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A Ruddy Lion Ramping in Gold Thinking of a SUMMER PARTY?…..but haven’t
got enough emergency chairs? Then ring up
The Seal of Sir Edward de Cherleton,
Lord of Powys, appended to a and find out just how reasonable the charges
charter dated 6th July 1418, is
adopted as the Seal of the Powys- are to hire the LEIGHTON VILLAGE HALL.
Land Club.
This is the description in the 19th century volumes of
the Powysland Club Collections. The club name is
printed in various places in the documents with and
without a space or hyphen (so not our typos). The
centre shield is the red lion of Powys supported on
each side by ‘wild men’ who were associated with the
Green Man myths in the June issue.
The club collections refer not only to printed archives
but also archaeological finds and other artefacts. This
month’s cover story just focuses on the library at
Triangle House.
With a seal originally used in the reign of Henry V, from Tel: 0785 410 3058
the outset to the present day, articles in the published
volumes record a wide range of Montgomery-shire or email:
history. Volume 106 due in 2018 will include articles LeightonVillageHall@gmail.com
on events ranging from 1295 to 1979.
On current club publications the grandiose club seal Star Readers who have generously sent
has now been replaced by a less elaborate shield with a donation to the newsletter are:
the red dragon (see page 8). However, it’s the old * Kath Roberts
beautifully bound Victorian volumes that are now * Sue & Nigel Andrews
most accessible thanks to university libraries in North
America and thanks to scanning technology which If you would like to contribute to our running
has converted page images into searchable text. costs, cheques to “Leighton Newsletter” can be
sent to our treasurer, Tanya Allison at
Go to www.archive.org and search for Oak Villa, Leighton, Welshpool SY21 8HL
Montgomeryshire Collections — the cover images
launch flipbooks but scroll down for options to Leighton Playgroup would like to thank everyone
download as plain text, pdfs, ePub or for Kindle who made cakes, donated raffle prizes and attended
readers. Kindle versions are probably fastest but you
can search any version for names and stories about
your ancestors or places like Leighton or Trelystan.
the recent Coffee morning, we raised a fantastic £280.
Steve Patricia
REMEMBER THE STORM?
The Allison family and most of
Leighton village were startled
by the lightning bolt striking
the chimney of Oak Villa
early on Sunday 27th May.
Fortunately no one was
under the falling bricks but
electricity sockets in the
house were burnt out and
power was off for a few days
A Ruddy Lion Ramping in Gold Thinking of a SUMMER PARTY?…..but haven’t
got enough emergency chairs? Then ring up
The Seal of Sir Edward de Cherleton,
Lord of Powys, appended to a and find out just how reasonable the charges
charter dated 6th July 1418, is
adopted as the Seal of the Powys- are to hire the LEIGHTON VILLAGE HALL.
Land Club.
This is the description in the 19th century volumes of
the Powysland Club Collections. The club name is
printed in various places in the documents with and
without a space or hyphen (so not our typos). The
centre shield is the red lion of Powys supported on
each side by ‘wild men’ who were associated with the
Green Man myths in the June issue.
The club collections refer not only to printed archives
but also archaeological finds and other artefacts. This
month’s cover story just focuses on the library at
Triangle House.
With a seal originally used in the reign of Henry V, from Tel: 0785 410 3058
the outset to the present day, articles in the published
volumes record a wide range of Montgomery-shire or email:
history. Volume 106 due in 2018 will include articles LeightonVillageHall@gmail.com
on events ranging from 1295 to 1979.
On current club publications the grandiose club seal Star Readers who have generously sent
has now been replaced by a less elaborate shield with a donation to the newsletter are:
the red dragon (see page 8). However, it’s the old * Kath Roberts
beautifully bound Victorian volumes that are now * Sue & Nigel Andrews
most accessible thanks to university libraries in North
America and thanks to scanning technology which If you would like to contribute to our running
has converted page images into searchable text. costs, cheques to “Leighton Newsletter” can be
sent to our treasurer, Tanya Allison at
Go to www.archive.org and search for Oak Villa, Leighton, Welshpool SY21 8HL
Montgomeryshire Collections — the cover images
launch flipbooks but scroll down for options to Leighton Playgroup would like to thank everyone
download as plain text, pdfs, ePub or for Kindle who made cakes, donated raffle prizes and attended
readers. Kindle versions are probably fastest but you
can search any version for names and stories about
your ancestors or places like Leighton or Trelystan.
the recent Coffee morning, we raised a fantastic £280.
Steve Patricia
REMEMBER THE STORM?
The Allison family and most of
Leighton village were startled
by the lightning bolt striking
the chimney of Oak Villa
early on Sunday 27th May.
Fortunately no one was
under the falling bricks but
electricity sockets in the
house were burnt out and
power was off for a few days
