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OUTLOOK
October 2020
www.holycrossandstcuthberts.church
During this period of vacancy,
All Enquires with regards to
Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals to be made to:
Area Dean: Reverend Jeremy Thompson
Tel: 01434 600268
Holy Cross Church, Haltwhistle
Answerphone:
Articles, acknowledgments, notices and
01434 320215 event information from local “not-for-
Contact via Email: profit” organisations are very welcome.
enquiriesholyxchurch@gmail.com Please contact the Editor with
enquires via email:
Both are monitored regularly.
outlook.mag.haltwhistle@gmail.com
Churchwardens or via churchwardens at Holy Cross
Sheila Williams 01434 320964 Church
Stephanie Wigham 01434 320256
& St Cuthbert’s Church
Nellie Alderson 01434 320246
Pat Ridley 01434 320346 Submissions before the 21st of the
Organist previous month will be included
Anthony Wood 01434 322472 if space permits.
The views expressed by contributors
St Cuthbert’s Church, Greenhead may not necessarily reflect those of the
Churchwardens Church of England or the Outlook Editor
Elsie Dixon 016977 47473 & Team.
Jude Clark 016977 47402
Other Local Clergy and Church Services
Haltwhistle Methodist Church
Westgate, Haltwhistle.
Reverend Alex Dunstan
Tel: 01434 603761
Sunday Service 10:30am.
St.Wilfrid’s Catholic Church
Westgate, Haltwhistle.
Father Christopher Warren (Partnership Dean)
Tel: 01434 603119
URGENT HELP REQUIRED
We are searching for a new editor for the Outlook
Magazine. If you are interested please contact:
outlook.mag.haltwhistle@gmail.com
Happenings As we write, we are approaching the autumn equinox, so winter is on its way. Probably too, tighter restrictions in our lives are on the way. Many of us dread the idea of being cut off again from family and friends, but it is essential to adhere to the rules to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe. Let’s begin with some ‘thank yous’ to people who are helping, or have helped us. We are most grateful to Yvonne Locker who was treasurer for Holy Cross, and did such an outstanding job. Sadly no-one has come forward to either take over as treasurer, or even to take on part of the job. It looks as though we shall have to pay for professional help. Thank you too to Richard Wigham for killing off the weeds around Holy Cross. Whenever we visit St. Cuthbert’s it is a joy to walk up the church path past the lovely display of flowers. Thank you to the Craft Ladies who are contributing money and goods to support the church. Our team of printers who copy and staple the magazine each month also deserve a mention, as do our editors. We have had many kind comments lately on how interesting and informative ‘Outlook’ has been. The Mothers’ Union may not be meeting at present, but that hasn’t stopped them from supporting Holy Cross by donating £100 towards the refurbishment of the ciborium, which hold the breads for communion. We’re bound to have missed someone. Please let us know who it is. Our six wardens met last week and decided to write to the Revd Jeremy Thompson, our Area Dean to express our anxieties about the future for St. Cuthbert’s and Holy Cross. We have asked for a meeting and also the opportunity to hold our AGM. Both churches have to elect wardens, PCC members, Deanery Synod representatives, sidespersons and secretaries before 31st October. So there are lots of posts to be filled, plenty of jobs for everyone! Don’t be shy, get someone to nominate you. Please!
Happenings Continued...
Our 100 Club winners are:
April- Jude Clark, Ann Davidson, Lily Jackson
May-Stephanie Wigham, William Wigham, June Brown
June-Denis Crawford, E McVitie, Sheila Hellon
July-Jean Cousins, Clare Hind, John Williams
August-Cathi Dixon, Alan Sharp, Christine Dover
September-William Weatherson, Ruth Ridley, Linda Watson.
We are now up to date and will have the next draw on October 14th.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us this year. We hope that
you will also support us next year. The 100 Club new year begins in
December, one person has already paid his £60! There are a few
numbers free if you know of anyone who would like to join.
On Sunday 13th September we were privileged to have Bishop
Christine to preach and preside for Holy Cross Day. There were 33
people in church which really ought to send a message to the diocese
that there are people out west who not only need a priest but deserve
one!!!
Sunday 4th October is our Harvest Festival. We are meeting at St.
Cuthbert’s at 930am. Please join us, you are most welcome. We will
donate all the produce to the West Northumberland Foodbank.
Dried goods and tinned goods might be preferable.
Sadly, at the moment we have no guidance as to Remembrance
Sunday.
Stay Safe, trust in God.
Magazine News:
Your parish magazine is available from the following sources:
• Distributors of paper copies during these times are
Richard Skeets and Billy Bells in Haltwhistle.
• Check the Facebook page Haltwhistle Matters for updates.
• Via email, join our growing subscription just by emailing the
editorial team at: outlook.mag.haltwhistle@gmail.com
• This magazine and recent Parish magazines are available
in a PDF version to download from our new website:
www.holycrossandstcuthberts.church
Dementia Support at
Haltwhistle
Dear friends we hope you are all
keeping safe & well during the
lockdown
Here are a few numbers which might
be helpful
Alzheimers Soc Dementia Connect
0333 150 3456
Church Coffee
Carers Northumberland Mornings
01670 320025
Age UK Northumberland Unfortunately due to
01670 784800
the current
If during this difficult time Coronavirus
anyone needs
support, advice or information
pandemic all future
Please contact : church coffee
mornings are
Chris 07816 532 269 cancelled until
www.dementiasupportathaltwhistle.co.uk
further notice.
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We will provide A 4 day/week answer and referral service from
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You can talk to an experienced Advice Worker or Chat to our Advice line
or 24/7 Look up our resource pages -All starting in the first week of
November
Return of Lets Get Together
We are looking for events and activities you would like to enjoy as we
emerge from our COVID Lockdown.
Watch out for our new activities from November onwards-send your
ideas anytime to our Facebook page
Sunday 11th October
10am to 2pm
Hadrian’s Wall Farmers Market
Greenhead Village Hall
Monthly chance to buy local and get the best.
Great selection of meats, bread and flour,
cakes, crafts and plants.
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Some contact numbers readers might find useful:
Northumberland County Council Customer services—0345 600 6400
Northumberland Social Services (Adult Social Care) - 01670 536400
Gas Emergency—0800 111 999 (This is a 24 hour emergency line).
Electric Emergency(Northern Powergrid )- 0800 668 877
Police emergency—999 (non-emergency 101)
Haltwhistle Health Contre—01434 320077
Haltwhistle Dental Health—01434 322300
Haltwhistle Tourist Information Centre—01434 322002
NHS Direct—111
Parish Safeguarding Officers
If at any time you have concerns they can be discussed in the strictest confidence:
Haltwhistle– Stephanie Wigham Tel: 01434 320256
Greenhead- Awaiting volunteer
Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser -Mrs Ruth Rogan Tel: 07825 167016
r.rogan@newcastle.anglican.org.
Childline-0800 1111 or www.childline.org.uk
Family Lives (Formerly Parentline Plus)-0808 800 2222
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My Coronavirus Diary
(and other observations)
Continuing my look back through my diary, writing my contemporary account, I am picking up
on selected dates from the end of April.
The Government is still some way short of the 100,000 tests per day promised by the end of
April: not all available tests are actually taken each day. About 5,000 new cases are being
identified and, on average, 650 people are dying in hospital every day. There are calls in the
media for an indication how the lockdown will be eased.
Monday,27th April, 9.30am. Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, makes a statement from the steps
of Number 10 as he returns to work: “this is the moment of maximum risk” and he urges the
nation not to “throw away” the hard-won gains of the past five weeks of social distancing. At
the daily briefing, for the first time, 2 members of the public ask a question as well as media
representatives. Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, announces a Lump-sum £60,000 for the
families of NHS and social care workers who have died from Covid-19.
A Panorama report highlights shortcomings of the, much-vaunted, Government pandemic
stockpile and claims advice on recommended purchases were ignored.
Wednesday 29th April. Boris Johnson misses Prime Minister’s Questions again – his fiancée
has given birth to a son. At the briefing the basis of reporting deaths will now include covid
deaths in all settings (not just hospitals), backdated, this adds 3,811 which makes the new
total 26,097.
On Friday, 1st May, Matt Hancock claims the testing target of 100,000 per day has been
reached in the previous 24 hours. However there is criticism when we learn that the 122,374
total includes 40,000 tests posted out and therefore not completed.
In the first week of May the Covid death toll topped 30,000, overtaking Italy; the total of cases
passed 200,000 from over 1 million tests; the number in hospital and the number of deaths
reported every day was declining. A mobile phone NHS tracing app has begun trials on the
Isle of Wight. A survey by Tearfund, has reported that 24% of adults had viewed or streamed
an act of worship since lockdown in March.
Friday 8th May: the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day. After a national two-minute
silence at 11am, Prince Charles and Camilla lay a wreath at Balmoral as a lone piper plays. A
Spitfire flies over the white cliffs at Dover. At 3pm Winston Churchill’s VE Day address is
broadcast followed by a programme of contemporary testimonies and music from the garden
at 10 Downing St. More entertainment comes later from the forecourt at Buckingham Palace
which culminates at 9pm with a speech from HM The Queen (as her father had done in 1945).
She concludes with a reference to the Vera Lynn song ‘We’ll meet again’.
Sunday,10th May. Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, broadcasts an address at 7pm and
introduces five ‘alert levels’ (1= no covid; 5= threat to NHS being overwhelmed). The slogan
will change to “Stay Alert>Protect the NHS>Save Lives” in England but the rest of the UK will
keep “Stay Home>Protect the NHS>Save Lives”. He also outlines a timetable of stages to re-
lease some of the lockdown measures. Limits on time and range for exercise are removed;
some outdoor sports can resume (eg golf, tennis); schools will return in June and some hospi-
tality will re-open in July.
His address is widely criticised the next day as being vague and divisive. Teachers are
particularly aggrieved at the lack of consultation about the return to schools.
In the next 10 days garden centres and golf courses re-open; estate agents resume property
viewings and sales; in Sussex, a wild stork chick hatches – the first in Great Britain for over
600 years; unemployment figures pass 2 million.
‘Loss of taste and smell’ is added to the official list of symptoms of Covid-19.
Ascension Day, Thursday, 21st May. After pressure from his own backbenches and many
others, the NHS surcharge (up to £624 paid by foreign nationals in the UK) isMy Coronavirus Diary
(and other observations) continued...
waived for non-UK NHS and social-care workers. Ken and I clear and sweep the basement
areas at church – a case of descending on Ascension Day!
Over the next weekend, the media is full of stories about the PM’s adviser, Dominic Cummings,
who apparently has flouted the rules to travel to Durham with his wife and child. Boris Johnson,
unusually, leads the Sunday briefing to defend Cummings robustly – and, by the way,
announces the limited return to school for nursery, and Years 1 and 6 children in June and all
primary children before the end of term.
Monday, 25th May. In a unique twist, Dominic Cummings gives a press conference in the
garden at 10 Downing Street on a sunny Bank Holiday afternoon. He admits that the media
reports are essentially true. Bizarrely, he says he made a journey to Barnard Castle from his
parent’s cottage in order to test whether his eyesight would be OK to drive back to London.
When asked, he did not apologise or express regret.
His conference delays the daily briefing, again led by the PM, at which a further defence of his
adviser is mounted. Little attention is given to the 121 deaths announced or the proposed
re-opening of outdoor markets and department stores.
Cummings’ actions and lack of contrition dominate the government’s daily briefings and the
Prime Minister’s (first) appearance before the Commons, Liaison Committee.
Thursday 28th May. The PM ‘interposes himself’ when his scientific advisers are asked whether
the Cummings affair has undermined their message.
Saturday 30th May. Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Jonathan van Tam, says “in my opinion the
rules are clear, they have always been clear, they are for the benefit of all, they apply to all” in
response to a question at the daily briefing.
This is the last time he appears at the daily briefing.
The sunny weather this week has attracted crowds to beaches; the death of a black man,
George Floyd, killed while being arrested by a white police officer in Minneapolis has prompted
widespread protests; these gatherings are giving rise to concerns as social distancing is not
always observed. Nissan have announced the loss of 3,000 jobs, the closure of its Barcelona
factory and retention of the Sunderland plant. Some sports are to resume behind closed doors;
the Job Retention Scheme is extended with more flexibility for the 8 million people who are
currently furloughed.
Wednesday, 3rd June. The Home Secretary announces that from Monday 8th June entrants to
the UK will be required to self-isolate for 14 days unless arriving from countries or territories
that are exempt. The airlines and travel are very critical of this decision. At Prime Minister’s
Questions, Sir Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of mistaking “scrutiny” for “attack” in an
angry exchange.
Saturday and Sunday 6th & 7th June. No Daily Downing Street briefing.
This weekend and next large crowds, ignoring restrictions, are attracted to anti-racism protests
and ‘raves’ in many places.
Tuesday 16th June. Under pressure from footballer, Marcus Rashford, and many Tory MPs the
government U-turn to provide free school meals in the summer holidays. The national data
shows that so far in 2020 there have been 64,000 more deaths than could have been
expected. Dexamethasone, a steroid drug, though not a cure, has been shown to have
beneficial effects on covid-19 patients in hospital. Wednesday, 17th June. Premier League
football resumes behind closed doors.
Thursday, 18th June. Dame Vera Lynn dies, aged 103. The NHS ‘Test and Trace’ app is
withdrawn – it doesn’t work! Weekly overall death rate is below average.
Friday, 19th June. The ‘alert level’ is lowered to ‘3’ (virus in general circulation; gradual
relaxation of restrictions).
To be continued.
John ClarkHALTWHISTLE YOUTH CLUB
Firstly, I would like to introduce myself as we are new to the Outlook
magazine. My name is Ayesha and I am a youth worker in
Haltwhistle. I work for the Young and Sweet charity which is based at
Hillside (bottom of the middle school bank). We thought it was a
good idea to keep you regularly informed of the young people’s
learning and what activities they have been up to whilst at youth club.
We currently have 96 members accessing the club once per week,
most recently the young people have taken part in tie dyeing, making
fudge, baking banana muffins and this week they took part in an
activity which developed their money management and preparation
skills. Each you person was given a budget where they had to buy
‘scrap’ the aim of the game was to create a casing for a raw egg so
that when it was rolled down the hill it wouldn’t smash! The young
people had to plan and decide what ‘scrap’ was best value for money
and would achieve their desired designs. It’s only fair to say there that
after some success there was a lot of raw egg flying about!
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Like us on facebookBible Readings of
October
4th October,
Harvest Thanksgiving St. Cuthbert’s
Deuteronomy 26 1-11 Philippians 4 4-9
John 6 25-35
11th October,
Trinity 18 Holy Cross
Isaiah 25 1-9 Philippians 4 1-9
Matthew 22 15-22
18th October,
Trinity 19 St. Cuthbert’s
Isaiah 45 1-7 1 Thessalonians 1 1-10
Matthew 22 15-22
25th October,
Last after Trinity Holy Cross
Leviticus 19 1-2, 15-18 1 Thessalonians 2 1-8
Matthew 22 34-46
Haltwhistle & District
Mothers Union
Meetings on 1st Monday of the month
Usually with guest speakers
New members Welcome
Contact:
Phyllis Postma 01434320016 or
Norma Phillips 01434 321677.HALTWHISTLE
TOWN COUNCIL
COUNCILLORS
SURGERY
Ladies Councilors present to
Casual Fashions hear queries
Occasion Wear 1st Saturday of each
Bridal Wear quarter
Friendly Personal Service
on your Doorstep 10am to 12noon
Call:- Catherine or Eleanor on 01434 322223
Haltwhistle Library
Email:- armstrongfab@hotmail.co.uk
Holy Cross Church
Multi-use space
available for hire
Suitable for:- meetings, concerts, dis-
cussion groups, fundraising events.
Baptism, Wedding &
Funeral Teas.
Kitchen, toilet facilities & flexible
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Reasonable rates.
Contact
The Churchwardens to discuss
M W Bell Billy Bell
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Central Place Garage and Fresh Fruit
Second Hand Car Sales Also good selection of sausages,
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Tel: 01434 320 231
Also over 20 different flavours of
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Tel: Haltwhistle 320 253My memories of Di are confined to the past 20 years when we retired to the area. I met her when
on the Churches Together Committee and realised that her passion for Christians working together
was inspirational. Despite her debilitating health she found the strength to make the community a
better place by her many charitable works including her hospital visiting as well as providing
meals for neighbours and other good works.
Lately as a result of the usual Churches Together weekly prayer meetings (of which she was a
valued member) - being transferred from church she offered her home to the group. She
would welcome us surrounded by her oxygen bottle to support her breathing. At times gasping for
breath she kept us informed of those in need of prayers; the sick; our shopkeepers; the community
at large.
One of her last actions (before waiting to be hospitalized once again) was to set up a petition for a
residential home in the town. On the day of her death the Hexham Courant ran an article on a
possible site. Even in hospital she continued her letter writing despite her deteriorating health. A
true daughter of Haltwhistle.
May she rest in peace.
Veronica
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outlook.mag.haltwhistle@gmail.comPrayer Requests Loving Lord, we pray for those still feeling vulnerable during this difficult time. Embrace them with your loving arms. Guide us, save us, keep us, for we have no help but thee. All praise to you Lord Jesus Christ. Please pray for the soul of Di Robison, a legend in this town for her goodness. Father God, Lord Jesus and Holy Spirit, please bless all who visit this beautiful church over the coming weeks. Fill them with your life-changing love and kindness. Help them to know your presence and protection at this time. Lord, your church is a haven of peace and calm midst the chaos of the world due to coronavirus, war and disasters. May everyone entering this church feel your presence and be healed in mind, body and spirit. Lord, as the Craft Group meets today fill the church with your wonderful Holy Spirit. May everyone who comes into church today feel healed by your spirit. AMEN
Years Mind
Margaret Simpson 1st October 2017
Margaret Nixon 3rd October 2008
Sarah Ann Hunter 4th October 1936
Ina Hunter 4th October 1938
Evelyn Cartwright 4th October 1984
Edith Maud Creighton 5th October 2007
Nancy Parker 10th October 2007
Nicholas Ridley 16th October 1555
Marion Brown 16th October 1984
Edith Davidson 16th October 1989
George Graham Ridley 17th October 1984
Elsie English 17th October 1992
Sheila Dobison 17th October 2018
Wayne Gregory 18th October 1971
Penelope Davies 18th October 1995
Shelley Wrightson 19th October 2013
Mick Gill 22nd October 2005
Mary Bright 22nd October 2007
Michael John Dalton 24th October 2015
Alexander Wanless 26th October 1980
Annie Little 28th October 1990
Margaret Oliver Clemitson 28th October 1996
Lee Warren Lovett 28th October 2010
Ethel Jane Stevens 29th October 1991
Alice Evelyn Tweddle 29th October 2004
If anyone would like their departed relatives or friends
added to our years mind list and
mentioned in our weekly prayers please fill in a
request form (available in church) and
pass to a church warden.RICHARD SKEET
14 Westgate, Haltwhistle
Tel/Fax (01434) 320 703
E-mail: trskeet@googlemail.com
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