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2 From the Vicar unlike hermits, anchorites are consecrated in such a way that they’re considered dead to the Dear Friends, world, a type of living saint. Dame Julian lived most of her life inNorwich As I write this, various aspects of the when the city suffered the devastating effects Lockdown are being relaxed somewhat. This of the Black Death of 1348–50 and includes the possibility of churches reopening the Peasants' Revolt, which affected large parts for private prayer, let’s hope so. of in 1381. In 1373, aged thirty she became so seriously ill I don’t know about you, but I feel bombarded that she thought she was about to die, and it by all sorts of information at the moment, was then that she received a series of visions or much of it conflicting and confusing, so that in "shewings" of Jesus. She recovered from her the end I don’t know what to think. Some of it illness and wrote two versions of her comes from the government, some from clever experiences, the earlier one being completed people who give their opinions about how soon after her recovery, and a much longer we’re doing with this virus; scientists, version, today known as the Long Text, being politicians and so on, each with their own written many years later. agenda. Some support the government saying ‘All will be well and all shall well and all they’re doing the best they can and by and manner of thing shall be well’, suggests a level large they’ve done ok, others that they’ve done of trust which we would do well to hang on to; everything wrong. All I know is I feel very it’s very hard to trust at times like these and sorry for those who have to make decisions on perhaps those words might help us? our behalf without the benefit of hindsight. The Old Testament prophet Elijah lived in It is a difficult time, not least because we uncertain times, indeed his life was often in cannot predict what’s going to happen; we danger as he made a habit of saying what can’t plan very much, whether it be work or needed to be said to people in authority, leisure. Future plans, hopes and dreams, all are including the murderous Queen Jezebel. put on hold and I don’t know about you, but I He made a habit of challenging people like to know to an extent what I’m going to do especially over their lack of faith in God. In at least in the short term. chapter 19 of the First Book of Kings, Elijah Of course it requires a degree of trust; we have flees from Jezebel and he’s had enough. The to let go of things over which we previously stress and the strain has got to him and he sits felt we had control and hope and pray that all down under a broom tree wishing he was will be well. dead. He says to God, ‘O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better ‘All will be well and all shall well and all than my ancestors.’ 5 Then he lay down…and manner of thing shall be well’, those are fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and famous words of Julian of Norwich and there’s said to him, ‘Get up and eat.’6 Elijah looked, something very reassuring about them. and there at his head was a cake baked on hot Also known as Dame Julian or Mother stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, Julian, (1343 – after 1416), she was an and lay down again.7 The angel of Anchorite who wrote the earliest surviving the Lord came a second time, touched him, and book in the English language written by a said, ‘Get up and eat, otherwise the journey woman, Revelations of Divine Love. will be too much for you.’8 He got up, and ate An Anchorite is someone who feels called to and drank; then he went in the strength of that withdraw from secular society so as to be able food for forty days and forty nights to Horeb to lead a life centred on prayer. Unlike hermits, the mount of God.9 At that place he came to a they are required to take a vow restricting cave, and spent the night there. them to a cell often attached to a church. Also 3 Beechwood ParkS chool

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The guidelines include obvious hand hygiene, Our Steeple Keeper John has made the most of social distancing of 2 metres apart, reducing this period when the bells have been silent to the number of ringers at any one session undertake some necessary bell and rope (probably in our case to 3 ringers), ringing for maintenance and also do some extensive a maximum time of 15 minutes at any session, remedial work on the pulleys and pulley boxes and never more frequently than every 3 days. which guide the ropes. Our 6 bells sit in a Ringing will only be permitted when services wooden frame on the top floor of the church are taking place - no practice nights, quarter tower, just above the level of the clock and peals or District ringing activities. Along with below the roof. The ropes cannot hang straight many other churches, several members of our down from the bell to the floor of the ringing band are over 70 or have family members who chamber and so the ropes need to pass over are vulnerable, and are therefore more cautious pulleys to ensure a smooth and unimpeded about ringing in a group again. It will be movement. Over the years these wooden impossible under the new guidelines for pulleys have begun to show wear and John has anyone to ‘stand by’ a less experienced ringer taken advantage of the ban on ringing to to guide and support them, so our ability to remove 4 of these pulleys and boxes and ring is likely to be very limited for some time, refurbish or replace them – he seems to have but I guess we have to start somewhere and endless supplies of just the right piece/type/ hope that as time goes on the restrictions can length of wood and set about turning, shaping be eased and we can get back to some sort of and sanding to repair and replace them which normal. It would be good to hear our bells John is sure will improve the ‘go’ of our bells. ringing again. He assures us they should all ring a lot more smoothly and be easier to ring as well. Meanwhile, ever enterprising, there are various alternative ways of ringing bells which have So as long as we can remember HOW to ring been stretching the ingenuity and talents of at the end of our enforced shutdown it should bell ringers up and down the country and be a doddle! indeed all over the world. There has always 8 The Fit-Hut is now even more accessible to even more people!

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14 Parish Council News welcome, but as always, a small minority spoil things. Especially on Pipers Hill which is being John Lowrie targeted for fly-tipping. Very annoying. In the unlikely event you see someone fly-tipping, call Great Gaddesden Goings on police on the 999 system (Not the useless 101) I've been writing about the local goings on for But, more probably you will see the results of some time now and only had a few complaints the rubbish left behind. In that case, let about it being dull or too long. But I've had my Dacorum know on the website or on a website first proper complaint. I mentioned last month called 'Fix My Street'. I find the Fix My Street that UK police officers were getting bottles one easier to negotiate. Both let you put photos thrown at them due to an incident in America. I on. Please report it. Otherwise it will be there for was quite rightly corrected and reminded that ages with everyone complaining rather than racism is a worldwide problem, not just in the enjoying our community. US and is still an issue in the UK. Thank you for I'd also like to thank people on behalf of the the feedback and opportunity to put it right. community. Things like putting plants on the The lockdown restrictions are easing and life is verge by Water End bridge, a customer of the heading for the new normal. Will it ever get garden centre cutting the grass at the bottom of back to the way it was? There are still queues Pipers Hill, more members of the public cutting outside shops, football and F1 racing being grass in Gaddesden Row. These are the played to empty stadiums. All very odd. At least fantastic things that I'm aware of. I'm sure there the pubs and restaurants are open. Chatting are more. They make the area a pleasure to live about F1 racing. Have you noticed that there in. Thank You are a lot of drivers with names of Scottish towns. Stirling Moss, Eddie Irvine, Lewis Great Gaddesden Parish History Group Hamilton and Ayr Town Centre. Then there is This is exciting. Tony Martin has been kept very ‪Jenson Button too. Not strictly a Scottish town busy with organising our new history group. We name but he was usually in Forth‬. have discovered it's very time consuming but the research is fun. Tony wants to get a website Something more local now... up and running in a few months time. So we Dacorum Borough Council (DBC) Local plan need some content to launch it. He has put and Speed Management Strategy. together some research on the Horse and The local plan was due out in May this year. Jockey pub in Gaddesden Row. Very Funny enough, it didn't happen. Basically it's to interesting. Others are working at various topics announce where DBC are going to build too. (I wanted to call the group, History of Great thousands of houses and related infrastructure. Gaddesden or HOGG for short. With Tony as We will have to wait until November 2020 now Boss Hogg. No one would agree with me for the big disclosure. I don't know for sure, but I though) Want to get involved? Contact Tony on hope we won't be too blighted by extra houses. [email protected] or 07730954809. However, extra traffic? DBC have just published an adjusted 'Speed Defibs and library boxes Management Strategy' this is another overly The Great Gaddesden defib is in an old BT box complicated and weighty document and the and to be frank... ugly. We have been given buzz words are 'Place and Movement'. A local permission to smarten it up a bit, but to be resident has made inquiries regarding this honest, we are not sure how. Any ideas on how strategy requesting a 20mph limit through Water to tart them up? End but was told that the function of Leighton We have put boxes in the GG and GR phone- Buzzard Rd is more about movement and a boxes for people to put books in and swap. 20mph is not appropriate. The strategy is in Please take care not to obstruct access to the consultation phase and Terry Douris is defibs. This is just starting but perhaps putting encouraging comments to be made on the kids books, as well as the grown up books in strategy. The parish council are studying the the GG one as it's close to the school would be document before giving feedback to you and best. DBC. Personally, I think it's a bit chicken and Also, we need some volunteers to check the egg. We don't know where the houses are defibs. It turns out that we need to check them going to be, so where is the traffic flowing to / weekly rather than monthly as we thought. Ah from? We have put a link for the speed strategy well. It takes 5 mins to check and 5 mins to on our website for you to look at and comment. update the website. If you live close to one and want to join the rota let me know. Thanks Fly-tipping by JR Hartley (repeated by special request from Chris) More involvement from you We've never seen the fields around Great The next parish council meeting is on 14th Gaddesden so busy with visitors wanting to September at Gaddesden Row village hall. Or share our gorgeous countryside. Most are will it? We have been doing the meetings on 15 Zoom and they have been quite successful with old one. On paper this looked too big so the members of the public joining in. Only a few Parish council visited the site. It will be placed in though and we only get a few at the public a large open space and is not overlooked. We meetings. We really want more of you to join in. think it will be a splendid addition to the Let us know which you prefer, Zoom or in the monastery, but, you may feel different. If so, put flesh and join in. your comments on the DBC website or send it to me and I'll put it on for you. The Hoo Wood butterflies and wild life. Did you know that people can record all their Croft Farm on Dagnall Rd butterfly sightings onto the UK Butterfly This is where they have the Deebsday festival Monitoring Scheme. Paul Cross is a keen local each year causing lots of noise. Inconvenient, lepidopterist (likes butterflies) and has spent but only once a year and we can cope with that some time recording the various butterflies to increase local business etc. However, the around The Hoo Woods. He has noted over 20 Parish Council discovered that they were different types of butterflies and Paul has taken having other functions there. The noise was some stunning photos of them which you can travelling and causing unfair disturbance to see on his Flickr account. They are well worth other residents. The Parish Council has asked the bother of looking them up. We've put the DBC to investigate. Meanwhile, the farm is links on the Parish Council website asking for planning permission to change one of Long term ideas for Hoo Woods... The new the buildings from office and storage use to owners at The Hoo are continuing the ongoing housing. The Parish Council don't have any conservation project for the Hoo. They are objections to this as it won't affect the shape of hoping to expand the woodland area and create the building or cause any other problems like biodiverse wild flower fringes and convert increased traffic noise etc. But, if you object, current arable land to woodland pasture. They check out the full details on 20/01767/FUL want to pay special attention to the birds, fauna and butterflies/insects on the estate. Early days Solar Panels in Willows Lane . yet, but they are striving to make progress in DBC received 11 objections from members of autumn 2021. I'm sure they will be happy to the public and have finally refused permission discuss their ideas if you want more for the solar panels. information. So they will be removed next week? Actually Swan update. I saw the pair of swans with their no. The applicant has six months to use his delightful four cygnets one day. Then only one rights of appeal and this could go on for a while cygnet the next day. Nature can be cruel, but longer. The fuss about the path at The Hoo no.Afew days later I saw the pair with four started in 2017 and is still going on. Good news cygnets again. So there must be two pairs of for the 11 householders upset by the application swans with little ones floating around. Even though. though they are aggressive and cause a fuss on the Water End bridge (they cross the road on Cupid Green Field. foot as they can't swim or fly over the weir) they The white tent enforcement notice has been are graceful and always make me stop and appealed and so passed to the planning look. There are six ducklings floating about on inspectorate. The large caravan is still there and the Gade too, with some baby coots and inquiries are in hand by DBC for that. These moorhens as well. Apparently a baby coot is things just take time. called a 'cootie' and a group of coots is a 'covert' or 'cover'. Anyone know what baby Bishops Tip Fence. moorhens are called? Has anyone seen the Progress has been slow on this as DBC feel elusive white pheasant in the woods? (Kevin, that planning committee time is better spent on you are on your own. The bird does not exist) housing estates of 350 houses rather than a fence. However, committee time has been set Planning. for 24 Sept and the local community will be A couple of interesting jobs coming through on there and represented. the planning front. The monastery is having a problem with it's Don't forget that I live in Water End and so I get stupa starting to topple over. It's never good to to hear more about the local stuff going on have a wobbly stupa. So they are requesting to around here. Let me know if I'm missing out on take down the old one and replace it with a gossip from Gaddesden Row, Noake Mill etc. bigger and better version. A stupa is a Buddhist Fill your day with life, not your life with days. monument to house sacred relics and on this occasion will be in the grounds of the John monastery. Have a look at the plans ref 20/01805/FUL. It's quite a tall structure at over 7 metres high which is 2 metres bigger than the 16 Parish Council Meetings 2020 Great Gaddesden Parish Hall 19th October, 16th November Gaddesden Row Village Hall 14th September All meetings are on Mondays and commence at 8.00pm unless otherwise noted

The Parish Council Chair: Louise Wilson 01442 842498 Vice-Chair Andy Thompson 01442 843751

Members: Kevin Fitzgerald 07484 851 266 John Lowrie 07702 880 534 Malcolm Stodell 01582 840059 Tony Martin 07730 954 809 Ben Cosbie Ross 07813 842 229

Clerk: Andrew Farrow 07512 192 188 email: [email protected] The parish clerk can be contacted by telephone or email Monday to Friday mornings only

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17 18 From Terry Douris - your County Councillor

Household Waste recycling Centres Berkhamsted for ready Reads by 3rd HWRC (otherwise known as tips) August and on the same day we hope to I am pleased to report that Hemel open Watford Central Library for Hempstead and Berkhamsted HWRC are browsing. Please do look at the website for now openfor essential visits onlyand further details. It is a highly complex operating at the normal hours. To save a operation which does take time to deliver. frustrating wait after making the journey don’t forget that you can check the waiting Covid-19 in time live by going to the The current situation was discussed at the www.hertfordshire.gov.uk website but of Cabinet meeting on 13th July and the full course the information which is taken details are freely available at from the CCTV at the site is only accurate www.hertfordshire.gov.uk. The County at that moment in time. Council run Operation Shield which is a project to support to residents in Back to School in September Hertfordshire with serious underlying We have heard from the Government that health conditions, placing them at the all schools will be expected to re-open for highest risk of severe illness from Covid- all pupils in September. We know that that 19. this will create a challenge for many schools and of course things will depend To give an indication of the scale as at 15th on the state of the virus, but I am sure that June there had been over 100,000 deliveries schools will rise to the challenge. If there of food parcels and household essentials are any young people who are going to for those residents most in need since this Katherine Warington School the new main work began. This includes over 9,900 building of the school is completed and parcels delivered to Food-banks, District absolutely fantastic. I have visited the Councils and other agencies. As of 15 June school and it is full of light, space and a 2020, 1,825 successful prescription wonderful atmosphere for young people deliveries have been made. to continue their learning. For any pupil joining for the first time in September I am Most of this had been managed from our sure that they will be delighted and Mundells warehouse with fantastic amazed. support of our army of volunteers to whom we are eternally grateful. Libraries I hope that I may be able to resume my The Ready Reads service for Library informal ‘surgeries’ in the not too distant customers went live for the first library on future and I will let you have details of this 6th July and I am pleased to report that all on the Parish Council Facebook page. In 10 of our initial group, which includes the meantime if you wish to raise any were operating this aspect of Hertfordshire County Council, service by 10th July followed by a further 6 please do not hesitate to contact me on and by 18th July these have already 01442 402273 or by email at processed over 1,600 requests for over [email protected] 23,000 books. We hope to open

19 Gaddesden Estate News Farming The winter barley and the wheat also We are now a few weeks past suffered badly from the wet winter. haymaking time. The grass around the The barley should be ready soon after was mown for the rape, followed by the wheat. “haylage”. Nowadays this is a very The spring crops are fortunately quick operation, the grass is just being looking promising, with oats, linseed rowed into swaths after cutting and and beans. crimping. It is then baled. As quickly as possible it is wrapped in airtight Our main conundrum will be plastic, the machine making a strange planning for the 2021 harvest and “swishing” sound as it spins the bales what break crops to grow, now that round. The wrapper preserves it, like rape is no longer an option. It is “pickling” to produce a nutritious important to have a crop rotation to winter feed which is a cross between avoid the build-up of pathogens. This hay and silage, hence the name was much easier when we had cattle “haylage”. on the farm as we rotated grass, both On the wildlife front we have, at last, for grazing and for silage, with cereals. seen swallows and house martens, and on bright days many varieties of Before harvest, an important task is butterflies and moths. thoroughly to clean out the grain stores and to make sure all the We anticipate starting to cut the equipment is in apple-pie order, like surviving oilseed rape in the third having our moisture meter checked. week of July. As I have mentioned Crops must be stored in a dry before this crop is very poor, due both condition as they will often remain in to the appallingly wet winter and a the barn for up to eleven months, bad attack of cabbage-stem flee- before they are sold; too damp and beetle. Regular readers may recall that there is a risk the seed will start to this insect used to be controlled by a germinate, drastically reducing its neo-nicotinoid seed dressing, which quality for, for example, bread- was banned some years ago by the EU making. because of its apparent effect on bees. We have been fortunate over the past Forestry three years not to have suffered from You may have read about ash dieback, the beetle, but this year it has really sometimes called “chalara”, now re- hit us. named “Hymenoscyphus fraxineus”. This is prevalent around the

20 Gaddesden woodlands, though it is riders safe from the virus, we are more noticeable in younger trees. We really looking forward to seeing lots are surveying the extent of the disease of smiling faces enjoying what we to see how much ash we need to fell, have to offer here on the Estate. To without upsetting the structure of the book a place on the September Ride, woods. Sadly, it will almost all go for the proceeds from which go to the Gaddesden Place Riding for the firewood, rather than go into a more Disabled Association, visit interesting market. We are also www.equoevents.co.uk looking at selling a load of big oak Weddings and Private Events trees, dating mostly from plantings in Over the years we have received the 1830s. numerous enquiries regarding holding weddings receptions here, but until Estate Work and lettings now have not really had enough office On the estate works and lettings capacity to manage smaller private front, it is the time of year for events. Earlier in the summer we undertaking external decorations and developed a partnership with the continual on-going maintenance specialist event planners Big Green across the estate. We welcome a Space (www.biggreenspace.com)and couple and a family to two properties we are now able to accommodate in Bridens Camp. private parties of varying sizes in a number of quite special locations. See Ride and park and ride www.gaddesdenestate.co.uk/ Membership renewal for the Ride weddings, or emailprivate- started at the beginning of July this [email protected],for year giving our members an extra more details. month to make up for the time the ride was closed due to COVID. We Social Media have seen a good number of riders We have had a Facebook page renewing and welcomed a few new (www.facebook.com/ members as well. GaddesdenEstate) for some years now, but we you will now also find us Our Park and Ride on the 9th August has had huge response with 140 riders on Instagram: (https:// booked on and only a few spaces left. www.instagram.com/ Numbers for our charity ride in gaddesden_estate/) September are also looking promising. Following the difficult times over the NGH past months, and having put in place a number of changes to keep us and our

21 Great Gaddesden Parish Camp and the Golden Parsonage. Forgive me, but I don't know where Gaddesden History Group Park is? I'm assuming it's part of Gaddesden Place but I don't know. And The history group is up and running. We why is it listed as an historic park? have discovered that digging into our past In the same document are 'Regionally is not as simple as it looks, even with the Important Geological Sites (RIGS) it lists modern newfangled machines like the 1. Pingoes on Boxmoor 2. Puddingstone Internet, it still takes time, skill or luck! boulders at Castle Hill Berkhamsted. 3. and a focused brain. Fun though. The Tring Park (dry valley morphology) 4. website launch is not far away but getting Bourne gutter (winterbourne and content is proving time consuming. Tony hydrology) It's difficult to stay focused on is away, so I've foolishly stepped in to do what you are researching when there is a this months write up. My apologies for it need to know what a Pingoe is. I have a being short and rushed. I can't see Tony puddingstone boulder in my garden. Is it doing the parish newsletter in return but as good as Castle Hill? .... Stay focused. that's another story. Listed under historic Heritage We are going to look at group designations, Areas of archaeological memberships of archives that require significance are 63 various places in payment for their services. Herts Archive Dacorum including Jockey End, Great and Local Study Library (HALS), Gaddesden, St Margarets Farm Great Ancestry etc. I'm not sure how that will Gaddesden and Gaddesden Row. but it work out, or who pays what. Work in doesn't list why. However, some of the progress there. Tony also had the idea of group have discovered a Saxon history doing a history trail, but that's long term around Great Gaddesden and are working at the moment. on that to present to us all. Also mentioned are crop marks in the north Jean Sheriff from Water End has collected west of Lower Gade Farm, Hudnall newspaper clippings and photos over the Corner. I do like a good cropmark. years. Fantastic history of local events. School photos and it seems like Victor As mentioned in the Parish newsletter, we Brookes was getting into the papers more visited the monastery recently. Wikipedia often than fish and chips. I can't wait to states that the Royal Canadian Air Force put the scrapbooks on a table in the village were based there for a short time. This was hall or somewhere to show everyone. questioned by one of our esteemed group. Things like that are so tactile and need to I established that the Nissen huts that are be viewed in a group to say 'look at that' still there after 80 years were provided by rather than 'did you see' on a screen the Canadian Government to assist in the indoors. housing of 250 refugees from London. Perhaps they were erected by the RCAF. I was looking at some Dacorum A large concrete air raid bunker was built documents and found that listed as to house all the refugees. It's still there 'Locally Registered Historic Parks and today although sealed up and buried. Gardens' were Gaddesden Park in Bridens

22 Tony has done some excellent research on housing (The Flintings). It can be seen on the Horse and Jockey in Jockey End. He maps dating back to at least 1877 through was trying to establish if Jockey End was to 1900 but it was not noted on a map in so called after the pub. I will try and give 1922, which instead features The Plough some edited highlights, but it will be like a on the opposite side of Bradden Lane. By jigsaw with missing pieces. To get the full this point The Plough had become story you will have to wait till the web site licensed so presumably more noteworthy launch or join our mailing list. to OS. He found that the earliest records he found were from 1806 and confirmed the So... Did he find out if Jockey End was pub was still serving strong liquor till 1914 named after the pub? Tune in next month but he lost trace of it by 1922. The first and find out what he has to say. There is recorded publican he could find so far still an 'Ivory' family in the area. Is it the Thos (Thomas) Hall, from 1806-1824, same family? We'd love to find out. followed by Ann Hall to 1828. Presumably related but a loose thread to follow up on. As it happens, the landlord Other random facts Tony gleaned along of the Cock & Bottle in Gt Gaddesden in the way … From The Post Office 1806 was James Hall. Too much of a Directory of 1855 he discovered Great surname coincidence and definitely in Gaddesden as having a total population of need of further research. The 1841 census 1,161 which compares closely with the shows a John Hall (b1787-1796) who was current electoral roll of 776 adults today. married to Interestingly the curriculum of the time Elizabeth, but also resident is an Ann (no states that “children are taught straw surname) (b1772-76) and likely the same plaiting” … a seemingly key skill judging Ann as above. Interestingly the residence by later censuses and employing a large is listed as being at the ‘Horse & Jockey proportion of locals, in addition to farmers Ballingdon’. By 1851, Robert Ivory and bricklayers. (b1823), was in charge. He’s listed as a It also mentions ‘Gaddesden Bury’, being bricklayer first and publican second on the 3 miles east of Great Gaddesden and not census. Busy man. Actually, I should say much further on than Gaddesden Row ‘busy family’ – George Ivory is shown as (being 2.5 miles east). However, it has the publican at the Cock & Bottle – a pair Bunkers as being 1.5m north, so when it of pubs that remain family linked. refers to Gadd Row, presumably it means In turn he was succeeded by George Stags End not Jockey End. Austen, but it wasn’t long before the Where is/was Gaddesden Bury? If you can Ivory’s (Frederick, also listed as a builder/ help us find it, we would appreciate your bricklayer) were back behind the bar. help! Tony goes on with more detail of the publicans with their local links. Get involved. Join the group. email Tony Where’s the pub? I hear you ask. Well, [email protected] or Tony has found that out too. Clever man. 07730954809. The H&J was on the junction where Regards Bradden Lane meets Gaddesden Row, on John Lowrie the west side opposite the Methodist PS. Did you look up a Pingoe? Church. The site is now residential 23 PETER D. HANNABY DEER LEAP Painter and Decorator HORTICULTURE LTD. Home Farm Works, , Herts. Tel: 01442 842 511 We are your nearest Specialists For all Garden machinery. We also have a fully equipped Workshop for Servicing and Repairs at reasonable charges.

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25 26 27 CHURCH SERVICES – AUGUST 2020

I Sunday 2nd August – Trinity 8 9.30am Joint Parish Eucharist Great Gaddesden

II Sunday 9th August – Trinity 9 / Fes�val of St Lawrence 9.00am Parish Eucharist Li�le Gaddesden 10.45am Parish Eucharist Great Gaddesden 6.00pm Evensong Ne�leden III Sunday 16th August – Trinity 10 9.00am Parish Eucharist Li�le Gaddesden 10.45am Parish Eucharist Great Gaddesden 6.00pm Evensong Ne�leden IV Sunday 23rd August – Trinity 11 10.45am Joint Parish Eucharist Great Gaddesden 6.00pm Evensong Ne�leden V Sunday, 30th August – Trinity 12 9.00am Parish Eucharist Li�le Gaddesden 10.45am Parish Eucharist Great Gaddesden 6.00pm Evensong Ne�leden

I Sunday 6th September – Trinity 13 9.00am Parish Eucharist Li�le Gaddesden 10.45am Parish Eucharist Great Gaddesden 6.00pm Evensong Ne�leden

Mid-Week Service Wednesday 10.00am on-line Midweek Service recorded at Great Gaddesden Church

Due to the Coronavirus restric�ons, the church services may well be changed at short no�ce. As a clear 72 hours is required between any addi�onal service, such as weddings and bap�sms, and the Sunday service, the church may have to remain closed (hence why Joint Parish Eucharists at Great Gaddesden).

Please check our church websites for the most up-to-date informa�on. We apologise if we have to change services with li�le or no no�ce.