ISSUE 104 FEBRUARY 2018 THE OVER KELLET VIEW Price £1.00 (but free of charge to every household in Over Kellet) Editorial Board: Peter Clinch, Paul Budd, Jane Meaden (Advertising) BOARD OF MANAGEMENT Chairs of the Parish Council and Parochial Church Council We are grateful to the above organisations for their financial support HOW TO PREPARE A CONTRIBUTION We are happy to receive contributions written in long-hand or electronically. Hand-written contributions should be legible and sent to The Editors c/o Tree Tops, Moor Close Lane, Over Kellet. Electronic text contributions should ideally be in Microsoft Word .doc format, but we are able to accept most other formats. Please ensure the page size is set to A4, that you use Arial font, 14pt type-size and margins of 1.5cm. Photos and illustrations should be of under 1Mb size and sent as separate files and NOT embedded. Advertisements should be compatible with Microsoft Publisher software – .jpg format is ideal. Please contact us if you need help or advice with any contribution. WHERE TO SEND IT All contributions should be sent to the email address: [email protected] DEADLINE th For each issue, the closing date for all contributions is 15 of the previous month. DISCLAIMER The views expressed in this magazine are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of either the Editorial or Management Boards. Every care is taken to provide accurate information, particularly in the Diary, the Directory and Local Services. We apologise for any errors and are grateful to receive corrections. The Over Kellet View is published every month (except January and August) and distributed to all residents within the parish of Over Kellet. It can also be seen on the village website (www.overkellet.org) in a colour version. We are grateful to the webmaster, Gordon Galloway, for his expert help. ©2018 Over Kellet View, Tree Tops, Moor Close Lane [email protected] Front Cover: Dunald Mill Hole (1845), engraving by Robert Sands. Kindly supplied by Roger Mace (see Page 26). Printed by Bay Typesetters, Morecambe Tel: 01524 850056, 07710 405864 [email protected] 2 The February View New Year and a nearly new editorial team. And also a New Year resolution to try to maintain the high production standards set by Chris Pogson, who has retired after nearly five years in the editorial 'hot-seat'. The village owes Chris a big vote of thanks for his energy and commitment in steering OK View. I have been associated with the editorial team for just six months and have seen the pressures he has faced to put a highly readable publication together in an attractive format, on time, ten times a year. Now to meet the new team. Paul Budd Paul moved to the village five years ago with his wife Olivia and two teenage children May and Libby. Paul, a former Research Scientist, now runs a small, internet-based, mail-order business. The family remain engaged in a significant home refurbishment but try to enjoy village life and the surrounding countryside when time allows. Peter Clinch Peter and his wife, Verity, moved to Over Kellet in 2012 after Peter retired from a career working in higher education in various parts of England and Wales. He is a keen gardener and enjoys cycling and trekking overseas to further his appreciation of landscape, architecture and history. Jane Meaden Jane has lived in the village for 11 years and has been dealing with the magazine ads for 3 years. She has been involved with various village organisations over the years and loves living in our community. She is a Doctor working in Sexual Health Services in Lancaster and Morecambe. Looking to the future Paul, Jane and I would like to encourage contributions on a number of topics to make the publication reflect village life better. First, we would like contributions from school children and young adults about any topic which has some relation to the life and times of our village. Try your hand at composing something for OK View; it does not have to be long – a single page of 450 words would be fine. Second, we'd like to encourage regular contributions from the dozen or so local societies, clubs and social groups which operate in the village. Tell us about what you are planning and the activities you have undertaken recently, encouraging other villagers to join you! Third, we now have an Instagram account called Over Kellet View. We are always looking for photos for the front cover or inside the magazine. Feel free to send us any photos that may be suitable either by e-mail (address inside front cover) or via Instagram Direct Messaging. This is your village magazine – help make it work for you. Peter Clinch 3 Church News We reflect on Christmas with much gratitude; for the full church services and joyful celebrations as we remembered the birth of our Lord and Saviour who came in great simplicity with good news of Immanuel – God with us. Work on upgrading our ancient church building continues with the new church kitchen refitted and totally redecorated and new carpets ready to install. When four of the windows were removed for repairs a small etching revealed a date of 1817. After 200 years it is good that the same glass will be reused for more generations of worshippers to be reminded of the wonderful location and views from St Cuthbert’s as we look out and the sunlight shines in, when it does! We have been looking forward with enthusiasm and expectation of the appointment of our new Vicar to be shared with St Paul’s Caton with Littledale, and have understandably been very disappointed that no appointment was made following recent interviews. As we reflect on this prolongation of our interregnum we do so with a sense of not being abandoned or forsaken and are encouraged by words from Psalm 9 ‘The Lord is our refuge and stronghold in times of trouble…for you never forsake those who seek you’. So, as we patiently seek the Lord we know that his love for us as a church and as individuals is unchanged, for He is the same yesterday, today and His love endures forever. We are reminded regularly that Christians in many parts of the world have nowhere to meet; churches are destroyed, access to God’s Word the Bible is denied; many flee terror and persecution and others are imprisoned and tortured. These facts rather put our disappointment into perspective, as we have freedom to meet and worship in our church, the availability of God’s Word and the ability to share fellowship with one another. We are looking to the future with peace, hope and faith as we continue to pray for the appointment of a new Vicar to lead us and, in the meantime, we trust and persevere with love and joy in the work of our Lord’s Kingdom here. We have enjoyed the ministry of the Anglican and Methodist clergy and the lay readers who have led our services and are grateful to all who support our Christian mission and witness here in many varied and practical ways. Valentine’s Day will soon be upon us but this year it is also the beginning of the six- week season of Lent as we prepare for Easter and the death and resurrection of our Lord. Traditionally some people ‘give up’ chocolate or alcohol or meat during this time and others prefer to engage in a spiritual discipline to be drawn nearer to God and understand more deeply His love and purposes for us. As we prepare in this way we can pray the collect for Ash Wednesday: ‘Holy God, our lives are laid open before you: rescue us from the chaos of sin and through the death of your Son bring us healing and make us whole in Jesus Christ our Lord’. All are welcome to attend our services (listed on page 5), the weekly prayer meeting in church between 10-11am on Mondays and the weekly Bible Study in the Village Hall on Wednesdays at 7.30pm. John Halsey, Churchwarden Family Announcements For free announcements of engagements, marriages, births and deaths contact the OK View at [email protected] 4 Church Services Feb 4 10.30 Holy Communion Rev Derek Raitt, Retired Vicar Halton Feb 11 10.30 All Age Worship Rev Canon Peter Ballard, former Archdeacon Lancaster Feb 18 10.30 Holy Communion Rev Peter Cavanagh, Retired Vicar Lancaster Priory Feb 25 10.30 Methodist Service Mr David Park, Local Preacher Mar 4 10.30 Holy Communion Rev Derek Raitt, Retired Vicar Halton Mar 11 10.30 All Age Worship Mr Alan Hutchings, Lay Reader Mothering Sunday Mar 18 10.30 Holy Communion Rev Ian Dewar, Chaplain University Hospitals Morecambe Bay Trust Mar 25 10.30 Methodist Service TBA Mar 30 10.30 Good Friday Service Mr Alan Hutchings, Lay Reader April 1 10.30 Holy Communion Rev Derek Raitt. Retired Vicar Halton Easter Sunday Charity News Connected with the Work of the Church To continue with a 30-year tradition, a group of children and adults from St Cuthbert’s and Capernwray International Bible School went Carol singing around the village, despite awful weather. We are grateful to those volunteers and all who helped raise £130 towards to work of TEARFUND. TEARFUND was established 50 years ago and was driven by the belief that love is an ‘active verb’ because if we love as God calls us to love, he calls us to act as well.