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Inside this issue:

Parish Calendar 2

Local News 3

The Fallen of WW2 4

Coventry Peace Festival

5

HOST 6

Parish Register 7

Children and Young people

7

Mouse page 8

The way I see it 8

We will remember them

A s we commemorate the anniversary of the start of the First World war, this month’s first page is taken from the magazines of 100 years ago.

The letter from the Vicar, Rev Walsingham Kerr was written towards the end of 1914. Within the year he was a serving Chaplain at the Front.

The article is from the June 1915 issue. LC Jack Ward survived the war, as presumably did Pte F W Ring. Alfred Mascord was killed in 1918.

N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 4 P a g e 2

Sunday 30th—Advent Sunday

9am St Thomas Holy Communion. Mark Norris

10.30am St Thomas All Age Christingle Service. Worship team

10.30am KVCC Morning Worship. Steve Medley

December Sunday 7th


10.30am KVCC Holy Communion. Steve Medley

Looking towards Christmas Sunday 14th 10.30am St Thomas

Nativity Service Sunday 14th 2pm KVCC

Messy church. The message of Christmas Sunday 21st 6pm St Thomas

Carols by Candlelight

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Services at St Thomas’ and Keresley Village Community Church

Refreshment for all

Tuesday afternoons, 1.30-2.30pm in the Galilee Room.

Fortnightly –7th and 21st October

If you need transport or would like to request prayers, please contact Margaret Bosworth on 7633 7932

leaving a message if necessary with your name and telephone number and she will

ring you back.

Sunday Morning Activities at St. Thomas’ Church at 10.30am for Children and Young People (during term time) 1st Sunday

Family Service in Church 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays

3-11s, Sunday School in Galilee Room, 11+, Pathfinders in the Church Hall. All join the service at the Peace

3rd Sunday All ages start in Church

House group meetings -

Tuesday evenings. Details from the parish office or see Clare Fletcher.

Wednesday evenings, 2nd Wednesday of the month at Jo Goodwin’s house.

November Sunday 2nd


10.30am St Thomas Family Communion. Mark Norris

10.30am KVCC Holy Communion. Carol Foyn

Sunday 9th November


10.15am St Thomas (NOTE earlier start) All Age Remembrance Parade service

10.30am KVCC Morning Worship. Bill Holdforth

Saturday 15th

9.30-11am KVCC Messy Breakfast. Hannah

Sunday 16th


10.30am Morning Worship. Pete Hudson

10.30am KVCC Holy Communion. Steve Medley and Mark Norris

Sunday 23rd


10.30am St Thomas Holy Communion and Baptism. Mar Norris

10.30am KVCC Morning Worship. Steve Medley

3pm St Thomas Annual Parish Memorial Service

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Thank you to all who continue to donate food. From our collections at St Thomas’ Harvest service we received 60.2kg of food. This month we particularly need:

Longlife fruit juice

Small jars coffee

Pasta sauces

Tinned puddings

Custard, tin or

carton

Tinned carrots

Tinned sweetcorn

Tea bags, 40s

Sugar 500g

Jam

Instant mashed potato

Small jars baby food

Chocolate treats

Messy Breakfast

Saturday 15th November 9.30-11am

about Hannah

Messy Church

Sunday 14th December

2-4pm

The Message of Christmas

Christmas Fayre tombola, raffle, cakes, crafts, games, books, bric-a-brac

and lunch

St Thomas Church Hall, Wickham Close

Saturday 6th December 12-2pm

Christmas Choir

The Carol Service will be on Sunday 21st December and there will be a Christmas choir to lead the singing meeting on the following dates:

Friday 28th November Saturday 6th December (timed to avoid clashing with the Christmas Fayre!) Friday 12th or Saturday 13th December Saturday 20th December

If you are interested in being part of the choir please contact Heather Hudson on 76338775.

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E arlier in the year I wrote about those commemorated in and around the church

who had been killed in the First World War. As we approach Remembrance Sunday, it is appropriate to look at those similarly commemorated from the Second World War, and also those buried in Commonwealth War Graves in the churchyard.

In the twenty years or so from the end of the Great War, Coventry had expanded significantly. That expansion had included a number of new estates and ribbon developments that had occurred within the parish, as well as the establishment of the mining community around the colliery. As a result the population of the parish was both much higher and significantly less rural than it had been. This in turn was to mean that, somewhat against the national trend, more dead are commemorated from the Second World War than the First, fifty compared with twenty-two. Again these people provide a remarkably accurate cross section of the campaigns and events of that period.

A number of serving soldiers from the parish were deployed to France in September 1939, just a few weeks after war was declared, but would not see action until the following spring. In the intervening ‘Phoney War’ period, the first of those we commemorate was lost. Aircraftsman DENIS GROVE was reported missing in January 1940 after his Wellington bomber was shot down into the North See by a German fighter. He was 19.

When the German blitzkrieg fell on France and Belgium in May 1940, it cost the parish five dead in under a fortnight. Privates ALBERT and THOMAS LENTON, brothers aged 22 and 34; Trooper LESLIE HEAD; Private FRANCIS FRENCH, and Private CHARLES HOLMES who had worked at Courtaulds. The confusion of the retreat to Dunkirk is apparent as precisely when and where some of these men died remains unknown.

Sergeant CLIFFORD THORLEY was killed in June when his Blenheim was shot down on a search and rescue mission over Holland. Then in September there were two more fatalities amongst those serving in the RAF. Sergeant NORMAN FOLEY was killed in a flying accident in Scotland. He lived on Wallace Road and is buried in the churchyard.

Battle of Britain pilot Sergeant LESLIE REDDINGTON was shot down in his Spitfire in a dogfight over Portland on the south coast. He was 26, one of the ‘few’.

Constable KENNETH ROLLINS of Sadler Road is commemorated, who was killed in Jordan Well in the air raid of November 1940. Later that month Sergeant ALFRED HYAM was reported missing after his Wellington bomber failed to return from a bombing raid on Berlin.

Gunner JOHN LINCOLN was killed in April 1941, probably serving with anti-aircraft guns on the Home Front. He was married and lived in Dickens Road and he is buried in the churchyard. Petty Officer JOHN BURCKITT was serving on HMS Hood as a cook when it was sunk by the Bismark in May. He was one of 1,415 crew lost, with only 3 survivors. John was 32 and married with two children.

Sergeant Pilot JOHN TURNBULL of the RAF was killed in June and is buried at Stoke Saint Michael; it is not clear how he died but his local burial suggests he was still based in this country. Later that month Trooper DOUGLAS LOMAS was killed serving with the Warwickshire Yeomanry in the Royal Armoured Corps in the Syria.

There were no more losses reported in the parish until May 1942 when Gunner ROBERT TREW died, again probably killed on the Home Front serving with anti-aircraft guns. He was 20 and is buried in the churchyard. In July that year Sergeant Flight Engineer ARTHUR WHARFE was killed when his Halifax crashed near Tadcaster on a testing flight. The precise cause of the accident is unknown, however this type of aircraft suffered from some initial faults that meant that accidental crashes were not uncommon. He was 23 and is buried in the churchyard. To be continued.

We shall remember them – The

Fallen of Keresley parish in WWII

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Coventry and its

iconic Cathedral

Ruins are

international

symbols for peace

and reconciliation

and for many years

the Coventry

Peace Festival has carried on the tradition of

promoting peace within communities and

throughout the city .

With over 50 events taking place including

exhibitions, orchestral concerts and lectures, to

craft workshops and poetry readings, there is

something of interest for everyone. Full details of

events at www.visitcoventryandwarwickshire.co.uk/

whats-on/coventry-peace-festival-2014

Events Saturday 1 November

10am-1pm: Peace Pilgrimage, starting at Priory Visitor

Centre, Priory Row

10.30am-3pm: Sounds of Peace, Foleshill Library

Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 November

10.30am-4.30pm: Weave a Message for Peace,

Cathedral Lanes Shopping Centre

Saturday 1 to Friday 7 November

Times TBC: The Bolds Project, Fargo Village

Saturday 1 and Friday 14 November

6.30pm: The Table, City Arcade

Sunday 2 to Friday 14 November

12 noon-10pm: Afro, The Quadrant Club, 7 The Quadrant

Monday 3 November

7.30pm Doors open at 7pm: Lord Mayors' Annual Peace Lecture "Dancing at the Crossroads, transforming conflict and building peace", St Mary's Guildhall, Bayley

Lane

Monday 3 to Friday 7 November

11am-12 noon: Brunch-time Peace Show, HillzFM,

WATCH, Victoria Street, Hillfields

Monday 3 to Friday 14 November

11am-2pm: Unity in Diversity: A Multi-Faith Peace Exhibition, Coventry Multi-Faith Centre, Priory Visitor

Centre, Priory Row

Tuesday 4 November

12.15pm-2pm: Women's Peace Lunch and Wishing Tree Arts workshop, FWT-a centre for women, 70-72

Elmsdale Avenue, Foleshill

Coventry Peace Festival Tuesday 4 and Tuesday 11 November

10.30am-12.30pm: Centenary Wall Hanging, WATCH

Centre, Victoria Street, Hillfields

Wednesday 5 November

9am-12 noon: Compassion Centred Care for Healthy Eating, Active Living and Recovery from Eating Disorders,

Koco Community Resource Centre, Spon End

9.30am – 12noon: Women and Peace – Creative Arts programme, Hillfields Community Hub, 6 Paul Stacey

House, Hillfields

12.30– 2.30pm: Women’s Wellness and Inner Peace workshop, FWT – a centre for women, 70-72

Elmsdale Avenue, Foleshill

8pm: Tamikrest at The Tin at the Coal Vaults, Canal Basin

6pm-8pm: Celebrating Body Diversity (film and

discussion), Rainbows, Parkside

Wednesday 5 and 12 November

1.30-3.30pm: The Peaceful Warrior – Cultivating resilience for an uncertain world, People Point, Koko

Community Resource Centre, Spon End

4-6pm: Words of Peace, 100 years – Hillz FM, WATCH,

Victoria Street

Thursday 6 November

5.15-6.45pm: Trust and Leadership, a two way street, Goldstein Lecture Theatre, Alan Berry Building,

Coventry University

Friday 7 November

10am-2pm: A photographic piece, War Memorial

Park

10.30am-12noon: Women and Peace – Creative Arts programme, FWT – a creative centre for women, 70-

72 Elmsdale Avenue, Foleshill

11am – 12noon: Building Trust through Policing with the Community, Lecture Theatre Techno Centre,

Puma Way

7.30pm –9.30pm: An evening of Performance Poetry

at Radio Plus; 5 Hertford Place

Saturday 8 November

10.30am-3pm: Peace in Nature, Coombe Country Park

7pm: Peace Concert brought to you by Coventry Association for International Friendship (CAIF), The

Welcome Centre, Parkside

10am-12 noon: Family Remembrance Arts and Crafts

workshop, War Memorial Park Visitor Centre

Sunday 9 November

10.30am: Service of Remembrance, Coventry Cathedral

10.45am-12noonRemembrance Sunday service and

parade, War Memorial Park

(Continued on page 6)

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HOST is looking for friendly, hospitable people of all ages whose imaginations are caught by the idea of welcoming an international student at university here, far from his or her own family, to their home, for a day, a weekend or at Christmas. You don’t need to live near a university, as students will travel for the privilege of meeting you, learning about real life in this country, and sharing their own culture. HOST is a voluntary activity which makes ambassadors for international goodwill of us all. Please see www.hostuk.org or call local organiser Sue Beech on 07966 599210. Thank you

Helping a student to feel welcome is not just ‘a kind thing to do’. It is fun to share our way of life for a day or two, see ourselves with other eyes, explain the peculiarities of the English language, and the oddness of some of our customs. We can also have our eyes opened and our interest in other countries fuelled

by getting to know someone from another part of the world.

For some, the alternative is to spend Christmas on an almost deserted university campus. So if you could squeeze one more into your family party; or if sharing Christmas would make it more special for you – please get in touch with HOST as soon as possible and we will tell you more. Thank you!

3pm: Communal Grave Service, London

Rd Cemetery

5pm-8pm:Henna workshop, Muslim

Resource Centre

1pm: Film-Five Broken Cameras, The Herbert Art Gallery

Monday 10 November

9.30am-3pm: A Piece of Peace, Printmaking Day at

Coventry Peace House, Stoney Stanton Road

Tuesday 11 November

11am: Poppy drop in West Orchards Shopping Centre

6.30pm: Bach and peace building – Donald Reeves

presentation and concert, Coventry Cathedral

Wednesday 12 November

6pm-11pm: Urban Radio Live 2014, The Tin at the

Coal Vaults, Canal Basin

9.30am-12noon: Decorate a candle holder-Exploring Peace for Women through Art, Hillfields Community

Hub, 6 Paul Stacey House

Wednesday 12 – Friday 14 November

1pm: Fragments of War by Theatre Absolute, Shop front Theatre, 38 City Arcade – a cross arts project featuring film, visual arts and the beginnings of a new

theatre piece

Thursday 13 November

12 noon: Thursday Lunchbreak service with

"scattering of poppies". Holy Trinity, Broadgate

12.30pm: Wolkata – Coventry Peace House, Stoney

Stanton Rd

(Continued from page 5) Coventry Peace Festival

6.00-7.30pmWhat did you do in the Great War

Grandma?, Central Library

8pm: Eyes Front – Peace, Poetry and Conflict in the

21st Century, The Tin at the Coal Vaults

Friday 14 November

10.30am-12.30pm: Women’s Peace and Arts workshop - Wishing Tree, FWT – a centre for women,

70-72 Elmsdale Avenue, Foleshill

5.30pm:Anniversary of the Coventry Blitz, Cathedral

Ruins

6.30-7.15pm: The Coventry International Prize for Peace and Reconciliation Award Ceremony –

Coventry Cathedral

10:30am-2:30pm: Peace Tree: Stories of Inner and Outer Peace, Wild Earth at Koko Community Centre,

Spon End

12noon-3pmWhat does peace mean to you? Coventry West Indian Community Centre and Social

Club, 159 Spon St

Friday 14 – Sunday 16 November

10am-4pm: Pop Up for Palestine, 1 The Precinct

Post Festival Events Saturday 15 November

10am-4pm: First World War Family Day, The Herbert,

Jordan Well

12noon-4pm: Readings and Stories for Peace, Hope

Centre, Sparkbrook Street, Hillfields

7.30pm: Verdi’s Requiem, Coventry Cathedral

Tuesday 18 November

12.30pm – 1.30pm: Herbert Illuminations:

Conscientious Objectors, The Herbert, Jordan Well

http://www.hostuk.org

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Baptisms

12th October Owen James Randle Brooke-Lily Elizabeth Randle Ellys-Rose Patricia Randle

Cremation

6th October Charlotte Burton Newton, 89, of Keresley

Uniformed Groups Meet in the Church Hall :

9th Rainbows, Mondays, 6-7pm 13th Brownies, Mondays, 6.00 - 7.30pm 9th Brownies, Wednesdays, 6.00 - 7.30pm 9th Guides, Thursdays, 6.30 - 8.30pm

Meet in the Scout Hut: 41st Cubs, Mondays, 6.45 - 8.30pm 41st Scouts, Tuesdays, 7.00 - 9.00pm 41st Beavers, Fridays, 6.00 - 7.30pm (for 6-8 year olds )

Youth Essence Thursdays 7.30pm to 9pm in the Galilee Room, School year 9 upwards

Regular Activities in the Church Hall NB the Church Hall is not usually available for late night Discos

Pre-school Playgroup: Mondays to Fridays, 9am - 11.30am and 12.30pm – 3pm

Brownies, Guides, Cubs and Scouts meet on weekday evenings. See above for details.

First Steps . . . with Jesus For babies and pre-school children with their parents and

carers, weekly in term time

Mondays 1.30-2.30pm Meets in the Galilee Room,

Wednesdays 1.30-2.45pm. Meets at Keresley Village Community

Children and Young People Parish Register

Trailblazers Children's Club Mondays 5-6pm at Keresley Village Community Church

Thursday at St T ’s Thursdays from 6pm to 7pm For 5-11 years Meets in the Galilee Room TWEENs Thursdays from 6pm to 7.15pm. For years 7-9. High energy entertaining!

As Advent begins… create your

own Christmas decorations

A natural remedy for festive fever has been prepared by the Christian conservation

charity A Rocha UK – in the form of an eco-friendly online Advent calendar. It offers daily doses of environmental advice on everything from Christmas trees to the drastic plastic of shop-bought decorations.

Each calendar window opens on a practical plan to soothe the stress on both pocket and planet. The online Advent calendar will be available at – http://arocha.org.uk/advent – from 1st December.

A Rocha UK recommend avoiding the ‘drastic plastic’ of shop-bought Christmas decorations. Instead, it encourages you to make your own. Ideas to get you started include making a stunning candle holder by cleaning out an empty jar of chocolate spread and sticking threads of beads on it. (Buy them in a material shop.) Tie a discreet bow of hessian thread around the top. Or why not make tree decorations from off-cuts of wood from the bargain bin of a local building store, then paint them?

Those are just for starters. Feel free to share your own creations on A Rocha UK’s group Facebook page, or Tweet @ARochaUK, using #arukadvent.

(Adapted from A Rocha UK’s new festive resource, their online Advent calendar. Available from 1st December at http://arocha.org.uk/advent. You can sign up for reminders on Facebook and Twitter. A Rocha UK is a Christian charity working for the protection and

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