Accompanied by the previous High Sheriff Robert Bland and Mrs Bland, Annabel and I visited the Battlefield Energy Recovery Centre. The tour was led Donald Macphail (Regional Director – Midlands), supported by Steve Mitchell (Director – Midlands/West), Simon Ganley (ERF Plant Manager) and Hilary Hampton (Communications and Education Manager). The scale and sophistication of the […]
R J B Bland Esq, High Sheriff of Shropshire 2014-15
Tuesday 10th March Service of Thanksgiving, Lichfield Cathedral
Monday, 9th March The Duke of York visit to Shropshire Star in support of the ‘Apprenticeship Ladder’
Friday, 6th March University of Chester, ‘Hilary Term’ Dinner
Wednesday, 4th March Shropshire Homes School Sport Festival
Monday, 2nd March Visit to the Fire and Rescue, Shrewsbury
Sunday, 1st March Visit to Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, Hadley Road, Telford
The High Sheriff was warmly welcomed to the Sunday Service at Guru Nanak Sikh Temple in Telford, by Councillor Kuldip S Sahota and the President, Parkash s Dam. The Sikh religion was founded over 500 years ago, and today has a following of over 20 million people worldwide and […]
Tuesday, 24th February Visit to Weston Park
Tuesday, !0th February Market Drayton Rotary ‘Tree of Light’ Awards
For the second time in his year of office the High Sheriff was invited by the Chairman of Market Drayton Rotary Club, Mr Lindsay Bashford, to the award ceremony of their annual Christmas ‘Tree of Light’ fund raising campaign. This is an annual informal event held at the Four Alls Motel, Woodseaves, where the Chairman […]
Tuesday, 10th February HMYOI Brinsford, Featherstone
Thursday, 5th February Shrewsbury College Agency Launch
Monday, 2nd February Visit to Telford Magistrates Courts
Tuesday, 27th January Visit of The Princess Royal, Harper Adams University, Edgmund.
The Princess Royal made a visit to Harper Adams University, Edgmond, in order to open the new Veterinary Services Centre and the Jean Jackson Entomology Laboratories . The Veterinary Centre which includes a Companion Animal House and a cutting-edge hydrotherapy suite, will be used in the teaching of veterinary nursing and physiotherapy students. It is also planned […]
Wednesday, 21st January Telford Mayor Charity Awards
Tuesday, 20th January Shrewsbury Crown Court
The High Sheriff and his wife were kindly asked to sit with His Honour Judge Simon Tonking, who normally sits in the Staffordshire Courts but happened to be sitting in Shrewsbury Crown Court for the week. As well as general discussions on law and order in the county we were able to observe a case […]
Monday, 19th January Walford and North Shropshire College, AGM, Oswestry Campus.
Sunday, January 18th Shropshire Army Cadet Force Banner Parade, St Alkmunds, Shrewsbury
The county held its annual Cadet’s ‘Banners Parade’ at St Alkmunds Church, Shrewsbury and the service was led by the Officiating Chaplain Padre Fish. St Alkmund’s Church, which stands in the centre of Shrewsbury, is the official church of the Shropshire Army Cadet Force. In 2012 St Alkmund’s church, founded by a daughter of King […]
Friday, 16th January WW1, Remembering Wilfred Owen, St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury
The High Sheriff was kindly invited to attend a charity evening, on behalf of the President, The Rev. Canon Mark Oakley, Chancellor of St. Paul’s Cathedral, and Chairwoman, Mrs Donna Hamer, of the Shropshire Horticultural Society, held in order to raise funds for Combat Stress at St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury. Combat Stress is a charity that […]
Wednesday, 14th January The High Sheriff of Staffordshire Legal Service
The High Sheriff and his wife were invited to attend the Legal Service of The high Sheriff of Staffordshire, Mrs Anne Fisher, at the Collegiate Church of St Mary in Stafford. The ceremony was on occasion of the opening of The Hilary Term of the High Court at Stafford. The ceremony was followed by a reception […]
