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Re: Diary summary week ending 20th July 2025
« Reply #18 on: Thursday 17 July 25 17:02 BST (UK) »
For those of us who are of a "certain" age - very sorry to see this - the death of Connie Francis  :'(

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Re: Diary summary week ending 20th July 2025
« Reply #19 on: Thursday 17 July 25 18:15 BST (UK) »
Oh, that's is sad, but we are all getting older  i suppose, i could be one of those of a certain age

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Re: Diary summary week ending 20th July 2025
« Reply #20 on: Friday 18 July 25 09:59 BST (UK) »
 Viktoria has reminded me that im missing out on archeology month in Leicester
I d love to go to a dig
the re opening of our roman museum after  6 years id next weekend but its no longer free +tho the entrance covers a full years visit its too costly for me

I wonder if i could get in free if i joined a re enactment group

But there are some talks on zoom that I could attend

Hope everyone is ok ..thers less sun but its still hot + google says the temperature feels 3 degrees more than it actually is due to humidity
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Re: Diary summary week ending 20th July 2025
« Reply #21 on: Friday 18 July 25 11:44 BST (UK) »
It is so hot I lack energy

Have been to a local shopping  centre to distribute  fliers  for our forthcoming  fete, will accept a poster towards the back of the shop, not on a front window,  I then asked the fruit and veg stall and a shop to donate, neither would, times are hard, came home foot sore a disappointed , I stood and chatted, gave them all the information,  they showed interest but not enough to make even a small donation.
Our church is a local  village church, struggling, almost 1000 years old and needs repairs, if the church closes through lack of support there will be outrage,  but it can't be down to the small congregation,  just not possible.

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Tindal Marylebone Paddington
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Re: Diary summary week ending 20th July 2025
« Reply #22 on: Friday 18 July 25 13:23 BST (UK) »
There is a society “ Save our churches “ ,what a pity it has come to this.
The church where my husband’s family worshipped was a wonderful building .
There was a lot of wrought iron which was lovely but was in fact vital supporting structures.
 Deconsecrated  and now a BBC recording studio .
Similarly St, John the Evangelist ,my mother’s family’ church .
A gallery and beautiful scraffito, in the plaster . There hung a little Sanctuary lamp on a chain that would lower it for filling etc ,and a grant for the, oil as it burned perpetually .It was in memory of my grandmother.
I read in the local newspaper the church was being demolished .
I tried to contract the demolishes working for Manchester City Council as I did not want it smashed or perhaps “ rescued “ by the demolishers ,it was really our family’s property .Sadly without any success. This was 1980
Grandma died in 1931.
I get a bit sad when our church is used for baptisms,weddings and funerals and November 11 th.by people who never come at any other time .
It costs a lot to heat and maintain it by a decreasing number of oeople ,but we always give a warm welcome .
Often during the service people from outside will enter, go to the toilet and walk out again . So we are also a free public toilet!
But how do they think it is maintained.

Back in the 1800’s it was enlarged ,by the local,Ashton family (  Ashton’s Zorbit nappies)!  for their employees, including orphans from Manchester ,all of six years old - who would work a twelve hour day before the six hour act came into being  after which they did get some schooling .
So they needed to build a church as “ fire insurance” ie perhaps to avert their descent to a very warm place ! Also so the employees would “ know their place “ and accept the huge disparity as they were expected to attend church every Sunday.” The rich man in his castle ,the poor man at his gate”——
I have been reading Engels again — but we did that period in history at school .
So sadly many of our churches are doomed , impossible to maintain with ever dwindling congregations .

Well this is not getting on ,you lot do delay and distract me from washing cleaning  etcetc , but I am very willing to be distracted!
Viktoria.


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Re: Diary summary week ending 20th July 2025
« Reply #23 on: Friday 18 July 25 14:22 BST (UK) »

Our church is a local  village church, struggling, almost 1000 years old and needs repairs, if the church closes through lack of support there will be outrage,  but it can't be down to the small congregation,  just not possible.

LM

Does your church a "Friends' Scheme"?

https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2023-08/friends-scheme-for-a-parish-church-2019-edit-1_0.pdf

It's a way to gather support from the community to support what is probably the oldest building in the locality.  You don't have to be religious to appreciate a church's historical importance.
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