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Bishop's Castle
Methodist News DEATH: The death of Mr Clifford Woosnam, aged 77, came as a great shock to his many friends in the town where he was born and lived all his life. The only son of Mr and Mrs Albert Woosnam, his wife Olwen, died some years ago. A large company
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It's Derek J Davies
AS an electoral candidate for the Clee View ward, I was appalled to read a letter from D Davies, taxpayer, expressing political sentiment, which was published in your paper Thursday, January 1. Although I don't necessarily disagree with that view, as
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The best that one can hope for
IN your letters page (Advertiser, January 1) I find I am referred to in a letter from a Mr R J Thomas who furthermore makes the insinuation that I referred to the council engaging in 'comic antics' when I said no such thing. Considering Mr Thomas's continuing
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Ludlow Seven have their appeals against nineteen day bans upheld
The group of National Hunt jockeys who attracted the un-wanted nickname of 'The Ludlow Seven' after taking the wrong course at the Shropshire track last month have successfully appealed against their nineteen day bans. In a long and protracted hearing
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Hill's promising play all in vain as they fall to Premier Division rivals
Haughmond 2 Clee Hill 1 THIS Shropshire County Premier League started off at a cracking pace with both teams looking to attack at every opportunity. Hill produced some promising moves but these came to nothing as the final pass went astray. At the other
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Wooffers complete a double
Woofferton 4 Wellington 3 WOOFFERTON dented the title hopes of their Hereford Times Herefordshire League Premier Division second placed visitors when they completed a league double. With leaders Ewyas Harold on cup duty Wellington needed to win to take
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Rugby Luctonians hopes are dented
Whitchurch 13 pts Luctonians 5 LUCTONIANS' Midlands One championship hopes were dented as Shropshire rivals Whitchurch built up a 13-point lead interval and then held on for a deserved victory. Third-placed Luctonians made far too many elementary handling
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Rugby Cleobury start New Year with victory over Bromyard
Cleobury Mortimer 15 pts Bromyard 3 AFTER playing the majority of their pre-Christmas North Midlands One matches away from home Cleobury started the New year with a welcome victory, defeating local rivals Bromyard to bag their second win of the season
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Tenbury come from behind to defeat their local rivals
TENBURY overturned an eight-point interval deficit to gain a narrow, but deserved North Midlands 2 victory over near neighbours Clee Hill in a hard fought local derby played in a good spirit. Winning the toss visiting skipper Steve Price elected to play
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Christmas Cracker attracts 96 members at Ludlow
LUDLOW members ensured that the festive golf season was extended when 96 members took part in a rearranged Christmas Cracker competition, the original event having been postponed because of bad weather. Although faced with blustery conditions and the
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Museum on mission for mannequins
STOP smoking, lose weight, take up voluntary work - these are the usual new year resolutions. But one south Shropshire museum keeper has an odd ambition - she wants to find her 100th shop dummy. Stella Mitchell, at the Museum of Lost Content, in Craven
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Report is painting a grim picture
CRAVEN Arms is a deprived town with apparent low morale and Ludlow a place of stark differences in wealth, say consultants. County councillors and officers are studying the report, on a new 10-year economic development strategy for Shropshire. It underlines
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Local plan hearings under way
FOUR weeks of public hearings into the South Shropshire Local Plan began in Ludlow yesterday (Wednesday). Among the items to be considered by the inspector, John Mattocks, is the much-debated Eco Business Park, due to be built off the A49 at the Sheet
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Bishop is appointed
THE new Bishop of Hereford - whose area of responsibility includes Ludlow and the Tenbury and Teme Valley ministry - has been appointed. The Rt Rev Anthony Priddis, formerly Bishop of Warwick, takes over from the Rt Rev John Oliver. The 104th holder of
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Warning over threat to Ludlow Racecourse
LUDLOW Racecourse could be under threat from a probe into possible unfair practices by the horseracing industry. The Office of Fair Trading is investigating the work of the British Horseracing Board and the Jockey Club, which decide how many days racing
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Sounds of the sitar
ONE of the UK's leading players of the Indian sitar, Viram Jasani, will play at Presteigne Assembly Rooms on Saturday. He has been in the public eye ever since he played another Indian instrument, the tabla, on a Led Zeppelin album. He recently completed
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Cracking start to the season
A CHARITY night in aid of St Michael's Hospice, on Wednesday, opens the run of Humpty Dumpty at Bromyard's Conquest Theatre. Booking has opened strongly for the panto, with Ellie Scott as the world's most famous egg, but tickets are still available on
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Flatulency, fun and fisticuffs
The discovery of a 110 year old 'Tizer reminded MICHAEL BAWS that the past really is another country. IT was a wild week in Ludlow. John Hall, otherwise known as "Lion", and Ernest Watkins, from Old Street, received 21 days' hard labour for fighting with
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Richards Castle
THE last meeting of 2003 was held in the village hall with 18 members bearing food of varying delicacies for the 'Last Supper'. The usual discussions for every December took place, that is, the Christmas lunch and to bring a present and the group carol
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Church Stretton
Following this month's 1950s party night, held on January 13, members can look forward to a talk by Dr Seamus McGann on A Year in Australia, on February 10, when the next meeting takes place. The meeting, which is due to be held in the Sylvester Horne
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Tenbury
Ladies Evening Guild: So There I Was! That was the title of the talk given on Monday evening by the Rev Geoffrey Hilton-Turvey. So where was he? In a police station in Derbyshire helping the police with their inquiries. This all came about after a series
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Ludlow
THE floodlights were lit at St Laurence's Church, Ludlow on: JANUARY 2: For Peter Thomas Hince in memory of his birthday. From his wife Betty and family. JANUARY 3: For Rose Smith, remembering you on your birthday. Love from all the family. JANUARY 4:
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Clows Top
GARDENING CLUB: The club ended its year on a very pleasant note with a well-attended social evening and AGM. The AGM took just enough time to hear reports and re-elect the committee in toto. Afterward we learned about the fascinating world of bee keeping
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Teacher Jean's a school leaver
l THE end of last term saw Church Stretton School pupils say farewell to Mrs Jean Brayford, who has been a teacher of RE and Humanities, and occasionally English, at the school for nearly 20 years. She also taught for a brief spell at Mary Webb and Bishop's
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The Strettons
CAMERA CLUB: Those who didn't make it to last week's talk and slideshow, presented by ornithologist Keith Offord, missed seeing the range of bird life he had captured on film during a trip to Texas and Arizona. In a question and answer session he revealed
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Bah humbug!
THIS year's Christmas 'Bah Humbug Award' must surely go to Ludlow's Somerfield. In a store still packed with happy festive shoppers, staff proceeded to take down all of their Christmas decorations early afternoon on December 24! Good to see the festive
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Driven potty by bureaucracy
THE problem of minor roads repair (Ludlow Advertiser, January 1) could be eased if the county council was prepared to allow parish councils to repair potholes as they develop and not after six months of car wrecking, when countless motorists have submitted
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Party animal who is left at a loss
I WRITE with regard to district councillor George Price, whose comments are frequently recorded in your newspaper. At small town council or parish council level party politics do not enter into things and I have always found people to be happy with this
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Applauding their staying power
WHY the sudden mass resignations from Tenbury Town Council's parks and cemeteries committee (Six councillors resign from town council committee - Tenbury Advertiser, December 18)? Some reasons have been given but could it really be more to do with the
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Volleyball Too much turkey stuffs Cleobury's goose
Cleobury men crashed to a three one defeat against local rivals Wombourne in the first game of 2004. Despite a useful training session the previous day, it all went horribly wrong on Sunday January 4. Cleobury have never performed well against Wombourne
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Football Last gasp equaliser blunts Brown Clee hopes of a win
Wrockwardine 1 Brown Clee 1 BROWN Clee were looking certain of coming back from Wrockwardine with all three points after controlling this competitive Shropshire County League Division 1 clash, until their hosts grabbed an equaliser in the last minute.
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Stretton lead twice but fall in the dying moments
STRETTON held the lead twice in this entertaining Shropshire County League Premier Division clash at Wellington, but their hosts came back to level, and then snatched victory with a late goal. The visitors played down the slope in the first period and
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Keeper is carried off as Reserves go down to Quarry Bank
THIS Kidderminster League Division 1 clash was marred by several unsavoury incidents early in the second half which saw Tenbury's Aaron Morris red-carded and their goalkeeper Shaun Baldwin carried off. Up to that point it had been a very evenly contested
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Hockey Youngsters show great promise to beat Bridgnorth
Ludlow U15 6 Bridgnorth U15 2 LUDLOW'S youngsters showed great spirit in coming from behind to win this exciting Shropshire Badgers League match in their first fixture of 2004. Although they were in control from the off Ludlow found themselves two goals
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Town pay dearly for their sluggish start
LUDLOW paid for a sluggish start in which they conceded two goals in the first five minutes of this Midland Alliance mid-table clash, and although they fought back well they failed to get back on terms. Joe Williams and David Andrewartha were unusually
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Reserves kick off the New Year with stunning victory
Malvern Rangers 0 Ludlow Town Reserves 3 LUDLOW got the 2004 half of their West Midlands League Division 1 South campaign off to a winning start with an excellent team performance at Malvern, showing little signs of rustiness after a three-week lay-off
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Curtain could go up on 'terrific' facility in 2006
A NEW sports hall and performing arts centre could open in Bishop's Castle early in 2006. Terry Hunt, head of the town's Community College, said "This is good news for the College, the town and the surrounding area. "It will be a terrific facility for
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Care group marks decade
STRETTON Cancer Care has celebrated its 10th anniversary with a lunch for 34 members. The group was set up by Robin Jukes-Hughes and Doreen Hall when they first met at the Shropshire and Mid Wales Hospice. Robin had been a counsellor at a cancer support
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Danger on road, say protesters
TWO major road projects at the Bull Ring this week brought danger for pedestrians and occasional traffic congestion. The first scheme, involving an experimental set of traffic lights near the top of Old Street, caused tailbacks and ran into criticism
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Town to aim for floral triumph
LUDLOW will try to add to its accolades this summer by competing in the Britain in Bloom competition for the first time. The town's Tourism Group has called a public meeting at the Buttercross on Wednesday, January 28, at 7pm to develop plans to give
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Challenging programme
TWO young musicians, violinist David Brodowski and pianist Christopher Cromar, play a programme full of challenge and excitement at Ludlow Assembly Rooms, on January 31. Their recital includes Cesar Franck's grand and melodious Violin Sonata and Ravel's
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Stroppy folk wanted; it'll be pure poetry
Leintwardine poetry lovers have embarked on a five-week treat called Piece of Cake. Jo Bell, of the Ledbury Poetry Festival, is holding poetry reading groups at the Lion Inn on Saturdays at 2.30pm until February 7. "It's meant to be fun and instructive
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Be moo-ved by three men in bow ties
THREE quarters of the material in a concert by Three Men in a Bow Tie is always guaranteed to be fresh. The three - dairy farmer Martin Jones, radio presenter Chris Eldon Lee and Shrewsbury School's director of music John Moore, all from Shropshire -
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Ready to do the time walk again
THERE is still time to dig out your wildest costume for the Saturday night showing in Ludlow of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. If you don't fancy audience participation, go on Monday for a more conventional screening of a great film. Markets & Fairs
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Review: Scaramouche Jones, Ludlow Assembly Rooms
PETE Postlethwaite deserved every second of the applause that rained down after his performance. Given in aid of Caitlin's Kickstart Fund, it was a brilliant master class in acting. The one-man play by Justin Butcher features the clown Scaramouche in
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A serious reason to play the clown
ONE of the country's foremost actors, Pete Postlethwaite broke off from rehearsals for his one-man show last week to talk to MICHAEL BAWS about his work for Caitlin's Kickstart Fund. PETE Postlethwaite may be playing the clown, for his one-man show Scaramouche
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Town pay dearly for their sluggish start
LUDLOW paid for a sluggish start in which they conceded two goals in the first five minutes of this Midland Alliance mid-table clash, and although they fought back well they failed to get back on terms. Joe Williams and David Andrewartha were unusually
