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1948 Mar - Aldington, Badsey and Wickhamford Parish Magazine

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Monthly parish magazine, price 3d per month. Includes letter from the vicar W B Chapman to Badsey & Aldington (sympathy to relatives of late Mr Henry Johns and Mrs Perkins). Badsey and Aldington Vestry meeting (tributes paid by Vicar to work of Messrs G A King and G A Jones as Churchwardens and as Sequestrators; nominated Mr King as minister’s warden and Mr Jones re-elected as parishioners’ warden) and Annual PCC meeting (reports by Miss Sladden, Mr King and Mr C A Binyon; Mrs Savory elected to Diocesan Conference; Mrs Ballard, Mrs Major, Mrs Sparrow, Mr C A Binyon elected to the Ruri-Decanal Conference; Mrs Cole, Mrs Byrd, Mrs Reed, Mrs Crane, Mrs Floyd, Miss E Sladden, Miss Allard, Mr J Major, Mr M Savory, Mr R Knight, Mr G Crisp, Mr Harvey, Mr Cleaver elected to PCC; Mr D Agg, Mr A J Brazier, Mr J Major, Mr M Savory, Mr P Sparrow, Mr W Hardiman, Mr F Cleaver, Mr Floyd, Mr R Knight, Mr Williams, Mr Byrd, Mr Blake, Mr G Moisey elected sidesmen); Mothers’ Union (names Miss Sladden, Mrs Chapman, Mrs Reed); Sanctuary Guild (thanks to Mrs Idiens for renovating altar frontal and to Mrs G A King for restoring white frontal embroidered by Mrs Hunt in 1885). Wickhamford Vestry meeting (Mr Lees-Milne nominated as minister’s warden and Mr G Agg re-elected parishioners’ warden) and Annual PCC meeting (reports by Mrs Cooke and Mr Lees-Milne; Mrs Cooke elected lay representative to the Diocesan Conference; Mrs Hill, Mrs Collett, Mrs Sheppard elected to the Ruri-Decanal Conference; Mr Sheppard, Mr Parry, Mr Willis, Mr Newbury, Mr Sturt, Mr Pearce, Mr Daffurn, Mr Southern elected sidesmen; Mr Caswell thanked for repairing the church door). Reports on village organisations: British Legion's Women's Section (Standard to be dedicated at Badsey Parish Church on 7th March, Mrs I Knight Standard Bearer, Mrs N Cook and Mrs Ockwell escorts; report by R M Barnard); Infant Welfare Centre held in social room of The Wheatsheaf (report by E H Idiens); British Legion Men’s Section (Chairman Mr J Major welcomed Reverend W B Chapman; discussion of war memorials in Badsey and Wickhamford churches for those who fell in the 1939-1945 war; report by P Sparrow); 1st Badsey Brownies (fund-raising whist drive names Mr W Hartwell, Jose Wheatley, Mrs Geden, Mrs R Rouse, Mrs F Wheatley, Mrs W Bennett, Mrs Sandford, Mrs Willett, Mr C Hall, Mrs E Perkins, Mr B Blake; report by Jean Rouse, Brown Owl); Women’s Institute (President Mrs S B Carter; minute’s silence for relatives of late Mrs Kinsey and Mr T Perkins; names Mrs Reed, Mrs P Hall, Mrs W Sparrow, Mrs Savory; report by N E Keen); Wickhamford Memorial Hall Fund (Mrs Batty gave consent for Flower Show to be held at Wickhamford Manor; Badsey platoon of Home Guard gave a donation; report by A C Welland); Nursing Association (report by I M Brady). Baptisms - Jennifer Newbury (Wickhamford). Adverts placed by: T E Wheatley; C Savage & Son; H Robinson; H E Wheatley; C J Bird; H Floyd.

Year created
1948
Physical Characteristics (Dimensions)
18.8 cm x 24.7 cm
Physical Characteristics (Description)
Magazine bound into a black volume with other magazines of the period; only the magazine for January in each year includes the front cover
Donor or Creator of Records
Badsey Parochial Church Council
Provenance
The Vicarage loft
Nature of Acquisition
Permanent loan
Accession Date
2022
Access Conditions
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Attached Documents
Reference
1148/SJC/NL/Z