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2 31 Sat 7 9.30am FEIG BRUNCH AND BOUNCE. CONTENTS 10.00am PUDSEY TEDDY BEAR PARACHUTING . The Golden Page Valley Kite Fliers. Bring along your teddy bears to Thanksgiving: Ending and parachute along a zip wire high in the Cathedral New Beginnings Celia Thomson 4 Nave and raise lots of money for Children in Need
Sun 8 3.00pm ROYAL BRITISH LEGION SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE. The Inauguration Service for Gloucestershire gathers to recall those who made The Rt. Rev’d Rachel Treweek Maureen Smith 6 the ultimate sacrifice. Music Department Newcomers’ Profiles - Part 2. 7
Sat 14 11.00am COFFEE CONCERT by Students from Birmingham St Luke Richard Cann. 9 Conservatoire. 7.00pm GLOUCESTERSHIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT The Church in Uganda Barrie Glover 11 With Young Musician 2015 winner Rebecca McNaught. Conductor Glyn Oxley. (See page 25). Around the Community 12
Sun 15 3.00pm EVENSONG FOR ROAD PEACE. Join with us to Rugby World Cup 2015 remember victims of road accidents 5.00pm SWITCH ON OF THE CITY’S CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. Juliet Reeve - A Personal Reflection Christine Bowyer 16
Wed 17 6.00pm JUNIOR VOICES PROJECT CONCERT. A Hugely Successful Cathedral Challenge Anabel Hayter 17
Sat 21 GLOUCESTER CROSS CHRISTMAS MARKET Book Review Maureen Smith 18 7.00pm GLOUCESTER CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT. Orff, WWI Centenary series: Bernstein & Brahms. (See page 25). i. It’s The Small Things That Thu 26 12.30pm ORGAN RECITAL by David Pope - Assistant Make One Gulp Barrie Glover 19
Director of Music, York Minster ii. Edith Cavell 20
Sun 29 6.00pm ADVENT CAROL SERVICE BY CANDLELIGHT. A The Rudhall Family - dramatic and majestic service to mark the Bellfounders of Gloucester George Marchant 22 beginning of the new Christian Year. Last Post! Norman Habgood 26
Jottings from the West End Humph ’n Harry 27
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new Beginnings Sun 4 3.00pm COUNTY HARVEST FESTIVAL. All are welcome to give thanks for the gifts of God’s creation.
t this time of year, when the harvest Mon 5 10.00am ENGLISH CHURCH MONUMENTS STUDY DAY. has been gathered in, it’s a good idea (See page 25). A to take stock and count our blessings. First Wed 7 11.30 - 2.30 Mosque and Cathedral Day. and foremost, we live in a land of peace and plenty. As we hear day by day about Sat 10. 11.00am COFFEE CONCERT by Abigail Sudbury. the increasing numbers of migrants who 6.00pm OUR BIG YEAR CELEBRATION. Ensemble Rustavi – Georgian Choir. Free admission but are trying to reach western Europe we find tickets must be reserved from it hard to imagine the situation they have www.strikealightfestival.org.uk left behind in their war-torn homelands of the Middle East. Our response to this crisis should be born out of thankfulness for the Mon 12 to Fri 23 - MAKE A WILL FORTNIGHT. (See page 24) stability of our own lives in this country. Thu 15 12.30pm ORGAN RECITAL by Anthony Daly Oundle Award Here in Gloucestershire we see the fruitfulness of the earth, the Winner. Admission free with retiring collection. abundance of God’s creation. The harvest psalm could have been written with our landscape in mind: “The folds shall be full of Sun 18 3.00pm ANNUAL CIVIC SERVICE. sheep: the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall Wed 21 5.30pm SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE NHS IN laugh and sing.” (Psalm 65:14) The wonderful colours of the apples GLOUCESTERSHIRE with the Caring Chorus and plums give me joy too. Sometimes they hang so thickly on the Community Choir. trees that whole branches break off under their weight. How very blessed we are. Thu 22 7.00pm CATHEDRAL CONVERSATIONS. Public Discussions on Faith & Life. Ann Morrisy: ‘Faith In The Common Good’. Admission Free Soon the trees will be turning, treating us to both swathes and glimpses of glorious colour in the landscape, signalling the year Fri 23 7.30pm ST CRISPIN DAY CONCERT. Commemorating the drawing to its close. Yet we know that after the winter, spring will 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt. come and the cycle of growth begin again. “Love is come again, like (See page 24). wheat that springeth green”, we sing at Easter. Sat 24 1.00pm INFORMAL CONCERT by Loud Crowd.
Here at the Cathedral we have recently seen some endings and new Tue 27 - Thu 29 10.45am - 3.15pm Half-Term Family Fun. (See page 28). beginnings. The sudden death of our Archivist, Chris Jeens, in mid Wed 28 1.00pm - 4.00pm FELLOWS AUCTIONEERS VALUATION DAY. Free August has left a huge hole amongst our staff. Amongst the expert valuations of your unwanted Antiques, Jewellery and Watches in congregation we have also seen the deaths of Monty Charles, Juliet the Chapter House. Reeve and Margaret Norcott. May they all rest in peace. And of th Fri 30 Oct – Mon 16 Nov PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. course on 6 September we said goodbye and thank you to Canon The Cathedral tower will be lit purple to help raise awareness Neil Heavisides after his long ministry here. We are grateful to all of them for their contribution to the life of the Cathedral. Fri 6 5.30pm REQUIEM EUCHARIST: – Duruflé. Service to At the same time as we bid farewell to Canon Neil we welcomed our remember those who have died in the last year
4 29 have the wobbles in a big way and his jellies tasted awful. Poor Mr. new musicians at the beginning of the academic year. We also H. has been feeling far from well in the last few weeks and never welcomed Emily Shepherd, our new Chapter Steward, who started wishes to set eye on another mediaeval concoction for some work with us at the end of August. It is very good to have Emily now considerable time. in post and already she is making a difference behind the scenes. A very significant new beginning for both diocese and cathedral is World Rugby should provide huge interest for one and all and we the arrival of Bishop Rachel. We were able in June to have a proper will run a book, as we do for the Gold Cup. The idea of a selfie ending for Bishop Michael’s ministry two days before the station in the Fanzone is a great idea and we are all for selfies. confirmation of Bishop Rachel’s election in London. Then we had the Perhaps there might be one in GC? We could wear our Rugby caps excitement of her consecration in Canterbury Cathedral on 22nd and charge a fortune! July, the Feast of St Mary Magdalene – a wonderful day for those of us fortunate enough to be there. Now we have the first diocesan Hallowe’en will soon be here. More selfies? Mr. H. has some great woman bishop and how very fortunate we are. ideas for “Trick or Treat” and Humph, as usual, is expressing doubt. He is sick, sorry and tired of photography. He dislikes Hallowe’en. Bishop Rachel will be sitting in the House of Lords immediately, He always has and he is hoping to make a quick exit to the instead of waiting her turn to fill a vacancy. She will soon be joined allotment. The radishes require his attention. there by the newly appointed Bishop of Newcastle, The Ven Christine Hardman. All the new women bishops, both diocesan and So on we go. The diary is full. We are on very high alert and there suffragan, will need our prayers as they strive to serve their are times when only a large bag of crisps will do! dioceses and bring wholeness to the ministry of the Church in our land. They will be keenly scrutinised for any mistakes they make and As ever, all the very best from us to you. be vulnerable to legal action if they should fail to make what their opponents consider sufficient provision for those who will not accept God for Harry, England and Saint George and Up the Corbels! their ministry. So please remember them in your prayers and also pray for the time when to be a bishop who happens to be a woman Humph ’n Harry. will be so natural that it ceases to be newsworthy.
And in the midst of all these new beginnings we have the excitement of the Rugby World Cup! There is never a dull moment and there is so much to be thankful for. As the turning earth gives us HALF TERM FAMILY FUN AT GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL our seasons and the year draws to its close, so too the life of the Church revolves around our liturgical year, drawing all things 27th, 28th & 29th October 10.45am – 3.15pm together under the reign of Christ our King before we turn back to BROTHER SIMEON’S SEARCH the beginning once more to celebrate his coming among us as God Help Brother Simeon the Scribe find his quill pen! made flesh. Collect your Free trail from a Welcomer at the entrance Thanks be to God for all the blessings of our lives. THE BIG DRAW Collect a clipboard, paper and pencil and get drawing! Sketch a Celia Thomson. sculpture or your favourite part of the Cathedral
28 5 The Inauguration Service Jottings from the West for The Right Reverend End: Rachel Treweek 41st Bishop of Gloucester. Greetings from us Corbels Saturday 19th September 2015. Humph ’n Harry
To say that this was an incredible occasion is an understatement. The sun was shining brilliantly outside and the Here we are again, happy as we can be, watching away for England atmosphere inside the Cathedral was on our state of the art TV and, yes, we have one and NOTHING absolutely electric. There were over 1000 escapes our eagle eyes! We do love seeing you and, what is more, people present in the congregation and listening to you, so carry on waving and you’ll get a wave back. people were also watching from around September was pretty awesome. Forewarned is forearmed and we the world on YouTube. (You can still view have ordered our Christmas cards. the service by going to the Diocesan website and clicking on to YouTube). Bishop’s Inauguration was a stupendous affair and we loved it. Bishop Rachel herself radiated a spirit of true Christian humility, caring and Humph produced a most elegant Latin address of welcome and the warmth. triangle band is now assured for TCF Gloucester 2016. The triumphal march was a sensation and Mr H’s “reinforcement” sandwiches Following the legal part of the service, including the Oaths, the Annointing escaped media attention and were greatly appreciated. “HO” and the Installation, the Dean presented Rachel to the congregation. The magazine devoted a whole article to us and to our gold chains. It Cathedral then erupted with enthusiastic applause and whoops of joy which went viral and now we are all set for Saint Crispin’s Day and for continued for ages. I detected some people shedding tears of joy as well. I some more excitement. admit that I had a secret desire to let off some party poppers! This was history being made in front of our eyes! We will be raising our banners above the Heights in honour of those In her sermon, Bishop Rachel said, “I’m really passionate about people, who went to Agincourt, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester amongst followers of Jesus, living out their calling. When you are baptised to follow them. We weren’t there. Somebody had to stay at home and Christ, you are invited to follow Christ in all the different places of your Humph, as a scholar, was exempt, although a formidable archer. Mr. life. That’s what I want us to do throughout Gloucestershire and the H. was dying to go and the pay was excellent, but he just didn’t surrounding areas.” have the right connections!
At the end of the service we all gathered in College Green to greet Rachel, We will have a memorable feast. The Osric fountain will run with OUR FIRST WOMAN BISHOP, as she emerged from the West door of the wine and there will be some “lethal” spiced catnip for those who Cathedral to bless the city and people of Gloucester. The moment was can take it and a little mead for those who can’t. (Sadly for him, we captured by our photographer Chris Smith. (See photo above). don’t think that HV would have known about gin). To add to the I have been privileged to serve at many wonderful occasions at the splendour of the feast Mr. H., as is proper, has devised some Cathedral over the years, but this service crowns them all. God was well fantastic subtleties and Saint George and the Dragon will be carried and truly smiling down upon us. in, shoulder high, to the singing of the Agincourt carol. Mr. H. has Maureen Smith. had a series of problems with his subtleties, the dragons tended to
6 27 Last Post? Music Department Newcomers Profiles - Part 2 Here are some reflections on my fifty years with Royal Mail, firstly telegram boy, secondly postman and thirdly P.H.G. (postman higher grade). Catherine Perfect
Catherine started her music education as a scholar In most forms of employment there were highs and at the King’s School, Gloucester where she spent lows. The three stories you, dear readers, are much of her time singing in the Cathedral and about to read are true and even now, many years wishing that girls could be choristers too! She later, when they’re related cause laughter. went on to be awarded choral scholarships at the Universities of London and Cambridge. After Story one: several years teaching music in Birmingham and Tony was late reporting for duty. On his arrival at the sorting Wolverhampton, Catherine returned to her home county as Head of Music at St Peter’s RC High office, he was confronted by the duty Supervisor who asked him School, a position she has held for the last ten why he was late. Quickly thinking Tony said “sorry boss, but we years. have had a robbery at home”. The Supervisor said that he was sorry to hear this and asked him, “did they get away with anything?” Aside from juggling a hectic school schedule with two exuberant children, Catherine performs regularly with the renowned Birmingham-based choir Tony replied, “the alarm clock.” Ex Cathedra. She is also active in its extensive education programme and was an original member of the innovative and award-winning Singing Story two: Medicine team which works in the long term wards of Birmingham I was Uniform Officer when a colleague called to enquire if he was Children’s Hospital. Catherine is both excited to be admitted as the first due for any footwear. Checking the records found that he was. I female lay-clerk in Gloucester Cathedral and proud to be sharing the role should add that he was a large built male who took a size twelve in with Sacha Fullerton, one of her former students from St Peter’s. shoes. The footwear duly arrived and was collected. The following day the shoes were returned. “Norm, these boots don’t fit. I William Rowland. checked the records and found I had ordered the correct size. It was then I found out why the boots didn’t fit. He had not removed 'I grew up in East Sussex, and currently live in the tissue in the toes! Bexhill-on-sea. Aged 8, I became a chorister at Westminster Abbey where I developed my love Story three: of singing, and also reached a high standard in Mick, who hailed from the London area, was asked by a colleague if piano and French horn. I was then a music scholar at Lancing College where I took an he required anything from the shops. Mick said, “yes, a currant active role in the chapel choir, and other bun”. The colleague duly made the purchase and returned to the musical groups.' sorting office and it to Mick who said, “what’s this”. The colleague replied, “you wanted a currant bun”.
Sadly I can’t repeat what was actually said, but you may have guessed that Mick wanted “The Sun” newspaper.
Norman Habgood.
26 7 Magnus Walker. Gloucester Cathedral - Lectures and Study Days Currently studies singing with Phil Gault, and, although only seventeen years old, is already an Monday 5th October, 10am-3.45pm experienced performer, He began singing in the TALES OF THE TOMBS – THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH Junior Chorus of the Royal Scottish National CHURCH MONUMENTS Orchestra under Christopher Bell in 2005, moving to Hear the story of English church monuments, how they developed the Changed Voices section in 2009, under the stylistically over time and what they tell us about the people of the guidance of his father, Frikki Walker. In 2007 he past. Meet some of the most interesting characters immortalised became a chorister in the choir of St Mary’s through their tombs in the Cathedral. Cathedral, in Glasgow, where he has sung as a treble, alto, tenor, and now baritone. With the Tickets: £31 (includes refreshments on arrival and lunch in the historic choir of St Mary’s he has not only sung services and Parliament Rooms rarely open to the public concerts, frequently featuring as a soloist in such works as Vaughan ****************** Williams’ “Five Mystical Songs”, and in Stainer’s “Crucifixion”, but has also Thursday 22nd October 7.00pm - Chapter House toured to various English Cathedrals, recorded CDs, and has appeared on CATHEDRAL CONVERSATIONS BBC Radio and TV, including solos on BBC Radio 4’s “Morning Worship” and Public Discussions On Faith & Life “Daily Service”, and a feature on Jamie MacDougall’s “Classics Unwrapped” Ann Morrisy: Faith In The Common Good on Radio Scotland. Admission Free In 2014, he qualified for the Final in the National Rotary Club of Great Britain and Ireland Young Musician of the Year competition and finished as ***************** runner up. Also in 2014, he attended his first Eton Choral Course and was Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd November immediately selected by Ralph Allwood for the famous Rodolfus Choir, Reading Latin course: THE ROMANS AND THEIR GODS singing with them in the Three Choirs’ Festival in Worcester, and on Choral These colourful figures lighten up the literature of the Romans. Evensong on BBC Radio 3. In the 2015 Glasgow Music Festival, Magnus won A weekend course for students who have some Latin. the Agnes Duncan Trophy for the most outstanding singer in the Festival More details: www.lingua.co.uk/latin , [email protected], under the age of eighteen, having won the Art Song, Lieder, Gilbert and or tel: 01452 731113 Sullivan and Opera classes. Saturday 14th November 7.00pm GLOUCESTERSHIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT Deryck Huw Webb. With Young Musician 2015 winner Rebecca McNaught Welshman (Pembrokeshire). He comes to the Conductor Glyn Oxley choir after a short time as a lay clerk at Durham. Event Sponsored by CJ Hole Estate Agents Before that he lived and worked as a professional Tickets £15, (conc. £7.50) from 0845 6521823 or singer and voice teacher/vocal coach in France www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk where he also learned much about the performance of Gregorian chant. Going further back into the past, he was once a member of the GLOUCESTER CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT
English National Opera. Almost back to where he Saturday 21st November 7.00pm – 8.30pm began, for a number of years he trained as a Orff, Bernstein & Brahms singer at the Birmingham Conservatoire, with John Mitchenson (amongst Conductor: Adrian Partington others) as his teacher. Before and during that time, he was a lay clerk at Tickets: £10 - £32.50 Bristol, Chichester & Lichfield. Visit www.gloucesterchoral.com for ticket details.
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St Luke ST CRISPIN DAY CONCERT
Friday 23rd October at 7.30pm There seems to have been a lot written about St. Luke – some authors being Commemorating the 600th anniversary content to translate historical accounts of the Battle of Agincourt as fact – others questioning them
profoundly. In October 1415, King Henry V fought and defeated a
numerically superior French Army in one of the most important It is said that Luke was born at Antioch battles of the Hundred Years War. 600 years later, Gloucester in Syria and, one of the products of his Cathedral will play host to a unique event telling the story of life was his writings, as he is attributed the Battle of Agincourt. to be the author of both the Third Featuring a mix of narration and stunning choral and orchestral Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. He music, this concert will tell the story of the Hundred Years War, was also said to be a physician. Henry V, the Battle itself and its impact on the years and decades that followed. The music will include pieces written Acts records Luke's Christian ministry. and performed at the wedding of Henry V to Catherine of We know nothing about his conversion Valois, and will transport the audience into medieval England but looking at the language of Acts we and the Royal Court. The stunning setting of Gloucester’s can see where he joined Saint Paul. The magnificent Norman Cathedral will add significantly to the story of the Acts is written in the third experience. The music will be performed by the highly person, as an historian recording facts, accomplished Ensemble Sine Nomine (featuring the Mayor of up until the sixteenth chapter. Then Gloucester, Sebastian Field) and IaTB, and the narration will be suddenly in 16:10 "they" becomes "we". given by Chris Chatterton, historian and former Mayor of Gloucester. St Luke. Luke is the loyal comrade who stays with Tickets £10-£20 available from 0845 652 1823 Paul when he is imprisoned in Rome Memorial Window to Thomas or Cathedral Box office. Gambier Parry in the South about the year 61: Luke's inspiration and transept by information for his Gospel and Acts came Clayton and Bell 1889 from his close association with Paul and
his companions as he explains in his MAKE A WILL FORTNIGHT Photo by: Richard Cann introduction to the Gospel Monday 12th October to Friday 23rd October.
Do you need to make or update a will? His unique perspective on Jesus can be seen in the six miracles and
Willans Solicitors, Lead Sponsors of last year’s Crucible2, are kindly eighteen parables not found in the other gospels. Luke's is the providing a will writing service opportunity and in place of paying their gospel of the poor and of social justice. He is the one who tells the usual fee you can choose to make a donation to the Cathedral. story of Lazarus and the Rich Man who ignored him. He also has a special connection with the women in Jesus' life, especially Mary. It For more information contact our Development Manager, is only in Luke's gospel that we hear the story of the Annunciation, [email protected] or 01452 508218. Mary's visit to Elizabeth including the Magnificat, the Presentation,
24 9 and the story of Jesus' disappearance in Jerusalem. Forgiveness and There are also family memorials at the west end of the north aisle of God's mercy to sinners is also of first importance to Luke. He is also the nave. High up is a tablet to Elizabeth, wife of Abraham senior, one who loved the poor, who wanted the door to God's kingdom which incorporates a bell. Below are smaller plaques to the fourth opened to all, who respected women, and who saw hope in God's generation Abraham, his wife Sarah and his brother Charles. mercy for everyone. There is an interesting display in the Gloucester Civic Trust He is often shown with an ox or a calf because these are the symbols headquarters at St Michael’s Tower, including two Rudhall bells and of sacrifice, (see the line drawing below by Eric Gill). Luke is the a history of bellfounding in the city. patron saint of physicians and surgeons and also artists. His feast George Marchant. th day is October 18 . Main sources: Wikipedia ‘Rudhall of Gloucester’, follow link to ‘The Rudhall
Richard Cann. Family I’. Also www.bgas.org.uk/tbgas_bg/v121/bg121011.pdf
FRIENDS OF GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL
ABBOT MALVERN LECTURE
Thursday 22nd October 2015 at 7.30pm. In the Parliament Room.
The talk will be given by Sally Annesley, one of the Cathedral Guides, who has made a special study of William Parker, more often known to us as Abbot Malvern. He was the last abbot of St. Peter’s Abbey, Gloucester, a contemporary of Thomas Cromwell and so lived through the reign of Henry VIII and the Dissolution of the Monasteries. In acknowledgement of the last abbot’s apparently convivial lifestyle, this will be a Gloucestershire evening, with a cheese and wine supper following the lecture, featuring local cheeses and sponsored by WSP Solicitors. ************************************************************* TICKETS: £10.00. On 4th October 1535 the first English Bible, the work of Miles This lecture is organised by the Friends of Gloucester Cathedral Coverdale, came off the press either in Zurich, Switzerland, or in and is open to everyone! Tickets are available from the Friends Cologne, Germany. Office, 11A College Green, Gloucester GL1 2LX, telephone 01452 25th October is Bible Sunday. 522419. The office is open on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
“Seek you out the book of the Lord, and read..." (Isaiah 34.16). If you haven’t already booked, don’t delay – the booking deadline is 15th October! Submitted by John Melhuish.
10 23 The Rudhall Family: The Church in Uganda Bellfounders of Gloucester Uganda is a beautiful East African country bordering Lake Victoria. The west is mountainous, the north largely desert, and the coastal Bellfounding in Gloucester reached its peak with the plain beautiful. It has been called "the Pearl of Africa." Historically Rudhall family who cast over 5,000 bells in the city, divided into kingdoms and tribal areas it suffered from the Arab- during a 150 year period between 1684 and 1835. Four managed slave trade and came to the notice of Europeans in the generations of the family were involved. 19th century.
Abraham Rudhall senior established his foundry around 1684, The first European Anglican missionaries were Sergold Smith and probably on the corner of Westgate Street and Archdeacon Street. C.T. Wilson of CMS, followed by others. Many will have heard of the By 1705, he had produced over 500 bells for churches and brutality of the local ruler, Kabaka II. In 1885, the newly arrived elsewhere, often inscribed with his initials separated by a small Archbishop James Hannington was detained and executed, together image of a bell. with a number of young Christian courtiers, and then a Catholic priest, Joseph Mukasa who had rebuked the deed. These are known His son, Abraham junior, was apprenticed to him in 1694, aged about as the Ugandan Martyrs and today there is a large memorial outside 14. He took over the foundry around 1718, and in 1727 transferred Kampala Cathedral on Namirembe Hill. it to a site near the present Post Office in King’s Square. This is now commemorated by a blue plaque near the door of the Post Office. "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church" and today the He died in 1735. Church of Uganda has 34 dioceses, and 8,782.821 Ugandans consider themselves Christians. As a member of the Anglican Communion, the The business then passed to Abraham junior’s son Abel, who was Province contributes to world-wide Anglican concerns and sends aged about 21 and had recently completed his apprenticeship. He missionaries to other countries, including this one. The links with continued it until his death in 1760, aged 46. CMS are still strong. There is also a Ugandan Church Association in Britain whose objects include to "advance the work of the Ugandan The fourth generation involved Abel’s four sons, Abraham, Thomas, Church, to encourage links between Britain and Uganda: to foster Charles and John. Their work in 1774 included what is now the strategic relationships and projects.” oldest peal of bells in USA, at Christ Church, Boston. John took complete charge in 1783, but found trading difficult due to the Notwithstanding some dreadful recent events, Christianity is unsettled climate of the Napoleonic Wars and the reluctance of growing fast in Africa, and there are things we can learn from some customers to pay bills. He sold the foundry to Thomas Mears of faithful believers there. Whitechapel London around 1830, but remained active in the Barrie Glover. business until his death in 1835. Source: C. of U. Wikipedia entry: Uganda Church Association.
The family has connections with Gloucester Cathedral. The tenor bell in the tower was cast by a young Abel Rudhall in 1736. The seventh and eighth bells of the peal were cast by John Rudhall in 1810, although the seventh was recast in 1978. A former Cathedral treble bell, cast by Abraham senior in 1706, spent part of its life as the City’s fire bell.
22 11 In Memorium: We were deeply She risked her life to help allied forces escape and in doing so paid Around the saddened to hear of the sudden the ultimate price. It is important that we remember the sacrifices Community death of Juliet Reeve. Juliet was made by so many people in different ways during the war.” a former, and much valued, member of the Gloucester Edith was the daughter of a parson from the village of Swardeston in Cathedral News Editorial Team and a Norfolk. After becoming a nurse, she was invited to organise training faithful member of the Cathedral in Belgium. When the war broke out, she was at home in the safety community. She will be sadly missed by of Norfolk but insisted on returning to Europe. Historians have all who knew her and we extend our connected her Christian faith with her commitment to the nursing sincere sympathy to her family and team and the college that she had set up in Belgium. friends. (Please see a personal tribute to Juliet by Christine Bowyer on page 16.) When Edith returned to mainland Europe, she became part of an informal group which smuggled 200 allied soldiers into the We were also deeply saddened to hear of the death of Margaret Netherlands, which was neutral, in order to save them from falling Norcott who was a faithful member of the Cathedral community and into the hands of the Germans. who will be sadly missed by us all. Margaret’s funeral took place at the Cathedral on 23rd September. She was betrayed and arrested in August 1915. She admitted her role and was tried for treason. ******************************** Despite appeals for clemency from the US and Spain, she was shot New Chief Operating Officer at on the morning of 12th October 1915,, aged 49. Gloucester Cathedral
At the time, Sir Horace Rowland of the British Foreign Office said Gloucester Cathedral is delighted to the UK was powerless to save her. announce the appointment of Emily Shepherd as Chief Operating Officer That she did not criticise those who condemned her or failed to help (historically known as Chapter her when facing death has been lauded by historians as another Steward). instance of her courage. Submitted by Barrie Glover. As Chief Operating Officer, Emily will Copyright: The Guardian. be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Cathedral, including overall management of its staff and finances. She will also help with the
Cathedral’s strategic planning as a member of Chapter.
The Cathedral has around 60 permanent staff, almost 500 volunteers and welcomes around 300,000 visitors every year.
12 21 This was stationed a little further west towards the North Sea and Previously Director of Communications and Deputy Diocesan the towns of Dixmuide and Ostende, and was also able to keep that Secretary at Canterbury Diocese, Emily brings a wealth of port open to the Royal Navy. experience to the role. She said, ‘Gloucester Cathedral has the power to transform the lives of those who visit, live and worship To stand beside the muddy ditch today - almost completely here. I feel honoured to join our outstanding team of staff and overgrown in places - with the steam from the factory billowing out volunteers and I look forward to working with them all to further the behind, is indeed to ask oneself What on earth was it all about? mission of this great Cathedral.’
Harry’s friends were all killed at this anonymous bridge. But he The Very Rev Stephen Lake, Dean of Gloucester, said ‘We are never forgot them, and, shortly before he died, he made one last delighted to welcome Emily to the Cathedral at a crucial time for pilgrimage to Flanders and laid wreaths at the place. They are still our future development. These are exciting times as Project Pilgrim there, together with a few others, and there is now also a very develops and I am confident Emily will help us all to discover where small and appropriate stone slab describing the action let into the God is leading us today.’ bank. LEST WE FORGET INDEED. Barrie Glover. ********************************
On Sunday 6th September we said a ************** fond farewell to Neil Heavisides. After the 10.15am Eucharist, we gathered Edith Cavell, British Nurse together in the Chapter House for a bring and share lunch. executed in WWI, to be commemorated on £5 coin. Neil was presented with some well deserved gifts. In the photograph, Celia Edith Cavell, the British Nurse executed by is seen presenting him with an ipad! the Germans during WWI, is to be featured And there was the most beautiful cake, on a new commemorative £5 coin. (pictured below) which was almost too
good to cut! The coin will form part of a set to be issued next year by the Royal Mint marking the centenary of the war.
Edith Cavell worked as a nurse in German-occupied Belgium where she helped save the lives of soldiers from both sides. She was shot We wish you every by a German firing squad for helping allied soldiers to escape across happiness in your the border into the Netherlands. retirement Neil.
The Treasury minister, Nicky Morgan, said: “She showed true bravery by helping injured soldiers, regardless of their nationality, and it is right that she should be honoured as a British hero. Photos by Chris Smith.
20 13 Rugby World Cup 2015 WWI Centenary
On 5th September, to celebrate that Series: Gloucester is hosting some of the games in the Rugby World Cup It’s The Small Things That series, an attempt was made at a new world record. This involved Make One Gulp passing a rugby ball from person to person from St Mary de Crypt Church Regular readers of GCN will not
in Southgate Street to the Cathedral. need to be told that the Editor has endeavoured to ensure that the centenary of the global conflict has been sufficiently and accurately acknowledged, with a good balance of major events. The feedback has been both pleasing and encouraging!
The following article heralds a change of tempo, as the title above suggests. Do read on!
On the edge of the small village of Langemarck, north-west of the Flemish city of Leper, there is an enormous German military cemetery. Fighting was intense there in WWI and in 1919 it was Bishop Rachel joined in the fun! decided that the burial of the German dead should be concentrated in just a few vast cemeteries, in contrast to the 1,700,000 British
and Commonwealth interments and memorials. And so it was, but in
doing so, of course, the intimacy and detail of the latter was lost. The Cathedral Choirs sang!
The surrounding area is flat and is criss-crossed by ditches and small streams and rivers with the soil only able, (in some places), to support vegetables grown on small farms. Much of this survives today, but it is also increasingly being submerged in retail estates with vast hangers for storage and large administrative blocks of offices. This development has also necessitated new and wider, straighter roads, but, of course, it provides employment in a province where work is not always easy to find.
The link to British readers is that it was on and around a small footbridge, now just a couple of hundred yards from a dairy processing plant, that Harry Patch and three of his close friends were ordered to contest and prevent an attempted German advance towards the severely stretched army of the King of the Belgians.
14 19 Book Review And the city MP., Richard Graham successfully kicked the ball over the rugby posts set up on the Green. Harry Potter on Location
This guide is a must for all Harry Potter and film enthusiasts as well as those just wishing to visit some of the most beautiful places in the UK.
That is the claim made for this lovely little book. And it’s true.
Warner Brothers have been extremely, and unusually, secretive regarding the locations used for the Harry Potter films. It has quite obviously, therefore, required a dedicated amount of detective work by the author, J. P. Sperati, to produce this book.
Apart from the fact that I’m an avid Harry Potter fan and that Gloucester Cathedral is one of the locations used, I have thoroughly enjoyed reviewing the book. It has some beautiful photographs in it and is packed full of interesting facts about the numerous locations used, the scenes shot in them and other films they have hosted. In addition, there is historical information about them. For instance, Above photos by Chris Smith did you know that St Paul’s Cathedral was once a prison? In fact, this book is not only a guide to Harry Potter and other film locations, it doubles up as an interesting and informative travel guide. Kingsholm stadium was the next destination where a warm up match was played I can thoroughly recommend this book as an enjoyable and between Japan and Georgia. fascinating read for Harry Potter fans, film buffs and also for anyone who is looking for interesting places to visit, or even to learn more about, in the UK. It is published by Irregular Special Press, Baker The photograph is of Richard Cann’s Street Studios Ltd and can be purchased from the Cathedral Gift grandsons at Kingsholm with a Scrumptie. Shop priced £8.99. Maureen Smith. Richard has assured the Editor that he’s not the occupier of the Scrumptie outfit!
Photo by Richard Cann,
18 15 Juliet Reeve. A Personal Reflection.
All of us who knew Juliet were shocked and saddened at her sudden passing.
We first met when I joined the Gloucester Cathedral Newsletter Editorial Team soon after I retired in 2000. Her contributions were always thoroughly researched, accurate and well-written. She also commissioned many articles and was a member of the Association of Christian Editors, regularly attending their meetings.
Shortly after I joined the GCN team, she asked me to word-process a quarterly Christian magazine for St John’s Guild for the Blnd and Visually Handicapped, which I did until her death. She knew of my church background which was very useful for this publication.
Juliet helped to set up the “Touch and Feel” centre for the The Hugely Successful Cathedral Challenge Cathedral - the wooden model at the west end - for people with visual difficulties. She also helped a blind friend of hers, Peter, The final total raised by Amelia, Aggie and Archie Campbell for travel around the country for Chess Tournaments for the Blind for Cancer Research UK and The British Heart a Foundation was a many years until his death, and she still attended them until fairly phenomenal total of £21,570 At the start of the 72 mile walk they recently. thought they would be lucky to make £3,000, how wrong we all were. Everyone was incredibly kind and generous and dug deep into She studied at Birmingham University, but was very modest about their pockets for these two extremely worthwhile charities. her career and qualifications, which gave her a slightly enigmatic quality. She was an avid reader, and loved discussing books. She was The children received the ultimate recognition on the 15th July a member of the Gloucester Literary Luncheon Club. One of the when we took them to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Philip and highlights of her year was the Cheltenham Literary Festival. to hand over the cheque for the British Heart Foundation (see photograph above). Prince Philip was marvellous with them and we Juliet also enjoyed travelling, and, in recent years, particularly all had lots of laughs with him. We then watched Changing the liked cruises, but nearer to home, she loved Gloucester Cathedral. Guard from the steps of the Palace and the Guard's Band played 'Fly Another particular favourite was Lichfield Cathedral, which she me to the Moon' George's favourite jazz song, which was played at visited regularly. Other friends were based in East Anglia, and I his Thanksgiving Service. remember teasing her about hurtling all over the country in her car to visit them. A day in all our lives we will never forget and a very fitting end to Christine Bowyer. an enormous challenge by these three children for their beloved Pop Pop. Anabel Hayter.
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