Community News
Who is going Cuckoo? The Friends of Bewdley Museum and the Pound Green Commoners Association need your help to map the presence of Cuckoos in the Wyre Forest this year. If you hear the distinctive calls during the spring and the summer please let us know. Leaflets are available at Wyre Forest Visitors Centre, Bewdley Museum and 5 Dog Lane. All of the records will be entered onto a master map and displayed in Bewdley Museum as part of the Friend’s Annual Exhibition. The Cuckoo has suffered a recent decline in numbers and they are now on the red list of endangered birds so this survey will play a very important part in their conservation by high lighting which areas of the forest they are using. The exhibition which runs from August 13th to September 25th tells the story that Pound Green played in the discovery and in particular filming, of the habits of the fascinating Cuckoo.
We do hope that you will visit “Cuckoo Chance – The Secret Life of the Cuckoo”; it is not just about the bird but has some important social history documentation that is perhaps disturbing in today’s more ecological world. Plus there is a very interesting link between the cuckoo and the light houses around our coastline. The cuckoo exhibition follows last year’s very successful “Who Pays the Ferryman?” story. If you would like to see some of the images and hear the stories again then sections of the Arley Ferry exhibition will be on display as part of Discover Bewdley on Bank Holiday Monday May 2nd at the site of “The Last resting Place of the Arley Ferry” at 5, Dog Lane, Bewdley. Just a final reminder that the AGM of the Friends of Bewdley Museum will take place on Wednesday May 18th at Bewdley Baptist Church. Everyone is welcome so please come along and have a chat with us.You can email for more information to fobmuseum@tiscali.co.uk. Penny Griffiths Chair The Friends of Bewdley Museum.
Weddings 2nd April Ross Haynes and Holly Price
Funerals 23rd March Benjamin Grice Service at All Saints' followed by burial in the Churchyard 25th March Dorothy Danks Service at All Saints' followed by burial in the churchyard 29th March Walter Heath Service at All Saints followed by cremation at Stourbridge 8th April Bernice Fairless Service at All Saints' followed by cremation at Stourbridge
Severn Valley Investors This investors group meets on the first Monday of each month, at the George Hotel at 2.30pm. We discuss shares to buy and sell, and learn from each other, so if you would like to join us to see if you would enjoy it, please phone me: Topsy Beves 402243.