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An independent group of individuals who share a love of The Wrekin
and a determination to see it preserved for the good of its
communities, landscape, wildlife and heritage.
Read more about Purpose, principles, activities and structure.
Some promotions about The Wrekin:
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 Sunday, 30 March 2008
Su, Mar 30, 2008Hello All Friends. I had hoped to be very positive tonight, after spending a wonderful morning with a group of friends, around the Short woods.Some of the Bluebells are bursting, the others around 14 days away from their wonderful annual show.
Then, we went off the beaten path, around the back of New Works, Birch coppice to be precise, and the devastation that met our eyes was quite upsetting and annoying.
Mature Rowan trees, ripped up, and discarded like matchsticks. Boughs from mature trees, smashed off the living wood. Oaks, though not massive in age, stripped of branches and foliage as some huge mechanical monster passed by.
But worst of all, seeing a mature old Birch, snapped off around 3 feet from its roots, the sap weeping in rivulets to a growing pool below, like widows tears.
Whats been happening up there, all the power pylons on the proposed opencast site, seem to have been dismantled and removed quietly, and with brutal disregard for the woodland. Those that still remain, in the fields below New Works, and Arleston hill, have huge concrete counter balance weights on them to tension the remaining cables.
The same weights and ties, are seen at New Works farm, heading towards Dog in the lane, where again, the cables have been cut. Even as far as Lydebrook farm, the cables and pylons are coming down.
People are asking Friends of the Ercall, is work on the mine starting.We can only say, not to our knowledge, as planning permission has not yet been given. As we can still object to the Opencast plan, the planning board decision, has obviously, not been taken, so whats going on ?
It seems odd, that the pylons being removed, follow the area that is under application at present, South site, Haul Road, Northern site.
If you have any information, please make it known, and if you get chance, go and have a look at the mess in the woods, where even the concrete piles holding the pylons have been grubbed out.
Best wishes to All Friends.Pat.
