2017-02

February/March 2017 

WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD

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Woodseats. Impact is published every two months and distributed 

to over 5,000 homes in S8. 

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Woodseats, Beauchief and Chancet Wood. To find out more about 

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Have you noticed how, as a society, we are 

moving rapidly away from a word-based 

culture to a picture-based one? It may not 

be immediately obvious – books, real and 

electronic, still sell well – and the internet 

is full of words, encouraging and harmful. But the 

way that we interact with the world around us is 

increasingly pictorial and not literal. 

When I pick up my phone the fi rst thing I do is 

select an icon and by pressing it I am taken into a 

new world of social media, gaming or messaging. 

My computer is much the same and some of us 

now have smart televisions that look like a 50- 

inch phone screen. I’m 30 years too old for it, but 

I’m told that teenagers can now construct entire 

sentences through emojis. In fact there is even an 

emoji Bible translation. 

February/March 2017 

WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD 

Signs, symbols and icons are the ways in which people have 

communicated and navigated their way around their social world for 

millennia. They existed long before the alphabet and the writing of the 

Far East is still based around pictograms, or characters draw a picture 

rather than simply communicate a sound. If you’ve ever tried fi nding 

your way around an airport in a non-Western country you will know just 

how the familiar and the baffl ing exist side by side depending on how 

easily we can recognise the signs. 

One of the reasons why Church and the Bible can seem so strange 

– even intimidating – to those coming to them for the fi rst time, is that 

they are full of symbols. The rite of baptism is the sign of entry into 

God’s new life and his Church. Holy Communion, with the tokens of 

bread and wine, is the symbol (amongst many other things) of Jesus’ 

death for us, the bread and the wine pointing us to the breaking of his 

body and the spilling of his blood. The language of the Bible is full of 

symbols showing us the reality of God’s love in Jesus Christ and his 

promise of eternal life. 

Some signs do no more than show us where the 

nearest toilets are or which app to use on our phone. 

Other symbols point to truths so astonishing and 

inexpressible that we can spend a lifetime exploring 

them and still not fully understand. Assailed by the 

fl ood of images and icons with which modern life 

presents us, it would be sad to miss the signs that 

really are life-changing. 

Signs and Symbols 


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A man was hit in the 

head with a can of cola 

but he was alright – 

because it was a soft 

drink! 

Why couldn’t the 

leopard play hide and 

seek? 

Because he was 

always spotted! 

A man walked into 

a fi sh and chip shop 

with a salmon under 

his arm. 

‘Do you sell fi sh 

cakes?,’ he asked. 

‘No,’ was the reply. 

‘That’s a shame,’ 

said the man, ‘It’s his 

birthday!’ 

The teacher decided to ask 

his class a simple maths 

question: ‘If I have 12 books in 

one hand and nine in the other 

hand, what 

do I have?’ 

‘I know,’ 

shouted 

one of his 

pupils, ‘Big 

hands!’ 

Adam was admiring Eve’s salad dressing! 

I was wondering why the 

ball kept getting bigger 

and bigger – and then it 

hit me! 

What do 

you call fi ve 

rabbits walking 

backwards? 

A receding 

hare line! 

Why don’t 

dogs make 

good dancers? 

Because they 

have two left 

feet! 

What starts with 

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and has only 

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What’s On 

If you have an event you would like 

to see included in our What’s On 

section, email impact@stchads.org 

Health Walks 

•Mondays - 10am: Graves Park. 

Meet outside the Rose Garden 

Cafe; 

•Tuesdays - 10.30am: Ecclesall 

Woods. Meet at the Visitors 

Centre at Abbeydale Industrial 

Hamlet; 

•Thursdays - 10.30am: 

Lowedges. Meet at the Gresley 

Road Meeting Rooms, Gresley 

Road, Lowedges; 

•Thursdays - 10.30am: Ecclesall 

Woods. Meet at the JG Graves 

Discovery Centre off Abbey Lane. 

) Call 0114 203 9337 for details 

regarding any of the walks. 

February 14-18 

Ecclesall Theatre Company 

presents The Day After the Fair 

Ecclesall Church Halls 

A play by Frank Harvey and 

produced by Gay Benjamin in 

which a love letter written by an 

educated Victorian woman on 

behalf of her maid sees events 

soon spiral out of control. 

February 17 

Cutlers and Silversmiths of 

Hallamshire 

Greenhill Library 

7pm 

An evening with local author and 

historian Peter Machan. 

February 28 - March 4 

Meersbrook Park Church 

Operatic Society presents The 

Gondoliers 

Dronfield Civic Centre 

7.30pm 

A production of Gilbert and 

Sullivan’s The Gondoliers by 

Meersbrook Park Church Operatic 

Society, directed by Brian Hirst. 

Musical director Judy Wallace. 

Call 0114 2557634. 

March 11 

Sheffield Philharmonic 

Orchestra Spring Concert 

All Saints’ Church, Ecclesall 

7.30pm 

A concert with music including 

Egmont Overture Op. 84 - 

Beethoven, Piano Concerto in A 

minor - Schumann and Symphony 

No. 4 - Schubert with soloist 

Alexander Ullman and conductor 

Jack Lovell. 

March 18 

Book Sale 

36 Crawshaw Grove, Beauchief 

10am-12pm 

Good quality second-hand books 

for sale in aid of the Alzheimer’s 

Society. Donations of good 

condition paperbacks welcome 

(but not larger books due to 

space). 

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Nature quiz trail, stream dipping 

eight acres 

lake 

and true Tuesdays man 8-11pm brought many people into a 

Meersbrook Park Walled Garden 

and bug hunting activities for 8 - 13 

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The pen is mightier than th 

Do you know your rights? This 

question sounds quite modern. 

But it has its place in the Bible 

too. In fact, most of the New 

Testament is written by a man 

who knew his rights and wasn’t afraid to 

use them. 

St Paul, in chapter 22 of Acts, is facing 

a blood-thirsty mob. He is arrested, and 

is about to be flogged and interrogated. 

But Paul knows his rights – he asks a 

Roman Centurion: “Is it legal for you to 

flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even 

been found guilty?” Paul knows it’s not 

legal, and the Centurion knows it too. 

Paul is saved (for the time-being) and 

is sent to prison instead, then taken 

to Rome. During this time he writes a 

number of letters – these are known as 

‘the epistles’ and make up most of the 

New Testament. 

Paul is quite an individual, but his 

story is not unique. Christians today face 

similar hardship and persecution around 

the world. They have rights that need to 

be protected, and we have a part to play 

in making their voices heard. 

We live in a democracy here in the UK 

and, whatever your opinion on politics 

may be, your signature has more power 

than you think! You can sign petitions 

and write to your MP, international 

ambassadors and people with influence, 

asking them to do something. And they 

just might listen. 

Do you remember Meriam Ibrahim? In 

2014, Meriam was pregnant, shackled to 

the floor of a cell in Sudan and facing the 

death penalty just for being a Christian. 

Rightly, this caused global outrage. 

Petitions were set up, letters were sent 

and huge pressure was placed on 

political establishments around the world 

– and eventually she was set free! 

At the time of writing, there are two 

church leaders, one aid worker and a 

young student on trial in Sudan facing a 

variety of false charges – some incurring 

the death penalty; churches in a number 

of countries have been threatened not to 

Meriam 

Ibrahim 

who was 

pregnant, 

shackled 

to the floor 

of a cell 

in Sudan 

and facing 

the death 

penalty 

for being a 

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the sword 

celebrate Christmas; elsewhere, people 

have been killed, lost their jobs, thrown 

out of their villages, and lost access to 

their children for daring to believe in 

Jesus. There is always more to raise 

your voice about! I’d urge you to visit the 

Open Doors website to find out more: 

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Zoe Smith, Head of Advocacy at 

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Celebrating World Braille Day 

January 4, 2017 was World 

Braille Day which marks 

the birthday of Louis 

Braille who created the 

tactile reading and writing 

system for blind and visuallyimpaired 

people. Braille lost his 

sight following an accident as a 

child and developed the system to 

enable blind and visually impaired 

people to read and write quickly 

and efficiently. It is based on a 

series of six dots in pairs on three 

rows, which represent alphabet 

letters and numbers. The dots are 

raised so that blind people can run 

their fingers over the top to read 

them. 

The system is used in public 

places and you will have probably 

noticed it on signs in buildings, on 

buses, on cash points etc as well 

as on packing for pharmaceutical 

products, food and on chemicals 

such as bleach. 

It is important to keep Braille 

alive as it gives blind people 

access to information where 

technology might not have 

developed yet. Agreements such 

as the Marrakesh Treaty will allow 

copyright exceptions for published 

works to be widely available in 

accessible formats ensuring that 

written materials are available 

across country borders. For 

example, this means that schools 

in wealthier countries would be 

able to send books to poorer 

countries. 

The Sheffield Royal Society for 

the Blind (SRSB) marked the day 

by giving an interview on Sheffield 

Live along with Alan Thorpe from 

Eyecan (an organisation that 

offers braille training), and also 

by attending a Braille Awareness 

Day at Dearne Valley College with 

samples and demonstrations of 

producing Braille. 

SRSB provides opportunity, 

support, friendship and services to 

blind and partially-sighted people 

in Sheffield, helping them to 

achieve whatever they wish to do 

and whatever they aspire to be. 

It supports over 3,600 visually 

impaired-people in Sheffield with 

a broad range of activities and 

services. 

In excess of 300 people access 

the services within its centre 

each week. Its residential home 

at Crosspool cares for up to 30 

people. 

The charity arranges Braille 

training classes for both visuallyimpaired 

and sighted people 

as required. If you do not have 

a sight problem, but a member 

of your family does, perhaps 

learning Braille might help you 

to support or communicate with 

them. You may be a teacher, or 

work in an organisation that wants 

to improve its support of people 

with sight problems or it could just 

be that you are simply interested 

in learning Braille. SRSB also 

arranges Braille transcription for 

other organisations. 

Contact SRSB for further 

information about this or any of 

their other services: www.srsb.org. 

ukinfo@srsb.org.uk or call 0114 

272 2757. 

Jane Peach, Sheffield Royal 

Society for the Blind 



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The Vindolanda tablets 

are the oldest surviving 

handwritten documents 

in Britain.They are also 

probably the best source 

of information about life on the 

northern frontier of Roman Britain. 

Written on fragments of thin, 

post-card-sized wooden leaftablets 

with carbon-based ink, the 

tablets date to the first and second 

centuries AD. Although similar 

records on papyrus were known 

from elsewhere in the Roman 

Empire, wooden tablets with ink 

text had not been recovered until 

1973, when they were discovered 

at the site of a Roman fort in 

Vindolanda, northern England. 

The documents record official 

military matters as well as 

personal messages to and from 

members of the garrison of 

Vindolanda, their families and 

their slaves. The texts of over 750 

tablets have been transcribed, 

translated and published. 

Tablets continue to be found at 

Vindolanda. 

The tablets were the first known 

surviving examples of the use of 

ink letters in the Roman period. 

They are about the size of a 

postcard. They are made from 

birch, alder and oak that grew 

locally, in contrast to stylus tablets, 

another type of writing tablet used 

in Roman Britain, which were 

imported and made from nonnative 

wood. Vindolanda fort was 

garrisoned before the construction 

of Hadrian’s Wall and most of the 

tablets are slightly older than the 

Wall, which was begun in 122 AD. 

One of the tablets confirms that 

Roman soldiers wore underpants 

(subligaria), and also testifies to 

a high degree of literacy in the 

Roman army. The best-known 

document is perhaps Tablet 

291, written around AD100 from 

Claudia Severa, the wife of the 

commander of a nearby fort, to 

Sulpicia Lepidina, inviting her to 

a birthday party. The invitation 

is one of the earliest known 

examples of writing in Latin by a 

woman. There are two handwriting 

styles in the tablet, with the 

majority of the text written in a 

professional hand (thought to 

be the household scribe) and 

with closing greetings personally 

added by Claudia Severa herself 

(on the lower right hand side of 

the tablet). 

Wooden tablets have been 

found at 20 Roman settlements 

in Britain. However, most of these 

sites did not yield the type of tablet 

found at Vindolanda. A significant 

number of ink tablets have been 

identified at Carlisle (also on 

Hadrian’s Wall). The tablets 

are held at the British Museum, 

where a selection of them is on 

display in its Roman Britain gallery 

(Room 49). The tablets featured 

in the list of British archaeological 

finds selected by experts at the 

British Museum for the 2003 

BBC programme Our Top Ten 

Treasures. Viewers were invited 

to vote for their favourite, and the 

tablets came top of the poll. 

David Manning 

The site of the Vindolanda fort 

The Vindolanda Tablets 



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We found 

the angels! 

During Advent 

our Christmas 

Angels 

appeared 

in trees, on 

railings and doorposts 

around the community. 

We invited you to 

take them home – and 

take a selfie to share 

with us on Twitter, 

Facebook or by email. 

We had a great 

response and these 

are just a few of your 

pictures. 

The angels of the 

nativity brought a 

message of great joy 

– and we hope our 

angels brought joy to 

you this Christmas! 



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Caligraphy 

I’ve loved doing calligraphy 

– the art of decorative 

handwriting – ever since 

someone gave me a 

calligraphy set as a child. 

Ironically, I’ve got quite 

messy handwriting. But to me, 

calligraphy doesn’t feel like 

writing so much as crafting 

out the letter shapes. There’s 

something very steadying and 

therapeutic about ruling out 

guidelines, feeding the pen with 

ink, and carefully forming strokes 

with the broad pen. It feels like 

a cross between an art and a 

science – a bit like playing a 

musical instrument can be. 

When I was a child I 

transcribed my favourite prayers 

into a journal, and wrote out 

a poem for my mum in crude 

italic – it still hangs on her wall. 

Later, when I started evening 

classes in calligraphy as an adult, 

I learnt stronger technique - how 

to write on a slanting board 

or easel; how to make 

sure I maintained 

a consistent 

angle with my 

hand; and 

the various 

hands, 

starting 

with round 

foundational 

and 

progressing 

to italic, 

uncial and 

copperplate. 

But in my 

experience 

calligraphy really 

came alive when 

I started learning to be 

creative and play with the 

presentation of the words on the 

page. We used various colours 

of gouache paint in place of ink; 

gilded large capitals with gold 

leaf; and even experimented 

with quills (not the easiest 

way of writing – I pity 

the old clerks). I 

loved looking 

at the words 

I was going 

to write out 

and allowing 

them to 

spark ideas 

as to how 

I might 

present 

them. So 

for a friend 

who was a 

fan of Lord of 

the Rings I wrote 

out the poem about 

the Rings of Mordor 

in a spiral wrapped round a 

serpent. For my husband’s 30th 

birthday I did a poem by Lord 



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Byron about getting old (!) and drew 

lightly in pencil behind it a picture of an 

old man. 

But whether or not any creative ideas 

occurred to me, I found that in order to 

write like this I had to really slow down, 

and almost wallow in the words as I 

wrote them out. I especially appreciated 

this when I was writing out words from 

the Bible – it felt like I was meditating 

on what I was writing. 

I often think of the monks hundreds 

of years ago, painstakingly copying out 

the gospels, and how this wasn’t just a 

practical task for them but a spiritual act 

– their offering to God, through which 

they themselves received blessing. 

So I think my favourite piece I did 

was a picture of Jesus’ face. The words 

are taken (nearly all) from the Old 

Testament book of Isaiah, which are 

taken to be prophecies about Jesus. 

As I wrote them out – which took about 

nine hours – Jesus’ face literally took 

shape before me. It was very moving. 

I haven’t done any calligraphy for a 

while now, but writing this is inspiring 

me to take it up again! 

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Services at St Chad’s 

Over the past year our services have been held at Abbey Lane 

School and in Woodseats Methodist Church. We are really thankful 

to the school and to Woodseats Methodist Church for their 

hospitality. 

We’re now really pleased that our Sunday services are back in our 

reshaped church building and would love to welcome you along. 

To find out more, visit our website at www.stchads.org 

Sunday Services 

The 9am Sunday Services 

Sunday Services 

● Traditional in style 

● Includes Holy Communion, a sermon & hymns 

● Includes refreshments afterwards 

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sermon & 

hymns 

hymns 

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common Worship: 

Worship: in style 

worship Holy 

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Communion 

communion 

● An emphasis on families 

● Includes music, led by a band 

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Monday to Thursday at 9am 

Weekday Evening Services 

Prayers 

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Morning Prayers 

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I’m sure that you are 

familiar with seeing cars 

with fi sh symbols on 

the back – they usually 

look like an elongated 

‘a’. Sometimes you will see 

variations on them like a fi sh 

with feet and ‘Darwin’ written 

across it. 

The fi sh symbol (1) isn’t 

a sign that the car driver is 

a keen angler but that they 

wish to identify themselves 

as Christians. The sign itself 

is very ancient, dating back 

to the very fi rst years of the 

Christian church when to be 

known as a Christian was to 

invite discrimination, persecution 

and execution – which is the case 

today with Christians throughout 

the Middle East and Asia. 

In the time of the Roman 

persecution Christians needed 

to know where was a safe place 

to pray, and who might be a safe 

person to talk to about their faith. 

They developed an elaborate 

series of signs that to the Romans 

were nothing more than graffi ti, 

but to Christians promised safety. 

The fi sh was the most famous 

of these symbols. A fi sh was 

chosen partly because 

the fi rst disciples were 4 

fi shermen, but mostly 

because the letters of 

the Greek word for fi sh 

(ichthus) were also the 

fi rst letters of the word for 

Jesus Christ, God, Son, 

Saviour. 

Other signs also played with the 

Greek alphabet. The Alpha and 

Omega symbol (2) and the Khi 

Rho symbol (3) both took Greek 

letters and placed one over the 

other. Alpha and Omega are the 

fi rst and last letters of the Greek 

1 

2 3 

alphabet and symbolised the 

timeless and unending nature of 

God. Khi and Rho are the fi rst 

two letters of Christ (Christos). 

Both these motifs can be seen in 

St Chad’s on the newly-restored 

wooden reredos above the 

Communion Table. 

Sadly the persecution of 

Christians is as terrible – in fact 

probably worse – than at any time 

in history and with this new wave 

of persecution a new sign has 

begun to emerge. Christians in 

the West, in solidarity with their 

suffering brothers and sisters 

in Iraq and Syria have 

taken the letter ‘N’ from 

the Arabic alphabet and 

begun using it across 

social media (4). For 

Christians evicted from 

their homes, a letter ‘N’ is 

often scrawled on the wall 

by the Islamic State fi ghters. It 

stands for ‘Nazarene’ after Jesus 

of Nazareth. Perhaps one day 

these to will fi nd their way into 

churches as a reminder of the 

terrible cost born by some who 

dare to follow Jesus. 

Rev Toby Hole 

The Secret Signs of Faith 



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The Epistles 

Whilst in our culture 

letter writing might 

be dying out a little, 

it is a very ancient 

and Biblical art. 

Twenty-one of the 27 books of the 

New Testament are collectively 

known as the Epistles. Epistle is 

from the Greek word ἐπιστολή, 

meaning ‘letter’. These books 

of the Bible are the letters of the 

early church. 

The New Testament Epistles are 

written by a number of different 

people. St Paul wrote the majority 

(13) of them, whilst others were 

written by St James, St Peter, St 

John, and the author of one is 

unknown. Very often letters had 

more than one author. They’re 

written either to individuals or to 

churches. Whilst modern letters 

tend to have ‘Dear John Smith’ 

at the beginning, and ‘Yours 

sincerely, Duncan Bell’ at the 

end, the culture back then was 

to have both the sender’s and 

the recipient’s names at the 

beginning. So the letters to the 

Thessalonians start, ‘Paul, Silas 

and Timothy; To the church of the 

Thessalonians.’ It seems to me 

Ephesus today 

PHOTO: 

PAWEESIT 

that this makes far more sense 

than our own style of letter writing. 

I don’t know about you, but when I 

get a letter, I look to the end of the 

letter to see who wrote it, before 

going back to the beginning to 

read it. It seems much more 

sensible to put the sender’s name 

at the beginning! 

Whilst many medieval paintings 

portray the Biblical authors 

poised with quill in hand, writing 

away, we know that the authors 

of the Epistles usually dictated 

to a secretary. Paul sometimes 

included a note in his own 

handwriting at the end of the 

letter. ‘I, Paul, write this greeting in 

my own hand.’ (Colossians 4:18a). 

In St Paul’s letter to the Romans, 

the secretary (or amanuensis) 

adds his own greeting: ‘I, Tertius, 

who wrote down this letter, greet 

you in the Lord.’ (Romans 16:22). 

The reasons for writing the 

epistles are as many as the 

epistles themselves. Sometimes 

authors write in response to 

questions that the church has 

raised. Sometimes they write 

because they’ve heard things are 

going badly and want to help folks 

get back on track. Sometimes 

they write because they’ve heard 

really good things and want to 

encourage people. Sometimes 

they write to individuals to help 

them keep going in tough 

situations. The letters are 

as varied as life itself. 

If you’ve never read 

any of the Epistles, I’d 

suggest starting with 

the book of Ephesians. 

It’ll only take about ten 

minutes to read. You 

can fi nd it online if you 

don’t have a Bible. 

Rev Duncan Bell 



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Compassion is an 

organisation that supports 

children and their families 

all across the world. 

More than 60 years 

ago, the Rev Everett Swanson 

went to South Korea to minister 

to American troops fi ghting in the 

Korean war. He became troubled 

by the sight of hundreds of war 

orphans living on the streets 

abandoned by society. One day 

he saw piles of rags being 

tossed into the back of a 

truck. When he looked 

closer he found 

them to be frozen 

bodies of orphans 

who had died 

overnight on the 

streets. Swanson 

could not turn his 

back on this, and soon 

established a unique 

programme enabling 

individuals in the western world to 

provide education, food, clothing 

shelter and medical care for each 

Korean orphan for a few dollars a 

month. Today 12 partner countries 

continue to build a diverse network 

of caring sponsors around the 

world. 

For a number of years we 

wanted to sponsor a child, but 

it just did not seem fi nancially 

possible. Then one day it came 

to my mind that if I was prepared 

to give up a certain commitment 

I would free the money that 

we could put on sponsorship. 

Someone gave a talk at our church 

on the work of Compassion at this 

time and we knew this was what 

we would do. 

In 2003 we began to sponsor a 

little boy, and we have had regular 

letters from him over the years. 

He always tells me how he loves 

football and wants to play for 

Manchester United one day! He 

also tells us how he likes to help 

his grandad work in the fi elds. We 

were sent a lovely picture of his 

mother in their home and all the 

food they had purchased with a 

donation from my husband’s 60th 

birthday party. 

Our child (we are not allowed to 

mention his name) has become 

part of our family, and is now a 

handsome young man of 

15 years and his photo 

is on the fi replace 

alongside the rest 

of the family. He 

lives in Mexico 

and attends the 

Compassion project 

near his home. How 

he has grown! His 

letters and pictures 

have been a constant 

delight, and he loves to hear 

all about our family. A number 

of times he has written and said 

‘please pray for my mum’ which 

we do. Compassion has a vision to 

see four million children released 

from poverty by the year 2020. 

As his face looked out on us 

from the fi replace this Christmas, 

we thanked God for this young 

man and his family who have 

touched our own in so many ways. 

The child sponsorship 

programme is in 26 developing 

nations today. The work of 

Compassion brings hope, fi nancial 

support, education programmes 

and the good news of Jesus 

to many struggling families 

across very poor areas of the 

world. Embracing children in 

need still remains at the heart of 

Compassion’s work, which has 

continued over six decades. 

Pauline Johnson 

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Letters of Hidden Love 

Can you guess who wrote the 

following fragments from 

letters and to whom they were 

addressed? 

1. Victory, October 19 1805 

My dearest Angel... I rejoice to hear that 

you are so very good a girl, and love my 

dear Lady Hamilton, who most dearly loves 

you. Give her a kiss for me... I answer 

your letter, my dearest Horatia, to mark 

to you that you are ever uppermost in my 

thoughts. I shall be sure of your prayers for 

my safety, conquest, and speedy return... 

Receive, my dearest Horatia, the 

affectionate parental blessing of your 

Father. 

2. When she bolted to Scotland the 

writer gave her father a parcel directed 

to the addressee containing her keys 

and accounts. It also contained her 

wedding ring and the letter attached to a 

pincushion. 

My dear Mrs Ruskin, 

...you will fi nd enclosed my marriage 

ring which I return by this means to your 

son with whom I can never hold further 

intercourse or communication... 

The Law will let you know what I have 

demanded and I put to you and Mr Ruskin 

to consider what a very great temporal loss 

in every point of view, your son’s conduct 

has entailed upon me for these best six 

years of my life. My parents have entirely 

approved of the steps I have taken and my 

mother accompanies me to Scotland. 

I remain yours truly 

Euphemia C Gray 

3. The Athenaeum, July 4, 1904 

Darling Chuck; I sends my love; I left the 

new nest early this morning & have tried on 

my velvet clothes & sword & am going to 

see the King tomorrow - SO you may think 

of Buckingham Palace about 12 o’clock. I 

shall go home very quiet cos I’m building 

a nest for zu! I sits in zu’s chair ... & smile 

& sinks about my baby, such a silly goosy 

faser. Zu’s Faser. 

4. Brinkwells, Friday May 17, 1918 

My dear Windfl ower; ...It is divine (here) 

just now but I fear the fl owers will have 

vanished, the primroses will have gone but 

the woods are still carpeted with bluebells 

- but the heavy rain of three days ago 

tried them severely and they looked rather 

faded. I have been down the wood and told 

them YOU are coming and asked them to 

remain for your loved visit. ...but the thing 

is to bring yourself and rest; there will be a 

full moon and all lovely and nightingales. 

Love EE 

Answers: 

1. From Admiral Horatio Nelson’s last 

letter to Horatia Nelson, his lovechild 

daughter by Emma Hamilton (said to be 

Nelson’s adopted Godchild). 

2. From a letter by Euphemia (Effi e) 

Gray/Ruskin/Gray/Millais to her motherin-law 

Margaret Ruskin (mother of 

John Ruskin). Trapped in a loveless, 

unconsumated marriage for seven years, 

Effi e had escaped to Scotland where 

she later married John Millais, the Pre- 

Raphaelite painter. They had eight children; 

the third daughter, Alice, married Sir 

Charles Stuart-Wortley, MP for Sheffi eld. 

3. From a letter by Edward Elgar, on 

the eve of receiving his knighthood, to 

his daughter Carice. Although his wife 

(another Alice) kept Carice well hidden 

at boarding school or with relatives, she 

could not prevent a deep bond of love and 

understanding developing between father 

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4. Was written from a remote cottage 

hideaway in Sussex by Sir Edward Elgar 

to his “muse”, Lady Alice Stuart-Wortly (his 

Windfl ower). She is “The Soul Enshrined” 

in the Violin Concerto and the inspiration 

for the 2nd Symphony and the Violin 

Sonata. They fi rst met in Sheffi eld in 

1902 at the Sheffi eld Music Festival and 

remained “friends” to the end of their lives. 

Letters like these show that heroes 

and heroines of the past were fl awed and 

vulnerable, just like us. 

But letters are now a rarity and we must 

guard well those that we have, for future 

generations. For who, in the 22nd Century, 

will want to retrieve Trump’s Tweets 

or Clinton’s emails from cyber space? 

Therefore, before we put down our pens 

forever, perhaps we should give some 

thought to these lines from the First World 

War trenches: 

The songs I had are withered 

Or vanished clean, 

Yet there are bright tracks 

Where I have been, 

And there grow fl owers 

For others’ delight. 

Think well, O singer, 

Soon comes night. 

Ivor Gurney 

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My Love Of Letter-Writing 

I’ve had a love-affair with 

letter writing most of my life. 

It began when I was 11 years 

old. 

My teacher asked the 

whole class to open their atlases 

at random, close their eyes and 

make a small pencil mark on the 

page, then write to the Mayor 

of the nearest town and ask for 

someone there of our own age who 

would be happy to be a penfriend. 

Before long Martha and I began 

our friendship. That was over 60 

years ago and we are still writing. 

We’re continually finding out about 

how similar, and different, life is 

on opposite sides of ‘The Pond’ as 

well as sharing recipes, favourite 

authors and just about anything 

and everything (not a good idea to 

mention Trump though!). 

It’s been fascinating writing to 

the two boys whom I’ve sponsored 

through World Vision – at first I 

knew very little about their country, 

Mozambique, but from their letters 

I receive I now know much more – 

and I hope they’re learning a little 

about life in the UK from me, too. 

I may never meet Abel and Joao, 

but I cherish their messages and 

their drawings and it’s wonderful 

knowing that, although we’re 

thousands of miles apart, we care 

about each other. 

I’ve also found it very humbling 

being involved with Amnesty 

International – they welcome 

people who are prepared to write 

to prisoners, offering support and 

comfort. Back in the mid ‘80s, I 

couldn’t stop thinking about the 

plight of the Beirut hostages so I 

wrote to them all, not knowing if 

my letters would ever reach them 

but, amazingly, I had a wonderful 

reply from John McCarthy which 

I treasure. I’ve also written to 

Archbishop John Sentamu on 

several occasions – he always 

sends a gracious response 

though, regrettably but quite 

understandably, he declined our 

invitation to write an article for 

Impact due to his heavy workload. 

Recently I’ve become an avid 

supporter of www.change.org, a 

website challenging injustice. 

Writing letters is a part of being 

able to speak out – they say that 

“the pen is mightier than the sword” 

and that certainly appears to be the 

case. It’s very humbling and, when 

the outcome is a positive one, 

it’s heart-warming knowing that, 

in a small way, you have helped 

someone. Years ago, my car broke 

down on a wet, windy night on the 

A38. The lovely AA man who came 

to my rescue not only fixed the 

problem but followed me for some 

distance to make sure I was safe. 

I wrote to the AA’s Head Office to 

extol the virtues of this unknown 

“guardian angel” and later heard 

that, as a result, he was awarded a 

commendation – so I had returned 

the favour and was I “chuffed”! 

I may be a dinosaur in this 

technological age and I’m aware 

that emails and texts are quick 

and easy, but they can also be 

deleted at the touch of a button and 

maybe lost for ever. The response 

I have from authors who’ve moved 

me, actors whose performances 

I’ve admired, programme makers 

who’ve inspired me, not to mention 

correspondence shared world-wide 

with many friends, show they all 

genuinely appreciate letters. It’s 

proof that letter-writing is something 

which brings tangible and lasting 

pleasure to writer and recipient 

alike as letters can be read, stored 

and re-read time and time again. 

Let’s hope that we dinosaurs never 

become extinct! 

Chris Laude 



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Services during 

February & March 2017 

Holy Communion: 

Sun 5th Feb 11.00am 

Sun 12th Feb 11.00am 

Sun 26th 11.00am 

Ash Wednesday 1st March 7pm 

Sunday 5th March11.00am 

Sun 12th March 10.30 am 

Sunday 26th March 11.00am 

Evensong ( third Sunday): 

Sunday 19th February 3pm 

Sunday 19th March 3pm 

All Welcome 

Our Services are based on the 

Book of Common Prayer & Refreshments 

are served afterwards 

View of the Chapel & Tower in Spring 

Beauchief Abbey, Beauchief Abbey Lane S8 7BD 

Lent Lectures 2017 

Led by 

Revd Professor John Rogerson 

“The Poet Prophets of the 

Old Testament” 

Wed 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th March 7pm 

Wed 5th April 7pm 

see website for full details 

email info@beauchiefabbey.org.uk 

www.beauchiefabbey.org.uk 

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a room to hold your 

party or meeting? 

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two rooms available for 

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The Undiscovered City 

If you’re wondering where 

to go for a holiday this year, 

enjoy the mountains but also 

like your creature comforts, 

then Innsbruck, the capital 

of Austria’s Tyrol province, is 

defi nitely for you! With direct 

fl ights from Gatwick and fast train 

or bus connections from Innsbruck 

Airport to the main station, you’ll 

soon fi nd yourself in a historical 

city with a modern outlook – and 

mountain views down 

every street! 

Even if you’re 

travelling in the high 

season, you can 

book a hotel room 

for two in the centre 

for £100 or less per 

night – with breakfast! 

There’s also plenty 

of choice for eateries, 

whatever your budget, 

including the inevitable Golden 

Arches (aka McDonalds) and a 

Nordsee fi sh and chip shop in the 

Maria-Theresien-Strasse – but 

bring your own brown sauce! 

With its magnifi cent Baroque 

architecture, the pedestrianised 

Maria-Theresien-Strasse is only 

one historical attraction. Others 

include the Golden Roof, Imperial 

Palace, Court Church, Court 

Gardens and, further afi eld, 

Ambras Castle. Culture vultures 

will also enjoy the Golden Roof 

Museum and Tyrolean State 

Museum – to name but two. For 

other tastes, there’s the Anatomy 

Museum... 

All these attractions and many 

more – such as the Alpine Zoo, 

Berg Isel Ski Jump and nearby 

Tyrol Panorama – are included 

with the Innsbruck Card – only 

55 euros for 72 hours each. This 

also includes free travel on the 

city’s (very connected!) transport 

system, cable car trips and 

discounts for Tyrolean 

evenings and Happy 

Fitness mornings! 

From mid-July 

to the end of 

August, there’s the 

Innsbruck Festival 

of Early Music at 

Ambras Castle and 

other venues, and 

around those dates a varied 

repertoire at the State Theatre. 

All that might give a clue to the 

title of this article. When I booked 

our holiday last year, I just saw 

Innsbruck as a base for travel to 

other places – such as Stams 

with its Baroque monastery, or 

Jenbach with its steam funicular 

railway up to the Achensee. I soon 

discovered – particularly on the 

tour bus also included with the 

Innsbruck Card – that it was a far 

more interesting city than I’d ever 

imagined. 

Stephen Dowson 



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Henry Ohakah is the minister 

at Woodseats Methodist 

Church. We asked him to tell us a 

little about himself... 

‘My name is Henry 

Ohakah – and my 

favourite quote is: 

‘It is more risky not 

to take risks in life.’ 

I am married to Anita and 

we are blessed with three kids 

– two girls, Somtochi (12) an 

Chimdumebi (9) and a boy, 

Chilemeze Henry jnr (6). 

I am presently the minister in 

charge of Woodseats Methodist 

Church as well as Gleadless 

Valley Methodist. 

I was born in Nigeria with a 

humble background at Umuahia, 

an ancient town in south-east 

Nigeria. I had my ministerial 

training at the Methodist 

Theological Institute, Nigeria and 

later did my postgraduate studies 

at the famous Bossey Ecumenical 

Institute, Switzerland as well as a 

course on interfaith at Cambridge. 

I have spent a week at the Taize 

community in France and also 

taken part in a Papal summit at 

the Vatican. 

I am author of two books – 

‘Come, Holy Spirit’ and ‘There is 

Gold In You’. 

My dream is to be ‘the man God 

uses’.” 

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Before the Poison 

by Peter Robinson 

Written as a ‘stand 

alone’ book by 

the author of the 

Inspector Banks 

series, which has 

recently been televised, I found 

this book to be a good read, yet 

not as action packed as some of 

his other work. 

It is the story of a 60-year-old 

man, Chris Lowndes, who lived in 

California and wrote music scores 

for Hollywood fi lms. Heartbroken 

over the recent death of his wife, 

he decides to move back to his 

native Yorkshire and seeks the 

seclusion of an 18th century 

mansion, Kilnsgate House, which 

he buys on impulse after seeing 

just a few photographs. 

Somehow, what the somewhat 

pushy estate agent has omitted to 

tell him is that a former resident 

of the house, Grace Fox, was 

hanged for murder in 1953 for 

poisoning her husband. Although 

no-one has ever seen ghosts 

or apparitions in or around the 

house, it remains shrouded and 

haunted by its past. 

As he becomes more and more 

aware of the history of Kilnsgate 

House and its past occupants, he 

begins to research the life story of 

Grace Fox using libraries, church 

archives and newspaper records. 

Unlike Robinson’s hero Inspector 

Banks, Chris Lowndes does 

not have access to any police 

documentation or researchers, so 

his progress is somewhat slow. 

Once he begins to gain a sense 

of Grace’s past life from her 

journals, he realises that she had 

a scandalous affair with a young 

local lad and suspects that she 

was convicted and hanged on 

evidence of 

loose morals 

rather than 

those of a 

poisoner of 

husbands. 

He does a 

good job of 

sifting truth 

from scandal 

by visiting 

people from 

London, 

Paris and 

South Africa 

to make 

revealing 

discoveries 

about her 

character. 

The 

writing is very 

atmospheric; Robinson himself 

was born in Yorkshire, his 

descriptions of the wild scenery 

and remote landscape are very 

convincing. There is also a 

chilling blow by blow account 

of the hanging of Grace Fox as 

she walks with great silence and 

dignity to the gallows: purportedly 

the second to last woman to 

be hanged in England. Tension 

builds throughout the story as 

Chris composes a sonata to 

his late wife, playing on a piano 

that belonged to Grace Fox. As 

the house creaks and shadows 

move it plays on the grief stricken 

fancies of Chris Lowndes and 

adds to the suspense of the story. 

The ending is somewhat 

ambiguous, did she or didn’t 

she?? I don’t know…. See what 

you think if you read the book. 

Vicki Harris 

St Chad’s Third Age 

Book Group 

Book Review 



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