Bettws-y-Crwyn

Bettws y Crwyn is a parish in a deeply rural area in South Shropshire, with a population under 200. Despite  the scattered nature of the dwellings in the area, it is a vibrant community with good, if informal, communications, and an excellent record of co-operation. It is a caring community which is supportive of local events.

The pages on this site will reflect the interests of the community, and act as a central information site.

It is a website that will grow as people feed information to the editor.  If you have a business that you would like include in the ‘Services and Businesses’ pages or information you would like to share,  please leave a response.

Important Announcement

I have created a new page. In future all announcements about coming events will appear on the tab – Newsflashes and Coming Events- on the sidebar under the Home tab.

If organisers of events inform Valerie Whately as soon as an event has been arranged I will do my best to place it there as soon as possible.

In addition have moved records of older announcements and events that have taken place pre 2012 onto the Archive page.

Concert at the Vicarage

Anne has organised a concert to take place on Firday April 17th. Click here for further information and download the poster.

As she is providing a supper it would be very helpful if those who are coming would telephone her so that she has some idea of how many people she will be feeding. Her number is 01547 510207

NEWCASTLE & DISTRICT GARDEN SOCIETY

Meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month at the Community Centre, Newcastle at 7.30pm .There is usually a plant stall, a raffle and always refreshments.New members and visitors always welcome,  membership is £15 per year. Visitors £3.00 per meeting.

Committee

 Lucie Pickard 640737, Gill Binks 640216

Stan Wild 640241 Carol Gurney 640163, Angela Busfield 640822

(For enquiries about the programme please phone Carol or Angela)

Black Mountain Chapel

Please note that there is a new page on this website. Some of you may have noticed the work that has been done to the chapel. For updates click on the new page or click here

The New History Project 

The launch of the Landscape and Local History Project took place on 24th Nov at the Bettws Parish Hall. The guest speaker Andy Wigley, Countryside Advisor in Shropshire Council’s Historic Environment Team gave an illustrated introduction to ‘The history of Bettws y Crwyn and its buildings’

A new page has been created under the history page. you can reach it by clicking here or on the Bettws History Group page on the sidebar

WI Calendar 2012

The  WI calendar for 2012 is now available. Click here or on WI Events on the sidebar

Please look at the blog on the History page, where an Australian family is looking for ancestors who lived here in the 18th and 19th centuries

AED Training Events

If you were unable to make earlier sessions, wish to train to use the defibrillator, and would like to be included for future training – please contact Eddie Jones . Eddie’s email address is: jonesmardu@aol.com, and his tel.no. is 01588 640856

Click here to see a demonstration of the defibrillator

Please email me at valerie.whately@btinternet.com if you have any announcements you would like posted. Each page, of course, has a blog section that you can add to directly.

This site is listed in the British Towns and Villages Encyclopaedia of Great Britain and we can be found in the entry for Bettws y Crwyn