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NEW YEAR WIT...<br />
Carving it up... Fred, a Yorkshireman, dies and his<br />
family request that the words LORD HE WAS THINE<br />
be carved on his tombstone, but unfortunately<br />
things don’t go exactly according to plan and<br />
instead the carving reads LORD HE WAS THIN.<br />
“Mr <strong>St</strong>onemason” say the family, “our Fred won’t<br />
like tha’, you’ve gone an’ missed off an E, yer best<br />
put i’ back!” Following week they return to pay<br />
their respects to Fred and check up on the carving.<br />
“Oh nooh!” they exclaim on seeing the new<br />
inscription, which now reads ‘E LORD HE WAS THIN...<br />
Apologies to my Yorkshire friends for this one ... just<br />
something I read (think the story’s true though m’lud)...!<br />
Heard the one about the...? A Monseigneur,<br />
a Vicar and a Rabbi go into a bar: “whiskey on<br />
the rocks please Jimmy”, says the Monseigneur;<br />
“single malt for me James old chap”, says the<br />
Vicar; “but Jakob”, says the Rabbi, ... [cont/..p 94]<br />
diary dates <strong>February</strong> 4th-March 7th<br />
please note that all entries in the diary are correct at the time of going to print given the<br />
information supplied. please note also that, in addition to the listings below, which vary<br />
in frequency or other details, the following events happen every week in this period —<br />
Tues<br />
Tues<br />
Weds<br />
Thurs<br />
Fri<br />
& Wisdom!<br />
<br />
Faithspace Coffee Morning // 10am–12 noon — Faithspace Community<br />
Centre (FCC)<br />
Christian Meditation // 6.15–7.00pm — <strong>Parish</strong> Office<br />
Jazz in the Undercroft // 7.30–10.00pm<br />
<strong>Redcliffe</strong> Gardening Group // 10.00am–12.00 noon — Somerset Square<br />
Police Beat Surgery Drop-in // 1.00–2.00pm — FCC<br />
Joys of translation... A high level<br />
Anglo-Norman business conference was in<br />
progress in Normandy with delegates from a<br />
number of countries who listened, attentive<br />
and serious, via simultaneous translation on<br />
headphones, to the many presentations of<br />
the day. Summing up in French at the end,<br />
the conference president extolled the joint<br />
entrepreneurial and cooperative spirit of<br />
both partners, thanked the conference hosts,<br />
and called for a toast to the conference aims<br />
and “la sagesse Normande”— at which point<br />
snorts of laughter erupted from the British<br />
delegation who heard through their<br />
headphones the words “let us celebrate our<br />
aims, thank our hosts, and raise a toast to<br />
Norman Wisdom” !...<br />
Mr Grimsdale help! ... ‘allo ‘allo, “la sagesse<br />
Normande” means Norman wisdom ... btw the<br />
story’s online somewhere official and is in fact...<br />
TRUE (Would I Lie to you?)!!<br />
ANY MORE FOR ANY MORE? I found the above scraps in the attic the other day (not<br />
that we’ve an attic but you know what I mean) and the mag came to mind ... so any<br />
of you, young or old, who read it and have jokes & silly stuff to share feel free to send<br />
‘em in ... anon or personalised ... all’s welcome, within reason ... btw Babel themes esp.<br />
popular in “these fair well-spoken days” (the times they are a-changin’) ... Thanx! :)) EV<br />
4 Pot Luck Lunches // 12:30pm — at the Pickards’<br />
4 Postcard Club // 7.30pm — FCC<br />
4 PCC meeting // 7.30pm — Mercure Hotel<br />
5 Holy Communion // 12:30pm<br />
5 Feminist Theology Group // 8:00pm — at Revd Kat Campion-Spall’s<br />
6 Hymn Singalong // 2.00pm — Rosemary Kingsford — FCC<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
6 <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Lunch Club // 12.00 noon — Singing from John Pendleton — FCC<br />
6 <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Film Club // 2.00pm — Kinky Boots — FCC<br />
7 Holy Communion // 12:30pm<br />
7 Organ Recital // 1:15pm — Matthew Redman; Wells<br />
12 Holy Communion // 12:30pm<br />
12 Theology Book Club // 8:00pm — at John Rogan’s; contact Simon Goodman<br />
13 <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Lunch Club // 12.00 noon — Marie France; harpist — FCC<br />
13 Mothers’ Union // 2.30pm — Communion and AGM<br />
14 Eucharist with prayer for healing // 12:30pm<br />
14 Organ Recital // 1:15pm — Lawrence Caldecote; All Saints Northampton<br />
14 Faith Pictures course // 7:30pm — at the Vicarage<br />
19 Holy Communion // 12:30pm<br />
20 Half Term: No <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Lunch Club<br />
20 <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Film Club // 2.00pm — The Fugitive — FCC<br />
21 Holy Communion // 12:30pm<br />
21 Organ Recital // 1:15pm — Mark Swinton; <strong>St</strong> <strong>Mary</strong>’s Warwick<br />
22 PCC meeting // 7.30pm — Mercure Hotel<br />
22 Deadline for articles for March magazine // please send to Eleanor Vousden<br />
at editor.mag@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk<br />
23 M R James’ Ghost <strong>St</strong>ories // 7:30pm — in the Undercroft<br />
26 Holy Communion // 12:30pm<br />
27 <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Lunch Club // 12.00 noon — Gentle exercise with Michelle — FCC<br />
28 Eucharist with prayer for healing // 12:30pm<br />
28 Organ Recital // 1:15pm — Samuel Ali; Royal College of Music<br />
2 Wedding of Christopher Jones and Megan Gibson // Revd Anthony Everitt<br />
4 Pot Luck Lunches // 12:30pm — at the Pickards’<br />
4 Postcard Club // 7.30pm — FCC<br />
MARCH
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