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Speaking out in favour of play
I READ Councillor Griffiths excoriation of A Winter's Tale with mounting confusion. Was his target the production, the playwright or both? Ambitious then, or indiscriminate? For the production I can't speak, but for the play I must. The good councillor
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Is Bogdonov Brew so toxic?
COUNCILLOR Griffiths is perfectly entitled to "hate and slate" this year's festival play A Winter's Tale. However, on the evidence of his letter (July 3), it is difficult to determine whether it is the playwright, the play or the production which prompted
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Why the delay in court action?
I NOTE with interest the front page article in the Tenbury Advertiser, July 3, entitled Tennis Courts Row is no Love Match. Whereas the Tenbury Town Council has once again voted to take Tenbury Tennis Club to the small claims court to recover the sum
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Town well served by Six Bells and six pubs
EAR the Welsh border, in the Shropshire market town of Bishop's Castle, you sense a buzz of a 'work hard - play hard' community. Small wonder the 1,800 strong populace knows how to "play hard". It is served by the Six Bells Brewery and six pubs, all within
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Giles guides Tenbury home to victory
Thompson turned the game for Tenbury when he came on to bag the last four wickets cheaply as Himbleton threatened to set a big total in this Worcestershire League Division Four clash. Himbleton scored 253 and Tenbury totalled 254 for 7. Electing to bat
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Land sells well ahead of price guide
A PARCEL of land at Bishops Castle sold well ahead of the guide price at the Castle Hotel, Bishops Castle. Auctioneers Jenny Layton of McCartneys sold 4.6 acres of pasture and amenity land with stables adjacent to School House Lane for £51,000, well ahead
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Consultants report on fatal crash ambulance
INDEPENDENT consultants are to report on whether south Shropshire's ambulance services can cope with demand. Their investigation comes amid public concern about the time an ambulance took to deal with a fatal road accident which occurred last month in
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Festival making plans for next year
AS the longest-ever Ludlow Festival ended with a bang, its committee began work planning for next year. One of its first tasks will be to decide whether to run another three-week Festival in 2004 or go back to two weeks and maybe only one Shakespeare
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Magnificent response
LUDLOW played its full part in giving the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh a magnificent welcome to Shropshire. After a journey that started in Telford along routes lined with waving country folk, the Royal couple was treated in Ludlow to a town packed
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The Queen of Smiles
LUDLOW is basking in the afterglow of a magic day last Thursday when a reigning monarch came to the town for the first time for 300 years. And from the comments of Buckingham Palace organisers, both Ludlow and Craven Arms people and organisers of the
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Line-dancers help sheltered homes tenants
A YOUNG line-dancing team has raised £76 for the tenants of a sheltered housing scheme in Craven Arms. Craven Arms-based Razor Sharp who reahearse at South Shropshire Housing Associaiton's Millmead sheltered scheme raised the money inappreciation of the
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Shame he should be neglected...
What an enjoyable Thursday afternoon, but what an oversight on the part of The Establishment that Mr Frances Dunne of Ludlow railway station was not introduced to the Royal couple. Mr Dunne has done such a lot for local rail users. His knowledge, expertise
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Councillor must be culture vulture
SO Cllr Griffiths didn't like the Festival. This comes from a respecter of culture. Readers should remember that he was one of the gang of two who wanted to stop a grant to the Assembly Rooms as it was a waste and they didn't need it (obviously a culture
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Excellent direction and performance
WOW! Aren't we privileged to have a real, live theatre critic here in Ludlow, or are we? Cllr Brian Griffith's letter about Ludlow Festival's A Winter's Tale in the Advertiser on July 3 quite amazed, and incidentally, insulted me. I was one of those people
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Kim wins through to play at renowned Wentworth
CLEOBURY Mortimer golfer Kim Simm will do what many club golfers can only dream about when she competes in the inaugural final of the Health Perception Championship of Great Britain and Ireland, at Wentworth on Thursday, September 25. She earned the right
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Trevor makes it four wins on the trot with his birds
LUDLOW Borough sent 59 birds to Wincanton, which is 90 miles. The birds were liberated at 8.15am into a South West wind. It turned out to be a fast race with good returns. Once again G Hicks takes the red card, second were R and T Brad-ley, who also won
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Marcus runs for county at English Schools event
LUDLOW'S promising young athlete Marcus Sharrad represented Shropshire in the English Schools Athletic Championships at the Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield when he competed in the junior 80-metres hurdles. He has made steady progress through this season
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Knighton get the better of the opposition
Knighton-on-Teme 230-7 Corinthians 178-7 WITH Tim Gasch back to full fitness and taking the helm Knighton had the better of this Worcestershire League Division Five encounter, their 15 points for a winning draw taking them into the top half of the league
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Ludlow topple leaders for joint second spot
LUDLOW forced themselves back into the reckoning and moved up to joint second spot with this comprehensive victory over Shropshire League Division One leaders St George's. Ludlow scored 229-7 and St Geroge's replied with 165. Invited to bat the home side
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Suffolk lamb tops sale at 15,000gns
A TOP bid of 15,000 guineas sent temperatures soaring in a packed sale ring at the Suffolk Sheep Society's National Show and Sale at Worcester on Saturday. John Sinnett's ram lamb from the Stockton flock, at Stockton-on-Teme, Worcester, was selected as
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Relaxation of OTMS will need careful handling
ANOTHER sign that the beef industry is returning to normal after the BSE nightmare comes with the likely relaxation of the Over Thirty Months rule. While the relaxation is being welcomed some livestock farmers are expressing concern about a possible slump
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Death of auctioneer who helped establish major local firm
THE family of a local auctioneer is celebrating the life of a man who helped establish the success of one of the best known auctioning businesses in the area. John Robert McCartney died peacefully aged 74 at Stone House, Bishops Castle, on Wednesday,
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Invest in the new hall
CLEOBURY Mort-imer resident Roger Skelhorn is urging individuals in the community to club together and "invest" in the parish's newly refurbished Market Hall. Mr Skelhorn, a former parish councillor, tols a meeting of the council that he was prepared
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It's hot and getting hotter!
JUNE turned out to be a good, mainly dry, warm, sunny month. In fact, it was the warmest since that very hot summer of 1976 and the sunniest since 1996. The last day of the month had to spoil it all when we had 20mm (nearly 1in) of rain, to send the rainfall
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A service to say goodbye to bishop
MORE than 300 children from schools all over the diocese of Hereford took part in a special service at St Laurence's Church in Ludlow to mark their move to secondary school and to say goodbye to the Bishop of Hereford, John Oliver. The service on July
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Heads' anger as kids miss out on Royal visit
A SUNSHINE day for the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Ludlow had a black lining for 30 unhappy Ludlow schoolchildren. Instead of being out in the sunshine waving flags at the Royal party, the pupils at Ludlow Junior School spent the afternoon
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Little Callum's Royal welcome
THE QUEEN and the Duke of Edinburgh gave the people of Ludlow, and particularly the children, a day to remember. In perfect weather - summer but slightly overcast and not too hot - more than 200 people lined the top of Corve Street waiting for the Royal
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Rousing welcome from Craven Arms
ONE of the highlights of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Shropshire must have been the rousing welcome from children greeting them as they arrived at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms for lunch. Centre Operations Manager
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Festival kicks off with a concert
The 37th Church Stretton and South Shropshire Arts Festival kicks off on Saturday, July 19 with a concert by the Staffordshire Brass Band at Church Stretton School at 7.30pm. This well-known band was champion band of Great Britain (first section) and
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Works of art go on display as part of Stretton arts festival
MORE than 500 works of art will be on display at the Arts and Crafts exhibition that forms an eagerly awaited part of the Church Stretton and South Shropshire Arts festival. Festival chairman John Woolmer said the event, which is the 37th in the series
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Bill's not a six-foot hulk...
FOLK music enthusiasts should beat a path to Ludlow Assembly Rooms in mid-August for a chance to hear two award winning groups. The eight piece band E2K plays a mix of jazz, African rhythms and folk. Featuring Kellie White form the Albion Band and Ghanaian
