A Message from Huw Money Matters It Should Come As No Surprise to Anyone Reading This If I Say That We, As a Benefice, Are in a Financial Mess

A message from Huw Money Matters It should come as no surprise to anyone reading this if I say that we, as a Benefice, are in a financial mess. Last year, for St Mary’s and St Martin’s, our Income was £84,000 but our Expenditure was £100,000. St Peter’s was in a slightly better position - £68,000 and £74,000 – but there is no room for complacency there either. In fact one outside analyst recently concluded that, if we sat back and did nothing, the Benefice could be bankrupt by 2020. The good news is that no one has any intention of letting that happen. Back in March all three churches ran a Stewardship Campaign, where many people responded generously, either through one off gifts or by increasing their weekly giving. Each church has been holding fundraising events, such as the collection of old clothes back in the spring. St Mary’s recently held a Family Fun Day which was a great success. All sorts of people came along and gave liberally of their money and their hard work, so that just over £1,400 was raised.. In October St Peter’s will be hosting Arts Week, in December St Mary’s will hold its annual Christmas Concert, and St Martin’s are planning a sponsored Hymnathon for next year. People keep coming up with ideas, large and small, of things to do to help and there is an enormous determination to turn this problem around. However, we all need to play our part. If every member on the Electoral Roll increased their giving by £5 a week we would soon be back in surplus – and how many of us spend that amount on treats for ourselves every week? However, God wants our vision to be bigger than the church alone. My vision for this Benefice is for us to reach a point where, instead of worrying about paying our bills, we are discussing which charities we want to support, at home or abroad. We live in a world full of need; God has generously given us all sorts of good things and we are called to follow his example by giving generously to others. I know many of you have particular good causes you support. It may well be that, especially when the news is full of so many natural disasters, your immediate response is, “I can’t give any more to the church right now, because I need to increase my Standing Order to Christian Aid (or Tear Fund, Oxfam, the Red Cross, or so many others)”. In which case, my response is – Fantastic! Give as God is prompting you, and I feel sure that all - 1 - our needs will be met. Those are easy words to write; putting them into action is an exciting challenger for us all. A note from the Editors When a friend mentioned to a local person in church that the Benefice was short of money, this person responded that church parishes are always short of money, and so what?? People like that seem to have an naïve view, somehow expecting our Parish to have a special relationship with the Bank, whereby debts can be wished away, or perhaps prayed away, and that an accumulating imbalance of our books will be miraculously taken care of by God. Try walking on water! For the most part it doesn’t work, however hard we pray, so it’s better to put your hand in your pocket and buy a ticket for the ferry. Many churches have had to close in past years, with declining numbers of parishioners and mounting costs. There is no reason at all why this should be the fate of any of our churches – our parishioners are numerous enough and have a combined income more than sufficient to keep Benefice debts easily at bay – and even to achieve Huw’s goal of supporting charities that we would all like to help together. So please support Huw’s appeal – NOW - and again in the future, as needed!. The problem will not go away. Huw mentions in his article ideas for fund-raising campaigns , big or small - it needs everybody not only to devise those ideas but also help bring them to fruition. (For example see the Table Top sale on page 5). From the Parish Registers The next entries in this department will be published in the November Parish Magazine. In memoriam Shirley Cox The funeral and interment of Shirley Cox took place at St Mary’s church on Friday 15 September, conducted by Revd Huw Mordecai. The church was full, with family and many friends present, and a choir of 14 local singers assisted in a beautiful service with Shirley’s favourite hymns. Five of Shirley’s grandchildren took part in readings that highlighted her devotion to a close family – an adored mother and grandmother. Her long - 2 - service to St Mary’s Choir was also celebrated; her capacity for friendship was remembered by us all. John William Batt-Rawden We have been advised of the death, aged 91, of John William Batt-Rawden, who lived in Winkfield for many year at Yew Trees, Maidens Green, where he and his wife Valerie raised their five children Paul, Linda, Brigid, Mark and David. He was on the Winkfield Parochial Parish Council for many years and was a regular in the congregation at St Mary’s church, Winkfield. But he will perhaps have been best remembered as a teacher at Cranbourne Primary School, where we learn from a past pupil that “Mr Batt-Rawden was an unforgettable teacher, who had a way of grabbing one's attention, with his little anecdotes, before the lesson started”. He was also a leading local beekeeper. Visit www.fosmw.com/parishmag/ to see longer article on web-version of this edition on page 21. Charles Timbrell We are sad to have to announce the death of Charles Timbrell. Bits and Pieces Office opening hours Now Monday-Friday 9:30am – 12noon Contact info Church Office: c/o St Martin’s Church, Church Road, Chavey Down, SL5 8RR Phone: 01344 882933 Website: www.winkfieldandcranbourne.org.uk email: [email protected] If you are arranging an event, please contact Alison Burt in the Church Office, so that it can be noted in the Church diary and mentioned on the website. Alison will endeavour to keep track of activities and timings etc. You may view event details on the website given above. Prayers are held every week at 9:15am on:  Monday at St Peter's  Wednesday at St Mary's  Tuesday at St Martin's  Thursday at St Martin's

- 3 - For further details please contact the church office. All are welcome to attend. Friends of St Mary’s Winkfield contact info The Friends of St Mary’s Winkfield website is www.fosmw.com – see this for Friends’ activities and events. Or contact the Friends at [email protected] Parish Mag on-line The editorial part of the Winkfield Parish News for present and past years (back to 2014) can be accessed at www.fosmw.com/parishmag. Web editions are in colour and may have additional material. Thank you! Peter Smith Thank you to all my friends at St Martins for their prayers, cards, flowers and offers of help that I have received after losing Peter. It has been a great comfort to me in what has been a difficult time. Margaret Smith. Improving St Mary’s church yard - Huw recently received this pleasing letter: It was a nice surprise at St Mary’s church yard. We would like to say thank you so much for all the hard work by the volunteers. We didn’t like to see the church yard so overgrown in previous years, and not being able to find the graves. My father used to say “a little appreciation goes a long way”. Evelyn and John Weare Events, Notices and Dates for your Diaries The deadline for articles etc. for the November Parish Mag is 10 October. Collation day is 27 October. The 3rd page of our magazine is the parish Who’s Who. Please report any changes or corrections needed, as soon as possible, to [email protected] Ranelagh School applications for September 2018 intake Further Ranelagh School Verification Surgeries for September 2018 intake are to be held at the Church Office, by appointment only, from 10am to 12noon on the following dates: - 4 - 1. Wednesday 4 October 2017, 10am – 12noon 2. Saturday 7 October 2017, 10am – 12noon 3. Wednesday 11 October 2017, 10am – 12noon Please email the Church Office(telephone bookings will not be accepted) to book an appointment. If you have any queries or comments, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the Church Office. Email: [email protected] Chavey Down Women’s Institute Our October meeting takes place on Monday 18th in St Martin’s church hall at 7:45pm. Our speaker will be Bob Whelpton on ‘Chocolates Continental’, so do come along where you will be able to sample some of his chocolates! Also in October is the Bailiwick Group meeting on Thursday 5th October in Warfield Park Community Hall at 2pm. New members and visitors are always most welcome so do come along and join us. Janey Bethune-Williams 883854 Cranbourne Amateur Dramatic Society – ‘Men at Arms’ CADS present ‘Men at Arms’ by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Stephen Briggs, on 26, 27, 28 October, at 7:45pm. Tickets cost £9. This will take place at St Peter’s Church Hall, Hatchet Lane, Cranbourne SL4 2EG. Box Office: 01344 886456. Visit the CADS website for more details: www.cadsact.org.uk. The ‘Men at Arms’ colour flyer is on p24 of the Web version of the October parish mag: visit www.fosmw.com/parishmag. Table Top Sale. l will be having a sale of home made cards, tapestries and scarves. on Sunday 22 October after the St Martin’s 9:30 service, in aid of church funds. Adelaide Bunker

- 5 - Royal British Legion Royal British Legion Cranbourne and Winkfield Branch, W.S are holding a Christmas Bazaar on Saturday 11 November commencing at 10am until 1pm in the King Edwards Church Hall, King Edwards Road, North Ascot, SL5 8PD. To book a table please phone 01344 890716. Wendy Sivyer Secretary Music and Merriment Concert This popular annual event will take place on Saturday 2nd December at 7:30pm in St Mary’s church, Winkfield. Anthony Hodson, who has chaired the concert-committee since 2011, said "We start planning very early in the year, as bringing the concert to reality is a major logistical exercise that represents a real team effort by many people, particularly the hard-working concert committee. This is a community concert, serving the community, and using the great talents available to us in the area, but we have to be ahead of the game to be the first to sign up our concert resources, with the date firmly in their diaries! "We build the programme for the concert so as to be certain that everybody who comes, young and old, will have a good time, and will leave with songs in their hearts, knowing that the Christmas season has truly begun. “We are delighted to have the 5T Brass Quintet performing as our core instrumentalists. The organist will be our local organ recitalist Jonathan Holl. Our main choir with be the Benefice Choir, which will be trained and directed by Carl Lister of Cranbourne, and we will have the ever-popular Junior Concert Choir, which I am training and directing myself this year." As ever, we will have local soloists, including highly talented youngsters, as well as audience carols that everybody will enjoy, and there will be much more, particularly the ever-popular mulled wine and mince-pies, supplied very kindly by St Mary’s Women’s Guild. Tickets are available on-line from www.fosmw.com or from Marian Stevens (01344 882918) or Lesley Philpot (01344 427561) or Margaret-Anne Hodson (01344 483347). Tickets cost only £12, or £6 for under-13s. See colour flyer on page 23 of the web version of this mag (www.fosmw.com/parishmag). New members needed for the Junior Concert Choir! At this time we are looking for new children to join the Junior Concert Choir, to supplement members with experience of recent years. Our members are mostly Y4 to Y7, but we can accept children outside these bounds if they - 6 - are keen. No experience with singing in a choir is needed, but enthusiasm for singing with an established group is important, and choir members should, if possible, attend all the rehearsals in preparation for the concert. These will take place at 6-7pm on the four Sunday evenings before the concert (that is, starting 5/11/17, 12/11/17, 19/11/17, 26/11/17, and with a rehearsal also at 11am on the morning of 2/12/17, the day of the concert. Please contact Anthony Hodson (Tel: 01344 483347 or email [email protected]) if you are interested. With some children this year in the choir for the fifth year running, you can be sure that singing the Junior Concert Choir will be a really special experience for yours! Living Contemplatively Consider having ‘A Quiet Day with Fr. Erik Varden, OCSO, Abbot of Mount Saint Bernard Abbey', 11 November, 9am – 1pm at Ascot Priory. For details, or bookings, go to www.eventbrite.com and find ‘Living Contemplatively’ or contact Fr Darrell on 01344 621310. There is a flyer in the web edition of this magazine (see www.fosmw.com/parishmag) on page 22. Woodley Concert Band The Woodley Concert Band present a programme of MUSICAL COLOURS at their Autumn Concert at 7:30pm on Saturday 7 October, at Bulmershe School, Woodley. It will feature a selection of popular music inspired by colour (e.g. ‘Blue Moon’, ‘Yellow Submarine’). It will be a great evening!! The Band’s subsequent concert is their Christmas Concert on 17/12/17 (matinée and evening performance). See details of the Band and WCB concerts at their website www.woodleyconcertband.org.uk. The Woodley Concert Band have featured in our Music and Merriment programme for the last few years, and two WCB band members are members of the 5T brass quintet, who play this year as the Concert’s core instrumental group. Both players are talented senior ex-army musicians. In the web edition of this magazine, see page 25. BOOK ALERT! If anyone has a spare copy of ‘THE WINKFIELD CHRONICLES’, published in 2000 by The Winkfield History Project Group - principal contributors Revd Simon Baynes and everyone’s favourite local historian Mrs Ruth Timbrell - - 7 - I’d be pleased to know and buy it from you. Please contact me at [email protected] or on 01753 852754. Many thanks. Patricia Powell News from around the Parish Bell Ringers Report September 2017 The tower ringers rang for a couple of weddings in August -it is always a pleasure to be included in such a special service. The opposition in the Lorna Newton Striking competition were unable to get a team together, so we are through to the final on 14 October – wish us luck!! Several of the ringers attended the Friends of St Mary’s Family Fun Day which had to be relocated to Carnation Hall due to the appalling weather forecast. Despite the rain it was a super event with a delicious ploughman’s lunch and a treasure hunt for the children as well as many stalls. The hand bell ringers are back in action after a few weeks break and practicing hard for the busy season ahead. We are looking forward to ringing at the Harvest Supper again on 30 September and plan to ring three pieces that we have not rung before. Do come along and join in – it was great fun last year! Bell Sunday is on 22 October this year with the opportunity to visit the bell tower to see our lovely bells as well as having a go. The hand bells will be performing “The Bells of St Mary’s” during the service which we have not rung for many years. This was a favourite of Betty Edey who was always so kind about, and appreciative of our ringing and enjoyed the bells so much we decided to ring the piece in her memory. There will be an opportunity to try bell ringing at the end of the service. As always we are grateful to asked to perform at the Christmas Music Concert on 2 December and will find a new piece to bring to you. This is always a special event so put it in your diaries! If you would like to have a go at the tower bells the practice night is Monday 7.45 – 9.15pm. Give Tony a ring or just turn up. Hand bell practice is Wednesday evening from 7.30 – 9pm. Give me a ring or just turn up! Jill Glennerster 01344-884071

- 8 - SERVICES ACROSS THE BENEFICE St Mary’s – October services Oct Day Time Service 9:30am No 9:30am service today 10am Joint Harvest Service 1 16th Sunday after Trinity 11am No 11am service today 11:15am! Said Holy Communion (BCP) 12.45pm Holy Baptisms 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 8 17th Sunday after Trinity 9:30am Messy Church 11am Family Matins 9:30am Family Praise 15 18th Sunday after Trinity 11am Holy Communion (BCP) 12.45pm Holy Baptism 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 19th Sunday after Trinity 22 9:30am Family Praise Bell Sunday 11am Morning Prayer Last Sunday after Trinity - 9:30am Family Praise 29 All Saints / All Souls 11am Morning Prayer St Martin’s, Chavey Down – October services Oct Day Time Service 1 16th Sunday after Trinity 9:30am Family/All Age - Harvest 8 17th Sunday after Trinity 9:30am Holy Communion 15 18th Sunday after Trinity 9:30am Morning Prayer 22 19th Sunday after Trinity 9:30am Holy Communion 29 Last Sunday after Trinity - 9:30am Morning Prayer All Saints/All Souls

- 9 - St Peter’s, Cranbourne – October services Oct Day Time Service 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 1 19th Sunday after Trinity 11am SPATS/All Age Family - Harvest 11am Holy Communion 8 20th Sunday after Trinity 12.45pm Holy Baptisms 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 15 21st Sunday after Trinity 11am Morning Prayer 22 Last Sunday after Trinity 11am Holy Communion 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 29 All Saints / All Souls 11am Morning Prayer Winkfield Row Methodist Church – October How to find the Winkfield Row Methodist Church: We are located in Winkfield Row opposite Lambrook School: Winkfield Row, Bracknell RG42 6NE. Telephone: 01344 411417 Morning worship 10:30am (unless stated). All are welcome! October 2017 Sunday services Sunday 1 October 10:30am: Mrs Maggie Garton Sunday 15 October 10:30am: Mrs Nina Preston (Harvest Festival) Sunday 29 October 10:30am: Revd Jackie Case (Holy Communion)

Flowers & Cleaning Rotas St Mary’s – October 2017 Dates Flowers 6 October Harvest Festival flowers 13 and 20 October Jane Hodgson and Anna Clayton 27 October Doreen Potter

- 10 - St Martin’s – October 2017 Dates Flowers Cleaning 1 October ALL FLOWER ARRANGERS 8 October Mrs Fanning /Mrs Logan Mrs Jenkins 15 October Mrs Fanning /Mrs Logan Mrs Jenkins 22 October Mrs Atkinson Mrs Dickinson 29 October TBA / TBA Mrs Paramor More flower arrangers needed for St Martin’s St Martin’s church still requires two more flower arrangers. Please help if you can. Training and assistance will be given if needed. It would be such a help when arrangers have illness to cope with to have two more on the rota. Please contact Ruth Timbrell on 882068. What’s on in October 2017 Special Events (also see Regular events on page13) Day Oct Event Time/place Sun 1 Exodus Youth Group 6-7pm at St Peter’s Ranelagh School Verification Surgeries – by appointment Wed 4 only, 10am to 12 noon. Please see page 4. Bailiwick Group meeting 2pm in Warfield Park Thur 5 Community Hall. Bridge at CHAT & CRAFT See CHAT & CRAFT on p14 Ranelagh School Verification Surgeries – by appointment Sat 7 only, 10am to 12 noon. Please see page 4 Cranbourne and Winkfield Community Orchestra will rehearse at St Peter’s at 7.30 - 9pm. Whether you are just starting out on a new musical adventure, a lapsed player or a Tue 10 proficient musician you can join us. School age, working, retired, all are welcome. If you are interested phone or email me. Carl Lister - 0793 263 2114 - [email protected] . Deadline for articles for the October Parish Mag Ranelagh School Verification Surgeries – by appointment Wed 11 only, 10am to 12 noon. Please see page 4.

- 11 - Day Oct Event Time/place Cranbourne and Winkfield See description given for 10 Tues 17 Community Orchestra - October. Rehearsal Chavey Down Women’s St Martins church hall at Wed 18 Institute 7:45pm. Thur 19 Bridge at CHAT & CRAFT See CHAT & CRAFT on p14. For the Arts Week items below, please see www.arts-week.org for full schedule and booking procedure details. Entry for these events by booked ticket only. Arts Week – Young Musicians Concert with local entrants to the 2016-17 National Young Musicians of the Year (Rotary Sun 22 International GB & I). 5:30pm at St Peter’s. Sale of home made cards, At St Martin’s, after 9:30am Tapestries, and scarves. service.

Tues 24 Arts Week – William Blake (1757-1827): An evening talk and discussion by Revd Huw Mordecai. 7:30pm at St Peter’s. Arts Week – “Shades of Autumn” with the Galliard Band: A Wed 25 harvest of music for voice, recorders and miscellaneous instruments. 7:30pm at St Peter’s. Arts Week – An Afternoon Workshop of Northern Folk Song: With Emily Blyth and her folk group friends “The Summer Tumblers”. 3.30pm at St Peter’s. Arts Week – An Evening of Northern Song: A Northern Folk Thurs 26 Song performance with Emily Blyth and her Northern Folk Band friends “The Summer Tumblers” 7.30pm at St Peter’s. CADS production of Terry 7:45pm at St Peter’s Church Pratchett’s ‘Men At Arms’. Hall, Hatchet Lane, SL4 2EG. Parish Mag collation Arts Week – King Donald the 1/3th: New Drama. A new exciting piece of satirical theatre from Gabriel Chanan and Fri 27 The Rattle ‘n’ Roll Players. 7.30pm at St Peter’s. CADS production of Terry 7:45pm at St Peter’s Church Pratchett’s ‘Men At Arms’. Hall, Hatchet Lane, Cranbourne SL4 2EG

- 12 - Day Oct Event Time/place Arts Week – Organ Recital by Liam Condon: Talented Holloway College music student Liam Condon provides an evening performance at 7:30pm on the organ at St Peter’s. Sat 28 CADS production of Terry 7:45pm at St Peter’s Church Pratchett’s ‘Men At Arms’. Hall, Hatchet Lane, Cranbourne SL4 2EG Royal British Legion Cranbourne and Winkfield Branch, Christmas Bazaar on Saturday 11 November. See page 6. Music and Merriment concert at St Mary’s on Saturday 2 December. See page 6. Tickets available on-line from www.fosmw.com. NB. All content in these lists may be subject to change without notice. Regular events Day Event Ascot Bridge Club – Chavey Down, Ascot. For more information please call David Calcutt on 886412, or visit the web site www.ascotbridge.org.uk Mondays not Pilates with Amanda Mann at St Martin’s Church from including Bank 9:30-10:30am & 10:45-11:45am. Visit the website: Holidays www.amandamann.uk.com or email [email protected] or call Amanda on 07767 816499

Ballet With Victoria Lyons at St Peters Hall. For more

information call 638538.

Mondays not Ascot Yoga 7:45-9pm at Carnation hall. Visit including Bank www.AscotFitness.co.uk for more info or contact Flo Holidays (cont.) Young on 07711077038 email [email protected] Fun Adult Jive Classes at King Edwards Hall, SL5 8PD. Contact Debra on 07748 391776 or email [email protected] 2nd Monday of Whist Drive at 7:30pm in the White Hart, Church Road, the month SL4 4SE Short Mat Bowls at Carnation Hall at 7pm. For more Tuesdays information please ring 882137 and 301158

- 13 - Day Event 1st Tuesday of St Mary’s Women’s Guild meeting at 2:30pm, now the month always at St Mary’s church. EXTEND – fun, fitness & movement classes for the over-60s. 10:30-11:30am at St Martin’s Church Hall, SL5 8RR. Please contact Elizabeth Wright AISTID tel: 883078 or email: [email protected]. Zumba gold class at St Peter’s church hall 7-8pm. Chavey Down Association Bingo Club at St Martin’s Hall (fortnightly) at 8pm contact Monica or David on 884348. Wednesdays The NOMADS Table Tennis Club at Carnation Hall, For more information contact Mike on 773939. Pilates classes at Carnation Hall: Contact Rebecca on 0774 860 3145, email: [email protected] or visit www.pilatesascot.co.uk. Soft Furnishing/Dressmaking Courses on Wednesdays. Day and evening courses. Places available. Please contact Sally Beer on 882528 for further details of the venue schedule and timings. Ascot Horticultural Society meets at 7:45pm in King Edward’s Hall, North Ascot (unless otherwise stated). 2nd Wednesday All welcome. Admission: members £1.00 and visitors of the month £2.50. Details on www.ascothorticulturalsociety.org.uk or call Peter Cleare on 01344 622086. CHAT & CRAFT – now including Scrabble and Bridge. Between 2 and 4pm at St Peters Church. Entry £1. Open to all. Finish that project etc. For more info please contact Jane Lister on 0798 408 7820 .Also Thursdays check with Special Events (see page11). There will be no CHAT & CRAFT on 12/10/17 or 26/10/17 The Carnation Badminton Club plays on Thursdays at Carnation Hall, 8-10pm. New members welcome.

- 14 - Day Event CLUBBERCISE Dance Fitness class at Carnation Hall 7- 8pm, For more info, please see www.Ascot Fitness.co.uk or contact Flo Young on 07711077038 or Thursdays [email protected] (cont.) Yoga at St Peter’s Church from 9:30-10:45am. Contact Lucy on 07769 252250, or email [email protected] More news from around the parish St Mary's Choirs (adult and junior) The Autumn term has started and rehearsals for the Junior began on Thursday 7 September preparing two pieces for Family Matins on Sunday 10 September. The adult rehearsals will only take place on Thursdays for special services. However, both choirs will rehearse at 10.20 am on Sunday mornings. It was with great sadness we learned of the death of Shirley Cox. Shirley had been a member of St Mary’s choir for many, many years and was choir leader assisting Josh Tuffley. We shall all miss her very much. If you would like to join either the Junior or Adult choir please contact me. Lesley Philpot [email protected] 01344 427561 Friends of St Mary's Winkfield The Family Fun Day was a great success, and £1468.12 has been remitted to the PCC bank account for St Mary’s church with a small sum still to come from Gift Aid on donations to the event. Unfortunately, because of a bad weather forecast, we needed to change the venue from Margaret Blackburn’s beautiful home to Carnation Hall. The last-minute change was executed with a minimum of fuss and the day passed extremely well. Margaret and her helpers worked tirelessly preparing and transporting the delicious food from her home to the hall. We are extremely grateful to her. Guild members manned three stalls and the treasure hunt took place in the small lounge at Carnation Hall. The pipe sponsorship table was also in evidence. There was also a very useful Bric-a-brac stall that made nearly £200 – all going to St Mary’s church! Pipe-sponsorship on behalf of St Mary’s organ restoration fund has reached - 15 - very nearly ¾ of the target £7500, thanks to the generosity of the sponsors. To help with a big push to reach the target, please visit www.fosmw.com Our next event is the Christmas concert “Music and Merriment” which will take place on 2 December. Tickets are available in the church and on line – www.fosmw.com: £12 for adults and £6 for under 13 year olds. See also the article about the concert on page 6. If you haven’t already joined the Friends of St Mary’s Winkfield, please think about it. The Friends is a registered charity, formed to ensure St Mary’s Church is able to remain open, not only for regular Sunday worship, but also for Baptisms and Weddings and community events. Application forms are always in the Church. Lesley Philpot, Chairman St Mary’s Women’s Guild - Meeting 5 September After the Guild Prayer, Huw thanked Margaret Blackburn for her kind offer to host the Family Fun Day on 30 August and also for providing and organising the preparation of the food, and also the treasure hunt for the children. Huw also thanked Guild members who had attended and/or helped. Owing to the bad weather forecast the event was transferred to Carnation Hall. It was a great success raising about £1,500 with Gift Aid added on. Heritage Day Saturday 8 September. St Mary’s took part in the Heritage weekend on Saturday 8 September. The church was open for guided tours around the church, trips up the Bell tower and a chance to sponsor a pipe. Around 30 visitors visited the church with most of them going up into the Tower, and three people sponsored organ pipes. Refreshments, provided by Guild members, were available during the day. Doreen Potter – History of Flower Arrangement This was the title of the talk given by Doreen Potter who heads up the flower arrangers team at St Mary’s. She explained that the earliest known flower arranging began in ancient Egypt and the Egyptians regularly placed cut flowers in vases. The ancient Greeks and Romans also used flowers and herbs for adornment but they did not often use vases focusing instead on garlands and wreaths. The Chinese were making flower arrangements as far back as 207 BCE and the flowers were an integral component of religious teaching and medicine. Flower arranging reached Europe around 1000 CE and was particularly popular in churches and monasteries - 16 - where flowers and plants were used for food as well as for decoration. As crusaders came back from the Middle East they brought with them new and interesting plants and as a result European countries began experimenting with plants that were previously unknown to them. Doreen explained the different shapes and designs that were used by the different periods - Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Dutch-Flemish, French, Georgian and Victorian. When we finally reached the 20th century, both Constance Spry and Gertrude Jekyll were discussed. Constance Spry, who had a cookery and flower arranging school in Winkfield, made large bold flower arrangements mixing the colours. One or two Guild members had attended the school. Gertrude Jekyll however stressed the value of complimentary colours rather than contrasts. It was a fascinating discussion Mary Knight closed the meeting with a prayer. Lesley Philpot, President Spotlights Musical Theatre Group After many years John Woodward-Roberts is retiring as Chairman of the Spotlights Musical Theatre Group. Heather Garrett, Acting Chairman writes: “On behalf of the committee and members of SMTG, I want to take this opportunity to thank you sincerely for all your hard work, passion and support in Chairing the Spotlights Theatre Group over many years. We recognise and respect your decision to retire from chairing the group and active committee work, so that you can now enjoy your time focusing on performing.” See also page 18. St Mary's Music and Merriment Junior Concert Choir The Junior Concert Choir is a well-established feature of the popular St Mary’s Winkfield ‘Music and Merriment’ Christmas Concert on 2 December, 2017, at 7:30pm. Now we need some new singers for the 2017 concert! Give your child the opportunity to sing with others of their own age for an unforgettable experience. Contact Anthony Hodson at 01344 483547 or email [email protected]. See also page 6 for more details. - 17 - Spotlights

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- 19 - Children’s Corner OOOOOOs All these names begin with O – which ones aren’t the real name of a saint? 1. Odo 2. Olaf MIXED UP MONTHS 3. Osyth Words that begin with ‘oct’ mean to 4. Oliver do with the number eight – an 5. Olympias octopus has 8 tentacles, an octagon 6. Odilia has 8 sides. So October should be 7. Omer the 8th month of the year, shouldn’t it? 8. Oudoceus But it isn’t. 9. Osburga 10. Ouen The reason goes back to Roman times. October was How does an octopus go into the eighth month in battle? the Roman Well armed. calendar until July was added to celebrate the birth month of Julius Caesar. This was followed by

Augustus who also added another month (guess what that one was called!). With these two extra months fitted into the calendar what was the What’s round, orange and can’t sit eighth month became the tenth down? month. Which gets more muddled: because words beginning with ‘dec’ A seatless Satsuma. mean to do with the number ten, so under the old way December was Answers: the answer is that they all are the tenth month. Shall I stop now real saint’s names! Aren’t you glad that before we all get even more they didn’t call you after some of these confused? saints? - 20 - More articles and pictures (web edition) John William Batt-Rawden Long time resident of Winkfield John William Batt-Rawden has died recently at the age of 91 in an Oxfordshire nursing home. He was born in Gloucester Place, Windsor in 1926, he attended the Windsor Grammar School and was an ARP Messenger as a young boy during the war. He did his National Service in the Berkshire Yeomanry Tank Division just as war was ending and serving as a radio operator in Egypt. He then took up a career in teaching with most of his posts in the Windsor area. He lived in White Waltham, Maidenhead, before moving to Yew Trees, Maiden’s Green, Winkfield, where he and his wife Valerie reared their five children Paul, Linda, Brigid, Mark and David. He started his teaching career at Boyne Hill Infants School, Maidenhead, and then at Cranbourne County Primary, where he, determined that all children should learn to swim spent one whole summer holiday putting in a swimming pool. He eventually moved to King’s Court School, Old Windsor where he remained for over a decade, before taking early retirement aged 55 and volunteered at the Windsor Arts Centre for several years before moving to the Fens.

Pictured with a class at Cranbourne County Primary School He was also a keen beekeeper and was often called out to capture swarms in the Winkfield area. He was on the Winkfield Parochial Parish Council for many years and was a regular in the congregation at St. Mary’s Church,

- 21 - Winkfield. Says Janet Davies, “Mr. Batt-Rawden was an unforgettable teacher. He had a way of grabbing one's attention, with his little anecdotes, before the lesson started. I remember his enthusiasm for bee-keeping. On a school trip to Tenby, he taught us not to put our soup spoons too far into our mouths, how to determine the sex of a baby by seeing if it had pronounced hips. His approach to teaching was refreshingly holistic.” Janet was an ex pupil of Kings Court and is now MD of Stem’s Florist Holborn. London. Living contemplatively

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- 25 - CONTENTS Woodley Concert Band ...... 7 BOOK ALERT! ...... 7 A message from Huw ...... 1 News from around the Parish ...... 8 Money Matters ...... 1 Bell Ringers Report September 2017 ...... 8 A note from the Editors ...... 2 SERVICES ACROSS THE BENEFICE ...... 9 From the Parish Registers ...... 2 St Mary’s – October services ...... 9 In memoriam ...... 2 St Martin’s, Chavey Down – October services ...... 9 Shirley Cox ...... 2 St Peter’s, Cranbourne – October services ...... 10 John William Batt-Rawden ...... 3 Winkfield Row Methodist Church – October ...... 10 Charles Timbrell ...... 3 October 2017 Sunday services ...... 10 Bits and Pieces ...... 3 Flowers & Cleaning Rotas ...... 10 Office opening hours ...... 3 St Mary’s – October 2017 ...... 10 Contact info ...... 3 St Martin’s – October 2017 ...... 11 Friends of St Mary’s Winkfield contact info ...... 4 More flower arrangers needed for St Martin’s ...... 11 Parish Mag on-line ...... 4 Thank you! ...... 4 What’s on in October 2017 ...... 11 Peter Smith ...... 4 Special Events (also see Regular events on page13) . 11 Improving St Mary’s church yard - ...... 4 Regular events ...... 13 Events, Notices and Dates for your Diaries ...... 4 More news from around the parish ...... 15 Ranelagh School applications for September 2018 St Mary's Choirs (adult and junior) ...... 15 intake ...... 4 Friends of St Mary's Winkfield ...... 15 Chavey Down Women’s Institute ...... 5 St Mary’s Women’s Guild - Meeting 5 September .... 16 Cranbourne Amateur Dramatic Society – ‘Men at Arms’ Heritage Day Saturday 8 September...... 16 ...... 5 Doreen Potter – History of Flower Arrangement ..... 16 Table Top Sale...... 5 Royal British Legion...... 6 Spotlights Musical Theatre Group ...... 17 Music and Merriment Concert ...... 6 Spotlights ...... 18 New members needed for the Junior Concert Choir! . 6 ...... 19 Living Contemplatively ...... 7 Cats Protection ...... 19

Children’s Corner ...... 20 MIXED UP MONTHS...... 20 OOOOOOs ...... 20 More articles and pictures (web edition) ...... 21 John William Batt-Rawden ...... 21 Living contemplatively ...... 22 Music and Merriment Flyer ...... 23 CADS flyer ...... 24 Woodley Concert Band ...... 25 CONTENTS ...... 26