Tilstock, Whitchurch

In response to concerns about dog fouling, Shropshire Council has over the last few months installed additional dog waste bins in Tilstock and Ash. The Dog Warden has also increased patrols of the area. However, when it comes to dealing with dog fouling, the most useful tool is information. We need specific facts from residents such as:

· When – are there any patterns to the time of day, or the day itself?

· Where – do specific locations regularly suffer from dog fouling?

· How often – twice a day, daily, a few times a week, etc.?

· What have you seen? – If you have witnessed someone failing to clean up after their dog, you may be able to provide us with a witness statement that could help us take enforcement action.

All of this information will help the dog warden to target his patrols and mean that we should have a higher chance of catching the culprits. Residents with relevant information can email Shropshire Council’s Environmental Maintenance team at: [email protected] Please write ‘TAPP – dog fouling’ as the subject matter.

Want to learn the sport of Crown Green Bowls? Then look no further than Tilstock Bowling and Tennis Club who will be running 4 consecutive 2 hour sessions of free Bowling from Sunday April 22nd to Sunday May 13th.

The sessions, open to all ages, start at 1pm and there is no charge.
Interested? Telephone 07734 883737 and ask for Simon Fullard or turn up on the day.

Every Tuesday & Thursday evening at 7.15pm for 1 hour.

£4.00 per class with discount for attending both classes each week.

Zumba is really popular and the class at Tilstock is very friendly. It doesn’t matter how co-ordinated you think you are, you can have fun and get fit at the same time.

Yoga class in the village hall Mondays 7.30pm-9.00pm. Come and give it a try!

10 week term £50 or £30 for 5 weeks.

As many of you know, the village hall was vandalised by a group of youths on the evening of Saturday the 5th of March. The police believe that these youths weren’t local, but had been camping nearby and blazed a trail of destruction from their campsite on the Whixall road all the way to The Raven.

If anyone ever hears a disturbance or witnesses any vandalism or anti-social behaviour in the village, please call the police immediately. Their non-emergency number is 0300 333 3000

Are there any parents out there who would be interested in forming a small Play Area Committee?

The play area is situated on land belonging to the Village Hall, behind the School playing field. The Village Hall Committee obtained the original funding for the play area, and the Whitchurch Rural District Council is responsible for the insurance. There are plans in the pipeline to set up a maintenance fund. At the moment, grass-cutting and any repairs to fencing etc. are paid for by the Village Hall.

We’d like to set up a Play Area Committee to be responsible for the following duties:

o Weekly inspection for any damage to equipment, safety matting or fencing, keeping a written record of these inspections.
o Picking up litter.
o Emptying the litter bin when required.
o Report any damage or problems to the Village Hall Committee.

Some Play Area Fundraising might be useful too!

If your children use the playground, and you’d like to help, please contact [email protected]. Include your phone number and we’ll get in touch.

Tilstock Stitch Club meets in Tilstock Village Hall on the 3rd Wednesday of every month (except August), at 7.30pm. There is a fee of £2 per person per meeting, which includes tea and biscuits.

We aim to cover all aspects of needlecraft: most of our members (though not all!) enjoy knitting, and we knit for various charities.

Other activities include: sewing, embroidery of all kinds, patchwork and quilting, and crochet. If you’re a beginner, come along for help and advice; if you’re an expert, we would welcome your skills!

This site is for the benefit of Tilstock and all its residents so please get involved. Send us any news, upcoming events, pictures of the area, or anything else that may be of interest to the community. You can email [email protected] or find John (very tall guy with the beard) fairly regularly at the Horseshoes

Hello and welcome to Tilstock’s brand new corner of cyberspace. Quite simply a place to share news and information on our little community.

Over the coming weeks you’ll find our image gallery populated with some great snaps of our village, we’ll have news of local events, and we’ll be sharing any community related gossip.

Also, quite importantly, we will be publishing a questionnaire on what you want for Tilstock in the future in order to create ourselves a parish plan.

If you want to get involved with this site or have any news, pictures etc you would like to be featured, please email [email protected]

Stay tuned!