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and a determination to see it preserved for the good of its
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The Wrekin Hill
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This book is available for £12.99 from all good booksellers and the Halfway
House after the launch on 8th April 2007, or direct from Allan himself, in
which case send a Sterling cheque for £12.99 made payable to ALLAN FROST at
1 Buttermere Drive, Priorslee, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 9RE, United Kingdom.
Overseas buyers should send an International Money Order for that amount
(there is no additional charge for postage for this book).
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The book is available from all good booksellers and the Halfway House on
The Wrekin after the official launch at the end of October 2006 or direct
from Allan himself, in which case please send a Sterling cheque for £5.99
made payable to ALLAN FROST at 1 Buttermere Drive, Priorslee, Telford,
Shropshire, TF2 9RE, United Kingdom. If you live outside the United Kingdom,
send an International Money Order for £6.99 made payable to Allan Frost at
the above address.
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George Evans, the venerable chairman of All
Friends Around The Wrekin has a booklet out. Already on its second
reprint and the only book about The Wrekin, like ever!
Join George for a walk up and around The Wrekin, learn all the important landmarks and all the historical aspects of The Wrekin.
BTW: A fern ticket is the mythical permit to adventure on The Wrekin or
in its magical forest. Couples spotted leaving a dance at the Forest
Glen were asked. "Have you got your fern ticket?"
Wrekin Recipes;newWindow.focus())
Recipes taught to the pupils of Wrekin Road School in 1904 with
Emmie Teece's memories of the Wellington area in the years before
World War One.
£2.99 All proceeds to the Wrekin Appeal
Available from : Langlands Records, Wellington; Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury
Archive page for Thursday, 03 January 2008
 Th, Jan 3, 2008Quangos and tourists
Happy New Year Steve,I'm a bit confused about this on the website.
I worry about quangos but they're 'quasi-autonomous national government organisations', not local councils or wildlife trusts. ;newWindow.focus())
They seem to be run by redundant politicians who employ whiz-kids. They include the likes of English Partnerships, which is TDC in disguise and the instigator of the massive growth of Telford New Town, which is drifting out of control.The Wrekin Forest Partnership seems to have been started with good intent and I think we should join in and help point it in the right direction. Let's make friends with it. We might even get some working lavatories. Did you get my picture of sunset on the solstice? Here it is again just in case. Happiness in 2008 to AFRTW. George the Ancient [In reply to George Evans:] I'm taring local councils and wildlife trusts all with the same quango brush. They are all coming together to form WFP, another quango, even if AFRTW is going to be a part of this. This is why I'm trying to raise a broader AFRTW constituency, wider than the current crop who always turn up for meetings---hopefully of regular walkers, runners, bikers and all. Seemingly, and I haven't done a systematic polling, the members here want The Wrekin pretty much as it is now. Even if there's going to be an ever increasing rise in visitors to The Hill. Paul Evans' 'benign neglect' is, perhaps the most popular vision going forward---it's worked ever so well in the past. Or at least make it look as though it's still neglected, rather than putting new pathways made of stripped pine, steps with hand rails and bridges that look twee. A wild Wrekin rather than a tamed Wrekin. Sure we need to join in with thew WFP and point them in the right direction, rather than letting them run amok. # Posted by Steve Hooker at 3/1/08; 1:39:20 PM To the Gossip & Rumour dept. Discuss Comment [0] Quangos and tourists 
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