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November 2018 Number 329

This month’s issue is kindly sponsored by:LEIGHTON WOODLANDS

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A Service of Remembrance will take place at 10.50am in front of the war memorial at Holy Trinity Church on Sunday 11th November 2018. All of the collection taken at the service will go to the Royal British Legion. A wreath will be laid but if anyone wishes to lay a wreath in remembrance of someone in their own family they are invited to do so.

There is also a Memory Tree in the church. Everyone is invited to fill in a leaf in memory of anyone, family friends etc and place it on the tree.

The church is always open during daylight hours should you wish to call in during the day.

Date Leighton Trelystan

Friday 2nd November All Souls Day

7.00 pm All Souls Requiem

Service

Sunday 4th November All Saints Day

9.30 Holy Communion Tea & coffee

served after the service

Sunday 11th November Remembrance Service

10.50am Service of Remembrance

3.00pm Holy Communion

Sunday 18th November 2nd before Advent

11.00am Family Service

Sunday 25th November Christ the King

11.00am Holy Communion

Leighton Church Rotas – November 2018

Sidesmen Altar Flowers & Brass Cleaning Tony & Jane Walton Carol Alexander & Phyllis Bayliss

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CHURCH SERVICES NOVEMBER 2018

Last November 2017, Bridget Hill emailed us this account

of her researches into the lives lost from the Honourable

Artillery Company including her own grandfather buried

at Leighton Church. The piece was too late for last year’s

remembrance features but now very appropriate in this

centenary year of the end of the Great War

I went to Holy Trinity Church in Leighton recently as part of a project I am working on to research all the men of the Honourable Artillery Company who lost their lives as a result of the Great War. My grandfather served with the regiment and was wounded in November 1916. Whilst at the church I picked up a copy of The Leighton News and thought perhaps your readers might be interested in the following:

John Hugh Elton was born on 27th April 1893 in Leighton, Welshpool, Wales. He was the only son and the eldest of two children of John Elton, a farmer, and Jane Elton. Elton’s father died in 1906 when Elton was only thirteen years old.

Elton was admitted in to the HAC on 18th August 1915 with the rank of Private. After training in England, he arrived in France on 8th January 1916 and joined the 1st Battalion in the field on 21st January 1916. In November that year he was admitted into hospital suffering from dermatitis and boils. He was treated in Etaples and Havre, France before rejoining the Battalion in the field in January 1917. On 18th March 1917 he was appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal (unpaid).

On 18th April 1917, Elton was wounded in the right thigh and left hand. He was transferred through the casualty clearing system and was admitted into hospital in Leeds on 25th April 1917. Elton was treated there until being transferred to a military hospital in Beaulieu, Hampshire on 8th May 1917. He was discharged from hospital in July 1917 and transferred to the Reserve Battalion at the Tower of London.

Elton returned to the Western Front on 15th November 1917, reverting to the rank of Private on embarkation. He was granted the substantive rank of Lance Corporal thirteen days later.

On 20th November 1918, nine days after the

Bridget Hill <brid1418@live.co.uk>

armistice, Elton was granted 14 days leave. He returned to England but was taken ill with influenza and subsequently died of pneumonia in hospital on 29th November 1918 aged 25. He was buried in Leighton Churchyard on 2nd December.

It would appear that John Hugh was known as Hugh, presumably to distinguish him from his father, John.

Patrick Poole

Garden of Remembrance (Eleventh of November) Once every year,The little crosses, row on row,Like early snowdrops seem to grow.And from the shadowy gloomOf an Unknown Warrior's tomb,Come strangely unpoetic laysOf our dead yesterdays."It's a long way to TipperaryIt's a long way to go..."And once again we hear the beatOf those unconquerable feet.As down the road that leads to Journeys End,Singing of Tipperary or a lady friend.Come unknown poets and a tattered flag.And left behind, an old kit bag.

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The November meeting of The Arts Society, Mid Wales & Borders (Formerly NADFAS) takes place on Thursday the 22nd. Venue is the Royal Oak Hotel, Welshpool, the talk will begin at 2.30pm prompt. The speaker is Jacqueline Hyman, whose talk is titled What Did the Egyptians Ever Do For Bolton?Non-members are welcome to attend, but a donation of £6 per person towards costs will be appreciated.For further details contact avril@avrilhart.com or telephone Dennis on 01938 555 574

Monday12th November

at 7:00 pm

Friday9th November

at 7:30 pm

The Great War Armistice Centenary this month will involve special commemorations nationally and locally. The finale of the14-18

programme of arts will include events like Pages of the Sea where people gather on beaches to pay respects to Britain’s war dead. Carol Ann Duffy’s tribute poem The Wound in Time will be one of her last works as poet laureate.Here in Leighton and Trelystan as well as the annual services of remembrance, this year the Tree of Remembrance in Leighton church is for people to attach prayers, memories, hopes for peace which will be included in the service on 11th November. After the armistice, the final tragedy of the war was the huge numbers of servicemen who, having survived the battlefield died from the devastating effect of the virulent ‘Spanish flu’ – the rapid spread of the disease is thought to have been exacerbated by the contagious conditions of those awaiting demobilisation. Just one such individual story on page 3 is that of Hugh Elton who was traced by a relative to Leighton churchyard.By the start of hostilities cameras and film for moving pictures were well established. It was the first time a war had been thoroughly documented for the cinema. There were many famous battle sequences filmed and many ‘first time’ recordings including the rarely seen but important Battle of the Ancre – this being shown free at the Hafren theatre (see opposite).However black and white silent moving pictures do look like ancient history to modern eyes. They Shall Not Grow Old by director Peter Jackson addresses this issue with a major restoration of WW1 footage. Using enormous processing facilities, the film is not only in colour but using teams of highly skilled lip-readers, the actual dialogue being spoken at the time has now been recorded and added as a sound track. By all accounts this is a real insight into the lives and conditions during the war. Watch out for the full screening on BBC 1 around 11th November

THE GUERNSEY LITERARY ANDPOTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY

The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of The Tanks (1917), is a masterpiece of British documentary cinema about the autumn and winter stages of the Somme campaign on the Western Front. It includes the first ever scenes of tanks in battle.

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3:00 PM

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Thanks to a grant from the National Heritage Fund, Powys Montgomery Federation of WIs recently staged a Trees and Bees Day based at Leighton Village Hall free for all WI members. The day started with a fascinating walk round the Royal Forestry Society’s collection of ancient trees. RFS Warden David Williams, who led the walk, described how the original 33 coastal redwoods were transported from California and planted in Leighton in the 1850s, with a covenant that said they should never be felled. Mr Williams also told the story of the birth of the Leyland Cypress, which happened in Leighton Forest when two different cypresses unexpectedly hybridised. Although dismissed as forest trees, the Leyland Cypress proved an instant best seller. Most of the 70 people who attended the Trees and Bees Day walked up to the RFS reserve and back again, making them more than ready for the generous lunch provided by the WI Federation Board of Trustees and the Public Affairs Sub-Committee. Jane Walton created beautiful table and foyer arrangements and her grandchildren made delightful woolly pom-pom bees to decorate the hall. After lunch Heather Fairgreaves and daughter Siobhan, members of the Montgomeryshire Bee Keepers Association, talked about their bees and hives. Everyone was given a slip outlining one of the many roles bees have in the hive, with only one slip describing the work of the queen. By good fortune (or could it have been sleight of hand?) this slip found its way to the WI’s own Queen Bee, Jean Hurrell, Chairman of the Powys Montgomery Federation of WIs, who was awarded a jar of Hendidley Honey by the ‘Fairgreaves. A leaf and tree quiz with a cup of tea and cake finished off a day much enjoyed by all.

WI’S TREES & BEES DAY IN LEIGHTON

WI’S TREES & BEES DAY IN LEIGHTON

This novel tells the stories of five generations of the Smith family of Lancashire. It moves in time from the hysteria surrounding the witchcraft trials of the 17th Century, through the upheaval of the English Civil War, the coming of the canals and the creeping tide of industrialisation, to the General Strike of 1926 and its aftermath. It follows the family's lives in Ormskirk, Lathom, Dalton, Windle, Parr and Haydock, from yeoman farmers to miners

ANOTHER BEQUESTA Swarm of Bees* is a novel by Allan Smith, a previous editor of the Leighton News. Based on Allan’s researches, it’s the story of five generations of his Lancashire family. The title come from the first

story in the 17th century where a ‘swarm of bees’ is recorded as a legacy in someone’s will. The bee motif carries through the next generations’ stories. Clearly the importance and value of healthy bees has been recognised for 100s of years.

*available as a Kindle download from Amazon

The Women’s Institute is campaigning for more wild flowers to be planted on derelict land, roadside verges and other public spaces to save honey bees. It is a response to the fact that the number of bumblebees in the UK has declined by around 70% since the 1970s and honey bees by up to 15% in the last two years. The sudden decline in bees has been blamed on intensive farming techniques, climate change and a mysterious condition known as colony collapse disorder. It could cause serious problems for agriculture and food production since bees are essential to pollinate many plants. Already major organisations have called for research into the problem and the Government has invested £10 million to tackle the decline in bees and other pollinator insects like butterflies.

First arrivals back at Leighton Village Hall

The trek out of the woods

Sarah Hayes, Powys Montgomery Federation of WIs Public Affairs Sub-Committee

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Tabletop Sale - Marton Village Hall Saturday November 3rd 10.00 - 3.00. Call Chris Richards if you would like a table: 01938 561 626

Quiz - Friday 7th December starting 7.30. Teams of 4

....................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... M Firstly here’s Sylvia and Gordon celebrating (Yes I know that’s what I thought too - drinking again – but frankly its Party Central with these two so finding a photo without a drink in their hands is virtually impossible). Here’s their son Brin and wife Karen. Here’s Brin & Karen’s three son’s Chris, Jon and David. And here’s their great grandsons. Jon on the left with baby Theo Helliwell and David with baby Arthur Helliwell. And here’s Chris’s baby son Ben Helliwell who does have parents but they were taking the photo rather than being in it! Incidentally Sylvia and Gordon have three more grown up grandchildren pictured below and their youngest Olivia (on the left) is busy rehearsing as she is in the production of Macbeth at The Garrick Theatre in London’s West End opening later this month - so yes theres another reason to open a few bottles of bubbly Gordon. Pop. Olivia, Amy & Max Dowd. ........................................................ Finally Roma Tibbott has had alot to celebrate lately with three great grandchildren born over the summer. Roma cuddling Lois, Meggy holding Wolfie, Catrin in the centre and on the right Alice holding Matilda. Three babies, one memorable summer. Mums and babies. Lois (pronounced Loys) Jones with the lovely curls aged 3months, Wolfie Ward at the top in the stripes aged just 2 weeks practising some rugby moves and on the right Matilda (Tilly) Trevor Jones aged 7 weeks. Here are Roma’s four older great grandchildren in her garden – yes trouble with a capital T. .................................................... Has there been any more great grandchildren born to villagers lately or any family news you would like to pass onto us? Please send any news snippets or photos into the Newsletter as we would all enjoy sharing in your news.

Thank you to Sarah & Haydyn for cleaning the sides of the bus shelter. Rachel plans to do the roof.......what could possibly go wrong there?

Happy 70th Birthday to the ever youthful John Cookson who was celebrating on 22nd October and on several other nights also, in fact he has been partying for most of 2018!

Happy 80th Birthday to our local Ploughing Champion Murray Tibbott who is celebrating on 9th November. Happy Birthday Mur.

GREAT GRANDPARENTS CELEBRATE!

It has been a busy summer with newborn great grandchildren arriving in all directions! Congratulations to all our very proud great grandparents and welcome to all the precious babies.

Xander Harry Jones was born on 26th September, son to Matthew and Jordie of Forden, grandson to Rob of Seven Wells and Sue and great grandson to Doris. Xander was born 13 days after his Great Grandmother Doris’s 96th birthday so lots to celebrate in the Jones household and a belated ‘Happy Birthday’ from the whole village to Doris.

Sylvia and Gordon Helliwell have had a very exciting few months as three of their Helliwell grandsons had three little Helliwell sons! So here they all are.......

Firstly here’s Sylvia and Gordon celebrating (Yes I know that’s what I thought too - drinking again – but frankly it’s Party Central with these two so finding a photo without a drink in their hands is virtually impossible).

Here’s . And here’s their great grandsons. Jon on the left with baby Theo Helliwell and David with baby Arthur Helliwell. Incidentally Sylvia and Gordon have three more grown up grandchildren pictured below and their youngest Olivia (on the left) is busy rehearsing as she is in the production of Macbeth at The Garrick Theatre in London’s West End opening later this month - so yes theres another reason to open a few bottles of bubbly Gordon. Pop. Olivia, Amy & Max Dowd.

Here’s their son Brin and wife Karen

Incidentally Sylvia and Gordon have three more grown up grandchildren pictured below and their youngest Olivia (on the left) is busy rehearsing as she is in the production of Macbeth at The Garrick Theatre in London’s West End opening later this month - so yes theres another reason to open a few bottles of bubbly Gordon. Pop!

… great grandsons. Jon on the left with baby Theo Helliwell and David with baby Arthur Helliwell.

And here’s Chris’s baby son Ben Helliwell who does have parents but they were taking the photo rather than being in it

Brin & Karen’s three son’s

Chris, Jon and David

Matthew, Doris, baby Xander, Jordie & Rob

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Leighton ChurchyardAutumn tidy-up

We will be holding another tidy-up day on Saturday November 10th

10.00am to 12.00noon. Any help will be much appreciated

RESCHEDULDED - due to heavy rain in October

TOP BOTANISTS Perfect Scores

Geri & John (Brooklyn)

Jennifer Marlow

Kath & Neil Roberts

Felicity Bevan

Patricia Holloway

Roma Tibbot

Bill Rowell

Ann & John Markwick

Catherine Williams

Jennifer Marlow

Ashley & Ed, Upper Road

Sarah Grams (née Jones) , Maine USA

KEEN GARDNERSNearly all correct

Hope you had fun. Too easy or too hard? - let us know. Email your complaints or demands for explanations. We tried alternative easier clues for 2 and 4 but guessed you’d like a challenge. And the next quiz could be up to you… send us your ideas for topics and, most importantly, the clues to be illustrated.

Congratulations to David Hawes and Bethan Thomas who got engaged on the 27th September, near Barafundle Bay in Pembrokeshire.They were fortunate that it was a beautiful day for being outside!

David and Bethan have been together for 7 and a half years and hope to get married locally, in 2020.

Finally Roma Tibbott has had a lot to celebrate lately with three great grandchildren born over the summer.

Roma cuddling Lois, Meggy holding Wolfie, Catrin in the centre and on the right Alice holding Matilda. Three babies, one memorable summer. Mums and babies. Lois (pronounced Loys) Jones with the lovely curls aged 3months, Wolfie Ward at the top in the stripes aged just 2 weeks practising some rugby moves and on the right Matilda (Tilly) Trevor Jones aged 7 weeks. Here are Roma’s four older great grandchildren in her garden – yes trouble with a capital T. .................................................... Has there been any more great grandchildren born to villagers lately or any family news you would like to pass onto us? Please send any news snippets or photos into the Newsletter as we would all enjoy sharing in your news.

Roma cuddling Lois,

Meggy holding Wolfie, Catrin centre,

right Alice holding Matilda.

Here are Roma’s four older great grandchildren in her garden – yes trouble with a capital T.

Thank you to Sarah & Haydyn for cleaning the sides of the bus shelter. Rachel plans to do the roof.......what could possibly go wrong there?

Happy 70th Birthday to the ever youthful John Cookson who was celebrating on 22nd October and on several other nights also, in fact he has been partying for most of 2018!

Happy 80th Birthday to our local Ploughing Champion Murray Tibbott who is celebrating on 9th November. Happy Birthday Mur.

FIND THE FLOWERS - QUIZ RESULTS

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4. 5. 6.

1. 3.

7. 9.8.

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Peony

Cat Mint

Larkspur

Campanula

Wisteria

Pansy

Wallflower

Crocus

Begonia

Delphinium

African Marigold

Rock Rose

Clockwise from the top, Wolfie, Matilda, Lois - 3 babies, one memorable summer.

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FAMILY WORSHIP AT LEIGHTON CHURCHThe 11.00 am service on the third Sunday of each month at Holy Trinity Church is now a family service of “all-age” worship. This will focus each month on a particular theme (on 18th November it will be “Water of Life”), with appropriate hymns (a mixture of old and new), music, story and activities. We will also celebrate birthdays and other special occasions. Everyone is very welcome. TREE OF REMEMBRANCEA Tree of Remembrance has been placed in Holy Trinity Church, and it will be there until our Remembrance Service (10.50 am on Sunday 11th November). There are “leaves” of card on which anyone who would like to is invited to write prayers, thoughts, hopes or perhaps names of loved ones, and they will become part of our Remembrance celebration in this centenary year. CONCERTThe Coppice Singers, a small choir based in Knockin Heath but including members from a wide area, will be giving a special concert of seasonal music in Holy Trinity Church on Friday 30th November, beginning promptly at 7.30 pm. Admission is £6, and proceeds will be divided between the church and the village hall. MESSY CHURCHMessy Church is just that - designed for children and their parents (or grandparents . . .), it includes worship, food and quite a lot of crafty, painty but also messy activity. Quite a lot of parishes have started to do Messy Church, and I’d quite like to see if we could start one in Leighton. Look out for further information . . . CHRISTINGLEThe 11.00 Family Service on Sunday 16th December will be a Christingle Service. More about this in the next Leighton News, but Christingle is a lovely way of re-telling the Christmas story for everyone but especially for children.

CHRISTMAS CRIB SERVICE AT TRELYSTAN

A reminder that the famous and rather lovely Christmas Crib service at Trelystan Church will happen again this year on Christmas Eve at 3.00 pm - a special service in a remarkable church, not to be missed.

Rev Bill Rowell

FAMILY WORSHIP AT LEIGHTON CHURCHThe 11.00 am service on the third Sunday of each month at Holy Trinity Church is now a family service of “all-age” worship. This will focus each month on a particular theme (on 18th November it will be “Water of Life”), with appropriate hymns (a mixture of old and new), music, story and activities. We will also celebrate birthdays and other special occasions. Everyone is very welcome.TREE OF REMEMBRANCEA Tree of Remembrance has been placed in Holy Trinity Church, and it will be there until our Remembrance Service (10.50 am on Sunday 11th November). There are “leaves” of card on which anyone who would like to is invited to write prayers, thoughts, hopes or perhaps names of loved ones, and they will become part of our Remembrance celebration in this centenary year.

MESSY CHURCHMessy Church is just that - designed for children and their parents (or grandparents . . .), it includes worship, food and quite a lot of crafty, painty but also messy activity. Quite a lot of parishes have started to do Messy Church, and I’d quite like to see if we could start one in Leighton. Look out for further

information . . .

ONCERTThe Coppice Singers, a small choir based in Knockin Heath but including members from a wide area, will be giving a special concert of seasonal music in Holy Trinity Church on Friday 30th November, beginning promptly at 7.30 pm. Admission is £6, and proceeds will be divided between the church and the village hall. CONCERT FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH 7:30 pmCONCERT FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH 7:30 pm

The Coppice Singers, is a small choir based in Knockin Heath but including members from a wide area, They will be giving a special concert of seasonal music in Holy Trinity Church

on Friday 30th November, beginning promptly at 7.30 pm. Admission is £6, and proceeds will be divided between the church and the village hall.

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Trelystan PCC would like to thank everyone who attended, donated or helped in any way. The evening raised an excellent £1,200 for the church funds.

Trelystan Harvest Festival, Supper & Produce Sale

THE COFFEE MORNING

at Harp Woods, Long Mountain

on 30th September

A great success with about

50 people dropping in to

sample Elaine’s delicious

baking and Steve’s coffee making.

Many thanks to everyone who

donated so generously

raising a splendid £503

for MACMILLANS

Leighton ChurchyardAutumn tidy-up

We will be holding another tidy-up day on Saturday November 10th

10.00am to 12.00noon. Any help will be much appreciated

RESCHEDULDED - due to heavy rain in October

TABLETOP SALE - MARTON VILLAGE HALL Saturday November 3rd 10:00 - 3:00. Call Chris Richards if you would like a table: 01938 561 626

QUIZ NIGHT - Friday 7th December starting 7.30. Teams of 4

Jennifer Marlow writes: We have found a kitten on Long Mountain on Monday (8th Oct). It is too small to be fully away from its mum, according to the vet, and very skinny. The closest houses to where we found it have said that it is a stray, and nobody has called Camlas vets to report it missing as yet, but I was wondering if you could put a mention in the Leighton news, just in case it does have owners looking for it? My telephone numbers are 01938 553 240 and 07908 722 435. If nobody claims it, then

we will keep it (as it's already making itself very much at home)!

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Forden with Leighton & Trelystan Community Council

I always consider myself so lucky to live in Leighton with everything that goes on both here and in Trelystan, and I realise that all these things don’t “just happen” in the villages, in fact they are carefully

planned and worked on connuously by a huge band of volunteers, un‐sung heroes. So, on behalf of everyone, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your hard work;

Leighton village hall commiee Leighton School Governors

Leighton Parent & Toddler commieeChurchwardens and Church Council members for Leighton & Trelystan churches

The church sides‐people, bellringers, cleaners, florists, readers and churchyard clearers for both Churches Village hall car‐park clearers and hedge brushers

Village playground clearers and maintainers Bus stop clearers and cleaners

Newsleer editor and team, treasurer, contributors and delivery people Community Councillors

All those local people who risk life and limb clearing our roads in the snow Village Website maintenance

All those who volunteer to help others here each day and have done so in the past I hope I haven’t missed anyone out, but we appreciate everything you all do.

We were told at the last Community Council meeng that we should advise members of the public to contact Powys directly If they have any issues with highways—pot holes etc— as Powys tend to deal with members of the public quicker than community councils. Please therefore contact Dave Gardener directly

on dave.gardener@powys.gov.uk.

If you wish to see a copy of the minutes from the Community Council meengs then please see www.fordenwithleightonandtrelystancc.co.uk.

Finally, the Community Council would like to request any informaon anyone has on the Tirdu Charity which was set up to benefit widows, widowers and educaonal aid for the

residents of the Leighton & Trelystan parishes in about 1780. If you have any documents or any background knowledge at all then please contact Rachel on rbb@hotmail.co.uk,

Carol Alexander on 01938 580395 or Bill Jones on 01938 580477 urgently.

Thank you, we really appreciate your help on this maer. RT

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RACHEL

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We have the following sessions available:

Monday until 11:30am Wednesday until 11:30am

Friday from 4:30pm onwards What classes would you like?

Let Rachel/Jack know on the above number / email and we will try our best to

get a class started .

Yoga Pilates Zumba Craft Cards/Games

Village Hall Classes/Events

Mondays 18:30-20:30 Junior Cheer ages 5-11 NEW Hayley 07783 591222 Stunts, Tumbling, Dance, Jumps

Tuesdays 9:30-11:30 Parents & Toddlers 18:30-20:30 Senior Cheer ages 12+ NEW

Wednesdays 18:30-19:30 Zumba Thursdays 9:25-10:00 Pre-school Ballet NEW

19:30-22:00 Short-mat Bowling Fridays mornings Messy Church (starting soon) Sundays 15:00-18:00 Tai Chi (starting 11.11.18) NEW

CosmicCheer@outlook.comLiz Simmons Hayley (as above) Adrianna 07570 710093 Sally 07772 744534 David 01938 555458

Alan 07976 321345

Fancy a game of badminton? Fridays, this November only, you can play for FREE in the village hall—if you live in the village. All equipment supplied. Everything set up for you Just text or email to book a time, wait for a reply to confirm ,and then play. Lots of fun for all the family (children must be supervised by an adult at all times) *Play will be at your own risk* *games must be booked and confirmed* *we will ask for your name and address for our records*

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A Song to Sing

Every day, in every way,

I loathe a garden made of clay.

On the other hand, I cannot stand

The sort of garden that is made of

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So give me a home

That is built upon loam.

Which is moist on a midsummer day.

Where no puddles will lie,

Where no wells will run dry,

As they do upon gravel or clay.

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A Song to Sing

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PARTY NIGHT with THE TWURZELSplus ploughman's supper & pudding

Church House, WelshpoolSaturday 10th November 7.30pm

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What a challenging year 2018 has been for gardens – rain and snow in the early months followed by weeks of hot dry sunny days. Yet, true to form, garden owners welcomed hundreds of visitors from far and near to their wonderful gardens across the county. They and their helpers served thousands of slices of cake and cups of tea. It is too early to say how much we raised in 2018 but we do know that many gardens reported record number of visitors. All we can say is THANK YOU – thank you to the garden owners, thank you to their helpers and thank you to you all for visiting our gardens. It takes all of you to make the National Garden Scheme work.

We are now looking forward to 2019. We have some wonderful new gardens registered to open next year as well as some old favourites returning. We are very excited about our “Village Opening” in Berriew when five very different gardens will all open on the same afternoon in June with the ladies of the WI serving tea in the Old School.

There are also 18 gardens which will be opening by arrangement. Some of these welcome individuals as well as larger groups, so if you are planning a family get together and want to do something different why not visit a garden and enjoy afternoon tea there? It will be a little while before the NGS website is updated with the 2019 information so we have produced a preview list of the gardens which are open by arrangement to help you plan ahead. If you are arranging the programme for a club or society, you might like to know that we have a great presentation covering the history of the National Garden scheme as well as lots about gardens in Powys.

If you would like to be sent the preview list, or want to know more about our presentation, please contact me, Helen Anthony (details below) You can discover more about our gardens and the charities supported by the National Garden Scheme at www.ngs.org.uk .

Keep up to date by following us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @powysngs.

Helen Anthony, Publicity Officer, 01686 941795Powys.NGS.publicity@gmail.com

Leighton ChurchyardAutumn tidy-up

We will be holding another tidy-up day on Saturday November 10th

10.00am to 12.00noon. Any help will be much appreciated

RESCHEDULDED - due to heavy rain in October

NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME LOCAL GARDENS OPEN FOR CHARITY

SHOCKING PINK Mammas & Papas Stroller Buggy with covers £25

Tel: 01938 552 833

The Old Court House, Berriew

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Tim HaysellUnit 2, Offa’s Dyke Business Park

Tel: 01938 554985

COOKSON TRAVEL LTDGroup Travel for all occasions16 to 57 seat CoachesPersonal and friendly serviceTel: 01938 553465

cooksongrouptravel@yahoo.co.ukHope Lane : Welshpool : SY21 8HF

MID-WALES & BORDERS PEST CONTROLWasps, Flies, Moles, Rats and Mice - whatever your pest, we can help. Call Simon on:

01938 556807 or 07811 637896 mwbpestcontrol@gmail.com

www.midwalesborderspestcontrol.co.uk

JANE WILLIAMS HAIRDRESSINGPhone: 07989 349386

Mobile hairdressing, cuts, colours,perms.

New from 2016, hair extension and also

QUALITY BRIDAL HAIR SERVICE.

j.williams364@btinternet.com

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JOE’S LAWNMOWERS Servicing & Repairs for all small engines GET READY FOR SPRING IF IT DON'T MOW CALL JOE ON 07722 029 007

Unit 5 Leighton Centre

www.tinyurl.com/MCCvalue

For property advice or a FREE, no obligation market appraisal please call 01938 531 000

Alternatively for an instant online valuation please visit:

Email: welshpool@mccartneys.co.ukMain site: www.mccartneys.co.uk

SALLY GREENTravel Consultant WE COME TO YOU

Wash & Dry Express Wax

Full Valet

MOBILE CAR WASH

07980 500 207

steve.bensley@hotmail.co.ukCall Steve on 07980 500 207 for more details

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Or phone 01938 570 675

Email: news@long-mountain.co.uk

ADVERTISE HERE!This space has just become

available. A brilliant opportunity to promote your business or service.

SPLASH Plumbing & Heating Engineers

GAS SAFE & OFTEC Registered. Fully Trained and CRB-checked staff. Free Quotation and Advice. Installation, Service and Repair, from a tap washer to a complete

plumbing/heating installation. 24-hour Emergency Call Out available to our customers. Fully Insured.Showroom 5 & 6 Church Street Welshpool

Call your local plumbers on:01938 555566 or 07800 552026 or 07581 033549

LEIGHTON GARDENING SERVICESFor lawn-mowing, verge clearing, paddock cutting, cultivating, long-reach hedge clipping, patio cleaning, fencing, and any other gardening needs.

Contact: 01938 570241 or 07813 720080

FEEL GREAT WITH ALOE VERA Superb quality Aloe Vera and bee products.

Drinks, topical creams, supplements, personal care, skin care, weight management, cosmetics, animal care (domestic and farm).

Special gift ideas. 60-day, money-back guarantee. Try some products at home free.

Carol and Paul Harris 01938 553430 carol@aloevera.uk.net www.bit.ly/carolshop

BEAUTY BY AMANDAUltimate Non-Surgical Face-Lift * Massages* Tanning * Shellac manicures * Hair Removal *

Hot Stone Massage For an appointment or consultation contact Amanda

on 01938 580002 or 07950 385215 “Beauty By Amanda Welshpool” for special offers

or e-mail amandaspencer@sky.com Also available Spray Tan Parties; Consultant for “Arbonne”

DI STEVENSMCSP HPC Reg

Chartered Human and Animal Physiotherapist07808 529925

Helping you and your loved ones reduce pain

and restore movement

Home Visits Available

Tel: 01938 553076

Sunday Roast Dinner£8.50 served all day 12:00 - 7:00 pm Afternoon Cream Teas 3:00 - 6:00 pm weekends

www.greendragonbuttingtonwelshpool.co.uk

T: 01743 790600 M: 07795 592716 E: sue.lindsay@stiperstones.net

Upstairs at CONNECTIONS, Shrewsbury Rd, Pontesbury SYS 0QD

Facebook: Gladrags Pontesbury

NEW & USED DRESS AGENCY Buy or Sell Brand New & Pre-loved Clothing

Please call beforehand if you wish to bring your pre-lovedclothing & accessories into our store

Dragon Works, Henfaes Lane, Welshpoolt: 01938 552246 e: kaye@derwas.co.uk www.derwas.co.ukuk

Range CookersWoodburners

Fires & Fire PlacesFlue Pipes

CCTV SurveysInstallations

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Or phone 01938 570 675

Email: news@long-mountain.co.uk

ADVERTISE HERE!This space has just become

available. A brilliant opportunity to promote your business or service.

££££££££££££ Do you know someone who would like

some extra income part-time, working from home? Students? Retired people? Young mums?

If so, please contact Carol Harris on 01938 553430 for more information

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PLEASE ORDER EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

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And finally……..a word from our sponsors

Many thanks to our sponsors of the Leighton News this month

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Please send your copy (as soon as possible) to:

David Holloway tel: 01938 570 675 email: news@long-mountain.co.uk

The next issue will be DECEMBER 2018. Please don’t forget the deadline which is:

Saturday 17th November 2018

THE LEIGHTON DIRECTORY 3.

July 2017 – We Co-opted Councillor Rachel Tibbott to the Trelystan Ward.

Carpentry — Joinery —Furniture

General maintenance

Property renovations & repairs

Sheds, outbuildings & more…

All parts for each project are custom-made in our well equipped workshop.Call us for a free quote. No job is toosmall (or too big!)

Old and new vinyl needs

HI-Fi Sound from Inheritance Tracks HEAR the difference — no more

THE VINYL REVIVAL!

1,000s of sales worldwide since 1985£6.75

TEL FRAZER ROBERTS ON 07969 130 011

INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR DECORATING

WALLPAPERING PAINT SPRAYING

WALL AND FLOOR TILING

F J ROBERTSDECORATING

Firewood - hardwood and softwood logs also available

PLEASE ORDER NOW TO AVOID

DISAPPOINTMENT

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