HARTFORD HUNDRED WEST
Bayford, Brickendon, Essendon, Little Berkhamsted & Ponsbourne.
THE PARISH MAGAZINE
May Free 2020
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DIOCESE OF ST. ALBANS
The Bishop of St Albans: The Rt. Revd. Dr. Alan Smith The Bishop of Hertford: The Rt Revd Dr Michael Beasley Archdeacon: The Venerable Janet Mackenzie . Rural Dean: The Revd. Canon Jo Loveridge, Assistant Rural Dean: The Revd. Mark Dunstan
THE PARISHES OF BAYFORD & BRICKENDON, LITTLE BERKHAMSTED, ESSENDON & WOODHlLL, PONSBOURNE:
RECTOR: Rev’d Theresa Musiwacho, Hartford Hundred Rectory, 1 Little Berkhamsted Lane, Little Berkhamsted, SG13 8LU. Telephone: 01707 875940 email - [email protected]
Communion to the sick, Notice of Banns and of Marriage by arrangement with the Minister. Please advise us of any cases of sickness so that prayers may be offered or where they may be of any assistance.
ST ANDREW'’S - LITTLE BERKHAMSTED ST MARY THE VIRGIN - ESSENDON & WOODHILL CHURCHWARDEN Sandie Ash, Hall Cottage, 7 Church Road, CHURCHWARDENS Little Berkhamsted, SG13 8LY 01707 875221 Mrs A Mitcheson, Farmleigh, Berkhamsted PCC SECRETARY Lane, Essendon, AL9 6JS 01707 658057 Ian Bailey, Tower House, Stockings Lane, Little Mr P Wombwell, 27 Rectory Close, Essendon, Berkhamsted. SG13 8LW 01707 875791 AL9 6HG 01707 273729 TREASURER
Mr C Nunn, Trewinnard House, Little PCC SECRETARY Berkhamsted, SG13 8LS 01707 874299 Mrs J Thomson, Adelaide Cottage, 8 High ORGANIST Road, Essendon, AL9 6HW 01707 271626
ST MARY - BAYFORD and HOLY CROSS & TREASURER ST ALBAN – BRICKENDON Mr D Mitchell, Essenwell Cottage, Cucumber Lane, Essendon, AL9 6JB 01707 659243 CHURCHWARDENS ORGANIST Mr G Gay, Blackbird Cottage, 6 Wormley West, End, Broxbourne, Herts, EN10 7QN ST MARY - PONSBOURNE 01992 465304 CHURCHWARDEN Mr C Taylor, Baybury House,41 Ashendene Mr T M Sutcliffe, School Cottages, Newgate Road, Bayford, Hertford, SG13 8PX Street, SG13 8RA 01707 874388
01992 511041 PCC SECRETARY PCC SECRETARY Bradley Morgan Swallowfields Farm, Epping Mrs S Maniez. 11a Ashendene Road, Bayford, Green, SG13 8NB 07427 623643 SG13 8PX, 01992 511542
TREASURER TREASURER Marcello Delfino 39 Newgate Street Village, Mrs E Gay, Blackbird Cottage, 6 Wormley Hertford SG13 8RA 07595 219389 West End, Broxboume, EN10 7QN 01992 465304 ORGANIST Mr P Minchinton, 14 Byfield, Welwyn Garden ORGANIST City, AL8 7AL 01707 323742 Mrs V Haryott, Wellpond Cottage, Brickendon, SG13 8NU 01992 511575 PARISH MAGAZINE EDITOR Dr M E Wainwright. 12 Church Road, Little Berkhamsted, SG13 8LY. 01707 875970
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Most countries worldwide are requirement for worship is that it is D being shaken by the current done in ‘spirit and in truth’. Coronavirus covid-19 outbreak. The Agreeably, it has been a testing time. world has gone into a state of fear due Yet, in times of uncertainty, God still to the rise in uncertainty. Besides speaks. On Maundy Thursday Chrism practical help being offered to Service, the Bishop of Hertford, the Rt. communities, Christians are reaching Revd. Dr. Michael Beasley, talked out to God. This is being done both about listening. In the world we live, individually and corporately in prayer we sometimes become so busy that and worship, with the help of modern we hardly take a moment to pause technology. We are truly thankful for and re-evaluate. A parishioner from the different ways of worshipping one of the Churches I look after made together that have been devised. a remarkable comment one day As a Church in Hartford Hundred during our conversation over the Group, we miss worshipping in our phone, “..we are going to come out of beautiful buildings. However, an this differently”. I pondered over the alternative perspective to the despair words for days. I found them to be can be considered: the absence of the profound and true. Across the world, physical Church (its literal emptiness) nations are taking drastic measures is a sign of God’s ability to meet us e.g. suspending sports, schools closing, regardless of our locations. I am banning of mass gatherings etc. This is reminded of the Samaritan woman giving us a chance to stop, for some of who met Jesus at a Well, described in us to be with our families, rest, listen the gospel of John chapter 4 verses and reflect. 21;23-24. In the course of their May I take this opportunity to conversation, Jesus said to her: encourage individuals, families, the “21Woman, believe me, the hour is isolated, those unwell, the anxious, the coming when you will worship the bereaved and all to remain hopeful Father neither on this mountain nor in and comforted. The Bishop of St. Jerusalem… 23 But the hour is Albans, the Rt Revd Dr Alan, gave a coming, and is now here, when the talk on the Second Sunday of Easter true worshipers will worship the reminding us of the peace the risen Father in spirit and truth, for the Christ left us. How the disciples had Father seeks such as these to worship locked themselves in a room, out of him. 24 God is spirit, and those who fear of the Jews succeeding the worship him must worship in spirit crucifixion of our Lord (recounted in and truth.” John 20: 19). Nevertheless, our risen Jesus’ words to the Samaritan woman Jesus Christ entered the room to be cause us to stop and think. He reveals with them. So, we may seem to be that the Church will continue to be the alone in this time of isolation but, may Church whether gathered in one we remain hopeful and comforted - location or dispersed. Wherever we his presence and peace is with us.
3 I am touched by how the Church, the May we continue to seek the face of community members in Hartford God to know his will, pray for our Hundred Group, are looking after one leaders, key workers and each other, another. May I encourage the practice care for each other knowing full well to continue. We are going to come out that God is with us. of this challenging period by God’s grace. Reverend Theresa Musiwacho
From the Editor. This is a very different magazine from those at the beginning of the year. There are quite a few gaps due to most of the regular items being irrelevant, but there are also quite a few new items, and they are in full colour! Feedback on this and April’s magazine has been zero. Please let me have any articles, however whimsical. I have left some items in place which are obviously cancelled, just as place holders for when normality returns. Best wishes. Mike
MAY CALENDAR
Sunday 3rd May 4th Sunday of Easter Acts Ch2, v42-end John Ch10, v1-10
Sunday 10th May 5th Sunday of Easter Acts Ch7, v55-end John Ch14, v1-14
Sunday 17th May 6th Sunday of Easter Acts Ch17, v22-31 John Ch14, v15-21 Thursday 21st May Ascension Day
Sunday 24th May 7th Sunday of Easter (Sunday after Ascension Day) Acts Ch1, v6-14 John Ch17, v1-11
Sunday 31st May Pentecost (Whit Sunday) 31st May Acts Ch2, v1-21 John Ch20, v19-23
These readings have been chosen by Revd Theresa. (see p 6).
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for full details of telephone and Zoom services 4 Pentecost.
The Day of Pentecost marks fifty days since Easter Day and brings the Easter season to an end. It is a major feast of the Church’s year when Christians recall how God’s Holy Spirit was given to the disciples after Jesus’s ascension, empowering them to begin the work of making disciples of all nations.
Pentecost (which comes from the Greek word for ‘fiftieth’) has its roots in the Jewish Feast of Weeks. Jesus had promised his followers that, although they would not see him after his Ascension, they would receive the Holy Spirit to guide and inspire them.
The Acts of the Apostles describes how the crowds gathered in Jerusalem – representing many nationalities and speaking many languages – were able to hear the disciples preaching in their own language. 'When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.' Acts 2, Chapter 2, V1-2
The colour most often associated with Pentecost is red, representing the tongues of fire which the Acts of the Apostles describes appearing above the heads of the disciples as a sign that they had received the Holy Spirit.
With its focus on God’s Spirit being poured out on believers, Pentecost is one of the most popular days for baptisms and confirmations in the Church’s year.
Pentecost is also referred to as Whit Sunday (or Whitsun), especially in the north west, where traditional parades called Whit Walks take place, often featuring brass bands. Traditionally the next day, Whit Monday, was also a public holiday (however since 1971 fixed by statute on the last Monday in May).
Many churches set aside the ten days between Ascension (since the late fourth century, on the fortieth day of Easter the Church celebrates Christ's ascension to heaven, this marks the end of his earthly ministry) and Pentecost as a special time of prayer for the gift of the Holy Spirit. Thy Kingdom Come – the global wave of prayer established in 2016 following an invitation from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York – has seen millions of Christians across denominations and across the world joining together to pray for more people to come to know Jesus.
5 Sunday 3rd May, 4th Sunday of Easter Acts 2:42-47
2:42 They devoted themselves to the Apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 2:43 Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. 2:44 All who believed were together and had all things in common; 2:45 they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. 2:46 Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, 2:47 praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
John 10:1-10
10:1 Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. 10:2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 10:3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 10:4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 10:5 They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers." 10:6 Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. 10:7 So again Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 10:8 All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them. 10:9 I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly."
PARISH REGISTER
Deaths
25th March 2020 Mary Cecilia Rochford Lt. Berkhamsted (Aged 92)
6 Sunday 10th May, 5th Sunday of Easter
Acts 7:55-60 7:55 But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 7:56 "Look," he said, "I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!" 7:57 But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all rushed together against him. 7:58 Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him; and the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. 7:59 While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." 7:60 Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he died.
John 14:1-14 14:1 "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. 14:2 In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. 14:4 And you know the way to the place where I am going." 14:5 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?" 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 14:7 If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him." 14:8 Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied." 14:9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if you do not, then believe me because of the works themselves. 14:12 Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. 14:13 I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14:14 If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.
7 Sunday 17th May, 6th Sunday of Easter
Acts 17:22-31 17:22 Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, "Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way. 17:23 For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, 'To an unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 17:24 The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands, 17:25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things. 17:26 From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live, 17:27 so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find him--though indeed he is not far from each one of us. 17:28 For 'In him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring.' 17:29 Since we are God's offspring, we ought not to think that the deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals. 17:30 While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 17:31 because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead."
John 14:15-21 14:15 "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. 14:17 This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you. 14:18 "I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. 14:19 In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live. 14:20 On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 14:21 They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them."
8 Sunday 24th May, 7th Sunday of Easter Acts 1:6-14 1:6 So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?" 1:7 He replied, "It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." 1:9 When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 1:10 While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. 1:11 They said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven." 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey away. 1:13 When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying, Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. 1:14 All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers.
John 17:1-11 17:1 After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, 17:2 since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 17:4 I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do. 17:5 So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed. 17:6 "I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 17:7 Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; 17:8 for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. 17:9 I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. 17:10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. 9 17:11 And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one.
10 Sunday 31stMay, Pentecost (Whit Sunday) Acts 2:1-21 2:1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2:2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 2:3 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 2:4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. 2:5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. 2:6 And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. 2:7 Amazed and astonished, they asked, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 2:8 And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? 2:9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 2:10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 2:11 Cretans and Arabs--in our own languages we hear them speaking about God's deeds of power." 2:12 All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?" 2:13 But others sneered and said, "They are filled with new wine." 2:14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. 2:15 Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning. 2:16 No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: 2:17 'In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. 2:18 Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. 2:19 And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. 2:20 The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord's great and glorious day. 2:21 Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'
John 20:19-23 20:19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus 11 came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." 20:20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 20:21 Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." 20:22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 20:23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
Prayer Share
Almighty Father, who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples with the sight of the risen Lord: give us such knowledge of his presence with us, that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life and serve you continually in righteousness and truth; through Jesus Christ, your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
12 Church Bulletins! These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced at church services:
The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be recycled Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the Water. 'The sermon tonight: 'Searching for Jesus.'
Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.
Miss Charlene Mason sang 'I will not pass this way again,' giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.
For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.
Next Thursday there will be try-outs for the choir. They need all the help they can get.
Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24th in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.
The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.
This evening at 7 pm there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM . Please use the back door.
The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.
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Delivery Service now available throughout the Local Villages HOURS:- Mon-Fri. 7am-7pm. Sat. 7.00 am-6pm. Sun 8am-4pm 01707 878731
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We are providing a Take Out service Take away and delivery service on our menus during the week and available for food, wines, ales & soft particularly at the weekend, including drinks. Sunday Lunch. We are also able to 01992 511 017 deliver locally to those unable to Check out the menus online at collect this must be pre arranged. farmersboy.pub
We are also thinking about providing Contact-free collection point at the some fresh provisions which can be side of the pub. ordered and packaged for collection. This will include fresh veg and eggs, Both our collection service and our bread, milk etc. Anyone wishing to online delivery service will operate express an interest in this service can the following hours: call the Baker Arms on Monday & Tuesday – closed 01992 511235 Wednesday to Saturday 5pm-9pm for pricing and availability. Sunday 12noon-6pm
All enquiries to Kevin or Deborah on 01992 511235. 14 Hartford Hundred Group Food Banks Wood Yard At Revd Theresa’s request, a food is still open and safely delivering half bank have been set up in all the loads while maintaining distancing villages. This consists simply of a box requirements. No full loads until June located in a convenient place. At Little when people will want to stock up for B. it is in the church porch and at next year and a few days notice would Bayford outside the Memorial Hall, be very helpful as we are chopping to and at Essendon in the South Porch. order. Please draw this to the attention of There are still loads of logs available, anyone who you think might benefit. just call me on 01707 261 258 and Also, if you have any suitable items leave a message, I'll call you back. please leave them in the box.
A half load (3/4's of a cubic meter) remains at £70, and all proceeds still go in total, to your local church. Colin.
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7 A Visit to Eyam The epidemiology of bubonic plague, involves fleas and rats; both must be Eyam, often known as ‘The Plague present to establish the epidemic. The Village’ has been mentioned in plague enters the human body via flea bites. newspapers recently. It is famous for the self sacrifice of the villagers. In The church weathervane refers to 1665 the Black Death came to the this. village, carried in on some cloth containing infected fleas, ordered from London by the tailor. The villagers decided, under the leadership of William Mompesson, the Vicar, and Thomas Stanley the previous vicar, to isolate themselves.
Sue and I grew up in Sheffield. We lived on the southern side. Over the Characteristic ‘buboes’, red circles on the skin, develop. Hence the rhyme ‘Ring a ring o’ roses’.
Although the villages were isolated from the rest of England, they were in daily contact with their families and neighbours.
years Sheffield had expanded to swallow up parts of Derbyshire. So places like Chatsworth, Bakewell and Hathersage were only half an hour’s drive away. Also nearby was the village of Eyam (pronounced Eem).
When we were young you couldn’t visit the Eyam Hall, just stroll around looking at the cottages and Church. Later the National Trust managed the Manor House, but recently the family have taken it back.
17 George Viccars, the tailor’s assistant, was the first to die. The church windows tell the story.
They show George opening the bale of cloth and then on his death bed surrounded by his family.
The villages were brought food, which was left outside the village. The money on payment was left in holes in rocks filled with vinegar.
By 1st November 1666 the disease was gone. 260 people had died. Mompesson’s wife Catherine was one of the victims. She is buried in the churchyard. MW
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19 Wild Flower Walks..
One benefit of the lockdown is that we have been walking round the nearby footpaths more regularly. The wild flowers along the verges have been particularly good this year.
Here are some pictures.
We have not been able to travel to see the bluebell wood near Marden Hill this year, but along Little B. Lane there are a few.
Dandelions are annoying when they appear in the garden, and difficult to dig out. But in the wild look wonderful.
I think this is called Dead Nettle..
20 I am not sure what this is but it is very attractive.
Celandine is also makes a lovely display.
Speedwells have tiny blue flowers with a little ‘pupil’ that reminds people of ‘cat’s eyes’. Their scientific name, Veronica, commemorates the saint who wiped the face of Christ on his way to Calvary.
Apparently ‘germander’ can also mean ‘ground-oak’ as this speedwell has toothed leaves which are vaguely oak-like. Its cheerful flowers grow by the wayside – a harbinger of Spring. MW
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Isabel Hospice Launches Fighting Fund Appeal
Local life-limited patients, their families and the frontline Isabel Hospice staff who care for them – all urgently need your help.
Local charity, Isabel Hospice asking for financial support from their local community due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their income, and have launched a Fighting Fund appeal to try and bridge that gap, so they can continue to care for local people.
The charity, which provides end-of-life care across eastern Hertfordshire has been forced to cancel fundraising activity and temporarily shut their 18 shops and eBay store. Isabel Hospice relies heavily on these sources of income to provide specialist care both in patients’ own homes as well as at their In-Patient Unit. They are currently caring for Covid-19 patients and have opened up their bereavement support service to families who have suffered a loss due to the coronavirus. The Hospice has also opened up a helpline for staff in care homes to support them as they care for vulnerable people in the community. www.isabelhospice.org.uk/fightingfund or ring 01707 382500
23 All in the month of MAY
It has been:
20 years since Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia 40 years since Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage 45 years since the birth of David Beckham, English footballer 45 years since Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan 65 years since eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defence treaty called the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War 75 years since the fall of Berlin during World War II and the end of the war in Europe, now known as VE Day 80 years since the Battle of Dunkirk – In France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France 90 years since the 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public 100 years since the birth of Pope John Paul II (d. 2005) 180 years since the Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is is- sued in the United Kingdom 201 years since the birth of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901) 345 years since the King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory 356 years since Louis XIV of France inaugurates the Palace of Versailles 409 years since King James Bible is published for the first time in London, Eng- land, by printer Robert Barker 589 years since in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. Because of this the Catholic Church remem- ber this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc 805 years since Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta
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To read the minutes and agendas just We are providing a Take Out service Google ‘Bayford Parish Council’ and on our menus during the week and follow the link to ‘Minutes’. particularly at the weekend, including Sunday Lunch. We are also able to Until further notice all deliver locally to those unable to collect this must be pre arranged. Meetings of the Parish Council are cancelled. We are also thinking about providing some fresh provisions which can be Please see the web site for ordered and packaged for collection. information. The ‘minutes’ of any This will include fresh veg and eggs, virtual meetings will appear on the bread, milk etc. Anyone wishing to web site as usual. express an interest in this service can call the Baker Arms on 01992 511235
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Brickendon Parish Council Petanque Boules Club Meetings 2019 (playing at the Farmers Boy) Meetings are held in the Fanshaws
After a successful summer season the Room at 7.30pm and all parishioners club will continue to meet throughout are welcome to attend and to raise any the Autumn and Winter, at the issues of concern. Agendas are posted following times: on Noticeboards at least 3 days before Tuesdays 5.30pm – 7pm (floodlit) the meeting.
Thursdays 10am – 12 noon Meetings: Sundays 10am – 12noon 28th May,
Annual subscription, if you decide to 23rd July, join the club, is £5. Contribution to 24th September, club funds per meeting 50p 26th November.
Parish Clerk: Laura Brooks-Payne Further information from Janet Brickendon Liberty Parish Council 511515 PO BOX 81, Knebworth, SG3 6YZ
Email [email protected] Mobile 07803 906291
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FLOWERS CLEANING
Make a note of these 2020 dates:
Friday 19th June – Midsummer Party on Brickendon Green 6.30pm
Sunday 6th September – Parish Fete
Village Green Parking: The Parish Council thanks those who have responded positively to our request to In The Gutter observe the Village Green parking restrictions, in particular alongside Pembridge Lane. There remain, Gutter Cleaning & Repairs however, some who have not and we Blocked Gutters,
would remind them that it is important that we retain this area of green space for everybody to enjoy. 07891 967217
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For access you need either to ring 999 or get the access code from the Farmer’s Boy (during opening hours)
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The fee is £5 per court, per hour, for Port Vale | Hertford SG14 3AA everyone. Under 16 www.courtyardarts.org.uk year olds living in the parish can play free of charge if they have a permit. To obtain a Dates for 2020 permit phone 01992 511551. Whist Drive: 1.30pm start in The rd Brenda Lambie Fanshaws Room, 3 Thursday every month. New players welcome.
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BROWNIES, CUBS, BEAVERS AND SCOUTS
Beaver Colony - Thursday 5.30pm - 6.45pm Cub Pack - Thursday 7.00pm - 8.30pm Scout Troop - Monday 8.00pm—9:30pm 1st Birch Green Brownies - Monday 6.30pm - 7.45pm
Meetings are held at Cowper Hall, Hertingfordbury Cowper Junior School, Birch Green, SG14 2LR
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33 Essendon Essendon, Woodhill, Wild Hill & Woodside St. Mary the Virgin
Church Flowers
Family Service, 10th May, 11am.
Sunday Club. FOOD BANK.
Our Sunday Club is held in St Mary’s We have been reminding ourselves at Church Room, Essendon every Sunday St Mary’s Church, especially during from 9.30am – 10.30am in term time, winter, of the challenges faced by (except on the 2nd Sunday, when there many in our area. is the Family Service). It is open to all We take our Food Bank hamper to the children from our parishes and altar with the collection for blessing at outside! the monthly Family Service. It is then If you would like to know more please taken by a churchwarden to the Food contact me or just pop along and see Bank in Hertford. what we are all about! There is a container in the church Pauline Alleyne 01707 261346 porch where donations can be left. There is a list of suggested food on the Essendon Parish Council container.
Meetings are held in Essendon Village Hall on Mondays at 7pm. All Welcome.
Meetings:
Meeting Agendas/Minutes available on the website www.essendonpc.org.uk email: [email protected] or tel: 07535803529 for advice.
34 Essendon
Essendon Women's Institute Essendon WI meets on the third Wednesday of each month 7.45pm for 8.00pm,
We always welcome visitors and new members to our meetings - the next meeting is:
At our February meeting, Jeff Lewis from the Alban Way Heritage Society.
Smallford Station was opened in 1865 when the line was opened and operated by the Great Northern Railway – in 1939 the station was closed for passengers for 3 months and then reopened for wartime service but in 1951 the station and the branch was closed to passengers and then in 1968 closed for goods traffic – in 1999 the station building was given Grade 11 listing by English Heritage Essendon Tennis Club 2020 and in 2012 a group of volunteers started the ‘Bringing the History of The Essendon Tennis Court is an Smallford Station to life’ projects. amazing asset to the village. It is sheltered and well-maintained and has Monies have been allocated from the a soft playing surface. Heritage Lottery fund for a local community project and a huge amount Essendon’s Tennis Club is open to all. of work has been completed on the Membership entitles players to access branch line which is now a cycle and the court, with no booking required. walking path – the station is owned by Subscriptions are now due. a building company and it is not Family membership £30 possible to venture inside but a huge Individual membership £20 amount of work has taken place on the Junior membership £10 platform to give it the feeling of how it Non-members pay £5 per hour when was when it was open to passengers using the court.
Contact Ruth McAdam on 01707 261321 for more details.
35 Easter Garden.
A delightful Easter Garden was constructed at St Mary’s Essendon.
36 Gardening in May 2020
The weather in May can be so variable – like winter one day and then very warm the next. It is also a very busy month for gardeners and it is difficult to know which job to start first! Whatever the weather, the days are much longer, full of light and, usually, warm sunshine and there is growth and blossom everywhere. The problem is deciding where to start!
Prune the Spring-flowering shrubs such as weigela and hardy fuchsias and tidy up your hedges. Sow your outdoor vegetables such as French and runner beans, spinach and cauliflowers, salad and peas. Indoors, sow courgettes pumpkins and marrows. Your dahlia tubers, which have been sprouting, can be carefully put in place but you do need to watch out for late frosts and be careful not to rush cuttings taken from them – the same with your summer bedding plants. Mow your lawns regularly but, if there is a dry period, don’t cut too low.
For clematis growers it is a busy time, the growths are tender and need guiding carefully to start with and gently tying them in with soft string is a great help for a lovely later display. The seedlings in the greenhouse will be growing strongly now so be bold and pinch out the tip above a good set of leaves lower down - new side shoots will grow and you will have much bushier plants. Sadly this year there will be no Chelsea Flower Show but this is the month for the ‘Chelsea Chop’. This means cutting back some stems of border favourites such as rudbeckias sedums and heleniums so that overall flowering lasts much longer. Keep deadheading and collect up the trimmings so they don’t rot in the flower beds. Look after your lupins and cut off the spent flower spikes at the base to encourage more to form. Many of us have large pots of summer plants, keep them well watered and give them a feed of tomato feed every couple of weeks. Whatever you do, make sure you find time to enjoy all your hard work! Remember where you last had the secateurs! I am always losing mine.
Germander Speedwell
Essendon CE Primary School
The Happy Apple Play Essendon Carpet Bowls and Stay Group Bowls has been running for 30 years. Every Tuesday 8pm to 10pm in the meets every Thursday in term time in Village Hall. £1 per week, including the School Hall. 9:30—11am. Price £1 tea and biscuits. Keith - Angela per session. 01707 261209 Enquiries 01707 273445. 37 How the Virus Stole Easter By Kristi Bothur had changed. With a nod to Dr. Seuss ?? The virus still menaced, the people, estranged. Twas late in ‘19 when the virus began Bringing chaos and fear to all people, “Pooh pooh to the saints,” the world each land. was grumbling.
People were sick, hospitals full, “They’re finding out now that no Easter is coming. Doctors overwhelmed, no one in school. “They’re just waking up! We know just
As winter gave way to the promise of what they’ll do! spring, Their mouths will hang open a minute The virus raged on, touching peasant or two, and king. And then all the saints will all cry boo- hoo. People hid in their homes from the enemy unseen. “That noise,” said the world, “will be They YouTubed and Zoomed, social- something to hear.” distanced, and cleaned. So it paused and the world put a hand to its ear. April approached and churches were closed. And it did hear a sound coming “There won’t be an Easter,” the world through all the skies. supposed. It started down low, then it started to rise. “There won’t be church services, and egg hunts are out. But the sound wasn’t depressed. No reason for new dresses when we Why, this sound was triumphant! can’t go about.” It couldn’t be so! But it grew with abundance! Holy Week started, as bleak as the rest. The world stared around, popping its The world was focused on masks and eyes. on tests. Then it shook! What it saw was a shocking surprise! “Easter can’t happen this year,” it proclaimed. Every saint in every nation, the tall “Online and at home, it just won’t be and the small, Was celebrating Jesus in spite of it all! the same.”
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, the It hadn’t stopped Easter from coming! days came and went. It came! The virus pressed on; it just would not Somehow or other, it came just the same! relent.
The world woke Sunday and nothing And the world with its life quite stuck
38 in quarantine The churches are empty - but so is the Stood puzzling and puzzling. tomb, “Just how can it be?” And Jesus is victor over death, doom, and gloom. “It came without bonnets, it came without bunnies, So this year at Easter, let this be our It came without egg hunts, cantatas, or prayer, money.” As the virus still rages all around, everywhere. Then the world thought of something it hadn’t before. May the world see hope when it looks “Maybe Easter,” it thought, “doesn’t at God’s people. come from a store. May the world see the church is not a Maybe Easter, perhaps, means a little building or steeple. bit more.” May the world find Faith in Jesus’
And what happened then? death and resurrection, Well....the story’s not done. May the world find Joy in a time of What will YOU do? dejection. Will you share with that one May 2020 be known as the year of Or two or more people needing hope in survival, this night? But not only that - Will you share the source of your life in Let it start a revival. this fight?
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We offer the full range of services you would expect from your veterinary surgery but carry out many services in the comfort of your own home in order to reduce the stress to your pets. We can perform medical consultations, vaccinations, pet passports and ultrasound in the home environment, but we also have a fully equipped practice in Newgate Street where we perform surgical procedures, dentistry and in- patient care. Our vet is Dr Mike Groombridge BSc (Hons) BVetMed (Hons) MRCVS. He qualified from the Royal Veterinary College before working in practices in Hertfordshire and North London. Mike lives on-site and can therefore provide 24hr care for your animals if they are taken ill. If you would like to speak to Mike or one of the team to find out more or register your pets then please get in touch.
Tel: 07477 873891 Email: [email protected] Website: www.threebearsvets.co.uk
JKA Shotokan Karate. Ideal for self defence, fitness, flexibility and discipline. Bayford Village Hall. SG13 8PX. Minimum age 8 years. Monday and Thursday evenings. 6pm to 7pm beginners, 7pm to 8pm advanced. [email protected] www.bayfordkarate.com
41 Little Berkhamsted Little Berkhamsted, Howe Green & Epping Green St. Andrew
Church Cleaning
Work on the cricket pavilion has start. A new membrane has been laid over the roof and the workers have started to lay the roof tiles
The results of the Litter Pick.
42 Little Berkhamsted Friends of St Andrew’s Church
SPICK & SPAN We are looking for extra help to keep our beautiful church looking good. If you have any spare time to help with cleaning or general help with odd jobs A new ‘dog in and around our church it would be poo bin’ has brilliant! Contact; Sandie Ash 01707 been erected 875221 in the Glebe Field. Please use it! MONDAY—FRIDAY, Daytime Table Tennis. The hall is now open during
the day. Book on 01707 875221
SATURDAYS Master Art Classes Top-To-Toe Cleaners 10am to 4pm, Contact Angie 01707 872554 or Joan 01707 874086 For a really good clean by people you can trust. We’ll leave your bathroom sparkling and your furniture shining. Food Bank
We already clean homes in your If you would like to donate to our food neighbourhood. bank it’s just inside our church. The
References provided. church is opened every day 10am – 5pm - later in the summer. Tel Cathy: 01992 462644 Mob: 07930 482646 All food is sent to our local food bank in Hertford. Thank you.
St Andrew’s Church. Theft of Lead Sadly I have to report that after the 11am service on Sunday 8th March I saw that the roof lead above the new toilet extension had been stolen. It was done either early Saturday or Sunday morning. Anthony Barrett brought a ladder and inspected the damage. He then covered the area. But that was not the end. When Chris came to open the church the next day the vestry was in an inch or so of water. Chris N and Chris H cleaned up. Anthony B came back to see where the water was coming from. It seems the guttering was damaged and water was coming from the ceiling on to the organ! Our Hero Anthony B then spent most of the day sorting it out. We cannot thank you enough Anthony for all the work you have done in the last few days to protect the Church following the theft and vandalism. You are really going above and beyond what can reasonably be expected and we are enormously grateful to you. I also so would like to thank Chris N, Chris H and Simon H. Sandie Ash. Churchwarden
43 Little Berkhamsted Parish Council
Unfortunately, because of the lockdown we are having to postpone the Annual Parish Meeting for Little Berkhamsted, Epping Green and Howe Green that was planned for 13th May. This meeting will be rescheduled as soon as possible.
Despite the current situation the parish council are continuing to work hard on your behalf.
The Cricket Pavilion Following a competitive procurement process the PC has awarded contracts to two companies to work on the cricket pavilion’s roof and internal refurbish- ment. We would like to thank local architect, Joe Williams for his professional advice and support with this. The work on the roof may have already been start- ed (and finished) by the time of publication. Please keep a safe distance from the building and workers during works. There will be an opportunity for villagers to look at the finished result – eventually!
In order to help with the costs of the pavilion work we have applied to East Herts Council for a grant under their Health and Wellbeing scheme. If granted, the money will be spent on refurbishing the communal areas of the pavilion so that the building can be used by the entire community for a range of different activities.
Please consider supporting the village fundraising effort for the refurbishment of the cricket and community pavilion by buying a ticket in the East Herts Lot- tery. For just £1 a week you can be in with a chance of winning up to £25,000. Your support is much appreciated. www.easthertslottery.co.uk
Covid - 19 We would like to thank all those residents who kindly volunteered to help out any neighbours needing practical help during self-isolation. Please do not hesi- tate to contact us, via the website www.littleberkhamsted.org.uk or by call or text to Penny Stokes 07956 312168 or Sandie Ash 07941 496978 and we will make the necessary arrangements. With so many local shops shut during this pandemic, we are very fortunate that our beloved village store has risen above the parapets and stayed open whilst observing strict safety practices. On behalf of the whole village we would like to thank Nicky and Peter Clarke and their team for keeping the shop open and of- fering additional services to those who are in need. This is a serious and challenging time for all of us. Please continue to follow gov- ernment advice and guidelines and we will get through this.
All the best LBPC.
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VILLAGE Table Tennis: Tuesday evenings 7.30 - 9.30pm in the Village Hall. £1 pay COFFEE MORNING and play
First Monday Tennis - Wednesday mornings 9.30- 10 am until 12 noon 10.30am Village Courts. Contact 07710 507215 Come and enjoy Coffee, Tea and Biscuits Book Swap - Pre read books to buy £1 and a chat with neighbours or swap 50p, in the Village Hall Post Office Tuesday & Thursday mornings.
Village Chat - WhatsApp group for people living in the village. To join the group contact 07710 507215
Village Pub Social - 8pm the second Friday of every month in either The Crown or The Coach & Horses Pubs, VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS come along to meet friends and make new ones. See Village Chat Whatsapp All bookings can now be made group or Village website for details. through the Village website Post Office. www.newgatestreet.org/ A small Post Office is open on Tuesday Follow the link to Hall Rental and and Thursday mornings in the village Book the Hall . hall.
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YOGA
Whether you are a beginner or already enjoying the benefits of yoga, come and join us for a relaxed and friendly class to develop strength, flexibility and balance of the body, and provide an opportunity to reconnect with the mind.
Thursday 9.30 am - yoga (open to all) - Little Berkhamsted Village Hall Monday 7.30 pm - yoga (open to all) - Brookmans Park Golf Club (open to non-members)
I am also available for 1 to 1 sessions for a bespoke class to suit your individual requirements – sessions can be tailored to include yoga, relaxation and meditation.
Please visit YOGASAL.COM or call Sally on 07799 314412
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Dog Lovers Wanted! Would you like the company of a dog, but can’t commit to full time ownership? If you’re at home during the day, have a secure garden, and no dog of your own (or one friendly dog), you could join us as a carer and earn some additional income, looking after dogs in your home while their owners are away. Previous experience of dog ownership required.
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Why not consider Brickendon Church, where complete wedding packages are available, on a simple or grand scale. Contact us on: 01992 465304
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Tranquil private studio in Bayford offering 121 or 221 bespoke lessons to strengthen, stretch and align the body for beginners to experienced. JUST FEET Foot Health.
Small group mat session also available Nail cutting, Corns, Verrucas, for 3/4 people so bring your friends! Thickened Nails, Split Heals, Athlete’s Foot, Mat Pilates classes Warts, Hard Skin, Calluses Brickendon village hall Tuesday 9.15am - 10.15am - weekly Mobile Foot Health
For more info or to book your space, Professional contact Sam on 07827 440709 or see me on Facebook and instagram. Deborah McLoughlin, MCFHP MAFHP Tel: 07973 872967
e-mail: [email protected]
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