Supported by Voluntary Contributions. Number 268. Dec/Jan 2018/9

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1 Great Gaddesde Parish Newsletter Supported by Volutary Cotributios Number 268 Dec/Ja 2018/9

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3 FROM THE VICAR Dear Frieds, I read this the other day ad thought it was so edifyig(!) I thought I d share it with you. A Mr. Kevi Carlyo, who calls himself the High Priest of the coveat of Earth Magic, used to be i the papers a lot udoubtedly because some of his bizarre exploits. O oe occasio he exorcised a Ford Capri i Eastboure because it had the registratio umber ARK 666Y. As Kevi explaied to the Eastboure Gazette, The mark of the beast is 666, ad without our expert help there could have bee a few problems. It is a asty, evil little piece of work but we feel we have made it safe ow. (Was he talkig about the car or the registratio plate? Sorry all you Capri owers!). The ower of the said Capri was't so worried about the car beig demoic, I m ot really coviced by it at all but the car's goig i for its MOT soo so we shall see. We are 100% serious i what we do, said Mr. Carlyo. There are o devils or demos ivolved, we are ormal people. I thik it commo kowledge I m a bit of a car fa but I have ever bee tempted to have ay car I ve owed exorcised though some have bee the source of trouble. May members of the clergy are fasciated by trasport of oe sort or aother, both public ad private. Oe priest who miistered to a very coservative cogregatio, said he loved trais, because they were the oly thigs that moved i his parish without him havig to push them! Aother retired priest who loved to travel log distaces o a successio of local buses, called his autobiography Keep me Travellig, takig the words from the 3 hym by Sydey Carter, Oe more step alog the world I go. He wrote that the trais ad buses owadays were very differet from whe he was youg. The they were owed by the state or the local authority ad ru for the beefit of the commuity, ow they re bee privatized ad their oly aim is to make moey. He also icluded Christiaity i the otio of privitisatio, arguig that up util the 1950 s everybody pretty much accepted that we were a Christia coutry ad everybody was expected to behave i a Christia way ad most people, churchgoers or ot, would call themselves Christia. Suday was a day of rest ad people still had some sort of cosciece. Apparetly, those ot kee o the church thought church-goers were arrow-mided ad judgmetal ad that the Bible was full of historical stories which sciece had proved to be utrue ad that it was based o atiquated customs ad oly a few old fuddy-duddies atteded! Is that still true today? I hope ot, certaily ot aroud here. We are cotiuig to try to istill that sese of Jesus Christ ad His Gospel beig for all people, o more so tha at this approachig seaso of Christmas. All the tisel ad wrappig paper, the food the drik ad the trappigs ad trimmigs which we all ejoy, will ot compesate for the fudametally importat thigs, such as love, family ad frieds, sickess ad health, life, death ad loss. Also, we caot retur to some golde age past, because it probably ever existed, so tryig to put the clock back just wo t work. Istead we should be uderpiig everythig we do with the message of the Gospel, cocetratig o buildig the kigdom of God 'o earth, as it is i heave' ad relyig o the fruits of the Holy

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5 Spirit: love, joy, peace, patiece, kidess, goodess, faithfuless, getleess, ad self-cotrol. God is costatly o the move, ot static or immoveable ad we must chage too, i order to keep up with our Creator. Treasurig the thigs that God has taught us i the past, we must be ready to lear ad grow, to uderstad the uchagig Gospel i ew ad deeper ways ad to express it i words ad actios which will speak to all people here ad ow. Oe more step alog the road I go, Oe more step alog the world I go. From the old thigs to the ew Keep me travellig alog with you. I wish you all a very Happy Christmas, I am yours i Christ, Joh Joh Russell St Joh s Vicarage Pipers Hill, Great Gaddesde HP1 3BY joh_russell@live.co.uk tel: ! "# $%&%'(%)*+,-.*/,''0"1,"*23453* $%&%'(%)*/9),-*:%);1&%*5*<'*=178* )%>)%?8'%"7?!@ 78 $%&*/8)1?7'9?*#9. A"17%#*:%);1&%* St. Mary s :70#89' B4539'4*C%#(,0)" D%78,#1?7*&80)&8*234539' 6 78 E9"*F<1<89".4*A"17%#*:%);1&%* D9)G.97% 23453*9'!3 78 E9"*:%);1&%*,>*H,)?81<* )# I%(*:%);1&%*,>*H,)?81<*2B453 2J 78 I%(*:%);1&%*,>*H,)?81<*23453 K--*H%-&,'% 5

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7 Great Gaddesde Bellrigers - Sue Collyer We Sice writig last moth s colum we have all witessed some very movig ad poigat remiders of the sacrifices paid by so may serviceme ad wome i the last 100 years. At Great Gaddesde we rag with the bells halfmuffled for the remembrace service, ad later i the day at we took the muffles off ad rag with the bells ope to mark the sigig of the armistice at the ed of the First World War ad to celebrate the arrival of peace at last. It was the itetio of the Cetral Coucil of Church Bell Rigers to hoour the 1,400 rigers from across the UK who died durig the First World War by attemptig to recruit a similar 1,400 ew bell rigers i their memory. I the evet a total of 2,792 rigers were recruited very early double the origial target. May ew rigig bads were formed i towers where rigig had ot happeed for years or eve decades. Other recruits joied existig bads, swellig dwidlig umbers ad makig those bads viable ito the future. A great tribute to the memories of those past rigers who died i the carage of WW1. November is traditioally the moth whe the Wester District holds its Aual Quarter Peal weeked, whe ay district riger is welcome to attempt to rig a Quarter Peal. A quarter peal o 8 bells typically cosists of 1,250 chages ad takes aroud 45 miutes to rig. The rigers do t have ay music i frot of them each riger memorises a set of rules ad patters which dictate how the bells should be rug. So whe, for example, the coductor starts off the quarter peal by sayig Go Bob Mior, the 6 rigers kow how to rig all the relevat otes without ay further iformatio. The coductor s job is to make sure he or she makes the calls (which idicate a slight chage to the patter) are made i the right place. Quarter Peals require a great deal of cocetratio from everyoe experts ad begiers alike ad it is a great credit to our Wester District rigers that of the 21 attempts, 16 were successful,- 10 o 6 bells ad 6 o 8 bells. I all 38 people took part, so several people were ivolved i more tha oe attempt, ad I spoke to oe fellow riger from aother tower who rag i 6 attempts over the weeked! Novices beefit greatly from the geerosity of more experieced rigers i providig a experieced ad steady framework withi which the begier ca fid their way. Two successful quarter peal attempts were made at Great Gaddesde. The first of 1440 chages was Surprise Mior i 2 methods i which Val Mills rag ad which was rug to celebrate the completio of the ew kitche i the church. The secod was 1260 chages of Bob Doubles. We also eed to cogratulate Sally who has take o the challege of rigig the teor our heaviest bell at 10 cwt. She is rigig it really well, keepig a steady rhythm which is ofte the very importat job of the teor. Well doe Sally!! All it remais for me to do is to sed you good wishes for the comig Christmas seaso from all of us i the tower. Keep well, wrap up warm ad be kid to yourselves! 7

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10 WILL KIMBERLEY GARDEN SERVICES Phoe for a free o obligatio writte estimate. - High hedges a speciality - Overgrow gardes cleared - Feces erected ad repaired - Tree Loppig - Fruit tree pruig - Shrub trimmig - Geeral garde tidy up s I fact ay job i the garde! MARKWELL CARPENTRY!!! Bespoke Desig Iterior Solutios gjmarkwell@gmail.com Joier/Carpeter Free cosultatios ADVERTISING IN THE GREAT GADDESDEN PARISH NEWSLETTER Oe editio Te editios (aual) Full page Half page 9 75 Third page 6 50 Quarter page 5 45 Eighth page 3 25 For all advertisig equiries, please cotact the editor, Mike Coell Or mike@mpcoell.co.uk These rates uchaged for over 20 years 10

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12 Toe-Tal Footcare Treatmets i your ow home at a time to suit you Coverig all feet related coditios icludig: thickeed ails,cors,igrow toeails,callus. Keep your feet i good coditio with regular treatmet ad be treated to a reliable prompt ad courteous service by a local qualified foot health professioal. To book your appoitmet please call : Graham Spedlove MCFHP MAHFP Also offered to both me ad wome is a figerail trimmig service. PHOENIX FITNESS - PERSONAL TRAINER GET FIT - GET HEALTHY Make 2018 your fittest ad healthiest year yet! I offer persoal traiig sessios i the comfort of your ow home No gym membership eeded No eed to travel - Sigles or Small Groups I live i Gaddesde Row ad have cliets i the area from all levels of traiig ad goals - From First Timers to Old Timers! Be Brave - Call me to discuss your idividual programme Take that First Step to makig that Healthy New You LIZZY HEARLE Lizzyhearle3@gmail.com THE OLD FORGE, GADDESDEN ROW HP2 6HS 12

13 Walk ad Talk A short to medium legth walk every Friday, startig from the church at 9.00am Tea, coffee ad cake o our retur about Please joi us the eve if you ca t maage the walk. Val Mills Please cotact Val for more details regalreval@yahoo.co.uk DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT February 2019 ISSUE is 23rd Jauary aythig after the deadlie CANNOT be icluded Lashes by Jorda Scarlett Throw away your mascara ad treat yourself to the woderful world of very atural lookig idividual lash extesios. Four years experiece but ew i Gaddesde Row. I come to your home. Last 3 4 weeks, regular ifills offered at a reduced price New cliet discout Call to make a appoitmet or with ay questios CHURCH FLOWERS By the time you read this, Advet will have begu - a time of preparatio ad reflectio marked by simple gree foliage ad purple vestmets ad hagigs. However, the flower team will be workig their magic to prepare for our Carol Service o Suday, December 16th, ad of course to celebrate Christmas. If you would like to cotribute to this years Christmas flowers, perhaps i memory of a loved oe, please sed your doatio to me, at the address below, or place it i the basket at the back of the church. Please sig our Flower Remembrace Book, to be foud alogside the basket, ad use a Gift Aid evelope if appropriate. Thak you for your cotiued support. Val Mills Doatios (cheques payable to:great Gaddesde PCC) ca be set to 13, Christchurch Rd, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 5BX 13

14 There will be a Gift Service i aid of DENS (Dacorum Emergecy Night Shelter) at Great Gaddesde Church o Dec 9th at a.m. A talk will be give by a represetative from DENS ad a offertory will be take to support their work. Also there will be a opportuity to doate gifts. The Food Bak Christmas list will be available at the back of church or alteratively it ca be viewed at Items ca be left i Church from December 3rd owards. Thak you. First Class Postie Shirley, Carol ad Fraces would like to thak frieds ad eighbours from South Dee ad West Dee, Gaddesde Row, for their kid doatios for Lysey the Post Lady who had a Special Birthday recetly. The amout was

15 Gaddesde Estate News Farmig The witer crops have ow bee put to bed. The oilseed rape orth of Gaddesde Row is lookig strog ad hopefully will go through the witer able to survive the depredatios of wood pigeos. Both varieties of wheat were drilled i good coditios ad they too look happy. Our groud cover crop of mixed cereals ad clover i the field we call Log Robis, or just Robis, will probably go towards our Ecological focus Area, or EFA, which we are required to provide every year. This is ormally oe of the most productive fields as o the farm, as it is close to the Home Farm steadig ad for may geeratios, whe we had cattle, always received copious quatities of FYM (farmyard maure, otherwise muck!). We aim to sell, if ot move all the remaider of the output from the 2018 harvest by Christmas. As I metioed last moth, the sprig oats suffered from the weather coditios i the sprig ad summer; they yielded poorly ad had a very low bushel weight. By passig the oats through our old pre-cleaer, with its reciprocatig sieves, strug o flexible battes of ash wood, with its strog fa to remove dust ad shrivelled grai, we hope to be able to gai a premium price, so figers crossed! Old Grai Store ad Farmyard The old grai store at the Home Farm was built, I believe, i It has ot bee used sice the year 2000, ad the iteral structures of elevators, coveyors, dresser, walkways ad gatries, as well as the grai receptio pit had become usafe. Over the past few weeks we have bee removig the redudat equipmet ad structure ad fillig the pits ad elevator sumps with hardcore, ready for cocretig. We have take dow the old Rolled Barley Hopper, datig from the time of the Barley Beef uit, as well as the fial redudat oil tak. This grai hadig system featured i the 1977 BBC film Harvest at Great Gaddesde. High Park Wood Over the past few years may people will have read about the ash tree disease kow as Chalara or ash dieback. Oe of the side effects is that the braches of mature trees lose the elasticity for which ash is reowed. This ca mea that braches ca break off. High Park Wood has cosiderable public access via the footpaths, so we are plaig to go ahead with fellig the older ash, probably i the early part of ext year. We were grated a Fellig Licece for this work by the Forestry Commissio uder our te year maagemet pla i Puddigstoes Most people will kow that Great Gaddesde is a prime area for Hertfordshire Puddigstoes, ideed there are some very large oes visible i the foudatios of the church ad i the churchyard. This coglomerate was formed i a earlier period of global warmig, whe the weathered pebbles from seaside beaches became cemeted bur a silica matrix ito a atural form of cocrete. Puddigstoe is pricipally foud i Hertfordshire ad the adjoiig couties, ad Normady, although I have see some rather dull examples i the Arold Arboretum i Bosto Massachusetts. It is a very hard material ad well suited to the productio of quers, had cor mills. Recet research has located several Roma or pre-roma quarries for puddigstoe ad productio areas for quers i the parish. 15 pto

16 River improvemets Affiity Water, o behalf of the Eviromet Agecy, are udertakig a project to restore chalk streams, a very importat habitat, i Hertfordshire, icludig the River Gade. They have already completed work i Gadebridge Park. The basis of the work proposed here is to by-pass the sluice at Noke Mill to allow fish to swim upstream, probably icludig work to the bridge o Noke Mill Lae; removig some of the weirs betwee the lower bridge o the Leighto Buzzard Road ad re-gradig the Broad Water betwee the two Water Ed Bridges to retur it to a chalk stream with eough flow to esure clea gravel bed. Happy Christmas to oe ad all from those of us o the Gaddesde Estate! NGH Great Gaddesde Church 100 Club Cogratulatios to our November wier Mrs J Potto (Alice), Ticket o

17 Parish Coucil meetigs 2019 Great Gaddesde Parish Hall 2st Jauary, 18th February, 18th March, 15th April 15th July, 16th September, 21st October, 18th November Gaddesde Row Village Hall 20th May, 17th Jue All meetigs are o Modays ad commece at 8.00pm uless otherwise oted Veues subject to fial cofirmatio - always check the curret ewsletter The Parish Coucil Chairma: Vice-Chairma: Members: Clerk: Paul Harris Ady Thompso Jaice Brow Marti Lidley Paul Sadford Malcolm Stodell Louise Wilso Ae Nudd (For all equiries about the Parish Coucil ad local matters.) NOTE NEW Coucil address is ggparishcoucil@gmail.com Please welcome Ae Nudd our ew Parish Clerk ad ote her ew phoe umber Aythig published i this ewsletter does ot ecessarily reflect the views of the Parish Coucil Parish Coucil Website The Parish Coucil s ew website is ow available at 17

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20 We do try to keep a up to date list of birthdays. f ayoe wats to add ames to our Ilist or kows of people who have moved away ad could perhaps have their ames removed, please cotact: The Editor Mike Coell mike@mpcoell.co.uk Names are ormally removed after the perso becomes 18, but we ca iclude special birthdays for ay age. BIRTHDAYS DECEMBER Erie Clough-Sale 7th 11 Dyla Pethard 7th 14 Oliver Wilkiso 10th 15 Jack Gree 16th 11 JANUARY Lilly Blake 1st 9 Lucy Bolto 5th 12 Grace Drake 9th 10 Olivia Riley 12th 11 Matthew Body 16th 18 George Hollick 17th 5 Alice Impey 19th 11 Polly-Jae Body 25th 11 Lewis Maig 7th 3 20

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22 Great Gaddesde CofE (VA) School For pupils aged 3-11 Courage & Peace Our mothly value for November was Courage followed by the value of Peace i December. These are values that are easily attributed to those who have fought ad those who have falle i the two World Wars, so that we ad our Childre ca live i relative Peace. Throughout the start of November, throughout the school we have bee rememberig the 100th Aiversary of the ed of the first World War. Year 1 & 2 imagied the challeges faced by soldiers i the treches, Years 3 & 4 worked o Art activities ad discovered war-time sogs, whilst years 5 & 6 composed some beautiful prayers. O Friday the 9th November, school started with Collective worship at the War Memorial presided by Revered Joh Russell. This was followed by Mr McCarthy from the Royal British Legio visitig the school to talk about life 100 years ago. Sigig The School also played host to the Gaddesde Sigig Festival. It was lovely to have the three Gaddesde village schools icludig Little Gaddesde ad Gaddesde Row, comig together for such a joyful evet. We hope that this may become a aual evet. Our school has also bee ivited to joi the Aeolia Sigers to perform at St. Joh s Church i Boxmoor o the 8th of December. Yoga Childre i Ifat classes have started yoga sessios research has show that as well as relaxatio, beefits for childre iclude a icrease i cofidece as well as improvig cocetratio. Thak yous O behalf of the Board of Goverors, I would like to thak our fabulous Frieds of Great Gaddesde School (FoGGs) committee who work tirelessly to fudraise for the school ad for the beefit of our childre both from our commuity, as well as corporate sposors. I would like to thak the Boxmoor Trust for their geerous doatio as a cotributio to the roofig widow works. The Boxmoor Trust was established i 1594 ad offers small grat fuds to be used for capital projects by local otfor-profit orgaisatios. I would also like to thak Tesco, who i their six Hemel Hempstead stores have icluded Great Gaddesde School i their Bags of Help grat scheme for November ad December. Withi every shop, Tesco give customers a toke for them to place i oe of the three appeals held at that time. The appeal that gets most tokes receives the largest doatio from Tesco so if Tesco is your store your toke will make a differece! It is also opportue to say a thak you to Miss Ayres our EYFS teacher for her years of service to the yougest i our school, as she leaves us at the ed of the year to go travellig. We wish her all our very best wishes ad safe travels! As the Festive seaso approaches Excitemet fills the air i the classrooms as we reach this part of the year. December is oe of those busy moths 22 pto

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24 of the year with lots of activities goig o with that hit of Christmas gettig ear. 14:00 Carol Service i St Joh the Baptist Church The moth will start with a Afteroo Tea for past pupils (Yr 7 Yr 9) o the 6th December. Followig o will be lots of rehearsals for carol services, carol cocerts, EYFS ativity service as well as the aual patomime trip, all this o top of the regular curriculum! Christmas is a time for family, with childre our prime focus. Great Gaddesde School, to me, has always had a very family feel about it through our childre, staff, parets, exteded families as well as our local commuity withi this idyllic settig. O behalf of the school I would like to ivite our eighbours to joi us at some of the Christmas evets we have comig up: 12th December 9:15 EYFS Nativity Service held i school 18:30 Carol Service i St Joh the Baptist Church 14th December 15:30-17:00 FoGGs Christmas Fair held i school 20th December 14:00 Christigle Service i St Joh the Baptist Church I would like to take the opportuity o behalf of our Goverors to wish all our childre, staff, parets ad our wider commuity a very special Christmas ad best wishes for the New Year. Adrzej Gaudy Chair of Goverors RODERICK WILSON Fully Qualified TREE SURGEON ad FORESTRY CONTRACTOR Little Gaddesde Tel: (01442) Mobile:

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27 From Terry Douris - your Couty Coucillor School goverors. I was pleased to atted the Aual Hertfordshire School Goverors Coferece i Steveage i November. Part of the day was spet with school goverors who give so freely of their time etworkig together. The day also icluded a wide rage of semiars coverig diverse subjects from commuity egagemet to fiacial plaig. The day started with a iterestig talk from Paul Brooker, a Ofsted Ispector ad cocluded with a etertaiig ad thought provokig 60 miutes from Phil Beadle, a remarkable teacher with a uique teachig style desiged to brig out the very best i every youg perso. Museums There are a umber of museums i Hertfordshire ad o Friday 16th November I was very pleased to be ivited to preset awards at the first Hertfordshire Associatio of Museum Awards which recogises special achievemets by our museums. Wiers icluded British Schools Museum ad Lowewood Museum. O the subject of Museums, I woder if you have yet visited the ew St Albas Museum. This remarkable istallatio has bee re-created from the old tow hall ad magistrates court with may of the origial features, icludig the cells still i place ad available to visit. As a clever recreatio the court room, complete with witess box ad magistrates bech, is also ope for visitors as part of the café offerig. Herts Idepedet Livig Service Whilst you may ot recogise the ame I am sure that you will kow the service uder the ame of Meals o Wheels ad as part of Meals o Wheels week I joied oe of the teams deliverig to residets i part of my couty divisio. I the Dacorum area HILS deliver to 329 residets with a hot meal daily. For some this may be the oly physical iteractio a perso may have durig the day. Loeliess is a key feature this year as it ca have a sigificat impact o a perso s health ad wellbeig. Hertfordshire has, through its social prescribig iitiative, Commuity Navigators who ca help folks make cotact with others ad groups who may be able to offer a friedly greetig ad a opportuity to become egaged i activities. Hertfordshire Couty Coucil Peer review. This was coducted at the ed of October by officers of the Local Govermet Associatio with a leader from aother shire authority. It was a rigorous ad demadig examiatio of what we do ad how we do it by our peers. We were very pleased that they cocluded that Hertfordshire is a strog ad stable coucil with the capacity ad cofidece to take the couty ito the future. 27

28 St. Joh the Baptist, Great Gaddesde 100 Club Would you like to joi? I the year our 100 Club raised over 600 towards geeral church expeses such as heatig ad lightig. There are still some umbers available for the 2019 seaso with the subscriptio for oe ticket, to be etered i the 12 mothly draws from Jauary to December 2019, costig 15 There is oe cash prize of 35 to be wo every moth ad the first draw i the 2019 seaso will be at the begiig of Jauary 2019 If you would like to help us raise moey i this way please use the form below. I would like to buy ticket/s ( 15 per ticket) Name Address Tel: I eclose cash/cheque for. Cheques payable to: Great Gaddesde PCC (100 Club) OR I have made a Bak Trasfer for.. Please use the referece 100 Club Bak Trasfer details: Ac Name: Great Gaddesde PCC Ac No: Sort Code: Please retur completed form by December 31 st, to: Val Mills, 13, Christchurch Rd, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 5BX Ay queries please cotact Val o: Mob , or regalreval@yahoo.co.uk Thak you for your support. 28

29 cot. from p 27 The High Sheriffs Justice Service Every year i St Alba s Cathedral ad Abbey, Matis is celebrated for the High Sheriffs Justice Service i the presece of Her Majesty s Judges i full robes. This is a solem but upliftig occasio ad this year the focus of Susie Harvey, the High Sheriff, was very clearly o moder slavery which is a scourge which ca occur i differet circumstaces, frequetly covertly, i all parts of the world. Member s locality budget Last year I was pleased to support Great Gaddesde School with a 1,500 grat to support the developmet of its outdoor activity area. If you have a group that eeds a little fiacial help with a particular project, please do let me kow. If I ca help with ay aspect of Hertfordshire Couty Coucil, please do ot hesitate to cotact me o or by at terry.douris@hertfordshire.gov.uk Ke Hodso Local Computer Hardware ad Software Repairs Upgrades ad Advice for Home ad Busiess Tel / equiries@kehodsocomputerservices.co.uk Prevet childre viewig iappropriate iteret sites No fix, o fee for all repairs - you have othig to lose Low hourly rate Friedly traiig ad istructio available i plai Eglish Upgrades of hardware ad software carried out Problems with Widows / Applicatios / Games / Iteret / Networks fixed Most repairs carried out i your home, if ot the computer will be picked up from ad delivered back to you 29

30 NETTLEDEN CHURCH We wish to say a great thak you to everyoe who supported us, helped, gave or bought from our recet Jumble Sale. We appreciate your time, compay ad hard work. It makes the morig. The result was outstadig, clearig Thakig you agai Jae Ma Great Gaddesde Parish Church Cotacts Jo Coell (Churchwarde) Brock House, St Margarets, Gt Gaddesde Hemel Hempstead HP1 3BZ jo@mpcoell.co.uk Gill Moore (Reader) 3 Widmore Cottages, Bradde Lae, Gaddesde Row, Hemel Hempstead HP2 6JB gillmoore@btiteret.com Merli Howells (Churchwarde) Flat 217, Elizabeth House Hemel Hempstead HP2 5HH Heather Tisbury (Reader) 20 West Dee, Gaddesde Row Hemel Hempstead HP2 6HU tisbury@btiteret.com Revd. Joh Russell (Vicar) St. Joh s Vicarage, Pipers Hill, Great Gaddesde, Hemel Hempstead HP1 3BY joh_russell@live.co.uk Please cotact the Vicar for Baptisms, Cofirmatios, Weddigs or Fuerals New Works Cocretig & Draiage Extesios Improvemets Refurbishmet Brickwork & Pavig Carpetry & Joiery HALSE HALSEY (BUILDERS) LTD Paitig & Decoratig Roofig Gutterig Repairs Leadwork & Glazig Repairs Plumbig & Saitary Egieers Reg. Office: 46 Church Ed Redbour St Albas Herts AL3 7DX 30

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