All week people have been stopping outside Pip Powell's cycle shop in the Homend to look at the photographs that have been put in the window reflecting Pip's life. People have stopped and chatted about Pip, sharing their memories of one of the Ledbury's true stars.
The online community has also been active. A facebook page was set up by Chris Perkins and joined by 320 people who left their messages of condolence for his family and celebration of Pip's life and character.
Today is Pip's funeral service at 12.30 at St Michael and All Angels Church.
The following is a poem about Pip written by Dave Cartwright:
Police in Herefordshire are asking farmers and owners of quad bikes to be on their guard after a number of thefts of the machines in recent weeks across the county.
Since Monday 22nd February 2010, some seven quad bikes have been stolen from farms and isolated outbuildings, the thieves going to some lengths to break in, cutting padlocks to barns and gates.
The thieves have stolen from rural locations in Pixley, Dormington, Preston Wynne, Cradley, Knill, Bishops Frome and Wellington Heath and on each occasion the quad bike was clearly the intended target.
Ed: Kilpeck Church has the finest examples of Romanesque sculpture in England. Located about half an hour roughly west of Ledbury off the A465 in the village of Kilpeck. The church was built around 1140.
"A Piano and Instrumental arrangement of the traditional English folksong "The Blacksmith." The solo Piano version is available in "Folksongs for Piano: A Classical Interpretation" by composer Cheryl Shantz (www.kallistimusic.com).
"The British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, who collected the folksong from the Herefordshire district of England, had a special liking for this sad tune.
"It is the story of a young woman and a blacksmith. Her love for him is so strong that she feels she would live forever if she was always with him. He leads her on, but then she hears news of his marriage to another and is overcome with anguish and despair. In the final lines, she pours out her grief and wishes God's wrath upon him for deceiving her."
Tickets are now available for next month’s concert by hugely popular band Whalebone at The Market Theatre, Ledbury on Saturday 27th March.
Whalebone are offering a ‘try before you buy’ offer before the concert. The trio are offering to email two tunes free to anyone who might like to hear what their music sounds like. ‘This gives a chance for folks to hear Whalebone’s music before the concert’ says frontman Steve. Anyone interested in taking up the band’s offer can email Whalebone on
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with ‘Free tunes please’ as the subject.
Tickets for the concert are priced at £9.00 each and are available from The Market Theatre or by calling 01531 636147. For more information see www.whalebone-music.com.
Ledbury - Shaping Our Place 2010-2026 (6)
All week people have been stopping outside Pip Powell's cycle shop in the Homend to look at the photographs that have been put in the window reflecting Pip's life. People have stopped and chatted about Pip, sharing their memories of one of the Ledbury's true stars.
Whalebone at The Market Theatre