2017-10

October/November 2017 

WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD

WELCOME to Impact - the magazine of St Chad’s Church, 

Woodseats. Impact is published every two months and distributed 

to over 5,000 homes in S8. 

St Chad’s Church is committed to serving you - the people of 

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

St Chad’s, visit our website at www.stchads.org or call the church 

office on 0114 274 5086. 

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Church Office: Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA 

Tel: (0114) 274 5086 

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email: office@stchads.org 

website: www.stchads.org

Here’s a thought experiment for you. You are walking 

down Fargate and someone you know a bit, but not 

very well, gives you a photograph. “It’s a picture of 

a really evil man,” they say. “Someone gave me this 

photograph and told me that he tortures puppies. 

Please make a photocopy and give it out to as many people as 

you know.” Horrifi ed though you probably are by the thought of 

someone torturing puppies, I suspect that you wouldn’t rush to 

the nearest library and make 100 copies – not least because of 

the expense and effort involved, but also you would want to be 

certain of the allegations. 

Gossip, rumour and fake news have always been with us. 

The Israelites in the wilderness were specialists at grumbling 

and spreading false news, whether it be Moses’ death on top 

of a mountain or terrifying giants in the promised land. St Paul 

warned about the dangers of it in church life. However, since the global 

spread of social media, “fake news” has grown in power to the point where 

it can apparently set up and bring down governments. We don’t have to 

distribute fl iers, we don’t even have to whisper it to a friend over coffee. 

We just click share or RT. 

But here’s the thing. Fake news is quite easy to spot and stop if we’re 

happy to pause before hitting the share button. So here is a real life 

example, one that you may have seen. 

Two pictures turn up on your social media page. One shows an almost 

empty House of Commons with a caption saying “MPs vote on reduction 

of disability benefi ts”. Next to it is a picture of a packed chamber with the 

caption “MPs vote on a 10% pay increase”. Underneath, the person who 

has shared the pictures has put an angry face with sentiments to the effect 

that isn’t it dreadful how MPs vote for their own pockets but ignore the 

poorest. And it would be absolutely dreadful if that were the case. 

So what do you do? You’re concerned about parliament and democracy 

and you don’t want MPs lining their own pockets so perhaps you’re inclined 

to share the picture. But before you do that just think. How do you know 

that the captions give an accurate picture? 

A quick internet search will lead you to fi nd that the picture of the packed 

House of Commons was for the controversial vote on student tuition fees. 

The empty House of Commons was for an early morning motion. What’s 

more, you discover, MPs don’t vote on their pay which is decided by an 

independent body. Now that you know the truth, you choose not to share. 

Does it matter? I think it does. Even if the fake news is for a cause that 

you believe in, do you want to promote your cause through untruth? Isn’t it 

better to know the truth, no matter how uncomfortable it be? 

So before you share: 1. Think - does this really ring true. 

Are there unsubstantiated facts or captions? 2. Research - 

quickly search the internet to fi nd a reliable source (eg. BBC 

or reputable news site). 3. Consider - by sharing this will you 

be building trust up, or pulling it down? If in doubt Delete. 

Jesus said that a time would come when every word 

spoken would be answerable for. Let’s not add to those 

words unnecessarily. 

Rev Toby Hole, Vicar, St Chad’s, Woodseats 

October/November 2017 

WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD 

Spot It and Stop It 


Church Offi ce: Linden Avenue, Sheffi eld S8 0GA 

Tel: (0114) 274 5086 

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email: offi ce@stchads.org 


Are you looking for 

a room to hold your 

party or meeting? 

St Chad’s Church has 

two rooms available for 

hire at 56 Abbey Lane 

Call 0114 274 5086 for details 



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Adam didn’t quite understand God when he 

said, “Be fruitful and multiply”. 

What is the tallest 

type of building in 

the world? 

A library, because 

it has so many 

stories! 

Why did the pupils 

eat their homework? 

Because their 

teacher told them it 

was a piece of cake! 

Why couldn’t the 

leopard play hide 

and seek? 

Because he was 

always spotted! 

Teacher: “What 

is the chemical 

formula for water?” 

Pupil: “HIJKLMNO.” 

Teacher: “Why do 

you think that?” 

Pupil: “Yesterday 

you said it’s H to O!” 

Did you hear about the kidnapping at 

school? It was ok, he woke up! 

The teacher asked 

Billy: “If I gave you 

two cats and another 

two cats, how many 

would you have?” 

“Five,” said Billy. 

“No, listen 

carefully,” said the 

teacher, “If I gave you 

two cats and another 

two cats how many 

would you have?” 

“Five,” said Billy 

“Let me put it to 

you differently,” said 

the teacher, “If I gave 

you two apples, and 

another two apples, 

how many would you 

have?” 

“Four,” said Billy. 

“Good,” said the 

teacher, “So if I gave 

you two cats and 

another two cats, 

how many would you 

have?” 

“Five!” said Billy. 

“Where do you 

keep getting fi ve 

from?” asked the 

teacher. 

“Because I’ve 

got one cat at 

home already!” he 

replied. 

Fun and Laughs 

Anderson Tree Services 

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Telephone: 0114 274 9101 

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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. 


regarding any of the walks. 

October 1 

Pedlar’s Corner Car Boot & 

Community Flea Market 

Abbeydale Picture House 

10am-3pm 

October 7 

Dore Male Voice Choir 

All Saints Church, Ecclesall 

7pm 

Dore Male Voice Choir presents a 

gala concert of music. 

October 7 

Haydn’s Creation 

Sheffi eld Cathedral 

7.30pm 

Sheffi eld Bach Choir presents 

Creation by Franz Joseph Haydn 

with Kristina James – Soprano, 

Paul Dutton – Tenor, Quentin 

Brown – Bass and the National 

Festival Orchestra. Tickets are £16 

and concessions £13. 

October 7 and 8 

Autumn Fayre 

Bishops’ House 

A fayre with knights in battle, 

crafts, local produce, music, 

entertainment and food and drink. 

October 8 

Vintage & Artisan Market 


11am-5pm 

Stalls selling vintage clothing and 

wares, retro items, Sheffield arts 

and crafts, antiques and Yorkshiremade 

artisan produce. 

October 8 and 22 

Abbeydale Miniature Railway 

Abbeydale Road South 

1-5pm 

The regular open days at 

Abbeydale Miniature Railway. 

October 14 

The Owl Light Trio 

Bishops’ House 

7.30-10.30pm 

The Owl Light Trio play folk music 

on concertina (Jim Penny), fiddle 

(Jane Griffiths) and guitar (Colin 

Fletcher). 

Call in for a Cuppa 

at Church House, 56 Abbey Lane 

10am to 12noon 

on the last Saturday of each month 

Bring & Buy (new items) 

Handicrafts and Home Baking 



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Send details of your event to impact@stchads.org or write to: Impact, 

St Chad‟s Church Offices, 15 Camping Lane, Sheffield S8 0GB. 

LINE DANCE AND SOCIAL: 

Health Greenhill Walks Methodist Church has 

Mondays started a new – 10am: Line Dance Graves and Park. 

Meet Social at the event Animal for the Farm over car 50s park; on 

Tuesdays 

Thursday mornings. 

– 10.30am: Ecclesall 

Beginners are welcome to the 

Woods. Meet at Abbeydale 

sessions from 10am to 11am 

Industrial 

which will 

Hamlet; 

be followed by tea and 

Thursdays biscuits and – a 10.30am: natter. No dance 

Lowedges. partner is Meet needed. at the The Community cost is 

Wing, £3.50 Lowedges and Junior School. 

Call for more 0114 details 203 9337. call session 

co-ordinator Brenda Rigby on 

National 0114 2748956. Council for Divorced, 

Single and Widowed 

Tuesdays 8-11pm 

Norton October Country 21 Club 

Club 

Book 

offering 

Sale 

friendship and social 

activities. 

36 Crawshaw Grove, Beauchief 


Call Magdalen on 0114 

Second-hand books for sale in 

2394326. 

aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. 

Donations of good condition 

January 

paperback 

30 - 

novels 

February 

or biographies 

5 

AEGON are welcome. British Tennis Tour 

Graves Tennis and Leisure Centre 

World November ranked 5players compete 

alongside Pedlar’s local Corner Sheffield Car Boot players. & 

Community Call 0114 283 Flea 9900. Market 


February 10am-3pm5 

Book Sale 

36 November Crawshaw 14-18 Grove, Beauchief 

10am-12pm School for Scandal 

Good Ecclesall quality Church second-hand Halls books 

for Ecclesall sale in aid Theatre of the Company Alzheimer‟s 

Society. presents Donations School for of Scandal paperback by 

novels Richard or Sheridan, biographies directed in good by 

condition Graham are Millar. welcome (but not 

larger books due to space 

limitations). 

November 15-18 

Absurd Person Singular 

Dronfield Civic Hall 

February 

7.30pm 

5 

Free 

Dronfield 

Environmental 

Players presents 

Activities 

Millhouses Absurd Person Park Singular by Alan 

10.30am-12.30pm 

Ayckbourn. For tickets, priced £7 

Obstacle or £6 concessions, course and call stream 01246 

dipping 417850. activities for 8 - 13 year 

olds. 

Call 0114 263 4335. 

November 19 

Christmas Lights Switch-On 

February Sheffield City 8-12 Centre 

Jamaica The festive Inn season begins with 

Ecclesall the annual All Christmas Saints Church Illuminations Hall 

7.30pm Switch-On in the city centre and on 

A The play Moor. presented by Ecclesall 

Theatre Company. Tickets: £5. 

November Call 011424 

230 8842. 

Vivaldi By Candlelight 

February Sheffield Cathedral 12 

Free 7.30pm Environmental Activities 

Millhouses London Concertante Park returns to 

1.30-3.30pm 

the cathedral to perform Vivaldi’s 

The Four Seasons by 

Nature quiz trail, stream dipping 

Candlelight. 

and bug hunting activities for 8 - 13 

year 

November 

olds. 

25 

 

The 

Call 

Dream 

0114 

of 

263 

Gerontius 

4335. 

Sheffield Cathedral 

February 7.30pm 12 

Free Sheffield Environmental Oratorio Chorus Activities presents 

Ecclesall Elgar’s The Woods Dream Sawmill of Gerontius 


with Andrew Rees (Gerontius/ 

Nature Soul), Margaret quiz trail, McDonald stream dipping (Angel), 

and Ross bug Ramgobin hunting activities (Priest/Angel for 8 - 13 

year of the olds. Agony) and The Northern 

Chamber Call 0114 Orchestra. 235 6348. 

Tickets are £17, concessions £14, 

February and students 20 and under 16s £5. 

Why Not Try A Bike 

Greenhil November Park 25 

10am-2pm Book Sale 

Rediscover 36 Crawshaw your Grove, cycling Beauchief skills in 

Greenhill 


Park. The rangers will 

provide 

Second-hand 

a bike, 

books 

helmet 

for 

and 

sale in 

aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. 

instruction. Meet at the Bowls 

Donations of good condition 

Pavilion, Greenhill Park. 

paperback novels or biographies 

Booking 

are welcome. 

is essential. 

Call 0114 283 9195. 

Beauchief Abbey Abbey holds holds a variety a 

of variety services of services. and anyone For is more 

welcome information to attend. see page For 9. more 

details see the Abbey notice 

board. 



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Changing Times 

Nancy Fielder, editor of 

The Star and Sheffield 

Telegraph, writes about the 

role of newspapers today. 

Times have changed 

dramatically for local 

newspapers in recent 

years, and they continue to 

change at great speed. 

People are reading more news 

and expect it more quickly than 

ever before. 

That means editorial teams 

have had to drastically change 

the way they work to keep up with 

new platforms and the evolving 

demands of readers. 

What hasn’t changed is the 

trust The Star has created with 

its communities over more than a 

century and the influence it holds in 

the city. 

We always endeavor to use that 

to good effect – fighting to improve 

Sheffield, celebrating the many 

great things and people while 

always pushing for more. 

During the last 18 months we 

have worked hard to reconnect with 

communities across Sheffield and 

make their voices heard through 

the pages of The Star. 

We have changed the way our 

news team works to create more 

time for reporters to get back to 

basics, getting out of the office and 

talking to people. 

We have a community focus 

in a different neighbourhood 

every Friday, a weekly 

feature on one of the city’s 

many voluntary groups 

and, during term time, 

devote two pages of 

Wednesday’s Star to a 

school. 

We campaign on 

everything from stopping 

litter and graffiti to shining 

a spotlight on things 

Made In Sheffield. 

Newspapers are often accused 

of focusing on bad news so we 

deliberately hunt out positive stories 

and try to give a balanced view. 

Even when awful things happen 

in our neighbourhoods we go out 

and speak to residents in order to 

give a more accurate picture. 

Reporters are expected to do 

more tasks and be more skilled 

than ever before. When covering 

a breaking story they are expected 

to give continual updates on 

the website and across several 

social media platforms, as well as 

steaming live video, taking photos 

– and writing a story for the print 

edition of the newspaper. 

However they are also able to 

access feedback on stories like 

never before. 

We can instantly see which online 

stories are the most popular and 

get comments from readers, often 

including witnesses who would 

have previously been very difficult 

or impossible to trace. 

Sheffield newspapers now reach 

more people than ever but in a 

wider range of ways. 

We will be moving offices in the 

new year, leaving our base in York 

Street for the first time in The Star’s 

130 year history. That reflects just 

how much has changed since the 

title was launched. 

The printing press moved to 

Dinnington more than a decade 

ago and the editorial team is much 

smaller than ever before. 

The challenges are new but our 

commitment to improve how people 

feel about Sheffield remains the 

same. 

If you have a suggestion or story 

for The Star please do get in touch. 

Email me, nancy.fielder@jpress. 

co.uk or write to Nancy Fielder, 

Editor, The Star, York Street, 

Sheffield, S1 1PU. 



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Is your child aged 

between two-and-a-half and 

school age? 

St Chad’s 

Pre-school 

Monday to Friday 

opposite Abbey Lane School 

56 Abbey Lane, Woodseats S8 0BP 

NOW OPEN UNTIL 3:15 ON CERTAIN WEEK DAYS! 

Currently opening until 3:15 on Wednesdays, Summer term will see more 

afternoon openings! Call Claire our Manager for more information. 

• A fun and exciting environment for your child 

• Experienced and qualified staff 

• Learning through play to help your child reach their potential 

• Free early learning funding for eligible children 

Rated Good by Early Years Ofsted 2016 

A member of the Pre-school Learning Alliance 

Call in for an information pack 

or ring 07526 100755 

Here’s how little it costs 

to advertise in 

Adverts are priced 

at the following rates for 

one year (six editions): 

1/8 page: £110 

1/6 page: £155 

1/4 page: £225 

1/2 page: £445 

Full page: £915 

Call St Chad’s Church office on 

0114 274 5086 

or email 

impact@stchads.org 

for more information 

email info@beauchiefabbey.org.uk 

October & November 2017 

( Sunday Services are based on the 

book of common prayer and 

refreshments are served afterwards). 

Holy Communion Services at 11am 

1st, 8th, 22nd & 29th October 2017 

5th, 12th, 26th November 2017 

Evensong Services at 3pm : 

15th October Harvest Festival 

& 19th November 2017 

All Welcome 

Our Services are based on the 

Book of Common Prayer. 

Refreshments are served afterwards 

View of Beauchief Abbey Chapel 

Beauchief Abbey Lane, S8 7BD 

th 

On Sunday 29 October 2017 at 

11.00am 

Holy Communion will follow the order 

of service ( in English) as used in 

many Lutheran Churches in Germany. 

The service will be led by 

Rev. Professor John Rogerson 



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A relaxed and friendly place for a chat 

Coffee morning for anyone over 50 

Tuesdays 10.15 Tuesdays -11.15am, 10.15 starting -11.15am 

25th April 2017 


No table games, no speakers, 

just a good cuppa and a natter! 


For more information, contact the church office on 274 5086 



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The Week Junior is a 

weekly news magazine 

aimed mainly at 

children and young 

people but anyone 

can read it. It has pages of 

home news and a double page 

spread on world news. 

Jon Snow says: “The Week 

Junior is the best thing since 

Rubik invented his cube.” 

David Baddiel says The Week 

Junior has “all the news, 

without the boring bits. Or at 

least with the boring bits made 

not boring.” 

It always has a Big Debate 

in it on subjects like ‘Should 

old buildings be preserved?’, 

‘Is it cruel to keep pets?’, 

‘Should famous people keep 

their children’s lives private?’, 

‘Should voting be made 

compulsory?’, ‘Should snacks 

be banned in cinemas?’ and 

‘Are ghosts fact or fi ction?’. They 

give information and reasons for 

and against, you can vote yes or 

no online and they publish the 

results the following week. 

They also have a feature 

called ‘They said it’ in which a 

famous person says something 

about things they’ve done. For 

example, Venus Williams talking 

about her childhood training 

regime, said: “I just went out and 

practised, did what I was told 

and didn’t think about the next 

day.” JK Rowling said: “Harry is 

done now.” Artist Helen Marten 

on winning the Turner prize said 

“I really hope it won’t change my 

life and that things will continue 

as they are.” The Queen fi nds 

her solar-powered statue really 

annoying. She said: “The sun 

comes out and I see myself 

waving to me!” 

There’s always sport. Once 

they had a feature on ‘Team GB’s 

bright young stars’. Usually they 

list the week’s winners and the 

week’s losers. 

They have a puzzles page and 

a page of amazing photos and a 

quiz about the week’s news, and 

they print people’s photos and 

comments. 

I like the page called ‘That’s 

unbelievable!’ which has strange 

things in it like a Winnie-the- 

Pooh-shaped cloud, and a ‘real 

or rubbish?’ feature where you 

have to decide whether the 

thing in it is true or a prank. For 

example, a cat called Moon Unit 

went missing for eight years 

when it travelled to France from 

London. It really happened. 

She had a microchip and some 

volunteers from an animal shelter 

were able to trace her owner. 

Lydia Hole 

The Week Junior 



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News is all around us. 

Newspapers, 24-hour rolling 

news, radio, and of course 

the internet. The medium of 

delivery may change, but as 

human beings we have an insatiable 

desire to know what is happening, 

whether that be in Woodseats, 

Wembley or the White House. 

But for me, the best way to cover the 

news is cartoons. 

Mel Calman (who drew the Times 

front page cartoon) was once at a party 

when a woman said to him: “So what 

do you do?” He answered that he was a 

cartoonist. The woman smiled, thought 

for a moment and then said: “So what 

else do you do?” 

It’s a story that always makes 

me smile. But it also raises a good 

question: what does a newspaper 

cartoonist do? The simple answer is 

he or she illustrates the news. In my 

case, that means drawing a daily news 

cartoon for the Sheffield Star, a weekly 

sketch for the Telegraph, and then a 

variety of magazines such as Private 

Eye. 

Every morning I wake up and stare at 

a blank piece of paper. I know there’s a 

space waiting to be filled in tomorrow’s 

paper, but I have no idea what I am 

going to do until I open the newspapers 

and turn on the radio. Luckily for me, 

there’s always news. 

Some days are easier than others. If 

the council decides to perform a 5am 

Healing Rooms 

at the Big Tree Pub 

Wednesday mornings 

10.30-12.00 

1st & 3rd Wednesday evenings 

7.45- 9.00 

As part of an international 

Christian organisation, we seek 

to freely serve the local 

community in prayer for the sick. 

www.woodseatshealingrooms.org 

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aid to cut down trees, then my job 

is made easy. Most days it’s a little 

harder than that. There are the 

bad news days, when the papers 

are full of natural disasters, or the 

average day when you have to 

pick at the carcass of news to try 

to get some meat from the bones 

of NHS cuts, teachers’ strikes, 

or some strange town planning 

decision. 

But I never forget that drawing 

the news is a privileged position. I 

get to comment daily on everything 

from local planning issues, 

via the comings and goings in 

Westminster to President Trump’s 

latest outburst. 

What I try to do when drawing 

cartoons is think about what 

people are talking about when they 

meet in the pub, in their church 

or in their home. News is what 

is important to us. We may care 

deeply about American elections 

or be enraged about the state of 

local bus services. 

As a topical cartoonist, I’m just 

glad that news is all around us. 

James Whitworth 

Drawing the News 

0114 453 4716 



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Taking to the Sunday A 

I’m up early every Sunday 

presenting from 6-7am on BBC 

Radio Sheffield. As well as 

producing the content for my own 

show, I also produce the Sunday 

Breakfast programme hosted by Steve 

Bailey from 7-9am. 

Guests for the two shows come 

from a wide variety of sources. Some 

are regular contributors to features 

such as the 60 Second Sermon 

(does what it says on the tin); others 

have never been on the radio before. 

Sometimes I ring them up on spec, 

having found their details online or in 

the Diocesan Directory; other times 

they’re recommended to me by existing 

contacts. Some prospective guests get in 

touch with me directly by phone, email, 

social media or, more rarely these days, 

letter. Part of my role is to speak to them 

in advance and ascertain whether they 

are suitable speakers. Do they have a 

good story to tell? Can they tell it well? 

Will they provide a balanced view, or do 

I need to find that balance elsewhere? 

Intuition – and 20 years’ experience of 

Sarah Major 

radio production – plays a big part in 

deciding who gets the airtime. 

Both Sunday Breakfast shows are 

designed to appeal to people of all 

faiths and none. They both deal with 

matters of faith and ethics, but are not 

exclusively religious programmes. This 

means that if a big story breaks – such 

as the London Bridge/Borough Market 

Sarah’s studio at BBC Radio Sheffield 



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Airwaves 

attacks back in June – we will cover it, 

regardless of whether it has any faith 

connection. Sometime, as was the case 

with this example, we will have to stand 

down guests on other topics in order to 

accommodate the story at short notice. 

By its very nature, reacting to breaking 

news gives you little time for preparation 

– and this is where good contacts can 

come in very handy indeed. 

Over the years I have built up some 

great contacts in the local community 

and further afi eld. Even if they 

can’t speak about a particular topic 

themselves, they can usually be relied 

upon to fi nd me someone who can. 

Social media has helped enormously 

with this. It’s not uncommon for that 

last elusive guest to fall into place via 

Facebook at 10pm on a Saturday when I 

have to be up for work at 4 the following 

morning. There’s nothing like a deadline 

to focus the mind. 

Guests are drawn from a wide variety 

of backgrounds. Whilst we do talk 

to vicars and faith leaders, the best 

guests are often those who don’t wear 

a dog-collar. My new Journey of Faith 

feature focusses on ordinary people with 

extraordinary stories to tell about the 

time when their faith played a big part – 

or even changed – their lives. These are 

often people who think their story won’t 

be interesting to our listeners or that 

they shouldn’t be on the radio because 

they don’t have a religious title. Usually, 

nothing could be further from the truth. 

Maybe you’re reading this and think you 

might fi t the bill ... do get in touch: sarah. 

major@bbc.co.uk 

You can hear Sarah Major between 

6 and 7am every Sunday morning on 

BBC Radio Sheffield. 

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Electrical Installations 

17th Edition 

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Home: 01246 410 621 

Mobile: 07986 174 125 

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gardening services 

Adam Newbould 

Tel: 07837 914 491 

Email: adamnewbould@hotmail.co.uk 

For all types of gardening plus patio/driveway pressure 

washing, snow & ice clearance, & man with a van - 

collection and delivery service 

Are you looking for 

a room to hold your 

party or 

meeting? 

St Chad’s Church has 

two rooms available for 

hire at 56 Abbey Lane 




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Services at St Chad’s 

Sunday Services 

Sunday 

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Services 

Sunday Services 

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• Monday to Thursday at 9am - a half-hour service 

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Monday to Thursday at 5pm 

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What’s 

“ 

in the news 

today?” someone 

may ask you. You 

could reach for 

the newspaper, 

switch on the radio or television, or 

look on your phone, computer or 

ipad and find out. Imagine living in 

Britain in medieval times when you 

had none of these things to hand 

– they wouldn’t have been much 

use anyway as, most probably, 

you wouldn’t be able to read! So 

how on earth could you find out 

what was happening in your small 

world? 

The answer was from the 

Town Crier or Bell Man as he 

was sometimes called. A man 

of standing in the community, 

able to write as well as read, and 

possessing a powerful voice, 

he was appointed by the Mayor. 

He was paid the princely sum 

of between 2d and 4d for each 

announcement. 

The Town Crier was the 

spokesperson for the King, 

giving out information about new 

byelaws, local news, market days 

and events but also sometimes 

delivering bad news, such as an 

increase in taxation levels. For this 

reason, he was protected by law 

and it was a treasonable offence 

to attempt to lay a finger on him. 

Sometimes a married couple 

were appointed – the wife rang 

the handbell and the husband 

delivered the proclamation in an 

equally loud manner. This usually 

took place at the entrance to the 

local inn, a natural gathering place, 

after which the written information 

would be nailed to the doorpost. 

A Town Crier’s uniform was 

very grand, resembling that of 

the Mayor’s, and the robes were 

specially designed to incorporate 

each individual town’s colours. The 

tricorne hat was adorned 

with curling feathers to 

represent the quills 

with which they 

used to write. 

Each 

announcement 

began with the 

words, “Oyez, 

Oyez, Oyez” 

– an Anglo- 

Norman fusion 

of the Latin verb 

“audire” meaning “to 

hear” and the French 

“ouir” which means “to 

listen”. The reading of the news 

always ended with the words “God 

save the King”. 

The Town Crier’s job didn’t finish 

there – he had to patrol the streets 

at night, arrest anyone found 

disturbing the peace by whatever 

means, put them in the stocks and 

post a notice of their crimes over 

them in the hope of dissuading 

anyone else, and finally dampen 

down any fires left burning after the 

curfew bell had sounded. 

His most unpleasant job must 

have been to attend public 

hangings where he read out the 

names of the people and the 

offences for which they had been 

found guilty, then help to cut them 

down once they were dead. 

We have no need of the services 

of these gallant men today but, 

should you wish to experience 

information being communicated 

to the people as it was in a bygone 

era, take a trip to Chester – the 

only place in the country where this 

ancient custom still survives. From 

May to August, every Tuesday to 

Saturday, at High Cross at midday 

precisely, you can see the Town 

Crier in all his splendour and hear 

his booming voice as he delivers 

his proclamation. 

Crying Out the News 



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Christmas Love in a 

S 

The Tale of a Shoebox 

I’m just a humble shoebox 

And not worth very much 

But wait and see me in a while 

I’ll have a loving touch! 

I could have been discarded 

And simply thrown away, 

But now I’ve been recycled 

And cared for day by day. 

So many little toys and gifts 

Are snugly packed within, 

And when I’m really fi lled up tight 

Adventures will begin. 

I’ll soon be wrapped up neatly 

In paper shiny bright, 

And I’ll be feeling very proud 

So full of love and light. 

Then soon I will be travelling 

To many distant lands, 

And children will be waiting 

With eager, stretched out hands. 

So don’t discard your shoebox, 

Just think what you can do, 

God bless those folk who work so hard. 

God bless the children too. 

Iris Hesselden 

Could you recycle your old shoebox? 

It’s so easy – 

1 Simply brightly wrap the box and 

decide on gender and age of the child. 

2 Fill the box with small goodies 

such as a soft toy, ball, cars, doll, pens, 

pencils, crayons, writing/colouring book, 

toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, soap, hat, 

gloves, scarf and of course some sweets 

would be good with a sell-by date of 

at least March 2018 (but no chocolate 

please). More ideas can be found in our 

leaflets. 

3 Add a donation towards shipping 

costs. 

Operation Christmas Child is run by 

the Christian organisation Samaritan’s 

Purse who work with local churches 

and charities overseas to distribute the 

shoeboxes to children regardless of their 

background or beliefs, asking nothing in 

return. The children may be in schools, 

hospitals, orphanages or homeless 

shelters in impoverished neighbourhoods. 

The shoeboxes from Sheffi eld, 

Dronfi eld, Barnsley and Rotherham are 

brought into a warehouse in Sheffi eld 

where volunteers check them to make 

sure there are no unsuitable items 

included such as toy guns, liquids or 

clothing other then hats, gloves and 

scarves. After being sealed for customs 

purposes the shoeboxes are packed into 

cartons for export in late November and 



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Shoebox 

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We’re back! 

early December. Last year our boxes 

were sent to Swaziland and the Ukraine. 

In total around 875,000 shoeboxes were 

sent from the UK to many countries. 

From October leafl ets will be available 

and completed boxes can be left at: 

• Greenwood’s DIY, 14-16 Abbey Lane, 

S8 0BL between 9am and 5pm Monday to 

Saturday; 

• Eggos Café, 26 Hutcliffe Wood 

Road, S8 0EX between 9am and 2.30pm 

Tuesday to Saturday and 9.30am and 

2.30pm Sunday; and 

• St Chad’s church offi ce or our 9am 

and 11am Sunday services in Linden 

Avenue. 

If you would like to know more about 

this appeal or want to come along to the 

warehouse to help check boxes, please 

contact me on 0124 274 9218. 

Carole Titman 

Every Wednesday 

from 9.30-11.30am 



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Helping to T 

Hello! My name is Helen and 

I live in Jos, Nigeria. I come 

from ChesterfieId and attended 

St Chad’s for several years 

before moving to a church near 

my home. I have been in Nigeria for 

six months and am here with Wycliffe 

Bible Translators. Wycliffe is one of the 

organisations involved in translating the 

Bible into languages that do not currently 

have it. Of 6,887 languages in the world 

today, only 636 have the complete Bible. 

This means that 1.5 billion people do 

not have the whole Bible in their own 

language. Wycliffe’s vision is that every 

person in the world can have access to 

the message of God’s love, the Bible, in 

the language they understand the best. 

Nigeria is in West Africa and has 

approximately 495 languages. Just 24 of 

these have the full Bible translated into 

them. The process of Bible translation is 

long with many stages. I am involved in 

‘Scripture Engagement’, which is working 

with local communities helping people 

to access the translated Scripture in 

appropriate ways so that God’s Word is 

life-changing. Currently, I am involved 

in training people to lead Scripture 

Listening and Reading Groups. These 

Participants using the audio player. 



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Translate Good News 

Helen with participants in Scripture Listening and Reading Group training. 

are Bible study groups in which the Bible 

passage is played on an audio player 

in the mother tongue language. Group 

members listen to the passage and then 

answer questions about it, such as ‘What 

touched your heart?’ ‘What do we learn 

about Jesus?’. Because 

this is a listening Bible 

study, people who are not 

able to read and children 

can join in and it is in the 

language that the group 

members understand the 

best. 

Daily life in Nigeria is 

a lot different from living 

in the UK! I am learning to live with 

intermittent electricity and shopping 

at small roadside shops for fruit and 

vegetables. There are creatures such 

as cockroaches and lizards that are 

not common in the UK. Lizards are 

beautifully coloured and quite shy; 

cockroaches are not so pleasant! I 

have a house help who bakes delicious 

brownies and banana bread of which 

I eat too much! I am not able to do all 

the leisure activities I did in the UK such 

as going to the cinema, but I can do 

others such as swim in an outdoor pool 

in the hot sun. I have learned how to tie 

wrappers and head ties 

after a fashion. Wrappers 

are tailored pieces of 

material that are wrapped 

round to make a skirt. It 

would cause offence not 

to wear a head tie when 

in a village or Nigerian 

church. I am learning a 

language called Hausa 

and Nigerian people are very gracious 

and pleased that someone is trying to 

speak their language even though I 

don’t always get it right! Nigerian people 

have made me feel very welcome and 

although I miss my family and friends 

in the UK, I enjoy very much living and 

working here. 

Helen Fisher 



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Delivering the News 

Did you deliver 

newspapers when you 

were younger? Chris 

Laude spoke to one man 

in Beauchief who has gone back 

on the rounds a little later in life... 

Hello – it’s good to meet you! 

I do hope you don’t mind me 

remarking on the fact that you’re 

hardly in the first flush of youth – 

so, why and when did you decide 

to become Beauchief’s oldest 

paperboy? 

Well, some years ago I had an 

accident and had to have an 

operation on my right shoulder. 

Afterwards I had to spend weeks 

with my arm strapped to my body 

so I couldn’t do much apart from 

walk – it was so frustrating. One 

day I went past Alison and David’s 

newsagents on Hutcliffe Wood 

Road and saw the kids getting 

ready to go out on their paper 

rounds – and it gave me an idea. 

I went inside and asked Alison if 

there might be a job for me. She 

said “Yes” and, ten years later, 

here I am still doing it. 

Excellent! So what time do you 

have to get up each morning and 

how many houses do you deliver 

to? 

6.30 – I suppose I might deliver 

to over 50 houses, but I’ve never 

actually counted them. Monday 

to Friday I do a walking round but 

on Saturday and Sunday I use 

the car because that round takes 

me much further afi eld and the 

Sunday papers are very heavy 

and bulky. 

Have you ever had any 

unpleasant experiences on your 

rounds? 

Once, in the winter when the 

pavements were very slippery, I 

fell and damaged my left shoulder 

so I had to have another operation 

and time off. 

Oh dear – and any funny ones? 

Not so much funny, more touching 

really. One day I could hear 

someone following me and when I 

turned round, a lady asked me if I 

was frightened of birds. Apparently 

a baby bird had fl own inside her 

house and she just didn’t know 

how deal with it. Although she’d 

never met me, she invited me into 

the house and, when I’d helped 

the bird to fl y out, she gave me a 

box of chocolates, bless her! 

What’s the best thing about your 

job? 

Being out and about and saying 

“Good Morning” to people – it sets 

you up for the day. 

And the worst thing? 

If I couldn’t do it anymore! 

What a wonderful thing to say! 

– if only more people felt like 

you do about their job. Do you 

actually have time to read a 

newspaper yourself? 

Yes – I get home about 9.15, feed 

my chickens, have my breakfast 

and then I settle down and read 

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cover to cover. 

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Recycling Old News 

Frank Lloyd Wright, the renowned 

architect, once said, “The best 

friend on earth of Man is the tree. 

When we use the tree respectfully, 

we have one of the greatest 

resources on earth.” 

Now, I don’t want to re-enter the 

ongoing heated discussions regarding 

the trees in Sheffield suburbs, but Mr 

Wright is right! All our wonderful natural 

resources should be treated respectfully 

and that means recycling them as well, if 

at all possible. 

I don’t know how many newspapers 

one tree can give us but, apparently, 

every ton of recycled newsprint saves 

the equivalent of 12 trees. 

All recycling benefits the economy, the 

environment – and, eventually, all of us. 

What do you do with newspapers once 

you’ve read them – just put them in the 

bin? Okay, yes that’s also a recycling bin, 

but have you ever tried giving those tired 

old newspapers one more use before 

their final end? 

Here are a few ideas: 

• z Clean windows/mirrors with crumpled 

paper and vinegar – gives streak-free 

results 

• z Put a shine on stainless steel – it’s 

such a gentle abrasive, it doesn’t scratch 

• z Shred it to make soft bedding for small 

pets – saves money 

• z Roll it into ‘logs’ or buy a small 

compressor gadget and make briquettes 

for the fire 

• z Use it to wrap presents – finish with a 

big colourful bow and it’ll look special 

• z Fashion it into party hats and decorate 

imaginatively 

• z Make bunting for the garden – but 

watch out for any rain though! 

• z Wrap it round fruit – it’ll help to ripen it 

• z Have fun trying out origami 

• z Try papier mache – use any object but 

it’s extra fun covering an inflated balloon, 

then pierce it with a pin when completely 

dry 

• z Wallpaper - perhaps not a whole room, 

maybe just one wall! 

• z Make a scrapbook or cut out words, 

letters or pictures to make cards 

• z Use it to line the fruit and veg tray in 

the fridge – it absorbs odours and liquid 

• z If you’re a gardener, when you dig a 

trench ready for runner beans, line it with 

soggy newspapers – it helps to retain 

moisture 

• z Using a special little mould, make 

small biodegradable pots for seedlings 

• z Lay it on the soil as a weed barrier 

• z Add it to compost or to heavy soil – it’ll 

help to break it down. 

Now have a go at thinking up some 

more ideas of your own – happy recycling! 

LAURA WIHLBORG 



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Woodseats’ new 

library has opened 

its doors – and has 

more than 11,000 

new books. 

The library, on the site of the old 

branch, is part of a new building 

which includes the Woodseats 

Medical Practice. 

Councillor Mary Lea, Cabinet 

Member for Culture, Parks and 

Leisure at Sheffield City Council, 

said: “I’m delighted with the new 

Woodseats library. 

“It’s a great asset for the local 

community and I hope everyone 

uses it. 

“It’s in a beautiful building with 

first rate facilities and brand new 

books. The building also includes 

community rooms, and we’re 

looking to run joint projects with 

the medical practice to improve 

people’s health.” 

The new library includes a 

children’s area, with a ‘reading 

tree’ inspired by Graves Park, 

with natural colours to represent 

the green outdoor spaces. It also 

has a computer area with free 

computer and internet use. 

Groups for babies and children 

are already set up and there will 

be more in the coming weeks, 

including a Sporting Memories 

reminiscence group. 

Jonathan Roddick, GP Partner 

at the Woodseats Medical Centre, 

said: “All at Woodeats Medical 

Centre are very excited to be 

in our new building and we are 

receiving very positive feedback 

from our patients. 

“We look forward very much to 

working with the library to promote 

positive health and wellbeing for 

the whole community.” 

More than 350 people 

responded to a consultation 

about opening times for the new 

Woodseats Library. 

The opening hours are: Monday 

12.30-6.30pm; Tuesday, 10am- 

2pm; Wednesday, 10am-5.30pm; 

Thursday, closed; Friday, 10am- 

5.30pm; Saturday, 10am-4pm. 

New Chapter for Woodseats 



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Talking News 

Sheffield Talking News is 

a charity which provides 

a service for blind and 

visually-impaired people. A 

weekly news recording is 

just one of its services. I am one of 

a number of editors who compile a 

collection of news items to record 

on a Monday evening in a studio in 

Mappin Street. There, four readers 

and a technician make a recording 

for despatch the next day. 

So what do we include? We 

have an agreement with the Star, 

Sheffield Telegraph and Yorkshire 

Post, so, we are allowed to draw 

on these publications for our news. 

Occasionally, we use items gleaned 

from other sources. 

When collecting news items I 

always hold a mental image of 

our 400 listeners. They are blind 

or visually impaired, mostly older 

people. They want to be informed 

and entertained but do not enjoy 

too many crime stories or lots about 

planning proposals or statistics. The 

local papers are also full of fundraising 

efforts so we need to limit 

these. The Retro section of the Star 

always provides something nostalgic 

to include. 

We always include news that 

is relevant to people with visual 

impairments, including any transport 

news and information regarding 

audio description at the theatres. I 

try and include quirky stories and, 

if I can find them, humorous items. 

Ian McMillan, who writes regularly 

in the Yorkshire Post, is aways 

worth including. His wry take on life 

always goes down well. Sometimes 

a story will appear from a different 

source such as this magazine, other 

local journals or the BBC website. 

Once or twice I have added my 

own experiences. Louise Haigh MP 

is featured often in the Star, so I 

once mentioned the time I shared a 

railway carriage with her! My cousin 

is severely disabled and has a 

support dog so I once featured that. 

When compiling this talking 

newspaper I try to ensure that it will 

be lively, not dull. Our listeners like 

to hear different voices (we have 

two male and two female readers 

every week.) and they like to feel the 

readers are enjoying themselves, so 

I will try to ensure that a few giggles 

will happen. On the studio wall is 

a picture from one of the founders 

of Sheffield Talking News, Norman 

Bradbury. Underneath is a quote 

from him: “If you enjoy reading, the 

listeners will enjoy hearing you.” 

Preparation includes one essential 

activity: listening to the previous 

week’s recording so that duplication 

is avoided and reference can be 

made when including follow-up 

news. I try to strike a balance when 

editing. During the week, I collect 

items online or cut out and paste 

pieces from the Star and Telegraph. 

By Monday I will have then acquired 

more than enough material which 

can be edited down to about 90 

minutes for recording. It is then a 

question of putting items in the right 

order, giving variety and mixing light 

and heavy pieces. 

When we used cassettes and CDs 

we had to limit the number of items, 

and everything had to be timed. 

We now use memory sticks so, in 

theory, we could record for as long 

as we wish. However, customer 

feedback suggests that around 

90 minutes is just right. Finally 

I lay everything out for the four 

readers, including an introduction 

for the first reader to deliver, then 

I bundle everything up and deliver 

it to Mappin Street in good time for 

recording to begin at 6.30pm. 

David Manning 



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The Miniaturist 

by Jessie Burton 

The Miniaturist is set 

in Amsterdam in the 

year 1686. It centres 

around Petronella, 

known as Nella, 

who travels from her country 

home to Amsterdam as the 

young bride of a wealthy, 

but much older merchant, 

Johannes Brandt. 

She receives a frosty 

welcome from Johannes’ 

sister Marin and soon 

realises that she has 

entered a house of secrets, 

confl ict and danger. Unable 

to be the husband that 

Nella expects and desires, 

Johannes presents her 

with a miniature replica 

of the family’s house 

in cabinet form as a 

wedding gift. 

Nella finds a miniaturist 

to furnish it who is both 

unpredictable, elusive and 

seemingly with an uncanny 

knowledge of the future. She 

sends incredibly beautiful and 

intricate models of people and 

objects from within the story, 

some of which are requested 

by Nella and some that seem to 

foretell events. 

The story depicts sibling rivalry, 

prejudice and the power and 

corruption of the burgermeister 

and the guilds. It is interwoven 

with descriptions of the life and 

architecture of 17th century 

Amsterdam as the plot unfolds at 

a pace to its conclusion. 

The book is very readable and 

gave me many insights into the 

history of Amsterdam of which I 

knew nothing. 

The thing that had attracted 

me to the book in the fi rst 

place was the promise of the 

mystery of the miniaturist and 

the question of whether she is 

predicting or manipulating the 

fates of the characters involved. 

Unfortunately this theme never 

really develops in the book and 

just seems to peter out with a 

very unsatisfactory conclusion. 

The only purpose it seemed to 

serve I felt was to give the book 

its title. 

I found many of the characters 

lacking in depth and was 

therefore not able to invest in any 

hopes for their futures. Give it a 

try and see what you think. 

Jane Jones 

St Chad’s Third Age Book 

Group 

Book Review 



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Hattaway 

other than his memory and God, he 

started to take the good news of 

Jesus to the people of China via 

illegal house churches. This gentle 

Registers 2017 

and true man brought many people into a 

Christian relationship with the Lord. 

. 

Yun suffered inhuman and 

odern day horrendous torture when captured by 

in the the „Public Security Bureau‟. He 

power of fasted for 72 days, having no food or 

ams, water, living only by God‟s grace. 

iences, During this fast Yun was repeatedly 

mpossible tortured, humiliated and beaten by 

Prison Guards and fellow prisoners. In 

all these, prison violent and dangerous men 

since the observed Yun‟s faith and obedience 

house to God. They realised that he was not 

a criminal, just a committed Christian 

whilst and came themselves into a deep and 

rities who loving relationship with Jesus. 

For Weddings 

iminal. Miraculous and loving interventions 

n fasted for helped Yun for example jumping over 

rice, and a ten foot Funerals 

wall; walking through the 

chance to open doors of a high security prison 

Y 

ible; his ou unobserved don’t have and to be walking a churchgoer after his legs 

oncerned to were have so a severely wedding broken in church (he was or told 

To be be ‘religious’ he would to be have crippled a dignifi for life ed after and this 

ible would meaningful punishment). funeral service at St Chad’s. 

erious If you Whatever live in the Yun Woodseats experienced, or God 

s and Beauchief repeatedly area, demonstrated St Chad’s would his be 

God delighted faithfulness to help never you, leaving whether him it is or his 

fast and planning family the to cope Big Day alone. or saying We will goodbye 

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the Bible. 

your Holy funeral Spirit. director that you would like 

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to have a church service. Sian Mann 

February 21 

Half-term Environmental 

Activities 

Meersbrook Park Walled Garden 


Make bird feeders, bird boxes and 

bird ID. Activities for 8-13 year olds. 

Wedding Call 0114 263 4335. 

July 

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Katie Wild Annette Designs: Woolhouse Pyrography 

Ecclesall Woods Sawmill 

11am-2pm 

• If you Learn have how had a to new create baby designs and would in 

like to celebrate wood using that a baby’s pyrograph birth (heated with 

a service needle). in church Booking then please is essential. come 

to one of our Call thanksgiving 0114 283 9195. and baptism 

mornings at St Chad’s. 

The morning March will 6 explain the difference 

between Junk the two Boat services Race and give 

parents Millhouses an opportunity Park to ask any 

questions. 

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CALL IN FOR A CUPPA 

At Church House 

(56 Abbey Lane) 

10am to 12 noon 

On the last Saturday of each month. 

Bring & Buy (new items) 

Handicrafts Home Baking 

Healing Rooms 

at the Big Tree Pub 

Wednesday mornings 

10.30-12.00 

1st & 3rd Wednesday evenings 

7.45- 9.00 

As part of an international 

Christian organisation, we seek 

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community in prayer for the sick. 

www.woodseatshealingrooms.org 

Tel. 0114 3600616 (answerphone) 



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Contacts 


CHURCH OFFICE 274 5086 

Linden Avenue, S8 0GA 


If you want to contact the church offi ce and there is no one available, please leave a 

message or send an email and we will get back to you as soon as possible. 

Vicar Toby Hole (Vicarage) 274 9302 

email: toby@stchads.org 

Assistant Minister for the elderly Yvonne Smith 274 5086 

Readers 

Daren Craddock, Amy Hole, 

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Yvonne Smith 274 5086 

Youth Worker Nick Seaman 274 5086 

email: nick@stchads.org 

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Impact magazine Tim Hopkinson 274 5086 

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Church Wardens Ann Firth 274 5086 

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Group Scout Leader Ian Jackson 235 3044 

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