Contacts at All Saints

Vicar The Rev’d Clair Jaquiss 928 0717 [email protected] 07843 375494

Clair is in the parish on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Sundays; or leave a message

Associate Priest The Rev’d Gordon Herron 928 1238 [email protected]

Reader Mary Babbage 980 6584 [email protected]

Reader Emerita Vivienne Plummer 928 5051 [email protected]

Wardens June Tracey 980 2928 [email protected]

Nigel Glassey [email protected] 980 2676

PCC Secretary Caroline Cordery 980 6995 [email protected]

Treasurer Michael Sargent 980 1396 [email protected]

Organist Robin Coulthard 941 2710 [email protected]

Administrator & Elaine Waters 980 3234 Hall Bookings [email protected]

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ServicesServices

 Fourth Sunday of month: Eucharist Together at 10am

All other Sundays: Eucharist at 10am (with Children’s Groups)

 Sunday Evenings: Evening Prayer at 6.30pm

 Tuesdays at 9.30am Eucharist (also on Holy Days - announced)

All Saints with Ringway

Hale Road, Hale Barns, , Cheshire WA15 8SP Church and Office Open: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 9am - 1pm

Tel: 0161 980 3234 Email: [email protected] www.allsaintshalebarns.org

Visible and Invisible...

‘So where is All Saints?’ they often ask me. It’s not just the stranger wondering where the parish church is, but often a long-term resident of the area who has never really registered where the parish church of Hale Barns actually is. I’ve often wondered at its invisibility. All Saints is a classic building of its time, designed to blend in with the new structures, domestic and commercial, that were springing up around it.

It made a statement: a new church for a new age. ‘Your church is moving with the times ...’ was the heading on the appeal booklet that invited people to contribute funds and furnishings fifty years ago. Today, as a building, it seems hidden. ‘Where?’ they ask. ‘Between Booths and Ian Macklin, the Estate Agents,’ I reply. ‘Oh I know,’ they nod and smile, ‘the one with the big tower and the rose window.’ ‘No, that’s Holy Angels!’

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner has been described as ‘one of the most learned and stimulating twentieth-century writers on art architecture.’ His project to comment on every building of architectural importance in every English county must have been a work of love.

He had a knack of being able to sum up a building in a brief phrase or two. In the Cheshire edition, there is All Saints: ‘Quiet, small and literally inturned ... a seamless white interior secretly lit’ alongside our neighbour, Holy Angels: ‘Boldly confrontational’. However, even when you go to look up Hale Barns in the index, it says ‘see Hale.’ Not only is All Saints invisible, but also it seems is Hale Barns. Some people do spot it to be fair. ‘Why does your church look like a fire station?’ someone once asked. It wasn’t very flattering, but at least they’d noticed it.

I wonder if the invisibility of the building is an asset rather than a liability, a strength rather than a weakness. It is a haven of peace, even when the traffic on Hale Road is streaming by. It’s a place to come into unnoticed if that is how you might feel: to light a candle, pray quietly and go back unseen into daily life. It’s a place to go out from, changed by its quiet calm. Whether visible or invisible it is still a sign of God’s presence in the whole community – not just for the people who worship within its white walls week by week.

The bible is full of quotations about how God is not to be contained in a building or in a place. Maybe that is the strength and the sign that this particular building offers. An invisible building has no walls to keep people out or to hold them (or God) in. It demonstrates by its very invisibility the way in which God is present, not just in a building but in the whole of people’s lives – inside and outside. Those who go out comforted, inspired or challenged by what goes on inside are the ones who make the goodness of God truly visible in the world.

Clair Jaquiss Vicar, All Saints Hale Barns with Ringway

All Saints Church, Hale Barns, 1967 - 2017 Life is full of surprises! In the summer of 1965 a young, newly married couple and their even younger baby left Hale Barns for ever. They left to seek their fortune in Birmingham in the Midlands with a new employer, British Gas. Leaving Hale Barns, they left behind a complex of five church buildings that had been much the same for very many years. At Ringway, close to the Romper pub, a farm or two away from the south end of the airport runway, stood the parish church. Surrounded by the graves of the Ringway villagers and the open fields of farmland, this church was much loved by its parishioners. Built of red brick with a little steeple and several elegant gothic stained glass windows, the building admirably met the needs of the scattered farm communities for whom it had been provided. Down the road from St. Mary’s in the heart of the bustling village of Hale Barns was another church, St. Paul’s. More of a mission church than a church proper, this building, built of wood, black and white, lay parallel to the main street, raised on stilts above its small plot. Principal services were held in the main church and St. Paul’s offered supplementary ones. Immediately adjacent, the old village church school built of brick with a slate roof, wrapped in creeper, had educated Hale Barns villagers up to the end of the Second World War when Elmridge School, on its present site, was constructed. Elderly men, as late as the 1970s would occasionally stop and reminisce “I was educated there” they would say. The fourth of the five church related buildings was the admirable vicarage, down its own short drive, once the home to gentlemen farmers. It lived an old-fashioned life, spacious lawns, a patio, iron gates across the drive, with bowling alleys and donkey rides for summer garden fetes. A large rambling building, vicars and their families found it difficult to keep warm. The principal bedroom hung over a void, perhaps meant once for farm wagons. The fifth of the church’s five buildings, the Church Hall was built in 1933. It served both the church and the village community. Regularly used by the Sunday School and for church meetings and events, it could be hired by the Women’s Institute, for birthday parties, for amateur dramatics for auctions or for anything else of a respectable nature. A coffee lounge was added in the early 1970s. Little changed, it is busy to this day. Our young family thrived in Birmingham; a second child was born, this time a son. After ten years the family moved again, this time to Cardiff. Meanwhile, back in Hale Barns, whirlwind changes had been taking place. The vigorous vicar, Canon Cox, decided it was a nonsense to have the principal church, St. Mary’s, out of the village where almost nobody lived. With tireless energy and willing church authorities, all was to change. And so it was, our family, now on the brink of being middle aged, returned in 1977 to find everything had changed.

The old Hale Barns village street had gone, replaced by The Square of nearly twenty shops backed up by a car park. The mission church had gone. The red brick Ringway church of St. Mary was closed, about to become an architect’s office. Standing proudly in the middle of Hale Barns now stood the new parish village church.

Built of cream coloured bricks with curves in every direction, “All Saints”, as it was called, oozed modernity. All windows were clear glass of regular rectangular shape. No fussiness anywhere.

Everyone could clearly see the altar, and the celebrant taking the service could clearly see everyone in return. A truly modern church.

But flat roofs have their problems and those who built the building proved to be better designers than builders. A supplementary pitched roof was eventually required and here and there waterproofing had to be improved. Nevertheless, it was a fine much loved home for Hale Barns worshippers. As to our family, their son sang in the choir, their daughter was confirmed and on a glorious spring day, she married there. Vicars came and went for the 1967 church. Tom Griffiths, who used to speak of “for your spiritual exercise this week…” served the community for 18 years and was greatly loved. His dear wife, Mavis, ran a young people’s club, much enjoyed by teenagers. Tom moved regretfully to the Wirral, and was followed by Rev. Bernard Gribbin, a Yorkshireman. Bernard transferred to Hale Barns from Chester Cathedral, where he had been precentor, with a passion for music. He managed the church finances with considerable skill. Stained glass was installed in the church’s north windows, designed by a Japanese designer with a strange mystical look about them. Another donor upgraded the electronic organ to the fine instrument that is still in use today. Father Bernard was followed by Father Simon Marsh in 1996. He brought to the church’s worship a fine sense of family, of togetherness, of love – in the best Christian sense – for one another. From time to time, all the church congregation would hold hands together, forming a huge circle round the pews. Father Simon and his wife Jilly were great “tidiers-up” at the vicarage. They brought a passion for gardening to their home and the gardens were prettier than ever before. Parishioners were sorry to see Simon and Jilly leave for the bigger parish of Bollington after six short years. Father Robert Hinton and his wife Rachel came next. His passion was for two very large dogs and the Old Testament. He sought changes and a very large legacy from Joan Barker, the widow of the Agent for the Bank of England in , made it possible to put these changes into effect. Out went the pews, in came chairs. The cork floor was replaced by carpeting. The old altar rails disappeared, new ones replaced them. Such renovation inevitably divides opinion and some are still trying to get used to it even now! Almost finally in this 50 year history, Father Roger Clarke, strong of voice and decisive of manner led the church’s worship from 2010 to 2016. He gave us a sense of bustle and purpose. The old vicarage was sold; a new rather humdrum house was purchased in its place at the newer end of the parish off Marlfield Road. The Duke of Westminster, no less, had need of Father Roger, who left to serve the Duke’s great Eaton Hall estate and two churches. So our little family welcomes the 50th anniversary year. Elderly folk now, he has been called the deputy ‘father of the congregation’, beaten by just one older male churchgoer. Their grandchildren live in Bowdon and provide a cheerful distraction. The church itself is in the delightful kindly hands of Mother Clair Jaquiss, a Cambridge graduate, inevitably from Clare College. She brings a wonderful warmth to the church’s activities. In time for the church’s 50th anniversary, All Saints has become again as it was in the beginning, the best of places for church worship, united, friendly, welcoming, nothing can be better. We wish her well.

Anon and Others Message from Bishop Peter

I am delighted to send my congratulations and good wishes as you th celebrate the 50 anniversary of your church building.

I have always enjoyed my visits, and recall one in particular, from about 15 years ago. I was preaching in the pulpit and some local youths saw me from the street through the window, and gently heckled me. I took this as an encouragement, as well as a challenge!

The situation of the church building on the main road is actually very helpful, in making the church visible in the community.

It is true enough that people are more important than buildings, but church buildings develop a particular character in the community which the church seeks to serve. They are places which witness significant moments in the lives of people and their families, happy and sad times alike.

Philip Larkin, in his poem Church Going, refers to church buildings as

‘A serious house on serious earth it is, In whose blent air all our compulsions meet

I am very sorry that other commitments have prevented me from attending a service on your celebration weekend, but I send you every blessing for all the events which are planned.

Bishop Peter Bishop of Chester, The Rt Rev’d Dr Peter Forster

Message from Bishop Libby

'And you shall hallow the fiftieth year. It shall be a jubilee for you, and you shall proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants.'

Congratulations on your golden anniversary. May it be, indeed, a year of jubilee for you and all your friends in Hale Barns. There is much to be thankful for from the last 50 years of All Saints mission and ministry. Your worship, work and witness continue to glorify God in Christ as signs of His Kingdom. It has been a pleasure and privilege to share some of those years with you as neighbour, colleague, Bishop and friend. I pray that the Holy Spirit will continue the transforming work of Christ in and through for the next 50 years: be a blessing, as God has blessed you.

Bishop Libby Bishop of Stockport, Rt Rev’d Libby Lane

All Saints Church First Female Vicar

In conversation with Clair Jaquiss, the first female vicar at All Saints Church in Hale Barns.

Clair Jaquiss, who you might be surprised to find isn’t French, as her name could suggest, became vicar at All Saints Church in November 2016, and has since been dedicated to the “common quest for peace.”

She says everyone has been supportive of her in the new role. “People have been worshiping in the area for 500 years, and I’m honoured to be the first female vicar in all that time. Everyone has been so welcoming.”

She spent her first year in Wilmslow and, moving to Hale not long after, it is safe to say she truly knows the area well. Clair first explored the idea of faith in Saint David’s Church, which is now a local Islamic Centre, around the age of 10. She is now married to husband Kevin, who is a Methodist local preacher, has three grown up daughters, and four grandchildren.

Before becoming vicar, Clair was an assistant priest, while in paid employment as a producer for the BBC. She still presents Prayer for the Day and Daily Service on Radio 4 and Pause for Thought on Radio 2 from time to time.

Outside her role as parish priest, Clair has many interests.

She said: “I enjoy singing with a choir in Knutsford, and I really try and stay healthy, so I’m often out and about running.”

Something else important to Clair and everyone at All Saints is building friendships with different faith groups.

She said: “I am eager to strengthen these relationships. I was thrilled to be invited to the opening of the new synagogue on Wicker Lane. At All Saints we are lucky to have a window that looks out onto Hale Road. In times of crisis, like in the terrorist attacks, we light a candle in that window as a sign that we are praying for peace, and around it are the words for peace in many different languages.”

Clair said the Remembrance Service back in November was a personal highlight for her, where over 300 people, from a variety of different faith groups, gathered at the memorial to pay their respects. Boys from Saint school read out the names of the fallen on the memorial of young men probably little older than them.

However, the Easter services, which take place on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday, mean the most to Clair in a spiritual sense.

She said: “On Holy Saturday, we light and bless the new fire in a wheelbarrow, and light the Easter candle from it. It’s an ancient way of proclaiming the light of Christ. (The wheelbarrow is our individual way of keeping everything safe.) On Easter Sunday, singing and dancing is part of the service as we celebrate Christ risen from the dead.”

And Clair’s most important advice to anyone in her position?

“Love your neighbour and be true to yourself.”

Written by Emily Fitzgibbons for the Hale&Bowdon Magazine

It was 50 years ago today…….

What a day! 4th November 1967. The Bee Gees topped the UK charts for the fourth week with ‘Massachusetts’ and were knocked off top spot on the 5th by ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ by the Foundations. Quite appropriate really when you consider that the foundations and building of All Saints Hale Barns was consecrated on the 4th November 1967 and the people of Hale Barns found a new building in which they could continue their worship and their journey with God starting with a service on the 5th.

In April 1967 Sandie Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna singing “Puppet on a String” and in May the epic album ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club’ was released. Elvis Presley crooned to ‘How Great Thou Art’, Dionne Warwick sang ‘I Say A Little Prayer’ and The Beatles classic song ‘All you Need Is Love’ hit the airwaves. The latter three all perfect for an established church community in a new church building I think! On to music of a different kind, set to the tune of an 18th century English hymn the uplifting song ‘Oh Happy Day’ was recorded live in 1967 becoming a perfect example of a hymn being ‘gospelized’

All Saints Church is in good company celebrating its golden jubilee this year as the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (officially known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King) was also dedicated earlier in the year, on May 14th 1967. The average salary was £839 and the average price of a house would set you back £3,642 with a mortgage of £60 a month. Petrol introduced a star grading system and a gallon of 2* came in at 5s 3d and 5* worked out at 5s 9d. Your new car if it were to be a Rover P6 would cost around £1,358 although a Mini would cost under £600.

A loaf of bread was just 9p and the Vietnam War was still raging. The world’s first ATM was installed in Enfield, London in June and on 3rd December as members of the congregation were celebrating their first advent in the new building, Dr. Christian Barnard was performing the first human heart transplant in South Africa. Joe Pasquale, Paul Gascoigne, Michael Johnson, Ulrika Jonnson and Davina McCall were all born in 1967 and Donald Campbell, Vivien Leigh, Siegfried Sasson and Charles Darrow (the inventor of Monopoly) all left us in 1967, along with Clement Atlee, Otis Reading, Brian Epstein and Che Guevera.

1967 was an event-filled year:- the Swedes began to ride on the right side of the road, the QEII was launched in Clydebank, Scotland, the ‘News at Ten’ premiered on British television and the BBC started Radio 1. Across the pond Robert Henry Lawrence Junior was named the USA’s first black astronaut and was to die only six months later in a crash durng training. The Monkees took home an Emmy for their comedic TV programme and Disney released ‘The Jungle Book’.

Oh what a year! What a day!

It was fifty years ago today That the organ began to play It’s been going in and out of style But is guaranteed to raise a smile So may I introduce to you The act you've known for all these years All Saints Church congregation Hale Barns.

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PRAYER DIARY November 2017 Wednesday 1st for grace to follow the saints in godly living. Blessings for All All Saints Saints church in Hale Barns. Thursday 2nd Give thanks for those whose lives have witnessed to the faith. All Souls Friday 3rd for peace, that all who are grieving at this time may know Christ’s presence Saturday 4th Give thanks for 50 years of worship in All Saints and pray for All Saints’ Jubilee its mission and service in the years to come Sunday 5th for safety on bonfire night and care for those who are frightened Monday 6th for the building up of friendship among all faith communities in the area Tuesday 7th for respect among the people of Europe and a valuing of each Willibrord, Bishop other’s gifts, talents and culture

Wednesday 8th for the strengthening of faith in our country Saints & Martyrs of England Thursday 9th for the flourishing of churches in the inner city and Margery Kempe, appreciation of the work of street pastors mystic c 1440 Friday 10th for wisdom and vision among church leaders of all traditions Saturday 11th for courage and compassion within the armed forces and for Martin, bishop; the safety of peace keepers Armistice Day Sunday 12th Give thanks for people of all faiths and none who have given Remembrance Sunday their lives in the cause of peace and freedom Monday 13th Lord, protect people in danger where there is warfare Tuesday 14th for the prosperity of businesses, for fair trade in Hale Barns and fair pay for all who work there Wednesday 15th for peace for all who are suffering and patience and skill among those who care for them Thursday 16th for the churches of Scotland Margaret, Queen of Scotland Friday 17th for a renewed vision of faith in Hale Barns and for Mother Clair Hugh, bishop c200 Jaquiss on the anniversary of her induction as Vicar

Saturday 18th for compassion and support for those who are anxious for their jobs and finances Sunday 19th for Churches Together in Hale and new ways to work together Hilda, abbess for the good of all. Monday 20th for shop workers, that they are respected and cared for at this busy time. Tuesday 21st for all who are hungry, that we may build a fairer world of equality and generous hospitality Wednesday 22nd Give thanks for the gift of music and musicians Cecilia, martyr c. 230 Thursday 23rd Give thanks for charities working with the homeless, asylum Thanksgiving in USA seekers and refugees Friday 24th for those who suffer for their faith, and for a commitment to world peace Saturday 25th for encouragement for women feeling undervalued and giving Catherine, martyr 4th thanks for women who lead in church and industry century

Sunday 26th for the coming of God’s Kingdom here on earth Christ the King Monday 27th Dear Lord, help us to prepare ourselves to welcome you into our world and into our lives. Tuesday 28th for wisdom for those involved in scientific research Wednesday 29th for sensitivity and strength of mind to share and explore the deeper meaning of God with us Thursday 30th May we have the grace to follow Our Lord, and bring others to Andrew, apostle hear of the Good News of God’s Kingdom

Messages from Previous Vicars at All Saints…starting with… The Revd. Canon Bernard B. Gribbin

The first time we walked into the church we were struck by the stillness, with a sense of peace and belonging. This was replicated in the welcome we received from the Churchwardens, (one of whom was Nigel!) and the generosity of the PCC in making the vicarage habitable for us.

One problem with the church building was the flat roof which leaked occasionally, but one Sunday morning there was a flood. A new sloping roof was proposed and after a fund raising scheme for £60,000 was launched, the new roof was built.

More interesting additions followed. The move windows designed by Sashiko which were designed to allow people to see inside, and us to look outwards with the parish (some feared we might become insular). The theme was passing from darkness into light as observed in the four seasons.

Another exciting addition was replacing the plain glass of the baptistery window with the better quality windows, which I rescued from the old Ringway church.

Other items followed – a new electronic organ, a piano, a new frontal for the Lady Chapel, a memorial garden, and the Incumbents Board – a reminder of our historic past. All these items were given as memorials or gifts to the church, totalling about £45,000.

Many thanks for asking me for some comments. I appreciate receiving the Parish Magazine, as I can continue to pray for you and all that happens at Hale Barns. ***** Rev. Rob Hinton

I arrived as the new Vicar of All Saints Ringway in February 2002 and stayed for almost 8 years, somewhat of a record amongst living members of the "All Saints Incumbents Club." During that time we changed the name of the parish, to All Saints Hale Barns with Ringway, changed the boundary of the parish, reordered the interior of the church, and with the help of many, many others (not least my wingman Tony Woolf) saw off the outrageous first plans for the regeneration of The Square - looking what stands there now I know we were right to fight!

Messages from Previous Vicars (contd.)

But as significant as all those things were at the core of my time as vicar of All Saints was my desire to introduce people to a personal transformative relationship with the living Lord Jesus. I remember the discussions, some sad and some heated, over the way the church building might be changed and transformed but it was always clear that it's once avant-garde design, inspired by Corbusier's Notre Dame Chapel in Ronchamp, no longer met the brief of a small church seeking to attract new people into the family of God. As I look at the All Saints Facebook pages I see how much those changes have enabled a whole new generation of people to take part in Christian worship in a whole new way through the joy of Messy Church. Praise God!

Hale Barns provided me with many memorable experiences and an endless supply of amusing anecdotes! We met some dear people within and without the congregation and I want to pay special tribute to Michael Thompson, Headmaster at St Ambrose College - a Godly and visionary man; Dennis and Rene Wyatt at Quality Fitters - dear friends who's door was always open for sanctuary and a cuppa; Stuart Kirk (Kirk's the Butchers) my weekly shooting partner who only ever expected me to be a person rather than a parson; Tony Woolf - wise and tenacious in the fight who taught me as much about the Jewish faith as he did about community engagement; and Tim and Deirdre Gordon who loved and supported us through times of personal heartbreak and whom I shared the gospel ministry with for almost 8yrs. Andrea and I now live in London but we never forget All Saints, it's people and it's calling, and we wish Clair, the members of All Saints congregation and the whole parish God's blessings. ***** Rev’d Roger Clarke

I first wandered into All Saints Church around thirty years ago, ‘though I confess that I didn’t really appreciate the architecture at the time, being in the middle of a church crawl of medieval and Victorian buildings. However, it was an open church, and that was important, and a quiet space off a busy road and in the heart of the village. The white light that burned by the Blessed Sacrament made me feel at once I was “at home”.

The next time I came in was Simon Marsh’s Induction in 1996, when the space was filled with archdeacons, bishops, visiting clergy and parishioners. I appreciated the building more this time- a serene white space, full of light.

It was probably a good thing that I opened my eyes to the simple beauty of All Saints, because my next visit was in the interview process that led to my appointment as Vicar. By now the building had been re-ordered, and I was impressed by how flexible it was, and yet how the simplicity of the building had been retained, even enhanced.

In the next few years we discovered just how flexible the space we call All Saints Church could be – a variety of different styles of worship, a venue for concerts and recitals, for art installations, and for Messy Church and children’s Holiday Clubs. At other times it was a place of great stillness, as we discovered with our “Silent Church” project. I found that it was a building I loved very much, and still do.

For fifty years All Saints, Hale Barns has stood there, a space for God and his people, right at the heart of a busy and noisy community, a space that has spoken of what Dietrich Bonhoeffer called “the Beyond in the midst”. And all that time it has been home to a lively, faithful, committed and loving community of faith. The living church of All Saints has not been scared to embrace change, to explore new modes of ministry, and reach out into the rich and diverse community of which it is a part. May the Lord richly bless the next fifty years!

Messages from Others in our Community

Leo Antony, from the Christian Brothers Congratulations to the minister and congregation of All Saints Church, Hale Barns and Ringway, on the fiftieth anniversary of your meeting in the present building – a unique place of architecture which serves its purpose well. People praying there find peace and a spiritual presence, and it is a good place of assembly for Christian Edmund Rice, founder of the Christian Brothers worship. It also provides a space where the local community can enjoy music and the visual arts through concerts and exhibitions. May this building stand for many years as proof of Christian belief to all who pass by or enter. *****

Nasser Kurdy, Vice Chair, AHMA "When we reach out to others in love, we extend the hand of God. On behalf of Altrincham and Hale Muslim Association (AHMA), I would like to congratulate All Saints Church as they look back in happiness and pride upon fifty years of service and of reaching out. Past and present, this has always been the vision of All Saints. This is what makes All Saints special to others. We pray that our friendship will continue to grow strong and we pray for the blessings and mercy of God Almighty to be with you always."

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Rabbi Amir Ellituv from Wicker Lane Synagogue

“On behalf of Shaare Hayim Congregation and as the Rabbi of the Shaare Sedek synagogue it is a great pleasure and honour to congratulate the All Saints Church on their 50th anniversary of worshiping in your building.

Having been a Rabbi in the Hale Barns area for six years I can say that this neighbourhood is very special due to the connection that the different faiths have with one another. A highlight of the year is the Sunday Remembrance day service, seeing how the different faiths stand side by side is an example of the harmony that is so needed in today’s society.

Since we have moved into our new synagogue twice I have had the joy in devoting my sermon based on the beautiful card that your congregation send to us for the Jewish New Year and for Passover. It is a sign of the thoughtfulness and kindness that All Saints represent.

I have a very good relationship with Mother Clair Jaquiss, and wish her together with your whole congregation years of success, blessing, good health and happiness. May the different faiths successfully bring an appreciation of God and all the wonderful benefits that God bestows on mankind.

May All Saints continue to be an inspiration to its parishioners and worshipers, and may you celebrate many more happy occasions in your building.” *****

Rabbi Portnoy from Shay Lane Synagogue “It is with much pleasure that I write on behalf of the Hale & District Hebrew Congregation to congratulate you - the leadership and members of All Saints Church on your 50th Anniversary. Our Jewish faith teaches us that a 50th anniversary brings with it wise counsel; and with this in mind we send you our blessings for many fruitful decades ahead.”

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The Rev Jeff Gould, Minister, (Unitarian and Free Christian), Hale Barns

“As the minister of the oldest Christian community in the village of Hale Barns (founded and built in 1723), I am delighted to offer the congratulations of the congregation of Hale Chapel to the Parish Church of All Saints, Hale Barns, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of its most recent building. Your community has evolved through various stages of witness and mission to a rapidly changing population. The ‘new’ building stands as a beacon of progress and adaptation to modernity, whilst at the same time it proclaims its rootedness in the community, owing to its central position. The members of Hale Chapel value our shared heritage in the site at Ringway, and are grateful for the spirit of co-operation and mutual respect that links us in faith and service today. As you face the coming fifty years of faithful expression in your building, we offer our warmest best wishes for future efforts and meaningful worship.”

A History of Hale Barns

Driving through Hale Barns, I am always uplifted to see the village centre dominated by the two striking churches of All Saints and Holy Angels. It is a great pleasure therefore to contribute to All Saints Parish Magazine on the 50th anniversary of your church’s opening in 1967.

The 1960s was a time of civic and ecclesiastical development in Hale Barns, with the opening of All Saints and Holy Angels Churches and The Square shopping precinct next to All Saints.

At that time Hale Barns was already the affluent commuter suburb we know today. The village was benefiting from its proximity to the fast- growing Manchester Airport and new motorway network … though some might disagree today that the resulting rush-hour traffic on Hale Road is a ‘benefit’!

The earlier history of Hale Barns was very different – an agricultural village which, until the medieval period, existed only as part of the manor of Hale.

The name Hale derives from the Old English word for a place of shelter. Barns refers to the medieval tithe barn built in the village for the goods the local villagers paid to the church as a tenth of their income. In those days the parish church was St Mary’s, Bowdon, but worshippers would more likely have gone to the chapel of ease at Ringway.

Agriculture remained the way of life for several centuries more, but change came in the 19th century with the Industrial Revolution in Manchester. Coal-fuelled steam power and mechanisation of the textile industry boosted Manchester’s population from some 20,000 in 1750 to over 300,000 in 1850. Overcrowded, unhealthy conditions became the norm. But for some it wasn’t all bad news. There were fortunes to be made by enterprising mill and factory owners, textile merchants and the like. Along with their wealth came a desire to forsake the dirt and noise and smells of the city for cleaner, healthier, leafier surroundings. Easy access to central Manchester with the opening of Altrincham’s first passenger railway station in 1849 brought many of them to new homes in Bowdon, Hale, and later Hale Barns, signalling a shift in activity there from agriculture to commuter suburb.

Property tycoon Samuel Brooks bought land in Sale, Hale and Hale Barns in the 1850s and developed present-day Brooklands Road in Sale and Brooks Drive in Hale Barns, linking his home, Prospect House, at one end with Brooklands Station at the other. The workforce is said to have included textile workers laid off during the Lancashire Cotton Famine of the 1860s. In its early stages Samuel Brooks would supervise the project personally, coming along to Hale Barns every day and having lunch at The Unicorn (now Keyways). Samuel’s son, Sir William Cunliffe-Brooks, continued his father’s work as a patron and benefactor of Hale Barns, providing the village with lighting, a water supply, land for the mission church, and many other projects.

As the exodus from Manchester continued in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there was a big rise in Hale Barns’ population and it attracted artists like Edgar Wood, whose design work here included the award- winning Park.

The first 60 years of the 20th century marked the arrival of Ringway Golf Club, the Tennis Club, St Ambrose College, Hale Barns Cricket Club and Ringway & Hale Barns Women’s Institute. Which brings us back to 1967 and the opening of All Saints Church … congratulations to you all on this significant anniversary, and here’s to the next 50 years!

Pauline Lloyd Manchester Guided Tours www.manchesterguidedtours.com 07723 503702 [email protected] Memories of All Saints After I was confirmed I joined the church Youth Club. This was organised by three men a Mr Caton, Mr Quilly and a Mr Halstead. We did lots of different things besides the usual table tennis and dancing to music from a record player. The Youth Club held dances and on more than one occasion managed to have a local rock band: Shaun Foden and the Wyverns. Some of the band came from Tanyard Drive. It was a complete sell out of tickets, we packed the hall and the group were brilliant, considering they were our age group and still at school. Around about this time every year at Christmas our church always ran a coach to the midnight service at Ringway Church. We young ones rushed to the back seat while some of our parents and older members were sat near the front…there was no way we were sitting with them - it just wasn’t cool! I owe a lot to the Church, because if it had not been for the Church Youth Club I would have not met my lovely late husband. There must be other couples who met and married just like me. After the new church was built, the Hall was let out to Tinyhurst Nursery School which was a great success and had quite a waiting list. This little school went on for number of years. We also started a one afternoon a week a get together for mothers and pre-school children. This served a good purpose for new mothers who did not know anybody and we hoped it would be bringing more children into the church. Needless to say it only lasted for a few years. Then we had the Brownies and Girl Guide troop - both very successful. We also had a very successful Mothers Union (MU), where the enrolling member was the vicar’s wife, Mrs Annie Cox (her husband was Rev Fred Cox, who later became the Rural Dean of Bowdon). As clergymen retired we then had Rev Thomas Griffith - and his wife became the enrolling member for the MU. This started another activity and we had a Young Wives group which went on for a number of years. We also had a Men’s Society which, I am pleased to say, has now recently reformed. In the past we had a very good choir who wore blue gowns and hats to match; later on we had a change of colour from blue to purple, minus the hat! The choir sadly finished a few years ago; but there are still members amongst our congregation encouraging everyone to sing. Muriel Allbrook

The Church of All Saints was the venue for my wedding and although some years ago, I still recall the day clearly. It was a warm day in August and although the church was familiar, it was different in small ways. Many people had been busy, preparing beforehand - cleaning and tidying, making lovely flower arrangements and the other tasks, readying the building for the event. It was a pleasure to come into church and see family, friends and the congregation gathering to support us. Some had travelled far, and were the first time to step inside All Saints.

Others had visited countless times during their lives as congregation members. The building was buzzing with excitement and liveliness, as I nervously waited near the altar for my fiancé to arrive. She arrived in style, stepping out of the Rolls Royce wedding car, and gracefully floated down the aisle escorted by her father – to give her away to the lucky groom, me! The service was wonderful, with music and joy in the air, a sense that God was with us all. It was very special to have our wedding in the same church that I had been confirmed in, and a feeling that it was the centre of the community of Hale Barns. I look forward to other weddings and joyful events being held here in future. Chris Williams

Thank You

A big ‘Thank You’ to everyone who has contributed to this magazine and our Jubilee celebrations. If your photos did not find their way into the magazine, don’t worry – they will be displayed at our Celebratory Lunch and again at refreshments after our Thanksgiving Service. Particular thanks must go to Kevin Jaquiss (for the photo compilations) and to Midshires for printing this bumper edition. Thanks again to you all. Caroline, Clair, Emma, Elaine and Tim Editorial Team

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