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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.

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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

Gimme facts

Gimme facts
This is the first draft of a letter I'm sending to AONB, SWT and T&WC. I think it's important that we find out what the hell is going on. I've said before, I hate secrets with a fist clenching passion.

If you have any comments, or know of something else I should ask for please say... The wisdom of crowds. I'll give it a few days to 'cook' here, then post it off.

I'll then move onto the toilets in the next installment. I think we should make them a political matter, since this is an election year. When the candidates come-a-calling, ask them what their view on the toilets is: demolish them or open them?

Phil Holden
Shropshire Hills AONB
Partnership Manager

CC:
Michael Barker, Head of Planning & Transportation T&WC
Jacqui Seymour, Borough CouncillorT&WC / SWT
Stephen Bently, Borough Councillor T&WC
Pete Lambert, SWT
David Wright, Telford MP
John Charles Minor, Borough Councillor T&WC, St Georges

RE:
Open Meeting of Wrekin Forest Partnership meeting 1st Feb 2010

Dear Phil,

I wasn’t surprised to find out that I and thusly the wrekinFriends.com website, its 300 members and several thousand readers has been removed from your and SWT’s mailing lists. However, I was surprised at the reasoning. May I again suggest that it is far better to be open and to be seen to be open; that it is far better to challenge dissent than to hide from it and that it is healthy to be held to account by members of the public. I have a saying, “in the absence of facts; lies, gossip, rumour and innuendo.” If you don’t give me facts, I’ll have to guess.

I request that you add me to the list of members of the public who receive copies of the minutes of the Wrekin Forest Partnership. My personal email address is xx@xxxx.com.

However, you may email the website directly, attaching the relevant documents and they will be added to the front page, automatically, without alteration. It would make sense to add this email address to your lists xx@xxxx.com ; You can then speak directly, without hindrance to 300 members and several thousand readers and lovers of The Hill.

I would also appreciate you sending me and/or the website copies of the recent feasibility study regarding the establishment of a shop on The Hill and/or the establishment of an information centre/car park on the donkey field.

I believe that you have also undertaken a survey of visitors to The Hill. I’d like a copy of this, too.

You mentioned that you are about to start another feasibility study concerning transport to and around The Hill. Would you send me and/or the website details of this.

You also mentioned at the meeting that there was a fund of £5,000 available for community projects around The Hill. I’d like to publicise this too on wrekinFriends.com.

I believe that you also have a copy of the map shown last night by UK Coal, detailing the bridleways, pathways, planning and landscaping after the surface mine has closed. I asked UK Coal last night for a copy of their presentation and this map. They said they’d send it, as yet it hasn’t arrived. I fear that they too will be unwilling to provide me/the website with these details. If you have a copy, would you send me this too.

Of course, if you are unable or unwilling to supply me with these documents and details, I will take it up with T&WC, who have to comply with Freedom of Information requests, my local councilor and my MP.

Yours faithfully,

# Posted by Steve Hooker at 2/2/10; 2:18:51 PM
To the Planning applications dept.
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