May 2015 Parish Magazine

THE PARISH MAGAZINE OF

ST PETER’S, EDGMOND

WITH ST CHAD’S,

KYNNERSLEY

AND ST LAWRENCE PRESTON WEALD MOORS

including

VILLAGE NEWS

JUNE 2015

Visit us at www.stpeterschurchedgmond.org and www.edgmondparishcouncil.co.uk

RECTOR (usual day off: Monday) The Revd Prebendary Edward Ward, Edgmond Rectory 820217

RESIDENT MINISTER (part time; usual day off: Saturday) The Revd David Stokes-Harrison, Tibberton Rectory 551117

LICENSED READER Paul Benton 603071

CHURCHWARDENS John Ingram, Lovatt Cottage, 5 Turners Lane, Edgmond 810337 Chris Taylor, Provost’s House, High Street, Edgmond 810880

PCC SECRETARY Jane Gill 811201

TREASURER AND STEWARDSHIP RECORDER Rodney Bunyan 810957

ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER Dr Colin Brown 550164

TOWER CAPTAIN and RINGING MASTER Edric Broom 825851

TOWER SECRETARY Paul Lewis 820135

PUBLICITY c/o Penny Westgate 812920

MOTHERS’ UNION Margaret Matthews 825976

MAGAZINE EDITOR Sara Taylor, Provost’s House, Edgmond, TF10 8JY 810880 Email: [email protected]

MAGAZINE ADVERTISING Chris Taylor, Provost’s House, Edgmond, TF10 8JY 810880 Email: [email protected]

MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION Penny Hughes 813017

2 Dear Friends,

I don’t know if you have read in your newspaper about a recent case in the Appeal Court when a Parish Priest appealed against the verdict of an Employment Tribunal which ruled that he was not employed but was an “Office Holder”. He lost his appeal. The Appeal Court also ruled that clergy are not subject to Employment Law because they are “Office Holders”. The Church of England is introducing something called “Common Tenure” under which all future appointments will be made. It is claimed that this will give clergy some protection under Employment Law. Those of us who are perhaps of a more cynical frame of mind consider it as a useful tool for Bishops to get rid of annoying clergy, as it states that every Clergy Licence has to be renewed every seven years. Some of us who were appointed before Common Tenure was introduced have retained our Freehold, which allows us to be independently minded (or awkward).

I received a letter some time ago from a Diocesan Official telling me that I had to do some Continuing Professional Development (CPD) or else “disciplinary action may be taken against me”. After being a priest for 40 years I decided to ignore it. I did wonder what form this disciplinary action might take. Would I be forbidden to preach sermons? Well probably both I and the congregations would enjoy that. Would I be forbidden to take services? Well, that wouldn’t upset me too much. The Bishop can come and take the three services I do every Sunday morning in three different churches, plus baptisms and other things which occur on a Sunday, which often result in me not eating from Saturday evening until Sunday evening. However no one has said anything to me, although I did wonder how a more recently ordained priest would react to such a letter.

I get the impression that the Bishops are determined to run the Church along business management lines, where parish clergy are employed workers, Bishops and Archdeacons are mangers, and the clergy must do what the Bishops tell them to, as all workers must obey the managers. I am sure this is why clerical and parochial independence from Bishops’ interference is slowly being eroded.

But if the Church does go along these lines then there are many things to be considered, such as a proper job specification for the clergy; hours of work will have to be stated and also when overtime will be incurred and the rate of pay for this overtime. It will probably be at this point when the Church will change its mind over this matter. For if there is one thing the Church of England does understand, it is money, because this business approach to the Church’s mission and ministry will cost the Church money, and it won’t like that.

Let us hope and pray that parish clergy will remain Office Holders and be free to exercise their ministry as they see best, free from interference.

God bless you. Your Priest and Friend, Edward Ward 3 SERVICES IN THE

JUNE

DATE EDGMOND KYNNERSLEY PRESTON Thursday 4th 9.30 am Corpus Christi Holy Communion SUNDAY 7th 7.45 am 10.30 am 9.00 am Trinity 1 Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion 10.30 am Family Communion Thursday 11th 9.30 am St Barnabas Holy Communion SUNDAY 14th 7.45 am 10.30 am 10.15 am Trinity 2 Holy Communion Holy Communion Family Service 10.30 am Sung Eucharist 6.30 pm Healing Service Thursday 18th 9.30 am Holy Communion 8.30 pm Compline SUNDAY 21st 7.45 am 10.30 am 9.00 am Trinity 3 Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion 10.30 am Family Communion 3.30 pm Holy Communion Wednesday 24th 9.30 am St John the Baptist Holy Communion Thursday 25th 9.30 am Holy Communion SUNDAY 28th PATRONAL FESTIVAL 10.30 am 9.00 am Trinity 4 7.45 am Family Service Holy Communion Holy Communion 10.30 am Sung Eucharist 3.00 pm The Clypping Monday 29th 9.30 am St Peter Holy Communion

4 SIX PARISHES

2015

DATE TIBBERTON GREAT BOLAS WATERS UPTON Thursday 4th Corpus Christi SUNDAY 7th 10 . 30 am 10.30 am 9.15 am Trinity 1 Family Service Morning Prayer Holy Communion

Thursday 11th St Barnabas SUNDAY 14th 9.00 am 10.30 am 9.15 am Trinity 2 Holy Communion Holy Communion Said Communion

Thursday 18th

SUNDAY 21st 10 . 30 am PATRONAL FESTIVAL 9.15 am Trinity 3 Morning Prayer 10.30 am Holy Communion Holy Communion

Wednesday 24th St John the Baptist Thursday 25th

SUNDAY 28th 9.00 am 10.30 am 9.15 am Trinity 4 Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion

Monday 29th St Peter

5 FROM THE REGISTERS

HOLY BAPTISM 12th April at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Darcie Anne, daughter of Jamie and Laura Speed. 25th April at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Zachary Dyeus, son of Mladen Vujnovic and Gemma Whitfield.

FUNERALS 21st April at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Robert Denton, late of Newport. The service was followed by cremation at Telford Crematorium. 24th April at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Bernard Hill, late of Muxton. The service was followed by interment in the churchyard.

BURIAL OF ASHES 22nd April at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Robert Denton.

FROM THE EDITOR

St Peter’s Day is on Monday, 29th June and, as St Peter is Edgmond Church’s Patronal Saint, we will be celebrating our Patronal Festival the day before – Sunday, 28th June – with the traditional “Clypping” service at 3.00 pm. All villagers (and their families and friends) are invited to come along and form a complete circle around the church: “clyp the church” – you can read more about this ancient tradition on page 5. The pictures on our front cover were taken at last year’s celebrations.

The next edition of the Parish Magazine and Village News will cover the month of July 2015 and the deadline for contributions is Sunday, 7th June. Please deliver your contributions in good time to me at the address on the inside front cover – or you can email them to me at [email protected]. I’m always delighted to receive your photos too (preferably by email), especially ones of people, places and events which take place in and around our villages.

Don’t forget that you can also read this magazine online on both the village and church websites (addresses on the front cover).

HEALING SERVICE

Just to remind you all that the monthly Healing Service at St Peter’s, Edgmond has reverted to being held at 6.30 pm on the second Sunday of each month until October. 6

CHURCHWARDENS ELECTED

All the Easter Vestries and Annual Church Meetings have taken place and the following have been elected as Churchwardens:-

EDGMOND: John Ingram and Christopher Taylor

PRESTON: Dr David Nurse and David Brown

KYNNERSLEY: Jack Edge

TIBBERTON: Peter Harman

WATERS UPTON: John Williams and Caroline Osborne

GREAT BOLAS: Jill Maddox and Simon Harris

THE CLYPPING OF THE CHURCH

The Clypping of the Church is unique to Edgmond. It is part of the very fabric of the village and community as Edgmond has the longest continuous tradition of Clypping the Church in the world. Indeed we are trying to get it authenticated by the Guinness Book of Records as such. It is one of the events which makes Edgmond special. St Peter’s Church is not holding this service just for the members of the congregation. It is acting as caretaker of the community’s traditions, in exactly the same way as on Rogation Sunday it holds the Rogationtide procession on behalf of the whole village for the blessing of the land, the crops sown and the animals.

We know that Edgmond was founded by a Viking, and that there was a stone building on the present site in 1080. But recent research has shown that there were at least two previous buildings on the site. So this may well have been the sacred centre for the community for over 1000 years. The community would meet together, perhaps round the sacred tree or stones, form a living circle around it or them (a circle being a symbol of eternity as it has no beginning or end) and then invoke a blessing upon the life and work of the community.

The Christian missionaries simply took over the local tradition and changed the deity to the Christian God.

The Clypping this year will take place on Sunday, June 28th at 3 pm when it is hoped many of the villagers will come and continue this very ancient village custom.

7 ST PETER’S CHURCH, EDGMOND

SUNDAY SERVICES

7.45 am Holy Communion 10.30 am Morning Service (as announced) 6.30 pm Healing Service (2nd Sundays)

10.30 am SUNDAY SERVICES AND BIBLE READINGS JUNE 2015 June 7th Family Communion Trinity 1 Gospel: Mark 3: 20-end June 14th Sung Eucharist Trinity 2 Old Testament Lesson: 1 Samuel 15:34 – 16:13 Epistle: 2 Corinthians 5: 6-10, 14-17 Gospel: Mark 4: 26-34 June 21st Family Communion Trinity 3 Gospel: Mark 4: 35-end June 28th Sung Eucharist St Peter New Testament Lesson: Acts 12: 1-11 PATRONAL FESTIVAL Epistle: 1 Peter 2: 19-end Gospel: Matthew 16: 13-19

SUNDAY AFTERNOON SERVICE

The next afternoon service will be on Sunday, June 21st so if you wish to receive Holy Communion but cannot attend either the 7.45 am or the 10.30 am service, then why not come to this short service?

COFFEE & CHAT

The next Thursday Coffee Morning at St Peter’s Church will be on June 18th following the 9.30 am Holy Communion Service. You don’t have to attend the service to be able to have a cup of coffee. Just turn up at the church at about 10.00 am or thereabouts, and join us for coffee (or tea) and a chat. We shall look forward to seeing you.

8 SANCTUS BELL

The Sanctus bell has been rung for many years from St Peter’s tower by ringers (and we are extremely grateful to them for doing so) to inform the outside world that the bread and the wine has been consecrated during the Holy Communion service. This is to remind those who cannot be at church (for whatever reason) that the consecration has taken place, and ask them to pause for a moment or two and to offer a prayer.

St Peter’s has recently been given a Sanctus bell – or, strictly speaking, a Sanctus gong, by an anonymous donor for use in the church during the Communion service. We are extremely grateful to the donor for this generous gift.

The bell or gong will sound inside the church at the same point as the Sanctus bell is rung from the tower. This is to bring the congregation’s attention back to what is happening at the altar so that they can offer prayers of adoration to Jesus in his sacramental form of bread and wine, or make their own personal devotions.

On Thursday 11th June at 2.15 pm in St Peter’s Church, Edgmond, our speaker will be the Revd John Trudgill. Everyone is welcome. For further information and/or help with transport please contact Margaret Matthews on 825976.

BLUEBELL WALKS

The Bluebell walks at Caynton House Farm have been a great success. We hope to have made about £120. Thank you to all the lovely people who shared the experience with us and to Margaret and Alison (it was their idea) who brought groups of people from as far away as Wellington!

WHERE IS “THE COTTAGE, EDGMOND”?

Newport History Society has received the following enquiry: Seeking the location of "The Cottage, Edgmond" which is given as the abode of Thomas Siderfin and his family in the 1881 Census. Does this ring a bell with you? If so, please contact Paula Docherty on 01952 813520 or email [email protected].

9 THE FRIENDS OF ST PETER’S CHURCH EDGMOND

We are pleased to report that the number of “Friends” of St Peter’s Church is increasing. Rod Bunyan, our treasurer, has received a number of completed application forms during April and May. So a big THANK YOU to you all we are very grateful for your support.

The Friends committee is supporting a number of events throughout 2015.

Dates for your diary

Saturday 16th May – New College Chorale, conducted by Bob Wysome - we will report on this event in next month’s parish magazine.

Tuesday 23rd June – Friends of St Peter’s Church AGM at 7.30 pm in Church – everyone is welcome to join us for this meeting where we will report on the first year since the Friends of St Peter’s was founded.

Sunday 28th June – Clypping of the Church, the annual service followed by members of the congregation hugging the Church as we form a circle around it – this is followed by tea, coffee and cake – everyone is welcome to come along to help make the complete circle.

Sunday 28th June – Sunday 5th July – St Peter’s week - An exhibition of Edgmond through the ages in St Peter’s Church. A number of exhibitors have already confirmed that they will be making their old photographs available to us for this week. We look forward to welcoming the schoolchildren from St Peter’s C of E primary school into our Church during the week. Everyone is welcome to come in and visit during the week to see our exhibition – tea, coffee and cake will be available all week Saturday 4th July – From 5.00 pm there will be an opportunity to hear the beautiful Church organ being played by various organists. Tea, coffee and cake will be available after the organ recital. Sunday 5th July – From 5.00 pm – A talk about the history of Edgmond and St Peter’s Church by the Reverend Prebendary Edward Ward. Everyone is welcome to come to this talk. Newcomers to the village may find this a particularly interesting way to find out about our village. The talk will be followed by wine and cheese.

Future events include: Concerts by TADLOP, the Beaumaris Singers and a collaboration between St Peter’s Church choir and the Dalen Singers – dates to be confirmed.

If you would like more information about the Friends of St Peter’s Church, or any of our events, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Dr Julia Brown (Chair) Stephanie Egleston (Secretary) 01952 550164 01952 820457 [email protected] [email protected] 10 BRIDGE PROBLEM OF THE MONTH

After some rousing bidding North/South end up in the excellent contract of 6 spades to be played by South as Declarer. West leads the 2 of Diamonds – plan the play.

NORTH Spades J 10 9 7 5 Hearts A K 3 Diamonds A 8 Clubs K 7 5 WEST EAST Spades 4 Spades 8 2 Hearts Q 10 6 5 4 Hearts J 9 7 Diamonds J 9 6 2 Diamonds K 10 5 4 3 Clubs Q 9 3 Clubs 8 6 2 SOUTH Spades A K Q 6 3 Hearts 8 2 Diamonds Q 7 Clubs A J 10 4 Solution: see page 14

EDGMOND RURAL COMMUNITY INITIATIVE (ERCI)

The registration for the “Fun” Multi Sports Coaching sessions have now started. The best way to register is to email St Peter’s School, Edgmond at [email protected] and obtain a booking form and fill it in, then return it – together with £1 per child, per session – to the School (Catriona Wiles). As mentioned last month, these sessions are for children aged 6-11 years. The sessions will be from 1400-1600 (2-4 pm) on the following four Wednesdays – 29th July, 5th, 12th and 19th August. Intending participants can register for any, or all, of these dates, and will be dealt with on a “first come, first served” basis. Please remember, they must be paid for in advance (no refunds).

The coaching is provided by professionals. Please note that participation is NOT restricted solely to St Peter’s pupils. Applications are invited for appropriately aged children from the surrounding area – even those holidaying in this area and staying with relatives. All are welcome.

Last year, at the first session, the coaches consulted the children to see which sports they would like to do. Thereafter, they did their best to bring the required equipment to cover the sports which had been requested, and a great time was had by all. John and Marion Keeping (ERCI) 11 News & Reports from Edgmond Parish Council www.edgmondparishcouncil.co.uk You may be wondering why you didn’t end up having to vote for your Parish Councillors last month. The reason is that there were only 10 nominations received for the 13 vacancies, so there was no need of an election. All ten nominees were duly elected in an uncontested election. Your new Parish Councillors are Marion Barton, Stephen Bentley, Paula Doherty, Robert Higginson, Maurice Hughes, Penny Hughes, Keith Humphreys, Gwyn Jones, Ray Marriot and David Ryan. Two particularly long- standing members stood down at this election. Eileen Pearce and David Pitchford have both served on the Parish Council for many years. David’s period of service is especially noteworthy at 40 odd years. On behalf of existing Members and everyone within our community I would like to thank both David and Eileen for their loyal service.

The Annual Parish Meeting was well attended by several residents who heard from the Chairman on the activities of the Parish Council over the last year. They also heard from Cllr Stephen Burrell on his activities on our behalf. Thanks to everyone who attended, we hope you got a flavour of the range of work that Members do on behalf of the community. At the Parish Council AGM on 11th May all Members had to sign a ‘Declaration of Acceptance of Office’ and to sign up to the National Code of Conduct. They also had to complete a register of ‘Disclosable Interests’. At the time of writing your Parish Councillors hadn’t decided on how to fill the three vacancies, however if anyone reading this is interested in serving our community by joining the Parish Council please do contact the Parish Clerk who will be able to tell you what has been decided.

We are still without a centrally positioned notice board and would welcome your thoughts on where a new board could be located. We hope to be able to provide a central point for notices as soon as possible but in the meantime please do use the community website. If you register on the website you can choose to receive occasional emailed updates and news items. This is a useful way of disseminating information and news.

Unfortunately, despite repeated articles in the magazine and on our website, there is still evidence around the Parish of irresponsible dog owners and walkers who do not clean up after their dogs. Loose dogs also cause a major concern. Details have been passed to Telford & Wrekin Council enforcement team and to the dog warden. There is a serious health risk related to dog faeces and this is why the offence carries a fine, which can be up to £1000. IF YOU KNOW OF A DOG / OWNER / WALKER causing such an offence, please report it to the Clerk immediately. This can be done in the strictest confidence.

If you have any questions regarding the work of the Parish Council, please do not hesitate to contact the Clerk of the Council. Contact details are below, but email is the preferred method. Katrina Baker (Parish Clerk) ‘The Oaklands’, Waters Upton, TF6 6NP Tel 01952 541939 / 07813 788094; [email protected] 12 PARISH WARDEN’S REPORT

The “Safer Newport Team”, West Mercia Police, has supplied the April statistics for Edgmond, and I thank them for that.

Two burglaries were reported, both in the early hours of 8th April. One was in Stackyard Lane. Here, a rear window was forced and computer equipment was stolen. The other was in Chetwynd Road, where tools were removed from an unlocked shed, together with electrical equipment from within the property. Presumably because of some kind of disturbance, the items were all abandoned outside the premises, and not stolen.

On 23rd April, a male was observed loitering at the rear of a property in Newport Road. When challenged, he stated he was “hiding from his boss, who pressurised him”. (He was supposed to be going door to door, selling cleaning products, but was sat down drinking and smoking). The Police were contacted and came out. They located him in the High Street and following Police checks he “left the village”. The “Safer Newport Team” subsequently issued the following advice:-

Be wary of unexpected callers; always check the identification of anyone purporting to represent a company or organisation; when checking, do not rely on calling any numbers shown on any documentation they provide, but use numbers for the company or organisation obtained from a Telephone Directory, Yellow Pages, or the Internet. Any genuine caller will understand your caution. A “Pedlar’s Licence” should be carried by people selling things like cleaning materials “door to door”, an example of which is published with this article. Please note that these licences have a limit to their validity, so check that it is current and carries a photograph of the caller. It should also be noted that they would be issued by the caller’s local Police Force so may well not have been issued by West Mercia Police.

There have been a number of reports regarding groups of cyclists “racing” through the village (and also through Tibberton). These have raised concerns about their behaviour and safety. 13 One report stated that a girl was thrown from her horse in Stackyard Lane, when a group of cyclists sped either side of the horse. One cycle or cyclist possibly came into contact with the animal, causing it to buck and dismount the rider! Another report stated that similar groups of cyclists had rounded the bends beyond the Parish Church at speed, and on the wrong side of the road. This resulted in evasive action having to be taken by an oncoming motorist.

Although not actually in the village, you may be interested to know that a quantity of (defective) fridges were dumped in the lane at Adeney. This occurred overnight 23rd/24th April, and follows a similar incident in Longford Road recently.

There are fake bank notes in local circulation, of both £50 and £10 denominations. One of these notes was presented at one of Edgmond’s pubs during the last few days of April. These are apparently pretty good counterfeits. (There is more information on our Parish Website www.edgmondparishcouncil.co.uk, including download links for a pdf document and smartphone apps from the Bank of England – to help people spot fakes and check that their notes are genuine).

In an effort to encourage motorists to comply with the 40 mph speed limit, a Police van has been parked up on the B5062. I am told that the very sight of the van seems to have the desired effect.

The Mobile Police Station was in the village during the evening of the 24th April and it is hoped that this will become a regular feature.

PC Lee Thomas and PCSO Andy Protheroe conducted many hours of foot patrol around the village earlier in April. This gave them a chance to speak with residents, so they intend to continue these patrols. One of the things they noticed was that several residents had left their front doors wide open during the warm weather. Bearing in mind recent events, this is not considered to be a good idea!! (It is surprising how many “burglaries” are featured in reports from the Police where “entry was gained through an unlocked rear door”. This normally means that any insurance claim would be dismissed by your insurers).

A long report this month, thanks to the combined efforts of the two individuals mentioned earlier. They do their very best for us. John Keeping (813125)

U3A NEWPORT (SHROPSHIRE) BRANCH

On Tuesday 16th June Tony Mugridge, Britain's last itinerant brick maker, will be talking about "The Travelling Brick Maker".

The venue for all meetings is the Royal British Legion Club, Audley Road, Newport. Meetings begin at 2 pm. Admission £1. Visitors are always welcome.

EDGMOND VILLAGE HALL

Firstly we would like to thank all of those people who came along to our meeting on the 25th April. We were really pleased with the positive feedback on our plans for the Hall and the use of the Community Pride grant. In light of these discussions we will be submitting a planning application for the new extension to the hall as soon as possible in order to comply with the grant deadlines and we hope to start work over the summer months. Copies of the presentation and plans from the meeting are available on our website for anyone who wasn’t able to attend.

As we will need to focus on work on the new extension as a priority in order to meet the grant deadlines, major work on refurbishing the main hall may still be some way off. In the light of this we are hoping to find some volunteers who may be able to help with redecorating in the short term. If anyone is interested in helping to give the interior of the hall a fresh coat of paint please do get in touch and we will try and arrange a few sessions at convenient times over the summer.

Other news:

We are sorry to announce that Richard Chesters has recently resigned as secretary of the 200 Club. We would like to thank Richard for all his hard work running this club over many years. Ray Marriott has agreed to take over this role and there will be an update on the club in the next parish magazine.

Dates for your diary:

Afternoon teas every Thursday afternoon from 2.30 - 4.30 pm. £3.00 buys a pot of tea or coffee and a hearty slice of homemade cake.

Sunday 14th June. Summer Fun Day 12 noon – 4 pm. Children’s games, bouncy castle, music, stalls, hog roast and much more! Please get in touch with Anne (01952 814312) for more details or if you would like a stall.

Tuesday 16th June. Village Hall AGM, 7 pm. Please get in touch with Sarah Wood ([email protected]) if you are interested in getting involved or standing as a member of the committee.

Sunday 27th September. Vintage Fair. If you would like a stall at this event please get in touch with Janis on 01952 820572.

Saturday 10th October. Casino Night. More details to follow.

www.edgmondvillagehall.org

15 END OF AN ERA

Many of you will know of Edgmond 200 Club and of Richard Chesters who has run it for over 30 years. The Club runs to benefit the Village Hall, and Richard has loyally made monthly draws throughout his long involvement. However, times change, and Richard recently resigned from the Village Hall Committee and also decided to pass the running of the Club onto someone new. This was a big decision as Richard has been connected with the Village Hall in one capacity or another since the mid 1970s. Over these years he has held virtually every position on the Committee except for treasurer. He has been chairman, vice chairman, holding trustee, charity trustee and more recently he has attended as a guest to carry out the 200 club draws.

What you may not know is that Richard was following in the footsteps of his father, George, who was also active in the running of the Village Hall (or ‘Institute’) for many years. If we go back a further generation we find that Richard’s grandparents were amongst the people who were involved in setting up the existing building and helped transport the wooden panels of the Village Hall from Tilstock Airfield back in (we think) 1920. So we have three generations of Chesters to thank for service to the Village Hall, but most especially Richard, for his loyal and long-standing service to this community.

I’m sure that all past members of Village Hall Committees over the years will join with me to offer our best wishes and thanks to Richard and hope he enjoys his well- earned ‘retirement’! Paula Doherty

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BRIDGE SOLUTION (from page 9)

Count your top tricks – 10. You need two more tricks which can only come from the Club suit, assuming West would NEVER lead away from the King of Diamonds. Needing a total of 4 tricks from the Club suit – how to proceed when we don’t know the location of the Queen of Clubs?

Actually, there is a way to guarantee 4 tricks in Clubs by getting the opponents to lead the suit. This situation is known as a ‘throw-in end-play’, but this only works when you have eliminated all the other suits.

So, take the opening lead with the Ace of Diamonds, draw trumps, play Ace of Hearts, then King of Hearts then ruff Dummy’s last heart in hand. Now lead the Queen of Diamonds and whoever wins with the King must lead a Club trapping the Queen and securing 4 tricks in Clubs. Incidentally, if they lead a Heart or a Diamond they will concede a ‘ruff and discard’ (ruff in hand and discard the 5 of Clubs in Dummy). Either way, you now have your 12 tricks – slam made – success!

16 THE REVD NICHOLAS CHARRINGTON 6th September 1936 - 31st January 2015 Rector of Edgmond 1978 - 1991

The Service of Thanksgiving at St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury, was an amazing and uplifting celebration of his life, when his family, friends, fellow clergy and many parishioners from the different churches in which he had served, joined together to thank God for all that Nick had meant to them.

Nick was born in London and was the second of five children. When he was very young the family moved to a farm in Surrey where he and his brothers and sisters enjoyed the freedom and joys of the farm and its animals. His country upbringing meant a great deal to him, and here began his great love of nature and the countryside. Family holidays in the West Highlands of Scotland, and in particular on the island of Mull, were part of his life from a very young age. He attended Eton, and it was from his boarding house window that he first saw Celia in her parents’ garden next door. National Service in the Gordon Highlanders followed and at the age of nineteen, as 2nd Lt. Charrington, he commanded a platoon in Cyprus. I remember Nick recounting some fascinating stories of his time there and how he and his men had some very close encounters with the terrorists.

He then attended Oxford University where he met Celia again. They became engaged and on her return from a teaching job in Tanganyika in 1962 they were married. After completing his training at Cuddesdon Theological College where he was greatly influenced by the principal Robert Runcie, Nick and Celia moved to Shrewsbury for Nick’s curacy at St Chad’s Church, and it was here that Mary and Jamie were born.

His first parish as a vicar was a complete change of scene at Grimsby, a parish with two housing estates and an active fishing port. It was tough but Nick and Celia loved it, and Nick told stories of how he learned there what parish ministry is about in the whole community, and not just for church goers. Lucy was born while they were in Grimsby and some close and long lasting friendships were formed during the six years they were there.

The family returned to Shropshire, first to Wellington, where their little boy Eddie was born in 1974. Eddie was disabled and lived for just three and a half years but he brought an enormous amount of love into their lives. In 1978 the family moved here to Edgmond, and Nick became a much loved Rector for thirteen years. Their precious Eddie died just after they moved here and was buried in the new churchyard on the day of Nick’s induction.

17 Young children and their mums loved his pram services which he led with the help of his guitar; one specific confirmation group will remember with joy their visit to Dovedale House, the Diocesan Youth Centre in the Peak District, and how he baptised two young boys who hadn’t been christened as babies, in the clear water of a mountain stream.

He loved community events and for the 900th centenary of Edgmond Church, he mounted a horse and galloped through the village dressed as a bishop. He introduced and loved taking part in the first of the medieval Mystery Plays here.

Nick is remembered for being a wonderful listener and had a way of enabling people to talk comfortably and be themselves. This gift of listening was nurtured by his experience as a Samaritan where he was also Director of his branch, and also by being a member of the Third Order of the Society of St Francis and as a spiritual director.

After thirteen years here, Nick moved on to a new challenge and a new part of the country, to serve in the parish of Plymstock and as chaplain to the hospice in Plymouth. I was privileged to visit the hospice with him and see the love and devotion with which he cared for the patients and staff.

His final parish was back in Shropshire at Longden, Annscroft and Pulverbatch, and from there he and Celia retired to their house in Harley, with beautiful views over Wenlock Edge. In his retirement, Nick helped out at St Peter’s church in Monkmoor and he continued to use and develop his gifts as counsellor with Confide. He also loved helping young children in a local school with their reading and their letters to Celia following his death showed how much they loved him too. This love of young children was also abundantly clear in the incredibly close and very special relationship which he had with his beloved grandchildren Calum, Fiona, Tom, Dan and Morwenna.

Nick touched so many lives and has left us all a rich legacy of faith, laughter, love and treasured memories. We thank God for him and all that he has meant to us and we continue to hold Celia and all the family in our prayers. EJN

EDGMOND METHODIST CHURCH

Minister: The Revd James Whateley 11 Silverdale Close, Church Aston, Newport, TF10 9FA Telephone: 01952 813959

SERVICES in JUNE 2015

June 7th 10.30 am Mr J Parkin June 14th 10.30 am Mr Keith Jones June 21st 10.30 am Mrs L Zukiewicz June 28th 10.30 am Mrs Denice Morgan

There are no two ways about it: if you love the Lord, you’ll love people and lay down your life, your comforts, your time, your plans, etc. for them. Loving when you least feel like it and they least deserve it is when you love like God.

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ST CHAD’S CHURCH, KYNNERSLEY

Churchwardens: Mr Jack Edge 07730 217813 PCC Secretary: Mrs Georgina Edge 670153

SERVICES in JUNE 2015 Sunday June 7th Epistle 2 Corinthians 4:13 – 5:1 Jack Edge Trinity 1 (Green) Gospel Mark 3: 20-35 Georgina Edge 10.30 am – Holy Communion Sunday June 14th Epistle 2 Corinthians 5: 6-10, 14-17 Jack Edge Trinity 2 (Green) Gospel Mark 4: 26 - 34 Judith McPherson 10.30 am – Holy Communion Sunday June 21st Epistle 2 Corinthians 6: 1-13 Jack Edge Trinity 3 (Green) Gospel Mark 4: 35-41 Isabel Moseley 10.30 am – Holy Communion Sunday June 28th Jack Edge Trinity 4 (Green) 10.30 am – Family Service

20 KYNNERSLEY WI

Dorothy Nicolle gave us a very interesting talk at our April Meeting, with colour slides, on the life of Francis Frith, a photographer born to a Quaker family in Derbyshire, who photographed many English towns and also in the Middle East.

At our meeting on the 9th June - Heather and Linton Waters will be exercising our brains with ‘Mental Gymnastics’ - fun with maths and puzzles.

Thanks to member, Mary Evans, we now have a pennant for our WI. The rural design of the material portrays Kynnersley beautifully and will be on display at all County WI events.

Do come along to one of our meetings - the first visit is free to give you an idea of what we get up to. Guests pay £3.50 and everyone is made very welcome. We meet in the Village Hall at Kynnersley on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7.30 pm. For further details, please contact Pat on 603612 or Ann on 670937.

ST LAWRENCE’S CHURCH, PRESTON

Churchwardens: Dr D Nurse, 1 Manor Barns 608455 Mr D Brown, The Conifers 676671 PCC Secretary: Mrs P Jones, The Rockery, Wheat Leasowes 603612

SERVICES IN JUNE 2015 Sunday June 7th Epistle 2 Corinthians 4:13 - 5:1 Dr T Goode Trinity 1 Gospel Mark 3: 20-35 Mrs A Smith 9.00 am – Holy Communion Sidesman Mr D Brown Sunday June 14th – Trinity 2 10.15 am – Family Service Sunday June 21st Epistle 2 Corinthians 6: 1 - 13 Mrs B Vickers Trinity 3 Gospel Mark 4: 35-41 Dr D Nurse 9.00 am – Holy Communion Sidesman Mrs J Shore Sunday June 28th Epistle 2 Corinthians 8: 7 - 15 Mrs P Jones Trinity 4 Gospel Mark 5: 21-43 Mr D Brown 9.00 am – Holy Communion Sidesman Mrs B Vickers

21 ST LAWRENCE SCHOOL NEWS

It's a busy time in school at this time of year. May saw our children sit their SATs as well as teams take part in the primary schools aquathalon at Wrekin College (an aquathalon is a swim followed by a run). We had a visit from the cooking bus and also from Myles Bremner, Director of the National Food Plan, who visited Telford & Wrekin to talk to head teachers about the national food plan and who visited our School as the Council’s catering management team chose us as the flagship school to show him. He was impressed with our healthy school clubs, our chickens and quiet garden and he has asked us to write an article to go in his report to the government. Class 2 have also been on trip to Chester zoo to learn more about the rainforest.

There is no letup in the pace in June. The cooking bus will be back to visit for class 1, as the previous visit was class 3’s turn to make vegetable noodles. This month also sees our year 6 children go on transition days to their chosen secondary schools. It's an exciting time for them, and the next big step in their journeys. While they are out of school, the children that are moving up a class in school also spend time in their new classrooms to get to know their new teachers. At the very end of the month, it's our summer fair. The Friends have arranged a barbecue and cake stall, as well as other traditional games at this annual event. We would love to see you there on Saturday 27th June from 11 am until 3 pm. Helen Ashby St Lawrence Governor.