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                                    The Parish Church of St Nicholas
                                          Wickham PO17 6HR
            (The United Benefice of St Nicholas, Wickham and St John the Baptist, Shedfield)
                                     www.stnicholaswickham.org.uk
The Rector                                       Assistant Curate
The Revd Jane Isaac
The Rectory,                                     The Revd Dr Ruth Howlett-Shipley
Southwick Road,
Wickham, PO17 6HR                                01329 280 905
01329 835 295

Associate Priest                                         Lay Minister
The Revd Juliet Montague                                 Mr Stephen Campion
The Vicarage,
52, Brooklyn Close,
Waltham Chase, SO32 2RZ
01489 895 012

          Members of the ministry team can be contacted by email via the parish Office
                                stnicholasadmin@btinternet.com

Churchwardens;                     Caretaker                          Magazine Editorial Team
Mr Fred Crosskey                   Mr Ron Burt                        Mr John Landaw (Editor)
fredcrosskey@gmail.com             5, Mill Lane, Wickham              Mr Den Boylan, Mrs Sheila
01329 609 161                      01329 833 751                      Campbell, John Farrow
Mr Richard Cannadine                                                  (photogapher)
Richard.cannadine@ntlworld.com                                        Distribution; Mr Robert Goulson
01329 513 530                      Church Flowers                     rgoulson@btinternet.com
                                   Mrs Jane Buckle                    01329 833 299
Parish Administrator/PCC           01329 832 517                      Roman Way, Tanfield Lane,
Secretary                                                             Wickham, PO17 5NN
Mrs Jane Goulson                                                      Advertising; Mrs Sue Pittam
stnicholasadmin@btinternet.com     Mothers' Union (Branch Leader)     advertising@stnicholaswickham.org.uk
01329 833 299                      Sabrina Gwynn
Roman Way, Tanfield Lane,          Tel: 01329 233637
Wickham, PO17 5NN                  Email: sabrinagwynn@aol.com         Methodist Church
                                                                       Minister; The Revd Joseph Tembo
Honorary PCC Treasurer                                                 01329 833 518
Mrs Di Frost                       Friends of St Nicholas Church
dfwickham@hotmail.com              Mr John Landaw
                                                                       Roman Catholic Church
01329 832 633                      john.landaw@hotmail.co.uk
                                                                       Revd Canon Alan Griffiths
The Laurels, Mayles Lane           01329 830 088
                                                                       02380 273 882
Wickham, PO17 5ND
                                   Church Room Bookings                Park Place Centre
Verger/Sacristan                   Mrs Jane Goulson                    Franciscan Sisters
Mrs Rosemary Simpson               stnicholasadmin@btinternet.com      Winchester Road, Wickham
01329 512 629                      01329 833 299                       01329 833 043
                                   Roman Way, Tanfield Lane,           Chaplain; Fr Andrew McMahon
Choir Trainer                      Wickham, PO17 5NN                   Sunday Mass 9:00am
Mrs Valerie Shuttleworth                                               01329 833 805
01329 835 233                      Parish Magazine; Copy
                                   Mr John Landaw                      Wessex Jamaat
Bell Ringers                                                           Mr Abbas Rahim (Hon. Secretary)
                                   john.landaw@gmail.com
Greg Painter                                                           info@almahdi.org.uk
                                   01329 830 088
wickhamringers@gmail.com                                               07753 813075
                                   1, Church View, School Rd
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                                         Editorial
As the days shorten and the            local   groups        currently             submission on page xx.
mercury slides down the                engaging in ‘on line’ (Zoom &
scale, we might reflect on a six       Skype) meetings, gatherings                The       Corona19        virus
months like no other. We, in           and assemblies.                            restrictions and the near
this little corner of the realm,                                                  tropical, August weather saw
may count ourselves more               Message in a Bottle is a new               unusually large numbers of
fortunate than some citizens           initiative aimed at informing              visitors    to    the  village,
in parts of the Kingdom. If the        medical workers of existing                especially to the Water
virus has passed us by, it             medical       conditions        of         Meadows. The mass influx of
might be due to our efforts,           residents who may become                   visitors caused a variety of
caution and observance of              unconscious or incoherent. It              unforeseen problems and
NHS guidelines. Let’s keep it          is a free and simple process of            issues, many of which may
up.                                    providing up to date medical               become annual occurrences.
                                       information. It is easily put into         If you have opinions or
Several local groups have              practice and could save                    concerns regarding future
managed to diversify and stay          valuable minutes during a                  visitor    numbers,    please
‘operational’     during   the         medical emergency. Spread                  contact         the     Parish
pandemic.       Some      have         the word, full details pxx                 Council........and/or,  better
embraced       21st    century                                                    still, submit your name as a
technology and continued to            If you are part of a local group           candidate for the existing
operate       within     Social        or project you may be entitled             vacancy       as    a   Parish
Distancing requirements. In            to apply for financial support             Councillor.
the following pages, you will          from H.C.C. Please read                    DB
find details and updates from          Councillor Stallard’s

          We miss being able to gather together each month
           but we are holding out our hands to reach you
                                                 Five finger prayer

       For more ideas visit our Messy Church Page at http://www.stnicholaswickham.org.uk/messy-church/

        To find out more: call Sue Pittam (Messy Team Leader) on 01329 828 589 and visit www.messychurch.org.uk
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  Revd Jane Isaac, Vicar of Shedfield and Rector of Wickham,
  answers your questions about services in church and online

Is the church open during          directed to the designated        services         for         All
the week? Thanks to several        exit and the church will be       Souls’       (Monday,        2nd
very dedicated volunteers          thoroughly    cleaned     in      November), Remembrance
we’re able to open the             accordance with Covid-19          (8th      November)         and
churches for a longer period       requirements.                     Christmas.      As someone
each day* On Mondays to                                              who’d ‘normally’ be thinking
Saturdays, weddings and                                              about Lent by now, I know
funerals allowing, both St                                           how unsettling this is – and
John the Baptist Church in                                           please be assured that these
Shedfield and St Nicholas                                             commemorations will most
Church in Wickham are                                                  certainly be taking place,
now open between the                                                    either in church, online or
core hours of 10.00am–                                                  with a combination of the
5.00pm for private prayer.                                              two. Check the church
On Sundays, the churches                                                websites for the latest
remain open after the                                                  information about Sunday
morning service and close                                              worship, and please do bear
at 5.00pm. Hand sanitiser                                            in mind that whilst Covid-19
dispensers and entrance and                                          restrictions remain in place we
exit   doors       are   clearly                                     can’t, for example, return to
signposted and specially-                                            an ‘old normal’ pattern of
designated        seating     is                                     communion services at two
                                   The NHS’s          tracing
available. Please be aware                                           churches every Sunday.
                                   programme requires us to
that the wearing of face                                             From time to time we hope to
                                   take your name and contact
coverings is now mandatory                                           be able to share in a variety of
                                   details on your arrival. This
in church at all times.                                              different services in one or
                                   record is kept for 21 days
What       about        Sunday                                       other of the benefice’s
                                   before being destroyed. If it’s
services? We’re alternating                                          churches: a short midweek
                                   a while since you’ve been to
services between St John the                                         service of holy communion,
                                   church or if you’re new to the
Baptist Church in Shedfield                                          for instance, or Compline by
                                   area, you can be assured a
and St Nicholas Church in                                            candlelight on a Sunday
                                   very      warm        (socially
Wickham for a shared Sunday                                          evening.
                                   distanced!) welcome: behind
morning service starting at        those face masks are lots of      I don’t feel comfortable
10.00am and lasting for            smiles!                           coming to church yet: will
around 45 minutes. Similar in                                        the online services be
                                   Why isn’t there a list of
content and style to the online                                      continuing? As the ministry
                                   church services in the
Sunday service that’s proved                                         team has said right from the
                                   parish magazine?        It’s a
to be very popular, the service                                      beginning of lockdown, it’s
                                   question several of you have
in church is informal, relaxing                                      important that we stay
                                   understandably been asking.
and features music, a short                                          focussed on what we can do
                                   The answer is that in the
reflection    and     lots   of                                      and not what we can’t.
                                   present             uncertain
opportunity for prayer. Doors                                        Getting churches open at any
                                   circumstances we simply
open at 9.40am and our                                               cost isn’t the point of all this:
                                   can’t plan further than a
stewards will show you to your                                       what really matters is making
                                   couple of weeks in advance
seat via the newly-installed                                         sure that our churches are
                                   with any certainty – which
hand sanitiser dispensers.                                           safe, welcoming, Covid 19-
                                   means that I’m unable to
After the service you’ll be                                          aware place for those who
                                   confirm details of this year’s
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come for worship or in search      simple in their layout so that     to get to church or join
of a quiet space in their lives.   those of you who prefer a hard     online church services in
Social distancing, shielding       copy can easily print out a        mind.      Daily Hope offers
and self-isolation mean that       service booklet.                   music, prayers and reflections
everyone’s having to learn         Live streaming is proving          as well as full worship services
how to keep in touch with          difficult from our churches, so    and is absolutely free of
each other in different kinds of   occasionally we will be pre-       charge.
ways, and that includes the        recording worship and the
church family here in the          ministry      team’s     weekly
United Benefice of Shedfield       reflections on YouTube: you’ll
and Wickham too. That’s why                                           *Written on 19th September
                                   find the links via the Being
we’ll be continuing the Being                                         2020 – please be aware that
                                   Church at Home page on the
Church at Home services so                                            Government and Church of
                                   church websites. If you’re
that we can worship together                                          England      regulations   are
                                   without internet access and
whether or not we’re in                                               extremely likely to have been
                                   would appreciate a printed
church.                                                               amended by the time you read
                                   copy of the Sunday services,
                                                                      this. For the latest Church of
Each Sunday two new                do contact a member of the
                                                                      England Covid-19 guidelines
services are posted on the         ministry team so that we can
                                                                      on church opening and
church website and linked to       arrange for that to happen.
                                                                      maintenance, public worship,
the village Facebook pages         And if you’d like to receive the
                                                                      baptisms, weddings and
too. There’s the benefice’s        weekly e-bulletin with links to
                                                                      funerals    please     go   to
own Sunday morning prayer          the online services and news
                                                                      www.churchofengland.org/
service and a more informal        of what’s happening in the
                                                                      more/media-centre/
Sunday service with a              parishes, please do let me
                                                                      coronavirus-covid-19-
reflection on the Gospel           know (my contact details are
                                                                      guidance-churches
reading, prayers and hymns.        on the inside front cover).
The website also includes an       The Church of England’s
act of spiritual communion.        Daily Hope prayer line – 0800
Being Church at Home               804 8044 – has been set up
services are intentionally         with those who are unable

Revd Ruth’s ordination as priest – Friday, 2nd October
Our prayers and love go to Revd Dr Ruth Howlett-Shipley on the occasion of her ordination as
priest at St John the Baptist Church, Shedfield on 2nd October. The service will be live
streamed by the diocese and is available on the diocesan Facebook page: details on our church
websites.

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     From Lay Minister Stephen Campion
                                    think hard about my journey so        authorised, as has always been
                                    far, and where it might lead in the   the case, to serve under the
                                    future within the Benefice of         direction of the vicar/rector.
                                    Wickham and Shedfield and
                                    across the Deanery.                   As I ease into this different phase
                                                                          of my ministry though, my
                                    I have done so reminding myself       intention is to do so in a reduced
                                    that, over 25 years ago, my           capacity. What does that mean?
                                    calling was prompted first and        It means, for example, winding
                                    foremost by a desire to support       down from writing numerous
                                    the parish as Geoff's health          sermons a month, leading and
                                    deteriorated. Not for me was the      assisting church services most
                                    calling prompted by a sudden          Sunday mornings and at
                                    and blinding flash as appeared        evensong, being a member of a
                                    before the eyes of St Paul, but       wonderful       Ministry      Team,
                                    more like that experienced by the     attending meetings of the
Dear Friends                        reluctant Moses – “Why me             Parochial Church Council, the
                                    Lord? You can find many others        Diocesan Readers Executive
October has been, and will          far better than me!”                  Board, and being sub-warden of
forever be, a special month for                                           Readers in the Deanery.
me. In October 2001, after 4        But God, like Geoff, is
years    of    academic    and      persuasive. Working over the          But, emphatically, it does not
theological training, I was         years since then, with Shirley        mean that I am disappearing into
licensed as a Reader, an            Henderson, Bruce Deans and            the sunset. "Winding down"
authorised Lay Minister in the      now Jane Isaac, with several          does not mean "giving up!"
Church of England, by the late      long vacancies in between, has        The    Church     of   England,
Bishop Kenneth Stevenson in         taught me that ministry is not        Shedfield and Wickham parishes
Portsmouth Cathedral.               only about assisting the vicar/       and        especially         their
                                    rector; it extends far wider than     congregations have played such
When the then Vicar of Shedfield,   that.                                 an important part in my life that I
Reverend Geoffrey Morrell,                                                am keen to continue to support
placed that blue scarf around my    Indeed, how could it be               Jane and the Ministry Team in
neck at the steps of the            otherwise? Our two parishes are       whatever way I can if and when
Cathedral altar, I will admit to    not defined by population             asked to do so.
being emotional, fuelled by the     statistics, postcodes or bricks
enormity of that moment,            and mortar. They are home to all      And I will do so, recognising that
coupled with a very deep            who live within; and neither are      without you my journey would
realisation that without the love   our churches bricks and mortar.       never have even started. As it
and support of so many in the       They, too, are alive, not simply in   now continues a different path I
parish, I would never have          the provision of worship,             thank all of you who have
received my licence “which shall    baptisms,      weddings       and     shaped, supported and guided
remain valid until you reach the    funerals but are home to all who      me over the years.
age of 70.”                         want to take comfort in the love
                                    of God.                               With Love
That time will be reached in
November this year, and over the    In planning the next stage of my      Stephen
past 12 months or so I have         journey, I am grateful that Bishop
reflected on my ministry with       Christopher has graciously            Stephen Campion
Reverend Jane, Archdeacon           granted me his “Permission to         4 Palace Mews
Gavin and many friends and          Officiate.”    Having      passed     Winchester Road
colleagues close to me.             the age milestone, this new           Bishops Waltham
                                    licence provides that I can           Hampshire
I have used these past months to    remain a Reader/Lay Minister          SO32 1SB
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            Thank you, Stephen
As you’ll have read in this        His funeral ministry has been,     down into Shedfield legend!
month’s letter, at the end of      and will continue to be, the
                                                                      Lockdown gave me the
October Stephen Campion            greatest of blessings to
                                                                      opportunity to read dozens of
will step back from his roles as   hundreds      of     bereaved
                                                                      back issues of the parish
authorised lay minister in the
                                                                      magazines, and it’s with great
benefice       and     Deanery
                                                                      pleasure that I share here the
Subwarden        of    Readers.
                                                                      first of Stephen’s magazine
Stephen isn’t retiring and he’s
                                                                        letters, which I came across
not leaving us, but he’s
                                                                           in the September 2002
decided that with his 70th
                                                                             edition, printed shortly
birthday the time has come
                                                                              after the parish of
to become a lay minister
                                                                               Shedfield went into
(‘Reader’ in old money!)
                                                                               vacancy        on     Geoff
with     ‘permission      to
                                                                               Morrell’s retirement and
officiate’. PtO is granted
                                                                               Stephen’s licensing as
by the Bishop to those
                                                                               Reader. Eighteen years
wishing to ‘retire’ from
                                                                               after they were written,
active ministry (to the
                                                                              Stephen’s words seem to
extent that it is possible to
                                                                              me to resonate perfectly
retire from a voluntary
                                                                            with his letter in this current
ministry!), and I know that
                                                                          issue, as well as with the
you will share with Juliet, Ruth
                                                                       extraordinary times in which
and I our delight that Stephen
                                                                      we find ourselves.
has every intention of being
with us from time to time to                                          Dear friends [Stephen wrote]
lead worship and to preach.
                                                                      ‘It’s not the winning but the
Not having to come to rota         families.     Fellow Readers
                                                                      taking part that counts.’ These
meetings is, he tells me, one of   speak        of       Stephen’s
                                                                      thoughts echoed in my mind
the things he’s looking forward    encouragement and wise
                                                                      as the captain asked me to
to most! And Stephen, there’ll     advice     throughout      their
                                                                      bowl the final overs in the
be so much more time to go on      training and ministry and they
                                                                      recent cricket match against
courses…golf courses, that         remember, as so many of you
                                                                      Shedfield.    Playing for the
is…now that you are freed up       do, many of his thoughtful and
                                                                      Crumblies, I became acutely
from those weekly ministry         thought-provoking sermons.
                                                                      aware that what was needed
team meetings with the Three       Never       didactic,     never
                                                                      were a few tight deliveries to
Revs that inevitably start with    lightweight,          Stephen’s
                                                                      restrict the opposition to a
your ‘Mine’s a cappuccino’!        preaching ‘always hits the
                                                                      manageable total…
                                   spot’ – indeed, as one
The ministry team have so
                                   Shedfield parishioner told me,     In the event, the opposing
valued Stephen’s robust good
                                   ‘Stephen gives a better            batsman was in no danger of
sense and humour, not just at
                                   sermon that most vicars’. And      my getting him out. Much
team meetings but in all our
                                   of      course,       Stephen’s    more vulnerable were the top
working together in the
                                   pineapple-focussed                 windows of Sam’s Hotel as he
churches and in the parishes.
                                   Christingle service has gone       smashed me on his way to an
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undefeated half-century. Any         Christ we have a coach whose         ministry shared so ably and so
hope of winning the match            training manual is there for all     generously over so many
evaporated, but it was all in a      to see, to read and to follow.       years. And our pledge to you
good cause and the Study             The future is an opportunity,        is to take all that you have
Centre     funds      benefited      and taking part is essential if      taught us and shared with us
through the generosity of            we are to rise to the challenge:     into the life of our churches
players, sponsors and of             ‘to go in peace to love and          and our communities as we
course the sale of pavilion teas     serve the Lord’…                     ‘go in peace to love and serve
kindly arranged by Rosemary                                               the Lord’.
                                     I pledge to you my service to
Yeoman and her helpers.
                                     the very best of my ability. All     Revd Jane Isaac, Incumbent
The winning was not so               I ask in return is that we all       of the United Benefice of
important as the taking part…        acknowledge that Christian           Shedfield and Wickham
and Christianity is not of           commitment is not a passive
course a sport. But reflecting       act – it’s the taking part that
on the cricket match it seems        counts. With love, Stephen
to me that there are parallels
                                     Thank you, Stephen for a
that can be drawn. In Jesus

      From Peter Bangs                                   Methodist Missioner
  Wherever you stand on the          other ideas made to seem             about every source has an
Government response to the           plausible it becomes impossible      institutional bias, but if Channel
Covid 19 pandemic there is no        to know what to believe and what     4, CNN, the BBC and ITN all
disputing that some people are       to think and who to trust.           agree on certain points in a story
finding it hard to understand the                                         then I’m inclined to trust it. If the
various rules, regulations and       Many people choose to believe        source     is    websites       with
laws that change in response to      whatever fits in with their own      inherently left wing or right wing
changes in the infection rate.       beliefs. There are many people       bias, then I look for confirmation
Unlike the Spanish Flu Epidemic      who hold anti-authoritarian          elsewhere. Critical thinking.
of 1918 when, post war, people       views that seem inspired by
were much more accepting of          Orwell’s 1984 and massive            Critical thinking is important in all
authoritarian      edicts    from    conspiracy theories and ideas of     areas and as a Christian I try to
governments and sources for          nano-chips injected with any         apply it to how I understand the
information were much more           vaccine that seem like science       Bible. The public impression of
controlled, we are trying to         fiction to me but are very real to   Christians is often poor. They are
navigate a pandemic in an            them. If the government has          often spread across the news
information       and      opinion   seemed responsible for the           doing the most reprehensible
overload. For every government       closure of major local employers     things in the name of God. Like
pronouncement there are a            and left you unemployed it is        any source it is easy to pick a
thousand professional bodies,        understandable that you may          random quote to support a
each with their own website and      begin to offer credence to other     questionable position. It is easy
social       media       presence    theories about government or         to suggest God is against or for
“interpreting what that means for    the 1% who control the world.        many things if you pick and
their members and then being                                              choose carefully but the Bible is
                                     At this point, the internet hasn’t   essentially a love story with ups
reinterpreted and reported by
                                     become about the ease of             and downs but at the end of it all
dozens of news media looking to
                                     sharing information but about        love wins out,         ‘Love your
inform their readers. There are
                                     sharing opinion disguised as         neighbour as yourself’ Jesus
also thousands of websites,
                                     information. It is important to      said. And that is something the
Twitter accounts and Facebook
                                     think    critically   and    seek    majority of Bible scholars and
pages getting in on the act. From
                                     information, and interpretation      teachers can agree on.
shared theories that Covid 19 is
                                     where necessary, from reliable
caused by 5G masts to the idea
                                     sources. When it comes to news
that masks are a way of
                                     It has to be recognised that just
controlling us and a myriad of
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                 Mothers’ Union
I could say that not a lot has    found it all the more                                          s
happened since our last           r e l e v a n t
meeting in March! Although it     remembering the
may seem quiet on the surface     strength I received
underneath the feet have          three years ago in
been paddling furiously. All      hospital, knowing
group       meetings      were    that           several
cancelled but efforts have        hundred        people
been made to contact              were praying for
members on a regular basis to     me,               and
enliven spirits and keep the      recognising how
grapevine active. In April by     far I have come
means of email we mulled          since then – such is
over the lockdown situation       the    power        of
and wondered whether if a         prayer.
new way of life emerges
                                  In August Rev
following the virus that may
                                  Brian       McHugh
not be such a bad thing. With
                                  would have been
reference to the Easter
                                  our guest speaker
address by Emma Ineson,
                                  and he sent a
Bishop to the Mothers Union,
                                  thoughtful bible study for us to
in May we reflected that as                                          The finance administration
                                  learn more about St Paul
MU members we should be                                              will continue to be in safe
                                  through his letter to the
resilient and resourceful, full                                      hands.
                                  Thessalonians.         It was
of hope and compassion and
                                  intriguing to learn how Paul, as   In September we introduced a
responding to the crisis in our
                                  human as the rest of us, could     new      project,     involving
own way in order to help
                                  be a bolshy and a modest           cheerful yellow bags – just in
families in need and all those
                                  individual and that the letter     case you saw any making their
who are suffering. Lockdown
                                  was written to a community         way through Wickham and
was an ideal time for knitting
                                  looking at catastrophe and         wondered! At the start of
and we have an assortment of
                                  asking when it would all end.      term, some of our members
multi-coloured hats and
                                  Paul couldn’t tell them when       greeted parents of Year R
scarves, made from donated
                                  but assured them that it           pupils at Wickham C of E
wool, which will be sent off to
                                  would! We must take comfort        Primary School with ‘Bags of
good causes e.g. Syrian
                                  from that.                         Love’, filled with gifts –
refugees.
                                                                     chocolate bar, tea bag and
                                  I take this opportunity to thank
In June it was our turn to take                                      tissues included - to make the
                                  Paul Shuttleworth for five and
part in the Wave of Prayer                                           big day that little bit easier!
                                  a half years’ service to our
where branches pray for other                                        Just a small way in which
                                  branch as its treasurer. He
members throughout the                                               Mothers’ Union can bring
                                  has decided to retire and hand
world.     It was particularly                                       feelings of connection and
                                  over the task to Margaret
moving this year knowing that                                        comfort to families in these
                                  Edgworth. I am grateful to
most of us were locked down                                          unprecedented times.
                                  Margaret, our former leader,
in our homes praying for most
                                  for taking it on as she has been         Sabrina Gwynn
of the other 400,000 members
                                  a member for many years and
who were also isolated unless
                                  knows far more about the
they were on the front line. I
                                  organisation than I do as yet.
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                           Anniversary of
                  Unveiling Of The Memorial Tablet
             To Those Who Fell In The Second Word War
This month see the 70th anniversary of the
dedication service, held at St Nicholas, and the
unveiling of the memorial tablet to twelve men of
Wickham who fell in the Second Word War.
The service was conducted by the the Right
Reverend The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth, Dr.
W.L.S. Fleming, assisted by the rector of St
Nicholas, The Reverend A.L. Vesey.
Following the dedication Major William A.Tull,
Chairman of the Wickham British Legion, read the
names of 12 parishioners who fell during the war;
and the Bishop unveiled a Hopton stone tablet to
their memory.
The service also included the dedication of gifts to
the church. Although most were in memory of
people, an oak screen, forming a new vestry, was
given by Mr. Norman Blake and Mrs Blake to
commemorate the safe return of their four sons
from the War

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Ride & Stride – a
postscript
As a result of the pandemic this
year’s Ride & Stride was a
somewhat muted event, but
nonetheless enjoyed by the
small band constituting the St
Nicholas Team as we walked
through the high streets and
back streets of Winchester. We
found only five churches open,
less than half our usual
expectations, but that gave
more time to stop and enjoy the
welcome we received.

We are very grateful for the
generosity of our sponsors, who
have remained undaunted by
the current strictures. At the
time of writing £300 has been
raised, but the collection box is
still open for contributions.
After the addition of gift-aid we
can expect that over £150 will
be returned to our church by the
Historic Churches Trust.

Robert Goulson

                                                                  The only member of the
                                                                  small band missing is
                                                                  the photographer, John!

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                                  Talbot for this month’s talk.     Meetings are held at 7.30 pm
A NEW WAY OF MEETING                                                via Zoom on the FOURTH
By the time you read this, the    Growing up in Hundred Acres       Tuesday of the month. Annual
Wickham History Society           in the 1940s and 50s              membership is only £8pp.
would have made its own           Helen’s father, A.P. (Percy)      Visitors are most welcome at
history by holding our first      Durant moved his family to        £2.50pp per meeting. For
virtual monthly meeting!          Hundred Acres in the middle       more       information    and
                                  of the Second World War.          programme updates, please
We have had a great response      Helen will talk about her         check         our      website
from our members who have         experiences growing up in         at www.wickhamhistory.org.
renewed their subscriptions –     Hundred Acres (where they         uk
we even have new members!         built their own house), the war
We thank you all for your         years, going to school in
continued support in keeping      Wickham and her father’s
the Wickham History Society       horticultural and agricultural
vibrant and successful.           enterprises - including the
                                  pantomime horse and plough!
Our Autumn Programme is
now published – details in this   Sneak Preview
magazine and on our website       This meeting will also include
www.wickhamhistory.org.uk.        a special preview of some of
                                  the historic Wickham images
SEPTEMBER          MEETING:       to feature in the Wickham
Right to Roam – Neil Bond         History Society’s new book,
Prior to the Great War, the       to be published this autumn,
great outdoors was the            in celebration of the society’s
preserve      of   the     rich   60th anniversary.
landowning classes with huge
swathes of Britain strictly off   The ideal Christmas present,
limits to the general public.     more information will be
Neil’s talk explored how the      published on our website and
rambling movement came            in the November parish
about, the Mass Trespass on       magazine.
Kinder Scout in 1932 and the
lasting    legacy    of     the
movement. See next month’s        For those who wish to join the
parish magazine for the           society, or attend any of the
meeting report.                   talks, then please get in touch
                                  with      our     membership
NEXT MEETING – TUESDAY            secretary             Vanessa
27TH OCTOBER                      Burlingham on 01329 835283.
One of the advantages of          Alternatively use the contact
holding out meetings via          page on the website.
Zoom is that we can be joined
from Edinburgh by Helen

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           Autumn Programme
              22 September 2020
                Right to Roam
                     Neil Bond

               27 October 2020
Growing up in Hundred Acres in the 1940s & 50s
                   Helen Talbot

             24 November 2020
         Hampshire & the New World:
          The Mayflower & Beyond
                  Dr Cheryl Butler

               8 December 2020
             Frost, Freezes & Fairs
                     Ian Currie

          Meetings are held at 7.30 pm

           Call 01329 835283 for details or
         use the contact page on the website
             Annual membership only £8
  Visitors are most welcome at £2.50 per meeting
            www.wickhamhistory.org.uk

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                                       Chilled Art
Well our ten members were delighted to get back together at the Wickham Centre at the
start of September. The Centre had put in a brilliant system of one way, socially distanced,
scrupulously clean and yet a comfortable and supported system for our Group.

Then the 'Rule of 6' came in after just two
meetings. We decided to split the Group and
have alternate weeks. The photos show the
first week back before the new guidelines
plus two completed paintings, an Owl by Liz
and a Partridge by Tricia. The Centre has
worked so hard to make this possible and my
thanks go to all the staff but especially Kate,
Jules and Ray.

                                        Patricia Fray

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                                                                           able to hear from a
                                                                           representative from South
                                                                           Downs National Park as they
                                                                           celebrate      their     tenth
                                                                           anniversary. On 8 December,
                                                                           members will join the
                                                                           Wickham History Society for a
                                                                           talk    by   the     renowned
                                                                           meteorologist Ian Currie,
                                                                           about those times that the
                                                                           river Thames has frozen over
                                                                           and the consequential events
                                                                           that took place.

Wickham Society – plans for         to resuming at the Community           If you like to join us for any of
this Autumn                         Centre when it is safe to do so.       these virtual meetings, please
For the immediate future, we                                               contact Wendy Greenish
have decided to hold our            At our 13 October meeting, we          wendy.greenish@gmail.com
Autumn      programme       of      will consider the results of the       – new members or visitors are
meetings online using the           Parish Survey conducted last           always welcome.
medium of Zoom. They will           year and Angela Clear,
take place on the second            Chairman of the Parish
Tuesday of the month at 7.30        Council, has agreed to join us
pm, starting on 13 October. In      to take questions on the
due course, we look forward         issues     raised.    On      10
                                    November, members will be

                                               Meon Valley
                                    forward to more of you taking          Meon Valley U3A is one of the
Currently our indoor meetings       part.                                  smallest     U3As      with   a
are suspended until at least        Some of our groups have                membership of over 100 people
January 2021 due to Covid-19.       managed to continue by                 and has nine interest groups. If
We are now holding meetings         communicating through email or         you are interested in joining
twice a month via Zoom. The first   meeting outdoors- Poetry Circle        please use one of the contact
was a presentation by our           and Reading. Mike has started          details below.
Chairman Mike Hollis on Al Jarf     giving Zoom presentations to the       General enquiries to: Betty
an ancient Egyptian port. The       Egyptology group. Strolling has        Hiscock, Secretary 01489
next will be on 29th September      resumed with a limit of six people     894807 or 07766522464
when Dr Lyndon Palmer will give     socially distancing. Others due         email: mvu3asec@yahoo.com
a presentation on the history of    to their nature of visiting places /    Website: u3asites.org.uk/
Smallpox and its relationship to    meeting in groups – Art                meon-valley
Covid-19.         Future Zoom       Appreciation, Geology and
presentations have not been         Nostalgia have ceased for the
decided yet. Members will be        time being.
sent a link to join the session a   Membership renewals have
few days before, and we look        been postponed until January.

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                              Wickham Pre-School
          Coronavirus                Chatterton. The children have         that have joined us. It was great
                                     really enjoyed listening to the       to see them all working together
Thankfully we have been able to      stories and completing activities     to make a fabulous dinosaur
reopen normally at the moment.       around them. One of the               footprint picture. The children
To ensure we can reduce the risk     activities they enjoyed the most      used fantastic language during
of infection we have had to put      was making colourful butterflies      the activity and the older children
some new procedures in place.        to mimic the ones in the story.       really helped the younger ones to
Unfortunately we are no longer       They loved seeing how the
able to welcome parents into the     colours mixed and made
setting, but all our new starters    beautiful patterns on their wings.
appear to have coped with the
situation extremely well. In fact    Using our problem solving
most of them have settled much       skills
quicker than when their parents
were able to spend time in the       While we have been in the
setting with them!                   garden this week the children
                                     have been playing with the ‘Big
Obviously there is an awful lot of   Builder’ resources. One of the
cleaning that has to take place      children independently built this
before during and after each day,    fantastic train without any help
but the staff are doing an           from the staff. He was able to
amazing job of keeping on top of     work out exactly what pieces he
things.                              needed and how to join them all        Our dinosaur pictures
                                     together to get his desired effect.
We are still spending as much        Helping children to develop their
time as possible outside in the                                            feel included. We were all so
                                     problem-solving       skills     is
garden and thankfully the                                                  proud of them!
                                     something we strive very hard to
weather has so far been kind to      build and by using open-ended
us.                                  questions it is amazing how well
                                                                           Setting visits

      Making butterflies                                                   We have been taking lots of
                                                                           enquiries for new children to start
                                                                           and are now full on Monday and
                                                                           Friday mornings. We do have a
                                                                           few sessions available for those
                                                                           two afternoons and during the
                                                                           day on Tuesday, Wednesday
                                                                           and Thursday.

                                                                           So if you are interested in
                                                                           knowing more about the
                                                                           preschool and would like to
                                                                           receive a copy of our
                                                                           prospectus, please email us at
                                          'Ewan’s train’                   wickham@parrywoodchildcare.
                                                                           co.uk or give us a call on 01329
                                                                           833039 if you have any
To help the children cope with       they respond to the challenge.
                                                                           questions. We are open 8am -
the current situation we have
                                     It has been so nice seeing the        5.30pm Monday to Friday during
been reading books designed to
                                     children so happy to be with their    school term times.
help. Two of our favourites have
been ‘While we can’t hug” by         friends again. We have noticed
                                                                           That’s all for this month.
Eoin McLaughlin & Polly Dunbar       that they are all playing well
                                                                           Please stay safe and well.
and ‘The Worrysaurus” by             together and are so kind and
                                                                           Ness & the team at Wickham
Rachel     Bright    &     Chris     considerate to the new children
                                                                           Preschool.
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                                                                             Lesley Rose, Advice
                                                                             Services Manager

Lesley Rose, Advice Services         to more than the statutory                 entitled          to
Manager for Citizens Advice          redundancy rules allow.                    contractual pay).
Winchester District, shares her
advice on redundancy.                Statutory redundancy pay is                If you’ve been furloughed, the
                                     based on age, weekly pay and               law now says that your
Q. I’ve worked at the same           number of years in the job, up to          redundancy pay should be
company for many years, but I’ve     a max of £538 a week. The                  worked out using your usual
been told I’m being made             Citizens Advice and Gov.uk                 wages, even if you were paid
redundant. What redundancy           websites have calculators to               80% while you were furloughed.
pay am I entitled to?                help work out how much you’ll              However, statutory redundancy
                                     get. For example, if you’re aged           pay still limits a weeks’ pay to
A. If you’re being made              41 and over, you’ll get 1.5 week’s         £538.
redundant, there are two types of    statutory redundancy pay for
redundancy pay you could get.        each full year you’ve worked, up           If your employer has told you that
‘Statutory’ redundancy pay is        to a maximum of 20 years’                  your redundancy pay will be
the minimum that the law says        service.                                   based on your furlough rate of
you’re      entitled   to,     or                                               pay, you could explain to the
‘contractual’ redundancy pay,        If your employer offers a suitable         employer that isn’t what the
which is extra money your            alternative job, but you refuse to         Gov.uk website says about
contract says you can get on top     take it without good reasons,              redundancy pay or contact your
of the statutory amount.             they can refuse to pay your                local Citizens Advice.
                                     redundancy.
You’re usually only entitled to      You      won’t     get   statutory         To contact Citizens Advice
statutory redundancy pay if          redundancy pay if you’ve been              Winchester District please call us
you’ve been an employee for at       employed for less than two                 on 0300 330 2183 or email
least two years. It’s worth asking   years, are self-employed or are in         advice@cawinchesterdistrict.or
your employer or checking your       certain jobs like the armed forces         g.uk
contract to see if you’re entitled   or police (though you may be

                   Bishop s Waltham Photographic Societ
                   Ann al E hibition
                   Online from th October

                                        Pa se for a hile -
                                         ie Member s images in o r irt al e hibition and ote for
                                         o r fa orite pl s see the J nior Photo Competition inners

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                               FOREST FOLK
                                          North Boarhunt

Hopefully, by the time you read                                          He now composes soundtrack
this, Forest Folk will have re-                                          music in his digital recording
opened its doors and held its first                                      studio and performs in smaller
concerts since lockdown –                                                intimate venues thanks to a loyal
subject to there having been no                                          following envied by so many
further Government restrictions.                                         performers.

All concerts are run according to                                        We are very aware that
the Government guidance for the                                          circumstances can change
Performing Arts – greatly                                                overnight, and that everything
reduced audience, socially                                               we do or plan will be subject to
distanced and seated in their                                            whatever            Government
household ‘bubbles’, with hand                                           restrictions apply at the time.
sanitisation, face coverings, and                                        For further information, please
track and trace in place.                                                email            us           at
                                                                         info@forestfolk.co.uk.
Our next concerts will take place
on Monday 19 October, when                                               THANK YOU so much for your
Richard Digance will come to                                             interest in Forest Folk. We hope
Forest     Folk      for      two                                        you enjoy our regular feature in
performances, one in the                                                 your magazine, and look forward
afternoon and one in the                                                 to seeing you at Forest Folk in the
evening, each with an audience        He has released 31 albums,         not too distant future.
of no more than 30.                   written 14 books, and has also
                                                                         Keep well and keep safe.
                                      composed the songs and music
Richard Digance is a BAFTA
                                      for Bill Bryson's best-selling     Charles Gale
Nominated entertainer and a
                                      Audio CD book 'The Road To
recipient of The Gold Award from
                                      Little Dribbling.' He has worked   Forest Folk
The    British    Academy      of
                                      in America with movie star Steve
Composers and Songwriters. He
                                      Martin and recalls two of his      www.forestfolk.co.uk
has also won a Sony Award and
                                      greatest moments as playing
is one of only three British folk
                                      The London Palladium with
singers mentioned in The Virgin
                                      Robin Williams and a guitar duet
Anthology of Songwriters for his
                                      on TV with Queen guitarist Brian
contribution      to    comedy
                                      May.
songwriting.

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   Bishop’s Waltham Photographic Society
On September 3rd
guest       speaker
Paul       Davidson
ARPS, DPAGB,
gave                a
presentation
entitled           ‘A
Travelogue:
Shipbreaking,
whale hunting and
a       slice      of
p a r a d i s e ’ .
Members         were
treated to some
                         Autumn Seedhead_Anne Riches
s t u n n i n g
environmental
l a n d s c a p e
photography in Bangladesh,                                                view a ‘virtual exhibition’ -
                                    Coming Up:
Vietnam and Indonesia. Paul’s                                             showcasing the fabulous work
main reason for travel is to        Over the next couple of months        by our members.
engage with people and his          our programme has been
portraits showed this – the         extended to include more guest
people he met were happy to be      speaker presentations together        We are still accepting new
photographed going about their      with the annual event of              members – we may not be able to
everyday lives. In thanking Paul,   Members       presenting      their   meet face-to face but a warm
Programme Secretary Rona            Portfolios/Panels based around        welcome will await anyone
Bassett said “thank you for         set topics. Guy Edwardes will be      interested in taking pictures,
taking us on a fascinating          talking to the Society about          wanting to improve their skills
cultural journey - I think you did  ‘Landscape        and       Nature    and chat (via Zoom!) with like-
an amazing job of capturing the     Photography’ on Thursday 1st          minded       people.     More
characters and lifestyle of         October and on 29th Jane              information about the Society
individuals within these different  Lazenby will give a ‘live’ demo on    can be found on our website:
countries and you were able to      how to add textures to                www.bishopswalthamphotosoc
show how truly challenging life     photographs.                          iety.co.uk
can be there. Yet you also
showed that human existence,        Sadly, we are unable to hold our      For anyone with children/
whilst very different from our own  annual       Member’s         Print   grandchildren interested in
experiences, is not always bleak    Exhibition in the United Free         photography, the Society’s
and that there is kindness and      Church in Bishop’s Waltham this       Junior section is also continuing
humanity and friendships even       year. The good news though is         at this time with online meetings
amongst the poverty and             that the exhibition will become a     and set topics – please contact
overcrowding”                       ‘virtual’ one with a collection of    Peter Mason:
                                    member’s images put together
Whilst face to face club meetings   by our IT guru Matthew White, in
would be ideal using the Zoom       an ‘online’ exhibition. A link will   junior@bishopswalthamphotos
online platform we are able to      be available for everyone to view     ociety.co.uk   for    more
record        some       of     the this through October in various       information.
presentations – members have        publications, social media and
really appreciated this facility -  via the Society’s website. Please
even wishing to view the            see the flyer in this magazine
recordings again especially after   which provides the link to the
seeing the imagery produced in      Exhibition – live from 15th
this latest offering.               October, for the opportunity to

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    Vintage clothes and small furniture.                                                                                         then
       Anything old and interesting!
 EST 30 years             I can come to you
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  Cash paid      Fair Prices,     No Fuss
                                                                                                                                 good
     Phone Carol 01489 602462
      carolwalkerantiques@icloud.com

    Pat Staples Interiors

           Southampton, SO32 1BH
               Tel: 01489 892626
    E-mail: sales@patstaplesinteriors.co.uk
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          Trading Locally Since 1993

                        Interior Design
                        Measuring & Fitting service
                        Curtains & Blinds
                        Carpets & Floorcovering
                        Upholstery & Re-upholstery
                        Fabric, Wallpaper & Paint

    www.patstaplesinteriors.co.uk

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       Book your FREE 30-minute consultation and
        experience our superior care and service.
    During this consultation, you will have the time to
    see our practice, meet your optician and discuss
     any aspect of your eye health, vision or existing
    specs and lenses enabling you to decide if we are
        the best people to take care of your eyes.

      booking your sight-test appointment with us is
                 the best thing for you.

        Knights Chambers, The Square, Wickham

                01329 832706
            www.suewassalloptometrist.co.uk

    Award-winning self-catering holiday cottages

    www.wallopswoodcottages.co.uk

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                    South Downs Funeral Service
       Your local, independent and family owned funeral homes of Denmead, Wickham and Clanfield
         24 hour, local and personal service • Floristry service • Stonemasonry service • No deposits required
                   Managing and Principle Funeral Director: Mr Paul M Lee-Bapty DIP FD AFFIL RSH

       Clanfield Funeral Home                      Denmead Funeral Home                     Wickham Funeral Home
          Tel: 02392 570239                          Tel: 02392 231567                        Tel: 01329 833920
               43 Drift Road,                       The Old Post Office House,                     13 The Square,
             Clanfield, PO8 0JS                 Hambledon Road, Denmead, PO7 6NN                 Wickham, PO17 5JG
    clanfield@southdownsfuneralservice.com        care@southdownsfuneralservice.com     wickham@southdownsfuneralservice.com

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            “Highly Recommended” Local Chimney Sweep
                                                                  Less waiting time – 2 qualified sweeps available

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                 Who mentioned Christmas?!
We know it’s a long way before
Christmas but the Rotary Club of
Fareham, along with other
Rotarians across the UK, are
actively involved in sending
presents to disadvantaged
children many miles away. This
year, with the virus problems
worldwide,     these    children
particularly need an extra hand
from caring people at Christmas.

Children in Albania, Montenegro,
Moldova and Romania will
receive shoeboxes from us, and
YOU can help. Either make up
the gift yourself in a shoebox for
a boy or girl in one of four age
groups, and the contents should
be new. You can include items
such as hats, gloves, scarves,
socks, flannel, toothbrush and
paste, soap, hairbrush and
maybe a soft toy or educational
book or game. A leaflet
explaining everything is available
for download, on our website
h    t    t   p      s   :   /   /
rotarycluboffareham.btck.co.uk         (lids separately) and secure them    farehamrotary.shoeboxes@gma
                                       with a rubber band (and a £1 coin    il.com
As international lead for the          taped to the top towards
Rotary Club of Fareham, Jon            transportation) so that customs      Photos show children receiving
Richards, says “You don’t have         can inspect if necessary.            their gifts and also our Wheel
to include all the items listed. Our                                        House which supports our local
aim is to put a smile on the faces     If you can’t make up shoeboxes       community and is one of the
of children who might not              you can still help by donating £17   venues        receiving   your
otherwise receive any presents         per box and we will buy the          shoeboxes.
this Christmas. We need to send        contents and make up boxes for
them out early to be in time for       you. If £17 is too much, just
the festive season.”                   donate what you feel, and we’ll
                                       consolidate         with     other
You can drop in a completed            donations. Please send your
shoebox, to our Rotary Wheel           donation to JustGiving (search
House at Hill Head in Salterns car     Rotary Club of Fareham)
park PO14 3LR. We will be there        allowing Gift Aid, if you can, and
to     receive    them       from      we will do the rest.
10:00-12:30 on Friday 9th
October. We will also be               Time is of the essence so that we
receiving boxes at Soberton            can get the shoeboxes sent out
Village Hall car park SO32 3PF         to arrive for Christmas and your
from 10.00-12.30 on Thursday           help is greatly appreciated. Any
8th October. Please wrap the           queries email Jon Richards on
shoe boxes in Christmas paper
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Lions Message in a Bottle
If you needed emergency help from paramedics,
how would they quickly find out about your health condition,
allergies or any medication you take?

                             When time is saved, lives are saved.

                             The Message in a Bottle scheme is a simple idea
                             designed to encourage people to keep their
                             personal and medical details on a standard form
                             and in a common location – the fridge.

When the emergency services see the special sticker by your front door they
will know to look in your fridge for a green and white bottle which will
contain your essential information and any repeat prescriptions. Another
sticker goes on the outside of your fridge to make it clear where to look.

The Message in a Bottle scheme is sponsored by the Lions Club International
and is free to users. You can get a bottle from your local health centre, GP
surgery or chemist.

Alternatively, your Village Agent will be able to provide one.

    Village Agents are volunteers supported by Age Concern
  Hampshire, who help people to find information and services in
                     their local community.

                Contact your local Village Agent ……
                                                 David Roger -Jones

                           on ……………
                               01329 833 165

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