Impact0217
February/March 2017
WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD
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Have you noticed how, as a society, we are
moving rapidly away from a word-based
culture to a picture-based one? It may not
be immediately obvious – books, real and
electronic, still sell well – and the internet
is full of words, encouraging and harmful. But the
way that we interact with the world around us is
increasingly pictorial and not literal.
When I pick up my phone the fi rst thing I do is
select an icon and by pressing it I am taken into a
new world of social media, gaming or messaging.
My computer is much the same and some of us
now have smart televisions that look like a 50-
inch phone screen. I’m 30 years too old for it, but
I’m told that teenagers can now construct entire
sentences through emojis. In fact there is even an
emoji Bible translation.
February/March 2017
WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD
Signs, symbols and icons are the ways in which people have
communicated and navigated their way around their social world for
millennia. They existed long before the alphabet and the writing of the
Far East is still based around pictograms, or characters draw a picture
rather than simply communicate a sound. If you’ve ever tried fi nding
your way around an airport in a non-Western country you will know just
how the familiar and the baffl ing exist side by side depending on how
easily we can recognise the signs.
One of the reasons why Church and the Bible can seem so strange
– even intimidating – to those coming to them for the fi rst time, is that
they are full of symbols. The rite of baptism is the sign of entry into
God’s new life and his Church. Holy Communion, with the tokens of
bread and wine, is the symbol (amongst many other things) of Jesus’
death for us, the bread and the wine pointing us to the breaking of his
body and the spilling of his blood. The language of the Bible is full of
symbols showing us the reality of God’s love in Jesus Christ and his
promise of eternal life.
Some signs do no more than show us where the
nearest toilets are or which app to use on our phone.
Other symbols point to truths so astonishing and
inexpressible that we can spend a lifetime exploring
them and still not fully understand. Assailed by the
fl ood of images and icons with which modern life
presents us, it would be sad to miss the signs that
really are life-changing.
Signs and Symbols
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
Church Offi ce: Linden Avenue, Sheffi eld S8 0GA
Tel: (0114) 274 5086
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St Chad’s Church,
Woodseats
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A man was hit in the
head with a can of cola
but he was alright –
because it was a soft
drink!
Why couldn’t the
leopard play hide and
seek?
Because he was
always spotted!
A man walked into
a fi sh and chip shop
with a salmon under
his arm.
‘Do you sell fi sh
cakes?,’ he asked.
‘No,’ was the reply.
‘That’s a shame,’
said the man, ‘It’s his
birthday!’
The teacher decided to ask
his class a simple maths
question: ‘If I have 12 books in
one hand and nine in the other
hand, what
do I have?’
‘I know,’
shouted
one of his
pupils, ‘Big
hands!’
Adam was admiring Eve’s salad dressing!
I was wondering why the
ball kept getting bigger
and bigger – and then it
hit me!
What do
you call fi ve
rabbits walking
backwards?
A receding
hare line!
Why don’t
dogs make
good dancers?
Because they
have two left
feet!
What starts with
E, ends with E,
and has only
one letter in it?
Envelope
What do you
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A pork chop!
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What’s On
If you have an event you would like
to see included in our What’s On
section, email impact@stchads.org
Health Walks
•Mondays - 10am: Graves Park.
Meet outside the Rose Garden
Cafe;
•Tuesdays - 10.30am: Ecclesall
Woods. Meet at the Visitors
Centre at Abbeydale Industrial
Hamlet;
•Thursdays - 10.30am:
Lowedges. Meet at the Gresley
Road Meeting Rooms, Gresley
Road, Lowedges;
•Thursdays - 10.30am: Ecclesall
Woods. Meet at the JG Graves
Discovery Centre off Abbey Lane.
) Call 0114 203 9337 for details
regarding any of the walks.
February 14-18
Ecclesall Theatre Company
presents The Day After the Fair
Ecclesall Church Halls
A play by Frank Harvey and
produced by Gay Benjamin in
which a love letter written by an
educated Victorian woman on
behalf of her maid sees events
soon spiral out of control.
February 17
Cutlers and Silversmiths of
Hallamshire
Greenhill Library
7pm
An evening with local author and
historian Peter Machan.
February 28 - March 4
Meersbrook Park Church
Operatic Society presents The
Gondoliers
Dronfield Civic Centre
7.30pm
A production of Gilbert and
Sullivan’s The Gondoliers by
Meersbrook Park Church Operatic
Society, directed by Brian Hirst.
Musical director Judy Wallace.
Call 0114 2557634.
March 11
Sheffield Philharmonic
Orchestra Spring Concert
All Saints’ Church, Ecclesall
7.30pm
A concert with music including
Egmont Overture Op. 84 -
Beethoven, Piano Concerto in A
minor - Schumann and Symphony
No. 4 - Schubert with soloist
Alexander Ullman and conductor
Jack Lovell.
March 18
Book Sale
36 Crawshaw Grove, Beauchief
10am-12pm
Good quality second-hand books
for sale in aid of the Alzheimer’s
Society. Donations of good
condition paperbacks welcome
(but not larger books due to
space).
0114 453 4716
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
Church Office: Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA
Tel: (0114) 274 5086
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The pen is mightier than th
Do you know your rights? This
question sounds quite modern.
But it has its place in the Bible
too. In fact, most of the New
Testament is written by a man
who knew his rights and wasn’t afraid to
use them.
St Paul, in chapter 22 of Acts, is facing
a blood-thirsty mob. He is arrested, and
is about to be flogged and interrogated.
But Paul knows his rights – he asks a
Roman Centurion: “Is it legal for you to
flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even
been found guilty?” Paul knows it’s not
legal, and the Centurion knows it too.
Paul is saved (for the time-being) and
is sent to prison instead, then taken
to Rome. During this time he writes a
number of letters – these are known as
‘the epistles’ and make up most of the
New Testament.
Paul is quite an individual, but his
story is not unique. Christians today face
similar hardship and persecution around
the world. They have rights that need to
be protected, and we have a part to play
in making their voices heard.
We live in a democracy here in the UK
and, whatever your opinion on politics
may be, your signature has more power
than you think! You can sign petitions
and write to your MP, international
ambassadors and people with influence,
asking them to do something. And they
just might listen.
Do you remember Meriam Ibrahim? In
2014, Meriam was pregnant, shackled to
the floor of a cell in Sudan and facing the
death penalty just for being a Christian.
Rightly, this caused global outrage.
Petitions were set up, letters were sent
and huge pressure was placed on
political establishments around the world
– and eventually she was set free!
At the time of writing, there are two
church leaders, one aid worker and a
young student on trial in Sudan facing a
variety of false charges – some incurring
the death penalty; churches in a number
of countries have been threatened not to
Meriam
Ibrahim
who was
pregnant,
shackled
to the floor
of a cell
in Sudan
and facing
the death
penalty
for being a
Christian
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the sword
celebrate Christmas; elsewhere, people
have been killed, lost their jobs, thrown
out of their villages, and lost access to
their children for daring to believe in
Jesus. There is always more to raise
your voice about! I’d urge you to visit the
Open Doors website to find out more:
www.opendoorsuk.org
Zoe Smith, Head of Advocacy at
Open Doors UK & Ireland
PS Do you find this a little bit heavy?
Why not write to lift someone’s heart! We
believe in the power of encouragement
to lighten spirits in the darkest of times.
It’s at the heart of our ministry and you
can get involved too. Visit the website
to find out how: www.opendoorsuk.org/
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Celebrating World Braille Day
January 4, 2017 was World
Braille Day which marks
the birthday of Louis
Braille who created the
tactile reading and writing
system for blind and visuallyimpaired
people. Braille lost his
sight following an accident as a
child and developed the system to
enable blind and visually impaired
people to read and write quickly
and efficiently. It is based on a
series of six dots in pairs on three
rows, which represent alphabet
letters and numbers. The dots are
raised so that blind people can run
their fingers over the top to read
them.
The system is used in public
places and you will have probably
noticed it on signs in buildings, on
buses, on cash points etc as well
as on packing for pharmaceutical
products, food and on chemicals
such as bleach.
It is important to keep Braille
alive as it gives blind people
access to information where
technology might not have
developed yet. Agreements such
as the Marrakesh Treaty will allow
copyright exceptions for published
works to be widely available in
accessible formats ensuring that
written materials are available
across country borders. For
example, this means that schools
in wealthier countries would be
able to send books to poorer
countries.
The Sheffield Royal Society for
the Blind (SRSB) marked the day
by giving an interview on Sheffield
Live along with Alan Thorpe from
Eyecan (an organisation that
offers braille training), and also
by attending a Braille Awareness
Day at Dearne Valley College with
samples and demonstrations of
producing Braille.
SRSB provides opportunity,
support, friendship and services to
blind and partially-sighted people
in Sheffield, helping them to
achieve whatever they wish to do
and whatever they aspire to be.
It supports over 3,600 visually
impaired-people in Sheffield with
a broad range of activities and
services.
In excess of 300 people access
the services within its centre
each week. Its residential home
at Crosspool cares for up to 30
people.
The charity arranges Braille
training classes for both visuallyimpaired
and sighted people
as required. If you do not have
a sight problem, but a member
of your family does, perhaps
learning Braille might help you
to support or communicate with
them. You may be a teacher, or
work in an organisation that wants
to improve its support of people
with sight problems or it could just
be that you are simply interested
in learning Braille. SRSB also
arranges Braille transcription for
other organisations.
Contact SRSB for further
information about this or any of
their other services: www.srsb.org.
ukinfo@srsb.org.uk or call 0114
272 2757.
Jane Peach, Sheffield Royal
Society for the Blind
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
Church Office: Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA
Tel: (0114) 274 5086
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The Vindolanda tablets
are the oldest surviving
handwritten documents
in Britain.They are also
probably the best source
of information about life on the
northern frontier of Roman Britain.
Written on fragments of thin,
post-card-sized wooden leaftablets
with carbon-based ink, the
tablets date to the first and second
centuries AD. Although similar
records on papyrus were known
from elsewhere in the Roman
Empire, wooden tablets with ink
text had not been recovered until
1973, when they were discovered
at the site of a Roman fort in
Vindolanda, northern England.
The documents record official
military matters as well as
personal messages to and from
members of the garrison of
Vindolanda, their families and
their slaves. The texts of over 750
tablets have been transcribed,
translated and published.
Tablets continue to be found at
Vindolanda.
The tablets were the first known
surviving examples of the use of
ink letters in the Roman period.
They are about the size of a
postcard. They are made from
birch, alder and oak that grew
locally, in contrast to stylus tablets,
another type of writing tablet used
in Roman Britain, which were
imported and made from nonnative
wood. Vindolanda fort was
garrisoned before the construction
of Hadrian’s Wall and most of the
tablets are slightly older than the
Wall, which was begun in 122 AD.
One of the tablets confirms that
Roman soldiers wore underpants
(subligaria), and also testifies to
a high degree of literacy in the
Roman army. The best-known
document is perhaps Tablet
291, written around AD100 from
Claudia Severa, the wife of the
commander of a nearby fort, to
Sulpicia Lepidina, inviting her to
a birthday party. The invitation
is one of the earliest known
examples of writing in Latin by a
woman. There are two handwriting
styles in the tablet, with the
majority of the text written in a
professional hand (thought to
be the household scribe) and
with closing greetings personally
added by Claudia Severa herself
(on the lower right hand side of
the tablet).
Wooden tablets have been
found at 20 Roman settlements
in Britain. However, most of these
sites did not yield the type of tablet
found at Vindolanda. A significant
number of ink tablets have been
identified at Carlisle (also on
Hadrian’s Wall). The tablets
are held at the British Museum,
where a selection of them is on
display in its Roman Britain gallery
(Room 49). The tablets featured
in the list of British archaeological
finds selected by experts at the
British Museum for the 2003
BBC programme Our Top Ten
Treasures. Viewers were invited
to vote for their favourite, and the
tablets came top of the poll.
David Manning
The site of the Vindolanda fort
The Vindolanda Tablets
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We found
the angels!
During Advent
our Christmas
Angels
appeared
in trees, on
railings and doorposts
around the community.
We invited you to
take them home – and
take a selfie to share
with us on Twitter,
Facebook or by email.
We had a great
response and these
are just a few of your
pictures.
The angels of the
nativity brought a
message of great joy
– and we hope our
angels brought joy to
you this Christmas!
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Caligraphy
I’ve loved doing calligraphy
– the art of decorative
handwriting – ever since
someone gave me a
calligraphy set as a child.
Ironically, I’ve got quite
messy handwriting. But to me,
calligraphy doesn’t feel like
writing so much as crafting
out the letter shapes. There’s
something very steadying and
therapeutic about ruling out
guidelines, feeding the pen with
ink, and carefully forming strokes
with the broad pen. It feels like
a cross between an art and a
science – a bit like playing a
musical instrument can be.
When I was a child I
transcribed my favourite prayers
into a journal, and wrote out
a poem for my mum in crude
italic – it still hangs on her wall.
Later, when I started evening
classes in calligraphy as an adult,
I learnt stronger technique - how
to write on a slanting board
or easel; how to make
sure I maintained
a consistent
angle with my
hand; and
the various
hands,
starting
with round
foundational
and
progressing
to italic,
uncial and
copperplate.
But in my
experience
calligraphy really
came alive when
I started learning to be
creative and play with the
presentation of the words on the
page. We used various colours
of gouache paint in place of ink;
gilded large capitals with gold
leaf; and even experimented
with quills (not the easiest
way of writing – I pity
the old clerks). I
loved looking
at the words
I was going
to write out
and allowing
them to
spark ideas
as to how
I might
present
them. So
for a friend
who was a
fan of Lord of
the Rings I wrote
out the poem about
the Rings of Mordor
in a spiral wrapped round a
serpent. For my husband’s 30th
birthday I did a poem by Lord
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Byron about getting old (!) and drew
lightly in pencil behind it a picture of an
old man.
But whether or not any creative ideas
occurred to me, I found that in order to
write like this I had to really slow down,
and almost wallow in the words as I
wrote them out. I especially appreciated
this when I was writing out words from
the Bible – it felt like I was meditating
on what I was writing.
I often think of the monks hundreds
of years ago, painstakingly copying out
the gospels, and how this wasn’t just a
practical task for them but a spiritual act
– their offering to God, through which
they themselves received blessing.
So I think my favourite piece I did
was a picture of Jesus’ face. The words
are taken (nearly all) from the Old
Testament book of Isaiah, which are
taken to be prophecies about Jesus.
As I wrote them out – which took about
nine hours – Jesus’ face literally took
shape before me. It was very moving.
I haven’t done any calligraphy for a
while now, but writing this is inspiring
me to take it up again!
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Services at St Chad’s
Over the past year our services have been held at Abbey Lane
School and in Woodseats Methodist Church. We are really thankful
to the school and to Woodseats Methodist Church for their
hospitality.
We’re now really pleased that our Sunday services are back in our
reshaped church building and would love to welcome you along.
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Sunday Services
The 9am Sunday Services
Sunday Services
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● Includes refreshments afterwards
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I’m sure that you are
familiar with seeing cars
with fi sh symbols on
the back – they usually
look like an elongated
‘a’. Sometimes you will see
variations on them like a fi sh
with feet and ‘Darwin’ written
across it.
The fi sh symbol (1) isn’t
a sign that the car driver is
a keen angler but that they
wish to identify themselves
as Christians. The sign itself
is very ancient, dating back
to the very fi rst years of the
Christian church when to be
known as a Christian was to
invite discrimination, persecution
and execution – which is the case
today with Christians throughout
the Middle East and Asia.
In the time of the Roman
persecution Christians needed
to know where was a safe place
to pray, and who might be a safe
person to talk to about their faith.
They developed an elaborate
series of signs that to the Romans
were nothing more than graffi ti,
but to Christians promised safety.
The fi sh was the most famous
of these symbols. A fi sh was
chosen partly because
the fi rst disciples were 4
fi shermen, but mostly
because the letters of
the Greek word for fi sh
(ichthus) were also the
fi rst letters of the word for
Jesus Christ, God, Son,
Saviour.
Other signs also played with the
Greek alphabet. The Alpha and
Omega symbol (2) and the Khi
Rho symbol (3) both took Greek
letters and placed one over the
other. Alpha and Omega are the
fi rst and last letters of the Greek
1
2 3
alphabet and symbolised the
timeless and unending nature of
God. Khi and Rho are the fi rst
two letters of Christ (Christos).
Both these motifs can be seen in
St Chad’s on the newly-restored
wooden reredos above the
Communion Table.
Sadly the persecution of
Christians is as terrible – in fact
probably worse – than at any time
in history and with this new wave
of persecution a new sign has
begun to emerge. Christians in
the West, in solidarity with their
suffering brothers and sisters
in Iraq and Syria have
taken the letter ‘N’ from
the Arabic alphabet and
begun using it across
social media (4). For
Christians evicted from
their homes, a letter ‘N’ is
often scrawled on the wall
by the Islamic State fi ghters. It
stands for ‘Nazarene’ after Jesus
of Nazareth. Perhaps one day
these to will fi nd their way into
churches as a reminder of the
terrible cost born by some who
dare to follow Jesus.
Rev Toby Hole
The Secret Signs of Faith
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The Epistles
Whilst in our culture
letter writing might
be dying out a little,
it is a very ancient
and Biblical art.
Twenty-one of the 27 books of the
New Testament are collectively
known as the Epistles. Epistle is
from the Greek word ἐπιστολή,
meaning ‘letter’. These books
of the Bible are the letters of the
early church.
The New Testament Epistles are
written by a number of different
people. St Paul wrote the majority
(13) of them, whilst others were
written by St James, St Peter, St
John, and the author of one is
unknown. Very often letters had
more than one author. They’re
written either to individuals or to
churches. Whilst modern letters
tend to have ‘Dear John Smith’
at the beginning, and ‘Yours
sincerely, Duncan Bell’ at the
end, the culture back then was
to have both the sender’s and
the recipient’s names at the
beginning. So the letters to the
Thessalonians start, ‘Paul, Silas
and Timothy; To the church of the
Thessalonians.’ It seems to me
Ephesus today
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that this makes far more sense
than our own style of letter writing.
I don’t know about you, but when I
get a letter, I look to the end of the
letter to see who wrote it, before
going back to the beginning to
read it. It seems much more
sensible to put the sender’s name
at the beginning!
Whilst many medieval paintings
portray the Biblical authors
poised with quill in hand, writing
away, we know that the authors
of the Epistles usually dictated
to a secretary. Paul sometimes
included a note in his own
handwriting at the end of the
letter. ‘I, Paul, write this greeting in
my own hand.’ (Colossians 4:18a).
In St Paul’s letter to the Romans,
the secretary (or amanuensis)
adds his own greeting: ‘I, Tertius,
who wrote down this letter, greet
you in the Lord.’ (Romans 16:22).
The reasons for writing the
epistles are as many as the
epistles themselves. Sometimes
authors write in response to
questions that the church has
raised. Sometimes they write
because they’ve heard things are
going badly and want to help folks
get back on track. Sometimes
they write because they’ve heard
really good things and want to
encourage people. Sometimes
they write to individuals to help
them keep going in tough
situations. The letters are
as varied as life itself.
If you’ve never read
any of the Epistles, I’d
suggest starting with
the book of Ephesians.
It’ll only take about ten
minutes to read. You
can fi nd it online if you
don’t have a Bible.
Rev Duncan Bell
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Compassion is an
organisation that supports
children and their families
all across the world.
More than 60 years
ago, the Rev Everett Swanson
went to South Korea to minister
to American troops fi ghting in the
Korean war. He became troubled
by the sight of hundreds of war
orphans living on the streets
abandoned by society. One day
he saw piles of rags being
tossed into the back of a
truck. When he looked
closer he found
them to be frozen
bodies of orphans
who had died
overnight on the
streets. Swanson
could not turn his
back on this, and soon
established a unique
programme enabling
individuals in the western world to
provide education, food, clothing
shelter and medical care for each
Korean orphan for a few dollars a
month. Today 12 partner countries
continue to build a diverse network
of caring sponsors around the
world.
For a number of years we
wanted to sponsor a child, but
it just did not seem fi nancially
possible. Then one day it came
to my mind that if I was prepared
to give up a certain commitment
I would free the money that
we could put on sponsorship.
Someone gave a talk at our church
on the work of Compassion at this
time and we knew this was what
we would do.
In 2003 we began to sponsor a
little boy, and we have had regular
letters from him over the years.
He always tells me how he loves
football and wants to play for
Manchester United one day! He
also tells us how he likes to help
his grandad work in the fi elds. We
were sent a lovely picture of his
mother in their home and all the
food they had purchased with a
donation from my husband’s 60th
birthday party.
Our child (we are not allowed to
mention his name) has become
part of our family, and is now a
handsome young man of
15 years and his photo
is on the fi replace
alongside the rest
of the family. He
lives in Mexico
and attends the
Compassion project
near his home. How
he has grown! His
letters and pictures
have been a constant
delight, and he loves to hear
all about our family. A number
of times he has written and said
‘please pray for my mum’ which
we do. Compassion has a vision to
see four million children released
from poverty by the year 2020.
As his face looked out on us
from the fi replace this Christmas,
we thanked God for this young
man and his family who have
touched our own in so many ways.
The child sponsorship
programme is in 26 developing
nations today. The work of
Compassion brings hope, fi nancial
support, education programmes
and the good news of Jesus
to many struggling families
across very poor areas of the
world. Embracing children in
need still remains at the heart of
Compassion’s work, which has
continued over six decades.
Pauline Johnson
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Letters of Hidden Love
Can you guess who wrote the
following fragments from
letters and to whom they were
addressed?
1. Victory, October 19 1805
My dearest Angel... I rejoice to hear that
you are so very good a girl, and love my
dear Lady Hamilton, who most dearly loves
you. Give her a kiss for me... I answer
your letter, my dearest Horatia, to mark
to you that you are ever uppermost in my
thoughts. I shall be sure of your prayers for
my safety, conquest, and speedy return...
Receive, my dearest Horatia, the
affectionate parental blessing of your
Father.
2. When she bolted to Scotland the
writer gave her father a parcel directed
to the addressee containing her keys
and accounts. It also contained her
wedding ring and the letter attached to a
pincushion.
My dear Mrs Ruskin,
...you will fi nd enclosed my marriage
ring which I return by this means to your
son with whom I can never hold further
intercourse or communication...
The Law will let you know what I have
demanded and I put to you and Mr Ruskin
to consider what a very great temporal loss
in every point of view, your son’s conduct
has entailed upon me for these best six
years of my life. My parents have entirely
approved of the steps I have taken and my
mother accompanies me to Scotland.
I remain yours truly
Euphemia C Gray
3. The Athenaeum, July 4, 1904
Darling Chuck; I sends my love; I left the
new nest early this morning & have tried on
my velvet clothes & sword & am going to
see the King tomorrow - SO you may think
of Buckingham Palace about 12 o’clock. I
shall go home very quiet cos I’m building
a nest for zu! I sits in zu’s chair ... & smile
& sinks about my baby, such a silly goosy
faser. Zu’s Faser.
4. Brinkwells, Friday May 17, 1918
My dear Windfl ower; ...It is divine (here)
just now but I fear the fl owers will have
vanished, the primroses will have gone but
the woods are still carpeted with bluebells
- but the heavy rain of three days ago
tried them severely and they looked rather
faded. I have been down the wood and told
them YOU are coming and asked them to
remain for your loved visit. ...but the thing
is to bring yourself and rest; there will be a
full moon and all lovely and nightingales.
Love EE
Answers:
1. From Admiral Horatio Nelson’s last
letter to Horatia Nelson, his lovechild
daughter by Emma Hamilton (said to be
Nelson’s adopted Godchild).
2. From a letter by Euphemia (Effi e)
Gray/Ruskin/Gray/Millais to her motherin-law
Margaret Ruskin (mother of
John Ruskin). Trapped in a loveless,
unconsumated marriage for seven years,
Effi e had escaped to Scotland where
she later married John Millais, the Pre-
Raphaelite painter. They had eight children;
the third daughter, Alice, married Sir
Charles Stuart-Wortley, MP for Sheffi eld.
3. From a letter by Edward Elgar, on
the eve of receiving his knighthood, to
his daughter Carice. Although his wife
(another Alice) kept Carice well hidden
at boarding school or with relatives, she
could not prevent a deep bond of love and
understanding developing between father
and daughter.
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4. Was written from a remote cottage
hideaway in Sussex by Sir Edward Elgar
to his “muse”, Lady Alice Stuart-Wortly (his
Windfl ower). She is “The Soul Enshrined”
in the Violin Concerto and the inspiration
for the 2nd Symphony and the Violin
Sonata. They fi rst met in Sheffi eld in
1902 at the Sheffi eld Music Festival and
remained “friends” to the end of their lives.
Letters like these show that heroes
and heroines of the past were fl awed and
vulnerable, just like us.
But letters are now a rarity and we must
guard well those that we have, for future
generations. For who, in the 22nd Century,
will want to retrieve Trump’s Tweets
or Clinton’s emails from cyber space?
Therefore, before we put down our pens
forever, perhaps we should give some
thought to these lines from the First World
War trenches:
The songs I had are withered
Or vanished clean,
Yet there are bright tracks
Where I have been,
And there grow fl owers
For others’ delight.
Think well, O singer,
Soon comes night.
Ivor Gurney
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My Love Of Letter-Writing
I’ve had a love-affair with
letter writing most of my life.
It began when I was 11 years
old.
My teacher asked the
whole class to open their atlases
at random, close their eyes and
make a small pencil mark on the
page, then write to the Mayor
of the nearest town and ask for
someone there of our own age who
would be happy to be a penfriend.
Before long Martha and I began
our friendship. That was over 60
years ago and we are still writing.
We’re continually finding out about
how similar, and different, life is
on opposite sides of ‘The Pond’ as
well as sharing recipes, favourite
authors and just about anything
and everything (not a good idea to
mention Trump though!).
It’s been fascinating writing to
the two boys whom I’ve sponsored
through World Vision – at first I
knew very little about their country,
Mozambique, but from their letters
I receive I now know much more –
and I hope they’re learning a little
about life in the UK from me, too.
I may never meet Abel and Joao,
but I cherish their messages and
their drawings and it’s wonderful
knowing that, although we’re
thousands of miles apart, we care
about each other.
I’ve also found it very humbling
being involved with Amnesty
International – they welcome
people who are prepared to write
to prisoners, offering support and
comfort. Back in the mid ‘80s, I
couldn’t stop thinking about the
plight of the Beirut hostages so I
wrote to them all, not knowing if
my letters would ever reach them
but, amazingly, I had a wonderful
reply from John McCarthy which
I treasure. I’ve also written to
Archbishop John Sentamu on
several occasions – he always
sends a gracious response
though, regrettably but quite
understandably, he declined our
invitation to write an article for
Impact due to his heavy workload.
Recently I’ve become an avid
supporter of www.change.org, a
website challenging injustice.
Writing letters is a part of being
able to speak out – they say that
“the pen is mightier than the sword”
and that certainly appears to be the
case. It’s very humbling and, when
the outcome is a positive one,
it’s heart-warming knowing that,
in a small way, you have helped
someone. Years ago, my car broke
down on a wet, windy night on the
A38. The lovely AA man who came
to my rescue not only fixed the
problem but followed me for some
distance to make sure I was safe.
I wrote to the AA’s Head Office to
extol the virtues of this unknown
“guardian angel” and later heard
that, as a result, he was awarded a
commendation – so I had returned
the favour and was I “chuffed”!
I may be a dinosaur in this
technological age and I’m aware
that emails and texts are quick
and easy, but they can also be
deleted at the touch of a button and
maybe lost for ever. The response
I have from authors who’ve moved
me, actors whose performances
I’ve admired, programme makers
who’ve inspired me, not to mention
correspondence shared world-wide
with many friends, show they all
genuinely appreciate letters. It’s
proof that letter-writing is something
which brings tangible and lasting
pleasure to writer and recipient
alike as letters can be read, stored
and re-read time and time again.
Let’s hope that we dinosaurs never
become extinct!
Chris Laude
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
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Services during
February & March 2017
Holy Communion:
Sun 5th Feb 11.00am
Sun 12th Feb 11.00am
Sun 26th 11.00am
Ash Wednesday 1st March 7pm
Sunday 5th March11.00am
Sun 12th March 10.30 am
Sunday 26th March 11.00am
Evensong ( third Sunday):
Sunday 19th February 3pm
Sunday 19th March 3pm
All Welcome
Our Services are based on the
Book of Common Prayer & Refreshments
are served afterwards
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Led by
Revd Professor John Rogerson
“The Poet Prophets of the
Old Testament”
Wed 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th March 7pm
Wed 5th April 7pm
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The Undiscovered City
If you’re wondering where
to go for a holiday this year,
enjoy the mountains but also
like your creature comforts,
then Innsbruck, the capital
of Austria’s Tyrol province, is
defi nitely for you! With direct
fl ights from Gatwick and fast train
or bus connections from Innsbruck
Airport to the main station, you’ll
soon fi nd yourself in a historical
city with a modern outlook – and
mountain views down
every street!
Even if you’re
travelling in the high
season, you can
book a hotel room
for two in the centre
for £100 or less per
night – with breakfast!
There’s also plenty
of choice for eateries,
whatever your budget,
including the inevitable Golden
Arches (aka McDonalds) and a
Nordsee fi sh and chip shop in the
Maria-Theresien-Strasse – but
bring your own brown sauce!
With its magnifi cent Baroque
architecture, the pedestrianised
Maria-Theresien-Strasse is only
one historical attraction. Others
include the Golden Roof, Imperial
Palace, Court Church, Court
Gardens and, further afi eld,
Ambras Castle. Culture vultures
will also enjoy the Golden Roof
Museum and Tyrolean State
Museum – to name but two. For
other tastes, there’s the Anatomy
Museum...
All these attractions and many
more – such as the Alpine Zoo,
Berg Isel Ski Jump and nearby
Tyrol Panorama – are included
with the Innsbruck Card – only
55 euros for 72 hours each. This
also includes free travel on the
city’s (very connected!) transport
system, cable car trips and
discounts for Tyrolean
evenings and Happy
Fitness mornings!
From mid-July
to the end of
August, there’s the
Innsbruck Festival
of Early Music at
Ambras Castle and
other venues, and
around those dates a varied
repertoire at the State Theatre.
All that might give a clue to the
title of this article. When I booked
our holiday last year, I just saw
Innsbruck as a base for travel to
other places – such as Stams
with its Baroque monastery, or
Jenbach with its steam funicular
railway up to the Achensee. I soon
discovered – particularly on the
tour bus also included with the
Innsbruck Card – that it was a far
more interesting city than I’d ever
imagined.
Stephen Dowson
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
Church Offi ce: Linden Avenue, Sheffi eld S8 0GA
Tel: (0114) 274 5086
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Henry Ohakah is the minister
at Woodseats Methodist
Church. We asked him to tell us a
little about himself...
‘My name is Henry
Ohakah – and my
favourite quote is:
‘It is more risky not
to take risks in life.’
I am married to Anita and
we are blessed with three kids
– two girls, Somtochi (12) an
Chimdumebi (9) and a boy,
Chilemeze Henry jnr (6).
I am presently the minister in
charge of Woodseats Methodist
Church as well as Gleadless
Valley Methodist.
I was born in Nigeria with a
humble background at Umuahia,
an ancient town in south-east
Nigeria. I had my ministerial
training at the Methodist
Theological Institute, Nigeria and
later did my postgraduate studies
at the famous Bossey Ecumenical
Institute, Switzerland as well as a
course on interfaith at Cambridge.
I have spent a week at the Taize
community in France and also
taken part in a Papal summit at
the Vatican.
I am author of two books –
‘Come, Holy Spirit’ and ‘There is
Gold In You’.
My dream is to be ‘the man God
uses’.”
My Dream...
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Before the Poison
by Peter Robinson
Written as a ‘stand
alone’ book by
the author of the
Inspector Banks
series, which has
recently been televised, I found
this book to be a good read, yet
not as action packed as some of
his other work.
It is the story of a 60-year-old
man, Chris Lowndes, who lived in
California and wrote music scores
for Hollywood fi lms. Heartbroken
over the recent death of his wife,
he decides to move back to his
native Yorkshire and seeks the
seclusion of an 18th century
mansion, Kilnsgate House, which
he buys on impulse after seeing
just a few photographs.
Somehow, what the somewhat
pushy estate agent has omitted to
tell him is that a former resident
of the house, Grace Fox, was
hanged for murder in 1953 for
poisoning her husband. Although
no-one has ever seen ghosts
or apparitions in or around the
house, it remains shrouded and
haunted by its past.
As he becomes more and more
aware of the history of Kilnsgate
House and its past occupants, he
begins to research the life story of
Grace Fox using libraries, church
archives and newspaper records.
Unlike Robinson’s hero Inspector
Banks, Chris Lowndes does
not have access to any police
documentation or researchers, so
his progress is somewhat slow.
Once he begins to gain a sense
of Grace’s past life from her
journals, he realises that she had
a scandalous affair with a young
local lad and suspects that she
was convicted and hanged on
evidence of
loose morals
rather than
those of a
poisoner of
husbands.
He does a
good job of
sifting truth
from scandal
by visiting
people from
London,
Paris and
South Africa
to make
revealing
discoveries
about her
character.
The
writing is very
atmospheric; Robinson himself
was born in Yorkshire, his
descriptions of the wild scenery
and remote landscape are very
convincing. There is also a
chilling blow by blow account
of the hanging of Grace Fox as
she walks with great silence and
dignity to the gallows: purportedly
the second to last woman to
be hanged in England. Tension
builds throughout the story as
Chris composes a sonata to
his late wife, playing on a piano
that belonged to Grace Fox. As
the house creaks and shadows
move it plays on the grief stricken
fancies of Chris Lowndes and
adds to the suspense of the story.
The ending is somewhat
ambiguous, did she or didn’t
she?? I don’t know…. See what
you think if you read the book.
Vicki Harris
St Chad’s Third Age
Book Group
Book Review
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
Church Offi ce: Linden Avenue, Sheffi eld S8 0GA
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