The people's group campaigning for The Wrekin

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I'm putting together a map of the tracks and walks and everything!

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  • How to join up to this site: it's open, any one can become a member. We totally hide your email address from spam bots too. Just join up!
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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
Allan's Twh cover
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).

Wrekin Wraiths, Rebels and Romans
Wrekin Wraiths
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.

Fern Ticket
fernticket.jpg 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
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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

News Departments

Archive page for Saturday, 19 April 2008

 Sa, Apr 19, 2008
UK Coal considers re-opening mine in Nottinghamshire as price of coal doubles in year
Daily Mail: "For the first time since it was set up in 1994, Britain's biggest coal producer is considering reopening a mine. UK Coal is investigating Harworth colliery near Doncaster in the hope that it could provide up to 40million tons of coal available. That would male it the firm's biggest pit. The company's takings soared by 292 per cent last year to a £69million pre-tax profit."

Simon Brown, an analyst from the stockbroker Landsbanki, said: "Extraction rates for deep and surface mines are set to grow in 2008 and 2009 alongside a steep rise in coal prices."


The coal hole is getting more and more valuable to UK Coal.
# Posted by Steve Hooker at 19/4/08; 10:04:40 AM
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UK Coal considers re-opening mine in Nottinghamshire as price of coal doubles in year | the Daily Mail