St Mary's December 2018 Parish Magazine

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In My Day The rambling of Hubert James In my day it was about this time of year that we would begin to think about Christmas preparations. Advent was the first time we’d give it a thought, so there was often a certain level of panic. We were lucky in some ways that, for instance there was a turkey farm on the way to Warkton, so we knew we could get a bird and most folk grew Brussels and spuds. Mind you some things could be a problem. For instance you’d often find that your carving knife had got very blunt and if your sharpening iron had seen better days you’d be looking for an alternative. Now, in my day you had a drawer full of cutlery which included something called a bread knife. Remember these were times when sliced bread was a rarity. The phrase; ‘The best thing since sliced bread’ hadn’t been invented. We were still getting by with; ‘The best thing since the key on a tin of corned beef’’ which to be frank was a mouthful and not really that accurate. The keys were rubbish. So was the bread knife which was not invented for turkey. It suffered with serration. We were desperate to get our carving knives sharpened. So about now we’d post look-outs to see along the A6 to tell us if the Saw Doctors were coming. These were two Irish fella’s called Leo and Davy who travelled the country with a big old grinding wheel made from off cuts of the Blarney stone. They’d usually turn up in time to sharpen knives or sell you one of their special knives. Their knives were so sharp they could slice a human hair in two, longways. One year the boys arrived at the last minute. They didn’t realise the urgency of our need. They didn’t understand how important they were to us. We had to explain what our lives would be like without them. How we’d have to eat chunks of turkey ripped from the carcass. The poor lads were so modest. Now it happened that we had a writer in the town called George Bailey who along with a friend who I think was called Frank Capri or something like that, wrote up the story of the Saw Doctors and their sharpening exploits and made it into a film that we watch every Christmas. It’s called ‘It’s a Wonderful Knife’. Church Monthly Draw The results of the November church monthly draw are as follows: Total receipts of £242.00 are divided equally between the winners and the church funds Winning numbers for the November monthly draw are: 1st prize 121 £60.50 2nd prize 26 £36.30 3rd prize 188 £24.20 If you would like to join the monthly draw (£1.00 per share per month) which takes place in the church on the first Sunday of the month, please contact Kathy Hobbs on 01933 398794.
Town Diary December January 2019 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 10-4.30pm St Mary’s Church Christmas Tree Festival 11-2pm Christmas Bazaar, Wesleyan Chapel 7.30 Band Concert St Mary’s Church Start of the Scouts Christmas post. 11-4.30pm Christmas Tree Festival, St Mary’s Church 6pm Advent Candlelit Carol Service RBL Quiz night & nibbles/meat raffle 9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club 3rd 6th 26th 28th February 2nd TG Town Hall, New Year Party with Soup & Sweet 6pm Epiphany Carol Service, St Mary’s Church. Finedon, Pantomime week, Star Hall 7.30 History Society, Mission Room, History & founding of the Northamptonshire Film Archive Trust. Last day of Finedon Pantomime 6th 7th 7.30 TG Town Hall, Peter & Gloria Wright, Christmas Flavour. RBL Christmas Party 7th 7.30 TG, Town Hall, Roy Smart ‘Any Wonderful Amy’ 8th 9th 3-8pm Scout Group Santa float A6 end St Mary’s Church, Wassail Evening, Bowls Club 3-8pm Scout Group Float, Church end 16th 25th Valentine Barn Dance, Community Centre 7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Michael Brown, Death in the Garden 11th 15th 2pm Deanery Mother’s Union Carol Service, St Mary’s Church 2-6pm Buffs Christmas Fayre, The Green March 7th 7.30 TG, AGM, Adrian Cale ‘Nostalgia’, The ramblings of Hubert James 16th 18th 22nd 23rd 6pm Nine Lessons & Carols, St Mary’s Church 9.45 Coffee Morning, Bowls Club Last Day for Scout Post 4.30 Come sing the Messiah, St Mary’s Church, 2.30 rehearsal. 4pm Christingle Service, St Mary’s Church 25th April 4th 7,30 History Society, Mission Room, Tom Watts, The history of Finedon Cinemas and the Watts family 7.30 TG, Town Hall, James Burton, An Antiques Valuation evening 24th 25th 11.30pm Midnight Mass, St Mary’s Church 8am & 9.30am Christmas Services, St Mary’s Church 15th 7.30 History Society, Mission Room, Douglas Goddard, The history of the postcard St Michael’s Mission Room, Well Street, Finedon Available for hire weekdays, Saturdays & Sundays. Suitable for most social functions, charitable events, children's parties (no late discos) For all enquiries and information contact Bryan & Christine Chapman Tel: 01933 398818 Email: bryanchapman2@aol.com 15
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