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    for things that affect all of the area.
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    Why Garden Birdwatchers are Important a talk by Claire Bagshall 19th January 7.00 pm Methodist Church Hall, St Martins 3 Parishes Community Wildlife Group Tea and coffee All welcome
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    Why Garden Birdwatchers are Important a talk by Claire Bagshall 19th January 7.00 pm Methodist Church Hall, St Martins 3 Parishes Community Wildlife Group Tea and coffee All welcome
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    Do you want a new wildlife group in the area? Please come along to Weston Rhyn Institute at 7 pm on 3rd November. The aim of the meeting is to gauge the level of local interest in creating a new community wildlife group Interest in wildlife and enthusiasm are far more important than expert knowledge Individuals and families will be most welcome; come along on the 3rd November for a chat and a cup of tea or coffee If you need more information please ring Polly on 01691 239087 https://www.facebook.com/3-Parishes-Wildlife-Group-1416030745362606/
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    Do you want a new wildlife group in the area? Please come along to Weston Rhyn Institute at 7 pm on 3rd November. The aim of the meeting is to gauge the level of local interest in creating a new community wildlife group Interest in wildlife and enthusiasm are far more important than expert knowledge Individuals and families will be most welcome; come along on the 3rd November for a chat and a cup of tea or coffee If you need more information please ring Polly on 01691 239087 https://www.facebook.com/3-Parishes-Wildlife-Group-1416030745362606/
  6. The website has been updated. https://clonehenge.com/the-63-large-permanent-replicas/
  7. Weston Rhyn has been disregarded by Shropshire Council for far too long and things are coming to a head. All we ever get are broken promises whilst we see other parishes obtain their necessary infrastructure improvements. The roundabout at the top of the village, and the bends leading in to it are very dangerous and now the markings have faded so much that when the road is wet you would not even know it was a roundabout. Shropshire Star are covering our concerns http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2016/04/14/shropshire-council-treating-village-like-a-poor-relation/ Why not come along to the Parish Councils annual meeting on 25th at 7 pm in the institute and let the parish council know what you think, and what you would have on your wish list for the village.
  8. Thats altogether a lot of people who follow whats on this site. Lots of people don't want to do more than read comments.
  9. How many people follow the CO Facebook page?
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    New Group being formed to protect Old Oswestry and it's setting from inappropriate developments. Come along to Oswestry Memorial Hall Discuss ideas for campaign and ideas for other projects around the hillfort.
  11. It is the only place o see all the minutes in the one place so is useful. Can the admin. email all clerks again and ask them to post the minutes? It would also be very useful to have something from the LJC meetings. Our last one had the Shrops Council Chief Exec talking about all the cuts and how it was going to fall to our local villages to pick up the pieces and run services we wanted. So fairly important! Here is the film that he showed us. Should stimulate debate.
  12. Good idea Robmit but might it be cheaper to put an article in each village magazine and reach everyone that way?
  13. If you want to support the campaign to stop development around Old Oswestry, and you fancy a walk on Sunday, meet at the Gatacre car park in Oswestry at 1 pm.
  14. So much for consultation and localism. SC have gone abainst the wishes of local parish council and of residents!
  15. Maybe you could ask for the Parish's Neighbourhood Plan or its Parish Plan to be updated by the Parish Council? Shropshire Council have to take that into account at planning stages. Couldn't agree more that we should insist that all new build has solar panels and passive heating. You can get solar roof tiles which look just like ordinary tiles too. Personally I am waiting for solar panels to become available that are light weight enough to go on the roof of our victorian house. Also we await the development of a system to feed power down from there which doesn't damage tiles by drilling through them (and hence create cracks and leaks).
  16. Parish Councils have diminished powers in planning, and cannot make those sorts of design demands. That is down to Shropshire Council. Have a look on their website for current requirements for 'sustainability' e.g. here http://shropshire.gov.uk/media/836725/sustainability-checklist-template.pdf
  17. Nice one Lee. Great to see innovation recognised. When will we see your paddle boards on the canal? http://www.lindstrandtech.com/lindstrand-technologies-ltd-wins-2015-ifai-international-achievement-award/
  18. Does anyone have any photographs etc which have local WW1 soldiers in them? Royal Welsh Fusiliers Museum are looking for old photos,and many lads from our villages joined them in Pals regiments. This is the list of WW1 soldiers with some information about some of them; on Weston Rhyn war Memorial http://www.clwydfhs.org.uk/cofadeiladau/westonrhyn_wm.htm St Martins http://www.clwydfhs.org.uk/cofadeiladau/stmartins_wm.htm and Gobowen http://www.clwydfhs.org.uk/cofadeiladau/gobowen_wm.htm If you know anything about any of these poor lads please post information here. I'm sure many of us are interested in the families who lived here 100 years ago.
  19. Well done y'all, and thanks to Bethan for keeping us all informed. https://www.facebook.com/groups/634108443357107/?pnref=lhc
  20. Have you asked to speak?  What do our local councillors intend to say?  Who is going to speak up for the parish Council?  I've read the agenda and notes and there is a huge amount of objections listed which has obviously amended the application a bit, but do you think this slightly smaller array will help at all? 
  21. Great article about Old Oswestry and the planning concerns in the Observer this Sunday http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/27/old-oswestry-hill-fort-housing-development A quote from Sir Barry Cunliffe, who is the world authority on Iron Age Hillforts: “I think that this [proposed development] has grossly overstepped what is ethically acceptable. Old Oswestry Hill Fort is such a good – well, bad – case. It is stark. If we’re going to win the argument at all, this is one where it could be fought fairly. “The hill fort is perfectly safe and extremely well looked after by Historic England. But there is a limit to what Historic England can reasonably do. “The setting of the hill fort is the issue here. The objectors to the development have a very, very strong case. It [The proposed scheme] ruins the setting.”
  22. The application for a large scale development of houses in Aspen Grange has been thrown out by councilors despite officer recommendations for it to go ahead (it was part of the SamDev offer from Weston Rhyn). After hearing about flood and sewerage problems for residents in Aspen Grange, the Parish Council changed their minds and decided not to support the development because it was only going to make things a lot worse for the residents of the area, Shropshire Councillors supported this decision, Welsh water stated that houses could be built, but, until new sewers were built they would not pass them as safe to live in. That leaves the residents of Weston Rhyn in a bit of a quandary. We cannot build any more houses until we have an improved sewer system, but Welsh Water have no plans to do this. Read this in the Advertizer: http://bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk/news/148692/watermen-putting-a-stop-tap-on-village-growth.aspx
  23. Andy, will you be running these in the other villages too? (No direct public transport links to St M. etc)
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