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ISSUE 62 MARCH/ APRIL 2018

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March/April 2018 swdirectories.com 5 The Cold Stowaway by Paul Minton Winters in South Wales are October of that year, when the rarely as severe as they were pressure caused the hull to crack when I was growing up in open. Eventually, the order was Shropshire during the 1970s. I given for the vessel to be remember wading through abandoned. snow drifts that reached my Despite their efforts to march waist, although admittedly I across the ice, conditions forced was only a schoolboy and well them to make camp. When open below average height. Not water was finally sighted after much has changed in that many months, three lifeboats, respect, apart from the fact that which had been dragged from the I am unlikely to be classed as a stricken ship, were used to reach youngster despite my fruitless hidden in such a cramped space, Elephant Island and in April 1916, attempts to claim reduced Perce was unable to stand and Perce had the distinction of being fares on trains and buses. had to be seated during his the first person ever to make I am not the only resident of meeting with the explorer. The landfall there. By now, he had Newport to have a dubious leader was not best pleased to severe frostbite and several toes reputation regarding learn of this unexpected visitor had to be amputated while still transportation or to know about and is reputed to have told the marooned on the island. the cold. Perhaps the most stowaway that if the crew With no hope of rescue, qualified person is Perce became hungry, he would be the Shackleton took five men and Blackborow, who was born in Pill first to be eaten. Nevertheless, one of the lifeboats and headed towards the end of the nineteenth Shackleton had little option but to for a whaling station on South century and is best known for offer him a position on the ship, it Georgia some 800 miles away. having been the only stowaway being too late to turn back. Although Shackleton reached on an Antarctic expedition. Endurance struggled slowly safety, it took over three months At the age of 18, through the pack ice of the before the remaining crew, Blackborow and Weddell Sea but in January 1915, including Blackborow, could be an American it became wedged. During this evacuated from Elephant Island. sailor called time, the crew played football and After recovering from his ordeal in William hockey on the ice to keep up Chile [oh, the irony!], Perce Bakewell found morale and organised seal returned to Newport. A welcome themselves in hunting to ensure a steady party had amassed at the train Buenos Aires, supply of food. The station but being a modest man, after their vessel, ship remained he avoided the crowd by crossing Golden Gate, was immobilised the tracks and making his way wrecked off the until out by a different route. He was coast of Montevideo. later awarded the Bronze Polar Seeking work, they Medal but rarely spoke publicly applied to join Sir about his experiences, whereas Ernest Shackleton's other members of the expedition ship, Endurance, for its gave thousands of talks. voyage south but whilst Perce stayed in touch with Bakewell was hired, Bakewell and retained his Perce's services were links with the water by declined on account of his becoming a boatman youth and inexperience. This at Alexandra Docks. did not stop him, however. He Sadly, he died at his sneaked aboard and with Maesglas home in Bakewell's help, was concealed 1949 while in his inside a locker. mid-fifties. On the third day at sea, Perce was discovered and brought before Shackleton. Having been

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The land was presented to Newport Council by Lord Tredegar in 1891 and the park was opened in September 1894. The Gorsedd Stone Circle was erected in 1896, for the National Eisteddfod, held in Belle Vue Park in 1897. The bowling greens were opened in 1904 and a Tea House added in 1910. In 1924 the adjoining house and grounds of Belle Vue House came into the council’s ownership and the additional 11 acres of land were absorbed Award for the 2008/9 season. into the park, which now We are fortunate to have this extends to 26 acres. impressive park in Newport, a The Friends of Newport place to enjoy nature’s beauty Ornamental Parks| was set up in and appreciate a simple, peaceful 2006 to work with Newport City walk through a delightful park. Council on the management of For further information contact Martyn Vaughan on Belle Vue and Beechwood parks. [email protected] or Newport City Council, It won the prestigious Green Flag 01633 656656, email: [email protected] Beechwood House

The view from Beechwood Park is wonderful, from the top of the park you are able to experience the amazing panoramic views across Newport and the Channel. The peace and beauty of the park is calming and relaxing. We are fortunate to have such beauty in an urban area, enabling us to enjoy nature on our doorstep.

Beechwood House, a Grade II listed building, was built in 1877/78 by Habershon, Pite and Fawkner, architects of Cardiff and Newport. It was built as the private residence for George Fothergill, a tobacco manufacturer and former Mayor of Newport. The 30 acre park originally formed the private grounds to the House. In 1900 Newport Borough the House was also used as a hospital for the treatment of Council bought Beechwood convalescent home. tuberculosis, an open air school House and the grounds were Beechwood House was occupied and a model railway club. opened up as a public park, with by American Forces during World Beechwood Park is one of refreshments available in the War II and following this it had a Newport’s best loved open House. During the First World War number of uses including a spaces.

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March/April 2018 swdirectories.com 31 Bygones 8 by Steve Barber The Welsh Triangle ‘y Tair Tref’ (Part 3) skenfrith

To reach the village of Skenfrith, continue along the B4347 for Skenfrith Castle about 3½ miles and at the cross- roads turn left onto the B4521 and continue for ½ a mile to reach Skenfrith. The name of Skenfrith may be translated from the Welsh, Ynys Cynfraeth, as the island where Cynfraeth (a 6th Century Welsh Chieftain) built his fortress. The castle, mill, church and inn make an attractive centre of the little village. Soon after entering the village the remains of the old castle will be seen. This was one of the first castles to be constructed in the built with circular towers at the county, and the first owner was corners of the rectangle Bach, the brother of Aeddan formed by the curtain walls. owner of Grosmont. This first At some point, during the re- castle was probably a simple building work, there was a wooden construction situated on heavy flood in the low-lying an earthen mound. After the valley which caused the Norman Conquest, the castle was castle to be severely inundated by the rising gained by Hamelyn the conqueror waters. Hubert then filled Skenfrith Castle Keep of Gwent and then passed to his the interior of the first castle nephew Brian de Wallingford. It with river gravel and commenced storage. continued to change hands to build a new castle on top of the The River Monnow guards the frequently in Norman days, even original. Archaeological digging eastern facade and the curtain being sold by King John to Sir in the 1950s actually exposed the walls were originally moated, William de Braose, Lord of well-preserved remains of the first utilising water taken from the Abergavenny, for three steeds and castle hall, which had been buried river. The millrace, to the local ten greyhounds. The castle was in the gravel from 1220. water mill, was at one time part of valued for its strategic position but the castle moat. There would, The main entrance to the new used mainly as a garrison, so originally, have been a drawbridge castle was formed through the possesses little of the romantic across the moat accessing the north curtain wall, accessing the history of some of the later castles. castle entrance. The mill is located central Keep. It was circular in on the south side of the castle on In 1200 the castle was rebuilt in plan, with three storeys and a the site of the medieval mill. stone by Hubert de Burgh to basement used as a dungeon or for become a powerful fortress, plainly

32 swdirectories.com March/April 2018 Skenfrith church has an attractive and women. Her effigy can be seen floors, oak beams, antique and half-timbered tower with a on the gable over the entrance period furniture. There are eleven wooden dovecote roof, and is porch. Just inside the porch is guest rooms with en-suite again quite large for what is now a located the remains of an early bathrooms, the restaurant has won small village. It is medieval in 13th Century Holy Water stoup. awards and has an excellent wine origin dating from about 1168, The church also was rebuilt in list, all making it a comfortable extended in the 14th century and stone by Hubert de Burgh in the place to stay. The proprietors of the also in the 16th century. It was 13th Century. De Burgh was hotel have created some interesting later restored in 1896 and again in resident and Lord of the manor at circular walks, starting from and 1909. The construction is of old that date, later becoming Chief returning to the Hotel. A map and red sandstone, with a two aisle Justicar under Henry III. a guide describing the footpaths nave, a chancel and west tower Skenfrith church and identifying points of interests topped with a dovecote belfry. has a peal of six in the locality are provided. Having

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completed our exploration of Skenfrith we will next continue on to the final castle of the Trilateral – White Castle.

Inside the church is a finely carved bells and the village inn, adjacent altar tomb, which is the monument to the Monnow Bridge, is of John Morgan, the last castle appropriately named ‘The Bell’. The (To be continued) governor in the 16th Century, and inn was once a 17th century also his wife Anne. Notice also the coaching inn and was tastefully oak Governor's pew, standing restored in 2001. It has flagstone aside from the more recent ordinary pews. A glass-fronted Governor’s Pew case, mounted on the wall, contains an ecclesiastical cope made from coloured silks. It has been suggested that it was made and given by Queen Eleanor, wife of King Henry III, when lodging at the castle, whilst her husband was fighting the Welsh. However, expert modern opinion dates the cope to the late 15th Century. The church is dedicated to St Bridget of Kildare an Irish saint from Kildare, where she had been an abbess for a monastery that unusually catered for both men

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38 swdirectories.com March/April 2018 GRACE BAPTIST ASSEMBLY gathers for public worship on Sunday afternoons at the Malpas Community Centre, Pillmawr Road, at 3 pm. What do we believe? We seek to be Word-centred and gospel-driven. The Word of God is crucial! The ministry of Grace Baptist Assembly will, we trust, always keep God’s Word central. Why? The Holy Bible is God’s written Word; it is how He has chosen to communicate to us who He is, what He has been doing, and what He expects of us. The Bible alone holds the ultimate, most trustworthy, most authoritative answers to the questions of life and eternity. Thus, rather than magnifying the ideas of mere human beings, we look instead to God, trusting that He inspired and preserved His Word for His glory and our good. We believe that the written Word is a reflection of the Living Word, Jesus Christ, and that its contents are our reliable, sufficient rule of faith and practice. When a moral question is raised, or when we face a difficult circumstance, we choose to resort to the Bible for guidance, correction or comfort, rather than falling back on our own experiences and opinions.

We seek to be traditional in our message. We hold to historical Baptist distinctives. Specifically, we are fond of The First London Baptist Confession of Faith, 1646 edition. We gladly accept broken, unaccomplished, needy sinners like ourselves; but we are not seeker-driven. We do not believe that ‘doing church’ is what God requires of people, and we do not believe that it is this or any other local church’s responsibility to water down, nor add to, the gospel of Jesus Christ in order to create a more ‘comfortable’ environment. Do we want that gospel [good news] to be understandable? Yes. Do we ourselves want to be compassionate and inclusive? Yes. We want broken people - people like us - who know their sinfulness. We are here for those who know that they need something more than what this life has to offer. We seek not to offer more of the same, but to offer something different. The person and work of Jesus Christ is enough for us. We invite you to come see why.

We seek to be relevant in our vision. We maintain that the Bible is more than a collection of ancient writings, but rather, it contains everything we need to face the problems of life in today’s culture. Consequently, our teaching and preaching will include practical application to help us live as we ought to live. We are not an elite group of those who have ‘arrived’ and we are committed to continual change. We rest on and submit to the absolute, unchanging truth of the Bible; and it in turn changes us. We hear and meditate on God’s Word - and while we do that, we try to be doers of that Word, and not hearers only. We have found that the unchanging truths of the Bible affect our everyday lives, and we pray that we will become more and more like Jesus Christ as we submit to and obey His Word.

March/April 2018 swdirectories.com 39 GRACE BAPTIST ASSEMBLY gathers for public worship on Sunday afternoons at the Malpas Community Centre, Pillmawr Road, at 3 pm. Excerpt from: HE THAT HATH THE SON HATH LIFE, a message delivered on the afternoon of 28 January 2018, from I John 5:11-13.

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40 swdirectories.com March/April 2018 verse 13 says that those who believe RQWKHQDPHRIWKH6RQRI*RGKDYHHWHUQDOOLIHDQGWKDWYHUVHVD\V³He that hath the Son hath life´7KHVLPSOHLPSOLFDWLRQLVWKDWWKHZD\WRHAVE the Son is to BELIEVE the Son. Or another way to put it is that the Son of God does His thing for those who trust Him. You can have the Son of God, if you trust the Son of God. Some of you may remember me using an illustration at a funeral about five years ago from the film called, ³$ 3DVVDJH WR ,QGLD´ - as I recall it was released in the mid-1980s when Patti was working at the cinema in &RPPHUFH7H[DV7KHVWRU\ZRQGHUIXOO\LOOXVWUDWHVWKHSRLQWWKDW,¶PZDQWLQJWRPDNHKHUH,QWKHILOPWKHUHZDVD young Indian doctor who had been arrested for allegedly assaulting a young English woman in India. The case became an explosive point of tension between the Indian people, who longed for independence, and the British colonial government. The entire colonial power sWUXFWXUHVHHPHGWRPDNHWKHGRFWRU¶VFDVHKRSHOHVVHYHQWKRXJK everybody knew his integrity was above question. He was much too poor to be able to afford an attorney. But the most famous and able lawyer in all of India heard of the case. He had a reputation for liking to take on the British and stand up for the Indian underdogs. One of the most powerful scenes in the film was when two of the GRFWRU¶VIULHQGVEULQJZRUGWRKLPLQMDLOWKDWWKHIDPRXVODZ\HULVZLOOLQJWRGHIHQGWKHGRFWRU- and then, as if it were MXVWWRRJRRGWREHWUXHWKH\VD\³$QGKH¶VQRWHYHQJRLQJWRFKDUJHDIHH´ Now, the doctor has a lawyer. He HAS a lawyer. The lawyer is going to do his thing for the doctor. All his reputation; all his eloquence; all his skill is now going to be used to save the doctor. Now, how did the doctor come to HAVE WKLVJUHDWODZ\HU"+H¶GQHYHUPHWKLPEHIRUH+HKDGQRPRQH\WR SD\ KLP+HZDV IDU DZD\ IURP KLP LQDGLIIHUHQW FLW\ $QG\HW QRZ KH FRXOGVD\ WR DOO KLV HQHPLHV ³, HAVE a ODZ\HU´+RZGLG he come to have the best attorney in India? It starts with the motivation of the lawyer. This lawyer has two goals: the liberation of India from the British; and the glorification of his own legal skills. When the camera picks him up in a tumultuous courtURRPVFHQHKH¶V VLWWLQJWKHUHDWKLVWDEOHXWWHUO\FDOPDVWKRXJKKH¶VLQVRYHUHLJQFRQWURORIWKHVLWXDWLRQ$QGWRVKRZWKDWZKDWKH really loves is the liberation of India and the display of his skills for the helpless doctor, his services are not for sale. He will not be paid. That would call into question what he really loves. And so, how does the doctor come to have this lawyer? The lawyer makes a free offer, and the doctor hears the offer and accepts it. He trusts that the lawyer means it, and he believes the lawyer can do it. He HAS the lawyer because he TRUSTS the lawyer. And just so it is with the Son of God! He has two goals: the liberation of His people from sin and death, and the glorification of His own powers. That is the origin of salvation. That is the source of eternal life. And to show that ZKDW+HORYHVLVWKHOLEHUDWLRQRI+LVSHRSOHDQGWKHPDJQLILFDWLRQRI+LVSRZHU+LVVHUYLFHVDUHQ¶WIRUVDOH+HZLOO not be paid. So how do you come to HAVE the Son of God? He makes you a free offer, and you accept His offer - you trust Him. He does His thing for those who trust in Him. Whoever has the Son has life. 2IFRXUVHWKHUHDUHDWOHDVWWKUHH ZD\VWKDWWKHGRFWRUFRXOG¶YHUHMHFWHGWKHODZ\HUDQGWKDt you can UHMHFWWKH6RQRI*RG

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