Remembrance Day Service and Exhibition

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The Service of Remembrance will be held in St Leonard’s Church on Sunday 10th November at 10:50 as well as a special Remembrance Exhibition in the Village Hall from 10:00 to 12:30.
The Service of Remembrance starts at 10:50, with a period of silence at 11:00. The laying of wreaths at the War Memorial and the reading of the names of those who died in the war will be carried out after the Church service at about 11:45.
The Remembrance Exhibition is being organised by the History Group in the Village Hall, which is open from 10:00 to 12:30, so please come along and join them. Tea, coffee and cakes are available for a small donation.
This year, the children of Year 2, Provost Williams C of E Primary School, will be showing their work as well as the Ark children colouring in some poppies.
Stories and photographs will be on display charting village life through all the wars. If you have a story to tell or any pictures then we would be pleased to put them on show.
Below is a gallery of photos taken from last year’s exhibition. Why not come along and take a look, chat with the History Group and generally find out a little more about village life past and present.

Wroth Silver Ceremony 2013

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The 884th annual Wroth Silver Ceremony will be held on Monday, 11th November. Every year residents from 25 parishes in the area once known as The Knightlow Hundred gather on Knightlow Hill in Ryton-on-Dunsmore at 6.45am on Martinmas Eve to pay their taxes to the Lord of the Manor, currently the 10th Duke of Buccleuch.
Wroth Silver CeremonyThe ceremony dates back more than 800 years to 1170AD and bar a short break has been held every year since. Up until 1800 people living in each parish were required to deposit the equivalent of 46 pence into the hollow stone, which lies on top of a grave rumoured to be that of a knight or a British chief. Those who did not pay a set fee were fined 20 shillings for every penny, or forfeited a white bull with a red nose and ears of the same colour.
Nowadays anyone is welcome to attend and, although there is no penalty for non-payment, residents still throw money into the stone on saying the words Wroth Silver once their parish is read out by the Duke’s agent, Christopher Sparrow. On conclusion of the ceremony payees will head to the Queen’s Head pub at Bretford for a breakfast and a glass of rum and hot milk. Places at the breakfast cost £12.75 and are limited, and can be booked though the pub on 02476 542671.
To find put more about one of the oldest ceremonies in Britain you are invited to join the Ryton History Group on Friday 25th October at 7.30pm at Ryton Village Hall.

Ryton-on-Dunsmore History Group AGM

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The Annual General Meeting of the Ryton-on-Dunsmore History Group will be held on the 27th of September starting at 7:30. During the evening slides of the activities of the group during the last year will be shown, followed by a showing of slides of old Ryton.

The Adventure Begins…

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Scouting is coming to Ryton-on-Dunsmore, so why not come and join the adventure every Wednesday at the Village Hall.
The Scouting organisation has been around since 1907 and we now have our own Beaver Colony, Cub Pack and Scout Troop here in Ryton. Scouting is no longer just for the boys either, so come on girls, why don’t you come and see what you are missing out on.
For more information on the Scouting movement see their website.

Beaver Scouts

Beaver Scouts are the youngest section of the Scouting family, are usually aged between 6 and 8 years old and a group of Beavers is called a Colony.
The Beaver Scouts meet from 6.00pm to 7.15pm every Wednesday in the Village Hall.

Cub Scouts

Cub Scouts are the second section of the Scouting family, are usually aged between 8 and 10½ years old and a group of Cubs is called a Pack.
The Cub Scouts meet from 6.15pm to 7.30pm every Wednesday in the Village Hall.

Scouts

The Scouts are usually aged between 10½ and 14 years old and a group of Scouts is called a Troop.
The Scouts meet from 7.30pm to 8.30pm every Wednesday in the Village Hall.

Contact

For more information contact Chris Butcher (email) or come along and see for yourself.