PARISH NEWS APRIL 2021 the villages of MARTON, SIDDINGTON, EATON, HULME WALFIELD, SWETTENHAM, CAPESTHORNE Looking back as we spring forward Spring has sprung, and as we look forward to the year ahead a copy of Cheshire Life from 1973 reminds us of the characters who figured large in the lives of the villages of what is now the Rural Daneside Benefice, who had become linked to the newly- created Marton School. Leslie Ratcliffe, editor of Cheshire Life in those days wrote of his impressions of people he met and places he visited back then. Turn to page 7 to read more. CONTACTS Vicar: The Revd Ian Arch 01260 224447 <
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[email protected] Readers: Doug Wisener 01260 274062 Diane Wisener 01260 274062 Howard Lawton 07798 828740 Reader Emeritus: Raymond Rush Churchwardens, Marton Barrie Nolan 01260 224076 Becky Barrow 01260 280170 Churchwardens, Siddington: Janet Billington 01260 224283 Kate Hipkins 01625 618889 Churchwarden, Eaton: Lynn McHugh 07881 935306 Deputy Churchwardens: Rebecca Ellston 01260 278952 (Hulme Walfield) David Morris 01260 273154 Churchwardens, Swettenham: Geoff Leech 01477 571889 John Gregory 01260 224902 Treasurers: Marton: David Worth 01260 224 466 Siddington: John Smith 01260 224790 Eaton with Hulme Walfield: Paul Hibbert 01260 278850 Swettenham: Geoff Leech 01477 571889 Magazine: Editors: Annabelle Birtles-Brown <
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[email protected]> m Hard copy may be posted to the Vicarage. Copy for the May magazine should be received by Friday 16th April. 2 KEEPING IN TOUCH The quickest way to find out what’s going on locally is to install the Rural Daneside Churches app on your smart phone, if you have one.