Stone, Dinton, Hartwell & Bishopstone with Aston Sandford Part of the Wychert Vale Benefice December 2019 Christmas Issue 60p (£6.00 pa) And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 WYCHERT VALE BENEFICE CONTACTS Benefice Rector Currently Vacant Associate Rector 7, Badgers Rise Revd Tel: 01296 748 390 Stone Aylesbury Canon Email: [email protected] HP17 8RR Dr Phil Groves Hon Treasurer 6 Eythrope Yard Tel: 01296 747689 Naomi Corbould Eythrope, Stone [email protected] HP18 0HT Curate Greenwood, Tel: 01296 747454 New Road, Revd Nigel Featherston Email: [email protected] Dinton, HP17 8UT For Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals please contact the Parish Administrator at the Benefice office St Mary’s Centre Station Road Haddenham Aylesbury HP17 8AJ or email [email protected] or [email protected] St John the Baptist, Stone Eryl Morgan 101 Baker Street Churchwarden Waddesdon, 07784 869430 HP18 0LQ [email protected] Raymond 10 Grenville Road Medhurst Aylesbury 07793 541456 Churchwarden HP21 8EY [email protected] St Peter and St Paul, Dinton Rosemary Jackson Innisfree, New Road, 01296 748655 Churchwarden Dinton, HP17 8UT [email protected] Neil Chudley 01296 748277 Churchwarden [email protected] St Michael & All Angels, Aston Sandford Marilynne Morgan [email protected] Hon Treasurer 20 Wykeham Gate, David Peck Haddenham, Aylesbury, 01844 292110 Churchwarden. Bucks. HP17 8DF [email protected] 01844 291217 Nick Morgan [email protected] Churchwarden Front cover photo: by Carol Lynch & Heather Pollington __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parish News 2 December 2019 Parish news Editorial Christmas comes but once a year, the saying goes. Every year we want to enjoy it more, think about how to do something positive, spend and waste less. Let us do that this year! If you are getting a bit over excited with the Christmas spirit do not forget there is an election as well to look forward to. Do not forget an election is not just for Christmas it is for a long time afterwards when they analyse results, and politicians make deals and “consider their position” – which nowadays means applying to go on Strictly or Help, I am a Celebrity Get Me out of here. Another bumper magazine issue which means there is a lot going on. A big thankyou once again to everyone who has worked so hard over the year in the parish to keep things going. A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us. News team Editor: David Pickup 01296 748170 [email protected] Editorial: Carole Fryer 01296 748538 [email protected] Advertising: Mike Thompson 01296 748561 [email protected] IT Producers: Mike Thompson 01296 748561 [email protected] Heather Harris 07766 086280 [email protected] Distributor: Fiona Rysdale 01296 747466 [email protected] Parish News is a community magazine for the residents of Stone, Dinton, Ford, Upton, Bishopstone, Hartwell and Aston Sandford. We welcome news, announcements by societies and clubs, and articles on local and other issues. We do not charge for charities or personal notices such as weddings, baptisms or acknowledgments and welcome advertising by local businesses Deadlines th for advertising and copy are the 10 day of the preceding month. Contents do not necessary reflect the views of the publisher __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parish News 3 December 2019 Parish Services and Calendar St Michael December St John St Peter & Stone & All the Baptist Paul Methodist Angels Stone Dinton Chapel Aston Sandford 1st 10.30am 10.00am 11.00am Advent All Age Advent Holy Worship Sunday Holy Communion Communion with Choir 8th 10.30am 6.00 pm 11.00am Advent 2 Christingle Parish Holy Service Evensong Communion 15th 10.30am 4.00 pm 11.00am 11.00am Advent 3 Morning Worship Carol Carol Holy Service Service Communion with Choir 22nd 9.00am 4.00pm Advent 4 BCP Mattins ‘Messy’ Church 11.00am 10.30am Café Church Holy Communion 4.00pm Carol Service 24th 4.00pm Christmas Crib Service Eve 11.30pm Midnight Communion 25th 10.00am Christmas Christmas Day Family Communion __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parish News 4 December 2019 St Michael & December St John St Peter & Stone All Angels the Baptist Paul Methodist Aston Stone Dinton Chapel Sandford St. Nicholas 29th 11.00am Cuddington Christmas 1 United 10.00am Service Joint Benefice Holy Communion January 5th 10.30am 10.00am 11.00am Christmas 2 All Age Holy Worship Family Communion Service Christmas Services Sunday 15th December 4.00pm SPP Dinton - Carol Service with choir Sunday 22nd December 11.00am Stone Methodist Chapel – Carol Service 4.00pm SJB Stone - Carol Service with choir Nine lessons + carols Christmas Eve 4.00pm SJB Stone - Crib Service for ALL ages 6.30pm Aston Sandford - Carol Service 11.30pm SJB Stone - Midnight Communion Christmas Day 10.00am SPP Dinton - Family Communion Please see page 4 for the full list of December services __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parish News 5 December 2019 Aunt Em and Christmas Max tends to get a bit stressed this time of year. I send him out with a long shopping list and he does not seem pleased at all. I sometimes think he does not care about buying special socks for auntie or the unusual soap uncle needs. We always feel Christmas starts when we get the tree set up in the corner. I like to watch Max get it dressed and set up. Max says there is an art to Christmas tree decoration. By that he means he wants to do it his way and I am pleased to let him get on with it. We have to move the chairs around to get the tree in, and Max has to sit in a corner where he cannot see the television. Strangely he does not mind at all. He misses all those soaps and dancing programmes I enjoy. He even offered to move his chair into his shed. What a kind man! My top cooking tip for this year is to braise your root veg such as carrots and parsnips. Just prepare them and put them altogether in a pan with a little oil and cover with foil and pop in the oven. They are tastier than boiling and healthier than roasting. People often ask me how to roast potatoes and I always tell them to mind their own business. I am not sharing my secret recipes! I joke. The trick is to parboil them and let them dry off before roasting. Max says Christmas is about Jesus and Him coming into our busy world. He sometimes says sensible things. It is also about recognising Him. There is a passage in the Old Testament which seems to talk about the animals in the nativity story. I do not know if it does really. Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth! For the ’LORD’ has spoken: ‘I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its master, the donkey its owner’s manger, Isaiah 1:2-4 It is about recognising God in our lives and Him coming into the world. Do have a cheerful, peaceful, good cooking Christmas. Keep in touch, Love Em __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parish News 6 December 2019 A Link with the Past of St John’s I have been a keen philatelist since I was six years old and as a result I have become interested in Postal History and more recently in Social History associated with the people who wrote and received letters during the 18th and 19th centuries. A few weeks ago, I acquired an envelope dated 1865 (see picture attached) addressed to a – Statham at 60 Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square. The main reason I was attracted to this envelope was that it had been sent by Edward Henry Corbould , a well-known artist who was the Instructor of Historical Painting to the Royal Family from 1851 till 1871 and apart from being a celebrated artist was also a designer of stamps. When I started to research Mr. Statham I found his full name was John Lee Statham and he was a dentist married to an American Lady called Anna Brown Cook. Their marriage certificate dated 1870 stated that he was the son of Samuel Freeman Statham, a Clerk in Holy Orders. The 1871 census records indicated that he had been born in Buckinghamshire in 1828 while his baptismal certificate showed that he had been born and baptised in Stone. A google search on Samuel Freeman Statham brought up a link to the Church of St John the Baptist in Stone where a stained-glass window in his memory was installed in 1913. This window is behind the main altar and is the main focal point in the church. The photos show this magnificent window and the section with the dedication which reads: “A D M G in memory of the family of the Rev Samuel Freeman Statham for five years in charge of this Parish 1824-28 and 1834-7”. Michael Pitt-Payne __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parish News 7 December 2019 Edward Henry Corbould Edward Henry Corbould was son of Henry Corbould and grandson of Richard Corbould, both painters. He was a pupil of Henry Sass, and a student at the Royal Academy He also prepared designs for new stamps, following in his father Henry's footsteps. The sole work attributed to Edward Henry in the Henry Corbould collection of works auctioned in London in 1919 (auction lot 813) was purchased shortly after the auction by King George V for his philatelic collection, since it was the basis of the first Mauritius stamps. In 1842 Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, purchased Edward Henry’s ‘Woman Taken in Adultery’ (British Royal Collection), and the artist was appointed Instructor of Historical Painting to the Royal Family in 1851.