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1 visit us at www.dealstandrews.org.uk
The Lantern
SEPTEMBER 2014
The magazine for St Andrew’s -
the Church of England Parish for North Deal
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Who’s Who in the Parish
Parish Priest:
Father Stephen Young SSC 01304 447947
Honorary Assistant Clergy:
Father Ian Shackleton SSC 01304 379773
Father Roger Marsh SSC 01304 362851
Canon Fred Arvidsson SSC
Father Robert Farrell
Churchwardens:
Waveney Brooks 01304 367961
Kate Frorath 01304 380555
PCC Officers
PCC Secretary: Ali Robertson
PCC Treasurer: Mike Carey
Electoral Roll: Bryan Evans
Director of Music: Tim Woodhead
Lantern editor: Peter Gibson
Editorial adviser: Fr Stephen Young
Lantern advertising: Kate Rushbrook at [email protected]
The Parish Office:
St Andrew’s Church, West Street, Deal CT14 6DY
(01304) 381131 - Email: [email protected]
The Parish Office is not manned full-time but mail and telephone
messages are checked regularly.
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St. Andrew’s Church Hall
Our Church Hall is able to be hired for events or by groups for one-off
or regular lets. It has catering facilities, lavatories (including for
disabled) and a small garden area.
For your occasion, please leave a message for our Hall Manager, Rose-
mary Lanaway, on 01304 381131, for details of times and hire charges.
The Lantern thanks our advertisers for their support; please,
look at them when making your purchases.
The Small Print
Views expressed are not necessarily those of St. Andrew’s PCC.
Advertisers are not endorsed over other suppliers.
Editor: Father Christopher Lindlar.
Pet Transport
Animals at Home vehicles are fully equipped, air-conditioned and DEFRA licensed. We can take you and your pets locally to the vets or nationally and into Europe.
Host Families Preferred by most dogs and owners. We have local licensed host families, who will care for your
dog in their home while you are away on holiday or business.
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It has a small kitchen, lavatories (including
disabled and baby-station facilities), cinema
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From 01/01/2013 Hire Charge is £8.50 per hour.
For more information contact Rosemary Lanaway on
01304 366589
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In Church each week at St Andrew’s
Matins is said at 8 am on Saturdays; otherwise at 9 am on weekdays.
Evensong is said at 6 pm.
Sunday 8.00 am Low Mass (Book of Common Prayer)
10.00 am Parish Mass (Common Worship)
6.00 pm Evensong (BCP) and Benediction
Monday 9.30 am Low Mass
Tuesday 9.30 am Low Mass
Wednesday 9.30 am Low Mass
Thursday 9.30 am Low Mass
Friday 9.30 am Low Mass
Saturday 8.30 am Low Mass (see below)
A priest will normally be available for spiritual counsel after Evensong on
Saturdays or otherwise by appointment.
On Festivals and Holy Days, service times may vary - please see our Notice
Board or website.
Please note:
1st Saturday 11.30 am OLW cell Mass, Angelus and Rosary
1st Wednesday 9.30 pm Low Mass and Healing Rites
3rd Sunday 6.00pm CBS attend Evensong and Benediction
Holy Baptism, Weddings and Funerals
Please contact Father Ian Shackleton on 01304 381131 for inquiries about any
of these services.
Cover picture: The Holy Spirit descending in Glory.
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Father Stephen writes …..
All People That On Earth Do Dwell
St Andrew’s Church exists to show God’s
Love to all people who live and visit this
town. Helping every age group to discov-er the love that God shows us in Jesus
Christ is our reason for being a church.
Life is more than shopping and texting, it is about trusting and enjoying the goodness of God and our fellow human beings.
St Andrew’s is a lively community of people, and we are always seeking to
include more and more people in it. Over the last year we have been think-ing of ways to reach out to younger families and children. Together with
our fellow Christians in the neighbouring Upper Deal Benefice we have
appointed a new member of our leadership team to be a lay minister for families and children.
I do hope you will meet Tim Fudge very soon. He is experienced, skilled and successful in bringing the Christian message to young people. He has
an excellent record of building up the Christian community in a number of
places. We feel that with his approachable and friendly manner he will do
the same here in Deal. Tim will start his valuable and exciting work with us from September. This is a wonderful new initiative and opportunity to
open our churches to include people of all ages. St Andrew’s has room for
different styles of worship, traditional and modern, and we hope that Tim will bring great benefits not only to the church but also to the whole town.
The church exists to serve others. St Andrew’s is an inclusive community
and everyone is always welcome.
Confirmation
The big events here in September include our Confirmation Service led by
Bishop Norman on Thursday 25th September at 7:00 p.m. If you are think-
ing about being confirmed please contact Fr Stephen now.
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Harvest
The annual Harvest Supper is always popular as an evening of good food,
fun and company. Book your place as soon as possible. This year it is on Saturday 27th September at 6:30 p.m. Our Harvest Festival Service is the
following day at 10:00 am on Sunday 28th September, it is a great way to
thank God for all that we are so blessed in having.
Churches Together in Deal
On the evening of Sunday 28th September at 6:00 pm we have a unique op-portunity to welcome the other churches in Deal to our regular Evensong.
We are deeply appreciative of being part of the wider Christian community
in Deal and it is a privilege to share our worship with other Christians of different traditions, so I hope we will support this event and show them
what a warm and welcoming place St Andrew’s is.
Looking Ahead.
Don’t miss the Pet’s Service on Saturday 4th October at 10:30 a.m. It really
was great last year, and we hope you will bring your friends, family, and, of course, your pets!
Fr Stephen
Other Events in September
Every Saturday 10.30 to Noon - Children’s Football Club Years 1 to 9.
See page 23 for details.
Thursday 11th Sept. English Heritage Open Days - Church open from
10.00am to 4.00pm.
Saturday 13th Sept. RIDE AND STRIDE - for details, see page 19.
CHILDREN’S FILM SHOW, FREE in the Church
Hall at 2.00pm.
Saturday 20th Sept. FAMILY FUN DAY on the Western Road Playing
Field 10.00am to 4.00pm in association with the
North Deal Community Partnership.
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Mums and Toddlers
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WORLD WAR ONE COMMEMORATIONS
On Monday, 4th August two events were held in St Andrews Church to mark
the beginning of the ‘Great War exactly a century before.
The Coffee Concert was exceptionally inspiring for it was in memory of
those who fought and died during the First World War. As one would have
expected, it was cheerless and grey but, listening to the poems, they left one with a deep feeling of gratitude and a special patriotic feeling of closeness to
those who laid down their lives for us.
The poems were read with compassion by John Binfield, an Oxford English
Scholar and authority on the plays of Shakespeare. One absorbed the horror
and suffering, at least in part, of the hell that was the lot of so many men.
Andrew Humphries played Edward Elgar’s Violin Sonata in E Minor Opus
82, which was lovely and John Harper’s playing was inspirational.
It is good to know that we will meet with such talent when we attend future
concerts. Many thanks from all of us.
At night, the same day, we kept THE VIGIL FOR PEACE. From 10:00pm
till 11:00pm it was the Centenary Commemoration of the outbreak of the
First World War. The Church was quiet and calm and lit by candles. There
was an atmosphere of deep thought and prayer. There was silence, for no-body moved, each one of us probably recalling how both the wars had affect-
ed each and every one of us and our families.
The candles were gradually extinguished to remind us of the words of Vis-
count Grey. “The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see
them lit in our time”.
There were periods of silence and meditation to be followed by poems and
music. We were then invited to light our own candle from The Easter Can-
dle, the candle of the greatest significance as it is the symbol of The Resur-rection, a Promise of Hope and that Peace will overcome War, for Love is
stronger than Death.
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Dancing in God's Grace
This fund raising dance class offers the opportunity to learn easy
circle dances, danced to Christian worship music.
Through the dancing we can, in our own ways, express our gratitude to God and
share our joy for the blessings we have received from Him.
The classes are open to all ages and abilities.
Participants will be asked to make a donation towards
St. Andrew's Church Stained Glass Restoration Fund.
Classes will be held at St. Andrew's Church Hall
on Friday mornings from 10.15 to 11.00
(except every 3rd Friday of each month)
starting Friday 31st January 2014.
Places available on a first come – first served basis.
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This vigil was an experience never to be forgotten for it was beautiful.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Mary Easter.
Church Grounds
Help required…
Many of you will know how very many hours Michel Roh used to spend
tending the Church grounds. He had just completed planting up the beds and
the pots, and tidying up the bases of all the trees, the week before he passed away. As the Autumn approaches we shall begin to see and remember again
how much he did.
Brian Lanaway does a splendid job with the grass, but he cannot possibly
manage everything else as well. Gill Parkin and Jennifer Stevens have al-
ready kindly taken on some weeding and trimming. Would anyone else be
happy to take over one of the beds around the church? To cope with the mas-sive job of clearing the leaves we shall hope to organise a Parish Working
Party on one or two weekends during the Autumn. Please join us then and
help to keep our grounds looking as spick and span as Michel did, for so many years.
Waveney Brooks.
Secret Garden
On July 12th St Andrew’s Guild enjoyed a delightful afternoon in the beauti-ful Secret Garden belonging to Gill and Bob Parkin. The weather stayed kind
while we en joyed good company, friendly chatter, refreshing cold drinks
and delicious nibbles. Gill has also made a selection of homemade jams and
chutney to be purchased if we so desired.
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The afternoon was particularly special to me as Gill invited me to look all
over her beautiful house, knowing it was the house in which my mother mad
lived as a child in the 1920’s. As I wandered from room to room, I tried to
imagine how this cosy little dwelling would have looked back then.
My father had also lived in the same street in the 1920’s, living only three
doors away. Little did they know as he and my mother played together as children, that they would eventually marry in 1943. This marriage lasted
sixty three happy years until my mother’s death at the age of eighty five in
2006. My father is now ninety four years old.
I personally found it a very nostalgic afternoon and felt for some part, that I
was walking in ancient footsteps in and around the streets and little alley
ways in which my parents would have played.
I remain extremely grateful to Gill and Bob for giving me the opportunity to
“go back in time”.
Patricia Thomsett-Jones
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News from Madagascar
At the end of his last letter dated 25th July, Bishop Oliver outlined his
plans for August.
The last Sunday in July I am in Ambanja some 250 kms south of Diego.
From there we take the overnight taxi-brousse to Tana and then on to Toa-masina, also by road, for the consecration of Theophile as Bishop Coadjuteur
on 3 August and a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of
the first Anglican missionaries on Saturday 2 August. The dissident group in the diocese of Toamasina has been making a fuss over the fact that we
haven’t arranged this commemoration at the end of the month – which is
when the missionaries arrived. They have a point but since there is no con-
versation going on, it becomes part of the megaphone diplomacy which sub-stitutes for real engagement – letters to the minister, announcements on the
radio / TV and the like. A bit of information has been circulated about what
is to happen, of the wishful kind, “it is expected that . . .” So it will be inter-esting to see what happens but I am pretty confident that those outside the
inner circles won’t get much of a look in. Then after Theophile’s consecra-
tion, there are Provincial meetings – and again, one waits for the agenda and reports.
We return north at the end of the first week in August. Theophile has asked
that we go to his home village, near Ambilobe, where his mother lives, to celebrate on August 10th, the Feast of St Laurence. From there to the east
coast, and to our northern celebrations of the 150th anniversary the arrival of
the second batch of English missionaries who arrived in November 1864 having been chased around the Indian Ocean by appalling weather. The
CMS missionaries, unlike those from SPG, had agreed with the London Mis-
sionary Society not to engage in areas where they were already established.
So they headed north along the coast and fetched up in a place called Am-boanio which is now a rather beautiful but largely unoccupied pasture sepa-
rated from the ocean by a substantial sand ridge. We are going to there to
recollect the past and commit to the future. Feeling really jaundiced, I don’t expect people to make the journey from elsewhere in the country to share
this with us. And that reinforces a sense of isolation and exclusion. But, hav-
ing said that, I do believe in miracles. (Continued opposite.)
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Pointers for Prayer
For Canon BOTOMAZAVA Théophile, his wife Georgine and their two
sons as they prepare to move to Diego after his consecration as Bishop
Coadjuteur on 3 August;
For the Province as the Standing Committee meets in Toamasina, 5-6
August; for Archbishop Ian, for Canon Samitiana, the Provincial
Secretary, for Mr Bernard Laure, the Treasurer and Mme Hilda Yerriah, the provincial chancellor;
For the national Anglican Church in Madagascar and the various com
memorations of the 150th anniversary;
for a provincial gathering for young people in Mauritius at the moment;
for the parishes in the diocese, especially those that struggle;
for my stamina, good health and a sense of humour;
and for you who hold us in your prayers; our partners in this work.
+ Oliver
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Memories of the First World War The continuation of the memories of my Uncles, known as “The Fighting
Bradfords”.
The third of the Bradfords to die was George – Uncle Georgie. He began his
service life at the age of 14, when he went to the Royal Naval College at Eltham, and remained there until he joined the Royal Navy in 1902, as an
officer cadet. Like his brothers, he was athletic and good at sports, cricket
and rugby among them; but his main love was boxing and he became welter-weight champion of the Navy.
He served during most of the First World War in the Battleship ORION, and was present at the great battle of Jutland, and after this he was made a Lieu-
tenant Commander (aged 30).
Then, in April 1918, came the naval raid on the Port of Zeebrugge, in Bel-
gium, which made his name. The ship he was sailing on, the IRIS II was
trying to get alongside the mole in order to launch a landing party. The sea
was so rough that the scaling ladders could not be kept steady against the wall, and several were smashed. The first man to go up the ladder – held at a
steep angle by several colleagues – was almost immediately shot and killed.
George did not hesitate – he climbed one of the violently swaying derricks,
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which carried a large parapet anchor. As the derrick swung over towards the top of the wall he judged the moment perfectly and jumped the gap, taking
the anchor with him. According to one witness, he lay on top of the parapet
for 2 or 3 minutes, struggling to secure the anchor. Then, inevitably he was
riddled by machine-gun bullets and fell into the water between the mole and the ship’s side.
George’s body was washed up on the beach near Blankenberge, 5 miles down the coast, a few days later. On February 23rd 1919, Vice Admiral
Keyes recommended him for the Victoria Cross – awarded posthumously.
For more information see the Bradford website:
thebradfordbrothersofwittonpark.org.uk)
He wrote to the Admiralty: “Lieutenant Commander Bradford’s action was
one of absolute self-sacrifice; without a moment’s hesitation he went to cer-
tain death, recognising that in such action lay the only possible chance of
securing IRIS II and enabling her storming parties to land.”
George’s award was gazetted on March 17th 1919, and the action which won him his Victoria Cross took place on April 23rd 1918 – his 31st birthday.
Waveney Brooks
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The Zeebrugge Raid
Planned to neutralise the key Belgian ports of Zeebrugge and Os-
tend, both used by the German Navy as a base for submarines and
light shipping, the Raid on Zeebrugge was launched early on the
morning of 23 April 1918.
The raid was originally proposed by British First Sea Lord, Sir John
Jellicoe. Jellicoe gained acceptance of an attack in principle - actual-
ly formulated by Dover port commander Sir Roger Keyes - by stat-
ing to the cabinet his view that Britain's continuing ability to wage
war depended upon blocking the exits from both ports, and thus
denying German submarines convenient bases.
Thus the Zeebrugge raid was planned in much secrecy and con-
ducted (in part by a volunteer force) by 75 ships following its for-
mal approval by the British Admiralty in February 1918.
The main force of the
attack was to be at Zee-
brugge, with a smaller
offensive launched
against Ostend. In
preparation for both
however the elderly
British cruiser Vindic-
tive was used to land
200 troops at the en-
trance to the Bruges
Canal (at the mile-long
Zeebrugge mole), in
order that they could
destroy its formidable
shore batteries.
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(Continued from page 16)
The operation began badly however. The prepared smokescreen to
cover the Vindictive as it landed its troop contents proved in effec-
tive in the face of unexpected winds.
Under crippling fire the old cruiser moored in the wrong location,
its guns effectively out of action. However an old submarine did
destroy the mole connecting the bridge to the shore after it explod-
ed containing explosives.
The loss of the Vindictive's guns was significant: without their cru-
cial support the shore batteries remained untaken. In turn their sus-
tained fire also disabled a further three ancient British cruisers -
Thetis, Iphigenia and Intrepid - packed with concrete and which
had moved into the inner harbour, preventing them from halting
and scuttling themselves in their correct pre-assigned locations at
the narrow entrance to the canal.
If the raid upon Zeebrugge produced initially unclear results, the
smaller attack upon Ostend was an unequivocal failure howev-
er. Two old cruisers, intended as blockships, failed to reach the
harbour entrance. A subsequent attempt made to cripple Ostend
similarly failed on 9 May.
Represented at the time as a tremendous British victory by Allied
propaganda (with the consequence that its devisor Sir Roger Keyes
was ennobled), and by the Germans as a demonstration of their suc-
cess in holding each port, the Zeebrugge raid did not in reality hin-
der German operations from either port for more than a few days.
Some 500 British casualties were incurred during the operation (of
which approximately 200 were fatalities). A total of eight Victoria
Crosses were awarded for the night's action.
With acknowledgements to www.firstworldwar.com
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