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St. Garmon’s Messy Church Christmas Crafts
Sunday Dec.10th 3.- 4.15pm
In the Community Hall Castle Caereinion
Children all ages and family too invited for a creative time.
Make angels, a 12 day count-down Xmas tree and more.
Biscuits and milk on arrival.
For more information Tel : 01938 850341
ABERMULE QUILTERS
NEW MEMBERS WELCOME
We meet in the Games Room at Abermule Community Centre on alternating Monday evenings and Tuesday afternoons
£2 per session, tea/coffee included
Free parking. Disabled access
Winter classes include Christmas pleated baskets, miniature quilts and Japanese folded patchwork
2017 and 2018 dates: Monday evenings 7-9pm: Nov 27, Jan 8, Jan 22, Feb 5, Feb 19 etc Tuesday afternoons 1-4pm: Nov 21, Dec 5, Dec 19, Jan 16, Jan 30, Feb 13 etc
For more details: phone Helen Davies, 01686 622707 or email [email protected] or just turn up ...
Castle News Winter 2017
A Quarterly Newsletter
A note from the Editors
If you have any stories, photos or information that you would like to include in the
next issue of the Castle News please get in touch with either Eve, Linda or Lene.
Deadline for the Spring issue will be end of February 2018.
Thank you for all your contributions to this issue
Eve: 01938 850388 or [email protected]
Linda 01938 850512 or [email protected]
Lene: 01938 850260 or [email protected]
Castle News “Paperless”
Castle News is presently printed as a hardcopy but can also be found on the Castle Caereinion website www.castlecaereion.org.uk . We are extremely grateful to Brenda Brown who is always happy to give us her time and cost of printing but think it is time we take a more green ap-proach and help save resources. We would in the future like to move to-wards a less printing and more online format. You can help us by reading the online issue or by putting your name on our mailing list and get your future copies of the Quarterly Castle News by PDF to your inbox. To sign up for email issue send your name and address to either Lene [email protected] Tel. 850 260 or Eve [email protected] Tel. 850 388 However, if you do not have a computer or email, don’t worry, we will con-tinue to print some hard copies, which you can either collect from Mike the Shop or have brought out as per usual. Just let us know.
All our best wishes for a cosy Christmas
and good health in the New Year!
POSTAGE STAMPS
Many thanks to those of you that collect used postage stamps for
me throughout the year!
With Christmas approaching yet again, please save them for
me leaving a border around each one. They provide valuable funds for the
continuing work of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. They can be left at the shop
or popped through the letter box at 26 Swallows Meadow.
Meryl Evans
Railways in the Hall
The Mid Wales and Marches branch of the Garden Railway Society
will be operating model trains in the Hall on the second Saturday of
every month from 10am until 3pm. All are welcome you don`t need to
be a member of the Garden Railway Society. The entry fee for adults is
£1 and children are free. Tea/Coffee and biscuits are also free
The running date for December is Saturday 9th December
CASTLE GOLF SOCIETY
Results so far this year as follows:-
Sunday 26th March Wychwood Park. Winner Richard templeton 39 points
Monday 27st March Wychwood park Winner Richard Wyatt 39 points
Friday 21st April Leominster Winner Brent Parry 40 points
Friday 19th May Hawarden Winner Dave Dowling 32 points
Sunday 16th July The Vale ( Lakes Course ) Winner Dai Ellis 31 points
Monday 25th July The Vale ( National Course ) Winner Richard Wyatt 33 points
Friday 18th August Prestatyn Golf Club Winner Jo Lawson 37 points
Sunday 8th October Worsley Hall Golf Club Winner Richard Templeton 33 points
Monday 9th October Worsley Hall Golf Club Winner Jon Pierce 41 points
On Saturday 24th June we played Crew Green Golf Society in our annual match and un-
fortunately they beat us so we will be looking for revenge in 2018. On Saturday 23rd
September we played Bettws Old Boys at Arscott Golf Club in our other Annual match and we drew the match.
We welcome new members ( it does not matter how good or bad you are ) If you are
interested speak to Joan or Richard at the Red Lion or give one of the following a ring :-
Clive Jones...850264 Scott Theobald...850430 Jon Pierce...850381
Announcements Mrs. Sarah Evans, eldest daughter of Ann and Arthur Powell, Dolarddyn, has graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy from Glyndwr University, Wrexham.
Sarah is a former pupil of Castle Caereinion Primary School and Caereinion
High School. Sarah will continue as a lecturer at the North Wales Business School, Glyndwr University.
ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS at ST. GARMON’S ADVENT
Sunday 3 December 10.30am Family Service
Sunday 10 December 9.30 Parish Communion
CHRISTMAS
17 December 4PM Candle lit CAROL SERVICE
A true family event for ALL ages in readiness for Christmas itself. Come and celebrate with your families, friends and neighbours.
Tuesday 19 December 7pm onwards... CAROLS IN THE RED LION
Another chance to sing some of your favourite carols and Christmas songs and get into the Spirit!
Sunday 24 December 10.30 Christmas Eve CRIB SERVICE for all the family A short family service with the Blessing of the Crib and a chance for "little
ones" to place the Nativity figures in the crib ready for Christmas Day.
CHRISTMAS DAY 10.00 FAMILY COMMUNION to celebrate Christ-
mas...please note the special service time of 10.00
A special Christmas Morning service to celebrate the birth of Jesus, to sing more
carols and to see our new Nativity Scene.
The Rector, Missioner, Churchwardens and all the Parochial Church Council
wish everyone a very Happy and Blessed Christmas.
The Community Website
If you have any events planned, don’t forget to advertise on our Community
Website to spread the word..
CASTLE CAEREINION COMMUNITY COUNCIL
The community council is pleased to be moving forward with a new
flimsy plastic recycling bin for the village to use, which will be
positioned in the top community centre car park.
We shall be receiving a new defibrillator shortly (the other is on loan),
this will be located by the side of Mike's shop.
The Community Council are looking into developing the playground
area with some new equipment, any ideas / suggestions from the
community are very welcome.
We hope to start seeing some further development of the new traffic
calming in the village in the next few months.
If you would like to raise any concerns or issues to the community coun-
cil, there is a 10 minute session at the start of every monthly meeting
(held in the community centre on the fourth Tuesday of each month)
Your Community Council Representatives are:
Carys Evans (clerk to the community council) Nigel Bowen 07703 193 381 [chair]
Gareth Davies 810581
Gary Human 850340 Margaret Jerman 850287
Joan Wyatt 850233
Nigel Evans 07740 611 869 Lisa Rees 850052
Clive Jones 07803 379 244
Lavinia’s “Get Together”
You are welcome to join Lavinia and others for a chat and a cuppa in the Red
Lion pub on the 2nd Wednesday of the Month.
The next” Get Together” is on 8th of December at 2pm onwards. A big thanks
to Joan and Richard for their offer of their facilities.
The art group have been meeting Thurs evenings. We get together, exchange ideas, and mainly practice. Richard Oke leads the class, setting a theme each week, helping with advice, encouragement and practical demonstrations. Cares are forgotten when focused on painting and drawing for two hours, creating some lovely images. Look on line http://www.castlecaereinionartgroup.co.uk/ and see our work. We would like new members. Come and try a taster session when the spring term starts Jan 25th 7-9 in the community hall. For more information tel. Richard on : 01938850341 .
The Red Lion
The open mic nights are back. You are all welcome to come and join in or just come and enjoy. Matt Evans is now running the show starting at 8 to 8.30pm and the next session is on Wednesday, 13th December. Due to demand, Tim Smith is singing at the Red Lion on New Year’s Eve starting at 9pm.
Castle Airgun Castle have started the season well, winning 4 of their first 5 matches with the
other match close. This puts Castle as I write 4th in the league although we
have the same points as 2nd & 3rd but slightly less average. Liam Williams
who lives in the village joined the team last season and with few matches shot has certainly made a good impact with some great results so early in his shoot-
ing life. We have been knocked out of one Cup competition but progressed
through into the next round of the Shrewsbury & Wem Cup beating close ri-vals Guilsfied B. It will be difficult to do better than 4th, our finishing position
for the last two years but if we can show the right form against the teams
above us, we are very capable of 3rd.
Steve Goode
Camping in Castle Caereinion
In 1960, I went on a camping holiday to Castle Caereinion. My dad de-livered me and my camping kit in the van on a Sunday morning. I spent a week camping in a tent with a group of older grammar school boys from the Queen Mary’s grammar school in Walsall. I joined this group of young lads and we camped in the railway station yard. They were much older than me and one of team drove a van which they used to carry all their camping gear. The previous week they had been visiting some long closed quarry railways in North Wales.
We visited the Red Lion in the village on most nights and I had to site on the fireside bench with an orange juice. I sat away from the bar in case the bobbies paid a visit as I was under age. I recall Mr. Emberton was the landlord at this time. The first time I saw Dolarddyn Hall was in 1960. It was by then very dilapidated and unlived in. The story told in the pub was that a coach and horses was to visit Dolarddyn Hall on the next moonlit night, which was a harvest moon. We went to the hall and sat for hours outside the hall but there was no coach. I also remember walking back to the station looking up at the star filled star.
My father was a sub postmaster in the Midlands and I used to phone home from the red kiosk in the village. My father also sent me some money to the sub postmaster in the village, who I visited to collect my groceries. During our stay, we were visited by Captain Turner, who walked along the railway from his home to have a chat. I recall Mr. Jones, who lived in the bungalow opposite the railway yard. We used to pump the water from his well for washing and making tea. Two years before we camped, he had a steam traction engine in the station yard. The engine used to visit local farms to thresh clover seeds, which was grown locally in the 1920s to the 1940s. The engine was a Burrell 5HP named Haig. It has survived and is now residing near Kidwelly in Pem-brokshire. Towards the end of the week, it rained on and off for a few days and my tent sprung many leaks. I spend the last two days camp-ing in the signal box.
At the end of the week, I had to get back to Welshpool on the Crossville bus driven by Mr. Wiffin. I will remember the driver flinging rolled up newspapers out of the side window as we passed by various farms. These were happy days.
Rogers Mill, Cyfronydd
CASTLE FILM CLUB
Thanks to everyone who came along to Girl on the Train. It was a suspense with an unexpected twist at the end and a stellar performance by Emily Blunt. The next film is Beauty and the Beauty which is on Friday, 8th December at 7.30pm (doors open at 7pm). It is a classic Walt Disney film with a faithful yet fresh retelling andstarts Emma Watson and Dan Stevens. Please come along and bring friends and family. Tickets are £4 for adults and £2 for children. The films for spring 2018 are:- Lion Friday, 19th January Five year old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India, away from home and family. He is adopted by an Australian couple and only twenty five years, is determined to India to find his lost family. An inspiring films with beautiful landscape shots. Dunkirk Friday, 16th February In May 1940, Germany advances into France and traps Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. It is fast paced, pulse quickening film set in the air, on the water and on land. Paddington 2 30th March (Good Friday) A family adventure that brings the right sort of heartwarming adventure and emotion through ,the medium of a small bear and Hugh Grant comes up to trumps as the baddie.
Clive MCC
In October the Club held its AGM and changes have taken place. Shirley
has stood down as Secretary, Gill Bowden as Treasurer and Kev Bowden as
Trials Secretary. The positions filled which in these times is good news, but the club thanked all retiring officers for their hard work over the many
years.
The Club run their Sarah Kilvert Trial on the 3rd December, the first of our
winter events. The club meet first Tuesday each month at the Cock Forden,
8pm. Steve Goode
Advent Reflection by Alexis Smith
Serendipity
Serendipity means a "happy accident" or "pleasant surprise". Specifical-
ly, it refers to the accident of finding something good while not specifically searching for it.
I believe that God uses serendipity to help us know that he is present with us and to give us an unexpected moment of joy. Often this surprise aware-
ness of God’s presence comes through an everyday event. Yet, we only recog-
nize it for what it is if we believe that God can show up in the midst of our
busy lives and we cultivate a way of seeing that allows us to notice what others might overlook and understand its significance.
The western Christian church will begin Advent in two weeks. It is a season that speaks of joyous expectation. It leads up to Christmas when we re-
member Christ’s first coming and look for his future return.
However, it is also a time of much busyness. We enter a time of seasonal
activities that bring opportunities for laughter, love, and disappointment. We
expect much from these activities and sometimes find more anxiety than joy.
The rush and busyness distracts us from hearing and seeing God at work in our lives—as he is all the time. In our looking at all the sparkle and excitement of
the holidays we may forget that God’s great gift of deliverance and healing
came through something that appeared small and weak—a baby.
Joy, happiness, and a sense of God’s presence may come when we aren’t
expecting them—creeping up on us in an ordinary day. Sometimes the most important moments of our lives are the in-between times, between our meetings
and scheduled events, when we allow ourselves to be interrupted and arrested
by the sight, sound, smell, or touch of some small experience of life. In that
moment, we find joy and feel loved: a friend sends us an encouraging email; a bird’s song seems to be for us alone; we reconnect with someone we haven’t
seen in a long time; or we laugh along with a delighted child chasing bubbles.
Small moments of joy surprise us, stop us in our tracks, touch our hearts, and make us smile. These moments are treasures in our busy lives. These are God
speaking in the ordinary events of life.
Alexis Smith
Castle Gardening Club The gardening club had a good year with a Plant Auction in September raising
money for club funds. In October Bill Rowell gave an interesting talk titled Latin Names For Fun. November's meeting was about the Dyfi Osprey project and was
very interesting. We are looking forward to our annual buffet and quiz in
December.
In the new year, we will having our Christmas lunch on 3rd January at The
Dyffryn, Foel.
7th February is an amusing talk by Alwyn Hughes - Down Memory Lane
7th March is our AGM and, more importantly, it is the 25th anniversary of the Gardening Club. We will be having a buffet in the community hall.
4th April we have a talk by Pam Pittwood - A Host of Golden Daffodils.
Castle Caereinion Short Mat Bowls
A very hectic start to the season for a number of our short mat players has already seen five Montgomeryshire league games being played, Wins over,
Guilsfield, Dolfor, Tregynon, Sarn & Leighton have pushed us to the top of
the league, Notable performances from Vaughan & William Jones who remain
undefeated.
The Montgomeryshire county singles has been contested and congratulations to
Chris Davies who has won the title for the first time and will now qualify for the Welsh finals in Llandrindod Wells along with Aled Humphreys & Peter
Rees.
The county fours competition has also been contested with a winning rink from
Castle consisting of, Aled Humphreys, Chris Mcwinnie, Andrew Jones & Peter
Rees.
The past weekend saw 6 Castle players compete in the British Isles champion-
ships in Belfast, Aled Humphreys, Chris Mcwinnie, Andrew Jones, Chris Da-
vies, Craig Evans & Peter Rees all represented their country with pride.
Chris Mcwinnie & Andrew Jones, were part of the Welsh team who won the
British Isles fours title, the only title which Ireland did not win over the week-end.
Castle WI
President Megan Evans welcomed everyone back after the summer break,
Jean Gittins and Megan Andrews were congratulated on coming 2nd in the
recent croquet competition.
The bottle stall at the Annual Bank Holiday village fete was as usual a great
success with over 100 bottles donated. As the speaker was unable to attend
the September meeting, Jean tested our knowledge with a short Quiz and the
rest of the evening was spent enjoying a delicious supper served by Joan
Langford and Linda Pengelly.
There are various opportunities available during the coming months, Bingo,
Fashion Shows, Short mat bowls, Ten pin bowling, Kurling and Table Ten-
nis, giving us the opportunity to meet up with other groups.
A Fashion show hosted by Llanfair W I was thoroughly enjoyed by those that
attended and
Great fun was had 10 pin bowling at Park Hall.
The majority took part in the variety show at Abermule in Oct. an evening
full of fun and laughter, such talent amongst our members. Margaret Her-
bert, Head Gardener at Lake Vyrnwy came and passed on many gardening
tips and information.
The AGM was held in November, Megan reported a successful year and
thanked the committee for their support, in addition a Mini show was held
where a variety of skills were displayed in cookery, craft, flower arranging
and photography, the cup for the person awarded most points was awarded to
Gwyneth Owen, 2nd Megan Andrews 3rd Megan Evans, 4th Meryl Evans
Cup for best in show was awarded to Megan Andrews for her Shopping bag
Next month we shall be entertained by the singing florist. The 2018 pro-
gramme has been compiled, with something for everyone - our group is thriv-
ing with 29 members.
Next year Castle Caereinion will be celebrating their 60th birthday , would
you like to join us? We meet on the second weds of the month at 7pm
Meryl Evans
Ivan’s Column The 1st, 2nd, 19th, 28th &29th September were sunny days. The 10th, 22nd & 30th
were miserable days. The rest were mixed dull days. Where is our Native
American Indian Summer?
Hurricane Maria was playful, but not too naughty. The whole of October was mixed, dull days apart from the 9th which was a lovely day. The Harvest Moon
arrived on the 6th which is the name of the first full moon that occurs nearest the
Autumn equinox. Its name derives from the fact that the farmers used to rely on the light to work late into the night collecting crops ahead of Winter.
On the 16th hurricane Ophelia blew up from the south brining sand from N.
Africa, which led to a bright red sun. On the 14th, 15th & 16th a murmuration of starlings swept round and round Castle Caereinion in a huge ball. It is unbeliev-
able that they all wheel around at the same time. Extraordinarily they arrived at
5:50 pm on the dot each day.
The 1st & 19th of Nov. were spring like days. There were some frosty mornings
and lots of dull damp days and windy days. Not the best of Autumns.
“Lavinia’s Get Together” was on the 13th of Sept. in the Red Lion. On the 22nd
the film “La La Land” starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone was shown in
the community hall. “Lavinia’s Get Together” was on the 11th Oct. in the Red Lion. On the 20th the film “Wonder” starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine was
shown in the community hall. The 8th of Nov was “Lavinia’s Get Together” and
on the 17th the film “The Girls On The Train” starring Emily Blunt was shown
in the community Hall.
I was in Gobowen Orthopaedic Hospital from the 18th – 21st Oct. for a hip oper-
ation and have been housebound from the 21st of Oct. to the 21st of Nov. Janet and I would like to thank so many people form their kind thoughts and offers of
help. Castle Caereinion is a very friendly village. Long may it be so. Thanks
you all!
Ivan McC. Johnston
For all your requirements Come to
Michael Rogers’ Shop ‘Not Open All Hours’
Castle Caereinion Newspapers, Groceries, Gas
Fruit & Veg, Off-licence
Castle Caereinion Church in Wales School
Ysgol Castell Caereinion
Castle Caereinion, Welshpool, Powys, SY21 9AL
Executive Headteacher: Mr Sean Clarke.
Contact: 01938 850275 Email: [email protected]
www. castle.powys.sch.uk
Here at Castle Caereinion School we are having a busy half term with the big lead up to Christmas!
Harvest Festival - we were delighted at the way in which our pupils carried
out their Harvest Festival Service in the Church on 3rd October, which was well attended. The following day the children delivered goods that had
been donated around the village with volunteers Mrs Eirlys Jones and Mrs
Christine Williams. We have had some lovely comments and messages from the Community for which we thank you very much.
We have been very fortunate due to funding from our excellent Friends of
the School to have Shrewsbury Town Football Club into school on a week-ly basis for six weeks with Class 2. They were taken through physical and
mental training sessions, which everyone thoroughly enjoyed, a very
worthwhile project for the school – so thank you Friends of the School.
All pupils have made their own personalised Christmas Cards, which then
went off for printing to enable school to sell them to parents – so hopefully
you may see some of these wonderful designs at Christmas time.
We have also taken part in the Samaritan’s Purse Shoebox Appeal, and
BBC Children In Need Appeal where we raised £66.00. Our Children In Need day was great fun, which at the end of the school day a Disco for all
was organised by the Friends of the School.
Next Thursday, the whole school will be spending the day at Berriew School, where a professional company are coming to put on a Panto for
both schools, in addition a craft session will take place. Again thanks to
our Friends of the School for funding towards this event.
Our Class 1 (Infants) will be holding their school performance of
“Christmas with the Aliens” on Thursday 14th December at 6.00 p.m., there will also be an afternoon performance on Tuesday 12th December at 2.00
p.m. at our coffee/tea afternoon.
Please do come along, all welcome.
Our Christingle Service will take place in the church on Tuesday 19th December at 2.30 p.m. again, we welcome you to attend.
We wish you a very Happy Christmas and Wonderful New Year
from all of us at Castle School.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: We would like to let everyone know that The Friends of the School have
spent a lot of money on upgrading the playground to make it a fun place
for our pupils to play. However, we do need to ask that no one comes onto
the playground with a vehicle or parks on it unless it is absolutely neces-
sary. This is because the type of markings will not last if vehicles continue
to use it. Sincere thanks for complying with our request
CASTLE CAEREINION RECREATION ASSOCIATION Thank you to everyone who attended the concert in October with the two choirs and it was well attended with some wonderful singing. Please complete a 100 club application – this fund raising goes towards the ongoing maintenance of Castle community centre. If you would like to raise any concerns or issues to the Recreation Association, there is a 10 minute session at the start of every monthly meeting (held in the community centre on the second Tuesday of each month).
100 Club
To help raise money for the
Community Hall we will be run-
ning a 100 Club. This will com-
mence in January 2018 and the
monthly draw will take place at
the Recreation Committee
Meeting.
Forms can be obtained from
Mike the Shop
