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Wickham Bishops Parish Magazine October 2019
Produced by St Bartholomew’s Church
www.churchinwickhambishops.org.uk
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Church Services for October At St Bartholomew’s and St Nicholas
WEDNESDAY 2 10.15 am Holy Communion SUNDAY 6 Trinity 16 - Harvest Festival 8.00 am Holy Communion 10.30 am Parish Eucharist followed by Bring and Share Lunch 4.00 pm Messy Church MONDAY 7 8.30 am Parish Prayers at the start of the month WEDNESDAY 9 10.15 am Holy Communion SUNDAY 13 Trinity 17 8.00 am Holy Communion 10.30 am Parish Eucharist 4.00 pm Songs of Praise at The Barn Church, Gt Totham WEDNESDAY 16 10.15 am Holy Communion at St Mary’s Chapel, Lt Braxted SUNDAY 20 Trinity 18 9.00 am Parish Eucharist at St Nicholas, Lt Braxted 10.30 am Morning Praise 6.00 pm Deanery Evensong at St Luke’s Church, Tiptree WEDNESDAY 23 10.15 am Holy Communion SUNDAY 27 Last Sunday after Trinity 8.00 am Holy Communion (1662) 10.30 am Parish Eucharist WEDNESDAY 30 10.15 am Holy Communion
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Parish Register Baptisms Lucy Charlotte Kewish 15th September 2019 Emily Sophie Kewish 15th September 2019 Joshua Jack William Hatcher 22nd September 2019 Marriages Mekenzi Kempen 14th September 2019 and James Mason Funerals None
Revd Hilary Le Sève Priest in Charge
The Rectory, 1 Church Road, Wickham Bishops CM8 3LA [email protected]
01621 892867 Hilary’s day off is Friday.
Revd Derek Clark Priest / Curate
The Leas Farm Wickham Bishops Road Hatfield Peverel CM3 2JL
01245 380627
07860 235778
Barry Cousins Churchwarden
3 Harvey Road Great Totham CM9 8QA
01621 891355
Graham Wingrove Churchwarden
8 Arbour Lane Wickham Bishops CM8 3NS
07398 025442
Peter Bates
10 Church Green Wickham Bishops
01621-893173
Magazine Editor [email protected]
Kath Adkins Church Hall Bookings
[email protected] 01621-891143
Parish Contacts
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A Message from John Gilbert
It is October and autumn is truly under way. The
temperature is lower (not difficult after this summer), the
ground is damper (not difficult after this summer) and the
trees have turned colour and are shedding their leaves
(those that still have them after this summer). All around
the harvest is in (Note to self: growing 2 courgette plants
is ample – DO NOT BUY ANY MORE). On the home front, chutney
making is in full swing (courgette and those extra tomato plants that were
so cheap at the fete). It is a time of preparation for winter and, if you have
the eye for it, thankfulness for the bounty of nature around us. In this
village we are blessed to live in a beautiful part of the country surrounded
by beautiful countryside and a short distance from a coastline that comes
into its own in the autumn and winter.
For some, this is a more fearful and challenging time. The end of the
month sees a potential trip into the unknown – at the time of writing, who
knows what the 1st November will bring. Equally with the way things
have been in Westminster over the last few weeks, who knows what will
have happened by the time this comes out. I am fairly certain that it will
neither be the end of civilisation as we know it, nor will it be the dawn of a
new age of freedom and brilliance – which seem to be the main
alternative visions of the future being peddled. Neither will happen by
themselves or by magic. The sad thing is that the debate, if one can call
it that, seems to have degenerated into the Pythonesque parody of an
argument (“No, it hasn’t!”), apparently dividing people into one camp or
another, when there is an awful lot of “it depends” between the polar
opposites. Similarly, people, who have no real information, set young
against old, north against south, country versus city, England versus
Scotland, London versus everyone. Sadly, it has also brought out the
worst in some people – the dark places of the internet being brought out
into the open - with the risk that these attitudes get projected, by
extension, to us all. A wise person once said: “There are two sorts of
people in this world: those who believe there are two sorts of people and
those who don’t.”
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Thankfully, when it comes to God there is only type of person in the
world – the type that He loves and for whom He gave His only Son that
all might believe and come into a relationship with Him. He genuinely
welcomes all – no quotas, no points systems, no pecking order. God
brings together, not separates; unifies, not divides. Separation is
something we choose; division is a result of human action. In that respect
at least, the present divisions over the future of this country put the lie to
religion being the cause of hatred and war. We are perfectly capable of
stigmatising anyone without having the help of religion.
Sometimes, He can seem far away, other times He can seem close.
Rather like the bounty of nature, it all depends if we are prepared to slow
down, step out of the surroundings of our concerns and see the
goodness that is there. And change the problem of too much tomato and
courgette into the goodness of chutney or pasta sauce for the store
cupboard – just in case it does all go horribly wrong…
John Gilbert
St Bartholomew’s Church
Women’s Christian Fellowship ... We did not meet in August but I hope you all enjoyed the lovely summer that we had.
How quickly this year has gone and now we are looking towards our AGM before finalising next year's programme. This year as a change, after a very short AGM, we will have refreshments followed by a speaker.
We will be welcoming Sue McKenna from the Maldon Soap Company. All the ingredients for her lovely products are sourced locally and she has organic and gluten free products to suit all skin types including dogs! Intrigued? Do come and hear more about them.
As usual our meeting will be held at 2.30pm in the Church Hall on Wednesday 23rd October, do come, you will be made very welcome.
Denise Yelland
The front cover photograph for this month is one of the many beautiful
photographs of local scenes, captured by Paula Wiseman. It was
taken from close to the Rectory, looking along Church Road.
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Drop in for soup and a chat
Saturday 19th October
12 noon - 2pm
St. Bartholomew’s Church Hall
£2.50
All Welcome!
Drop-in For Tea and Cake
On the second and fourth Monday afternoons.
We meet from 2.30pm to 4pm
ST BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH HALL
Transport is available - please ask Sue
We look forward to seeing you - Sue (892032)
Churchyard Autumn Clear Up
Saturday 2nd November
Start at 9.30 am
Please bring suitable tools, gloves and appropriate footwear
There will be refreshments for all volunteers!
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The Arts Society Blackwater
Thursday 3rd October 2019
A Tour of Big Ben
Tim Redmond
Visitors welcome - all enquiries to Jennifer Allen 01621 891589
Meetings are normally held at the Wickham Bishops Village Hall at 11 am
Visit our website www.theartssocietyblackwater.org.uk
WICKHAM BISHOPS ART GROUP
We are looking for new members to
join us.
We meet on Wednesdays from 2 pm - 4 pm at
St. Bartholomew’s Church Hall and are a friendly,
informal group with varying abilities.
Please contact
Jenny on 01621 891246 or Rita on 01621 891130.
We look forward to meeting you.
Wickham Bishops Men's
Badminton Club
We are a social badminton club and play at Wickham Bishops
Village Hall on Tuesday evenings at 8pm and welcome new players
of all standards.
First few weeks are free and
yearly subs are £60.
Just turn up on the night or email Bill on [email protected]
for more information.
WICKHAM BISHOPS JAZZ CLUB
presents
Martin Bennett's Old Green River Jazz Band
at Wickham Bishops Village Hall
Saturday 12th October
Doors open at 6.30 pm for a 7.30 start. Finish at 10.45 pm
Tickets £12.50 per head. No Bar - bring your own drinks.
Contact Peter on 07548 775777 or [email protected]
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Members visited several local venues in July and August including ‘Alafin’
with its superb collection of tropical plants and Beeleigh Abbey Gardens.
Some members also joined a ‘Bee and Butterfly’ walk on Tiptree Heath,
organised by the Friends of Tiptree Heath and a ‘Bat Evening’, again at
Tiptree.
Our autumn programme of talks opened in mid-September with a talk by
Maike Windhorst speaking on ‘Vegetable self-sufficiency all year’. She
described her vegetable ‘rotation’ system which included interleaving
paths which doubled as compost heaps. In October, we look forward to
listening to Tom Cole telling us about ‘Propagation - Plants for Free’.
This talk will be held in the Church Hall on Wednesday 16th starting at
7.30 pm. Visitors are most welcome to join us for an evening of good
company and perhaps a glass of wine.
Our popular Christmas Quiz will be held at The Prince of Wales in Great
Totham on Sunday 15th December. This is always a fun-filled evening
and one not to be missed.
For more details please email [email protected] or telephone Stewart on
893360
Wickham Bishops Flower Club ...
In August, we welcomed Mr Andrew Hellman from the RHS to show us
‘Hyde Hall’ from the past and how it has developed and continues to do
over the years. His knowledge and enthusiasm were inspiring and
enjoyed by us all.
Our meeting in October will feature ‘Fun with Samantha May Floristry’.
Tickets for the Open Evening will also be available at the meeting, so I
look forward to welcoming lots of you then.
All of our meetings are on the fourth Tuesday of the month, starting at
7.30 pm, in Great Totham Village Hall. You are most welcome as either
a visitor or a member.
Wendy Blagrove - Chairman
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Wickham Bishops Women’s Institute ...
Wickham Bishops WI Centenary Celebrations
Our meeting in August was very special as we were celebrating 100 years since the inaugural meeting of WBWI.
We were greeted at St Bartholomew’s Church by our President Diane, and proceeded to have a jolly sing-a-long accompanied by two thirds of the Beacon Hill Trio on organ and flute. We were then welcomed by Reverend Hilary who passed on some really interesting facts about an early WI resolution in 1915, which refused the inclusion of male members - no change there then!
A very posh cream tea was served in the hall following a performance by “Henry VIII” who had everyone in stitches with his slightly risqué humour.
Fun was had by all and it was a day to remember!
A beautiful commemorative cake was made by member Rachel’s daughter and everyone was gifted a slice and a gorgeous jar of home made marmalade (courtesy of Joy) to take home.
Our next meeting will be on Thursday 31st October where we shall be enjoying a Dabble Day. Everyone is encouraged to try something new or just sit and catch up with friends while playing games and having a cuppa. You are more than welcome to come and join in the fun. This is our most informal meeting of the year and is one not to be missed!
For more information about WBWI please call our secretary Sharon on 01621 891631.
Just to remind you that we have a craft group that meets every Friday from 2-4pm at the same venue - St Bartholomew’s Church Hall. Bring along any unfinished project and join us for a friendly afternoon chat and cup of tea.
We also have a walking group that meets at 9:30am on Monday morning opposite the Village Hall in Church Road for a walk around the village.
Our September meeting had two look-a-like poets to entertain us which I’ll tell you about next time, until then take care of yourselves.
Best regards
Jayne Kneale
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Yomelelani Bridge Day
Tuesday 26th
November 2019
We are delighted that Richard & Barbara have agreed to repeat the very enjoyable Bridge Day which they held in December 2018. As last year, the event will be in support of the Yomelelani Trust which provides a crèche and pre-school education for 150 children in a South African township where poverty and hardship are commonplace.
This year’s event will be held in St Bartholomew’s Church Hall in Wickham Bishops, commencing at 10.30am. A welcome coffee and a light lunch with a glass of wine will be provided.
Tickets are £20.
Numbers are limited so if you would like to receive further details and an invitation please phone 01621 891546 or 01621 891125 as soon as possible.
Bryan Littlewood
Yomelelani Trust – www.yomelelani.co.za
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Men’s Assembly …
A group of local men meet on the second Wednesday of each month for an informal evening of discussion, beer and refreshments. We alternate between the ’Prince of Wales’ in Great Totham and the ’Green Man’ in Little Braxted.
The meeting in October is scheduled for Wednesday 9th from 8 pm onwards, at The Green Man, and all are invited to join us - no rules, no membership forms to fill-in, just £10 on the night to include two drinks and some top-notch bar snacks.
For more details please contact Lester Firkins on 01621 892913 or by email: [email protected]
Shopping Extravaganza – raising money for Farleigh Hospice
On Tuesday 5th November Farleigh Hospice is hosting its annual Shopping Extravaganza at the Channels Estate in Little Waltham, Chelmsford from 10am to 3pm.
The event offers shoppers the perfect opportunity to treat themselves and get ahead with their Christmas shopping whilst raising vital funds for their local hospice.
Held at the stunning 14th century Channels Estate barn, the event will include a fabulous range of pop-up shops selling boutique clothing and accessories, chocolates, speciality gins, arts and crafts, jewellery and many other unique gifts. The Channels Bar & Brasserie will also be serving morning coffee and afternoon tea for shoppers, while they enjoy the views of the surrounding Essex countryside.
For more information on Farleigh Hospice or to take part in one of our events visit: www.farleighhospice.org/shopping
The Open Gardens Festival is coming …
Make a note of the date Sunday 14th June 2020
More details will be published soon
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From the Parish Council …
A regular monthly meeting of the Parish Council was held on the 3rd of September, the minutes of which can be found at
www.wickhambishopsparishcouncil.org
The Planning Committee did not meet in September.
We would like to remind residents and land-owners, once again, to cut back hedges and other vegetation that overhang footpaths and public roads. There are a number of road junctions, especially in the area around the war memorial, where drivers have reduced visibility due to overhanging hedges.
Several residents with ‘open front’ properties have complained about dog-owners allow their animals to defecate in their front gardens. This seems to be particularly prevalent in and around Wellands. If you are walking your dog in these areas, please keep it on a short lead and do not allow it to enter private gardens. You should also not allow your dog out unattended in a public space.
Maldon District Council have informed us that there is a waiting list for ‘green’ recycling bins for garden waste, due to their existing collection lorries working at maximum capacity. They are looking at increasing the capacity of this service.
Once again, there is a problem in some parts of the village with drivers parking their vehicles on pavements. Whilst this is not currently illegal (the Government are considering changing this), it is inconsiderate for wheelchair users and those with young children in buggies. Please keep footpaths clear and consider your neighbours.
A ‘Saturday Surgery’ will be held in the village library from 10.30 am until 11.30 am on Saturday 19th October. Residents are encouraged to come along to discuss any matter of concern, with two of our Parish Councillors.
The next General Meeting of the Council will be held at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 1st October in the Village Hall boardroom and a Planning Committee meeting will be held if required, on Friday 18th October at 11.30 am. Parishioners are welcome to attend either meeting and to speak on any agenda item or other matter of concern, during the ‘Public Forum’.
Councillors may be contacted individually, or via the Parish Clerk on 07542 190176, or by email
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Traffic Calming and Speedwatch ...
Residents will have noticed that “gates” have been installed in Witham Road at Birch Rise and at Maypole Road. It has taken a long time for the Local Highways Panel to agree and install these features but we hope they will have the effect reported elsewhere of making drivers realise they are in a residential area subject to a 30 mph speed limit. Our two outstanding priorities now are the provision of a continuous footway from Mackmurdo Place to Snows Corner and improvements in road signage in Witham Road and Blue Mills Hill between Wellands and the River Blackwater. The latter priority arises from the fatal collision in October 2018 in Witham Road near the junction with Mope Lane. We have also recently asked the Panel to provide a yellow bus stop marking for the bus stop in Kelvedon Road near the doctors’ surgery because of the concerns arising from parked vehicles making it difficult for passengers getting on or off the bus there.
Regrettably, speeding through the village continues to be a problem. MDC’s Community Protection Team are contracted by the Parish Council to provide speed enforcement in the village using the police TruCam speed devices. The TruCam captures make and registration number of vehicles exceeding the speed limit and the details are provided to police for prosecution action. This action could be driver awareness course, fixed penalty and points on licence, or court action with possibility of higher penalties and more points or even disqualification for persistent offenders.
The village’s speedwatch volunteers continue to be active at various sites and times in the village. As might be expected, the busiest times for recording speeding vehicles are during the morning and evening commuter times and speedwatch teams have been out at 7.00 am and 6.00 pm in an effort to deter speeding. A summary of speedwatch and TruCam activity is placed on the Parish Council noticeboard outside One Stop each month. For information, details of the past three months’ activity are below.
Month No of Sessions Vehicles Speeding TruCam Captures
Jun 10 120 21 Jul 7 115 17 Aug 9 129 16
Please contact [email protected] or the Parish Council Clerk if you have any queries about traffic calming or the speedwatch activity in the village. Alternatively, come to the monthly Parish Council meeting at the Village Hall or to the monthly Saturday surgery at the Library.
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News from Neighbourhood Watch ...
Although I hate to use the words (in case they bring bad luck), things seem to have been quiet on the NHW front recently. However I have had some attempted telephone scams reported to me.
How to keep protecting yourself:
Never give anyone your online banking PIN, passcodes or passwords, even callers claiming to be from the police or your bank.
Banks or the police will never ask for your details by text, email or phone, or ask you to transfer money or make payments to a ‘safe account’.
Don’t reply on the caller display or SMS messages claiming to be from banks – fraudsters can manipulate these.
Always ask for, and check, ID if someone comes to your door selling items, asking to read the meter, collecting for charity etc. If you are concerned do not engage with these people and call 101.
Report any suspected fraud or scam attempt to the police.
What you yourself should do if you see a crime being committed or are concerned about suspicious behaviour:
If something needs immediate attention from the Police eg someone trying to break into a house or a car dial 999
If you are concerned about suspicious activity or other non-emergency crime eg a car slowing patrolling around with the occupants staring into gardens dial 101 or 01245 491491.
Anyone deaf or with hearing or speech problems should phone 01245 452828
To report non- emergency crime online search for www.essex.police.uk/do-it-online/report-non-emergency-crime
Let’s all help keep Wickham Bishops a safe place to live, and look out for each other.
Sian (Village Coordinator 01621 891510 [email protected])
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Focus on …
On Sunday 8th September, St Bartholomew's hosted Messy Church combined with a teddy bears’ picnic for baptismal families from the last few years. We welcomed about 20 children and their families for craft, story, songs, hearing all about baptism and a picnic tea.
The children were able to cut out and colour teddy bear ears, make salt dough teddy bears and paint prayer stones. Our new Messy Church leader, Jenny, read the children the story of Jesus baptism, led some songs and then they 'baptised' a doll.
Tea was provided in individual picnic boxes , and the adults even enjoyed some nibbles too. After ice creams, everyone gathered around the font where Rev Hilary talked to the children about what happens at a baptism and each of the children held a lighted candle.
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It was lovely to see so many little faces and we look forward to welcoming everyone back next month for Messy Church meets Harvest. It will be much the same format including tea for the children.
Our Messy Church sessions are usually held on the first Sunday of each month at 4-6pm. They are held jointly with Great Totham and are usually in St Bartholomew's church hall . Come along!
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Sunday 6th October 4 - 6 pm St Bartholomew’s Church Hall
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Great Totham Women’s Institute ... After a break in August our monthly meetings resumed in September when
we welcomed Seona Ford whose talk was entitled ‘The Life and Works of
Dorothy L. Sayers’.
Dorothy, was born in 1893, in Oxford, the only child of Rev. Henry Sayers
and his wife, Helen. At that time her father was Master of Christchurch
Choir School. When she was four the family moved to Bluntisham in the
Fens where her father was appointed rector. The family later moved to
another living in Christchurch, Cambridgeshire.
Dorothy led a very solitary childhood and was educated by her father at
home. However she did enjoy the company of her cousin Ivy and they
enjoyed imaginative play together.
In 1909 Dorothy completed her education at the Godolphin School, in
Salisbury and in 1912, she won a scholarship to Somerville College,
Oxford, where she studied modern languages and medieval literature. She
finished with first-class honours in 1915 but was not awarded a degree as
women were not awarded them at that time. She was, however, among the
first to receive a degree when the position changed a few years later in
1920 when she graduated as an MA.
After university Dorothy tried teaching and later worked for Blackwell
publishers but her longest employment was from 1922 to 1931 as a
copywriter at S.H. Benson's advertising agency, located at International
Buildings, Kingsway, London. A colleague of hers at the agency
collaborated with artist John Gilroy on "The Mustard Club" for Colman's
Mustard and the Guinness "Zoo" advertisements.
She began writing her first novel some time in 1920–21 and went on to
write many detective novels. She also wrote a number of short stories and
poetry, and translated Dante's Divine Comedy.
Dorothy had a strong religious faith, becoming church warden at St Anne’s
in Soho. She wrote many works with a Christian theme including ‘The Man
Born to Be King’ for radio.
She married Mac Fleming in 1926 and after living in London for many years
they finally made their home in Newland Street Witham, which is where she
died in 1957. Her statue, with cat, can be seen opposite Witham Library.
Visitors are always welcome at our meetings, held on the second Thursday
of the month at Great Totham Village Hall. Information is on the website
www.greattothamwi.weebly.com or email [email protected]
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Back Words …
October has always been my favourite month, not just because it is
my birthday month. It is usually sufficiently warm and light to
enable me to still work outside, but cold enough to need the log-
burner running in the evenings. There is less to do in the garden
than earlier in the year, but the autumnal colours are a delight to
behold, as in Paula’s beautiful photograph on the front cover.
It is time to review what grew successfully (tomatoes, sweetcorn, soft-
fruit) and what was less successful (unusually for us, dwarf beans)
and what was so labour-intensive that we might give it a miss next
year. It is also time to prepare some plants, especially those from
cuttings, for the Open Garden Festival next June.
I see that some shops are already putting their Christmas displays in
place, and mince pies will soon be on sale!
Best Wishes
© Wickham Bishops & Little Braxted Parochial Church Council (PCC)
Published by the PCC of St Bartholomew Wickham Bishops and St Nicholas Little Braxted. The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the PCC nor can the Church guarantee the credentials or performance of any of the advertisers within this publication.
Items for the November 2019 magazine should be submitted to the editor by
Thursday 17th October 2019 Please send items by email if possible to:
[email protected] or place in an envelope marked ‘Parish Magazine’
and deliver to 10 Church Green, Wickham Bishops Priority goes to church events and information connected with Wickham Bishops.
For enquiries regarding distribution of the magazine, please phone
Jayne Jennings on 01621 891396
If you would like to place an advert in this magazine please contact John Baker on [email protected] or Tel. 01621 892928
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Remember that the clocks go back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday 27th October.
It’s a good idea to test your smoke alarms on the same day!
The Pet Service
Sunday 15th September 2019
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Open Day Event at the Library
on
Saturday 19th October from 12 noon to 3.00 pm
We are holding an open day event at the Wickham Bishops library,
and we would love for you to come along and find out some more
about our progress in securing the future of our library.
We are moving ahead with plans for a number of community clubs to
shortly begin operating in the library (outside normal library hours)
these are currently:
A Code Club - to teach young children to program computers.
An Ancestry Tracking Advice service
A Bridge Club (for beginners)
A Scrabble Club
A Warhammer modelling club from 1 pm onwards
(run in conjunction with The Scouts)
Leaders of these clubs will be present at the Open Day to explain their
plans and will use the event to gauge interest. Members of the
Working Group will also be present to discuss the wider plans to
secure the building’s future as a community asset.
Free tea, coffee and soft drinks
If you are able to help on the day with any of the above, or on an ad
hoc basis you could assist with legal and accounting matters please
contact us via our email address - [email protected]
We hope to see you on the 19th!
