THE HATCH HERALD

The Monthly Magazine for Members and Friends of St. Anne’s Church Larkshall Road Chingford

(CHURCH OF ENGLAND)

No. 276 www.stannee4.org.uk 50p

June 2017

Inside This Month

Message from the

Vicarage

Defining the Trinity

Celebrating 80yrs of

the 999 service

Why read the mar-

riage banns ?

Prayers

PCC news

Taking a nap is

good for you

Children's page &

Smile Lines

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SERVICES AT ST ANNE’S

DATE

TIME

SERVICE

Sunday 4th June Friday 9th June

10:00 10:00

Parish Eucharist Holy Communion

Sunday 11th June Friday 16th June

10:00 10:00

Parish Eucharist Holy Communion

Sunday 18th June Friday 23rd June

10:00 10:00

Informal Service Holy Communion

Sunday 25th June Friday 29th June

10:00 17:30 10:00

Parish Eucharist Informal Service Holy Communion

Sunday 2nd July Friday 7th July

10:00 10:00

Parish Eucharist Holy Communion

Sunday 9th July Friday 14th July

10:00 10:00

Parish Eucharist Holy Communion

Sunday 16th July Friday 21st July

10:00 10:00

Informal Eucharist Holy Communion

Sunday 23rd July Friday 28th July

10:00 17:30 10:00

Parish Eucharist Informal Service Holy Communion

Sunday 30th July

10:00

Parish Eucharist

If you have any news or articles you would like to share for the July issue of the Hatch Herald, please submit

by Sunday 16th June By hand or EMAIL TO: janicegar@ttalktalk.net

I look forward to hearing from you if you have any comments to make regarding the Hatch Herald or would like

to share any news,, tips, recipes etc

Spiritual Development and Practice Service

Chingford Old Church, 121 Old Church Rd, London E4 6ST

The first Saturday of the month at 5.30pm

ALL ARE WELCOME

Jan Hawkins

For your Diary

Saturday 3rd June 10-12 Mini Market -Haven House

Tuesday 6th June 8pm

MLT

Monday 12th June 8pm Plant Committee

Wednesday 14th June

8pm Pastoral Committee

Monday 26th June 8pm Projects and Events Com-

mittee

Saturday 1st July Chingford Hatch day in and

around St. Anne’s

Regular Events at St. Anne’s

Study/Prayer Group 2nd & 4th Wednesdays at 11.30 and 1st & 3rd Wednesday at 8pm

(See Jenny Howland for details )

Healing & Wholeness Service Thursdays 2-4pm (See Eira Endersbee for further details)

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News from the Vicarage

I am writing this in the aftermath of the awful, horrible, bombing in Manchester. Many words have been spoken, many fine words which speak of love having the power to overcome hate and how even the worst atrocity, such as this, has succeeded only in bringing people of all backgrounds and faiths together rather than pushing them apart. Yet behind these words is an incomprehension of how anyone or any cause could willingly bomb children and families. How anyone could knowingly walk into a place precisely because it was full of young people and then detonate a bomb with the sole intention of causing the maximum amount of deaths and casualties possible? What was going through that young man’s mind that said it was ok and a good thing to do? It needs neither these words or anyone else’s to realise that what motivated that young man, Sal-man Abedi, was not the Islamic faith. Muslims across the world and in this country have been utter-ly appalled by this atrocity and have condemned it in no uncertain terms. It is always worth remem-bering that ISIS, Al-Qaida and Boko Haram have between them murdered more Muslims than mem-bers of all other faiths and none put together. What is going on here is not religious faith but a per-verted ideology, masquerading as faith. Ideology and faith are not the same thing – far from it – even though they can share similar characteristics. During the Nazi era, many leading churchmen in Germany and Austria signed up for the Reichskirche which attempted to synthesise Nazi ideology with Christianity. Of course, this cannot be done since they are incompatible. Consequently the leading proponents of the Reichskirche such as Ludwig Muller decided to remove parts of the Old-Testament from the Bible and add what became known as the ‘Aryan paragraph.’ Had Germany had won the war, the plan was to remove the Old Testament in its entirety and any reference in the New Testament to Jesus being Jewish. That is what evil ideology does when it encounters faith. It tries to shape faith to its own non-religious twisted outlook. The religion of Salman Abedi bears about the same relationship to Islam as the Reichskirche did to Christianity. Not all ideologies are bad – of course they are not. After all social democracy is just as much an ide-ology as totalitarian fascism. The difference is far more than simply preferring to live in a social de-mocracy than under fascism. The difference is to do with people mattering more than the ideologies which govern them. Ideologies which protect the values of the right to be different and promote human well-being and flourishing are self-evidently good. The same is also true, I would suggest, of faith. Which is why faith can be perverted by evil ideology. The fallacy of simplistic fundamentalism is that ‘religious truth’ matters more than human life – which is probably why fundamentalists of every creed seem to need a hell for those who disagree with them more than a heaven. If people matter less than beliefs then something is wrong with those beliefs and it makes no difference from

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which faith traditions those beliefs arise. It is interesting that Jesus always put the needs of people before the demands of the religion of his day, for example curing on the Sabbath. And in so doing exposed the inhumanity and implicit cruelty of the supposed ‘righteous’ who criticized him for it. What unites us to each other is not that we share the same or similar beliefs – even belief in God. What unites us is our common humanity. A common humanity that was evidenced so poignantly in the outpouring of solidarity and basic goodness and love in the wake of the wicked attack on the Arena. Scrawled in chalk on the pavement in St. Anne’s square Manchester and the ever increasing amount of flowers was the simple message: ‘Manchester will stand together. One love for all.’ Not only the diverse communities of that great city but also everyone who puts people before belief and ideology stand alongside Manchester and with every city and community the world over which has been hurt and torn apart by the cruelty and stupidity of the few. We remember the victims in our prayers and we also pray for those blinded by ideology and yes even religious faith to the basic humanity we all share. Regards

Jude

With Trinity Sunday in mind: If asked to define the Trinity, we can only say that it is not this or that. - Augustine No wonder that the doctrine of the Trinity is inexplicable, seeing that the nature of God is incomprehensible. Our faith must assent to what our reason cannot compre-hend, otherwise we can never be Christians. - Francis Burkitt Thousands of the ablest minds of the centuries have pon-dered this problem and no one has been able to explain it; who then invented it? What man can invent, man can explain: what man cannot explain, man cannot have in-vented. It must be a revelation. - G H Lang The Trinity is the basis of the gospel, and the gospel is a declaration of the Trinity in action. - J I Packer Tell me how it is that in this room there are three candles and but one light, and I will explain to you the mode of the divine existence. - John Wesley

In January, 1970, Gladys Ayl-ward died at the age of 68 on the island of Taiwan. A few weeks earlier one of the orphans she had brought up on the Chinese mainland visited her and asked what she wanted for a Christmas gift. She said she would like a cotton quilt. But when the thermometer dropped to 40 degrees below freezing point, she gave her new quilt to an orphan and her mattress to her Chinese housemaid. When she died, all that she had was one worn-out blan-ket. She had given everything else away.

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Celebrating our 999 service The 999 emergency service was introduced 80 years ago this month – on 30th June 1937, in the Lon-don area only. It was the first service of its kind in the world, and a notice in the Evening News suggested that the public should use it only if "the man in the flat next to yours is murdering his wife, or you have seen a heavily masked cat burglar peering round the stack pipe of the local bank building”. For less urgent matters, such as a lorry coming to rest in their garden, people were advised to “just call up the local police”. The first call resulted in the arrest of a would-be burglar, but not all were so serious. Of 1336 calls made in the first week, 91 were prank calls. One of the more unexpected results of the 999 service was its effect on telephone switch-rooms, where a “raucous buzzer” sounded when someone dialled 999. It was reported that “a few of the girls found the situation too much and had to be carried out”. Despite that, 999 was a big success, but it wasn't until after World War Two that it reached most other parts of the UK. It became available to the entire country only when all the telephone ex-changes were automated in 1976. The idea for an emergency number came after operators couldn't be reached to alert the fire bri-gade to a fire that killed five women in London's Wimpole Street in 1935. The number 999 was cho-sen because it was easy to dial, even in the dark, on old-style phones. The US waited until 1968 to introduce its own emergency number, 911.

All in the month of June

It was 75 years ago: on 12th June 1942 that Anne Frank received her famous diary for her 13th birth-day. She used it to document her life over the next two years as her family hid from the Nazis. Also 75 years ago: on 25th June 1942 that The Daily Telegraph newspaper published the first ac-count of the mass murder of Polish Jews. It reported that Germany had murdered 700,000 already, and that a further 1000 a day were being killed in gas chambers at Auschwitz. It was reported to be ‘the greatest massacre in history’ yet the story was largely ignored; it only made page 5 of the newspaper, and the other newspapers did not even run it. 60 years ago: on 27th June 1957 that Britain’s Medical Research Council reported that there was a cause-and-effect relationship between smoking and lung cancer. As a result, the Minister of Health said he had a duty to warn the public of the risks smokers faced. 50 years ago: on 1st June 1967 the album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released by the Beatles.

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It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. Mark Twain Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years. Charles Haddon Spurgeon ( 1834 – 1892) Democracy is just stumbling along to the right decision instead of going straight for-ward to the wrong one.

From John Wood’s Library

Why the C of E is keeping its customs of reading the marriage banns The C of E has recently voted to keep its medieval tradition of reading the marriage banns. Not be-cause it is worried about ‘illegal’ marriages taking place, but because it hopes it will help to keep up congregation numbers among young people. Members of the General Synod, who met and vot-ed on it in February, said that ditching the popular tradition would mean losing an important source of new worshippers. Just under 45,000 people got married in CofE churches in 2015. So, as one archdeacon ex-plained, reading the banns ‘gives us access to 90,000 people in the 18-45 age group, which is the age group that we struggle to reach.’

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Could a cathedral actually ‘fail’? Apparently so: the Archbishop of Canterbury has recently made clear that there can be no financial help expected from the Cof E to help the strug-gling cathedral in Guildford, which is currently losing £100,000 a year. Its plan to raise money by selling off some of its land for development has been rejected. So it seems that cathedrals are not ‘too big to fail’….

BIBLE QUOTE:

This day the Lord your God commands you to keep these statutes and laws: be careful to observe them with all your heart and soul. You have recognised the Lord this day as your God; you are to conform to his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, and his laws, and to obey him. Deuteronomy ch.26 vs 16 & 17

Mini Markets

The Mini Market for Christian Aid raised £377.65

Thank you to all those that came—put up tables,

took down tables, got stuff out and packed it away again, drank tea, made tea and bacon sar-

nies, baked cakes, ate cake, chatted or stood behind stalls and of course spent their money

The next mini market is on Saturday 3rd June

in aid of Haven House

We are always short of helpers so if you are able

to spare a few hours we would love to see you there

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Suggested Prayer for June

Dear Abba, our Heavenly Father, we pray for ourselves as your children, that we may ‘love

one another deeply, from the heart’. We thank you for and pray for Jude and Mick and Jen-

ny as they lead us, for Val and Heather, for Peter, and for all the PCC members. We pray

too for Christine our new-ish Area Dean, for Elwin our Archdeacon, and for our Bishops Pe-

ter and Stephen, and Archbishops Justin and Sentamu.

Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.

We pray for the disaster relief and development work of Christian Aid, and its campaigning

for fundamental changes to reduce the catastrophic effects of climate change on the poor-

est communities. We confess we can be overwhelmed at the magnitude of the task in-

volved in combating world poverty, and find it hard to grasp the pervasive effects of hunger

and malnutrition on people’s lives.

Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.

We give thanks for the energy, enthusiasm and creativity of our younger children, praying

especially for those baptised here in recent months. We pray for all Godparents, as they

seek to encourage their godchildren in the journey of faith.

Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.

We ask for wisdom for all those voting in the upcoming elections, and that our young people

will be encouraged to vote. We pray for pupils and Students preparing for SATs, or GCSE,

‘A’ Level or university examinations. We remember those going through the appeal process

because their child does not have an acceptable school place for September. We pray es-

pecially for young people at risk of being ‘groomed’ by gangs. We give thanks for and we

pray for those who, in paid or voluntary work, strive to improve the lives of others, and to

combat sickness, hardship, loneliness and injustice.

Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.

We lift into God’s presence those who are sick or unwell in any way. We pray for all who

have died this week – as a result of violence, road collisions, disease or old age – We espe-

cially remember all those involved in the recent suicide bombing in Manchester and their

family and friends who have been bereaved. We give thanks for our deceased loved ones,

especially those whose anniversaries fall this month.

Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.

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From the PCC

The first PCC meeting of the year always involves quite a lot of administration and planning, rather than big decisions. So probably the most important thing to report at this stage is who our current PCC members are, following the Annual Parish Meeting in April: Jude Bullock - Chairman Mick Scotchmer – Assistant Curate Jenny Howland – Reader Julie Adesina – Deanery Synod Andy Crawford – Treasurer Velma Davis Janice Gariazzo Heather Gwynn Church Warden/Secretary and Deanery Synod Joyce Palmer Alan Pearson Cathy Pryor Beryl Stratton Anthony Sullivan Rosalind Tatam – Diocesan Synod Steve White Val Woodward – Church Warden Do have a word with any member of the PCC if you’d like to know more, or if there is anything you’d like the PCC or one of its members to consider. Finally, here is the prayer with which we usually begin our meetings: Heavenly Father, Bless our Parochial Church Council with the guidance of your Holy Spirit, in all that lies before us. In planning for the future, give us vision. In matters of finance, give us responsibility. In dealing with people, give us love. Help us, in all things, to honour your name, to advance your Kingdom, and to carry out your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Heather

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Chingford Hatch Day

in and around St. Annes

Saturday 1st July 10-5pm

Plans for Chingford Hatch Day are firming up fast. It will all take place in and around St

Anne’s – Church, Centre, gardens and car park and the green space just outside the

church. Last year’s Chingford Hatch Day was great fun and a real community event.

We’re delighted that even more local and community groups will be taking part this year,

alongside groups from the Centre and others.

There should be something for everyone –

A bouncy castle and children’s games in the garden, a visit from the Chingford Fire Engine, a nature trail for under 5s in the pre school garden, Sci Fi face painting, arts and crafts activities and more;

Morris dancing, line dancing, and tai chi demonstrations

Live music ranging from Peter our organist, through the Highams Park Choir to a busker

Neal Zetter giving a poetry performance, a drama workshop, art and floral displays

A whole range of stalls - everything from honey to aromatherapy And of course refreshments – a barbecue, jerk chicken, the usual drinks

and light refreshments – and an ice cream van.

Full details will be in the programmes, available soon. Everyone welcome, and do please spread the word.

And, of course, the more helpers on the day, with stalls, refreshments, and stewarding, the better. So do please have a word with Anthony, Val or Heather if you are able to lend a

hand.

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Midsummer Music Musical delights from Mozart, Handel, Rossini, Schubert, Elgar

plus traditional songs from around the world

Saturday 24 June at 8pm

Seven Kings High School, 494 Ley St, Ilford IG2 7BT

www.valentinesingers.org or call 020 8550 4654

Wednesday 26 July 10am – 4pm

Sing the Show:

The Yeomen of the Guard Copped Hall, Upshire, nr Epping

Bespoke workshops also offered – from fun singing events for friends, social groups or work colleagues to vocal and mu-

sical training for choirs etc (that’s fun too!)

Get in touch and have a chat!

Find www.arbutusmusic.net or call 01277 651970

Take a nap – and be happy If you want to be happy and smarter, grab a 30-minute nap during the day. Recent research has found that a nap of that length is ideal for boosting your performance and your personal feeling of happiness. ‘No-nappers’ can struggle through the day, and ‘long’ nappers risk some health problems, but a nap of up to 30 minutes in length seems to be the perfect ‘down-time’ your body needs to get up and running again. As one scientist put it: ‘Naps of under 30 minutes make you more focused, productive and crea-tive… and you can also become happier just by taking a short nap.’ The study was carried out at the University of Hertfordshire.

The new ‘great night out’? Doing a jigsaw at home

Adult jigsaws have made a comeback, with sales soaring as a growing num-ber of over-50s discover ‘Jomo’ – the ‘joy of missing out’. It seems that more and more people are actively choosing to stay at home and relax, and even do jigsaws. Traditional wa-tercolours and old-fashioned scenes are the most popular. Adult jigsaws are just one of a number of recent retail trends reflected in the latest Consumer Price Index. Other items include gin (after a 13-year ab-sence) and soya milk (for the first time).

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Smile Lines Miscellaneous observations from modern life Wouldn't it be great if we could put our-selves in the dryer for ten minutes? Come out wrinkle-free and three sizes smaller! The alternative to a holiday is to stay home, and tip every third personyou see. I accidentally went grocery shopping on an empty stomach, and am now the proud owner of Aisle 4. Why are buildings called buildings when they are finished? Shouldn't they be called builts? Why is it that when you tell a man there are 400 billion stars he will believe you, but when you tell him there's wet paint he has to touch it? If your supermarket is lowering prices eve-ry day, how come nothing is free yet? If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

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Lesson in Lying A minister told his congregation, "Next week I plan to preach about the sin of ly-ing. To help you understand my sermon, I want you all to read Mark 17." The following Sunday, as he prepared to deliver his sermon, the minister asked for a show of hands. He wanted to know how many had read Mark 17. Every hand went up. The minister smiled and said, "Mark has only 16 chapters. I will now proceed with my sermon on the sin of lying."

Forest Recorded

Music Society (affiliated to the Federation of Recorded Music Societies)

Meets fortnightly on Friday evenings at 7.30

All Saints Church Hall

Church Avenue, Highams Park.E4

Contact : Andrew Golds 0208 531 2938 or V and A Books and Gifts 8531 5695

If you enjoy listening to classical/light classical music in the company of like-minded people then this society is for you.

Lunchtime Concert

Saturday, 24th June at 12.30 At Chingford Old Church

180 Old Church Rd, London E4 6ST

Purple Praise

A program of songs and readings to listen to and join in

Tickets £7.50 including buffet lunch

please phone Jan to order: 0208 531 9760 or email: jan@janhawkins.co.uk

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Suggested Shopping List Boxes of cereal, rice, cous cous, noodles, lentils, pasta Long Life milk, sugar, tea bags, instant coffee, jam, marmalade, squash. Tinned foods Vegetables, tomatoes, potatoes, fruit, dessert, meat, fish, spaghetti, beans, fish, soup. Toiletries Shower gel, razors, shampoo, toothpaste, fe-male sanitary requirements, soap. This year as we head towards Christmas we think of those for whom its just another day of cold & hunger—a suggestion for this year.

COFFEE ROTA

The coffee rota is available at the back of the church and is looking at a

bit sparse

Please sign up if you are able.

All are welcome to join us in the hall for a cup of tea or coffee after the

service

Flower Rota

There is a flower rota at the back of the church If you would like to make a donation to cele-brate a special event or the life of a loved one, there are envelopes and prayer card available.

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For Hire St Anne’s Church Centre

Larkshall Road, E4

Main Hall or Clubrooms

For Private Use

For enquiries and/or reservations

Please call the

Booking Secretary on

07963 248384

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ST ANNES CHURCH CENTRE – REGULAR USERS

Hall Bookings: 07963 248384

From Monday 20th February 2017

TITLE HALL / TIMES HOURS WEEKS CLUBROOM Mon Pre-school C 0915 – 1415 5.0 36 Line Dancing H 1000 – 1130 1.5 40 Women’s F’ship H 1345 – 1445 1.0 36 ‘Footsteps’ H 1600 – 1830 2.5 40 Ju-Jitsu Club C 1930 - 2100 1.5 48 Yoga H 1930 – 2045 1.25 48 Tue Pre-school C 0915 – 1415 5.0 36 Weight Watchers H 0930 – 1100 1.5 48 Brownies H 1745 – 1915 1.5 36 Weight Watchers C 1900 – 2000 1.0 48 Bridge Club H 1930 – 2230 3.0 48 Wed Pre-school C 0915 – 1415 5.0 36 Tai Chi H 0930 – 1130 2.0 48 Keep Fit H 1345 - 1515 1.5 40 Weight Watchers C 1730 – 1830 1.0 48 Beavers H 1730 – 1830 1.0 36 Cubs H 1840 – 2010 1.5 36 Scouts H 2015 – 2130 1.25 36 Thurs Pre-school C 0915 – 1415 5.0 36 AA C 1600 – 1730 1.5 48 Brownies H 1815 – 1945 1.5 36 Rainbows C 1815 – 1915 1.0 36 Pilates Class C 1930 - 2030 1.0 48 Fri Pre-school C 0915 - 1215 3.0 36 Coffee H 1030 – 1100 0.5 N/A Toddlers C 1300 – 1400 1.0 36 Toddlers H 1400 – 1500 1.0 36 Badminton H 2015 – 2145 1.5 40 Sat Larkswood Ward Surgery C 1000 – 1100 1.0 (2nd in the month Jan, Mar, May, July

Sept, Nov) Mini Market H 1000 – 1200 2.0 (1st in the month Jan-Oct) Royal British Legion H 1000 - 1200 2.0 (4th in the month)

Sun Scramblers C 1000 – 1100 1.0 Coffee H 1115 – 1200 0.75 Simple Lunch H 1230 – 1400 1.5 (4th in the month) 19/2/17

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Useful local numbers: Age Concern - 558 5512 Credit Union - 8520 8740 Chingford Police - 8529 8666 Library, North Chingford - 8496 1070 Longshaw Primary School - 8529 5693 Samaritans - 8520 9191 (24 hour emotional support line) Waltham Forest Direct - 8496 3000 Whipps Cross Hospital 8539 5522

WHO’S WHO AT ST ANNE’S

Our Clergy: Vicar: Revd Jude Bullock 020 8529 4740 (Day off—Tuesday) Assistant Curate: Revd. Mick Scotchmer 020 8504 7497 (Day off-Saturday) Licensed Reader: Jenny Howland 020 8504 2348 Our Church Officers:

Churchwardens: Heather Gwynn 020 8505 1364 Val Woodward 07831335419

Secretary to the Parochial Church Council: Heather Gwynn 020 8505 1364

Treasurer: Andy Crawford 020 8527 6512

ORGANISATIONS MEETING IN THE CENTRE

ORGANISATION CONTACT TELEPHONE NO Alcoholics Anonymous 0845 769 7555 Badminton Susan Turner 8524 4679 Beavers Barbara Rouse-Booth 07961 316389 Bridge Club C G Mayhew 8527 4317 Brownies (Tues) Sarah Harrington 8529 2668 Brownies (Thurs) Caroline Rouse 8529 3688 Cubs Alice Robinson 07826 556327 ‘Footsteps’ Dancing School Caroline Randall 01277 416253 Ju-Jitsu Richard King 07884 233477 Keep Fit Christine Hollington 8508 1590 Line Dancing Janis Willingale 8502 5582 Pilates Class Gemma Drake 07399 052084 Pre-School PG Nicola Thurbon 07941 517751 Rainbows Debbie Watson 8527 5016 Royal British Legion Roy Verity 07832 110143 Scouts Alice Robinson 07826 556327 Taoist Tai Chi Soc Eleonora Spencer 8504 9808 Toddler Group Beryl Stratton 8524 2655 Weight Watchers (Tues morn) Terri Reding 07941 159634 Weight Watchers (Tues even) Terri Reding 07941 159634 Weight Watchers (Wed) Jane Rappoport 07984 880899 Women’s Fellowship Beryl Stratton 8524 2655 Yoga Mohini Chatlani 07903 397070