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-4- The April meeting of The Arts Society, Mid Wales
Snow has to be the theme for this month & Borders (Formerly NADFAS) takes place on
(again) One of our neighbours who calls Thursday the 26th. Venue is
the Royal Oak Hotel,
in to collect the newsletter only Welshpool, the talk will
managed to get out and pick up begin at 2.30pm prompt.
her copy of the March issue three The speaker is Dr David
weeks after the others had been Bostwick, whose topic is The
Green Man in Art and Myth
distributed. The drifting on Long Mountain was spectacular Non-members are welcome to
and although unable to travel anywhere for a few days we attend, but a donation of £6 per person towards
were luckier than some in that we didn’t lose our electricity costs will be appreciated.
and only suffered a drop in water pressure – fixed by Severn For further details contact avril@avrilhart.com or
Trent in a few days (mostly working in the dark). telephone Dennis on 01938 555 574
There was quite heavy spring snow four years ago but those of Cuisinart Grind & Brew
us with long memories will know that this year’s winter used Coffee Machine
to be far from an exception. In the 1970s and 80s the snow
problems were much worse and occurred almost every year. Excellent condition,
However, at the time we could phone the local council in hardly used, complete
Welshpool to get information about when the clearance would with full instructions
start. The work was done by local contractors and farmers
who would be called out by the council. £40 ono
After the winters became far less severe from the 90s onwards Tel: 01938 556 911
any clearance arrangements were organised via Llandrindod.
With the bad snow in 2014 the result was that we had to wait BARGAIN - check out the new
an unacceptable week before our roads were cleared. This price on Amazon!
year our neighbour Bryan Morris worked most of Saturday
and Sunday to clear our road up to the top of Welsh Harp
Hollow. At the same time on the Sunday, two miles away, the
North East Wales Search & Rescue had to be called out for a
seriously ill resident because the roads were still blocked.
Almost superfluously the council digger and snow blower
appeared on the Wednesday three days later. The turnings to
some roads off Long Mountain remained blocked for several
more days forcing residents lower down to travel the long way
around to Welshpool. The council are now relying on
goodwill from farmers rather than having proper emergency
facilities in place. The Beast from the East returned as this was
being written. Amanda Jenner our local councillor, is looking
into improved arrangements both for snow clearance in
remote areas and also to set up better communications with
residents needing to travel.
Steve Patricia
Friday Monday Murder on the Orient Express
27th April 9th April
at 7:30 pm at 7:00 pm
Paddington 2
Snow has to be the theme for this month & Borders (Formerly NADFAS) takes place on
(again) One of our neighbours who calls Thursday the 26th. Venue is
the Royal Oak Hotel,
in to collect the newsletter only Welshpool, the talk will
managed to get out and pick up begin at 2.30pm prompt.
her copy of the March issue three The speaker is Dr David
weeks after the others had been Bostwick, whose topic is The
Green Man in Art and Myth
distributed. The drifting on Long Mountain was spectacular Non-members are welcome to
and although unable to travel anywhere for a few days we attend, but a donation of £6 per person towards
were luckier than some in that we didn’t lose our electricity costs will be appreciated.
and only suffered a drop in water pressure – fixed by Severn For further details contact avril@avrilhart.com or
Trent in a few days (mostly working in the dark). telephone Dennis on 01938 555 574
There was quite heavy spring snow four years ago but those of Cuisinart Grind & Brew
us with long memories will know that this year’s winter used Coffee Machine
to be far from an exception. In the 1970s and 80s the snow
problems were much worse and occurred almost every year. Excellent condition,
However, at the time we could phone the local council in hardly used, complete
Welshpool to get information about when the clearance would with full instructions
start. The work was done by local contractors and farmers
who would be called out by the council. £40 ono
After the winters became far less severe from the 90s onwards Tel: 01938 556 911
any clearance arrangements were organised via Llandrindod.
With the bad snow in 2014 the result was that we had to wait BARGAIN - check out the new
an unacceptable week before our roads were cleared. This price on Amazon!
year our neighbour Bryan Morris worked most of Saturday
and Sunday to clear our road up to the top of Welsh Harp
Hollow. At the same time on the Sunday, two miles away, the
North East Wales Search & Rescue had to be called out for a
seriously ill resident because the roads were still blocked.
Almost superfluously the council digger and snow blower
appeared on the Wednesday three days later. The turnings to
some roads off Long Mountain remained blocked for several
more days forcing residents lower down to travel the long way
around to Welshpool. The council are now relying on
goodwill from farmers rather than having proper emergency
facilities in place. The Beast from the East returned as this was
being written. Amanda Jenner our local councillor, is looking
into improved arrangements both for snow clearance in
remote areas and also to set up better communications with
residents needing to travel.
Steve Patricia
Friday Monday Murder on the Orient Express
27th April 9th April
at 7:30 pm at 7:00 pm
Paddington 2
