Issue 155
November 2011
Llanferres
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Welcome Welcome to the November edition of News & Views. It's another busy calendar of events this month! . As in previous years we plan to carry a Christmas Greetings page in the December issue, for anyone wishing to send a message to local friends and neighbours in lieu of Christmas cards. If you would like to include a Christmas Greeting, please let us have the details by 20th November. There's no cost for this but donations are always gratefully received! We do seem to have our begging bowl out a lot just lately, what with requests for donations and pleas for attendance at quiz nights etc. Unfortunately our printer gave up the ghost recently, one effect of which was that some people received their News & Views quite late last month, so apologies to you for that. We have now invested in a new printer that's much quicker and can produce the colour we want, but it comes at a price. Hence our
renewed fund raising efforts and the inclusion of the donation envelope with this month's News & Views! We can also now provide a very costeffective colour printing service to other organisations/businesses, should you need leaflets/posters etc. Contact us for a quote! If you would like to make a donation please drop the envelope into one of the following: The Druid Inn Loggerheads Garage Pioneer Stores, Cadole or, of course, 2 Cae Gwyn Very many thanks to local organisations and individuals who have given generous donations to date. In hopeful anticipation Paul & Siobhan Tel: 810566 newsandviews@llanferres.org
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Announcements November Birthdays Happy Birthday to the following Sophie Drendel who will be 12 on 2nd November Ceri Thomas on 2nd November Don McCorry on 2nd November James Logan on 6th November Mark Pimblett who will be 16 on 19th November Becky Ussher who will be 21 on 22nd November Suzanne Clarke on 27th November Tom Givelin who will be 19 on 28th November
In Memoriam
Aislingh and Alistair would like to thank all their friends in the village for coming to their wedding, and for the lovely gifts that they received. A special thank you for Yvonne for doing everyone's make up on the big day. We had a lovely time.
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Llanferres Over 60s On October 11th we had a very interesting, informative, and amusing talk about the "Duties of being a Toastmaster". Mr Brian Russell,(who some may remember from when he used to live in Tafarn-Gelyn and was one of the first members of the bowling club) told of his experiences at State Occasions with Royalty and M.P.s, present, Banquets, Receptions for famous people, Superstars etc. most of whom were pleasant and co-operative, but some who were not!! He nowadays mostly officiates at Weddings and told us of various mishaps and awkward moments- even "Catastrophes" he has had to cope with. He now avoids seven year old Page-boys!! and two year old Flower-girls!! and checks that the caterers have a stand-by Wedding cake!! Our next meeting is on Tuesday Nov 8th at 2.00 pm in the Village Hall when Mr Alan Roberts from Denbighshire County Council who will talk about "Refuse Collections and Re-cycling".Hopefully he can answer all our questions and tell us about future plans for the Rural areas of Denbighshire. Olive 810 294
Council Tax Help for Pensioners As in the previous year Denbighshire have secured a grant from the Welsh Assembly Government to help Pensioners with their Council Tax. To qualify for help you must: 1. Be in receipt of state pension 2. Be liable to pay Council Tax in Denbighshire 3. Have the address for which you are claiming as your main home To claim a share in this grant send your state pension reference number and your full address including post code to : Pensioner Grant Scheme Revenues Department Russell House Churton Road Rhyl Denbighshire LL18 3DP
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November Diary Dates 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Tue 7.00pm Bowls Club Wed Dance Club 7.30 pm Village Hall Committee AGM Thu 9.00pm Pub Quiz at The Miners Arms Fri Whiskey Master Class, Druid Inn Sat Sun 9.30am Holy Communion Mon 2.00pm Music Monday at Caffi Florence, Jonathan LeVay; Jazz Piano 2.00pm Over 60s Meeting, Village Hall Tue 7.00pm Bowls Club Workshop at Caffi Florence, Introduction to bread making Wed Dance Club Community Council Meeting Thu 8.30pm Mall's retirement "get together", Druid Inn
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10.15am Remembrance Sunday service. 11.00am Minutes silence at the memorial stone Blue Bag Day at Bro Famau Mon Gardening Club Meeting AGM & Quiz 7.30pm Veg Boxes open meeting, Loggerheads Country Park Tue Bowls Club Wed Dance Club Workshop at Caffi Florence, Getting Ahead for Christmas Thu Dance Club Fri 6.30pm Craft/Attic/Charity Sale, Village Hall Sat Sun 9.30am Holy Communion Mon Tue 7.00 Bowls Club Workshop at Caffi Florence, Pantry Cooking Wed Dance Club Thu Fri 7.00pm Bingo Night!, Village Hall 7.45pm Winter Nets - Maeshafn CC Sat 7.00pm Llanvegas Casino Night Sun 9.30 Holy Communion Mon Tue 7.00 Bowls Club Dance club Wed 7.30pm Final of the Triquizard Tournament at the Druid Sun
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FUN CA$INO NIGHT Saturday 26th November Llanferres Village Hall Enjoy a great night out at one of the village's most popular events - play dice, poker, black jack and roulette, plus have a flutter on the horses - all for fun money - then bid for some fabulous prizes at the end of the night with your winnings!
Doors Open: 7.00 p.m. Tickets: £15 Ticket price includes: $ Entry to all tables $ Glass of bubbly on arrival $ Buffet Supper $ $5,000 “gambling money” Help us to maintain our Park & Playing Field, support the Community School and have a fun night out - but remember numbers are strictly limited - don't miss out! Tickets available from the Druid Inn, Dan Hurst or Jackie Godfrey
Proceeds in aid of Llanferres Playing Field & Recreation Association and Llanferres Parents, Teachers and Friends Association If you would like to donate a prize for the auction, please contact Simon Hodge 810686 or Dan Hurst 810461
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OLD PERSONS WELFARE COMMITTEE NEWS The annual Christmas bingo night will be on Fri 25th Nov, starting at 7pm prompt in village hall. Free refreshments. Any donations for prizes very warmly welcomed by any committee member:- Jenny, Sandra, Glenys, Yvonne, Anne, Rob, Joan or Daryl with grateful thanks. Come along and have a fab night with all proceeds going towards Llanferres Old Peoples Welfare Christmas lunch. The annual Christmas lunch will be at 2 pm at the Druid on Sat 3rd Dec. Please let committee members know by 25th Nov if you'd like to join us. Thanks in advance to Jim, Julie and team The old persons welfare committee would like to thank everyone who joined us on our trip to Ludlow in July. And thank you for the very kind donations. They were very much appreciated.
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Llanferres Parish Gardening Club The meeting held on Monday October 10th proved most popular when Ray Bailey gave an illustrated talk entitled "Bulbs with a Difference". With a list of 73 slide photographs to be shown, each member was able to note ideas for their own garden throughout the year. No daffodils on the list and only one miniature narcissus species proved the variation of bulbs available. This proved a most enlightening talk. Our one disappointment was that though some visitors at the show had expressed an interest in the club, when invited, via the article in the News and Views, no one came. Sad to say it was their loss! The next meeting, which is on Monday 14th November, will be the AGM followed by a quiz. Joan Almond Secretary
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Christmas at LOGGERHEADS Our Christmas menus are now available for daytime and evening groups. We will again be having a visit from Father Christmas in the lead up to the big day together with a specially commissioned story from the Shed Theatre Company.
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Monthly recipe from CAFFI FLORENCE We have recently had a visit from a group of foreign journalists on a culinary tour of Wales. They came to our fish workshop and joined local people working with our Head Chef to make some delicious fish meals. We made a number of dishes all using fish that had been caught in North Wales. We used Menai mussels, trout from the Bodfari Trout Farm and this dish using sea bass from the Conwy Estuary. We used chard from Jane's garden which is a wonderful vegetable, pretty enough to be grown in a flower boarder, very easy to grow and hardy through most of what winter throws at it.
Pan Fried sea bass on a bed of puy lentils and chard Sea Bass fillets 250g puy lentils Pancetta 300ml water Small bunch herbs eg rosemary, thyme, sage, parsley Chard or spinach Olive oil Small knob butter Black pepper Squeeze lemon juice " " " " " " " "
Cook lentils in water with herbs for 25 - 30 minutes until lentils are soft Remove herbs and add chopped pancetta to lentils Finely chop chard or spinach Place in saucepan with a small knob of butter Oil and season fish Heat dry pan, add fish & cook While fish is cooking cook chard for 2 - 3 minutes until wilted Serve lentils, topped with chard and fish placed on top
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Church News Services for November 6th 13th 20th 27th
Holy Communion at 9.30 am Remembrance Sunday Service at 10.15 am Holy Communion at 9.30 am Holy Communion at 9.30 am
Reminder (if you read this in time) There will be a fifth Sunday Group Holy Communion at 10.30 on 30th October at St John the Evangelist, Rhydymwyn. In the evening there is the start of a short series of services at Gwernaffield (6.00pm) with Rev'd Russ Howell preaching a sermon series on the Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. Harvest Many thanks to all who helped to decorate the church and donated goods, flowers, food and wine to make this a lovely occasion. Remembrance Sunday There will be a short service in Church which will finish in time to walk to the memorial stone to observe a minute’s silence at 11 am.
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Locally Grown Vegetable Boxes Would you like to receive a weekly box of locally grown seasonal vegetables? Plans are afoot to restore the walled garden at Colomendy Hall. With support from Kingswood who now run the Outdoor Education Centre, Cadwyn Clwyd and hopefully some other fund providers, it should soon be possible to buy local seasonal vegetables. To make this happen, a not for profit business is being set up which will employ a horticulturist to grow the vegetables. The plan is to grow enough to produce about 25 vegetable boxes per week, the sale of which will pay the gardener. To get started, we need to find 18 -20 families or businesses who would be interested in receiving a weekly veg box and being part of this project. The cost would be anything from ÂŁ7.50 - ÂŁ15 per family per week depending on the size of box you wish to receive. To kick start this project there will be an open meeting on Tuesday 15 November at 7.30pm in the meeting room at Loggerheads Country Park. If you are interested please come along to the meeting or get in touch for some more information: Jane Clough day 01352 810397; evening 01352 810802, mobile 07779 235292 or cloughbryncelyn@btinternet.com
CRAFT/ ATTIC/ CHARITY SALE Following from last year's successful craft evening, organised by Colin and Barbara and in response to many requests, we propose to hold a Craft/Attic/Charity evening in the village hall. If you would like to book a table or if you feel able to donate any unwanted gifts please phone Rob or Pat on 810259.
Everyone is most welcome.
The event will take place on Friday Nov. 18th. 6.30pm. to 9pm. Tea / Coffee will be available. Please join us for your Christmas Gifts, Jams, Chutneys, Pickles, Cakes and much more!
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Community Council News - October Meeting From the minutes of the October meeting:- Maintenance of Community assets were discussed viz:- memorial seat, notice boards, water fountain, telephone kiosk and Maeshafn Village green. Memorial seat needs varnishing; telephone kiosk will be attended to after the road has been resurfaced; MADRA will pay for maintenance of Maeshafn Village Green up to April 2012 then the Community Council will include it in the precept. It was announced that the Queen's Diamond Jubilee will be celebrated by the lighting of 2012 bonfires throughout Britain and the Commonwealth on 4th June 2012.
use to non-commercial purposes; no further building and no further hard standing to be laid. Certificates of Decision:- 21/2011/1002 Proposal: conversion of Stone Barn and Brick Shippon to form 2 no. dwellings, demolition of dutch barn and cow kennels and installation of new septic tanks. Location; Outbuildings at Cae'r Odyn, Tafarn-y-Gelyn. GRANTED 21/2011/0939 Proposal: Installation of photovoltaic solar panels on garage roof. Location: Ty Fy Nain, Forestry Road, Llanferres. GRANTED 21/2011/0971 Proposal: Crown reduction by up to 30%, crown lift to clear garage roof and crown clean to remove crossing branches to sycamore tree numbered T1 on plan annexed to the DCC Tree Preservation Order No 2 1997. Location: The Old School House, Ruthin Road, Llanferres. GIVE CONSENT
The arrangements for the Remembrance Day Memorial service will be the same as in previous years - Service in St Berres's Church followed by dedication at the memorial stone at 11pm. The Chairman, Mr David Jones, will recite Denbighshire Local Development Plan the Kohima Epitaph - Examination. Councillors were invited to attend a Pre-Hearing Meeting in Rhyl The lights on the Maeshafn Christmas on 8th November 2011 to discuss the Tree will be checked by a qualified management of the Examination. electrician and a safety certificate Concerns were raised about the road to issued before the lights are switched on. Maeshafn having not been resurfaced. County Councillor Christine Evans asked The transfer of the Playing Field at people to be patient as it is scheduled Maeshafn still awaits the final legal for attention but there is such a large documentation. road maintenance program and not everything can be done at once. Planning application:- 21/2011/1145 Proposal: Change of use of former The next meeting will be on Thursday agricultural land to equestrian use and 10th November 2011. retention of stable block and 2 no. associated storage buildings (retrospective application). Location: Garwyn, Tafarn-y-Gelyn, Llanferres. Resolved to raise no objection subject to conditions being imposed restricting
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Local news The Cheese and Wine Evening held at the Miners Arms on 22nd October raised an excellent £135 for the North Wales Air Ambulance And a most convivial affair it was too! Thanks to John and Gilly for organising it and here’s to the next event rumoured to be a Bangers and Beer tasting!
Bowls Club News We have again entered the Annual Clwyd Vale Indoor Bowls competition. Having reached the final a long time ago we hope to get to the final this time and maybe win!!! (A song comes to mind - the Everly Brothers - Dream, Dream Dream). In the first round in the 12 a side we have been drawn with Pwllglas and Clawddnewydd. The winner goes into the semi-final. And in the 9 a side we have been drawn at home with Llandrillo. The winners meet Henllan/ Rhewl then into the semifinal. We meet every Tuesday 7pm - 9pm in the Village Hall and would welcome any new members. “So don’t be shy and give it a try!” Josh Griffiths
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Triquizard Update The winners of the second round in the Triquizard Tournament were Demon Dogs, thanks to a fine performance in the final round. This result makes them overall leaders in the tournament too. It was another close contest on the night, with more than half of the teams still in with a shout of winning as we entered the final round. This Second round winners, and overall tournament leaders, Demon Dogs was a somewhat contentious “Where Am I“ round embraced wholePositions after Two Rounds Quiz One Quiz Two Total heartedly by some and approached with a Team Name Max Score 94 90 184 real “go for it” attitude by others. SCORE SCORE SCORE The Headstrongs had another good night, winning the evening long quiz and scoring maximum points in the Halloween Round to win the spot prize too. The overall tournament is now very close with just 6 points separating the first 5 teams. There’s all to play for in the final round. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the raffle. In total we raised £110 towards News & Views funds on the evening. Thank You.
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Triquizard Update Round Two Results Final Score
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Demon Dogs The Tatty Heads Ever Hopefuls Easee Where's Watson Sick of Ants Headstrongs CGs Team Awesome 1 Hill to Another
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The Headstrongs, winners of two prizes on the evening and overall in equal third place
The next quiz date: Wednesday 30th Nov 7.30pm Druid Inn The Grand Final
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Dr Christine’s letter I have been busy with county council and CHC visits this month. In the County council we had a report from the BCUHT and the reviews are due for Emergency acute surgery and Maternity for the whole of North Wales in the second week in November The CHC has been doing spot visits in the 3 DGH and 2 community hospitals I went to Dolgellau hospital. Lovely place with a grand birthing centre run by community midwives. They were all extremely efficient and courteous and pleased to see us in our checking mode. These visits are to check the patient environment for staff attitude, ambience, cleanliness, noise etc and restricted meal time. I also went to Glan Clwyd to the Gastro unit, ward 5 and A and E. The trolleys were not too clean, and the bell pull had been removed in the disabled toilet in A and E as someone had tried to commit suicide with it 2 weeks prior. None of the outside windows had been cleaned and since the sun was shining they looked filthy. Apparently they can't get the people to clean them It is only 4 storeys high. Otherwise a good report and again the staff were excellent except for one junior doctor who thought we were in the way!!
is where pushchairs etc have to be moved into the road, leave the Colomendy side available still to park on the verge. My radio programmes are on radio Wales about 'Cuts' these are about community emergency services, whistle blowing and violence in public spaces, especially the Health Service, and the effect of CCTV in reducing the violence and abuse which the front line staff experience especially in A and E. The bus drivers now have swab kits so if they are spat at the saliva can be sent for DNA testing and matched if the spitter has a previous record. On the home front the old schoolroom in Llanarmon is now opened and the youth club is in full swing on Wednesday 6.30 to 8pm for year 6 in Ysgol Bro Famau and youths to 17. We have pool, table tennis and other games. All in Llanferres welcome. There is a Christmas party December 14th
Finally my daughter Ruth did her final recital recently for her Masters in music at Bangor and she got a distinction for her recital. And a merit overall for her MA. The recital was an hour long in various I have had an email from David Coill of languages all by heart. The German was North Wales transport about the parking perfect but needed to be as the 2 on A494 in Cadole /Loggerheads. They examiners were German!!! have received 9 objections from local people businesses about the no parking Bad weather round the corner. proposals. Mainly about the loss of trade, which would be experienced if they were Regards Christine Evans brought into being. All the objectors will be christinemaryevans@hotmail.com written to before anything is done, .so yet 07887774909. more time is taken up. I think the yellow line should only be on the pavement side which
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TRIQUIZARD FINAL Represent your team - great fun, great prizes, great night. Pre quiz supper menu available from 5.30pm. The final is on November 30th - don’t miss it!
FREE BEER & WINE! Our popular Collectors Cards are back - buy 7 pints get 1 free (offer includes individual bottles of wine). Pick up your card now - best value pint around only £2.58
IRISH WHISKEY MASTERCLASS
Steak Night is proving ever more popular - booking is becoming advisable - and there’s a new addition of Fillet of Beef Stroganoff with Rice now available at £10.95.
Sunday Night Curry Club 5pm - 8pm FIXED PRICE £6.99 Choose from a selection of curries.
Friday 4th November Tickets are selling fast £22.50 including Irish Stew Supper. Last chance to join in.
CHRISTMAS DRAW 7pm Sunday December 18th Tickets available from October - still only £1 each
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Thank you Mall!
THURSDAY NOV 10th THE SHOP WILL CLOSE AT 7pm
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Maeshafn Cricket Club News Winter 2011 Well, the season finished in September in style. We managed to get to the lofty heights of 5th in Division 5, higher than the likes of Northop CC, Halkyn, Llangollen, Ruthin and many other more established teams (admittedly their 2nd and 3rd teams, but still not bad!).
Award winners were: Players’ Player of the Year - Coenraad Rossow Batsman of the Year - Coenraad Rossow
Individual Outstanding Performance of the Year - Tom Hall - 150 not out against Our captain, who has enjoyed playing for Corwen under 11s. Maeshafn since 2007 so much he is moving from Drury to Gwernaffield just to be closer The Dave Moore Memorial Award - Bowler to Maeshafn (Welsh Enterprise Village of of the Year - Kev Roberts the Year 2009), has had to pick a team each week from up to 16 players. Our secretary Wicket Keeper of the Year - Stu Applewhite (me) has not had to grovel to Rhun Jones at all this year to turn up as 11th man. The John Harrison Award - Clubman of the Year - Steve Pugh Rhun Jones, as readers of this magazine may or may not have detected in previous Wally of the Year - Stu Applewhite - the ramblings, is possibly the world's most Captain - got married on the last day of the unreliable cricket player, turning up at season. A senior player from Llangollen random, a decision usually made by asked where Stu was during that match. whether the wind is blowing from the west When we explained, he looked disgusted or south east. He is the recipient of the MCC and announced that it had taken him 17 Rhun Jones Failing To Turn Up Award, years to marry his wife because it had taken handed out annually to Rhun Jones, who that long for a free Saturday to come up dutifully fails to turn up to the Druid to during the cricket season. collect his award. Currently sat in my cricket club bag, I hope he forgets not to turn up The Mo Hemming Memorial Award for next year so we can give it to him. Comedy Moment of the Season - Dave Clinton. Mr Clinton, son of well known Our annual dinner was held at the Druid chicken farmer Alan Clinton, nearly killed this year, and we attempted to murder our himself when taking a catch. Dave steadied captain with a bottle of Absinthe, which himself, knelt on the ground, held out his smells a little like white spirits mixed with hands, but unfortunately had forgot to almonds. Many thanks to Jim and Julie, who shout "Dave Clinton", or "mine" or "King very patiently put up with a load of drunk Nebuchanezzar". Will Webster (who had middle-aged and aged men (plus Tom Hall shouted "Will" and "mine" but not "King and myself) making a lot of noise. Nebuchanezzar") steamed into him at high speed, hitting Dave like a train taking out a
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Maeshafn Cricket Club News Winter 2011 car parked on a level crossing, and raking former Ruthin 1st team captain and sheep his studs down Dave's legs. Very funny but farmer, Rhun Jones - the village drunk, I guess you had to be there. Derek Parsons - sheep rustler and Mike & Audrey, formerly of the Miners Arms, Absinthe Drinker of the Year - Jim Scarratt Maeshafn. Anyone wishing to express their - manager of Theatr Clwyd. feelings of gratitude for removing a number of males from Maeshafn and So another season over and an increased surrounding areas every Saturday for 6 level of irritation for more partners and months should contact one or all of the wives for yet more time spent by their above. spouses standing in a field and hanging around real ale pubs. A long suffering Winter nets start 26th November, with our partner of a fairly elderly cricket player in second one on the 16th December. Both at Maeshafn (who has the misfortune of the Argoed School. We have a further 8 perhaps being the most idle as well) has sessions after Christmas. 7.45pm start. now started emailing me rude & insulting messages cursing the day that I formed All welcome to come along. Cost is usually Maeshafn cricket club. around £5 but not yet fixed this year. This is very unfair. The club was in fact formed by Richard Jones of Aberduna - Jonathan Fagan, Secretary
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Nature Notes In my Nature Notes last month I lamented the absence of butterflies. No sooner had I sent my notes in, than we had an 'Indian Summer' and out came the butterflies to add late summer colour to the garden. Red admirals, small tortoiseshells, commas, peacocks and 'cabbage' whites competed with late bumblebees for nectar, on any garden plants still in flower. These butterflies had probably gone into hibernation but were awakened by the warm weather and enticed out to build up further body-fat to sustain them through the winter months. However, with the onset of the colder weather of this week, I expect they will have returned to their hibernacula and we are unlikely to see them again until next lateFebruary or March. Famous last words? There is no denying that autumn is with us and winter approaches. Trees are fast taking on their autumnal hues and extra colour is added to woods and hedgerows by fruits such as orange rowan berries, blue-black sloes, crimson hawthorns and scarlet rose hips. A blackbird or mistle thrush sometimes tries to take ownership of a tree or bush, laden with fruit, and chases away any other birds that try to cash in on the bounty. It sometimes succeeds for a time but fieldfares can quickly rob it of its food store by sheer weight of numbers. These Scandinavian thrushes are now with us along with their redwing cousins. They started arriving on the east coast about two weeks ago and have quickly spread westwards to most parts by now. I saw my first flock of redwings passing over on the 12th of the month. They
often migrate by night and can sometimes be heard passing overhead as they communicate with each other with a single call note. Although most of the redwings we see come from Scandinavia, a distinct (slightly larger and darker) subspecies breeds in Iceland and sometimes winters on our west coast. A Knopper gall from an oak tree was displayed on the BBC 'Autumn Watch' program. These galls are caused by a small wasp called Andricus quercuscalicis which have an interesting life cycle. Parthenogenic females(that is they can produce fertile eggs without mating) lay eggs in the male catkins of Turkey oak(Quercus cerris) in early spring to produce tiny galls. From these galls emerge male and female wasps which mate. The female then lays eggs in the female flowers of Pedunculate oak (Q. Robur). When the grubs hatch, the tree is induced to produce rich tissue on which the grubs feed. This tissue continues to grow and forms the large galls which can envelop the acorns. In the autumn the galls fall to the ground and over winter the grubs develop into the adult parthenogenic females which fly to Turkey oaks to restart the life cycle. This wasp only arrived in Britain in about 1950 from continental Europe and spread across the country. In 1979 I well remember it had a population explosion and most Pedunculate oaks were infected. Uninformed newspaper hacks of the time were predicting that there would be no acorns in future years and it would cause the demise of the oak tree in Britain. Guess what - it never happened.
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Village Organisations Archery Club - lan Logan, Tryfan, 17 Cae Gwyn, Llanferres Tel: 810627 Badminton Club - Jane Clough Tel: 810802 Bowling Club - Every Tuesday in the village hall, 7pm - 9pm Contact Dave Twomey Tel: 810690. Church - Rev'd Adrian Copping, The New Rectory, Rectory Lane, Llanferres Mold, CH7 5SR Email: adriancopping@hotmail.com Rector's Warden - Josh Griffiths, Jontindale, Ruthin Road. Tel: 810853 People's Warden - Mr. Brian Skelhorn 16 Cae Gwyn. Tel: 810422 Clwydian Conservation Campaign - Pen y Chwareli, Pant Ddu Road, Nercwys CH7 4DD Llanferres Holiday Club ( School Holiday Child Care) Becky Thomas, Booking Officer Tel: 01352 759263 or mobile 07530 721953 Gardening Club - Mrs Joan Almond, 20 Cae Derwen, Llanferres. Tel: 810808 Llanferres Alcoholic Mountain Biking Soc. (LAMBS) - Gordon Jones Tel: 810305 Llanferres Community Council - Mrs Gwyneth Dillon, Rhosddigre, Llandegla, LL11 3AU Tel: 01978 790269 Llanferres Playing Field & Recreation Association - Secretary, Simon Hodge. Tel: 810686 Maeshafn Cricket Club - Secretary: Jonathan Fagan. Tel: 810373 Old People's Welfare Committee - Secretary, Yvonne Foden-McCorry Tel: 810867 PTFA Ysgol Bro Famau - Lindsay Turner. Tel: 810403 Llanferres Over 60s Club - Olive Parry. Tel: 810294 Village Hall Booking Secretary - John Roberts, 7 Tyn Llan. Tel: 810358 Village Hall Management Committee - Secretary, Sonia Evans. Tel: 810421 QUIZ ANSWERS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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