THE PARISH MAGAZINE OF AND HALE

Serving the villages of Badshot Lea, Hale, Heath End and Weybourne

The churches of St George’s, St John’s and St Mark’s

Issue November 2020 241

Prayer

A Prayer for November

Lord of heaven and earth, as Jesus taught his disciples to be persistent in prayer, give us patience and courage never to lose hope, but always to bring our prayers before you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Acknowledgements: Prayer: CofE; Photo: Red hot pokers above Sandy Bay (LS 10/2020)

2 Contents November Prayer 2 Letter from the Ministry Team 4 The Church and Covid update 5 Jeremy Hunt writes 7 Festival of Remembrance 9 Badshot Lea War Memorial names 10 Art and Craft Fair 14 Page 7 Watch your Waste! 16 Write to your MP about the environment 21 Foodbank 26 Beacons of Light 27 New PCC and help needed 28 Church Registers , Children’s Society Page 27 and Toddler Service 29 The Church Cat 30 Farewell and a recipe 31 Citizens Advice 32 Project Wenceslas 33 Who’s Who 35 Where are the churches? 36

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The deadline for the December/January issue of the magazine is Sunday, November 15. For editorial and advertising contact: Front cover: Cllr Pat Evans, Mayor of Stella Wiseman Farnham, and Finn and Megan, year eight pupils from Farnham Heath End [email protected] School, lay wreathes for Remem- 07842 761919 brance at St John’s.

3 From the Ministry Team A season of remembering

Alan Crawley considers remembrance in this time of Covid

Jesus said: No one has greater love wards in- than this, to lay down one’s life for person one’s friends. events in a way which This year we have seen people who loves and have laid down their lives serving us keeps safe during these times of Covid, not just the living medical staff, but those supplying and it looks food and other essentials. as if we can In early November we remember have a small ceremony out of doors those who have died fighting for but please keep an eye on the web- their country. site.

This year we are limited in what we However, it is right and proper that can do to mark Remembrance Sun- everyone’s health should be taken day publicly. We are working to- into consideration when these deci-

4 sions are being made, and we need safe – not ourselves – so please do to care for our fellow citizens and not make decisions that don’t show make the requested sacrifices to that love for the other. keep them, and us, safe. In recognition that remembering the Remembering the dead is important, dead is important, regardless of but so is loving the living. Whilst you whether we can meet in person, we may be willing to risk your own will be offering online services on health, the loving thing to do is not our website, including video of the to risk other people’s health. Most of three war memorials in the parish: the things that the government are Hale, Badshot Lea and Weybourne. asking us to do (for example the wearing of masks) are to keep others Alan

The Church and Covid update

Following the Government’s announcement at the end of October that Eng- land is going in to a second national lockdown, there will be no services in the church buildings until further notice. The churches will, however, be open for private prayer at different times. Look out for notices. And, of course, there will also be online services every Sunday on our website: badshotleaandhale.org/2020/09/10/join-in-worship-here/

We know what a difficult time it is for everyone at the moment. If you are finding life tough, please don’t bottle it up but get in touch. Or if you have ideas you’d like to share about coping in lockdown, again, get in touch. You can do so via our website or by emailing [email protected],or contacting the clergy, Alan and Lesley Crawley: 01252 820537 or [email protected] or [email protected]

5 6 Jeremy Hunt From your MP Jeremy Hunt, MP, is going to write a short column for the magazine each month. Here he considers Remembrance

This year's Remembrance Services up and down the country will be different to previ- ous years due to the pandemic. However, despite fewer numbers in attendance due to social distancing restrictions, we will still remember those who sacrificed their lives for our nation.

One of the good things to come out of the pandemic is the increased knowledge and 01428 609416 (the office is currently closed use of technology to enable us to communi- to visitors but please leave a message and cate - with many of us now well versed in someone will return your call at the earliest using Zoom, MS Teams or Skype to name a opportunity). I also keep in touch with a few. These systems this year will allow many twice weekly email about local and national of us to join together to remember the brave issues so let me know if you would like to men and women to whom we owe our liber- receive it. ty. I have been honoured and delighted to do my part, alongside many others, for In the meantime, in this month of Remem- the virtual Farnham Festival of Remem- brance, let us not forget that however tough brance organised by Badshot Lea and Hale. our struggles are today, previous genera- tions had to fight even bigger battles - and Moving forward, I very much hope to be able we are hugely in their debt. to contribute a regular article to the maga- zine. As your local MP, I am here to help and Best wishes provide advice, guidance and champion local causes. If you have any issues that you Jeremy would like to raise with me, please contact me on [email protected] or telephone

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8 Remembrance Farnham Festival of Remembrance

One Remembrance event which will flict and peace. This year the festival definitely be going ahead this year is also commemorates the the Farnham Festival of Remembrance 75th anniversary of both VE and VJ Day which has gone online this year and which marked the end of World War will be on the website on Saturday, Two. November 7 from 6pm. Simon Alexander has organised the There had been plans to repeat this event and reminds us that while we enormously successful festival in St understand that Remembrance is a John’s Church this month but Covid has time to pay tribute to all those who put paid to that. That hasn’t stopped serve and have served to protect and us of course and people have been defend us, that “War comes in many generous with their time and skill and forms and, as such, the public service have been recording themselves sepa- of our Armed Forces comes in many rately so that Alan and Lesley Crawley forms too. This year we have leant on can put it all together. the help of our military again in our Among those who are taking part are time of need here at home to help us Jeremy Hunt, MP; the Mayor of Farn- deliver essential services during the ham; Farnham Brass Band; Olivia Jas- pandemic. Dedicated, agile and re- per; Sara Burnie from the Waverley sponsive as ever, the men and women Singers; Sarah, Howard and Grace Kay; of our Armed Forces have responded Jonathan Jones; Royal British Legion; to our nation’s call.” Princess of Wales Royal Regiment; Sea, Our thanks go to everyone who has Army and Air Cadets; local schools and taken part. Please do watch the Join us local faith leaders. They will present a online for this year’s Farnham Festival moving event comprising music, po- of Remembrance from 6pm on Novem- ems, reflections, prayers, hymns and ber 7 at www. readings which will pay tribute to all badshotleaandhale.org/2020/11/07/ those who have served in times of con- farnham-festival-of-remembrance-2/

9 Remembrance Behind the names Just about every town and village has its war memorial. These days they can seem just lists of names, some perhaps familiar if families have been in the area for gen- erations, but lists from long ago. It is easy to forget that these were real people, many of them very young, who died, often in horrific circumstances, fighting for their country. Sometimes we know something about the people named. Recently local historian Maurice Hewins sent us a list of the war dead of Badshot Lea with details which do something to flesh out those names. Maurice’s fascinating book Farnham in the Great War has just been published by the Farnham and District Museum Society and a review will appear here next time. (You can buy it directly from Maurice by calling him on 01252 329302). Badshot Lea’s Great War Dead

nd Pte Herbert Baker, 2 Welsh Regiment. 1898-1902. He was killed by a shell on the Herbert was one of the Baker family who Somme on 29/4/1916. lived at Summerfield Cottage, . He died in France from pneumonia caused by Pte John Claringbold, 3rd Battalion Ca- mustard gas poisoning on 22/6/1918. nadian Machine Gun Corps John had served in the Berkshires before Sapper William Baker, Royal Engineers. immigrating to Canada, where he lived in William was the brother of Herbert Baker Hamilton with his wife, Marjorie. He fought and he was a painter by trade. He served for with the Canadians and was wounded, be- 2 years in the trenches, where he caught fore being killed at Cambrai on 3/10/1918. tuberculosis from which he died on 21/3/1917. William is buried in Farnham Pte Robert Claringbold, 8th Berkshires Cemetery. Robert, like his brother, John, was the son of an old soldier and band master, Fred Pte Fredrick Bright, Battal- Claringbold, who lived at Oak Cottages in ion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Low Lane. Robert was killed on the Somme Fred’s family lived at Stone Cottages and during the battle for the Bazentin Ridge on saw action at Antwerp early in the war Lat- 18/8/1916. er his Portsmouth Battalion landed at An- th zac Cove in Gallipoli on 28 April 1915. Trumpeter George Collar, Royal Field He died of sickness there on 20/9/15. Artillery.

th George was an old boy of this school. He L/Cpl William Church, 7 Queens. went to France aged 17 and was shot dead William went to Badshot Lea School from

10 at Ypres while repairing a telephone wire. He too perished. There were only 12 survi- He was buried in Ypres Town Cemetery, vors. 5/6/16. He has a memorial in the side by side with senior officers on church. 19/4/1915. Pte George Gates, 1st Queens. Cpl Reginald Coultas, 1/5th Yorks and George was born in Aldershot, and lived Lancs. in the Lea. He went to France on Reginald came from Scarborough and mar- 10/12/1915 and was killed on the Somme ried Martha Tring whose family lived at 1 by machine gun fire when trying to cap- Ebenezer Cottages. He was wounded and ture High Wood on 15/7/1916. gassed and spent 5 months in hospital, be- fore going back. He died at Passchendaele Pte Edward Groom, 15th Durham L.I. on 9/10/1917. Edward was at this school, from 1908- 1912. He was killed in the German Spring Pte Frank Dormer, 2/4th Queens. Offensive on 31/3/1918. Frank was a master at the village school and ran the football team. His parents lived Pte William Hames, 24th Royal Fusi- in Farnborough. Frank fought in Gallipoli. liers, and returned unscathed. He was later sent (Alfred) William Hames from Wimbledon to Egypt, were he was wounded in an ac- married Isabella Mary Trimmer of Bad- tion at Gaza He later died on 15/5/1917 and shot Lea at St George’s on 25/4/1914. He is buried in Alexandria. first served in the 3rd/5th East Surreys, be- fore being killed at Arras on 29/4/17. William Down(e)s, 97th Bde Royal Field Artillery. Pte Arthur Hockley, 2nd Royal Scots An old boy of the school, who lived with (formerly the Queens). his grandparents in Badshot Lea Road. He Arthur, who lived at 2 Crown Cottages, died in Malta 10/1/1916. was another old boy of the village school. He was killed in France on 18/8/1918. Sapper Thomas Edwards, 54th Coy Roy- al Engineers. L/Cpl Ernest Holdup, 10th Queens Thomas was an old boy of the school, who Ernest came from Hook and worked at lived in Lower Weybourne Lane. He died Runfold Bakery. He was treasurer and in Italy on 29/10/1918. trombonist in the village band. He was killed during the Battle of Passchendaele William Giles, 1st Grenadier Guards. on the Menin Road outside Ypres on William was a carter who lived in St 22/9/1917. Georges Road in 1911. He was killed at Passchendaele on 12/10/1917. Sgt Arthur Holloway, 1st Buffs Arthur was an old regular, who had served Cook’s Mate William Garrett, HMS with the Buffs in India. He married Edith . Knight in Aldershot 7/9/1910 and lived at William was an old boy of the school, who Normanton Place. When the war started lived in St Georges Road. He was drowned his regiment landed in France on 7/9/1914. when HMS Hampshire hit a mine and sank on the way to Russia with Lord Kitchener. Continued on page 12

11 Memorials Badshot Lea’s Great War Dead

Continued from page 11 are commemorated on the Thiepval Memo- rial to the missing of the Somme. He was wounded at Armentiers and died in hospital at Boulogne. 2/11/1914. John Marshall 2nd, Middlesex. “Jack” Marshall, son of Steven Marshall Pte Alfred Hopgood, 1st Kings Dragoons. lived at 64 Queens Road, Aldershot and he An old boy of the school, Alfred lived in had relations in Lower Weybourne Lane. Green Lane (Century Cottage). He died of He was killed in action on the Western Flu in India on 26/10/1918. Front on 6/2/1917.

Leading Seaman William Hunt, HMS Driver Harry Mathias, R.A.S.C. Black Prince. Harry was born in Crewe and married Ma- .William was at the village school from bel Tring of 1 Ebenezer Cottages in July 1900-02 and lived next to the Working 1915, He then went to serve in France, Men’s Club His ship went down at the Bat- where he was tragically drowned while tle of Jutland on 31/5/1916. There were no swimming in the sea at Sanguette on survivors. 3/8/1915.

2nd Lt Robert Javes, 10th Queens. Pte Christopher Patrick, 1/5th Queens. Robert was Badshot Lea’s only officer and Chris had a market garden in the village another old boy of the school. He lived in and was in the football and cricket teams. St Georges Rd. He was serving on the His battalion saw fierce fighting at Somme as bombing officer during the Bat- Ramadie in Egypt and in Iraq. He was a tle of the Somme. He was killed by a shell regimental policeman. He accidentally on 15/9/1916. He was only 20. This action, drowned in Bagdad. 20/7/1918. the Battle of Fleurs was the first in which tanks were used. Pte Ernest Porter, 2/6th Warwicks. Ernie was an old boy of the school, who Rifleman Arthur Loveland, 1st Rifle Bri- lived at 3 Hickley’s Cottages in Badshot gade. Lea Road. He was killed in the German Arthur, who’s family lived on the Green, Spring Offensive on 3/4/1918. He has no went to the village school. He saw action known grave, but his name is on the during the final year of the war, only to be Pozieres Memorial. accidentally drowned while swimming in a mine crater near Ypres on 14/8/1919. He is Pte Arthur Rockell, 8th Queens. buried in Lijssjenthoek Cemetery. Arthur was an old boy of the school, where his father was caretaker. The family lived Pte Frederick Wilkinson, 10th Queens. at 2 Hillside, Badshot Lea Road. He Frederick, was an old boy of the school, worked for Frisby’s in Farnham and volun- whose parents lived on the Green. He en- teered early on. He was killed by a stray listed at Neath and served in the shell on 11/4/1917. same battalion as Robert Javes. They died on the same day, 15/9/1916, near Delville Pte Thomas Sawkins, 7th Queens. Wood. Neither has a known grave and they Thomas went to the village school and 12 lived at Runfold. He was a member of the village band, who volunteered at the begin- World War Two casualties ning of the war. He was killed on the Somme during a series of mortar exchang- Pte Donald Stanley Coles, 1/6 East Sur- es on 21/1/16. rey Regiment. Son of Laura Coles, who died 23-5-1940. Pte George Smith, 2nd Hampshires. Buried Lincellles Community Cemetery George lived at Swiss Cottage, Runfold. France, aged 20. He landed in Gallipoli on 25/4/1915 and was killed on 6/8/1915, aged 19. Gunner John Charles Greygoose, 347 Battery, 105 L.A.A.Regiment R A. Pte Albert Tomlin, 17th Labour Corps. Son of John and Mabel Greygoose and Albert was an old soldier who had served Husband of Daisy Greygoose of Badshot with the Queens in India. In Badshot Lea Lea .Died 14/10/1943. Buried in Bone War he was adopted by Henry Lamb who lived Cemetery, Algeria, aged 33. in Hyde’s cottages. Albert was transferred to the Labour Corps and killed at Ypres on Lance Sergeant Leslie George Morel, 26/9/1917. 1/5 Queen’s Husband of Dorothy Eva Morel, of Bad- Pte Arthur Warner, 3/4th Queens. shot Lea, Died 6-3- 1943, Buried Sfax Arthur Warner was an old boy of the Cemetery, Tunisia, aged 22. school and he lived all his life in the vil- lage where he worked as a painter. On Sub Mariner Frank Newell, DSM, HMS joining up Arthur was posted to Crow- Narwell borough. There he was taken ill and died Has a memorial in the church. on 3/7/1916. Leading Aircraftsman Frederick Walter Pte William White,8th Queens. Theobold, RAFVR Walter lived with his mother in Bides Cot- Son of Dorothy Kinnear of Badshot Lea tages opposite the school and volunteered Died 23-11-1943, Buried in Mynamita in the early months of the war. His battal- War Cemetery, Bangladesh. ion went to Flanders on 27/10/1915 to a “quiet sector,” where he was killed on Bosun John Nibbs Turner SS Ocean 3/11/1915. Courage, Merchant Navy Who died 15/1/1943. Remembered on the Pte Walter White, 7th Queens, Tower Hill Memorial, London. William was Walter’s brother, who landed in France in time for the “Big Push” on the Supply Assistant Howard Edward Win- Somme. He was killed during the capture ter, HMS Ankiing R N of Trones Wood on 13/7/1916. He is bur- Son of Edwin and Ellen Winter of Alder- ied in Dantzig Alley. shot. His father was formerly a shop keep- er in Badshot Lea and the village repre- sentative on Farnham Urban District Council.

13 Craft Fair

One of the reasons this magazine is a little late this month is that your correspond- ent has been busy putting together the web pages for our online art and craft festi- val.

But wow! It has been worth it! We have more than 40 amazing artists, crafters and small businesses selling an incredible array of gifts, cards, decorations, clothing, toiletries, jewellery, bags, gin (two stalls)…. even personalised letters from Father Christmas to your favourite young peo- ple.

It will all be online until November 15th, so visit the page: badshotleaandhale.org/ art-and-craft-fair-online/, have a good browse and then buy. You buy direct from the sellers - all their contact details are there.

Here are a few examples of what is on Rainbow bags by Rene’s Blankets sale. 14 Top row: Shirley Watson, Monty and the Walrus, Crafty Marvel Boutique; Second row: All Sorts, Susie Lidstone, M17; Third row: Resin Expectations, Gifts with Bethany, Pure Glass, Emily Collard Illus- tration; Fourth row: Ash Brockwell, Parish of Badshot Lea and Hale.

15 The Environment Watch your waste! We can all take steps , however small, to reduce our impact on the environment? Stella Wiseman has some suggestions

Packaging – that’s the problem. A few Paks. Not any more. Sometime in re- weeks ago I was challenged to see what cent past they have stopped doing so. waste I was throwing away and packag- ing is the big one, much of it non- Most of the rubbish in the bin had been biodegradable plastic. Tea bags are also bought via a supermarket online shop troublesome… which is convenient, particularly when there is only one person available to do Following this I have been thinking the main shopping (my husband’s hard about how my shopping has an health makes him vulnerable to Covid). impact on the environment and what I can do about it. While it is manufacturers’ responsibil- ity to cut down packaging there are The obvious first step is to buy food some things I can do. Tetra Pak drinks with less packaging. We have fruit and will have to be replaced with other sorts veg delivered each week by a local (and I shall be writing to Waverley to company but even this has a certain ask why they have stopped recycling amount of plastic which the company’s them). Sachets for cat food are particu- suppliers include. We recycle the boxes larly wasteful and I use them for just that the soft fruit comes in but have to one of the cats who was badly injured throw away the little bit of bubble wrap earlier in the year and now demands to at the bottom (the ‘nappy’ my husband be treated like a king. The rest have calls it). food from cans as well as bulk-bought dry food. It may be that I should stop We do most cooking from scratch and spoiling the one cat but I fear for my rarely eat meat (meat has a massive im- skin, if not my life. pact on the environment) but recently I have bought a lot of delicatessen prod- Buying from local producers such as ucts – hummus etc and they not only farm shops will help, as will having come in plastic pots but have little cel- milk delivered, though of course there lophane tops. Alongside them in the bin is a cost to this. I could also try making were cheese wrappers, cereal bags, the my own products such as hummus (see little pieces of plastic which seal milk recipe on page 31). cartons, some cat food sachets, and now, Tetra Paks. Until recently Waver- But what about food wrapping? Making ley Borough Council recycled Tetra sandwiches to take to the office, saving 16 The Environment

left-overs, they all need some form of If a family of four who use clingfilm covering. I don’t use clingfilm but do use foil which may be recyclable, but it to wrap four sandwiches every day Watch your waste! would be good to reduce the use in the switched to using beeswax wraps, first place. An answer is beeswax wraps, they would save more than 500 me- which are wraps made out of fabric coat- tres of cling film from going into ed with beeswax. They are malleable, landfills every year. allow food to breathe and are washable (The Beeswax Wrap Co.) (by hand in warm, not hot water) and therefore reusable. They are also very propylene plastic, likely, said the re- pretty, especially when bought from The searchers, to remain in the environment Weaselry, a small, independent business for thousands of years. The three offend- selling environmentally friendly items, ers are going to change the way they beautifully made. make the tea bags by the end of 2020. The Weaselry also makes reusable face If you have a coffee machine which uses masks and, as the disposable ones are little capsules or pods and you throw causing huge amounts of plastic waste, them in the bin, the capsules will go to much of it ending up in the ocean, it is landfill and stay there for a very, very vital that we buy reusable ones. You can long time. The idea of the machines isn’t contact The Weaselry at particularly environmentally friendly but www.facebook.com/theweaselry/ or a lot of us have them. There are some 07921 260097 or by emailing recyclable capsules and now, thankfully, [email protected]. compostable ones. Also in the bin were tea bags. I had once I recently bought several packets from a believed that tea bags could go in the company called Moving Beans compost but in most cases that is wrong (www.movingbeans.com). They arrived as most brands of tea bags include a through the post in recyclable packaging small layer or plastic. The University of East Anglia has conducted tests on six of Britain's biggest tea brands in order to find out the amount of plastic included in their bags. Each one of the teabags was placed in a copper ammonia solution for five days, which dissolved any material apart from plastic. The results showed that Clipper, PG Tips and Pukka bags degraded and broke down easily, but others, Twinings, Tetley and Yorkshire which makes my Beeswax wraps from The Weaselry favourite – biscuit tea – included signifi- Continued on page 18 cant amounts of non-biodegradable poly- 17 The Environment and first trials of them are favourable. There are some solutions, including a filter from a company called PlanetCare Then in the bin were the tissues. I am (www.planetcare.org/en/) which attach- sorry, but I am not washing handker- es to the waste pipe of your washing chiefs the way my mother did. But I machine and collects the fibres. It’s have started buying them, along with simple to fit (https://planetcare.org/en/ toilet paper and kitchen roll, from the products/how-to/) and you can take out company Who Gives A Crap a subscription so that the filters arrive (uk.whogivesacrap.org). regularly and you can send them back The tissues and kitchen roll are made to PlanetCare when they are full. To from bamboo and the toilet roll from find out more, contact the company on recycled paper and they do not use inks, [email protected] dyes or scents. Moreover, 50 per cent of Incidentally, I don’t have plastic pack- profits goes to help build toilets as there aging from washing powder/liquid or are two billion people in the world who dishwasher tablet in my bins because I do not have access to basic sanitation use smol, which delivers eco-friendly facilities such as toilets or latrines. tablets in recyclable cardboard boxes Kitchen roll, however ethical, is some- through my letter box. It’s good, rea- thing I realised I could cut down on. sonably priced and convenient. When there is a spill in the kitchen, I (smolproducts.com/) would often reach for the kitchen roll to In my bin however, there were tooth- mop it up. Not now that I have realised brushes and a toothpaste tube and this is how much I was chucking out. Instead I something I must change. Apparently have been using cloths and washing nearly one billion plastic single-use them. brushes are disposed of every year. Among the cloths are some made with These brushes will take centuries to microfibres which are effective for decompose and most will end up in our cleaning and therefore you need to use oceans or landfill. So try bamboo ones. few or no cleaning products which is a There are several companies who sell good thing, but they turn out to be made these, including Brushbox essentially of plastic and therefore lia- (www.brushbox.com) whose products ble to end up in the environment, as is and packaging are either recyclable or the case with other synthetic textiles. The cloths shed tiny fibres which make It is estimated that in the US alone their way from our washing to our wa- between 850 million and over a bil- ters. Worse, these are actually micro- lion toothbrushes, representing scopic plastic fibres and every year, over a million tons of microplastics end over 50 million pounds weight (22 up in oceans. Our washing machines are million kgs) of waste, are discarded a major source of this plastic pollution and end up in landfill each year. (Friends of the Earth)

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PlanetCare filter to protect the waterways from microfibres. compostable and for every brush sold a new tree is planted. You can sign up for a scheme and they will conveniently be de- livered through the post. They also sell toothpaste tablets. Again, I’d never given it much thought, but toothpaste tubes are very hard to recycle as they contain a mix of plastic and aluminium Also in my bin was cat litter (and associ- ated products) but I buy eco wood litter, and, in the recycling bin there were sham- poo bottles. We use bars of soap which cuts down on plastic waste though a lot of it is packaged in plastic, but shampoo and conditioner is a problem. You can buy shampoo bars and there are companies offering refillable bottles, such as Faith in Nature (www.faithinnature.co.uk/)

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These are just a few suggestions and I them to campaign on the environment. welcome more from readers. It is im- portant that individuals do our bit by The Climate and Ecological Emergency changing the way we live and shop, but Bill will be coming before Parliament the main problem remains with the large next year with an aim of ensuring that companies and a system which is set up the country takes the climate and envi- to encourage mass consumerism and ronmental crisis seriously. There is a environmental degradation. The way to sample letter below to send to your MP change this is through political action written by Richard Myers, one of the and, alongside ditching your clingfilm members of the church. for beeswax, buying your bamboo Let’s all take some action, however brushes and refilling your bottles, I urge small. It can make a difference. you to write to your MP encouraging

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26 Christmas beacons Beacons of light and hope for Christmas

Saturday, November 14, has long been in the calendar as the date for switching on the Christmas lights in Farnham. Usually this is a time for a large crowd to gather in Gostrey Meadow to listen to live music from local schools and theatre groups, to buy from stalls and enjoy children’s rides. That can’t happen this year so Farnham Town Council is organising an alter- native event - beacons to illuminate the skies over Farnham. There will be seven beacons, three in north Farnham, three in south Farn- ham and one in central Farnham so people should be able to view them from their own homes/gardens. Two of the north Farnham ones will be on St John’s and St Mark’s churches and a third one will be in a garden in Badshot Lea. They will be lit from 5- 8.30pm and the vision is for it to bring hope during a time of darkness and after a difficult year and what for some might be a difficult Christmas.

27 Church news New PCC appointed We have a new PCC, appointed at the APCM (Annual Parochial Church Meeting) on October 11. They are:

Churchwardens: Simon Alexander (previously re- Ex Officio Members: ported as being Deputy Church- Lesley Shatwell warden, but is now Churchwarden) Wendy Edwards Pamela Marsham Craig Nobbs Bob Shatwell Deanery Synod Representative: Deputy Churchwardens: Stella Wiseman Kris Lawrence Simon Spiers Secretary: Gemma Brown PCC Members: John Boas Treasurer: Gemma Brown Sarah Kay Maxine Everitt Sarah Kay Jacquie Munroe Help! There is always lots going on in the church, lockdown or no lockdown, and we need help to ensure it all runs smoothly and is not all concentrated in a few people’s hands. Please do get involved. If you have computing skills, writing skills, database skills, financial skills, admin skills, let us know. Or if you want to support the children’s work in the parish, or offer pastoral support or prayer support, then there is work for you. There are also opportu- nities to sell advertising space in the magazine, run our social media accounts, become a mentor, do some gardening, help maintain the fabric of the churches, do a bit of cleaning, be a key holder, deal with GDPR, become an intercessor… For further details visit badshotleaandhale.org/2020/10/10/helpneeded/ or contact Lesley Crawley: [email protected]

28 From the Church Registers From the Church Registers

Funerals We commend to God those whose funerals have taken place in the past few weeks:

13th October at Aldershot Crematorium Jean Jones 26th October at Aldershot Crematorium Laurie Summerbell 27th October at Aldershot Crematorium: Fiona Blackwood

Burial of Ashes We commend to God those whose ashes have recently been buried: 10th October at St John’s Churchyard Verena Holloway

Children’s Society boxes It's time to open the Children’s Society boxes for the Hale area and it is more important this year than ever. If you have a box or would like to make a donation please contact Anne Boyman on 01252 724429. Thank you.

Short, sweet and faithful - new Toddler Service

If you have pre-school children, or just love bubbles, light and fun, check out our new Tod- dler Service, available online: badshotleaandhale.org/2020/11/03/welcome-to-our-toddler- service/

It’s short, sweet and is a lovely introduction to faith for little ones.

29 The Church Cat Lockdown advice What is all this about? Have you turned into cats? Or are you simply seeking to emulate us? We are, of course, worth emulating (#bemorecat).

What I mean is, you can’t decide whether you are going in or out. One moment you are coming in through the church door, the next you are going out again. That is a trick we’ve been doing for years, ever since someone put doors on the granaries in ancient Egypt and we decided to domesticate you and get you to open the doors, and then shut them, and then open The Church Cat controls Covid (allegedly) them, and then… you get my drift. cal fences and going to sleep bal- I gather it’s all this virus problem. anced on little more than a coat I’ve seen pictures of it and it looks hanger). like a ball I might play with. Appar- ently you were meant to stay alert All of this means the churches are to it and control it. Perhaps you quiet and the sofas are busy, which were meant to swat it with your is good for finding laps to sit on, paws. That’s a fun thing to do but and it also means that there are probably not possible even for a more opportunities to tell you that cat, though we can do many things we have never been fed. Which we humans can’t (like running up verti- haven’t (#feedcatsnow).

30 I like being with people, when it can do the same for dogs but, let’s suits me, but cats also do well on face it, why would you? their own. People don’t do so well. So I have some advice. Give some- But remember, a cat is forever, not one a call. They won’t mind. They just for Covid. might be glad. They might be lonely too. And get a cat. Or volunteer to Head rubs and purrs help cats who need rescuing (check from the Church Cat out www.cats.org.uk/farnham). You Another farewell Sue and Tim Habgood are leaving us. Sue writes: “After many months of searching Tim and I are moving to Liphook. We shall be sad to say goodbye to Farnham and in particular St John’s oncgrega- tion.. We came to St John’s when Sue joined the very thriving Mothers’ Union 22 years ago and was made very welcome, Sue has considered it a privilege to have served as the Baptism and Wedding link as well as a Chalice assistant. We also looked forward to welcoming new people to the church. So, it is time to say goodbye. Our thanks to the clergy for their support over the years. May God bless you all and our best wishes for the future. Our love and our prayers. Sue and Tim Habgood

Lesley Crawley’s simple hummus recipe

400g can chickpeas, drained 80ml extra virgin olive oil 1-2 fat garlic cloves, peeled and crushed 1 lemon, juiced then ½ zested 3 tbsp tahini

Throw it all in a blended with 30ml water and blend it – add more water if needed.

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How to make life a little better with the right support

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Read more at waverleycab.org.uk/category/local-news/ to find out how local Citizens Advice has been able to help Joan get the support she needs…to make life just a little bit better.

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Citizens Advice Waverley By phone: 0344 848 7969 to speak to an adviser (Monday to Friday 10.00 – 16.00) By Email: Use the enquiry form at https://waverleycab.org.uk/enquiry-form/

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his has been a difficult year for many with lock- down, furloughs and re- dundancies. Although TGovernment regulations prevented fuel companies from pursuing bills and cutting customers off for the time being this has only served to delay the inevitable build up of debt. Conse- quently Farnham Lions are launching Project Wenceslas again this year. Lions are inviting those senior citizens who feel they do not need their Win- ter Fuel Payment to donate it to the Club to help local people in serious fuel debt or chronic fuel poverty who Farnham Coronavirus Support Fund are finding it hard to keep warm and and the agencies so far and the need cook in winter. for help is not slackening. This has been a strange year due to Every payment is made to the fuel the pandemic precautions. Prior to utility companies on behalf of our cli- lockdown Lions distributed some ents thus ensuring that ALL monies £7,700 in respect of fuel debt cases received are spent on fuel. referred to us by Citizens Advice and a large number of discretionary grants Donations can be made to to needy families identified to us by www.justgiving.com/lions-wenceslas local Barnados Family Centres, Home- or by cheque (payable to the Lions School link workers and other agen- Club of Farnham and endorsed WFP cies. Following lockdown a further on the back) sent to Lion Treasurer, 1 £9,331 has been distributed via the Acheulian Close, Farnham GU9 8PL. 33

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34 Who’s Who Ministry Team PCC Children’s Work Joint Rectors Churchwardens Open the Book Alan and Lesley Craw- Bob Shatwell Margaret Emberson ley Warden.StMarks@ embersonmargaret@ 25 Upper Hale Road, badshotleaandhale.org gmail.com Farnham, GU9 0NX 01252 314703 01252 409124 01252 820537 Pamela Marsham - contact Little Bees revd.lesley@ via Parish office: admin@ [email protected] badshotleaandhale.org badshotleaandhale.org 07967 107669 Toddlers revd.alan@ Simon Alexander - contact via Parish office: admin@ Natalie 07989980181 badshotleaandhale.org badshotleaandhale.org Adventurers Clergy Anne Boyman 01252 724429

PCC Treasurer John Evans Sarah Kay 01252 710594 Music Treasurer@ Organist & Music Co- johnjunee@ badshotleaandhale.org ordinator btinternet.com 07814 501017 Frances Whewell [email protected] Licensed Lay Minis- PCC Secretary Gemma Brown 01252 312773 ters pcc.secretary@ Choir Leader Wendy Edwards (on badshotleaandhale.org Margaret Emberson, sabbatical until Febru- 01252 319559 embersonmargaret@ ary) gmail.com 01252 409124

Craig Nobbs Stewardship Officer Jacquie Munroe Administration and Hall llm.craig@ Bookings badshotleaandhale.org stewardship.officer@ badshotleaandhale.org Stella Wiseman: admin@

Lesley Shatwell 07974 174595 badshotleaandhale.org llm.lesley@ Magazine badshotleaandhale.org The Church Cat Sprout Editor and Advertising slashermcgoogs Stella Wiseman editor@

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35 Where are the churches?

St George’s is at the crossroads in Badshot Lea:

St John’s is in Lower Hale near the crossroads of the Farnborough Road and Upper Hale Road:

St Mark’s is next to Tesco’s in Upper Hale:

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