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Theatre Time
The best of the best theatre reviews, listings and competitions!
WINNERS
WINTICKETS
INCLUDING
Our own Events Around
the Wrekin listing
www.wrekinnews.co.uk / 43
Theatre Competition
winners
The Three Degrees
Winner: Kerry Barnett
A Mad World by Master
Winners:
Louise Whitley, K’minster
Kate Chinn,Shawbirch
Kay Searles, St Georges
SET IN the mysti-
cal centre of Mos-
cow’s cultural and
artistic quarter
PARK GORKOGO (Gorky
Park) is the perfect back
drop for what is undoubt-
edly the greatest and most
famous circus on earth.
Superstar Clowns in-
vite the audience to this
wondrous and mysterious
place, a place to romance,
a place to stroll and take
in Moscow at sunset and
a place to see magnificent
feats of human achieve-
ment. As our loveable buf-
foons reminisce about past
times in one of the most
famous cities on earth they
are surrounded by a multi-
tude of flying, back flipping,
juggling and roller skating
performers
This year’s show features
the Roller-Skating Veslovs-
kis, Yakovlev Vertical Pole
Jugglers, incredible feats
of strength from the hand
balancing of Vladislav Khos-
tik, the gracious ariel skills
of Tatiana Goncharova,
the Kozak Whip Crackers
and the revolving Russian
Swing, catapulting its 10
strong troupe high into the
apex of the auditorium at
breakneck speed.
Yes, Wrekin News and
Theatre Severn have a fam-
ily ticket to see the Moscow
State Circus on Wednesday
11 February 2015.
All you have to do to win
this fabulous prize is answer
this simple question. The
show takes place in Mos-
cow’s renowned artistic and
cultural square. Give us the
name of that square.
Please send your an-
swers to us either by post
or email, giving full contact
details. Please send your
replies to Lucy Gregory,
Wrekin News, Bridge Road,
Wellington, Telford TF1 1EY
or by email to: lucy.grego-
Good luck.
THE GREATEST CIRCUS
ON EARTH
Yes! Another evening with Rick!
A Fellow of the
Royal College of
Music, Professor
of the London
College of Music, former
Yes keyboard player,
Watchdog presenter and
renowned Grumpy Old
Man, Rick Wakeman has
led a rich and varied life.
In his one-man solo
show, he recounts hi-
larious and unlikely an-
ecdotes from a career
which has included mu-
sical collaborations with
David Bowie, Cat Stevens
and Elton John, as well as
worldwide tours with his
own bands, punctuated
by displays of dazzling
virtuosity on the piano.
This show was a sell-
out success at the Ed-
inburgh Fringe, where
it won rave reviews and
quickly became a ‘must-
see’ of the festival. Come
along and find out why
life is rarely dull for Rick
or those around him!
The Music and
Anecdotal Wit
of an Old Age
Pensioner.
Wrekin News have com-
bined with Theatre Severn to
offer a pair of tickets to see
Yes! Another Evening With
Rick Wakeman! The show
is on Friday 27 March at the
Theatre Severn.
All you have to do is an-
swer this easy question. Rick
Wakeman has done a lot of
varied things in his life but
he started life as a keyboard
player in a pop group. What
is the name of that group,
remember the clues are in
the question.
Please send your an-
swers to us either by post
or email, giving full contact
details. Please send your
replies to Lucy Gregory,
Wrekin News, Bridge Road,
Wellington, Telford TF1 1EY
or by email to: lucy.grego-
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The Heath’s legacy
> Terry Heath’s hosted some top groups, not all soul, sometimes a little different just like the night Pans People were on stage. The group of girls were regulars on BBC’s Top of the Pops at the time.
So great times and great people! there are so many people that I can remem-
ber and I am sure there are many more that I can’t but here are some of the great people that I recall from Heaths, I have already men-tioned many of the boys so here to start with are some of the girls, eve Sweeney, Helen Hammond, Maria Fletcher, Jill Williams, Mar-garet Flavin, Sue Sankey, rose Brophy, Chris Pearce, Sue aims, Pat Machin, Mo Battershall, Kath Clarke, Pat Williams, Shelia Heywood, Karen Ball, gill adams, elsa Stex, Sue Clemson, Chris King, Chris France, Louise and Sue turner, Pauline Flavin, Jackie Butler, June Duncan, Hillary Stiller, little Hazel, alison Wood, Mary ragonesi, Sue and Veron-ica Brown, June Bray, Sue Bray, Wendy Buckle, trudy orchard, Stella Hughes, Mo Parker, Jean tromans, (married name), Sue San-key, rose Brophy, Liz Plum, Brenda (now Kipper’s wife), Denise Corbett and angela. Dot Lock, Sue andrews, and Dear Mavis.
and some more of the guys Derek griffiths ‘giffer’ – who teamed up with Joe Dean to become giff and Joe the DJs that stood-in at Heaths when Cyril was not available, John Wilson, Keith Lawley (Kipper), rob Fielding, Mick Nicklin, rich Pardoe, roger Bates, Dave Bagnall, Kenny Holland, Don ‘Sticky’ Broome, Kev Jones, Dave White, Mike Hunt, John Butler, Dave Stanworth, Stan Jackson, Dave Pascall, tom McNulty, Don allen, Stan Foulkes, John Meakin, Clive Kitson, John Jewell, Dave Phillips, Pete o’Sullivan, Stu-art Waters, Steve Foskett, Mike Carline, Micky Ward, Phil taylor, gilroy, teddy and
erol, Bruno, Martin Keyes and many, many more. My sincere apologies to anyone that I have omitted.
By the early 70s many of the names above married and started a family life, so stopped going to Heaths. Liz, my wife, and my last regular visits were probably around 1972, although we did attend a couple of reun-ions in the early 80’s.
Heaths carried on in vari-ous guises or so I believe, but I don’t really think that the Heaths family that was created from 1967 to 1972/3 was ever repeated. the town House, the Drumbeat Club, it didn’t really matter to most of us what it was called because it was Heaths to us - a unique atmosphere for a great bunch of people, many of whom I am still in regular contact with and who regularly come along to our top Drawer Soul charity soul events.
So these are my memo-ries of Heaths, I am sure that other people may be differ-ent but I am also sure that their enjoyment of Heaths will be equal to mine.
the legacy that Heaths has left us is the endearing
friendships and of course the music. our top Drawer Soul nights, now in their thirteenth year, have in to-tal raised approaching forty thousand pounds for chari-ties and good causes. Mi-
icky Ward and Phil taylor’s MB Soulshow, Severn Soul, telford Soul Club and the new St george’s Soul Club all host regular soul events, and whilst some of these clubs play more modern
northern soul music, the roots all stem from the music played at Heaths.
So thank you terry, thank you Cyril and thanks to all the people that attended, I am so glad to have been
there at the start and made so many good and lasting friendships.
Finally thanks to alison (terry Heaths daughter) for allowing us to use the pho-tographs.
Following on from the last issue the continuing story of soul music at Terry Heaths, Rob Corbett finishes his epic tour of the dance scene in Wellington in the late 60’s and early 70’s.
On the subject of the Majestic, David Whitaker from Leighton rang in to say that he worked in Astons furniture shop which was just about next door to the Majestic Ballroom.
He recalls giving his mate Albert Archer a lift to pick up his girlfriend on the way to the Majestic. David decided to go in with them and inevitably met a very
attractive girl who asked him if he wanted a drink. Be-ing a perfect gentleman, David insisted on buying her a drink but whatever he said she insisted on buying him a pint of beer.
With that she went behind the bar and started to pull a pint. It turned out that the girl was Evelyn, the daugh-ter of Albert Giles the owner!
Working next to the Majestic
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Best known as Eastenders troublemaker Janine
Butcher, bringing drama to Albert Square with a
medley of cocaine addition, murder and prostitution,
Charlie Brooks is now taking her talent on tour,
playing Sandra in the iconic play, Beautiful Thing.
Editor Dave Gregory met up with Charlie recently
and had a chat.
The ‘Walford
witch’ has finally left
the east end, and
now we’ll be seeing
Charlie Brooks in a wholly
different incarnation.
The actress has ap-
peared in episodes of The
Bill, Jonathans Creek and,
of course, eastenders, but
come spring, she’ll be tak-
ing on the theatre, appear-
ing in Beautiful Thing.
The play follows two
young men, Jaimie and Ste,
and their blossoming ro-
mance in an inner city hous-
ing estate. Together the two
boys find comedy, warmth
and the music of Mama
Cass through their loud-
mouthed next door neigh-
bour leah. Brooks plays
Sandra, Jamie’s mum and
the local barmaid. I asked
her if she was looking for-
ward to the challenge.
“What doesn’t attract me
to the play?” Brooks grins. “I
was obsessed with the film
when I was a kid, I watched
it like 100 times, I was one
of the cult followers really. I
remember seeing Surrane
(Jones) in the play last year
and going: ‘ooh, I want to
do that, put me in it! lo
and behold, a year or two
later here I am, so it’s like a
dream come true.”
It’s hard for bubbly
Brooks to pinpoint exactly
why the iconic play reso-
nates with her: “Just the
content of the story,” she
starts. “I went to theatre
school where I had lots of
gay friends - I had a boy-
friend that was gay!” she
laughs. “So it’s always been
important, the performances
in the film were just amazing
and it’s a great character for
me, so it’s a rally big draw all
round really.”
and Beautiful Thing still
endures to this day, despite
being over 20 years old.
“There are still, especially
in the regional areas where
we are touring, people go-
ing through this very same
issue and people still ter-
rified of coming out, they
don’t know how to do it and
they are scared of talking
about it. I think that it’s a
timeless play, it’s brilliant,
it’s funny, it’s sad, and I
think that it speaks to a lot
of people still.”
I suggest that the role
of strong young mum San-
dra seems a happy fit for
Brooks; “are you saying I’m
a feisty single mum?!” the
actress laughs. “What I’m
hoping to do is to bring a
great deal of warmth to it,
know what I mean? She’s
feisty, she’s loud, she’s not
afraid to speak her mind,
she’s had a hard life and
fought to be where she is,
fought to bring up that little
boy, so the relationship that
they have is one that’s very
special in the end.” adding:
“I’ve got some of the best
lines - I just can’t wait to say
them.” Calling this, ‘completely
different’ from the television
work for which she is best
known, however, Brooks
is feeling the nerves. “With
learning lines in eastenders,
they go in very quickly, it’s
in and out because it’s so
quick and so fast paced. I
haven’t done a great deal
of theatre so this is all quite
new, so I’m shi**ing it to be
honest! I just hope I’m ok.
But it’s so exciting.”
It’s nerve-wracking, but
it’s a positive step forward
for the actress and mum
of one. “I am busy, but it’s great
because I feel like I am
achieving what I set out to
when I left eastenders, so
I feel really, really lucky,”
she says.
The 18 week tour will
also take her away from her
daughter, Kiki, and it wasn’t
an easy decision to come to.
“I love being at home, I
love it. My daughter is 10
now which is such an im-
portant time and I’ve never
been away or gone away
with work, so when this
came up I had a lengthy
conversation with my imme-
diate family members and
decided that it was now my
turn to be able to go off and
spend time away.
“We have a few days off
in-between theatre moves
so I’ll be able to get back
and she’ll also come down
and see me, so we’re going
to make it work. But I am a
bit nervous about it.
“She is very adaptable
and my mum is there and
her dad is there so I have a
brilliant support system, we
have a close knit family.”
and even when the tour
comes to a close, the stage
will be calling once again.
“I’m starting another play
called Contact at the Park
Theatre in finsbury. It’s a
new play about swinging!
It’s a bit raunchy, which I’m
a bit nervous about but it’s
exciting!”
Charlie is just as bubbly
off screen as on it. She’s
ambitious about breaking
the typecasting mould and
we wish her luck with it.
Charlie Brooks will star as
‘Sandra’ in Beautiful Thing,
touring the UK from 23
March 2015.
Walford Witch set to tread the
boards
> Charlie Brooks
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OUR A&E
IS STILL UNDER THREAT
SINCE WE had no
car we had to go by
bus to Wellington
and from there on
to Shrewsbury by train, while
all the time he was screwing
his face in agony.
All in all, from the time of
his injury to the time he re-
ceived any treatment almost
three hours had passed.
Last year in a somewhat
similar incident, my nephew
was in the A & E department
of PRH within 15 minutes of
the incident and receiving
treatment.
Besides the fact that my
family is accident prone and
as such a regular user of
A&E departments, the point
I am making is that our town
must have a full 24x7 A&E at
the PRH to give everyone the
best and fastest treatment
when needed.
Telford is the largest town
in Shropshire, we are experi-
encing strong growth in our
Borough, the surrounding
part of Shropshire, Shifnal
for example, is also grow-
ing fast. We also have an
above average manufactur-
ing base, but more impor-
tantly we have above aver-
age levels of deprivation. For
all these reasons we must
have a full, modern 24/7 A&E
service at the PRH.
Back in September
2013 when I put a motion
to Telford & Wrekin Council
calling for such an A&E ser-
vice at PRH, it was backed
unanimously by councillors
of all political parties.
Last month in this pub-
lication Wrekin PM Mark
Pritchard claimed that
Labour politicians were
‘scaremongering’ and that
we ‘should be ashamed of
ourselves’ because he has
been reassured that there is
no danger of Telford losing
its A&E. Yet he produces no
evidence of this other than
to say he has been given an
explicit reassurance. How-
ever, in a letter sent to me
after this article was printed,
the Secretary of State for
Health dodged giving any
assurances and said: “.......
The configuration of local
health service is a matter
for the local NHS. Therefore
it would not be appropri-
ate for Ministers to intervene
in these local decisions.” I
would therefore challenge
Mark Pritchard to show the
public proof of the assur-
ance he is claiming.
Our A & E at PRH is still
under threat, don’t let Mark
Pritchard try to pull the wool
over our eyes – he is playing
with words. We clearly have
been told by those carrying
out the review of hospital
services that there are three
In our last issue Mark Pritchard, MP for The Wrekin,
said our A&E services in Telford would be safe.
Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council, Kuldip Sohota is
not so sure as he told our editor Dave Gregory in an
interview recently.
In the early seventies, while playing football on Ketley
Fields, my brother broke his arm. It was a Sunday
afternoon and we were told by our GP on the phone to
take him to the Royal Shrewsbury Infirmary which, some
you of may remember, was in the centre of the town. It’s what our
residents
deserve and it’s
our responsibility
as elected
representatives
to fight for
our residents
in Telford and
Wrekin. I make
no apology for
fighting against
any downgrade
at our local
hospital – the
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T ELFORD & Wrekin Council and Welling-ton Town Council are working together to deliver the next stage of regeneration of Wellington’s town centre.The Town Council ap-proached TWC after com-missioning a report on a vi-sion for Wellington’s future until 2020.
A report to the TWC cabi-net meeting has resulted in a collaboration between the councils to put this into ac-tion.TWC invested over £11m in Wellington between 2009 and 2013, including the new civic buildings. The devel-opment included £3.5m of other improvements, includ-ing the new bus station.TWC raised £2.6m by property sales in town. 65 houses are being built and 21,000 sq ft of offices are back in use.
A Project Board of Town Council representatives and TWC officers is working to make the vision a reality.The study identified:● Support for more qual-ity independent shops in Wellington● Residential development in Wellington’s centre● Leisure and hospitality will
be a vital part of a revived WellingtonThe board’s created a
two year action plan. It fo-cuses on land and activities in Wellington and will iden-tify funding. A business case will be developed for each project.Wellington Council’s providing £25,000 funding, matched by TWC in officer time.
To launch the plans, the Cabinet’s approved spend-ing £180,000 of Housing
Development capital pro-gramme funds.The Councils will stage a public exhibition and con-sultation in early 2015.Councillor Charles Smith, Borough cabinet member, Housing, Development and Borough Towns, said: “We’re delighted to be work-ing with the town council on this.”Councillor Phil Morris-
Jones, deputy mayor of Wellington, said: “The resi-dential and leisure propos-als, with the large amount of capital investment means Wellington is the town where new shops are welcome.”A spokesman for Wrekin News said: “This is a fillip for our “Shop Local, Shop Wrekin” campaign as any proposal to boost local trade is welcome.”
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Lawley Bank group meets for dinner
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ON YOUR PATCH… WELLINGTON
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A total of 25 new recruits, including two from Wel-lington, completed their intensive initial training course in firefighter train-ing at the Telford training school and now have the “key” qualities including the ability to keep going “when it gets tough” and the physical courage to
complete the demands put upon them, said Chief Fire Officer John Redmond, at their “passing out” cer-emony.
“You have now not only become a member of Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service but also a member of a select group of people from your lo-
cal fire station who are held in high esteem by the people in your local com-munities.”
Craig Rees works as a warehouse operative and Luke Brown enjoys sport and keep fit. They will both be based at Wellington Fire Station as “on call” firefighters.
> Pictured left to right: Ivor
Jones (Lawley Memorial Group), Malcolm Seeby (Dawley British Legion), David Wright, MP for Telford
and Gordon Lloyd (Lawley Memorial Group).
LAWLEY BANK and
Friends War Memorial
Group met in late Novem-ber for the first Annual
Dinner. The venue was
the Wrekin View and over
thirty people attended the
event.The Group are a chari-
table organisation who are
raising funds for the Blind
Veterans UK and a cheque
for £400 was handed to
the representatives of the
Dawley British Legion by
the Group’s President,
David Wright MP. He was
assisted in the task by
Group Vice Chairman, Ivor
Jones.The Group have been
very active over the past
couple of years acknowl-edging the place in Lawley
Bank where an American
airmen crashed to his
death and have erected a
seat in his memory.
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KINGS MENSWEAR is celebrating after earning an award at a ceremony in
Warwickshire. Kings Menswear and the
other winners from 23 cat-egories will go forward to
represent the West Midlands
in the National Finals to be
held in London in January.“We’re delighted and we
thank all our customers for
their support. It’s been a
pleasure to be involved in
so many weddings this past
year.”Founder of The Wedding
Industry Awards, Damian
Bailey said: “The Wedding
Industry Awards are the gold
standard for wedding excel-lence and, as our regional
award ceremony proved, the
Midland’s wedding industry
is packed with passionate,
innovative and committed
suppliers.” “This is our fourth awards.
The standard of entrants was
higher than ever,” he added.
“It’s harder for our judges
to pick winners from such
amazing shortlists. It was
great to celebrate every-one’s achievements.”
With the UK wedding in-dustry worth some £10bil-lion annually, it’s no surprise
wedding suppliers work
hard to stand out. Happily,
for these winners, they’ve
now got a coveted award
to help them woo clients in
2015.Check out the full list
of winners at www.the-wedding-industry-awards.co.uk/2015/west-midlands.
Email the News Editor:
martin.scholes@ppmedia.
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On your Patch stories
> Chief Fire Officer John Redmond with left,
Luke Brown and right, Craig Rees.
Contact Engineer Ted Walters on:
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November 2014 · Issue 187Telephone: 01952 415334 / www.wrekinnews.co.uk / @WrekinNews1
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