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WHITTINGTON ORGANISATIONS 36 PARISH SERVICES WOMENS INSTITUTE: SUNDAY SERVICES: Second Thursday in the month in the Community Centre 8:00am Holy Communion on 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays Secretary: Mrs Joyce Howard Tel:656389 11:00am Holy Communion weekly WHITTINGTON CASTLE PRESERVATION TRUST: 6:30pm Holy Communion According to the Book of Chairman: Jonjo Evans Tel:671300 Common Prayer on 1st Sunday Castle Manager: Ms Sue Ellis Tel:662500 6:30pm Evensong on the 3rd Sunday BELL RINGING: Details from Brian Rothera Tel:657778 4:00pm Messy Church on the 4th Sunday (Autumn Term) (No Service in August) BROWNIES, GUIDES: 6:00-7:15pm Thursday except in school holidays in the Community Centre WEEKDAYS: 9:30am Holy Communion - Thursday Brown Owl: Mrs D. Gough, 2 Newnes Barns, Ellesmere Tel:624390 5:30pm Choir Practice - Alternate Thursdays BEAVER, CUBS & SCOUT INFORMATION: RECTOR: Reverend Sarah Burton Tel:238658 Information from: Brenda Cassidy – Group Scout Leader (Gobowen) e.mail: [email protected] 2 Heather Bank, Gobowen Tel:658016 e.mail: [email protected] CHURCHWARDENS: WHITTINGTON UNDER FIVES GROUP: Mr M Phipps, Wesley Cottage, Babbinswood, Whittington Tel:670940 Sessional and extended hours Carer and Toddler Sessions Leaders: Dawn and Mandy Tel:670127 Mrs G Roberts, 28 Boot Street, Whittington Tel:662236 Meet in the Community Centre 9:00am – 3:00pm e.mail: [email protected] SENIOR CITIZENS: VERGER: Mr D. Howard, 16 Yew Tree Avenue, Whittington Tel:656389 Monday Whist Drive, Thursday Coffee Morning Deputy: Mr P. Morris, 1 Rosehill Avenue, Whittington Tel:659562 All meetings in the Senior Citizens Hall Secretary: Mrs Gillian Roberts, 28 Boot Street, Whittington Tel:662236 ORGANIST: Mr K. Griffiths, 12 Park Crescent, Park Hall Tel:662116 MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE: MAGAZINE: The Mobile Library will stop in the cul-de-sac by the Three Trees/White Editor: Miss A Ward, 4 Rosehill Avenue, Whittington Tel:672838 Lion on alternate Tuesdays between 2:55pm – 3:55pm. This will now be the [email protected] only stop in the village. Distribution: Mr & Mrs J Carroll, Rhoswen, Station Road Tel:659385 CHURCH WEBSITE ADDRESS: www.whittingtonchurch.org.uk SCHOOL WEBSITE ADDRESS: www.whittingtonschool.co.uk WHITTINGTON C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL Headteacher: Carl Rogers Tel:662269 e.mail: [email protected] 1 “THE RIPPLE” 2 (Whittington Parish Church Magazine) WHITTINGTON ORGANISATIONS Vol 30 No 1 May 2017 CRICKET/BOWLING CLUB SECRETARY: Mr Andy Cawthray - email: [email protected] Tel:657178 Celebrating Thirty Years of the Ripple 07581 710523 MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: Thirty years ago this month the Ripple was Richard Beaman Tel:659166 published for the first time. Over all those years the magazine has celebrated life of CRICKET SECRETARY: Trina Lewis – email: [email protected] Tel:774406 the church and special events in the 07968 844341 village. The magazine has recorded BOWLING SECRETARY: hundreds of baptisms and weddings and entertained us with funny stories Eileen Sinker Tel:770212 and gardening hints. COMMUNITY CENTRE BOOKING SECRETARY: The editor of the first magazine was our very own David North with Mrs Kath Griffiths Tel:662116 Marjorie Weston and Sue Dyke making up part a small committee dedicated to its success. SHROPSHIRE COUNCILLOR FOR WHITTINGTON AND WEST FELTON The first magazine had an article about traffic flows in the village. It reported Mr Stephen Charmley, 3 Glebe Meadows, Whittington SY11 4AG just over two vehicles a minute passing the church in 1988. There was also e.mail:[email protected] –www.stevecharmley.co.uk an article about the railway station (closed 1960). A report from the WI Tel:650488 mentioned that the President, Kath Griffiths, welcomed members and visitors WHITTINGTON PARISH COUNCIL to the annual bulb show. At the show, Rita Moir made the best ginger cake Mrs A. S. Cowley, “Pear Tree” Cottage, Treflach Oswestry with Nora Brunt coming a very creditable second. (Clerk to the Council) – Held the fourth Tuesday in the month Tel:659496 [email protected] Perhaps the most interesting thing about the first magazine is the adverts. www.whittingtonpc.wordpress.com The Penrhos Arms proudly advertised its award-winning animal park. There was an advert from the Three Trees stores and a butcher (M G Jones) on SHROPSHIRE YOUTH SERVICE Rural Mobile visits the village on Tuesday 6:15pm – 8:00pm Station Road. Whittington also had a plumber (R E Doogan and Sons) on Bus parks opposite the “Premier” Shop, Whittington. Boot Street and a garage down the side of the dairy (Jack Hayward). Open to young people between the ages of 13 – 20 yrs. Contact: Wendy Stockton, Shropshire Council Youth Worker. Tel:654175 Our church magazine has faithfully reported the life of both the village and the church for thirty years. Our thanks must go to everyone who has BAPTISM SECRETARY contributed to the magazine over all these years. We owe a special debt of Mrs Margery Mellor, 10 Boot Street, Whittington Tel:681036 thanks to our present editor, Anne Ward, whose care and creativity ensures e.mail: [email protected] the excellent standards of our magazine are maintained. WEDDING SECRETARY Mrs Gill Roberts, 28 Boot Street, Whittington Tel:662236 35 and architectural surprises and its political legacy provides a fascinating 34 selection of sights where visitors can rediscover the events and emotions of The magazine has helped us appreciate God’s abundant love and care for his its history. Historic buildings have been restored and there is plenty of world as seen in our joyful church life and in a flourishing village nightlife and an increasing amount of cultural events. Traditional Romanian community. May the magazine ever help the church to be placed at the cooking can be savoured alongside international cuisine, and in summer centre of community life, serving the whole people of God, for the next festive beer gardens and picturesque parks are filled with cheerful crowds. thirty years. Public transport in Bucharest is cheap and generally reliable. The metro is On page 10 of the first magazine the quote of the month was; “these are the the best way to get around the centre, it is fast and despite some poorly good old days you are going to miss in the year 2000”. Well, we certainly signed stations easier to navigate than the bus system. Buses, trolley buses still miss the good old days in 2017 but you must admit that community life and trams are well integrated and tickets are valid on all three networks, but is still worth celebrating in our village today. And you never know, with they are usually crowded and pickpockets are a problem. There are also thirty years more experience of cooking under her belt, perhaps this year private minibuses that travel along the major thoroughfares and can be hailed Nora Brunt will make a ginger cake worthy of first prize. anywhere along their route. Taxis in Bucharest are reasonable, but foreigners are more than likely to be overcharged. Hotels or restaurants should know the approximate fare, which can then be negotiated and a fixed price agreed Richard Burton before getting in. Driving in Bucharest can be harrowing as locals drive erratically, and roads are not well signposted. Whittington Rectory THY KINGDOM COME Sunday 28 May to Saturday 3 June The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have called for a week of prayer leading up to Pentecost. We are called to pray for the renewal of the church and the flourishing of all. In Whittington church we will be setting up a special creative space for prayer in the side chapel. Here you will find a place to focus your prayers and spend time in silence. The chapel will be open for prayer all week. There will be a chance to leave a written prayer or light a candle. Also, from Tuesday to Friday day of the week we will join 11:00am Parish Communion together for Compline at 7:00pm. 6:30pm Holy Communion according to the Book of 3 4 Common Prayer stained glass windows, and the floors are covered in rich carpets. The largest room has a sliding roof wide enough for a helicopter to enter. Tour guides delight in recounting tales of the vast amounts of money that went to waste in decorating and re-decorating its rooms. The National History Museum, housed in the former 1900s Postal Services DIARY Palace, is one of Bucharest's most important museums. It is spread over forty 1 MAY DAY HOLIDAY one rooms and the exhibits tell of the country’s development from pre- historic times to the 1920s; it also houses a philatelic museum. Interestingly, 9:00am Car Boot Sale at Whittington Cricket Club; further the museum had to be closed briefly for reconstruction in 2012 when a late- details on page 26 medieval archaeological site was discovered under the building. The highlight is the basement National Treasury, which is crammed with a 12:00noon-4:00pm Open Garden in aid of Save the Children at dazzling display of gold, jewellery and valuable Neolithic curios. Garden Croft, Daisy Lane; further details on page 8 The tiny but remarkable Stavropoleos 2 2:00-3:00pm Praise and Play in church Church was built in 1724; designed by a Wallachian prince renowned for 3 7:30pm Monthly Whist Drive in the Senior Citizens’ Hall his religious architectural accomplish- £1 including refreshments ments, it is one of the oldest churches in Bucharest. Built using a 4 9:30am Holy Communion combination of Romanian and Byzantine architecture it has a 7:00am-10:00pm Shropshire Council Election; Polling station for beautiful façade and a delicately carved columned entrance. Surrounded by a Whittington is in the Senior Citizens’ Hall peaceful garden, it is an architectural jewel, with beautiful frescoes and religious icons.