,£LL _gMMgJ_COI^SHILL VILLAS FII?":;:: J.T"? E J - I !'•
December 1969
'We believe and confess that our L«rd Jesus Christ, the Son ef G-od,
is God and man.... one, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh but
by taking of the manhood into G-od" .
I'm dreading another Christmas. Not the real Christmas; but the normal
Christmas of endless compulsory presents given and received, the Christmas
used by the commercial world as a stinmlant for a spending spree, the
Christmas of carols churned out without meaning, the pathetically inadequate
cliches resurrected every year of 'Christmas spirit','the season of
goodwill1,'essentially a family occasion1,'Christmas is the children's
time'. To look at Christmas mainly like this is heathen, but then England
today is mostly heathen. But for Christians to portray Christmas in this
way is humbug.
Most of what people take for Christmas could be thrown out without
altering it in essentials onei.iota: holly, bells, Santa Claus, the hymns
and carols, Christmas trees and cards - even the stable, shepherds and
angels could go. The one thing is that GOD BECAME MAN.
What that says for the dignity of each one ef us, what that says for
the Christ-like nature of every human being, the way it asserts the goodness
and value of all creation, what it promises for man's salvation and
what it all says about the love of God - these are our thoughts on our
Lord's birthday.
'May he who shared our humanity make us partakers of his Divinity'.
A LOSS TO THE VILLAGE J.S.N,
Mr Charlie Jerram's death in Amersham Hospital in the early morning
of Tuesday 11 November was very sad news, although it was known that he
was seriously ill. He has done a great deal for the village especially in
helping to found the Village Horticultural Society and working as its
secretary for 21 years from 1945. Although almost in his 74th year, he was
manager at Cherry Tree Farm. It is especially sad for his wife and family
as they were looking forward to his retirement in a few months' time. Our
deepest sympathy is with his wife. May perpetual light shine upon him.
Mrs Jerram and her family especially wish to thank, through this Newsletter,
all their relations, friends and neighbours for their kind messages
of sympathy and for the lovely flowers which they sent.
REPORT ON MA&ILA. 1969
The help for Kagila hospital has been continued during 1969. Sister
Edith Frances has sent news of baby Grace, the present occupant of the
Coleshill Cot. She is said to be 'a dear little girl, growing fast and
full of laughter. She is beginning to walk, takes a few steps, potters,
avi'i -XT--U •she ^ j f j o ,'i-!;l? a nutip'. She ro£,rs with. laughter, gets up and
dees it ail over again- . There are now 29 of these babies in the unit.
Some of the older children iaave gone to foster-parents, but their
places are filled at once.
In addition to financial help, 17 beautifully made blankets have
been sent to Africa or are on their way there to the great delight of
the maternity unit. In view of the fact that these blankets weigh
about 151bs, perhaps it is aot grasping to say that we are once again
short of wool'. A few children1 s frocks and sunsuits bought at the
Church Pete in the summer ware included in the blanket parcels and
Grace is now the proud possassor of two orbthree new frocks. We hope
for a photograph of her wearing one of them.
The Green Shield stamps scheme has been very successful this year
and by the end of December ve expect to have collected 27 books
(34,560 stamps) - the best ve have done so far. These have helped
greatly in providing Dr Ursula Hay - the Medical Officer at the Hospital
- with some additional and much needed surgical instruments.
Finally, we hope to be able to send a little money to the Hospital
to bu£ small Christmas presents and Christmas fun for the 29 babies
who have no mothers to care for them, including a special gift for
our Baby Grace. I shall be aost grateful for any small donations for
this purpose. „,
ALL 3AIICTL^_STUDY GROUP M .wxlixams.
Our discussions of the passiDn narrative in St Mark's Gospel, i.e.
chapters 14 & 15, have been very enjoyable and profitable. Our third
meeting will be at 8 p.m. on Thursday 11 December at the Old Parsonajge.
The subject that will then especially engage our attention will be the
Last Supper - the Eucharist w in its fundamental context of the Passover
and the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. Do come, even
though you maty not have come before.
THE RBVD. & MRS J.E. CHAREINGTON
Parishioners who have lived here more than 7 years will remember
the Revd J.E.Charrington who was priest-in-oharge of Coleshill with
Winchmore Hill from 1954 to 1962, when he left to become Vicar of
North Mars ton with Granborough, between Aylesbury and Winslow. He and
Mrs Charrington have now retired to a new bungalow at Whitchurch, and
their address is now The Clergy Bungalow, St James' Close, Pangbourne.
THE NEWSLETTER APPEAL
The appeal fund is coming along well thanks to a response from
the whole village and from Winchmore Hill. The final total will be
announced next month.This issue is the last one to be typed and duplicated
by Mrs Dryden whom once again we wish to thank for her years
of devotea labour. We are most grateful to the good people who nave
offered to take over her work.
CuL.33IIII.L_J?.I. - A.G-,M.
The President, Mrs Harrisson, welcomed a guest, Mrs Adams, and final
arrangements were made for the Bazaar to be held on Saturday 29 November
at 2.30p.m. in the Village Hall, Mrs How then gave an interesting account
of the Annual Meeting of the Buckinghamshire Federation of Woman1s Institutes
which she attended as our delegate. Mrs Collier, the hon. secretary,
gave details of the past year's activities and Mrs Browne, the hon. treasurer,
presented a very satisfactory .Balance Sheet.
Mrs Harrisson, retiring President, gave a short address in which she
said it had been her privilege and pleasure to act as President for the last
3 years but thought it was time to hand over to someone else. It was with
great regret that she must also come off the Committee as she had moved
from the village. Miss Boston thanked Mrs Harrisson most warmly for all
her hard work and then presented her with a tray as a small token of the
gratitude and affection of all the members.
In a ballot, Mrs Collier was elected and welcomed as the New President.
Miss Sybil Boston kindly agreed to act as Hon Secretary and Mrs Browne to
continue as Hon. Treasurer. Three new members were also welcomed to the
Committee-, namely Mrs Morrison, Mrs Post and Mrs Plumridge.
NATIONAL SI&N-IN FOR Y/ORLD POVERTY
The British Council of Churches asks everyone who is concerned about
world poverty to sign a petition during December asking the &overnment to -
devote 1$ of our national income to overseas development. A copy of the
petition and a sheet for your signature will be on the church notice-board.
It certainly merits your conscientious thought and attention.
CHRISTMAS CRIB
G-ifts of money left at the Christmas crib in church will be divided
equally between Shelter and Magila Hospital, that is, between needs at home
and overseas.
CHRISTMAS CJSROLS
Miss Lo'veday Pusey would like to give advance notice that some of the
young people of the village will be singing Christmas carols round Coleshill
in the evening during the week 21 - 27 December.
NO GOOD AFTER THIS MONTH
Please remember - halfcrowns cease to be legal tender on Thursday 1
January. You would be wise to spend or exchange those in your possession
before Christmas. Children's money boxes, collecting boxes for charities
and odd jars and tins in the household are particjilarly the places where
halfcrowns can hibernate the whole winter through and so safely escape the
fearful furnaces of the Royal Mint, but be no use to you.
2iyjaiL2SHM_ai3FrijG
We*re glad to report that Urs Ellen Saunders, the widow of our late
churchwarden, Mr Cyril Saunders, has now been transferred to Amersham
Hospital where she is doing well. This will make it easier for villagers
to visit her. Sh^jsin Milton Ward.
Mrs White of Lourdes, Barrack Hill, was also in hospital for a few
days but is now quite her old self again and looking forward to her
daughter1s wedding in early February. Another happiness for Jacqueline
is her appointment as manageress of her hairdressing shop, which is
pretty good for someone of only nineteen.
SCjg30L_ NATIVITY PLAY
The Village School will put on a Nativity play in preparation for
Christmas in church on Tuesday 16 December at 7 p.m. Everyone will, of
course, be very welcome.
MR. JACK MEAD
Coleshill was very shocked to hear of the sudden death of Mr Jack
Mead at about 5.30a.m. on Tuesday 11 November at the age of 59. Mr Mead
belonged to an old Coleshill family; his grandfather, Mr Slade, kept the
forge at the Bit which was pulled down only recently. Mr Mead came to
the Captive-Oak Market G-ardan in Magpie Lane 12 years ago and worked
extraordinarily hard with his wife in building up the business which
included 600 hens. May he rest in peace. And our prayers and sympathy
are with his wife, who has asked for this notice to appear in the newsletter:
'Kate Mead wishes to say how deeply touched she has been
by all the messages and letters of sympathy she has received since the
death of her dear husband Jack ilead, and she will answer the letters as
soon as possible1.
BONFIRE ON THE! COMMON
Many people have said how much they enjoyed the bonfire on 5 November
and the splendid firework display. ¥e are especially grateful to
all the young people who built the fire, to Mr Young and Mr Nicholls
for their help with the fireworks - and indeed for providing so many of
them - and to Mr & Mrs G-ormm for their help in clearing up at the end.
NEW PRIEST
St. Michael's Church, Jew Beaconsfield, is among Anglican churches
our closest neighbour on ono sideof the parish and it has just got a
new priest-in-charge, Fr R. Woodward. It is our hope and prayer that
he will have a very happy and fruitful ministry here, much blessed by
G-od.
MOTHERS' UNION ACTIVITIES
Twenty-one people went on the Mothers' Union outing to Nashdom Abbey
near Burnham in November. We sat in the chapel, which is very plain and
white, to hear the guestmaster talk about the life and work of the monks,
and then we walked through the grounds'and admired the beautiful Lutyens
house. After tea and time to look at the wide display of books and cards
we went back to the chapel for the service of vespers which was mostly
sung in Latin. And then after thanking the monks for their hospitality,
we returned home by coach.
The regular November meeting gave us another enjoyable afternoon
when Mrs Cobb came from Long Crendon to talk about the life of Florence
Nightingale. Her talk was most lively and stimulating, and made us realii
to the full how lucky we are to have all the benefits of modern medicine
and nursing which Miss Nightingale did so much to bring about.
There will be no meeting in December and wecshall meet next in Mrs
Jean Antosievd.cz1 s house, 12 The Bit, on Thursday 15 January at 2.30p.m.
RECENTLY MISSED
One Familiar figure we have missed recently is Miss Poll, Mrs Ruperti1s
faithful 'Nanny'. She had a bad turn three weeks ago, but although
she's 91 she has made a very good recovery and can now spend most of the
day out of bed. No-one could give her more devoted care than Mrs Ruperti
and her family.
Miss V/illiams has also had to stay indoors for some time with an
attack of bronchitis, but she hasn't allowed it to interfere with her multifarious
activities and is now, we are glad to report, much better.
CATERER EXTRAORDINARY:
Among the gifts of food which were brought to the village hall for
the All Saints' Day party the contribution from Mrs Appleby of Tackley,
Winchmore Hill was especially outstanding. Although Mrs Appleby can
only get about with the help of metal supports, she is a faithful member
of the Mothers' Union and when it comes to making sausage rolls and cakes
she puts many of the able-bodied among us to shame.
TO BE G-IVEN AWAY.
An Otto all-night stove. It will burn any solid fuel and keep
in all night. In good condition. Can be collected any time from the
Old Parsonage (Tel. 6272).
RELIGION.
Three men were on a raft drifting towards the Niagara Falls. Said
one: 'Can anyone sing a hymn?1 'No.1 'Can anyone say a prayer?' '^,f
*¥e must do somethingreligious - let's take a collection.1
Told by G-eorge Lewis, the husband of G-eorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
IlLLkfSilLStf^I
About 100 people attended the Hallowe'en party on 31 October, the
avowed intention of which was to raise funds for the repairs to the
floor. The Committee were anxious about the floor letting them down,
but on the evening it was firm, clean and brilliantly polished. For
this the Committee is deeply indobted to Messrs Rann, Smith and White
for the many hours which they put in and for the great skill which
they exercised.
By tradition Hallowe'en is consecrated to harmless revelries and
so there was a witch on tho stage, spooks, spiders and cobwebs - due to
Mr Donald Slack, as scenic manager - a most popular tombola kindly'pro~
vided by the V7.I., and equally popular bar run by Mr Knight - to whom
best wishes are extended upon leaving the 'Magpies* - musical effects
by Mr Woolacott, and competitions - racing targets arranged by the
Misses Boston, guessing tho identities of people when very young and
naming bottles (empty) run by members of the Committee.
The evening closed with a lively witch who, when she had taken off
her disguise, turned out to be Miss Philippa Rann, 'Miss Coleshill* a
few years ago.
The Committee extends thanls to all the helpers who made the evening
such a success and to the donors of some generous gifts. In all,
the proceeds amounted to orer £60, which goes towards replacements,
polishes and gadgets for tie floor cleaning apparatus.
MOTH SR SUCCESSFUL D/JTCE
The much improved village hall floor had to stand up to hundreds
of feet on Friday evening M- November when another successful dance
Tfas organised by Mr Percy iountier, landlord of the Red Lion. The hall
was crowded, and after all the expenses are covered there will be a
profit of at least £25 which will be given to the village hall funds.
Dn ec. -—FO*-R—C—H •C•O••J-E "E••H G••-" JE' VSN" T• S•
4 (Thurs^ Mobile Library
11 (Thurs; ¥.1.Drama group production at 2.30
Study group at i?he Old Parsonage at 8p.m.
16 (Tues) School Nativity Play at 7p«m-
18 (Thurs) Mobile Library
25 (Thurs) THE NATIVITY OF OUR .LORD Eucharist at 9a.m; & 7.30a.m. at
Winchmore Hill ^please bring a candle to see with). Midnight
Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary's.
Times of services during tho Christmas Octave and of confessions
will be given in the churcli porch.
ALL SAINTS1 CHURCH. COLESfflLL
Piles Vin-CharS6; The &evd. J .S .Nightingale, The Parsonage (tal. 4229)
Pro-Churchwarden & Secretary: N.N.Nicholls, Orchard House (tel. 6754-)
Pro-Treasurer: R.&.Stubbings, Springfield, Tower.Road (tel. 4-738)
Every Sunday: 9.00 a.n. HOLY CCMMUNIOIf
10.15 a.»m. Sunday School
6.00 p.m. Evensong
Every Tuesday: 10.00 a.ia, FO'T r-PMlSISTON
Every Wednesday: 7.30 p.m. IF'Q Cv'IfilllaDN
Every Friday 12.00 noon HOLY' COMMUNION
Morning and Evening Prayer each day at & a.a. and £ p,,ia.
For other services, please see the weekly notices ia the church porch.
ST. ANDREW'S MISSION CHURCH. WKCHMOBE pLL
HOLY COMMUNION on the 2nd Sunday of each month at 10.30a.m.
ST. MARY'S PARISH CHUBGH. MEBSHfiM
Rector: The Revd. A.CanpbeU,M.A.(Cantafr),Beauaont, Hervines 2oad, .taershain
(7135) or St Mary's Parish Office, Church Street, (tei*4712)
Sunday Services: 8.00 a.Q. HOLY COMMUNION
10.00 a.a. Children's Service
11.00 a.m. 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays:
HOLY COMMUNION (New Servite)
2nd & 4th Sundays: Mattin;
6.00 p.m. Sung Evensong
Every Wednesday: 10.00 a.m. HOLY COMMJNION.
Published by All Saints' Church Committee.
