 3Lima was the busiest and most tiring part of our trip. The city is grey, damp and 5 of its 8million population live in pueblos jovenos (shanty towns). Our days were packed with visiting the various missions and church schools situated in the most dirty, poverty-stricken areas you will find anywhere in the world. The social action projects run by thechurch and missions included feeding programmes for children, pre-school groups, childhealthcare and development work, a centre for disabled children, community building work,and knitting/sewing/handicrafts (which provide a livelihood for the women). At one pointwe formed a human chain across a steep hillside helping move rocks to clear an area forthe community to extend the mission building.

Some of the missions/churches, balanced on rocky hillsides in the shanty towns, were verymuch ‘work in progress’, some were mere shacks with sides open to the elements; otherswere quite well founded but very simple buildings.

We took with us over £5,000 (the result of our fund-raising, including the Art Exhibitionheld in St Anne’s last June) and 160 finger puppets (made and donated by the charity Ted-dies for Tragedies). We used the money to purchase footballs and art materials locally, andto pay for the nutritional drinks and food for the feeding programmes in the shanty townsin Lima. The remainder will be used in some of the community projects we visited. Thepuppets found homes in the schools and the orphanage and will be used by the mobile‘Play Bus’, which tours round the missions, and by the priest who visits the isolated com-munities in the Colca Canyon.

I was able to spend some time relaxing beforereturning to England after a truly remarkable time inPeru. Lyn Fox

Another new year, another set of expectations and resolutions thatprobably won’t make it past the middle of the month – but here’s my firstresolution: I’m going to take more notice of people’s talents. I’ll start bysaying I reckon last month’s Bridge was one of our best for quite sometime, so well done, David, and why don’t you do the magazine for thenext few months? Then I can go on holiday somewhere warm (I amwriting this in that extreme cold snap just before Christmas) and justread the Bridge online from my laptop, as I sit on some sandy shore. Well,OK, perhaps not, but it was nice to have a break. Particularly as someone in China decidedto hack into my emails and send out a lot of invitations to look at another website.Apologies if you were one of the unlucky recipients. Fortunately the Bridge address is quitesafe, so there wasn’t any difficulty getting together plenty of interesting things to read thismonth.

We hear how our shopkeepers see us customers, where to eat this month, and whatTransition Food is about; and of course, inside this month is lots of what The Bridge doesquietly but efficiently, which is to let us know what’s happening in the town and what we canfind to do; even in the iciest weather!

So whatever the weather is like during January, may we all have a happy new year.

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Community News

1 Lions Duck Race10am Bewdley Bridge

8 Discover Wassaling11am Uncllys Farm

9 Rock Pathfinders Walk10 to 12.30 From Astley Church

10 Massive Sale11am All Saints, Wribbenhall

12 Deaf Direct Group2 to 3.30pm Connect Wyre Forest

Kidderminster18 Tin Tabernacle Tour

7pm St Andrews,Button Oak26 Ladies Lunch Club

talk by Heather FlackRamada Hotel

27 Free course on Orchards10am to 4pm Uncllys Farm

28 Free course on Orchards10am to 4pm Uncllys Farm

Please see the articles in the Bridge for other events.

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The New Seasonat the TIC

We come across some amusing situations atthe Tourist Information Centre and our visitors never cease to amaze us. Last summer we had a couple visiting for thefirst time and who were pleasantly surprisedwhen we told them that admission to theMuseum was free. After about an hour and ahalf they came out saying how much they’denjoyed it, but asked “what had happened tothe cars?” We thought they were perhapsreferring to the old fire engine that used tobe there, but they kept going on about expecting to see a large collection of cars. Itwas then that the penny dropped. It wasn’tBewdley Museum that they thought theywere at but Beaulieu National Motor Museum in Hampshire. They were about 150miles in the wrong direction. Slightly redfaced, they looked at each other, smiled andsaid, “Well, never mind; we thoroughly enjoyed your museum, we’ll save Beaulieu foranother day.”

January sees us getting ready for the newseason and this year we are introducing a tailor-made ordering service for UK holidaybrochures. Request any brochure and wewill arrange for them to be sent direct toyou. Not only will this be more environmentally friendly, it will also help toreduce our carbon footprint.

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Services January

A warm welcomefrom Bewdley

Baptist Church.

Please see details of our ChristmasServices in the centre colour page.

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

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

Weekly Events

Our church runs a number of regular eventsduring the week:

� Noah’s Ark - for parents and toddlers.

� Womens’ Own - an afternoon meeting forladies.

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

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

� Youth Activities

We also run a monthly Senior Citizens' Lunchand Men’s Group.

Like to know more?

Contact the ministers, John Rhodes or SimonHarry, at the church office (403267) or visitwww.bewdley.baptist.org.uk

Sunday worship at 9.30amWorship lasts for about an hour. Music isusually a mix of contemporary and traditional.Children and young people will often meet intheir own groups and join with adults later on.

Sunday 2nd January 10am: Family Communion at

The Bewdley School, Stourport Road(Joint service for All Saints Wribbenhall, St Leonard’s Ribbesford, St Andrew’sButton Oak and St Anne’s Bewdley)

Wednesdays at 10.15am – Morning worship

Booking a wedding at Ribbesford orSt Anne’s – drop in at St Anne’s on aTuesday evening, 7-8pm

Thinking about baptism – come to aSunday service and we’ll talk together overcoffee.

Website :

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St Anne’s Bewdley St Leonard’sRibbesford

Sunday worship: 11.15am• On the first Sunday each month we have a

service of Holy Communion.• On the other Sundays we have Matins –

from the Book of Common Prayer.• Church is usually open in daylight hours for

prayer, peace & quiet.www.bewdleyparish.org.uk

Keith James is the minister of the Church.Contact him on 01299 402275 (office) or Diane Taylor, the Churchwarden, on

01299 403983.You are very welcome. However you come.

Why ever you come.We hope you will come again. Sunday 2nd January

See St Anne’sSunday 16th January

9.30am Family Communion and licensing ofRev Chris Allen at St Anne’s Church No service at St Leonard’s, Ribbesford


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Services January

Services for January2nd 10am Family Service

at The Bewdley School, Stourport Road

9th 9.30am Parish Eucharist


23rd 9.30am Parish Eucharist


Holy FamilyCatholic Church

High Street.

Sunday Mass at 8am

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

Holidays of Obligation 12 noon.

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A Church for all the family

Every Sunday @ 9:15am & 11:15am

Children & Youth meet in St George Hallat 11:15 only

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MMeetthhooddiisstt CChhuurrcchhHigh Street

Services at 10.30 every SundayWe extend a warm welcome to everyoneto join us for any of these services.Our special weekend when the lift wasdedicated was a great success. Manypeople came from far and near to seewhat had been done and ride in the newlift. We are very grateful to everyonewho called in and also to everyone whokindly donated money to make thisproject possible. It has made such adifference to all of us.Unfortunately our last Knit and Natter ofthe year had to be cancelled (as hadmany other things) due to the badweather. However we will be having ourChristmas celebrations at the Januarymeeting so no-one will have missed out.

All Saints Wribbenhall

Sunday worship:11.15am on the second and fourth

Sundays each month

St Andrew's is found in Button Oak,Shropshire, 3 miles north of Bewdley on

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Community News

Lions Duck Race 1 January 2011Just a reminder about the Lions Annual Duck Race taking place onNew Year’s Day in Bewdley. Hiring a duck costs £2 and registration is a further £1.Registration starts at 10 a.m. Please register early to avoid largequeues and to ensure a prompt midday throw-in.As with last year home-made ducks are welcome and eligible for the ‘Best Dressed Duck’Competition, but will not be registered for the Race on the river unless they arecompletely bio-degradable. Please try not to make ducks from polystyrene and plasticbottles. The Lions know our environmentally conscious youngsters understand theimportance of keeping our river clean. The Wyre Forest Canoe Club manages to rescuemost of the yellow plastic ducks.The Lions want as many entries as possible as the more money raised the more funds areavailable to support good causes. This year a major project has been supporting the WyreForest Talking Newspaper in its change to digital format. Come along on New Year’s Day. Enjoy yourselves and help us to help others.

WaterToo easily taken for granted

Drinking water needs to be clean – sometimes easier said than done.

South Wales rivers used to be black from washing the coal. (Was the Severn below Ironbridge any better, a hundred years ago?)

Then someone found that good old starch could be used to help settling muck out of dirtywater. Starches, tweaked a bit, are still used to do the same job. Fancier modern variants ofstarch do an even better job.

These materials are used on river water to get the mud out, before the water goes into ourpipes.

And on the subject of dirty rivers: Brummies in exile - remember the River Tame? I’m toldthere was an old, grimly accurate, joke:

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Questions, Questions – and answers!

In the last month, I have helped a pensioner challenge her tax bill, a single mum calculatewhether she can afford to go back to work, an employee challenge his company’s attempt tohalve the hours he worked, a man threatened with homelessness access help and supportfrom the army veteran’s association, SSAFA, and a bereaved husband deal with the forms hehad to complete. I am not some kind of super-charged social worker but a volunteer atWyre Forest Citizens Advice and this is just a small sample of the problems, which peoplebring to their offices in Kidderminster, Stourport and Bewdley every day.

When I offered my services as a volunteer just over a year ago, it was with some trepidation– I knew next to nothing about benefits, employment law, housing or dealing with debt andwondered how on earth I would be able to learn it all. I quickly found out that I don’t neces-sarily need to: each office has on-line access to an exhaustive database, which either gives theanswers to all these problems, and many thousands more, or helps me work out where theycan be found. Nor I am expected to solve all these problems alone: trained and experiencedsupervisors are on hand to provide signposts and fill in the gaps in my knowledge, as are myfellow volunteers – most of whom have a lot more experience than me.

A year in, I can honestly say it is one of the most satisfying and enjoyable things I have everdone. Helping people work out how to solve what, to them, seem intractable problems isimmensely rewarding while the sheer variety of issues I have to deal with in each session isexhilarating, and certainly keeps my brain in working order. There are regular social eventslike the annual lunch, taking place next year, and quiz nights. We might have to add match-making to our services as two of our volunteers have just got married.

CAB is always on the look-out for new volunteers and, because we try to help as many peo-ple as we can, our workload is expanding. We are particularly keen to have new people joinus at the moment both as trainee advisors and also to help with administration and recep-tion duties. Volunteers should be able to work at least six hours a week, although the timesand locations are flexible. We welcome people of all ages, backgrounds and experience.

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If you are interested in finding out more, contact us by e mail [email protected]

or check out the volunteers section of the CAB website, www.citizensadvice.org.uk.or telephone 01562 60194 where you will find more information

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Community News

Discover WassailingCome along on Saturday 8th January to Uncllys Farmfrom 11am-12.30 and discover the ancient custom of Wassailing. This is an ancient custom to celebrate the fer-tility of the fruit trees, ensuring a good crop of apples fornext year's harvest.

Wassail songs are sung and cider poured onto the roots,warm cider is drunk and toast soaked in cider will beplaced on the branches for the Robin.

The event is free to come along to and you can buy teaand cakes as well as Uncllys's own sausages!

Like to know more and for directions, then please ringEmma on 01299 488083.

All Saints Church, WribbenhallMonday – 10th January

We are holding a massive, nearly new book sale from 10 to 12.30p.m. Books, videos,DVDs, CDs, jigsaws.

Also, every occasion cards, wrapping paper, crafts and accessories. Some new assortedmodern cards 4 for £1

This sale is in aid of our church repair funds and entrance and coffee are free.

Also:

Every Monday from 10 to 12.30p.m the church is open for a cup of tea, coffee andchat. You can savour the atmosphere of our lovely historic church and churchyard.

Every 3rd and 4th MondayViv will be offering sign language advice and teaching, andIvor is always on hand to value your books, postcards and old pictures.

Bewdley Chambermaids and Festival CommitteeBewdley Chambermaids and Festival Committee would like to wish everyone a

Happy New Year and to thank you for your supporting 2010.

We hope you will be able to join us in our 2011 events including a St George’s Day Market on the 23rd April, and Christmas Lights on 26th November.


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Discover Bewdley 2011

As the days start to get longer, it is time to think about warmer times when the town willonce again welcome visitors from far and wide. The first event for Discover Bewdley2011 will be a Spring Fair on Sunday 1st and Monday 2nd May. There will be numerous activities in the town, the Museum and Jubilee Gardens. We expect to be running the Second Annual Snakes & Ladders game around the town on the Bank Holiday Monday too.This will be a busy weekend with the Royal Wedding and public holiday on the Friday andBewdley Twinning welcoming visitors from twin town Vellmar, Germany. They are hopingto have another Euro Saturday as they did in 2009, on the 30 April.

On 1st & 2nd October the second Harvest Fair will take place in the town following thesuccessful debut last year.

We are at the early planning stage so if you have any ideas or wish to get involved thenplease contact me.

Chris GriffinBewdley Development Trust, Snuff MillT: 01299 405 516 M: 0797 388 3159 E: [email protected]

Community News

Bewdley/WribbenhallLadies Luncheon ClubAt the November Open Meeting we welcomed Deborah Brady, who spoke

eloquently on being A Female in Fleet Street.

On 26th January Heather Flack will inform us about Bewdley Long Ago.

All ladies are welcome to attend this monthlymeeting at the Ramada Hotel.

For further details please ring 400363.

Please note that due to lack of interest inthe Hard of Hearing Support Group in Be-wdley, which was lately located monthly atthe Wribbenhall Community Centre, ShawHedge Road, Bewdley, we are closing the

group at this venue.

We are now setting up a new group in itsplace in Kidderminster at

CONNECT WYRE FOREST10-12 Blackwell Street,Kidderminster DY10 2DP

on12th January 2011from 2.00-3.30pm

Far Forest W.IWe meet every second Tuesday of the month

at 7.30 at the Far Forest Centre (Church Lane), Far Forest.Contact: Joyce Williamson 01299 400 594.


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Community News

It’s official:Arty is a qualified Guide Dog

Since hearing officially of Arty’s qualification, Ihave had the pleasure of chatting to Gill,Arty’s owner. He is living on the Isle ofWight, taking Gill to work, getting to knowPippa, Gill’s retired dog and digging up Rydebeach! Arty is Gill’s fourth guide dog and hassettled well. When the dogs have beenplaced, some owners change the dog’s nameand a B now starts his name, so before longhe will be used to Bart!

Gill is totally blind and I found it very humbling when she thanked me for all I haddone walking Arty, and amazing that, at twoyears old, he was giving someone the abilityto live an independent life.

Now Frazzle will be over a year old in January and I must prepare myself for hermove into formal training. She continues tobe a pleasure to have and I know that manyof you will miss her too. I’m hopeful that shewill adapt to her new routine well and ofcourse become a qualified guide dog. Mythoughts occasionally turn to puppy number3 - this puppy walking is addictive.

I wish everyone good health and happinessfor 2011.

Gabi Wootton

Help The HeroesThe Hall Committee would like to say a bigthanks to all those who made the recentevent at the Pound Green and Button OakCommunity Hall a big success. Thanks tothe very generous prizes donated by local business and the generosity of those whocame to the event, we were able to givethe Mayor of Bewdley a cheque of £840 toHelp The Heroes. This is the second timethe Committee has raised funds for ourtroops giving a total of over £2000.

The businesses were:Abacus, Button Oak Pub, Frankieand Benny's, Bailiff’s House,Harbour Inn, Running Horse,

Severn Valley Railwayand Wetherspoon of Bewdley.

Free course on orchardsIf you would like to know more aboutlooking after an orchard, renovation andpruning, then there is a free two daycourse on Friday and Saturday 27thand 28th January.

The course is led by Wade Muggleton at Uncllys Farm from 10am-4pm. There is only a £10 booking fee and full de-tails can be obtained by contacting Emmaon 01299 488083email [email protected]


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PPrreesseenntt PPrroobblleemmss aanndd SSoolluuttiioonnssSo, Christmas is over and you may be wondering what to do with those plants that arrivedas presents and now may be looking a bit sad.

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Place the potted bulb in a warm place with direct light; the ideal temperature is 15 to 16 degrees C. Water sparingly until the stem appears,then gradually water more until flowers appear in 7-10 weeks. After theamaryllis has stopped flowering, cut the old flowers from the stem andwhen the stem starts to sag, cut it back to the top of the bulb. Continue towater and fertilize as normal through the summer, allowing the leaves tofully develop and grow. When the leaves begin to yellow, cut them back to

about 2 inches from the top of the bulb and then remove from the soil. Clean the bulband place it in a cool (5-10 deg C), dark place for a minimum of 6 weeks before replanting.

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Examine the soil daily, and when the surface is dry to the touch, water the soil until it runs freely from the drainage hole in the container. If a saucer isused, discard the water that collects, so as not to leave the plant standing in water. A wilted Poinsettia plant may drop its leaves prematurely, so check the soil frequently. Plants exposed to high light andlow humidity require more frequent watering. If wilting does occur, immediately water and 5 minutes later water again. Place your plant near asunny window, preferably not north but where it will have the best of daylight. Do not let any part of the plant touch the cold glass as this may injure it. To keepthe plant in flower, maintain at a temperature of 10 to 20 degrees C during the daylighthours and move it to a cooler place at night. Root rot problems are more prevalent atlow temperatures so avoid going below 10 degrees C. Keep away from hot or cold drafts,which may cause premature leaf drop.

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Double-glazing for £5....It needn’t cost the earth.

My firm belief is that it is down to us all to do what we can about global warming and notleave it to “them” whoever they are. Hopefully this corner will become a place we can ex-plore together practical things that we can all do here in Bewdley.

Let’s start by saving energy (and money) in our homes. Quickest payback comes fromthings like sealing gaps between floor and skirting, jacket for hot tank, insulation for mainhot pipes and draught proofing. Depending on your starting point these could pay forthemselves within one year and floor insulation, cavity wall insulation and loft insulationwould be not far behind.

Typically 10% of heat lost from homes is via windows. Single glazing leaks heat faster thanany other building material in normal use: add draughts round windows and we can soonbeat 10%. However replacement double-glazing costs a lot and will take years to pay for it-self. If you live in a rented or listed building, this limits your options considerably. Haveyou considered double glazing film from about £5 per window? It looks very like cling-filmand is fixed in place using double sided tape. The wrinkles are removed by warming with ahair dryer. Fit it onto any clean, dry surface, dealing with each opening section separately, unless you are absolutely sure that there is adequate ventilation elsewhere forgas fires, boilers, etc. A number of different brands are available: try local shops first, DIYstores (e.g. Screwfix, Wikinson and Wickes) or online.

Next month find out here about Transition Bewdley and the volunteers who will soon beready to meet with you, to help you calculate and compare your carbon footprint and toexplore ways of lowering your energy use.

If you have any comments, suggestions, etc for future articles, please write to the GreenCorner at the Bridge.

Brian Smith

Community News

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Community News

Mystery DinerBuilt in 1610, and nestling in the heart of HighStreet in Bewdley, is the fantastic Bailiff ’s House.What a transformation from a 'pub' to an exquisite'Bistro'! The property is now an elegant sophisti-cated place to eat, and to enjoy the company ofyour friends.

We were escorted up the narrow, low-roofed stair-case to the superbly decorated and transformed,very busy and full restaurant to our table, wheredrinks were served, overlooking the High Street, inthis quaint old town.

The menu, from Soup, Scallops, Risotto or fish dishes, was beautifully presented, and mymain course of Venison with rosemary infused potatoes and parsnips, was in a class of itsown. My fellow diners also enjoyed a Seafood platter, a superbly cooked 28 day old dryaged Fillet Steak, while my final guest indulged in the Guinea Fowl. The desserts were ofequal standards, including Bread and Butter pudding, Creme Brulee and a very temptingChocolate Torte. The usual cheese and biscuits, coffee and tea followed.

This place has really changed, and all for the best. The eye for detail from the stone blastedbrick work, and fine carvings to the exposed wood work of this fine 17th century building,beautifully fitted out with natural rush matting, and very modern lighting, all adds to the joyeven if you only pop in for a drink on your way home, or a quick drink on a cold frostylunchtime

They also do a Sunday Lunch menu, with the traditional Roast Beef or Lamb, so l think thatwhen we get the festivities over, another visit in January is on the cards, with a long walkalong our river walks afterwards.

Free guided walks along our footpaths andbridleways taking 2-3 hours, off the roads andinto the countryside.

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Community News

On HoldThe phone in the shop needed attention from BT. I rang them andof course, I was put on hold.

As I waited, Marjorie popped in for the flowers for All Saint’s church.She took them, we chatted about her news and she went.Greensleeves played in my right ear. The disembodied voice told meseveral times that my call was important to them. A man came inwanting to read our gas meter. “We haven’t got gas here, let alone a

gas meter”, I told him. He went too. Greensleeves changed to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Theystill thought my call was important, though obviously not important enough to do anythingabout it. My mother-in-law came in to ask if I wanted anything from Sainsbury’s while shewas there. I wrote a list and she went. Anthea came in about a dog needing a home. “Notme” I told her. As she went out, I gently replaced the receiver. Another time, perhaps. Cat from Bewdley Blooms

What’s Going On?St Anne’s Church in the centre of the town hasbeen shrouded in scaffolding for over two monthsnow. So what’s going on up there?

“More than we expected, is the answer to thatone,” says the rector, Rev Keith James. “All thisyear we have been in the process of making surethe church had a “dry hat and boots“ by improvingthe gutters and drains, pigeon proofing all its ledgesand checking the roof. Unfortunately when the workmen started the lastbit of the process they discovered that the towerroof has been leaking for years and needs replacing.It’s taking every penny the church has saved but weknow it has to be done.”

Specialist workmen, hidden behind the parapet,have been replacing disintegrating timbers with newEnglish oak and ensuring that no water can get inanywhere.

Robert Smith, a member of the committee overseeing the work, said “It’s a particularly trickyjob because of the church’s unusual position. It forms a sort of roundabout in the town andtraffic goes all round us; the workmen have to allow for that. But we’re hoping to have everything done and the scaffolding down soon after Christmas.”

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I spent a happy afternoon toiling over a hot hob in myeyrie last month. The reason: to prepare a dish for theTransition Food Group meeting at the Baptist church. My beef rendang and spiced rice – a classic Malaysian dishtaught to me by a chef on Langkawi Island a few yearsback – wasn’t really appropriate, as the Transition group is

about promoting localisation. It is a tender beef dish with masses of spices and coconut;hardly local fare. But I did at least buy the excellent braising steak from Lickhill Farm Meats –cheaper than the supermarkets and twice as delicious.

The evenings are just getting going for the food group, run by Sara Hirst and Gill Holland andI hope they are going to become part of the monthly calendar for Bewdley food lovers.Everyone brings along a home-made dish and has the opportunity to listen to a talk and dis-cuss food matters. On this occasion it was a Friends of the Earth discussion about the evilsof destructive farming in South America by Steve Tonry. I can’t say it exactly made me feellike eating, so I’m glad we filled up beforehand, but it was certainly thought-provoking.

The talk at the December meeting was on a subject closer to home – “the Apple and CherryOrchards of the Wyre Forest” by John Iles of the Wyre Community Land Trust. What is really special about the evening, though, is the chance to share food with other Bewdley residents. Local angler and wild woman, Jo Bloom brought her home smoker and somemackerel – clearly not local either – and smoked them for us there and then. I took the leftovers home with me; they were so delicious. There were also a range of vegetarian andmeat dishes, salads and savories and special cakes and cookies. As a confirmed foodie, I lovethings like this but I reckon anybody would. You don’t have to be adventurous with yourcooking, just keen on eating local produce, so do come down to the next one and bringsomething tasty to show off your culinary skills.

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Community News

Wribbenhall Parish RoomsThe Parish rooms are available for hire by contacting

Denise on 01299 403170 or Rudy on 01299 400608.

As part of our fund raising, we have for sale some lovely sepia coloured 2011 Calendars,depicting Bewdley’s Past Times at £6 each or 2 for £10. If you would like one, ring Rudyon 01299 400608 or pick one up from Wribbenhall Church on Monday 10th January

between 10 and 12.30p.m.

Thanks to everyone that bought our lovely homemade cakes from our stall at the Bewdley Christmas market.

Community News

Women’s SectionRoyal British Legion

Did you know that in Bewdley, as well as the Royal British Legion, we have a very activeWomen’s Section?

We are a small group of committed women who work to raise funds to support the familiesof our brave troops past and present, whilst the main British Legion concentrate on the service men and women.

As regrettably the need for this support is growing rapidly, we need to raise more money. To do this we need you to come and join us. You will see from the photograph that we are ahappy group. We work hard but have a lot of fun, raising money and participating in socialevents. At all times our motto Service not Self is upheld.

This photo was taken at the County Conference last month,when we again won three cups; one being the “Sands cup” forthe highest financial contribution to national schemes.

In addition our youngest member, Janine Albert Styles wasawarded the Novice Standard Bearers cup, carrying on aproud family tradition.

Another of our members, Theresa Lyes, has been appointedthe County Standard Bearer, a very great honour.

As you can see we are a very active group.

Please think about joining us; we meet at The Black Boy Hotel BEWDLEY

on the first Wednesday of each month starting at 7.30pm

JUST COME or if you would like a chat ring Hazel 01299 403800 or Anne 01299 402204

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Community News

The Holy Land Today

Journey with us in the footsteps of Jesus to modern dayIsrael and Palestine.An illustrated talk

by Heather Flack and Lynne Fox.Bewdley Baptist Church.

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Tin TabernaclesRound the country you can find many anonymous corrugated iron buildings known as ‘TinTabernacles’. A hundred years later, these secretive places should have decayed out of existence. Between 1860 and the early 20th century, the rapid increase in iron, coal and leadmining resulted in vast numbers of people moving to remote corners of the land. These sudden new communities found themselves without a church.

The Anglican Church was loosing its grip on the worshipping public due to the spread ofnon-conformist movements such as Methodism and Wesleyanism. Their medieval churches,built upon medieval geography, often left them out of the reach of the communities they hadhoped to serve.

Therefore, the demand for cheap, transportable, temporary structures was immense. Stepforward the recently invented (1828) ‘Corrugation and Galvanization of Iron’ by British engineer Henry Robinson Palmer. The material’s increased strength and stability meant thataround a timber frame, buildings of any size from a garden shed to a cathedral could be ordered from a catalogue, prefabricated, flat-packed and shipped anywhere in the world.

Dubbed ‘Tin Tabernacles’ by the mocking ecclesiastical establishment, the term has outlivedmost of the buildings themselves. The majority in theUK was designed to last only as long as the local supply of ore, or until a permanent chapel could bebuilt. The surviving few exist on borrowed time.Those that have, are mainly still in religious use, although the vast majority stand derelict, perchedprecariously between structural condemnation anddemolition.

In Button Oak we have our own “Tin Tabernacle”,and supported by the National Lottery through ArtsCouncil England, on January 18th, a duo, Trevor Mossand Hannah-Louise are giving a folk concert as partof their nationwide Tin Tabernacle tour.


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TOWN COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 6TH DECEMBER 2010

Royal WeddingThe Council felt that they should encourage everyone in the town to celebrate the weddingof Prince William and Kate Middleton on Friday 29th April, which has been declared anational Bank Holiday. They wished to involve all the main voluntary and sportingorganisations and groups plus local businesses in putting on some form of celebration of theevent. Anyone with ideas please to get in contact with the Town Clerk.

Parking ReviewCouncillors agreed to participate in a further (phase II) review by Wyre Forest DistrictCouncil of car parking charges including season tickets for the car parks in Load Street, DogLane and Gardners’ Meadow. This would start before Christmas.

Civic Awards 2010/11The Council confirmed the decision of the Civic Awards Panel which had met and selectedfour winners from those individuals who had been nominated by members of the public forhaving given outstanding service in a voluntary capacity to the community of Bewdley.

Polling StationsThe District Council had carried out a review of polling places throughout Wyre Forest.Town Councillors were pleased to note that the three polling stations at St George’s Hall, St Anne’s Primary School and Wribbenhall Parish Rooms were unaffected by any changes.

Christmas LightsThe Mayor thanked everyone involved in the successful Christmas Lights switch on and fairon Saturday 27th November, which had attracted large numbers of people and particularlythe Christmas Lights Committee for organising the event itself, the Bewdley Rotary Club forsupplying the Christmas tree by the church and D&G Electricians of Kidderminster forhaving put up the street lights including some new “feature” lights, which had been financedby the Town Council.

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Future Town Council meetings held at The Guildhall are:

on Mondays (except where indicated) at 7.30pm are: 4th January (Tuesday), 7th February,7th March, 4th April and 3rd May (Tuesday).

The Annual Town Meeting (of the electorate) will take place on Monday 18th April 2011.

Minutes of Town Council and Planning Committee Meetings are on the Notice Boardsoutside the Mayor’s Parlour, in the Guildhall Entrance and Load Street Car Park. They arealso available at the Library and at the Town Clerk’s Office and on the Town Council’s pageof www.bewdley.org.uk.

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Winter conditionsWinter conditions

As I write, we are nearing the end of a week of exceptionally cold weather, and thesephoto were taken early December. A seasoned rower told me that in 27 years he has notseen the river like this, and, unsurprisingly, rowing is suspended until the river melts! Wehear stories of ice-fairs on frozen rivers, but until this year I had found this a difficult sce-nario to imagine. Now here, opposite our club steps, the water is frozen so that the birdscan walk about on it; and ice-floes cover the surface of the water. It is a beautiful and dra-matic sight, but historically icebergs and boats don’t mix! Melanie Gunn

Community News

Tails of a Veterinary PracticeLife at Riverside Vets as seen by

Gavin the practice cat.Hello all and a Happy New Year to everyone.

This month, it had been brought to the attention of my humans that theroad along Severn Side South has become somewhat dirtied with dog faeces. As veterinary professionals my humans all support keeping our streets clean and free ofdog mess. They can often be seen picking up any mess from in front of the practice and inthe archway at the side, but cannot be out and about, up and down the road as they arebusy working hard (I patrol downstairs occasionally to make sure of this). I have arrangedthat my humans will have some poo bags available free of charge in the practice receptionfor anyone who gets caught out by their dog and needs one. Please feel free to pop intothe practice and ask if you need a poo bag when you are out on a walk with your fourlegged friends.

Being a cat, I myself have no need of such things, as I have a litter tray and have my humanswell trained to clean it out twice a day.

More from me again next month, Gavin

Our wild neighbours have a hard time of it inthis harsh weather. Mice and squirrels go infor storing food in a small way, but otherwiseanimals have to adopt different strategies forsurvival in a season which offers only shortdays and low temperatures. Some, such asbats, toads, dormice and hedgehogshibernate, taking a lesson from the deciduoustrees. Life processes slowright down: a hibernatinghedgehog takes only onebreath every few minutesand its body temperaturedrops from 35 to 10degrees centigrade. Thebody fat from the gooddays of autumn is used upto provide the energynecessary to stay alive.Warm days can be a problem rather than ahelp, causing the animal to wake andtherefore have to find food. It’s a riskybusiness – there may not be enough toreplace the energy burnt up in the search.

The creatures who stay awake have to be

pretty resourceful, perhaps changing theirdiet or behaviour. Squirrels build winterdreys close to the trunks of trees towithstand storms and cuddle together insidefor warmth. Rabbits will dig up roots and

eat tree bark when other food is scarce, andI have seen clumps of ivy on a fallen branchcompletely stripped of leaves by deer. Thefox is ever ready to take advantage of a lapsein chicken coop security or a discardedtakeaway! Wood pigeons may form largeflocks in their search for food in thecountryside or take a more individual

approach andconcentrate on thegarden birdfeeders. Thisleads me to make aseasonal request onbehalf of our nativebirds: putting out foodand water will make abig difference to theirchance of survival thiswinter. If you can provide

a variety of birdfood in your garden you willattract a variety of birds: fatballs (or home-made bird cake) and mealworms will bringrobins, peanuts are a favourite withwoodpeckers, niger seed is popular withgoldfinches, sunflower seeds seem to attractthem all but are a particular favourite withnuthatches in my garden. Birds not onlyneed water to drink but also to bathe in sothat their feathers are kept in good conditionfor flight and insulation.

That brings me to the birds who have thebest plan of all – taking a holiday in theSouthern Hemisphere! If you’re not thatlucky you still have theforest to enjoy. Wrap upwarm!

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